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Comets win another title, and are one win away from a perfect conference record.

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ETV receives $8.5 million ■ Palomar

to start satellite broadcasts Evan Blewett Staff Writer

The Educalional Television Department has received an $8.5 million state grant for a program that will enable community college students statewide to earn credit while watching classes broadcast from Palomar College.

The granl was awarded by lhe Educational Services and Economical Development Division of the California Community College Chancellor's office, and will be spread out in payments of $500,000 this year and $2 million annually for lhe following four years. It is the largest grant Palomar has ever received for a single project.

ETV has big plans for the future.

They intend to install a 9-foot-wide sate llite dish on campus by May 31, ?.000.

Once that happens Palomar will begin broadcasting by satellite taped classes to the other I 05 commimity colleges throught the state.

Students enrolled at those schools will register for the classes, which will be available on tape or live in lheir classrooms.

By 2002, ETV plans to expand the program to include the launch of another channel that wi II go directly to homes throughout the state. The idea is lhat television viewers who are channel surfing could stumble upon an interesting lecture, and then pick up the phone and register for the class. The channel offering the distance learning would be broadcast by satellite like a regular cable station.

Presently, about 3,000 Palomar students register in approximately 30 distance -learning courses each year. Those students must live in North County to receive the local station on Cox Cable or Daniels Cablevision , although, they can check out videotapes of the class from the school library.

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A report by Jerry Patton, assistant superintendent and vice president of finance, shows that Palomar College could be running deficits of up to $17 million in the next five years if the amount of full-time equivalent students (FTES) does not increase .

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$55.9 million

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Moderate FTES increase

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"There is time to plan and react before we reach crisis status."

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Palomar facing possible condition of the College." At the end of I 997-98 the college had Edi tor-in-Ch ief $7.7 million in its fund. With Palomar College could be facing 1998-99 decreases in enrollment deficits in excess of$ l 7 million in and funding, the ending fund bal the next five years if current trends ance is projected to be under $5.5 continue, according to a report to million - showing that the college the Governing Board on April 13 is over spending by $2.2 million.

by Jerry Patton, assistant superinPatton feels this is not an emertendent and vice president of gency, but a wake up call, "The finance. information is someThe state of what sobering, but California funds comthere is good news in munity colleges based this analysis too, " he on how many full said. "There is time time equivalent stu to plan and react dents (FfES) a col before we reach crilege has. That number sis status." is calculated by To prevent a crisis, adding up Lhe Lota] the college will seek number of units taken , to increase the Jerry Patton amount of full -time an d dividin g it by 12, Vice President of students . If there is the number of unit s the state considers a Finance not an increase in full load .

FTES, the college Palomar's budget for thi s year will run a deficit of $17 million in predicted an increase of 150 new fiv e years. If moderate growth FfES, but for fiscal year 1998-99 occurs, there would still be a lhe amount of FTES declined by deficit of $12.5 million.

177 students. Under the original Under a moderate growth proes timat e, the bud get was built on j ectio n, revenues for fiscal year revenues of $55.9 million, but with 1999-2000 will reach $55.9 mil the drop in FTES the actual revlion . If the college continues the enue is $54.8 million - a drop of current spending pattern, expendiover $1 million. tures will reach $58.4 million Fiscal year 1997-98 brought the almost $3 million over revenue. highest enrollment the college has The endin g fund is expected to ever had, and, according to Patton , drop to $3 million in fiscal year "was perhaps the best financial 1999-2000.

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Ballot booths stand empty during the ASG election last week, where 245 students voted for next year's ASG board.

Election results Only 245 students, which is less than 1 percent of Palomar College's 25,000 student population, voted in the spring 1999 election. The position of executive vice president was the only contested race. Candidates for all other positions ran unopposed.

President Executive Vice President

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146 votes 78 votes

Vice President of State Affairs ✓ Moody Wasif Vice President of Social Events ✓ Elaine James Vice President/Chair of Inter.club Counci1 ✓' Shannon Gyde Treasurer Open / No Candidates Senators (five candidates for six positions) ✓ Bridgette Roncone ✓ Erica Olvera ✓ Shalina Mahendra ✓ Juan Fuentes ✓ Geng Zhang

186 votes 174 votes

170 votes 121 votes 116 votes 115 votes 97 votes 87 votes

Wilh 245 students voting Palomar elected nexl year's Associated Student Government. The election, held on April 20 and 21, was for the entire executive board and six senator positions, however, only one office was contested.

Current ASG Executive Vice President Buddy Rabaya was elected president with 197 votes.

Rabaya was unopposed after another candidate dropped out of the race.

Rabaya looks forward to changing the image of the ASG next year. "We have a lot of work to do," he said. "First I want to talk to the administrators and make amends, so they'll let the ASG in the door."

The executive vice president position was the only office with more than one candidate. K.J . Tosaya, a current ASG senator, and Israel Cervantes, a former ASG senator, were on the ballot. Tosaya won with 146 votes, while Cervantes received 78.

The other vice ~residential positions drew one candidate each. Elaine James, seeking re-election as vice president of social events, won with 174 votes.

James liked the response she received from students, "A lot of students said they voted for me because they like the events we've been having," she said.

For Vice President of State Affairs, the office that organizes the ASG's lobbying efforts, was won by Moody Wasif. The current ASG senator was uncontested and won with 186 votes .

The vice president / chair of the Inter -Club Council was won by student Shannon Gyde afler current Vice President / Chair of ICC Peter Mojica dropped out of the race . Gyde claimed victory with 170 votes.

In the races for senator positions, there were six seats open, and five candidates . The senatorial candidate who drew the most votes was Bridgette Roncone with 121 votes . Roncone is also presidenl of the Palomar College Republicans. This is her first time serving on the ASG. Two other first time students were elected. Shalina Mahendra, who received I 15 votes, and Gen g Zhang, who received 87 votes.

Erica Olvera and Juan Fuentes were both seeking re-election as ASG senators. Olvera has served as ASG vice president of social events and ASG presi dent in the past. "I feel students are supporting Student Government," Olvera said. "Some students don't even know what the ASG is."

Fuentes expressed optimism about the next year.

"Everything will be as a team," he said. "The ASG will achieve more."

Jose Cartagena, chair of the election committee, said he was happy with the election resulls, even though turn-out was low. "The students didn ' t really have a choice," he said. "People said, 'why vote if they're going to win anyway?'"

PeopleSoft up and running for summer Judy McCoy Staff Writer

Have you ever wanted to attend a college where you can enroll, register, take clas ses over th e Intern et, access grades , chec k schedules and gra duate without ever coming on campus? Then watch thi s space!

