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Future is • uncertain for ROP By Jason Dunn i:U TELESCOPE

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Michelle Eichelberger is sworn in as student trustee by Governing Board President Mark Evilsizer at the Jan. 9 board meeting. Eichelberger was the Associated Student Government vice president and became ASG president after the previous ASG president transferred. The ASG president is the student trustee for the governing board and gives an advisory vote to all governing board actions.

Several of Palomar's free classes face an uncertain future after the passage of a new state law. Assembly Bill 2448 requires all Regional Occupational Programs in the state to reduce the proportion of adults in their classes to 10 percent by July 1, 2011. Programs in the San Diego consortium, which includes Palomar, have between 32 and 35 percent adult enrollment, said Judy Fish, director of ROP at Palomar. "My guess is that ROP at the community college level is not going to exist much to any extent after July 1, 2011," she said. Palomar's Faculty Senate and the Palomar Faculty Federation have started to assemble a joint workgroup to deal with the future of Palomar's ROP. One option is to incorporate existing programs into Palomar's credit and noncredit programs. The workgroup would first evaluate the courses Palomar offers through ROP. "It's going to take a lot of work, but we have groups that are interested in making sure it's done properly," Fish said. • SEE ROP, PAGE 5

Honors program considered

Basic skills boosted by state grant

By Jason Dunn

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Future Palomar students may be able to join an honors program that may increase their chances of transferring to four-year schools. Faculty and administrators at Palomar College are considering such a program that they say would take two or more years to implement. "There's a lot of belief as to how it should look and even if we should do it," said Berta Cuaron, vice president of instruction. Faculty forums were held last semester dealing with whether or not to have an honors program. Proponents argue that it accommodates students who want an academic challenge and it provides stronger transfer opportunities. Palomar doesn't have a transfer agreement with UCLA because it doesn't have an honors program. Opponents argue that it would set up an elitist system and that Palomar's resources may get used on the students who need them the least. Economics professor Teresa Laughlin is

do not receive credit, but receive an honors notation on their transcript. Laughlin said if an honors program does get implemented, faculty would have to write new curricula during Fall 2007. The curricula would then have to go through Palomar's approval process. "There would be a tremendous amount of curriculum work," Laughlin said. She said the earliest possible time an

Palomar College has $514,000 to spend on a basic skills program from a grant it received from the state last semester. The money has to be used to enhance resources for improving students' basic skills in subjects such as English and math. There are no definite plans yet as to how to spend the money. Berta Cuaron, vice president of instruction, said faculty members and administrators had been talking about improving Palomar's basic skills programs for several years. "With these funds, it makes it much more feasible for us to move forward," she said. Cuaron said the Learning Outcomes Council found last year that many students are unprepared for the college level math, English and reading they encounter at Palomar, and that the money came along at the right time. According to information provided by Palomar's Institutional Research and

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Rebecca Thornhill and Joseph Park (left} are inducted at a Phi Theta Kappa ceremony in November while chapter officers Zoie Lewandowski and Kyle Kaplan (right) watch. Phi Theta Kappa is an honor society. Palomar is considering an honors program associated with its classes.

co-chair of Palomar's Learning Outcomes Council. She said members ofthe LOC will write a report outlining different options for an honors program and poll faculty members this semester about whether to have one. She said there are several possible models for the honors program, but it boils down to three. One model adds extra work to a class and another adds extra honors classes. The third model adds extra time to a class for honors students, for which they

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Dance auditions held until Jan. II Auditions for upcoming dance performances are being held for the first three weeks of the semester during a Wednesday night dance class. Dancers are needed for "Agogo," an Afro-Cuban/Brazilian drum and dance ensemble and for the spring faculty show. Until Jan. 31, students interested in auditioning can attend the Dance 148 and Dance 149 class on any Wednesday night at 5 p.m. in Room D-6. Students auditioning do not have to register for the class. This is the tenth year of the "Agogo" ensemble, which is organized every semester. The "Agogo" performances will be on Jan. 26 in North Park and on Feb. 22 during Palomar's concert hour. The spring faculty show, a collaboration of the Dance Department's work, is held in May.

