The Telescope 59.03

the

PACK

IT UP'

Should troops still be in Iraq?

• PAGE 5

wwwJhe-telescope.com

Renovated library helps students g9 high-tech

Parents are • now pay1ng more for childcare

• Student1 e•n now eheek out l•ptopl

• Child Center worker1 fO from the lowell p•id 1n the 1t•te to the middle of the 1peetrum

By Katy Goodwin THE TELESCOPE

The newly renovated Palomar College library now offers a more efficient and user-friendly design , as well as laptop computers available for students to checkout, said library staff members.

Thirty-five computers were added to the general lab on the first floor and a new classroom was added to the Academic Technology Department, with 30 new computers that teachers can reserve for their classes, said acquisitions librarian Judy Cater.

"I'm happy they put in more computers," said Palomar student -Rene Carbajal. "I use the computers every day after school so I can do homework and print it out. The new computers make the wait shorter."

Claudia Covarrubias , another Palomar student, said she was also pleased with the improvements.

"Last year, it was a struggle to get a computer," Covarrubias said. "It's easier to do my research now."

In addition to new computers, the first floor was restructured and had the flooring replaced. The Disability Resource Center was moved to the · front of the building and put in an enclosed room, which allows the sensitive equipment to work more effectively, Cater said.

"It's a better use of space, and is in a more convenient and accessible location to students with disabilities," • SEE LIBRARY, PACE 10

By Thomas !\lay THE TELESCOPE

NANCY LARIOS I THE TELESCOPE

Martha Cortez and Kyle Joynt ask for infomation from the Feminist Majority Leadership Alliance club. FMLA was one of several clubs who participated in this year's Club Rush Sept. 21.

Club Rush returns

By Katy Goodwin THE TELESCOPE

This year, sunny skies prevailed and Club Rush went on as planned. ''The Inter-Club Council did a pretty good job this year," said Student Affairs staff assistant Marilyn Lunde.

Clubs in attendance included the Latter Day Saints Student Association, the Palomar College Democrats, the College Republicans of Palomar College, MEChA and Palomar Students for Life. New clubs like the Feminist Majority Leadership

After a two-year hiatus, Club Rush returned to Palomar on Sept. 21.

Club Rush is an event where the clubs on campus are invited to promote the events and activities they have planned through out the year. Clubs also recruit new members and have fliers available to students.

In 2003, the wild fires forced the cancellation of the activity. Last year, the fes. -S-EE_C_L_U_B_S_,-PA-CEtivities were called off due to heavy rain. - - - - - - - 12

Despite an increase in child-care fees at the San Marcos and Escondido campuses by more than 17 percent, Palomar's Child Development Center has received no formal complaints from parents. However, officials said there are now vacancies for the first time in years. ''We usually fill out all of our spots and have a waiting list," said child-care coordinator Pam Keinath. "As of now, we are 98 percent full."

Child Care Operations Assistant Carol Gidner said she thinks the fee increase could have contributed to the lower numbers, but other factors may have also caused less people to use the Children's Center.

"We cut back on the number of full days for 3 to 5-year-olds this semester," Gidner said. "We could have lost a few people because of that, but other things could have affected it also. You really can't pin the blame on this single change."

Parents who are Palomar faculty and staff, or members of the nearby community pay full price. Student parents are eligible for subsidized rates, determined by income and family size. Forty-nine student parents out of the 201 families currently get at least a partially subsidized • SEE CHILD FEES, PACE 13

Student health fee raised to comply with state mandate

By John Asbury THE TELESCOPE

Palomar College will implement a state-mandated increase in student health fees beginning next semester. The only question is whether the $1 per semester increase will come from the students or the college's general fund.

Palomar College Health Services will raise the fee from $13 to $14.

Health fees are required for most students enrolling at the college each semester to fund student

health services.

In order to receive maximum health funding from the state, the college must charge the maximum fee allowed by law.

The fee is determined by the state chancellor's office, which evaluates economic factors of a community. The health fee is the only source of revenue for the department, said Jayne Conway, director of health services.

Health services provides students oncampus health care at nominal fees , including flu shots, birth control, diagnosis and treatment of illness and injuries.

STEPHANIE TOMBRINCK I THE TELESCOPE

• SEE HEALTH, PACE 12

Karenbell Penetrante (right) receives a blood pressure screening from Jennette Solano at the Health Fair on Sept. 14. Student health fees are being raised from $13 to $14 beginning next semester.

GO FISH

ENERGY JUNKIE

CLOSE ONE

Student p11ints otetlnit ttlrloon muttlls.

Studlnl dtinks 0111 Red Bu1 per /lout for Zf hours - whtlt hllppened? " • PAGE 9

Comets let tlose one slip tiWtiY.

• PAGE6

• PAGE IS

2

THE TELESCOPE IIIII MONDAY, SEPT. 26, 2005

0 0lfl .

This week 0 Palomar history ID

1-I'I

•

Palomar finds a new home

1950

Palomar moved from its original • ..

Vista site to its current 133 acre location in San Marcos. The site included 22 buildings.

or a donor card.

I Wf I • Last Day to apply for Associate in Arts , 91'118 degrees, Certificate of

Tally Ho! Palomar's first dante

19S2

Palomar's first dance was held at • the Escondido Women's Club. The purpose of the dance was to announce the ASB elecion results. A live band played for the 100 people in attendence.

Achievement and Certificates of Proficiency for Fall 2005.

IWf I • Camp~s Explorations 9J "Sexual Ethics," 18 Lecture and panel dis·

US senator lands at Palomar

1963

California Senator Pierre Salinger · • landed by helicopter in front of the Dome to speak to students and college officials about Vietnam, Cuba and California water.

I

cussion, 2 p.m. ES-19

Wfj 1 • Preview day

Parking lees build new lots

J966

The governing board instituted Palomar's first parking fee . Day students were required to pay $2.50, night students only paid $1.

10/l

Student government in distress

1971

Amid impeachments and resignations, student governement only has two members. At the time the ASG had 26 elected positions and five appointed judicial advocates.

Monday, Sept. 26, 2005

Volume 59, No. 3

FOCUSED ON PAlOMAR The Telescope is published weekly on Mondays, except weeks containing holidays or exams. Signed opinions are those of the individual writers and do not necessarily represent those of the entire newspaper staff, Palomar faculty and staff or the Governing Board.

HOW TO REACH US ADDRESS THE TELESCOPE, PALOMAR COLLEGE, 1140 WEST MISSION ROAD, SAN MARCOS, CA 92069 NEWSROOM ROOM TCB-1

10/l

The campus group "Vets for Peace" raDy to coDect maitary draft cards during the Vietnam war in the faD of 1970. Note: The original photo ran in The Telescope during the fal1970 semester.

"The bylaws were a Byzantine mess," ASG President Neill Kovrig said. "They

By John Asbury were outdated and full of redundancies, TlfE TELESCOPE changes needed to be made. It was an embarrassment before." .

Now that the bylaws are completed, ~ After a year of review, the the ASG will review policies at future g Associated Student Government finalregarding resignations, ~ ized changes to its bylaws during its meetings events, financial procedures, Sept. 21 meeting. scholarships and media rela"' The revision tions. process began during Personnel positions were Fall 2004, when memalso set in place during the bers began a line-bySept 21. meeting. ASG memline review of the bers voted to approve the codes dictating how ratification of Vice President the organization conMalia Bassett, the senatorial appointducts business.

Each section was discussed at length . ment of Kent Du and delegate Matt Hill. by the entire representative body and Du's appointment was the sixth new addition this semester, filling nine ofthe approved by a majority vote.

In past months, the ASG made 15 senatorial seats available.

The ASG also appointed Ben Parks as changes to everything from election codes to the senatorial appointment financial liaison. Parks will assume the process and the duties each member role and said he will be charged with reviewing budget requests and receipts holds.

At the Sept. 21 meeting, members that involve student government.

Several proposals addressing new gave final approval to bylaws detailing specific definitions, policies, special food service options were also brought to rules, the Inter-Club Council and stu- theASG. One item under discussion was the dent delegates.

The only remaining bylaw is the ASG's possibility of installing a microwave for mission statement, which will be final- student use, while another proposal explored adding more vending machines ized during the ASG's retreat Sept. 30.

TeliScope

Qi •CarShow,

FILE PHOTO I THE TELESCOPE ARCHIVES

Student reps finish bylaw changes

mnoR IN CHIEF DONNIE BOYLE NEWS EDITOR JOHN ASBURY OPINION mrmR THOMAS MAY ENIDHAINMENT mnoR CHRYSTALL KANYUCK ASST ENIDHAINMENT mnoR KA1Y GOODWIN FOCUS mnoR JESSICA HALSTON SPORTS EDITOR MARWAN RAZOUK ASST SPORTS EDITOR AMELIA VINCENT PIIOfO mrmR STEPHANIE TOMBRINCK ONUNE mnoR KYLE HAMILTON AD MANAGER ROGER RENKAS ARf DIRECTOR DOMINICK ULLOA INSTRIJC110NAL ASST CHARLES STEINMAN INSTRIJC110NAL ASST TOM CHAMBERS

PHONE (760) 744-1150, EXT. 2450 FAl (760) 744-8123, PLEASE WRITE: "ATIN: THE TELESCOPE" E-MAIL TELESCOPE@PALOMAR.EDU WEB SITE WWW.THE·TELESCOPE.COM

and fountain drinks on campus.

An international student requested the microwave so she could cook her native food. ASG Adviser Bruce Bishop said microwa'V-es were removed from the campus several years ago because Health Services deemed them unsanitary and a health risk.

"It will be serving the very few who bring their lunch, the vast majority of students couldn't care less," Bishop said.

While one microwave is available in the Snack Shack, ASG members proposed keeping the microwave in the ASG office.

Kovrig proposed the use of the microwave be a benefit of the student activity sticker. Kovrig said the ASG would form a "microwave task force" to explore further options.

Bishop also brought the issue of bulletin board space to the ASG's attention He said the current space of six generaluse bulletin boards on campus was not sufficient.

Bishop encouraged students to lobby the facilities review committee to add more boards on campus. He said the additions would increase student awareness of campus events and foster student communication.

"This is why the college exists - for the students to say something - they can't say no," Bishop said.

STAFF WRITERS CHERISE BACALSKI, IAN CLARK, CARY CONRADY, STIVEN DRARER, DANIELLE DRUTHER, SHAHRAZAD ENCINIAS, JAIME HARVILLE, COURTNEY KIL· LIAN, ABBEY MASTRACCO, BRIAN MOHLER, ROBERT NElH, MATT NULL, BRYAN PEREZ, CHRIS REDDOCH, JOSHUA RIDS, JOHN SCAFETTA, RUSSELL SMITH, TAMMY WARREN, JOSH WEINREICH STAFF PHOTOGRAPHERS ASHLEY ACOSTA, RYAN CAPACIA, HUGH COX, ELLIOT DELISSER, MARIO DIAl, RAFAEL ESPINOZA, KIMBERLY FELSHAW, DEBBIE GAR· CIA, NANCY HOLMES, MIKE JAWOROWSKI, BRITTANY KANE, PETER KATZ, NANCY LARIOS, BEATRIZ POLANCO, AMELIA VENEGAS, DANIELLE WARNOL, LOREN WHITE

JOURNALISM ADVISER WENDY NELSON JOURNALISM ADVISER ERIN HIRO PHOTDJOURNAUSM ADVISER PAUL STACHELEK

EJ:I ASSOCIATED COLLEGIATE PRESS

tlY

~ CALIFORNIA NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION

at Cal State San Marcos, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

"Rodders to the Rescue" charity bene· fit. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in Lot 12.

lfj • Free Film Series

l1 I

l

101'1

4

"Our Hospitality," 6:30 p.m., room P-32.

I Wf I • ASG Meeting: ,l

lOllS

every Wednesday from 1·2 p.m., in room SU-18.

1 j ,1 1 • Congressional 11

10/ 6

Democratic candidate Francine Busby will speak in front of the Student Center at

10a.m.

