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With a year's worth of negotiating and little to show for it, the district and the teacher's union have employed a mediator to foster contract negotiations.

Since August 2001, the Palomar Faculty Federation and the district have met for 25 negotiation sessions. So far they have achieved tentative agreement on only nine of 24 plus articles dealing with iss u es including work load, salary and working conditions for Palomar's faculty.

Palomar College is named after the telescope on Palomar Mountain.

The college and the observatory opened the same year-1946.

The college origr nally met at Vista High School before moving to its cur• rent campus in San Marcos.

Ronald Reagan held a rally on campus when he was running for governor of California in the 1960s.

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ARTHUR ANDERSON / THETmSCOP£ Sherrill Amador is the college's first fema le president Palomar's district is larger than the State of Delaware, encompassing more tha n 2,500 square ..,, miles .

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This is the first occasion that Palomar's administration has had to deal with the full and part-time faculty as a collective bargaining unit. The PFF was created in May 2000.

Due to the sluggish pace and their inability to agree, the district filed an impasse with the Public Employment Relations Board in July, said Richard Currier, the chief negotiator for the district.

PERB mediator David Hart met initially with both sides Sept. 6 to lay the ground rules

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Palomar has its own weathe r st& tion which monitors local conditions 24 hours a aay. It can be found at www.pal~ mar.edu/w eatherweb/ The Telescope ls not responsible for headachesand brain explosions.

NoahRadent (right)operates a miaophone aspartof MaitBealo's(middle) videoeditingclassSept 18. Bealowasinterviewing students Natalie Forsyth (left)andKaniCar1son (right)on theirfeeings aboutPalomar.

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. Now students and faculty can access the Internet on campus without wires. Th e Academic Technology Departm ent has implemented new wireless networkin g infr astructure in the library. Those with a laptop and the right hardwar e can roam all three floors of th e building and sta y connected.

Dubbed ''Wi-Fi" or less affec-

tionately called "802.llb", the technology provides mobile access to Palomar college's wired -high-speed network. To log on to the service, the user must own a wireless expansion card for his laptop, PDA, or other porta ble device. Wi-Fi cards for laptops can cost anywhere from $40-$80 a piece. The college plans to sell them for about $50. However, ■ SEE WIRELESS, PACE 10

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MONTEREY, Calif.

The war on terrorism is going to be a long one. So why not major in it in college?

The terrori st attacks of Sept. 11 opened up a number of career paths in defense , research and security fields for students and professionals on the Monterey Peninsula .

You now can get a master 's degree in homeland defense or computer systems security at the Naval Postgradu ate School in Monterey or an associate of arts degree in any one of scores of languages at the Defense

Language Institute at the Presidio of Monterey, or study trafficking in weapons of mass destruction at Monterey Institute of International Studies. ''We're finding a larger number of students who want to specialize in nonproliferation studies, and a huge surge of focus on weapons of mass destruction and terrorism," said Dr. William Potter, founder and director of the Center for Nonproliferation Studies atMIIS. A course in the spread of nuclear, chemical and biological weapons taught by the center's Arny Sands "is bursting at the seams,"

Potter said. "There is no doubt the topic resonates with young people."

All students at Monterey Institute speak at least two languages and nearly all are dual majors in a language and another field _ business, international relations or management.

Their language skills , coupled with global databases on missile traffic and nuclear , biological or chemical weapons, have made the Nonproliferation Center a world authority on weapons of mass destruction _ who makes them, who sells them and who has them.

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As part of an on-going campaign to revamp its schedule , the North County Transit District plans to change 20 percent of its routes next year.

NCTD representatives were on campu s Sept. 13 to explain th e

changes to bus riders.

The changes, part of a program called The Phase 2 Fast Forward , will begin Jan . 19 2003.

Under Phase 1, NCTD changed 80 percent of the

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HealthServicessponsors program asksfor Newscholarship informationCampus to helpsmokers feelings onIraqwar program available atfinancial aidofficestudents' Two new scholarship applications are available at the Financial Aid Office, offered by organizations not affiliated with Palomar College.

Applications are available for•the Asian Business Association , San Diego scholarship.

All applicants must be U.S. citizens, undergraduate college students (not graduating before May 2003) and have commitments to Asian Pacific American issues.

Any applications must be submitted to the organization by Nov. 4. For more information , contact (619) 235-8880 or email fabiola@abasd.org.

The Hispanic Scholarship Fund also has a scholarship available .

For consideration, applicant s must be of Hispanic background (one parent fully Hispanic or each parent half-Hispanic ), a U.S. citizen or legal permanent re sident (either permanent resident card or passport stamped I-551) and have a minimum GPA of 2.7 on a 4.0 scale. The deadline is Oct. 15.

For other scholarships, log onto www.palomar.edu.

Under quick links, select Financial Aid and on the Financial Aid & Scholarship home Nge, select Scholarships.

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Performing Ar:ts Department faculty member Michael Mufson is organizing a Speak Out, dealing with the topic of U.S. involvement in the war with Iraq.

Mufson is looking for individuals interested in becoming involved with or in providing suggestions on a format to be used in facilitating the event. He is also looking for knowledgeable panelists .and speakers for the event.

A Speak Out provides a forum for issues important to the community, "but often people feel they need permission or a place to speak about these difficult topics" says Mufson. Mufson explains that he wishes to provide "A safe platform for staff, students and the community to voice their opinion on all sides of an issue."

Mufson's vision is to provide several speakers and panelists, each with differing positions, so that participants can address their viewpoints to the group in a moderated setting. This would include a panelists comment followed by 3-4 responses from the audience.

Mufson feels this type of moderated environment will "prevent falling into a trap of spending a bulk of time on one particular issue."

Those interested in obtaining more information can contact Michael Mufson at 744-1150 ext. 2456 or mmufson@palomar.edu.

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CONTINUED FROM PACE 1 for mediation and to discuss the · issues delaying negotiations. During mediation, Hart will shuttle between the two groups, speaking with them separately so that they may eventually reach a compromise. The next meeting is Sept. 25.

Some of the issues holding up negotiations are workload, salary, health benefits , working conditions and equity between the adjunct and fulltime professors.

During the meeting , the district made another proposal, which Hart presented to the PFF. In one part of the proposal the district proposes that 18 hours of laboratory time will be the equivalent of 15 hours of lecture time, Currier said.

The PFF feels that the workload proposal is tougher than previous offers, said Mary Millet, co-president of the PFF and a part-time English professor.

"I was disappointed that the district has hardened the line.

It indicates to me that they are not willing to compromise," Millet said.

According to Currier, changes to the proposal were mainly "fine-tuning," and noted that it is consistent with the District's earlier proposals.

According to Mary Ann Drinan, PFF co-president and full-time political science professor, the district wants to increase the number of hours that some of the faculty will be working. For example, professors teaching lab classes will have to work an additional three hours to receive the same pay.

The former practice allowed sme unit to equal one hour of pay, regardless of class type, Drinan said.