Conway said the flu season lasts until sometime in March and that the vaccinations are prepared specially to deal with the strains of flu present this season. "Each year the flu shot is new," she said. Conway said students' lifestyles make them particularly susceptible to the flu. The vaccinations are available at the San Marcos Campus on Mondays and Wednesdays from 8:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. and on Fridays from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. To make an appointment call (760) 7441150 ext. 2380. To make an appointment at the Escondido Center call (760) 4320624 ext. 8105.

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Palomar College's governing board will hold a special meeting on Jan. 23 at 4 p.m. at the San Marcos Regional Emergency Services Training Center. The meeting is open to the public. At the Jan. 9 governing board meeting, college president Robert Deegan said the board's goals for the year will be discussed as well as plans for the recently acquired bond money and the formation of a citizen's oversight committee will also be discussed. In November, voters passed Proposition M, a $694 million bond for Palomar College. Under state law, the Health Services still has flu vaccina- spending of the bond money requires the tions available for students and staff oversight of a citizen's committee. The committee must have one community members. Vaccinations are available at the San college student who is enrolled in a comMarcos Campus and the Escondido munity college support group such as Center. Health Services Director Jayne the Associated Student Government. The training center is at 184 Santar Conway said there are about 200 left. The vaccinations cost $15 for students Place in San Marcos. and $20 for staff members.

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Campus Explorations program gives forum for discussion By Colleen Paroli

bigger way of looking at the issues out there and a really Campus Explorations is a interesting way for them develprogram that includes weekly op their decisions about ecoseminars that anyone can nomics and life." attend and classes that incorpoDifferent members and rate the Campus Explorations groups from Palomar host the theme. The theme this year is seminars. They typically fea"Work and Poverty." ture open discussions and can "The seminars offer students include guest speakers, films and faculty an opportunity to and performances. form social consciousness and "The last seminar I went to become better citizens," said was very informative and motiBarb Neault Kelber, a Palomar vating because it focused on English professor and coordina- children in poverty," said stutor of the Campus Explorations dent Madison Harper. program. Harper is a Certain classes nanny and said this semester will she loves chilhave the theme of dren. She said the "Work and Poverty" seminars inspired included in class her so much that content. These class,., she is looking to es are listed on Page ' - - - - - - - - - - ' join a big sister 4 of the Spring 2007 Class program. Schedule. Campus Explorations coordi"We want students to do some nates with Palomar students critical thinking and analyze and faculty and staff members the effects of work and poverty whose events that are tied to in America," Kelber said. the theme of Campus This is the second year of Explorations. Last semester, Campus Explorations at Professor David Chase and the Palomar. It began in Fall 2005 Chamber Singers performed a with "Ethics" as the theme. For concert of work songs and the Fall 2006 and Spring 2007, Performing Arts Department campus-wide faculty voting staged "Waiting for Lefty," a made "Work and Poverty" the play that dealt with work and theme. poverty. The weekly seminars can also This semester, a multi-media be taken as a one-unit class. dance program based on the "I wish the young kids would "Work and Poverty" theme is take this class," said student planned. A project with Habitat Nancy Williams. "It's a no pres- for Humanity, an organization sure way to discuss the prob- that builds houses for poor peolems of the world and get some ple around the world, is also in perspective. There are adults the works. teaching the class and giving The seminars are held every information, but students Wednesday from 2 to 3 p.m. in aren't tested on it. It's just a Room ES-19.

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B HantiniJ Hussein obviously proper By Helle Dale

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Hard as it is to imagine, some people around the world are taking exception to the execution of Saddam Hussein. If ever there were a candidate for the death penalty, surely Saddam would be it - a dictator who ruled by cruelty and terror, slaughtering his own people in the name of control. Respect for human life, one would think, leads to the conclusion that someone who acts with such profound contempt for its value, and does it on such a scale, forfeits the right to his own. Saddam displayed no remorse whatsoever, even in his final moments. The unfortunate cell phone video recording of his execution, displaying shouting and cursing from the audience and defiance from the convicted, indicates that Saddam was someone whose ego had not been dented by doubts about what he had done to Iraq. Dictators from Fidel Castro to Slobodan Milosevic tend to exhibit the same imperviousness to acknowledgement of the evils they have done. Their hard protective shell does not allow for remorse or pity for their victims. Some have fallen for the ploy of Saddam's final letter, which called for Iraqis "not to hate, because hatred does not leave space for a person to be fair." To think of Saddam as a leader in national reconciliation is amazing, but some people do. A friend of mine who met Saddam Hussein in the 1980s said Hussein justified the mass murder by chemical weapons of 5,000 Iraqi Kurds as the need to impose discipline. That was Saddam's way of effecting national reconciliation when he was in power. Others feel that a national leader should not be subject to the death penalty. That would mean that murdering people on a grand scale, in the fashion of Hitler, Stalin or Pol Pot,

