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Prop. M receives 57 percent of vote

PHOTOS BY STEPHANIE TOMBRIIICK I THE TELESCOPE

Vice President of Instruction Berta Cuaron (front) and college President Robert Deegan express their excitement as a 55.08 percent approval result is read for Prop. M at the Lake San Marcos Resort and Country Club on Nov. 7. The $694 million bond eventually passed with 57.35 percent of voter support. '

all that hard work," said college President Robert Deegan. He said the results showed that voters in Palomar's dis· trict had put their trust in those who campaigned. By Jason Dunn "We won't let them down," THE TELESCOPE Deegan said. "We'll show that Administrators and faculty this will be a community colfrom Palomar College, and lege that our local communisupporters of Prop. M gath- ties deserve." Early results on the night ered in a hotel conference room in Lake San Marcos on had Prop. M's approval at Nov. 7 to watch the polling 55.01 percent - 0.01 percent results as votes were counted. above the 55 percent required Many of those present were for the bond to pass. As the active campaigners for the night went on, updated results showed approval for the bond bond. "Tonight's the culmination of .increasing.

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According to the San Diego Registrar of Voters Web site, Prop. M passed with 57.35 percent of voter support. "It shows that every single thing we did, we needed to do," Deegan said during the night. He said campaigners sent out direct mail, spoke to voters on the phone, wrote letters to newspapers and put up lawn signs. Deegan said he spoke to many civic groups about Prop. M. "Every night, every weekend for months we've been working on this," Deegan said.

With th1 PIISSIIfl ol Prop. MP111omt1r will st11rt r1building lor th1 lutur1 By Jason Dunn

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Director of Grant-Funded Programs Calvin One Deer Gavin applauds after hearing the percentage of voter approval rise higher than the 55 percent required for Prop. M to pass at the Lake San Marcos Resort and Country Club on Nov. 7.

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Palomar College will receive a $694 million bond to develop its facilities after the passage of Proposition M on Nov. 7. Administrators at the college have called the bond measure the second most important event in the history of the college, the first being the opening of the school 60 years ago. "We'll build one of the finest community colleges in the country right here in our com-

munity," said college President . Rohert Deegan. The bond money will transform the San Marcos Campus with renovations to existing buildings and the construction of new buildings. Deegan said the passage of the bond means a large building like the new science building will be built at the San Marcos Campus every three years for the next 15 years. The development of San • SEE REBUILDING, PACE 8

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22 and will go to students and their families for Thanksgiving dinner. Donation items may include canned IN BRIEF vegetables and fruit, stuffing, potatoes, macaroni and cheese, chicken broth, salad dressing, Jell-0, canned yams, cranberry sauce, pumpkin pie mix, marshmallows, raisins, sugar, cakemix, cooking oil, gravy, desserts, cooking spices and accessories. Perishable food should be donated There will be a blood drive on the San only after Nov. 21. Donations can be dropped off at the Marcos Campus Nov. 28 to Dec. 1. A blood bus will be parked in Lot )1 EOP&S office located in building TCA-1 by the Health Services building and at the north end of the San . Marcos students can give blood from 9 a.m. to Campus. 2:30 p.m. on all four days. For more information or questions Students can .sign up for an appoint- · about the Thanksgiving Basket Drive, ment at Health Services or call for an students can contact Anel Gonzalez at appointment at (760) 744-1150, ext. agonzalez@palomar.edu or call Gonzales 2380 . . at (760) 744-1150 ext. 2239. Walk-up appointments may also be possible, but students with appointments will be given priority, said Julie Thurstan-Donaghy of Health Services. Students who give blood need to be 17 years or older, and must weigh 110 pounds or more. Students should also The Facilities Department is going to be well hydrated and fed on the day. All donors will receive a t-shirt from be selling firewood through the winter months again. The firewood will cost the Red Cross. $50 for a small truck load and $65 for a full-size truck load. "The wood is mostly dead Eucalyptus trees in the Arboretum that have been killed by beetles," said Rick Kratcoski, . supervisor for grounds services and recycling. Kratcoski said he would like to keep Palomar's Extended Opportunity the firewood sales limited to only Programs and Services department is Palomar College students and staff. annual Because there is not a lot to go around, conducting its 19th Thanksgiving Basket Drive from Oct. 30 it will be sold on a first come, first served basis, Kratcoski sal.d. to Nov. 22. The organizers are trying to beat last All of the proceeds from the firewood year's donation of 288 baskets and dis- sale will go to the Palomar College tribute 300 baskets of food to low- Foundation to help benefit Palomar's Recycling Department. Anyone interincome students and their children; EOP&S is requesting food donations, ested in purchasing firewood or who gift certificates and .cash donations. All would like more information can e-mail of the baskets will be delivered on Nov. Kratcoski at rkratcoski@palomar.edu

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• Guest Speaker The Earth Sciences Department hosts Dr. Alan Zirino as a guest speaker at 6:30 p.m.in ES-19. Zirino will speak about natural threats to Venice. Admission is free.

• Proposition M Celebration College President Robert Deegan hosts a celebration for the passage of Prop. M. at 2 p.m. on the patio between A Building and the governing board room. Sundaes will be given free to attendees. • Governing Board Meeting Palomar College's governing board has its weekly meeting at 5 p.m. in the governing board room. Anyone can attend.

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• Cal State San Marcos transfer information Representatives from Cal State San Marcos will be available by appointment in the Transfer Center from 11 a.m. to 2:30p.m. Cali (760) 744-1150 ext. 2552.

• UC Riverside transfer information Representatives from UC Riverside will be available by appointment in the Transfer Center from 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Cali (760) 744-1150 ext. 2552. • Craft Fair and Sale A sale of arts and crafts will be held in the Student Center from 9 a.m. ·to 2 p.m.

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• Annual Faculty Exhibit The Boehm Gallery opens with its Annual Faculty Exhibit from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

, informational meeting The Foreign Languages Department has an informational meeting about a trip to Playa Del Carmen during winter intersession at 10 a.m. i"n F-10. • Free HIV testing Health Services hosts free HIV testing from noon to 4· p.m. in Lot 11 .

Palo111ar honors·dead for Dia de·los Muertos By Shahrazad Encinias .

