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Smokin’ Proposition Palomar College, San Marcos, Calif.

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White House to host summit on community college goals margaret talev mct campus

A first-ever White House Summit on community colleges will take place next month as President Barack Obama tries to get more Americans motivated to learn new job skills. The Oct. 5 summit, announced Sept. 15, will pull together business leaders, philanthropists, government leaders, policy-makers, college officials and students from around the country. Obama will use it in part to rally political support behind his proposal to increase federal spending for community colleges by $12 billion over 10 years. Jill Biden, the wife of Vice President Joe Biden and a longtime community college instructor, will lead the summit. Biden holds a doctorate in education from the University of Delaware and teaches English at Northern Virginia Community College in Alexandria. Biden said in a news release that community colleges “are a key part of our economic vision for the future,” and that she’s seen the value of such education firsthand. The aims of the summit include reducing status stigmas about community colleges as opposed to fouryear universities, portraying community colleges as tools to keep the U.S. competitive globally and highlighting the stories of high-profile alumni with community college turn to college page

Cutting the habit Student gov’t proposes a smoke-free campus priority. Smokers at Palomar have different views. “Ihonestlythinktheyshouldn’t Every year, 3,400 non-smoking adults die of lung cancer due ban smoking,” student Chelsea to second-hand smoke, accord- George said. “If I’m stressed out ing to the American Cancer with classes and need to calm Society. Palomar’s student gov- down, I want to smoke.” Some students said they beernment is currently working toward curbing that number lo- lieve that less drastic measures cally with a smoke-free campus. than banning smoking all togethThe Associated Student Gov- er need to be taken. There are designated smoking arernment has begun eas at Palomar, which gathering informaWould you ban students say need to be tion from Palomar’s Health Services as smoking on campus? more strictly enforced. “It’s good to have well as from outside 20% designated areas beconferences about cause they aren’t pollutbanning smoking ing any other areas, but 80% on campus. I see students smoking “There is a list of everywhere,” student positive outcomes Josh Kessmer said. “It’s that would occur if Yes No not enforced.” such a policy was Shattuck said that approved,” ASG Data based on a random the ASG believes President Channing survey of 75 students that the designated Shattuck said. smoking areas are He explained that these outcomes include bet- a positive compromise when ter student health because of im- they are followed correctly. He proved air quality, and a campus added that enforcement needs that is cleaner, safer and more to be increased, but the most welcoming. Also, Shattuck said beneficial improvement would that helping smokers quit would be to ban smoking all together. Shattuck said that the ASG not be overlooked, but become a sydnie taylor the telescope

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realizes there are pros and cons to banning smoking on campus. While in favor of banning smoking, he said that by doing so, the school would be creating a minority, and taking away a privilege from students. According to the Shattuck, past surveys have shown that a majority of students will approve of banning smoking, some won’t care at all and the minority will

disapprove. If smoking on campus is banned, that minority will be forced to change. California has the third lowest smoking rate in the United States, according to the Oral Cancer Foundation website. Approximately 18.7 percent of the population smokes. There are 420 schools nationturn to smoking page

Palomar revamps sidewalks, complicates traffic mark saunders The Telescope

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A construction worker directs a student around the detours.

The video game Frogger will no longer be synonymous with Parking Lot 9. Construction that began in mid-September is aimed at making the onceawkward intersection leading into Lot 9 --- which made pedestrians have to dodge cars much like the classic video game --- a safer crossing, according to John Phillips, a project manager. The construction is also part of an Americans with Disabilities Act requirement for Palomar’s future expansion plans. The dirt field located behind Lot 9 is the site of the future baseball stadium relocation. However, an ADA Path of Travel (a handicapped accessible sidewalk) must be in place before the construction of the field can occur. “Everything you’ve been seeing is part of the ADA requirements,” Philipps said. “It also makes things safer.” Students have quickly felt the effects of the temporary barriers.

“It’s been really frustrating with the Natural Sciences building and Lot 9. The construction. It seems like it will flow a lot corner exit for Staff Lot 7 will also be rebetter though,” said student Rachel Law- moved. rence, who explained that she frequently Some students wondered why this conuses Lot 9. struction was not completed ove summer. “I don’t know if it will work,” said stuturn to intersection page 7 dent Lisa Vorenkamp. “It could help, but only if people follow the set-up. Who knows?” Philipps said he expresses his sympathies to the students frustrated by the construction. Philipps was quick to assure those students that the work will be finished soon. “We’re making good headway. Our six-week schedule may be cut in half,” Philipps said. “That puts us finished around the first week of October.” Phase one of the construction includes work on three of Comet Circle’s four corners. This will eliminate the “safe halaura davis | THE TELESCOPE ven” triangle that often strands students walking between the Since mid-September, college sidewalks have been blocked off.

