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Pressure from a local worker's union to boycott a North County resort has elevated to a scufile with Palomar College officials - and ultimately a decision by the college to relocate its annual fund-raising gala.

Dale Wallenius, chief advancement officer, said he received repeated letters and phone calls from Erick Carbajal, a representative ofLocal30 Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees Union of San Diego.

Carbajal asked the Wallenius to move the college's annual gala away from La Costa Resort, due to an ongoing labor dispute there.

Carbajal leads the charges that the resort is cutting wages and benefits and firing long-time employees.

Wallenius said he did not respond to the letters or phone calls in order to stay out of politics.

"We have nothing to do with some internal dispute at a hotel," Wallenius said.

"The (fund-raising) committee is totally neutral," he said.

Carbajal could not be reached for comment.

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CHECKMATE - Palomar students (left tor right) Arthur Garabedian, Brandorr Garrett and Ariel Zeballos contemplate their next moves in a series of chess games March 25. Multiple chess boards were set up in front .of the Student Center for Springfest, the Associated Student Government's annual entertainment event for students. Zeballos, an ASG senator, said he is trying to make chess sets available to check out from the student government office. He said he is making an effort to attract more students to the game.

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A new state grant makes Palomar's American Sign Language Department a quarter of a million dollars richer.

The California Department of Education awarded a $250,000 contract in February to support the department's new distance education program, called Program for Interpreters m Educational Settings.

PinES, a two-and-a-half year program, begins in June.

It's only for students who live beyond reasonable traveling distance from Palomar, and also for those who serve deaf or hard-ofhearing K-12 students as interpreters.

The PinES project consists of online courses from fall 2004 through spring 2006 and includes a three-week immersion experience in summer 2004 and 2005.

The fund is mainly used for the staffing, supplies, materials and other direct costs to complete the PinES project, said PinES Grant Director Annette Miner.

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Palomar students Shawnee Achord and Julianna Foto practice signing in Nita lghner's American Sign Language class March 29. The department is receiving $250,000 from a new state grant.

$250,000), but we do our best with the money we have," Miner said.

The PinES project will enhance Palomar's current ASL and English interpreter training program's national standing, because there are only three programs for ASL

interpreters in the United States, said ASL Professor Melissa Smith.

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With five weeks rernammg in the spring semester, the Associated Student Government has made progress on some of its goals and fallen short on others.

In November 2003, the ASG established six goals to accomplish by the end of the school year.

The six goals were to set up five $100 scholarships, create student suggestion boxes, establish a high school youth outreach program, build relationships with instructors, create new ASG activities and create a book exchange program to offset the cost of textbooks to students.

"I'm still optimistic these goals will be reached during my tenure," said ASG president Amador Soto.

Soto said only one $100 scholarship will be available next semester, but he encourages all students to apply.

Soto said the student suggestion box is built,

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Zeb Navarro proudly recalled the day he watched Mr. Jingles die.

"He was trying to pull himself out (of a trap).. .. Every time we would pick it up, it would start squirming or hissing."

Navarro is the program director at KKSM, Palomar's student radio station, and Mr. Jingles was a large rat that lived in the studios.

Mr. Jingles is part of a larger rodent problem at the San Marcos campus, which the Facilities Department declared last year.

Mike Ellis, facilities director, said he has received a large number of complaints from departments infested with rats, mice and ants.

Ellis said humans are to blame, and he said employees and students should never eat or drink in classrooms.

"Rats are a really big problem this year," said Pam Webb, a Health Services nurse. She said she had not heard about a problem on campus, however.

Rats and mice have even attracted several stray cats to make their homes on eampus, Ellis said.

He said these cats are natural inhabitants of the area - and

they do more harm than good by killing the rodents.

In a mass e-mail announcement, facilities provided a list of tips to keep the pests out offices.

Ellis said workers can set traps in the buildings, but pesticides are forbidden due to human health concerns.

Navarro said Mr. Jingles was a legend - one you have to see to believe.

"This was about the size of a football. I'm not over-exaggerating," Navarro said.

