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Senate Bill 361, a measure to equalize funding to community college districts throughout the state, has been signed by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.

The passage of the bill means increased funding every year to Palomar College. At the Sept. 12 governing board meeting, Vice President of Finance and Administrative Services Bonnie Ann Dowd said based on projections, the college would receive an additional $2.6 million per year. It is money that Palomar College will continue to receive every year from now on.

The bill is aimed at distributing funds to community college districts more evenly by increasing funding to the lowest funded districts. Palomar College was funded 63rd out of California's 72 community

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college districts.

Under the bill, Palomar College will receive $4,367 per credit full-time equivalent students, whereas previously it received less than $4,000. Credit FTES is calculated by totaling the enrollment in all credit classes then determining the equivalent number of students if each student were taking 15 units.

Governing board member Nancy Chadwick said the bill has been passed as an urgent measure, meaning it will be put in place as soon as the logistics can be organized.

Chadwick said Palomar could receive the funding this fall. and other Chadwick administrators at Palomar have been campaigning for equalization for years.

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It's not often that you get to watch an industrial-sized trash can shoot water into the air. It's even less often that you get to make it shoot water into the air. That's exactly what volunteers from Palomar College did to celebrate Earth Science Week, which ran from Oct. 8 to Oct. 14.

Earth Science Week is an annual event sponsored by The American Geological Institute. It is celebrated internationally, and has been held since 1998.

The Earth Science Department of Palomar College participated in a number of ways, including the popular "geyser eruption" held near the flagpole in front of the Student Center.

Charles Dare, president of Geoscience Connection, an earth science club at Palomar, said that one of his professors asked him if he'd like to "blow some things up."

Dare said he asked what he would be blowing up and when he found out about the trash can he was interested.

The "geyser eruption" was held at 12:35 p.m. each day from Oct. 9 to 12 and drew large crowds. It was designed to simulate the eruption of a volcano.

"It's a really good demonstration," said Jim Pesavento, professor of geology and astronomy

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Palomar College is going to start selling Coca-Cola instead of Pepsi this November.

The Coca-Cola Company has been given the exclusive right to provide all beverages sold on campus excluding coffee for the next five years. It is a right Pepsi-Co. has had for the last 10 years.

This means Coke will replace Pepsi, Minute Maid juices will replace Dole and Naked juices, Rockstar and Full Throttle energy drinks will replace Amp, Powerade will replace Gatorade; and Evian and Dasani bottled water will replace Aquafina and Propel.

Pepsi's five-year contract with the college expires at the end of October. As a matter of routine the college takes bids for new contracts and received

one from Coca-Cola Company and one from Pepsi-Co., said Bruce Bishop, student affairs director.

"The Coca-Cola bid was superior," Bishop said. He said the decision came down to which company offered the most money to the college. The new contract was approved by the governing board at its Oct. 10 meeting.

The Coca-Cola contract is worth an estimated $1.8 million to Palomar based on the college's projected growth.

Pepsi-Co's bid didn't make any projections about the college's growth, and didn't include any related numbers in its final bid of $444,550.

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THE TELESCOPE • MONDAY, OCT. 23, 2006

Palomar IN BRIEF

UC workshops at the Transfer Center The Transfer Center is offering University of California application workshops.

The initial filing period for UC system applications for Fall 2007 begins Nov. 1 and ends Nov. 30. After Nov. 30, most UC campuses will no longer accept applications for the Fall 2007 semester.

Applications for UC schools can be found online at www.universityofcal ifornia.edu. Students who want to attend one of the workshops must sign up for a specific workshop and have already started the application.

Workshops will be held in the Transfer Center at 1 p.m. Oct. 26; 3 p.m. Oct. 27; 1 p.m. Oct. 31; 10 a.m.

Nov. 14; 5 p.m. Nov. 20 and 3 p.m. Nov. 29.

For more information, contact the Transfer Center at (760) 744-1150, ext.

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Study Spanish in Mexico for credit Palomar College's Foreign Languages Department is offering a Study Abroad Program in Playa del Carmen, Mexico from Dec. 28 to Jan. 14.

During this trip, students will live with a Mexican family and learn Spanish in a natural environment.

Students will also see the ancient Mayan pyramid Chichen-Itza and visit a wildlife sanctuary.

"They have the opportunity to visit numerous archeological monuments,

skydive, swim with the dolphins, or just sun and swim in the beautiful waters of the Yucatan," said Palomar Spanish professor Martha Evans.

Evans is a chaperone for the trips and has been on many excursions to Spanish-speaking countries.

"I love having the opportunity to absorb the culture and to study the language in a country where it is spoken," Evans said.

There will be an informational meeting for Playa del Carmen at 10 a.m.

Nov. 4 in Room F-10 at the San Marcos Campus. Those attending the trip can receive up to five units of college credit.

The cost for the 17 -day trip is $1,250 plus airfare. Group airfare is $690 per ticket. There is a $500 deposit for the trip that is due with the application, as well as a $250 non refundable deposit for group plane reservations. Minors must be accompanied by a parent or legal guardian.

For more information or to get an application, contact Martha Evans at (760) 744-1150 ext. 2653.

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Campus political clubs hold debate Representatives from the Palomar College Republicans and the Palomar College Democrats will meet to debate Oct. 23 in the Student Center.

The debate is being hosted by another campus club, the honor society Phi Theta Kappa, and will start at 12:30 p.m.

The presidents of both political clubs will be debating. Cody Campbell, president of the Palomar College Democrats, and Matthew Fleming, president of the Palomar College Republicans, will be taking part in the debate, as well as other members from both clubs.

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• Campus Explorations English professor Leanne Maunu hosts a discussion on "The teaching scholar: working in higher education" from 2 to 3 p.m. in ES-19. Admission is free.

• Associated Student Government weekly meeting The ASG has its weekly meeting at 1 p.m. in SU-18. The meetings are open to the public.

• Phi Theta Kappa satellite seminar Jeffrey Birnbaum speaks via satellite about "Lobbyists and the Power of Money in Washington" starting at 4:30p.m. in Room P-31.

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• University of California personal statement workshop The Transfer Center hosts a workshop for students who want to transfer to a UC school from 11 a.m. to noon in Room SSC-1.

• Workshop for business majors The Career Center hosts a workshop on what can be done with a business degree from 1 to 3 p.m. in the governing board room. For more information call (760) 744-1150 ext. 3125

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• University of California application workshop The Transfer Center is holding a workshop lor students transferring to UC schools at 1 p.m. in the Career Center. For more information call (760) 744-1150 ext. 2676.

• Opening reception at Boehm Gallery The Boehm Gallery hosts an artist's reception for its new display by Michael de Meng. The reception is from 4:30 to 6 p.m. Admission is free.

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Coca-Cola offered a lower products exclusively will also guaranteed amount, but a high- extend to the proposed new camer commission.

Palomar puses in the north and the south College's Business Services of the Palomar Community Department did its own projec- College District, Bishop said. tions based on the guaranteed "I don't think it's that big a amounts and commissions and deal," student Duayne Guile found the Coca-Cola bid to be said. "Soda's soda, right?" superior, Bishop said.