What belongs

here?

Tell us. telescope@palomar.edu or call (760) 744-1150, ext. 2450

The Telescope welcomes all letters to the editor. Letters must be typewritten (no more than 350 words), and must be signed with the author's first and last names, major and phone number.

The Telescope reserves the right to edit letters for space and not to print letters containing lewd or libelous comments. Letters must be received by Monday at 3 p.m. to be considered for publication the next Monday.

CFAC CALIFORNIA RRST AMENDMENT COALITION

JOURNALISM ASSOCIATION Of COMMUNITY COLlEGES

THE TELESCOPE • MONDAY, SEPT. 26, 2005

orWBRIEFQ9 SacrementoGov. Arnold Schwarzenegger announced his plans for in 2006. reelection Schwarzenegger has been campaigning throughout the state for a special election Nov. 8.

The ballot includes several initiatives including deuling perscription drug initiativess, political redistricting guidlines and an overhaul of tenure requirments for state teachers.

Vienna, Austria - Government officials in Iran said last week they would continue with their nuclear weapons program. The European Union, along with the United States have pressured the International Atomic Energy Agency to defer Iran to the United Nations Security Council for disciplinary recourse.

Houstin - Nasa announced a $104 billion plan to return to the moon by 2018. The plan was announced to jumpstart the space program, following the shuttle's scheduled retirement in 2010. NASA officials said the mission would be similar to the Apollo missions of the 1960s and allow astronauts to stay on the moon for a longer period of time.

Tiajuana Mexican police are enforcing a code requiring prostitutes to get tested for sexually transmitted diseases. Government officials allow the sex trade to exsist, but said they want to liminate any risk to prostitutes or tourists. ~iami The National Hurricane Center said it may soon burn through its list of 21 names for the hurricane season. The season ends Nov. 30 and the four names remaining are Stan, Tammy, Vince and Wilma. This would be the first time the list would be exhausted and names would carry over to the Greek alphabet.

3

North Korea concedes on nukes KRT NEWS SERVICE

BEIJING (IffiT) -An agreement by North Korea on Monday to scrap its nuclear weapons programs is a significant step toward dispelling a decades-old threat of war in East Asia, but not a resolution to the crisis.

Tough negotiations are to begin in November on working out how the secretive Stalinist regime will disarm, including the means for verifying that it fully discloses and dismantles all of its warheads and facilities.

Also to be settled is a timetable for when North Korea will complete the process and when the United States and the other nations involved in the talks will deliver on pledges of trade, normal diplomatic ties and talks on supplying Pyongyang with a nuclear reactor for electricity production.

The United States has insisted that North Korea fully disarm, rejoin the international system for halting the spread of nuclear weapons and submit to U.N. monitoring before a light-water reactor deal can be considered. The chief U.S. negotiator, Christopher Hill, repeated that position after the deal was reached.

There was no word from North Korea on whether it would stand by its demand for a reactor deal before it begins to shut down its nuclear weapons programs.

The impasse over what diplomats refer to as "sequencing" nearly scuttled the talks in Beijing over the weekend.

Hours after the surprise breakthrough was announced Monday, President Bush said in Washington that it was a "step forward in making this world a more secure place."

But he expressed concern that North Korea might renege on the pact reached with the United States, South Korea, China, Russia and Japan.

"They (North Koreans) have said, in principle, that they will abandon their weapons programs. And part of the way forward is for the North Koreans to understand that we're serious about this, and that we expect a verifiable process," Bush said.

American intelligence officials estimate that North Korea has up to nine nuclear weapons. North Korea has acknowledged developing weapons powered by plutonium, but has denied U.S. charges that it is secretly developing warheads powered by highly enriched uranium.

As recently as last week, North Korea

FIRST LAST I THE TELESCOPE

North Korean leader Kim Jong II (right) came to an agreement with diplomats Sept. 19 to end the nation's nuclear weapons program. North Korea has limited weapons inspectors at its facilities.

warned that it would build more warheads if it didn't win its demand for the lightwater reactor, worth $2 billion to $3 billion.

The Bush administration fears that Pyongyang might sell nuclear bombs to terrorists.

The 17-paragraph "agreement of principles" reached Monday represented a significant advance because it was the first time that the six-party talks have committed to paper the broad outlines of a possible deal on ending North Korea's nuclear arms programs.

"We had a great day today," Hill said at a news briefing. "As you all know, it wasn't easy. But important things often don't come easily."

The agreement marked the first time that North Korea had signed a document pledging "the verifiable denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula" since it admitted to the United States in 2002 that it had broken a 1994 accord to freeze its development of nuclear weapons.

The government of North Korea, also known as the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, or DPRK, won a written Bush administration pledge that the United States had no nuclear weapons on the Korean peninsula and ''has no intention to attack or invade the DPRK with nuclear or conventional weapons."

Furthermore, energy-starved North

Korea won commitments of huge amounts of electricity from South Korea, a promise of cooperation from the other five countries "in the fields of energy, trade and investment" and a pledge from Washington to "exist peacefully" with Pyongyang.

Moreover, the United States and Japan agreed to "take steps to normalize their relations" with North Korea.

The six countries agreed to discuss setting up a new multilateral security forum for Northeast Asia.

The agreement said China, Russia, the United States, Japan and South Korea would "discuss at an appropriate time the subject of the provision of lightwater reactor" to North Korea.

"What is an appropriate time?" Hill said. "The appropriate time comes when the DPRK gets rid of its nuclear weapons, gets rid of its nuclear programs, comes back into the (NonProliferation Treaty) and comes back with full (U.N. International Atomic Energy Agency) safeguards."

North Korea expelled IAEA inspectors in 2002 and pulled out of the NonProliferation Treaty, the cornerstone of the international system for curbing the spread of nuclear weapons. Last February, it declared that it had nuclear weapons.

Citizen's group keeps watch on border

By Dave Montgomery KRT NEWS SERVICE

FORT WORTH, Texas (IffiT) - In late September 2004, retired CPA Jim Gilchrist was stopped at a red light in California traffic when the idea struck him: a force of citizen volunteers named after the Revolutionary-era Minutemen. Only instead of fighting British redcoats, these modern-day volunteers would be arrayed along the border to fight illegal immigration.

Gilchrist teamed with Chris Simcox, a newspaper publisher in Tucson, Ariz., to form the controversial Minuteman project, which drew nearly 900 volunteers to Arizona in April.

Now their effort is going national. In October, thousands of Minutemen will form a vigil stretching across much of the northern and southern borders.

Some Minuteman Civil Defense Corps volunteers are arriving early along the Texas-Mexico border in response to the Homeland Security Department's decision to temporarily shift some Border Patrol agents to the Gulf Coast to help in Hurricane Katrina recovery efforts.

Minuteman organizers said in a prepared statement that the shift "leaves our country vulnerable to increased trafficking by illegal aliens and terrorists attempting to enter the United States."

•

Ill

-c 0 z a

By Tim Johnson and Jonathan S. Landay

Also showing up early are civil rights groups planning to stage repeated protests against the Minutemen in Texas over the next several weeks. More than 200 demonstrators marched in Austin last Saturday, chanting, "Racists go home!"

A group of about 50 Minutemen and supporters shouted back: "We are home!"

The expanding watchdog force denounced as vigilantes by critics and hailed as public-spirited citizens by admirers - is just one manifestation of growing fears about the government's failure to adequately control U.S. borders.

Those concerns are expressed not just by the Minutemen, but also by the chiefs of the FBI and CIA, who have testified before Congress about the possibility that terrorists are crossing the border as easily as undocumented workers.

Democratic governors in New Mexico and Arizona have declared states of emergency because of spiraling drug trafficking and illegal immigration along the U.S.Mexico border. And U.S. Rep. John Culberson, a Texas Republican, is pushing legislation to create a citizen border patrol whose members would be deputized to make arrests and authorized to carry guns.

"I'm just flat fed up with the wide open borders and the full-scale invasion, as are my constituents," Culberson said in a telephone interview. "We need more manpow-

er on the border."

Immigration is expected to be high on the list of unfinished priorities Congress might take up this year after focusing on Katrina reconstruction and response and on the confirmation of John G. Roberts Jr. and an as-yet-unnamed second nominee to the Supreme Court. Senate leaders hope to produce a compromise immigration bill by early next year.

Two competing bills are under consideration in the Senate. Republican Sens.

John Cornyn of Texas and Jon Kyl of Arizona are calling for the creation of a temporary worker program but would require the more than 11 million illegal immigrants in the United States to return home before being eligible to apply.

Sens. John McCain, R-Ariz., and Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., would allow illegal immigrants to stay in the United States as guest workers by paying fines of up to $2,000. Those workers could also apply for green cards to become permanent legal residents, putting them on track for U.S. citizenship.

Bush and other administration officials have denounced the Minuteman Civil Defense Corps as vigilantes. Others accuse its members of racism. But even many of its opponents acknowledge that the group's widening support underscores the public's demand for overhaul-

4

z

0

THE TELESCOPE • MONDAY, SEPT. 26, 2005

0Thumbs up Thumbs down Q

z 0

~(Qp

A.

0

Campus

ASG president

1-

Associated Student Government President Neill Kovrig has openly adopted a policy to not answer questions from Telescope reporters. Kovrig refuses to answer all questions relating to the ASG, insisting that they be submitted in writing. He said he will respond to written questionswith written responses.

There is not a respectable media outlet in existence that would agree to such a request. Reporters operate on deadlines and verbal on-the-spot interviews are necessary to ask follow-up questions and properly gather information.

We find it especially troubling that the chief student representative refuses to discuss matters related to how the student's government is run and how their money is spent. What exactly is he trying to hide?

cJ Veep Joe Newmyer

l1b:!rr:illiJ (Qp

Interim Vice President of Fiscal Services Joe Newmyer retired after 15 months as the college's chief financial officer. Everyone on campus, especially The Telescope, appreciated his openness. He is leaving the college in much better financial order than he found it and was instrumental in early preparations for the bond measure being pursued by the district. We thank him for his service and wish him well in his retirement.

9

STEVE SACK I KRT NEWS SERVICE

Roberts can't be trusted 8

Abbe ' 1\tasll·acco

What he believes about these issues today is a mystery. Before the hearings began, the White With the resignation of Supreme Court House rejected the Senate's request for Roberts's Justice Sandra Day O'Connor in July, and the current records. Since questioning began, it recent death of Chief Justice William looks as though he views this as a game of a Rehnquist, there are now two crucial openings dodge ball, dodging most of the senators' questions. As many Americans know, the Supreme on the Supreme Court.

On Sept. 12, the U.S. Senate's Judiciary Court is not a game.

Roberts has managed to evade questions on Committee began confirm hearings on President Bush's dangerous nominee, John key issues including abortion, privacy rights, capital punishment, affirmative action, limitaRoberts, for Chief Justice.

Roberts, 50, looks semi-qualified to fill the tions of congressional powers, women's rights position. Only since 2003, he has been a judge and the right to die.

When asked specifics about these issues or on the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. He also served as cases, Roberts often responded with legal jargon, White House counsel under the Reagan and the some not even relevant to the question. Sen. first Bush administrations, a partner in a pri- Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., referred to him as the "Legal Automaton." As Sen. Edward vate law practice, a clerk for a circuit judge.

He also served as a Supreme Court law clerk Kennedy, D-Mass., said ''The American people for Rehnquist, whom he has modeled himself are entitled to answers." And a recent New York Times/CBS poll revealed most voters after. But looks can be feel it is important to have answers. deceiving. Roberts seems Sinee questioning beg11n, Forty-six percent feel that knowing to be stuck back in time.

If you go back to 1972 it 11ppe11rs 11s though he his position on issues such as civil when Roberts began his views this liS 11 g11me of rights, women's rights and abortion are very important. The senators clerkship with Rehnquist, seem to think it's important as well, the major social issues of dodge b11/l ••• many of them showing obvious frusthe era were civil rights, tration with his answers, or lack women's liberation and abortion. The prior decades had been a struggle thereof. Aside from the senators, several organifor equality. Minorities were fighting to be zations have expressed their frustration and looked at as equals. Women were fighting for fear of Roberts being the next Chief Justice.

