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Comets share national title ■ Palomar

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Student center fee collection mis-understood Daniel Kwan Telescope Instructional Assistant

Richardson Miron Opinion Editor

The Comets won their third national title this decade, when USA Today named them co-champions with the Butler County College Grizzlies of El Dorado, Kansas last week (Feb. 3).

After taking on two Goliath ·s of the junior college football ranks during last year's bowl season, the Comets came away with two surprising victories that vaulted them to the top of the polls.

On Dec. 5, 1998 at the I st Down Bowl, the underdog Comets crushed the nations No. I ranked Long Beach City College Vikings 34-6, in a victory that no one had oredicted.

That upset was followed by another unexpected 30-21 win over the newly top ranked $an Francisco City College Rams in the state championship Shrine Bowl on Dec. 12, 1998.

Comet Head Coach Tom Craft nas been at the helm of all three national titles, and is an astonishing 9-0 in bowl games at Palomar.

"We're ecstatic as a coaching staff for our players, who have worked so hard and are deserving of the recognition,"' Craft said of the championship. ''This was the hardest road we've had to take to win a national cham -

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The Comet defense swarmed throughout their 34-6 victory over the Long Beach City College Vikings in the 1st Down Bowl.

pionship," he added.

The Grizzlies ( 12-0). were ranked No. I by the JC Grid Wire, which is the alternate junior college football authority, while Palomar placed second in that poll.

Even though the title may be split, Craft doesn't have a doubt in his mind that his squad was the best in the country.

And after knocking off two consecutively ranked No. I teams, it's hard to di~agree wilh him.

"The thing that makes this so special is that nobody really thought we would be able to do what we did.

That is evidenced by the JC Grid Wire poll," Craft said.

The Comel victory over Long Beach was one of the most lopsided

upsets in the history of junior college football.

The Vi kings ( 10-1) were touted by some as perhaps the best JC football team of all time. Even Craft thought his Comets were in for an uphill battle against the Vikings, who riddled Palomar 49-0 in a pre-season scrimmage.

"I definitely thought that was

one of the better JC football teams (Long Beach) that I'd ever seen," Craft said, "they just didn ' t have any glaring weaknesses.

"But we had an emotional edge going into that football game, and we really executed

See COMETS Page 8

Parking fees set to go up ■ ASG protests

attention lot safety

lack of to parking

Tom Chambers Editor-in-Chief

The Governing Board of Palomar College voted to raise parking fees for the second time in two years at their Jan. 25 meeting. The Board voted unanimously for the increase, while the student trustee, who has an advisory vote. voted no.

The increase of $2.50 will bring the cost of parking permits up to $25 in the fall semester 1999. The extra funds will be used to pay for campus security. It is the second of two installments, the first taking effect in the spring semester 1998.

Palomar P.D. awaiting Jessica Long Staff Writer

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As students returned to classes they were greeted with of the ongoing in-ftasttuc-

fences~tractors and hardhats:signs ture project at Palomar.

Students may rest a bit easier on Palomar's San Marcos campus when 10 certified police officers are on duty.

The Palomar College Community Police Department, as it will be called, will likely be on campus by fall 1999 and definitely visiable on campus by spring 2000 according to Mike Alleman. Director of Campus Security.

"We are currently working with human resources to work out the details and hope to have sergeant positions posted as early as Feburary . I 0. Then other officer positions will follow," Alleman

Xavier Corona. student trustee and Associated Student Government president, recommended a no vote becasue he feels safety issues will not be met.

"No money is allocated for lighting or safety of the parking lots," Corona said, "ll's all going to salary and regular upkeep."

The ASG would like more money allocated for lighting in lhe parking lots. Currenlly the district sels aside $ I 0,000 a year to keep up Palomar's lots.

The ASG recommended increasing that amount to $60,000 at the Resource Allocation Committee meeting last week, but were met with roadblocks. "To upgrade all the lights in our lots it will cost between $90,000 - $120,000," said ASG Senator Margo Hill.

"It was proposed that we borrow that money and pay back $10,000 a year, but that's not feasible."

"My main concern is parking lot 5," staled Hill, "Students park there to go study in the library and when they come out, it's pitch black ."

duty

said.

Other details currently being worked out to make the police department a reality include coordinating the program with Palomar's police academy.

We are trying to work with our police academy so both departments can grow together and save money in the process. Alleman said.

"Things are definitely looking up, it's all just a matter of time," Alleman added.

For the past IO years Palomar's security force has been comprised of two full-time patrol officers and a half dozen or so part-time student patrol officers, but none have ever

See POLICE Page 7

The spring 1999 semester started with a little more confusion than usual for some Palomar College students due to the new student center fee.

Some students who receive financial assistance were exempt from paying the student center fee, while other students who also receive financial assistance wondered why they still had to pay. Students also thought their registration may have been canceled for not having paid the student center fee due to a mix-up of payment clue dates.

Beginning with this semester.

Palomar started to charge students an _ extra $1 per credit unit , with a maximum of $10 per academic year per stu dent, to fund the planned construction of a new student center at the site of the current one.

Some students who qualify for the California Community Colleges· Board of Governor's Enrollment Fee Waiver (BOGW) had the student center fee waived, while other BOGW students were still required to pay the fee BOGW waives the enrollment fee, health fee and accident insurance fee for students who either have low incomes or already receive other forms of public assistance.

Part of students' confusion stems from a miswritten description of exemptions from the student center fee in the spring 1999 class schedule which states, "Students on CalWORKS (known as AFDC), SSI, SSP, the General Assistance Program (BOGW, an_enrollment fee waiver) are exempt from this fee."

"If you read that statement, it sounds like you don't have to pay the student center fee if you already qualify for BOGW," said Michael Jones, a business major. "I was mad when I found out T sti II had to pay the fee."

Herman Lee, director of enrollment services, said the de cription in the class schedule should have been more precise in defining the three categories for BOGW, which is divided into groups A, B and C. "The BOGW-A category is the only category that's covered by this waiver," Lee said. 'Tho~e arc the people that are on some kind of suppleme11tal/public assistance, general assistance and any of these kinds of special aid programs through the state of California."

"Everyone else who may have

See FEES Page 8

WheredoVDUfit in?

These figures show statistics of students at Community College in the United States

t of 4 stuctentsalteady 55 percentof all Hispanic havea :bach!!itpr's degre~ sft#dentsin highereduca~ tion 45 percent of all undergraduate students.

40 percent of all Asian/Pacific Islander students in higher education

37 p<etcentof aJrwhUesu.1- 58 perce11tfem~le, 42 perdents in higher education, cent male.

42 percent of all AfricanAmericans students in higher education.

Source: Tire Chri.Hicm Scit:nce Monilor

Average lifetime earnings for graduates are $250,000 more than a high school graduate

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Celebrate Black History Month beginning Feb. , I 6. All students are invited to participate in the muticultural events planned for Black History Month.

Music will be played e~ch day of the week.

Jazz, ragtime, rap and gospel music are scheduled.

Performers include, Little Brother Steppers, Mt. Mariah Baptist Gospel Singers and Double Trouble Boys as well as music from Z90. . Students can visit fraternity and sorority booths and attend a fashion show. The local Boys and Girls Club have been invited to listen to a storyteller on Thursday, Feb. 18. The films, , "Rosewood", "Glory" and "Rising Sun" will be shown in the student lounge. A soul food buffet will also be available to dine on.

San Diego Charger Duane Harper will make an. appearance on Feb. 17 at noon. He will be accompanied by Charger Girls.

The highlight of the event is a reading of Martin Luther King Jr. 's "I Have a Dream" speech read by students and members of Pan Afrikan Student Movement (PSAM). Faculty members have been invited to talk to students about the importance of education.

Black History Month coordinator, Elaine James, stresses that the events are for all students to attend.

- Michelle Tillman Feature Editor

Scholarship available for gays and lesbians The Greater San Diego Business Association (GSDBA) is awarding six scholarships of up to $2,000 each to gay and lesbian students or people who support and have knowledge of the gay and lesbian community.

GSDBA says the purpose of this scholarship is to further its mission of empowering and , promoting gay and lesbian businesses , · professionals and supporting members of the community.

All applications must be postmarked or received by the GSDBA by 5 p.m. , March I, 1999. Submit applications to the Greater San Diego Business Association, 3737 Fifth Avenue, Suite 205, San Diego, CA 92013.

Finalists will receive an invitation for interviews in April.

For more information, contact with Helen Baker al (619) 296-4543.

- Rumiko Takeya Staff Writer

Renowned musical performed in Vista The musical "The Fantasticks" is now being performed at the Avo Playhouse in Vista until Feb. 2 I. 'T he Fantasticks" is directed and choreographed by Moonlight Artistic Associate Ray Limmon. The story is about two young lovers whose fathers oppose to their match.

"The Fantasticks" will start at 8 p.m. on Thursday through Saturday and on Sunday at 2

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p.m. The Avo Playhouse is located at 303 E. Vista Way. .

The tickets for the show are $16 for adults, $15 for seniors and students and $IO for juniors (16 and under). Tickets are available in advance.

For more information and tickets, call the VisTix Ticket Office , 651 East Vista Way, at (760) 7242110.