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by Pepsi-Co., will be STUDENT Joseph said. She added that she replaced with those from the Coca-Cola likes also Company.

Mountain Dew. Student Stuart Cole said he The contract for snacks sold in vending machines also expires prefers the Naked Juices curat the end of October and has rently available, to the Minute also been given to a new compa- Maid juices that will be availny. The new vending contract able. Cole said the Minute Maid was also approved at the Oct. 10 juices contain many artificial governing board meeting. sugars and the Naked Juices are Bishop said the vending com- healthier.

"It's like trading in your panies are not restricted in the items they can sell and that Ferrari for a Ford," Cole said. there will be little change in "It's kind of a dumb decision." what's available.

Student Al Rambo said he "It's profit driven, so they're drinks the Gatorade and Naked going to offer for sale what the Juice currently available on students want to buy," he said. campus, but the change doesn't He added that the food vend- concern him. ing machines on campus will "It doesn't matter to me also be replaced with machines because I'll drink whatever's owned by the new contract- here," Rambo said. "I'll make holder. do."

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at Palomar who helped with the trash can explosion.

A volcano usually erupts because of built-up gas pressure deep below the Earth's surface.

As the gas expands, magma is forced out the top of the volcano, creating the familiar, fiery explosions.

In the trash can version, liquid nitrogen and soda bottles are used to provide the same effect. The bottles are filled with liquid nitrogen, sealed, and placed in a trash can filled with water.

The liquid nitrogen becomes a gas, and expands until the bottle can no longer contain it.

The bottle explodes, and the rapidly escaping gas forces the water up and out of the trash can.

Dare said this is not something to try at home.

"This is a felony," he said.

Liquid nitrogen can cause burns and tissue damage if it comes in contact with skin.

The force of the eruption was enough to damage three trash cans over the course of the week.

Safety measures were in place at all times during the demonstration. Campus security had to be present at all eruptions as a precaution.

Most of those who watched the event had few concerns.

"It was amazing," said Antoinette Bowne, who

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Oceanography professors Lisa Yon (left) and Patty Deen (right) display a piece of petrified wood for Earth Science Week on Oct. 11.

watched the final eruption with her friends.

Several other activities were held in honor of Earth Science Week. A table at the Student Center had minerals and fossiles that students could win in raffles.

Brochures were available on Palomar's different earth science courses, which include

astronomy, geology, geography, meteorology and oceanography.

A free planetarium show was held Oct. 11, and a film festival was held Oct. 13. The Geoscience Connection also organized an observatory tour.

As for the geyser?

"We'll definitely being doing this next year," Dare said.

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Student running for Vista school board candidates had not set foot on a VIsta school campus until they Endorsed by well-known politi- decided to run and as a result cians, an ambitious 20-year-old they don't know which issues Palomar student is running for need immediate attention. the VIsta Unified School District. Campbell graduated from a VIsta VIsta district voters will decide High School, and said he wasn't if Cody Campbell will be a school far removed from being a student board member Nov. 7. himself.

This is Campbell's second year Bowman is Campbell's former at Palomar. He is president of the instructor, but he said he knows Palomar College Democrats and Campbell better through the is majoring in public administra- Palomar College Democrats. tion. He said he plans to transfer Bowman said Campbell is wise to San Diego State University beyond his years, and that his age next semester. will only benefit him as a board Despite his age, Campbell has member in fulfilling the needs of broken the stereotype that 18-to- the students better than any of 25-year-olds don't care about the other candidates.

"He has extensive experience, political issues.

"The fact that he is so young by any standard," Bowman said.

Campbell said his experience makes him an asset," said Peter Bowman, political science profes- campaigning for California gubersor and adviser to the Palomar natorial candidate Phil Angelides College Democrats. has helped him in his own camCampbell served as a student paign. government trustee on the VIsta Campbell said he recommends school board for two years while everyone become involved in a he was in high school. He said campaign because valuable expeduring his time as student trustee rience can be gained. Through his he saw the board members' lack of volunteer work on the Angelides interest in students and decided campaign, Campbell said he he wanted to get more involved. made contacts that have benefit"I'm running against individu- ed him throughout his own camals who only talk about how the paign.

VIsta schools are failing, and don't "The VIsta school board campropose any solutions," Campbell paign .. .is a very tough race," Campbell said. "People spend said.

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campaigns and it becomes a very difficult race to win."

Campbell said his age affects how people perceive him, but once they talk to him and hear how he plans to work for the students, they see past his age.

"Legitimizing the campaign is difficult, a little more so for myself than for other candidates," Campbell said. "But in this race I've been endorsed by some high ranking state officials like Phil Angelides, John Garamendi, members of congress, state senators and many local officials."

The Palomar Faculty Federation, the college's faculty union, has endorsed Campbell's campaign, as well as three of Palomar's governing board members; Nancy Chadwick, Ruth Larson and Mark Evilsizer.

Evilsizer said he met Campbell when Campbell was serving as student trustee on the Vista school board, and he was impressed by Campbell's questions regarding the students' well-being, and what could be done to improve schools.

In support of Campbell's campaign, Evilsizer has contributed funds and endorsed him.

"I will walk precincts if I have time," Evilsizer said. "It'll be good exercise."

Walking precincts is when campaign volunteers go to the

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Student Cody Campbell checks a Vista School Board meeting agenda on Oct. 12.

Campbell is running for the Vista school board.

doors of voters to ask for their support.

Larson said she supports and admires people who go into the educational field.

"I love that a Palomar student is stepping up to the plate," Larson said. "Who better than students to serve on the school board?"

Poetry festival gives students chance to express themselves

By Michelle Caspole THE TELESCOPE

Palomar students and faculty members shared poetry and their appreciation for the written word at the first Multilingual and Multiethnic Poetry Festival on Oct. 12.

Lunch was served to the audience and the event was presented without a hitch.

Multicultural Studies Professor Carlos von Son and Multicultural Studies Department Chairman John Valdez organized the event. It was hosted by the Multicultural Studies Department and the Foreign Languages Department.

"It was exciting to see the students gather to hear their peers," von Son said.

Faculty and students gathered in the Student Center to read and reflect on the poetry, which could be written in any language. It was a chance for students to read

and present poetry in any manner they wished.

"It really was an inspiring experience," said sophomore Jenny Moss. "The two hours were just not enough."

Printed poetry from around the world was on display in the Student Center with the original language on one side and an English translation on the other.

First-year student Javoslaw Chochowski performed poetry in Polish and got a positive response from the crowd. He said if the event is held next year, he would attend.

Some people presented multiple poems.

Von Son and Valdez performed in an attempt to inspire others to read. Some students used their experiences as inspiration for their works.

