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Since the 320 bus will at no longer stop Palomar, students taking a bus from Oceanside, Vista or Escondido may be affected. Here are some of the alternatives:

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Dttllnsitlt · The 302 route will provide service every 15 minutes. A trip from the Oceanside Transit Center to Palomar will take about 1 hour and 15 minutes.

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New admissions policies at San Diego State will make it more difficult for • INSIDE: Part of a p a 10 m a r bigger problem, page 4 students hoping to transfer to the uni ersity this fall.

SDSU, which previously considered all of San Diego county to be in its district, has declared all schools north of Highway 56 to be out of its area Out-of-area students face more stringent requirements for admission. An in-area student needs only a 2.0 GPA, 56 completed units and to meet general education requirements.

Out-of-area students must meet a higher GPA (that is determined each semester depending upon number of applicants) as well as complete all preperatory work for their major before transferring.

April Woods, director of Palomar's transfer center, said the reason for the new policy was SDSU's high number of applications.

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is111 The 302 route will provide service every 15 minutes. A trip from the Vista Transit Center will take about an hour.

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Tabitha Dansby, a theatre arts student, has taken the 320 for years from Palomar to get to her Escondido home.

After Feb. 17, she will have to find a different bus route.

NCTD shuHies bus routes 8

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As part of a new program of bus routes, the North County Transit District is going to discontinue its express bus to Palomar on Feb 17.

Popular among Palomar students, this express route only makes a few stops The express goes between

Oceanside and Escondido but will no longer stop at Palomar, reducing the route time from 67 to 52 minutes.

"In order to make the 320 a true express route serving the North County, we at the NCTD had to cut Palomar College because the stop on the route is the farthest from any of the other stops," said Tom Kelleher, a representative for NCTD.

The 302 route, which stops at Palomar and runs from Oceanside to Escondido, will be ramped up to compensate for the loss.

Additionally, a new express between the Vista Transit Center and Palomar will be offer.ed during weekday mommgs.

The changes are part of the new "Fast Forward" program.

The 420 line will be an express service between the Vista Transit Center and Palomar, 3 times each weekday morning.

Estontlitlo The 302 route will provide service every 15 minutes. A trip from the Escondido Transit Center will take about half an hour.

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Zainab Senhaji, a member of the International Club, creates banners of countries of the students represented in the club during Club Rush Feb 6.

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About ten of Palomar's clubs were recruiting for new members during "club rush" on Feb. 6 and 7.

Members took turns manning booths in the portable dining rooms by the Student Center, answering questions and trying to get students to sign up.

Club leaders also discussed their plans for the coming semester.

Martha Reyes, secretary of the Pre-Med Society, said her

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club is involved in a project to set up a volunteer dental clinic in Mexico.

Club members, which can include students in any of the pre-med programs such as dentistry or nursing, are repairing a trailer to be used as the portable clinic. They hope to have the project running during this semester, Reyes said.

Student Theatre The Productions club is planning a night of one-act plays for the end of the semester, said club president Joanna Greenwood.

The club also puts on anum-

her of other small performances and helps out with Palomar's theater arts program.

"We're the obnoxious people on campus. We sing and dance in the hallways. We have so much fun just being darks," Greenwood said.

Other clubs that attended included the International Club, the EOP&S Club, the Native American Student Alliance, the Students for Life Club and Palomar's two honors societies, Phi Theta Kappa and Alpha Gamma Sigma.

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Faculty union mails first election ballots

By Jessica Musicar

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The Palomar teachers' union began its first elections by mailing ballots to its members Feb. 4.

The election will fill eight positions on the executive board, half of which are fulltime faculty and half of whcih are for part-time faculty.

Additionally, two co-presidents, one full-time and one parttime, will be elected.

Because the PFF is comprised of full-time and parttime faculty, the two groups will be voting for their respective groups only.

There are five candidates for four positions for the executive board slots. The Presidential elections are uncontested, said Tamara Weintraub, co-chair of the PFF elections committee.

This will allow current full-

time co-president Mary Anne Drinan and part-time co-president Mary Millet to remain as presidents.

The elected co-presidents serve as spokespersons for the PFF and will also serve as delegates to the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) National Convention.

Executive board members will make union policies, appoint a negotiating team, participate in conferences and determine duties of the individual members of the executive Board such as Treasurer, press relations, and secretary.

The majority of the executive offices are two year terms. Two positions, one each from the full time and part time board, will be for just one year. This will allow for "new blood" to circulate among the board, Millet said.

Although no campaigning efforts have been made by the candidates, they have each released a statement through the PFF Web site explaining why each would be good for his or her position.

Several candidates such as Judy Dolan and Tobi Rosenberg are already part of the interim executive board and are using their experience in their current positions to try to convince voters of their capabilities.

Other candidates have cited outside experiences that would make them appropriate candidates.

The ballots were delivered to the registered mailing addresses of all official faculty members of the PFF, Weintraub said.

The ballot process will be very confidential, Weintraub said. Each ballot will be mailed

with two extra envelopes. Upon opening their mail, voting members will discover a return envelope marked with their names as well as a blank envelope in which the ballot will be enclosed.

After completing the ballot, members will stuff it into the unaddressed envelope and then into the return envelope. All ballots will be mailed to a special post office box, Weintraub said.

Weintraub will collect all ballots received before noon Feb. 25.

The ballots will then journey to the PFF office, where envelopes will be compared with a list of voting PFF members. This is to prevent members from voting more than once. The outer envelope will be discarded to maintain anonymity for all voters.

The count will begin at 4 p.m.

Feb. 25, when two non-running members will tally ballots. To ensure fairness and impartiality, a member of the League of Women Voters will supervise them, Weintraub said. "I don't see any problems so far, but you can't be too careful, even if there doesn't appear to be any controversy."

The results will be given immediately after the count is completed, Weintraub said.

Results will also be posted on the Web site the following day.

The nominees for the parttime executive board positions ¡are Bill Bedford, Mike Byron, Julie Ivey-English, Narges Tobi Niedzwiecki, and Rosenberg.

Full-time candidates are John Dise, Judy Dolan, Daniel Finkenthal, Shannon Lienhart, and Carlton Smith.

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Palomar's Calendar

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FEBRUARY14:

Concert Hour: "Music of Motown"SDSU Notchbacks (double quartet) 12:30 p.m., Performing Arts Pavilion

14-16: Baseball :

Palomar's Comets vs. Siskiyous, Irvine Palomar Valley Tournament

15: 16:

Lincoln's Day: No classes held Local Holiday: No classes held

18: Washington's

Day:

No classes held

19-10: Blood Drive 1 1: Concert Hour: "Madrigals of Motets of the Renaissance" Early Music Ensemble of San Diego 12:30 p.m., Room D-10

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Swimming: "South of the Border" Relays

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Last day to change grading status (credit I no credit)

16: Speaker:

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Noon - 2 p.m., Room C-9

16: Baseball:

Comets vs.

San Diego Mesa 2 p.m.

18:

Last day to apply for May 2002 graduation

18:

Concert Hour: "Piano Quartet Opus 13" - Striano Piano Quartet 12:30 p.m., Room D-10

If you know of any important events or dates to be listed please contact The Telescope at telescope@'palomar.edu

THE SINGLES QUIZ SCORING KEY From pages 6 & 7 For every "A" answer give yourse~ 4 points; for every "8" answer, 3 points; every "C" answer, 2 points; and for every "0" answer, 1 poinl Add your points togetber to get your score. Here's how you measure up:

7-II points: Your life is entirely too dependent upon your significant other - so much so that you don't know who you are when you're not with that person. Advice: break up as soon as possible, or at least stay out of public places.

12-16 points: You're desparate. You have to be with someone just to say you have a date for Friday nighl Advice: Ease up before you strain something_ You might find that you enjoy your own company more than a random hook-up.

17 -n points: You're pretty normal, but still yearn for a meaningless relationship. Advice: Keep in mind the other person really doesn't care, no matter what they tell you.

24-28 points: Congratulations! You are well on your way to the enlightened bliss of permanent singlehood. Advice: Stay the course, don't let anyone distract you, and stear clear of any movie starring Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks.

The economic slump may have at least one beneficiary - graduate schools.

