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Painted faces, a clown on stilts, cotton candy and 1960s costumes; no, not a carnival it's Comet Week. Despite the efforts of Paul Groom, Palomar's student activities coordinator and cheerleading coach, who wrapped the rope around his waist, students (mostly cheerleaders) won the tug of war 2-1 against faculty members. Cheerleader Vanessa Johnson said she was happy to see Groom go down. Johnson also said the cheerleaders are
the ones with the muscles. "We should've made the losers do crunches," said cheerleader, Jimmy Bushy. A clown on stilts making balloon animals and hats could be seen in front of the Student Center from a distance. "Balloon animals freak me out, I haven't seen them since I was 6," said Donna Francis, a pre-med student. Francis said, this is the kind of stuff she expects to see at a carnival and never thought she would run into it at college. Students lined up to get their faces painted by a female clown, others chose to get their arms, legs and even necks painted. • SEE GROOVE, PAGE 2
With only weeks before Election Day, Proposition M campaigners working the phone banks at their headquarters in Escondido said they are getting positive responses from voters, on the $694 million bond measure. "Maintain and Modernize Palomar College" is the Prop. M slogan. Prop. M funds will be used to renovate and update Palomar's existing facilities on the San Marcos Campus and fund two new campuses in the north and south of the district. The number of voters contacted by the staff and volunteers who want to support Prop. M is rising said Neill Kovrig, campaign manager and former Palomar student. Palomar student Omar Tawafi, who has been working at the phone banks since the first week, said Palomar has served more than 750,000 students in the last 60 years, and consequently voters within the Palomar Community College District have been or currently are involved with Palomar. "Everyone supports good • SEE PROP.
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Reel Cross gives Palomar award for most blood collected By Jason Dunn Tfi TELESCOPE
The recent blood drive at Palomar College collected 103 pints of blood. "It's the gift of life for people," said Jayne Conway, Health Services director. "It's so important." Robin Dowd, Palomar's liaison with the American Red Cross, said a coronary bypass operation uses about five pints of donated blood, brain surgery uses about 10, and car accident and gun-shot wound victims use about 50. More than 100 students and faculty members donated blood during the four-day blood drive. A bloodmobile from the American Red Cross was parked in Lot 11
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from Sept. 26 to 29. Blood was collected each day from 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Dowd said the blood collected goes to Palomar Medical Center in Escondido, Pomerado Hospital in Poway and the Scripps chain of hospitals. She said about 20 percent of all the blood collected in San Diego comes from high school and college students. Jennifer Julien, a medical assistant who works in the bloodmobile said San Diego hospitals need blood, and that most blood has to be imported from other states. Julien said the bloodmobile travels to businesses, high schools, churches and other colleges, and that Palomar College is one of the sites where the most
blood is collected. "We do very well here," Julien said. "We could always use more, but we always stay very busy here." The American Red Cross gave Palomar College an award Oct. 10 for being the site where the most blood was collected during the 2005/2006 fiscal year. American Red Cross representative Vikki Fernette said 433 pints were collected from Palomar. Fernette presented the award at the Oct. 10 governing board meeting to Conway and Marilyn Lunde of the Office of Student Affairs. Lunde is also adviser to Phi Theta Kappa, the honor society. Phi
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