At the end ofthe event, the students and faculty members allowed time for anyone to take the stage. Some took inspiration

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Ana Lucia Salazare and Tania Islas of Chimalma and Salamandra dance group perform in the Pop Ochcopalli Ceremony at the poetry festival Oct. 12 on the San Marcos Campus.

from events that had changed them in one way or another, and told stories about friend's, family members and school activi-

ties. Kim Eherenman, a faculty member, quoted "The Vagina Monologues" to tell her story.

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increase funding to the worst-funded districts by $240 million over three years, Chadwick said.

The first year funding increased $80 million, the second year funding increased $40 million and Senate Bill 361 added the final $120 million, Chadwick said.

The equalization process was aimed at raising the funding to all community college districts so that they were all within the 90th percentile of preequalization funds, Chadwick said.

"We had 56 of the 72 districts under funded," Chadwick said. "All of those were brought up to the 90th percentile."

The bill was one of many passed by

the California Legislature before it adjourned in August. Schwarzenegger had the month of September to sign the bill and signed it on Sept. 30.

The additional funding is not restricted in what it can be spent on.

Vice President of Instruction Berta Cuaron said the bill was long overdue.

"It will mean more funding for us so we can begin to address some of our fundamental needs," Cuaron said. She said more classes could be offered and some existing furniture could be replaced, among other things.

"When our funding is limited, we have to make choices," Cuaron said.

"Equalization money will allow us to do more."

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Problem: an overabundance of illegal immigrants crowding Escondido homes and apartment complexes.

Escondido's solution: Just throw them out and onto the street.

City The Escondido Council passed an ordinance Oct. 4 barring landowners from renting to illegal immigrants. This is Escondido's futile attempt to rid the city of unwelcome occupants.

The ordinance is based on a complaint system.

Residents can file a complaint with the city if they suspect their neighbor is an illegal immigrant. If the person is found to be an illegal immigrant, the landowner is required to evict him or her within 10 days. Every additional day after the 10-day grace period will mean a fine for the landowner.

I wonder where the motivation for Escondido's ordinance came from. The goodwill of zealously law-abiding citizens? The self-imposed duty to police the apartment complex? The overly-truthful tenant unnerved at the sight of laws being broken next door? No. It's the personal agenda of a few outspoken citizens and council members.

The city of Escondido is presently renovating its downtown area. The remodel is an attempt to build a more cultured, artsy Escondido

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and to bring in more revenue and a higher class of clientele.

A few cafes, art galleries and high-end furniture stores are among the new additions.

Resale and pawn shops have already been bought out to make way for their more lucrative replacements.

Already 350 new condos have been built along South Escondido Boulevard and there will be an estimated 1,000 new condominiums in the downtown area by 2010.

There is no room for unsightly migrant workers

and lower-class Latinos in the utopian Escondido. In order for the renovation to proceed as planned and the city's new identity to be embraced, there will need to be a change of residents.

Escondido's agenda is to transform into a sophisticated city where the rich hobnob through galleries and china shops, spending cash and sliding credit cards. Hard-working blue-collar Mexicans would be an eyesore to the upper echelon of society, so they are removed.

Not only is the ordinance unfair, unjust and inhumane, but it will cause more problems than in attempts to fix.

Displaced immigrants won't simply pack their bags and head back across the border.

They have made America their new home whether it is legal or not. Prepare to see a dramatic increase in homeless and transient activity.

What will the city of Escondido do when its streets are littered with sleeping immigrants and the alleyways become home to strug-

anyprimarily complainton"based solely or the basis of national origin, ethnicity, or race shall be deemed invalid."

What I would love to know is if these complaints aren't based on race, then what is their basis? How many people are familiar with their neighbor's citizenship documents or naturalization papers?

How does anyone ever truly know anyone else's citizenship until they see official documents? A white tenant could also be an illegal alien.

Groups who refuse to abandon their native culture and conform to an American lifestyle are frequently subjected to scrutiny and eventually exclusion. The white illegal immigrant on the other hand goes virtually unnoticed.

Throughout history, fences have been built to keep people out, walls have been raised to keep people divided, and laws have been made to segregate.

Whether it's to further the economy or improve cosmetic appearances, abandonment of human empathy in favor of progress is inexcusable. Just having the means and possessing the right to set laws against those who illegally enter the country does not make it right to do so.

Escondido's ordinance does all residents a great disservice. It is a dark day for whites and minorities alike when simple humanism takes second place to economic expansion.

Photo ID bill works to counteract Voting Rights Act

By Jenigh Garrett MCT NEWS SERVICE

The House has retreated from its commitment to ensure equal access to the voting booths. It recently passed a photo ID bill that would impose new, substantial and unnecessary barriers, especially to the nation's most vulnerable citizens minorities, the elderly, the poor, the disabled and even married women.

The misleadingly named "Federal Election Integrity Act" would require eligible voters to obtain photo identification to participate in a federal election. This barrier would force otherwise eligible voters to jump through bureaucratic hoops before they could vote. They would have to pay fees to obtain a governmentissued ID card and underlying documentation (such as a certified copy of

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Before the passage of the Voting Rights Act in 1965, many places designed devices to block access to the ballot box. They routinely imposed literacy tests and poll taxes to suppress the electoral opportunities of blacks.

Fortunately, just three months ago, the House voted to renew several sections of the Voting Rights Act that were designed to curb new barriers to voter participation from going up.

Yet the same House that recognized the need for continued protection has now erected the new photo ID barrier.

Requiring voters to obtain this form of identification to vote in a federal election is a modern-day poll tax.

For instance, one 85-year-old black woman, who moved from Tennessee

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to another state, was unable to obtain a copy of her birth certificate as proof of citizenship because she, like many blacks of her generation, was born at home and did not have a record of her birth.

Despite her effort to prove her identity by providing her Medicaid and Social Security card, her home state would not issue a copy of her birth certificate because officials said they could not find a record of her birth. Until then, she had participated in every election since the passage of the Voting Rights Act. Under the proposed bill, this voter, and many others like her, would be turned away from the polls on Election Day. With more than 60 percent of black voters over the age of 60, the photo identification requirement could

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have a chilling effect on the strongest voting bloc in the black communitythe elderly.

Many women whose identity documents may reflect either maiden or married names could face hurdles, too.

Proponents of the bill attempt to hide behind claims of voter fraud.

But evidence of voter fraud is anecdotal and not substantial. What's more, state laws already have measures in place that guard against illegal voting.

The bill is undemocratic and elevates an administrative requirement above a constitutionally protected right - reinforced by the Voting Rights Act. It is now in the hands of the Senate to prevent the disfranchisement of these eligible voters.

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College students are tired, overworked, in debt and broke.

I'm sure they wouldn't mind buying food on campus if the food were actually good.

I never thought that I would ever eat a slice of pizza that wasn't good. Pizza is almost impossible to mess up.

The first time I came across the pizza on campus, it looked tasty, with the melted cheese and pepperoni, but as soon as I took the first bite I was disappointed. The pizza was soggy and the dough was undercooked.

I'm not a pessimistic person, so I thought that maybe the oven wasn't giving enough heat that day, but after periodically buying a slice five more times, I came to the conclusion that the pizza was just nasty.

