FOCUSED ON PALOMAR
the telescope Monday, April 25, 2011
Vol. 64, No. 20
Palomar College, San Marcos, Calif.
Student proposal to ban smoking on campus sent back to lower committee
MARK SAUNDERS THE TELESCOPE
To the distress of Palomar’s Associated Student Government smoking is still allowed on campus—in designated areas— for now. After years of planning, study and maneuvering by the ASG to craft a “smokefree campus” policy, campus planners declined to review the proposal, effectively killing it for this year. The proposal would
Photo Illustration by Deb Hellman and David Leonaard
Planners tell student gov’t to
have banned smoking on campus altogether, a step further than the current policy that corrals smokers into specific areas for smoke breaks. ASG President Channing Shattuck said that Robert Deegan, the college turn to SMOKE, PAGE 10
New learning center coming to San Marcos campus
Students study at the Escondido TLC. (Chris Gebhardt/The Telescope)
Obama to pitch budget message to Calif. voters
The president speaks on April 19 in Virginia. (Olivier Douliery/MCT)
Kelli miller THE TELESCOPE
PETER NICHOLAS McClatchy newspapers
Palomar’s Teaching and Learning Center offers students a comfortable atmosphere with an outstanding staff to promote and ensure a successful studying environment, according to staff at the Escondido-based center. Accounting major Carol Cornell said she uses the TLC both before and after class as a place to study without the distractions of everyday life. “There are too many distractions at home,” Cornell said. “The dishes, the phone, the
WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama opened his sales pitch to voters on a plan for reducing the nation’s deficits, visiting the first of three crucial states this week to argue against a competing Republican plan he has charged would shrink the government’s basic health safety net for senior citizens and the poor. Obama also used the town hall-style meeting in Virginia on Tuesday to recover lost ground with voters after his public approval rating fell
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