Planned Parenthood announced its opposition equality, especially in the workplace.

From the way Roberts has answered ques- to Roberts, citing that his record and testimony tions during the hearings, it looks like he hasn't so far ''leave grave doubt about whether he will been able to form an opinion since the 1970's. protect, not take away a woman's right to choose."

But again, that is deceiving.

Everything in his testimony has left grave Based on memos and cases from earlier in his career, Roberts has argued for standards that doubt about his ability to head the court, and his would make it easier for school districts to evade ability to form an opinion - or at least let them desegregation orders and to narrow the govern- be known.

We have no current records on him and no ment's ability to ban gender discrimination.

He has also ridiculed discrimination of clear answers on how he would vote. He has very women in the workplace and has cited affirma- little experience as a judge and we're supposed tive action as ''recruiting inadequately prepared to trust this ultra-conservative for the rest of his candidates." He has also expressed that he does life with the future of the Supreme Court?

The country seems. to be moving forward, not not believe in the constitutional right to privacy that prevents the government from criminaliz- going back in time. Until Roberts gets with the program, Bush should look for another nominee. ing things such as contraception and abortion.

T £ TELESC PE

~0:!rn:u

0

MoRe 'SPEClFlCS.,

Exploratio~s

The new campus-wide program Campus Explorations is a step in the right direction. College officials are trying to increase student involvement through a learning community devoted to the topic of ethics.

Dean of Business and Media Pat Schwerdtfeger and Learning Outcomes Council chairperson Barbara Neault Kelber took the lead and created the program. All of the faculty members who are participating should be commended as well. There has been a truly collaborative effort to first choose a topic, and then generate interes.t.

The seminars are drawing large crowds and provoking interesting discussion. We hope the program succeeds and that there are more programs like this in the future.

9

FRANKLY IWAS HOPjNG FoR A FeW

Food services

'i1l:r!:I:u:!lt 0:!rn:u The service provided by Aramark, the company that owns the contract for the cafeteria and Snack Shack, is abysmal. The Snack Shack's hours are random and when they are open, students must crowd into a tiny "shack," choose items from a depleted selection and then wait in a long line. The cafeteria closes at 4 p.m., at a time when many day students are getting their first opportunity to eat and before night students even arrive. Aramark needs to examine the campus' needs and provide better service.

Professor gets facts wrong English Professor Zacharias' criticism of Donnie Boyle's attack on Intelligent Design and President Bush' promotion of it in the science classroom appears to be a thoughtful argument until you examine the validity of what he is saying.

Leaving aside the issue of "inflammatory language" which is largely a red herring as far as the validity of ID is concerned, Zacharias cites authorities that have supposedly expressed doubts about the evolutionary model. First of all, listing a few people who support a particular idea does not demonstrate that they

represent the majority science view, nor that they are even correct ("For example is not proof'). . Secondly, some of the people on the list apparently got there because Zacharias did not verifY the validity of some ereationist literature that so lists them, for I assume he did not list them knowing full well they do not doubt the fact of evolution. Particularly galling are the listing of Lynn Margulis and Ernst Mayr.

Margulis is known for symbiogenesis, which provides another pathway that evolution can take through the fusion of existing genomes. However, she is a

firm supporter of both evolution and its mechanism, natural selection.

Listing Ernst Mayr is laughable if it weren't so blatantly untrue. It is time that those that support creationist beliefs stop putting forth falsehoods, misleading statements, and selective quotations out of context trying to discredit science in the name of defending their religious beliefs.

On another point, Darwinian evolution by means of natural selection does not directly deal with the origin of life, but rather its evolution once it first appears.

The evolution of life can only occur once

an organism exists that can reproduce and the transition from the inorganic to the organic is a separate question, though equally fascinating.

Finally, ID is fundamentally based on the religious belief in a creator or designer and it has no peer-reviewed scientific content. It is religion, not science and it has no mandated place in the science classroom.

- Phillip DeBarros ANTHROPOLOGY DEPARTMENT

Although Sheehan may have not meant it this way, she is implying that our troops have been manipulated, misguided and ultimately fooled into believing that they are fighting for something that they are not - which could

By Thomas 1\tay not be further from the truth.

THE TmSCOPE Seeing what is happening over there first No matter where you stood on the Iraq war hand, the troops would know better than before it started, at this point you should be anyone what they are really fighting for. able to see that it is absolutely necessary to They see the faces of the Iraqi people everyday. They talk to them, and many soldiers keep our troops there.

Unless we want to leave the Iraqis with an say that they have been thanked personally unstable country, a divided government, an by grateful Iraqis for freeing them from abysmal military and leave them vulnerable Saddam Hussein. The troops know exactly to attack in the most dangerous part of the what they are doing, and most of them believe in the cause. world, we cannot pull the troops out now.

It is easy to say that too many of our brave Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff men and women have died, and we should Richard Myers said on Aug. 27 that morale among the troops remains just get out of that country high, even though support at immediately. But that notion II w1 11/lish/y I111V1 home is dwindling. is completely foolish, and lr11q now, 11/l h1/l will "Our troops know the misinherently dangerous. sion," Myers said. "And they First of all, giving up on b1111k loose. particularly want to finish the Iraq and not finishing what's been started sends a very sad and tragic job at hand." message to families offallen soldiers - your Opponents of the war act as though our son or daughter, husband or wife, brother or troops were drafted, when it is an all-volunsister - died in vain. teer military. That is not to say none of the They were part of a noble cause, trying to troops are against the war, some very well stabilize an area long oppressed by one of the may be, but it helps to explain why polls of most evil dictators in history, in the most military members overwhelmingly show supunstable region on the planet. There is noth- port for the war. ing more noble than doing what these troops If we selfishly leave Iraq now, all hell will are - leaving behind a life of freedom, and break loose. The Iraqis will not be able to risking their own lives in order to bring that defend themselves against invasion or terrorsame privilege to people who don't have it. ism, as they do not yet have a sufficiently Bringing democracy to Iraq might seem trained military. An invasion could lead to impossible, considering the countless num- the rise of a regime similar to the Taliban, ber of peace efforts that have failed in the which would hurt the Iraqi people and presMiddle East. But this is a long-term effort. ent an even greater threat to the Americans.

The Iraqis and our troops deserve our supThe biggest supporter for leaving Iraq immediately is a mother of a soldier who was port. Many soldiers might feel that their killed in Iraq. Cindy Sheehan's pain is real, work is not appreciated back home, judging and everyone should respect her opinion - by the media and public's harsh criticism of most people don't know what it's like to lose the war. You can say, "I support the troops, a child. but I don't support the war," all you want, the However, she feels that her son died for fact of the matter is that they do take critinothing but a cause rooted in lies, and driven cism of the war personally. by greed. Not only is this completely wrong, Get behind these brave men and women, it's completely insulting to the troops who and don't let our fallen soldiers die in vain. have volunteered to put their lives on the line This is a cause worth fighting for and it needs for this cause. our support.

• St11y: lr11q will be worse oil without troops

,s_pea

It is nai:ve and condescending to think that the mindset of a culture can be altered to fit the status quo. The people of Iraq should not form their government based on the direction of the

By John Asbury United States. The founding of a soverTHE TELESCOPE eign nation cannot come from outside At what point should this nation political pressure, but must include the humble itself for the greater good of its ideals of those people, regardless of if it people? The United States has dis- is in agreement with the United States. played grave errors in its handling of Furthermore, the resistance will not the war in Iraq and there is still no end stop. Violence will continue as long as there are foreign troops present. in sight.

With nothing to gain, the American Whether the American people choose to people must demand an end to this believe it or not, we have invaded horrific catastrophe. This administra- another country and the Iraqi people tion must take responsibility for its will always defend their homeland. blunder and end the occupation of Meanwhile, the American people Iraq. The soldiers fighting this war have grown tired from seeing the sacrihave been placed in an unfair position fice of their armed forces. The popular- the center of chaos. These men ity for the war has reached an all-time should no longer have to risk their low. According to a USA Today poll conlives for an unjust purpose, built on ducted Sept. 18, 67 percent of Americans disapprove of how George lies and deception.

Since combat began, March W. Bush has handled the war. This comple20, 2003, more than 1,900 American troops have died Th1 Unit1d St11t11 must ments a New York Times-CBS poll the during the war in Iraq. These sw11/low its prid1 11nd same week, which are deaths that did not have to occur because this war disb11nd this qu11gmi11. shows more than 50 percent of the counshould not have occurred in try supports an immediate withdrawal. the first place.

With such dismal support, it's no Iraq never posed an imminent threat to the United States. It does wonder the military is having trouble now - but it did not present a legiti- meeting its recruitment quotas. Why mate danger under Saddam Hussein. should anyone risk his life for what Sec. In fact, the condition of the nation has of Defense Donald Rumsfeld called, a become more volatile during the U.S. "long, hard slog?" A month ago, the U.S. Army was 10 percent below its annual occupation.

There was no liberation, instead the 80,000-recruitment goal. That goal is United States has instilled a puppet due Sept. 30 and with all likelihood, the government amidst a civil war. While Army will come out short.

We have tried to establish a working attempting to quell this resistance the United States has since become the model in Iraq, but we have failed. The United States must swallow its pride enemy of the Iraqi people.

A report from the UN human rights and disband this quagmire. The task is council showed that Iraqi children now left to the people of Iraq to estabactually had better living conditions lish their own government, free of U.S. before the regime change. Though the pressure. Until we do, the lives of ultimate goal may have been to stabi- American soldiers and innocent Iraqi lize political relations, it has come at civilians will continue to be surrenthe cost of human sacrifice. dered for a futile cause.

• Go: U.S. should 11dmit

dele11t 11nd sp11re lives

Ul-

Should we pull our troops out of Iraq now~

MICHAEL CONNER GENERAL STUDIES

PATRICK MURRAY UNDECIDED

KELLY ROSE POLITICAL SCIENCE

TRICIA STANEK NURSING

RYAN ROLESON PSYCHOLOGY

"Yes. From what hear, we're not keeping the peace, we're causing more trouble with all the violence going on."

"No, we need to keep as many soldiers as necessary to keep the peace, and finish what's been started."

"I we think should pull them out. There are bigger issues, plus we're being stretched too thin."

"It wouidn't make sense leaving, we would just have to come back. Since we ruined their country, we need to fix it."

"I wasn't terribly excited about going to war, but I see now that we need to stay and help the Iraqis rebuild."

6

THE TELESCOPE • MONDAY, SEPT. 26, 2005

alomar

IN BRIEF~

Car show to benefit Gulf Coast victims The College trade and Industry Department will hold a charity benfit car show Oct 1. In Lot 12 on the San Marcos campus.

"Rodders to the Rescue" will feature custom and classic cars to raise money for victims of Hurricane Katrina, Iraq war veterans and the college urban forestry program.

Those wishing to enter a vehicle will be charged a $25 fee, but larger donations will be accepted.

Participants may register from 8-10 a.m. and winners will be announced during a trophy ceremony at 2 p.m.

Raffle prizes, music and a barbecue will also be provided. For more information contact Dave Thomsen at (760) 744-1150, ext. 2554

Red Cross holds campus blood drive The American Red Cross is holding a blood drive at Palomar College's San Marcos campus Sept 27-29 in parking Lot 11.

Pam Webb, of Student Health Services

said Hurricane Katrina's devastation to the gulf coast left the ARC in dire need of blood.

Donors will receive an American Red Cross T-shirt and are encouraged to eat a good meal and drink plenty of water before donating.

Donor must to bring one form of photo identification and two forms of non-photo identification or a donor card.

Anyone with questions regarding donation or to make an appointment, call Student Health Services at (760) 7441150, ext. 2380 or the ARC at (800) 8432949, ext. 7066.