The fries are so gross that I only made the mistake of buying them once. They tasted like a paper towel that had been used to absorb grease.

In order to eat a hamburger

you must add mayonnaise, ketchup and mustard. Once you do that, it is edible.

For the students who want to eat healthy a salad is an obvious choice, as long as they don't mind the flavorless chicken. It's so plain a bottle of ranch couldn't give it flavor.

On the other hand, people usually give up flavor when they decide to go on a diet or eat healthy.

A tasty alternative is, Subway.

That is if you have 20 minutes to stand in line and wait to order your sub - and get into another line to pay for it.

I must say I envy those who have 30 minutes to get their lunch and at least 10 more minutes to eat it.

I don't know why the people running the cafeteria decided that waiting in line to get your food and then waiting in a second line to pay for it is more effective than just paying for the food when you get it. You would think the traditional method would work just as well here as it does everywhere else.

The Snack Shack is another place on campus where students can grab a snack. The name could not be more appropriate. The Snack Shack is a shack. It's so ridiculously small, students actu-

ally have to shop while they are in line.

The sign on the door bothers me. It says "No backpacks allowed." 'lb me that means one of two things - either students are stealing from the Snack Shack, or only five people at a time would fit inside if you had to squeeze in backpacks too.

I can't imagine how someone could shoplift with one person in front of them and another behind.

How can they ask students to leave their backpacks outside with laptops, iPods and other valuables unsupervised?

Not only that, but when there are about 10 backpacks on the ramp, you can't avoid stepping on one.

What irritates me the most is that the cashiers decide if they will accept your credit card or not.

'1\rrns out the machines do work - they're just really slow, so in order to speed up the line, cashiers refuse to take cards.

The ATM on campus has a fee of $1.50. Your bank probably has another $1.50 charge for using an ATM other than theirs, so you're out an additional $3.

For those brave souls who go off-campus to get their food, they better feel like it's their lucky day in order to find parking again before their next class.

North Korea's apparent test of a nuclear weapon has provoked another debate over whether it's worth negotiating with rogue states.

This is not the moment for a U.S. dialogue with Pyongyang.

This dangerous regime, with its track record of illegal weapons sales, must be disabused of any idea that it can get a free pass to the nuclear club. Strong U.N. economic sanctions are crucial, backed by a united front of U.S. and Asian powers. Also crucial is President Bush's warning that North Korea will be held accountable if it passes nuclear material to other states or groups.

In 1994 North Korea was threatening to quit the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and turn spent reactor fuel into bomb-grade plutonium. The Clinton administration prepared for a possible military strike, but then turned to former President Jimmy Carter as negotiator in Pyongyang.

The result was the 1994 Agreed Framework, under which North Korea sealed its Yongbyon reactor and fuel rods and put them under U.N. inspection. Had that reactor not remained frozen until 2002, it could have produced enough fuel to make dozens of bombs.

On taking office, President Bush labeled North Korea part of the "axis of evil" and made clear he was more interested in "regime change" than talks.

Then in 2002, U.S. officials found evidence that North Korea was cheating on the agreement, by pursuing a secret effort to enrich uranium. The United States drew back from the Agreed Framework, and North Korea expelled U.N. inspectors and started making nuclear weapons.

Yet a simple cost-benefit analysis shows that the Agreed Framework had still been a success. Clinton's negotiations stopped a program that was already capable of making bomb material. The secret uranium program, by contrast, is a longterm undertaking, and there are no signs that it has produced weapons material.

Since the collapse of the Agreed Framework under Bush's watch, North Korea has produced around six to 12 nuclear weapons.

President Bush finally decided, during his second term, to

try negotiations in concert with our Asian allies. He finally let U.S. negotiator Chris Hill meet directly with North Korea officials within those six-nation talks. This direct dialogue led to a promising joint statement in September 2005, in which Pyongyang pledged to dismantle its nuclear program in return for security guarantees and aid.

Those talks eventually fell apart, too. Many experts believe that a key cause was disagreement within the administration over whether the U.S. goal should be to change North Korea's regime or its behavior.

Just as the joint statement was signed, U.S. officials were pursuing international bank sanctions against North Korea.

These may have been justified in principle - the Pyongyang regime is a notorious counterfeiter and smuggler - but the timing seemed designed to kill any deal.

Now North Korea has tested a weapon and is poised to make more bombs. Once again, the White House must choose its approach to this recalcitrant regime.

Talks with North Korea are horribly frustrating, and it is unclear whether Kim will ever give up his weapons. He may have taken the lesson from the Iraq invasion (as Iran has) that nukes are his guarantee of keeping power. There is strong Bush resistance to talks - especially direct talks- or sending a U.S. emissary along the lines of a Carter. And the chances of success are much slimmer now than under Clinton.

But at some point the White House will have to decide whether it wants to pursue the small chance of freezing Pyongyang's program, or at least. limiting the number of weapons. As Gary Samore of the Council on Foreign Relations says: "If they only have enough material for six bombs, they are less likely to sell it than if they have enough for 24 bombs."

Perhaps Bush will listen to his father's key adviser, James Baker, who is already tasked with reassessing America's Iraq strategy. Baker recently said, "I believe in talking to your enemies. It's got to be hard-nosed, it's got to be determined. You don't give away anything, but in my view, it's not appeasement to talk to your enemies."

Baker has already spoken with an Iranian representative.

Pyongyang next?

Republican-proposed immigration bills are for show only Chicago Tribune Editorial MCT NEWS SERVICE

Determined to show that, yes, they can get something done about immigration reform, House Republicans spit out a series of border enforcement bills last week and dared the Senate to kill them.

The measures range from the merely inoffensive (making it illegal to tunnel into the country) to the truly ineffective (erecting a 700-mile fence along the 2,000-mile Mexican border).

Most of them were quickly swatted down, but they served their purpose: When Congress adjourns on Friday, House members can go back to their districts boasting about how hard they're working

"Whether Attempted Implementation of to fix the immigration system.

But they're not fixing the immigration the Senate Immigration Bill Will Result in system. House Republicans decided in an Administrative and National Security June they're better off if the system stays Nightmare" and "Should We Embrace the Senate's Grant of Amnesty to Millions of broken, at least until after the election. illegal Aliens and Repeat the Exploiting the problem gets Mistakes of the Immigration them a lot more points than Reform and Control Act of solving it. So they spent the The mHsutls 1986?" summer conducting "field hear- mnge from the House members returned ings" instead of tackling the much harder job of reconciling me11/y inoHensire to Washington even less inclined toward compromise. their own get-tough bill with the to the truly They have plucked apart more holistic measure passed by inlllmire. their original bill and tried to the Senate and favored by force-feed it to the Senate in President Bush.

The hearings, held mostly in swing con- pieces.

Many of the bits and pieces are already gressional districts, were blatant campaign events with comical titles including included in the Senate's bill, but they need

to be balanced by measures that address the country's dependence on immigrant labor. Take that $2 billion border fence .

Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano has no confidence it would stop immigrants from crossing into her state illegally in search of jobs. "Show me a 50-foot wall, and I'll show you a 51-foot ladder," she has said.

