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Newly appointed Boehm Gallery Director Sasha Reibstein hangs a piece by artist Neil Shigley in the gallery for the exhibit "We The People." (Michael Schulte/The Telescope)

Palomar brings in a new gallery director

Kirk Mattu December 4, 2016

Sasha Reibstein has taken the reigns of curating the exhibitions shown at the Boehm Gallery. Reibstein returned to Palomar in August as director of the Boehm Gallery after a year sabbatical traveling...

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College looks to raise money for students

Kirk Mattu November 16, 2016

For one day, the Palomar College Foundation is looking to the community to give back in a big way. On Nov. 29, students and members of the foundation will be calling the community to give back on...

File photograph of Palomar Community College District Governing Board President John J. Halcón, Ph.D. (Photo courtesy of Melinda Finn)

Halcon wins reelection for governing board

Kirk Mattu November 16, 2016

SAN MARCOS - Governing Board Incumbent John Halcón won his re-election bid Tuesday night. Halcón earned 20.4 percent of the votes and will remain one of the five representatives on the school...

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Seminar On ‘Passing’

Kirk Mattu October 31, 2016

The Palomar College Great Books Seminar will be holding their monthly literary meeting from 6-8 p.m. on Nov. 10. The meeting will focus on author Nella Larson’s book, “Passing”. An introduction...

Palomar lot 12 on first day of Fall 2015 semester. (Lou Roubitchek/The Telescope)

Palomar settles RB site lawsuit

Kirk Mattu October 31, 2016

Palomar College has settled a lawsuit that had stopped the campus’s southern site construction in Rancho Bernardo area. The settlement would require the college to implement design features that addresses...

Professor comes home to hate crime. (Photo courtesy of Katie Sciurba)

Professor comes home to hate crime

Kirk Mattu October 31, 2016

Palomar Multicultural Professor Jerry Rafiki Jenkins woke up to the etchings of a swastika and symbols of SS bolts, a Neo-nazi symbol for Schutzstaffel agents, and SWP, a slogan for supreme white power,...

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Faculty union assigns stamp of approval

Kirk Mattu October 31, 2016

The Palomar Faculty Federation, the college’s faculty union, has backed three of the six candidates running for the college’s governing board in the upcoming election. Nina Deerfield, a governing...

Photo Illustration of Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton. Illustration by: Tracy Grassel/The Telescope and Photograph by: File photo Fox 59/Cable News Network

The candidate of change

Kirk Mattu October 31, 2016

Hillary Rodham Clinton is the right choice to be the next President of the United States. Clinton’s policies are fair, balanced, and make sense for America. There was no one else in this election...

Palomar students, Macy Weinfurter and Kofialta Oforiand, playing the roles of sister and brother Rebecca and George Gibbs, for their final dress rehearsal for school production “Our Town” at the Palomar Studio Theatre on Oct. 6, 2016. (Idmantzi Torres/The Telescope)

Season opening play is talented humdrum

Kirk Mattu October 17, 2016

“Our Town” came with a flourish of simplicity and then it went, with little thought given after as to what the play was about or the two hours spent engrossed in the daily routine of a 1900’s...

Gallery Director Sasha Reibstein pints out the detail in a portrait by artist Neil Shigley for the Boehm Gallery's exhibition "We The People" at Palomar College. (Michael Schulte/The Telescope)

Boehm hits home with politically themed exhibit

Kirk Mattu October 17, 2016

In the midst of a heated political season, Boehm Gallery Director Sasha Jonestein looks to tackle politics and the people who are affected by them with the gallery’s second exhibit of the semester...

A male Palomar water polo player throws a ball with his right hand.

Water polo star makes a splash in the pool

Kirk Mattu October 2, 2016

Grant Curry is the leading scorer in Palomar’s water polo team as he makes resounding waves at Wallace Memorial Pool with each goal. The team won three of four games at the Mt. San Antonio College...

Guests mill about at the 25th annual gala at the Rancho Bernardo Inn on Sept. 10, 2016. (Christopher Jones/The Telescope)

Gala raises funds for Promise Programs

Kirk Mattu September 19, 2016

The night was filled with ball gowns and splendor as philanthropists from around the community gathered for the evening in support of student success. The “Starlit Gala” celebrated its 25th...

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