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Performing Arts dept. ready to rock

Correction The Telescope erroneously

October kicks off the performance season for the Palomar Performing Arts department. The first of the year, “Museum by Tina Howe” starts at 8 p.m., Oct. 1 in the Howard Brubeck Theatre. Shows will continue through Oct. 10 at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturdays, 2 p.m. Sunday and 4 p.m. Thursday. Directed by Dana Case, Palomar per-

reported in the Campus Calendar last week that the Sept. 25 workshop, “How to Pay for College,” was free. It was not. We appologize to any students, staff members or event organizers affected by our mistake.

forming arts professor, the play is a “slice of life comedy set in major museum of art,” according to the Performing Arts website. Tickets can be purchased online at w\ palomarperforms.com or call 760-7441150, ext. 2453. General admission is $12, $8 for staff and students and $10 for seniors .

Campus Calendar M onday , S ept . 27

• Movie Monday, 1:30 p.m. in Room SU-204. “Pirates of the Carribbean.” Free nachos with student activity card • CSU transfer application deadline

T uesday , S ept . 28

• Inter-Club Council meeting at 12:30 p.m. in Room SU204 • Black Student Club meeting at 3:00 p.m. in Room SU-204 • Creative Dance club meets at 3:30 p.m. in D-6

W ednesday , S ept . 29

• ASG Meeting at 1 p.m. in SU-

201 • Free Identifying Your College Major workshop at 4:30 p.m. in Room 500, Escondido Campus

T hursday , S ept . 30

• MEChA club meeting at 6:30 p.m. in Room SU-17 • Concert Hour at 12:30 p.m. in the performance lab. Vocal and instrumental music by guitarist Colin McAllister

F riday , O ct . 1

• Paint the P at 8 a.m. Meet at Parking Lot 9 on Borden Road • Anime club meeting at 2 p.m. in Room P-22 • “Museum by Tina Howe” by Dana Case, Oct. 1-10 at 8 p.m. in the Howard Brubeck Theatre. Sundays at 2 p.m., Thurdsay at 4 p.m.

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Major issues? Get help at free seminar A free workshop is available for students looking to choose a college major. “Identifying your College Major” is set to be held Sept. 29 from 4:30-6:30 p.m. The event will be held at the Escondido Campus at the Teaching and Learning Center (TLC), Room 500. “Identifying your College Major” will show students how to make a wellinformed decision about choosing their major and provides tools and resources to make this decision. The question“What can I do with a major in…?” will be answered. The workshop

will also help students and make the next step in choosing a major to allow students to meet their educational goal, according to Career Counselor Sarah Moore. This workshop is available to all students, faculty and community members. courtesy photo by Leslie Surek | for THE TELESCOPE To reserve a seat, please email Sarah The Office of Student Affairs will give the Palomar P on Owens Peak a makeover Oct. 1. Moore at smoore2@palomar.edu. Moore can be reached by phone at 760-744-1150, ext. 2680. Also, watch for upcoming TLC workshops this fall semester. Upcoming As part of the ongoing “Mission 2 B 30 student volunteers will journey up to workshop topics include: resume writClean and Green” series of events, the Of- the pike at 8 a.m., Oct. 1. Meet across the ing, interview strategies, overcoming test fice of Student Affairs is hosting an annual street from Parking Lot 9, on Borden Road, anxiety and goal setting. “Paint the P” volunteer event. which is the bottom of Owens Peak. The Palomar P on Owens’ peak is over There will be a break for a pizza lunch, 20 feet tall and has taken up to 12 gallons provided by the Office of Student Affairs. of paint in previous years, according to Drinks will also be provided throughout Access to Credo Reference is by sub- Lindsay Koch, student activities coordina- the day. The project will complete when the P scription only. After submitting the re- tor. Koch said she is considering using a is completely finished. It has always been quired information, Credo’s site representative will send an email explaining how to white field-marking spray, which would re- completed in the course of one day in the duce cost, but had not yet made that deci- past due to high volunteer turnout, actest this site for 30 days. For more information on Credo Refer- sion. “We wan to make it much more sim- cording to Koch. Clubs participating in the event can ence visit the Palomar library home page pler than in the past,” Koch said, regarding receive Clean and Green points. website at www.palomar.edu/library. Click hauling the paint up the peak. Koch said this event is important to Contact Koch at 760-744-1150 ext. on articles,then reference,then open database for Credo Reference. Call the library her because, “everybody sees it every day 7509 or by e-mail at lkoch@palomar.edu from everywhere on campus.” Twenty to to participate. for help at 760-744-1150, ext. 2612.

Second “Mission 2 B Green” event Oct. 1

New reference database available If Wikipedia isn’t for you and you are trying to find a better place to do research, then consider Credo Reference. Located on the Palomar website, Credo Reference is an online reference service that searches textbook information from top publishers. There are over 3 million entries that can be accessed. General reference titles include arts, business, food and beverage and bilingual dictionaries.