makes you 1ess cu1pable th an mur dering people on a one-on-one basis. Obviously, this argument makes no sense. Unfortunately, the argument that so far has surfaced the most is that Saddam's trial was the victor's justice carried out by a puppet government. In the words of one writer on the BBC Web site, it was a "sordid, barbaric climax to a series of events triggered in the name of democracy and justice yet mired in the lies, deception and moral jingoism of two governments whose own conduct became no better than that of the man they deposed. For . Iraqis, justice may have prevailed, but the arrogance and sheer political incompetence ofthe United States and the whole of the British Labor party (for they are all responsible) has left a terrible legacy that will fester throughout the world for decades to come." Now that Saddam has passed into history, how far should we go in exploring and answering these arguments? In order to legitimize Iraq's future, we should take the time to do so rather than allow another set of myths about Iraq to mushroom, like the myth that Saddam had no weapons of mass destruction despite the mass murder of the Kurds in the 1980s and the use of chemical weapons against Iranian soldiers in the Iraq-Iran war. It was precisely to give legitimacy to the judgment that the United States declined to persecute Saddam after his ignominious capture just over three years ago. There were advantages and drawbacks to this approach, but ultimately it was the right one. Had we followed the pattern of the Nazi Nuremberg trials after World War II, victor's justice would certainly have been charged (as it was about Nuremberg as well). An international tribunal would have been another option, though the case of Milosevic showed how limited that approach can be. Milosevic died of

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Saddam Hussein on trial for his life in November 2005. He was hanged in December 2006.

a heart attack after making a mockery of the tribunal in The Hague for years at a cost of millions of dollars. In the end, it was only fair that Iraqis be allowed to reach the final verdict over the man who had held their country in his iron grip for over 20 years. That the trial at times turned into a farce was to a far greater

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The threat of global warming keeps manifesting itself in ways that we would be foolish to ignore. The Bush administration has proposed to put polar bears on a federal threatened species list, and scientists have learned that a 41square-mile Arctic ice shelf has broken away from Ellesmere Island on Canada's northernmost shore. In both cases, higher Arctic temperatures are widely

believed to be the agent of change. Many scientists say the rising temperatures are the product of global warming that results at least in part from increased emissions of carbon dioxide and other "greenhouse gases" from vehicle tailpipes, power plants and other sources. U.S. Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne has proposed officially declaring the polar bears "threatened" under the Endangered Species Act. Melting sea ice is shrinking the frozen platforms from which the beloved

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degree due to Saddam's antics in the courtroom and threats of hunger strike than anything done by the justices, who persevered in the face of great personal danger. What is important now is that the evidence is preserved and remains accessible for history's verdict on what happened in Iraq.

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gases. Failing to do anything could have disastrous consequences and hurt our standing among other nations that are taking more aggressive actions to deal with the problem. Meanwhile, the troubled polar bears and breakaway ice shelf are providing us ample warning that global warming is no longer an issue to be taken up in some distant future year. Congress and the White House must begin seriously addressing it now, because the solutions won't come overnight.