He said he received complaints from DJs about Mr. Jingles, who sought the dark, warm environment of wiring holes.

Navarro said when one DJ reached down to pick something up, the rat jumped out of a trash can and attacked him.

Navarro set out to kill the rat, but it always eluded him.

"It was literally a game of cat and mouse," Navarro said. "We would find traps snapped- with no rat."

When Mr. Jingles was eventually caught, Navarro dedicated the same trash can to the rat, with the sign "In Memory of Mr. Jingles."

Navarro later discovered Mr. Jingles was really a Mrs. -when hundreds of field mice scurried across the the floor of the studios.

Now, Navarro said he strictly enforces a policy that forbids eat-

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Zeb NavaiTo, program director at KKSM, Palomar's student radio station, displays a

trash can dedicated to Mr. Jing1es, a rat that lived in the studios and even attacked DJs. ing or drinking in the studio. He also vacuums the offices and closes the doors at night. Rodents aren't a problem anymore, he said.

Rats and mice have also infested the offices of Palomar's student newspaper, The Telescope, for the past five years, said Wendy Nelson, faculty adviser.

"We actually had the rat make a nest - a big nest - in one of our cabinets," Nelson said.

"If we were not extremely focused on keeping the office clean, we're guaranteed to get rats," she said.

Kathy Stockton, a food services employee in the cafeteria, said the building has few rodent problems now. She said the problem was much worse, though, when the new Student Center was under construction.

"It seems to have subsided," Stockton said. "There's still evidence of them, but mainly in the outdoor storage areas."

Stockton said she does not think there are any human health concerns in the cafeteria.

To report a rodent problem, call the Facilities Department at (760) 744-1150, ext. 2629.

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• GOALS: Student government says it met entertainment goals CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 and it will be installed by the end of the semester. The suggestion box will be placed near the ASG office in the Student Center, and he said the ASG plans to address all suggestions.

Soto said the ASG conducted research for a high school youth outreach program, which would encourage young students to continue their education at Palomar.

However, ASG members discovered a lot of similar programs already in existence. Soto said they now plan to focus on high school student governments.

The ASG will give presenta-

tions to student leaders about its role on campus. ASG members will also encourage them to join the ASG after high school.

In regard to its faculty communication goal, Soto said the ASG is waiting for the college to upgrade to PeopleSoft 8 software. The new software will allow the ASG to send out messages to professors about upcoming events, who would in turn inform their students. PeopleSoft 8 won't be available until June.

Soto said the ASG did reach its goal in providing more entertainment on campus. Springfest, a

three-day event March 23-25, was an open party for students with music, food and games.

"We focused on different types of entertainment for this years Springfest," said Nicole Coffman, vice president of student affairs.

Coffman said the popularity of Springfest leads her to believe the entertainment goal was reached.

The ASG is also looking to sponsor a battle of the bands in the future. It will publicize itself through the bands and also offer gift certificates or vouchers to the bookstore.

As for the book exchange, Soto said the program is on hold while the bookstore negotiates to renew its contract with the college. The ASG can review the plan again in fall, when a contract agreement is expected.

In other student government news, seven ASG members returned from a national conference in Washington D.C. to discuss issues with U.S. senators and representatives.

Also, ASG students will team up with the Inter-Club Council to clean up the Arboretum on Earth Day, April 21.

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as they continue to take classes at ing, books and tuition, Miner said.

The department has been developPalomar.

This opportunity will help students ing the program since January 2003, to understand the language and cul- and the CDE selected Palomar for the grant in April 2003. ture of deaf peoA total of 4 7 students ple, Miner said. applied, Miner said, and the "It is really 1111 i1 rNIIy exeiting. l're deadline has now passed. exciting," Smith The department already said. "I've never nerer hNrd olany chose 30 applicants, including heard of any progr11m1 that hare an students from El Centro, programs that immenion experienee lor Plumas, Tehama and Mono have an immer11 County. sion experience 1ign language 1tudent1.

