https://archives.csusm.edu/student-newspapers/files/original/7329a22b22c32495d8da67d502c63ff7.pdf 56be947d505204db9dc393111896b26a PDF Text Text P ride FERST COPY FREE idditional copies 25f each CAUFORNIÄ STAU UNIVERSITY SAN MARCO. What's in a cup...of coffee that is? See page 5 www.csusm.edu/pride We know you missed it... Beer Nuts returns from a short hiatus See page 9 More budget cuts to look forward to... See page 3 Does anyone have a vibration mode? TUESDAY, APRIL 20,2004 Biology teacher conducts opiate analysis BY ALLISON SANSBURY Pride Staff Writer See page 9 V O L . X I N O. 26 Mexico s ummer class to launch July 10 Smack, Horse, Junk, Chiva, Goma, Gumball, Schoolboy, BY ASHLEY RENZY Downtown, Dolls, Miss Emma, Pride Staff Writer Morf, Morpho, Big H, Black A new CSUSM extended Tar, Brown Sugar, Doogie, Joy studies summer program to Powder, Tecata, and Schmeck are Cuernavaca, Mexico will begin all street names for the addictive, this summer: a four week misused, and dangerous drugs program running from July 10 to called opiates. August 7,2004. Recently, here at Cal State San The courses being offered are Marcos, Professor Keith Trujillo Spanish 266 — equivalent to gave a presentation on drugs CSUSM's Spanish 201, which and the brain. His focus was on fulfills the foreign language opiates because they can function Photo by Sarah Carlin/ The Pride requirement; and Spanish 366, as highly effective treatments to certain diseases that .require Nance Pomerene, graduate student/ works as part of a team of r esearchers, growing a equivalent to CSUSM's advanced bacterium f ound i n Mono Lake. , . . .. . . Spanish 350 program. painkillers. Paradoxically, Costs for the trip are $1,965 opiates also cause extreme drug for private accommodations addictions that will require more or $1,820 for shared living. treatments in the long run. Program fees include credit for Dr. Trujillo's presentation 5 units, room and board, medical previewe how and why chemistry insurance, textbooks, and and psychology can mutually transportation to and from the help each other progress in airport. Group airfare will run the search for information and $350 per round trip ticket. All answers to diseases that have the other costs for extra curricular BY MICHELLE VELARDE potential to be cured. activities are separate. The goal of Trujillo's focus Pride Staff Writer "It was a big step forward on opiate research as he states for the campus to pass this For the faculty here at According to Patricia teaching, research, and service: it is "to find out why things Associate Vice "(The faculty) come with the program," said professor Dr. like physical dependence and CSUSM, teaching involves a lot Worden, tolerance occur . .. and how more than grading exams and President for Research, tenure- expectation that they will be vonSon, "especially considering our Mexican-American culture giving lectures - it also means track faculty are required to involved with research." See OPIATES, page 3 conducting research. See CUERNAVACA, page 3 See R ESEARCH, page 2 perform a combination of Research is thriving Wide range of research on campus 'makes our faculty better teachers' G raduation c andidates e ye S oCal j ob m arket BY MARK PERRERA Pride Staff Writer As students at Cal State San Sandy Punch is the director Marcos plan their graduation, of Career and Transfer Students they are coming face to face with Services (CATSS). Along with the reality of what the real world their three counselors and one is like. part time graduate student they There are approximately 2,400 provide free services to students students eligible for graduation. to prepare them for job searchers. How many will actually walk Last year the CATSS critiqued is still undecided. One thing 1,585 resumes, conducted 1,602 is for sure: these students will consulting appointments and 4 compete for a job in an economy job fairs, and registered 22,000 that is having problems with hits on the cougar trak job listings employment. web site. Walk-ins are welcome but appointments are preferred. Punch said that the job market More news ....pages 2-4 is very tight, although San Diego is not as bad as other places in Variety pages 5-7 California. Students must be Opinions page 8&9 flexible and realize that most Sports ...page 10 entry level p ay scales start with minimum wages. Most people A&E pages 11&12 See JOB MARKET, page 4 Career and transfer center sponsors end-ofsemester job fair BY JON RODLEY Pride Staff Writer Photo by Jon Rodley/ The Pride Frank V azquez, who heard about the j obfair through a newspaper, talks with Julie G lass of G EICO Direct at the Job and Resource Fair 2004. Wind whipped through a crowded Founders Plaza as Noor El-Aile, a senior business major, traded words with recruiters from Washington Mutual. The recruiters had a management job available and El-Aile leaned over the table as he listened. A fter El-Aile stepped away dressed in dark slacks and a dress shirt, he said he was interested. See FAIR, page 4 �RESEARCH, from page 1 Editorial Staff Staff Writers Editors-in-Chief Elizabeth Baldwin Jonathan Rodley Chad Spinks Kevin Brabec Brett Davis Chelsea George News Editor Nicole Sullivan Tom Pfingsten Jennifer Jones Erie Mercado Variety Editor Roger Naranjo Sarah CarSin Douglas Lasater A&E Èditor Kyle Otto Melissa Rodriguez David Werth Laura Whitafcer Ombudsman Ashley Renzy Mike Dolan Jason Robbins Business Manager Loriann Samano Danika Quinones Joshua Sandoval Allison Salisbury Online Editor Kim Schlatter Kimberly Oliver Zelynda Smith John Stuart Distribution Mark Perrera Adrian Cundiff Michelle Velarde Adviser Jenifer Woodring AH opinions a nd letters t o t he editor, published in T he Pride, represent t he opinions of t he author, and do not necessarily represent t he views of T he Pride, or of California State University San Marcos* Unsigned editorials represent the m ajority opinion of T he P ride editorial board* L etters t o t he e ditors s hould i nclude a n a ddress, t elephone n umber, e -mail a nd i dentification. L etters m ay b e e dited for g rammar a nd l ength. L etters s hould b e u nder 3 00 w ords a nd s ubmitted v ia e lectronic m ail t o p ride@csusm.edu, r ather t han t he i ndividual e ditors. It is t he policy of The Pride not t o print anonymous letters. Research does not always mean spending hours in a laboratory, Worden said. It also includes scholarly and creative activities. As a result, there is a wide range of existing research projects conducted here at CSUSM. Biology professors Thomas Wahlund and Betsy Read, for example, are currently heading a project that studies how certain single-celled m arine algae make coccoliths, which are concretelike structures made f rom calcium carbonate. If they can figure out how the algae makes these structures, that information could b e used to improve medical devices such as heart monitors and scaffolding supports for bone transplants. Wahlund compared finding the right gene(s) to " kind of like (finding) a needle in a haystack, but we've got lots of hay." Another research project, led by Nancy Caine, a psychology professor that studies animal behavior, takes things outdoors. Since 1992, Caine has been involved with the Center for Reproduction of Endangered Species (CRES). In an area located behind the Wild A nimal Park, Caine studies G eoffroy's marmosets, which are Brazilian primates. On the cultural side, classes taught by anthropology professor Bonnie Bade and computer arts professor Deborah Small work with the San Luis Rey Band of Luiseno Indians. " The goal of our project is to show the vitality of the Luiseno culture today," Small said. O ften, research projects are made possible through grants. There are two t ypes of grants: "We're b etter t eachers b ecause w e d o r esearch, a nd b etter r esearchers b ecause w e're t eachers." -Dr. N ancy C aine internal and external. Internal grants are f unds contributed by the Provost and the Cal State system, and they are given directly to the faculty for research. External grants can come f rom other outside organizations and government agencies, such as the National Institute of Health, which f unds Wahlund and Read's genetics project. " Our faculty are very active in pursuing external grants," Worden said. She estimates that each year, CSUSM faculty and s taff d raft about $20 million in grant proposals, and receive about $5 million in new money. Other faculty members, such as Nancy Caine, do not need grant money to conduct their research projects. " I can do research there (at CRES) without having to I MS «rill be the mm w nipe mû t xcfIbi entertainment event In Sá» Diego thís siimmer. Don't miss It! 