This is a common practice for community colleges, although some professors don't seem to like it, Currier said.

load for the same pay. For part timers , it will represent a pay cut; they will lose approximately 20 percent of their pay for these classes, Drinan said.

Other issues that are prevalent to the contract negotiations deal with improving working conditions for part time faculty.

Currently, adjunct professors are not receiving pay for office hours or health benefits.

The District has heard the PFF's request to change these items, but refuses to include them into their contract proposal. These are all primarily cost items that they have never had before, Currier said.

"The union thinks there is an endless supply of money and that 's just not true ," Currier said. However, the district would probably have to compromise on issues that are truly important to the PFF, Currier added.

According to Phillis Basile, chief negotiator of the PFF, a California state program could provide 50 percent of the funds necessary for health benefits and office hours for the parttime faculty, but the district has chosen not to participate.

Currier said that he was unsure if the full 50 percent is offered and the District would still have to pay the other half.

The issue of parity for parttime faculty is another matter at the forefront of negotiations.

Currently, part-time professors are paid approximately 37 percent of full-time faculty members' earnings, Millet said.

The PFF has proposed that part time faculty be paid 56 percent of full-time pay, which is far from from their original target of 85 percent, Basile said.

Despite the many different issues they are dealing with, both sides are optimistic that the mediator will help the both of them come to an agreement.

Health Serviceswill offer a free, six-weeksmoking cessation program, including nicotine patches and gum, at Palomar's San Marcos and Escondido campuses. It is also sponsoredby the honor societyPhi Theta Kappa and North County Health Services.

The program, BREAKAWAY, is open to anyone interested. A fifteen-minute, one-on-oneappointment with a counselor is required prior to the first day of class.

Meetings at the San Marcos campus will be held on Mondays, from noon to 1 p.m., Oct. 7 through Nov. 11, and Tuesdays, from 3-4 p.m., Oct. 29 through Dec. 3 in The Maple Room, the portables next to the Student Support Services Building. .

Meetings at the Escondido campus will be held on Thursdays, from 3 to 4 p.m., Oct. 31 through Dec. 5 in room EC 501. For more information, contact Palomar CollegeHealth Services at (760) 744-1150, ext. 2380.

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'It's designed for folks like you with busy campus lifestyles.

Comet Cash is geared specifically to give you better dining value for your dollars when you use Comet Cash instead of paying with cash to eat. Using your Palomar ID card, simply open a dining membership with as little as $25. A coded sticker is placed on the back of your ID card and works with our computer system to identify you as a Comet Cash member. Cornet Cash works on the same principle as an ATM or debit card. You can draw from your Comet Cashfor beverages,snacks or full meals for you and your friends at any time. The more you deposit into your membership, the more savings you earn with our Bonus Dollars membership incentives. For more information and to purchase Comet Cash,check out our website!

The Snack Shack Monday-Thursday: 7:00am-7:00pm Friday; 7:00am-3:00pm

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Filled with shelves of convenience foods, coolers of drinks, snacks and freshly brewed Java City coffee, you'll find the Snack Shack's just right for your on-the-run needs!

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Java City Cafe Monday-Thursday: 7:00am-2:00pm Friday: 7:00am-12:30pm

Temporarilylocatedin the old StaffLot1ngebehind the Cafeteria- Comingsoon to the new Student Centerlobby!

The high quality coffee experience you've been longing for is finally here!

Java City's coffees are smooth, roasted to perfection and waiting for you to enjoy. Join us at the Java City Cafe to try a latte or a mocha. Pastries,salads, sandwiches and more help make that coffee break a meal solution.

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The Main Cafeteria is home to the freshest flavors on campus! We are excited to offer a newly renovated dining program for you this 2002/2003 school year.Come and explore the wide variety of options at each meal from breakfast to dinner. At The Cafeteria, you'll find Bene Pizzeria, Salad Garden tossed to order salads, Smoothies to order, Asian specialty foods, BajaTortilla tacos and burritos, Grille Works' burgers and sandwiches, Java City's brewed coffees and of course, desserts to sweeten your smile. New for 2002/2003 - SUBWAY sandwiches joins the Palomar campus.

The Snack Trailer Monday-Thursday: 7:00am-8:30pm Friday: 7:00am-1 :O0pm

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Snacks,grab-n-go meals and drinks are what you'll find in this temporary trailer while the Student Center is under construction.

The Pavilion Cafe Monday-Thursday: 7:00am-4:30pm Friday: 7:00am-2:30pm Saturday: 7:30am-2:00pm

Join us at The Pavilion Cafe this year for a fresh coffeehouse atmosphere. You'll enjoy espresso and iced coffee specialty drinks with our new Java City menu.

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Students need to be informed Recently, a sign appeared out in front of the library encouraging students to exercise their right to vote by participating in the student government elections next month. Given the current state of politics at Palomar, though, this may not be the most needed pi~ce of advice we could give to students.

Given how woefully understaffed the ASG generally is - several positions unfilled, several others filled by candidates who ran unopposed - it seems like it would be at least equally useful to encourage students to run for office as well. There isn't much use in encouraging students to vote for people who will win by default anyway.

Of course, it is important to keep in mind that this might represent somewhat of a conflict of interest for the ASG - winning by default is very preferable to losing. So it really doesn't seem particularly reasonable to expect them to launch a big campaign against themselves.

But if you're going to pursue the much-needed goal of increasing students' awareness of the election, it doesn't seem like such a bad idea to promote awareness of all aspects of the election. No doubt a very good case could be made that students having the opportunity to participate in government is in fact the most crucial aspect of the election, and thus most deserving of notice by the student body.

Perhaps it seems obvious that if there is an election, anybody could run. Or perhaps it seems that this would be obvious to anybody we would want to elect to office. But the fact is that Palomar does not have the word-of-mouth power that many other schools do. Students here don't live in dorms near the campus. In fact, many students live in a different city. Many have established careers. These students would most likely not notice a chance to run buried somewhere in the Student Affairs offices. However, none of this would make these students poor leaders.

It is true that even with such information, many students probably wouldn't care. But getting students to vote is only half of the problem we need to solve here, and getting students involved in their government is something we should all try to do.

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attended the remembrance servic~_here at Palomar and I was· really amazed at how many people had come. Looking around I started thinking about the fact that even though not all of us were personally affected by those events we still went through our own mourning process.

I can't say that I have totally recovered from Sept. 11. I have had a hard time mourning something that I cannot completely understand.

I was rummaging through some of my old journal entries and came across the one that I wrote the morning I heard about the attacks. Reading the entry I could picture almost everything I did that day.

I was sleeping when the telephone rang. I was too tired to answer it so I let the machine get it. It was my roommate. Pretty much all she said was that America was under attack.