During the economic boom of the 1990s, the number of graduate-school applications showed only slow growth. Now they are pouring in and schools are getting more selective.

"It's predictably countercyclical," said Tom Rochon, executive director of the Graduate Record Exam at the Educational Testing Service in Princeton. The GRE is the general test used for admission to many graduate schools.

Educators say the rising interest is in part a result of a weakening confidence in the economy.

With a gloomier job horizon, they say, workers are looking to augment their resumes.

Students are motivated by other factors as well, Rochon said. Educators say some of the increase in applications may be attributed to professions popularized by television shows and a rising interest in Mideast studies.

Professional schools offering programs in law, education and business are seeing the biggest surge in applications. Traditional humanities, science and socialscience departments are also anticipating a flurry of applications.

The interest is revealed by the rising number of people taking admissions tests. The companies that administer the law school admissions test (the LSAT), the business school test (the GMAT), and the GRE have all seen higher numbers. Applications to medical school are not expected to rise, according to Association of American Medical Colleges.

In the fall, the number of GRE tests administered in the United States was 10 percent higher than the fall of 2000. The LSAT was up 22 percent and the GMAT nearly 19 percent.

According to test administrators, the numbers typically fluctuate by about 5 percent in either direction for the GRE and about 10 percent for the GMAT and LSAT.

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Dorothy Lopez-Abdui-Salaam prepares at her home in Lawnside, New Jersey, to take the law school admissions test.

For 2000-01, the total nunibers of people taking the tests were 455,000 for the GRE, 221,160 for the GMAT, and 109,030 for the LSAT. The trend has followed the economy, said John Fernandes, president of the St. Louis-based Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business, an accreditation group. ''We can trace it back to early 2001. In 2000, we saw a decline; the economy was still doing well. . . .

Then poof1" Some prospective students say the sagging economy was the final push they needed to apply to graduate school.

When Christine DePetris, 41, was laid off last year by a real estate development firm in Maple Shade, Pa., she doubted she could find an equally lucrative job, she said.

So with her 18-year-old daughter applying to college, DePetris decided to apply to law school.

"My friends think I'm insane," DePetris said, ''but it gives me three more years to decide what I want to be when I grow up."

Some educators question how closely the rise in applications can be tied to the economic downturn.

"I'm a skeptic. I think there are all sorts of other factors that play into it," said Roger Dennis, provost of Rutgers UniversityCamden, where the number of graduate-school applications has declined slightly in recent years.

Dennis said the trend was often driven by factors that researchers do not understand.

Factors such as "Ally McBeal."

Educators are convinced, at least anecdotally, that courtroom TV shows such as "Ally," hospital shows, and political shows play a sizable role in the popularity of career fields.

Even the fluctuations in salaries offered to first-year associl;l.teS at Manhattan law firms can trigger a rush on the fourhour LSAT, educators say.

Dorothy Lopez-Abdul-Salaam said a combination of the poor economy and the Sept.ll attacks pushed her to apply to the parttime law program at RutgersCamden, even though she had

been accepted last year to a New York law school.

Concerned about not earning a living while in school, LopezAbdul-Salaam, 26, did not want to give up her regional sales job at IBM. "When the World Trade Center attacks happened, it just felt like New York is not meant for us right now," she said. "It put a lot of things in perspective. I realized I can't give up my job."

The motivation for her goal of a law degree remains the same, she said: She and her husband, Wali, always knew they needed to earn more to support their three young children.

"Things are converging all at once," said Janice Austin, assistant dean for admissions and financial aid at the University of Pennsylvania's law school. ''There are probably a number of things going on."

After three flat years, applications to the law school spiked by nearly 40 percent for the 2002-03 school year.

Deans are excited about the rise in applications, no matter the explanation.

alomar University recruiters coming to campus Representatives from Cal State San Marcos and UC San Diego are coming to Palomar's San Marcos campus this week'to meet with students who are interested in transferring to those universities.

Cal State San Marcos representatives will be on campus Feb. 13 from noon to 2.30 p.m. in SU-1. Representatives from UC San Diego will be on campus Feb. 14 from 10 a.m. to 1.30 p.m. in the same room.

Students can schedule appointments by calling the Transfer Center at (760) 7441150 ext. 2552 or by visiting its new location in SU-16.

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Health services holds February blood drive Palomar's Health Services Department

is working cooperatively with Phi Theta ments and wreaths.

Kappa to sponsor the Spring Semester For more information, contact Theo Blood Drive on Feb.19 and 20 from 9a.m.to Brockett at (760) 744-.1150 ext. 2586.

-Robert Juw 2:30p.m. The mobile unit will be located in parking lot 11, behind the Health Services building. All donors will receive a free Tshirt and refreshments.

To sign up see the Health Services building or call (760) 744-1150 ext. 2380.

Making money by saving money is the focus of a workshop hosted by Palomar -Robert Juvc College's Escondido Education Center. The one-day course will meet in Room 103 on Saturday, Feb. 23 from 9:30a.m.to 12:30p.m.

Objectives covered by speaker Sally Gary include how to create a down payment on a house, retire early, save a few thousand dollars each year, shopping (apparel, appliances, The Escondido Education Center will be automotive), housing/free rent, medical, legal, offering a non-credit class in floral design free money for college, free and bargain travfrom Feb.22 through March 22. Classes el, free things to do locally and zapping credit will be held on Fridays from 1 p.m. to 3:30 card debt.

The seminar fee is $23 plus a $13 materials p.m. in room EC-401. fee collected in class, which includes the book, The class costs $69 with an additional $12 materials fee for flowers, vases, and "The Best Deals & Steals in San Diego," other items. The class will provide instruc- Gary's latest and a resource packet.

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Workshop oHers tips on how to save money

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SDSU policy reflects lack of statewide support s if transferring wasn't enough of a hassle already, San Diego State recently announced that Palomar students wouldn't be admitted as local students. While the school is correct in its belief that it is vastly overcrowded this latest decision is indicative of iarger problems within California's higher education system.

The new policy treats students in North County as being out of SDSU's local district, meanmg that they would have to meet more stringent requirements for admissions - the same as those of students from anywhere else in California.

SDSU's logic works something like this: SDSU 1s too crowded. Cal State San Marcos is slightly under its budg~ted number of students. AB such, North County students should go to CSUSM instead of SDSU. The problems begin with the realization that CSUSM is hardly ready for a massive influx of new students.

CSUSM has a budget for an additional 232 students. At Palomar alone, 349 students applied to transfer to SDSU in the fall.

CSUSM also has just a fraction of the Jrograms that SDSU has.

SDS is offering an exemption for Palomar students transferrir}g into majors not offered at CSUSM, but with the way things are going, this could be gone in a semester or two.

Other problems abound. Both schools offer a communications major, but the actual curriculum is hardly the same. CSUSM's program is geared toward inter-personal communications, while SDSU has a focus on mass communications. A Palomar student wanting to go into mass communications 1s basically left standing in the cold under the new policy.

It's hara to fault SDSU too much when the administration is faced with the daunting task of trying to manage a gJ"Owing student body with ever-dwindling funds. Likewise, CSUSM's limited capacity for students is a direct result of not having enough faculty or money for growth.

It's madderung that during a reces- · sion, when enrollment numbers are at an all-time high, Gov. Gray Davis has slashed education oudgets around the board and asked schools to cut back on hiring new faculty.

San Diego is a highly diverse, hlghly mobile community. Drawing up artificial boundaries is not a real solution to the problem at hand.

What really needs to happen is for higher education to be seen as a prionty for California, and this must be done at the state level. It's about time the state government stopped merely paying lip service to higher education and aid something to improve the situation.

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The Telescope is published weekly on Mondays, except weeks containing holidays or exams. Signed opinions are those of the individual writers and do not necessarily represent those of the entire newspaper staff, Palomar faculty and staff or the Governing Board.

STEVE SICK I KRT NEWS SERVICE

Volunteers have plenty of opportunities already

By J.R. Labbe

KRf HEWS SERVItr

T

he country needs a federal program to promote something as uniquely American as volunteering?

Shoot, this nation dang near invented the idea of service to others. Long before French aristocrat Alexis de Tocqueville moseyed across the parts of the country that could be navigated or traversed back in 1831 to see what a great republic looked like, Americans exhibited a cultural fondness for bonding together in voluntary groups to work on mutual problems.