flowers adorned tables. Student Affairs provided the Martha Velasco's Spanish food and drinks for the event . 101 class hosted the celebra- Taquitos, rice and drinks were A Palomar professor dancing tion. served free . Food Services preto Spanish music in the middle Students bought or prepared pared the meals. of the Student Center while Students from Velasco's the decorations and had two serving food was one of the months to put everything Community Based English many sights during the Nov.l together, said Candace Ortega, Tutoring class also helped decocelebration for Dia de one of the Velasco's students. rate for the event. "It took a while because we CBET is a state program that were limited with resources," Palomar offers to people learn. ·she said. ing to speak English. Those in The activities at the event the CBET class are mainly were not only student-funded Spanish speakers, Velasco said. but also prepared by them, said "The Hispanic community Allison Long, another of has participated hand-in-hand Velasco's students. and is very involved with this She said she made 300 sugar project," Velasco said. The Financial Aid skulls to decorate. There were 200 big skulls, 100 little skulls . Department had a table for stuand frosting to decorate them. dents to receive information Long said everything was edi- about financial aid. It also gave ble ·and she not only made the candy to students. skulls, but she had to pack Velasco said this was the them individually. third year she has participated "It was really worth it for in the celebration. Her class is today," Long said. . also in charge of the Dia de los Spanish 101 student Erik · Muertos display in the library. Lopez, going by the name "DJ "I'm really glad we did it," Escandalo," provided music. He Long said. "It raises cultural played different genres of awareness.!> Spanish music. Dia de los Muertos is a twoSamba, reggaeton, cumbia, day event celebrated in Latin rock en · Espanol, pop en America. The Nov. 1 celebraEspanol and banda were a sam- tion is for children. The Nov. 2 pling of the DJ's play-list. celebration is for adults. The "It was great," Lopez said. custom originated in Mexico "We even ran out. of food." and has grown throughout TOll DEilY I THE TELESCOPE The Financial Aid Latin America and the United Student Danielle Geaslen applies sugar frosting to a Mexican sugar skull at the Dia de los Muertos. celebration in front of the Department and the Office of States. Student Center on Nov. 1. Martha Velasco's Spanish 101 dass hosted the event which had tables decorated for the dead.

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los Muertos. . Tables were set up along the sidewalk in front of the Student Center to commemorate the dead. Deceased ·relatives, Palomar staff, soldiers in Iraq and immigrants who have lost their lives trying to cross the

border were some of the subjects for tables. The tables were · decorated with favorite foods, favorite beverages and memorabilia of the dead. Pan de muerto, Coronas, Sauza tequila, oranges, bananas, apples and

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Nursint prowram ·to expand next semester By Nicole Callas THE TELESCOPE

Palomar College's nursing program will expand to night and weekend classes next semester. The decision was made after two full-time faculty members were hired in early October. A $400,000 grant given by the Chancellor's Office and additional funding from the college will enable the program to expand. The top 20 people from the 400student waitlist will be enrolled in the new night and weekend courses. It will include both lecture and lab hospital hours, which are referred to as clinical hours. Judy Eckhart, chairwoman of the nursing program, said she would have liked to admit more students, but the budget won't allow it. "It's very expensive because in a clinical setting the studentteacher ratio cannot be more than 10 to 12 students to one faculty member," Eckhart said. She said safety is the reason for such small classes, because clinical work needs careful and detailed instruction, and a large class could be dangerous when performing in a hospital. Eckhart said safety and money are what make nursing programs so difficult to develop. "We are having a lot of growing pains right now," Eckhart said. She said she believes the grant given to the nursing program will not cover all expansion costs, and the college has given the program funding for some of its shortcomings. "We are really pleased with the support the college has given

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Student Ashley Miller, part of the Palomar College nursing program, practices packing and dressing a wound on a dummy during class Nov. 7. Next semester the nursing program will offer night and weekend classes after receiving a $400,000 grant to expand the program.

us," Eckhart said. Eckhart said the expansion is too important to ignore because there is a shortage of nurses. "This expansion allows the college and the nursing program to better meet the needs of the community," Eckhart said. She said studies predict the nursing shortage will be much worse in 10 years unless something is done. Eckhart said the reason for the

shortage is because the large number of nurses employed in the baby boomer era are retiring, and very few women are willing to pursue nursing because nurses are traditionally underpaid. Eckhart said she hopes providing more education will promote more jobs. Hospitals have also raised nurses' salaries to appeal to more students. First-semester students in the nursing program will get experi-

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ence in a Pomerado Hospital and the Veterans Health Administration. Lectures will be held 'fuesday and Wednesday evenings. The clinical portion of the course will be held Thursday afternoons and open all day Friday and Saturday to the students. Students admitted will be required to attend two lecture days and three clinical days per week.

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Eckhart said the nursing program is very serious and she expects the nine-unit course to appeal to dedicated students. Students in the Palomar nursing program have had a pass rate of 90 percent on the State Board Exam for the past five years. The average state pass rate is 83 percent. Eckhart said she predicts the expansion can only benefit the growth of nursing education.

recycling program

By Robert Grimmick

responsible for handling Palomar's solid waste does most For most Palomar College of the actual recycling. Mitchell students, the act of recycling said the proceeds from the recyends with choosing the gray bin cled material are then subtractor the red bin. To John Mitchell, ed from what the company it's both a job and a passion. charges Palomar for waste "I'm morally and spiritually removal. committed to recycling," said All California state agencies, Mitchell, who is working including community colleges toward a certificate in video and state universities, have production at Palomar. He is been required to keep at least currently the only student 50 percent of their total waste worker employed by Palomar's out of landfills since 2004. This recycling program, and is paid can be done through traditional by both a federal work study recycling or by reusing materiprogram and by the school als in other ways. itself. At Palomar, this includes Mitchell is responsible for col- "grasscycling," where grass cliplecting recyclable materials pings are reused as fertilizer from the San Marcos Campus rather than thrown out. Some each week. Typically, this materials can also be reused in includes glass, paper, card- other departments in their curboard, plastics and aluminum rent form. cans. Mitchell said he doesn't Recycling is becoming more know how much material is popular, partly because of the actually recycled, but estimated growing population in Southern it amounts to thousands of California. More people mean pounds each month. He said more trash. In 2005, San Diego most of the material he collects County produced more than 4 is plastic. million tons of solid waste. Most Community service workers of that waste stays within the then sort the materials by type. county, according to the From there, the company California Integrated Waste

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Management Board, which also advocates recycling as a way to reduce trash buildup. But recycling isn't always pretty. "It's a pretty dirty job," Mitchell said. He said he has to deal with the smell of sour milk

from empty coffee cans and overflowing beverage containers. He said it's all right for students to use the bins for glass when the plastic ones are overflowing, and that's what he wishes they would do instead of just piling it higher or throwing

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it in the trash. Mitchell said his devotion to recycling was an outgrowth of the environmental awareness he gained as a child during the 1960s. "I'm basically an old hippie," he said.

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• 0 calllpa•tners The future looks bright at Palomar College thanks to those who worked on the Proposition M campaign. During the next 15 years, the $694 million from Prop. M will be used to overhaul the facilities on the San Marcos Campus, remodel the Escondido Center and build two new campuses in the Palomar Community College District. It is a huge event in the history of the college and generations of students to come will feel the effects of the passage of this bond. Palomar College "will have expanded facilities to make room for an expanding population in its district and the facilities will get improved. Continuing with existing facilities would have meant a grim future for Palomar. Prop. M went to the voters on Election Day and passed with a 57.35 percent approval rating. Everyone associated with Palomar College, including the staff at The Telescope, owe thanks to those who worked on the campaign and to the voters who passed the proposition. Many of the campaign workers speak highly of each other's contributions. Many have praised college President Robert Deegan's involvement in the campaign, noting his dedication to manning the phone banks and describing him as never lauding his status as college president over any of the other volunteers. Deegan is quick to praise the contribution of the members of the governing board. We owe them thanks, and we also owe thanks to Neill Kovrig, the Prop. M campaign manager, for all his work. Palomar is also indebted to all the volunteers who manned the phone banks, whether for a day or for months. Many administrators, faculty members, students and community members were making the phone calls, which contributed to Prop. M's success. We are indebted to all those who put up lawn signs-, sent out direct mail and wrote letters to newspapers. Thanks are also owed to voters in the district for passing the measure. During the campaign, Palomar College's administrators and faculty strictly adhered to laws about campaigning for the bond measure. Palomar employees were not allowed to campaign in any way, shape or form for the bond during hours for which they were paid at Palomar College. They. followed this rule and never put the bond in jeopardy. It's been a long road for this bond campaign. A portion of the Palomar community worked hard to make the bond measure pass for the enormous benefit to the community, faculty members, current students and for future generations of students. This small group is owed an enormous debt of gratitude by everyone. The Telescope thanks you all for going to the great lengths you did to improve Palomar College.