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" The primary benefit [of research] is that it m akes our f aculty better teachers," Worden said. "It makes them experts in their field, and o ur students are the beneficiaries." I n addition to f aculty members gaining expertise, many students benefit because they are directly involved with these projects. "Since [research] all involves students," Wahlund said, "it's j ust a d ifferent k ind of teaching environment." Caine called working with CRES as an opportunity many students do not get, and said it is "something many young people k ind of d ream of that are interested in animal behavior. We're better teachers because we do research, and better researchers b ecause w e're teachers." | 1 11 ¡1Hs J j B r good Korean cuisine in a bistro setting. Serving lunch, dinner,coffee dessert, beer, wine- Student ID=FREE Drink with purchase. 1158 W San Marcos Blvd. by Edwards Theater (760)744-9935 W ANTED SWIM INSTRUCTORS!!! $10.00-$16.00 C LASSIFIEDS G E T P AID F O R Y O U R O PINIONS!! 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Besides enrollment reductions, the college will need to offer fewer courses and eliminate lecturers for 2004-05, said college Interim Dean Vicki Golich last Wednesday. Concerning course offerings, Associate Dean for Budget and Operations Ranjeeta Ghiara said, "We've been very deliberate about trying to anticipate where the student need is the greatest, and trying to ensure that resources are flowing to those areas. We are always trying to see where the greatest number of students can be served best." Out o f600 sections, the college anticipates 40 fewer offerings in the coming year, said Golich. Ghiara detailed the effect of OPIATES ,from page 1 N eedles like this one are used to inject opiates s uch as heroin directly into the b loodstream. emphasized their use of heroin as a sedative and a cough suppressant. Many movies have been made to show what happens when people develop an addiction to opiates, the most common being heroin. For example, in the movie "Trainspotting" by Irving Welsh and John Hodge, there is a scene that shows what it would feel like to have to "kick the habit." Even the phrase "kicking the habit" comes f rom the exaggerated twitching caused by the drug exiting the body's system. A man named Mark Dillon created a web site aiming to repel children from drugs. Brand names for opiates are slightly different, according to Dillon, because of the people who use the term; scientists and scholars refer to opiates as Opium, Codeine, Morphine, Heroin and Methadone. Not only does he provide accurate information about opiates, but also he provides extensive information about legal and illegal drugs at www.sayno.com. Opius exotic, the sight is pleasing, and the effects are euphorically fatal if they are abused or immensely relieving if the instructions are followed. Kellogg Library evacuated BY ROGER NARANJO Pride Staff Writer The whistling sound of smoke alarms echoed throughout the Kellogg Library Thursday evening, causing the evacuation of all three floors. Students on the library's first floor didn't know what to make of the ear piercing sound and flashing strobe lights. Isidro Zamora, a CSUSM student, said, "I thought it was just another fire drill." Around him were several other students who didn't acknowledge the alarm as threatening until the intercom instructed them to evacuate the premises. Some students casually organized their items, while other fled for the doors leaving back packs and books. Within minutes of the fire alarm, two officers made their entrance on the first floor looking for said Ghiara. Ghiara explained the benefit of the self-support summer session policy, which provides for zero state funding support and essentially privatizes costs, saying, "This allows us to take the f unds that were allocated for summer and offer more courses in fall and spring. The selfSee C UTS, p age 4 CUERNAVACA, from page 1 Photo by Allison Sansbury/77ze Pride the brain changes with opiate treatments." While Trujillo was teaching at the University of Michigan, before he came to CSUSM in 1994, an experiment was conducted that demonstrated a correlation between a person's potential as a drug user and the amount of opiate-like molecules (called endogenous opioids) produced by that person's brain. Ironically, as the United States is currently dedicated to fighting the drug war of today, heroin (among other drugs) used to be legal at different points in history. In a Bayer advertisement f rom the year 1897, the company the 2004 summer session on the present situation, saying, "The decision was made to go self-support on that, because otherwise we could literally have not afforded to have summer school at all." . "When you offer summer school with general f und money, it means fewer courses in fall and spring, and that i s where the majority of our students are," potential hazards. Outside the in the library. building students could be heard This marks the first time the giving their opinion as to what Kellogg Library has had to probably happened. evacuate. According to John Gehris, a security guard here at CSUSM, the alarm was triggered inside the mechanical room on the first floor and no fire or smoke was present. The ordeal happened in less than Photo by Roger Naranjo/ The Pride fifteen University Police officers arrive on s cene to minutes and s ecure the Kellogg Library last week after students were students evacuated due to a fire alarm. T he allowed back photo was taken with a c amera phone. in Southern California." want the summer program to Dr. vonSon, whom will adversely affect enrollment of be accompanying the group the regular academic year." to Mexico, said, "We are Professor Pellettieri, Associate geographically so close to Professor and Chair of the Mexico that it is important for Department of World Language the students to have a program to and Hispanic Literaure, explained study there. We have a program f urther that with strict budget cuts in Spain, yet we lacked a program t his year, putting a "very flexible right next door." cap" on the upper division class Dr. Peter Zwick, Director would help to prevent the class of University Global A ffairs, f rom being cut in the fall due to commented that it has taken this lower enrollment. long to begin a program because "A lot of thought has gone "as a growing campus we cannot into this and we do not want begin programs until there is a any discrimination against those strong student interest." students who are not able to "Currently, the student attend the summer program, but demands for these programs are do need the class for graduation increasing," Zwick said. "We are in the f all" Pallettieri said. "It hoping to expand as they keep would be bad if we had to cancel increasing." the class due to lower enrollment Zwick mentioned that there and deny those students the class is a current proposal to begin a they need for graduation " summer program in Germany Dr. vonSon explained that for the 2005 academic year, and he feels good about this new shortly following, they hope to program because with the begin a program in France. support of the foreign language Zwick also estimated that 25- faculty, CSUSM has finally 35 students have already shown been able to pass this highly interest in the Cuernavaca demanded program and was able program. For Spanish 266 there to establish a good relationship is no set limit to the number with Universidad Internacional. of students who can attend, Applications can be picked up however, for Spanish 366, an for the Cuernavaca program in eight-person cap size on the the office of University Global class has been set by the World A ffairs and must be turned in Language Department. with a $300 deposit by April 30. "Spanish 350 is offered on a More information on the regular basis here on campus," Universidad Internacional can Zwick explained, "The World be found at www.csusm.edu/ Language department does not cuernavaca. m BIRTH OP S A N M A R C O S --CAN HÍLP-- 0.744.1313 2 77 S. R ancho S anta F e R oad, S uite S 3 b locks s outh o f 7 8 -- IMPORTANT INF% -- birthchoice.net £• JU3LUÉ* fftWBAl m �I N J—/ YV Ü NEWS Tuesday, April 20, 2004 _ , JOB MARKET,/rom page 1 FAIR, from page 1 will change jobs 8 to 10 times in their lifetime; therefore, they must also prepare for changes. Next they must do their homework by exploring all prospective employers. Sources that are available to them are websites, libraries and other search engines. The CATSS website is www.csusm.edu/ CATSS. Statistics show that an employer spends 4 to7 seconds when viewing a resume for the first time. The resume is the first chance to highlight your assets and abilities, so it must be brief and concise. The career and transfer center encourages all students to bring in their resume to critique which is done in 24 hours. Once your resume is completed and critique it can be posted on a website. The