It was, after all, a volunteer army that kicked the behinds of the redcoats to win the country's independence from Britain.

Tocqueville observed an unprecedented number of people getting together for common purposes - without coercion, without government interference. The 26-year-old author remarked in perhaps the best book ever written about democracy, "Democracy in America", that such alliances not only fostered self-reliance but also strengthened the skills of association that a vital citizenry requires.

Fast-forward to 2002, and we find a small-government president calling for the expansion of the bureaucracy to do something that Americans have done for generations as ''habits of the hearts," as Tocqueville called volunteerism.

President Bush introduced Congress and the nation to his patriotically named USA Freedom Corps concept during his first State of the Union speech 'fuesday. Details followed the next day, when Bush began a

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modem-day version of an oldfashioned barnstorming tour to promote the initiative.

An eight-person White House office will oversee the national service and volunteer effort.

Price: $560 million.

The Citizen Corps - an effort to teach folks how to spot suspicious or threatening activities, work with local police departments and volunteer for neighborhood watches - carries a price tag of $230 million. Expanding AmeriCorps and the Senior Corps would cost $280 million next year. Doubling the number of Peace Corps volunteers would cost $200 million over five years.

Hold the phone. Bush pushing the Peace Corps? AmeriCorps?

My friends , alternate universes have collided. A Republican president co-opts and expands social service programs that started with Democratic presidents John F. Kennedy's Peace Corps and Bill Clinton's AmeriCorps all to rousing applause from both sides of the aisle?

Isn't it amazing what the party faithful will back when you slap a flag-waving name on something? Of course, it doesn't hurt to have a public approval rating that tops 80 percent.

It was distinctively presidential for Bush to outline the realities and the needs of a nation at war. To call for a new "culture of responsibility'' was noble and, frankly, past due.

But does America need more departments, White House offices and federal oversight?

Bush could have made an equally strong statement about doing something to help somebody else by directing Americans to seek

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out volunteer opportunities that already exist in their own communities.

Want a short-term assignment that won't require a long-term time commitment? Then help set up, assist with a silent auction and clean up after a ball dedicated to raising money for a local lung association.

Enjoy working with youngsters? Spend two hours a week working with and mentoring seventh-, eighth- and ninth-graders.

Have a background in budgeting? Assist individuals who have difficulty handling household finances by serving as a money management bill-payer.

Want to help pass on that truly American spirit of volunteerism to some of the nation's newest residents? Sign up to teach English as a second language to refugees from Baltic nations.

These are just a smattering of the opportunities available, right now, through numerous volunteer centers.

Nationwide, schools, hospitals, libraries, police departments, food pantries, homeless shelters, nonprofit agencies, arts and cultural groups - the list goes on can all use extra sets of hands.

Tocqueville said: "I have seen Americans make great and real sacrifices to the public welfare; and I have noticed a hundred instances in which they hardly ever failed to lend faithful support.to one another."

The great and real sacrifice needed today is one that every American can make: donating some time to help out others.

That's more American than any federal program - even one named USA Freedom.

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"SDSU had 40,000 applications and 5,000 empty spaces.

This was their solution," Woods said.

Woods said that 349 Palomar students applied to SDSU for the Fall 2002 semester.

However, since the necessary GPA for out-of-area students has yet to be determined (it was 3.0 for the current semester), it isn't known how many were accepted.

The new policy is an attempt to divert more of North County's residents to Cal State San Marcos and away from SDSU, Woods said.

She said that SDSU sent out a letter to all Palomar students that applied asking if they would like to have their applications redirected to CSUSM. Along with this, SDSU is offering an exemption to Palomar students that want to transfer into programs that CSUSM is not offering.

For instance, CSUSM does not offer a philosophy major.

So Palomar students transferring into philosopohy at SDSU would only have to meet the lower GPA requirement for that department.

However, they would still need the other requirements students, for out-of-area including having finished all of the major preparation classes.

A student wanting to transfer into music would have to meet the higher GPA, Woods said, because CSUSM offers a music major.

Woods said that this exemption has raised some questions, as certain majors may have the same name at both schools but be very different in terms of content.

For example, while both schools offer a communications major, they each have a very different emphasis as to the type of communication taught.

SDSU would consider both programs to be the same for the purposes of students trying to transfer, while some students may have a very explicit preference.

"We're still in negotiations," Woods said.

In the meantime, Woods suggested students who get rejected because of a low GPA transfer to CSUSM for one semester and then try and get into SDSU later.

Since the required GPA for out-of-area students changes every semester, Woods said that this was not a surefire solution.

The other option available t students would be to transfer to SDSU into a major that CSUSM is not offering, taking advantage of the exemption for Palomar students.

Once accepted into the school, it might be possible to switch majors, Woods said.

"Every student admitted into SDSU has a right to petition to change their major," Woods said.

One other change to the admissions policy is that, starting in Fall 2003, transferring students will be required to have completed 60 units instead of the current 56.

Students who have applied at SDSU should know whether or not they have been accepted in March.

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School Program has other programs for both students and Because of state mandated non-students as well. For budget cuts, Palomar College's example, "a family of 4 that childcare service increased its makes below $3,100 per month fees. could receive free childcare The board of Palomar Monday through Friday, 2 to College voted unanimously in . 5p.m.," Gidner said.

December to raise the fee for a According to board memhalf-day at the childcare cen- bers, due to the high demand ter from $15 to $18 and $22 to for the service, the increase in $27 for a full-day. fees will not affect the amount This increase will affect of students and working parnearly 100 families that do not ents who take advantage of the qualify for state childcare sup- childcare center. Currently port. there are about 380 children Plans are being made to cre- on the childcare wait list and ate funded programs for the about 200 children spend there students that are affected by days at the centers in ·San the fee increase, said Carol Marcos and Escondido.

Gidner, Palomar's Childcare Because of the increase in Operations Assistant. the number of children in the The Escondido Campus' child daycare program, the Child Development Center has board gave tentative approval a "sliding scale" program for of a 3.87 percent raise for the students with children 3 to 5 teachers at the child care years old. The State's Pre- development centers.

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this week • ASG is circulating letters for students to sign in support of Senate Bill 3, which would restore some of the funds cut from the California Community

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• Senator Lisa Sitter was dismissed for excessive absences.

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• ASG sent a letter about the ATM on campus. The letter asked to give students the ability to make deposits.

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By Tom Chambers

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alentine's Day is quite possibly capitalism's most effective marketing ploy. It's a holiday created by Hallmark to make a few bucks and it's as empty as Bill Clinton's promise to have "the most ethical administration in history."

It's a day when guys spend an exorbitant amount of money on flowers and girls chastise them for breaking the bank. It's a day marked by cards laced with lethal messages of feigned love.

It's a day with so much hype it is guaranteed to be a let down - the restaurant is always crowded, the chocolate always melts, the flowers always wilt, the promises will always be broken and the "special moment" will always leave you wanting.

That's why it's great to be single in February. There's no pressure to create some romantic moment. You don't have to try to out-do what previous valentines have already done. There's no arguments over where to eat, you don't have to remember what color roses are your girlfriend's favorite, and you can't get in trouble for forgetting about the day altogether. You can save your money - or spend it on yourself.

But still, some have a difficult time finding something to do while their friends are out staring deeply into each other's eyes and spouting ephemeral,

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There's no need to worry. Valentine's Day is the perfect opportunity to celebrate being single and to show the world you can have a good time without being attached at the hip to some overbearing love interest.

MAKE RESERVATIONS ANYWAY In the days leading up to the 14th., call as many restaurants as you can think of - even some in other cities and make reservations for two. You won't be dining out, of course, but when those starry-eyed love birds try to reserve their favorite dinner spot, it will already be full.

Add a new twist and call the same restaurant more than once using different names (Smith or Johnson always work nicely).

Vindictive? Perhaps, but really, how many of those couples are actually going to enjoy their dinner? If you think about it, you're doing them a huge favor.

HELP YOUR FRIENDS BREAK UP We've all got friends who are "madly" in love with each other. This year, help them break up . Talk to them each separately and start conversations about the other one. So as not to be obvious , start the conversation with, "I don't mean to pry, but I noticed your girlfriend kind of bosses you around all the time," and just let

the conversation go from there. It's okay to play the two "star-crossed lovers" off one another.