The first thing I thought was that she was exaggerating, so 1 turned on my clock radio and I heard Howard Stern recapping the morning's events. I

of Liberty in front of them. write . Here is my journal I got out of bed and start- entry for that dreadful day: ed freaking out. I immedi"September 11, 2001 ately called my parents, who "A day to remember until live near Lake Tahoe, to the end of time. Sometime make sure that they were this morning two planes okay. I knew that we were were hijacked and flown into far from what was happen- the World Trade Center in ing but I just had NewYork.The twin to hear my towers have col11 father's voice. lapsed, they are no M1mind Afterwards, I longer there. The looked on the keepson devastating part is internet for pic- goingin and that at least fifty 1 tures of the thousand people buildings, I did- outonm1.' work in those n't have cable at buildings, not the time, so it was still including the hundreds of hard to believe that those people who visit the buildhuge buildings were gone. ings everyday.The Pentagon When I saw the picture of was also attacked by a the plane going into the kamikaze plane.

"My mind keeps on going first building I started to freak out again. Now I had in and out on me. It keeps my solid proof that every- hitting me that many peothing that I heard was true. ple, innocents, casualties Well I got dressed and of war, have died today. left for school to see what People who were taking was happening outside. I vacations to see family or wanted to be near other coming back from vacapeople to see how they tion." were reacting. A lot of That was it. My roomclasses had those orange mate came up to me, so I no class signs posted on stopped there . Wow, the the doors. memory is a powerful tool The first thing I noticed when used correctly. So was the strange silence in who knows if recovery is the air. It seemed as if the even possible from an busy hustle and bustle of event like that. I guess only time will tell.

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As the ''War on Terrorism" fades from the American attention span Bush finds himself in the center of a faltering economy and a nonexistent war. How is he supyoosoon then. posed to continue to reign as a war-time president if there's no war going on? Easy enough, he can just choose a new country to wage war on.

While Saddam Hussein is not the Easter Bunny, he's not exactly Satan inc;arnate. The American people don't think so, as seen in recent polls, and the United Nations doesn't think so, either. The purpose of the U.N. is to prevent another major world war, as well as to provide a forum for all major world powers to express their concerns on a level field, It is the responsibility of the U.N to enforce their statutes and regulations. Bush is attempting to mask the fact that the U.N does not support his campaign against Iraq by preaching in the name of the U.N. In a speech to 180 delegates Bush cried out forjustice, "Iraq has answered a decade ofU.N. demands with a decade of defiance. All the world now NIKKIJONES/ THETELESCOPE faces a test ... and the United Nations, a difficult and defining moment." Perhaps that test he's referring to is the one his father failed two decades ago. It's up to Bush to restore the family name and rid the world of Saddam Hussein, WI regardless of the price the world has to pay.

If Bush goes to war with Iraq he will be deliberately defying the U.N, an organization our country fought hard to help create. By undermining their authority it will open the door for other countries, namely those with disputes against other nations, to followour example and press forward without backing from the U.N. Furthermore, it will drastically affect the United States' reputation long after Bush Jr. has been voted out of office. The U.N. and the rest of the world will see us as tyrannical bullies with nothing better to do than play big brother to the world, if they don't already see that now.

Saddam also has heavy influence on Muslim nations as well as terrorist groups. A U.S provoked attack on Iraq would not stay in Iraq. Whether it's Saddam's troops or Hamas' there will be retaliation for a military strike, and it won't necessarily be on U.S military bases, One of Bush's major concerns is that of nuclear weapons. Weapons that Iraq denies possessing, but if they do possess them what makes Bush think that Saddam will not use them if attacked? Not that we should cower in the face of retaliation, but if we allow the government to start this war we can expect its citizens to pay the price.

Our military, regardless of what they tell civilians, is not as infallible and all 'knowing as they would like us to think. If they can confuse Red Cross centers with bomb targets how are they supposed to locate these mystery bombs?

Bush knows there's no better way to increase his popularity than to put the bad guy in his place. He learned that while executing death row inmates in Texas, and he took it to the limit, setting the record for state executions. As our economy spirals downward it is Bush's hope, and last chance for redemption after not bringing back bin Laden's head on a stick, that this new war will divert America's eyes and minds from the economy.

Saddam hasn't done anything to us, he has however, defied several statutes and broken a plethora of promises to the U.N and has proved himself on several occasions to be a terrible person and a cruel leader. If anything should happen with the situation in Iraq, it should be done through the U.N. The United Nations has had 50 times the experience in foreign affairs that Bush has had, if they won't back his crusade perhaps that means it's not a crusade worth fighting.

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o most citizens _of the United States and U.S. allies around the world, the name Saddam Hussein is synonymous with brutality and the abuse of power. Hussein has shown his cruelty through harsh war tactics and in the way he treats the people in his very own country, Iraq. Recently, Hussein's repeated defiance of President Bush's demand that he readmit U.N. arms inspectors into Iraq has categorized him as a definite threat to the United States and its allies.

"Saddam Hussein has defied the United Nations 16 times. Not once, not twice, 16 times he has defied the United Nations," said Bush at the presidential retreat in Camp David, Maryland, on Sept. 14.

President Bush has already spoken to the United Nations about his possible plan for a multilateral approach to the Iraq situation. Apparently many Americans side with the Presidents proposal to strike on Iraq and remove Saddam Hussein from power. In fact, according to The Ruhmb Lines, 68 percent of Americans approve of military action to try and remove Saddam Hussein, while 24 percent disapprove figures that haven't changed much in the last year.

Although Congress has supported Bush's demands for Hussein's removal from power, they have hesitated to give their full support toward the idea of conducting an actual military invasion. Many U.N. leaders share thi~ hesitant attitude, as well.

Among the critics of a strike on Iraq, at the 190-nation general assembly German Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer said, "Even if it becomes very difficult, we have to do everything to find a diplomatic solution."

In agreement with Germany, ·Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi told President Bush on Friday, Sept 13, "The use of force is a last resort when there are no other options."

Are there other options? The United Nations leaders have to ask themselves this question - as well as what will happen if the U.S. doesn't depose Saddam Hussein.

The fact remains that Hussein refuses to comply with repeated U.S. demands for inspections to be held in Iraq. Ifhe were not hiding anything, then what reason would he have for such defiance? Hussein knows that the U.S. is far more powerful then Iraq, so it is odd that he would go to such lengths to anger an already enraged and vengeful country.

His actions suggest that he is harboring and possibly creating weapons of mass destruction. The United States has already seen that there are people in the world who are willing to take their own lives in order to kill as many people as possible. All that these fanatics need is for a man of power to be creating weapons for them.

Sept. 11, 2001, is a black -day that is burned into America's history forever. Saddam Hussein has a notorious track record of causing death and destruction whenever possible. So, why allow a man such as he to have the opportunity to create weapons of mass destruction? America cannot just sit back and wait for Saddam and/or his accomplices to strike; there is nothing to say that the next attack will not be as bad or worse than Sept. 11. There has to come a time that the United States acknowledges serious threats against the American people, and exhausts every measure possible to ensure that those who pose serious threats are swiftly ousted.

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education is not their highest priority. So TlfETHESCOP! when things get too tough, they give up.

