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Walkers from Team Life keep pace along the sidewalk next to Lots 1 and 2 on Feb. 6. Team Life is a group on campus that promotes health and wellness. The group hosts walks every Tuesday starting from the clock tower at noon. Anyone may join the walkers. From left to right in photograph - Elaine Armstrong, Patti Waterman, Karen Mifflin and Michelle Taramasco.

Black History Month celebrated at college

By Shahrazad Encinias THE TELESCOPE

No-show performers and rain hindered the college's Black History Month Celebration from Feb. 20 - 22.

"Everything went as good as it could have gone considering the weather," said Paul Groom, student activities coordinator.

Palomar's Black History Month committee and the Associated Student Government worked together to organize the event. Faculty members, staff members and students made up the Black History Month committee, which

began preparing the event in early January.

The Black History Month committee organized the first two days of the celebration. ASG organized the third.

Movies with black history themes screened on all three days. Reggie Owens, the scheduled keynote speaker did not show up on Feb. 20, so Palomar Africana Studies Professor Ricardo Guthrie gave an impromptu speech instead.

"He did a fantastic job," said Ernie Carson, Palomar computer programmer and head of the Black History Month

Committee at Palomar.

Food from Black/African-American, Jamaican and Caribbean cultures was available in the cafeteria. Fried chicken, cornbread, ham hocks and collared greens were some of the items on the menu.

The second entertainer scheduled to appear on Feb. 20 didn't show up until Feb. 21.

An artist lecturer from Oceanside, who went by the name Josiah, sang, spoke and recited poetry about the trials

Volunteers from Palomar College helped build condominiums in Escondido for seven families on Feb. 23, and more Palomar volunteers will return later in the semester.

Palomar English Professor Barb Neault Kelber teamed the college with Habitat for Humanity, an international organization that builds homes for · -~,, people.

Kelber organized the project through the Learning Outcomes Council as part of the Campus Explorations program, which this year has a theme of "work and poverty."

Kelber promised to send 12 volunteers, two of whom have to be faculty members, for five Fridays this semester. "(The LOC) has a real academic outlook on campus, and we wanted something really applicable for the students," Kelber said.

The Campus Explorations program holds several events on-campus. This semester, they're also working off-campus.

"Instead of having guest speakers we wanted to have a real way for students to get involved," Kelber said.

She had to cut several pieces of wood with a large table saw.

"I've never done anything like this," she said.

The sound of banging hammers and the buzz of power tools filled the air at the site Feb. 23. Outside one condo,

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Blood collected for area hospitals

By Carissa Casares TH£ TELESCOPE

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Roberto Area prepares Palomar student Stacey Mayerchik to give blood Feb. 21.

The American Red Cross collected 90 units of blood during a blood drive at Palomar from Feb. 20-23.

"Overall, this was a really solid drive," said Robert Hartman, senior account manager for the American Red Cross. "There was a good turnout to help local hospitals."

Health Services hosted the blood drive. A bloodmobile parked in Lot 11 during the four days.

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The drive collected 29 units of blood on the first day with a goal of30. In order to set a goal, the American Red Cross looks at the averages from past blood drives held at the same location, Hartman said.

Hartman said the American Red Cross will randomly assign the blood to hospitals around San Diego County.

"Our goal is usually to have about 30 donors and we usually exceed that goal," said Yvette Martinez, administrative secretary for Health Services. The

drive collected 18 units on the second and fourth days, and 25 on the third.

Donors received a free American Red Cross T-shirt.

"I'll probably need blood one day, so I figure I should give blood, too," said Regan Allen, 22, a Palomar student.

Allen said it was her second time donating at one of Palomar's blood drives and that she usually gives blood once per year.

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Health Services will offer free HIV testing from noon to 4 p.m.

Anne Stadler and representatives from the EOP&S program will hold a panel discussion on "understanding poverty" from 2 to 3 p.m. in Room ES-19.

• Play auditions

• Associated Student Government meeting

The Peliorming Arts Department will hold auditions for "Picnic," a romance in three acts, at 7 p.m. in the Howard Brubeck Theatre.

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Performer Josiah speaks on Feb. 21 at the Black History Month event in the Student Center. Palomar groups organized three days of Black History Month celebrations.

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• Transfer information for Cal State San Marcos

Representatives from CSUSM will be available by appointment in the Transfer Center from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Call (760) 744-1150 ext. 2552.

The ASG will hold its weekly meeting at 1 p.m. in Room SU-18.

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and tribulations of black people in society. It was his second year participating at a Palomar Black History Month celebration. He wore a green, red and yellow knitted cap and a traditional African dashiki.

Josiah performed inside the Student Center on the third day also.