The Senate's comprehensive plan is rooted in reality. It would open channels through which enough workers could arrive legally, and it would offer a way for many of the 12 million who are already here to stay.

The House is having none of that, at least until after the election. Immigrant bashing is so much easier than immigration reform.

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Wow, talk about showing up a little late to the party "The Fast and the Furious" was a movie screaming for a game tie-in back in 2001, when street racing games were still a novelty and the film's popularity was at its peak.

Yet here we are, three films and five years later, with the PS3 looming and street racers a dime a gross

'Just Cause' Xbox 360 ESRB Rating: Mature

By Billy O'Keefe MCT NEWS SERVICE

Does "Just Cause" have problems?

If you're a stickler for realism, boy does it ever. Any game that lets you scale the side of a mountain by literally running up and along it isn't what you'd call a work of realism.

'Bounty Hounds' PSP ESRBRating: Teen

By Billy O'Keefe MCT NEWS SERVICE

Part of being a gamer is wondering how a sprawling team of developers, publishers and game testers managed for months to overlook a

on pretty much every gaming medium down to and including mobile phones. "Furious" has arrived, but its tardiness guarantees casual observers will dismiss it as an alsoran based on a has-been.

Perceptions aren't helped by the game's almost superficial ties to the films: The 'lbkyo setting from the third movie plays the part of host, but the not-quite storyline features none of the main characters and functions more as glue than anything else.

Let's be honest, though - the only good thing about the films was the racing. And purely as a racing game,

''Furious" is much better than a mere also-ran- a little too similar to its contemporaries, for sure, but no slouch in their presence and just different enough to justify its existence.

For starters, the game is fast: The sense of speed on the asphalt is terrific despite a slightly jumpy framerate, some grainy visuals and other indications of the PS2's limited power.

More importantly, though, the cars - which are licensed and extremely customizable - handle nicely even in the lowest class. The sense of power and weight, combined with awesome drift controls and the aforementioned speed, mean you won't have to wait until you can purchase faster cars to enjoy the game like it's meant to be enjoyed.

The attention to control becomes especially apparent during mountain drift races, which have you peeling around a peak in a frantic tug-o-war between speed and control. "Furious" is fun on the streets, but you've likely been there and done that in other games. If your street racing thirst still burns and you want to try something truly different, head for the mountains

ASAP.

Same goes for the ability to, oh, jump off the mountain, deploy your parachute, fire a grappling hook at a passing car, paraglide behind the car, leap onto a passing plane, kick the pilot out, fly the plane, shoot down a police chopper, leap out of the plane, somehow deploy your chute again, and land at the site of your next mission while the plane crashlands in the distance.

The preceding stunt- or several million variations of it - is entirely possible in "Cause," which takes the open-ended gameplay of "Grand Theft Auto," mixes in the worldly sensibilities of "Mercenaries," and piles a huge helping of Hollywood blockbuster on top. Where games might pull off similar stunts through scripted events and other contrivances, the insanity one commits in "Cause" is entirely organic, limited only by imagination and a need to stay alive.

The explosive possibilities - and what you've read only scratches the

surface - are made all the more impressive by "Cause's" incredible visual and technical prowess. The fictional tropical island of San Esperito is 250,000 acres of wow, boasting expansive highways, skyscraping mountains, shanty and resort towns and a numerous bodies of water (full ocean floor included).

Gorgeous lighting and weather effects deepen the immersion factor, and the almost complete lack ofload times really hammers home just what developers can do with this new generation of hardware.

"Cause" is sprinkled with issues that are problems, including unpredictable car physics, a map that deceives you at the worst possible time, a degree of sameness to some environments.

Fortunately, these problems rarely add up to anything debilitating, and they're pretty small potatoes in a game that lets you do heaven knows how many things no game has ever before let you do. Suspend your disbelief, think on or off your feet, and enjoy the ride - be it by land, sea, air or all of the above.

problem (and solution) you're able to spot almost immediately.

Take, for instance, "Bounty Hounds." Here's a game that, while never spectacular, has a lot going for it. It's a new franchise made specially for the PSP, and the pick-up-and-go gameplay your typical mindless hack/slash romp, albeit with a futuristic motif and shooting weapons tossed in for variety's sake - is an ideal fit for the portable. The graphic novellike story is pretty slick, and the action is fast, pretty and full of enemies crawling out of every nook.

"Hounds" allows you to use either the directional pad or the analog stick - but not both - to control your character. It would stand to reason, then, that if you use the D-pad to move your guy, the stick would be used to control the camera and vice versa.

Unfortunately, while games have been doing just that for some 10

years now, "Hounds" does not. In fact, beyond being able to center the camera behind your character or on a targeted enemy, you have no control whatsoever over the camera. This is no trivial matter with enemies surrounding you almost constantly, and the problem is compounded by a fidgety autotargeting system and the fact that the default camera angle almost always is inadequate in the first place. You'll spend as much time running in circles to fight this problem as you will fighting actual enemies.

It's about as fun in practice as it sounds on paper, and XPEC's inability to map even bare-bones camera controls to either the Dpad or the stick is a pretty staggering oversight given all the things it does right. Those with great patience can probably get around it, but only someone desperate for a game of this kind should even make the attempt.

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Native Californian songwriter Beck emerges once again triumphant with his prismatic ninth album.

"The Information" proves again that Beck is a genre-defiant artist. The album's songs are a fluid stream of eclectic progressive rock tracks followed by perfectly produced trip hop which is a mix of dance, hip hop and ambient music. Beck reminds the listener that he uses a virtuoso of sounds when he mixes unique sound bites into tracks like no other songwriter could pull off. Although "The Information" gives listeners a further glimpse into the black hole of Beck's creativity, the album would have been better if there were a few songs written on the lighter, more comedic side Beck often exhibits.

"The Information" has been a long time coming; in production since 2003 the progress was slow due to the success and inevitable tour during the wake of Beck's eighth album "Guru."

Beck teamed up with Nigel Godrick, famed producer ofRadiohead's "Kid A" and "Ok Computer" to produce "The Information." Beck proves to be a jack-ofall-trades, playing 18 different instruments and some oddities including a 'Ibte a Tune which is a kid's toy and a Nintendo Game Boy. True to his legacy Beck is able to stand out and make a unique impression through every aspect of his work. All the album art is printed to look like a blank piece of graph paper. On the outside cover, a transparent sticker resembling Lego's simply states "Beck."

The album kicks off with "Elevator Music." This track is anything but boring as the title implies. The song is wonderfully funky with the Game Boy sounds spotlighting throughout the chorus. The first line of the song was funny when Beck sings, "I shake a leg on the ground like an epileptic battery man."

Quite a few songs on the album feature synthesizers and organs as Beck raps smoothly over them. "Cell phones dead" is one of these tracks where the electric organ plays a waltz as Beck incorporates a Game Boy as the percussion. The song changes directions halfway through into ambient jungle feel. This kind of sudden direction change is difficult for an artist to successfully pull off but Beck achieves it artfully.

