The Telescope 49.01

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Face to Face is rising step by step: "'We love MTY Exposure"

Student by day. . .

New football coach Sanderson: "We will throw the baU"

Stripper by night

ENTERTAINMENT PAGE 8

SPORTS PAGE 12

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. . . . . . LESC Palomar Community College

Friday, September 1, 1995

ASG president

San Marcos, CA

Volume 49, Number 1

Getting wired at Palomar ...

steps down Jeff Vize News Editor

After becoming the first Associated StudL·nt Government president at Pak r to be reelected since 1982, .v1 fl til Tyler resigned from office r'CLntly, claiming fa mily proble 1s ere interfering with his dut1cs. The rc~1gnation. which was offiCially announced Aug. 9, automatically mO\Cs Executive Vice President Ellen Noonkester into the Prcs1dcnt · s seat for the remainder 01 the term. The VP position she >acatcd will be open for the tall election on ~cpt. 2 i -22. Accordin g to Tyler, excessive ASG commitments were adversely affecting his wife and three children. In addition holding a job, Tyler spent five days a week at school fulfilling ASG duties. He also traveled frequently to participate in ASG sponsored state and nati onal lobbying conferences. "The ASG was affecting my education and my family life . I apologize for quitting. A lot of people voted for me and I let them down." said Tyler. ''I don't want to be looked at as a quitter, but I quit." Although he had served in the position for a year previously, Tyler said he did not realize that his time

away from home was affecting his children. He came to this realization over the summer. "I remembered growing up how my dad was never there for my baseball games," said Tyler. "Now, looki ng at mys e lf, I'm never there for my so n' s games because of ASG. I decided I'd better get my priorities straight." Following Tyler's resignation. there was mixed reaction among ASG members. Because Tyler was a returning pres1dent. members were lou!.-ing forward to a Tyler degree of continuity and experien ce on a board that includes ten ASG newcomers. "I thought his resignation was kind of weenie," said Vice President of State Affairs Greg Armstrong. "I wish he had stayed for the term he set out for and completed it. But if he had any doubts about it, I'm glad he quit then and there." Noonkester, however, believes that Tyler's resignation is acceptable given the reason. "Merrill was an excellent leader,

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Palomar turns 50 Robin Allyn Staff Writer

Students, faculty, retired faculty and alumni will unite Sept. 14 under the Clock Tower to celebrate Palomar College's 50th anniversary. The event, which is open to the public, begins officially at 2 p.m. and kicks off a year long calendar of events commemorating the anniversary. At the celebration, President/ Superintendent Dr. George Iloggs will welcome the celebrants and introduce publk officials and distinguished citizens. Speakers for the event include 5th District Supervisor Bill Horn, San Marcos mayor Corky Smith, and Associated Student Governmerit president Ellen Noonkester. "We have a big committee organized and have been meeting for over a year to plan these

events," said anniversary committee head Dale Wallenius. The birthday kick off also marks the introduction of the official "History of Palomar College~' book. Copies will be available at the celebration and the book's author, Pat Archer, associate professor of history, will be on hand to autograph them. Refreshments, including a birthday cake, will be served before and after the festivities. Prior to the start of the event, Billy Hawkin's music group wi 11 perform a set of 1940s music. The Clock Tower will play Palomar's 50th anniversary theme song ''Moments to Remember'' at 2:45p.m. Art instructor Mike Steirnagle has designed a commemorative seal for the anniversary. College letterheads and stationary will change to display the new logo through December 1996.

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Ga e Frazier browses the World Wide Web during Palomar's newest Computer Science and Information Systems course: CSIS 137-lntroduction to the Internet. The class is being held in •.ab B-9, which has recently been upgraded with new networking equipment and software.

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Palomar instructor loses battle with deadly illness • Life sctences associate professor Lester Knapp taught at Palomar for 20 years Steven Zivanic Feature Editor

Lester V. Knapp, a Palomar associate professor of life sciences whose pride and passion in a classroom were as compelling as his natural talent for teaching, died May 23 in Columbia, S.C., 12 days after undergoing a bone marrow transplant. He was 52. Knapp wa s suffering from myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS), a severe condition which gradually destroyed his bone marrow . The offical cause of death was a cerebral infarction-a blood clot which cut off circulation to a large part of the brain-said Knapp's wife, Kathleen Knapp, Over his 20 year career, Knapp was best known for his various field courses which provided students with a "three dimensional course of study" and "lifetime learning experiences". His courses included trips to Tahiti, the Galapagos Islands, the Caribbean Islands and the Sea of Cortez, among others, said Palomar

President/Superintendent Dr. George Boggs. "Lester loved taking people to places they've never been to before. He was the driving force in our Life Sciences department," Boggs said. Knapp's death came only days after an operation designed to cure his condition though a very complex bone Knapp marrow transplantation. The operation was preceded by chemotherapy to destroy all of his leukocytes (white blood corpuscles) which would be incompatible with those newly engrafted. For a potential bone marrow donor to even be considered for the transplant, a precise six out of six point genetic marker match had to be made, Mrs. Knapp said. Unfortunately, according to Mrs. Knapp, Palomar's insurance compa ny would not pay for the extensive

donor search- only for the actual bone marrow transplant, a situation which Mrs . Knapp termed as "a great dilemma indeed." With no aid from Palomar, the Knapp family resorted to spending over $90,000 of their own savings to search for a qualified donor. Despite five months of searching, an exact match was never found. "All Les wanted was a little help. Instead, everybody just threw up fences to protect themselves. All [Palomar] sent us was get well cards . Receiving cards in the mail isn't exactly help, you know?" said Mrs. Knapp. "I've spent all of my income. Now how am I going to pay back all of these debts? I have to support myself for the rest of my life and I don't have his income anymore," she added. As a result of not finding a donor, Knapp decided to attempt the operation with someone who had only fouroutofthesix genetic mark-

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