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the telescope Monday, Nov. 7, 2011

Vol. 65, No. 7

Palomar College, San Marcos, Calif.

TROOPS COMING HOME

Obama proposes student debt reduction plan

President Barack Obama greets audience members Oct. 17 at a school in North Carolina. (Jeff Siner/MCT)

CAN IRAQ STAND ALONE? Palomar students and faculty worry Obama is pulling troops out too fast, leaving behind a power vaccuum

Shaun Kahmann the telescope

The United States will be officially pulling out of Iraq at the end of this year amid fears that the Iraqi government won’t be able to sustain itself without the presence of American troops.

Palomar students and faculty agree that pulling America’s presence now leaves Iraq future with a big question mark.

The announcement for the pullout was made by President Barack Obama on Oct. 21, and will place responsibility for Iraq’s national security back in the hands of Iraqis.

Amidst the fervor surrounding the announcement, questions regarding the timing, as well as the potential instability that could ensue once troops are out of the country, continue to mount as December draws ever closer.

Ever since the end of combat operations in 2010, American troops have been gradually

trickling out of Iraq. America’s contract with the Iraqi government, the U.S. Status of Forces Agreement, expires on Dec. 31, and mandates that U.S. forces withdrawal if a new agreement could not be reached, according to a report from the Congressional Research Service.

A major question plaguing the oncoming withdrawal is the readiness of the Iraqi military.

Peter Bowman, associate professor of political science, said he has serious doubts that Iraqi forces will be able to withstand the insurgencies that may emerge from within Iraq, as well as those backed by Iran. turn to PULLOUT, PAGE 2

Above: Arriving troops descend the jetway to a terminal full of greeters welcoming them back from Iraq on Wednesday, July 30, 2003. The Bangor, Maine, airport is the gateway to the U.S. for servicemen and women returning from Operation Iraqi Freedom. (Chuck Kennedy/KRT)

sydnie taylor & Hannah Poturalski the telescope/MCT CAMPUS

Outside of mortgages, college student loans are the No. 1 source of household debt, experts say. President Barack Obama announced a plan last week to reduce the nation’s $490 billion federal student This loan debt. should help The national level of relieve the student loan debt is about burden on $1 trillion - with $490 individuals. billion from federal loans.

KATE MURPHY Some loPALOMAR ASL cally said the PROFESSOR plan will help, but others are wary as the cost of tuition at public colleges continues to rise steadily.

Even at Palomar, students have seen an increase in tuition. From last semester, tuition was raised by $10, effective at the beginning of the fall semester.

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Feds threaten to take down Calif. medical pot shops Joel Ramos & Peter Hecht the Telescope/MCT Campus

Ryan Milligan tends to the plants he grows for sale to medical marijuana dispensaries. (Randall Benton/MCT)

Stepping up an aggressive policy toward medical marijuana dispensaries in California, U.S. Attorneys are warning landlords that they may seize properties of anyone leasing space to marijuana stores.

Letters sent last month to targeted dispensaries in San Diego, San Francisco, Marin and elsewhere warn that California’s medical marijuana law is no protection against property seizure or prosecution under federal law.

The letters demanded that landlords or operators “discontinue the sale and/or distribution

of marijuana ... within 45 days.”

The specter of new federal intervention against California dispensaries follows the disclosure that the Internal Revenue Service is seeking a $2.4 million tax penalty against California’s largest medical marijuana provider, the Harborside Health Center in Oakland.

“I don’t see (medicinal clinics) posing any problems to any of the public, because they have so many regulations to enforce who they sell to. Normally you don’t even notice a medicinal clinic when you walk by them.They don’t advertise ‘medical marijuana sold here,’” Palomar student Taylor Johnson said. turn to Dispensaries, PAGE 7

EXHIBIT: Art shows new perspective on society at Boehm Gallery [A&E, PG. 4] WATER POL0: Women’s keeper brings consistency to team [SPORTS, PG. 8]

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A panel of judges led by Shovan Vatandoust deliberate over participants in a best costume contest at the Inter-Club Council’s Halloween Escape event featuring Palomar clubs on Oct. 27. (Dan Chambers/The Telescope)

Campus News Spring enrollment starts Nov. 8 Spring 2012 registration will begin Tuesday, Nov. 8.

Registration appointment reminders were mailed on Oct. 20.

Priority registration will begin on Monday, Nov. 7 and open registration will start on Tuesday, Nov. 8, according to the Palomar website.

Spring parking permits will also go on sale on Nov. 8.

Class schedules are available on campus and online. It is best to have all classes and times planned out before the registration date.

Remember to pay all fees at the time of registration, or the

website will automatically drop all classes that have been registered for within 10 days or by Jan. 10, whichever comes first.

Also, financial aid students who have not paid fees from the fall semester must do so before registering for the spring. Students who have not applied for Palomar yet, should apply as soon as possible.