career and transfer center also helps prepare students for interviewing by conducting mock interviews. Once all this preparation is completed, students need to talk with each other and explore the hidden job market where j obs are available only by word of mouth. Five to six hundred other people had similar encounters at the 90 booths set up for companies and organizations like the U.S. Army and GEICO Direct. While some students experienced success as they walked through the Job and Resource Fair 2004 that the Career and Transfer Student Services Center (CATSS) hosted, others felt a little less fortunate. Joel Schwartz, an undecided freshman, carrying the f ree pens and pencils recruiters had given him, said he was looking for part time seasonal summer work, and that the fair wasn't really set up for people his age. Another student said there was too much part time work presented and not enough career opportunities. It was evident that the job seeker's confidence and outlook toward the job fair had an influence on success. Rosa Arguelles, a junior in the college of business, said she found possibilities with Wells Fargo, the YMCA and Social If a company doesn't have a certain job, its recruiters can probably point to another company that does. "Eighty to 85 percent ofjobs are found through personal contacts," Wells said. Most employers want students with "soft skills": teamwork and interpersonal skills. Students need to articulate their abilities to companies. support helped us tremendously lecturers that won't be back here to actually augment our fall and next semester, but they might be spring offerings, at the same time back in f uture years as we start offering courses in summer for to get some money flowing back. those who need it." There's no cuts in the sense of Regarding faculty cuts, permanently eliminating any Golich said, "We have no cuts kind of positions." whatsoever to our tenure-line Faculty programs will be faculty, and to our unconditional reduced, though Golich said, "So lecturers. There will be some f ar we've have had to cut pieces out, but not any f ull programs." To offset the effects of budget reductions, the college will be relying partially on "fundable feasible projects," or providing channels through which outside agencies may contribute financially. "There will be corporate people in the community that will see a d irect relationship to getting good quality graduates out of this university - they may be willing and able to donate equipment," said Golich. Ghiara explained the gravity of the four independent budget reductions to the college in the past year, saying, "Last year we had some money that had been T H E P RIDE Photo by Jon Rodley/77ze Pride Legoland was one of 90 companies at the job fair. Here are several steps of preparing to enter the j ob market. Self-assessment is important. It's imperative for students to know what they want out of life. What are their strengths and weaknesses? What skills and abilities do they have to offer the employer and, most importantly, what is their ability to articulate those abilities to sell themselves to the employer? Security. "It was a great chance to meet people for making connections," Arguelles said. Granted that only limited jobs are available at a job fair, Pam Wells, associate director for the CATSS said that "everybody is a potential contact." "It w as a g reat c hance t o m eet p eople f or m aking c onnections." - Rosa Arguelles, student Job fairs are for business majors and arts and science majors, Wells said, but it's "more of a stretch" f or arts and sciences students. "Any kind of (work experience) is something to add to a resume." While the j ob fair is not to be c onfused with a career fair, it does give students an eye into the working world. Jessica Brooks, a non-student f rom San Diego has j ust that. She said she's been to 15 j ob fairs in the past month and found the fair a "very promising experience." 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Both w omen are s tudents at Cal S tate S an Marcos and are e mployed by the S tarbucks located in the Kellogg Library. Fair Trade movement Tuesday, April 20, 2004 an average of $4 per day, less than one cup of latte at the corner Starbucks. Coffee is a worldwide product, second only to oil as a commodity, requiring the labor of millions of people in nearly 80 countries. The producers, many small independent farmers, however, can't sell their coffee directly to the marketplace. Given the lack of co-ops, unions, or other organized groups, they are forced to sell their beans to middlemen at prices drastically below the market price or value of their harvest. These organizations, by virtue oftheir size andpurchasingpower, then influence the worldwide price for wholesale beans. Compounding the problem, many of the small farmers must go to the middlemen for pre-harvest loans, often at high interest rates, furthering the debt cycle between the farmer and the middlemen. The upshot of this apparent injustice is the "Fair Trade" coffee movement. Inspired by groups such as TradeFair, Oxfam Canada, Oxfam America and other non-profit groups committed to seeking solutions for hunger and poverty worldwide, it promotes the direct purchase of coffee beans from certified Fair Trade producers. Additionally, it encourages the formation of democratic cooperatives or associations controlled by the farmers. These associations must also commit to implementing crop management and environmental protection plans to ensure the safety of the environment. Indeed premiums are offered to those willing to work towards organic production. Dripping more cash on down to the coffee farmer by cutting out the middleman BY JEN JONES Pride Staff Writer It comes as no surprise to most that a million dollar Harry Winston diamond necklace did "not cost H arry Winston anywhere near a million dollars to produce. In fact Harry Winston did not mine, cut, polish or even set the diamond. Middlemen did this and took their cut. The same can be said for many commodities that pass through middlemen on the way to the consumer. Nevertheless, the disparity between how much a producer is able to command for his product, versus the retail amount eventually charged for the product, has never been greater, or more unjust, than that facing the small independent coffee farmer. According to Oxfam Canada, of the 25 million coffee producers, approximately 15 million are small farmers. And TradeFair, an organization dedicated to abolishing unjust working conditions in Latin America, claims many small, independent coffee farmers earn University V oice What is the worst thing about being a student? I I I I • Montoya, liberal "Working at the same time. It's really hard working, then coming home and then having to study." Patricia studies, senior "The papers, the i - g j » | | writing requirement and the stairs." Megan Smadley, |H liberal studies, ^H junior BB B I ^ B mM "The drive to school. I live in San Diego and it's hard to motivate myself in the morning to H drive all the way to school." Alyssa Hunter, biology, freshman "Not having any time to do anything I want to do." Lucy Kelleher, liberal studies, senior p ^ ^ ^ a j l ^ E T F ] "Homework." B B | Jason Nahoul, B i g pschology, H H i junior See COFFEE, p age? D isc jockey at n ight, a ward r ecipient b y d ay BY ASHLEY RENZY Pride Staff Writer Graduate student Carlos a source of income. "Through beginning and intermediate level Castellano, originally f rom music I can help the community Spanish at both Palomar and Mexico City, immigrated to the by organizing fundraisers to Mesa junior colleges. "Ifinishedthe master's program United States nine years ago with help raise money for different last semester, in fall 2003, so this institutions," he said. his mother and little brother. A fter receiving an associate's semester I am finishing all of the In Mexico, Castellano had degree in computers, Castellano exams," Castellano said. "Today begun teaching Spanish and math to a night adult school when transferred to CSUSM to I finished the third exam so I only complete the rest of his education. have the oral exam left." a life altering tragedy occurred. He was still not exactly sure what Castellano explained that the A piece of the school's he wanted to focus his studies exams consist of literature of construction collapsed, killing a on, but he had an interest in all time periods through Spain number of Castellano's students. and Latin America, as well as "I was really touched by this linguistics and literature. tragedy and decided at that moment that I wanted to do "I k n e w n othing a bout c o m p u t e r s a nd something in my life to help w a s a fraid o f t hem." people," Castellano said. When Castellano and his C arlos Castellano family arrived in America he