Palomar College recently go t a leg up on technolo gy due to its new computer system, PeopleSoft Student Administration, which inte grates all administrative func tions of the college. Palomar is currently acc ep tin g applications and expec ts to allow students to registe_rund er thi s sys tem for sum mer by the first week of May .

Mike Boeil, PeopleSoft's project manager, says, "Primarily, PeopleSoft is updating services available to Palomar and trying not to impact students for summer reg istration ."

A continued service of the new system is the ability to access grades and class schedule over the Internet. "Down the line we will int egra te the new system with Internet courses and students will be able to enroll , register and take classes over the Internet. Also, we plan to create self-service screens enabling students to update address chan ges, maintain their own data and use various other web tools," Boeil said.

Herman Lee, director of enrollment servic es, said, "Initially stu-

dents will not see many changes, but in the future they will enjoy the convenience of registering by phone or computer from the comfort of their own home. " "Our plan is to make it easier for students to register by having con tinuous phone reg istration and extending the ability for students to pay by mail , which means stu dents do not have to drive to school to register. This will serve the stu dents' needs and allow them to gra duate Palomar without ever coming to campus." Lee said.

"Hopefully this will help allevi ate our growing parking probl em on campus, " Lee added.

Boeil agrees, "Although students will be interactin g with the new system on a re gular basis, most of

the changes at the start will be transparent to them as they are going on behind the scenes."

Lee said, "The new software is Y2K compliant, which will help us eliminate Year 2000 problems.

However, this mea ns we are work ing furiously to convert informa tion over from one system to the other before Dec. 3 1, 1999."

"The major challenge is tryin g to get the old system to talk to the new sys tem," Lee added.

There are three PeopleSoft teams working on the project: financial, student administration and human resources. Three full time emp loy ees plus several temp orary pro grammers are working on converl ing the 400,000 student files and I 5 years of student history .

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The Palomar College Foreign Language Department is offering a two-week Spanish immersion program in Ensenada, Mexico from June 7 until June 18.

The following courses are offered: Spanish 50 (Conversation), three units; Spanish 105, 115 (Beginning Spanish) , three units; Spanish 205 (Intermediate Spanish), three units; Spanish 235, 236 (Conversation and Writing), two units; Spanish 296 (Special Studies), two units.

The fees for the two -week program at the Center of Languages and Latin American Studies in Ensenada, Mexico are $669. This includes registration, tuition and housing.

Palomar's tuition fees are not included; students must add $12 per unit for California residents to receive credits from Palomar College.

Housing is based on shared room rates for housing. Add $60 for private/single room.

For additional information, students may pick up an Ensenada Program application at the Foreign Language Department or call (760) 7441150, Ext. 2347.

An informational meeting will be held Saturday, May 15, at IO a.m. in Room F-1.

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Study abroad program in Paris, France Study the French languag e and civilization at the prestigious University of Paris in Soxbonne , France.

Students can imm erse themselves in a cultur e that spans the Middle Ages t ough the 20t h century by visiting historiq1l and world-renown sites.

Three one -day excursions to Vaux-le-Vicomte.

Versailles , Amboise and Chenonceaux as well as an evening at opera Gamier and a concert at Sainte -Chapelle are included in the program. An optional weekend to Normandy-Brittany will be available. Earn up to seven credits for French.

The date for this French study program are from June 30 lo July 31. For more information , please contact Marie -E lizabeth Clark at (760) 744 - 1150 Ext. 5591 or Ext. 2822.

E- mail is mclark@csusm.edu.

- Janis e Del eon Staff Writer

Students needed for Peers Program Palomar students can he lp high school students tran sition into college life .

The Peers Program is a one -on-one advising program where Palomar students go to local high school s and middle schools to discuss community college life and the advantages of starting out in a

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The Marketing Communications Department is seeking six to eight students to join the Peers Program.

Peers are paid $7 per hour and 31 cents per mi le for IO 15 hours per week. Perspective peers need to have at least a 2.5 grade point average, reliable transportation and knowledge or Palomar College and student services programs.

Peers' responsibilities include showing students_ how to read a class schedule, helping students complete an application and distribute class schedules to area schools.

Peers will also work at an information booth in the Student Services Center and represent Palomar at college nights, career fairs and school visits.

Peers will receive training from the Marketin g Communications Department and will be paired with other peers during school visits. Peers will also be required to complete Counseling 50, ·'Fundamentals of Peer Monitoring."

For more information. call Barbara Anaya at (760) 744-1150, Ext. 2960.

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Get in shape at Palomar WellnessCenter Summer is approaching fast and it is time to get into swimsuit-wearing shape.

Students can join the Wellness Center and begin gett ing into shape now .

The Wellness Ce nter is an affordable alternative to 24-Hour Fitness or Gold's Gym and membership is open to everyone.

Currently membership fees arc $IO per month for employees of Palomar, employees of the City or San Diego, San Marcos residents, San Marcos bu,iness emp loyees and Palomar Pomerado Health System employees. Residents of cities other than San Marcos pay $20 per month .

Memberships arc now pro-rated throu g h June.

Non -student and faculty member s ca n purchase a parkin g permit for $20 per term.

Beginning June 1999, rates will change to $ 10 per month for San Marcos residents and $20 per month for residents outside of San Marcos with various payments options. Parking permits will be $20 for six months or $5 per month . Family discounts are also offered.

The membership inc ludes free personal trainin g, locker rooms and shower facilities, hea lth screenings , body measur ements and a juice bar.

The Wellness Center is open Monday throu gh Thursday, 6 a.m. - 8:30 p.m., Friday 6 a.m. - 6 p.m., Saturday 7 a .m.- 3 p.m. It's closed on Sunday~ .

The Wellness Center is also open during holidays and intersess ions.

For more information, contact Jackie Barnard at (760) 744- 1150, Ext. 2838.

- Michell e Ycires S1qff Writer

-Interested in submitting club or campus in.fom,a/ion? Con tac/ Shigehiro Kondo al (760) 744- 1150, Erl. 2450 or stop by Room TCB-1.

PATROL BLOTTER Vandalism: •April 12, at 11 p.m., the wrestling room in the G building was broken into and the interior was spraye d with fire hose s. There are no susp ec ts at this tim e .

•April 7, between the hour s of 6:30 p.m . and 9 :20 p.m ., an individual broke into a car parked in lot 3B and sto le a stereo .

Campus security reminds students to lock all car doors and not leave valuables in your Cl/I'. For night school students, escorts to cars after dark are available lhrough campus security by dialing (760) 744- 1150, Ex,. 2289.

- Micah Bearce

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Palomar students Kimberly Bush and Justin Piro relax in the shade on bean bags during Palomar's annual Earth Day celebration, April 21 at the Student Union. Several vendors displayed their products and services while students participated in the e-vents.