Applying can be done online at palomar.edu. The spring semester begins on Tuesday, Jan. 17. Students who have more questions regarding the enrollment process should make an appointment to see a counselor at 760-744-1150 ext. 2179.

-Sydnie Taylor

The Telescope Wins at JACC The Telescope won multiple awards recently at the annual Journalism Association of Community Colleges conference at Cal State Fullerton.

A team of 18 Telescope editors, staff writers and advisers attended the two-day conference, participating in competitions, workshops and networking with professionals from the business.

The newspaper came away with a deluge of awards, some from previously mailed-in entries and some on-the-spot competitions, including general excellence for the

newspaper as a whole.

Staff writer David Leonard won four awards, mostly for his designs.

He won the People’s Choice award and first place for an on-the-spot front page design.

Sports writers Matt Slagle and Kaity Bergquist won first and third place respectively for the on-thespot sports writing competition.

Bergquist also won second place for her opinion story.

Former staffers Mark Saunders, Kelley Foyt and Joseph Bonnet also won awards. Saunders won four awards, including first place for an informational graphic.

Opinion editor Colleen Peters took second place in copyediting. Staff writer Dariel Walker

won fourth place in broadcast news writing. Photographers Deb Hellman, Sergio Soares, Johnny Nguyen and Kiigan Snaer earned awards for their photography.

A&E editor Natalie Soldoff placed for her critical review. Editor in chief Belinda Callin earned an award for her feature story.

The staff also won an honorable mention for an illustration and fourth place for a student designed advertisment.

Palomar’s new magazine, Impact, also won a handful of awards after its first edition printed last semester. Among its awards, it won general excellence, best profile story and best opinion story.

-Kaity Bergquist

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“From the evidence it seems Iraqi military and police forces are better equipped than they were before,” Bowman said. “But enough to put down a regalvanized insurgency? I don’t know.”

Joshua Toliver, a Palomar student and former Marine who was stationed in Iraq, said he helped train members of the Iraqi military.

Their army, which is made up of mostly of police officers, Bathists and former members of Sadam’s national guard, is a very different animal from the American military, according to Toliver.

“They don’t want to do things they way Marines do,” Toliver said. “They have a very different mindset.”

Toliver said he feels it is the right time for a pullout. However, he said he was unsure of how the Iraqi army will fair long-term.

“One thing they’ll have to think about is the fallout,” Toliver said.

“What could happen if American troops aren’t there to guarantee the security blanket we’ve put out for the people.”

A major hurdle will be whether Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri alMaliki will be willing to combat an insurgency if it is led by Shiite leader Muqtada al-Sadr. Both alMaliki and al-Sadr are Shiite Muslims, which could create a serious conflict of interest between Maliki’s religious affiliation and Iraq’s

democratic future. Furthermore, al-Sadr is backed by Iran, which could open the floodgates for Iranian influence to take hold in Iraq, according to Bowman.

“Maliki has every potential to be as much of a strong man and autocrat as Sadam was,” Bowman said. “And unlike Sadam, who was secular, Maliki might well be an Iraqi strong man who is sectarian and who is backed by Shiite Iran.”

In the end, if democracy is to work at all in Iraq it will likely work very differently than it does in the west. In addition to being a religion, Islam is a system of governance. There can be no separation of church and state a democratic Islamic nation such as Iraq. The British learned this the hard way when they invaded in the region in the mid-20th century, according to Palomar History Professor Travis Ritt.

“This exact thing has happened before,” Ritt said. “The basic processes the U.S. is going through is almost a model of what the British did following World War II.” The British oversaw the creation of a monarchy in the region that Iraq now occupies after the First World War. The three territories of Mosul, Baghdad and Basra were combined into the single country we now call Iraq. The Kurdish, Suni and Shia Muslims

that occupied each territory were brought together by the merger, creating the sectarian powder keg we see today.

The monarchy left by the British was overthrown and replaced with a democracy after they withdrew. One military coup after another overthrew the democratically elected leaders of Iraq until Sadam took power. He was a member of the coup that overthrew the leader before him, according to Ritt.

The ousting of Sadam, the civil war that followed, the installation of a potentially sectarian leader in the form of alMaliki and persistent economic strife has left the country in shambles. To this day, Iraq has yet to reclaim a shadow of the economic stability it held before the American invasion.

“When you leave a society broken and destitute you’re creating the formula for a failed state,” Ritt said.

Though Toliver spoke highly of his experiences with the Iraqi military, he expressed doubt over the future of Iraq without American support. When asked if he thought a democratic Iraq will survive he simply responded: “I hope so.”

Contact Shaun Kahmann, staff writer, at skahmann@the-telescope.com

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We need fewer pot dispensaries in San Diego

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Recent actions by the city attorney have brought light to the shocking number of medical marijuana dispensaries in San Diego County.

Four U.S. attorneys, including San Diego’s Laura Duffey, mailed hundreds of letters to commercial dispensaries across the state. As a result, 12 San Diego pot shops shut down immediately, 25 more are slated to shut down and 12 new dispensaries have opened, according to San Diego City Attorney Jan Goldsmith.