"Through art we can heighten consciousness," he said.

He spoke about the actions of Marcus Garvey, Harriet Tubman, Bob Marley, Frederick Douglass, Rosa Parks, George Washington Carver and Martin Luther King Jr. during his presentation.

"Our skin was our only sin," Josiah said, "We have to expose this truth."

Angela Hackshaw, a Palomar business major, sat in the patio of the Student Center and listened to Josiah's threehour presentation.

"It needed to be said," Hackshaw said.

She was with about 20 students listening.

"Modern Times," a 1936 Charlie Chaplin film about work and unemployment in the industrial age, will screen at 6:30 p.m. in Room P-32. Admission is free.

The Multicultural Studies Department will host a free screening of "Border Peace," a documentary about immigration and border issues, at 7 p.m. in Room P-32.

• Transfer information for UC San Diego

• Deadline to drop classes

Representatives from UCSD will be available by appointment in the Transfer Center from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Call (760) 744-1150 ext. 2552.

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"This is a serious topic that deserves a better response than what it got," she added.

A local disc jockey played music Feb. 22. ASG members provided a variety of music from genres such as reggae, hiphop, rap, gospel and jazz and blues.

"ASG did a wonderful music tribute," Groom said.

Rain cut short the outdoor events and music on Feb. 22.

The Financial Aid Department had a tent set up and gave away free slices of sweet potato pie. Phi Theta Kappa, the honor society, had a table with information about prominent events in black history. Brown v. Board of Education, the Little Rock nine and Booker T. Washington were all part of the display.

Tanisha De La Torre was one of the ASG senators who chaired the Black History Month celebration committee.

"It brings everyone together," De La Torre said.

Students will be able to receive a until after this date.

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Palomar student Scharlet Kelly, 29, donated blood at one of Palomar's drives for the first time.

"People absolutely should give blood, if they can," she said.

Jenneca Bacon, a senior at Escondido

High School, said she came to Palomar to donate because she is type 0-negative, which means she is a universal donor.

Palomar will hold its next blood drive from May 1 - 4.

Presenter talks about different generations in classrooms

By Kyle Ray THI TELESCOPE

At a recent presentation on the San Marcos Campus, faculty members learned about teaching multiple generations of students and about how each generation learns differently.

Dr. Pamela Cox-Otto, a founding member and CEO oflnteract Communications, a firm that specializes in the needs of twoyear colleges, gave the presentation on Feb. 23.

"Teaching at a community college is more difficult because the students are from different generations," Cox-Otto said.

She added that she gives the same presentation at several community colleges with the hope that professors will become more open and aware of the ways that other generations learn.

Many professors are baby boomers, and try to teach the way that they would like to be taught, Cox-Otto said.

She said there are four generations interacting with each other in classrooms at community colleges, and they all learn and interact differently.

Cox-Otto said the oldest generation, which she called the traditionals, are mostly retired, and that the three predominant generations at Palomar are baby boomers, people born from 1946 to 1965; Generation X, people born from 1965 to 1980; and Generation Y, people born after 1981.

Cox-Otto said baby boomers were shaped by protests, the sexual revolution and the rebellious nature of rock and roll. As stu-

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Pamela Cox-Otto speaks to faculty members Feb. 23 about how they can reach students from different generations in the classroom. Cox-Otto is a founding member and CEO of Interact Communications, a firm that specialized in the needs of two-year colleges.

dents and workers, baby boomers compete, want to stand out, work very hard and expect others to do the same, she said.

However, most of the students at Palomar were born after 1965, making them Generation XorY. Cox-Otto said members of Generation X are driven to independence, as their workaholic parents were changing the world instead of being at home. Where the baby boomers had drugs and free love, Generation X had to deal with the realities of crack and AIDS, she said. Members of

Generation X watched their parents work hard all their lives only to be downsized, so it's understandable they're more cynical and world weary than other generations, Cox-Otto said.

In the classroom, Generation X is the hardest to retain, CoxOtto said, because if its members don't like the class, they will move on. Because members of Generation X make lots of time for their children, they want flexible learning options and they favor pragmatism over fairness, Cox-Otto said. Members of

Generation X can work in groups with others, but don't want to be forced to do so, she said. They prefer to get work done in their own way and manage their own workload, she said.

Generation Y grew up in the world of the Internet and technology and they like things fast, Cox-Otto said. She said Generation Y uses e-mail to talk to older people and uses instant messages and text messages to talk to each other. Having grown up in the information age, Generation Y is very receptive to new ideas, she said. Where

Generation X is autonomous, Generation Y has a herd mentality and responds to the leaders in the group, Cox-Otto said. In the classroom, members of Generation Y work well in groups, like lots of feedback, want clean and fair rules, expect extra credit to bring their grades up and like messages that acknowledge that they are smart, Cox-Otto said.