For some college freshman the transition Inadequate preparation for college is from high school to college is very difficult also a big reason freshman tend to drop - causing some to give up and dropout. out, Lee said. Not all high schools give Past studies show that 40 percent of their students the proper knowledge and freshman drop out before the end of fall skills needed to survive basic college semester, said Michelle Barton, director of courses. 'To remedy this problem, students institutional research and planning. can take college preparation classes such College President Sherrill Amador has as Counseling 110: College Success Skills explained that Palomar College views this that will teach them basic skills such as problem in two ways: students must take how to study and take notes in class. They responsibility for their own education and can also take beginning courses in math staff needs to give them support. "Our or English to help them catch up. strategic goal is to connect with the stuStudents also need to get involved and dents," Amador said. participate in school activities like clubs Many freshman drop out because they and sports, Amador said. She advised lack specific goals or direction. They · that it would help freshman create a conaren't sure where they want their educa- nection with the college so they would be tions to lead them. Often, they don't give more likely to stay. themselves enough time to find out that a However, for some freshman school career center, transfer programs, coun- remains a punishment and as soon as they selors and other faculty are available to realize no one is making them stay, they opt assist them, Amador said. to leave. ''We can't force anyone to learn," Herman Lee, director of enrollment Amador said. She suggests that students services, suggested that the high drop out take responsibility for their education and rate is due to students who prioritize make it a top priority in their lives. There work and making money over getting an is no foolproofplan to keep freshman motieducation. He said that many students at vated to go to school everyday, it has to Palomar College work full-time and their come from within, Amador said.

Transferring doesn~t have to take a decade

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any students who come to Palomar quickly realize their · stay will be much longer than two years. This means it takes some students longer to finish junior college than.it would to earn a bachelor's degree.

It is possible to transfer in two years if a student knows what they need. "While course load, ambition and course level can all affect one's ability to graduate or transfer within a set amount of time, it is possible for those who utilize the resources around them, to be in and out in two years," said Dagmar Royer,an advisor at the Transfer Center.

The Transfer Center offers transfer guarantee programs, which offer contracts with four University of California schools. "By completing 30 UC-transferable credits a student can sign a contract with UC San Diego, UC Riverside, UC Davis or UC Santa Cruz.

Students can also get course articulation agreements that specify which courses fulfill requirements for various majors.

The center has current articulation agreements available for several Calif. public and private universities as well as some outof-state colleges.

"Definitely visit the Transfer Center, regardless of how many semesters you have completed. It's never too late!" said Melissa Lopez, the administrative assistant at the center.

Counselors are also available in the admissions office to help students map out a plan for success. The counseling center provides

QUICK TIPSFORCOLLEGE SUCCESS Confused?

Clueless?

Yearning for the simplicity of high school? What's a freshman to do? Here are a few tips students can use to be successful in their college careers. ◊

Attend your classes!

Skipping class is tempting when the teacher won't call your parents, but it is very easy to fall behind.

You are here ·to get an education after all. ◊

Don't take 8 a.m. classes. If you can't get up that early, chances are you'll sleep right through them. ◊ Avoid procrastinating.

Maybe you work well at the last minute, but most people find it's stressful

and produces work.

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◊ Meet with tutors.

Getting help when you need it doesn't make you dumb. Palomar College provides a tutoring service on the first floor of the library. ◊

Study daily and in short blocks of time. Also consider joining a study group. Also try using study devices like flash cards to help you ·retain information.

Try taking a class load you can commit to without a in. ◊ Experiment with classes by exploring subjects you know nothing about.

That random class that caught your eye in the course catalog could turn into a hobby or maybe even your major.

◊-~t advice from experienced students on interesting classes and the best professors on campus. ◊

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Don't overload your schedule. It may seem like a great idea to take 24 units - but then again you might be masochistic and have no social life.

Consider studying abroad or an internship in your field of study. These can provide you with experience and will look great on your resume.

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students with academic and career guidance.

Counselors recommend that students begin planning their education by getting a copy of the Palomar catalog. It provides course listings as well as information about certificates and A.A. degrees.

Next, they should meet with a counselor from either the Transfer Center or counseling officeas soon as possible. This will -help them learn about the transfer process and different prerequisites that are required by various universities. They should also plan to meet with a counselor once a semester to be informed of any program changes.

These semi-annual meetings give students an opportunity to let counselors know of any changes in their goals or major. Then the counselor can help them pick a more appropriate educational plan.

Students should pick a major and a school where they will transfer within the first or second semester of their time at Palomar. This will help them solidify a transfer plan. If they are unsure of which major to choose, there are classes such as Counseling 170: Major Search, that can help students find a suitable maJor. Finally, students should research, visit and interview with four-year colleges and speak with the advisers there to get a better feel for the school. They should also remember to bring copies of student transcripts and the Palomar catalog.

Stephen Keller contributed to this story

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Dietitians and fitness advocates have been abuzz about the new guidelines for nutrition and exercise released by the National Academy of Sciences' Institute of Medicine on Sept. 5.

The guidelines recommended that to maintain good health, we should participate in an hour of moderate physical activity every day - that's twice the amount in current federal guidelines.

The panel of experts also recommended a range .rather than fixed percentages - for carbohydrate and fat intake.

Interestingly, guidelines for protein intake - the subject of much debate and controversy in the world of fitness remained unchanged.

If you're a highly active person who already does more than the minimum of 30 minutes of exercise, the prescription doesn't have much impact.

Chances are, you're already

getting more than the basic health benefits from exercise, such as decreased risk for heart attacks and a general feeling of well being.

But the guidelines affect people who achieve only the minimum amount of recommended exercise.

You may feel that it's too difficult to fit an hour of exercise into your busy life.

Or you may feel frustrated that the guidelines mean an all-or-nothing proposition why bother to put in 30 minutes if you're not going to get full health benefits anyway?

An hour a day is not an impossible goal. We just have to consider creative ways to complete it.

You can gradually work your way up to an hour over a period of weeks or months, said Cedric Bryant, chief exercise physiologist for the American Council on Exercise.

Remember that it takes time to develop cardiovascular endurance.

It's tough for some to go from 30 minutes to one hour overnight. Try adding five minutes to your workout next time. See how that feels.

Give yourself a pat for those five additional minutes. After doing this for several days or weeks, you might find that it's

easier.

Add another five minutes.

Keep adding time as you develop endurance. Before you know it, you're at the hour mark.

If boredom - not time - is the issue, then you have many options. After your half-hour workout, take a different 30minute class. Get on another exercise machine for 10 minutes, worki'ng your way up 30 minutes over time.

Think of it this way: You're cross training - which can help prevent sports-repetitive stress injuries.

Remember that you don't have to do the whole half-hour.

Increase the duration slowly.

You might surprise yourself at how much athlete you truly have inside you.

When time is a barrier, think outside the exercise box.

Consider other ways to get your heart pumping throughout the day.

Walk briskly - don't send email or an instant message to a colleague at the other end of the office.

Take the stairs, not the elevator or escalator. Park far from the entrance to your lunch destination and walk.