While we would rather see an 80-year-old cancer patient walking into a clinic for their medical grade pot, there needs to be some regulation on the number of pot shops in the county.

State officials are trying this new tactic in the battle between federal regulations and community support of medical marijuana dispensaries, but the demand for medical marijuana in the county

is so high that shops are opening as fast as they close.

Nine of the 12 clinics that closed were within 600 feet of school zones, which is a violation of state law.

The state’s refusal to impose legal regulations on these types of clinics leaves the county, and state, at the mercy of popular demand.

Twelve new clinics opened up within a week of the 12 closures.

San Diego is home to barely that many urgent care facilities. The apparent consensus by San Diego residents is that those with medical marijuana cards should not have to travel farther than someone with a broken leg or a woman in labor.

The process for getting a medical marijuana license is unbelievably easy.

While some patients unarguably need the pain relieving effects of this controlled drug, there

are several cases of non-terminal and non-arthritic druggies receiving licenses through mail order.

Check the back page of The Reader newspaper, getting a license is as easy as calling a 1-800 number.

If the federal government wants to crack down on the proliferation of medical marijuana in the country, they need to look more at the process citizens go through to receive their cards.

Imposing strict legislation on the application process would solve the problem of high demand for marijuana clinics.

Medical marijuana is a phenomena that is not going away any time soon in this country, and the federal government needs to stop thinking that by refusing to create legislation for licenses and clinics, they can make them go away.

It doesn’t work with the boogey man and it won’t work with medical marijuana.

Closing of pot dispensaries undermines Prop 19 and the legalization of marijuana Mike Peterson The Telescope

Since the passage of California’s medical marijuana law in 1996, marijuana dispensaries have been in a legal gray area.

Now, recent actions made by federal, state and local officials have outlawed the presence of marijuana collectives and dispensaries in San Diego County.

This simply seems like a stepping stone to undermine California’s medical marijuana laws and make the state subvert to federal regulations.

While even the mere mention of marijuana today is enough to arouse thoughts of drug addicts and stereotypical stoners, thousands of people currently use medical cannabis to treat, and in some cases, even cure physical ailments and afflictions.

The threatened collectives and dispensaries have been mailed letters by U.S. Attorney Laura Duffy, warning them that they have 45 days to shut down their operations or face serious legal consequences, even if they are operating legally under California’s medical marijuana law.

Federal law prohibits the use of marijuana for any purpose.

Current legislation by the Obama Administration is an attempt to subvert California’s laws and force us to adopt federal policies on the matter. These actions should be seen as nothing less than an assault on a state’s rights to set and enforce its own health policies.

The attempted legalization of marijuana through Proposition 19, and the use of marijuana in medicinal practices, have both received harsh criticism throughout their history, but regardless of the arguments for or against legal marijuana, the fact that there are still patients with prescriptions for marijuana without anywhere to acquire it is troubling.

Without a reliable place to pick up their prescription cannabis, many of these patients would be forced to become criminals by seeking out black market sources for marijuana.

A study done by the RAND Corporation, a nonprofit organization, reveals that the presence of pot dispensaries in a neighborhood is directly linked to lower crime rates. After receiving harsh criticism, RAND pulled the study before any further reviews, according to the Huffington Post.

If we only look to a city such as Amsterdam, where the legalization of marijuana is a

reality, we can see a beautiful example of what a more progressive America could be. A study conducted at the University of Amsterdam revealed that the use of marijuana by the Dutch people is significantly lower than in the United States, even though cannabis is freely available, according to mapinc.org.

It is a dream of many to see a more positive attitude toward legal marijuana collectives in our country. Not only would legalizing marijuana create more jobs and help to stimulate the economy, but the legalization of marijuana would effectively cut profits for drug dealers and criminals who make a lot of money selling the drug illegally. It would also save a countless amount of taxpayer money by removing such a wasteful part of the federal government’s failing “war on drugs.”

The hope is that these blatant attacks on California’s health care laws will open a few eyes to the futility of the government trying to regulate morality. Prohibition didn’t last for a reason, and to be optimistic, I hope that we can band together as a people to progress past the view that marijuana is only detrimental to our country.

Contact Mike Peterson, staff writer, at mpeterson@the-telescope.com

We get it; school is (insert your choice of adjective here). But, really, why not make it a little more bearable. It’s time to play nice, and maybe make classes slightly more bearable.

The disadvantage to being at Palomar is that we are a commuter school – people come and go, and then come back and stay forever. We don’t really have the time or motivation to have relationships with people the way we would at a four-year school.

The sad truth is that most of us are going to be at Palomar for an extended stay, so while you’re here, you might as well be nice to people and maybe make some friends along the way.

“Our modern life is not conducive to human connections. Real friendships take work,” according to communitycollegesuccess.com.

“Creating community, making friends, takes real effort – and it starts with you.”