The North County Higher Education Alliance, a cooperative group formed by Palomar, MiraCosta and Cal State San Marcos, hosted the presentation.

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Palomar volunteers were on a threestory scaffolding on the side of the house, nailing on the underside of the roof.

Volunteers work on the site five days per week, Tuesdays through Saturdays, from 8:15 a.m. until about 3:30 p.m.

The majority of the volunteers on Feb. 23 helped for the first time.

"There was a group of people right away who responded and wanted to do it," said Shayla Shivert, an English as a Second Language professor at Palomar.

"Once students come and know the site, they can come back as individuals, so if students are looking for community service, this is a good place to be."

Since work began Dec. 1, there have been more than 1,000 volunteers.

"It's a really cool way to connect with

the community and to meet new people," said student Natalie Parker. "That's why I did it, to help to contribute to someone's home." During Parker's first day on the site, she had to work hammering, using heavy power tools and installing bolsters.

"It's pretty scary at first," she said.

Professors who volunteered or campus groups recruited the majority of the Feb. 23 Palomar volunteers. Student Stephanie Loscher got involved through Phi Theta Kappa, the honor society.

"Our chapter does as much community service as we can," Loscher said. "We were told about it at our last meeting, and I just volunteered."

It was her first time working on a building site.

"It's hard work," she said. "I have a

much higher appreciation now for people in construction."

Habitat for Humanity will choose families that are on the poverty line to live in the condominiums. The families they choose have to either work or live in Escondido, which is partly why Habitat for Humanity still hasn't found four of the seven families to fill the condominiums, said Ken Kossman, site supervisor.

Choosing families that are local allows the family members to stay in their jobs, schools and to live near their family and friends, Kossman said.

Each family is required to perform 250 hours of work on the project per adult, which Habitat for Humanity refers to as "sweat equity." Most family members fulfill their hours on Saturdays since they work during the week, said Ron

Falldorf, a part-time, temporary employee for Habitat for Humanity and one of the few paid employees on the project.

Volunteers complete most of the work, but Habitat for Humanity contracts outside companies for some of the more complicated projects, such as plumbing and electrical wiring, Kelber said.

Habitat for Humanity receives almost all of the construction materials through donations, she added.

"We should be done by the end of the year with no problem," Kossman said. "It would be a really nice Christmas present for the families."

Volunteers from Palomar will go again to the site on March 9, March 30 and April 20. Students who are interested in volunteering can contact Kelber at bkelber@palomar.edu.

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Not so last week, when we got a sudden peek behind the mask of computer-style control. Clinton, it turns out, suffers from political panic attacks. And she gets really nasty when she's in the grips of one.

Her broadside on Sen. Barack Obama was so over the top and foolish that it couldn't have been planned in rational moments. Not only did Clinton's snarling prolong a bad story for her, it also recalled past blowups .

They reveal Clinton's unappealing habit of turning fairly routine criticisms into life-or-death threats. Then she panics and goes ballistic.

Obama basically kept his cool while she lost hers, so he gets an "A" on his first big test of the 2008 presidential race. For one week at least, he stood head and shoulders above her.

Yet he couldn't have emerged as a bigger man without her help. The illinois rookie senator didn't so much as win the throwdown as she lost it.

That dynamic, if it becomes a pattern, could boost his chances of taking the Democratic nomination from her.

The dustup began when former Clinton bankroller David Geffen embraced Obama and threw a Hollywood fund-raiser that pulled in $1.3 million. But Geffen didn't stop there. He stuck a sharp stick in l).er eye in the pages of the liberal bible, The New York Times.

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He blasted hubby Bubba, too, saying, "I don't think anybody believes that in the last six years, all of a sudden Bill Clinton has become a different person." He didn't mention Monica Lewinsky, but he cited Clinton's disgraceful pardon of Marc Rich, a financier who fled America rather than face criminal fraud charges. Rich's ex-wife then made a big donation to Clinton's library.

In a few sentences, Geffen reintroduced the tiresome controversies of the Clinton presidency. Republicans couldn't have done it better.

The sting was bad, but it would have passed quickly if Team Hillary hadn't made it worse. The seasoned pros looked like trigger-happy amateurs as they fired blast after blast, demanding that Obama denounce Geffen and give back the $1.3 million. Otherwise,

Clinton's camp repeatedly said on television, Obama would be a hypocrite for pretending to run as a different kind of candidate. Clinton herself complained of "the politics of personal destruction," a phrase she trots out when she wants to be seen as the victim.

Too late. Even if Geffen had made her the victim, her harsh blowback made her the villain.