began school at South Western College in Chula Vista. Around the same time of linguistics, as well as another Castellano explained that at that Castellano's education he began language besides Spanish and time he did not yet know what tutoring in the language lab on English. Castellano has chosen to he wanted to study so he began campus and eventually became study Portuguese. studying computers. Castellano has high hopes a teacher's assistant for Spanish "I knew nothing about 102 and 201 courses. of attending a UC school to computers and was afraid of He really enjoyed his time finish his PhD and teach at them," he said. working as a teacher; " I like it the university level. He is not It was through computers and because students are motivated," positive on what his focus will his time at school that Castellano Castellano said. Now that he has be, but he is leaning toward became engrossed by music. finished his last semester of his Mexican Literature. "I was very influenced by He began working as a DJ in master's program, he has had the See GRAD STUDENT, page 6 clubs, both as a hobby and as opportunity to begin teaching Photo courtesy of Carlos Castellano G raduate student C arlos C astellano o vercame tragedy, and hopes to finish his PhD and t each at the university level. �A+ S U B S GRAD STUDENT from page 5 P reschool s ubstitutes, a ids, a nd t eachers. A ll a reas, f u l l t ime f lexible p art t ime h ours $ 7.00-$10.00 h ourly - Call Jacki HHll about 858-565-2144 llpiiii ScMmfiip Opportunity: future %acfor Summer Institute interested undergraduates who wish to participate In the Future Teacher Summer I nstate. The Future Teacher Summer Institute at is a s eight week summer program that provides up to six course units (EDUC 35G mi EBUC 364) and a field T FH Tj ? PmLmSm is due out May 4 Dates md^Bms4>3QMic7M$M CSUMCmpus i* The Future Teacher Summer institute provides at least $900 m fellowship to each participas! toward the cost of tuition ($951)* Books mil be provided to 6 university credits are granted for EDUC 350 and 364, You may choose to take one or both courses. Both of these courses are pie-requites to CSUSM's Teacher Credential Program, • Application m due by Monday* April 3D, 2004 by 4:00PM. Iheycanbe turned in tolinda Fuchs» Ca! State San Marcos, College of Education, University HaO, Letters of acceptance will be mailed from CSUSM on May 7,2004. Q uesti« about the program can be directed to Dr. Gilbest Vaiadez, College of Education, X8514, gvaladez@csusm.edu *> All applicants must include with their application a letter of recommendation from someone who can speak to your potential as a teacher- Cut out this ad a n d u s é it a s a b o o k m a r k music (limited supply) and writing samples from Professor VonSon. I have gone to three conferences with him in Mexican Literature and that will probably be the route I take," Castellano said. Carlos Castellano just received the Grad Student Award for the CSUSM's department of foreign languages. For this award students from all campuses compete and one student from each department is chosen. It is a hard award to achieve and will " When I f irst h eard a bout it91 c ouldn't e ven b elieve i t. I t hought t hey m ade a m istake." C arlos C astellano help Castellano in getting into the Grad school of his choice. "When I first heard about it, I couldn't even believe it," Castellano said. "I thought they made a mistake." Castellano feels that his first conference helped him to win the award because his paper on the deconstruction of genders and women repression that he had presented was shortly thereafter published. "It really helped me to have professor VonSon push me to my potential. I was really afraid at my first conference because I was presenting my student written paper to a group of doctors and experts. Having someone stand by your side is very encouraging," Castellano said. "Usually I really love everything that I do. I love music. I love teaching. I love literature," Castellano said. "It feels nice that I was recognized because all of my classmates are making the great efforts as well. We all deserve the award, not just me." Castellano hopes to make a difference in the lives of others and their careers the same way some of his professors have helped him. He encourages other professors to focus on each student's future and potential, to go beyond the class requirements and help the students to the next level of their future. "If I did not have that type of support I would not have won the grad student award," Castellano said, "And would not be where I am today." Recycle...help keep CSUSM eco-friendly and clean wii£Ù£e CPrïcfe All submissions d ue by Wednesday, April 28th a t 5pm. Please bring o rder form t o t he Pride Office in Commons 2 01 and any necessary photos or artwork. say it LARGER say it SMALLER per classified* Name _ _ _ _ _ Phone _ _ _ _ _ VISA/MC (circle one) Name of grad: M lûÉge to grad:_ $20 Name Phone '" VISA/MC (circle one) Name of arad: .Exp:. "These rates are 35% discounted rates honored to graduate ads only. per businness card style* .Exp:, Message to grad: *** Best Value*** Add a picture to your ad for your grad to make it more personalized Brad Grad �VARIETY THE PRIDE V/TlXvXJ^I Tuesday, April 20, 2004 X COFFEE from page 5 In an effort to intercept the farmers before they cut u nfair deals with the middlemen, Fair Trade o ffers the farmer a guaranteed price for his crop. In 2000, the price paid by the middlemen to the farmer was only .38 cents per pound. Fair Trade guarantees $1.26 per pound. Not all Free Trade claims can be taken at face value. Recently, a coffee-roasting company in Massachusetts, Dean's Beans Organic Coffee Company, took aim at a popular brand, Newman's Own Organics, for being less than t ruthful in its claim to be a Fair Trade coffee company. Newman's Own had recently started its own Fair Trade Line of coffee, claiming that its coffee was of Fair Trade origin. Dean's Beans, which purchased all 250,000 pounds of its coffee beans f rom Third World farmers at prevailing Fair Trade prices, claims that Newman's Own merely includes an insignificant amount of Fair Trade beans in its mix, so as to use Fair Trade solely as a marketing ploy. While it will likely take a long time to change the buying patterns of the largest retail coffee companies in the United States, some progress is being made. Universities, such as Tufts, and Brown are already using Fair Trade coffee. 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Far more information on any of these events, call 750-6001, �8 OPINION Tuesday, April 20, 2004 THE PRIDE LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Active students create an active campus I 'm responding to the guy who thinks ASI elections are a sham. Personally I was aware that you were able to run for ASI. It was clearly posted on message boards around campus. I don't think you could go through a day of school and not pass an announcement that there were ASI elections. ASI even gave us chances to run as a write in. I do not think this is socialism, this is democracy. Those who don't participate in the process will not get their voice heard. I am disappointed that there was such a low turn out of candidates - we lack university life. Personally I think this student was j ust disgruntled because, like me we were too lazy to go in to the ASI office, and fill out an application. I have a message for all students if you're interested: RUN, it's not hard. As for the person who wrote the article about a proposed cost of $4 per semester in child care, I think you should step back and imagine if you were a college student with a baby. If you have a baby you don't exactly have all the money in the world. To have a day care that is close, reliable and cheap will alleviate tension for the mother or father. They will then be more productive and will learn faster. This is true for all jobs. If corporations or employers offered complementary child care, they would be more productive because the parent w on't worry about the kid. Think of it as an investment. I 'd like to close by saying fussing and crying won't do something, action will, running for office will. Please participate in the process active students create to make an active campus - it will be fun and interesting. It will be the "college experience!" Felipe Zanartu undeclared, sophomore Posting on boards is not active enough Dear Mr.Zanartu: I'm glad to hear that you were one of the VERY FEW students who were privileged to hear about the ASI elections this year. I am also aware that messages were posted on message boards around the campus. However, as you should know, student response is typically low from anything posted on the message boards. I know this because of my own experiences with the boards. You are right; I