Afterall, how many of the couples you know will actually still be together by the time next Feb. 14 comes around? Let's not fool ourselves, you're just helping them see the light.

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tis said that spring is a time for lovers and what better way to start offt fest than to stick a minor holiday in front of it. With all the decor and hYJ ing up to Valentine's Day, what does spring offer to the singles of the popu The answer is: not much. Especially when one considers the over abundanc€ songs played back to back on the radio, this time of year can be extra dism: fear not, there is music out there that chimes the virtues of the single life, o: very least, why it's easier being single than attached. So here we go, a shor pick me up songs for those of us who need to reaffirm that relationshipf> ~'qu: Let's start off with a classic man hating song like Alanis Morissette' Oughta Know." There really is no better anthem for all the jilted warner world who need a little reminder that love sucks.

For a list such as this, "Every Breath You Take" by The Police has to I: This makes the list for two :r;.jasons: every stalker knows this song by hea this song is most often misinterpreted to be a love song. It's not about love, it's about obsession. Hey, while we're hitting up The Police for material, lE "King of Pain" and ''Don't Stand So Close To Me" to the list.

If we reach back to the '80s for help what do we find? We find Def L€!1-par, band did play both sides of the fence with songs like "Pour Some Sugar ( and ''Stand Up (Kick Love into Motion)" while at the same time singing Bites." But what kind of hair-band would they be if they didn't try to have tht

2. When you're out with JOII" friends and yoa spot aa attractiwe persoa, yoa: A. Do nothing, if they're interested, they will approach you How "single" are you? How long will you stay in lonely bliss? Take this quiz to find out. Write down your answers on another sheet of paper, then turn to page 3 to see you how measure up.

l You womd descrie yo~nelf as: A. Single and happy B. Single and looking C. Looking through your "little black book" D. Seriously attached

B. Approach them, say:something cute, and see what happens C. Get their number, along with the numbers of all their friends D. Make eyes at them, while clinging to your significant other (whom you brought along)

3. YOII' earty monilg, get-ready-for-scllool routiJe consists of: A. Quickly throwing on whatever's on the floor and running out the door B. Takinga shower and making sure your hair looksnice and your clothes aren't wrinkled C. At least one hour of prep, from trimming nose hair to cutting back cuticles D. Staring at the closet wondering what outfit your girflriend I boyfriend will like most

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Feel free to make fun of your past interest's irritating nuan~es and to reveal their most intimate secrets.

A night like that is sure to make you laugh, and glad to be single. Friends are better than lovers anyway - they don't burst into tears if you don't give them flowers or chocolate.

BURN PICTURES It's been said that it is better to have loved and lost than to have never loved at all - yeah, whatever. Everyone's got old paraphanalia lying around from old girlfriends or boyfriends, and it's high time you took out some lighter fluid and torched it. Whatever sentimental

value the items have can go up in smoke along with all the sweet nothings you whispered to each other when you were still together.

Fire works (or more than just pictures, too. Add cards, letters, dried flowers, shirts and anything else you have from that failed relationship.

Besides, you could use the closet space.

DO NOTHING and eat it too? However, ''Have You Ever Needed Someone so Bad" deserves to be mentioned for how well it fits into the relationship-equals-pain equation.

For the dark and moody nature of most of their music, The Smiths made the list. One of their songs that fit the category is "Girlfriend in a Coma." If you know the song, sure he cares about his girlfriend, yes he wants her to be okay, but as it pertains to our topic, do you really need the burden of loving . someone in a situation as dire as a coma? That's a lot to ask and lets face it, it could happen to anyone.

While we're touching on dark and moody groups, The Cure's "Letter to Elise" reminds us how hard it is to break off a relationship so maybe it's just better to do without.

It was a difficult ethical choice, but I decided to list "Quit Playing Games (with my Heart)'' by the Backstreet Boys. On one hand, I can't stand Backstreet, but on the other hand, the song makes a good point. People have a tendency to play games in relationships. They test you - making you jump through hoops to prove you love them and who needs that? Maybe the relationship they really want is with a pet.

My last recommendation for a song to make you glad to be single is just about anything from Hank Williams. Williams earned his doctorate in heartache. There's a lot to be learned from the mistakes of others, and old Hank has one thing to teach all of us: don't fall in love. .

I know there's a huge wealth of other songs to choose from that also deserve a place on this list, but this is a good start. My advice: save yourself heartache and financial malnourishment and enjoy having no one to answer to and noth¡ ing to prove. Now if you'll excuse me, I have to go find a Valentine's Day present for my girlfriend.

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Of course, you can always treat Valentine's Day like any other and do nothing out of the ordinary. Stay home, catch up on your homework or finsh that novel you've been skimming.

You can also make it a point to be alone. Sit around in your underwear watching movies or listening to music.

This has many advantages: no one makes better company than yourself and nobody gets hurt when it's a party of one.

SCAM ON THE 'FRIEND' YOU'VE BEEN EYEING If you're weak and just have to be with someone, stay away from the standard pick-up avenues. Instead of hanging around the movie theater looking for someone single, call that friend you've been eyeing.

Don't fool yourself with the "we're just friends" line, and ask them if they want to hang out on Valentine's Day. If you really want to go for the gusto, suggest something more than a friendly dinner. Say, "Since I'm single, and you're single, let's go out!" Just don't be surprised when it all blows up in your face the morning of Feb. 15.

6. Yoll' 1110111 offers to set you up with ber co-worter's child. What do you do?

A. Join the Anny - boot camp takes at least nine weeks B. Get as much infonnation as you can on the person and agree to meet at a neutral location C. Quickly get their number, and ask if they have any friends, siblings, cousins, etc.

D. Beat yourseH up for even entertaining the thought of going out with someone else

7. You woldd consider IIJal1}ing someone-if: A. I was kidnapped and forced to at gunpoint B. I really loved them, and they were willing to make the same committment to me C. They were good looking, had a lot of money and didn't mind the occasional "indescretion" D. Is it too early to renew my wedding vows?

February is here again, and soon enough Valentines Day will rear its ugly head. So what do you do if you are among the leagues of single people without a prospect for a Valentine's date? You can watch movies!

Here is a list of films that should fit many a mood on this trumped-up, card-company holiday.

"True Romance" (1993)- Nothing says loving like killing your wife's pimp. Christian Slater and Patricia Arquette star in this action driven love story that will bring out the romantic in every viewer. Who ever knew that Quentin Tarantino would renew my faith in love?

Special bonus includes Brad Pitt smoking out of a honey bear.

"Washington Square" (1997) Forced to choose between money and her gold-digging boyfriend, Catherine Sloper (Jennifer Jason Lee ) takes a lot of abuse from the men in her life, be it her father (Albert Finney) or yummy Morris (Ben Chaplin).

The ending of this period piece is bittersweet for the lead, but will leave you irritated and angry with men.

Than again , your corset might be rubbing you the wrong way.

"Sleeping with the Enemy" (1991) - An abused woman (Julia Roberts) stages her own death to get away from her husband.

Unfortunately he sees through her ploy and comes looking for her.

This film is more about obsession than love, but at least it wiil give you a few pointers on how to escape your ex.

"Untamed Heart" (1993) -This is a tearjerker about a shy man (Christian Slater) who saves a lonely waitress (Marissa Tomei) from her would-be rapists. Adam and Caroline are an unlikely couple but they make it work despite such distractions as a knifing and a baboon's heart.

If you aren't bawling like a baby by the end of the film, is it any wonder that you are single?

"Harold and Maude" (1971) Freud would have called it an Oedipal complex, I call it love. Harold is a wealthy youth with a penchant for fake suicides and hearses. Maude is a 79 year-old-free-spirit with a love of art and the cycle of life. Maude teaches him how to live and they fall in love .

This May-December romance might wig you out, but it really is an awesome film that tells us that love with an old lady is good because they have lots of experience.

"Better Off Dead" (1985) - John Cusack plays Lane Myer, a teen that is dumped by his girlfriend for the captain of the ski team. After several suicide attempts, he bets the usurper that he can out-ski him on a colossal slope. Meanwhile, a foreign exchange student, Monique, helps him regain his confidence and (of course) they fall in love.