Her bizarre response reminded me of what Clinton did recently in Iowa.

Challenged on her 2002 vote to support the Iraq war, she claimed GeorgeW. Bush misled her into believing the vote was only to threaten Saddam Hussein. That's a big-time whopper- everyone in America knew the war vote was a war vote, which is why the resolution was titled "Authorization for the Use of Military Force Against Iraq."

Panic over the liability of the war vote also led her into another foolish twist. The setting was a January 2006 event in Harlem to mark the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday. When a man in the audience said Dems were spineless and cited her vote, Clinton acted desperate. She pulled the race card out of her bag of dirty tricks and told the black crowd that the House of Representatives was "run like a plantation." It was a moment of pander and panic, designed to get her off the spot.

Clinton is accomplished and savvy, which is why she's the front-runner.

But Obama is a genuine threat because he represents a fresh-faced break from the same old, same old. To defeat him, she needs to play to her own strengths, not his. Taking her finger off the panic button would be a good start.

Text slang threatens integrity of English language Chicag_o Tribune Editonal IICT NEWS SERVICE

Textspeak is creeping onto the printed page. OMG! Teachers, college admissions officers and employers report that young people are using text-messaging shorthand on term papers, college board essays and job applications. This is alarming for many reasons, not the least of which is that the grownups often don't know what the kids are talking about.

Some abbreviations- b4, b/c, w/o, u r - are familiar to journalists, cops, college students and anyone else

who takes a lot of notes.

Others range from easily decipherable to borderline inscrutable: "btw" means by the way, "omg" means oh my God, "lol" means laughing out loud. The number "8" subs in any word ending in "ate," as in r8, sk8 or educ8.

A few avid users insist that "ssewba" - someday soon everything will be acronyms.

Spelling and grammar aren't the only casualties in this latest assault on the language. Educators say texting is changing the way teens think and communicate. Because the messages are limited to about 30

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words - typed with the thumbs, usually on a cell phone - they're cryptic impressions, fired off without reflection. They don't afford much practice in forming or expressing complete thoughts.

You'd think teachers would rise up with red pens and drive this menace from exams, essays and other that properly forums demand formal English. But there are people out there older than 17 who believe textspeak should be indulged. Language is a living thing, they argue, and young people deserve credit for inventing a way of com-

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municating that works in the high-tech world they will inherit.

In New Zealand, high school students are even allowed to use textspeak on national exams. The argument there is that kids shouldn't be penalized for speaking their own dialect.

This reminds some people of the 1996 crusade to embrace Ebonies, a bad idea that went away. Others recall the days when the Chicago Tribune sprinkled its own inventive spellings - tho, thru, burocrat throughout the newspaper, a failed mid-20th-century experiment that now seems

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Textspeak could turn out to be the language of the new millennium or a fad that burns itself out by Christmas.

Meanwhile, the codgers are still running things.

Young people who want to succeed should be proficient in the English spoken by those who decide whether to hire them or which colleges admit them. When the kids take over the world, they can speak whatever language they want. Until then, teachers must fight the good fight. Formal English is '2 good 2b 4gotten.'

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"There is a fertility dance for other cultures in the world," La 0 Vigo said, "this is our fertility dance."

The five dancers came on in a perfectly choreographed final dance named "Gaga." The dance and drums started out in a mid-tempo and escalated to a very fast-paced drumming and dancing.

Even as the dancers were taking their bows, they did so while dancing.

At the end of the show, there was an unscheduled Cuban style salsa performance by Palomar College salsa students, dancers, La 0 Vigo and Mead.

The salsa dance was between five couples that formed a circle and began dancing next to each other.

The way that they rapidly exchanged partners was admirable and impressive.

The best part of the salsa dance was that the performers were having fun doing it; some of them never stopped smiling.

Concert Hour showed strong and interesting performances that gave audience members a glimpse at other cultures' traditions.

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Afro-Cuban/Brazilian drum and dance ensemble Agogo performed a strong demonstration of culture Feb. 22 at Concert Hour.

Concert Hour is a series of weekly performances at Palomar College.

The concerts are organized by the Palomar Performing Arts Department.

The show was structured into five performances with a focus on Concert Hour the Cuban style .

All the songs • "Agogo" were performed using a loud, strong drum i (OUT OF FOUR STARSi called a tunbara.

The performance was fun and energetic. There were no dull moments throughout the show and the beat of the drums created a good ambience.

The dancing complemented the coordination of the performance.

The instruments used in the performances were Mrican and Brazilian.

The first performance was between Patriceann Mead, artistic director, and Silfredo La 0 Vigo, Cuban music director.