Still more students want to for sigh lan- Melissa Smith · · stuguage SI&N lAN&UA&E PROFESSOR participate. least 20 people are out "At dents." there who wanted to apply," In addition to Miner said. the $250,000 PinES ends summer 2006, and the grant, the CDE also gives money to students to support their on-site and state does not have plans to extend the program. online training.

Miner said students will have more During their stay-over, students only have to pay transportation opportunities if the department can expenses - the fund covers food, lodg- secure more funding after 2006.

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Unfortunately, one of the more contemptible sides of assaults aimed at homosexuals. However, not every humanity has reared its ugly head here at Palomar incident makes the headlines and hate speech is College - hate speech. Many argue that there is no used more often than people think. And, more such thing as hate speech, that this is simply another importantly, we do not hear enough from campus example of political correctness eroding our right to leaders about the subject. free speech.

This is not a free speech issue. No one is preventing However, this issue has very little to racist-homophobes from burning a cross in their backdo with political correctness. While yards while shouting racist slurs at the top of their it is politically incorrect to use lungs. However, when they direct that hate toward an derogatory terms to refer to minoriindividual or group of individuals, that speech is no ties and homosexuals, it is also deslonger protected. picable and hurtful to those who Most people who exercise their right to free speech are the targets of such ignorance. are proud to do so, and do it openly. In the O'Doherty The First Amendment guwan- a example, the person exercising what he may have felt was free speech, ran away. Why? Because he probably tees the right to free speech. However, it is up to the courts to determine what speech is knows that what he did was ignorant and wrong. This actually protected. And they have! is typical with most hate speech and hate crimes.

In 1942, in the landmark case ofChaplinsky v. New · These types of crimes are normally done anonyHampshire, the Supreme Court defined the term mously. Someone will shout out a slur or write some"fighting words" as words "that incite an immediate thing on a wall or car without being seen. Some may violent response." argue that the latter is simply vandalism. But it is the The court ruled "fighting words" are not protected motivation for such vandalism that is the problem. because they "are no essential part of any exposition This again comes back to free speech. Many say of any ideas ... [and] any benefit that may be derived that there is no such thing as hate speech or hate from them is clearly outweighed by the social interest crimes. There are only speech and crimes. They in order and morality." argue that people should not be ·punished for Today, college campus speech codes are centered what they believe. around the idea of ''fighting words" - which makes No one would argue with this. The problem perfect sense. What benefit would permitting hate comes when those beliefs motivate someone to speech on campus have? None! Who would it benefit? commit a crime or use speech to intimidate or The recent incident here at Palomar demonstrates demean another person. Should one set of rights why hate speech should not be tolerated. On Feb. 25, be used to infringe on the rights of another? a man flung open the door to the English depart- Certainly not! ment's computer lab during one of Professor Fergal The courts have spoken on this topic also. In 1989, O'Doherty's classes and shouted "Fergal's a faggot," in the ruling of Doe v. University of Michigan, Judge before disappearing. · Avern Cohn wrote, "It is an unfortunate fact of our That incident was an attack on not only Professor constitutional system that the ideals of freedom and O'Doherty, but on every individual in the Palomar equality are often in conflict. The difficult and often community. It demonstrated that no one is safe from painful task of our political and legal institutions is verbal assault. Anyone can be verbally assaulted, at to mediate the appropriate balance between these any time. However, chances are that not everyone two competing values." will. And, unfortunately, not everyone will be made This task also falls on college administrators. aware when such attacks take place.

And it is up to them to make sure that campus We sometimes hear about racist remarks target- laws and regulations balance these rights, while ing African-Americans, Latinos, Jews and other at the same time, work to protect every person in minorities. Even more often we hear about verbal the college community.

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Terror and elections: U.S. is not Spain

By Bill Ferguson Klt'l' NEW SliiYICE

The terrorist bombings of the Spanish railway system and the subsequent surprise defeat of the U.S.-friendly governing party in national elections three days later have been called "a victory for the terrorists" by some American commentators.