As Monique's host mother said "love is the universal language."

"So I Married an Axe Murderer" (1993) - Mike Meyers stars as Charlie Mackenzie, a poet confused about love who falls for a female butcher. He soon believes that she is a murderer, but what do you expect when you love someone who wields a knife for a living?

This film will make you want to fall in love again, and simultaneously teach you how to sing "only you" in three different languages.

Of course, if none of these moviesfloat your boat, there's always "Fatal Attraction," "Basic Instinct" and the venerable, good-for-any-occasion classic: "Die Hard."

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'Motion' mixes styles for Palomar show

By Jan Harless

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Dancers in feathered and sequined masks, tumbled, leapt, and mingled like mimes.

Posing, stretching, solo and in tandem, they advanced their gymnastics from the lobby to the stage.

And that was just the pre-show.

"Modern Motion," a modern dance concert, featured 30 Palomar dancers and guest artists from San Diego State University.

The Feb. 3 program combined 10 works from artistic director Faith Jensen-Ismay, jazz instructor, Sue Gilson and guest choreographers Jean Isaacs and Patricia Sandback.

The setting was the Howard Brubeck Theatre.

"Some of the dancers performed a modern dance for the first time.

Some have performed for the first time ever. Other dancers are returning students that have degrees in dance already," JensenIsmay said.

A number of the dances centered on the broad theme, that beauty is internal.

"American Beauty," by Isaacs, is comprised of five young girls and one older woman.

"It plays young against old, and yet it's all beautiful," Jensen-Ismay said.

Sandback, of SDSU, contributed "Poseidon's Beauties," performed by four of her students.

Identically dressed in formal, full, black skirts and bustiers, each made comedy of a tube of red lipstick stored in their cleavage.

With smeared lips and lipsticktattooed arms , the question Sandback asks is, "how much is too much?"

Another dance, called ''Voices," is about "relationships and partnering and being your own voice," Jensen-Ismay said. Indian drumming accented the piece.

"The Joy of Life" was created in celebration of my second daughter's birth" Jensen-Ismay said.

"It's just beautiful, expansive movement with more of a festive, joyful theme."

The dance is set to Bach for a classical feel. Flowing dresses opened like umbrellas with the spins and turns of the dancers.

"Inside and Out: Set Free" is about a neighbor of Jensen-Ismay and her four-year struggle with cancer.

"Externally she looks fine, but internally she's dying and at some point, you have to come to grips with that," Jensen-Ismay said.

Dancers shed jackets to reveal undergarments and movements that symbolize the internal conflict.

Composer Scott Baldwin contributed original music to "Go for

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the Fall," and "Road Rage."

"Go for the Fall" featured dancers in wrestling uniforms comparing the similarities between dance and wrestling.

Palomar head wrestling coach (and husband to Jansen-Ismay), Joe Ismay helped to train the dancers and aided in music editing.

The husband and wife collabora-

tion was created five years ago and restaged for this concert.

"Road Rage" had sounds of sirens and traffic with dancers in metallic costumes symbolizing cars. ''You can go and see one modern dance concert and it's full of text, nudity and imagery. And then you go see the next concert and it's just solid dancing, and thereis no

Same old sermon with Bad

By Robert Juve

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Punk rock is a musical genre that tends not to evolve from generation to generation.

Even those who The Process were patriarchs of the genre tend ;:: Of Belief not to change ~ (OUT Of FOUR STARS) their ways.

BAD REUGION This is the case with Bad Religion and their new album "The Process Of Belief."

Lead singer Greg Graffin and company return and continue the formula that they have built their careers on for the past twenty years.

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The 14 songs on this album reflect the mold that modern punk has been based on.

Most of the songs clock in at less than three minutes and, for the most part, can not be differentiated from the previous number.

However, one aspect of Bad Religion that seems to stand out is the group's lyrics.

Unlike most modern punk acts, whose songs revolve around getting drunk at parties or trying to get laid, Graffin's lyrics reflect the chaos of modern life.

A central theme of songs like "Materialist," "Kyoto Now," and "Supersonic" is that life has no future, and that society is going

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music, no text. It's so diverse," Jensen-Ismay said. ''You can see dancers that are skinny as rails, and then dancers that are a little healthier and meatier. It's not always just about fun and entertainment; sometimes there is a message. Modern dance is more open to individual interpretation."

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"straight to hell."

Although I had had little exposure to Bad Religion's previous work, the new album left me unsatisfied.

The sound, while fresh, is still very formulaic This may not have been the case when the band first became popular, but due to the current wide market of pop-punk acts, the three chord, quick tempo songs do not break any new ground.

While the album does reaffirm that Bad Religion is still one of the most intelligent acts of their genre, it also proves that they are not willing to break the mold musically.

I would recommend this album

to anyone who is already a Bad Religion fan, or to anyone who is interested in the non-hardcore punk scene.

The album moves quickly without slowing down, and is short making it appealing to much of today's music buying public, who may feel that Tool's "Lateralus" album is way too much at 80 minutes.

Overall, this album proves that there is still an audience for quick, three chord, three minute punk songs that attempt to communicate some sort of message.

If that's your thing, be sure that you pick up "The Process Of Belief' as soon as possible.

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I've never been much of a fan of Limp Bizkit, for three reasons: 1. The "rap rock" music they act as if they pioneered was done much better by Rage Against the Machine, and even before that by Body Count.

2. They are hypocrites.

Songs like "Counterfeight" lash out at "phonies" who change their appearance to be cool hard to take seriously from a band whose lead singer Fred Durst, just ten years ago, was dancing around in full Vanilla Ice garb trying to make a name for himself (check out Vhl's "Before They Were Rock Stars," if you don't believe me!).

3. Their name is "Limp Bisquit." Could you find a stupider name ifi paid you?

Of course, Bizkit are still very popular - and more power to them for being able to make a name for themselves.

I can't hold it against a band if I don't like their music everybody should be able to make the kind of music they want, no matter how bad I think it is.

However, with the recent departure of lead guitarist Wes Borland, L.B. has come up with a suspicous way of finding a replacement.

They have been touring guitar stores around the country, inviting local musicians to come and audition.

Three to 10 semi-finalists are selected to come back and improvise with the band at each date, and all who audi-

tioned are invited to watch.

Sounds like an ideal situation, no?

Giving the band's fans a chance to meet, and potentially end up playing with, their idols is certainly a nice way to handle the loss of a band member.

However, there have been many posts on the internet by Bizkit fans who participated in these auditions, and say that they didn't go at all as promised.

One fan relates the details of a contract that had to be signed before auditions: "Anything you play can NOT be copyright, and can be used

by Limp Bizkit in audio, video, or recorded form of any sort.

Other big words which basically translated to the fact that if you play something, they are fully authorized to steal it and use it on a CD. The artist agrees to zero compensation and zero rights over the track, and will get their name in the liner notes "if possible."

The accounts of the actual "auditions" are similarly suspicious: "Entering the room, there's one guy. He's got a mute button under his foot. His job is to make sure you follow the rules. If you break any, you get muted and kicked out immediately. "You have 60 seconds to play. Starting now.""

After playing, the participants waited several hours for the winner to be announced only to be greeted instead by a representative of the guitar store with a megaphone.

"The competition has been called off effective immediately and will not be rescheduled.

The band will not be performing with nor for anyone. They most likely will not be signing autographs. This is beyond our control, but we are ending it."

So, at the end of the day, no

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Limp Bizkit, no contest winners - but several hundred rehearsed guitar parts that have been willingly submitted to be used without compensation by a sucessful band.

Several accounts relating this incident were from people who also left demo tapes with the band's representatives few of which had been properly copyrighted.

It's a shame when a band (or anyone, for that matter) does something this dishonest.

Michael Jackson once came close when he bought the rights to the Beatles catelogue, which his former friend

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(and author of half the songs included) Paul McCartney had already put in a bid for.

But Bizkit's recent actions take the cake as the most selfish and corrupt moves in music history.

Don't get me wrong, I do realize there is a possibility that these reports are bogus that they are the brainchild of either Bizkit haters or, perhaps more likely, jealous fans who did not get called into the semifinals.