Having accountability when it comes to studying is great. Plus, you can miss as many classes as you want if you have a friend who always goes to class and meticulously takes notes. Okay, we don’t seriously mean miss as many classes as you want- it sucks to be the “good” friend. Plus, face it; some teachers base a portion of your grade on attendance. We in no way want you to blow your grades in order to make friends.

By studying with friends, you won’t need to take those pretend bathroom breaks to look up answers on your smartphone.

Classes aren’t always as fun as we hoped they would be when we enrolled in them. Somehow, having a miserable class is so much more bearable when you have friends who feel the same way.

You can complain to each other all the time, sigh loudly during class not-so-subtly, and lament your misfortunes. But do realize that you don’t have it as bad as other people.

How many people can you actually rely on when you are having a problem? On campus there are so many people who are the same age as us. We should be taking advantage of the major social advantage here. Where else are you going to meet friends? In an AOL chat room?

A study done by a UCLA professor and his former student shows that students with more inschool friends are more successful in their classes than students with mostly friends at other schools.

“This is partially because inschool friends are more likely to be achievement-oriented and share and support school-related activities, including studying, because they are all in the same environment,” according to Melissa Witgow, now an assistant professor of psychology at Williamette University.

Being alone on campus sucks.

It will only improve your life when you make new friends. Say hi to people. Smiling won’t kill you.

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Monday, Nov. 7, 2011

WHAT’S HAPPENING Monday, Nov. 7

- Little Red @ Soda Bar, City Heights - Purple Melon and Kevin Martin @ Casbah, Little Italy

Tuesday, Nov. 8

- City and Colour with Hacienda @ HoB, Downtown - Heavy Glow @ Belly Up, Solana Beach - Electric Guest @ Soda Bar, City Heights

Wednesday, Nov. 9

- Mac Miller @ HoB, Downtown - Ra Ra Riot @ Belly Up, Solana Beach - Elliot Yamin @ Anthology, Little Italy - Brandt Brauer Frick @ Soda Bar, City Heights

Thursday, Nov. 10

- The Bangles with A Fragile Tomorrow @ HoB, Downtown - The Adolescents and Youth Brigade @ Casbah, Little Italy - Marc Cohn @ Anthology, Little Italy

Friday, Nov. 11

- Thrice @ HoB, Downtown - Jessie Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter @ Casbah, Little Italy - The Expendables @ Belly Up, Solana Beach - “The Cherry Orchard:” Palomar’s production directed by professor Dana Case, takes a comedic jab at modern social boundaries and love. Running through Nov. 20 @ Palomar’s Performance Studio, San Marcos. Tickets are $8 for students, $10 for seniors and staff and $12 for general admission.

Saturday, Nov. 12

- The DMB Experience @ Belly Up, Solana Beach - JC Brooks & the Uptown Sound @ Soda Bar, City Heights

Sunday, Nov. 13

- Jay Farrar @ Belly Up, Solana Beach - Kyler England and Erick Macek @ Anthology, Little Italy - Hume @ Soda Bar, City Heights - “Song of Fate:” Palomar’s orchestra, chorale and chamber singers will team up with MiraCosta College’s Chorale to perform pieces from Johannes Brahms “Song of Fate” @ MiraCosta College Concert Hall, Oceanside. Tickets start at $8.

Koan exhibit currently running at the Boehm Gallery at Palomar. Composite image made from 27 images. (Devin Hamilton/The Telescope)

Koan Zen at Boehm Gallery Artists comment on our country’s social shortfalls through abstract art

This is the method by which he displays his belief in koan. One of his more complex pieces is titled “Looking away,” which features an To say that the new Koan exhibit What: Koan at Palomar’s extension cord plugged into an outat Palomar’s Boehm Gallery is fasBoehm Gallery let. Equally unusual is the drawing cinating would be a gross under“Hope,” showing a lit light bulb, Why Go: An unexpected combistatement. which could be a metaphor for hope The exhibit runs through Nov. 9 nation of abstract art being a light in darkness. and was created by artists Nicola Rating: 5 out of 5 Some of his drawings, however, Vruwink and Clayton Lewallen. are slightly clearer in their message.