probably couldn't have gone a day without passing one of the posted messages on the boards. Just because students are "passing b y" these boards, does not imply that they are reading them. This is simply not an efficient way to reach out to the student population for an event of this magnitude. Yes, it is quite amazing that there are so many opportunities at our university that go unfulfilled. What a shame. Also, you claim that in order to complain you must participate. Where is this written in any rules? I must have missed that. Criticism is often a way to participate in a democracy. Censorship of criticism is totalitarianism. Also, for your information I DID run for office last year. I believe that fact, more than anything, gives me the right to be critical of the failures of our current ASI board members. In exercising my Constitutional right to freely express myself, you have found fault. I find that ironic considering the club you are a member of and what it advocates - PAN. In closing, you state that "crying and fussing" won't do anything, action will. My response to this as far as the ASI election is concerned: any productive ACTIONS taken by ASI in the first place would have eliminated any criticism on my part. Respectfully, Austin Myers Senior, Social Sciences Major It's not ASI's fault regarding election turnout Dr Mr. Myers: Thank you for your input. Please understand I am not trying to suppress your freedom of speech, I love free speech. Some times criticism sounds like suppression - it certainly feels like that when I argue over issues like war and the patriot act and I am called unpatriotic. We are better than that, and if you feel I suppressed your free speech I am sorry, please forgive me. Regarding action, I believe like you criticism is good. Even though every time I criticize the right I am attacked. I understand their attack is like going on defense. Please understand it sucks to have a student government that wins unopposed, but it happens some times even in the local elections. However this is not something you can entirely blame on ASI. As you know, I stated I f eel this campus has a serious lack of campus life. A lot of the time we have people who don't care for either side* It sucks, but Students debate how ASI handled this year's election you know there are people who care about office, and at least in my opinion, they would look at the message boards in order t a change campus policy. Once again, thank you for your response. I love debate and I don't want to live in a totalitarian regime. In fáct Nick B. (CR's) and I are organizing a debate (fair and balanced) to get out the vote and inform people on our side of the issues. I hope we have your blessings with that event. Thank you once again for your response. Respectfiilly, Felipe Robinson Zañartu Internal VP, Historian, PANews Help would be better than criticism accountability would've resonated with you since y ou're a republican and that's one of republicanisms core principles - but I guess I was wrong. You suggest that your antics have somehow "enraged" me - nothing could be further from the truth. On the one hand, your letters make me laugh. On the other hand, your letters make me sad because they are indicative of the poison that has seeped into the American democratic process. What I mean is that, too often not only in our politics but in our lives, when people have a problem with something, they somehow feel their civic duty is upheld by doing nothing more than nay-saying, when what is really needed is that they engage their political leaders with not only their nay-saying, but their suggestions for how their world could be improved for the benefit of all in the future. If anything, I think anyone looking at our two letters next to each other would see that it is you, not I, who is "enraged." Maybe if you hadn't bottled up all your ideas for how the elections could've been better promoted during the process, you wouldn't currently be harboring all that psychologically unhealthy anger. You might want to do something about that. "Respectfully" Your #1 Fan, Erik Roper Austin, I didn't attack you. I merely pointed out a glaring irony in your exercise of free speech. I never said you weren't entitled to your opinion either. Also, you are incorrect in asserting that it is my job to inform the students about elections. It is a task for the entire board of directors, with the effort typically being spearheaded by the ASI Elections Committee. But, you would've known that if you had ever bothered to engage ASI with your concerns about the degree of elections publicity at any time during the process. Additionally, with regard to the first sentence of your most recent "respectfully" rendered message to me, I never asserted that it was your j ob to publicize the election. I was merely pointing out that your passion for this issue seems highly incongruent with your Dear Mr. Roper, Erin Dalman lack of suggestions for how it and all other ASI Board could be improved and/or your Members: afore mentioned apparent lack I am glad that we all agree that of concern during the elections the ASI elections were a failure process, which was demonstrated this year. by the fact that you never came That was the purpose in my to ASI to voice your concerns. writing the article that was I also think it pertinent to point out that there was just as much, if printed in The Pride. Also, I do apologize for naming only Erik not more advertising to promote Roper and Erin Dalman in my the election this year than last article. According to Erik Roper year - yet less candidates ran I should have named every for office. You assert that ASI member of our ASI board as is to blame for this reduction in participation and I "respectfully" they are all responsible for the publicizing of the ASI election. reject that completely. Also on a different note. I would Democracy is a two-way like to inquire why certain votes street. At some point the people were not accounted for in the need to engage in the democratic election. I know that I and others process of their own volition. voted for a specific individual Government can't do everything who did not appear in the for everybody. Where's the election results as having gained personal responsibility, the any votes. accountability? Mr. Roper, maybe people are Before I saw these recent not engaging in the political letters you've been sending, process because when they do I would've thought that , their yot£Sw ar§ d iscount^ , the concept of individual* - * ASI has not accounted for every vote were those I mention above. I ask that ASI account for EVERY vote and allow for our protest to be heard. I feel my voice is being crushed by those votes for a specific write-in was not tallied. A lso,! would like to know how Mr. Zanartu gained the knowledge of whom I voted for and the others that joined me.I believe this is a blatant violation of my privacy and I am angry about that. As far as my need to do something about my "psychologically unhealthy anger," I have none Mr. Roper. Are you playing a game of "Blame the Victim"? I am quite pleased with the responses I have received from you and others regarding this issue and I believe that I have made a contribution by bringing awareness to the topic at hand. Mr. Roper, do you not also bring awareness to social wrongs via protest? As I recall you did protest the College Republicans SUV show last year and no one criticized your act of protest. However, when I protest in order to bring awareness, it is wrong. This is "highly incongruent." As far as there being enough advertising for the election, I was not even aware one was going on until an article was printed in The Pride about the candidates all running unopposed. Perhaps, advertising was the same as last year: minimal. But I suppose that is what we have come to expect of our ASI leaders: minimal effort for towards truly "student relevant" issues. ASI should have been aware of the need to step it up a notch when they noticed that only a few candidates were applying. With all this said, I am glad that my effort to publicize my criticisms has brought awareness to the issue. That was my sole purpose and I thank you for allowing me to accomplish that. Respectfully, Austin Myers Any last words? Personally, I find it ironic that while Myers spent considerable time over the last two weeks lambasting ASI for how we, in his view, poorly publicized the election, he spent zero time on suggesting ways we could improve the process for next year. Once again, thanks for nothing Austin! Your #1 Fan, Erik Roper ASI Vice President of External A ffairs gjglPp �O PINION THE P RIDE California State 6 Stair master' San Marcos BY BRETT DAVIS Pride Staff Writer school is chill, all the birds are chirping, the weather is casual, and the scenery