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Border fence is stupid By Kyle Ray TilE TELESCOPE

Every problem has a simple solution that's wrong. President George W. Bush recently approved the construction of a 700-mile fence along the 2,000-mile, U.S.-Mexican border. Is this plan to curb illegal immigration by making it take two days longer? A 2,000-mile border fence would have been a waste of money, but building a border fence that only spans a third of the distance of the border is a stupid waste of money. It would be like buying a bulletproof windshield for a convertible, or sending troops to Iraq with inadequate armor ... oh wait. This is the administration's response to the babbling oflate about securing our borders. A lot of people are concerned about this issue, but I'm not quite sure why. Is it because these people are criminals, breaking the law by immigrating the way they do? No, that can't be it. If the only offense were a broken law, the law would be frivolous and hopefully changed or abolished. Is it because they are taking American jobs? No, that can't be it either. There has always been competition in the job market, that's why people go to colleges and trade schools, so that they can have an advantage over others. Is it because the children of illegal immigrants are overcrowding and somehow ruining our schools? No, that probably isn't it either. Many American students travel over'.. seas to learn another language and to interact with other cultures, so why would it be bad if cultural interaction were happening here? As far as overcrowded schools, perhaps the $6 billion fence fund could help pay for new schools instead and perhaps the new schools would help provide these supposedly much-needed jobs. Perhaps it's the cost to the taxpayers that has people clamoring for a border fence. Estimates on the cost of illegal immigration range from $10 billion to $50 billion annually. But when in the last six years has the Republican Party cared that the country was

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in debt, and why would they start caring now? Over $379 billion has been allocated for the Iraq War. The current rate of expenditure in Iraq is $6.4 billion per month, and the only thing I've noticed costing more money now than it did three-and-a-half years ago is gas. With so much money being spent on other things and most people not even noticing, money can't be the answer. Is it because illegal immigrants don't know what it is to be American? No, nothing sounds more American to me than moving to a new place in search of opportunity, so that can't be the problem. Is it resentment that some immigrants wave the Mexican flag with, or instead of, an American flag to show pride in their culture? No, it can't be about only flags because I've seen a few border fence proponents displaying confederate flags for similar reasons. Is it because illegal immigration is a threat to our culture? Will America lose its cultural identity? No, that can't be. America doesn't really have one cultural identity; it has many. Culture is always changing and shifting. Some have called for a return to traditional family values. Whose tradition? Whose family? Whose values? There is no answer anyone could give without alienating thousands of Americans. Could it be that many Americans honestly believe that by being born north of an arbitrary line makes one more entitled to "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness," than one born south of such a line? No, that would just be silly. Many border fence supporters have been boycotting French goods as well, so maybe it has been a while since they have been to the Statue of Liberty (as it is a gift from France), and read the poem inscribed there. Perhaps they have forgotten the part that says "Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free." Maybe it's just me, but I think a 700-mile, triple-layer fence along the U.S.-Mexico border might send a significantly different message.

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Adviser looks out for Palo111ar's veterans By Colleen Paroli

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Veterans adviser Katherine Khaskin said she likes knowing veterans' first names, what programs they study, and what school they transfer to. She said she surprises the vets all the time, when she comes out of her office and addresses them on a first-name basis, even when their file is not ill her hands. Khaskin is the Veterans adviser at Palomar College. Her job is to provide information and services to veterans for Veterans Affairs benefits, scholarships, family assistance, financial aid and other resources for veterans and their family members. "Numerous vets come to the Veterans Office strictly to get their GI Bill," Khaskin said. ''We are here to serve vets and family members even if it means that all we can do is point them in a right direction." Khaskin said there are approximately 600 veterans enrolled at Palomar. She guides them through the process of obtaining their benefits and achieving their educational goals. "A lot of students prefer to deal directly with me because they think their problems will be solved immediately," Khaskin said. She added she frequently has to stop whatever she is doing and get involved directly with a student, and that most of the

she was offered a job and has been there ever since. Khaskin said having shared the same career and many of the same experiences with military life, knowing military jargon and just knowing what they have been through makes her relate to veterans and serve them better. The students who work at the Veterans Office are combat vets, ranging form warrant officers to corporals, all serving in different branches of service. "All are students at Palomar College ,and all know exactly what most of our vets experienced, and possess the ability to help them in the best way possible," Khaskin said. Khaskin said she would like JENNIFER BAUER I THE TELESCOPE active military students to know Veterans' Services Adviser Katherine Khaskin, introduces speakers at a Veteran's Day event at the San Marcos Campus that if they are deployed they on Nov. 8. One of Khaskin's responsibilites is to make sure eligible students receive Gl Bill benefits. should ask their teachers for a cases get resolved quickly. father and sister migrated to expired, she enrolled in Palomar military withdrawal, which is a Khaskin said dealing with war srael and Khaskin and her College classes at Camp non-punitive grade. It does not veterans is different from other mother moved to the United Pendleton. Khaskin said she affect students' GPA or their students because they are a spe- States. learned about the courses when progress. cial group. Their experiences In the U.S., Khaskin graduat- she went to the Base Education If it is near the end of the affect them differently. Many suf- ed from high school and joined Center, and found out that they semester, students should ask fer from Post Traumatic Stress the U.S. Marines because she were only $11 per unit. their instructors if their final didn't know how to go about Disorder, which requires special She said it was so cheap com- exams can be taken early. attention and consideration from getting into college until a mili- pared to other colleges and uni"Many times I've been told tary recruiter came to ·h er high versities that she enrolled imme- that they are still in college only her staff. Khaskin was born in Almaty, school and talked about the mili- diately. She eventually came to because we care at the veterans Kazakhstan, formerly part of the tary and financial aid for college. Palomar College's Veterans office. Those are the days I live Soviet Union. Her family left "It seemed like a good idea," Office, and submitted her paper- for," Khaskin said. "It's such a Kazakhstan because of racial Khaskin said. "I needed financial work to get her GI Bill benefits. rewarding experience, being able prejudice. Khaskin's family is aid for college and wanted to She said she did not make any to help somebody does affect me Jewish and Kazakhstan is a pre- travel. I was an idealist." mistakes on her application and personally and it makes me a After her military contract had an almost 4.0 GPA. She said better person." dominantly Muslim country. Her