The drumming and the cow-like bell, called an agogo, were very soft and persistent. The name of the dance was "Guaguanco," which is a dance for couples. La 0 Vigo multitasked playing the drums and dancing, trying to seduce Mead.

The performance was very credible because Mead kept smiling as she danced and flirted with La 0 Vigo.

The next performance was "Palo," which literally translates to stick. It was a loud, floor-shaking, war dance from the Congo.

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feel the power of the dance. The five female dancers showed a threateningly fast-paced dance.

During the interlude of the show, with a sudden clap of his hands, La 0 Vigo had the audience clap their hands with them. The audience eagerly participated until the next act.

As the drums started to build up,

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In "A Whisper and a Clamor," second album, "Never Take Friendship Personal." Their third Christian encourages listeners to album contains none of the rich "clap your hands all ye children," but melodies, tight instrumentation and nothing about the song allows for sinfully-addictive lyrics that helped clapping. The guitar-suffocated Anberlin make believers out of the tempo is rigid and directionless, yobiggest skeptics and prove that even yoing from fast to slow with no real purpose other than to perhaps trick Jesus lovers could be hard rockers.

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• "Cities" Loss," and "Alexithymia," The lyrics convey are the biggest disappointremorse about the shallow ments. Anberlin is yet fame people crave in today's society and lines such as, (CUTOFFruRSTARSJ another band to fall prey to "they lied when they said ~---~ the biggest trend in poprock music since tight the good die young" and, "you kill yourself slowly over time, leather pants - the heavy use of a fashion statement suicide" are deliv- synthesizer.

"Inevitable," is sweet and candid ered with desperate urgency, almost with lyrics such as "I want to be your as a warning to listeners.

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last first kiss that you'll ever have."

The track contains dreamy vocals, lush harmonies, violins and a drumbeat that gets deep under your skin.

But it is too little, too late.

"Fin," the final track on the album, is nine minutes of synthesizerenhanced music, better suited for a funeral than a rock album. Complete with a children's choir and random and unnecessary electric guitar

licks, "Fin" is a fitting ending to an overall bizarre, disappointing and out-of-character album.

In "Fin," Christian repeatedly sings, "I am the patron-saint of lost causes." Ironic, being that their album is exactly that - a lost cause.

If Cities is any indication of what Anberlin's fourth album will sound like, then Godspeed Anberlin, Godspeed.

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Palomar takes eye oH ball in loss "I didn't make my adjustments like I should have," Deering said. "This pitcher did a good job of keeping us on With miscues and missed opportu- our toes." nities, the Palomar baseball team lost The Comets were able to get base to Santa Ana 2-0 Feb. 20 in one of its runners, but their bats would fall last games before going into Pacific silent with runners in scoring Coast Conference play. position.

Santa Ana got on the board first in With the bases loaded and no outs the third inning on a misplayed ball in the inning, the Comets struck out by the Comets that scored the runner and then hit into an inning-ending, on second base. routine double play.

The Dons padded their lead in the Starting pitcher Eric Sweeny went top of the ninth, putting the r - - - - - - - - , three innings, giving up DONS Z one unearned run in his game out of reach.

The two-run lead would be COMETS 0 first appearance this for the all the Dons needed as year Comets. the Comets failed to score with the bases In the second loaded in the bottom of inning, Sweeny

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~~VS. ~ mant agfed to . get we11 ou o a Jam, enough to win," Palomar stranding two Head Coach Buck Taylor runners on base said. "We would just get after starting the inning with the runners on base and Who: San Diego Mesa College were unable to get bunts What: Pacifit Coast Conferenc:e game bases loaded and down or move runners When: 2p.m., Mar. 6 no one out.

"You don't have up. It was just failure to Where: Palomar baseball field At stake: Palomar moves into the sec- anymore room to execute offensively."

Santa Ana starting ond week of conferenc:e play after finish- put base runners," pitcher Yuichiro ing the non-conference season with a7_8 Sweeny said. "It's either put up or Fujiwara pitched eight record. The Comets won four of five KRISTINA MORENO I THE TELESCOPE scoreless innings of shut up." baseball in the win. ~from Mesa last season.

F r e s h m a n Palomar starting pitcher Eric Sweeny went three innings, giving up one unearned run in a 2-0 loss Pitching on both sides Kegan Sharp to Santa Ana on Feb. 20. The Comets were held to five hits by the Dons pitching staff. had its miscues as a total of seven relieved Sweeny in the fourth inning players were hit by pitches - four by and pitched four scoreless innings, Hovering around .500 going into With the bases loaded once again in Palomar pitchers. giving up only one hit. the bottom of the ninth and one out, conference, the Comets said they feel With only five hits in the game, the Sophomore Ronnie Loeffler pitched the Comets hitting fell short, confident about the rest of the season.