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• GRANT: Other colleges' programs examined CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 .--------------------------, Planning Department, last semester 1,825 students enrolled '11'1 btlwfin ~ ;, , _ in English classes lower than IIOfl. llhillk Wf'lf /oolting Ill 1111111 English 100 and 2,560 enrolled to modily lhoSI in SOIIII WilT HWI in English classes 100 and higher. Also last semester, 4,309 stulllflll to." dents enrolled in math classes -Berta Cuat·on lower than math 100 and 2,307 enrolled in math classes 100 and VICE PRESIDENT OF INSTRUCTION higher. Members of the LOC visited Chaffey College on Dec. 1 to examine the basic skills centers ,,..,. ....llv ••Nil__,....;, there, and members plan to visit u ~ II •-r w.a ...... , . , - . . -...1 more community colleges with 111111 1111 s11111 M 11f11n11t1 111 by basic skills programs this semes,;,;, ter. ..,......, Ill SOIIII r II "We're doing our fact finding," -Teresa Laughlin Cuaron said. CO-CHAIR OF THE LEARNING OUTCOMES COUNCIL She said she hopes to have plans for the money established by the end of this semester, and to begin working on those plans tional classes. semester and that it would prob"My guess is it'll be a variety of ably coordinate the existing basic during the 2007/2008 academic year. things," Cuaron said. "It won't be skills centers on the San Marcos "The goal is to spend the one thing because one thing Campus. She said the plan could hire more staff members for the monies over a two-year period," won't fit all the needs." Cuaron said. She said the programs could centers and raise student awarePalomar already has programs benefit students who excel in one ness about the centers. She said aimed at developing basic skills area, but fail in another. Palomar's existing programs are -the Math Lab, the Writing Lab, Economics Professor Teresa too valuable to exclude from the the Reading Center, the 'futoring Laughlin is co-chair of the LOC planning. Center and the Disability with Cuaron. "It's a really exciting opportuResource Center. "The idea is that someone nity that the state has afforded "We have five programs in who's a gifted writer may have us by giving us some money," place now," Cuaron said. "I think trouble in math, or someone gift- Laughlin said. we're looking at ways to modify ed in math may have trouble Cuaron said the money was a those in some way if we need to." writing," Laughlin said. She one-time allocation given to all She added that whatever added that basic skills programs community colleges in the state forms the basic skills programs were not only for remedial stu- and that the amounts given to take, there will be a smaller scale dents. each college were calculated She said it was through many from credit enrollment during operation at the Escondido Center. faculty forums that the LOC dis- the 2005/2006 academic year. Cuaron said some options are covered the need for enhanced "We want to spend it wisely so to have recommendations for basic skills programs. that every dollar really makes a more lab time, supplemental Laughlin said a plan for the difference to students," Laughlin courses, workshops and addi- money would be developed this said.

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I CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 Fish said Palomar's ROP is more than twice the size of any of the other colleges. "We'll probably have more than twice the headaches," she said. ROP at Palomar include automotive technology, air conditioning, heating and refrigeration and automotive technology, as well as other subjects. The classes are free. In Fall 2006, the ROP at Palomar accommodated the equivalent of about 440 fulltime students, Fish said. Programs are typically run out of high schools. Fish said San Diego is the only area in the state where ROPs contract with community colleges directly. She said July 1, 2011 is a short deadline and that there should be a plan for transition by the end of this semester, and that the transition should begin at the end of 2008. "The shift is going to be errormous, and it can't happen quickly," Fish said. Palomar Professor Jackie Martin-Klement is the lead instructor for ROP computer applications at Palomar and has been with ROP for 20 years. She said Palomar is the only community college looking to transition its ROP after the passage of the Hancock Bill. "What shape that takes and whether it benefits the program is yet to be seen," she said. Martin-Klement said it's too early to say what the future of ROP at Palomar will be. "We want to take care of the

programs," she said. "If they need to be modified or reworked, fine." She said San Diego is unusual in the number of adults it serves through ROP. Historically, the community colleges adopted ROPs after funding was cut to the program at high schools, Martin-Klement said. She said ROP became a thriving program at Palomar because adults were more dedicated and mature than high school students. "It's a program that has really worked among the adult population in San Diego County," she said. Fish said when accreditation officers from the Western Association of Schools and Colleges, a federal organization that evaluates school programs, came to assess Palomar's ROP, they came annoyed that money intended for high schools was being diverted to community colleges, but they left surprised at the successes of Palomar's program. "What we were doing was working really well," Fish said. Palomar College Trustee Nancy Chadwick said the effects of the Hancock Bill will be discussed at the upcoming Community College League of California Annual Legislative Conference at the end of January. She said that strategies to combat some of its effects will also be discussed. "We've got to figure out a way how we're going to do this," Chadwick said.