-Rumiko Takeya Staff Writer

Latest exhibition at Boehm Gallery Palomar College is exhibiting the works of four artists who work with mixed media constructions in the Boehm Gallery from Feb. 5 until March 3.

The exhibition is called "Four by Four" and features Therman Statom, Cecilia Stanford, Patsy Kaye Babcock and Richard Allen Morris.

Therman Statom uses sheet glass as a primary medium assembled as images of houses, ladders and chairs. Statom has exhibited in the L. A. County Museum of Art, Musee des Arts Decoratifs in Paris and the American Craft Museum in New York.

Cecilia Stanford, a San Diego artist, creates the sense of tapestries, reliquaries, natural history displays and altars. These are reinterpreted in a contemporary idiom while using commonly found materials.

Patsy Kaye Babcock describes personal experiences, especially life's disruptions that come with the loss of a partner and their effect on children through the visual narrative of photography and video and other material.

Richard Allen Morris follows classical methods of asssemblage evolving around constructions of detritus, which are cast off as absolutely useless.

His work stimulates discussion of what most constitutes art.

-Sean

O'Connor Staff Writer

Dicounts for Zoo and Wild Animal Park Zoos are fun places to visit for children and adults alike. But they also serve as important educational institutions .

To fulfill this educational purpose of zoos, the San Diego Zoo and Wild Animal Park are now offering College Study Passes to encourage college students to visit these two institutions in San Diego County.

Both sites can be beneficial for students majoring in not only zoology, but also anthropology, art, biology, botany, and environmental studies, just to name a few.

Passes are $8 per student and enable the bearer to visit either the San Diego Zoo or the Wild Animal Park unlimited times for the entire semester. If a student wants to visit both sites, he or she has to buy a pass for each site.

To place an order or get more information, call (619) 557-3979 for passes to the zoo, and (760) 738-5057 for passes to the park.

-Shigehiro Kondo Campus Beat Editor

PATROL BLOTTER MEDICAL ASSISTANCE - On Jan. 26 at 2: 13 p.m., a student threw a scolding cup of coffee on another student in the cafeteria. She had an argument with her over whose cup of coffee it was. Paramedics treated the student for severe burns. On Jan. 25 at 7:32 p.m., a young woman went into labor during class. She was taken immediately to a local hospital.

THEFT - On Jan. 24 between 4:30 p.m. and 6:40 a.m., a computer was stolen from the children's day care center. No suspects were identified.

POSSESSION - On Jan. 7 at 4:31 p.m., campus security confiscated a small amount of marijuana and paraphernalia from three men sitting in a car in the parking lot.

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The new semester has started and the staff at the Palomar library is once again ready to serve students. The libraryis open Monday through Thursday from 7:30 a.m. to 9 p.m., Friday from 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Saturday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

CAMPUS CALENDER ASSOCIATED STUDENT GOVERNMENT - ASG Meetin gs arc on Wednesdays at I p.m. in room SU -18.

COMET CLUB- Meetings for the Comet Club will be held on Tuesdays at 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. in room SU -22.

GAY AND LESBIAN ASSOCIATION (GALA)Meetings for GALA will be every Wednesday at 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. in room SU- 17.

GOVERNING BOARD- Board meetings are the second and fourth Tuesdays at 7 p.m. in the governing board room . Open to the public.

INTER-CLUB COUNCIL- Meetings for the ICC are held every Tuesday at 12:30 p.m. in room SU - I 8.

PRE-MEDICAL SOCIETY - Th e meetin gs are held in room LS-16 at 2 p.m. on Feb. 19, March 5 and March 19.

PAN AFRIKAN STUDENT MOVEMENT (PASM)Meetin gs for PASM are on Fridays at l p.m. in room SUI 6.

THEATRE GUILD - Meetings for the Theatre Guild are · held on Wednesdays at 12:3 0 p.m. at the coffee shop in the courtyard.

- Interested in submilting club or campus information ?

Contact Shigehiro Kondo at (760) 744-II 50, ext. 2450 or stop by room TCB- 1.

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ADDING A CLASS- Only registration in short-term or open-entry /open-ex it classes is permitted now. If a class is closed, secure an instructor's signature.

DROPPING A CLASS- Feb. 11 is the last day to drop a class without any notation on record. On Feb. 16 through March 12, a student may drop with a grade of "W." An instructor's signature is not requir ed in both cases. Beginning March I 3 through the end of the semester, no drops are permitted and an evaluative gra de will be given.

CREDIT/NO CREDIT GRADING - To change the grad ing status, an instructor's signature is required on a blue CR/NC form.

The deadline is Feb. 19.

AUDITING A CLASS-An instructor's signature is required on green Application for Audit form. The deadline is Feb. 19. Three units -of Audit classes are free if you enroll in ten or more units.

SPRING 1999 GRADUATION - For AA's and CA's, the deadline to apply is March I.

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Speak Out! Does the Y2K computer problemmake you worry?

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Paul Piedmont Radio and Television

Lisa Illingworth Psychology

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Flynn Witmeyer Undecided

"K ind of, Because of bank accounts. People might lose money."

'Tm a little worried because I don't want to lose my cash , if I have anything."

"I don't think it's going to be a problem. Everyt hin g should work out."

"I don't believe in it. The only thin g it is go ing to ca use is to make peopl e afraid."

"No. I don't rea lly understand what the problem is."

''Yes, I guess. [t's kind or a scary concept because a lot of people say it's going to be like the end of world ."

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Palomar hosts two conferences on learning Sean O'Conner Srajf Writer

Palomar College broke new ground in two conferences at the Holiday lnn on the Bay in San Diego from January 6-14 this year.

One conference was the third annual North American Conference on the Learning Paradigm.

The other was Virtual Learning Environments Palomar College is considered a leader in the newly emerging Learning Paradigm movement. The Learning Paradigm focuses on what is learned in contrast to the

[nstruction Paradigm, which focuses on what is taught.

Two leading speakers at. the Learning Paradigm conference were Palomar College participants Dr. Bob Barr, director of planning and Dr. John Tagg associate professor of English.

An article, authored by Barr and Tagg, "From Teaching to Leaming A New Paradigm for Undergraduate Education," is probably the most influential article in higher education the past decade, Tom Angelo, the keynote speaker, said. The editors of Change, The Magazine of Higher Leaming, said it was the

most photocopied and most sought after article of their publication.

Barr said we often say that the purpose of college is to provide instruction.

Colleges should put emphasis on learning stead of instruction, he said. We have a Vice President for lnstruction , but not a Vice President for Leaming; we have a Fund for the Improvement of Instruction, hut there has never been a Fund for the Improvement of Learning, Barr said.

The Learning Paradigm is an idea that is catching fire in many colleges throughout the country, Dr. Bill Flynn, dean of community

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learning resources at Palomar, and organizer of the conference, said.

The Learning Paradigm conference attracted over 350 leading educators from all over the United States and Canada as well as from Singapore, Malaysia, Japan, and Jamaica.

The second conference, Virtual Leaming Environments. focused on the explosive developments of the World Wide Web and the Electronic Campus.

Virtual learning is not a technological gimmick but a new way of learning, according to Michael J. Dolence, the keynote speaker of the Virtual Learning Environments conference. And many students think that they interact more with teachers in the chat room than they have been the classroom, said Dolence.

Taking a virtual course requires "a lot more initiative. It's a lot more labor intensive. A lot more learning takes place because of the learner's active involvement " Dolence said.

Three years ago there were 300 courses on the World Wide Web, but today there are 17,000, Dolence said.

The conference attracted 170 participants .

The Leaming Paradigm and the Virtual Leaming Environments conferences were complementary to each other, demonstrating how the focus is changing from teaching to learning, according to Flynn.

ings in Sacramento.

Rabaya said he applied for a Campus Beat F:diwr position in the Umbrella Two members of the Palomar Accountability Committee College Associated because he wanted to Student Government have a broader perare now getting ready spective about commuto represent students nity colleges all over beyond the boundary California.

"I think of Palomar College, that's important in a statewide organibecause schools are zation. run so differently," he ASG Executive added.

Vice President, Buddy Melton, now holding Buddy Rabaya Rabaya, was appointa position in the Executive VP ed to the Umbrella Matriculation Accountability Task Advisory Committee, Force Commiuee, and said that he became ASG Treasurer, Brent interested in the Melton, was appointed matriculation proceto the Matriculation dures after he had finAdvisory Committee, ished about 100 units both of which are at Palomar and try to organizations to facilgo through the complii late the business of cated processes of the Chancellor's transfering those units Brent Melton Office in Sacramento. to a four-year universiTreasurer The Chancellor's ty. "I want people to Office is a guiding organization not have to waste time, taking for all the community colleges in classes they don't need (to transCalifornia. It has various comfer to universities) .... I jus t hate to mittees specializing in specific see people taking wrong classes,' aspects of community colleges in he said. order to get more detailed input Being representatives for comfrom each local college. munity college students statewide Rabaya and Melton are now as well as for Palomar students, expected to communicate releRabaya and Melton may be more vant information about Palomar pressed for time this semester tryand also attend occasional meeting to attend various meetings along with classes. Rabaya has 21 units of classes this semester, and Melton has 20 units.