The road to fitness and health isn't about giant leaps.

It's about small steps.

this we,e,kIN ASG ■ Election Chairman Eamon Kavanagh announced that ASG elections will be held entirely online. There will be a link on the Palomar Web site so students can vote easily, said Marilyn Lunde, secretary of student affairs.

■ The ASG discussed the ■ Carla Medina, ASG vice president and Inter Club Council new structure for the Strategic chairwoman announced the ICC Planning Council. Palomar has begun to brainstorm their President Sherrill Amador is plans for Halloween Escape. making a position in the SPC Halloween Escape is a series of •for a vice president of learning festivities put on by the ICC and technology,said Bruce Bishop, director of student affairs.

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nothing about himLonging for days gone by, the TV shows just aren't very good, espeself.

The plot is networks are ready to roll out a fall cially the comedies, which disapintriguing, reminisseason as comfortable as an old point more often than not. cent of "The sweater and as dull as a butter Following is my annual overview Pretender," but soon knife. of the fall season, show by show, "John" is predictably · Cautious of th~ir pocketbooks ranked from best to worst. For the using his skill to help (last season, only NBC and CBS first time in nine years, not one the police.

Grade: B. turned a profit) and unsure of newcomer gets an "A" - another "BIRDSOF PREY" "B" 1rds of prey,, audience tastes in the aftermath of sign of tough (but, with luck, ternBruckheimer ("CSI"), Anthony 9 p.m. Wednesdays on the WB, last fall's terrorist attacks, the net- porary) times in TV land.

LaPaglia heads a missing-persons beginning Oct. 9. works opted to cede the cutting This season's new shows: squad that includes Eric Close, _ Three female superheroes (Dina edge to cable this time around.

"Boomtown" Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Poppy Meyer, Ashley Scott and Rachel Instead, the new lineups are filled 10 p.m. Sundays on NBC, beginMontgomery and Enrique Skarsten) are the focus of an ultrawith shows so familiar that they ning Sept. 29. smell of mothballs.

An intriguing police drama from Murciano. Well-cast and solidly dark, often very funny comic bookSome new shows don't just hint Jon Avnet ("Risky Business") tells executed ifless than ground-break- inspired fantasy drama. Shemar Moore also stars. Grade: B. at being throwbacks; they flaunt it. each story from multiple perspec- ing. Grade: B. "PresidioMed" ''GreetingsFrom Tucson" "American Dreams," set in 1963, is tives, until finally all pieces of the 10 p.m. Wednesdays on CBS, 9:30 p.m. Fridays on the WB, filled with footage from "American puzzle fit together. The big and beginning Sept. 20.

Bandstand." "Oliver Beene," due impressive ensemble cast includes beginning Sept. 24.

A female-centric doctor drama Mexican dad, Irish mom, daughon Fox in January, fondly recalls Donnie Wahlberg, Mykelti fallout shelters and the Cuban Williamson, Neal McDonough, from John Wells and Lydia ter who poses as Spanish, son who Missile Crisis, circa 1960. "Do Gary Basaraba, Jason Gedrick, Woodward ("ER") stars Blythe isn't sure what to make of his herDanner, Dana Delany, Anna itage - a promising and certainly Over" and "That Was Then" _ play- Nina Garbiras and Lana Parrilla.

Deveare Smith, Sasha Alexander unique sitcom starring Pablo ing on our presumed national long- Grade: B-plus. and Julianne Nicholson, with Oded Santos, Rebecca Creskoff and Julio ing for happier days - both give "CSI: Miami" Fehr providing some testosterone.

Oscar Mechoso could use more their heroes a chance to relive 10 p.m. Mondays on CBS, beginAbsolutely predictable but comlaughs.

Grade: B-minus. their lives by returning to the ning Sept. 23. pletely :,vatchable.

Grade: B. "Do Over" 1980s.

David Caruso, Emily Procter, "GoodMorningMiami" 8:30 p.m. Thursdays on the WB, Even the new series that seem Adam Rodriguez, Khandi 9:30 p.m. Thursdays on NBC, beginning Sept. 29. superficially the riskiest turn out, Alexander and Kim Delaney are beginning Sept. 26.

Penn Badgley is a 30-ish man on closer inspection, to fit familiar Miami crime-scene investigators Mark Feuerstein is a wunwho gets a chance to remake his molds. /Boomtown," with stories in a can't-lose spin-off of hit "CSL" told from many perspectives, But how Delaney - cast after the derkind TV producer called on to life by returning to high school to "Rashomon" style, is a cop drama. pilot was shot (and her "Philly" remake a horrible Miami morning repeat a pivotal speech. Of this "Firefly" is a Western, albeit one was canceled) - will affect the show in an over-the-top comedy fall's two new shows with precisely that takes place in the future, in cast's chemistry remains undeter- from Max Mutchnick and David the same plot, this is the half-hour Kohan that will pair happily with one, featuring Angela Goethals, space. "Push, Nevada" is proud to mined. Grade: B-plus. their "Will & Grace." NBC is Michael _Milhoan and Gigi Rice. be fall's most eccentric offering, "Life With Bonnie" blending thriller and puzzle, but 9 p.m. Tuesdays on ABC, begin- reshaping this one and billing it as Grade: B-minus. comedy (Ashley "AmericanDreams" would still love to remind viewers ning with a preview Sept. 17 before a romantic Williams plays Feuerstein's dream 8 p.m. Sundays on NBC, beginof "Twin Peaks." an Oct. 1 premiere.

Familiarity does,n't inevitably Bonnie Hunt is a TV morning- girl), but the pilot is heavy on ning Sept. 29.

Two teen-age girls (Brittany rate contempt. "Family Affair," vir- show host in Chicago in fall's most farce, with wacky characters including Suzanne Pleshette as Snow and Vanessa Lengies) in tually a line-for-line remake of the promising _ and problematic _ original, is the season's cutest new new sitcom. Mark Derwin (late of Feuerstein's acid-tongued grand- 1963 Philadelphia long to dance on comedy. "Presidio Med" upholds "One Life to Live") is her husband, mother and Jere Burns ("Dear "American Bandstand" in a drama John") as his sniveling boss. produced by Dick Clark and incorthe tradition of doctor dramas dat- with St. Louisan Marianne porating "Bandstand" footage. Gail ing to "Ben Casey." "Fastlane," for . Muellerleile as their housekeeper Grade: B. O'Grady, Tom Verica, all its flash, is a direct descendant and David Alan Grier as the show's Virginia Madsen and of "Miami Vice." producer. The scenes at the studio Joey Lawrence also Cops, lawyers, doctors and sit- are improvised (Hunt says all star. The pilot is overly com families are the steak and guests are real, and she doesn't grim and surprisingly potatoes of this season, like many meet them ahead of time) and abrasive, but the gimbefore it. What's missing is the siz- hilarious. But segments at home mick remains promiszle. tend to fall flat and suck the rest of ing. Grade: B-minus.