Comets found other ways to get on a scoreless eighth and started the grounding into another double play to "We're playing the toughest base. Second baseman Tim Deering ninth only to be relieved by Andrew end the game schedule we ever played," Taylor said. was 1-for-2 with a bunt single, a Jenkins after giving up one run and "They did a good job of getting "To be 7-7 is OK. Trying to get guys in walk, a hit-by-pitch and a strike out leaving two runners on base. Jenkins double plays when they needed to," games and seeing what they can do in where he reached base on a · passed recorded the next two outs to get out Taylor said. "If you can't score, you're a tough situation is why we play preseason." ball third strike. of the late-inning jam. not going to win."

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Palomar baseball drops first conference game

The Comets lost 11-1 on Feb. 21 to Orange Coast College. Palomar third The Palomar women's basketball baseman Mitch Blackburn broke up team's season came to an end Feb. 21, Ryan Shapshire's no-hitter with two when the Comets dropped their first outs in the top of the ninth.

Palomar opened the Pacific Coast playoff game to Cerritos 68-60.

Palomar finished the season 21-12, Conference season Feb. 24, receiving as Sabrina Gonzalez led the Comets one of starting pitcher Nick Vincent's with 23 points, seven rebounds and three steals. Danielle Levasseur added 19 points and Kelli Brull tallied 14 rebounds.

best performances of the season.

But the Comets (7-9) couldn't support the strong work on the mound, losing the game 1-0 to the Southwestern Jaguars on an unearned run in the bottom of the 11th inning.

Southwestern's Nathaniel Dennis scored the game-winning run from second base on an errant throw to first base with two outs.

Comets softball ends winning streak On Feb. 21 Sipau Lee-Noa led the visiting Comets to their sixth win in a row, slugging a solo home run. The Comets defeated Chaffey College 3-2.

Palomar ended its six-game winning streak Feb. 24, dropping a pair of one-run, non-conference games to Long Beach City.

Jade Fa'asua, Victoria Nunez and Corey Boss all singled for the Comets.

In game two, Palomar couldn't hold a two-run, first-inning lead, JOHN &ILL I THE TELESCOPE losing 3-2. Fa'asua was 2-for-3 with two RBis for the Comets.

Katherine Murray participates in the women's 100-meter butterfly Feb_ 23 at the Palomar pool.

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The Comets started the night off by winning Game 1 30-24, but lost the next three games by the scores of 30-24, 30-26 and 30-24. They were led by Casey Sawyer, who had 16 kills, and Steven Schleicher, 13 kills.

"Our defense at first was shaky, but tonight it was awesome," Sawyer said. "A lot of guys stepped up tonight in blocking."

The frontline of Dylan McCarthy and Schleicher controlled the net for the Comets much of the night, as they were tied for the team lead with 7 blocks.

"We need to stay at a more intense level," Schleicher said. "If we stay positive, more positive things will happen."

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• Women's Tennis Southwestern at Palomar- 2 p.m.

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College recruits should be held responsible Recently college recruits have been getting into sticky situations while on recruiting trips to potential colleges.

In 2001 football recruits and players of the University of Colorado team allegedly raped three women on campus.

Alleged sex parties have been having an effect on luring football recruits to the University of Cincinnati. Events such as these can occur anywhere - often on recruiting trips. These events have put coaches, organizations and schools to shame, but the ones who are really at fault are solely the recruits.

Players have been shot and some have faced jail time.

NCAA and NFL coaches usually have fingers pointed at them when one of their players is out late at night and ends up shooting someone or getting shot.

When players go on recruiting trips they get a sense of what campus life is really like - meaning alcohol, drugs and sex.

If they choose to take part in these activities the recruits, not their coaches, are responsible for themselves.

Former Palomar offensive tackle Una Smiley was shot five times in the legs Dec. 9 after leaving a strip club in Albuquerque, NM, where he was on a University of New Mexico recruiting trip. Despite suffering injuries, Smiley has gone on to sign with Oregon State University.

While in New Mexico, there is no way Smiley's head coach could be responsible for him. Not even the school recruiting him is responsible for what he does at night. The recruits are legally responsible for their own actions.

In the NFL, coaches recruiting these players offered them thousands and millions of dollars, or in college football coaches have recruited them and gotten

the school to pay their players way through college.

Currently the University of Cincinnati is investigating allegations of football players and recruits engaged in sex acts with a former soccer player during recruiting visits. Published reports show that recruits are being lured to the university because of sex and alcohol.

At Palomar, this is fortunately not the case. Coaches should not be held responsible for their players once they leave the football field and go on recruiting trips to other colleges.