Th pass judgment that way may seem callous considering what Spain has been going through the last few weeks, but perhaps we can be forgiven if our ability to empathize has been worn down by the drumbeat of hatred being directed at us from so many points around the globe.

Then again, perhaps our inability to sustain compassion for the death of so many innocents should cause us more concern than the fact that we may lose the 1,300 Spanish troops that serve alongside our 120,000. The Spanish contingent makes up less than 1 percent of the total international force serving in Iraq.

In reality, the withdrawal of Spanish troops would represent more of a political and psychological blow to the United States than anything else.

Despite the claims of the America-first crowd, we can't make a dent in the war against terrorists without international cooperation.

The enemy has conspirators in every part of the world and in truth this "war" is shaping up to be more of a law enforcement issue than a military challenge.

President Bush is urging Spain and our other allies to "stay strong" in the face of terrorism, but you can hear the worry in his voice. It's not difficult to foresee the same scenario that played out in Spain being replayed in other countries that are participating in the Iraqi campaign like Britain, Australia and Poland.

A well-timed attack on the eve of an election in those countries could quite possibly sway the electorate to support opposition parties that want to pull their troops out of the sands around Baghdad.

And what about America? Could a November strike to a soft target in New York, Los Angeles or Atlanta bring down Bush's campaign and propel Kerry (who has been quite critical of Bush's go-it-alone approach to foreign relations) into the White House?

Not likely. America is not Spain. It isn't likely we'd respond to another body blow from al-Qaeda by beating a retreat from Iraq. On the contrary, it is much more likely that the shedding of more American blood would guar-

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antee a Bush victory and inevitably lead to even greater military action in the Middle East. And I doubt the opinions of European heads of state would be given more than a passing thought at that point.

It has long seemed to me that the terrorists grossly miscalculated when they brought down the World Trade Center. Their goal was to make the price of meddling in the Middle East so high that we would withdraw and leave them free to turn it into an Islamic paradise. It

didn't quite work out that way, did it?

Perhaps they are focusing their efforts elsewhere in the world because they know that further attacks on America would be counterproductive to their cause.

Then again, maybe I'm giving them too much credit.

Maybe it's only a matter oftime before we are sucker-punched in another vulnerable spot by some wildeyed zealot. But I hate to think what might happen after that, and so should they.

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Does anybody use the ¡library? For anything more than a convenient place to smoke, that is.

And if so, what do they use it for?

Because it doesn't seem to be a very good place to find books.

It seems like a logical place to go if you're looking for information, but a lot of the information there is completely outdated - or worse, mysteriously absent.

For instance, I was recently having a problem with the computer program QuarkXPress. The college offers a course on Quark, so I thought surely they would have some information for students taking it.

As it turned out, neither I nor the library workers could find any book that even mentions QuarkXPress. This is by far the most popular design program out there, so you'd expect the library to have something on the program even if they didn't offer an entire class dedicated to it. But they have nothing.

Of course, this might be because the library doesn't seem to have acquired any new books during the past 15 years or so.

For instance, suppose you want to study Japanese. Happily, if you go to the library, you can find books to help you learn Japanese - the way it was spoken in the 1940s.

One book there includes several pronouns that aren't used anymore (and have since evolved into very rude forms of address). It also included the helpful tidbit that it is impossible - absolutely impossible - to politely refer to a woman by name.

We should be glad they included this information - all the Japanese teachers on campus have been trying to trick stu-

dents into believing the exact opposite.

Computer science students are also out of luck. The library's books on the subject range from lame to laughable.

The Java programming language is currently in its second version, and has been for quite a while.

The best book the library offers on the subject is based on "a working draft" of Java 1, with the disclaimer that any information in the book may not be true when Java is actually released - you know, 10 years ago.

Its books on assembly programming are even worse - they are all from the '70s and '80s. If you want to program assembly for the original Macintosh which bears no resemblance to Macs sold nowadays - the library has a book for you. Everyone else will have to find another source of information.

The library is a central part of any college. Colleges are institutions devoted to learning, and a library is supposed to be a central repository for all that learning.

