Monday, May 1, 2000- Palomar College- Volume 53, Number 21
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Comet shortstop Gera Alvarez has a natural sense of the game of baseball.
The game show makes a comeback.
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Sports, page 12
Entertainment, page 6
Library hours extended Opponent gains for finals 1nost votes, but
Gyde wins by default
Jo Appleton
is disqualified
Stuf( Writer
Palomar College is extending the hours of the library for the week before and during finals, said George Mozes, library director. The · Associated Student ' Government began pushing for the extension in 1998, but was unable to come up with the $1,678 needed to fund the idea, said Shalina Mahendra, ASG senator. According to Mozes, that's how much it will cost to extend the library hours along with use of the ·computer lab on the first floor and full library services. . When Mozes told ASG members the library didn't have the money in its budget. ASG took the proposal to the Partnership for Excellence Committee, chaired by Diane Michaels. vice president of ~nstruction.
The committee agreed to pay the entire cost. The money came from innovation funds, special state monies received for the last two years for Palomar's Educational Master Planning and shared governance committees, Michaels said. "The students requested it and the request meets the criteria of Partnership for Excellence goals,'" Michaels said. Mozes said if students use the extended hours, Palomar may fund Jthe extra hours during future semesters. "lt's important to take advantage of it," Mozes said. "Or get our money's worth, so to speak. If we can provide good statistics that students take advantage of the extension of hours, experience will show if it's a real need, then it will be good in the future." Mozes also said the basic thing is if more students are aware of it the more they will make usc of it. Fliers and banners have been made up and posted around campus. "It all comes down to advertis1ing," Mahendra said. ·'Without that. it's not going to be a success." During the week before finals, May 8-13. the library will be open Monday - Thursday 7 a.m. to 11 p.m., Friday 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Saturday 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. During the week of finals the hours will be 7 a.m. to 11 p.m. on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, May 15, 16 and 17.
Tom Chambers Editor in Chief
Palomar College students elected Bridgette Roncone student government president last week, but she won't be serving the term. Although Roncone received 158 votes to Shannon Gyde's 115, she was disqualified because she lives outside of the Palomar Community College District in Rancho Santa Fe. Because the Associated Student Government president also serves as the student trustee on the Governing Board, the person filling the position must live within the district. Loretta Murillo-Colton, also a candidate for president, was disqualifed as well because one of her posters was in the Student Union after the 4 p.m. Monday deadline to take them down. Roncone said she checked her address with Marilyn Lunde, student activities administrative assistant, before turning in her application. However, Lunde ~aid she doe~n't remember Roncone asking her. Rachel Farr, who ran unopposed for vice presi dent/Inter-Club council chair, said she was there when Student government candidates campaigned last Wednesday outside the Student Union. From left to right: Roncone asked. Jennifer Jennings, Alline Chan, Shannon Gyde. ..She told her exactly where she lived and she said, yep, you're in the boundaries," Farr said. Farr said Roncone's district residency should have minutes for its meetings, as required by California law been figured out before the election because all candi- for all ASG committee meetings. "I was not informed that there ~hould be any mindates tum in an application and are given approval to run for their offices. utes or agendas," Allen said when The Telescope Roncone, Farr and other candidates said they think asked for copies. "Nobody brought it to my attention." the Student Activities Office was working to eliminate One of the other two committee members also the candidates who openly criticized them. Both works in the Comet Center. Murillo-Colton and Roncone said the way student Roncone said she expected something like this to activites operates needed to happen because the election committee change at a candidates forum was looking for ways to disqualify her. held April 10. Lunde declined comment on whether Gyde, the current executive the Student Activities Office was trying 115 v1ce president told The to disqualify any candidates. Telescope she wasn't going to In the race for executive vice presirun for president, but turned in dent, current ASG Senator Anastasia her application past the deadline Benzel was victorious with 130 votes, while her oppenent, Alline Chan, of noon on Wednesday, April 19. However, the election commitreceived II 5 votes. Jennifer Jennings, also a current tee allowed her to run. Linda Allen, the election comASG Senator, won the vice president mittee chair, who works in the of state affairs position with 136 votes. Comet Center, a part of student Trisha Carlson, Jennings opponent, received 116 votes. activities, was filling in for Wendy Jones Tele.