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The Telesco Palomar College, San Marcos, CA 92069
Friday, April 21, 1989
Escondido facility site sought By Karen Heide Staff Writer In an effort to expand services, Palomar is searching for a suitable site for a facility in Escondido. The facility will offer day and evening classes as well as counseling and administrative services. Original plans for leasing the space formerly occupied by the TG& Y store in the Escondido Village mall were shelved after negotiators couldn't settle on a price conducive to the Palomar budget. "We projected we could pay 70 cents per square foot based on total costs and expected enrollment, but the owners of TG& Y wanted more," said Bryant Guy, director of purchasing and an instrumental part of negotiations. There was also a question of being able to remain at the site for several years. Guy described the length of the lease as "up in the air." Sharing space with the Department of Motor Vehicles in the vacant Handyman store was another possibility. There was plenty of space in the building for classrooms and offices, but not enough room outside for 300-400 parking spaces necessary to accommodate a learning facility of this size. After the Handyman site was no longer feasible, two other possibilities were contacted and the negotiators are waiting to hear the results of the offers. Several other locations are being kept in mind. Interim Dean of Community Education Jim Clayton has been helping Bryant Guy and Dean of Humanities Gene Jackson in assessing the possible locations. "We need a site with accessibility for students coming from all areas: Escondido, Ramona, Rancho Bernardo," Jackson says. "We also examine the size of the facility, what changes need to be made, and if the parking lot is large enough. The new sites certainly have potential." A whole spectrum of day and evening classes will be offered at the branch as well as counseling and administrative services. The program will be set up so students will be able to get an AA degree without coming to the main campus. "It won't be a second campus, but it will be self-contained," according to Jackson. "The faculty whom we've talked with felt good about maintaining the same criteria and standards at the branch as on the main campus."
Volume 42, Number 20
Microscope gift sparks plans By Mark Hopkins Staff Writer The University of California at San Diego's recent donation of a transmission electron microscope to Palomar's Life Sciences Department has spurred plans to develop a certificate program in electron microscopy. The microscope, which was manufactured by the West German firm Zeiss in 1970, has a maximum possible magnification power of 60,000x and a resolving power of seven angstrom units. If a penny
was enlarged at this power, the resulting image would be equal to the size of twelve football fields. Cell components of a blade of grass on these playing fields could be scrutinized with ease. The microscope has a replacement value of a $250,000. Robert Ebert, associate professor in life sciences, sees the donation of the electron microscope from the Department of Pathology at UCSD's School of Medicine as a good beginning for Palomar's program. "We have three levels of usage
for it. At the first level we will try to incorporate it into half-a-dozen (existing) laboratory courses," said Ebert. "The next level, which might begin in the fall, is to offer a course in electron microscopy. We have already written a syllabus up and we got it in just in time for approval by the Curriculum Committee and for the catalog for next year. "The third level would be to expand the program (with the addition of a scanning electron microscope), into a full-fledged technician program. There are only two such programs at community col-
(Photo by Mark Hopkins)
Robert Ebert, associate professor in life science, adjusts the controls on Palomar's newly acquired electron microscope.
leges in the state, one at L.A. City College and the other at San Joaquin Delta College, in Stockton." Even though the microscope itself is a gift, maintenance expenditures have arisen and it is unclear where funding will come for additional expenses. Two incurred expenses have been the installation of the microscope and a cooling unit to keep it from over-heating. "The amount that was approved was a maximum of $2,500," said Diane Michael, dean of science, technology and business. "I believe that Dr. Jan Moser (assistant superintendent/vice-president for instruction) took it out of one of her funding sources. We are hoping that next year that fund would be reimbursed from the growth funds." According to Moser, the $2,500 came out of the Instructional Equipment Repair Fund. Ebert himself has doubts concerning where funding is going to come from for some peripheral equipment. "The question still lies where are we going to get some of the other equipment. "I suppose $5,000 to get all up and going would probably be pretty close," said Ebert Among the items that need to be purchased are a knife-maker and an ultra-microtome. An ultra-microtome cuts very thin sections of a specimen with a glass knife that is sharper than a razor; the knifemaker sharpens the knives. According to Bob Larson, EM pathology technician at UCSD, an ultra-microtome costs, "for a cheap one $15,000, but for a good automatic one we are looking at about $25,000- $30,000."
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Fashion contest highlights forum By Michelle Pollino Staff Writer Forty-two fashion merchandising students from Palomar will attend a Fashion Symposium at the California Apparel Mart on April 29, in Los Angeles. The Symposium consists of some 50 guest speakers, a luncheon and a fashion show/contest. Of the students attending, 15 to 20 will enter their works in the contest. There will be 12 categories including, makeover, visual merchandising, buying, illustration and six categories of design. The finalists in the design categories will present their works in the contest. Students may enter as many categories as they desire. The awards for the contest are as follows: first place-$250, second-$100 and third-$50.
Students from every community college in California will be competing in the contest " This is the first year they split the categories as to the size of the school. Now Palomar has an even better chance of winning than before," said Nancy Galli, fashion program coordinator here at Palomar. "Well known and respected representatives of the fashion community will be on the panel of judges," added Galli. Also at the Symposium, the winner of the Rudi Gernreich scholarship will be announced. Ken Imaizumi, a Palomar student who applied for the scholarship, was picked as one of the finalists. The scholarship awards the student $1500. There will also be a fashion show at the Palomar College Theatre on May 19 at 7 p.m. The show is being produced by the
Promotions\Fashion Merchandising class. The show , which is choreographed, includes segments on activewear, career wear, sportswear, evening wear and design. The design segment is separate to show off the clothing created here at Palomar.m ''The students put the whole thing together from scratch," said Galli. "There is a lot of work to put into a show, it'smoreofaproduction than it used to be." The panel of judges will be made up of local merchants and designers. There will be door prizes and awards for best design. Tickets for the Palomar show are $4 and go on sale April28. They can be purchased from the Fashion Program Cooridinator, Nancy Galli, in Staff Building 3, room ST43, or any of the fashion merchandising students.