The artwork at the new show Two specific pieces, one feanot only allows a glance into turing a coil of fleshy material, the mindset and worldviews and the other what appears to of the artists, the exhibit be a series of tree branches, gives some much needed are titled “Law” and “Age” reperspective on our society’s spectively. These works seem single-minded focuses. to speak to the complexity of In a letter of explanation life, law, age and the problems at the beginning of the exhibwe face in them. it, sculptor Vruwink sheds Lewallen’s final and largest light on her view of society, work uses a similar concept criticizing our dependence stretched across four walls of on technology. Through her a room. Similar to his other unique medium of woven pieces, Lewallen’s massive cassette tape, Vruwink looks drawing features the familiar out upon a world in which cords of varying materials, people are consistently growtangled and stretched across ing more distant, and in her one another. own words, resulting in “the However, as the art proensuing loneliness of urban gresses, the strands begin to life.” separate and become more Vruwink also describes distinguishable. herself as “perversely obsesIn an interview, Lewallen sive.” She implies that she explained that this progresuses her art not only to decry sion is a visualization of how a the decline of personal hukoan is resolved: simply by letman interaction, but also to ting the problem work itself cling to a time of simplicity out over time. long past.This idea is implied Far from the ordinary, the by her use of an outdated Meg Robison and Andrew Caralez look at the cord drawing method of audio playback. “Jormangandr” by Clayton Lewallen in the Boehm Gallery at Koan exhibit is well worth seeVruwink’s use of abstraction Palomar College on Oct. 26. (Devin Hamilton/The Telescope) ing.Through unusual methods and media these two artists supplies a beautiful and inhave created an escape from triguing method of bringing the mundane, giving art lovers are problems in life that can only be realism back to society.

Were you to look for a more solved by intuition and experience, a fresh and unadulterated view of life. Those responsible for the items blatant or obvious message in as opposed to logic and reasoning.

Lewallen’s portion of the exhibit that now populate the museum Lewallen’s artwork, you would be disappointed to find that it is just is composed not only of 24 drawings clearly have an unclouded underas unclear. This is not to say, how- using various materials, but also of standing of the purpose of art: to ever, that his work is not equally an entire room, which expands on enrich, to provoke, and above all, to the koan philosophy. Most of Lewal- enlighten. beautiful and deep as Vruwink’s.

In a similar letter, Lewallen len’s pieces feature a cord (or cords) explains that a koan is a philoso- of a certain material, twisted or tan- Contact Joshua Meihaus, staff writer, at jmeihaus@the-telescope.com phy in Zen Buddhism that there gled in some manner. joshua meihaus The Telescope

EXHIBIT REVIEW

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the telescope HOW-TO GURU

BY ASHLEY KRUG

Earn credits, burn calories on campus Gio Nieto The Telescope

How to: ditch a hangover The holidays are right around the corner, and with the cheerful season upon us, it can only mean one thing…parties. Good parties include friends, games, dancing, and of course, cocktails.

However, if you party a little too hard at night, work the next morning might be a total headache. Don’t worry though, because here are some fool proof ways to prevent, or get rid of, the nasty late-night hangover.

Before:

If you are reading this before you plan to party, there is a brighter looking morning in store for you.

According to ehow.com, take a multivitamin and eat something before going out will kick a hangover.

By taking the vitamin beforehand, it will help your body fight off the side effects of last night’s aftermath and help minimize a headache.To ensure an easy recovery, carry a few extra vitamins with you, and take one every two to three hours.

During:

As the night goes on, and you’re finding it hard to stay away from Bud Light pitchers or Mucho Margaritas, don’t stress, because there is a way to try and lessen the chance of that brutal hangover the next morning.

Instead of pounding back shots one after the other, replace one drink with a glass of water.

Hangovers are caused by dehydration; by mixing in water, not only will your body thank you the next morning, but your wallet will, too.

Check out howtogetridofstuff. com, for more good information.

After:

Drink off your hangover.

Yes you read that right, although not proven by medical professionals, manageyourlifenow.com reports that by drinking an alcoholic drink in the morning, can decrease the effects of the hangover.

The key to this is to only drink one.

Alcohol tends to raise your blood pressure and will help increase your energy to get your day going. One of the most popular breakfast drinks of choice is the Bloody Mary cocktail.

To make this drink take vodka, tomato juice, pepper, salt and a little Tabasco sauce, and you can kiss that hangover goodbye.

If all else fails, just pop a few aspirins.

The Fitness/Wellness Center, located on Palomar’s San Marcos campus, is a perfect way to burn calories and earn school credits, according to Palomar officials.

The center is open to students and all San Marcos residents through paid memberships.

“It’s like a regular gym,” women’s volleyball Head Coach Karl Seiler said. “People who live in the community can buy different kinds of memberships.”

The Fitness/ Wellness Center offers memberships available from month-to-month up to two years and compared to most gyms, it’s reasonably priced.

The center is open Monday through Thursday from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. Fridays the center is only open from 6 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. and it is closed on Sunday.

“The Wellness Center is a good

place to keep yourself fit. Even though I am not playing sports right now I go to the Wellness Center and lift weights or jog,” student Gerardo Magana said.

Magana is enrolled in Kinesiology 128 and is required to log in hours at the center.

Students enrolled in the one unit Kinesiology 128 class get a pass or fail grade, and must attend the center at least 24 times and record 34 hours.

“I come here a lot, actually I work out here almost every morning,” student Charlie Garner said. “I’m in Health (class) so I have to.”

Health 100 students also get a grade for attending the center.

Read the full story online at the-telescope.com Contact Gio Nieto, staff writer at gnieto@the-telescope.com

SIP OF THE WEEK

Caramel Apple Martini Danielle Taylor The Telescope

Fall is the perfect time of year for a juicy, sweet caramel apple, but why not kick things up a notch and try a sweet Caramel Apple Martini.

