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A recent presenter at Palomar asked if Mark McGwire was underpaid during his record-breaking 1998 season and if LeBron James was a bargain for the Cavaliers at $12.96 million for three years Mark Abajian's gave a presentation titled "An Economist Looks at Professional Sports," as part of Political Economy Days at Palomar on April 4 and 5. "Attendance was great," Abajian said. "That has more to do with the subject than it does me." Abajian discussed the impact of money on different aspects of sports. A Palomar alumnus and an associate professor of economics at Mesa College, he previously taught at Palomar and the University of San Diego. graduating from After Palomar, Abajian received his bachelor's and master's degrees at San Diego State University. "I thought it was informative and kind of fun," Palomar freshman Rich Wagner said. "I had to do this for my economy class but it would be cool to do something I'm interested in and could benefit from in school." Abajian spoke to the standing-room-only audience about the Chargers' plan to build a stadium somewhere in San II
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College President Robert Deegan speaks at the AprillO governing board meeting while sitting next to Student Trustee Michelle Eichelberger. Board members spoke about upcoming changes to the San Marcos Campus.
Board members discuss future expansion of college facilities By Jason Dunn THE U LESC:OPE
Palomar's trustees approved two new positions related to bond money spending as administrators plan for the first changes to the college after the passage of Proposition M. Prop. M was a $694-million facilities bond measure, the proceeds from which will pay for new buildings and renovations at the San Marcos Campus, as well as campuses in the north and south of the Palomar Community College District. "We'll be getting the money soon, but we're putting things into motion now," said College President Robert Deegan at the April 10 governing board meeting.
The new positions are for a construction accountant and a contracts assistant. Deegan said administrators are working closely with architects for the future Multidisciplinary Building, which will be built on the site of the ES, CH and LS Buildings, and that the college is hiring architects to design future buildings. "The buildings are moving along," Deegan said. Governing Board President Mark Evilsizer said the recent trip to New York City to present the bond measure to finance rating agencies was successful. Evilsizer said Deegan and Vice • SEE BOARD, PACE 5
A lack of seats didn't stop students from participating in one of the presentations during Palomar College's Political Economy Days, which were held April 4 and 5. There were no empty seats and students kept coming in. Both days featured free presentations from various speakers about areas related to political science and economics. Philosophy Professor Dillon Emerick and sociology Professor Kathy Grove partnered up to present "What's in it for me? Charity, Activism and Social Justice." The speakers had an hour and a half to give their presentation. "I wish we'd have more time, people had important things to say," Grove said. Emerick spoke about the philosophy of Immanuel Kant and Friedrich Hegel in "good" and "bad" roles in society and Grove spoke about the role of people in society. Three posters were placed around the Governing Board Room labeled "Nothing," "Social Justice," and "Charity." The presentation included an audience participation exercise where the presenters asked audience members to stand next to the poster they felt described their participation in society. "There is no good choice or bad choice," Grove said. Participants could switch roles if they changed their minds during the presentation. "People were really into it - raising relevant points," Emerick said. Associated Student Government President Michelle Eichelberger was at the presentation. • SEE ROLES, PACE 5
Campus group to travel overseas to compete in international debates By Shaia Moore THE TmSCOPE
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Members of Palomar's speech team will travel to China in May to debate students from around the world. International Debate The Education Association will sponsor the IDEA International Tournament beginning May 19. IDEA is an independent organization made up of debate clubs and associations from around the world. 'fhe tournament will be held at the Xi'an Jiaotong University in Xi'an, China.
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''We have hosted the Chinese debate team three times here at Palomar," said Palomar Speech Team Director Dewi Hokett. "Each time they have invited us and now we have the opportunity to go." The team chosen to compete is comprised of five of Palomar's top speech students. The team includes retired nuclear engineer Canaan Ramirez, sisters Ruth and Suzanne Potgeiter and speech team members Rob Fecteau and Sean Katz.
"We chose our team that has the best competitive record, our long-time student and two up and coming students that can use this to build experience," said Palomar Speech and Debate Professor Brandau Whearty. The team will also have the opportunity to tour Shanghai and Bejing before flying back May 31. "Hopefully we'll come home with a shopping cart full of medals," Whearty said.
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