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Governing Board Preview for Oct. 8

Ana Acosta October 8, 2019

Story by Ana Acosta Palomar Board trustees will consider the renewal of President/Superintendent Joi Lin Blake’s contract during the Governing Board meeting at 5 p.m. on Oct. 8 in room SSC-1. Teresa...

Student Madelyn Dorin shows off her new shirt from the Comet’s Closet. (Megan Lammott/The Telescope)

Palomar provides students with free clothing, no questions asked

Sammi Cox March 11, 2019

Story by Kiana Teixeira There is a hidden gem on campus that not many students know about called Comets Closet. Comets closet is a clothing bank where students can come and get free clothes that they...

Adaptogens, the latest holistic hype

Sammi Cox March 6, 2019

Story by Nicole Villanueva There’s a large culture breeding self-care. You see the wellness movement everywhere. From juice cleanses to keto diets to yoga with cats, people are on a mission to get...

Students find a career on YouTube

Esmeralda Perez November 15, 2016

Students are turning to YouTube as an alternative career to make a steady income. YouTube has become a job for students due to advertisers paying YouTubers for every 30-second ad that is watched before...

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Censorship smackdown

Daze Castillo February 27, 2016

Twitter’s censorship crackdown has strengthened the site's authoritative influence over user-produced media and has left the site with an unhealthy political bias. Censorship on the platform may seem...

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Social media isn’t your diary #sorrynotsorry

Shaina Blakesley February 13, 2016
Did you know what you post now can potentially ruin your future?
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Social media challenges engulfs youth

Brooke Crawford May 11, 2015

Social media has allowed people from all over to share, like and comment on social trends that have been exposed on the Internet in the blink of an eye. Unfortunately, not all these trends are beneficial...

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No technology for three days, challenge accepted

Brooke Crawford May 11, 2015

In an age of technology at our fingertips, refraining from answering texts and ignoring notifications is easier said than done. I gave up all technology for three days and lived to tell about it;...

Dayja Aguilar texts between classes on her Galaxy S3 at Palomar College on Oct. 8 2014. (Erika Shasky/The Telescope)

Would you recognize your followers in person?

Telescope Staff October 6, 2014

We live in a generation where eye contact has become awkward, kind gestures are taken the wrong way and friendly hellos are examined for their motives. Social media is ruining our ways of communication...

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Facebook experiment is not an invasion of privacy

Megan Bubak September 17, 2014

Last month, a report was released that Facebook conducted an experiment which involved tapping into thousands of accounts, analyzing and manipulating their news feeds. In 2012, around 700,000 news feeds...

Let’s stay together but not share it all

Christine Foronda May 5, 2014

True love does not equate to the sharing of account information. In a relationship it is natural to share your dreams, fears and lifelong goals with your significant other, but when it comes to...

A potentially reliable newsource

Lottiesha Blandon May 5, 2014

Now more than ever people are relying on social media to get their news. The question for many now is whether social media is a credible news source or not. Is it better to get news out as fast as possible?...

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