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For Palomar students who want to be firefighters, there is a bridge between their fire technology classes and getting real world experience. That bridge is the Fire Club. Potential firefighters face fierce competition pursuing firefighting careers. "Probably for every job you have about 1,000 people waiting for it," said Carl J. Lofthouse, assistant professor of fire technology at Palomar and adviser to the Fire Club. Lofthouse started the Fire Club in October. He said he asked students in his fire technology classes who would be interested in joining such a club. "Everyone put their hands up," he said. Lofthouse said the club has about 170 members. Shawn Phillippe is the club's fire chief, which is the same as the president of a typical club. "We have the rankings of a fire department," Phillippe said. He said about 95 percent of the club's members want to be firefighters, paramedics, emergency technicians or work in emergency medical services. He added that the club is open to all students. "They don't have to have any firefighting experience," Phillippe said. "They don't have to want to be a firefighter." He said the club could give students a taste of what it's like to be in the fire service or the emergency services. Lofthouse has used his contacts in the firefighting community to organize tours for the club, including one to the air attack base at Ramona Airport where planes for fighting forest fires are housed. They also toured the department at the Marine Corps Air Station in Miramar that deals with fires from crashed aircraft. Lofthouse said the techniques for fighting a crashed aircraft are different because of aviation

fuel. "It's allowing a lot of people who are going into the fire service to go out and do different things," said Autumn Mitchell, a member of the club. Mitchell said she has made friends in

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Proposition M campaign, Palomar's recently passed bond measure, after Palomar Police Chief 'Ibm Plotts asked if they would help. "We really pushed Prop. M,"

division chiefs are directly under the fire chief. He said the club helps prepare for several careers such as a dispatcher or fire inspector, and that the club can give direction to members who don't know which career to pursue. He said the club is about giving experience and exposure to its members. "We're putting our face out there," Hofshi said. "We're getting known by the fire departments." Lofthouse said awareness

is rising in the firefighting community about the iâ&#x20AC;˘'ire Club. Last year the Carlsbad Fire Department asked Fire Club members to act as victims during an annual mass casualty incident. The incident was held at Legoland in Carlsbad and simulated the consequences of a tower ride falling into a line of waiting park visitors. Playing victims gave club members a different perspective. "We got to see what it's like being on the other side," Phillippe said. He said the goal of about 90 percent of the club's members is to get into Palomar's Fire Academy, which Lofthouse said accepts between 30 and 40 recruits per semester. Lofthouse said he is going to organize tours of two San Diego firehouses this semester. Phillippe added that other club events will include beach cleanups, a tour of a fire boat and a resume building class. 'lb find out how to join the Fire Club, visit www.palomarcollegefireclub.com "It's awesome," Phillippe said. "We have fun. We love to have fun. We love to build camaraderie. It's just a great way to enhance your own skills and learn from others."

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Members of the Fire Club pose for a photo after playing the victims of a simulated mass casualty incident in November.

Dante Rivera, 4, tries on the helmet of a protective suit worn by the Fire Club's Fire Chief Shawn Phillippe at a recent promotional event for Palomar College.

Choreography students perform 'jlslands," a modern dance routine created by student Suntii Osuna. This piece and others were part of "WinterDance 2006," which took place at the end of last semester.

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Every fall, choreography students from the Dance 145 and Dance 146 classes perform the routines they've created in front of live audiences. It's called WinterDance.

Chelsey Smith dances in "Criminal Effect," a hip-hop routine choreographed by fellow student Lupe Morales.

Throughout the semester, the students in these two choreography classes develop routines, the best of which are selected for the performance. The styles include hip-hop, modern dance, tap, jazz and ballet. "The students are learning to choreograph in the genre that they study," said Patriceann Mead, artistic director of the performance and instructor of the choreography classes. Last semester's performances took place on Dec. 8 and 9 in the Howard Brubeck Theatre.

Sarah E. Gould {left) and Sabrina Garcia perform in Georgeania Phillips' tap routine "When I get low I get high" during WinterDance 2006.

Dance students perform "Money makes the world go round," a musical theater number choreographed by students Eloisa Aguayo and Paige Santos. Students from Dance 145 and Dance 146 performed the piece at the end of last semester.