It is not the coach's responsibility to keep the players out of danger.

Most of the football players are between the ages of 18-20 meaning they are adults who can take care of themselves.

It is not in a community college coach's job description to watch over your players and where they decide to go at night when on recruiting trips. They do not get paid enough money to do that.

What is a coach going to do? Tell his player that he can't go out past midnight? The coach isn't even paying the kid to play ball let alone getting him football scholarships to pay for his schooling.

In 2001 University of Colorado football recruits and players allegedly raped three girls. Are you telling me that the coaches who are currently coaching the recruits are responsible for those players who raped three girls? Definitely not.

"Sex Parties" have been reportedly happening at a lot of players recruiting trips. Sex, drugs and alcohol are things that happen in every college, coaches are not responsible for that ever. The players are completely responsible for themselves, as well as legally responsible for their actions.

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Fonner University of Colorado head coach Gary Barnett was embroiled in a recruiting controversy in 2001.

TIMELINE OF RECRUITING SCANDALS 2001: University of Colorado players and recruits were accused of raping three females during acampus party.

2004: University of Miami recruit Willie Williams is discovered to have 10 previous aJTeSts. Uof Mofficials said they had no idea of his past criminal history.

2004: Brigham Young University levels harsh punishment against six football players for an off-campus party attended by recruits. Reports were that alcohol was involved and one athlete engaged in sex with a female BYU athlete.

2006: Palomar College offensive tackle Una Smiley is shot after leaving a strip club with three University of New Mexico footbaR players. Smiley was on arecruiting trip with the Lobos.

2007: The University of Cincinnati is currently investigating allegations of football players and recruits engaging in sex acts with afonner Cincinnati soccer player during arecruiting visit

Sosa looks to repair image

By Jean-Jacques Taylor MCT NEWS SERVICE

Allegations of steroid use have stained Sammy Sosa's good name. That's the sad reality.

You can't discuss his 588 home runs without mentioning steroids. Or his seven All-Star selections. Or his great home run race with Mark McGwire in 1998.

If you talk about those feats, you must ask questions about steroid use.

Sammy, of course, isn't interested in talking about anything that has to do with steroid investigations or congressional hearings.

That's his right, but the questions aren't going away. Nor should they.

Not when Sammy has been linked with Bonds, McGwire, Canseco and Palmeiro - the symbols of steroid use in America's pastime.

It doesn't matter that he's never flunked a steroid test or that we really don't know how many players have used a performance-enhancing drug, whether it was a steroid or amphetamine, in the last decade.

All we know is every time Sammy arrives in a visiting clubhouse this season - at least on his first trip - he will have to deal with questions about performanceenhancing drugs.

"Sammy, do you believe your name is tainted because you've been linked to steroid use?"

"Sammy, will this comeback season answer questions about whether you used steroids?"

Sammy's smile was bright and he was charming as ever at a news conference Feb. 23 after his first full workout with the Rangers. He said all the right things about being a good teammate and working hard to earn a roster spot. He said all the right things about why he struggled in his last two seasons, why he sat out last season and why he returned to the game that once considered him an icon.

In the process, Sammy made it clear he didn't want to talk about the speculation he used steroids.

"I don't have to convince nobody," Sammy said. "No matter what a person says- good or bad- I don't have any control of it. I am who I am. Baseball has been good to me, and I will continue to perform.

"I don't want to talk about (allegations).

I don't want to talk about what happened in Congress. That's not my problem."

Major League Baseball has its steroid-testing plan in place, so we should feel better about the numbers players produce now than at any time during the last decade. If Sammy can produce a solid season- .250 with 25 homers and 85 RBI -then, maybe, the speculation will subside, especially since Sammy doesn't have Barry Bonds' surly personality.

Sammy, who turned 38 in November, has no doubt.

"I'm a little older, but that doesn't mean I can't hit 30 or 40 home runs," he said with a laugh. "You think I'm dead?"

Jon Daniels and Ron Washington are taking a wait-and-see approach _ at least publicly. They insist Sammy must make the team based on his spring training performance.

Sammy will make this team unless he can't hit his weight and hitting coach Rudy Jaramillo said his bat speed has disappeared, because the people who matter want him sandwiched between Mark Teixeira and Hank Blalock in the lineup.

The Rangers will get Sammy at-bats in minor league games and "B" games and let Jaramillo work him until his hands bleed to ensure he's ready for opening day in Los Angeles.

At this point of his career, Sammy is a role player, which is precisely why he's set up to succeed.

"I know I'm great. I know what I can do," he said. "If the opportunity is there, the numbers will be there."

Then, perhaps, he can remove the stain from his name.