However, Jim Bowen, ASG faculty advisor, observes that they are managing their work load well. "Buddy (Rabaya) is near 40, and he is wise enough to know what to do with his time. Brent (Melton) used to be in the mili tary, and he is about 25. Both of them, I think, are more mature than some other students," Bowen said.

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PINION EDITORIALS Toss out student center election

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ast year Palomar students were asked if we wanted to pay for a new student center. The Associated Student Government held an election, promising a larger food court, air conditioning, etc. All this for just one dollar per-unit, not to exceed $10 a year.

In their eagerness to pass the measure, the ASGtold us that students who receive a Board of Governor's Fee Waiver, and various other financial aid programs, would not have to pay the fee.

Our parents have warned us that if something is too good to he true, it probably is. This happens to be the case here.

As it turns out many students on BOGW did have to start paying

the fee during this spring's registration. Certain BOGW students have to pay the fee because they are not on public assistance as well.

The problem here is that during the student center election, the ASG did not differentiate between the BOGW categories. Students who voted for the student center did so under a false impression.

If students on BOGW would have known they would be paying the fee, the student center may not have passed.

Last spring, students were lied to. and believing that lie, we passed the student center fee .. In light of this, the ASG needs •to make things right, and toss out ft:ie results of the falsified election.

Palomar athletics at the top, but nobody notices

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bviously Palomar studt:nts aren't here for the college experience. We are here to study, get our units, and get the heck out of here, and there's nothing wrong with that.

But many students who attend this campus and enjoy watching good, competitive athletics are really missing a gold mine in their own back yard.

Palomar's football program is at the top of the nation. They have won three national championships this decade, and have one of the top coaching prospects in college football. Many students are not

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even aware that Palomar has a football team, let alone a national powerhouse.

Last Spring the men's ·baseball, and basketball teams had two of their finest seasons in the history of their respectice programs. And the women's softball team has been about as dominant as the Chicago Bulls this last decade.

The fact that nobody cares is obvious by the empty seats at games.

Students should consider checking some of these teams out, they might be surprised at what they've been missing.

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Monday, February 8, 1999

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Clinton's refusal to lead puts U.S. security at risk Scott Nathanson College Press Service

When our Founding Fathers decided that the president, a civilian, would be this nation's supreme military commander, they did so for good reason. But President Clinton does not seem to get it.

Past presidents realized that their role as commander m chief was to temper the Pentagon's immediate military wishes with a long -term security and humanitarian per spective.

During World War II, President Roosevelt refused a War Department request to use chemical weapons during the attack on Iwo Jima. During the Korean War, President Truman removed Gen. Douglas MacArlhur from command for wanting to bomb China.

During the Cuban Mi ssile Crisis, President Kennedy overruled military advisers who urged a military confrontation.

Unfortunately, Clinton has a practice of caving in to the Penta gon and the military industrial complex.

At the beh es t of de fense contractors, the United States has become the world's leading weapons dealer to dictators , delivering an all-time record $8.3 billion in fiscal year 1997. Clinton continues this policy, despite the fact that in Panama, Somalia, Haiti and Iraq, U.S. military assistance boomeranged to threaten U.S. troops.

Nor did Clinton overrule the paranoid fears of the Pentagon on landmines. He still ref uses to sign the 133 nation -strong inter national Mine Ban treaty despite studies from military think tanks and U.S. combat exercises that show a global ban on antipersonnel landmines would be to the military advantage of the United States.

Clinton's November bombing of Iraq, without U.N. Security Council approval and over the strenuous objections of Russia, has led the Russian Parliament to postpone indefinitely the vote lo ratify the vital START II nuclear reduction treaty.

Clinton's latest evasion is on the defense budget. Announcing plans to add $110 billion to the military budget over the next five years, the administration has announced a pay increase for the troops, but the bulk of the money will be spent on new weapons systems.

But even the proposed increases will not be able to cover the entire ticket price for unneeded items. For example, the $80 bil lion F -22 fighter program was created to "meet the emerging new threats around the globe with superior air power" according to industry supporters. When these supporters attempt to point out wher e these emerging threats to U.S. air dominance come from. their charts mostly point out countries the United States has provided with fighter jets, such as Canada and Indonesia . Some threat.

Then there is the next nuclear aircraft carrier, which, at more than $7 billion each, will represent the most expensive single item in the entire U.S . budget. In the Pentagon's "bottom up review," they recommend IO carriers during wartime, but 11 during peacetime. While that may make sense to defense contraclors and military officials. this kind of budget -busting logic shows that there are still many areas where we can save big on the military and not jeopardize our warf ig hting capacity.

In last year's military budget, Republicans turned the Clinton administration's $1.1 billion military readiness request into $8.3 billion in military pork project s.

As the "firewalls" that kept money from non-defense ,pending from being transferred to the military come down this year. domestic programs are again a ripe target for cuts. This will become especially true if the U.S. economy begins to turn downward, as the economic turmoil in Asia and Latin America suggests it might. Defense contractors are among the largest sources of campaign money in the United States. It is unlikely that they will graciously let go of these new spoils just because of economic woes.

The projected military budget increase will at least weaken the military industry's argument that arms sales to dictator s are vilal to maintainin g the defense .

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Telemarketers should find a new phone number to ring

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have 15 minutes until my shift s tart s. I'm runnin g late as usual a nd what do you know, th e phone be g ins to rin g.

Being the paranoid individual that I am I just can't leave with it ringing.

Naturally I hav e to answer it and do so with the simple but classic " hello ?"

Here 's where the troubl e sta rts.

The voice on the lin e is th al of a pesky telemarketer who talks like that macro machine g uy we all knew and love d from our childhood.

You know what T mean. He talked so fast without eve n taking a breath of air .

Telemarketers ramble out th eir sales pitches so fast because they know most sane people can't wait to say "Not interes ted."

Now , for so m e people, pesky telemar keters do not present a any kind of prob lem.

As The Telescope's beloved Babbling Brooke told me, "What's the problem, Jess. You just hang up."

How eve r, for those of u s raised with manner s shoved down our throat s by well-intended parents , it is not so easy to just han g up.

I realize that any indi:vidual who must

tak e a te lemark et ing job must be desper ate for cash flow. I have worked in cus tomer service for fo u r years now and know first hand how awful people can be .

Many people ca n't h e lp but be short te mper e d with th e un so licit ed phone calls especially co nsid eri ng Lhe annoy ance factor involv ed. Telemarketers know th ey are being lied to when every one on their li sts just happ en to be in the s how er.

Although I sympathize with the te le marketers of th e world and usually politely say, ·'no, thank you," I want to make one point c lear to any or them ou t

there reading this. You may be doing your job but I am not responsible for making your day easier.

There hav e been tim es when I h ave agreed to a risk free 30 day trial only to be hassled when I call back a week later to cancel. Last week I had a woman ask me six times if l was sure I didn 't want to keep my Explorer Club membership. It was guaranteed to save me hundreds of dollars in business trav e l ex pens es. I don ' t have a business.

Why would I want a busin ess package when I can barely afford my own car insurance?

I exp lained this to the woman and she stii'I persisted that I maintain my mem bership.

This recent episode has forced a com ma nd decision . I will no lon ge r li ste n to lengthy sales pitches. If a telema rket er does not allow me to politely say, "no , thank you," I will hang up.

To those people out th ere that I' II be hanging up on, don't take it personally . I mean no disrespect to you. I just don ' t need new carpet or trial memberships to , clubs I can't afford and I don ' t see why I have to exp lain the reasons why not to a stra nge r.

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Liar's don't make very good leaders

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Illustration by Irving Martinez/ The Telescope

Should President Clinton be removed from office?

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College Pre.1.1 Sercice

Have you noticed what people have started calling Bill Clinton now that he's in troubl e?

Not President Clinton . Not Bill Clinton. But William Jefferson Clinton .

Ah, the middle name.

You know you've stepped in it when they use your middle name. It's as if he were still a little boy and his mama found out he'd painted his name on the side of the house .

"Wi lliam Jefferson Clinton!" she'd likely yell. "Get in here right now! " Today, with Clinton facin g a crisis that could end his presidency, it's no wonder politicians and pundits are essentially doing the same thing.

After all, you can't very well impeach a guy named "Bill." Impeachment is far too serious. And of course, legal documents such as articles of impeachment require the use of a person 's full name .

That means throwing that middle name in there to show him you mean business, mister!

Coun tless parents do the same thing when their little devils act up.

"John Beelzebub Matth ews. Put that pitchfork down , now! " In that way, middl e names are often used like verbal exclamation point s to

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Middle name spells big 'trouble': Example William Jefferson Clinton James A. Fussell

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drive home feelings of anger, disappoint ment or serious intent. ~iddle names have been attached to troublemakers for as long as anyone can remember.

Take assassins or seria l killers .

Ever hear anyone talk about Lee Oswald or John Booth?

Of course not. It's Lee Harvey Oswald and John Wilkes Booth.

There's a sense of seriousness there , an etched -in-stone permanence.

Such middle -name labe ling happens again and again. There's James Earl Ray. Mark David Chapman, John Wayne Gacy, Henry Lee Lucas, Karla Faye Tucker, etc.

In the case of killers , of course, the use of the middle name is also meant to differen tiate them from others who might have the same name . And it shou ld be noted that there are plenty of peop le who are not in troubl e who routinely use a middle name.

