PALOMAR COLLEGE, SAN MARCOS, CALIF. MONDAY
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MAY 19, 2008 VOL. 61, NO. 22
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Fonner student found guilty of bomb threats
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the government-backed loan program. The problem is that no one can say for certain how lenders will respond to protracted problems in the credit markets. "This is an issue today for students who rely heavily on private loans, which is a very small part of the market,"said Steve Brooks,
The budget is the biggest challenge facing Palomar College, said Nancy Chadwick, Palomar College District Governing Board's current secretary. "We are in a lifeboat full of holes. That is how desperate the budget is," Chadwick said. Chadwick is a six-year member of the board that controls fund allocation, teacher employment, curriculum, campus location and program selection. She is running for re-election in the fall to the board to continue representing the people who have elected her. If she is re-elected, she said the biggest challenge is a lack of money expected from the state next year. The college will probably not be able to overcome the budget deficit, Chadwick said. But she feels there are things that can be done to keep it running. "We may have to reduce sections and travel. We are not going to gut ourselves. We cannot and will not lay off people," she added. "We are doing it, too. We will be doing it together," Chadwick said of the board's expenses. No pay increases are a possibility as well. "That hurts, but it is better than not having a job," Chadwick said. "Leadership has to have vision. Leadership that develpolicy," said ops good Chadwick. Chadwick's goals for next term if elected are to continue doing what the board has been doing, "effective, constructive governing," along with trying to get a government mandated money for community colleges. Those who work with Chadwick called her the most
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A former Palomar College student was found guilty May 9 for calling in three bomb threats last fall. William M. Hall II, 36, was accused of six felony counts of calling in bomb threats to the San Marcos campus on Sept. 13, Sept. 19 and Oct. 18. The guilty plea means Hall could face up to nine years in prison when his case goes to sentencing. Hall, who had attended Palomar classes in the past, also worked on campus for Palomar food contractor Aramark. It was never clear why Hall made the calls that caused portions of the campus to be closed off for several hours, resulting in canceled classes, the evacuation of Palomar's Child Care Center and general confusion throughout campus. Palomar President Bob Deegan said, "We are happy that this event is over; happy that the guy was apprehended, prosecuted and found guilty." He added that he wants this type of event to stop; "it disrupts classes and lives, and is yery expensive for the college." In one of the calls, Hall specifically threatened the Child Care Center. About 80 children were present at the time of the call and it took about 10 minutes to evacuate the whole center, said Pam Keinath, the center director. TURN TO GUILTY PAGE 3
With finals around the corner, the tutoring center was packed with students on May 14, as they prepared for their exams.
Loan crisis hits campuses, especially small schools TIM SIMMONS 1C"'CAr.1PUS
Lacey Mogy didn't know much about student loans when she enrolled this year at the School of Communication Arts in Raleigh _ except that she needed several if she was going to study digital film production. Then her mother received a letter telling her that one of those
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loans won't be renewed next year. The lender is getting out of the student loan market. Now Mogy is quickly learning about the link between the national credit crunch and the availability of student loans for fall. The first lesson she learned is one that higher education leaders want to stress: The vast majority of students will be able to get the
student loans they need before classes start in the fall. But decisions by more than 50 lenders to scale back participation or drop out of the federally guaranteed student loan program has rattled Congress and triggered proposals to make sure student loan money keeps flowing. The problem isn't the effect of losing 50 lenders: There are at least 2,000 that still participate in
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