The networks predict that view- the show down with them. Grade: "Cedric the ers, voting from their couches, B-~lus/C-minus.

Entertainer won'~ piiss it. ABC Entertainment 'Family Affair" pres1~ent Susa~ "Lyne p~ts t~e ft p.m. Thursdays on the WB, Presents" p(em1se blunt~y. Somethmg ~1f- lfeginning this week.

8:30 p.m.

Jferent, som~thm_ggroundbreaki~g / Gary Cole is Uncle Bill, Sasha Wednesdays on Fox, or provocative, 1s 1:ot n~cessa~1ly Pieterse, Jimmy Pinchak and beginning Sept. 18. what a network audience 1s looking Caitlin Wachs are Buffy, Jody and "FASTLHr St. Louis-born Cedric for when they,, come home at.

Cissy, respectively, and Tim Curry the Entertainer gets his "Fastlane" ~nd of the day, she told TV critics is acerbic Mr. French in a faithful own series, a variety-comedy 9 p.m. Wednesdays on Fox. hybrid that's unusual but uneven. m July. . . and surprisingly funny remake of Nobody over age 30 will be The pilot has one very funny Perhaps. But playmg_1t too safe the 1960s comedy. Grade: B-plus. admitted to this fast and furious sketch, several fizzles - and could backfire, as audiences conaction dramedy from McG Vegas-style showgirls. Grade: Btinue to drift away from the (director of the "Charlie's minus. broadcast networks to the Angels" movie) and John groundbreaking, provoca"Still Standing" McNamara.

Peter tive fare of cable - not just 9:30 p.m. Mondays on CBS, beginFacin·elli and Bill Bellamy HBO, home of "The ning Sept. 23. are hot undercover cops Sopranos" and "Six Feet Mark Addy ("The Full Monty")and tracking drug dealers, Under ," but also USA Jami Gertz are suburban paFents with Tiffani Thiessen as ("Monk,'' co-opted by ABC with, er, kids and all that stuff in a their boss. Slick and this summer) and FX · standard-issue family comedy that watchable, with a sex and (where "The Shield" gives should fit neatly into CBS' Monday violence quotient that new meaning to edgy). For night lineup. Grade: C. could draw a TV-MA ratthe first time this year, the "Push,Nevada" ing. Grade: B (or someaudience share of cable 9 p.m. Thursdays on ABC, beginwhere between A and F, networks outpaced the ning Sept. 17 with a preview before a depending on the viewer). combined · share of the Sept. 19 premiere.

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Fridays on Fox, beginning seems likely to continue.

"Without a Trace" and part mystery drama, this offbeat Sept. 20.

And eyen viewers who prefer 10 p.m. Thursdays on CBS, series from Ben Aflleck and Sean DominicPurcell is a mystery man, Bailey follows an IRS agent (Derek comfort to the cutting edge may beginning Sept. 26. plucked naked from a lake knowing Cecil) looking for a misplaced forfind the fall season unsatisfying for In another police-procedural another reason - many of the new from the factory of Jerry every fact in every encyclopediabut

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"Everwood" 9 p.m. Mondays on the WB, beginning Sept. 16.

A widowed doctor (Treat Williams) packs up and moves his two kids to small-town Colorado in a family drama that means well but just misses. The high altitude apparently makes the characters stupid, the writing begs for some "Gilmore Girls" wit, and the sappy narration mu~! go. Grade: C.

(where he's played by Tyler Labine) to give a pivotal speech. One of two new fall shows with precisely the same plot, this is the hourlong one, featuring Bess Armstrong and Jeffrey Tambor. Grade: Cminus.

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"HiddenHills" 9:30 p.m. Tuesdays on NBC, beginning Sept. 24.

Justin Louis, Paula Marshall, Dondre T. Whitfield and Tamara Taylor star in a sitcom that should have remained hidden, all about the hilarity of life in suburbia.

The sexy neighbors! The dog poop! The aw, never mind. Loud, crude andjust plain obnoxious. Grade: D-minus.

is his dim-witted, long-lost daughter in a creepy comedy from "Frasier" veterans Joe Keenan and Christopher Lloyd.

Grade: D-minus - oh, what the heck, F.

"Dinotopia" 8 p.m. Thursdays on ABC, beginning Oct. IO. Robert Halrni Sr. recasts his ABC miniseries as a weekly fantasy drama, with Erik Von Detten and Shiloh Strong as brothers who find themselves in a land of dinosaurs. So far, 1lllavailable for preview.

Grade: Incomplete.

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8 p.m. Fridays on the WB, beginning Sept. 20.

Amanda Bynes (''The Amanda Show") is a disaster-prone teen who moves in with her older sister (Jennie Garth) in a completely forgettable comedy. Grade: C-minus.

"LessThan Perfect" 9:30 p.m. Tuesdays on ABC, beginning Oct. I. A good-hearted young woman (Sara Rue) enters a lions' den of snobs when she becomes assistant to a slick TV anchor (Eric Roberts) in a comedy with Sherri Shepherd, Andy Dick, Zachary Levi and Andrea Parker. The nice people are dumb, the meanies are impossibly mean and the parts don't fit together into anything ~y. Grade: C-minus.

"Hack"

9 p.m. Fridays on CBS. David Morse is a cab driver who can't forget he used to be a cop, so he goes around helping people, in a drama that awkwardly mixes schmaltz and grit.

Andre Braugher, as his ex-partner, is an unfortunate reminder of a great cop show, "Homicide: Life on the Street." Grade: Cminus.

"That Was Then"

9 p.m. Fridays on ABC, beginning Sept.

27.

James Bulliard gets a chance to reshape his life by traveling back to high school

Joss Whedon of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" fame creates a gritty world set in space, 500 years in the future. Nathan Fillion, Gina Torres, Adam Baldwin and Sean Maher star in what's being billed as a sci-fi Western. A new opening episode is being shot and isn't yet available for preGrade: FILLION (I) ANDBALDWIN WITHMORENA BACCARIN IN "FIREFLY" view.

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"8 SimJ,?le Rulesfor DatingMy TeenageDaughter" 8 p.m. Tuesdays on ABC, beginning Sept.17.

John Ritter returns to series TV as the hapless dad of two teen-age daughters (Kaley Cuoco and Amy Davidson) in a sitcom with Katey Sagal ("Married ... With Children") as the mom. Moments of sweetness, but too few laughs - and way too many sexual references. Grade: C-minus.

"MDs" 10 p.m. Wednesdays on ABC, beginning Sept. 25.

Juvenile slapstick and strained plot twists sink a would-be satire of HMOs. John Hannah, William Fichtner, Leslie Stefanson and Aunjanue Ellis are among those who should be ashamed. Grade: D.

"In-Laws" 8:30 p.m. Tuesdays on NBC, beginning Sept. 24.

Newlyweds (Elon Gold and Bonnie Somerville) move in with her parents (Dennis Farina and Jean Smart) in a deeply embarrassing sitcom executive-

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9:30 p.m. Sundays on Fox, beginning Nov. 3.