This autumn favorite is sure to satisfy any craving and with only 222 calories, it’s light enough to drink guilt free.

The Caramel Apple Martini tastes exactly like the sweet caramel apple candy lollipop, but with a punch.

The sour apple Schnapps adds a nice kick and is the perfect contrast to the rich, sweet taste of the butterscotch schnapps.

Try drizzling the martini glass with caramel and then freezing for 10 minutes, it’s a sure way to add a little extra something special.

If you want to make this cocktail even sweeter, add

chopped nuts to the rim of the glass by dipping the rim in caramel and then nuts.

Simply mix the vodka, sour apple Schnapps, and butterscotch Schnapps together with crushed ice into a shaker.

Shake and pour into your caramel-drizzled glass.

And if you choose to, you can garnish the martini with a dried out apple slice.

The Caramel Apple Martini not only tastes delish but is easy on the eyes as well.

With auspicious shades of gold swirled with candy apple greens, this autumn-inspired drink is sure to brighten up any party.

Deck it out with a partyhandled martini glass, and your guests might rather look at these as table decorations, that is until they have that first, sweet sip.

Contact Danielle Taylor, staff writter at dtaylor@the-telescope.com

(Caramel Apple Martini photo illustration

by Sergio Soares/The Telescope)

Ingredients: (Photo courtesy of buckeyepsych.wordpress.com)

Have a hangover buster tip you live by?

Email me at akrug@the-telescope.com

2 ounces of vodka 1 ounce of sour apple schnapps ½ ounce of butterscotch schnapps 1 cup of crushed ice

Jamie Lankenau perfoms her “after work out” stretching routine outside the Palomar Fitness/Wellness Center on Nov. 1. (Joshua Yepez/The Telescope)

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Monday, Nov. 7, 2011

PROTESTORS’ CRY FOR

HELP TWO NIGHTS AT OCCUPY STORY AND PHOTOS BY

DAVID LEONARD ADDITIONAL PHOTOS BY

DAN CHAMBERS They shouted, they screamed, they cried. Some trembled and others roared.

The scene at Occupy San Diego, a month-old protest camped in San Diego’s Civic Center Plaza, was tense last Friday. Police watched with narrowed eyes a crowd that swelled to more than 1,000 disgruntled and disenchanted citizens.

The officers moved into the crowd once, twice, three times to arrest those who had laid down in a sleeping bag, or on a piece of cardboard, or between blankets. Dressed in blue, with hands raised, the cops formed a tight perimeter around the offenders and zip-tied their hands.

In the early hours of that morning, hundreds of San Diego Police and county Sheriff’s Deputies had moved in on the protestors’ camps in the plaza and at a nearby park, arresting more than 50 for various offenses.

The demonstrators’ notice went out over Facebook, and Twitter, and through text messages and emails: we need help. The unions answered, turning out hundreds of their members for a late-night rally.

These images capture moments of passion, and sorrow, and everything in-between.

They show the protest as it was: sometimes fractured, sometimes whole.

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A San Diego religious leader voiced his passionate support for the local Occupy movement at an evening rally staged by protestors and organized labor.

The protest was scheduled for the night after a massive police raid resulted in the arrest of 50 demonstrators.

(David Leonard/ The Telescope)

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Police presence was strong in Civic Center plaza as protestors and union members spoke out against the police raid. Dozens of officers watched from just outside the crowd, and broke through the mass three times to make arrests.

(David Leonard/ The Telescope)

ARRESTED Occupy protestor William Garros was hauled away by police midway through the night on Oct. 28. Others in the camp at Civic Center Plaza reported Garros was arrested for laying down.

(David Leonard/ The Telescope)

LONG WAIT William Garros sits in the back of a police van after he was detained by police and thoroughly searched. His belongings were laid the hood of the van after the arrest.

(David Leonard/ The Telescope)

DEBATE Protestor Eugene Davidovich debates with San Diego Police officer Erickson on Nov. 2. Tensions rose when occupant Chase Fite was asked to pick up his blanket off the ground.

(Dan Chambers/ The Telescope)

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The letters also came as top federal prosecutors from California’s four federal judicial districts were due to appear in Sacramento to announce a U.S. Justice Department policy towards medical marijuana sales and cultivation.

In recent weeks, federal authorities in Sacramento have seized accounts of two dispensaries in a probe of irregular banking practices.

They filed criminal charges against operators of another dispensary accused of conspiracy and illegal marijuana sales for alleged profiteering, despite California law mandating that dispensaries operate as nonprofits.

When the dispensaries were shut down the federal court said it was due to violations of federal law, but a California law let those dispensaries open in the first place, according to Harris.

Lauren Horwood, spokeswoman for Sacramento U.S. Attorney Benjamin Wagner, said that warning letters have also been sent out to dispensary landlords and people leasing land for marijuana cultivation in Wagner’s 34-county Eastern District.