\cope Lunde who was out of town. "I look forward to making a lot of Marlonia Owens votes "She (Gyde) came in and I changes in the ASG," Jennings said. last Tuesday, April 25. had four people in front of me," Farr ran unopposed for vice presisaid Allen. "I helped those peodent/Inter-Club Council chair and ple first. She needed me to answer a few questions, so received 202 votes. Brendan Fentiman also ran unopI allowed an extra few minutes for her to collect sig- posed for vice president of social events, receiving 204 natures and turn in her packet." votes. Roncone said Murillo-Calton should not have been "This is a warning to all the people who think studisqualified since the election committee allowed dents don't have a voice: we do," Fentiman said. Gyde to tum in her application late. "We're finding out how to use it. Students do have the Roncone also questioned whether the election com- power to control what happens on campus." *Gyde won by default because Roncone was disqualified mittee followed its own rules. Allen was the only perHarry Kendell won the treasurer position with opposon officially appointed to the committee by the stu- sition with 193 votes, and both Kevin Farrow and 0.1. alter the election because she does not live within the dent government, Roncone said. Wolanyk were elected senators with 98 and 87 votes Palomar Community College District. SOURCE: STUDENT AatVIT/ES OFFICE The election committee also did not post agendas or respectively.
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PRESIDENT
VICE PRESIDENT OF STATE AFFAIRS
Jennifer Jennings Trisha Carlson
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VICE PRESIDENT OF SOCIAL EVENTS
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Brendan Fentiman
VICE PRESIDENT/INTER-CLUB COUNCIL CHAIR
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Rachel Farr
TREASURER
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Harry Kendell
SENATOR
TOTAL NUMBER OF VOTES: 291
Palomar looks to increase cost of parking permits Laura Mitchell Stuff Wrirer
The Palomar College governing board on April 25 considered several fee schedules for an increase in parking permit fees and changes in parking policy that are expected to be voted on at the next governing board meeting on May
9. The fee increase to $27.50 would make student parking permits at Palomar the most expensive in San Diego County. Palomar would have more expensive parking permit fees at least partially because the college
receives a lower percentage of money from the college's general fund. General fund money is unrestricted and can be allocated by the board for whatever they want, said Michael Norton, public information director. Mira Costa and the San Diego Community College District, which includes San Diego City College, Mesa College and Miramar College, receive 65 percent and 74 percent funding respectively for parking permits from general fund money. Palomar and Southwestern College only receive 20 percent funding.
"Why are our expenses so much higher?" asked Barbara Hughes, governing board vice president. Tom Plotts, Palomar College's chief of police, said that, in addition to receiving less general fund money, the extra money was needed to stahilize the hudget and address safety concerns. If the fcc increase proposal is approved, parking permit fees would increase to $27.50 in Fall 2000 and incrementally jump to $35 within two to three years, depending on which proposal is approved by the governing board. Motorcycle parking permits will increase to $7 in Fall 2000 and
incrementally jump to $10 within one to three years. Permit fees at Mira Costa are $20 for vehicles and $10 for motorcycles. Parking permits for staff are free at all community colleges in San Diego County. The ASG formally endorsed a combination of two of the three proposals resulting in a new fourth proposal. All four proposals were brought before the governing hoard. The governing board also approved a letter of intent to Jeffery Eustis for diplexing on KKSM-AM radio towers in Oceanside. Diplexing is the use of
a single antenna to transmit on two separate frequencies simultaneously. Eustis' previous proposal was brought to the governing board on March 14 as an information item. That proposal required use of the transmitter site and towers for a 20 year term while the district would not have the right to terminate the lease, except under circumstances of major breach. That proposal generated no support from board members. Governing board counsel Ben Echeverria added that a 20 year commitment was a very long time. Eustis' new proposal is for a five
year lease with more flexible terms for the community college district. The new lease abo gives Eustis the right of first refusal if the radio station goes up for sale. In other business, the board unanimously approved a $400 per month compensation for the nonvoting student trustee for 20002001. The student trustee role at Palomar College is filled by the ASG President. Diane Vasquez, ASG president, said that she receives no other compensation, either in the form of stipends or scholarships, in her role as student body president.