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With the national Election Day fast approaching it will soon be time to make some decisions. Is the ballot box linked to an oversized trash can or does your voice really make a difference? Page 4
FRIDAY, OCT.
16, 1998
PALOMAR COLLEGE
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Comets lose heart breaker 35-20 at El Camino. The loss ends any hope of a national championship.
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Lt. Gov. candidate comes to Palomar best times of my life in college, and if you are not, you're doing something wrong." Opinion Editor When he went to college, students had to Cruz Bustamante, democrat candidate attend the community college district for lieutenant governor, encouraged stutheir high school was in. He didn't want dents to "work hard, and good things will to attend Coalinga College in the rural come·· at a rally on Oct. 8. Bustamante, area. He wanted to attend college in a city, along with Assemblywoman Denise so he took butcher classes at Fresno City Ducheny, was invited to Palomar by the College because they didn't offer those Associated Student Government in an classes at Coalinga. "The point is, someeffort to encourage times you have to be students to vote in creative in order to the upcoming elecbe able to succeed," tion on Nov. 3. he said. Bustamante spoke He stated that in of his childhood in the last 15 years, San Joaquin, Calif., funding for higher ln the town of 600, education in -Cruz Bustamante California has been he grew up wi thout much to do but work Candidate for Lt. Gov. reduced from eight in the fields where percent of the budget his parents instilled to four percent. in him the value of hard work. His uncle While simultaneously, money for correctaught him a mantra or saying to repeat to tions facilities has increased from four himself while he worked, "Everytime you percent of the budget to eight percent. pick a peach, everytime you load a boxcar, "We haven 't built a university in 33 everytime you do something you don't years and we've built eight prisons. If we like to do, you tell yourself, T II be build eight prisons we ought to build damned if I'm gonna do this the rest of my e ight colleges ... if fact, it ought to be 16 life.'· And Bustamante added, "After about colleges," Bustamante said. one hundred thousand times, you get to He talked about a time when our nation believe it." had "vision." He remembers that after Bustamante also talked about his time at fresno City College. "I had some of the See BUSTAMANTE, Page 3
Tom Chambers
Heidi Smith
Annie Lemoux I The Telescope
Democ at Lieutenant Governor candidate Cruz Bustan ante a dents about the necessity of a college education.
resses stu-
Boggs \Velcontes high school principals to cantpus • Palomar president encourages high school graduates to attend Palomar first Jacqueline Aguilar Swf}' Writer
Annie Lemoux I The Telescope
Palomar President George Boggs {left} speaks one on one with guests.
mically than students who started at a California State University straight from high school. CutTently, the average grade point average for a student who transferred from Palomar to the California State University system is 2.95. This exceeds the current graqe point average for a non-transfer CSU student which is 2.88. This trend has
San Diego's technology :m.arket is • grow-Ing Staff Writer
"I had some of the best times of my life in college, and if you are not, you're doing something wrong. "
Palomar College opened its doors last week to high school principals and superintendents to show what kinds of opportunities and programs are available to their students. The administrators were welcomed by George Boggs, supe1intendent/president of Palomar College. Next, Lynda Halttunen, director of matriculation. addressed the issue of networking opportunities· between high schools and community colleges such as Palomar. Following the meeting, Ken Burns, a Palomar College counselor, explained the "power in community colleges." Burns said students who enroll in a community colleges and later transfer to four-year universities do far better acade-
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continued since 1987. Several courses are offered at Palomar to help student performance, such as Career Search, Major Search and Counseling llO-College Success Skills which teaches students how to study, take notes, take tests, set goals and mange their time, among other skills. The course is taught by members of Palomar's
Counseling Department every semester. Boggs said, "Administrators and counselors need to know about financial aid and academic advantages of entering higher education through a community college, so that they can advise their students properly." Boggs also mentioned the various programs offered at Palomar that are considered to be strong and hard to fi nd at some other schools, including services offered at the Tutoring Center, Counseling Department. Disabled Student Programs and Services, Extended Opportunities Programs and Services, and Health Services among others. "They're all here to support the students and also so they can help them succeed," Boggs said. Following the meeting there was a tour given to the visiting administrator. which informed them, as to what the Palomar College library offers to studen ts in tutoring services and Internet access, as well as other areas that are of use to many Palomar students. The meeting was organized by Palomar;s Counseling Department. They will also be hosting another meeting for high school counselors in March.