However, I will continue to believe in the accuracy of these reports, for three reasons: 1. The music industry has a

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Perhaps more aptly dubbed "Cheaters," the film "Slackers" is just another teen movie.

The first film by Director Dewey Nicks, it teeters between mildly Slackers amusing ar:: and just ; : 1111: plain stu!!!!! (OUT Of FOUR STARS) pi:d. > It gross- 2 STARRING DEVON JASON ly leans llll!i SAWA, SCHWARTZMAN toward RATED 'R' the sophoFOR MORE CLICK ON m o r i c palomar.edu!telescope through its overdependency on poorly placed fart, sex and jerk-off gags.

One warning - watch out for the spitting sock puppets.

I had hoped that the promising cast, including Devon Sawa Punk), Jason (SLC Schwartzman (Rushmore), Jason Segal (Freaks & Geeks), and Michael C. Maronna (The Adventures of Pete and Pete), would setthis film outside of the realm of mediocrity.

However, this was hardly the case.

"Slackers" takes place at Holden University where three slacker friends Dave (Sawa) Jeff (Maronna), and Sam (Segal) do everything together.

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These three musketeers spend their days inventing new scams and lies to cheat their way through college.

Their leisurely cruise through school is suddenly threatened by "cool" Ethan (Schwartzman), an impish psychotic who has somehow discovered their slacker scheme.

Ethan blackmails the slackers, forcing them to help him win over the girl of his dreams, Angela (James King).

Lead slacker Dave and Angela soon fall for each other, causing mildly psychotic Ethan

to do everything in his power to win over the stick-figureingenue.

Nicks shows Ethan's obsession for Angela through the use of dream sequences In one such scene, Ethan dances around Angela with panties on his head, while she is tied to the bed.

Ethan also has an altar dedicated to Angela that practically spills over with her belongings, mementos and a television that constantly shows her face.

Although Ethan's actions

long and well documented history of stealing music from artists whose work is not legally protected.

2. The several Bizkit fans I have known to have actually met the band personally describe them as being just the kind of jerks to do something like this. It is known that the band encouraged moshing after the riots at Woodstock '99 broke out - another incident which proves them to be, well, not nice people.

3. Their last album was called "Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water."

How stupid a name is that?

would normally be worthy of a restraining order, Schwarzman's portrayal makes me believe that Ethan is really an innocuous sort.

Maybe its his doll made from Angela's hair that keeps him from going on a murderous rampage.

Angela is the perfect girl, and student, who volunteers at a hospital and a homeless shelter.

However, for someone so kind and sweet, the character has little depth and is often duped by both Dave and

Ethan.

Despite the scripts more obvious weaknesses, the film isn't a total bust.

I liked some of the dream sequences, particularly one that features the Schoolhouse Rock song "Three is the Magic Number."

Also amusing is a sequence that is featured on the trailer, where red haired Jeff is takingan exam.

The classroom is filled with students taking their finals while their professor informs them that no student ever completes his tests.

He tells them to stop, but Jeff continues to work .on his exam. The professor sees him and tells Jeff that he has earned an 'F'.

Jeff approaches the professor at the front, looks at him behind dark glasses and asks "do you even know my name?"

When he is told no, he shoves his exam in the middle of a pile tests and then tosses them into the air.

This might have been one of the funniest parts of the film too bad it was featured in the trailer.

Almost worthy of the admission price of a matinee, this one might be best left for rental.

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Salt Lake·City hopes to hit the right notes

By Gemma 'farlach

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The 2002 Winter Olympics are all about gold, silver, bronze - and platinum.

Organizers of this year's Olympiad, which kicks off Friday in Salt Lake City, hope that nightly performances by multiplatinum pop music superstars will give the Games new attitude - and lure more viewers to give ratings a big boost.

The schedule for a special concert series, in conjunction with each evening's athlete medal presentations, reads almost like Billboard's Top 10, featuring acts such as 'N Sync, Nelly Furtado, Creed and the Dave Matthews Band.

But don't look for chart-topping rap, hiphop or metal acts. Scheduling, logistics and audience preferences, according to a concert organizer, have left the genres out in the cold.

"The groups that are coming are groups people want to see," said Gail Seay, executive producer of the production team at Olympic Medals Plaza.

The plaza, in downtown Salt Lake, will host a nightly ceremony for medal winners of the day's events.

Following the medal presentation, national headlining acts will take the stage for a concert. NBC will broadcast one song from each night's concert during its primetime coverage.

Seay said organizers decided to stage the nightly music events, officially called the Hallmark Olympic Celebration Concert series, as a way of lightening the atmosphere of the often serious medal presentation ceremony. ''Music is so inspirational, so celebratory," said Seay. "We're hoping the athletes, the medal winners, will come and jam onstage with the bands every night, gold medals and everything."

"It's a big party. It's, you know, 'Yahoo!' " Seay added.

When booking acts to perform during the series, organizers claimed they tried to match specific sports with music that fit the demographic of both its athletes and audience. ''We tried to mix it up as much as possible," said Seay. ''We really looked at the sport and asked what kind of music would snowboarders want to hear, for example."

Apparently, 'boarders want to hear Smash Mouth. The Southern California

rock act, best known for such stadiumfriendly anthems as "All Star," will perform on Feb. 15, the same night for the medal presentations for two snowboarding events.

Mainstream rock monster Creed, which had a chokehold on the No. 1 spot on Billboard's charts for much of the holiday season, will perform Feb. 19, when medals are presented for short-track speedskating and freestyle skiing events.

Country favorites Brooks & Dunn are on tap for Feb. 16, the night of medal ceremonies for alpine skiing, speedskating and biathlon events.

Seay admits that, in trying to land the biggest names to boost ratings, organizers sometimes were unable to match sports with the right act. Case in point: 'N Sync will serenade the winners of the men's slalom event on Feb. 23.

"A few nights didn't quite work out," said Seay.

Despite organizers' attempts to book a range of genres, the lineup leans heavily toward mainstream rock and country.

Notably absent are rap, hip-hop and metal acts, genres that regularly outsell country and give rock a run for its money.

Seay did not comment directly on the dominance of network TV-friendly genres for the concert series, but did say that booking acts was contingent on availability and how popular they would be with the hometown crowd, who will make up the bulk of the concert and medal ceremony audiences.

"A lot of tickets are being given out in Salt Lake, as a gift to local folks," said Seay.

Local tastes apparently also account for the decidedly American flavor of the acts performing. Native New Yorker Marc Anthony will inject a little salsa into the series, but the most exotically born headliner is Toronto's Barenaked Ladies.

The Games' opening ceremonies have a slightly more international flavor, with Sting and cellist Yo-Yo Ma performing though opening night's headliners are all country girls, namely LeAnn Rimes and the Dixie Chicks.

Seay said the events of Sept. 11 had no impact on booking decisions for the opening ceremonies or concert series, or for the overall theme of this year's Olympiad, "Light the Fire Within."

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USA women's goaltender Sarah Tueting takes the ice prior to the start of match play with Canada in Janurary.

Where will you place? Test your knowledge of the Winter Games 1. In 1924, Norway won a medal in all14 events except two. Which two?

A Ice hockey and bobsledding.

B. Ice hockey and curling.

C. Figure skating and ski jump.

D. Speed skating and bobsledding.

4. During 1992's four-man bobsled event, what happened to Canadian Jack Pyc? A Pyc jumped into the sled the wrong way and went down backward.

B. Pyc missed the sled and slid down the run behind it.

C. Pyc got sick during the event and fainted.

D. Pyc substituted for an injured Swiss team member.

2.

When Peggy Fleming won gold in women's figure skating in 1968, she returned the United States to the top of the sp01t.

How long had it been since an American took the top prize in figure skating?

5. Before the 1994 Games in Lillehammer, Norway, Tonya Harding was investigated for plotting to injure fellow American Nancy Kerrigan.

Kerrigan took the silver; where did Harding place?

A Third place.

B. First place.

C. Eighth place.

D. lOth place.

Are you a gold-medal fan? Take our quiz and see how you score in the Olympics history event.

A Four years.

B. Sixteen years.

C. Eight years.

D. Twenty-four years.

3. Which is NOT a type of move m freestyle skiing?

A The Post Toastie.