In Oct. 4 letters obtained by The Sacramento Bee, Laura E. Duffy, the U.S. attorney in the state’s Southern District warned two San Diego dispensaries that “operations involving sales and distribution of marijuana are il-

legal and subject criminal prosecution.”

“They’re closing them down to get the major drug dealers in the area. Once the medical marijuana shops opened there came more people growing weed in California than ever,” Palomar student Calvin Harris said.

In threatening seizure of “real and personal property,” she warned San Diego’s Ocean Beach Wellness Centers and Oasis Herbal Center marijuana stores that federal law trumps state law and “it is not a defense...that the dispensary is providing marijuana.”

The federal actions could have significant consequences in California where medical marijuana transactions are estimated at $1.5 billion or more.

The state of California receives an estimated $100 million in sales taxes on dispensaries.

Several cities, including Sacramento, have sought to infuse depleted coffers by taxing medical marijuana at local dispensaries.

“Regardless people are going to get pot. Might as well have a dispensary so (the government) can tax it. They were doing good and I thought it was smart to keep the dispensaries because people are always going to want weed,” Palomar student Arturo Arellano said.

Contact Joel Ramos, news editor, at jramos@the-telescope.com

Nationally, in-state tuition and fees have risen more than 8 percent from a year ago, increasing by another $631 this fall, according to a report from College Board, a non-profit organization. Add in room and board, and the average list price for a state school now runs more than $17,000 a year, according to College Board.

The increase in tuition comes at the same time universities are facing decreased appropriations on the state level. State appropriations to higher education declined 18 percent per student over the last three years, the College Board found, the sharpest fall on record.

“Somewhere, somehow, education needs to be a priority otherwise we will have no future professors or be able to continue with advancements in health and technology,” Murphy said.

Millions of student loan borrowers will be eligible to lower payments and consolidate loans under Obama’s “Pay As You Earn” plan.

By 2012, Obama is aiming to accelerate a measure passed by Congress to reduce monthly payments from 15 percent of discretionary income annually to 10 percent; forgive remaining debt after 20 years, instead of 25; and consolidate loans from both the Family Education Loan Program and direct loans from the government into one loan, according to the White House.

“We have to remember that this is all based on income and is very individualized,” Director of Enrollment Services Herman Lee said.

“It will depend on student income level for details of their eligibility.”

Lee added that we need to keep in mind that this is a proposed plan and all the details have not yet been worked out. There could be a lot of changes made. There will most likely be an application process and it would have to be determined who is eligible, according to Lee. Other critiques ask why taxpayers who did not go to college should have to pay off the debt of students who attended school.

Josh Carpenter of Hamilton, a recent graduate of Miami, said he’s facing about $60,000 in student loan debt. He said there is a benefit in Obama’s plan to help students but he is concerned only those currently in school will be eligible.

“The current plan missed the mark when the president’s plan failed to provide relief to those of us who are actually working instead of those who are not working, but

are expected to work in the future.”

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

“It is very individualized and whether it is going to help students, I don’t know, but it should help a little bit,” Lee said.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

Contact Sydnie Taylor, news editor, at staylor@the-telescope.com

8 [Sports] Former cross country runner returns as coach the telescope Monday, Nov. 7, 2011

Shaun Kahmann The Telescope

Palomar assistant cross country coach Christopher Hazlett knows how to get into the zone.

Hazlett, who ran track and cross country in high school and with Palomar, now shares his experience with prospective runners.

After graduating from El Camino High School in 2002, Hazlett joined the Army Reserve and attended Palomar, where he earned an associate’s degree in liberal arts.

After returning from a deployment to Iraq in 2009, Hazlett returned to Palomar and continued to run. After the season ended, he was offered the job of assistant coach by Head Coach Jennifer Williams.

“I came back last season just to run with the team and Coach Jennifer Williams called me up to ask me if I wanted the spot,” Hazlett said.

Williams said Hazlett has

proven himself to be a dependable assistant coach who works well with the athletes.

“He brings a great attitude to each practice and is just an overall great guy,” Williams said in an email. “It is nice to have someone work with the athletes who has been in their shoes.”

He said he discovered one of the biggest mistakes new runners make is starting off too fast and tiring themselves too quickly. Hazlett stressed that a person needs the right mindset if he or she wants to be a runner.

“People go in thinking it’s gonna be easy,” Hazlett said.

“It’s not like you just run two miles and you’re done for the day.”

While basketball and baseball were his pastimes of choice as a kid, he didn’t do very well when it came time to tryout. In his junior year of high school, Hazlett discovered his true talents lay in cross country.

“I figured I’d try out for the track team, they took me in and

I did fairly well,” Hazlett said. “I ended up being number 10 out of a team of 30 guys.”

In his new position, Hazlett helps put runners through drills and bikes alongside them during long races to ensure they don’t get too exhausted during the races.