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ASG DOCKET From the April 21 meeting of the student government:

Summer 1999 graduation: For AA's and

• President Xavier Corona reported that handles in library's bathrooms had lo be replaced according to the ADA requirement.

• Vice president of Stale Affairs, Maris o l F Marques reported that there \vould be a Region X meetin g in San brancisco. April 23-24 .

• Marques reported that the Spring Forum would be held April 29 at 12:30 p.m. in the lawn area.

• Guest speaker Loretta Muril lo-Co lton reported a concern about the Mini Pow-Wow event. She stressed desp ite the fr\cl that it is a social event. they go t charged for using the Dome.

• Guest speaker from Gay and Lesbian Association req uested the ASG board to allocate money for the three -day history month event held in October.

• Vice President / Cha ir of I.C .C. Peter Mojica reported the name of thre e Faculty A\\lard recipients.

Lise Flocken. mathematics . recei\ ed an adjunct Facul ty Award.

Carla Thomson, reading. received an adjunct Faculty Award. Mark Whitney , child dev e lopment , received full-time Faculty Award.

• The ASG board approved the budget for the year 1999-2000.

• The board voted for the allocation of $1,000 for Cinco de Mayo celebration May 5.

CA's. the deadline to apply is July I .

Spring 1999 grades: Spring semester grades will be officially available beginning June 14.

They arc not automatically mailed to students.

Students can have their grades mailed by submitting self-addressed, stamped envelopes in a drop box tn admissions. Students can also access their grades by calling (760) 47 1-242 1 or on Lhe Internet through ~ONGS (Student Online Grades and Schedules) on the Palomar home page .

Summer 1999 registration : PAR appointments and class schedules will be mailed April 28 to students who returned Intent to Register (pink) cards to admissions

by April 22.

Fall 1999 registration : Return Intent to Register (pink) cards lo admissions to. receive PAR appointment and class schedule by mail.

Deadline for fall is June 24.

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Kelcey Young Oceanography "I think it's a really good idea . I actually lived with my boyfriend for a while. and it didn't work . We broke up . If I had married him , I'd still be stuck."

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"I think it' s a good idea .

Livin g together is a lot different from just goi ng out somewhere. ll helps to kno\\ a person heller. ··

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·-1 th ink it's a good idea. If you love a person. you should live toget her."

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Pa lomar Foundation supports college Michelle Yates Staff Writer

The Palomar Foundation 1s not the cement students walk on. lt 1s not what is supporting the buildings.

The Palomar Foundation is what is supporting campus education.

The Foundation is what some might think of as a safety net of funds. It raises money that Palomar can fall back on to cover costs not covered by state funding.

According to Vice President of the Foundation, Dale Wallenius, the foundation is a resource the school can turn to when there is not enough money for programs and facilities.

"It used to be that Palomar College was state-supported, but now we are state-assisted and there's a big difference. We don't receive all of the money we need to run the institution," Wallenius said.

The organization collects money from alumni, local residents, student's parents, corporations and small businesses. Many donors prefer to remain anonymous but Mission Federal Credit Union.

Hunter Industries and philanthropist Sam Stein are among the foundation's known contributors.

Wallenius ,aid, "The foundation is a non-profit charitable corporation that raises money to support Pa lomar College.

We actively recruit and solicit donors to give money for our scholarship program so it can help our students.''

The foundation solicits donations through black-tie receptions and

dinners. personal solicitation and direct mail.

Money is used for scholarships, learning aids such as books and equipment and educallonal programs and services.

According to Wallenius, soliciting donations is sometimes difficult because the college competes with other non-profit organizations such as the YMCA and the Boy Scouts.

Palomar i~ fortunate, however, because it offers many programs that donors are will111g to back.

According to Wallenius, the variety of programs and services offered at Palomar gives it the ability to appeal to a variety of potential donors. "If you appeal to donor's

interests you have a much better chance of getting money," Wallenius said.

For this reason, 85 percent of gifts are given as designated funds.

This means they are given to a specific department to be used for specific purposes. For example, a <lonor may give money to the nursing program for supplies or to the music department for new instruments. Donors also give money in scholarships for specific academic programs. According to Wallenius, this is true for almost every nonprofit organization.

He donates with the same intentions saying, "When J give money, J want to know that it goes to San Diego

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State, for example, to the speech department where I graduated from or to the athletic department."

The foundation divides the remaining undesignated 15 percent for Palomar priorities. According to Wallenius, one such priority was automating the library. He said it was the last library in San Diego County to become automated. "The foundation said, 'we want to help the college, this is a number one priority.' I mean how many thousands of students use the library? So they funded it with $350,000 over five years," Wallenius said.

The foundation money also helped fund the pool and the Child Development Center at Palomar.

a look back at the events that shaped Palomar College this decade

1997 • Palomar counselor. Michael King, pleaded guilty to one count of felony tax evasion. King will spend 10 months in prison, but will take preliminary steps to challenge Palomar's decision to dismiss him.

• Palomar College bookstore will be converted into a "self-serve" for summer 97.

Foundation set to handle Palomar scholarships Marie F. Costa 'iw/TWriter

Palomar College is changing the way it handles their scholarship and fundraising activities due to an influx in scholarship money and funds.

In the past. Palomar's administrators were responsible for setting up and distributing scholarships and fundraising, but now the responsibility is being transferred to the Palomar College Foundation. It would cost the college an extra $40,000 a year plus benefits to hire a new employee, but with the Foundation in charge. the cost is reduces to $25.000 a year.

The foundation. in existence since 1979, will coordinate and conduct fund raising, cultivate and solicit donors and will be in charge of increasing scholarship funds. It will establish the award amounts. scholarship criteria and selection.

Preparing and distributing all scholarships to rec'ipients will also be part of their job. "We work with the donor or the donors family, or set up a memorial scholarship," said Dale Wallenius, vice president of the Palomar Foundation.

The foundation will keep in touch with cun-ent donors to increase scholarship funds and establish new donors, in addition to updating and maintaining the database of donors and potential donors.

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Even though the Palomar Foundation will be in charge of most of the criteria, the District wilJ coordinate the scholarship committee (which has the respon• sibility of selecting recipients according to the donor criteria) and participate in the scholarships award ceremony. The District will also help to educate and assist current and potential students on how to obtain a scholarship form the college and outside i:-ourccs.

This contract will only take effect for one year beginning March 10, 1999. If the college agrees to continue the arrangement after the year i~ over. than a new arrangement will be processed for the year.

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Due to the growing population and the continual demand for new phone lines, a new area code, 760, will be implemented and split Northern San Diego County.

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A new study revealed that more than 100,000 college students lied and falsified documents during the 1995-96 in order to receive Pell Grants.