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Cash in on a cash crop OUR VIEWPOINT casey byrne The Telescope

This November, Californians will cast their votes on a variety of different people and propositions. One proposition in particular has the state divided over a hotly contested issue. Proposition 19 would legalize marijuana for adults over 21 years of age, and allow for taxation and regulation by city and state governments. Recent polls suggest that there is almost an even split of voters who would vote yes on 19, highlighting a change in the way that many people feel about the war against marijuana. The current laws against cannabis are outdated, unfair and downright racially biased. While not everyone who favors legalization Brock Blevins | THE TELESCOPE of marijuana partakes in using it, Agape Collective located at 1421 Garnet Ave in Pacific Beach is one of the many medical those same individuals have friends, marijuana clinics within San Diego County. coworkers and family members who do, and police are tired of them be- the reality that no matter how hard reason that California should cash in ing harassed and incarcerated for police and government agencies try, on its biggest cash crop. using a substance that they feel is they simply cannot control the illegal Although many are skeptical less harmful than alcohol and to- production of marijuana, or stop peo- about voting such a landmark propobacco products. ple from wanting to consume it in the sition into law, the people of CaliforThe governent spends millions privacy of their homes. nia need to realize that it does more of dollars annually prosecuting and With many cities and towns harm to society, and costs us more as incarcerating nonviolent marijuana across the state struggling with taxpayers to try and enforce a law offenders, leading to overcrowded enormous budget deficits, local and that is unreasonable, practically unprisons and a misallocation of valu- city governments are starting to enforceable and has proven itself to able law enforcement resources see the amount of money that they be an exercise in futility. that are better spent locking up could be taking in from taxing mariDespite current laws, marijuana sexual predators and other violent juana and regulating its sale and is the third most popular recreational criminals. consumption by adults. drug in America behind alcohol and The war against marijuana in When forced between having tobacco. With more than 14 million California has failed miserably. to cut police, fire and other vital so- regular users in America, the time California produces an estimated cial services due to a lack of money, has come for California to put an end $14 billion worth of marijuana each many politicians and elected officials to all this reefer madness and start year, and if you get a doctor’s rec- whose jobs are on the line might find making sensible policies that reflect ommendation, you are allowed to themselves reconsidering how they what the people want.While it might use marijuana legally for medicinal feel about the matter. Thousands of be a cliché to say that money doesn t purposes. jobs could be created by the passing grow on trees, in California s case, It is time for California to confront of Prop. 19 — adding to all the more that couldn t be further from truth.

Don’t extinguish students’ freedom

As the Palomar Student Government rings in the new semester, one priority is the complete annihilation of on-campus smoking. Citing the roaming smokers on campus as evidence that the current policy isn’t working, the ASG is clearly intent on erasing a student right due to staff incompetence. Not exactly fair. The current smoking policies involve loosely regulated and largely unenforced smoking zones, which are both few and far between and too small to accommodate the college’s smokers. That’s six zones for approximately 5,600 smokers on campus, assuming students follow the national average. Student health is of course the biggest issue being touted here. But smokers’ health is smokers’ business; they know the risks. And kudos to the ASG for trying to help nonsmokers from an untimely case of cancer, but clearly students aren’t following the existing bans. They smoke while walking along the corridors and paths — mostly due to a lack of legal smoking zones. Removing those few bastions of their indulgence won’t help matters. The obvious solution is to demarcate more smoking zones. Even if enforcement can’t be increased, if people have more sanctioned options, they’re less likely to stoop to breaking the rules. Nonsmokers would have less

second-hand smoke to put up with if the smokers would stay in the designated areas instead of sneaking puffs while walking between classes, and smokers would stay in those areas if they were more numerous and accessible. The majority of students are nonsmokers, and it seems the ASG is just preying on their fears with this proposal. Yes, smoking can pose serious health risks even to nonsmokers — up to 50 feet away from a smoker, according to tobaccosmoke.org. But there have been four major studies done on outdoor second-hand exposure, two of which demonstrated no link to cancer, one indicating a weak relationship and only one other giving strong evidence that environmental tobacco smoke could be a serious threat. Either way, in most cases the exposure is negligible at as little as 10 feet away from the source, and avoiding the designated smoking areas isn’t that hard. The ASG has been trying to ban smoking since 2006. So far, logic and student rights have prevailed, but the student government can be persistent. Whether it’s due to a legitimate concern or just a desire to not have to enforce smoking zones, they’re infringing on a civil right for smokers to protect people who science says may very well not be at risk at all.

Should the ASG ban smoking on campus?

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I disagree. I’m a smoker, and smoking is a way of stress relief. Going to classes can be very stressful, especially if you’re taking a full load.

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I would agree with the idea I don’t understand why it’s of not allowing smoking, mostly such a big deal, there’s already because of the health effects. designated zones for it. (Smoking) also smells bad, and it lingers for a while.

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— Ashley Runnels

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I completely disagree. For starters, some use smoking to stay relaxed. I have a big anger problem, and I use cigarettes to help me relax in the middle of class.