Study Abroad students can learn Spanish in Costa Rica

·joRDAN

SUNDAY 7:00 - 8 ;30 PM THE JORDAN lS r COLLEGE GROUP FOR lNDlVlDUA.LS AGE l~-23 \VHERE GOD f\.i'OVES PO\..\IERFULLY 760407.6700

\V\VvV.NORTHCOASTCHllRCH COMtCOLLEGE

WANTED

·

Swim Instructors $11-$17 per hour (760) 744-7946

A meeting will be held Oct. 1 for students interested in the Palomar College Study Abroad program in Costa Rica.

Information will presented at the meeting at 10 a.m. in F-10.

The program runs from Dec. 29 - Jan 15, 2006. While in Costa Rica, students can enroll in 12-day Spanish courses for up to four units of credit.

The program costs $1,050 plus airfare, which is about $700 round-trip.

Included in the program are daily room and board, books and three midweek field trips to historical points of interest, with the option of further excursions to beaches and rain forests.

For more information contact Kathleen Sheahan at (760) 744-1150, ext. 3268.

real answers. real help.

College students and faculty, buy a qualifying Mac and get a free iPod mini after mail-in rebate.*

Buy a Mac. Get a free iPod mini. And with your everyday education discount save up to $479.** But act now.

The offer is only good from June 28 through September 24, 2005. Take advantage of this offer at an Apple Store near you or online at www.apple.com/go/backtoschool.

'Offer is for qualified Apple Education Individual end-user purchasers only. Excludes 12-inch iBook with CD-ROM drive, eMac, and Mac mini model~ Rebate is for up to S179 off of an iPod, iPod min\ or iPod photo (excludes iPod shuffle). Additional terms apply. See Official Offer Coupon or visit www.apple.com/go!backtoschool. "$479 savings based on $300 education discount on purchase of a 17-inch PowerBook and S179 rebate on a qualifying iPod TM and 0 2005 Apple Computer, Inc All rights reserved.

7

THE TELESCOPE • MONDAY, SEPT. 26, 2005

Student artist sells mural for charity Bv Courtney Killian

TKE TELESCOPE

Several years ago, Anna Vieth hovered over cell cultures in a San Diego lab pursuing a degree in biochemistry. Realizing she desired a career that would showcase her creativity, she traded her lab coat for a paintbrush, and took her first semester of art classes at Palomar.

Vieth grew up around art.

Her father painted as a hobby, and she began drawing at 10She progressedto oil painting at 12. Her portfolio is a clear indication of her artistic versatility, ranging from oceanic cartoon murals to realistic sketches of Yosemite Falls. She dabbles in all mediums, but acrylic and oil are her favorites.

"Different things inspire me, Vieth said. "I see something I think is cool and I have to capture it."

Currently, she is painting her diverse aquarium of fish, one of her favorite scenes to depict.

In addition to her innate talent for art, Vieth also has a gift for music. She plays the piano and enjoys singing, whether it's for the Chamber Singers at Palomar or in the shower.

Cars are her newest interest and she is currently working on her truck. She attends Palomar's interior design and art classes during the day and

Ill

zIIIIi

Ill

•il

PETER KATZ I THE TUESCOP£

Palomar student artist Anna Vieth is pursuing her associate degree in interior design. After graduation, she plans to become a professional muralist.

works as a server at a steak house in Fallbrook at night.

Vieth plans to graduate with her A.A. in interior design. She promotes her own business on her website where she advertises her mural painting services.

One of her pieces was

recently purchased by Hunter Industries, an international irrigation company. It depicts San Marcos in the early days before development and industrialization.

Once she leaves Palomar, Vieth intends to pursue mural

painting. She confesses to becoming bored easily and emphasizes her love for new things, which is why interior design presents her with another artistic career alternative.

Vieth's life easel is a colorful blueprint of her multiple

career possibilities.

Whether she is painting her fish or picking the right fabric for a room, this 22-year-old will continue to lead a life inspired by art, a field with just enough avenues to keep her busy.

"Library" installation pokes fun at stereotypes

By Katy Goodwin THE TELESCOPE

Three rows of bookshelves stand in the middle of the floor, looking like normal library stacks. The only difference between this library and a real one is that the books are larger than life and everything is made of papier-mache.

This is the installation art entitled "Library" by Jean Lowe, an artist native to Encinitas. It is on exhibit in the Cannon Art Gallery in Carlsbad through Nov. 13.

Art installation is a type of art that incorporates materials and physical features of a specific location into the art display.

Each piece in Lowe's installation is made from papier-mache. This includes the bookshelves, books, a five-foot vase, a table laden with papier-mache food, pieces of art on the wall and even the "about the artist" description.

The true brilliance in Lowe's work, however, is in the titles and cover art of her "books."

Titles like "Misanthropes Make Better Lovers" or "The Theoretical Altruist" give the viewer an idea of how Lowe feels about society. A great example of this is the cover for "Freelancing in the New Economy" which depicts two men with guns apparently shaking down a business

t ~ ~ INBRIEF~

KATY GOODWIN I THE TELESCOPE

A table laden with food made from papier-mache is part of Jean Lowe's installation art piece.

man in a suit.

Other covers depict stereotypes of society. A cover entitled "How to Dominate Women" shows a tantalizing piece of raspberry cheesecake, as if to say that women are controlled by food . "How to Choose Your Personal Trainer" has a picture of a handsome man seated in a sporty convertible, which seems to say that we judge a person's skills and talents based on what they look like.

By looking at these titles, the viewer can see Lowe's harsh yet

comical criticism of our culture.

Another subtle commentary on American society is displayed on the food table in the back of the room.

The table is piled high with various colorful foods. The items on the table are obscuring the "pictures" hanging on the wall above it, which are very abstract and in dull green and black colors.

"The food on the table comments on how many people come to art receptions for the food, not the art," said Mary Lake, an employee of the

Cannon Art Gallery.

Amy Freeman, a stay at home mother of three, said she greatly enjoyed the installation.

"It's brilliant, topical and witty," Freeman said. "She has a right-on commentary about our culture and pokes fun at our eccentricities. She makes us see how silly our culture can be at times."

"This is a great exhibit to be shown at a library because the artist created her own library," said Derrick Cartwright, the director of the San Diego Museum of Art. "Nothing is spared here; she has fiction books, self help and critical theory. She has her own critical viewpoint of our culture but she softens it with humor."

Cartwright said he had seen this artist's work before and made a special trip up to Carlsbad just to see it.

Lowe's "Library" has a unique style that has to be experienced to be understood.

Exhibit "Library" Artist Jean Lowe Medium: Installation art Place: Cannon Art Gallery, 1175 Dove Lane, Carlsbad Run: until Nov. 13 Phone: (760) 602-2021

New Play

Free Concerts

Learn to Hula

"Tartuffe," a classic satire by Moliere, will open at 8 p.m.

Sept, 30 at the Howard Brubeck Theatre. The play runs through Oct. 9. Cost is $12 for general admission, $10 for staff and senior citizens and $8 for students.

Concert Hour is every Thursday at 12:30 p.m. in Room D-10. The next performance is Sept. 29. Michael Nigro, a musician and classical guitar teacher, plays classical guitar featuring the work of Argentine composers.

The city of San Marcos will offer Hula Dance classes at the San Marcos Community Center on Mondays, 'fuesdays and Saturdays. Cost is between $10$15. To register, or for information, call instructor Kumu Hula Ka'eo Escalona at (760) 8076790.

z

5I

Ill

zIIIIi

8

THE TELESCOPE • MONDAY, SEPT. 26, 2005

• Home furnishings store provides 11n 11fternoon of ehe11p enlerltlinmenl

By Ben Greenstein

Till TELESCOPE

When the Telescope's focus editor requested that I write a story about Ikea, I was thrilled. After all, who wouldn't want to take an all expenses paid trip to cover this exotic and mysterious foreign country? After packing my skis and winter wear, and inviting my good friend DJ Corinne along for the ride, I swung by the editor's office to pick up the plane tickets.

Of course, I was shocked and disappointed to learn that I would not be visiting the Ikean homeland (located somewhere in northern Europe, I believe), but rather one of their many outposts, which have been set up all over north America.

The Ikean people are known the world over for being fine crafters of furniture, but these massive museums do more than simply show off their first-rate craftsmanship believe it or not, almost everything located inside is actually for sale. · On the day of the great expedition, Corinne and I meet up in front of the Mission Valley building. Right away it is clear that "castle" would be a more fitting word for the structure. I'm pretty sure that San Diego city hall is only a quarter of the size of this place - the Ikeans must be making a good deal of cash if they can afford to set up institutes like this overseas.

As for the interior, it appears to have been patterned after the labyrinth from Greek mythology.

Rather than the traditional "aisle structure," (where you can easily access the product you need, and then leave the store), Ikean architecture tends to lean towards the "single long winding road" approach, meaning that in order to get to the cash registers you must first pass by what seems like a full mile of additional items you do not want.

BEN GREENSTEIN I THE TEUSCOPE

lkea is located at 2149 Fenton Parkway in San Diego's Mission Valley. The store is arranged around one main path throughout the building, as opposed to the conventional aisle system of most retail stores, guiding customers through all of their merchandise.

However, while this might be irritating in most stores, in Ikea it is a blessing. There is something enjoyably surreal about trying to navigate this maze, especially when you realize that it is mostly made up of sets designed to look like real Ikean bedrooms. It's sort of like checking out a model home - a 30 bedroom, 18 bath, model home, with 10 kitchens and a few hundred square feet of storage in the basement.

What I am getting at is this: I believe that the Ikea 11 11 store is, without a doubt, one of the best places to "hang out" that I have ever been to. In fact, if Corinne and I actually had gone skiing, we would have certainly had less fun than we ended up having just exploring this place.

Want to catch up with an old friend? Just sit back in one of Ikea's many couches, pour some hot tea from your thermos, and you've got a nice little coffeeshop atmosphere.

Need a place to do your homework?

Ikea features many mock-office areas, with desks just perfect for this purpose. Tired of walking?

Need a nap? Well, what else do you

suppose those 30+ bedrooms are for?

Now technically I am not certain if the Ikeans support this behavior.

In fact I'm pretty sure they consider it loitering. They actually asked Corinne and I to stop jumping on one of the display beds, which I guess is not considered "fun" by Ikeans as it is by Americans.

However, another advantage of the building's mazelike structure is that it is quite easy to lose the security guards.

In fact, a young child obsessed with hide and seek could probably hide in the place for a full month without being found.

It would be a pretty great place for him to hide out, too - Ikea also has a pretty rocking kid's department, with tents, a slide, and dozens of truly bewildering toys.

Ikean playthings tend to be a little more abstract than their American counterparts, to say the least. Judging from the stuffed animal area, the Ikean equivalent of Mickey Mouse is a human heart with two arms, and their Donald Duck is a giant greenish square

I believe th11t the lke11

store is, without 11 doubt, one of the best pllltes to hllng out th11t I h11v1 ever ieen to.

with eyeballs and a prince's crown.

The lower floor (which ·is strangely enough the second one you pass through - those crazy Europeans) is much less exciting, adopting a more straightforward "shelves with items on them" approach. However, it still has its share of laughs most notably in the lighting department, where almost every item looks like some kind of hat from a French fashion show.

The best part of the Ikea store is arguably the storeroom at the end.

Not because the room itself is especially exciting, but because the shopping carts you are given there are easy and fun to ride on. Simply push and then jump on, and try to avoid hitting any boxes or fellow shoppers.

I'm not sure if riding these carts is considered to be a sport anywhere in the world, but it defenitely should be. I raced Corinne down the aisles at least ten times - the loser had to buy the winner a box oflkean cookies .