There's Martin Luth er King, Mary Tyler Moore and Charles Nelson Reilly, to name three .

But that's different , sa id Jack Williamson , a language cons ultant from Berkeley , Calif. For whatev er reason, ''they chose to use thre e names, " Williamson said . "They didn't - like William Jefferson Clin ton - have their middle name s stuck to them like a sca rlet 'A ' when they did some thin g wrong."

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Patricia S. McAvoy William Jefferson Clinton has given historians much to debate. I have no doubt that our country would be better off without ' him. The cloud of controversy has hung over him for too long to make him an effective leader. He has so many different personas; I would like to ask would the real Bill Clinton please stand up!

Surprisingly our country has endured in spite of his 'slick Willie' persona. Can we trust him not to corrupt the presidency in the future? Only 20 percent of our nation think he can be trusted. I believe the only way our country can reclaim its dignity and role as a world leader is to remove the man who made our country the recipient of jeers and sick jokes. However, it has gone well beyond his poor judgment as a man, it is about the president of the United States knowingly and willfully breaking laws he was sworn to uphold and defaming the office of the presidency. Clinton's crimes are clearly stated in the impeachment resolution as presented to the Senate.

The Articles of Jmpeachment, Article One states Clinton is •'in violation of his consti tutional duty to take care that the laws be faithfully executed, has willfully corrupted and manipulated the judicial process of the United States for his personal gain and exoneration, impeding the administration of justice." Article Three, details his laundry list of &even obstruction of justice charges.

His impeachment is based on these facts.

Perjury and subornation of perjury are punishable for up to five years in prison for each offense. The statues have no exclusions for the president; he is a citizen and must be held equally accountable under the law. It seems he will do anything to hang on to the power of his office as president. He either has a bad case of denial or he thinks he is untouchable and exempt from our country's laws. Either way, do we want this country represented by a person who would rather lie until he is forced to admit he was wrong? Where do we as the people of a great country see our future leaders holding fast to truth and justice if we allow our president to not be held responsible for his illegal acts? Where is the honor and respect for our country 's constitution and the people it protects?

If Clinton wasn't so power hungry and self-serving wanting to 'win' at all costs he would realize the honorable thing to do would be to resign and let the country heal.

His weak and unconvincing attempts at asking for forgiveness are too late and convenient to believe .

When he does leave. someone please, send in a decontaminating crew to scrub the Oval Office and the adjoining rooms of the tainted and ugly stain he has left.

OPINION

Face it, Republicans, you've lost. Ken Starr proved it by bringing to everyone's attention this week that he could legally indict President Clinton. He had to.

Republicans have a big problem. Clinton is a great president. He has the economy humming, unemployment at its lowest, and a revamped welfare program that is working. In case you argue that the Republican congress did all that (tbey didn't), it was Bill's plan to reduce the deficit. After going from practically nothing at the beginning of the Reagan administration to almost burying the country by the time Clinton took office, the president has almost single-handedly eliminated it. Sooner than he promised.

So the Republicans figured that they have to make him look bad or pay the conse quences. They hired Stan- to look into the Whitewater land deal. Clinton was clean.

Starr was depressed.

Well what about Travelgate. Sorry, Ken, clean here, too.

Then let's look at Filegate. Nothing on Clinton here, either. "Damn" thinks Stan-, ''$40 million down the drain. My reputation is sure to follow."

Some say," We can't hold the leatler to a different standard than we hold ourselves."

Really? What if you got pulled over for robbing a bank, and when the cops discover the mistake in identity they search your house for drugs. And when they don't find drugs, they call the IRS to audit your taxes. Aren't the laws the same for Bill as they are for us?

Sure, I think what Bill did was giant lapse of judgement. I'm even mad that he had sex in the White House, a place I think of as a symbol of patriotism. I believe he lied, too.

Let's look at that. He thinks that Monica is the only one that knows about their tryst. So he decides to protect the country's and his family's reputation. So he lies.

Did your parents tell you there was a Santa Clause? Do you tell your kids there is a Santa Clause? Then either you or your kids should be hauled off by protective services. This is not high crimes and misdemeanors were talking about. It's lying about infidelity. If we fired from their job every person that has cheated on their partner, or lied in an important situation (did you tell that policeman the truth the last time you were pulled over?), then our gross national product would go in the tank.

Some say,"We can't hold the leader of our military to a different standard than we hold our soldiers." Really ? A couple of weeks ago. 60 Minutes did a story on soldiers who repeatedly abused, raped, and even murdered their wives. Time after time the military could have prevented it. They didn't.

Sorry . I'm more concerned about the military beating up defenseless civi lians than

Our m.orality determ.ines Am.erica's sophistication

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hroughout the impeachment and trial of President Clinton much has been said about the morals of our society. There are those who think th e standards that govern ed pas t generations arc too outdated to govern ours. One local commentator said, "We are too sophisticated to be ruled by extraneous morals. '' Is that the case?

Are we "too sophisticated" to bother with th e rules our grandparents fol lowed?

That depends on your definition of sophistication.

We are sophisticated in technolo gy and our use of America's natural resources. But we are not so sophistica ted that morals are no longer needed .

When a child is killed in a public res troom while hi s aunt waits outside, we are not sophisticated. Wh en a gay man is beaten, ti ed to a fence and left to die , we are not sophisticated . Wh en a teena ge r gives birth at her prom and leaves the baby in a toil e t while she goes back to th e dance, we are not sophisticated.

True , these thin gs are of th e most hor rible ac ts in our society . But yo u don't hav e to look for the extreme to see how unsophisticated we are. One of our mo st popular box er~ is a convicted rapist. A

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San Diego needs a better mass transit system Marie Costa SraJJWrirer

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admit, I complain a lot about my car. It's ugly and old, but as I open the door to my overly used Honda and drive in a frenzy to scho ol every morning, I wonder what I would do without it.

How would I get to school, work, and to the many necessary destinations where my Honda takes me every day ?

I literally believe that my life would have to dramatically change if I didn't have my car.

Then, 1 think back to when I was living in Buenos Aires. Argentina or when I was visiting New York and how transportation was the least of my worries.

It was easy to get from place to place without the problem or hassle of having a car. Why '7 Because the trans portation system was excellent. I even had a choice of which type of trans portation l felt like taking each day.

There were buses, trains, subways, and taxis running at all hours of the day and to as many destinations as 1 des ired.

So why is the transportation system in San Diego so incapacitated ? Why does one have to wait a half-hour to an hour for a bus to come by to take peo pie to their destinations?

Why is It that on New Year's Eve the trolley system to downtown San Diego wa!>only operating until 10 p.m. ?

I wonder how many drunk driv ing accidents cou ld have been prevented if there was an adequate transportation system.

If someone told me that the reason for the lack of buses, tro lley systems or trains was because there arc no resources or money to build the raiiroads or to form an adequate tran~ portation system, J would understand .

The utilities are there and funct ioning, but not to our benefit.

So I guess I should be thankful for my old and overly used Honda , because without it my life would be very complicated.

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ex -football star can get away with murder. And the president of the United States breaks the law, then says it's not a big deal .

How can so meon e say that morals are extraneous?

Tellin g th e truth is no lon ger re levant ? Valuin g another per son's life is not important ? Peopl e who say morals aren't needed are ei th,er ignorant of the facts of life, or rational izi ng their own immorality.

Morality has kept America from de stroyin g itself. With so many diffe rent cultures, reli g ions and viewpoints it 's surprising we've lasted this long . If we toss morals out the window, we are asking for chaos . Our laws will not work and can not be enfo rce d without

morals because they are founded un morals . When one reads the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution it is clear that American ideals and valu~s are ba se d in morality. Are we about to change th e id ea ls of life, liberty and thepursult of happiness Lo self indul ge nce, anger and brutality? Shall we answer "no" Lo Abraham Lincoln when he asked if this republic can Iong endure?

Th e "extraneous morals" that so many people would like lo get rid of, are th~ thin gs that make us sophisticated.

Generations past recogni zed this fact.

How sad that w e would rather selfishly squander the legacy they left us, tha p co ntinu e it.

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ENTERTAINMENT Peter Gach shares musical talents Heidi Smith Co11trib111111g Writer

Peter Gach, the Artist in Residence at Palomar College since 1991, is extremely accomplished and experienced with his work in music. Gach has a widerange of musical interests. He is a versatile pianist who can conquer the most difficult pieces of music. He is one of the few people in the world who can play the complete First Sonata of Charles Ives, a very challenging piece, from memory.

Gach is an important figure in the musical world. He is a wellknown interpreter of 20th century music, and has performed in various countries around the globe. Several composers have actually written pieces specifically to be played by Palomar's Artist in Residence.

Gach has been playing the piano since the age of 8. He is the only professional musician in his family, yet there are others that dabble in music as well.

He is of Polish descent as his grandparents are from the eastern European country. Because of this heritage, he studied and obtained a degree in Slavic languages in college. He studied at the Indiana University School of Mu,ic, the Warsaw Academy of Music and the University of Arizona Gach came to Palomar I 8 years ago.

When asked why he chose Palomar over any other college, he simply explained, "A job offer came up and I look it." He has

been around ever since and in 1991 he was named Artist in Residence, an honorable title.

Students are thrilled to have Dr. Gach as a teacher.