• California community colleges reduced enrollment fees from $13 to $12 per unit.

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Students did not have a reason to vote at ASG election

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ess than 1 percent of Palomar College's 25,000 student population voted in the spring 1999 Associated Student Government election. In this case, voter apathy was not the problem - there was a lack of candidates and the student government had accomplished so little this year that students did not have a desire to vote.

Only 245 students voted. Saying there was a low turnout would be an understatement but since only one race out of 11 positions had more than one candidate, it really wasn't an election for the IO students running unopposed. They only needed one vote to win.

In surveying students about why they did not vote, a majorHylfoj them said they believe student government did not make a difference at Palomar.

One could argue that a motivatedASG with good leadership could make a difference on issues relating to students, but given the ASG's record this year, those non-voting students could have a point.

The ASG started the 1998-99academic year very slowly and they did not formalize any set goals for themselves until three-quarters into the year.

Important issues like building a new student center, improving services for night students and increasing activities at Palomar's eight off-campus, educa~

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tion centers were ignored.

In spring 1999, Palomar started to charge students an extra $1 per unit, with a maximum of $ LO per year, to fund the building of a new student center. Last year's ASG organized a special election to start the fee, but, unfortunately, the current student government has ignored the issue once they started to charge the fee.

One can only hope that the newly elected ASG officers will fo]Jow-up on their promise of a new student center by forming a committee to start the planning process.

Being a part of student government is a learning process, but too much time at each of the ASG's weekly meetings was spent arguing over personality conflicts, simple parliamentary procedures and other minor issues.

Fortunately, the students who were elected have said they want to change the ASG. For instance, the newly elected officers said they would allow nonASG members to participate in lobbying trips, conferences and events which were restricted only to ASG officers this year.

The new ASG board has the potential to get the ASG back to its motto, "students serving students." Maybe then - students will have a reason to vote.

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Journalism Association of Community Colleges

ast week's shootings at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colo., left the nation in shock. But as the bodies are removed and the dust settles, many are asking, "How could this have happened?" There are various answers to this question, but none of them seem to satisfy our longing for a fix-all solution.

President Clinton was wise not to give a solution. When a reporter asked him what the government can do, the president gave no answer. 'Tonight, I think the American people ought to be thinking about those folks in Littleton," he said. "Tomorrow and in the days ahead, we'll have a little more time to kind of gather ourselves and our determination and go back at this again."

We are in the "days ahead." Authorities have learned that the students involved in the shooting were part of the "Trench Coat Mafia." They wore black trench coats, dark clothes, listened to Marilyn Manson, played dark video games, and idolized Adolf Hitler. They were outcasts, with a profound resentment of the "cool" students.

But what does that really tell us? Can we suspect every student that dresses in black

and wears a trench coat? Could your friend who plays Doorn and listens to Marilyn Manson be on the verge of blowing you away?

Six months ago President Clinton hosted a conference on high school violence with 800 educators and law enforcement officials . The fruit of the conference was a booklet sent to schools to alert teachers of the "warning signs" in their students. The warning signs in the booklet are not unlike the signs shown by the students 111

Littleton. But teachers were unable to stop this from happening.

Various gun laws have been passed to prevent things like this from happening as well. How does a junior in high school get explosives? How did they pass the 15 da' waiting period and screening required by the Brady Bill?

What we do know is that the solutions offered by the government thus far are not working - 32 students have died at their high schools since 1997. But what can the government do? Uncle Sam cannot rais our children for us, nor can he protect u from all misfortune. The attitude that the government will take care of us is, sadly, misguided . What we can learn from this is that the government cannot provide the answers and solutions to our problems.

As things settle down there is sure to be more information on the state of mind the students were in, providing some insight a · to why this occurred. But will that insight help prevent the next high school shooting?

America needs to look at this and ask, "What can I do to prevent things like this?"

Perhaps in that, we will find answers.

Common courtesy would be • nice, especially in restrooms

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n choosing and scheduling my classes this semester, I realized I had hit pay dirt because all my classes are located on the north end of campus. Wbe.w..J am saved from pumping my wheel<?_hair~ the long grade on a regular basis.

However, this presented a problem because my wheelchair does not fit into just any restroom. My usual pit stop that is marginally accessible and which I could count on the accessible stall being occupied by a non-disabled person anyway is down the hill I wanted to avoid.

I knew there was a restroom in the B building but I had never bothered to go in since it did not have a handicap symbol on the door. (Only a few are accessible.)

Knowing l was going to be pushing it with only l O minutes between classes, I had to find a restroom in route. At the very least, one close by anyway.

Within the first weeks of classes, I was desperate. I had made it through the day without a pit stop and now was rushing to meet my Lift bus, which was due to arrive shortly. Hurriedly I decided to take a chance on the B building restroom. I struggled in past the heavy door and to my surprise, r find the best accessible stall on campus. I was thrilled, then doubly thrilled for it was empty!

I wondered how many wheelchair-users knew about this great find and wished I had

found it sooner. It was working out great for me since it was only a slight depa1ture from my normal route between classes.

More importantly, it was never in use when I arrived, until last week .

I was headed for the bus stop when I noticed a friend who is blind going to meet her bus, so I stopped to help guide her down the hill. This cut short my restroom time so by the time I made it in there, I was in a hurry and in dire need. What do I find, a non-disabled person is occupying the only accessible stall and al least eight other regular stalls stand empty. I frantically checked to be sure I cannot fit into one of the regular stalls and sure enough, I do not even come close to fittin g.

Now I have no problem waiting my tum for someone who really needs the ext• space. But, when I see all the regular stalls empty and an able-bodied person choosing to use the only stall possible for wheelchairusers - I admit I ~\ peeved. I find it incredulous that they do not get at least a little embarrassed or stop to think how their actions affect the disabled community.

This behavior is not restricted ti restrooms or college campuses either . I find a general lack of understanding, consideration and tolerance for those who are different in any way throughout our society.

Although I understand why the able-bodied find the large stalls nice, they need to remember this one fact. Larger stalls are merely a convenience for able-bodied pe~ pie but an absolute necessity for disabled people.

The larger stalls were specifically designed for people with disabilities to give us more equal access and the freedom to become an active participant in society.

As a wheelchair-user, I already have enough challenges daily, please leave t accessible stalls for those of us who have no other option. Save us from having to post signs on accessible stalls, restricting access the same way handicapped parking spaces are restricted . It comes down to common courtesy and a willingness to understand the needs of other people.

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exual harassment in your car, that's not an everyday occurrence. I used to think that when you were in your car all you had to worry about was people hitting you, or blowing a tire.

It's not everyday that you look over at the car next to you and see some old man making some disgusting gesture at you.

