SPORTS
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OPINION
Palomar's Comets destroy El Camino Warriors on the football field
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Does freedom of the press entitle the media to go too far?
Palomar College
Friday, Sept. 19, 1997
Boehm Gallery puts
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student and staff art in the spotlight of "The Really Big Show"
San Marcos, CA
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Volume 51, Number 2
Major construction slated for campus
"Gimme Shelter.... "
Shigehiro Kondo Staff Writer
Get out your hard hats and put on your working boots: By the end of this semester, a trench 30 feet long and 15 feet wide will bisect the campus and Palomar's main access road, Comet Circle, will be subject to temporary closures. "There are going to be inconvieninces for all of us." said Dr. George Boggs, superintendent/president of Palomar College, refering to the upcoming $12 million project to repair the college's underground utilities
beginning in December or January. College officials say that compared with past facility and infrastructure renovations , . consequences of thi s upcoming project are likely to be severe and highly visible for everyone on the campus because of the scale and length of the construction. "It's going to be a major project which replaces all the underground utilities,"said Facilties Director Mike Ellis. In addition , once the construction is started, Ellis estimates it will continue for more than two years. SEE
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Record number new faculty Michael Galt Staff Writer
Annick Polo I The Telescope
Hurricane Linda only brought light rain but after several dry months staff and students were caught unaware and forced to improvise.
New students are not be the only ones having to learn their way around campus this fall. A record 34 new full-time teachers have joined the ranks of Palomar's faculty. The new teachers can be found in almost all departments on campus, although disciplines with high enrollments like English
and math netted a greater proportion of the new hires. So far, the instructors are expressing enthusiasm about their new jobs. According to Dr. Fergal O'Doherty, one of the newly hired English teachers, he is "happy to find a great place like Palomar college to teach, where the students are fantastic, where there is a sense of community SEE
Financial woes plague cafeteria and bookstore Mark Eilinger Education Centers Editor
Imagine entering the Palomar cafeteria and being able to choose from McDonald's, Pizza Hut, Taco Bell, and Rice King for lunch and then going next door to Barnes & Noble and purchasing your textbooks. This is the one of the options being proposed to help the cafeteria and bookstore that are both experiencing severe financial problems. "Our goal is to have both bookstore and the cafeteria break even," said Jerry Patton, vice president of Finance and Administrative Services. Right now, the bookstore and food services department are losing money. Common problems that they are running into include stiff competition SEE
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FACULTY, PAGE 13
Registration continues annual rise Seanna Lee Staff Writer
Palomar College continues a trend of steady growth in enrollment, which experienced a growth of about 4.5 percent this year, according to Herman Lee, director of enrollment. "We probably can grow more, it's just a matter of providing the classes that students want, and having the facilities to provide those courses," he said. Even with a record enrollment of about 26,000 students this year, there is still room for growth . Every year, the state of California allows Palomar a certain amount of money to grow. The amount the school receives is based on the number of classes each student takes. According to Lee, Palomar is still about 6 percent below the maximum CAP (change in adult population) allotment for the year. "This year, we'll probably wind up having to give money back to the state," said Dr. George Boggs, president/superintendant of Palomar. The ideal goal is to maximize the money Palomar gets from the state by reaching, but
not exceeding, CAP every year, said Lee. Palomar's administration is looking at several ways to make the enrollment process easier and more convenient for students at the San Marcos and off-campus education centers. One of the ideas is to eliminate walk-in registration completely and offer all registration services over the
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telephone. Further down the line there might be an Internet registration system. Additionally, an expansion of services and classes offered by Palomar's education centers is being considered. "Our goal is to provide the same services to students at the education centers that are provided on the main campus," Lee said.
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