around here is mighty titillating. There seems to always be a cool California breeze hanging around in the San Marcos area, and it's been nice to get outside to I hate the fact that the students spend $158 for a completely empty mass of space, where they are to abandon their vehicles. I decided not to purchase a parking permit this semester and things were going pretty good until the meter maid gave me a ticket for $25. I was enraged that the parking establishment would insist that I receive a monetary punishment for not becoming a member in their "parking club." Since the whole incident of receiving the citation I have carried through with a conscious decision of not to park on campus, and by going through with this plan I am no longer supporting the parking regime and its sinister quirky ways. What I have found is that the lagging of my carcass to class has become quite a rewarding experience overall. Walking to Wow, that's great. I have to credit this due to a strict Corona diet and all the walks that I took to school this year here at (California Stairmaster University San Marcos). Walking to school has become a rewarding, almost nostalgic Photo by Elizabeth Baldwin/ The Pride S tudents g et a full b ody w ork-out f rom w alking up a nd d own s tairs b etween c lasses. stroll around a-bit. I think I have even grown more in shape since the beginning of the semester, yep; I have definitely trimmed down because I don't have my beer belly anymore. event for me, and I think that if more people take this initiative they will see j ust exactly what I 'm talking about. No cell phones in the library, please BY CLAUDE SAYF Pride Staff Writer Cell phone mania has officially spread like a plague through the United States. Every American has a cell phone and uses it everywhere, including public bathroom stalls and while driving and writing at the same time. People can't afford to miss a call these days. But nowhere is talking, whether on a cell phone or with a friend, more disrespectful than in the library. When I say, "in the library", that includes the computer lab. The library is a sanctuary from the hustle and bustle of everyday life. People go to the library to have some peace and quiet while enjoying a book or educating themselves on a topic of their choice. But Kellogg Library seems to be oblivious to that. People have absolutely no respect for the fact that rule number one in any library in the world is QUIET! I think this rule is pretty well known and well established. speak on your phone, as is the Not only do people talk on cell case during classes. Or maybe phones but they just plain talk in j ust go to the bathroom and talk. the library. It is understandable if But don't sit right where you are it is school related conversations, speaking freely while people but any other talking should be around you are studying. Thè condemned and shunned. More library staff should be a little times than not the conversations tougher on students and ask are not school related topics. It people to speak on cell phones is extremely frustrating and dis- outside. Even talkers should be tracting while studying to listen asked to be quiet or leave. A fter to people chat about a party they all the entrance states that their went to last weekend or about a should be no disruptive behavior cool person they met and hung in the library. And when people out with. When your phone rings are trying to focus on schoolwork, you should have the decency to there is nothing more disruptive remove yourself from your seat than unnecessary talking. and walk outside the library to The library is a place that B eer N uts Tuesday, AprìUO, 2004 ByMCHABLDOLAN Pride Ombixisman • At „first glance, the headline " Vandalism forces Lounge closure" 4 oes not appea r to be problematic. Indeed, the accompanying photograph of a couch sliced open exposing the fluffy goodness of its cushioning would tend to support the headline. However, i s this case, thus far, an example of actual vandalism? The California Penal Code defines vandalism and its penalty in section 594. This definition is as follows: "Every person who maliciously commits any of the following acts with respect to any real or personal property not his or her own, in cases other than those specified by state law, is guilty of vandalism: (1) Defaces with graffiti or other inscribed material, (2) Damages, (3) Destroys." For vandalism t o occur, an individual must "maliciously" deface, damage or destroy property not his or her own. This element has not been proven, a s of yet, in the case of the lounge couch. As I write this column, no person has been charged or even implicated with vandalism for the gash in the lounge couch. In fact, it has not yet been determined if there was malicious intent involved in this incident or if this hap- should be quiet enough for the tired and burnt out student to catch a quick catnap. A place where the sound of pages turning and computers clicking fills the hallways. A place where all cultures meet for the purpose of higher education. A place where knowledge rules and ignorance drools. The point at hand here is being quiet in the library. The computer lab should be reserved for quiet computer time. People need quiet to focus on the task at hand which I 'm sure is the same for all students. Graduate and get out as soon as possible. So quiet down people! ByChadSpinks N o f U i N 6 . I WAS I N X W SU>W LArNÉ AMD ITHS O Y W S Th\U>mm MA R AD N ftMAay mssßp r A*/D AttfOsT SiDS&WiPrp Hi* W^ AS M ! C ¿) T«£ BiRP pened accidentally. A s the lead for this article, staff writer Kyle Otto writes that this is "an incident of suspected vandalism." That statement is subsequently supported by the presentation of the contrasting interpretations of the incident by ASI VP of External A ffairs, Erik Roper, and Executive VP, John Gehris. Clearly, it is presumptive to identify this episode as a definite case of vandalism. This example is a reminder of how specific words can alter the reality of a situation. A s journalists, we constantly have t o reexamine the words that we choose to describe events, crimes or whatever we are reporting on. If we do not exercise a degree of caution in our word choice, we can affect the perception of the subject we are reporting o n in a h armful or fallacious manner. Those types of mistakes often prove costly as libel lawsuits are likely to follow. Corrections for VOL. XI N O, 25 ; T he headline for Kyle Otto's article should reflect "property damage," not "vandalism." The article, "Cesar Estrada Chavez remembered," does not identify that the event was sponsored, in large part, by the California Governor's Office on Service and Volunteerism Grant that was awarded in 2002. Eric Mercado was misidentified as ombudsman. Mercado is a staff writer. Photo by Elizabeth Baldwin/ The Pride A s t he s ign s tates at t he f ront e ntrance of Kellog L ibrary, " Respect y our fellow s tudents." �Jock Talk with Josh BY JOSH SANDOVAL Pride Staff Writer Photo by Roger Naranjo/ The Pride Q ualcomm S tadium is t he h ome of t he S an D iego C hargers. T he c ity of S an D iego a nd t he C hargers a re c urrently at o dds o ver c ontractual a greements. Chargers butting heads with city BY ROGER NARANJO Pride Staff Writer The City of San Diego and the Chargers are in a stalemate, which could take several years of litigation to resolve. Mixed reactions in the community have both sides struggling to gain favor among fans. The Chargers claim they have not been competitive because the current stadium venue isn't bringing in the required revenue when compared t o other NFL franchises. The city of San Diego feels the Chargers are obligated to their contractual use agreement of 1995, which states they must play their home games here in San Diego until 2020 and give the City 10 percent of the gross stadium income. In return the city spent more than $78 million on stadium improvements and a new Chargers practice facility. Who's right and who's wrong? On March 4, 2003, the Chargers delivered a renegotiation notice to the city of San Diego claiming a "triggering event" had occurred. This means that the Chargers are able to shop a different venue if their financial situation falls below a certain threshold in regard to salary caps, NFL broadcasting revenue and stadium gate receipts. Both the Chargers and the city disagree on the meaning of the phrase "triggering event." As a result parties are at odds whether a "triggering event" exists, and if so, the subject matter and scope of the required negotiation to avoid litigation. The city of San Diego would like to reach an agreement outside of court which would benefit both parties, Kir c ampus, Our voice, Take Pride T he Pride Student Newspaper Register f or next fall ¿Tuesdays @ 5:30 p.rog however, neither side is willing