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Dylan is awful in 'Modern n111es' singing about on most of the tracks. It just sounds like nonsense. What happened to Bob Dylan? When "Spirit on the Water" and "Beyond the he began his musical career he could Horizon" are the two tracks that sound make magic with just an acoustic gui- like lounge music, and they are bad tar, a harmonica and his lyrics. His lat- lounge music. Both songs have a vague est album, "Modern Times," barely love theme with poetic, meaningless shows a trace of Dylan's old magic. words and no clear choruses. The verses If "Modern Times" is how Dylan is in "Spirit on the Water" are weak and sounding nowadays, perhaps he should unrelated. have retired a while ago and never conDylan sings, "They brag about your tinued into modern times. This album is sugar I They brag about it all over town a disappointment and shows the deteri- I put some sugar in my bowl I I feel like oration of his songwriting more than it laying down." The following verse is shows any perpetuation of his musical unrelated and does nothing to clarify legacy. what Dylan means by "laying down." His musical style has changed - a couple of the ! Bob Dylan An excellent musical device is "Modern songs on the album sound ;: .... used in "Beyond the Horizon" Times" like bad lounge music,- but a: where Dylan keeps using the the worst parts of the '" phrase "beyond the horizon" in album are the disjointed, different parts of different cho4 sometimes meaningless ;cccrFOU!1sr. ns: ruses. This device, however, is lyrics and senseless wasted in the midst of a weak, rhyming in most of the boring song. songs. The same device is used in one of the Two of the tracks at the beginning of album's better songs "Someday Baby." the album, "Thunder on the Mountain" This bluesy song has a good structure and "Rollin' and 'fumblin'," have struc- and the lyrics start with a cohesive tures without strong choruses. The theme that is lost part way through. structures beg for the lyrics to carry the There are two good songs on the songs, but the lyrics fail badly. album, "When the Deal Goes Down" and The lyrics in "Thunder on the "Workingman Blues #2." Mountain" are well written if you con"When the Deal Goes Down" is a slow sider them line by line, but the lines song with soft music. It has weak chodon't relate to each other in any cohe- ruses, but the lyrics actually manage to sive pattern. The song has no unifying carry it with a consistent theme of two theme. people sticking together through the Some of the lyrics seem to be added mysteries of life. only because they rhyme with the pre"Workingman Blues #2" is a dark song ceding line. Dylan sings, "I've been sit- about the struggles of the lower class. tin' down studying the art of love I I The music and structure are excellent. think it'll fit me like a glove." The lyrics are not strong, but are kept These kinds of lyrics dominate the together by a consistent theme for most album. It's not clear what Dylan is of the song.

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A network of college students has launched a new campaign to improve poor nations' access to drugs invented in the labs ofleading U.S. research universities. Universities Allied for Essential Medicines, whose members met in Philadelphia in October, is calling for reform in the way universities license biomedical discoveries to drug companies. Among other things, it wants universities in advance to require companies to set much lower prices on drugs discovered at a university and to allow cheaper generic versions to be sold in the developing world. University labs are key to drug development, as are premium prices and patent protections. Many early-stage compounds or concepts that pharmaceutical companies turn into profitable drugs come from academia, often supported by the tax-funded National Institutes of Health. The network said it is focusing on top NIH-grant recipients, including the University of Pennsylvania, Yale University, Harvard University, Emory University and Duke University. Penn's Center for Technology Transfer, which negotiates licenses with drug com-

panies, called the aspiration ''laudable" but certain to fail unless many universities go along. "If a university were to unilaterally put this language into agreements, that's going to be the first thing the company will want to take out," said John Zawad, the center's managing director and a former Sanofi-Aventis S.A. executive. "If you insist, you risk them taking their business to the university next door." Zawad added he already has met with the Penn students. Medical students are among the leaders, reflecting what one activist called a growing demand for responsible industry conduct in their chosen profession. "We're stuck in this pipeline of education for seven years and this is something we feel we can really make an impact on," said Dave Chokshi, a second-year University of Pennsylvania medical student. Chokshi said the network, which also includes law students and undergraduates at 35 chapters, approved a "Philadelphia Consensus Statement" of principles, which it wants universities to adopt. It hopes to prevail with persuasion but may employ other tactics, such as protest. It is planning a nationwide "Day of Action" on campuses in February.

