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Change of plans for student sticker
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The Office of Student Affairs plans to change the way students choose to buy student ID cards and activity stickers by making the option a negative check-off upon enrollment. Currently, students have to check a box upon registration if they want to buy the ID and activity sticker. During Fall 2007 registration, students may have to check a box if they don't want to purchase them . Student Affairs Director Bruce Bishop said other colleges have increased purchases of their ID cards and activity stickers from 5 percent to 75 percent by switching to negative check-off systems. Bishop said prior to the college offering the activity sticker and prior to online registration when everything was essentially a negative check-off, about 90 percent of students bought student IDs. At current enrollment levels, if 75 percent of students who register online were to buy the ID card and activity sticker, the Office of Student Affairs would make about $375,000. • SEE STICKER, PACE 6
By Michelle Cas pole and Stephanie Tomb rinck THE TH£SCOPE
Pirates, a space man and Mario were among the few characters lined up for a costume contest during Halloween Escape on Oct. 31. This year, Halloween Escape was organized and hosted by the Inter-Club Council. Games and events where set up in the Student Center and horrific decorations completed the scene. Clubs set up tables, each with a Halloween related activity. The Latter Day Saints Student Association set up a "Guess the Grossness" booth, where students could blindly handle objects and guess the common food product. The booth was decorated with fake cobwebs and dark drapes blew in the wind. The festivities ran from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. with a costume contest about noon. Students dressed up in a variety of costumes. The three categories were scariJARED LANSFORD I THI TELESCOPE est, strangest and funniest. However, Student Shaunon Myers (back) wins the Spookiest Costume contest for her evil winged temptress outfit. However, student Manuel Gutierrez (front) with his demon mask has no such luck. About 20 • SEE FESTIVAL, PACE 11 students participated in the Halloween Escape costume contest Oct. 31 in the Student Center.
Science building nearing completion for upcoming year tion process. Miller's duties include organizing everyone participating in the construction of the Scheduled for completion April 2007, building. When complications arise, Miller the new science building towers over the said his team and those constructing the San Marcos Campus and moves closer to building must act fast and fix the problem. completion every day. This newest edition Miller said so far the team has faced to the campus will undergo inspections two major problems- "Big Blue," a giant during upcoming months rock that was demolished in order to continue buildand open for classes in Fall 2007. ing, and a Federal Chris Miller is the colEmergency Management lege's supervisor of conAgency ordinance complicastruction activities. tion that has been resolved costing the project approxi"It's an exciting time for ~m~ BUILDIN all involved. Upon the labomately three months worth ratories completion, celeof delays. bration will be in the air," Miller said. "We The most difficult part of the project to are in the finishing stages of construction. date, Miller said, is running into little It is a project that I am proud of and that problems. He said solving them is critical is close to me." in order to stay on schedule. A company from Escondido called All classes that are currently held in Consulting Inspection Services is testing the ES, CH and LS Buildings will be all materials used. The materials must be moved to the new science building next inspected before they are used in produc- fall. From the outside, bricks can be seen tion, Miller said. He said it is just one of being lined along the building's structure. many steps involved in the final produc- Inside, th e walls are being put up and By Michelle Caspole
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Lawrence Gallegos, who's children attend Palomar, installs insulation on ceiling pipes in the new science building Oct. 6.
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rooms are taking shape, Miller said. The building includes six lecture halls, three conference rooms, four classrooms, two elevators and 20 laboratories. "As the most complex of all the projects planned in the next five years, this has been a real challenge for everyone involved," Miller said. ''With so many people on site things can get confusing and small problems arise more often." Currently, 75 to 100 workers are on site daily. In November, voters will determine whether or not Palomar will receive a $694 million bond. This bond would fund parts the college's five-year construction plan. The plan includes the remodeling ofthe S Building; a new Multimedia Building, Multidisciplinary Building, Child Development Center and Library. The Escondido Center is also scheduled for remodeling. ''When they open the building for classes I would like to be inside," Miller said. "'Ib see the look on students faces upon entry would be truly amazing."
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