At major universities, you can find margin notes from famous scholars who did important research with the very same books you are using.

This is another example of our leaders not paying enough attention to the services we offer now - even while they try to expand and offer even more expensive services like the new Student Center and upcoming science building.

This is not the path we should take.

It's better to do a few things very well than to try to do too much and wind up doing everything marginally.

Before we do any more expansion, we need to set our house in order. The college leaders should talk. to the library staff and find out what they need in order to get up to date. And they should not compromise on this very central service.

Books are not optional for a library.

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About 35 people came to the Howard Brubeck Theatre on March 9 to audition for the upcoming Palomar play "Book of Days."

The murder mystery is set to open April 23.

Actors were asked to prepare a two-minute monologue for the audition.

While many actors came in casual clothes, Bryan Casey came dressed as the character in his monologue.

"I try to establish the character from the outside in," Casey said. "I do the physical part first, then try to understand who this person is on the inside."

This was Casey's second audition. His first audition landed him multiple roles in Palomar's last play, "The Caucasian Chalk Circle."

"I had a good time doing 'Chalk Circle,'" Casey said.

"I hope to have as much fun with this play."

Casey said he chose his monologue to prevent being typecast from his previous roles.

Another auditioning actor, Tracy Meeker, agreed.

Meeker, who also participated in "The Caucasian Chalk Circle," chose her monologue because she felt it was the farthest thing from the character she played in the previous play.

Meeker also attends the University of San Diego.

She tried to get into the theater department at USD, but decided it wasn't for her.

The people in the Palomar Performing Arts Department are different than at USD, Meeker said.

"The people are more down to earth and fun to be with," Meeker said.

"Book of Days;" written by Lanford Wilson, is set in a small, contemporary Missouri town, with a population of 4, 780 people.

It is the story of Ruth Hoch's quest to find truth and honesty amid smalltown jealousies, religion, greed and lies.

In the play, Hoch is cast as Joan of Arc in a local production of George Bernard Shaw's "St. Joan."

As Hoch starts to understand her character, she begins to doubt the accidental death of her husband's boss.

However, no one agrees with her.

"She starts to understand what went on in 'St. Joan.'

She realizes what is wrong and what is right. She learns to fight for what she thinks is the truth," said Dana Case, performing arts professor and director of the play. . Case said the play presents a lot of moral quandaries.

"I want people to leave thinking there is truth and

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Student actors Carolyn Tait (left} and Danielle Ordway audition for the upcoming play "Book of Days" on March 9 at the Howard Brubeck Theatre. The murder mystery runs April 23 through May 2.

people will fight for the truth," Case said. "Truth may not always win, but there are people who will try to make sure there is truth."

Case cast 12 actors for "Book of Days."

Case was looking for actors who weren't afraid to take risks.

"I listened to their voice, how they carried themselves.

I looked for their commitment and the connections to the character," Case said .

Case said the way an actor looks and carries himself is also important.

"The two main mal.e characters required a certain

look. The audience should be the audience's attention.

Case said a tornado drawn to them," Case said.

"The actors I chose are very sweeps through the town in charismatic and will keep one scene. The lights and the audience drawn to sound effects will really make the audience feel like them."

Case cast Sheena Duff as they are in a tornado.

Ruth Hoch, the lead character.

"Sheena is a smart . Sbowtimes: actress. She did a lot of April 23, 24, 29 and 30 Mtf research," Case said.

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For her audition, Duff per- . Apnl 25 and May 2 at 2 p.m. formed a monologue from "St. Joan."

Prices: "She really earned the Tickets are $8 for students, $10 part," Case said.

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It's early spring again, which means college basketball is on its way to having a new national champion, sort of.

The 2004 version of March Madness has fulfilled its goal.

It's maddening - with big conference teams making the cut again. Do we really want to see Duke and UConn in the Final Four again? No way.

Georgia Tech and Oklahoma State aren't exactly new to the show either, but at least it's Georgia Tech's first trip since 1990 and State's first since 1995.