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College considers textbook rental progra111 By Kim Gatto

the initial cost of the program. This would mean instructors Palomar is considering a could be made to use dated textbook rental program to textbooks. reduce the cost ofhiglrer educa"One concern is instructors tion. "As a result of the concern are locked in, they have to use related to the rising costs of the same book for an extended textbooks associated with the time period," said Brent rising costs of going to college, Gowen, faculty senate 'presithe school is interested in iden- dent. "They won't be able to use tifying any kind of program one that could be more benefithey can to assist students pur- cial to the student." sue a higher education," said "My concern is if a student Bruce Bishop, student affairs returns the book in poor condidirector. Bishop conducted a tion, or not at all, what measpresentation to the Palomar's ures then will be taken to governing board at its Sept. 26 enforce them to pay?" Gowen meeting about the feasibility of said. "Another concern is stusuch a program. dents wouldn't be able to rent During the presentation, basic workbooks." Bishop said in a typical first Because of the limited numsemester, a first-year Palomar ber of students who would be student spends an average of able to use this program each $4 70 on textbooks when pur- semester, another obstacle chased new and $353 when would be to decide what critepurchased used. ria would determine which stu"Our goal is to save the students should get to use it. It dents money," Bishop said. could be a first-come, first"One option is a textbook rental served basis or only those eligiprogram." ble for financial aid may get to Some schools around the use it. country have conducted a textThe questions of where to book rental program with vary- house this program and who ing degrees of success. would staff the rental program "There are a number of would also have to be obstacles when considering its answered, Bishop said. "One option is to allow the feasibility," Bishop said. "The key to the success of the text- bookstore on campus to adminbook rental program is getting istrate the program internally," faculty support." Bishop said. "And if they do, Bishop said every faculty they will be dealing with the member has to agree they will same obstacles." not choose a new edition or Governing board member title; they would have to com- Nancy Chadwick asked for a mit to their textbook choices for more thorough case study of four to six semesters to recoup such a program and a further

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review of policy changes that would be required to implement it. The board agreed to send the report to the Strategic Planning Council for a review of the issue and to ask for recommendations in return. "I think we need to be aggressive," Chadwick said. "I don't want to study this for two years. I'd like a reasonable time frame." Since the Sept. 26 meeting,

Gowen and four others have been conducting research on the program. "A small workgroup of us have been researching, and we have compiled a list of pros and cons," Gowen said. "We are having difficulty finding a. school that is successfully running this program on such a large scale." In the meantime, students can use current assistance pro-

grams to help lift the weight of college textbook costs. Palomar offers programs that cater to the purchasing of textbooks. Some of these are EOP&S, Cal Works, the state worker rehabilitation program and the TRIO community bank program. To find out more information on any of these programs, students can visit the Financial Aid Department or Web site.

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From .fantasy sports to fantasy politics Word of mouth has already Lawmakers get five points led more than 15,000 people to for introducing a bill and addisign up and the creators say tional points as the legislation membership, which is free, inches its way toward becomgrows every day. ing law. The online game will go live Members get a whopping 50 after the Nov. 7 elections, points for what Lee calls "the By Richard Clough when Congress returns. big touchdown" - the presiI\ICT NEWS SERVICE Claremont McKenna senior dent's signature when the bill Imagine House Speaker Andrew Lee, who thought up becomes law. Dennis Hastert, House the game during his freshman The Web site, which has Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, year, said he hopes his site can been testing its point system _ Sen. Sam contribute to a greater interest over the past few months, lists Republican Brownback and Democratic in politics among young peo- the updated point totals for all Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton ple. members of the House and working together toward the "A ·lot of people care about Senate. same harmonious end. sports," Lee said. "If people Sen . John Warner, R-Va., Sound like fantasy? cared about government as leads his Senate colleagues in Maybe, but that fantasy may much as they care about the game's rankings with soon be realized in a new Web sports, we'd probably have a 1,991 points while Rep. Don site game that brings the con- lot more educated public." Young, R-Alaska, sits atop the cept of fantasy sports to the . Like fantasy sports, partici- House rankings with 1,905 political arena. pants draft players to form a points. Rep. lke Skelton, DCreated by four Claremont team. In Fantasy Congress , Mo. , and Grace Napolitano, DMcKenna College students in players compete with a team of Calif., are at the bottom of the California, Fantasy Congress four senators and 12 congress- rankings with just 6 points. allows people to compete men against others in their The increasing popularity of against their friends with league. fantasy sports - 16 million teams of lawmakers who rack The players will earn points people have played this year, up points based on real-life - and bragging rights but no according to the Fantasy legislative accomplishments. prizes- based on the lawmak- Sports Trade Association And depending on which law- ers' real-life performances and has led to a proliferation of makers players draft, Hastert, the player whose team has the fantasy spin-offs, particularly R-Ill., Pelosi, D-Calif., most points at the end of the of the non-sports variety. Brownback, R-Kan., and season will win. "In the past two or three But instead of hitting home years you're starting to see Clinton, D-N.Y., could all play for the same team. runs or scoring touchdowns, non-sports fantasy leagues," Planned for several years, legislators earn points for said Jeffrey Thomas, president www.fantasycongress.com was offering amendments and of the association. He cited a launched last week. passing legislation. league that tracks film box

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office receipts and one called Fantasy Husband, in which players get points based on men's responses to relationship scenarios. Lee said he came up with the idea for Fantasy Congress while sitting in his dorm watching CNN while his roommate pored over fantasy football statistics. "It was kind of one of those epiphany moments," he said. Having dabbled in fantasy sports, Lee, 21, was familiar with the games. With one foot in politics- Lee said he hopes one day to become the attorney general of Colorado - he said he thought the logical next step was to adapt elements of fantasy games to legislative politics. But he said he lacked the

technological know-how to realize his vision, so he enlisted three computer-savvy peers and they began to piece together the site. Arjun Lall, who was in an accounting class with Lee, began working on the site. Lall said his computer-science professor was supportive of Fantasy Congress and allowed him to use the site as his final class project. The creators said they are using prize money from an earlier school-sponsored award to get the site running and are working on a volunteer basis. The students said they may sell some adv€rtising to keep the site running, but they have no plans to make Fantasy Congress a pay service.

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He said he took a vacation day on Election Day and spent it at the phone banks re-calling voters in the di~> trict who had previously said they would vote for Prop. M, and reminding them to vote. Deegan said the college is going to organize around the bond money immediately. He flew to Sacramento on Nov. 8

to attend a conference about facility issues . Neill Kovrig, former Associated Student Government president, was the manager for the campaign. "I'm ecstatic," he said. "I can't help but be happy about the fact that it all came together."

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An all-time record for enrollment has been set this semester at Palomar College. The total nlJillber of students taking classes this semester is 31,236. The previous record of 30,990 was set in Fall2001. Immediately after this semester's drop deadline in early September, total enrollment was 26,573 students. Director of

Enrollment Services Herman Lee said most of the increase is because of non-credit classes. "Many of the non-credit students are taking classes after the semester begins," Lee said. Fall 2001 still holds the record for credit enrollment with 25,704 students. Currently, Palomar has 25,121 students enrolled in credit classes. Most non-credit classes at Palomar are free. Students are sometimes required to pay the $15 Health Services fee, but pay nothing for tuition. Director of Occupational and Non-Credit Programs Mollie Âˇ Smith said almost all non-credit classes are funded at about 55 percent ofthe rate of credit classes. Palomar's enrollment is the basis for its funding. Smith said she was aware of the growth m non-credit enrollment.