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— Chris Truscott

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I think people should be allowed to smoke, but only in designated areas. If it’s not against the law, they should be allowed to do it.

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— Salem Mackintosh

The Telescope welcomes all letters to the editor. Letters must be typewritten, under 300 words and include the author’s first and last names, major and phone number. Phone numbers will not be published. Letters can be e-mailed to telescope@ palomar.edu or delivered to the newsroom in Room MB-1. The Telescope reserves the right to edit letters for space and grammatical errors and not to print lewd or libelous letters. Lettesr must be receieved one week prior to the newspaper’s publication to be considered for inclusion.

Staff Writers | Casey Byrne, Davon Hollis, David Leonard, Daniel Martin, Joseph Melson, Jarred Powell, Mark Saunders, Nick Shumate, Victoria Tran, Michael Treadway, Natalia Vasquez, Emilie Vurik, Chris Wafer Associated California Newspaper Staff Photographers | Layan Ammouri, Breanna Collegiate PRess Publishers Association Avella, Jennifer Bacon, Steven Balubar, Brak Blevins, Austin Castillo, Ian Chalmers, Laura Davis, Christina Dugdale, Rosa Galvin, Tina Hernandez, Doug Holstein, Christopher Kennedy, Reginald Legaspi, Rachel Martin, Rachel Munoz, Huy Nguyen, Mathew O’Neil, Christian California First Journalism Association Provano, Stacey Prince , Heather Skaggs, Kirgan Snaer, Amendment Coalition of Community Colleges Leslie Surek, Brian Tierne, Allyson Watson, Joshua Yepez

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|In depth daniel Martin The Telescope

The Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Questioning and Allies club was formed to promote a safe environment for students of all sexual orientations including those who have not identified. A year ago the LGBTQA, then called the Gay Straight Alliance, wasn’t very active. This year the club’s leadership has stepped up and increased their involvement. “It’s important to be part of the events on campus, to become more visible and to promote a safe environment for students,” said John Jones, president of the club. Jones said he ran for the presidency in order to involve the club in the Palomar community. Harassment issues toward gay professors in the past few years have required a stronger support system here at Palomar. These threats included postcards sent out to the professors last year. Bill Jahnel, a history professor at Palomar, who has been the club’s adviser for nearly nine years, said the club has been doing a great job recently in promoting a safe environment.

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ber, said that she enjoys the club because she feels it is a safe environment, free of unfair judgment. “With so many new members, we’ve done a good job of increasing our visibility and making people feel comfortable, ” Wilson said. Wilson also mentioned a student from last year who was shy at first, but who soon grew to become more comfortable with herself after joining the club. She is now living in San Francisco, which had been a dream of hers for many years. Wilson said the student shared that if she hadn’t been part of LGBTQA, she would not have had the courage to pursue her dream. PC3H created Safe Zones where LGBTQ students speak freely knowing that they will be treated Steve Lubar | THE TELESCOPE Dominique Jaranillo, Jaine Torres, Marty Waters and Hanna Laine promote the club at the LGBTQA booth during Club Rush on September 22. with respect. Safe Zone and Ally stickers designate these zones. Jahnel said the postcards were the plate is profoundly moving.” and straight communities. At this The Ally is a supportive administhe most disturbing event that led Jahnel said. event, current members will share trator, staff or faculty member who up to the creation of the Palomar He also stated that in the past, with the audience their personal is willing to provide understandCommittee to Combat Hate, other- the club has had very little visibil- coming-out experiences and the ing, compassion and assistance to wise known as PC3H. ity, but he is glad, now more than growth they have felt since they LGBTQ students. The committee, in conjunction ever, that the LGBTQA is actively became open about their sexualLGBTQA meets at 4:30 p.m. with the LGBTQA, advocates the promoting their goals. ity. Coming Out Day will take place on Tuesdays in SU-204, just upcivil rights and safety for all memComing Out Day is one event at 10 a.m., Monday, Oct. 11, at the stairs from the cafeteria. For bers of the community. that will help develop under- Student Union. more information on PC3H, go to “To see the students step up to standing between the LGBTQ Leslie Wilson, a LGBTQA mem- palomar.edu/pc3h.

Eco-friendly design lowers cost of campus operations Natalia Vasquez The Telescope

With solar panels, recycled building materials and natural ventilation, the new Health Sciences building epitomizes eco-friendly on campus. The new building features state of the art labs for the nursing and dental program. The labs feature nursing simulations and video equipment for critique. The dental lab is equipped with new X-ray machines and

tools for sealing teeth. “We were cramped and the other classes were much smaller with not as many beds to work on,” said nursing student Daphne Greenhoe, about the previous nursing classrooms. This construction project is part of an effort to be energy efficient and lower the cost of operation for Palomar, according to Dean of Health Sciences Dr. Candi Francis. “This was going to be a small renovation but through the process of design we found