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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 honors program could begin is Fall 2008, but added that realistically such a program would be gradually integrated into Palomar's classes. She said there are more advantages to an honors program than improved transfer opportunities. "It's not just the transfer agreement," Laughlin said. "There are all sorts of things that students are afforded. There are all sorts of perks students can receive." Those perks include priority admissions, guaranteed housing, scholarships and admission into the university's honors program, according to the Web site of the Honors Transfer Council of California, a consortium of 52 community college honors programs. Alison Primoza is the San Diego Community College District honors transfer officer and president of the HTCC

"There's no disadvantage to having an honors program," Primoza said. "I can't imagine a possible disadvantage." She said the argument that it creates an elitist system is false because anyone can join an honors program. "What it takes is motivation, not anything else," Primoza said. Primoza is also a Spanish teacher at San Diego Mesa Community College. She said last year, despite not having an agreement with UC Berkeley, all students in the honors program who wanted to transfer to UC Berkeley were accepted. Primoza said the honors students at San Diego Mesa Community College found unexpected benefits and opportunities, mostly through networking. "Having honors starts opening up a lot of doors for your college that you otherwise wouldn't have," Primoza said.

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Quarterback transfers to University of Connedicut Palomar quarterback Tyler Lorenzen signed an official letter of intent with the University of Connecticut Dec. 20, 2006. Lorenzen, the nation's leader in total yards and a first team AllAmerican selection, guided the Comets to their first playoffs m three seasons. Mter redshirting one season at Iowa State University, Lorenzen joined the Palomar squad just before the team's camp opened in the spring. He completed 229 of 332 passes for 2, 960 yards, while connecting on 26 touchdown passes. The mobile quarterback also rushed for 836 yards.

Comet oHensive lineman shot J.C. Grid-Wire second team AllAmerican offensive lineman Una Smiley was shot in the leg multiple times during a recruiting trip in New Mexico Dec. 9. Smiley was outside of an Albuquerque strip club, when he got into an argument with a man and a woman, in which the man later pulled a gun. The tackle was accompanied by three University of New Mexico players, including former Comet tight end Clayton Cardenas. All three New Mexico players were suspended by Lobos head coach Rocky Long for alcohol con-

sumption and for going to a strip club. They will not play in the Dec. 23 New Mexico Bowl. Smiley was a two-year starter on the Palomar offensive line. Erminio Gonzalez, 26, was arrested Dec. 22 for the shooting. He was charged with aggravated battery with a deadly weapon and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.

Comets' pitcher, designated hiner named preseason All-Americans Comets' pitcher Nick Vmcent and catcher/designated hitter Zane Chavez were named to Collegiate Baseball's preseason All-American team. Vmcent excelled in his freshman season, going 9-2 with a 1.51 ERA. Chavez, the former 19th round draft choice of the Kansas City Royals in 2005, batted .297, while driving in 56 RBis, which led the state. Both players have already signed early with respective four-year universities, with Vincent committing to Long Beach State and Chavez committing to Indiana State.

Safety heads north Palomar football's free safety Derrick McMahen committed to the University of Wyoming, after recording 43 tackles, three interceptions and three fumble recoveries during the 2006 season. McMahen was also a first-team Mission Conference selection and named the Defensive Most Valuable Player by the Palomar coaching staff.

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After transfening from Iowa State, Palomar quarterback Tyler Lorenzen put together a strong season, leading the nation in total yards. He committed to the University of Connecticut Dec. 20.

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Palomar baseball players loosen up Jan. 10 before practice. The Comets finished the 2005 season 30-14 and were seeded No. 6 in the Southern California playoff bracket. This year they are ranked No. 5.

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Los Angeles Dodgers organization). Despite the turnover, Taylor said he believes the Comets have brought in enough reinforcements to continue to be a dominant offensive team. "We've had some redshirt players we tried to develop last year that are going to step in and help out," Taylor said. "We obviously have a great area to recruit in. Two years ago, three ofthe top 10 teams in the country were in our area." The teams are from Rancho Bernardo, Rancho Buena Vista and Fallbrook. Taylor's latest find is outfielder Marcus Hatley from Mission Hills High School, who was drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 39th round of the 2006 MLB draft. "He is very offensive, has tremendous power, runs very well and has a plus arm from the outfield," Taylor said of Hatley, who is now considered a draft and follow by the Cubs. "He might be an outfielder/closer for us. He's 89-92 mph, with an 82 mph slider." Palomar also brings in two left hand hitting bats in third baseman Mitch

Blackburn, and first baseman Guy Williford. With strong additions to this seasons roster, Taylor admits he is lacking in one department. "Our team speed isn't where it was last year, but with the ability to swing the bat we will be alright," Taylor said. "We don't have a pure lead off hitter, but we can switch it up. We might have our 1-2-3 guys, be guys that can flat out hit. We'll still bunt, hit and run, sequence steal and do the little things we did last year to manufacture runs." The Comets will open the season staring down a tough two week stretch, where they will face four Southern California teams that are ranked in the top five, including No.1 Riverside, No.3 Santa Ana and No.4 Cypress. "We always open up and play the top teams," Taylor said. "You look at other teams in our conference and they're playing the Barstows and the Victor Valleys. Then they open conference and get hit square between the eyes by teams like us."