"I have heard the number that non-credit has grown by 25 percent," Smith said. ''That's pretty significant and that was no accident." ..ro Smith said she created a brochure advertising that the classes were free, which was sent to about 250,000 households within the Palomar's district. She said information about noncredit classes was buried in the back of Palomar's usual semester schedules and was hard to distinguish from the other sections. "I figured if you mailed something into households saying these classes were free, they'd be popular," Smith said. Smith called the paperwork involved with enrolling non-credit students the "pony express system." Whereas credit enrollment is done online, non-credit enrollment is done on paper.

Students fill out a form and hand 'We're excited with the enrollit to their instructor on the first ment growth," Deegan said. "It day of class, Smith said. The creates new challenges for us, form can also be mailed or faxed buf these are nice problems to to the college. Because of this have." system, non-credit enrollment Smith said there are nine numbers can take a while to areas of non-credit classes eligitally. . ble for state funding and that the College President Robert college historically offered classDeegan said he was excited es in two of these areas about the record enrollment. English as a Second Language ''Enrollments on the credit side and education programs for older and enrollments on the non-cred- adults. She said the college has it side are both very important to tried to expand offerings to all us," Deegan said. nine categories in the past three During the Oct. 10 governing years with particular emphasis board meeting, he t9ld governing on entry-level vocational classes. board members enrollment was Smith said the passage of approaching a record level. Senate Bill 361 increased the 'We were watching," Deegan funding to four of the areas said. 'We knew we were close, so basic skills, entry-level vocationwe were monitoring." al, citizenship and English as a The college sent out a press Second Language. release announcing when the "Pretty much the classes we numbers broke the previous have are paying for themselves," record. she said.

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Marcos Campus' buildings is replaced for our students," he outlined in a Facilities Master said. Deegan said one of the first Plan drafted in August 2003. The master plan is directed at projects will be to remodel the having the college's facilities S Building to better accommoexpand to accommodate pro- . date nursing and dental jected growth in the district assisting students. Following and increased enrollment until that, he said, would be the con2022. struction of a multidiscipliBond money will also be nary building where the LS used to renovate the and ES buildings currently Escondido Center and to pur- are. chase the land and construct Science classes will be two new campuses in the north moved to the new science and the south of the district. building, which is currently The college already has an under construction and set to option to buy 82 acres of land open in Fall 2007. Mter the near the intersection of multidisciplinary building, Interstate 15 and Highway 76 Deegan said, would be the conin Fallbrook in the north of the struction of a multi-level, district. 80, 000-square-foot library. "We will gradually increase "It'll be an exciting time at our capacity at San Marcos, Palomar College over the next then at our centers," said 15 years," he said. Berta Cuaron, vice president Money from the bond will be of instruction. She said the used for improved equipment passage of the bond means in the new science building, improved classrooms, facilities Deegan said. and equipment for students. Bonnie Ann Dowd, vice pres"Our hands have been tied ident of financial and adminisbecause our facilities have trative services, said the been so lacking," she said. money for the science building Deegan said many of the equipment would otherwise buildings on the San Marcos have come from the college's Campus are in dire need of general fund. repair or replacement. Dowd said the bond was cru"These buildings need to be cial to Palomar's future.

"If this didn't pass, basically all the buildings we have would still be working in that condition," Dowd said. She said Palomar College will probably get the first installment of the bond money in early 2007. Dowd said there is a waiting period of 30 days after Election Day for the results to be confirmed, after which Palomar's governing board is . required to acknowledge the results. FollowiJlg that acknowledgement, Dowd said, there is a 60-day period during which advertising for members of a citizen's oversight committee must take place. The oversight committee would be appointed to oversee the spending of bond money. The bond money is not allowed to be spent to increase salaries. Periodic auditing of the spending must also be conducted: Along with the $694 million from Prop. M, the college may also be eligible for $277 million in matching funds the state government would provide for construction of new buildings. STEPHIIIE TOMBIIICI I THE TELESCOPE "We're just thrilled," Deegan College President Robert Deegan waits for an update on Prop. M results at the said. Lake San Marcos Resort and Country Club on Nov. 7.

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Holiday blockbusters await reaction By Niclole Henson

1950s novel "Casino Royale," Bond is disSeveral movies are set patched to Madagascar to to hit theaters this track down a terrorist. November. Be sure to see . After discovering the those potential block- presence of a much larger terrorist group, his busters vying for search eventually your mighty .~-brings him to a buck. "' Montenegro irector casino. Marc There Forster Bond's teams up with big organizaHollywood actors Will tion funds Ferrell, Dustin • a continuous Hoffman, Maggie game of Texas Gyllenhaal and Emma Hold'em Thompson in the 113 between Bond and minute comedic drama, international banker to "Stranger Than Fiction." Ferrell plays character terrorist organizations Le Harold Crick, an IRS Chiffre. Will Bond win the auditor whose life is being game, save the world, and narrated by a voice only get the woman this time? arner Bros. he can hear. Crick discovPictures has done ers that the voice he it again. "Happy hears belongs to a famous author who just happens Feet," rated PG is an anito be writing about one of mated family movie set her characters, coinci- . to open in theaters Nov. Director George dently named Harold 17. Crick. To end her writer's Miller's newest film folblock, the author writes lows a large group of events that will eventual- Emperor Penguins on ly lead to the death of her their quest to find their character, much to the soul mates through song. real Harold Crick's cha- But, in a seemingly tragic grin. "Stranger Than instance, an Emperor Fiction," rated PG-13, is Penguin that cannot sing is born. The littlest penin theaters now. ond is back as guin, however, can tap "Casino Royale," dance better than any of rated PG-13, hits the other penguins. Robin Williams, Hugh theatres Nov. 17. Actor Daniel Craig stars as the Jackman, Nicole Kidman,. newest James · Bond, and the late Steve Irwin along side Eva Green and lend their voices to bring Judi Dench. Based on the these cute creatures to

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Sacha Baron Cohen from HBO's "Da Ali GShow," stars in the film "Borat." This comedic documentary is currently in theaters.

always a good formula for generating some Oscar buzz. "The Fountain" is in theaters now. acha Baron Cohen has a supporting role in 2006's largest comedy release "Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby," as the awkward French antagonist to Will Ferrell's Ricky Bobby hero. Cohen steps up to the plate to take the starring role as the title character in "Borat!: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan." The movie is in part a documentary because it follows the real happenings of Borat as he travels through America. The character first appeared on Cohen's HBO show '"Da Ali G Show." Borat's interviews appear to be juvenile and pointless at first, but the art of the character is his ability to catch real people being really stupid. Borat makes absurd and offensive assumptions about race, sex and Jews while he talks to real people. Cohen, who is in fact Jewish, exaggerates stupidity and exposes the ignorance some people in this country have toward tolerance. "Borat!" is currently in theaters.

