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Palomar College's interim presid'3nt said he wants to rebuild the relationship between faculty and administrators, broken by a seemingly endless contract dispute. Richard Jones, an education veteran with 47 years experience, started work July 2. Now officials · are moving to find a permanent replacement by next July. "I'm the president for the whole college, not just the management," Jones said. Jones said he wants to distance his management style from that of former President Sherrill Amador, who resigned midway through her two-year contract in June. Amador was despised by faculty members who say she consistently sided with administrators and not , teachers. Jones said his new attitude could bring resolution to ongoing faculty contract negotiations, which have persisted for nearly three years and created sharp
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Interim President Richard Jones says he wants to bring an end to Palomar's internal problems.
political division at the college. Rocco Versaci, co-president of the Palomar Faculty Federation, said it's not unrealistic to expect a contract by the end of Jones' short tenure. He described Jones as upfront and honest. "He's not interested in petty exercises of
authority, and he tells you what he's thinking." Versaci said it would be a "real mistake" for a new president to begin with an unsettled contract. Enduring issues include. faculty SEE NEW
A memorial to students who died in the Vietnam War and the war in Iraq will be dedicated Nov. 11 at the Veterans Memorial Wall outside the student center. Nine names will be added to the already existing 14 names of students who died in Vietnam. The memorial will honor all veteran students throughout the history of Palomar College. "It's a physical reminder to all of us that they made a sacrifice for us," said Mary Tennant, chair of the Veterans Memorial Committee. The existing veterans memorial was built in 1965 and consists of two plaques with the names of 14 Palomar students "It's • physit•l who died in Vietnam. remind11 to •II of us The new memorial will th•t th1y m•d• • include those 14 names, along with the names of s•ttilitt lor us." the nine students who - Mary Tennant died in Iraq. MEMORIAL COMMinEE CHAIR Five other students are currently in the process of being confirmed students of Palomar, once confirmed their names would be placed on the plaque. Through letter writing campaigns and various fund-raising efforts, the Veterans Memorial Committee has raised nearly $12,000 for the memorial. That money went toward refurbishing the brick wall, removing the existing plaques and creating a new monument with names etched into a granite face. Recently the committee received an anonymous $1,000 donation. "That helped out a lot," Tennant said. "But we still need a little bit more, every little bit helps." According to Tennant, another $3,000 is still need-
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Father of the Dome gets stamp By Roger Renkas
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The innovator who pushed the limits of engineering and designed Palomar College's Dome is now immortalized on a U.S. postage stamp. The Postal Service honored R. Buckminster Fuller this summer. The 37 -cent stamp bears Fuller's face in the form ofthe geodesic creations he's famous for. The Dome was built in 1959, the sixth structure of its kind in the nation and the first in California. 'lbday The Dome is home to Comets basketball and volleyball and is a campus landmark. The men's basketball teamed hosted the building's first athletic event in 1959. "Bucky was probably the most unusual guy I ever met," said Don Loeffler, a retired civil engineer. ''His mind was popping new ideas and theories 24-hours a day. He was a renaissance man if I ever saw one." Fuller started his experiments with geodesics in 1947. He was the first to resolve geodesic suitability issues for industrial production, as well as rapid and simple assembly. 'lb minimize weight, Fuller selected
aluminum as the building material. His design also eliminated the need for supports. Fuller thought outside the rectangle about his structures. He proposed a radical idea using energetic-synergetic geometry with great circle arches as support. The result was a round, translucent, firmly fastened, spacious and airy structure. His dome aimed for maximum efficiency in the relationship between volume and weight. Geodesics also offered cost advantages over conventional buildings. "The geodesic dome is probably the cheapest way to get square footage covered that man has ever designed," Loeffler said. Fuller wrote books about the world condition focusing on technology to benefit humanity. He envisioned an energy grid system that would connect the entire planet. Fuller advocated ephemeralization of resources - the principle of doing the most with the least. He also invented the Dymaxion car, a threewheeled vehicle that simplified parallel parking. SEE DOME, PAGE 2 ~
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