The tournament is much more exciting to watch when it's not the same teams closing the deals year after year.

The last thing even close to a Cinderella story was killed in the Elite Eight when Alabama lost. On their way to defeat, however, they managed to take out ninth-seed Illinois, fifth-seed defending National Champion Syracuse and top-seed Stanford.

And that, after all, is what March Madness is really all about - forty-eight games in four days and stunning upsets everywhere.

The hoopla around week one is what drives the annual

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Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski holds up the net in celebration of Duke's 66-62 victory over Xavier on March 28. frenzy of bets, carne asada, beer and relentless screaming at the television.

No other collegiate playoff event invokes such emotion and attention. It truly is a phenomenon in its own right.

But beyond the first two rounds, the madness gradually drains and we're left with the big boys.

Teams from power conferences such as ·the ACC and Big 12 take over, and the tour-

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nament can lose its appeal.

The tournament isn't watched to see these favorites win, but rather to see them lose. The story isn't "Who did Duke beat today?" but rather, "Who upset Duke today?"

Sports fan like to see upsets an eleventh seed taking out a sixth, a thirteenth taking out a fourth and, on a rare occasion, a fourteenth taking out a third.

By the time this goes to

print, we will already have two teams set to face each other in the championship, and, unfortunately, one of those teams will be either UConn or Duke, since they meet each other in the Final Four.

While the Huskies have had their share of recent appearances and successes in the tournament, the idea of another knight in shining armor helping the Blue

Devils win again is irritating.

Seeing Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski cut the net and wave it to the crowd for the zillionth time is sickening.

Speaking of knights in shining armor, wouldn't it have been great if Bobby Knight's Red Raiders beat St. Joe's?

Love him or hate him, Bobby is always fun.

It definitely would have been better than this.

Since Krzyzewski took over at Duke in 1980, the Blue Devils have made 19 appearances in the NCAA Thurnament.

His 24-year tenure has three NCAA yielded Championships (the last of which came in 2001) and ten Final Fours bids, including five consecutive appearances from 19881992.

Don't get me wrong teams, players and coaches finding success is fine - but as a fan, the idea of the same winner each year seems to lose its appeal after awhile.

It could be worse. We could end up with two national champions. The BCS doesn't seem to have a problem with that.

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NAME: J en Reed YEAR: Sophomore SPORT/POSITION: Swimming/500 meter and long-distance freestyle HIGH SCHOOL: Escondido High School MAJOR: Physical Therapy FAVORITE BANDS: A.F.I., Led Zeppelin and Social Distortion FAVORITE MEAL: Chicken fingers with ranch dressing, french fries and a Diet Coke.

FUTURE GOALS: Transfer to the University of Findlay in Ohio to earn a degree in physical therapy.

HOBBIES: Hanging out at the beach with friends and . .

SWimming.

FAVORITE IN-POOL MOMENT: In her freshman year of high school, her team won the C.I.F. championship. Reed placed third overall in the 200 meter freestyle and 500 meter freestyle.

MOST INFLUENTIAL ROLE MODEL: Her mom. Reed said her mother is a very fun-loving person who has always been there for her. She has also been at almost every swim meet Reed has participated in. "She is 100% behind me in everything I do," Reed said. "She is the best friend I could ever ask for."

April 5 - 18

Mens Volleyball April 7 @ Golden West 6 p.m.

April 9 vs. Orange Coast 6 p.m.

April14 @ Grossmont 6 p.m.

April16 vs. San Diego Mesa 6 p.m.

Men's Tennis April8-10 Pacific Coast Conference Tournament

April 5 @ Los Serranos vs. Santiago Canyon TBA Baseball April 7 @ Santa Ana CC April6-9 vs. Orange Coast Palomar Easter Series 11 a.m. vs. Golden West, Glendale April12 @ Victoria CC vs.

Riverside &Orange Coast College 7 a.m.

10 a.m. &2 p.m.

April13 @ San Diego City Apri114 @ Twins Oaks CC vs. Santiago Canyon, 2 p.m.

