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Palomar Community College
San Ma rcos, CA
Volume 48, N um ber 18
Governing Board rejects woman's injury claims • Insurance procedures require school to deny responsibility Rick Martinez Alex Azarmi Staff Writers
Palomar's Governing Board voted unanimously March 28 toreject a claim filed by a woman who reportedly cut her foot in the women's locker room while participating in a weekend s~im class. The woman, Kristina Jimenez, is not a Palomar student, but rather a member of the Inland Aquatic Club that was using the Wallace Pool. According to Board member Ralph Jensen, Jimenez cut the lower part of her foot in two places on a piece of cracked tile. "One cut was on the ball of her foot and one cut was on- her instep," said Jensen. Board member Dr. Rita White, although voting to reject the claim, did not fully endorse the board's decision. "It's not honest," said White. "We know we are at fault." Dr. White's remarks were followed by a collective gasp from the audience and from other board members. Fellow Board member Dr. Robert L. Dougherty said, "It may not be honest, but that is the way you've got to play."Jensen added,
"Our feelings and the law don't always coincide." According to Vice President of Finance, Mike Gregoryk, public agencies must reject such claims before insurance companies can review them. White said the main reason for rejecting the claim was that Jimenez reportedly filed for $10,000 in new claims for additional injuries after filing her original claims. In other business, the Board also voted to revise the registration priority system. Disabled Students and students from Extended Opportunities Programs & Services will continue to register first under the new system. New, returning, transfer and continuing students who complete orientation and assessment immediately before the deadline date will follow. Continuing students who are actively registered at the census during the prior semester or actively registered in a course as of the deadline date will register last. The revisions to the priority sys-
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Cliffe Knechtle answers questions from Palomar students regarding religious issues March 29.
Cliffe comes to campus and answers students' questions Donny VanZandt Srajf Writer
Nearly 150 people gathered in the center of the campus March 29 to hear Cliffe Knechtle give alecture and answer questions. Knechtle, a freelance evangelist, gave his sermon March 29 to a large crowd, leaping around and
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students of Palomar College to think critically and intelligently about the validity of Jesus Christ. Cornerstone, a bible study club sponsored by Emmanuel Faith Community Church, brought Knechtle to the school. He said that he got his start 14 years ago at this open-air style of evangelism in Boston blue-collar taverns.
Professor Knapp is still searching for DNA match Diana Hooper
Christie Clark (right), a psychology major, matches her birthday to the birthdates of famous women at the Women's Movement Toward Autonomy Now <WOMANOW) display. WOMANOW representative Van Wiedemi)nn (left) staffed the table at the Women's History Festival March 29.
responding to biblical questions asked by students. Video cameras and tape recorders captured the event as he paced back and forth, speaking through a microphone. "Don'ttake my word for it, go check it out for yourself," Knechtle said about the Bible. He said his purpose was to get the
Lester Knapp, associate professor of life sciences, and his family will fly to South Carolina March 31 where one of his daughters may donate her bone marrow in an attempt to save her father's life. Knapp, an instructor at Palomar for 25 years, suffers from a potentially fatal bone marrow disease which he believes he contracted from longtime exposure to chemicals on campus. Accompanied by his wife, Kathleen, and his daughters, Janis, 24, and Lesley, 25, Knapp will be under the care of the Henslee-
Downey Center of the Richland Memorial Hospital in Columbia, South Carolina. Upon arrival Knapp and his daughters will undergo a week of tests and cell mixing to see if one of his daughters is compatible enough for the transplant. Even though Knapp's daughters do not match his DNA perfectly, Knapp feels he has no choice but to go ahead with the transplant of the closest match because his time is runnmg out. His immune system is almost non-existent and his biweekly blood transfusions are now lasting only eight to ten days. 'Til have to go with the partial match. If I don't. I run the risk of bleeding to death or catchmg an
infection that my immune system can't fight," Knapp said. 'This is my Dad's last chance," said Lesley. No one yet in Knapp's family nor in the worldwide search has come up as his perfect genetic match. An ongoing computer search has attempted to match half a million donors on file in Europe and one mil~ion in the United States. The transplant requires a match of six genetic traits. One of Knapp's daughters has a match of four traits, the other has three traits. "I hope that I'm going to be able to donate for my father because he's
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