Other tracks on "The Information" stand our for their lyrical content. The albums title track is one of these songs.

In the song "Information" Beck poetically eludes to social conditioning and reliance. The song sounds dark and foreboding accompanied by a girl in the background moaning ghastly. Although Beck's quirky writing style in hard to follow at times, this song is clearly a warning.

"Movie Theme" is a good track. The song soars effortlessly through acoustic guitar trills and lyrical phrases reflecting in celestial beings. The song is similar to trip hop infused with slow rock and roll. The track is a great example of Beck's ability to combine polar opposite genres to complement each other and create a new form of music.

"The Information" is another successful and enjoyable installment in the manuscript of Beck's music. For those who appreciate musical evolution Beck is a must hear.

THE TELESCOPE • MONDAY, OCT. 23, 2006

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Progress on completion of the Sprinter is being made toward the December 2007 deadline.

The Sprinter is a light rail train that will run 22 miles from Oceanside to Escondido. It will have 15 stops. Five of them will be in San Marcos including stops at Palomar College and Cal State San Marcos.

San Marcos Public Works Director Mike Mercereau said construction is progressing.

Construction has reached a point where they are now paving the railroad crossings and posting signs around them, Mercereau said. He added that construction will be done at night to avoid traffic disturbances.

The first of the 12 Sprinter trains arrived from Germany last September. More trains have been arriving and are stored in Escondido, said North County Transit District Marketing Representative Sarah Benson.

"We are expecting Palomar college students to use (the Sprinter) heavily," Benson said.

She added that the NCTD expects 10,000 passengers per day who will relieve traffic along Highway 78.

Last spring, Palomar college officials said that they hoped the Sprinter will relieve campus parking.

"They're hoping it will give a better means of transportation to students," said Marilyn Lunde staff assistant for the Office of Student Affairs.

The Palomar College stop will have a parking lot south of the station, along Armorlite Drive.

The budget for the project iacreased to $440 million this past June from its original $381 million budget, Benson said. Any other funds will be received from bonds or from San Diego's Regional Planning Agency, but this has yet to be determined, Benson said.

The train will run from 5 a.m. to 9 p.m. every 30 minutes with the same fare as the buses - $2 for one ride and $4 for a one-day pass.

Seniors will have to pay $1 for one ride and $2 for a one-day pass.

The monthly bus pass that can be bought at the Office of Student Affairs can also be used for the Sprinter, Benson said.

The NCTD is going to try to work with Palomar College officials to inform students about the monthly pass that will work for both the Sprinter and the Breeze bus, Benson said.

Itzelli Cruz lives in Escondido and takes the bus to Palomar.

"I would rather take the Sprinter than the bus," Cruz said. "It would make it easy with students who don't drive."

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Cavins said she would take the Sprinter because it would be faster than the bus. Cavins said to go by bus from Palomar to Oceanside can take a couple of hours and she hopes that the Sprinter will reduce the time.

The Sprinter project has been ongoing for almost 20 years. In 1987, San Diego's Regional Planning Agency did a study and found that a light rail system along Highway 78 was possible

according to the NCTD Web site.

'I\venty years later and the project is nearly complete.

For information on the Sprinter visit www.gonctd.com or call (760) 599-8332.

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This year, Palomar College is celebrating its 60th anniversary. To honor the anniversary, The Telescope will publish a series of photographs.

Each week, there will be a theme marking important events throughout the last 60 years at Palomar. the years, Throughout groups of protesters have demonstrated their rights to free speech on campus.

Students and faculty are amoung the voices speaking out against injustices affecting them or others.

{Top): An anti-Prop. 187 protest march on campus continues toward San Marcos City Hall and Cal State San Marcos on Nov. 2, 1994. The proposition would ban undocumented residents from receiving social services such health care and access to public schools, except in emergencies.

(Middle): Library staffers Michelle Burks (left) and Bonnie Corzine show their displeasure with what they see as slow progress in finding a solution to the library's alleged air quality problems Oct. 31, 1990.

(left): Students from Mission Hills and San Marcos High School marched up Mission Road before being denied access onto the Palomar campus March 27. Young Latinos throughout the country staged protests to proposed federal legislation that would make illegal immigration a felony.

(Right): El Teatro Campesino, a San Diego group, performs a skit to promote a boycott against California grape growers. In skits depicting the end of the world, the group exposed the unhealthy working conditions and low wages suffered by farm workers, in hopes of gaining support for the United Farm Workers Union in October 1975.

THE TELESCOPE • MONDAY, OCT. 23, 2006

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Judy Barragan and Felicia Velte both contributed hat tricks.

Meredith Covington and Tassiana Barros each tallied a goal and an assist for Palomar.

In a Pacfic Coast Conference matchup Oct. 13 the Comets defeated Southwestern 3-0.

Nathalie Ortiz scored a goal and garnered two assists, while goalkeeper Kailyn Servis brought in four saves.

The Comets moved their record to 5-8-1 overall on the season and its conference record at 3-3.

MEN'S SOCCER Palomar defeated Imperial Valley 2-0 in its second PCC game of the season Oct. 13.

Steve Bryson and Valentin Diaz scored the Comets' goals, with the help of two Dante Brooks' assists.

Goalkeeper Julio Ruiz recorded his second shutout of the season.

took down Pasadena 15-4.

In its second match of the tournament, Palomar lost to Fullerton 105.

Erica Bergeson lead the Comets with two goals.

The second day of the tournament brought dissapointing results, as Palomar lost both games to Citrus 98 and Cerritos 15-7, dropping their record to 9-11 on the season.

Bergeson and Maeghen Golden each had two goals in the loss to Citrus.

Ave Woods, Mandy Enriquez, Kiera Kenney, Bergeson, Livingston, Stephens, and Golden each scored goals against Cerritos.

MEN'S WATER POLO The visiting Comets advanced to 16-4 on the season and 2-0 in PCC play Oct. 11, blowing out San Diego Mesa 18-6.

Brandon Loveless (four goals) lead the Comets in scoring.

Roger Ortega (three goals), Drew McCracken (two goals) and Kraig Lofstadt (two goals) were other multiple goal scorers for Palomar.

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• Women's Volleyball Palomar at Southwestern -6p.m.

• Women's Water Polo Southwestern at Palomar -3p.m.

• Men's Water Polo Southwestern at Palomar -4:15p.m.

Stephanie Morton struggles for possesion against Southwestern Oct. 13. The Comets won 3-0.

the season.

Shaw led the charge Oct. 11, as Palomar defeated Victory Valley 416 Shaw defeated the Rams Charlton Thayn 11-5 in the 174-pound weight class.

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• Women's Soccer Palomar at Cuyamaca- 3 p.m.

• Women's Volleyball San Diego Mesa at Palomar- 6 p.m • Cross Country Conference Championship at Balboa Park- 2:30 p.m

Palomar's Tyson Knierim overtook Nick Aguilera 13-1 at 141 pounds, and the Comets' Chris Terrano beat Jose Chacon 5-3 at 157. Five other Palomar wrestlers won due to forfeit.