to come to that half point yet. The city, however, demands that the Chargers open their financial books to reconcile the disparity, but the Chargers don't quite see it that way. The city of San Diego claims there is insufficient information t o determine if an "impact" exists, since the Chargers aren't opening up their financial books. Go Chargers! With a losing record of 4-12 last season, there is mixed reaction in the community whether the San Diego Chargers should get a new stadium or not. Andrew Middleton, a student here at CSUSM said, "I think there's a better way the city can spend their money, dealing with the homeless situation is a good example." According to the NFL, the city of San Diego has seen its last Super Bowl unless a new stadium is built. Jesse Wood, a student here at CSUSM, believes the Chargers should get a new stadium built, "Yeah, because I think the Chargers generate a lot of money for San Diego." Currently, the city of San Diego and the San Diego Chargers, are in closed negotiation, which would end the ticket guarantee and place a ballot proposal for 2008. Last Thursday represented an inaugural holiday. No, there weren't any presents exchanged or any scurring about looking for eggs. In fact, most people did not even know it was a holiday. Last Thursday was the 5Th anniversary of the day Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in baseball. Despite playing with eight Major League Baseball (MLB) teammates on the field, Robinson has announced that every April 15 will forever be known as was alone in the world. Even Jackie Robinson Day. One word though he went through all of can explain my feelings about that suffering Robinson managed to have a successful first year by this — finally. In 1947, Jackie Robinson was winning the rookie of the year signed by Branch Rickey to award. Most people know Robinson play for the Brooklyn Dodgers. was the first black player in Robinson had made a name for himself previously by being a modern day baseball, but most six sport star where he played do not know that Robinson was football, basketball, baseball, also the first black person to be tennis, swimming and track at a network broadcaster when he UCLA. From there, he eventually joined ABC in 1965. Robinson had more impact on became a star in the Negro the future of baseball than he leagues of baseball. There were much better players in the Negro would ever know. He inspired leagues at the time, but none numerous black baseball players had the ability to shoulder the who are now considered some of responsibility that Robinson took the greatest such as "Hammerin" Hank Aaron and "The say hey on. kid" Willy Mays. Those two guys During Robinson's first season in 1947 he endured more verbal then went on to inspire the likes abuse than most people receive in of Barry Bonds. Now Bonds is a lifetime. There was not a place inspiring the children of this where Robinson could go and generation. The link to Jackie not be called a derogatory name. Robinson is one that will forever Throughout the first year he be strong, We are a campus that expresses received numerous death threats that warned him if he were to diversity and equal rights as seen lace up his cleats and take the by the statue of Cesar Chavez field then he would be killed. On that stands proudly at the top of several occasions, the opponents the stairs. So, when April 15 rolls of the Dodgers threatened to around next year, do not forget to not take the field in protest of celebrate Jackie Robinson day by Robinson playing. Robinson throwing the ball around or just was forced to stay in a different by remembering the sacrifices hotel than his teammates when that he endured. After all, the Dodgers played on the road. Robinson did not just sacrifice He really only had one true for the advancement of baseball, white friend and that was Pee but for the greater good of every Wee Reese. Reese was very human being. public over the years about his friendship with Jackie. Comments, suggestions or topics you would like to see discussed in "Jock Talk with Josh," please e-mail Josh Sandoval at pride@csusm.edu. In the title please type, ATTN: SPORTS. TWO SAN MARCOS LOCATIONS CLOSE TO CAMPUS! Since 1985 Himmrnrn ^rM&TAGQ W$ mmtiKi ôt 1 1! i - i » Sn «arm BN. 1 f : a 304 W. Mission Rd. (760) 7444024 342 S. 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Only $5*95 • Shrimp Burrito (Shrimp cooked with butter, garlic &rice,cabbage, tomato, onions, cilantro, sour cream $auce)Ohly $4.50 D on't f orget O ur E arly BREAKFAST BUKRITOS Many to choose from! Only $2.25 ftom 7am to 10am I I CWf)744-4«24 MIHwAw CfW}4fHSM > Not valid with any other offer. Expires 0S/0S/04$ I I �A &E THE PRIDE International Fair an opportunity to celebrate diversity By DAVE W ERTH Pride Staff Writer The second annual International Fair w ill b e held t his Thursday, April 22 at University Plaza. The fair, which is sponsored by the O ffice of Global Affairs, University Global Affairs Committee, ASI, and several other student organizations, o ffers students a chance to explore the world without leaving the comforts of the CSUSM campus, From 11 a.m. t o 3 p.m. t he plaza will overflow w ith f ree f ood, dance p erformances and music, which represents the diversity and culture that is t hriving on the CSUSM campus. With p erformances scheduled every t hirty minutes, countries such as Spain, Germany and Japan will b e represented t hrough a variety of d ifferent mediums. Some of the tentative activities include Japanese calligraphy demonstrations, salsa dancing and cultural anime displays, t o mention only a few. "We are j ust really happy to celebrate the diversity of our campus in a time when the world is at such odds," said Danielle McMartin, member of the University Global A ffairs Committee. With upwards of twenty student organizations and department participation, McMartin expressed her excitement and appreciation toward all of the groups that wanted to b e a p art of t his y ear's fair. "We are so glad to have this much participation, and see that people are interested in being a p art of learning about culture and diversity," McMartin said. This f air will also include a multitude of informational handouts, displays and the ability to interact on a personal level with many of the international students. The event will b e open to both students and the community surrounding the campus, as f riends and family will also b e welcome at this event. I ll _ Tuesday, April 20, 2004 CALENDAR OF EVENTS 11 Meet Chopper April 20 By ASHLEY R ENZY Art in Memory of the Holocaust Pride Staff Writer Arts Foyer through May 4, Info: Andrea Liss at aliss@csusm.edu If you like Jack Johnson, Accounting Society hosts Deloitte $ Bob Dylan, or Tom Petty, Touche and SAIC then d on't miss the free 11 a.m. - 1p.m. Commons performance by Chopper 206, Info: Antia Bodde at with the opening band boddeOOl @csusm.edu Polaroid April 21 at 11:15 ASI Celebrates the Earth 11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m. Library a.m. in front of the Kellogg Terrace, M o: Briza Juarez at library. juare008@csusm.edu When h e's not touring Meeting of the College Republicans with his award winning 2 - 3 p.m. ACD 406, Info: band, Kissinger, Chopper www.csusm.edu/republicans tours solo to deliver a less Managing Your Money Workshop "hard core" style of music. 4-5:30 p.m.UNIV 237 With his 5-string acoustic, Info: Eric at 760-750-6014 Selena, Chopper creates April 21 a solo show of songs that ASI Student Leadership Awards 6:30 - 9:30 p.m. California Center are rich in stories that he sings for the Arts Escondido with a soulful voice. RSVP free by calling 750-4990 "Having bands play on campus April 21-22 is rather tricky. Anything Off-Center dance concert that's too loud is hard to get I p.m. Arts 111 both days, Info: approval for. There is also the kschafifm@csusm. edu game of choosing a style that's April 22 not so innocuous that people fall Ted Owens is in the Executive Chair asleep, but not so out there that II a.m. - 12:50 p.m. ACD 102 International Fair people won't pay attention," said 11 am - 3 p.m. UNTV Hall Plaza, ASI Programming Board Student M o: Danielle McMartin at (760) Coordinator Brett Gladys. 750-882! CSUM gets tons of acts wanting to Mr, Alpha Chi Omega play on campus, but few are possible 8 p.m. ARTS 240 to host. Info and Tickets: Monique Smith at It is a welcome and unusual treat (760)224-4614 to have a live act such as this Understanding the Opposite Sex perform on campus. 