When former Palomar baseball head balance of left and right handed hitters coach Bob Vetter retired at the end of the and our pitching is just as good, if not bet2005 season, his successor, Buck Taylor ter than last years." knew the shoes he was about to fill would The starting rotation undergoes a complete makeover this season, following the take some time to grow into. After all, Vetter had compiled a record transfers of front line hurlers Andres of 542-393-6 over 24 seasons. Yet some- Esquibel (Kansas) and Kevin Wilson (Cal how, when the 2006 regular season ended, State San Bernardino). The Comets still it seemed the change went unnoticed. have a solid 1-2 punch led by ace Nick "I learned a lot as a coach," Taylor said Vmcent (committed to Long Beach State), of his first season at the helm. "I don't who was 9-2 with 1.51 ERA last season. think we missed a beat to be honest. The Vmcent will be joined by Joe Cates, who transition wasn't too bad, which shows he was selected in the 30th round ofthe 2006 (Vetter) did a good job of getting me Major League Baseball Draft by the San ready." Diego Padres. Cates, who is coming off of It was business as usual for the Comets an injury plagued 2006 season, went 2-0 under the guidance of with a 4.32 ERA in limitTaylor. Palomar finished ed appearances. UP NEXT the 2005 season 30-14, Taylor said he will use earning the No. 6 seed in a four-man rotation for the Southern California the first month of the playoff bracket. The season, with returning Comets also clinched pitchers James Palemar at CJpiess IIMt: Opuing Day their second consecutive McLauglin and Jeff Ibarra rounding out the Pacific Coast Conference ....: 1pJB., Jan. 'l1 Championship - their staff. lllllrt: CJpnss Celege sixth in the last nine sea"Right now we have 14 At .....: Palamarepa~Stlle sons. arms out here, and 14 of ICiiRst CJpnss, allam tllat is l'i1llked After Palomar won the them can pitch," Taylor ... 4il Seulhn Calllnia.llle C8llllb said. "We have good first game of a three lost te tile c:llqers, 9-8, il the lilly velocity guys, and guys game playoff series ...... If the- SIIS8II. felolic with good breaking balls. against No. 11 seeded tile~ ,._.JieiRatwa We're real deep in the Rio Hondo, the team was Mslntdt, lllen .., • . , tine riding high. That high bullpen." .a..tapileSeulllnCalaateas. On the offensive side, suddenly hit a deep low as the Comets blew a 5Palomar returns with run ninth inning lead in game two of the slugging catcher/designated hitter Zane series. The Roadrunners eventually won Chavez (committed to Indiana State), who the game 6-5 in the 11th inning. hit .297 last year with nine homeruns, Palomar couldn't recover after the col- while also leading the state with 56 RBis. lapse, dropping the second game of the Other notable starters are right fielder double-header, which knocked them out of Ben Caple and shortstop Ricky Imperiali, both who Taylor said will be counted on to the state tournament. After a long winter to stew over their take on a leadership role. postseason disappointment, the Comets The Comets will need to recover some and Taylor are determined to not only lost production, with the key losses of third three-peat as conference champions, but baseman Jeff Tezak (Nebraska) and first go much deeper in the playoffs. baseman Cameron Penney (Centenary "We're very pleased," Taylor said of the College). way his No. 5 ranked team in Southern The Comets lost more than half their California is shaping up. "We got just roster to transfer players, with 16 players HU&H COl I THE TELESCOPE about every kid we went after (in recruit- moving on to four-year schools and one to ing). I think we're athletic, there is a good professional baseball (Lyndon Poole in the Pitcher Andrew Jenkins works on his mechanics Jan. 11 in preparation for an afternoon scrimmage.

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