"It is an incredible experience to learn music from such a distinguished man. I can't explain how much he inspires me," said one of his students.

Mary Mei men, a student of music, said, "Peter Gach is extremely well-versed and •exceptionally talented. He has such a great way of teaching the most difficu It pieces at an e lem entary level.'' Gach recent ly completed a five-year term as chairperson of the Performing Arts Department at Palomar. "During his time as chairperson, Dr. Gach brought the program to a new level of achievement and Johnny Rabago / 71re Telescope excellence," said Mea Peter Gach, Artist in Residence, brings years of experience to Palomar as both an instructor and a performer.

Daum, the publicity coordinator of the .. Bach for the Brain.'' On Feb. 21 at Performing Arts Television, Polish Radio. Hong musicians. He has made a sabbatiDepartment. "As a concert pianist Kong TV and toured the Philippines cal report that he is placing on dis2 p.m. in Studio Six a lecture/recital his concerts are always beautifully while he was sponsored by the State play in the library. It includes CDs will be held that will attempt to played and carefully chosen for the Department. answer Lhc question, "Docs Music and posters. program."

During his sabbatical leave, Gach Gach has two concerts planned tell a Story?" On April 11 he will be He has toured extensively in the performed in many concerts, gave for the spring semester as well as a celebrating the anniversary of United States, Europe and Asia. He lecture-recitals and even worked on continuing project lo help students Chopin's death at the California has appeared on Polish National a book of practice techniques for out during finals week called, Center for the Arts.

Ex-Palomar Lauren Suarez Staff Writer

Many people at least once in their life dabbles in a little bit of poetry. I've often found myself knee deep in sappy purple-prose.

I recently had the pleasure/bore of reading former Palomar student Stephen Page's "The Timbre of Sand."

This book is a compilation of poems reflective of Page's many years of far-off travel. Page's travels include such places as Kilamanjaro, Punta Del Este, Patagonia and even the heights of the Andes mountains in South America.

Many of the sonnets take you

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to far off places and his rich language helps you feel as if you are there ~ ith him. Often his word choice whisked me off to a barren coast line, "It phosphorcsccd the salty froth and effervesced your skin."

Aside from his travels he wrote about love. Page offered a very fresh look at the many faces and phases of love.

He dealt with the first meeting, unspoken emotion, the pains of missing a love, and who could leave out the topic of sex? Well, not Page. I must say all but one of his sexually charged poems dealt with the topic very tastefully yet he kept the eroticism flowing.

Overall, he did an excellent job

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integrating the rich life he has had, but more often than not, I found myself a bit confused. The aspect I found most confusing was Page's choice of metaphors.

He often includ ed math equations and science lessons in his prose, "You are flow rate to the three-halves, Filament radius, negative seven halves, Kinematics viscosity pow ered backward 'half." I don't know about you, but I usually sit with a cup of coffee while reading poetry, not a graphing calculator.

I also was constantly reaching for my dictionary to look up such words as veldt, tehuelches, neutrinos, gingkoes and spinifex. I understand that with the millions of poems in the world, it is difficult to

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find new ways to say things.

However, I felt that Page took his Columbia University vocabulary a bit over the edge. I may be overreacting, but since when do you need a degree in biology, metaphysics. genetics, ontology and epistemolo gy to understand a poem? I don't think so.

Tn all fairness though. most of Page's poems were full of colorful metaphor. rich emotions and clever ideas. He has a unique way of feeling about his surroundings and has an equally unique method of helping you feel the same way. I was also impressed with his fresh approach to simile, abandoning general comparison and instead transforming and integrating his

poetry two subjects.

Here he turns his lover into a tigress, "Your breath scented with blood red wine, your hair crackling with star-lit cinders, your hips and thighs curved as lean cul steak." You can actually imagine a woman with such animal qualities while absorbing his allention to imaginative detail.

I do recommend his first book to those devoted to new and hip poetry. As long as you pack your TI-82 calculator and pocket dictionary, you· re set to accompany Page on his journey through words and emotions.

However, if you prefer not to think too much while kicking back with a hook of r>0etry, I recommend something a little less pretentious.

Star-studded cast falls short in 'The Thin Red Line' MOVIE REVIEW

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Starring: Sean Penn Nick Nolte John Cusack Dustin Schwindt Staff lt'riter

If you're planning to sec a great war movie this year. I suggest you make a second trip to sec "Saving Private Ryan" and skip "The Thin Red Line."

"The Thin Red Line" is based on the World War II battle of Guadalcanal where over I ,500 marines lost their life taking the island from the Japanese.

Although the movie was histori cally correct in its representation of the battle, it fell short in almost every other area.

John Cusack (center) is one of many stars to appear in the poorly drama "The Thin Red Line."

"The Thin Red Line" was promoted throughout the fall and, due lo its subject maller and all-star cast, was one of the most anticipat ed movies of the year.

Unfortunately the anticipation soon turned to disappointment as the audience was subjected to a 3 hour long poem instead of an action -packed war drama.

The movie did feature an all -star cast. but most of these stars' roles were reduced lo brief cameos. John Travolta did a quick two minute scene al the beginning and George Clooney was seen for a whopping 30 seconds at the end of the film.

Although the cameos presented a problem to the movie. the biggest failure came with the writing and

directing.

Appearing through out the movie were random nature shots that did nothing but make the movie longer.

It was pretty obvious that the director was attempting to show how stupid war is by showing animals observing the foolish humans, but this point was made early in the movie making all the extra footage more annoying than meaningful.

Another annoying interruption was when made war one of the characters kept flashing back to home and his wife sub jecting the audience to some surreal want -a-be Chris Isaak video. I don't feel bad about telling you that the same guy ends up getting dumped by the woman. In a good movie something like that would probably have upset me, but in this movie I didn't really care.

This wasn't the only event that left me and most of the audience

numb. Most of the action and death in the movie didn't get any reaction either. One of the deaths in the movie actually made the audience laugh. This lack of empathy from the audience was mainly due to the characters nol acting like real people.

The characters in "The Thin Red Line" were way too deep and reflective for most audiences' taste. I'm not saying that marines are incapable of thinking deeply and using metaphor but in real life itjusl doesn't happen. The conversations that took place in ..Saving Private Ryan" were much more true lo life than this movie's.

The actual battle of Guadacanal was very dramatic and along with Two Jima probably the toughest challenge our marines ever faced.

It's too bad that "The Thin Red Line" failed so miserably at giving the audience a chance to experience al least some of what the actual people went through.

Supposedly this movie received great reviews. but ignoring the crit ics' opinion will not only save you seven dollars but save you the extra seven you' II need to spend on a real movie making up for this one.

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A lecture-recital answering the question, "Does Music Tell a Story?"

Peter Gach.

Palomar's Artist in Residence.

Feb. 21 at 2 p.m.

"The Creation"

by Franz Joseph Haydn.

The Palomar Chorale with live chamber orchestra accompaniment.

March 20 at 8 p.m. and March 21 at 2 p.m.

"Imitations of Spring" chorus pcrlormance.

The Chamber Singers March 26 at 8 p.m.

Symphonic Legends, Symphony No. 2 in D Major Opus 43.

Palomar Symphony Orchestra.

March 26 at 8 p.m.

"Chopin and After,'' celebration of the 150th anniversary of Chopin's birth.

Peter Gach, Palomar's Artist in Residence.

April 25 at 2 p.m.

"Sing for Joy" The Palomar Youth Chorale.

May 7 at 8 p.m.

"The President's Concert."

Baseball songs and the music of George Gershwin.

The Palomar Chorale and the Paloniar Symphony Orchestra.

May 7 and May 8 at 8 p.m.

JazzMaster Minds Concert.

Palomar Jazz Ensemble.

May 19and May 20 at 8 p.m.

Strike Up the Band Concert.

Show music and classical pieces.

The Palomar Concert Band.

May 20 at 8 p.m.

THEATRE WHAT:

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"West Side Story," the Broadway hit that sets the tragic story of "Romeo and Juliet" in the slums of New York City.

March 5, 6, 11, 12, 13 at 8 p.m.

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POLICE: Continued from page 1 carried sidearms, Alleman said. ''As we've grown bigger and got•cn larger with over 27,000 students within a 2,600-mile district," Alleman explained, "we've encountered more and more need for a better law enforcement response to the various types of crime that occur in our district."

Currently , when patrol officers "ind themselves encountering such crimes as car theft, burgulary, personal theft, etc., they have to contact a city police department and wait for officers to arrive, Alleman said.

Palomar's police department will be made possible due to two federal ~rants accepted by Palomar's governing board last fall. The first grant, titled Cops Universal Hiring Grant, provides salaries and benefits for six officers. The second grant Palomar received allows for four more officers .

The grants did not arrive without ~trings attached. Palomar has to meet specific requirements in order

to receive the aid. Conditions of the two grants totaling $750,000 include that each officer hired must be certified through California Peace Officer Standards and Training, otherwise known as POST. Training through POST is the mandatory standard for all police departments within California and includes background checks, physicals and psychological evaluations on all potential employees.

An additional requirement new officers have to meet is that they must have between 800 and 1,200 hours of study.

Police departments on college campuses are not all that unusual. In fact, Alleman says, they are "more common now than not."

A total of 44 of the college and universities in California have police departments including all the California State Universities, Universities of California and various private institutions.