AprillS vs. San Diego Saddleback & Cuyamaca :; 1 City 11a.m.

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Mens and Women•s April 9 vs. Victory Valley Swimming and Las Vegas, NV Diving April14 @ San Diego City Softball

3 p.m.

April16 vs. Grossmont 3p.m.

Women•s Tennis April8-10 Pacific Coast Conference Tournament

Aprill0-11 @ Pasadena Invitational TBA April16-17 @ Southern California Diving Championships @ El Camino TBA

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Comets claim first place • Retent vittories over riv11/ P11tilit to11st tonlerente te11ms e11rns Comets top spot The game was scoreless until the 4th inning when the Comets laced five straight sinAs the week of March 21st gles with two outs to take a 3began, the Palomar softball 0 lead. team was looking up at first ''We have a lot of confidence in our hitting." Eldridge said. place Grossmont Griffins in the standings.

Melissa Martinez went 3-4 As the week ended, in the game with two RBI Grossmont was now,..._ _ _ _ _ __, along with Elicia looking up at the WEEIIN REVIEW Velasquez and Comets.

PALOMAR 6 Dominique Van "We are becoming a CROSSMONT 1 Nortwick each going more competitive 2-4 in leading the team," said Mark SOUTHWESTERN 0 11-hit attack versus Eldridge, head soft- PALOMAR 4 the Griffin's. ball coach. "Our The Comets will face off against Grossmont in pitching is doing what it needs to do." the rubber match of the series In a match-up of Pacific April 16 at Palomar.

Coast Conference power hous''We are getting more comfortable with everyone," es March 24 at Grossmont College, Palomar edged the Eldridge said. "That is more Griffins 6-1. conducive with a better perThe Comets victory and formance. " Griffins defeat tied the two A day after the victory over teams for first place atop the the Griffins, the Comets conPCC standings. tinued their winning ways by Palomar's overall record is defeating the Southwestern 13-8-1 and 7-1 in PCC. Jaguars 4-0 on a two-hit Starring on the defensive shutout by Martinez. side of the field versus The victory pushed Grossmont, Amanda Martinez Martinez' record to 9-5 on the pitched a complete game 6-hitseason with a 2.56 ERA. ter. The victory was Martinez' "Amanda pitched really well eighth of the season. and didn't give Southwestern a

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Car1y White sbikes out March 26 versus Southwestern College. The Comets won 4-0.

chance to get in the game."

Eldridge said.

With a Comets win versus the Jaguars and another Griffins loss by the hands of Imperial Valley College March 26, the Comets are currently alone in first place in the PCC. ''We have to get better with our mental game," Eldridge said. "It is the little things that we need to work on that will help us win a championship."

As the first inning began, Velasquez started off the game with a single, then Van Nortwick launched a 2-run home run over the left field fence for the 2-0 lead before the first out of the game was recorded.

Van Nortwick was just named PCC women's player of the week for March 21, due in part to her 4-4 performance in which she hit for the cycle against San Diego City College.

Van Nortwick is currently leading the PCC in home runs with three and tied for the league lead in RBI with 23.

Van Nortwick is also sixth in batting average, hitting .411 in 26 games.

On the offensive side, Velasquez lead off the game by going 2-3 along with Leslie Reed going 2-for-4.

The Comets are seeking their 19th straight PCC title.

Men's tennis improves perlect record by beating Knights Comets to a 13-1 record on the season and 8-0 in the Pacific Coast Conference.

For the Palomar College "We wanted to use this match to prepare us for next week's men's tennis team, some matches are easier than others. matches," Mancao said.

In a match against the Mesa The Comets swept the singles College Knights on March 25, it sets, losing only 10 games comwas exactly that - easy. bined to the visiting Knights.

First-seed Assir Sandoval's The Comets used the match versus San Diego Mesa as a blistering serves kept the tune-up for their upcoming batKnights' Mike Axelson beyond tle against secondthe baseline m an seed Grossmont.

SAN DIEGO MESA 0 attempt to return the Top-seed Michael PALOMAR 9 speeding ball.