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Taking the easy way to the top By Alma Hernand•~z THE TELESCOPE

succeeding without working, if that is possible. Apparently so Working hard or hardly according to Maier, who has working? This is an all too been successful in holding familiar question in American down a part-time job as an society. Corinne Maier, the economist for EDF (a stateauthor of "Bonjour Laziness: owned French corporation) Why Hard ,-------~ while taking a Work Doesn't ! 'Bonjour Laziness: s i g n i f i c a n t Pay," delivers ~ Why Hard Work amount of time the unspoken ~ Doesn't Pay' off to promote her truth about the o *** ~t;z~ book. corporate tOUTOI'FM:srAflS' For those who world. are wondering if If you work AUTHOR: CORINNE MAIER that was Sar· hard you will casm, expect that be rewarded feeling throughan idea that is embedded in out the book. The book is 137 the heads of children all over pages long and could easily be the world - is put to the ulti- read within two hours even for mate test in "Bonjour the slow readers. If you follow Laziness." However, the end to the advice, on slacking off, that tale is a familiar one. however, you can drag it out to It's always the same story. be a whole month's worth of The hard-working, stand-up reading. person who stays late at the More often than not, it's not office and neglects their family how much you do in the corpoin hopes of climbing up the cor- rate world, but how much of it porate ladder is a bystander to you do by their guidelines. the promotion of the young, According to Maier's theory of good-looking employee. strategic work ethics, the readWhile Maier touches on hot- er can come to the conclusion button issues, the comical that thinking outside the box delivery style causes confusion is absurd and should be avoidon the distinction between the ed at all cost. truth and the sarcasm. It does Surprisingly, Maier may be give clever tips on how to do onto something when she talks less work and become a valu- about avoiding. responsibility able asset to the company. that doesn't have any benefits For the average Joe who is other than loads of stress and already slacking, this book a receding hairline. It ulticould potentially be the key to mately hurts your chances of

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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.

Many successful artists have attended Palomar over the years. Their creativity is shown throughout the San Marcos Campus in sculptures, ceramics, murals and other fonris . Palomar has been a foundation for many striving artists to start their careers.

(Above): Ben McCracken works on the orchard set for his scale model of "The Cherry Orchard," in Feb. 1966. For the first time for a drama production, the set was being designed by students. (Below): Artist Patricia Patterson explains her exhibit at the Boehm Gallery titled "Bed Dog Ground Table,"depicting scenes of domestic life Feb. 1991.

(Top): The mural "Transformacion Esferica," painted by Manuel Sepulveda, Edgar Olivares and George Popciak depicting the history of racquetball on the side of t~e CT building was unveiled May 8, 1980 after two years of work initiated by the Multicultural Studies Department and MEChA.

(Above): Frederick Olsen (front), noted potter, presents special techniques in advanced throwing and design work to ceramics students May 1974 before the eighth annual spring art and ceramics sale.

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two and faced a two games to none, uphill battle. Game three was fairly close, despite The women's volleyball team a six-point deficit to overcome. The showed promise Nov. 1, but were Comets got as close as one point blanked at home, 3-0, by top ranked behind the Olympians, but would San Diego Mesa. break down and lose the nights match The night seemed all too familiar 30-18, 30-28 and 30-23. for the ~omets, as they OLYMPIANS J The Comets made it close fell b~hmd early. The COMETS despite falling behind by as 0 Olympians are ranked many as 10 points. No. 1 in the Pacific Palomar coach Kai-1 Coast Conference, Seiler was still very and are undefeated impressed with the in conference play way his team played and have a 15-4 --.iiii:IA~ ~~@ and said they ~ ~_;-improved a lot more overall record. Mesa brought on from their previous the pressure quick, Who: Palomar versus Grossmont match. Even though jumping out to a 13- What: Pacific Coast Conference they were shut out, Seiler said at times 9 lead, followed by game an 11-point lead Wh they played very com. en: 6 p.m., Nov. 15 .. d k d 1ater m game one. Where: Palomar's Dome petltlve1y an wor e really hard together. The 11 -point lead At stake: The Comets head into the would turn intO 30"I was pretty proud 18 victory in game final week of the season looking to end of them for doing that, one for Mesa, and the season on a high note. Palomar because that's the top momentum was defeated the Griffins three games to team in the conference and we're playing right quickly on their side. zero in their only meeting of the year. From there, the with them. We had Comets played catch up the whole opportunities to win, but it just didn't night. push over," Seiler said. Game two got a little interesting, Looking toward the next game, when the Comets found themselves Seiler said the team needs to work on down by six, but came back to tie it being more consistent and heading at 20. Game two would remain very into games prepared and confident. "We are going to work harder close, and Palomar felt the momentum on its side when Mesa took a together, talk a bit more, and come out time out with a 29-28 lead. Palomar next time and have a better fight," was not able to score again in game Outside hitter Jessica Reed said.

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Comets keep playoH hope alive with win The Comet football team faced a must-win situation Nov. 4 at Mt. SAC and did just that, blowing out the No. 11 ranked team in the country 42-7. Quarterback Tyler Lorenzen lead the offensive charge for the Comets, completing 15 of21 passes for 246 yards, while also rushing for 64 yards and three total touchdowns against the No. 9 defense in the state. Palomar's defense held the Mtmnties offense to 57 yards rushing and 113 yards passing.

Volleyball pulls out match at the Dome The Palomar women's volleyball team outlasted Imperial Valley Nov. 3 in five games, as the ' Comets trailed the Arabs at match point six times in the deciding game to win the match (25-30, 30-24, 30-20, 28-30, 23-21). Freshman outside hitter Tiffany Dunn shined with 27 kills and 47 digs. Jessica Parks tallied 13 kills for Palomar (7-11, 54 in the Pacific Coast Conference), who have won four of their last six matches.

Men's and women's soccer victorious in opening games at MinkoH Field In the inagural game at Minkoff Field, Palomar's new soccer field, the Comets' women soccer team shutout visiting MiraCosta 1-0 on Nov. 1. Judy Barragan scored a second-half goal with the help of a Felicia Velte assist. Goalkeeper

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Outside hitter Jessica Reed spikes the ball in a 3-0 loss to San Diego Mesa on Nov. 1at the Dome.

Nathalie Ortiz recorded the shutout, along with five saves. Barragan was at it again Nov. 3, knocking in five goals as the Comets destroyed Imperial Valley 12-0. Velte scored three goals for Palomar (8-10-2, 6-5-1) and Kailyn Servis added two goals. The Palomar men's soccer team tied San Diego City 1-1 Nov. 3 in a battle ofPCC powerhouses. Tim McHenry scored off a Paco Felix assist, as the Comets now are tied with the Knights (12-1-4, 5-1-3) for the conference lead. Julio Ruiz hauled in 11 saves for Palomar (10-7-3, 5-2-1).

Comet wrestlers defeated, as Shaw steps up weight class for another victory Glenn Shaw (ranked No. 1 in California in the 165-pound weight class) continued his perfect season Nov. 1, but it wasn't enough as the No. 4 ranked Comets lost the match 25-16 to Santa Ana, No. 3 in the state. Shaw (20-0) stepped up ll weight class and earned an 8-6 decision over the Dan's Tom Eaton, the state's No. 2-ranked 174-pounder. At 165 pounds, the Comets' Stuart Cole won by major decision, 16-5, at 165 pounds and Joe Barajas (149 pounds), Greg Villalobos (184 pounds) and Kellen Desmond (197 pounds) also won by decision for Palomar (2-2 in the South Coast Conference).

Water polo teams fail to capture the conference tournament The men's and women's water polo teams ended their season on sad notes Nov. 5 at the PCC Tournament, as both won Nov. 4 at the San Diego Miramar College Aquatics Complex, only to lose in

•Wrestling Victory Valley at Palomar - 7 p.m. • Women's Volleyball Grossman! at Palomar - 6 p.m. • Women's Basketball Irvine Valley at Palomar- 3 p.m.