The Comets moved to 6-3.

• Football Pasadena at Palomar- 1 p.m.

• Wrestling All Star Meet at Cuesta- 4 p.m.

Postseason baseball should bring out the inner fan San Diego Padres faithful, I'm with you. I sense your pain and am currently seated next to you on the proverbial off-season couch. For the second year in a row, what many Friar fans around North County and the Palomar campus are feeling, I, too, have finally experienced. I've learned the lesson of having m y team, the Atlanta Braves, head into the postseason as favorites, only to watch them fall flat on their faces.

Many teams have had the mindset since mid-February that they will earn the opportunity to hoist the commissioner's trophy that is given to the winner of the World Series. Yet together, after having struggled through a 162-game season, the only fate we now have to rest on is the infamous line of "wait until next year."

For the first time since I was 5years old, somehow I had to digest this. Major League Baseball headed into the postseason without my enthusiasm. It felt like a part of me was missing, as if a section of my heart that has a soft spot for the Braves was printed on the back of a milk carton.

Every season since the 1991 campaign, I have enjoyed watching my team punch its playoff ticket, only to let me down. When they finally reached the promised land in 1995, I was 8, a young kid who failed to realize the impact of what was unfolding.

Now I can identify with what the Boston Red Sox nation suffered through and what Chicago Cubs supporters continue to stomach each season. I admit to taking full advantage of it. Yet somehow, in those 14 straight postseason appearances, which mostly resulted in postseason failures, I continued to pray that next season would turn out better.

In no shape or form am I dissapointed with my good fortune, though. I've literally been blessed to sit down in front of the TV each fall, knowing my team would be right in the thick of a World Series run. I took it for granted, and now realize what the large percentage of baseball fans around the country feel when the last pitch of the regular season is thrown.

But we need to remember that inside every team fan is an even larger baseball fan. Being a fan of the game comes first; dedication to a team is secondary. As a true fan, it's hard to come to grips with the thought of shoving your team to the side. There are 32 teams, yet every fall only eight of them make the voyage to the postseason. That equates to three-fourths of all fans who are watching a team other than their own inherit all the glory that October offers.

It's our obligation as fans to a watch a team who once suffered through the same trauma we are going through. Root for the underdog. You can think of it as therapy.

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The Detroit T.gers celebrate after Maggio Ordonez' three-1m wal-off homenJt that sent them to the World Series. The T.gers will look to continue thei" inprobable 1111 Uis week.

Look at a team like the Detroit Tigers who haven't made the playoffs since 1987 - they're headed to the World Series. They not only swept the Oakland Athletics, but they also uprooted a New York Yankee club that harvested a roster with a salary of more than $200 million and a lineup resembling an all-star team.

So as the World Series approaches, two teams will endeavor on a

journey for ultimate success.

Knowing that each game, each pitch and each at bat could be the deciding factor as to whether or not the season is over, makes it all the more exciting.

Former Los Angeles Dodgers manager, Tommy Lasorda, said it best in his Fox commercials, "So your team's been knocked out, who cares? You're baseball fans. Watch the playoffs, it's your duty, Judy."

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Tragedy asks the question 'What if?'

By Lisa Olson MCT NEWS SERVICE

Joe Torre couldn't help but wonder "what if?" He knew it wasn't rational, but the mind tends to meander at times like this, when death comes suddenly, and so it was that Torre formed his answers into statements, fully aware he had no control over happenstance and chance.

"To think, I took the ball out of his hands the last time," Torre said. "The fact we got knocked out, if that didn't happen he'd have no reason to be up there in the airplane."

Torre shook his head and wiped his red eyes. A few seconds earlier, he had embraced Melanie Lidle atop the mausoleum steps, before she turned back toward her husband's casket, sobbing heavily. Torre faded quietly into the crowd that had come to eulogize and bury Cory Lidle, the Yankee pitcher who died Oct. 11, when his single-engine plane slammed into an upper East Side apartment building.

Torre was Lidle's manager for only a short time. There was never time to bond, not with a pennant to chase. Still, when I asked Torre why he felt it was important to attend Lidle's funeral services on 'fuesday, his replies offered a glimpse into his own wounded soul.

He couldn't help but ponder the theoretical: What if the Yankees hadn't been ousted by Detroit in the first round of the playoffs?

Would Lidle and his flight instructor, Tyler Stanger, still be

Cory Lidle

alive, or had their destiny already been charted? What if Lidle hadn't been traded to the Yankees from Philadelphia in July? Would The New York Yankee pitcher was he still have paid for Stanger to reportedly killed when the small plane he come to New York, to be his copilot on a cross-country journey was piloting crashed into a condominum that included a scenic aerial tour high-rise in Manhattan. of Manhattan last Wednesday?

Torre was part of a foursome Born: March 22, 1972, with David Cone, Ron Guidry and in Hollywood, Calif.

Lee Mazzilli on a Westchester golf course when the call came.

Baseball career: Made his major Yankee general manager Brian league debut in 1997 for the New Cashman was on the line, saying York Mets; pitched for the Mets, the most incredulous thing: "We think the plane that hit the buildTampa Bay, Oakland, Toronto, ing in the city was Cory Lidle's."

Cincinnati, Philadelphia, New York For days Torre had been at the Yankees; was traded to the Yankees center of a New York baseball this year in mid-season storm like few others, while George Steinbrenner contemplatYears Games Starts Wins ed firing the Bombers manager of 11 years. Now he was here with a 9 277 199 82 contingent of Yankees, sitting six rows from the back at Forest Source: Major League Baseball , MCT Photo Service Graphic: Tim Goheen Lawn Memorial Park as Lidle's childhood friends and family members took turns telling sto- ket, which was flanked by two away, with invited guests munchries about a life packed into 34 large portraits, one of him look- ing on In-N-Out burgers (Lidle's years. At one point all of them ing fondly at the NY logo, the favorite) and exiting into the Torre, Cashman, Derek Jeter, other a picture of him in full warm sun with DVDs of Lidle the Reggie Jackson- adjusted their motion, wearing a pinstriped husband, father and ballplayer. sunglasses, perhaps to shield the uniform. Lidle was Melanie's "Just four days before he died, tears. Jason Giambi, Lidle's husband for nearly 10 years, he was pitching for us," Torre teammate at nearby South Hills Christopher's father for 6 years said. "(The division series loss) High School, was amongst the and a Yankee for barely two wasn't a happy time. So many mourners and Jaret Wright months. He played for seven people - too many people - talk stopped by to pay his respects, teams, but will forever be tied about perspective. You see all the but former Yankee pitcher Aaron to one. importance given to what I was Small was the only one of Lidle's The service began with the first doing and you realize how stark many former teammates to speak ofthree fly-overs by a trio of small reality is. What happened to Cory at the outdoor service. planes that pierced the ominous and his instructor, it's just so sad A bouquet of white roses clouds. The afternoon ended with and sudden. Their lives just adorned Lidle's closed gray cas- a reception at a church a few miles abruptly stopped. We were put

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Jeter sighed when Kevin Lidle relayed an anecdote about putting on his twin brother's leather jacket the other day, and feeling an odd object in the pocket. It was a tiny yellow ball, said Kevin, "with a smiley face on it." He held it up, for the crowd to see.