B. The Bucher spin.

C. The Thumper.

D. The 310.

6. What ice hockey player at the 1948 Games went on to become a tennis player, winning the Wimbleton singles title in 1954?

A Friedrich Demmer.

B. Jaroslav Drobny.

C. John Murray.

D. John Kirrane.

7. What athlete revolutionized crosscountry skiing with his crisscross technique?

A U.S. skier Bill Koch.

B. Norway's Bjorn Daehlie.

C. Austria's Franz Klammer.

D. Germany's Georg Zipfel 8. The biathlon combines what two things?

A Ice fishing with speed skating.

B. Ski moguls with running.

C. Downhill and cross-country skiing.

D. Cross-country skiing and riflery.

9. American John Heaton participated in the skeleton in 1948, the last time this event was included in the Games until this year. Where did Heaton place?

A Sixth place.

B. First place.

C. Second place.

D. Ninth place.

10. Until 1998, four countries Germany, Austria, Italy and Soviet Union - had won all 87 medals in the luge. What country broke that streak and took two medals?

A Norway.

B. United States.

C. Italy.

D. Sweden.

Sources: "The Complete Book of the Winter Olympics," "The Olympic Factbook," KRT.

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• lOOIIIIG BACK 011 GREAT MOMENTS OF WINTER OlYMPIC HISTORY 1924 Chamonix, France Initially organized as an International Winter Sports Week, the Games at Chamonix were not officially recognized as the first Winter Olympics by the International Olympic Committee until 1925. Five sports were represented: Nordic skiing, figure skating, speed skating, bobsled and hockey.

Canada established its reign as hockey champions by winning the gold in the first four Winter Olympics.

Anders Haugen (United States) was logged in as coming in fourth in the ski jump, but a calculation error discovered in 197 4 showed he really At age 83, Haugen was am,.,.n,•n medal.

Charles Jewtraw the United States' only gold 500-meter speed skating ~ event.

1928 Sl Moritz, Switzerland The second Winter Olympics used the facilities of an established ski resort. It also was the first time since World War I that Germans were admitted back into any Olympic competition.

The Games at St. Moritz were the only time that bobsled teams could have five men instead of four. The United States placed first and second in the event.

At age 15, Sonja Henie (Norway) won the first of three consecutive gold medals in figure skating.

1932

Lake Placid, Un~ed States

Due to the Depression, turnout was low, with only 17 nations participating. Half of the athletes were from the United States or Canada. Dog sledding was included as a demonstration sport.

John Shea (United States) won golds in the 500-meter and 1,500-meter speed skating events.

The U.S. bobsled team captured gold for the second time in a row. Team member Eddie Eagan became the only person to win a gold medal in both the Winter and Summer Olympics. He already had a gold in boxing from the 1920 Summer Games.

1936 Gannisch-Partenkirchen, Germany The Germans saw these Winter Games as a prelude to the Summer Games in Berlin. An attempt by German emigrants in the United States for a national boycott failed.

Ivan - Brown and Alan Washbond (United States) won gold in the two-man bobsled.

Great Britain's hockey team toppled the Canadian hold on gold.

Sonja Henie (Norway) won her third consecutive gold medal, making her the most successful individual woman figure skater.

1140 The Games were scheduled to be held in Sapporo, Japan, me ARCHIVES but war with China caused Japan to pull out. Germany volunteered, but World War II forced cancellation of the Winter Olympics until1948.

1948 Sl Moritz, Switzerland The

popularity of Alpine

skiing

increased and slalom and downhill events were added. The winter pentathlon (crosscountry skiing, downhill skiing, fencing, shooting and horse riding)was held as a demonstration sport and was not successful.

Henri Oreiller (France) won two golds and one bronze in Alpine skiing and was the most successful athlete of the 1948 Winter Games.

Barbara Ann Scott (Canada) became the first North American to win a gold in figure skating.

Gretchen Fraser (United States) captured gold in the women's slalom, the United States' first skiing medal.

1952 Oslo, Norway Germany and Japan were allowed to compete for the first time since World War II. The Oslo Games marked the first time the Olympics were held in a Scandinavian country.

Andrea Mead (United States) was victorious in the slalom and giant slalom, becoming the first U.S. athlete to win two golds in a Winter Olympics.

Hjalmar Andersen (Norway) won golds in the 1,500-meter, 5,000-meter and 10,000-meter speed skating events.

Richard Button (United States) won his second gold and was the first to perform a triple jump in the figure skating competition.

1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy An Italian television station provided the first Winter Olympic live coverage.

"Eurovision" allowed parts of central Europe to watch competition.

The United States swept the men's figure skating competition. Gold went to Hayes Alan Jenkins, silver to Ronald Robertson and bronze to David Jenkins, younger brother of Hayes.

Toni Sailer (Austria) won three gold medals in Alpine skiing.

The new Soviet hockey team upset Canada in the finals and took the gold undefeated.

1960

Squaw Valley, Un~ed States The opening and closing ceremonies were stage-managed by Walt Disney, chairman of the Olympic Pageantry Committee. South Africa was represented for the first and last time until 1994.

Figure skating events moved indoors.

The U.S. hockey team defeated Canada and captured gold for the first time.

Georg Thoma (Germany) became the first non-Scandinavian to win the Nordic combined.

Barbara Wagner and Robert Paul (Canada) won the gold in pairs figure skating.

1964

lnnsbruc~ Austria Computers helped officials time and judge events. Mild weather prompted the Austrian military to truck in snow. Luge made its Olympic debut.

Lidia Skoblikova (U.S.S.R.) captured all the golds in women's speed skating.

Ortun Enderlein (Germany) won gold in the first women's Olympic luge event.

1968 Grenoble, France For the first time there were two separate German teams competing in an Olympics.

Peggy Fleming (United States) took home the gold in women's figure skating.

U.S. speed skaters Mary Meyers, Dianne Holum and Jennifer Fish tripletied for silver in the 500-meter event.

Jean-Claude Killy (France), the host country's favorite son, won gold medals in all three Alpine skiing events. The Games •re. dubbed the "Killympics."

1972 Sapporo, Japan The Sapporo Games were the first Winter Olympics held outside of Europe and the United States. They also marked the first time all three medals in one discipline were won by a non-European country (Japan, in the normal hill ski jump).

Galina Kulakova (U.S.S.R.) captured three gold medals in women's cross-country skiing.

Speed skater Dianne Holum (United States) won a gold (1,500 meters) and silver (3,000 meters). She would later coach Eric Heiden to the 1976 and 1980 Olympics.

Barbara Cochran (United States) won the gold in the women's slalom by twohundredths of a second.

1976 lnnsbruck, Austria The Games were originally awarded to Denver but later nixed by Colorado voters.

Innsbruck used existing facilities from the 1964 Games.

Speed skater Sheila Young (United States) captured gold, silver and bronze medals, making her the first U.S. athlete to win three medals at a single Winter Olympics.

Franz Klammer (Austria) won gold in downhill skiing.

Ice dancing made its Olympic debut.

Ludmilla Pakhomava and Alexander Gorshkow (U.S.S.R. ) took the first gold medal.

1980

Lake Placid, Un~ed States

The second Lake Placid Games marked the first use of artificial snow in Olympic competition.

Eric Heiden (United States) won five gold medals in speed skating.

Alexander Saizev and Irina Rodnina (U.S.S.R.) won gold in pairs fig~ ure skating. It was her third consecutive gold medal.

The U.S. hockey "Dream Team" defeated the Soviets, who had taken gold since 1964.

Ulrich Wehing (East Germany) garnered his third consecutive gold medal in the Nordic combined.

1984 Sarajevo, Yugoslavia It was the first and only time the Olympics were held in a Socialist country.

Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean (Great Britain) scored the first perfect scores in ice dancing and won the gold.

Scott Hamilton (United States) took the gold medal in figure skating.

Phil Mahre and his brother, Steve, (United States) placed first and second in the slalom event.

1986 IOC voted to have the Summer and Winter Olympics in different years .starting in 1994. The Games would be held alternately every two years, with the Winter Games in the same years as soccer's World Cup.