Last week I was driving home . from Palomar like I have been almost everyday for the past two years. Well, I'm driving and I notice a car next to mine. Nothing too shocking about that. Except for the fact that it's the same car I noticed on the 178, and now we're on the Il5 south.

No big deal, lots of people take I78 to I 15 south. Once I get to Rancho Bernardo the guy mouths "hi" so I mouth "hi" back to him. Don't get all excited, he wasn't a teenager, or even in his 20s, he was in his late 30s or early 40s. He gets behind me and I notice him reading my bumper stickers in my rear view mirror. I think hey, maybe he's a Padre fan too, or maybe his son is in one of the bands who's bumper stickers I have.

Then he moves a lane over to the left and speeds up so we are parallel. And he again mouths "hi". I smile and try to ignore him.

Debating which exit to get off at I mouth "good-bye" and finally I get off the PQ/Poway Road exit. He mouths "oh no" and quickly maneuvers into my lane. He

follows me off of the freeway. At the light , which with my luck happened to be red, he rolls down his window. I think maybe he needs direction s or something , so l roll down my window too .

He asks me where I'm going, I tell him to my boyfriend ' s house. He asks me ifl would like to go somewhere and "talk" to him.

And I'm think ing why wuuld I want to talk to some strange old guy who followed me off of the freeway??? Even if he wasn' t old I wouldn ' t want to talk to him.

You're really pretty , he tells me. Thanks , I reply feeling more insulted that flatt ered.

He asks me again ifl want to talk and I tell him no I'm sorry . Whil e I' m wond ering

how stupid he thinks I am.

Is this a new way for guys to pick up girls? Oh yeah, I met my date on 1805 and we were driving the same way, isn't th t cute? Get real. And then I started wondering if other females had actually pulled over to talk to this guy, and what he did to them .

Who in their right mind would go get out of their car and talk to someone they met driving next to them?

He smiles and asks me if he can "see my t--s.".

'Jerk' I think, as I roll my window up .

Finally the light turned green and I went into Poway; even though, I don't live there and neither does my boyfriend.

I drive through Poway to Carmel Mountain Ranch and then to Rancho Bernardo toward my boyfriend's house.

When I finally drove into a residential area it was only then that his car was out of si t from my rear view mirror.

I've never felt so insulted, hurt, or just sickened by something someone said to me.

I don't even know the word for what I felt, dirty and violated.

Sexual harassment is something I've heard about happening at your work place., and in school, but never before on the f(fe way. I'm not sure if this is something new, or if people don't know what they can do about it, so they do nothing.

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Should couples live together before marriage?

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Marriages can be made stronger if couples live together first. Even if marriage is not the goal, living together can be a learning experience.

Living together offers several opportunities for happiness. Living together, for some, is an opportunity for couples to learn about each other under different circumstances .

What habits does the person have that are hidden when out on a date?

What does the other person look like when he or she wakes up?

Does she brush her teeth before going to bed and of course there is the toilet seat lid debate, does he put it down? If one of these habits is just too much to deal with, then the couple can spilt without a messy divorce.

Happiness can also come in the form of communication and interdependency.

Communication is important when discussing finances.

Financial interdependence is important in marriage and at this stage it's a good place to start merging finances.

A couple who lives together before marriage doesn't need to register for wedding gifts because they'll already have all the essentials. Living together is also cheaper for a couple. One apartment, and one phone bill is always cheaper than two apartments and two phone bills. Though it is cheaper to live at home with dear old mom and dad, most people want to be out on his or her own .

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rnterdependency means that a couple works together, grows together and does what is best for the whole not the individual. I believe marraiges are stronger because of this togetherness. Living together is a head start on togetherness; and a jump start to a happy , healthy marriage.

There are nay-sayers who believe that living together is just a chance for a couple to have sex before marriage.

If you believe that then think about this: some people who lose their virginity and are having sex, do not live together . How many teenagers do you know who live with the per-

son that they are having sex with. There are some who also believe that living together before marriage can lead to divorce. I believe the opposite is true.

I believe marriages, and of course I hope my own up-coming marriage, can be better by living together before hand.

Life is what you make of it, so if you want to live with your intended spouse before marraige, do it. If you want to say I will be living in sin by livin g with my fiancee before marriage, then that's fine with me because I will be living happi ly ever after no mattter what you think.

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few years ago while in the Peace Corps in Liberia, West Africa, I was assigned to help maintain a road in a nearby African village. I was working with an older African man. As we made our way down the road, we came to an embankment that was cut away. There we saw roots of a fully exposed tree.

The roots went in all directions except one that went directly down into the earth. It was shaped like a big carrot.

"The heart of the tree, " said my African friend, pointing to the carrot-like rool.

Indeed it was. It was the princi pal root of the tree, the taproot.

Other roots could be cut off and the tree would survive, but not if the taproot were severed. The taproot goes deeper in search of nutrients than other roots. ll gives the tree stability, much like a keel on a ship. And the taller and stronger the tree , the deeper and bigger the taproot.

Immediately, the cultural roots movement in the United States came to mind. Each ethnic group seems to be in competition with each other, at times even at war with each other.

What is our cultural taproot?

What is a culture that can make us stronger and bind us together as an American culture?

I would suggest our taproot cul ture is a combination of the Native• American cultures. Realtors are wont lo say, "Underneath all is land. " So , too, und erneat h all our cultures in America is the aboriginal Native American culture.

The Native Americans were here first and have left their mark on the land and all future cultures - and

continue their influence on us.

Long after the Native American\ have gone, said Chief Seattle, our spirits will be in your cities and linger in you r streets. The Native American culture is not just one culture competing for a place in the sun with other cultures in Amenc a.

It is our common denominator. Jt is a culture that touches all of us.

Have we suppressed the Native American culture for too long ?

When something is suppressed in the human personality, we experience trauma in our later lives. It is the same with our cultural and historical life. Opening ourselves lo the life-force of the Native American culture, we can draw rich nutrients from the soil on which we trod and allow a transforming power to change and enrich our lives in America.

Think of how much stronger the environmental movemen t would be if we tapped into the Native American culture. Think of the values that could flow from the Great Spirit of the Native Americans in our public schools, which at present are in a value vacuum. The strengths and virtues displayed in Native American cultures can enhance and be absorbed by the mainstream of American culture.

The Native American culture has been marginalized for too long .

I would suggest making the Native American culture a center piece in our awareness. The Native American cu lture should be presented in our books in such a way that the aboriginal culture permeates our thinking and our value sys tems.

For that reason, l would also suggest that we work toward establishing a national holida y for the Native American. Every school, college and public building should also have a painting, sculpture or picture in a prominent place for the ~ative American, just as we have images of Washington, Lincoln, Jefferson or Martin Luther King and other prominent Americans The Native American culture is our American taproot. The Native American is the heart of our cultural tree.