"I took that as Cory saying, 'Everything's OK,'" he said.

Hundreds of yards away, from their chairs in the back, a row of Yankees could barely make out the shape, but they knew it was all right to smile.

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on the day for 91 yards, while also scrambling into the end The Palomar football team zone three times. is at a fork in the road that "We talked about wanting to has them heading in two pos- get off on the right foot," Early sible directions. One of those said. "Anytime you can do that courses being a Mission it gives you more confidence Conference American Division and in games like this you title and a trip to the playoffs, have to continually build conthe other being a replay of the fidence as the game goes on." past two losing seasons.

On Riverside's first snap of The Comets took strides the game, defensive end Tony toward the first direc- ,..-------, Kalone laid a 10 vicious hit on tion Oct. 14, walloping TIGERS at COMETS 51 Tigers quarterRiverside 52-20 Escondido High's Wilson back Daniel Mi l l u s , Stadium in the first game of whose pass A m e r i c a n flew errantly Division play. ~.., ~ VS. into the The Comets (3- ~ :c__/ hands of ~ Comet line3, 1-0) showcased the conference's backer Tyler ranked Who: Palomar versus Pasadena Hiatt for the top offense, accumuWhat: Mission Conference game interception.

When: 1p.m., Oct. 28 " W e latting 594 total Where: Escondido HigJI's Wilson changed our yards, while shutStadium schemes a ting down At stake: The Comets continue their little bit, Riverside's (2-4, 0-1) passing game Mission conference schedule against h o p e f u 11 y with a physical putting them Pasadena, as they look to keep their · a pos1·t wn · secondary. m Quarterback playoff hopes aJive. Palomar blew out to make Tyler Lorenzen the Lancers last season 36·7. more plays," collected 483 Early said of total yards, including 89 yards his defense, on the ground, while complet- who had three interceptions ing 29 of 39 passes for 394 and five turnovers. "This is yards and three touchdowns. how Palomar is used to playKyle Hill, Tobias Shanks (five ing defense, creating catches for 90 yards) and Tyler turnovers and taking those Fenton (five catches for 89 turnovers and putting them yards) each had TD receptions into points." · for the Comets.

Palomar's secondary pre"We were able to come out sented arguably its strongest and play four quarters of foot- performance of the season, ball," said head coach Joe showing perseverance with Early. "That's what we need to 8:32 left in the second quarter. do week in and week out."

Already with a 28-0 lead, corPalomar set the tone in its nerback Chauncey Dariso first drive, marching 50 yards nearly picked off a Milius pass down the field, resulting in a that slipped right off his Donnell Fulford 1-yard dive hands. On the next play, into the end zone.

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direction, only this time he responded with an interception, returning it 33-yards.

"I missed the pick," said Dariso, who collected 20 tackles. "I know it was a big play, so I had to come back and step it up. I was looking at the quarterback before the snap, and he was looking at me."

With the Comets commanding a 28-7 lead at the start of the third quarter, Riverside surprisingly came out with a strong opening drive. The Tigers traveled 55 yards to the goal line, with Richard Murrell finishing the drive, sprinting eight-yards in for the touchdown.

Subsequently, Riverside exhibited the same determination on the other side of the ball, forcing the Comets' first possession of the half into a crucial third-and-eight on its own 23-yard line. After nearly being dragged to the ground, Lorenzen somehow found Fulford with a shovel pass, who proceeded to evade numerous tackles before being · brought down for the first down. The drive concluded with Lorenzen hooking up with Shanks 27-yards down the field for the touchdown.

"Starting the second half off, that's not what we anticipated," Early said. "We answered back on offense, and made a couple huge plays on the drive.

To be able to take it in and counter their score, I think it took the gas out of them."

The Comets continued to pour it on in the fourth quarter, scoring 17 points, as Alex Mugica capped off the Comets' attack with a 28-yard field goal.

Mter a three-game losing streak, Early said he maintains optimism of a playoff birth and that the beginning of division play is the start of the

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Quarterback Tyler Lorenzen connects with running back Donnell Fulford (No. 28) during a 52-20 victory over Riverside Oct. 14. Fulford had eight -catches for 91 yards.

second season.

"They (players) haven't given up," Early said. "They know what type of team we're capa-

ble of being and they believe our record doesn't indicate how good we are. Now we just have to go out and prove it."

Co01et collision proves costly in conference 01atch goal. As the clock ticked toward the end of the half, the Comets had multiple looks at the goal. As they reeled off three The closing seconds of the Palomar shots in a flurry, Cuyamaca's goalie men's soccer game proved to be the dove, stopping both shots inches in front deciding factor, as the Comets fell to of the goal.

Early in the first half, Palomar had visiting Cuyamaca 1-0 in their Pacific one of its easier scoring chances of the Coast Conference opener Oct. 11.

In a game that was controlled by day. On a strong cross from midfielder agressive defenses from both teams, the David King, Kyle Bissonnette took the ball in stride, but before he Comets' defense suffered on a take a shot, could late miscue in the final min- COYOTES I utes.

Cuyamaca's goalie was all COMETS 0 over him, breaking up the In the 84th minute of the 90 minute game, Palomar shot before it reached the net. had possession, or at UP NEXT least appeared to, While Cuyamaca was on their heels all game when the ball trickled long, the Comets failed toward Palomar goalie to provide solid defense Julio Ruiz. As Ruiz charged toward the close to the box. What ball, he collided with Who: Palomar versus Southwestern Hernandez said hurt the sweeper Aldo Negrete.

What: Pacific Coast Conference most about this loss was Mter both Comets fell that Cuyamaca didn't game the ground, pose a threat on the to When: 3 p.m., Oct. 25 Satoru offensive end all day Cuyamaca's Where: Palomar soccer field Narue tapped the ball long.

At stale: After wnq three of its "I told the guys at half into the empty net. last four game, the Comets look to gail time that that was the "I think it was just a miscommunication some #OIIId il the PCC. Paloltw swept only way they were the season series last year, llefeatq the going to score, was on a between the goalie and the sweeper," said head mental mistake by our .laglJa'S by scores of 2·1 and 3-L coach Carlos defense," Hernandez Hernandez. "We've been having some said. problems communicating with one Aside from the one defensive mishap, another, but that should have been Hernandez said this was a game that ME&Hllll ClSSISE I THE TELESCOPE Palomar can build on.

Julio's ball all the way."

"I get excited when we play well, but Dante Brooks (left) works the ball upfield during a 1-0 loss to Cuyamaca Oct.ll in the Pacific Coast Cuyamaca only fired six shots on goal Conference opener. The Comets moved to 5-6-2 on the season. compared to the Comets' 11 shots on it's all for nothing if you don't win."

By Roy Alvarez

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