Randy Quaid is a redneck dad who supports his family (including wife Carol Kane) by faking a disability; Michael Cera is his 14-year-old son, who's hot for teacher (Lori Rom) in an insufferable comedy that should never have received a network greenlig_ht. Grade: D-minus.

"Bram and Alice" 8 p.m. Sundays on CBS, beginning Sept. 29.

Alfred Molina ("Ladies' Man") is a womanizing, has-been novelist and Traylor Howard ("Two Guys and a Girl")

9 p.m. Mondays on Fox, beginning Oct. 21.

Gretchen Mol, Chyler Lee, Kathleen Robinson and Giancarlo Esposito star in David E. Kelley follow-up to "Ally McBeal," but no pilot has been provided for preview. Grade: Incomplete.

"RobberyHomicideDivision" 10 p.m. Fridays on CBS, beginning Sept.

27.

Michael Mann of ''Miami Vice" fame promises an edgy cop drama starring Tom Sizemore - but with the premiere just three weeks away, no preview has been provided. Grade: Incomplete.

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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 many new systems are now made with the technology builtin. The service itself is free of charge.

What was created in June on an experimental basis has emerged a fully-functional network over the past month.

Michael Arguello, Academic Technology Coordinator, said that there have been very few headaches with the operation of the service. He is very excited about the new technology,noting that "[Wi-Fi is] something that enhances student and faculty access."He said that the student need for Internet access continues to rise each year, and that it's a vital tool for learning. "The Internet can make primary documents available... that are frankly more interesting than text books." He continued, "Wireless access would allow us to bring that capability to everyone." He said that providing wireless connectivity can result in increased productivity and learning.

Arguello said that his department plans to eventually expand the coverage campus-wide. "The obvious next location is the Student Center," he said. He hopes that Wi-Fi technology can be integrated into the construction of the building. Other classrooms and labs should have the capability in the months to come. "Mobile labs", consisting of several laptops and a printer,

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Across town at the Naval Postgraduate School,the Center for Homeland Security is offering a master's program beginning in November, said Dr. Ted Lewis, academic associate for the program.

Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Justice, the course covers a wide range of subjects related to terrorism, security and civil-military relations. It is aimed at managers in local, state and federal government agencies.

Supporting courses are drawn from the school'snational security affairs, computer security, operations research and international security affairs curricula.

The Homeland Security program also fields mobile education teams to support state governors and senior state officials with information on countering potential terrorist threats.

"We're aiming at policy- and decision-makers," Lewis said.

"We want to create a cadre of professionals we can grow over time."

The Justice Department chose the Navy schoolfor the program, Lewis said, because "a lot of skills for dealing with these problems exist in the military that don't exist in civilian institutions."

"The Department of Justice came here because of the unique things going on at the school," said David Netzer, associate provost and dean of research at NPS. ''We already had courses on terrorism in the national security affairs program, civil-military relations, defense analysis, computer security, operations research and the MOVES (ModelingVirtual Environments and Simulation) Institute."

Last year the National Science

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"My friend used to take a routes to make trips faster for passengers. Phase 2 will FAST bus, and she said the bus change the remaining 20 per- didn't come on time. It was usenetwork flaw- \ \ t cent of the routes, which covers less. I don't know if it is going lessly on _,,1 the West end of North County, to be good or not to use it. If I 1 the first' , walk for 20 minutes from my Carlsbad, Encinitas, floor of the -~ Oceanside, San Marcos and house to a 302 bus stop, I don't library.

I Vista, said Don Ankney, super- need to use a FAST bus," Hata did not notice any differintendent of NCTD bus servic- said. ence in speed between this "I think it takes long time to es. connection and my broadAnkney said bus riders had get used to a FAST bus," Hata band connection at home. I some concerns on the 304 said. checked my e-mail and Student and bus user Paola route, which runs from downloaded a file without a Encinitas to San Marcos via Gomez will be put in a similar hitch. situation as Hata after Phase 2 Rancho Santa Fe Road.

On the second floor, I goes into effect. Busses will no "Because we're changing that "The lnlffllettanmake perused the used books seclonger run in her neighborhood route in Encinitas, and the primary d«uments available tion and then visited Southern end of the city is not either. amazon.com in an armthatarefrankly more "No problem," said Gomez. "I receiving the service that it had 11 chair to read reviews on have to walk for three bus stops before, we're replacing it with inlfmtingthanbooks. interesting titles I discovtwo FAST buses and people to take a different route, but I ered. Then I logged into can exercise. I will be happy." aren't familiar with that," - Michael Arguello ACADEMIC TECHNOLOGY COORDINATOR Student eServices to view Her commute time is 20 minAnkney said. my schedule for that day.

Passengers can take a FAST utes now, and will be 40 minOn the third floor, I bus anywhere within the serv- utes after Phase 2, played my favorite realYuki Hal, a Cal State San ice area or to the nearest fixedmay someday allow instructors time strategy game on the Marcos student and bus user, route transfer point where they to use a computer lab without Internet with a friend in will have to leave her house a can transfer to other regular ever leaving the classroom.

Vista. I even e-mailed this bus routes. FAST bus users can lot earlier to get to school after These labs-on-wheels can constory to my editor while either call one hour before January. nect to a classroom's wireless overlooking the busy cam"I don't mind it," said Hal, boarding or reserve seats at network and provide instant pus from the giant windows "but they (NCTD)just changed least 24 hours in advance.

No availability. of the library. appointment is needed to board the schedule, and a lot of people Today Wi-Fi exists on many I never ran into any still figure out the last changes. a FAST bus at transit centers. other university campuses, as problems throughout my And then, all of sudden· they The fares are the same as well as in hotels and · airports experimentation.

The conwill change again. It doesn't other regular routes.

NCTD is across the country. It is emergnection remained constant planning to offer new addition- make any sense actually. I don't ing as a popular standard for as I moved about all three al FAST buses in the Village know their benefit." · wireless connection. floors.

NCTD is planning to set up · Park and Cardiff neighborMore information about the booths at transit centers to hoods of Encinitas and in Andrew Phelps technology can be found at Eastern San Marcos in Phase inform passengers about the www.palomar.edu/at/wireless. changes in routes and sched2.

Student and bus rider, Yoko ules two weeks before and a Foundation selected the Naval ate studies about security was Hata, said Phase 2 will put her week after Phase 2 begins, said in a difficult situation. She cur- Ankney.

Postgraduate Schoolas one of six not much."

For more information, call universities for its federal Cyber The center was involved in a rently takes route 341, San NCTD at 1-800-266-6883 or Marcos Circulator, to get to Service Corps scholarship pro- war game in April that involved check out their website at gram. The first class of 10 stu- NPS, the service academies and school. Once Phase 2 is initiatdents is eight months into the other universities, in which ed, route 341 will no longer run www.gonctd.com. course, said Dr. Cynthia Irvine, opposing sides ran "cyber director of the school'sCenter for attacks" against one another's Information Security Studies computer systems, said J.D. Amanda Geiger never saw the drunk driver. and Research.