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When it comes to relationships our societies morals have changed drastically during the last 20 year s.

Back in the good 'ol days even talking about moving in with a significant other before marriage was taboo. But thing s have changed and many couples are choosing to live together before marria ge.

It's difficult to find that special person who is supposed to bring so much happiness and joy to a person 's life. Knowing if the per son you're going to marry is the right one takes a lot of time and work, but moving in together before marriage isn ' t the answer.

What is dating all aboul?

It's about getting to know each other and seeing if the person is for you. Will living with the person first change the way you feel about them later?

When I brin g this up to some people they disagre e with me becau se they say the only way of ge ttin g to know someone is by living with them first. Why ?

Is it because you want to know if he or she like s to keep the hou se clea n? Will knowing that , change how much you love that person?

I think what really matters in a relationship are morals , values , and compatibility . Those important qualities can be learned through the process of dating , not by living togeth er before marriag e .

Studies hav e shown that couples, who

LETTERS ASG strikes student's last nerve

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marry before moving in together, make a big ger effort to stay together compared to couples that live together before marriage.

Why is that?

Well, because they have made a commit ment to each other, oneself, and God to stay together forever.

Many couples who aren't married don ' t feel as much pressure and responsibilities of making it work , because they aren't as committed. Even though many may think they are.

When you have somet hing, like marriage

that has taken so much of your time and effort and it has given you so much gratifica tion, you are more likely to try harder to keep the relationship working because the decision was made to stay together for life.

Of course, everyone has a choice and opinion in how to have a meaningful and healthy relationship, but I don't believe that moving in together will help the relationship grow.

It just isn't the answer.

I only think it will hurt the relationship and friendship in the long run .

What the campus thinks

Should couples live together before marriage?

Based on a poll of 100 Palomar College students

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Dear Editor, In light of the Associated Student Government elec tion, I would like to bring to everyone's attention the current abuse and neglect of power by our incumbent ASG representative. During the recent "Springfcsl" held the week prior to spring break, our ASG representatives had planned to hold a barbecue for the student body in which the representatives were supposed to be serving the students with free lunch from 11 a.m. - l p.m. outside the Student Union. Many clubs , including ours, had set up tab les outside in hopes of druming up new mem bers and to become familiar with the rest of the students . Prior to this event, many club members from different on campus clubs had offered a hand to the VP of Social Events, Elaine James, in case or an overwhelming turnout of student s. Little did we know that we would soon be doing their work for them. Soon after 11 a.m. James had left the serving area and to my knowledge only returned briefly to 'check up' on things. The President of the ASG, Xavier E. Corona, who was supposed to be cooking at the gr ill, arrived at around 11:30 a.m. only to leave a few minutes later to give an inter view lo a TV news crew.

Again, to my knowledge, Corona only returned for a brief period of time and handed out already wrapped hot dogs to some people in line.

Many ASG representatives had signed up to be there, but only a handful actually showed up and of those only a couple did the work to which they were obligated. A little before I p.m., those of us who had worked since 11 a.m. handing out lunch to the students were asked by James if we could 'handle' the resl of the event so the ASG could hold it's meet ing. My reply to her was that we had already been handlin g it from the beginning. Inevitably the AISES club members and numer ous other club representatives were left to clean up.

Very upset, I left the luncheon to attend their meet ing and tell them how disgusted we all were at their actions. When I spoke at their meet ing, I was met with weak apologies and plenty of exc uses. It seems they were preoccupied at the moment with their 'all expense paid trip· to Washin gto n D.C. during the spring break . Paid for partially by the $ 1 Student Representation fee tacked on to our enro llment fees every semester. I left there very appalled and disgus ted with the ASG .

The ent ire fiasco disgusts me, espec ially since less than 5 percent of the studen t population voted these people into office. It makes my stomac h turn to see this college's elect ion tum into a high schoo l pop ularity contest.

What eve n worries me more is tha t these people in some weird demented way are suppo sed to represent us.

People need to be informed at elec tion time , and not let it be a popularity con test. It is the only way that we, as students , will ever get a decent ASG who will represent our true interests and who are really in touch with all of the student's needs .

Annete Kline Secretary of American Indian Science and Engineering Society and President of the Nativ e American Stud ent Alliance

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ENTERTAINMENT Brokaw'sbook is a moving tribute to the WWIIera Sean O'Connor Staff Writer

It is a powerful book. lt is easy to read. It will remain with the reader for a long time. And the reru:terwill want to read it more than once. The book? "The G~test Generation" by Tom Brokaw, NBC anchonnan.

The book is aboutpeople who came of age duringWorldWar Il. The men and women who came , of age duringWorld War ll were brought up during the Great pept-ession. Many of their fathers did not have jobs or they worked in theWorksProjectsAdministration, better known as the WPA. The WPAwas the job of last ,, choice, the work.fare program of the 1930s. The WPAemployed as many as one~third of the workTOP: V. Heather Badillo (Rabbit Brown) plays a writer helping with a failing horror film and Seth Laursen (Lanx) plays a seHish producer in "Angel City."

BELOW: James Flaherty (Wheeler) plays another selfish producer alongside Badillo's spiritual writer.

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Angel City WHEN: April 23, 24, 29, 30 and May 1 at 8 p.m .

May 2 at 2 p.m.

WHERE: The Howard Brubeck Theatre COST: $10, $8, $5 INFORMATION: To obtain more information please call (760) 7441150, ext. 2453

Michelle Tillman Feature Editor

Smooth ja zz filt e rs down th e stage to the audi e nce and the beat of th e bon go drum s give off won derful vibration s .

Th e set is simpl e; a tabl e, a large c hair , a set of bon g o drum s and in the ce nter of the stage a dominat ing window encircl ed with blu e

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Jazz and disaster mix in Palomar's promising new play 'Angel City' :r light s ~lane.I~.

"A nge l City" is se t in a movi e studi o of th e near futur e.

T he play moc ks th e H o llywoo d "d rea m mac hin e" and show s the c harac te rs a~ dr eam ers lost in a wo rld of corrupti on.

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by V. Hea ther Badill o. is a sp iritual writ e r w ho co mes to the movie studio to he lp sa lvage a fa ilin g horror mov ie.

Lanx pl aye d by Seth Laur se n, is a stereo typi cal produ cer who fee ds off the dreams and pass ion s of oth ers to ach ieve the hig hest prof it.

Badill o e mbodi es the charac ter of Rabbit , g iving the audi ence the im press io n th at wh a t Rabb it be lieves in , she be lie ves too.