Exhausted from our trip, we decided to pick up some Ikean ice cream and then take our leave of the wonderful building. We of course also promised to return within two weeks. A place like this is too good to be experienced just once. You can either take my word for it, or drive down and check it out yourself.

lk111 Produet Guide Perhaps the most amazing thing about Ikea is that, if you give enough money to the cashier, they will actually let you take some of their exciting furniture home with you. But what Ikean furniture is the best? Here is a handy guide: Personally, I think that Ikea's best exports are their bed frames, which are both sturdy and just in the right price range for a starving college student. Most notable are their twostory loft beds (or "Tromsos" in Ikean), which feature a desk on the lower level and will most likely have you sleeping two inches away from Th1 K11tltmd11

your ceiling. Still, it's perfect for conserving space in your apartment. Most of their models are rather pricey, but there is one available set for the ridiculously low price of $80.00.

Couches are, for some reason, universally expensive. However the Ikeans have provided us with some pretty reasonably-priced items, most notably the "Exarby", which is only $149.99. As a bonus, it is also somewhat akin to a Transformer action figure, except instead of turning from a car into a robot it performs the less exciting "couch-to-bed" transformation.

There is good reason why most chair making festivals are won by native Ikeans. Their chairs are nothing to take

lightly. Ikean chairs range from $19.99 (the extremely portable "Emmabo," which in Ikean means "cheap chair"), to $499.00 (the quite comfortable "Karlanda," which translates into "God of chairs").

Although it pains me to say bad things about my beloved Ikea, I must admit that shelving units are not exactly a strength. Ikean shelves tend to lean towards the avant-garde, which means they look quite futuristic but can be quite hard to fit into your room (and are almost never space-efficient). The one unit I would recommend would be the "Kilby" (which means "tall blue-ish shelf"), which at $29.99 is also quite affordable.

It would appear that lighting is something of a problem on the Ikean home continent, because Ikean floor lamps are always rather, urn, weird looking. The "Strimma" and the "Vedum," for example, both look like aliens out of"War Of The Worlds." I would highly recommend Ikean wall lamps, though, especially the cheap Jojka (only $5.99!) and the humorously named, but flexible "Fartyg" ($29.99).

8

z

THE TELESCOPE • MONDAY, SEPT. 26, 2005

• Home furnishings store provides 11n 11lternoon ol ehe11p entert11inment B Ben Greenstein

T

TELESCOPE

When the Telescope's focus editor requested that I write a story about Ikea, I was thrilled. After all, who wouldn't want to take an all expenses paid trip to cover this exotic and mysterious foreign country? After packing my skis and winter wear, and inviting my good friend DJ Corinne along for the ride, I swung by the editor's office to pick up the plane tickets.

Of course, I was shocked and disappointed to learn that I would not be visiting the Ikean homeland (located somewhere in northern Europe, I believe), but rather one of their many outposts, which have been set up all over north America.

The Ikean people are known the world over for being fine crafters of furniture, but these massive museums do more than simply show off their first-rate craftsmanship believe it or not, almost everything located inside is actually for sale. · On the day of the great expedition, Corinne and I meet up in front of the Mission Valley building. Right away it is clear that "castle" would be a more fitting word for the structure. I'm pretty sure that San Diego city hall is only a quarter of the size of this place - the Ikeans must be making a good deal of cash if they can afford to set up institutes like this overseas.

As for the interior, it appears to have been patterned after the labyrinth from Greek mythology.

Rather than the traditional "aisle structure," (where you can easily access the product you need, and then leave the store), Ikean architecture tends to lean towards the "single long winding road" approach, meaning that in order to get to the cash registers you must first pass by what seems like a full mile of additional items you do not want.

I

BEN GREENSTEIN I THE TELESCOPE

lkea is located at 2149 Fenton Parkway in San Diego's Mission Valley. The store is arranged around one main path throughout the building, as opposed to the conventional aisle system of most retail stores, guiding customers through all of their merchandise.

However, while this might be irritating in most stores, in Ikea it is a blessing. There is something enjoyably surreal about trying to navigate this maze, especially when you realize that it is mostly made up of sets designed to look like real Ikean bedrooms. It's sort of like checking out a model home - a 30 bedroom, 18 bath, model home, with 10 kitchens and a few hundred square feet of storage m the basement.

What I am getting at is this: I believe that the Ikea store is, without a doubt, one of the best places to "hang out" that I have ever been to. In fact, if Corinne and I actually had gone skiing, we would have certainly had less fun than we ended up having just exploring this place.

Want to catch up with an old friend? Just sit back in one of Ikea's many couches, pour some hot tea from your thermos, and you've got a nice little coffeeshop atmosphere.

Need a place to do your homework?

Ikea features many mock-office areas, with desks just perfect for this purpose. Tired of walking?

Need a nap? Well, what else do you

suppose those 30+ bedrooms are for?

Now technically I am not certain if the Ikeans support this behavior.

In fact I'm pretty sure they consider it loitering. They actually asked Corinne and I to stop jumping on one of the display beds, which I guess is not considered "fun" by Ikeans as it is by Americans.

However, another advantage of the building's mazelike structure is that it is quite easy to lose the security guards.

In fact, a young child obsessed with hide and seek could probably hide in the place for a full month without being found.

It would be a pretty great place for him to hide out, too - Ikea also has a pretty rocking kid's department, with tents, a slide, and dozens of truly bewildering toys.

Ikean playthings tend to be a little more abstract than their American counterparts, to say the least. Judging from the stuffed animal area, the Ikean equivalent of Mickey Mouse is a human heart with two arms, and their Donald Duck is a giant greenish square

I believe th11t the lk111

store is, without 11 doubt, one of the best pl11t1s to ''h11ng_ out" th11t I h11v1 ever lleen to.

with eyeballs and a prince's crown.

The lower floor (which ·is strangely enough the second one you pass through - those crazy Europeans) is much less exciting, adopting a more straightforward "shelves with items on them" approach. However, it still has its share of laughs most notably in the lighting department, where almost every item looks like some kind of hat from a French fashion show.

The best part of the Ikea store is arguably the storeroom at the end.

Not because the room itself is especially exciting, but because the shopping carts you are given there are easy and fun to ride on. Simply push and then jump on, and try to avoid hitting any boxes or fellow shoppers.

I'm not sure if riding these carts is considered to be a sport anywhere in the world, but it defenitely should be. I raced Corinne down the aisles at least ten times - the loser had to buy the winner a box oflkean cookies.

Exhausted from our trip, we decided to pick up some Ikean ice cream and then take our leave of the wonderful building. We of course also promised to return within two weeks. A place like this is too good to be experienced just once. You can either take my word for it, or drive down and check it out yourself.

lk111 Produtt Guide Perhaps the most amazing thing about Ikea is that, if you give enough money to the cashier, they will actually let you take some of their exciting furniture home with you. But what Ikean furniture is the best? Here is a handy guide: Personally, I think that Ikea's best exports are their bed frames, which are both sturdy and just in the right price range for a starving college student. Most notable are their twostory loft beds (or "Tromsos" in Ikean), which feature a desk on the lower level and will most likely have you sleeping two inches away from The K11tlllnd11

your ceiling. Still, it's perfect for conserving space in your apartment. Most of their models are rather pricey, but there is one available set for the ridiculously low price of $80.00.

Couches are, for some reason, universally expensive. However the Ikeans have provided us with some pretty reasonably-priced items, most notably the "Exarby", which is only $149.99. As a bonus, it is also somewhat akin to a Transformer action figure, except instead of turning from a car into a robot it performs the less exciting "couch-to-bed" transformation.

There is good reason why most chair making festivals are won by native Ikeans. Their chairs are nothing to take

lightly. Ikean chairs range from $19.99 (the extremely portable "Emmabo," which in Ikean means "cheap chair"), to $499 .00 (the quite comfortable "Karlanda," which translates into "God of chairs").

Although it pains me to say bad things about my beloved Ikea, I must admit that shelving units are not exactly a strength. Ikean shelves tend to lean towards the avant-garde, which means they look quite futuristic but can be quite hard to fit into your room (and are almost never space-efficient). The one unit I would recommend would be the "Kilby" (which means "tall blue-ish shelf"), which at $29.99 is also quite affordable.

It would appear that lighting is something of a problem on the Ikean home continent, because Ikean floor lamps are always rather, urn, weird looking. The "Strimma" and the "Vedum," for example, both look like aliens out of"War Of The Worlds." I would highly recommend Ikean wall lamps, though, especially the cheap Jojka (only $5.99!) and the humorously named, but flexible "Fartyg" ($29.99).

10

THE TELESCOPE • MONDAY, SEPT. 26, 2005

• LIBRARY: Project funded by grants CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1

Cater said.

The Tutoring Center was moved toward the back of the building on the first floor where the Learning Resource Center used to be, with new tables set up for study groups.

Aside from getting new desktop computers, the Academic Technology Department also has 60 new laptops.

Fifteen to 30 laptops are available for students to check out and the rest are held for class reservations, said Academic Technology staff member Daniel Jani.

To checkout a laptop, students must read the library's policy, sign, date it and have a valid college or state ID. The laptops can be checked out for up to two hours at a time with the possibility of a two-hour renewal.

Reservations are not accepted and if the laptop is returned late, a $10 hold is placed on the student's account.

The laptops connect to the Internet through a wireless network set up in the library.

Students cannot save work to the hard drive, so they are asked to use a CD-R or USB flash drive to save their work. The computers do not have floppy drives.

The user agreement form states that students will not be able to check out a laptop if there are fines or holds on their account or they have previously violated the user agreement.

The second floor was also renovated this summer. Carpeting was replaced with white tile and the Learning Resource Center was moved from the first floor.

Now, all media including DVDs, CDs, and cassettes are on the second floor as well as the equipment to play them.

New additions were made to the foreign language section, both on CD and audiocassette. The Learning Resource Center is no longer behind a desk, so students can browse titles at their leisure.

"Circulation functions are much more efficient having one checkout desk," Cater said.

Two new offices were built on the second floor, one for the library secretary and one for the library manager.

Because of the relocation of the Learning Resource Center, several students said they had a hard time finding magazines. Carbajal said he could no longer find his favorite magazine, "American Cinematographer."

Other students agreed.

"I liked the old way the library was set up," said Palomar student Angelique Machnik. "The tile makes it look too sterile, not as inviting. They got rid of a lot of magazines, too."

But library staff members said the new set up is more efficient.

"We did shift current periodical issues as part of the move, but have not gotten rid of any as a result," Cater said. "The best advice is to have the students ask at the reference desk if they need help finding an item."

Others liked the new look.

"The library looks cleaner and more organized because of the tile," Covarrubias said.

The library received funding for the project from a $320,000 grant from the Palomar Foundation and the President's Associates. These are two fundraising organizations for Palomar College.

The bulk of the renovation work was done by the facilities staff, which worked under tight deadlines to have the renovations done by the beginning of this semester, Cater said.

The ventilation system was adjusted, data and phone lines were r earranged, parts of the library were painted and in order to lay the new tile, tables, desks and bookshelves all had to be moved.

"The library staff, audio-visual staff, Academic Technology staff and tutoring staff all worked above and beyond the call of duty to get things moved on time," Cater said.

Chapman University College's San Diego campus is now accepting applications for the upcoming term.

Chapman Univer ity College, one of California's most highly respected universities for adult learners, is also the perfect transfer choice.

New terms start every 10 weeks and our accelerated programs are taught at convenient times by professionally and academically accomplished faculty who are focused on your success.