1988 Calgary, Canada For the first time since 1968, demonstration sports (curling, short track speed skating and freestyle skiing) were included. Speed skating events were moved indoors.

Alberto Tomba (Italy) took two gold medals in the men's slalom.

Matti Nykanen (Finland) won gold in all three ski jump events.

Bonnie Blair (United States) captured the first of three consecutive gold medals in the 500-meter ~ speed skating event.

1992 Albertville, France Germany was once again represented by one team. The Russian republics, with the exception of Lithuania, Estonia and Latvia, competed on a Unified Team.

Nordic skier Lyubov Yegorova (Unified Team) won three golds and two silvers, making her the most successful female athlete in Albertville.

World champion Kristi Yamaguchi (United States) garnered the gold medal in women's figure skating.

Pairs figure skaters Artur Dmitriev and Natalya Mishkutenok (Unified Team) captured the gold.

1994 Lillehammer, Norway The South African team returned after 34 years. Each Russian republic had its own team.

Johann Koss (Norway) garnered three gold medals in speed skating and set a world record in each event.

Speed skater Bonnie Blair (United States) won two gold medals for a grand total of five, making her the most successful U.S. female winter athlete.

Drama lingered in the women's figure skating competition as Nancy Kerrigan faced her U.S. teammate Tanya Harding, who was investigated for plotting to disable Kerrigan prior to the Games.

Ukraine's Oksana Baiul took home the gold medal and Kerrigan the silver.

1998 Nagano, Japan The Olympics returned to Japan after 26 years. Three sports - curling, snowboarding and women's hockey - made their medal debut. For the first time, the NHL suspended its season to allow the best professional players to participate in the Games.

The Japanese ski-jumping team won four medals, including a gold in the team event.

Hermann Maier.(Austria) won the gold in both the giant and super giant slalom after recovering from a crash in the downhill.

Cross-country skier Bjorn Daehlie (Norway) won three golds and one silver, giving him an unprecedented 12 total and eight gold Winter Olympic medals for his career.

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Comets pitcher Jon Fleming tosses some heat during a recent practice. Fleming is one of the key pitchers in Palomar's quest for the league title.

W Palomar cruises to victories • COMETS BREAK INTO 1001 SEASON WITH THREE WINS

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Despite a significant makeover from last season, this year's Palomar's baseball team looks to continue its traditional role as a league powerhouse.

The Comets opened the season by dominating the competition in its first three the games, winning Palomar Invitational Tournament.

"We're more of a scrappy team this year," said returning sophomore pitcher Mark Engel.

"We don't have the ability to hit the home run ball like last year, but we can slap the ball around and still put up a lot of runs."

The Comets did just that, as the offense provided

Palomar

plenty of run support throughout the weekend.

Cochise College, Canada College and Los Angeles Pierce College came into San Marcos to play in the annual round robin tournament.

The Comets christened the season with a 7-2 victory over the Cochise College of Arizona behind an attack of good hitting, clutch defensive play and consistent pitching.

Freshman Sean Richardson led the way with a triple, two doubles and two runs batted in.

Palomar pitchers combined to give up only five hits to the Apaches.

The Comets beat Canada in their second game of the tournament, 9-4.

The offense came out swinging early, hammering out five hits and four runs in the first inning, including a two -run homer by freshman Joseph Ramos.

That was more than enough support for Engel, who started the second

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Cynthia Sorrell led the Comets to an 87-37 victory over the Cuyamaca wornens basketball team at the Dome Feb. 2.

The Comets, coming off a Pacific Coast Conference Championship from last season, improved their record to 11-13 overall and 2-3 in Conference play on the season.

Palomar scored first, and never trailed, after forward Malia Altieri's low post layup with 18:56 left in the first half.

This was the first of what seemed to be an end-

less barrage of baskets from the paint.

"Tonight we were pretty much able to get the ball into the post if we wanted to or kick it back out and take an outside shot," said Palomar head coach and last year's Pacific Coast Conference Coach-of-theYear, Sherry Titus.

Cynthia Sorrell scored 16 points while pulling down 12 rebounds.

Sorrell, from Vista High School, sparked a 22-11 run in the first 10 minutes of the first half as the Comets systematically dismantled Cuyamaca's seemingly hapless zone defense.

Palomar continued to pull

game. Engel kept Colt hitters off-balance with good off-speed pitches and a strong fastball.

Engel finished seven innings, allowing only seven hits while striking out five.

Trailing 5-4 in the bottom ofthe eighth inning, returning starters Kyle Floquet and Ralphie Marin had clutch hits to highlight the comeback during a five run inning.

Floquet doubled off the left field wall and Marin drove in the tying and winning runs with a single.

Winning pitcher Keith Albright shut down the Pierce hitters in the ninth inning to claim the championship 9-5 for the Comets.

"You're always pleased to win, but like I told the club today, let's not overlook the things we need to work on and the mistakes we made," Comet's baseball coach Bob Vetter said, following the Comets wm over Canada College.

"Fortunately, we had

some guys step up in clutch situations and make some big plays, yet there will be clubs who will take advantage of our miscues on defense, so defensively we can't be satisfied and content with our play."

"Offensively though, I was very pleased with the way we swung the bats the last couple of days. We've been very aggressive at the plate and that's encouraging," Vetter said.

Seven out of the 10 pitchers on this year's team are sophomores, and Vetter hopes they can carry a significant load.

"It's really early in the season," stressed Vetter, "but I think if our pitchers can pitch consistently up to their potential, that could be our biggest strength."

Palomar looks to capture .the Pacific Coast Conference title after coming in second behind Grossmont College last season. The Comets finished with a 20-5 conference record last year and an overall record of 32-11.

Cuyamaca in big win away from the Coyotes throughout the first half, exploding to a 50-21 halftime lead.

The Comet's first half scoring total was considerably higher than their season average per game, as Palomar averaged just 27.7 points per contest coming into the game.

Sorrell led all Comet scorers with 10 points in the first half, while guard/forward Allison Strouse added nine points.

Eight points were also added from Altieri, and seven more points from forward Erika Hernandez.

Titus cited what she believed was the pivotal

point in the game.

"We were trying so hard with the press that we were actually making more mistakes," Titus said.

"We were allowing them to make easy baskets. We needed to just really focus on our defense. You can always work on defense. We really did not want to run the score up."

"There is no need for us to run up and down the court to try to score 100 points.

We just need to get our rotation, get the ball moving, so we can be ready for future games," Sorrell said.

The next home game for the Comets will be Feb. 13 at 7 p.m. in the Dome.

Every so-called "expert" thought the Rams would roll to victory.

Someone forgot to tell Tom Brady, though. He was supposed to sit on the ball and play for overtime. Football guru John Madden was preaching for Brady to just kneel and take the game into overtime.

But the Rams lost not because of anything they did, but because of what the Patriots were able to do.

The Patriots secondary nullified any sort of preconceived advantage the Rams receivers were supposed to have by playing indoors.

With that edge, the Patriots were able to succeed with second part of their gameplan: knock the high holy hell out of Kurt Warner.

New England used a variety of stunts and blitzes to make Warner hold onto the ball longer than he wanted too and left one of the games most dangerous players vulnerable to advancing defensive linemen.

After New England linebacker Mike Vrabel caused Warner's first interception, the entire game changed.

All of a sudden, New England had the advantage by taking a 7-3 lead. That's all that Patriots head coach Bill Belichick needed.

Belichick didn't back down from the challenge of keeping the Rams in-check. The Patriots kept the pressure on Warner for the rest of the game and were able to play their type of ball control .offense that they needed to keep the Rams off the field.

The Rams were able to rally in the fourth quarter because they finally got some breaks and were able to finally punish the Patriots defense throughout the quarter. Though anyone watching the game and hqd some football sense, not impeded by alcohol, knew that going into overtime would be playing into the Rams' hands.

Then Brady, with less than a minute and thirty seconds, led the Pats down the field in one of the most memorable drives ever and put Adam Vinatieri in range for the game winning field goal.

As the football went through the uprights, the game that was the Rams' to win suddenly became the Patriots' ultimate vindication.

The great thing about sports is that you have to win the games on the field, not through a computer or on paper. I guess someone forgot to tell the Rams that.

Beerman is the Sports Editor and can be reached at revwhite92@hobnail.com