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Grossmont to start using online registration. He estiStudents can now register mates that nationwide there for classes online through the are may be a dozen community Palomar College Web site. It is colleges that offer online regisalso possible to apply for tration. admission, By Feb. 10, a total of access grades, view schedules THEY (STUDENTS) CAN 5,835 stuand pay fees by had . REAllY DD EVERYTHING dents applied for credit card ONliNE WITH THE TIP through the admission DF THEIR FINGERS. Internet, said online and - Herman Lee 5,746 stuRalph Baker, ' ' DIRECTOR OF ENROLLMENT SEIYICIS dents had director of used eReg admissions. "It's all for adding secure," he said. "It's quick and dropping classes. "It is and painless." popular," Baker said. Lee said Herman Lee, director of he expects even more people to enrollment services, said they start using the online services have been developing the sys- in the future . tem for over a year now, but "They can really do everythe online registration just thing online with the tip of their fmgers," he said. "There's became possible Jan. 24. "Once we put the effort into no need for them to get in their it, it didn't really take that cars, drive on campus, try to long," he said. find a parking spot and come According to Lee, Palomar into the office." was the second community college in San Diego County after 11 SEE ONLINE, PAGE 2
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IIIATALIE SCHill I THE TELISJOPE James Reidy (left) of Continental lithograph totals costs of layout for this year's Bravura with students Michael Christopher Mueller and Becky Munoa Feb 20.
Student-run literary magazine prepares for publtcation GEAR UP gets donation for literacy programs
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W
hile Arizona State University student Adrienne Colombara was surfing the Web for schools to attend, Palomar College's Bravura magazine caught her eye. just loved it," "I Colombara said, "I felt like I wrote similar to them (Bravura's writers)." After communicating with
English instructor Rocco Versaci via e-mail, she decided that Palomar College was the school for her. "I decided to come to Palomar and be a part of it," Colombara said. Bravura magazine is Palomar College's literary journal which features collective literary and art works of Palomar students. Bravura magazine, which dates back to the 1960s, is completely student run by
those enrolled in English 137. With the assistance of instructors Rocco Versaci and Carlton Smith, the students organize strategies to promote Bravura, solicit submissions, advertise the magazine, read through the submissions and vote on which entries will appear in the magazine. II
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Spring enrollment sets new record By Chanel Hachez nt! TUESCOPE
The number of students taking classes at Palomar College reached an all-time high this semester, rising from 27,904 last fall to 28,772. ''Enrollments are going up all over the state. This is not unusual," said Mike Norton, director of public information. Norton said when enrollment as a whole is on a rise, it is normal for spring numbers to go up as well. College officials expect the number to continue to rise
because late-start classes are still available. "I'm quite sure that we'll break 30,000 this spring," Norton said. Norton said Palomar has basically become a year-round school with high enrollment in both semesters, as well as increasing enrollment during summer sessions. Palomar's increase, nine percent over last spring, is the second largest enrollment jump among all 25 colleges and universities in the county behind San Diego State. While there are many factors
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to an increase in the school's population, Herman Lee, director of enrollment services, said most of it is due to the fall of the economy. "Many students here have part time jobs, and if the economy is good they work more and go to school less," Lee said. While students may think that the campus is over-populated, Lee disagrees. "The mornings at Palomar are much more crowded than the afternoons and nights." Classes are more available later in the day, and class sizes are smaller.
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Palomar recently received a $10,000 donation as part of a program with San Marcos Middle School to help increase reading skills among its students. The money was donated by the Cox Kids Foundation in January and will be used on an "Accelerated Reader Program" for all 1,500 students at the middle school.
The Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs at Palomar is a federally funded project that works with San Marcos Middle School. Its aim is to prepare students for college while they are still in middle school. ''Reading is determined to be a critical factor in high school and II
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Rising tide Enrollment at Palomar College reached an all-time high this semester with 28,772 students. College officials expect Palomar to surpass 30,000 students by the end of the semester.
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