extensive termite damage to the foundation of the original building,” architect Kevin Krumdieck said. They decided on two stories to enable optimum light to enter the building, lowering energy costs. They are also naturally ventilated with solar panels on the roof. “We wanted to keep the design artistic,” Krumdieck said. “The green column is made from recycled milk bottles surrounding the elevator for the handicapped.” The dental clinic in front is made with electronic locking mechanisms, and the bathrooms were placed outside so students may use them even when the laboratories are closed. “We’re finally getting rid of the trailers and it’s going to be beneficial for teachers and students,” said Associated Student Government President Channing Shattuck. The courtyard is designed to complement the space around the Student Union. The plants around the Health Sciences building use as little irrigation as possible with water conservation kept in mind by the architects to cut cost on maintenance “The classrooms are super high-tech and way more energy efficient,” said Adam Morasse, an emergency medical student who is taking an anthropology class in the building.

“They have a great medical program here,” Morasse said. Nursing students practice on mannequins before getting close to patients, ensuring optimum learning. Greenhoe introduced Jane Trip, an anatomically correct mannequin that is weighted like a patient. She has big blue glass eyes. “Jane is very forgiving and she never complains,” Greenhoe said. The nurses practice trachea care, and other nursing techniques in real hospital beds. The nursing department even has child mannequins to practice afterbirth procedures, like vitamin K shots. The dental assisting program has its own mannequins, complete with full sets of teeth to practice fabricating temporary crowns. Andre Allen, skills lab supervisor for the nursing department, explained they video tapeandmonitorsimulationmannequinsvia computer,allowingAllentoaltervitalstogive students a feel for situations they may encounter on a hospital patient. The building’s core connects all the laboratories and classrooms of the first floor and houses medical supplies like crutches and silicone muscles. Dewey Hockett teaches public speaking in the new Health Sciences building. “I appreciate the technologies available. Students for years to come can enjoy this building and so will I,” Hockett said.

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The dental assisting program has state of the art facilities in the new Health Sciences building to practice on.

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Arts & Culture|

Local band progresses as members enter their freshman year of college

Photos by Steven Balubar| The Telescope

Jon Cadaing (left), Carlos Bautista (middle), and Louis Elguera (right) are pose above at Palomar. They are three of the four members of the alternative band ‘Birds of Paradise.’ Elguerea’s brother, Levy, is the last member of the band. Austin Guzzon The Telescope

“Birds of Paradise,” which consists of high school students Louis Elguera, Levy Elguera, Carlos Bautista and Palomar student Jon Cadaing, has an alternative-rock sound. The band started when Elguera approached his school friend Cadaing with the idea of making music. “Louis came up with the idea around the beginning 2006, and Louis and I started playing acoustically together, slowly writing songs and progressing as a duo,” Cadaing said. He added that after several showcases at San Diego’s Battle of the Bands, they brought the remaining two members into the band. Julia Callahan, a close friend of the group, raved about the sound

and of the band when she first heard it. “The first thing I thought when I heard the Birds of Paradise was change,” Callahan said. “This band is different and to say the least, amazing. It’s more than music to those boys, it’s their life.” The name of the band came from their love of music and not from the similarly named flower. “We didn’t know there was a flower named the bird of paradise, we only took the name from the ‘Your Vegas’ song,’” Cadaing said. The band cites influences by many popular sounds including Chris Martin, the front man of ‘Coldplay,’ ‘Radiohead’ and ‘Your Vegas.’ Elguera, the band’s songwriter, said he prides the lyrical creativity of the band. “It’s more or less a mash up of

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Calling all guys and dolls:

“Guys and Dolls” is coming to Palomar this fall. The romantic-comedy musical first premiered on Broadway in 1950. The musical’s first run included 1,200 performances, which made a net of more than $12 million, according to theaterhistory.com. If students would like to be a part of this award-winning musical, now is their chance. Auditions for dancers will be held at 7 p.m. on Oct. 4, in Performance Lab D-10. Dancers should

wear clothes they can move in and preferably jazz shoes. Auditions for singers and actors will be held at 7 p.m. on Oct. 5, in the Howard Brubeck Theatre. Students should be prepared with a song with sheet music and a comedic monologue both no more than three minutes totalling. For more information, contact Director Michael Mufson at mmufson@palomar.edu or call 760-744-1150 ext. 2453.

Louis’ and my own ideas, and it’s just a constant revision. Louis is mostly always on the lyrics, usually just jotting down the first thing that comes to mind and just expanding on it,” Cadaing said. Elguera’s brother, Levy, a freshman in high school, plays the drums. “He rips,” Cadaing said. “He’s only 14!” The band, which released its first self-titled EP in the summer of 2009,

plans to record its first full-length album by the summer of 2011. Marketing off of their main singles “Weird Butterflies” and “Milton’s Tricycle,” the band members still find a way to deal with the stresses of college. Bautista said that they all try and “see school as a challenge, and not an obligation.” Cadaing is majoring in music production at Palomar and says it pro-

vides an outlet into his true passion. ‘Birds of Paradise’ has played at the Epicentre stage multiple times. They said that they have opened for other local San Diego bands hoping for their big break. “For all of us music is our passion, and hopefully we’ll all stick together because we know if we stick with it, opportunities will arise,” Elguera said. “We just hope to keep progressing as musicians.”