Brown is th e a udi ence's link to va lues, mora ls and hum anita ria nism . T he powe rful sax player, Ru sse ll G onza les. also gives the

'Spy' CD repetitive

audi ence so me kind of hum an link to a wo rld with out corr upti o n and gree d .

Sadl y the corruption has effec ted the charac te rs o f Wh ee le r, Mi ss Sco on s and Tympani . The bongo play ing Ty mpani , Paul T. Pad illa, refu ses to sit down fo r fear he mi ght mi ss the chance to fin d the

pe rf ec t rh ythm th at w i II hypnoti ze the mas ses.

Monique Fl e min g plays Miss Scoon s a secretary trapp ed in he r po siti on with th e des ire to bec om e a star.

Scoons rants and rav e s when a camera captures her imag e on scr ee n . She is the vic tim of ego strokin g, yet sh e kee ps plu gg in g a way at tryin g to be noti ce d .

Wh ee le r, Jam e s Fl aherty, anoth er pro du ce r int ere st ed in only mon ey, is slowl y turn in g him into a monst er.

H e blam e s it .on the air and the c ity but in actuality hi s hid eou s changes are the effect of gree d .

Thi s gree d e ve ntu ally engu lfs all the c ha racters e xce pt the cam era ma n a nd the saxo phon e pl ayer.

Th e gree d changes e ac h c harac ter in th e seco nd act and th ey beg in to

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Micah Bearce Sraff Wrirer

Ar e the re any stud e nt s al Pa lom ar wh o lik e ch ees y dance mu sic? We ll lucky yo u, bec au se I ha ve an album that yo u co uld dan ce to a lo ng with Bac kstr ee t Boys, Cherry Poppin g Daddi es and the Sp ice Girl s. It 's ca lled "Mu sic to Man zue r by,"

by Spy , re lease d by Atl anti c reco rds .

Th e album uses beat s th at a rc repe titi ve a nd we re p ro b abl y hea rd o n th e fir st Vanilla Ic e alb um . It has a we ird mi x of diff ere nt sound s and it see m ed th e a rti st' s we re n' t quit e com fo rtable with the ir eq ui pme nt.

Th e op enin g num be r e ntitl ed "Ba by," is ju st as it sound s, very trend y. Any so ng th at ha s th e titl e "b a by," " hey g irl ," "h e llo" or some thin g lik e th at, shows tha t they wrot e th e son g 15 minut es before they recor ded it. Th e bea t o f the so ng was too slow a nd th e in strum ent s see me d to be a littl e o ff.

Th e sec ond so ng, "3 1 Seco nds," was probabl y tho ugh t up in 3 1 seco nd s. The s ong got on my ne rves and it was ve ry b oring. Th ey attempt ed to do a more re laxed so und for th e third so ng, and "Spy's'' s inge r ca nnot be und ers too d exce pt fo r in th e anno y ing choru s.

act out thei r desi res.

The cast could easily lose focus as each individual gets lost in their own dreams and nightmares.

Laurs e n and Padilla are concentrat ing on imaginary eating and cookin g .

Monique Fleming is intent on scrubbin g the floor in her nun cos tume a s Flaherty and Badillo atta ck eac h other verbally.

The actin g in "An gel City" is worth the confu sin g dialogue; they carry the audience through the chaoti c script and psychedelic ima ges.

The c am e ra work by Shawn Livermon is well done and his effort s result in awesome images proj ecte d on a larg e screen in the bac kgro und .

"An ge l City " is well worth the trip lo Howard Brub ec k Theater a nd the tr ip in to a corrupt Holl ywood . All the actors embody the portraya l of the Hollywood "dr eam machine " . Th e set trans port s the audience into the gilded ca ge of H ollywood throu gh its br ight lights and metallic supports . " An ge l C ity " runs April 29 throu gh May 2.

For more information contact th e How ard Brubeck Theatre at (76 0) 744- 1150 , ext. 2453.

The CD by "Spy," released by Atlantic Records, is musically jumbled and confusing.

T he fif th ~ong, "Leave me A lone·· was a surp ri se beca use it ac tua l!)' ca ug ht my e ar. [t had a n ice bea t and the lyrics see med to prove the poi nt th at "Spy" was tryi ng to express abo ut re la tionsh ips . T he rhy thm was hyp no tic and c lea n an d th e re was nothing o ut of p lace as fa r as th e inst rum ent s.

T he six th so ng "T he Dese rt Co nspi racy ," see m ed to stea l th e beg inni ng fro m Pro di gy. but q uick ly screwe d it up w ith

th eir sloppy e dit s and off timin g with the effec ts . lt see med Lo repea t th e sa me thr ee pa rt s many tim es to ge t a fo ur minut e son g .

The seve nth song ·'M a uze r Det roit " had a n a nn oyi ng th e me .

The e ighth so ng, "F ire it up '' so und e d lik e it was fi lled w ith sta tic a nd the lyrics were lost in the over use of we ird litt le mi splaced psyc hede lic so un ds th at defin itely belo ng in th e B ea tles album s, but definit e-

ly n ot here.

Th e ninth son g "Bull etproo f," th e sin ger tri ed to imit ate a depre ssed goth band but the mu sic that went al ong with it belon ge d in an Eni gm a tun e.

Th e e ndl es s scrat chy whisp erin g that was used in thi s song annoyed me and mad e me turn the vo lum e down .

Th e 11th son g, "St ay Away," had a we ird ble nd of reggae and a sleepy so rt of swin g.

T he 12th son g " Leon ard's Loun ge, " turn ed into a mariac hi tun e that I sw e ar I'v e hea rd wh en I was in an Old Town re stau ra nt th at ha s thos e littl e trav e lin g bands .

Th en it co ntinu ed with a violin that exaggera te d th e mar iac hi th em e.

Th ey of cours e, had to g o wa y out with the ir untitl ed 13th son g th at wa s a classical tun e, lik e Ba c h or Bee tho ve n. It pu zz led me. It was a good so ng , but e xt re m ely out o f pl ace .

If you ' re goin g to buy a n album soon, ple ase move down the a isl e past " Spy" beca use this band nee d s to le arn to stick to one ty pe of mu s ic.

Frankl y, I ju st don't und erstand the ir motiv e behind th eir son gs bec aus e th ey are not relat e d to each oth er in an y way. "Sp y" nee ds to definit ely fi nd a ni ch e befor e th ey dec id e to pl ay with th eir old er broth er s mixin g eq uipm e nt .

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As Brokaw not.ed, many of the draftees during World War II looked drawn, thin and hungry at their induction into the Army, Navy or the Marines. One of the side benefits of going into d1eservice was that they wou ld have threemealsa day!