• Women's Basketball Palomar at Fullerton5:30p.m.

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Judy Barragan (right) battles for .the ball in a 1-0 victory over MiraCosta Nov. 1. The game was the first ever at the new Minkoff Field at the San Marcos Campus.

the PCC championship games the next day. The men's team (21-7) fell to Grossmont 12-11 on a goal with seven seconds remaining. The women lost to San Diego Mesa.7-6 on a last second goal for the Olympians.

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• Wrestling Fullerton Open at Cal State Fullerton All Day • Women's Basketball Palomar at Moorpark 2 p.m. • Men's Basketball • Barstow at Palomar 5p.m.

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Holding the reins of an undefeated record, Palomar wrestler Glenn Shaw is pulling closer to the real prize. "The record is not that big of a deal," Shaw said. "All I want is the state championship." Having beaten everyone in his weight class and even some in the class above him, Shaw is favored to win at state according to Palomar coach Bryon Campbell. Shaw has been perfecting his technique on the mat for the past 18 years. At five years old, some family friends told Shaw's parents about the sport. "I decided to try it and fell in love with it from there," Shaw said. He began showcasing his talent while attending Churchill County High School in Fallon, Nev. He took third at state his sophomore and junior seasons, and first place his senior year. He also got the school record for the most takedowns in one season. Shaw went on to wrestle his freshman year of Lassen College, in Susanville, where he placed second at the Cowboy Open and won the NJC Regionals. ''You're pretty much on your own out there," Shaw said. "It's a team sport, but really not."

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Wrestlers often have to cut or gain weight in order to meet the requirement of the weight class that they plan on competing in. The school of thought being, that if you cut to a weight class below your normal weight, you will hold an advantage over your opponent. These physical and mental hardships soon began to take their toll on Shaw. "I was cutting like 25 per week," Shaw said. "It took the fun out of the sport." Shaw decided to wrestling. ._.-His urge to wrestle, however, soon crept back and he realized he could not stay away forev-

er. Three years later, in January, he moved to San Diego to give wrestling another try. Shaw began searching the area for wrestling schools. He found Palomar on the internet and soon went back to doing what he does best - winning. Shaw currently holds a record of 20-0 and was recogas the Paci~c Coast Conference Athlete of the Week award in September, as well as an Outstanding "'· . Wrestler award. ., ' "He doesn't like to '\ give up any points," said Palomar Ron wrestler Blair. "He wants

to finish the season undefeated." Shaw said he loves wrestling at Palomar. "This is the best coaching staff in my whole, entire career," Shaw said. He said the coaching technique is more one-on-one than he has experienced in the past. "He's brought a lot of maturity and experience," Campbell said. "He's a wellrounded kid and he's a great addition to our team." Shaw, who is the second oldest on Palomar's team, usually wrestles in the 165-pound weight class. On Nov. 1, he stepped up a class and defeated Tom Eaton from the 175-weight class. Eaton, a Santa Ana College wrestler, is the No. · 2 ranked wrestler in the state. "(Shaw) has got a lot of respect from his peers," Campbell said. Blair said that Shaw has the toughest mentality of almost anyone he has ever wrestled with. Shaw attributes much of his success to his positive mental attitude. "If you don't believe in yourself, you're not going to win," Shaw said. "He has got a lot of pride," Blair said. • Before a match, Shaw tells himself · that he is going to win and avoids letting negative thoughts circulate his mind. "This sport is 80 percent mental," Shaw said. Aside from the mental aspect, Shaw said he is very physical on the mat. "He is a dominant wrestler," Blair said. Shaw's flawless record for this season has left him favored to win the state Championship. The Championship will be held on Dec. · 8 and 9 at Fresno City College. Shaw will be wrestling in the 165pound class. "If he shows up ready to wrestle like he always has, I think his chances ofwinning are pretty strong," Campbell said.

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Comets full of tricks in inaugural game one ball pass him on a play where he •was drawn out of the goal. The Arabs started the game with a goal in the middle of the first half. The men's soccer team crissened Palomar answered when Diaz scored a Minkoff Field Nov. 1, with a 4-1 viCtory goal in the final minutes of the half. over Imperial Valley in the first game Ten minutes into the second half, ever played on the new field. The Comets' Valentin Diaz scored . Palomar took the lead on a goal by Arturo Santiago ·and would not lose it three goals in another offense-driven the rest of the way. performance by ·Palomar. Diaz scored his_next goal on a place "We got the win. That's what counts," kick 10 minutes later and then one Valentin said. more near the end of the game . Though Diaz may not have thought The match started about an hour much of his hat trick, others noticed. "I've been telling people how good of late due to confusion on the time of the game on the part of Imperial a player he is," head Valley. I coach Carlos Hernandez ARABS "We had too much time on our said. "He's a fun guy to COMETS 4 hands. We started to lose focus. It watch and when he's on showed when they scored fire , just sit down first," Ruiz said. and enjoy it." Palomar didn't spend Hernandez much time in the backfield. knows , since this The Comets had opportuniisn't the first time ties to score early and often, that Diaz has but only cashed in on four played for him. chances. "He played for me at my high school," Who: Palomar versus Southwestern The win was even sweeter said Hernandez, What: paUfic: Coast Conference for Palomar, considering it was the first on the brand who also coaches for game new field . Escondido High. "You know how the ball is "That's why I Wilen: 3 p.m., Nov.l4 going to bounce," ~uiz said. recruited him. I've Wllert: Southwestern "On the other field, it had always felt he's a At stab: In the final game of the special guy, that he season, the Comets wiD need a win and little dips and stuff and you don't know how it would go." aloss from .San Diego City to have an has talent." The regulation field is Diaz admits that opporbmity at aplayoff birth. Palomar astra turf that left at least playing for shut out the Jaguars 3-0 in its only one person speculating. Hernandez in the matchup of the season. "I'm a traditionalist, I like past is helping him real grass but this field is play for the coach probably a.s close to grass as right now. they come," Hernandez said. "We got to "I've known him long enough and know the way he wants me to play," make this our home field." With the playoffs approaching, Diaz said. Palomar is playing for its postseason The ability of Diaz is something that lives, while trying to catch top ranked many of the Comets noticed. San Diego City for the PCC lead heading "He has that little magic other-playinto the final week of the season. . ers lack. He doesn't do anything spe"We could have done this at the begincial, he just has it," said Goalie Julio ning of the season," Ruiz said of the Ruiz. Comets rough start. "Now it's the end· Ruiz himself played another solid and we have to do it now or not at all." game between the posts only letting

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Palomar's Valentin Diaz (left) collides with Imperial Valley's Goalie in the first game ever played at Minkoff Field on the San Marcos cafl'!pus. The Comets won the Pacific Coast Conference match 4-1 over Imperial Valley, as Diaz completed his first hat-trick of the season.

