PALOMAR COLLEGE, SAN MARCOS, CALIF.
MONDAY APRIL 7, 2008
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VOL .66, NO. 17
the-telescope.com
Extreme makeover coming to Palomar
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Renderings for what will replace the "S" building once the building is demolished this summer. This summer Palomar will begin to renovate the collge with money from Prop. M, a$694 million-dollar bond to renovate Palomar college JULIANA FAUSAUGH THE TELESCOPE
Palomar students are advised to take a good look at their classrooms they are in now, because when school starts in the fall, they might be gone. The CH, ES, LS and S buildings will be demolished this summer to make way for new buildings that are being designed, said Chris Miller, Palomar's supervisor of construction activities. Although it will turn Palomar into a construction zone, ultimately it will help students, said Facilities Director Mike Ellis. "These renovations will resolve the problem of overcrowded classrooms and this will attract more people to
Palomar College," Ellis said. "We can't offer any more courses because we don't have the space." The new construction stems from Proposition M, a $694 million bond to renovate Palomar College that was approved by voters on Nov. 7, 2006. Prop. M is a plan through 2022 that will create new educational programs and modernize the 60year-old San Marcos campus. "They are on a 15-year plan to do things incrementally," Palomar President Robert Deegan said. "First they want to build the Disciplinary and S building; they also want to add a new planetarium and re-model the theater." Deegan added that two years
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later, the library will be moved to a new, 100,000-square-foot building in the center of campus. The humanities building will be changed and a new technology center will be added. The new, state-of-the-art centers will alleviate problems with Palomar's aging buildings. Renovations will include better lab facilities, new classrooms and offices. Construction crews will demolish the S building and replace it with a 24,000-squarefoot, two-story building. This building will provide nursing and dental assisting room classrooms and will be used for general classes as well. The Humanities Building will be augmented to 16,000 square feet.
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The theater will also be renovated and new equipment will be put in. "The multidisciplinary building will replace the LS, ES and the chemistry complex will be rebuilt into a two-story building with all the latest state-ofthe-art (equipment)," Ellis said. Plans also include renovating and expanding the parking lots. "We are trying to change parking issues," Ellis said. "Lot 3 and Lot 5, by the library, will be combined into one lot. This will open up 230 parking spaces. It is also planned to augment the eastern portion of Lot 12 and the parking lots by Borden Road," Ellis said, adding that this will give students more parking
options and less waiting around for spaces. The noise of the renovations is expected to disrupt students. Ellis said the noise and dust will affect the learning environment to some degree since they are tearing down two of the largest buildings on campus. The construction will include soundproof walls, although Ellis said he wasn't sure how much noise it would block. When these buildings go under construction, classes will be relocated to the parking lots. "There will be 16 modulated buildings in parking Lot 2 by the Dome," Ellis said. "I believe it'll help bring new people to the college,"said Palomar student Damon Searcy.
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