When World War II suddenly becamea reality becauseof Pearl

Harbor,every man and woman was galvanized into putting forth maximum effort. This is not an exaggeration.

Women were required,-by the demand of the day, to take "unfeminine" jobs on the assembly line.

They also enlist.ed in the WACs, Women's Army Corps, the WAVES, Women Accepted for Voluntary Emergency Se rvice (Navy) and the WASPS. Women's • Air F-0rce Service Pilots, the women's branches of the services, thus pioneering the way for the modem women's full acceptance into the anned services.

Brokaw is in awe of this genera tion of Americans not only for their war efforts, but also for what happenedafter the war. Toward the end of World War Il, Franklin D . Roosevelt pushed the GI Bill through.

It gave veterans the opportunity to go to college.

Many of them were first genera tion high schoolgraduates . The GI Bill transformed higher education .

Later, the Marshall Plan saved war-devastated Europe. Thuman's Point Four policy was a new way of delivering foreign aid to coun tries throughout the world . Japan became an ally, not an enemy. It was an entirely new way of doing things. The Peace Corps was also the first government volunteer agency in the world. Other governments followed the lead of the United States, the highest form of flattery .

Brokaw gives us over 60 biographies in "Th e Greatest Generation ." He tells us about the Congressional Medal of Honor heroes .

He tells us about those who became well known on the national scene like George Bush , Robert Dole, Casper Weinberger, George Schultz.and Ben Bradlee. But be al.so chronicled the ordinary man .

He focused on those who remained at home and worked for thewar effort. He included all d1e 1 minorities, including the interned Japanese Americans.

Brokaw also included a chapter, "Love, Marria ge and Commitment.'' Divorc e for this generation was rare and today many say the biggest sorrow in their lives comes from their children who experienced a divorce.

We owe a debt of gratitude to the World War ll generation , We also owe a debt of gratitude to Brokaw for autboring this book. lt is a great book.

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Cometsone win away fromper{ect conferencerecord

Fletcher's leadoff double. Melissa Martinez singled up the middle and the Apaches soon found themselves in trouble with the bases filled with Comets. Lewis would clear the bases with a double only to get thrown out attempting to advance to third base.

Lewis finished the game with four RBIs. Fcrraconc is among the conference top five in hitting, with a .452 batting ave rage .

Team leaders in batting average include Sharp at .441, Searle at .347, Lewis at .346 and Fletcher at .343.

Palomar pitching continued to shut down the opposition as starter Erika Koivula allowed only one run and Rebecca Eldridge came in for one inning of relief and closed the deal.

Eldridge and Koivula have a combined ERA of less than 0.70.

Coach Mark Eldridge's head now turns to the post season. He is confident that his team has a full head of steam and good momentum he adi ng into the Southern California Regional playoffs, which begin May 14.

Eldridge had planned ahead this year when setting up his late April game schedule, keeping in mind the teams they would face in the post season are much better than most conference teams .

"Our last couple Saturday games were against tough, out of conference teams and that should keep us sharp," Eldridge said.

Although it won't be known who will be Palomar's post season opponents until May 5, Eldridg~ will stick to the same game plan and work on the little things that can make a difference in the heat of the playoffs.

"We'll work on base running, and defen-

Mike Stevens Sports Editor

Palomar softball continued their uncontested dominance of the Pacific Coast Conference April 20.

The Comets came away with a decisive 13-1 victory over the visiting Southwestern Apaches.

Pal0mar's victory clinched the conference title for the fourteenth consecutive season. The win brought their conference record to I 3-0, and non-conference record to 34-12.

The Comets struck first, scoring four runs in the first inning on an RBI double by Sara Ferracone, a one run single by Melissa Martinez and another RBI single from Chrissy Lewis. Sara Sharp singled, stole a base and scored in the inning.

Palomar was shut out of the second and third innings, but came up with three runs in the fourth with a two out rally.

Comet third baseman Shannon Searle walked and scored on a Brandy Chavez triple .

Apache errors and Palomar's aggressive base running would account for the other two runs in the inning.

The Comets scored five runs in the fourth. The rally was sparked by Annie

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Photos by Saul D. Pepis / The Telescope

sivc situations and hitting alwa ys need s to be focused on," Eldridge said. "It's the nature of the game to constantly have to work on different situation s."

The Comets will use both ace pitchers, Koivula and Eldridge in the regionals, depending on what kind of team they are playing.

"We're continuing to do as many little things as possible," said Eldridge. "It's a never ending job."

The Comets finish the regular season hosting Imperial Valley, April 27 at home .

Golf team driving towards playoffs

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Rebecca Eldridge

(Left) Annie Fletcher takes her hacks against the Apaches.

(Bottom) The Comets prepare for yet another blowout victory against a PCC rival.

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The Palomar men's golf team is in prime position for some impressive post-season play.

Over the last two weeks, the Comets have won six out of seven possible points and have moved from fifth to third place, only one point away from second.

They defeated the second place team, Santa Ana College. They lost to Saddleback College, the conference leader, by only two strokes.

"We may be the best team in the league at the moment," head coach Bob Lusky said.

The hottest golfer for Palomar is freshman Travis McComb, from Boulder City, Nev. McComb has shot a mere three over par for his last four rounds. He is only getting better with each outing, Lusky said.

Freshman Matt Langford, from Fallbrook, is pulling out of a slump and posting some

Eldridge, a freshman pitcher, went 2-0 with a 0.00 ERA during the week of April 12.

She allowed only four hits, and struck out 21 batters in 14 innings.

The Cometof the Weekis determinedby The TelescopeSports Staff.

impressive scores, allowing his talent to shine.

Lusky has shown great confidence that Paul Spangler, Chris Shourds and Josh Costillo, have pulled out of their slumps, and reverted back to top form.

"We're getting better," Lusky said.

"All we need is some good practice and we'll be right there."

The Comets have one more Pacific Coast Travis McComb Conference match, agai nst Golden West College, before they play in the conference tournament.

A win at the conference tournament could boost them to second place overall. The Comets arc looking to finish in the top three, so that they will qualify for the Southern

California Regioua ls. which is be ing held May 3, in Bakersfield.

The top four teams in Southern California go on to the State Finals .

The Comets have high expectations and goals but they know the road they are on is a difficult one.

There are a lot of good teams who are looking to send Palomar home for the season but the Comets are ready for the fierce competition.

"We have had four or five good scores per tournament. " Lusky said . "But, we need all six players post ing good scores. " With solid, consistent play through out the remainder of the season of the Come ts could bring home another championship trophy for Palomar.

"I'm happy where we are," Lu sky said.

"We are going to be tough to beat."

The Comets play in the Pacific Coast Conference Tournament, April 26 at Singing Hills at 7a.m.

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