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Still, there is hope “The Event” may follow in the steps of the aforementioned Fox series and find a way to turn “annoying” into quality entertainment. Quality, that is, for relative to the weeknight television programming industry that saw its best days before I was born.

We’ve got the scoop on what to watch (or not watch) this season “Undercovers”

Not even J.J. Abrams can save NBC’s bad luck. After creating masterpieces in both the TV and film industries, Abrams falls flat in his NBC debut. If we wanted another season of ‘Alias’ or ‘Mr. & Mrs. Smith’ brought to TV we would have called. With ‘Undercovers’ viewers get a little bit of both for a cringe worthy of hour full of predictable scenes. ‘Undercovers’, does nothing to show Abrams creativity that we’ve seen in the past. Instead it merely combines all the elements of a typical spy TV show: cheesy lines, unlikely places for romance, and foreign speaking bad-guys with terrible aim. It’s a tad to early to blow the cover on this one, but don’t hold your breath.

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It seems that every five feet in San Diego there’s an “Alberto’s” taco shop, giving the illusion that somewhere, someplace there is an enigmatic Alberto who claims dominion over all the good, mom-andpop taco shops in the land. And then there’s Albertaco’s. I’m not sure if this was a former Alberto’s who just had enough and wanted a cool title or the result of a drunken bet gone wrong, but Albertaco’s has one of the catchier -- and certainly more memorable -- names among the litany of taco shops in

“Castle”

ABC’s “Castle” premiered on Monday and rewarded viewers after a long summer wait. The show, a comedic blend of a murder mystery and a will-theywon’t-they romance, sticks to its guns. Castle revolves around its one-liners and intrigue, and Monday’s episode didn’t miss a beat. The episode was smart, funny and reminded viewers just why they missed the duo of Castle and Beckett. The humor, mystery and character were blended together so deftly that it made the show feel as if it had never taken a hiatus. If this episode is any indication of rest of the season, fans are in for this show’s best season yet.

“The Event”

If there is one central concept

NBC’s “The Event” seeks to work with, it is network jealousy. This is for reasons A) that the premiere was an unhappy marriage of Fox’s marquee primetime juggernauts “24” and “Fringe” in everything but name and B) that there was no actual central theme to the episode to compete for the title, save for rampant confusion. The employed style of jumping back and forth from multiple perspectives is a tired mechanic to give an illusion of multiple stories about to collide in one plot-shattering feat of climactic genius. To the viewer, however, it says, “I can’t fill up 45 minutes with halfway decent content.” And so the similarities with “24” grow stronger.

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While many American metal bands are satisfied roaring out their lyrics in unintelligible screams, the Finns have been cranking out a very different sort of sound since the late 1980s. Generally combining tenor vocals with classical instruments alongside wailing electric guitars, Finland’s power metal bands have produced many underappreciated hits across the years. The subgenre was largely popularized by German bands Helloween and Blind Guardian, though these stuck closer to the American roots, singing gruffly and with a harsher sound to their guitars. Finnish bands took this style and mixed it with folk metal, described by Korpiklaani guitarist Jonne Jarvela as “old people’s music with heavy metal guitars.” Between this and Stratovarius’ introduction of keyboards, classical instruments began to take their place in European power metal lineups, as cellos and accordions became a common sight. Lyrically, these bands tend to shy away from the destruction and war glorified by their American counterparts. Sonata Arctica’s repertoire contains many songs about romance, while Nightwish often performs opera-inspired symphonies. All of this is for the most part performed with melodic and fairly high-pitched vocals. Most bands stick to English vo-

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After last season’s legitimately cliff-hanging-cliff-hanger (something not often accomplished on weeknight television), “Sons of Anarchy” returns with a more visceral punch than its preceding season. As FX’s highest rated show in the network’s storied drama history, “Sons of Anarchy” (image left) roughly translates to, from television-speak to English, to “just about the best show on the tube this fall. Even those who haven’t followed the series can easily waste a day to catch up on Hulu and be a part of the fall’s best drama. courtesy image| mct campus

it’s worth. Thankfully every other part of their California Burrito is done well, balancing soft and crunchy textures and not killing diners with a deluge of one component or another. Their hot sauce is also quite memorable and spicy enough to wake up my iron tongue, which is saying a lot. The shackle keeping Albertaco’s from burrito greatness (and yes, there is such a thing) is the sour cream, and subbing out that key component and allowing the cheese to fully melt makes Albertaco’s offering one of the better burritos in the Vista-San Marcos area.