On a national level, more than nine in 10 public institutions use sworn police officers. About twothirds of those officers carry firearms.

While the need for a police force on-site at 4-year public universities

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seems obvious to some, Alleman said, "It is becoming the growing standard for large community colleges to maintain their own police forces as well.·• Of the I 06 California community colleges, 43 have campus police departments and 34 of those have armed officers.

Alleman wanted to stress to students the reason for change in Palomar's security department is not a result of increased danger on campus.

"Fortunately. it has not been any major incident that has caused a knee-jerk reaction ," said Alleman."(A police force on campus) is a proactive stance towards providing better security and improving that security so we can provide a safer enviornment for education."

If any student , staff or faculty member has questions regarding the police department , whether it be about safety concerns, volunteer possibilities , etc., Alleman suggest they contact him at (760) 744-1150, ext. 2289.

"We are your police department; the students , the staff and the faculty. We need to have open lines of communications,'" Alleman said.

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Grant brings new technology to old ways Jessica Long Swf/Writer

A $50,000 grant awarded by the California Department of Justice will make fingerprinting a bit cleaner at Palomar.

The Live Scan Fingerprinting Grant given to Palomar's campus security department will enable staff, faculty and students to be fingerpri ntcd and run through the state's database without the use of ink pads and cards, said Director of Campus Security, Mike Alleman. ·'What we have now is a very antiquated system. By that I mean we do it manually with ink and using cards. Under the new 2alifornia Department of Justice system, we get a computerized fin-

gerprinting applicator. We use no ink, we use no cards," Alleman said.

The new system will send a computerized image of a fingerprint via electronics, Alleman added.

"This (the computer system) dramatically shortens the turnaround trme ... it's considerable less then what it was before," Alleman said.

Fingerprinting information could be available within two hours, according to Alleman. The longest waiting time may be a week. Using an ink pad and a card and then mailing a print to Sacramento takes 45 to 90 days.

All pending faculty and staff members needing their fingerprints to be cleared before they can work on campus will have this service available at no cost to them.

Students who need to be fingerprinted such as those working in the child care center or those enrolled in the dentistry program will also have this service available to them at a fee, Alleman said.

"We are looking to determine a reasonable rate for the students. The system is here to support all of Palomar,'' Alleman added.

Other school districts and walkins will also he served by this new system. Alleman did urge all those needing fingerprinting make an appointment with campus security in advance .

Palomar was chosen by the California Department of Justice to cover the North County area partly due to the impeding police department on campus.

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FEES: Continuedfrom page 1 received eligibility for BOGW on B- and C-status based on their income still has to pay" because they are not dependents of public assistance programs, Lee said.

Palomar's policies regarding the student center fee are based on the California Education Code.

To clarify the issue, Palomar sent a letter on Jan. 5 to all BOGW students, regardless if they were in the BOGW categories of A, B or C, stating their spring 1999 registration would be canceled if they did not pay the student center fee by Jan. 7.

"Because of the misunderstanding, none of the students had their classes dropped because they did not pay the fee (even after Jan. 7)," Lee said. "That doesn't mean they have the fee waived, it only means they have a little more time to pay.

It will affect their registration for next semester if they don't come in and pay the fee."

Even though letters were sent to those who still had to pay the fee, some students said they were still frustrated by the poor timing of the letters .

"I didn't receive that letter until the evening of Jan. 7, the day payment was supposed to be due," said Ramon Rodriquez, a general education major. '"By that time, Palomar was already closed for the weekend, so I spent the whole time worrying, thinking I had to crash all my classes. Although they didn't drop me from my classes, it's crazy that the letter was postmarked Jan. 5 - it should have been sent sooner."

Some students who registered for spring 1999 classes through the Phone-andRegister System in November and December 1998 received registration bills which said payment was not due until April 1999.

"What frustrated me was that when I got my registration back in the mail, it said payment wasn't due until April," said Kriste Mu1phy, a liberal studies/elementary education major, who said she was out of town for winter break from December to the middle of January. "I just figured I would pay it when I came back. When I was away, I got a notice in mail saying I would be dropped since I didn't pay the fee."

Murphy said she called Palomar and found out she was still registered in her classes, but said the college should consider that many students are away from home during breaks.

The student center fee was approved by Palomar students in a special election in April 1998. Implementation of the fee started this semester and will continue ' even after the student center is built. The student center is still in the planning stages and construction will not begin until sufficient funds are raised, according to Jim Bowen, student activities director.

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Y2K problems in the BIOS, the application telling the computer that all years higher software, and specific files. than the pivot year begin with 19 and all Big computers are where the major Y2K years lower than that begin with 20.

Colle8e Press software problems lie.

Windowing allows a company to change just For them, the most durable. xet tedious, the underlying code, without going into There is no single formula for solving a solution is to use human beings or automatevery data file.

Y2K problem in software, no "silver bullet" ed programs to go through each line of Commonwealth Mortgage Assurance Co. sitting in Bill Gates· vault at Microsoft. code, seek out dates, and expand (CMAC), a Philadelphia priPersonal-computer users generally have the years to four digits, theoretivate mortgage insurer that If the software less cause to worry than companies and gov- cally making the coding good for last summer declared itself programs runernments using more complex technology.

8,000 more years, until a future Y2K-compliant, used the The PC program that keeps time is called generation tackles the YI OK probning on the PC windowing solution. IL set the BIOS or basic input/output system. It is lem.

1950 as its pivot year. When have a probsoftware permanently encoded on a chip that Date expansion can be tricky the computer sees the twolem, patches keeps track of the date, even when the com- because dates don't always make digit year 73 in a file, it will are likely to be puter is not on, and sends the date to the soft- themselves known easily. Blue know it means 1973, but ware applications that are running on the PC. Moon Consulting, a Y2K consultavailable on the when it sees the year 16, it A PC user may be able to upgrade the ing firm with offices in will know it means 2016, manufacturers BIOS with a special program obtained from Philadelphia and San Jose, Calif., rather than 1916.

Website. the BIOS' manufacturer. But commercial uses software to hunt for more Using 50 was safe for software to override the BIOS is also avail- than 80 types of expressions in CMAC because it has no able, as are special plug-in boards that will coding that might indicate a date field. policies that go that far back, said Andrew R. bypass the BIOS and provide the correct A date may look like MMDDYY , WSLuczakowsky, CMAC's senior vice presidate.

DATE or 3A-EXP-DTE, for example. Blue dent of information services.

If the software programs running on the Moon encountered one program in which CMAC is using what is cal led a fixed winPC have a Y2K problem, compliant versions the names of the programmer's ex-girldow, which will work only for a limited and patches are likely to be available on the friends were used to indicate dates, presi - number of years. A more permanent solution manufacturer's Web site. dent William H. Schloendorn said. is a sliding window, Schloendorn said. With The chief problem for many PC users will With time running out, many companies a sliding window, every year the pivot point be older files that were generated on non- are not bothering with date expansion and moves up. For example, it would be 1950 compliant software, especially databases and are turning to an easier Y2K fix called winone year and 1951 the next. spreadsheets. Users can buy numerous "fix- dowing, which involves choosing a two Thi s solution is only for companies that it" programs that attempt to find and resolve digit year as a kind of pivot point, and can afford to sacrifice some old data each

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time the pivot year moves up, Schloendon. said.

There are other stop-gap solutions that some are trying. One is to turn the clock back 28 years, in an attempt to convince the computer that 2000 is 1972, which began ~n the same day of the week as 2000 and also was a leap year.

No matter how much effort a compan~ puts into fixing its software, it is likely to face an even bigger task testing the fixes.

A date-expansion project at a company with I million to IO million lines of computer code may take seven months, Schloendorn said. Sixty percent of that is for testing. "Testing is really what makes thes,e long projects," he said.

Testing may. involve plugging in dummy data and seeing if you get the same resuit before and after the Y2K fix . It can also involve setting the clock ahead and seeing what happens, not only to date -related coding, but other coding .

A big reason for testing is that fixing one problem in a software program can lead tc the introduction of others, Y2K experts said.

To fix a program, it's helpful to be able to get inside the mind of the original programmer, to know what assumptions he or she made , said Spiros Mancoridis, an assistant professor of computer sciences at Drexel University. The problem with Y2K , he said , is there is often no documentation to go by.

In this writing contest, it's good to be bad Bhabha was awarded second place in this year's Bad Writing Contest for a sentence College Press from his book "The Location of Culture": "If, for a while, the ruse of desire is calCHICAGO - A University of Chicago pro fessor has been named to the academic culable for the uses of discipline soon the world's equivalent of Mr. Blackwell's worst - repetition of guilt, justification. pseudo- scientific theories, superstition, spurious dressed list.

Homi Bhabha, an English scholar. was authorities, and classifications can be seen cited not for any shortcomings of his as the desperate effort to ' normalize ' forwardrobe but the impenetrability of his mally the disturbance of a discourse of English prose style. At least, that's how splitting that violates the rational, enlight Bhabha's writing reads to Denis Dutton, edi - ened claims of its enunciatory modality."

As with the Nobel Prize, scholars can't tor of the scholarly journal Philosophy and Literature and founder of the annual Bad sponsor themselves for Dutton's competi tion , which , according to the entry form, Writing Contest.

