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The campus suffers from some serious dark spots where lights don't reach.

Thumbs Down: Why is it so Dark on Campus?

Jeanne Ancona, Staff Writer September 14, 2024

Many female students including myself have expressed concerns to one another about attending classes at night. The lighting on campus at night is simply not enough to make female students secure. I...

Palomar Police Department cruiser parked on the roof of the San Marcos campus parking structure.

The Line

Alex Ortega May 17, 2024

Facing social changes and divisive public perception, the police are faced with change. It’s no secret that police departments and police officers across the nation are currently having to navigate...

The stoplight on Borden road with the Palomar P in the background in the rain. (Blake Northington/The Telescope)

Student victim of hit-and-run, Police Chief answers questions regarding student safety

Ana Acosta March 4, 2019

Story by Summer Aguirre and Hayley Lawson  Palomar student Keita Fukumoto, 19, was the victim of a hit-and-run accident at the crosswalk of Borden Road on the evening of Feb. 5. Fukumoto was rushed...

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Student threatens campus

Justin Enriquez and Linus Smith April 19, 2018

A student threatened to carry out a school shooting at Palomar College’s San Marcos Campus on April 20, to commemorate the anniversary of the Columbine shooting 19 years ago. On March 23, a general...

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Do you feel safe?

Cody Jendro and Johnny Mueller February 29, 2016
Incident brings campus safety into question
Jan. 15, 2014 | The Palomar College Teaching & Learning Center (TLC) open for business this semester. The facility includes areas for students to study, computers to research material or work on course material. There are also individual study that may be reserved for small group projects. (Stephen Davis/The Telescope)

How Palomar College students feel about safety on campus

Susan Whaley September 9, 2014

  By Stephanie Haven McClatchy Washington Bureau (MCT) WASHINGTON -There have been more recorded federal investigations in the first half of 2014 into how colleges have handled campus sexual...

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