BACHELOR'S DEGREE PROGRAMS Computer Information Systems (BS) • Criminal justice (BA) Liberal Studies (BA) MS Teaching • Organizational Leadership (BA) • Psychology (BA) • Social Science (BA) ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE General Edocation (M) lJWERGRAOUATE PROGRAMS COfl1>uler lnformabon Syslems ~ • Crininal Justice ~ • Uberal Sb.Jd1es (PA) MS Teacting Organizational Leadership ~ • Psychology (PA) • Social Science (PA) GRADUATE PROGRAMS Crininal Justice (1M) • Human Resources (MS), Hllllall Resoorces Certific;Jte <Xgarizational Leadership (W), fxecutil'e Certifcate in Putf!C alll Noo-Proft Leaderslip, Cfyaiiz;Jtiooa/ Leaderslip CertifiCate • Psychology (1M) Marriage and Fanily Thera11f GRADUATE EDUCATION PROGRAMS Education (M.4) &n{ilases:Curriwltxn & JnstJoctial, Edicatxmf Leadef1ilip and /ldmilistrafJfXJ, /nslnJr:IXJnaJ Tectmu;;r. Readir(} • School ColllSeling ~. PPS Creden!BI • School Psychology (Ed.S.) I Edocational Psychology (W), PPS CreOentia/ • Teacting: Elementary (W), SerondaJY (1M) • Special Edocation (M.4) EDUCATION CREDENTIAL AND C81TIACA1E PROGRAMS Mtitiple Sul:jecl • Sirgle Sul:jecl • Education Spedalisl (Levels I & IQ • Ptelininary (ner Qand Professional (Tier IQ MIT'iristralive Services • Professional Reaclng Certificale • ClJD Certificale • Ryan Professional Oear EXTENDED EDUCATION PROG\AMS PHRISPHR Exam Preparation • Professional Developrnenl Cru-ses for K·12 Edocalors • Essentials of HR Managemefll

CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY COLLEGE SAN DIEGO San Diego 7460 Mission Valley Rd. www.chapman.edu/sandiego

Call toll ..free 866 ..CHAPMAN Chapmen Univenity is cxcrediled by and is a member of !he w.,,.m A>sociation of Sc},oo/, and Colt.g... leor:her trOning mel credentiol programs are oppro~ by the Commi5sion on Teoch&r Creder.tialing.

HONG KONG

For the last 28 years, we've been creating doctors who use the international experience o'f a St. George's University medical education every day.

Visit us at www.sgu.edu or call1 (800) 899-6337 ext. 280.

Please join us for our Open House Presentation: Monday, October 10, 2005 Manchester Grand Hyatt San Diego, CA Time: 6:30 - 8:00pm

aw St. George's Universicy THINK BEYOND

Grenada and St. Vincent, West Indies

THE TUESCOPE • MONDAY, SEPT. 26, 2005

11

Professor emphasizes craftsmanship • Prolessor'l p~~ssion for woodworking p11ssed on to students in th11ir design tourse 8

lan Cla1·k

T E TELESCOPE

Palomar College Professor Richard Filbeck does not just teach his students in a classroom. Each summer he takes some of his students to Kentucky.

There, they help Filbeck harvest wood to bring back and make chairs. They collect walnut, cherry and oak wood. They also bring back hickory bark to weave into chairs.

Developing a good sense of craftsmanship is what students learn in several woodworking classes Filbeck teaches.

"Craftsmanship is the pursuit of excellence," Filbeck said. He said he could not stress enough how passionate he is about this quality in a woodworker.

Reid Stout, who is just starting out in Filbeck's beginning woodworking class, said Filbeck is a very precise instructor.

In October 2001, Filbeck went to a woodworking conference in Berkley, Calif., with his students and met Japanesetemple builders and blacksmiths. They worked out a deal each year so Filbeck's students could go to Japan to see their woodworking techniques. In turn, Japanese students would come to Palomar to share their gate-building skills with Palomar students.

Filbeck joined the woodworking team at Palomar in 1989 after getting out of the Navy.

He has been teaching and working on his own projects ever since.

One of his passions is making ladder-back chairs. The slats on these types of chairs are placed horizontally instead of vertically. Filbeck has been making these chairs for many years and has even written a book on subject.

Filbeck said he read that former President Jimmy Carter made the same type of chairs in

PHOTOS BY STEPHANIE TOMBRINCK I THE TELESCOPE

Top: Ross Watkins works on a project in Richard Filbeck's Classic American Chair Designs, CFT 155, class on Sept. 20.

Right: Woodworking student Greg Wease uses a draw knife to taper wood and work on his first chair. A table made by Wease is on display in the library.

his spare time. After learning this, Filbeck decided to include an interview of Carter in his book. Filbeck was able to meet Carter face to face last June to do the interview. Filbeck said he and Carter had a lot in common and talked as if they were old friends .

"We both served in the submarine service, both grew up on farms and both make ladderback chairs," Filbeck said. Carter told Filbeck he wanted one of Filbeck's ladder-back chairs.

Filbeck said he worked hard perfecting Carter's chair. At Carter's request, he made it out of cherry wood. Filbeck even took it to a friend of his business in San Marcos where the Presidential Seal and Jimmy Carter's name was laser engraved.

One year after Carter's request, Filbeck and his wife met three of his students in Kentucky. Filbeck and his wife then went to the Carter Center,

in Atlanta, to present the chair to Carter.

"It's not often that a person gets to meet with a former President of the United States," Filbeck said. "It was like a gift from one woodworker to another, and it has nothing to do with political beliefs. It has everything to do with my beliefs in craftsmenship."

The chair now sits in the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library. Two out of the three students who went to Kentucky with Filbeck and his wife are now instructors at Palomar.

One of the instructors, Phil Douglas said, "Woodworking is something that I was always interested in." He was selftaught until he entered Palomar's program. Douglas said Filbeck taught him how to make chairs that were traditional in America years ago.

Douglas teaches basic and intermediate woodworking and workbench construction during summer. ::

Classes Start October 8, 2006

Massage "TherAAy Certification Program • • • • • • • •

Sot1dH.-m GC);liK~m,~• Uni\ l'f'Stt'\. <>f Hzlld. :i<.-k~><-'ti •

Designed for working adults Weekend module program format Advanced standing for current massage therapists Individual modules available for continuing education Cross training for RN, LVN, OTA, PTA, CAN FederaJ loans available for qualified students No-interest payment plans Graduates qualify to sit for the National Certification Exam through the National Certification Board of Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork

Classes held at: Tri-City Medical Center 4002 Vista Way Oceanside, CA LACC is accredited by the Council on Chiropractic Education. SCUHS is accredited by the Accrediting Commission for Senior Colleges and Universities of the Western Association of Schools and Colleges.

Te

e

• Get the latest '·' · news that r~" actually affects (! "

01

•J _j_

ill

~ u

th

01

• rvbre stories _ ()

tHan ·you0 tan

fit

on paper • Voice your 1

Q

uu 0

www,.

the- te)-egcope

.com

12

THE TELESCOPE • MONDAY, SEPT. 26, 2005

• HEALTH: Fee increased by CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1

Conway said the student fees have to cover department salaries and equipment.

Before the fee was approved, several faculty members and members of the Strategic Planning Council wanted to receive student input first.

During the Sept. 6 meeting, Faculty Senate President Katie Townsend-Merino suggested for the college to cover the cost if there was large enough opposition from students.

"I know we need that fee, but we keep increasing little fees on students and it worries me," Townsend-Merino said.

However, that would cost the college upwards of $40,000, said College President Robert Deegan. ""We don't like to raise fees for students, but we have to provide the services students need," Deegan said. "It's an important service provided for students at a reasonable fee."

Several students on campus said they wouldn't mind paying the extra $1 when they enroll.

Samantha West, 18, said she has yet to use health services during her first semester, but wouldn't mind the extra cost.

"I'll pay it to make the school better," West said. "I've never used it, but it would help people who did need it."

Student Tim Manning said he relies on the services heavily and the extra cost was well worth it.

"I don't mind spending an extra $1 for medical coverage. I don't have medical insurance, so I can take what I can get," Manning said, while waiting between classes outside the Health Services building.

Conway made a presentation to the Associated Student Government during its Sept. 14 meeting, where ASG members

SI

voiced their support for the fee increase.

"We as a student voice, need to stand up for our health services and reaffirm how important they are," ASG President Neill Kovrig said during the meeting. "We must recognize the concern out there and express that there is resolution out there to affirm the proposal."

ASG adviser Bruce Bishop advised ASG members that although the fee has to be paid, it didn't necessarily have to come from the students.

"The arguments against it (the fee hike), aren't nearly as compelling as those in favor," Bishop said. "It does provide an incredible benefit and ensures health care for students who can't afford it otherwise."

Conway added that for the last 15 years, there has not been money in the general fund to support health services and any alternative funding would have to come from other department's budgets.

Legislation has also been proposed at the state level to require students who receive the Board of Governor's Fee Waiver to pay the health fee. BOGW students who qualify are now exempt from the fee, costing Health Services $107,000 last year, Conway said.

Deegan said the motion was not a bad thing for those students, who are still eligible for financial aid. He said the funding might benefit those students the most, since traditionally lower income students utilize health services more.

Deegan said 50 percent of community college students don't have health insurance.

"Those students rely on primary healthcare at the college without having to leave campus," Deegan said.

Alyson Berli1er (r1:ftt ) and Kely Hilshman tall to Jim Cowan at the Karma Pro booth in front of the Student Center at Club Rush Sept 21.

• CLUBS: Several new clubs make campus debut CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1

Alliance, the Film Club, the International Students Club and the Child Development Club also participated in the event this year. "' think it's wonderful the clubs are out here encouraging student recruitment," said Palomar College President Robert Deegan.

"It's an important part of life on a college campus - to get involved."

The Feminist Majority Leadership Alliance is a new club on campus that focuses on equality for men's and women's rights.

Club leaders were registering new members and encouraging students to vote ''No" on proposition 73, an initiative on the November ballot that would require parental notification for a minor's planned abortion.

Carolynn Webb, the president of FMLA, said she would like to see more feminist activism on campus.

"I want to know what students would like to do and see done in terms of feminist

activism," Webb said. "' think it's a nice opportunity for students to not only get involved in a common cause, but to help students get to know each other," said Palomar student Carla Van. Another club formed this semester is the Film Club, which will meet at least once per month to watch and talk about multicultural films.

"Our goal is to reach students who love films and bring them together," said Film Club member America Feldman.

Feldman said the Film Club aims to promote cultural diversity and awareness through the films that are chosen.

"I think it's a good idea for students to get involved in the community," said student Sara Hall.

"Students with like minds can get together and meet new people."

Other students said there was not enough diversity in the types

of clubs offered.

Hall said she would like to see more areas of interest represented, such as drama and cooking.

Photography student Peter Katz said the only club options were to be a Republican, Democrat or feminist.

Another student, Norman Kao, said the areas of interest covered were not varied enough, and added that he found the music at the event obnoxious.

Despite some student complaints, many clubs said their recruitment went well.

Cody Campbell, president of the Palomar College Democrats, said he signed up 25 people within the first two hours.

Carlos Meza, vice-president of MEChA, said they signed up 21 new members during the same time period.

President of the College Republicans Malia Bassett recruited 23 new members.

Rancho Bernardo

Subway Sandwich JYbming and evening shifts available Meals

(858) 472-2619 If you have not yet completed your bachelor's degree and are at least

22 with

6o college units:

APU can help you earn your degree and become a teacher through our human development (HDEV) program. APU offers an innovative, alternative degree completion program designed to provide preparation for prospective elementary school and special education teachers. APU offers 35 opportunities at seven Southern California locations for you to become a better coach, counselor, teacher, or administrator.

Help Wanted Poway Target is seeking fast, fun and friendly Team Members for the following positions:

CASHIERS & SALES FLOOR Hours between 8 a.m. and llp.m. $7.25/hour.

Seven convenient locations:

• Azusa • Murrieta

• High Desert • Orange County

• Inland Empire • San Diego

• Ventura

Hours between 11:30 p.m. and 6:30a.m. $8.75/hour.

To schedule a personal appointment or attend an information meeting:

ktice@apu.edu

Apply in person and receive an instant interview!

14823 Pomerado Road, Poway, CA 92064

I& ,_

(626) 815-5301 www.apu.edufexplorefcaps

OVERNIGHT STOCKING

AZUSA PACFIC u

N 1v E R

K-12, bachelor's to doctorate, we know teaching.

s

(858) 679-8202.

1 Tv

Target is an Equal Opportunity Employer. oSos

THE TELESCOPE a MONDAY, SEPT. 26, 2005

13

• CHILD FEES: Centers serve students, faculty, staff and the local community CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1

rate. Only nine student parents pay the full rate who use the child care centers at the San Marcos and Escondido campuses.

