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Palomar numbers reach all . time high
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A battle between Palomar's faculty senate and the governing board may be coming to a head, as the senate considers its response to the governing board's rejection of its recommendation last summer. Tensions rim high at the senate's Aug. 27 meeting, with some senators even going so far as to suggest that the senate could refuse to co-operate on important issues such as accreditation. However, Christine Barkley, president of the faculty senate, · said she does not expect any real problems this semester. "We want to work with the board. We want to help them trust us," Barkley said. "I do not want to get into a power struggle with the senate," said Michelle Nelson, president of the governing board. She said that she wants to work with the senate in the future to avoid conflicts. The conflict began during the summer after the governing board rejected a recommendation from the faculty • SEE
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Artists Joey Azul (left) and Jusus Sanchez (right) stand proud next to tile MEChA mural in room SU-17. Shown is tile
"Colossal Head," a symbol of tile Olmec Culture, tile first major civlllation in Mexico.
MEChA colors in their permanent mark By Donna Jackson
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n room SU-17 students and faculty can see a portion of Palomar's diversity. There Movimento Estudantil Chicano de Aztl·~ has literally left its mark on Palomar College. MEChA, which serves as a support system for college education in the Latino community, along with students, faculty and willing artists have created a symbol of education through art. On the back wall of the classroom four artists, Jesus Sanchez., Joey Azul, Rueben Ochoa and Pablo Rojero Jr. painted a
mural representing the Latino community crossed with life at Palomar. The mural is "conceptually rich" Azul said "and that was our goal." "Change, transition and possibility became a guide in our selection of symbols and images," Azul said. They began the mural last summer to replace one that was destroyed previously during classroom renovations. Bright colors and realistic images paint a picture of the Latino .culture and their proud success in education.
Palomar College has more students enrolled than ever before in history. According to Herman Lee, director of · enrollment services, enrollment is up nine percent from last fall with 27,969 students enrolled in at least one class. Of this total, 24, 621 students are taking classes for credit, which is an increase of 8.8 percent from fall 2000. "I did not expect such a huge growth," Lee said. "I thought the figures would be up only about three percent." One of the main reasons for the sudden growth is the economic recession. With fewer jobs available, many students go back to school, Lee said. All the area's colleges are up in enrollment, he said. Also, the large number of high school graduates this year shows in the enrollment figures. "We have seen this also in the past," Lee said. Other reasons might be the growth of San Diego County in general because of the nice weather, for example, and the flow of people moving to suburbs from the city of San Diego, Lee said. This fall also brought some improvements to Palomar's Online system. For the first time, people were able to apply Online without having to step on campus at all. At total of 8,267 online applications were submitted. "We received applications from all
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University studies Rir111d to th1 tr•g1dy degree denied By Stephen Kell<'r
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A University Studies Af. degree proposed by Palomar's faculty senate was rejected by the governing board during the summer. The degree was initially studied by a sub-committee of the curriculum committee, which is responsible for reviewing changes to matters of curriculum. Jan Kuzmich, a Palomar
counselor, said that the matter· first came forward a few years ago , after SDSU announced that it would give priority acceptance to students transferring there in certain majors if they had a University Studies degree. These majors included computer science and administration, business Kuzmich said. Additionally, students transferring in with the degree SEE DENIED, PACE 7
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Palomar students gathered around a television set at the Q Building on Tuesday afternoon to watch news coverage of the terrorist attacks in New York and Washington, D.C. P~lom~r canceled clas~es at Camp Pendleto~, ~ut continued to hold classes on its other classes Tuesday after Califorma Gov. Gray Dav1s ordered all state bulldmgs closed and other nearby colleges shut down.
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