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THE Friday, Dec. 5, 1997
Palomar College
San Marcos, CA
Volume 51, Number 11
Homecoming election declared to be invalid
Celebration with decorations
• VP of Social Events given verbal warning Melody Cruz Staff Writer
John DeCoursey Editor-in-Chief
Palomar's Homecoming King and Queen had their titles revoked at the Dec. 3 Associated Student Government_ meeting folio"' ing allegations of fraudulent balloting in last month's election. However. Homecoming Queen Sharon Malone and King Pablo Salgado will retam their status as part of the Homecoming Court of eight students.
In a verbal and written warning given to Elaine James, ASG vice- president of social events, by ASG President Erica Olvera, James was accosted for not asking the approval of the ASG board to create the homecomi ng election committee. "Nobody steered me in the right direction. This was my first time doing this." said James. '"A lot of people have said a lot of negative things about me but nobody is looking at the positive things I did. I put my all into this." Waheeda Tahmas. a member of the Homecoming Court. first called attention to the legitimacy of last month\ election during the No\. 19 ASG meeting. President Olvera announced there had been -1-32 halSEE HOMECOMING, PAGE 6
Executive VP resigns Melody Cruz Staff Writer
Teresa Stalcup The Telescope
Palomar's Art Department offers a few suggestions for holiday shoppers. Student art and pottery is on sale next to the Brubeck Theatre until Dec. 6.
Associated Student Government Executive Vice-President Ryan Zabrowski resigned Nov. 26 amidst allegations by ASG President Erica Olvera that he was in violation of 10 different articles of the ASG Constitution and its by laws. Earlier that day, however, Zabrowski
submitted a letter of resignation to the ASG board that allowed the board to withdraw the Presidential Proclamation. the act that would have declared his seat vacant. The explanations for this outcome were varied. "He resigned for personal reasons and miscommunication. I guess he "'as just busy." Olvera said. while disregarding the two-page proclamation that she prepared to hand out at Wednesday's meeting. Olvera's SEE RESIGNATION, PAGE 6
Palomar employees, district move to end contract war Liz Bennett Staff Writer
There may be light at the end of the tunnel for Palomar's classified staff as union negotiators and district officials report progress in thei r di spute over a raise. Governor Pete Wilson signed the papers for a cost of li ving increase for state employees at the end of September, but 290 classified staff employees at Palomar College have yet io see a raise in their paychecks. Until this week, both sides were not able to find common ground in the ongoing negotiations. "Our point of contention ri ght now is that the COLA and the
salary adjustment have been given to everyone else, and I'm looking at it from a fairness point," said Ernie Carson, the Counsel of Classified Employees (CCE) union president and senior proanalyst in the grammer Infmmation Services Department. The admini strators and faculty at Palomar have already received the 2.97 COLA and a 1.03 percent raise. Even though things seem to be cooling off, the classified staff, which includes secretaries , janitors and maintenance workers among others, will not see this raise until after the holiday season. The district had linked implementation of the classified staff's
raise to a classification study, conducted by Ralph Anderson Consulting Inc., beginning in May of 1996. The district wanted to change the classified employees ' positions and status before the cost of living adju stment was implemented. This cau sed friction between the CCE and the district. According to Dr. Teresa Doyle, assistant superintendent/vice president of human resources and affirmative action and chief negotiator for the Palomar district, "The district had one idea about what would be an equitable approach towards implementing the study. The union had another SEE
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