Moving down the coast helps team captain follow dreams • W•tet polo st•r moved from Oregon to continue to pl•y the sport he loves By Shahrazad Encinas THE TELESCOPE

Kraig Lofstedt isn't afraid to make a tough decision. . After graduating from high school, the 19-year-old made a decision to move from his home in Oregon to California, and days later he was in San Marcos. Lofstedt said before he moved he gave his family in Or:egon only three days notice. Despite the sudden change of scenery, Lofstedt said his mother and grandparents are really supportive of his decisions and they also -support him financially since he does not have a job. "I'm really close to my family," · Lofstedt said. · Lofstedt decided to · move because he wanted to continue playing the sport he loved, water polo, a very popular sport in Southern California and not so much in Oregon. His older sister, Kacie.Lofstedt, was also a water polo player and introduced the sport· to him. Lofestedt said he started to play water polo his freshman ye·ar in high school. Lofstedt said he tried swimming in high school but preferred playing water polo. He said a

friend from high school talked him in to the swim team and he talked his friend into playing water polo. ~He was the guy from the swim team on the water polo team and I was the guy from the water polo team on the swim team," Lofstedt said. After high school Lofstedt said he wasn't sure what he wanted to do because he was never any good . at school. All he knew, Lofstedt said, was thaf he wanted to play water polo and live iri California. That's when his tough decision making skills were tested . . He looked into Long Beach City College, Golden West College and Palomar College. He PHOTOS BY JARED LIIIISFORD I THE TEUSCOPE .. ' liked what he saw in both Long Water polo i:aptain Kraig Lofstedt moved from Oregon to contiooe lis playirig career. He plans to play i1 the Austraian National L~Beach and Golden West but he didn't know anyone in that area. His older sister had a friend who scorer last season. Lofstedt is in the middle of it all. the footsteps of his coach and play attended Palomar College and "Kraig is more of a silent "It's not ·just a team, but a for an Australian National Lofstedt said he chose Palomar leader, he leads by example," said family and .they're brothers," League. "I think it (Australian National over the other school because of Brian Boynton, water polo coach. Boynton said. Teammate Carlos Saenz said Lofstedt's future plans are to League) would be a really good the one person he knew. "It's better to know one person Lofstedt is a very smart player continue to play water p·olo, how- match for his ability," said and he'll help you out whenever ever he doesn't have plans to Boynton who .played on the than nobody," Lofstedt said. transfer to a four-year-university Australian National League for Lofstedt has been team cap- needed. Lofstedt said this team has after he finishes at Palomar after five and a half months a few years tain for the men's water polo team for the past two seasons at · meshed very well and Boynton this season. Another decision he ago. "He (Lofstedt) wants to travPalomar and was the leading said the team gets along well and has made is he wants to follow in el while he has the opportunity."

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Palomar wide receiver Tobias Shanks knows all too well about being recognized. If his unwavering smile doesn't gather attention, his play on the football field certainly does. .Coming from Port Gibson, Miss., with a population of only 1,840, Shanks .was well kllown throughout his· town for his stellar play on the gridiron. "Growing up in a small town, one thing about that is everybody knows you," Shanks said. "I mean everybody. They know you, they know your mom and they know your mom's mom. Everybody knows each other, so they treat everyone like family. " As a standout at Port Gibson High, Shanks knew he would need to have a special senior season to impress the football powers outside of his community. Playing on both sides of the ball, he put the finishing touches on a brilliant high school career, catching 22 passes for 568 yards and 10 touchdowns, while intercepting five passes as a defen-

sive back. In addition, he wouldn't have got playing time couldn't hide the reality that he also ran the 40-meter behind him. The whole time I was no longer the only talent on dash in 4.5 seconds. was behind him, I learned from the field. So he left the Aztecs "The most wonderful days of everything he did." with the hunger to play, along my life (were playing high school While Shanks was embarking with what he referred to as perfootball)," Shanks said. "I was on his first year of college, sonal issues. Needing a place to display his the main go-to guy and coach tragedy struck the Gulf Coast, (Harry Brown) had the offense effecting Port Gibson along with ability, he was guided by defensive backs coach Thorn based around me." much ofhi.s family. His play had Division-! scouts "I wasn't there then," Shanks Kaumeyer, former head coach at calling, which Shanks said was said of Hurricane Katrina. "But Palomar (1994) and Comet Alla rarity in his town. One of those I went back home in November American safety (1986), with universities, San Diego State, of last year and everything was advice to head to Palomar. had a history that ran "Some think it's a step back, but I see it as through his family and they eventually awarded "Some think it's • step IHltk, but I see it brightening my future," him a scholarship, the first •s brightening my lutun. It h•s put my Shanks said of stepping given to a player from n•me out thete mon th•n it did when I down to a junior college. Mississippi in the school's "It has put my name out history according to the w•s in high sthool." - Tobias Shanks there more than it did PALOMAR WIDE RECEIVER when l was in high San Diego State web site. "The receivers coach school. As you can see in (Ray Peterson) came to jacked up. Where there used to the games, I've been the go-to Mississippi and saw me," be trees, there were no trees and guy since I have beim here and Shanks said. "He was impressed a lot of houses were messed up. I I'm loving every moment of it." when he first saw me, so he flew couldn't get in contact with my Along with being one of quarme out for a visit and I just fell mom for almost a month." terback Tyler Lorenzen's in love with San Diego - I loved The third oldest town in favorite targets, Shanks has everything about it." Mississippi saw nearly 50 per- made a strong impression on his With the opportunity to follow cent of its population evacuated teammates and is looked at as a in his cousin, Austin Shanks, and Shanks said his mother leader. footsteps, Tobias accepted the spoke of residents sleeping in "He's got a great personality. Aztecs offer and left the town he tents and by bonfires. He's easy going and he has a lot had lived in his whole life. As his family overcame the of upside not only as a player but Nearly 1,769 miles away was a devastation, it was Shanks who as a person," Early said. "I know new home waiting for him, along was able to grow from the cir- the coaching staff really enjoys with a position that wasn't quite cumstances of being away from him and I know the players ready to be called his own. home. enjoy him. He's one ofthose kids, "It was very eye-opening," you really want to see succeed. "When I was at State, I was behind Jeff Webb," Shanks said Shanks said of living the college He doesn't come from the best of of his freshman year, where he life. "My first time being that far backgrounds and he's making an was positioned behind the cur- away from home and doing effort to do everything he can to rent Kansas City Chiefs wide everything basically on my own be successful." receiver. "That was the main - I became a man. I loved it." Shanks is a player that the Despite the growth, Shanks Comets can count on to be a reason I redshirted, because I

leader on the field, which is the same mentality he carries off the field. "He's one of those guys that likes to have a good time," Palomar football Head Coach Joe Early said ofthe 19-year-old receiver. "He's out there smiling and waving his hands and he brings a lot of positive energy to the game." Being one of the key ingredients in Palomar's potent offense, Shanks said it has put some pressure on him, but it's the form of tension he feeds off of. "It's wonderful at times and stressful at times," said Shanks, who has 32 catches for 655 yards and eight touchdowns this season. "People look at you to make plays when you have to. I love being the go-toguy. It's just that feeling I get when I come in the huddle and the coach calls the play for me - everyone looks at me like 'Hey, it's you.'- I love it." As of now, Division-I schools are not allowed to discuss Shanks' future plans with him, but that hasn't stopped him from thinking of transferring to a school in Southern California, with mentions of UCLA and USC. "I'll be here next year, because I went to a four-year school first," Shanks said. "From the time I got here Coach Early told me 'There's a strong possibility you will not be going back to (San Diego) State', I was like 'I know that sir, I'm going somewhere bigger and better.m