"Everybody was bemoaning how our stu- "celebrates the most stylistically lamentable dents' writing ability has gone down the passages found in scholarly books and artitubes, but nobody was saying a word about cles." Bhabha was nominated by John D. how the professorat e has become enamored Powers , a faculty member at the University of a precious and tendentious form of of Iowa. In suppo11 of Bhabha's candidacy, expression," said Dutton , exp lainin g why he Powers touted his colleague's sentence. established the competition four years ago with perhaps a touch of irony, as '·quite and perhaps slipping into the linguistic splendid: 'e nunciatory modality ,' indeed!"

Bhabha similarly reac ted with ton gue swamps of his entrants.

Indeed, Bhabha 's writmg can be evocative planted firmly in cheek to his prize, which of the kind of term paper that has lon g is to be announced in the forthcoming inspired teachers to grab a red pen and fill spring issue of Philosophy and Literature. the margins with scrawled comments such "The only thing that would bring me more as: "Can't you just say this in plain New Year's cheer is a good bottle of New Zealand's Cloudy Bay Sauvignon Blanc English?"

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wine," he said, alluding to the fact that Dutton is a professor of philosophy in New Zealand.

Lurking just behind the humor is a cultural war that has come to divide many a faculty club. The nature of the conflict can be seen in any library with large holdings of academic journals. Pick up a volum e from 25 years ago and it reads much as most college graduates from that time will remember their professors lecturing.

But the more recent volum es seem written in a vi11ual fore ign tongue. They can leave the uninitiated aching for some pedagogic version of the old Captain Marvel Decoder from the days of radio. To Bhabha and his allies, this shift in the language of scholarship only reflects the fact that his generation has bitten into tougher issues.

"T he complexities of these issues become obscurities," Bhabha said.

Even some acolytes of the new scholar ship will confess that it's tough sledding.

Among them is Warren Hedges , an English professor at Southern Oregon University, who maintains a web site with mini-biographies of current campus superstars such as Bhabha . When Bhabha's prize -w inning sentence was read to him by phone, Hedges replied: "That doesn 't make a lot of sense to

me."

He attributed his being stumped by a hero's words to his not being himself expert in Bhabha's specialty, "Post Colonial Studies.''

Indeed, college catalogs now list field~ that might surprise someone who graduated even a few years ago. Some are described in language that once would have mandated an appearance before a campus disciplinary committee.

First prize in this year's Bad Writing Contest was awarded to Judith Butler , a pror fessor at the University of California at Berkeley, well-known in the academy for her contributions to "Queer Theory," the philosophy of homosexuality.

Her entry concluded with the following mouthful: " ... the insights into contingent possibility of structure inaugurate a renewed conception of hegemony as bound up with the contingent sites and strategies of the rearticulation of power."

With perhaps just such an en try in mind , Dutton takes pains to guard his contest from spoofs. Eligibility is limited to real articles from serious scholar ly books and journals .

"Deliberate parody," the rules specify. '"cannot be allowed in a field where unintended self-parody is so widespread ."

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coming to Palomar is John Ryan. Ryan transferred from Australia to Rancho Buena Vista High School. He was forced to sit out last year, after being ruled ineligible for the season. Ryan has averaged 14.9 points per game this season, which ranks sixth in the conference.

"John Ryan is a tough kid," said Leifer.

Anthony Saavedra 'Tm happy with his development. He is a Staff Writer good athlete, and he runs the floor well." ' After losing 11 players from last year's Unfortunately, both Ryan and Carr have squad, and the state's leading scorer Jeremy suffered from knee injuries that have kept Killion, the men's basketball team began them out of recent games. Carr has not the season with low expectations. played since Jan. 23 against Cuyamaca.

Ryan's injury, which occurred Jan. 30 at "Whenever you lose a player the caliber of Killion, it's tough," said head coach Irv Imperial Valley, was originally thought to be a season ending blow. He should miss Leifer.

Killion Jed the Comets to a 21-13 record, about a week. and a trip to the second round of the Ryan and Carr are not the only players in Southern California Regional playoffs last the scoring mix.

Eight different players have scored in double figures for the season.

He averaged a Pacific Coast Conference Comets this season.

Freshman Ryan Meier, coming off a two high 27 points per game. His season was good enough to earn him a starting spot year Mormon mission, scored 25 points at Irvine Valley College. with the nationally ranked University of His 13.4 points per game is good enough Utah.

The loss of Killion left Leifer searching for 10th in the conference. He is also for point production elsewhere. among the conference leaders in steals, with "Losing Killion was a big loss," Leifer 1.79 per game. said. "It takes a collective It seems no matter what effort to replace him." kind of players Liefer is "Losing Jeremy So far, despite a disappointdealt every year, he always Killion was a ing record (10-14, 4-4), severseems to have someone who can bury the three pointer on al freshmen have stepped up big loss. It will and put some impressive his squad. take a collective numbers in the statbook. · Josh Coe, a reserve guard Team leader Deidre Carr from Salt Lake City, Utah effort to replace came to Palomar after sitting has 26 three pointers this . " hlm. out last season as a redshirt at season.

Irv Leifer the University of San Diego.

Althuogh Carr leads the Mens Head Coach Carr ranks seventh in the team in this category with 51 PCC in scoring with 14.2 threes, Coe has been getting points per game. He is also some quality minutes off the sixth in rebounding with an average of 6.7 bench. per game. Carr has shown he is deadly from Handling the ball for Liefer this season is three-point range. He is second in the PCC first year point guard Dante Carey. for three-point percentage .

Carey, a product of San Marcos High "Deidre is a Division I prospect," said School, brings quickness, superb ball hanLeifer. "He came here for immediate playdling ability and is a solid defender. ing time , and has just fit. He has 41e ability "It's good to keep everyone involved," to score 20 points and 10 rebounds a game." said Leifer. "It keeps everyone happy. But, Another player who sat out a year before when we want to get the ball to someone,

Photo by Johnny Rnbngo

Comet players Dante Carey and William Freeman look on as Palomar freshman forward John Ryan drives the lane for two points in a recent game against Mira Costa.

we run a specific set."

At the start of the season, because of their inexperience, Palomar tried to build a strong defense before focusing on scoring.

This led to'lhe Comets coming up short in close games early in the season.

"We haven't done a good job of finishing close games," said Leifer. "That's been disappointing. We're still looking for the for-

Palomar women's basketball ■ Lady

Cometsshow signs of improving program Mike Stevens Sports Editor

Palomar's women's basketball team has made big strides this year in comparison to Lady Comet teams of the past.

This year is a record breaking season for Palomar where they took two consolation titles home in pre-conference tournaments and find themselves still alive in the playoff ehase.

The Lady Comets have ten wins this seaon, tying the Palomar record for women .

They had a shot at the record last Wednesday but were upset by last place Grossmont.

• Head Coach Sherry Titus has a group of Only eight players after several left the team

hopes for playoffs

for personal reasons, but is pleased with the "She (Poellnitz) is our best guard is also a good rebounder," said Titus. dedication and team unity they have shown under the circumstances.

HaJI is the team captain and a top defen"This team is a real cohesive group that sive player for Palomar. Titus has been cares about each other," said Titus. "They assigning Hall to opposing teams top post arc a real positive group and I really enjoy players and she has been showing consisthem ." tency at that end of the court all season long.

Hall also leads the conference in free throw They are led by guard Ronnie Poellnitz (Soph), Sara Hall percentage at 78 (Soph) , Marcella percent.

Taylor (Fr), and "When we are Holly Tribbey (Fr). beating better teams we are playPoellnitz is ing good defense leading the Pacific and really concenCoast Conference Sherry Titus trating on who in scoring, assists, steals, and three Womens Head Coach other team's scorers are," said pointers, with an Titus. average of 17.4 Taylor is the points a game, Lady Comets second leading scorer at 11. l 3.91 assists, 4.59 steals per game and 44 three pointers on the year. points a game at the center position and is a hard worker in the paint.

She adds defensive quickness and Tribbey is a versatile player who can play rebounding prowess to the Lady Comets as well . both the guard and forward position and

"We sort of earned some respect, we aren't a piece of cake victory anymore. "

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mula to step it up and finish (games)."

Despite Palomar's lack of clutch play late in the game~, the Comets are still in the playoff chase, needing to win three of the next six conference games for a likely playoff spot.

The Comets travel to San Diego City College on Feb. 10, and host Grossmont College on Feb. 13.

also is a scoring threat for Palomar.

"We switch defenses a lot and we run and trap really well," said Titus. "And if Holly and Ronnie are on, then we'll be fine offensively."

Playing the point guard position for the Lady Comets is Kyoko Higurashi who has shown defensive skill, and good ball handling but it was her low turnover count that earned her the starting spot.

Other standouts for the Lady Comets include guard Beth Lupu, forward Vanessa Williams and center Stacey Fordice .

"We've been playing a lot better and I think we sort of earned some respect, we aren't a piece of cake victory anymore," said Titus.

"This is one of my most favorite teams in terms of character and they're really making an effort to finish up strong," Titus said.

Palomar is currently 1-4 in the conference and they play San Diego Mesa at 7 p.m. on Feb. 12.

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The thought that we might have gone an entire year without professional basketball gives me the chills.