cals, but a few, such as Finntroll, sing in Swedish or Finnish. Vocalists from Sonata, Nightwish, Terasbetoni and Charon came together as one in 2007 to form the Northern Kings,a heavy metal supergroup that covers ‘80s songs in a very unique way. On the other side of the spectrum are bands like Lordi. Showing that Scandinavians appreciate metal in all its forms, Lordi -- famous mostly for dressing as monsters and playing sensational shows full of pyrotechnics and roars -- also broke the Guinness record for karaoke, as more than 80,000 fans gathered to sing along with their hit “Hard Rock Hallelujah” in Helsinki in 2006. This style may never catch on in the mainstream as much as, say, Metallica -- but it’s a nice change of pace to have epic guitar solos without cringe-inducing vocals once in a while, and the sudden violins and such add a quirky touch that never gets old. -EW

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rifle. “There’s no way to avoid drugs and it’s hard to control how people react,” student Courtney Wheelock said. “It’s good that the police were able to catch them though.”

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A Niketown store in New York was closed down for four days last week due to bedbugs, according to an article from Associated Press dated Sept. 22. Mark Lascurain (above), a service manager with Terminix, shows what must be worn in the front line battle against bedbugs.

National, state poverty rates rise Last year, both the national and California state poverty rates increased. In 2009, 14.3 percent of people in the nation and 15.3 percent of Californians lived at or below the federal poverty line, according to an article dated Sept. 16 the San Diego Union-Tribune. The federal poverty line is $10, 956 for an individual and $21, 954 for a family of four. However, this rate could have increased even further if it wasn’t for government programs,according to the same article. About 3.3 million people were saved from poverty because of expanded unemployment benefits, according to the same article. “I think it’s horrible,” student Jenna Camblo said. “It seems like the government is trying to fix it, but it’s only getting worse.” Census workers reported that young adults are beginning to move back in with their parents and families are doubling up in

homes to save money, according to the UT article.

Meth chase ends in San Marcos A police chase ending in San Marcos resulted in the arrest of three men and the confiscation of methamphetamine and a loaded rifle. The driver of a Nissan Altima was brought to the attention of the police when he ran a red light on El Norte Parkway, according to an article in the San Diego Union-Tribune dated Sept. 16. The driver would not stop for the Escondido police and began driving north onto Interstate 15 at speeds of up to 100 mph. The chase ended when the Nissan exited the freeway and crashed into a gate of a residential property off of Deer Springs Road. When the Nissan crashed, the men scattered, hiding in the brush. The police found and arrested all three men, and seized 15 pounds of methamphetamine, valued at $252,000, as well as the

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Drivers are disregarding California’s anti-texting law. There are now twice as many Californians who text while driving as there were when the law was enforced, according to an article dated Sept. 16 from the San Diego Union-Tribune. California law makes banned texting while driving 19 months ago. A study shows that 25 percent of all American drivers have texted while driving, according to the Pew Research Center. “I think it’s a good law, but I don’t think it’s working,” student Amy Hauser said. “I still text and drive.” The Auto Club states that the risk of getting in an accident becomes eight to 23 times more likely when texting and driving at the same time. This same test showed that drunk drivers compared sober drivers need four more feet to stop, but drivers who are texting need 70 more feet. “If they make a bigger consequence instead of just a fine, people might listen,” Hauser said.

Escondido steps up hunt for illegal immigrants U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is extending their partnership with the Escondido Police Department. This program allows two fulltime federal agents to work with Escondido police in looking for illegal immigrants, specifically ones with criminal records. ICE has been extended at least five months because the program seems to be working. Since the launch of ICE in May, there have been 146 arrests made by the partnership, according to an article in the North County Times dated Sept. 16. Some who have been arrested by the Escondido police in cooperation with ICE are violating deportation orders by being in Escondido.

wide that have banned smoking altogether, according to the Americans for Non-Smokers’ Rights foundation. This survey, which was updated in July, lists 20 California universities and community colleges that are 100 percent smoke-free. At Palomar, ASG has only

discussed banning smoking completely. They have not yet implemented the idea. Shattuck said that ASG was sensitive to student opinion. “This can only come about with the full support of the majority of the students and faculty on campus,” Shattuck said.

college Continued from Page 1 backgrounds. Obama is looking to community colleges as a lifeline to escape a battered economy amid signs that the nation’s work force is insufficiently trained for the technological advances that are driving the global economy. His proposal to increase federal investments in community colleges is part of his effort to keep the U.S. competitive against China, India and other rising nations. Administration officials say that community colleges are the biggest and fastest-growing form of higher education in the United States today, enrolling more than 8 million

students a year. Obama wants to boost community college graduation by 5 million students by 2020 as part of his drive for America to have the highest proportion of college graduates in the world. To promote the summit, the White House produced a video that features high-profile figures who attended community colleges, including consulting giant Accenture’s CEO, Bill Green, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood and PBS news anchor Jim Lehrer. Students, instructors and graduates are invited to share their own stories via the White House website.