According to administration officials, the price of child-care at the Children's Center is still inexpensive when compared to its competitors.

"Our cost is at or below child care centers in all surrounding areas," said Mark Vernoy, dean of behavioral and social sciences, whose office made the formal recommendation to the governing board to approve the fee increase.

"Unfortunately, child care is expensive. I don't think everyone understands that. We don't try to raise fees if we don't have to, but in this case, we had to."

In addition to raising the fees, the system of how fees are paid was changed to a weekly payment schedule.

"Parents used to pay for each day that their children were there," Keinath said. "We decided to change the system to a way that was more like our competitors - who almost all have a monthly system."

Most parents said they preferred a weekly payment plan, said Keinath.

"This matched up with their schedules better, since many of the parents are faculty and have school breaks like holiday break and spring break where they'll have school for a week during a month, and then be off the next," Keinath said. "It just makes it so that they're only paying for what they need, essentially."

Vernoy said he had not heard any complaints from parents about the fee increase, something other administration officials also said.

"My office has not received one complaint, nor have I heard of any complaints from Child Development on the fee increase," said College President Robert Deegan.

BEATRII POLANCO I THE TELESCOPE

Grandmother Judy Quill picks up granddaughter Car1y Khayat, 3, from the child center on the San Marcos campus.

One reason for the increase is that the Child Development Center is completely self-sufficient in its funding, he added.

Deegan said the reason why the Children's Center is self-sufficient is so it can maintain a competitive child care rate in the community.

"If it were run through the state, the state would set the rates and we would-

DOESN~T

n't have as much of an opportunity to compete with neighboring child care providers," Deegan said. "Funding the center's budget - which is over $1 million - is a different process from other entities, in that it relies on grants in addition to general state funds."

Workers at the Children's Center were given a raise in salary, which was implemented in February.

"Before the raise, our workers were the lowest paid among college child care in the entire state," Keinath said. "This raise put us somewhere in the middle at about the 40 th to 45th percentile ."

In order to be a teacher, the Children's Center requires its faculty to have no less than an Associate's Degree in child development - including 16 units of general education and six units of specialization.

"What people really bring their kids here for are the great teachers that we have," Keinath said. "We have a couple of teachers who have taught here for 25 and 30 years, and over and over, we get requests from parents to keep their kids with those teachers. It says a lot about them when parents do that - it's great feedback to have."

The minimum age for an eligible child to be cared for at the centers is 18 months by June 1 of the enrollment year, and they can be cared for until kindergarten age.

State education laws require child care centers in California to have no more than eight children under age 3 per supervising adult.

It also require that there are no more than 12 children age 3 or older per adult. Keinath said the Children's Center keeps its ratio well below that requirement.

"We're proud of the fact that we keep our faculty-to-child ratio very low," Keinath said. "We keep our own standards above the minimum."

Deegan said he is proud of the workers at the Children's Center.

"When I walk over there and see all the smiling faces on the kids, I know they're in a fun, safe learning environment," Deegan said. "It's a great thing to know that this institution is so good, because so many entrust their children to our staff."

FtGHT SUPERVILLAINS.

DOESN'T WEAR A CAPE. BUT TO OUR CUSTOM;ERS,

s

SHE.'SA V E 'HERO.

GEICO associates are a cut above. With more than 6.4 million policyholders (and counting) it takes something extra to deliver the level of service GEICO is famous for providing . We know the work you do sets GEICO apart from other insurers. So we strive to do the same for you. From our outstanding compensation package to our policy of promoting from within , you'll find a lot more than your next job at GEICO. You'll find your career.

To-Go Menu

We commit to serve you with DELIGHT. Ail dishes are design,ed and prepared with special herbs t~nd spices Some dishes may he hot an sp ·

Salaries starting at $14.90 - $15.88/hour As a Customer Service Representative, you will assist existing policyholders with questions and/or changes to their policy. Your goal will be to fulfill GEICO's promise of outstanding customer service. Fully paid training is provided to start you on the right track!

the /anti of smilf_:

an be cooked mild or extreme

'

as your de.'iire.

CUSTOMER SERVICE HIRING FOR MULTIPLE POSITIONS STARTING OCTOBER 8TH

ThL~iland.

We are co~tcerned about health, safety, and tmvironment. JVe use vegetable oil for cooking and usiltg 1to MSG. For special request, you are welcome to ask any qutistion. '

.

You may order in-house, tak!!·hom.e or caterlnp service at J'Ollr choice. .

Your comment, complaint will/H. htiitdl&by aur highest: management.

Jf~ wish you to have memorable .m oment and unforgettLlbie

Previous insurance experience is not required.

We seek local candidates who are committed to a professional, highly customer-focused call center environment with a stable customer service work history and a GREAT ATTITUDE! In addition to working for a stable and growing company, we offer our associates fantastic benefits, which include medical, dental, life and 401 (k), plus profit sharing, on-site credit union , cafeteria, fitness center and tuition reimbursement. Please respond only if you are qualified and extremely dependable.

This is a business casual environment.

If you're ready to steer your career onto the right track, then e-mail your resume to: OOrdonez@geico.com. Job code CS-PAL must be included for consideration.

14111 DANIELSON ST. POWAY, CA 92064

Calf about catering. Available for business meedngs.

Free Delivery - 3 mile radius

.. __________ __ (Min imum $20 charge)

:FREE DRINK: WITH ORDER 1 I

______ _.

(760) 458-5510 145"0 W. Mission. Rd.# A..-8-c Saa Mare0f1 CA 9%069

tr

GEl CD~

760-727-3643

CeU. 760-224-1927

Fax. 7~717~321

14

THE TELESCOPE • MONDAY, SEPT. 26, 2005

S orts CALENDAR 1 i 11W • Men's Water Polo •-...1111.11111-•

Grossmont @Palomar

9/17 -- 3p.m.

• Men's Soccer Palomar @Victory Valley -- 4 p.m.

• Women's Water Polo Grossmont @Palomar--4:15p.m. @l,llij ,j • Women's Soccer 1 San Diego City @ I Palomar -- 3:15 p.m.

I-

9 18

III

• Women's Volleyball Palomar @Irvine Valley -· 6 p.m.

E

I j jl I • Men's Water Polo

9I1JO

0 w

Palomar @Saddleback Tournament --All Day

• Women's Soccer Palomar @San Diego Mesa-· 3:15 p.m.

RYAN CAPACIA I THE TELESCOPE

Palomar midfielder Jose Avalos attempts to avoid Orange Coast midfielder Irwin Salas during the Comets 1-1 tie versus the Pirates Sept. 13.

Men's soccer struggles to tie decent chances to score, we just couldn't capitalize."

The tie moved the Comets record to 1-2-2 on the season, with Pacific Coast Conference matches yet to begin.

By John Scafetta In the first half, Palomar had probTlfE TElESCOPE lems getting in tune with their offense, The Palomar men's soccer team as three of its first offensive plays tied Orange Coast College 1-1 on ended in offsides. The Comets did Sept. 13, in a mediocre performance manage the late first-half goal when from the Comets. forward Sho Hosoki drilled The match was a battle of the ball into the right corner defenses in the first half, PIRATES I of the net amidst a crowd of but the Comets managed a COMm I defenders. goal in the 44th minute to "We're not scoring right give them the lead heading now, and I think I just stepped it up," Hosoki said. into the second half.

In the second half, Palomar's lackHernandez said the Comets are luster defense allowed the Pirates to coming around offensively and finally even the score at one, and Palomar understand what the team is trying was fortunate to see the game end in to accomplish.

"After (Hosoki) scored that goal our a tie.

"Defensively I think we were a lit- morale was pretty high, and that just tle bit lucky that they didn't score · got us playing really well." said some of the goals, because they were defender Michael Visser. really controlling the ball for a In the second half, Palomar saw its while," said head coach Carlos lead disappear when the defense colHernandez. "We had some pretty lapsed, as Orange Coast's Will

• He11d tollth 111id te11m lortun11te to tome IIWIIY with tie VetiUI Pir11te1

Guzman drove the ball in for a score on a Scott Locken assist in the 23rd minute.

Hosoki said the weakness of the Comets was lack of endurance in the second half.

"When they got their goal that kind of put us down," Visser said. 'We came back and had a few opportunities to score, we've just been in a drought scoring the last couple of games."

Late in the second half, Palomar saw one of its many scoring chances slip away, as forward Matt Tannehill took the ball down a wide-open left side of the field only to find no help. The lack of communication forced him shoot the ball, but Orange Coast's goalie made the save.

"We're probably going to stay with the lineup the way it is, until we gel as a team," Hernandez said. "Overall I was pleased with the effort."

There were many substitutions throughout the game, Hernandez believes the players on the bench are hungry for opportunities, and they will make the best of these chances off the bench.

Cross country tunes up for conference praised his team. unknown reasons.

"There's a lot of guys who Freshman Cassie McLean stepped up and led the all work well together." Tapia The Cross Country teams women's team by completing said. "I'm just looking forward were hosts to the Southern the 3.1 mile course in 23:19. to state."

Coming in right after Tapia California Invite Sept. 16 at McLean placed eleventh out - Guajome Park in Vista, where of forty-seven. Even though was Kenyon Ralph, David the men's team placed fifth she is a freshman, she is a Allen and Troy McAdams, who all finand the women's team placed long time ished the 4 seventh in a 10-team field.

Guajome local "/ WIIS just h11ppy miles in less "As a team, we didn't do so and credits her hot," said head coach Hugh time to familiari- they1111111n h11rd 11nd than 27:22.

Gerhardt Gerhardt. "Everybody's a ty of the course. got through 11noth11 said the main winner though. If you ran "I've been runfocus is on the hard, that's all I really care ning it since sixth eourse."

- Hugh Gerhardt conference about." grade," McLean CROSS 'COUNTRY COACH schedule, Gerhardt said that regard- said. which is slatless of the results the meet Ashley was beneficial for the team. Deemer, Erica Sullivan and ed foi: late October. Runners He added that having another Ashley Laceby also placed will have the opportunity to qualify for state competitions. r ace under their belts builds well.

He said the team will qualconfidence. The women's team For the men's team, Steven ran without their star runner, Tapia continued to lead as its ify for regionals and 1s ''Number One." Tapia com- already preparing for them Beatriz Fuentes.

"We were missing our num- pleted the 4 mile course in mentally and physically.

"We've been running up to ber one," said Gerhardt of 23:42. This is his second year Fuentes, who couldn't race for running for Palomar and the 'P' a lot, lots of hills, and

By Josh Weinreich

TlfE TELESCOPE

ridgeline work," McLean said.

"We're not going out too quick, we're not killing everybody right off the bat, but slowly working up our mileage."

Gerhardt said he was not at all disappointed about the results this weekend.

"I was just happy they all ran hard and got through another course," he said.

Last week, the teams competed at UCSD for a preview meet. The regional competition will be on the same course and is set for Oct. 8, which the Comets will run after returning from the San Francisco Bay Area, where they competed Sept. 24 at Stanford University.

More than 25 teams competed at the first UCSD meet and Gerhardt said it was a tune-up for the upcoming meet.

• Women's Water Polo Palomar @ San Diego Mesa Tournament --All Day

lj.il

.• Football

IOI Palomar@ El Camino· 11 · 6 p.m.

.• Wrestling Palomar @Golden West Tournament ·-All Day • Men's Water Polo Palomar @ Saddleback Tournament --All Day • Women's Water Polo Palomar @ San Diego Mesa Tournament ··All Day • Women's Volleyball Palomar @ Santa Monica Tournament -·All Day

I J.ll j 'I • Wrestling IO 1 Santa Ana @ Palomar 15 -?p.m.

• Women's Volleyball Palomar @ San Diego Mesa -- 7 p.m.

• Women's Soccer Palomar @ Grossmont ·- 1 p.m.

