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In response to California's energy crisis, Palomar's conservation efforts have yielded a significant decline in energy usage according to Mike Ellis, director of facilities. This summer in an effort to cut back on power usage, Palomar closed the campus every Friday through Sunday. Because the campus is slower during the summer, the idea was to cut as much power usage as possible, particularly during the slower times. ''We have an on-going energy conservation program that makes changes on a regular basis and anytime there is a remodel" Ellis said.
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Palomar College's Faculty Union accepted nominations Nov. 7, for its first election. Nominees will be running for the offices of the co-presidents and the executive board. The recent ratification of the PFF constitution allows the union to legally elect officials. "We have been positioning the organization for elections. We are very glad to have met this goal," said interim co-president Mary Ann Drinan. The open positions for eight executive board members are secretary, treasurer, grievance chair, communications, publications and press relations. They will also develop leadership training and membership activities. The board will be equally divided between part-time and full-time members, said the PFF constitution. Drinan said this measure promotes unity among the PFF's faculty members. The terms for the first official elected members will last two years. However, following term lengths will alternate from one to two years. This measure will prevent the board from inducting all new members at the end of each term, said interim CoPresident Mary Millet. The democratic process allows members to feel more
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Sam Hamod spoke ·about Islam Nov. 7 at the dock tower. Hamod is the Chairman of the Islamic Media Group and the fonner director of The Islamic Center of Washington, DC. He expressed many conr.ems about the media's negative portrayal of Islam.
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Students gathered at the clock tower Nov. 7 to hear Sam Hamad speak about the fundamentals of Islam. Hamad is chairman of the Islamic Media Group and the former director of The Islamic
Center of Washington, DC. The purpose of this event was to educate students about a commonly misunderstood religion. ''The United States media has made bin Laden a leader when he is not," Hamad said. He also said that Islam is portrayed as a "backward" religion. Hamad said these misconceptions perpetuated by the media are the result of ignorance. To prove this, he explained the five pillars of Islam as follows: One must have a belief in God and recognize Allah as his
profit. Prayer must take place five times a day, charity must be a part of everyday life, one must take part in fasting during Ramadan and one must make a pilgrimage to the holy land, Mecca. His point being that the fundamentals of Islam do not endorse terrorism and violence. Hamad explained that the Taliban and followers are practicing "tribalism" not Islam. • SEE
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Additional conservation efforts included thermostats being set at 65 degrees for heating, and 75 degrees for cooling, as well as the usage of occupancy sensors to help control the thermostats and some lighting. In August 2000, Palomar's monthly energy consumption was at 663, 689 kilowatt hours. In August of this year, the monthly consumption was
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CHICAGO - Urrooj Habib Rehman, who wanted to be able to read the Koran in Arabic and to get more in touch with her Pakistani heritage, started taking Arabic at the University of Illinois in Chicago. "I wanted to know more about a part of the world that I have lived in. My parents can speak and understand it a bit and I was envious," said Rehman, a Muslim and U.S. citizen. But after the events of Sept.
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11, knowledge of Arabic has taken on new importance and a hlgher profile. At the few area schools that offer Arabic and Islamic studies, educators say they have fielded dozens of calls from potential students, although the calls haven't yet translated into higher enrollment at every school. At the University of Chicago, enrollment in Arabic classes jumped immediately following the terrorist attacks. Other schools expect increased numbers when the next term begins. "Now I feel so much more of an
immediacy. It's something that you feel in your gut and can't really explain," she said. For Whitney Payton, a junior and an economics major at UIC, studying Arabic has gone from the textbook phase to having real-world applications. Payton, who had high school Spanish and French, decided to take Arabic because or'an interest in Middle East politics, an interest that has sharpened in recent weeks. II
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