intersection Continued from Page 1 “Our first priority was replacement of sidewalk sections throughout mid-campus before fall session began,” Philipps said. “We would have preferred to complete all work during the summer, but the process we must adhere to didn’t grant us the ability to do that.” Project plans were approved in late May and advertising for contractors started in mid-July. The contract was not awarded until midAugust. One student said she has abandoned using the Comet Circle exit completely. “I used to take Comet Circle to leave campus and that got difficult,” said DeLora Faaborg, a third-year student. “(The construction) makes a lot of sense though, it’ll look nicer.” Faaborg now uses the Borden

Road exit to Twin Oaks Valley Road at the back of the parking lot. Philipps said that this exit was the best option during the current construction, and will continue to be useful to students into the future. As construction workers continue their work on the intersection, Philipps advised drivers to pay attention to people, other drivers and the work being done within this zone. “Understand that it could be confusing. Drivers are confused and walkers are confused. Be alert,” Philipps said. Students are encouraged to contact John Philipps or the Facilities department at 760-744-1150 ext. 2629 to share any comments or concerns regarding any construction projects taking place on campus.

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RUNNER’S HIGH PCAC Athlete of the Week trains through the pain melissa caston The Telescope

Neither excruciating pain nor subpar scholastics can keep Palomar’s cross country team captain from continuing to excel in her sport. Jacqueline “Jaci” Kaste, 19, a 2009 fall transfer from Pepperdine University, continues to improve her race times, making her name known throughout the Pacific Coast Conference. On Sept. 21, she was named the Pacific Coast Athletic Conference Women’s Athlete of the Week for all sports. Kaste, a Long Island, N.Y. native, has been living with plantar fasciitis, a pain usually felt on the underside of the heel and has been said to be the cause of most heel pain. Kaste first felt the pain during her high school cross country running at Sayville High School in West Sayville, N.Y. “I always had plantar faciitis throughout my high school years; it just kept getting worse, until it hurt to walk,” Kaste said. Unable to train due to the pain, she sat on the sidelines for the 20092010 year. “Even going on a five minute jog wasn’t worth it ‘cause my feet would hurt so bad I couldn’t run for the next week or so,” Kaste said. Now recovered, Kaste currently runs the 5K for the cross country team and runs the 1500-meter, 800-meter and 4x400-meter races in the spring for the track and field team. Her hard training and commitment helped her accomplish a time to beat her last year’s first race score this year, by four minutes. “Last year, getting off my injury (plantar fasciitis), I was hitting times that I had never had because I was literally throwing myself back into competition right after not running for a year,” Kaste said. She explained that in running, a year off seems like an eternity when you go back to it. After her year off, resting her heels, Kaste’s style of training changed. “Instead of running for mileage, I ran for time,” Kaste said. Making this change she feels benefited her training. Cross country coach Jennifer

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Top Left: Jaci Kaste in team uniform. Williams called Kaste a leader who doesn’t have to try; leading the team comes natural. She never gave up during her worst race times in years, (22-23 minutes for a 5K race). Kaste said, “If I don’t train myself hard in practice, then I won’t have that same motivation in my race.” A seventh-year runner, she considers her dad “clueless to running” but very supportive, and her mom is her biggest cheerleader. Although she has to explain to her dad how many miles a 5K is, she gets excited to call her mom after she finishes her races because her mom is “sometimes even more excited than I am.” Living across the country from her family, she isn’t sure if they will make it to a meet, but knows if she makes it to state at the end of the season, they will make the trip. Although she loves her parents’ support, Kaste strives to make older sister Brittany, who she looks up to, proud. She has a stepsister, Emily, the same age, who she considers a best friend, and stepbrother, Dylan, who she “felt bad for as a kid, growing up with three girls.” Kaste won’t be away from her

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family for long, next year she plans on returning to New York to finish her education and continue running. Transferring from Pepperdine due to academic ineligibility, Kaste currently is enrolled in 17 units, including calculus, biological anthropology, history and critical thinking. A kinesiology major, her favorite class is calculus because she said she likes the challenge. When not busy with classes or her job at Cold Stone Creamery, she concentrates on working to get the feeling runners get after completing

a long run or an intense workout. “Some people call it the ‘runner’s high,’ Kaste said. She hopes the Lady Comets make it to the state competition as a team and get their four top girls with times under 20 minutes. Kaste has been a great asset to the team, her coach said. “Jaci is not only a leader in her work ethic, she has really taken the role of team captain and helped the younger athletes,” Williams said. Placing fifth in the Comets Palomar Invitational, Sept. 10 and third out of 183 runners in the Orange

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Coast invitational Sept. 18, Kaste has so far met her goal for the year. “The goal for Jaci has been to be in the top 10 at every race,” Williams said. Kaste said she was shocked when she finished third in the Orange Coast invitational. “I didn’t think I would be able to keep (the pace) for the whole race.” Despite her doubts she did keep up and so did the rest of the team. Finishing sixth out of twenty-two teams, all members who raced in the previous Palomar Invitational meet beat their previous times.