Redondo sat out the ~o...------..1 Many of Axelsons singles sets to conserve his enerreturns flew beyond the court, gy for next week's matches, said resulting in Sandoval's win of 6head coach Ronnie Mancao.

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followed up with a quick 6-1, 6-2 bad," said Mesa's head coach Phil Hopkins. "They're the top victory over the Knights' Sean team and we're close to the botMunsch.

"We are a strong team," said tom."

Palomar's second-seed Tom Palomar's singles player Yancey beat Thomas Nguyen. ''We Mesa's Manny don't spend a Rodriquez 6-0, 6- "It eould be • eh•nging of the tide. P•lom•r lot of time on 0.

"I didn't want to m•y be the new tHm to the court."

This year's get embarrassed team may be like that," bHt." Rodriguez said. _ Phil Hopkins the best team "Tom worked SAN DIEGO ME$1 TENIIIIS" COACH to come out of Palomar for a well on his game today," Mancao while, Hopkins said. said. "I tried to push the team to focus on mending their mistakes "It could be a changing of the today." tide," Hopkins said. "Palomar Palomar's third singles seed may be the new 'team to beat.'

Not Grossmont."

However, Mancao said he doesn't feel his team played to their potential, regardless of there win.

"They're scoring the points, but they're not playing their best,~ he said.

The Comets start the PCC tournament April 10-12 at the Barnes Tennis Center in San Diego.

Heading into the final two games of the season, the Comets are geeting ready for Southwestern and secondplaced Grossmont.

"Next week will determine the final standings for this season," Mancoa said.

Baseball team overcomes big deficit; wins second straight Parzyk to score Kemp.

The Griffins scored their final run in the sixth before Vetter brought Suzuki in for Thompson in the seventh.

Suzuki recently returned to the Palomar pitching staff A few hits and an error sparked a late-inning comeback for the men's baseball team March 30 as they completed after being sidelined for a two weeks. a sweep of two games against the last-place Grossmont ''We've had a lot of guys hurt lately and everyone has come back and gotten the job done," Garcia said.

Griffins, defeating them 10-9 in El Cajon.

Only allowing one run after the second inning, Palomar The Comets broke loose in the seventh with four more runs, the first of which came on base hits by Terry Moritz, improved their record to 12-9 (7 -6 in conference).

Chris Sweeney and Tyler Wightman. ''It felt good (to come back)," said Aaron Garcia. "Lately we've been kind of struggling, losing key players."

Two more runs crossed the plate as Garcia reached third on a hit and error later in the inning, With strong relief appearances from Andrew 10 tying the game at nine.

Thompson and a healthy Tekane Suzuki, the PALOMAR Comets won their second straight game over the CROSSMONT 9 "He (Garcia) has done an outstanding job Griffin's after dropping two to Southwestern the ~-._ _ _ _ _......,~ for us in the later innings," Vetter said. "He's week before. really turning it up a notch."

"This was a great win," head coach Bob Vetter said.

The final blow came off the bat of Shane Thompson, Rocked for four runs in each of the first two innings, whose double scored Garcia and gave the Comets a lead for Palomar starting pitcher Sean Murphy was relieved by the first time that would eventually become the final score. the right-handed Thompson late in the second.

Although Garcia scored the go-ahead run, he was more "We came out of the blocks with no intensity and no excited about contributing two RBI. fire," Vetter said. "They came out of the chute hitting the "I was more happy when I got the hit that scored the ball." tying runs," Garcia said.

Palomar closed the gap in the third inning by scoring Suzuki continued to have success through the final three runs. The Comets added three more in the fourth on innings, closing out the game for the Comets. a single by Nobu Hishinuma, a bunt by Garcia, singles by "I stayed with Tekane for the breaking ball against this Shane Thompson and Erich Kemp and a double by Dylan club- because they're a fastball hitting club," Vetter said.

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Tyler Wighbnan scores in Ute seventh inning as teammate Chris Sweeney looks on. The Comets won 10-9 versus Crossmont.