But, what sickens me even more, are the people who think the NBA season should have been called off and their asinine reasons for it.

These people constantly regurgitate the notion that the players are greedy and overpaid and if they don't like their outrageous paychecks then screw 'em.

But, in reality, it's the owners who are the greedy ones this time not the players. Many fans misinterpreted this owner-based lock out as a player based strike and that wasn't the case .

The players did not want raises, but simply the same deal as they had the year before. While the team owners wanted to reduce the players' share of the overall NBA revenue.

Now any employee of any company would have done the same thing if their employers tried to cut their earnings mid contract. And by now we all should know that the NBA is, like alf other professional sports, a business.

The results of this lockout were salary caps for players that increase year to year as they gain experience. This keeps unproven rookie players from signing mega-contracts that dwarf the contracts of proven, even hall of fame caliber players.

This helps smaller market teams compete fairly in the free agent market and have the same shot at big name free agents as the high dollar teams.

It gave the owners equal opportunities to improve their teams regardless of their income in comparison to other organiza tions, and the players are happy with a concrete percentage in revenue sharing. This lockout will help basketball in the long run.

This season will prove to be one of themost exciting ever. A season where the Bulls' demise will give new teams a chance to succeed Chicago's dynasty of the 90's.

Will ringless superstars such as Shaquille Oneal, Charles Barkley, Reggie Miller, or even, God forbid, Patrick Ewing or Karl Malone finally get their titles?

Now that the JBA (Jordan Basketball Association) has folded the rest of the NBA has a fighting chance.

Calling off an NBA season would have left a permanent scar on a sport that has been, historically, free of any major controversy.

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"To me that win Qver Long Beach was one of the biggest wins in the history of our program," Craft said.

After the Comets shocked the world with their manhandling of the Vikings, their next challenge didn't get any easier.

The San Francisco City College Rams were undefeated at 11-0, and were hot as they entered the state title game.

But Craft's Comet'l won the ,game in a new fashion for Palomar College football teams, They won with defense.

"We just played outstanding defense," Craft said. "Besides a couple of plays we dominated and took control of the game on defense."

Freshman linebacker Dylan Rohles agreed that the defense really stepped up against the Rams and came through with a huge performance in the biggest game of the season. ''Guys really played with everything they had," Robles said. ''It was great being on the field in a game like that. It's what you play f~r," he added.

The Comets had many heroes this season. Headlined hy AIi-American running back Joe Hall, who rushed fot 1,637 yards and 18 touchdowns. while quarterback Tony Alvarez led the nation with 31 touchdown passes.

Craft feels, howMission Conference ever, the Offensive MVP: Comets RB- Joe Hall (Pal) biggest strength Mission Conference this year Defensive MVP: was the LB- Dylan Robles (Pal) offensive line.

"A lot of things have to happen to sup• port individual achievments," Craft said.

"For me the biggest bright spot this season was our offensive line. Those guys were really a dominating group."

Craft is optimistic that next season the Comets will have a chance to repeat. hut nothing will take away from thil> team, that came off of a 6-5 '97 season.

"This is really just a special group of guys," he said. "I think the biggest differ ence between this year and last year 's team, is that these guys understood what the coaches expected from them. It really doesn't get any better,'' Craft said.

Kansas State swallows a big cup of Joe ■

All-American running back Joe Hall set to transfer to Big 12 school Richardson Miron Opinion Editor

Palomar's All-American running back Joe Hall will be carrying pig skins for one of the top program~ in the nation next season.

The 6'3"-275 pound star is transfering to Kansas State University, where he will take his enormous game and frame to the Big 12, to play for Bill Snyder, who is considered one of the best coaches in college football.

Hall, who ammassed 1,637 yards and 18 touchdowns for the Comets last season, was swayed last week when Snyder came to Southern California and spoke face to face with Tlall and his family.

'Tm excited about Kansas State. I liked coach Snyder and it's a chance to play Joe Hall in a big time program," Hall said. "That's what I wanted, a chance to go to a winner."

Hall will definitely be playing for a team who has been a powerhouse in the college football ranks the last several seasons.

Which could not be said for the other three finalist's (USC, Hawaii and UNLV) that were courting his services.

Comet Head Coach Tom Craft is proud of the sophomore Hall, who has come a long way since he came to San Marcos in 1997.

"Joe has really made some significant strides from when he got here," Craf t said.

"In a lot of other ways than just on the field.

He's really grown. not only as a football player, but as a student and as a person.

"In my opinion he was the most dominat ing running back in JC football last sea son," Craft said.

Hall is considered the best player on a Comet team that finished the season with a 11-1 record and victories in the l st Down Bowl and state Shrine Bowl. The two bowl wins helped Palomar win a piece of their

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(Top) Running back Joe Hall breaks through for a big gain in the Comets 34-6 annihilation of the Long Beach City College Vikings in the 1st Down Bowl. He hopes to be breaking big runs like this one for Kansas State next season.

(Bottom) Wide receiver Brandon Marshall, who caught 60 passes for 1,097 yards and 10 touchdowns last season, will be playing in the Pac-10 for the University of Arizona.

third national championship this decade.

"Palomar really helped me as a football player," Hall said. "It's a tough offense to learn , but it' s great for a running back. It helped me learn to be more patient and how to make my reads better getting to the hole," he added.

The Comets had 13 starting sophomores who Craft feels will also receive scholarships to play at other schools.

"Transferring players is one of the most important thing s we do," Craft said. "It has got to be the selling point of our program and it has got to be the success of our program.

"T he championships are great, but to us, nothing is more important than our ability to transfer players and Tthink we are doing a good job in that area."

Among those who committed are standout quarterback Tony Alvarez, who will throw passes at the University of Utah, and wide receiver Brandon Marshall at the

University of Arizona.

Other players who committed are linebacker Robbie Robinson (University of Colorado); cornerback Bishop Miller (San Diego State); defensive end Leni Suiaunoa (University of Nevada); center Jason Henry and wide receiver Ryan Smith to (Southern Utah); defensive end Rochelle Aiken (Port land State); safety Jeff Baird (Western Washington); running back Marvin Morris (Mid-America

Nazarene); and tackle Mitch White and cornerback Terrance Gray to (Oregon State).

Three Comet players were still undecided, wide receiver Chad Hustead, linebacker's Jimmy Mallo and Prescott Unatoa.

Comets have right to feel like champs, but a chance to prove it would be nice

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t is safe to say that most sport's fans would like to see a tournament decide the NCAA college football championship.

Reason being is that the current system doesn't truly prove who the best team in the country is. Take for example this year 's events.

The Tennessee Volunteers went undefeated , won the Fiesta Bowl and hence the national championship. But many believe that the Ohio State Buckeyes were every bit as good, and if given the chance to square off with the Volunteers, would have proven such.

The problem here for Buckeye fans is they weren't given the chance.

Which forced computers, coaches, and sportswriters to use their expertise and decide who was No. I. The Palomar College men's football team is in a similar situation . They are co-national champions with the Butler County College Grizzlies of Kansas.

And unfortunately with the current system, the Comets will never see the co lor of the Grizzlies jersey's , let alone face them and see who is top dog.

The scenario goes like this. The Comets were ranked seventh in the country and they crushed the then No. I team (Long Beach). In their next cha llenge they faced the new No . l team (San Francisco), and beat them.

Seems pretty simp le, right? The Comets are the best team in the country because they just beat No. I teams back to back. Right?

That's how Comet Head Coach Tom Craft's thinking went anyway.

Evide ntly, how ever, Craft's reason ing wasn't shared by the powers that be

(Top) Comet running back Gilbert Quiroz evades a tackler during the Comets victory in the 1st Down Bowl.

(Right) Co-Defensive Coordinator Thom Kaumeyer goes over instructions with his squad during a time-out.

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won the California state championship, and according to Craft, e\ieryone knows that the most superior JC football is in the sunshine state.

"With out question, the best football is m California," Craft said, "the way the system is now, whoever is the state champion here, has got to be the national champion."

The Comets schedule was loaded with five teams in the top 25, while Butler faced only one. · And the Comets won the Shrine Bowl, which is the equa l of the F iesta at the JC Grid Wire, which is one of Bowl or the national championship in two groups who rank junior college NCAA football.

Some will say, however, that Butler football team~. The other being the USA Today, which ranked Palomar Ko. went undefeated, while the Comets lost a mid-season game, to lowly El 1 in their final disposition.

"In my opinion, the Grid Wire didn't Camino.

In my opinion, nobody knows who make a very credible decision what so ever," Craft said during a rainy after - the best team in the country was in noon several weeks after learning that 1998, and no one ever will.

If the truth be his squad didn't win a told, being unanimous champiranked No. 2 is onship. no better than "lf Long Beach had I 0th, or 20th for beaten us, and won that matter. out, they would have Football is not won the thing, and the an exact science, same with San and for one Francisco," Craft said. group to j udge "I think (the Grid these teams, Wire) had no anticipa without act ually tion of us winning seeing them play those games, we came one another is out of nowhere in their foolish . mind.

Comet Head Coach Tom Craft Unti l there is a "Anytime you do pleads his case to an official., tournament in what we did in back to college football, back weekends, it shouldn 't even be a there will never be a clear cut national question, " he said. champion.

Another factor is that the Come ts