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Palomar Community College
San Marcos, CA
Volume 48, Number 7
Homecoming royalty chosen in ¡close election Daniel Kwan Co-Editor-in-Chief
Chris Gleason Sports Editor
Brian Wallace/ Tlle Telescope
Greg Armstrong and Maya Lomeli were crowned Homecoming king and queen Oct. 15.
Guest D.J.s talk from the quad • Local radio personalities team with KKSM Judy Wind Staff Writer
There was a lot of talking going on this week in front of the Student Union. KKSM, Palomar's student-run radio station on Dimension Cable channel 35-B , invited disc jockeys from Rock 102.1, Ql06 and other local stations to team up with KKSM jocks as they broadcasted live back to the KKSM studios. The idea of Guest D.J. week was to promote KKSM . Program director of KKSM, Cindy Rodenhizer, said it was good for the students to see that they can actually get out into the real world of radio. GuestD.J. Week is also a good oppornity for the guest jocks to see what goes on at KKSM. It gives the students a chance to mingle with the jocks, and to make important first impressions, which may or may not lead to further employment opportunties. On Monday, Dave Smiley from STAR 100.7 and Fitz from Rock 102.1 kicked off Guest DJ. week with KKSM jock Keith Elsner. Robert Marsh, assistant promotions director at KKSM, said that audience response was generally higher in the morning because students were just hanging out, and didn't have to worry about going to class. By the afternoon, students were either in class or they had left for the day. Chris Ragsdale from KPRZ and Roque
Matthew from KKSM got many students involved on Tuesday. As part of a promotion deal with Duracell batteries, buttons were passed out. Students are encouraged to wear them all of next week. KKSM spotters will be walking around campus next week looking for people wearing the buttons. Students will be asked their name to be placed into an oportunity drawing. The winner will receive a Duracell Powerpack. Buttons are available at the KKSM studios in Q-3. There was a wide variety of disc jockeys that came to help out with Guest DJ. Week. The following jocks rounded out the week: Vince Michaels and Todd Kelly from Rock 102.1; Karen Carter from KKOS 95.9;and Jeff of "Jeff and Jer," Little Tommy, Jenna Fox, Karen Kay, Joyce Thompson and Butch "The Baker" Rose from Q106. Past Guest D.J. Weeks have not always been successful. But this year was different. Rob Branch, KKSM adviser, said that there's no comparison between this year's Guest DJ. Week and the ones in the past. People were more involved and things were more organized. "This one far outshines any Guest D.J. Week that I've been to," said Branch. KKSM's promotion director, Tinna Morrison, and her staff spent numerous hours contacting people and getting plans together. "It was a great experience for everyone here at KKSM," said Morrison.
Palomar's Homecoming fmished with the coronation of King Greg Armstrong and Queen Maya Lomeli Saturday, Oct. 15 Homecoming ceremonies were held at San Marcos High School's Excalibur Field during half time of theComet's43-23 football win over Mt. San Antonio College. Palomar football plays all home games at San Marcos High School. Armstrong was elected over first runner-up Scott Teerlink by three votes in the Oct. 12 and 13 elections. One vote each seperated Teerlink from second runner-up Tony Malizia and third runner-up Jesse Arroyo. Homecoming Queen Lomeli
won by nine votes over first runnerup Linda Allen, who edged-out second runner-up Ellen Noonkester by 10 votes. Three votes seperated Noonkester from third runner-up Laura Lacy. During Homecoming elections, students and staff could vote once for free. Additional votes could be cast by donating either canned-foods or $1 for each vote, with no limit. Included among the 326 total votes were 67 canned-foods and $10, which helped supply the Palomar College Foodbank run by Extended Opportunity Programs & Services. The actual Homecoming ceremony began with a promenade of the nominees with a ragtime band playing "Georgia on My Mind." Each of the 21 nominees for king and queen received a framed certificate for their participation.
Red Ribbon Week
Annual fair-promotes health Judy Wind Staf!Writer
"Healthy means happy" is the theme for this year's Red Ribbon Week at Palomar College Oct. 23-31. Red Ribbon Week, a nationwide promotion, is designed to raise public awareness about living a drug-free life. The Palomar Comet Center for Alcohol and Drug Prevention will be sponsoring this year's activities. This year's Red Ribbon Week will be like a mini health fair with information booths and giveaways. "Hugs not drugs" sums up what this program is about, said Beth Post, Palomar coordinator of drug and alcohol preventions. On Sunday Oct. 23 and Monday Oct. 24, the Palomar Campus will be transformed into a giant red landscape as organizers and volunteers decorate the campus. All week, students and faculty will be encouraged to begin wearing red ribbons. Various community people and Palomar clubs will join the activities and help pass out ribbons throughout the week. Thursday, students and faculty will be encouraged to make dollar pledges towards drinking sensibly. Palomar's Red Ribbon Week concludes
Friday with an opportunity drawing. Additionally, faculty and students will be encouraged to decorate their departments with judging to be conducted on Friday. Palomar College has celebrated Red Ribbon Week for the past three years. The promotion began in honor of a U.S. Drug Enforcement Agent who was murdered in Mexico in 1985. Enrique (Kiki) Camarena was kidnapped by drug dealers while on duty in Mexico. His badly beaten body was found a month later. In memory of Camerena, members of the National Family Partnership (NFP) wore small badges of red satin. They encouraged others to take a stand against drugs. Eventually, the red ribbons caught on and the NFP' s message spread to communities across the United States. The frrstNational Red Ribbon celebration was held in 1988. Since then, over 120 million people have become involved in yearly awareness campaigns. This year the NFP is asking people to sign their red ribbons and send them to local or state NFP offices. The ribbons will then be sent to representatives in Washington D.C. to show governmentleaders that Americans have taken a united stand against drugs.