“The bike comes in handy with the faster runners,” Hazlett said with a laugh.

While coaching at Palomar, Hazlett has continued his career in the Army Reserve as a chaplain’s assistant and is set to deploy to Afghanistan. He said the main reason he joined is because he felt a higher calling.

“I felt like it was something God wanted me to do,” Hazlett said.

During his time as a Reservist, Hazlett said other people he knew had already been deployed multiple times. He said he knew he would get deployed eventually, but felt fortunate it hasn’t happened often.

“It’s something you antici-

pate,” Hazlett said. “You know your time is going to come up, whether it’s tomorrow or two years from now.”

Hazlett, an only child who was raised by his mom, said she has always been proud of his accomplishments both on the track and in the service. He said his father was rarely in the picture, but not having him there only made him stronger.

“I think overall it made me more independent,” Hazlett said. “It made it easier to make my own choices.”

Though single, Hazlett said he’s looking and hopes to one day have kids and be the kind of father who encourages his kids to follow their dreams.

“I don’t want to be that dad that’s trying to live my dreams through them,” Hazlett said. “I would just want them to make something of their lives, and be better than I ever was.”

Contact Shaun Kahmann, staff writer, at skahmann@the-telescope.com

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Goalie Heather Chance lunges to swat Grossmont’s shot. Chance racked in 13 saves against Grossmont on Sept. 28. (Sergio Soares/The Telescope) Gio Nieto The Telescope

Palomar women’s water polo goalkeeper is more than just a goalkeeper; she enjoys many other activities and sees what she does as a higher calling.

Heather Chance, 19, started playing water polo during her freshmen year at Oceanside High School. She graduated in 2010 and then came to Palomar.

Chance has played every game this season. She is currently ranked eighth for women’s water polo keepers in California for community colleges. She has 161 saves, according to jcwaterpolo.com.

“Our season is going great,” Chance said.

Chance said she plays water polo to glorify God. “I thank Him everyday before every game and after every game as well,” Chance said. “Win or lose as long as I know I did my best and played fair I know I made Him happy.”

Chance lives by this motto: “You must accomplish the things you think you cannot do, in order to achieve greatness.”

“When I know I have done some-

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thing good, I thank God for giving me the opportunity to do a good deed,” Chance said.

Her major is kinesiology and she wants to get a minor in Spanish.

“I would like to do a medical mission in Latin America,” Chance said in an interview over the phone.

Chance is currently working on perfecting her Spanish because she would like to work as a physician in Spanishspeaking countries. Her future plan is to travel to Spain and study there for a while. She would also like to travel to Costa Rica for a month or two.

Chance has a 17-year-old brother named Cody, who is a senior at Oceanside High School. Her parents Craig and Debra raised her to trust everyone until she has a reason not to trust them. Her parents always emphasized that education is always first, before anything.

“We are laid back and cool,” Chance said about her family. “We are your typical beach family.”

Chance is not only a water polo player, but she also enjoys playing volleyball and has a black belt in Kung Fu San Soo.

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Palomar assistant Cross Country Coach Christopher Hazlett rides his bike. He serves as course navigator for the lead runners of the men’s cross country race in the Palomar College Invitational on Sept. 9.

(Deb Hellman/The Telescope)

She has been training Kung Fu since she was 12. To achieve a black belt she said a person must be 18 years old and train for two years or more.

Chance used to train five times per week, but isn’t training that hard right now because it is water polo season.

She said as soon as the season is over she plans on training five times per week again.

Chance enjoys listening to music to motivate her. Some of the music she listens to comes from the artists Atmosphere, J. Cole, Kid Cudi and Travie McCoy but her favorite band hands down is The Beatles.

Chance she her craziest memory was when she was with her best friend and they were working a wedding doing valet parking and they were messing around in golf carts.

“We were goofing around going off the road on golf carts, we almost flip one over a cliff. It was crazy,” Chance said with a smile. “Any time I am with good people having a good time, it’s going to be a great memory.”

Two of the best community college sports writers in Southern California are here at Palomar College, working on The Telescope, according to a regional competition earlier this month.

Matthew Slagle, online and multimedia editor, and Kaity Bergquist, sports editor, earned first and third place respectively for their sports stories written at the Journalism Association of Community Colleges 2011 Southern California convention at Cal State Fullerton.

Slagle had previously earned Honorable Mention for sports writing in the spring state convention. It was Bergquist’s first time at the conference. She also won second place in the opinion writing competition.

The on-the-spot competition required Slagle and Bergquist to attend the women’s volleyball match of Cal State Fullerton against University of Pacific. After Pacific won 3-0, the journalists attended a press conference and then had an hour to transcribe the interviews and another hour to write the story.

Slagle has been on staff with The Telescope for three semesters, while Bergquist has been on staff for two semesters. Both plan to be beat writers for a sports team after graduation.

-Kaity Bergquist

Contact Gio Nieto, staff writer, at gnieto@the-telescope.com

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