6 p.m. Clarice Field House Grand Salon, Info: Erik Groset at 750-6014 COMM Society Trip to "The Price is Right" Info: Brooke Farandell Photo courtesy of KissingeiTheBand.com feran002@esusm.edu Paid ASI Advertisement By: Shannon Barnett and Manal Yamout Would you like a free semester of tuition? How about free books or a parking permit? Well, now's your chance! The California State Student Association (CSS A), your statewide student government, is currently holding a contest titled the "CSSA Challenge." If you go to www.csustudents.org and answer five simple questions you'll have your chance. And, if you don't win the contest don't worry because your Associated Students is looking out for you. This past weekend we (Manal Yamout and Shannon Barnett, President and VP external affairs elect) attended the monthly CSSA conference hosted by San Francisco State. While at the conference we discussed several issues that could have drastic impacts on the quality of your education and the amount of money in your pocket. These issues ranged from a CSSA sponsored bill aimed at reducing textbook costs to the statewide student walkout planned for April 26th. It's wrong for the state government to balance the budget on the backs of students. That is why we need you to join us in walking out, getting on the bus, and protesting any further increase in our fees. On Monday, April 26th at 9:00am come down to Craven circle by the flag poles to get on the bus and join us in telling the Governor not to raise our fees. Sign up to get on the bus in the ASI office, Commons 207, or email r oper004@csusm.edu for more information. 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Obviously nowhere close to sleeping, but somewhere above homework. Most likely invented by men to check out the women they've been dragging along ever since, bowling has fallen out of vogue within the last decade. But lane locations such as the Vista Entertainment Center hope to reel in at least a part of the college crowd with promotions offering discounted rates on shoes, games and food. At the Vista Entertainment Center, "Dollar Tuesdays" are designed to draw students f rom local colleges by renting shoes for a dollar, selling games for a dollar apiece and, at the snack bar, cooking up dollar food specials. A valid student I.D. is required to take advantage of the special rates, which run from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and again from 9 p.m. to midnight every Tuesday. With the proliferation of bright, new bowling centers charging four or five dollars per game, older lanes have found that offering good deals is a good way to revive business. And a dollar per sidering that f ull price is $3.75 at the Vista Entertainment Center. Dollar Tuesdays draw a unique crowd, to say the least. Well less than half of t h e bowlers last Tuesd ay w ere from Cal State San Marcos or other local college campuses. The rest of the patrons reflected the diversity of Vista, with skill levels ranging f rom bumper bowlers to would be pros, complete with the post-strike strut (think rooster with a beer belly). Décor in the Vista Entertainment Center heralds back to the glory days of bowling, when games were only a dollar to begin with. Yellow and orange letters accent the brown signs and walls in this seventies, western-themed bowling alley complete with a men's bathroom labeled "Studs." Along the back of the lanes, box seats sit eerily empty, a strange sight for college students used to scavenging for an empty desk. The lanes themselves show signs of good maintenance, and the rest of the equipment is in good condition. The Vista Entertainment Center also has a recently renovated laser tag room, a sports bar and a banquet hall, although none of these are included during Dollar Tuesdays. To help determine where bowling stands in the list of popular student activities, the usual D ollar T uesdays p rovide a s ide-trip i nto a s ubculture s eldom e xplored b y c ollege s tudents. questions apply: Is it convenient? Is it cheap? Besides being both of these, Dollar Tuesdays provide a side-trip into a sub-culture seldom explored by college students (think mullets, tattoos and slippery shoes). Photo illustration by Jeremy Long Student band Angel Carry Me lives among us By ALLISON SANSBURY Pride Staff Writer They could be sitting next to you in class. You have your suspicions but you can't be sure. Black t-shirt. Tight jeans. Chuck Taylors. It is true. There are rock-stars on campus. Seth Gretlein and Andrew Middleton, two talented students from CSUSM have started a brand new band and they call themselves Angel Carry Me. Their sound is harder than the common interpretation of punk music but not quite death metal. Their vocals sound like a lower toned Davey Havok of AFI. They generate powerful drums and bass sounds that cause the ground to rumble, feet to shake and bodies to move. Gretlein, a 22 year old junior majoring in Communications has more energy than the Energizer Bunny. Even after studying for school and working on campus, Seth can still beat the drums faster and better than certain musicians who strive to be the best. Music will always be a part of Gretlein's life. He used to work at Warehouse music, until it was shut down due to the bittersweet technological development known so profoundly as: the Internet. "The Warehouse was awesome," Gretlein says. His job consisted primarily of helping customers find and purchase music but there weren't always customers in the store. With an open and sometimes empty music store equipped with a top of the line sound system and a five disk CD changer Gretlein spent his time consuming mass amounts of music. Madame Melanie Photy by Allison Sansbury/77ie Pride A s you might have s uspected S eth Gretlein, aka Gremlin, (pictured above) a resident of the University Village A partments, likes to rock. Andrew Middleton, the bassist, is a senior majoring in Communications. He is 23 years old and tutors younger students with a portion of his spare time. Middleton also spends time with his girlfriend when he is not jamming with the band, as does Gretlein. Robbie Blatt plays guitar and attends Miramar Community College. He's 22 and works at the Whyndham Hotel in Sorrento Hernandez Aries- (March 21-April 19) I 'm afraid of being on the highway with you. Slow down! I promise you'll stili make it on time. Taurus- (April 20-May 20) Don't forget all us little guys when you rake in the big bucks with your business venture. Gemini- (May 21-June 21) Not everything is black or white. Your sweetheart will appreciate a little flexibility. Cancer- (June 22-July 22) Generous and humble you are a delightful person and I 'm not the only one who knows it. Leo- (July 23-Aug 22) Take it from me it's time to tune up that hoopty. Virgo- (Aug 23-Sept 22) You will be surprised by what your collection is worth on eBay. Valley. In his spare time he enjoys being single and watching movies with other single people. When he is not busy bellowing out his voice box on stage, the singer, Dave Tompkins, currently has job where he too gets to engulf himself in music, among other things. Tompkins is a DJ at Pacers. At 26 he is the oldest member of the band. The first CD by Angel Carry Me will debut in summer 2004. Libra- (Sept 2 3-0ct 23) Those dark circles under your eyes could scare little kids. Get some sleep! Scorpio-(Oct 24-Nov 21) Your dreams are telling you something. Pay attention. Sagittarius- (Nov 22-Dec 21) You were wise to postpone the voyage. Photo courtesy of Artemis Records By ROGER NARANJO Pride Staff Writer ee Stuck in limbo between pop and soft punk, Sugarcult tries to please both sides of the genre. Their new album entitled, "Palm Trees and Power Lines," is punk pop with no edge. The sound is typical MTV material which is reminiscent of the "American Pie" soundtrack. Drum lines build to climactic crescendos one can anticipate with little enthusiasm. The guitar r iffs are standard, redundant power chords which bands like Blink-182 and Green Day have already done and surpassed. The singer harmonizes well with the guitar melodies and back up vocals; however, he is overpowered by the use of lyrical clichés. One song recites "She's the blade and you're j ust paper." Though this band is musically tight, they seem to be driven by record label executives instead of their own style. They have a good chance in the music industry if they just stick musically to their raw gut instincts. Truly the pop punk explosion has exploded and Sugarcult missed the chance to cash in here in the US. In Japan, however, there seems to be a Sugarcult buzz. Domo arigato Mr. Roboto. m COOL DECENT SO-SO WEAK Pride literary Supplement COMING SOON L ook f or it in May Capricorn- (Dec 22-Jan 19) You got the skills to pay the bills as a handyman. Aquarius- (Jan 20-Feb 18) I suggest you patent that idea before you tell everyone about it. Pisces- (Feb 19-March 20) Didn't your momma ever teach you that if you can't say anything nice you shouldn't say anything at all? � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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