I j! l Il j@ • Men's Water Polo 10 I

16

San Diego Miramar @ Palomar- 3 p.m.

• Women's Water Polo Miramar@ Palomar-- 4:15 p.m.

I j iJI • Women's Water Polo

10 I

17

Palomar @ Ventura Tournament -All Day

• Men's Water Polo Palomar @ Citrus Tournament- All Day • Women's Volleyball Imperial Valley @ Palomar- 5 p.m.

• Women's Soccer Palomar@ Cuyamaca- 3:15p.m.

• .. ¥.·•\....•• 10 I 1&

• Women's Water Polo Palomar @ Ventura Tournament -- All Day

• Men's Water Polo Palomar @Citrus Tournament --All Day • Cross Country Palomar @ UCSD Invite - All Day

THE TELESCOPE â&#x20AC;˘ MONDAY, SEPT. 26, 2005

15

Men's water polo wins last-second thriller

By Steven Dratler

TlfE TELESCOPE

With just five seconds left, and the score knotted at 14, tension was high in the men's water polo match against San Diego Mesa.

When Palomar's Greg Trebbe sent home the game winning goal, the pool erupted with the joy of victory.

"I'm p r e t t y OLYMPIANS I 4 excited, COMETS 15 I'm - not going to lie," Trebbe said.

The Comets (2-0), played San Diego Mesa in what may turn out to be the best game of the season.

"I definitely grew a couple of gray hairs," said Palomar's 27-year-old head coach Brian Boynton. "They showed how big their heart is today."

The scoring was early and often on both sides of the pool, with both teams furiously countering the other.

"There was a lot of excitement with both teams going back and forth," Palomar's Glenn Kinzer said.

"We played well, but so did they.

It was a clean, fun game."

Palomar fell behind early to the quick scoring Mesa offense, but rumbled back over the course of the first quarter tying the match at 2.

Both teams came out in the second quarter on fire, trading off goals from all over the pool. Palomar and Mesa both banked five goals, with Mesa squaring it up just 54 seconds before half time at seven a piece.

The trends continued going in the third quarter, with

Women~s

HUGH COX I THE TELESCOPE

Drew McKracken takes aim at the San Diego Mesa goal. The Comets defeated the Olympians at the campus pool Sept. 13 on a goal with five seconds remaining.

both teams making minimal mistakes and continuing to wage high powered attacks on the offensive side of the pool. Palomar tied up the game at 11 just two seconds before the fourth quarter.

Palomar took an early 1412 lead in the fourth quarter, but Mesa continued to fight back, scoring two unanswered goals, tying the affair at 14. Palomar's time out and strategic discussion led them to the

game winning goal.

Kinzer led the team with five goals, but was held scoreless in the fourth quarter.

"They put their best guy on me which opened up the pool for the rest of the guys," Kinzer said.

One of those guys was Trebbe, who added three goals of his own, the biggest being his third, the gamewinning goal.

"The team is really start-

ing to come together," Trebbe said. "We're beginning to click."

Goalkeeper Mitchell Lemire was outstanding in the cage, saving 16 shots, one of which was a four meter penalty shot off his head.

"I want to get it with my hands next time, not my head," Lemire said.

Palomar's schedule has the team facing defending conference champions Grossmont, at home Sept. 27.

"Grossmont has always been number one." Boynton said. "With the heart and soul showed today, I think we can win conference and do very well at state."

The players agree with their coach, wanting to bring home that conference championship that has long eluded them.

"We had a chance last year, but we fell apart at the end," Trebbe said. "We're really looking forward to this year."

water polo squanders conference opener

later to tie the game again. With only 30 seconds left in the quarter, Mesa scored again, bringing the game to 3-2.

Inexperience in the water cost the Down by one, the Comets' leading women's water polo team in a 6-5 loss to scorer, Shauna Gibbs, stepped up and San Diego Mesa Sept. 13 in scored two goals within two minutes, but a Mesa goal tied the Pacific Coast Conference OLYMPIANS 6 opener.

COMETS 5 the game at 4-4 going into the In a back and forth game, final three minutes. However, going into the last two and a Mesa was able to pull ahead half minutes of the fourth quarter, Mesa with two and a half minutes remaining, was able to score their final two goals to scoring their final two goals to steal the take the lead for good. match.

"We're a young team," said head coach ''We are a strong team," Pursehouse Kelly Falcone. "This season's team has said, "But the little mistakes hurt us a lot." only three returning sophomore playFalcone plans to get the team working ers." extra hard to prepare for the rest of the The Comets are now 4-3 overall, and season.

0-1 in conference.

"Coming off a loss will make the play"We're still learning what our team- ers want to work harder," Falcone said. mates can do," said freshman utility The coach and the players plan to use player Kali Pursehouse. "We're unsure this game as a learning experience. where everyone belongs."

"I learned a lot from my mistakes," Palomar started the game strong, Bergeson said. playing great defense led by goalie Even with their first conference loss Brittany Clack. In the first period, Clack of the season under their belt, the coach did not allow a goal. Erica Bergeson stayed optimistic. scored the lone goal for the Comets with "This is still early," Falcone said."We 1:28 left in the first quarter. can only go up from here."

Eight seconds into the second quarter, Falcone said that from here out, the Mesa answered back to tie the game at team is going to be very busy. There are one. However, the game stayed tied as four tournaments the Comets have Palomar attempted five shots before the scheduled including the San Diego Mesa end of the second quarter, all rejected. tournament from Sept. 30 through Oct. "We just needed to put our shots 1, where the Comets will again face off away," Falcone said. against the Olympians. The team will The Comets took the lead early in the also participate in the Ventura tournathird with a goal by Katherine Murray ment on Oct. 7 and 8.

45 seconds in. It was short-lived, howev"We're going to be conditioning really er, due to Mesa scoring three minutes hard," Falcone said

By Chrystall Kanyuck

THE TELESCOPE

PHOTOS BY HUGH COX I THE TELESCOPE

Above: Ashley Miller (left) and Kali Pursehouse (right) flank goalie Brittany Clack. Below: Clack swims out with the ball after a save in Palomar's conference opening 6-5 loss to San Diego Mesa.

THE TELESCOPE • MONDAY, SEPT. 26, 2005

16

Wide receiver Jermaine McQueen secures the ball from an oncoming Orange Coast defender. McQueen notched touchdown receptions from 20 and 49 yards.

Football team wins sloppy game, goes J-0 the first Mission Conference game.

"I'm really disappointed in The Palomar football team the way we finished," Early survived a mistake-filled said. "They (Orange Coast) affair, equaling last season's should have had 5 points win total by holding on to today."

The Comets dominated the defeat Orange Coast game on defense, College 40-32 at 3 Z allowing only eight Escondido High PIRATES 40 points on defense COMETS School Sept.17. through the first 59 The Comets domiminutes, 188 yards nated the entire game but countless special teams of total offense and five errors and six turnovers forced turnovers.

Of those five turnovers, four them to watch the final seconds tick away before being came from interceptions- two of which were returned for assured of the victory.

"I'm happy with the win," touchdowns.

The offense struggled but said head coach Joe Early. ''We were able to weather the storm did show bright spots, connectand win. That's something ing on deep passes. And other that we wouldn't have done than the giveaways, the Palomar offense seemed to last year."

Palomar ran its record to 3-0 have its way with the Pirates.

Ironically, it was the lone and also recorded a victory in

By 1\tarwan Razouk

THI TELESCOPE

PHOTOS BY ERICA KNIGHT I THE TELESCOPE

Orange Coast wide receiver Damola Adeniji hauls in a touchdown pass to cut Palomar's lead to 40-32 with 14 seconds remaining. The Comets would recover the ensuing onside kick to hold on for the victory, improving to 3-0.

bright spot of the special teams that got the sconng underway.

With around five minutes remaining in the first quarter, Palomar sophomore defensive back Marvin Betts fielded a punt and behind a wall of blockers, he raced around the right sideline untouched for a 69-yard punt return for a touchdown.

"It's exciting, my first year on punt return," Betts said. "I had a good block from U shaka Mitchell on that play."

Betts also intercepted two passes in the game, one in the first quarter and one in the second half that helped the Comets seize control late.

After leading 21-3 at the half, the Comets saw the Pirates take possession late in the third quarter having cut Palomar's lead to 21-18 by

Padres don't deserve a spot There's a tragic comedy currently playing and the stage is the Major League Baseball playoffs.

This satire is known :::.::r--~.....,= as the 2005 San ::1 Diego Padres.

0 It's a comedy because the Padres ; were hovering • around the .500 mark I all season, yet due to the ineptitude of the Los Angeles Dodgers, Arizona Diamondbacks, and the absence of Barry Bonds from the San Francisco Giants, the Friars have held a comfortable lead all season.

The tragedy is that a more deserving team, actually a few more deserving teams could miss out on a playoff spot and chance at the World Series.

The season will be over when you

zi

•

Ill

virtue of two Shane Hoffman kickoff returns for touchdowns.

Orange Coast crossed midfield but Pirate quarterback Kekoa Crowell threw his second interception to Betts, who returned the pass 45 yards to the Orange Coast 25-yard line with 2:51 remaining in the quarter. Forty seconds later, the Comets were back ahead by two scores 28-18, via a Josh Sommerville 20-yard scoring strike to J ermaine McQueen, his second touchdown pass of the game, both to McQueen.

In the fourth quarter, Palomar's defense turned offensive. Adam Tenney and Adam Contreras returned interceptions for touchdowns from 38 and 46 yards respectively, to keep Orange Coast at bay.

Quarterback Josh Sommerville struggled at

times and was even pulled in favor of Chase Kelley for a series but showed moxie by scrambling for 31 yards on his first play back after being pulled.

Overall, Sommerville finished 15-35 for 305 yards passing, two touchdowns and two interceptions. Sommerville showed nice touch in the vertical game, with a long completion of 69 yards to receiver Louis Hall. The sophomore also spread the ball around, completing passes to nine different receivers. ''We had a lot of good plays, " Sommerville said. "Overall, it was sloppy. We killed ourselves."

He added: ''We cannot put the ball on the ground. If that was a good team, you would have seen that real quick."

Palomar will travel to face El Camino College Oct.l.

the MLB postseason

read this, so I can't say which teams with the St. Louis Cardinals, who .500 or less mark. MLB should have sported the National League's require a team to have at least a winmissed out and which team is in.

I can say this: If the Padres or any best record the last two seasons, San ning record or choose a second wild other team in the majors doesn't Diego has a decent shot to knock card team. After all, this isn't the National Basketball Association, have a winning record as of the end them off. of the season, they shouldn't be in Staff ace Jake Peavy will likely where the eight seed of a given year and conference frethe playoffs. I mean, if you can't at pitch in two games quently visits the least finish 82-80 over the course of of the best three-ofshould 11qui11 11 postseason with a 162 games, then you don't belong. As five division series record. The it is, they don't belong. and what's to say he 1111m to h11v1 111I111SIII sub-.500 1980-81 Houston There has never been a losing can't be dominate in team in baseball that made the post- both of those starts? winning 11eord ehoos1 Rockets lost to Larry Bird's Boston Celtics Hypothetically season. In fact, the worst record of any playoff team in the modern era speaking, if Peavy 11 s1eond wild e11rd 1111m. in the NBA Finals despite a 40-42 regubelongs to the 1973 New York Mets, and the Padres win lar season.

They both, they'll only who were 82-79 that summer.

The funny thing is, like those Mets need to win one of the remammg shouldn't have even been there.

This is a moot point if the Padres (who defeated Cincinnati's famed three games to advance to the Big Red Machine en route to a World League Championship Series. The have 82 wins or more, no matter how Series appearance) the Padres have Padres took the season series from undeserving they are. Who knows?

They might end up like the 1987 a chance at being competitive in the the Cardinals 4-3.

However, they shouldn't even have Minnesota Twins, who finished 85-77 playoffs.

Even if the Padres are matched up the opportunity, especially with a and won a World Series championship.

MLB

or