FEATURE
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Palomar's Pow Wow draws large crowds with soaring spirits . See Page 5
Are fashion magazines a true tale of today's women or are you just reading senseless garbage? See Page 8
What do NASA, the Guinness Book of World Records and Superman have in common? See Pages 6 & 7
TELESCOPE Palomar College
Friday, April 11, 1997
San Marcos, CA
Volume SO, Number 18
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1\KSM,ASG clear the air Suzette Clark
rights have been violated on this campus. " Shannon hosted a show March 14 that At Tuesday night's governing board fe atured Tom Metzger, the founder of meeting, an emotional Margo Shannon, Fallbrook's White Aryan Resistance. The KKSM news director and producer/host of interview has drawn criticism from students a weekly one-on-one broadcast, expressed and members of student government. her growing concern over what she has Shannon said that she was told at the characterized as ASG's Budget and Finance Committee an infringement meeting that it was their intention to cut the upon her free- - - - - - - - - - - - . . , radio station 's dom of speech "We cannot decide we f u n d i n g because of rights protected are not going to give a under the First the Metzger Amendment. group money because we interview. In ''I'm coming to don 't like what they say add it i 0 n , the Governing or who they interview. " Shannon said Board for its student govNe u·s Edi10r
leadership and advice," said
-Berenice Arrezola, ASG president t___ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ___.
Shannon . .. As a student on this campus and as news director of the radio station, my student rights have been violated, my human rights have b~en violated and my freedom of the press
Decade-long search turns .up Poway site • Negotia_tions are under way for new Education Center Chris Tribbey Editor-In-Chief
After I 0 years of searching for an Education Center site south of Escondido, Palomar has finally set eyes on a 53-acre plot adjacent to Ted Williams Parkway and Pomerado Road in the city of Poway. With preliminary information and demographics complete, the college 's Board of Governors approved further negotiations with Poway on Tuesday. "There 's a lot of discussion that needs to take place .. . we' re working on the paperwo rk required by the Chancell or's O tfice and at the same time we're starti ng the planning on the types of construction that will be offered," said Director of Facilities Mike Ellis. The site. located directly off Interstate 15, would become host to Palomar's second large-scale campus if the college is aole to successfully negotiate with Poway city otficials. The full-time facility would be much larger than any of Palomar's seven existing satellite campuses and would hold more
than 5,000 students. Originally three sites in Poway were being reviewed by Palomar as possible candidates for the center. The college hired an engineering company to study the three sites and, based on their conclusions, narrowed the choice down to the Ted Williams Parkway plot. One site was ruled out as too small and the other site has drawn concern from nearby neighbors who feel they would be impacted by a college. The land the college is looking to purchase is partially owned by the California Department of Transportation (19 acres) while Poway holds claim to the remaining 34. "Cal Trans will not sell the property to Palomar but what the city of Poway will do is trade land with them and give them land somewhere else ... then Poway would own all of that site and we would deal directly with them," said Dr. George Boggs, president/superintendent. Whil e negotiations with Poway city offi cials will continue today, the college will also be waiting on ap proval by the California Post-Secondary Education office and the Chancellor's Office of California Community Colleges. Palomar officials stated that the maximum the college would be required to spend on the Site would be $20,000 per acre. however fi nal approval to buy the site from Poway could take up to a year.
ernment was asking for
lists of upcoming speakers for pre-approval. ASG is currently reviewing budget requests from various campus groups for the 1997-1998 school year. The committee makes recommendations to the ASG regarding the budget. Shannon 's statements sparked immediate response from both the student government and from administration. At Wednesday's ASG meeting, President Berenice Arrezola, who also serves as student trustee on the governing board, reminded student government members of their obligations to uphold the nation's constitution as well as the student body constitution. "I want to clarify one more time that the Budget and Finance Committee does not
have final say on thi s budget. They give advice and can make recommendations, but it is the board as a whole that decides the budget," said Arrezola. "This is student money, and we cannot decide we are not going to give a group money because we don ' t like what they say or who they interview. That would not be legal." Arrezola also said that all future Budget and Finance Committee meetings will be tape-recorded. Charity Roberts, ASG treasurer, and Xavier Corona, senator, both stated that they felt that the station should distribute advance lists of upcoming events hosted by the station, but only as a service to students. They said they made it clear that this was a publicity issue and not one of censorship. "If students know what is coming up, they can respond and participate from the beginning and not just after the fact," said Corona. "We did not ask for preapproval." Members of the Budget and Finance Committee acknowledged, however, that a member of ASG who also attended the meeting but is not on the committee was critical of the radio station, and advocated the position KKSM be allocated $1 in funding this year, to "teach them a lesson." ASG members were reluctant to name the individual, but noted that the person had recently resigned from student government. "This person was out of line," continued
See KKSM, Page 4