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Career Builder Representative Jeff Courcy (right), convinces Dana Thomas to spin the "Wheel of Career Opportunities" at the Career Fair on Sept. 6. More than 50 employers set up tables near the clock tower on the San Marcos Campus. Free interview practices and resume critiques were offered, as well as workshops for students on how to save and make money.
College professors understand that 8 a.m. classes are not the most popular among students, but lately instructors are wondering if any time would be popular. At UC Berkeley and elsewhere, faculty members have noticed declining attendance in their classes the past year or two. Some professors have resorted -to hightech roll-taking methods to keep students in their seats, while others say the trend does not bother them . "One thing about college students is that these students are adults and can make their own decisions," said UC Berkeley profes sor Alex Filippenko, whose astronomy classes generally h ave at least 700 students. About 200 usually attend, he said, while others watch the lectures later on Internet Web casts. • SEE ATTENDANCE, PAGE 3
New field open to college and community Buick gives TV students chance to make commercial
• Don11tion helps further tonstruttion of the IIIW SOttll field
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Mter about 10 years of planning and construction, an internationalsized soccer field on the Palomar College's San Marcos Campus is almost finished . The governing board voted unanimously at its Sept. 12 meeting to name the new field Minkoff Field in honor of Alvin Minkoff, a lifelong supporter of soccer and sports. Alvin Minkoff's son, Dr. Peter Minkoff, is a resident of Escondido BRinlNY HARRIS I THE TELESCOPE and made a donation to Palomar College to help the construction of The new international sized soccer field was named Minkoff Field at the Sept. 12 governthe field. ing board meeting. The field is near the Borden road entrance. Alvin Minkoff's contribution will allow for Palomar College logos once used for overflow parking. does not absorb water the way that and the college name to be painted The new field is made of synthetic natural grass does, the field can be on the field, and will also provide turf, allowing for extensive use used shortly after rain, Woods said. The field also meets internationsecurity fencing and a scoreboard without the potential for large amounts of damage that would al standards. The size will enable for the facility. The field is at the north end of occur on a natural grass field, said Palomar to host tournaments and campus, near the Borden Road John Woods, Palomar College's • SEE FIELD, PAGE 3 entrance, on a dirt lot that was athletic director. Because the turf
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Palomar College's radio and television students' work will be on display in December when their Buick Invitational Golf Tournament commercials air throughout San Diego. Buick representatives selected the RTV program to write and edit radio and TV commercials. They will be advertising the tournament on San Diego area stations. "Buick wanted to push the envelope a little bit," said Pat Hahn, professor of communications at Palomar. "There are so many smart, creative college students. It's an experiment for them." Raquel Licuan, ticket
and Web content manager for the Buick Invitational, said she is eager to see what RTV students can do. "I was impressed with the amount of professional projects this program had worked on," Licuan said. "Pat (Hahn) was also so excited about the project that I knew he would generate the same level of enthusiasm within his students." Two classes are involved, with RTV 110 students writing commercials and RTV 270 students editing. Hahn said the project is a graded assignment in both classes. Licuan and • SEE
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