the
Runners return from WAR a Pl&E 10
Prez review kept private, despite outcry By Sarah Strause
Til£ TELESCOPE
Despite requests from Palomar staff and two governing board members, College President Sherrill Amador's goals for the this year will remain sealed. At recent governing board meetings, faculty members asked the board to make Amador's performance evaluation public so they know what to expect from the president. The evaluation includes goals the governing board set for Amador. The governing board extended Amador's contract in May based on her fulfillment of 11 goals set by the board last year. The board set eight new goals for Amador to carry out throughout the upcoming year, which will remain closed to the public, said governing board member Mark Evilsizer. Rocco Versaci, an English professor at Palomar, said he would like to see the list of goals Amador is expect-
ed to meet over the course of the next year. "no confidence" in Amador's abilities as president. "My tenure report is kept confidential, According to governing board member Michele but anyone can go online and access a Nelson, the board was advised by legal council to blank tenure report to see what is expectkeep the goals of the president confidential. ed of me," Versaci said. "All I'm asking for Section 6254 (c) of the California State is a list of performing skills." Government Code governs confidentiality when a Versaci said as a teacher at the college, a board negotiates presidential goals and the pertaxpayer and a voter, he has the right to formance of them, Nelson said. know what the president's goals are for the "We cannot reveal that," she said. "It is not a college. Palomar president matter of being secretive, her personal goals are confidential." "It's puzzling to me," Versaci said. "It Sherrill Amador seems like it should be a public record." Evilsizer said while he agrees Amador's performVersaci said because of the combative climate on ance evaluation should be kept private, "it just makes campus between staff and the administration, making sense to have your targets and goals shared. It gives Amador's goals public will give faculty and staff a people something to shoot for." gauge of where the president stands with the governEvilsizer said he plans to research the topic and ing board. Last semester, the faculty and classified staff voted a SEE EVALUATIONS, PAGE 2
Board opposes prtvacy measure
Students air new format at campus radio station By Christa Farmer
Til£ TELESCOPE
By Roy McCann
Palomar's student-run radio station, Comet AM 1320 KKSM, has transformed from a hard rock alternative music station to a more adult alternative. It strives to "relate more to students and the administration," said Meg Banta, the station's general manager and faculty adviser. Once only reaching for adults aged 18 to 25, KKSM has broadened its target demographic to 25-54 year-olds. It's "music everyone can agree on," said student program director Zeb Navarro. The new program spans across five decades of music. It encompasses music from the 1950s to today. Kevin Pillow, promotions director, said the station has not lost any listeners with the format change, it has only increased its audience. Integrating styles anywhere from the Temptations · to the · Rolling
Student
~irectors
By Miko Kudo
Til£ TELESCOPE
Palomar radio and television students took home Emmy awards this year from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences event June 21. Nine students were nominated in the Pacific Southwest Region, which includes San Diego County, Bakersfield, Palm Springs, San Luis Obispo, and Las Vegas. Four students received the Emmy award,
UCIAL PRIVACY ttln t11/Horni11 1'1111/y bs eo/or-blind?
TKE TU£SCOP!
liLLY WILDMII I THE TELESCOPE
Student disc jockey Chris Apple broadcasts his show at Comet 1320 KKSM, Palomar's campus radio station. Programmers recently made changes to the station, including a more eclectic music and talk format.
Stones, the radio has opened to the community as well as the students. "If local bands want to come in and be interviewed, they can," Navarro said. KKSM has left behind its hard rock image, morphing into a station that will be a better
asset to the community and the college, Banta said. "We are announcing events for nonprofit organizations weekly," Navarro a SEE RADIO, PAGE 3
win E111111y awards said RTV Professor Pat Hahn. The competition was for two-year and four-year college students. Hahn said just being nominated is important. ''That means you beat everybody else," he said. Paul Hut and Jordan O'Leary, cinema students at Palomar, received the award for their comedy film, "Sales Pitch," which was
The Palomar College Governing Board voted 4-1 to oppose Proposition 54, the Racial Privacy Initiative, at its meeting Sept. 9. The initiative will appear on the ballot for the special California election Oct. 7. The measure, with some exceptions, would prohibit state and local governments from classifying any person by race, ethnicity, color, or national origin in public education, public contracting or public employment. It would bar public agencies from compiling or using information about race or ethnicity. "This measure limits our ability at Palomar College to collect information that we need to use in terms of ensuring diversity throughout our educational system," said Nancy Chadwick, who voted to oppose the resolution. Chadwick said collecting this data is essential to assess the needs of all the diverse groups in the community and create programs designed to promote educational opportunities. The lone supporter of Proposition 54 on the board,
WillE SHORT I THE TELESCOPE
a SEE PRIVACY PAGE 3
Student Don SiJatra looks irto a camera He and co-cnc-
• SEE EMMY, PAGE 3 tor Andrea Lombcnlo won an EnJny for "Amber Alert."
Troub/sd studsntturns sueessslul businsssm11n.
a Pl&E 6
Studsnts lllltlltl sting11s 111111round e11mpus.
a PI&E 9