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Starting pitcher Joe Cates takes on Imperial Valley last season, throwing seven innings of four-hit ball with no earned runs, while striking out seven. Cates is currently a draft and follow with the San Diego Padres.

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It's early in life when a father introduces his son to the game of baseball. It can spark an inde- when I need it. It's nice to see scribable feeling of passion and him in the stands, supporting aspiration that begins with just me."

The bond shown through the a ball and a glove. In those rare cases, it can end with a dream love of the game allows the two becoming a reality. to help each other grow in the For Palomar starting pitcher process.

Joe Cates, baseball is more of an "We've worked together his inheritance than a pastime. The whole life to get him to this game lives through his family, point," Ray said. "We can talk extending from his sister and after the game about what's brother to the other side of the going on and what he's doing. It spectrum with his grandfather helps us both out and I get some and great-grandfather, who both input from him about the team. played minor league baseball in It's kind of a boost for him." the Iowa farm leagues.

Although having baseball flow "I never really through the met my grandfagene pool, the CAREER SlATS ther, he passed game wasn't away when I the only STARTS: 15 was young," hobby Joe RECORD:~-.~ planned to said Joe, who was selected in ERA: 4.93 ~ ~ r-__; pursue growthe 30th round ing up.

INNINGS: 38 ~ of the 2006 "When Joe Major League was younger STRIKEOUIS: 28 Baseball draft he wanted to WALKS:28 by the San be a motorcyDiego Padres. cle racer and "So, basically my dad's love of he did a little bit of motorcycle the game got me in it." racing," said Ray, who played Joe's great-grandfather was a high school baseball and was a pitcher, who threw until he was professional motorcycle racer.

48 years old, while his "It came to a point where he grandfather was a catcher. needed to decide either sport, Coincidently, the two were bat- and he is the one who made the tery mates at one point in their decision. He wanted to keep it careers. going in the family."

Much like the relationship AB Joe continued to develop between his grandfather and his each year, it was his senior seagreat-grandfather, baseball has son at Hemet High where Ray made Joe's connection with his knew he had what it took to take father, Ray Cates, inseparable. the sport to the next level.

Ray rarely misses a Palomar Joe was named the 2005 game and can always be found Riverside County All-Star game in the stands before the first MVP, after pitching one perfect pitch. inning and driving in the "It's really important, he's game-winning run. been supportive all my life," Joe, "The game was awesome," Joe 20, said. "He always throws in said. "It was a lot of fun and I his opinions and helps me out was with a lot of good players."

But for Ray, it was more than just watching his son knock in the crucial run that was cemented in his mind, it was what occurred after the game. "(I remember) him walking over to me after the game and giving me a hug and saying 'You know dad, All those years, huh?'" said Ray, who also coached Joe growing up. "He meant all those years of hard work. That was kind of a big moment for the whole family."

Playing in a small town, scouts rarely made the trip to Hemet. So when Joe began his college career pitching for the Comets in 2006, working in the presence of scouts surprisingly didn't intimidate him.

"You try not to let it put pressure on you," Joe said. "In a game, you just focus on the batters. You don't focus with what's in the stands. You just go out there and throw your game."

After showing promise in his first few starts at Palomar, Joe suffered a season-ending arm injury in the early part of the season. He was devastated to learn his season was over before he was able to display what he could do on the mound.

"It was very disappointing," Joe said. "The fact that I was a young freshman starter and the No.3 starter- Just to get hurt; it hurts your self esteem."

With just a record of 2-0 and a 4.32 ERA, in 25 innings Cates showed enough on the hill to receive a pleasant surprise.

On June 7 he was selected 903rd overall in the 30th round of the 2006 draft by the Padres.

"I was really excited," Cates said. "It was something I never expected to happen after the arm injury. They (saw) the fact that I

can get bigger and throw harder."

The right bander is now considered a draft and follow, which means the Padres have until 72 hours before the June draft to sign him to a contract. If they fail to reach an agreement, Cates may reenter the draft or move on to a different college.

"Last year he was one of our guys and obviously he got hurt," Palomar baseball head coach Buck Taylor said. "It's good to have him back. He's a guy everyone likes and can get

behind when he's on the mound.

The guy's got great stuff on the mound, so we're real confident when he takes the mound that we have a good shot to win."

After going through the process of being drafted, Cates has realized that the game that has taken up most of his life is exactly what he plans to pursue to the fullest.

"I've almost accomplished my goal," Cates said. "I just want to play baseball. I don't want to go to school anymore. If I have to go to school I will, but I just want to play baseball."

ELLIOT DE LISSER I THE TELESCOPE

Palomar sophomore starting pitcher Joe Cates has suffered his fair share of injuries, ending last season early with arm troubles.