Fulp, research associate.

The program offers students He likened the computer exerFriend$ Don't Let Friends Drive Drunk. fully paid tuition, a housing and cise to "sparring practice," where meal stipend of about $30,000 a the combatants become used to year and placement in paid sum- cyber conflict and can coolly mer internships with govern- develop strategies while under ment agencies, Irvine said. attack, the way a professional Graduates will be expected to boxer can outthink and outfight . serve two years with a U.S. gov- an untrained street brawler. ernment agency as specialists in "I'd like to see us get so good safeguarding that we're bored." computer sysRichard Clark, ''WIwantto ,,,,,,, a tems. adviser to President The pro- """' of prol,ssionals ,,, Bush on cyber secugram was eangrow orerlim,.11 rity and infrastrucdeveloped by ture protection, the National - Tad Lewis asked the Center ASSOCIATE, MONTERREY INSTITUTE for Information Science Foundation Security Studies before the and Research to attacks on prepare a report on "trusted" the World Trade Center and the computer systems _ those that Pentagon because of an already- have no outside functions that perceived threat of cyberterror- would allow them to be contamiism, Irvine said. nated by computer viruses or It has since expanded to 13 hackers. That report has been colleges and universities nation- incorporated into the national wide. Interest in the scholarship cyber security strategy, Irvine program is high. said. ''We had to turn down a lot of The 3,000 students at the qualified applications for the Defense Language Institute are October class" because of limited nearly all military personnel, funding, Irvine said. with some from federal law Retired Air Force officer Paul enforcement or diplomatic agenSchoberg, a student in the schol- cies thrown in. arship program, commented "Talking to the students, there that "after bin Laden did his have been a lot who joined right number, I wasn't eligible to go on after 9-11,"said language school active duty, so I heard about this Provost Stephen Payne, "and and wanted to make a contribu- there were a lot in the pipeline tion." already in Arabic and Persian He spent 15 years outside the Farsi."

Air Force as a computer proArabic is a 63-week course; grammer and data processor. Farsi takes 47 weeks.

The security courses are a new ''We feel they should be a little experience for him. longer, but we're getting the job ''What we did in undergradu- done," Payne said.

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Collegescut backcourseoptionsas enrollmentsoars more full-time students last year than the state funded. If those students were fully funded, it SAN JOSE, Calif. - A word to would have meant about $127 the wise: -Ifyou are a student or million more for the colleges. laid-off worker planning on comGaps in state funding have munity college this fall, don't sparked a debate among college procrastinate. By the time you leaders nationally. get around to signing up, classes Some argue that community may be full. colleges can't afford to serve Community colleges in every student who comes to them California and across the counbecause quality suffers when try are bracing for the worst states don't fully fund enrollbudget crunch in a decade. ment growth.

Course sections are being cut, "From -a political perspective, staff positions left vacant, supply it makes more sense to followthe budgets decimated . And most course of UC and CSU and not college officials predict it will further dilute per-student revonly get worse next year. enue," said Foothill-De Anza's California's community colChavez. That would mean setleges are struggling with a triple ting limits on the number of stuwhammy: dramatic enrollment dents admitted. "But we feel our growth, significant cost increases commitment to students should they can't control and a state take precedence." budget crisis with no end in Chavez and others question sight. Despite their mission of why a system that serves more serving every person who shows than 2.6 million students a year up, the colleges could end up JOANNEHOYOUN&LEE/ KRT NEWSSERVICE - nearly twice as many as all turning away tens of thousands the other public and private colof students this year, even as Students at Mission College inSantaClaralineupto register overthesummer'.

Community colleges across thestate leges and universities in the more people than ever seek edu- havebeenforcedto cutbackonclassofferings asenrollment risesat a timewhenthestateis ina budget crisis. state - is so poorly funded. Of cational opportunities.

44 states with similar systems, College officials worry those already. It will hit home when pressure more than new stu- high demand: a growing pool of California ranks 41st in funding, most likely to get shut out are they can't get into the classes dents, who have the lowest regis- college-agestudents and a larger according to the Education among the people who can least they need, have to wait longer to tration priority. That includes percentage of high school gradu- Commission of the States. afford it: students from low- see a counselor, find the library thos~ looking to beef up their What's happening in ates attending college than in income families and laid-off closed on Saturdays or can't get academic profiles and the newly the past.

California is being played out workers seeking new skills. help at the tutoring center unemployed seeking new or betThe timing couldn't be worse. across the country, said George "Everyone is looking to us at because there aren't enough ter skills.

California is in the grip of a $24 Boggs, president and CEO of the this point in time and our hands Association of ''We have people who are out of billion budget deficit.After sever- American tutors. are tied to respond," said Judy - As more students can't get work begging us for more com- al years of state budgets that Community Colleges.

Miner, vice president for instruc- their classes, the longer it takes Some states are talking about puter-assisted design and com, helped them out of the hole from tion at De Anza College. The to finish college. And the longer puter-assisted manufacturing the last recession, community imposing admission standards to number of students attending it takes, the bigger the bottle- classes," said De Anza's Miner. colleges expect a slight increase limit enrollment. the Cupertino collegegrew 5 per- neck for students trying to get in. "But we can't do it. Either we in overall funding this year, but The idea of selectivity "is so cent last year, and more of them ''We are being squeezed on don't have the equipment or we all the budget proposals to date foreign to the community college than in the past are taking a full every side," said Leo Chavez, can't pay for the licenses that would result in a decline in fund- movement," Boggs said. "One of load, but the budget is being cut chancellor of the Foothill-De would allow us to serve more." the most important values is ing per student. for the third year in a row.

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Eight-year Palomar volleyball coach Karl Seiler has high expectations for his comets and with five returning players they are very solid and expect to win the conference .

"I'm looking forward to our upcoming matches and the team playing to their potential and showing teams how talented we really are ," Seiler said.

To add to the talent from last year 's run for the conference title is Christina Cooley.

Cooley, named First Team All Amanda Giese.

Another freshman making Conference, played for Palomar College for two years the adjustment to the colleago and is now back with a giate level is Ashley Fence. vengeance after taking a year "I think we will do very good off. Another second year and I am excited 'for the starter is outside hitter Rosie upcoming season, we have a really deep Brown, who was also team and we have tons of named First II potential," Team All Fence said.

Conference Seiler said and will he thinks most share the leadership - Ashley Fence of the teams in VOLLEYB ILL PLAYER the conference roles with are going to be the other seccompetitive ond year and will give a hard fought players.

With 5 returning players the effort each match played.

Long time rival Grossmont team has plenty of positions to be filled giving the new play- will again be one of Palomar 's ers a chance to get quality biggest conference threats . playing time.

Mesa is also expected to give "All the returning players the Comets a run for their made us new players feel very money. comfortirble and were all real The Comets will take on at 4 p.m. close for just meeting each Saddleback Wednesday in the Dome. other, " said freshman

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