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s the bombs began to drop on Baghdad on the evening of March 19, Palomar students overwhelmingly said they support going to war with Iraq, though many voiced concern about their friends and loved ones. Alan Longacre , a student leaving for Marine boot camp in June , said that he has no doubts about the war . "We've given him 12 years to change his
ericanwoman go to space . he was on the shuttle Challenger. f;!Her second flight to space wasalso on the Cha llenger in 1984. The total time she spent In space is more than 343 hours.
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MOUNT EVEREST Stacy Alhson pulled herself up from the depths of domestic violence, a dawdling career and the stigma of be,ng a college dropcut to claim the trtle that had eluded
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Grounds supervisor RickKratcoski takesPalomar's trashto therecycle bin.Palomar recycles morethan46 percent ofitstrash. Everest i 1988.
PRO HOCIEY Sept. 23, 1992, Manon Rheaume made sports history as the first woman to play hockey in the Unrted States. She goallended for the Tampa Bay Lightning
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The recycling program at Palomar exceeded state requirements and regional and national figures. The College threw away over 2 million pounds of to s,gn a trash last year, and 46.4 percent •professional ofit was recycled. hockey contract "I would like to thank all of MONSTER TRUCK you who assist me and Palomar RACING College in our recycling efforts," A pioneer in the world of monster truck racwrote Grounds Supervisor Rick ing, Pamela Vater gcrt Kratcoski in a staff e-mail. her start in racing in 1984 . working as a Of the 1,133 tons of waste crew chief for Black accumulated in 2002 at Stallion, her husband's Palomar, 526 tons, or 46.4 permonster truck. In 1992. she wasthe first and only woman to to qualify for the Penda Point Series.
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cent, were recycled. and national figures. San Diego Futoshi Takagi is responsible County recycled 44 percent of its for collecting the waste each day. trash in 2002, as reported on the He is the only student employee California Integrated Waste at Palomar who handles recycling Management Board's Web site. The Environmental materials . Recycling at the college began Protection Agency reported a in 1992, although it was not until national average of 30.1 percent 1999 when the state mandated a on its Web site. waste management program. Kratcoski said disposal fees The law requires state institu- for the 526 tons ofrecycled goods tions like Palomar to have would normally total over reached a 25 percent trash recy- . $30,000. Because the materials cling rate by 2002 and a 50 per- were recycled, however, EDCO cent rate by 2004. Palomar sur- Waste and Recycling Services passed the requirement by 21.4 lessens hauling costs and pays percent in 2002. , ■ SEE RECYCLE, PACE 2 Palomar also beat out county
A $2.4 million budget cut would not normally be considered good news, but Palomar College is counting its blessings . Gov. Gray Davis signed a bill March 19 that cuts his originally proposed reductions to the current year's community college budgets in half. Jerry Patton, vice president of fiscal services, shared information about the bill with faculty and staff at a special informational meeting held March 14. His presentation included an outlook for the current year and various scenarios presented for 2003-2004 . "All your letters did help us get the governor's proposal reduced ," Patton said. He encouraged everyone to keep communicating with the legislature about next year's budget. The college had been preparing for a worst-case scenario of $3. 7 million in cuts ■ SE EBUDGET , PACE 3
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About 50 people showed their support March 17 in a rally opposing state budget cuts in higher education. Various faculty memSWIM THE ENGLISII bers and students spoke under the CIWINEL The first woman to clock tower, including Faculty swim the English Senate President Chris Barkley. Channel was Gertrude "Todayis about access. It's about Ederle, 19. She accomplished the fleat keeping our promise to California," in only 14 hours and Barkley said. . 31 minutes- two minIn her speech, Barkley declared three goals for utes faster than the men'srecord action to fight the budget cuts. She said her first goal is to "convince the state of the value of comseason.
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munity colleges." "I think Gov. Davis thinks community college is a waste of time," said Ardena Sprinkle, a classified staff member in the San Diego Community College District. ''There are a huge number of students who transfer to CSUs and UCs," Sprinkle said. Barkley said her second goal is to convince Davis and the state to be equitable to all college systems. She admitte d that tuition increases are nee-
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