"Technology is rising at an incredible rate. Computers are wi thout a doubt the field to get into if you have the opportunity," said Ronald J. Rewoldt, an employee at Fijitsu. San Diego ranks third in the United States for the number of bio-tech and high-tech companies in business. Over 300 software and multimedia companies have established or relocated their businesses in San Diego. The high-tech industry now employs close to 90,000 workers, the most in the county's history. Computer scientists. engineers and analysts are in high demand. Computer oriented jobs are a fast growing occupation in the United States. A bachelor's degree is a pre-requisite for most co mputer-related jobs. According to "Career News," a majority of 68 percent of computer system~ analysts and programmers obtained a bachelor's degree or higher last year. However, there are a lso other jobs in the industry which do not require degrees. Some of these jobs include computer support specialists, help desk technicians and customer service technicians. T hese j obs offer advice for customers and users, and are respons ible for interpreting problems. . "San Diego is still on the upward growth curve, rather than its peak," according to Ted Waitt, interviewed in the October edition of San Diego Magazine. Waitt and his co-worker Mike Hammond began selling personal computers over the phone almost a decade ago. Today, their company, Gateway, which just moved to San Diego, makes about $3 bill ion a year. Waitt said he believes San Diego has the abil ity to lure and keep companies because it is such a desirable city to live in. He said he feels there is an endless amount of work in the technological fields to be done in San Diego. There are now hundreds of software firms alone in San Diego, including Dataworks Corp., Netscape San Diego and Xscribe. According to the San Diego Employers Association, the average lab assistants and associates earn $13 an hour. Internet and software engineers makes at least $50,000 a year in Sa n Diego. Network Engineers and Mainframe Programmers earn about $60.000 and server/client programmers can average up to $72, 000 annually. As San Diego grows rapidly in these fields,
See TECHNOLOGY, Page 5
KKSM changes name to fit new image Where do you lit in? Michelle Peace Staff Writer
Palomar College's radio station is in the process of changing its image. Everything from the name of the station to the types of music that will be played arc different. The station's changes come after remaining "status quo" for the past few years. "We really wanted to do things dramatically different, we want to change the entire image of the station," said Michael Paisner, program director. The station's former name and motto, "KKSM 1320, hear it here" has changed to ''underground radio from Palomar College, Comet 1320." Comet 1320 can also be heard on Cox Cable FM 92.3. In the past, the station played music targeted at adults ages 25-49. There is a lot
of competition between all of the radio stations targeting this age group. This market is more desirable because they have more disposable incomes than younger markets. Paisner said the staff at Comet Radio decided to target a nitch that wasn't being reached. Dave Fields. the music Michael Paisner, director at the Palomar College station, radio station worked at get- program director ting the music changed. The music will now be in a variety format, which means that the station will now be playing all types of music
together: jazz, alternative, classic, rock and other musical styles. When asked about the music, Pai ner said, "If it's good, we'll play it, whether it's new or old." A classic rock song might be played and then the next song could be hip-hop. "The music here is like the weather in New England, if you don't like it, wait a minute," Paisner said. This "variety format" is unique to all of San Diego. Some students in the same radio classes as Paisner came up with the idea, so Paisner decided to give a new format a try. All of the old production systems have been converted to new systems. Instead of doing many duties by hand, Selector Music Software is used. The station switched from using carts (which look
See KKSM, Page 3
The following information about Palomar College's student population was compiled in fall 1997 from 27,244 students.
Students by Unit Load Part-Time Student: 6 or more units per semester Full-Time Student: 12 or more units per semester
Unit Load
Headcount
Non Credit 3,822
Students Taking Day/Evening Classes Day/Evening
Headcount
Percentage
Percentage
14.0%
0.1-2.9
1,929
7.1%
3.0-5.9
7,583
27.8%,
6.0-8.9
4,458
16.4%
Day
15,248
56.0%
9.0-11.9
2,919
10.7%
Evening
10,156
37.3%
12.0-14.9
4,169
15.3%
Unknown
1,840
6.8%
15+
2,364
8.7%
27,244
100%
Total
27,244
100%
Total
Source: California Community Collc~:cs Chancellor's Office
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