https://archives.csusm.edu/student-newspapers/files/original/c1b4990e5c4a508b2ca781286f837b6c.pdf cfc0603c033b94e5b26c11ce9bcc7566 PDF Text Text www.csusm.edu/pride TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2005 VOL. XIII NO. 6 Students to vote on new sports fee Drunk M arch referendum will campus? include a mandatory C SUSM receives $ 48,000 t o c ombat alcohol abuse BY AMIRA EL-KHAOULI Pride Staff Writer |¡|¡§Í^% ¡¡¡||i JP* *% WW Photo by Michael Dolan / 77**? Prwfe atheletics fee BY ELIZABETH BALDWIN Pride Staff Writer In March, Cal State San Marcos students will be asked to vote on a new mandatory $40 fee to fund intercollegiate athletics. According to Steven Nichols, director of athletics, the fee would enable intercollegiate athletics to expand our current sports programs and add new programs in the near future. Right now intercollegiate athletics offers men's and women's golf, cross-country and track and field. The new fee will allow the program to include men's and women's baseball, softball, soccer and women's volleyball. Currently, the athletics department is funded through the Instructionally Related Activities fee (IRA) and the CSU General Fund. Athletics receives approximately $200,000 from the CSU General Fund and Photo courtesy of CSUSM Athletics Department anywhere from $12,000 - $32,000 from the IRA fee. The amount received by the IRA fee is determined by the number of students enrolled each semester and the number of campus organizations applying for funds. If the referendum passes, the athletics department will be looking at an increase of $296,000 per semester. "If the fee does not pass, we can't sus- Surveys: $6,000. DUI Checkpoints: $8,000. Alcohol EDU: $20,000. A goal of reducing the number of alcoholrelated incidents among college students: Not quite priceless, but $48,000. Starting the first of February, CSUSM was on of the ten state campuses sharing a $750,000 CSU Alcohol and Safety (CSU ATS) grant, which was administered by the Office of Traffic and Safety (OTS), part of the Business, Transportation and Housing Agency. The program was funded by $74.2 million in traffic safety funds that were awarded to 277 California state departments last year. CSUSM received $48,000 of this money. In order to receive a portion of this grant, each campus had to apply and come up with a proposal unique to their campus. Out of the 23 CSU campuses (the nation's largest university system), 18 applied for the mini-grants. The other nine participating CSU campuses are Bakersfield, Chico, Dominguez Hills, Fullerton, Pomona, San Diego, San Luis Obispo, Sonoma and Stanislaus. The CSU ATS program is being directed by Perry Angle, who is working with Dave Doucette, the OTS regional coordinator. "We screened the applications in November and we were looking for tain the sports that we have. I'm not even thinking that way. But yes, something will have to give. We would've had to cut a sport if President Haynes had not stepped in and allotted more money to supplement the only $12,000 we received from the IRA," said Nichols. Nichols believes expanding the athletic See SPORTS, page 4 State of the campus address Academic excellence announced as first _ priority BY YVONNE BRETT Pride Staff Writer Students and faculty gathered on the mezzanine steps under a threatening gray sky on Thursday, February 17, to listen to the first annual "State of the Campus Address." ASI sponsored the event and provided sandwiches and sodas for those who came to hear the panel members give five minute speeches and answer questions. Bob Sheath, Provost ofAcademic Affairs, opened with his speech that addressed the vision of the school. He outlined the academic blueprint of an eight-year plan to expand the academic programs at CSUSM. A ripple of applause burst from the audience when he announced that the new Busi- See ALCOHOL, page 2 Photo by Yvonne Brett / The Pride See ADDRESS, page 3 In the presence of greatness Reknowned poet Ishmael Reed fills Arts 240 for poetry reading tion of poetry. Students, professors, and even President Haines were part of the audience that A buzz of excitement filled the came to experience the magic air as every seat in the auditorium of the Pulitzer Prize nominated was claimed and the latecomers author. CSUSM student Nataslined the steps. Over 250 people sia Luna said that Reed's poetry squeezed into Arts 240 last Tues- presented, "modern issues in a day to hear Ishmael Reed read humorous, poetic and contemposelections from his newestcollec-. rary, way that pjeople^of^all ages, BY YVONNE BRETT Pride Staff Writer and races could relate to." This seemed to be the general feeling of the audience as they honored him at the end of the evening with a standing ovation. Dr. Susie Lan Cassel welcomed the audience and also recognized the ten sponsors that helped bring See REED, page 6 Photos courtesy of Suste, Cassel �2 Tuesday, February 22, 2005 ALCOHOL, from page 1 .W Editorial Staff Staff Writers Editors-in-CMef Adia Bess Yvonne Brett Alfred Chu Layout Design & loelle M. Frankel Photo Editor Thomas F. Jason Encabo Gorman III Heather Business Manager Hoffmann Brian Reiehert Jennifer Ianni News Editor Patrick B. Long Chezare M ilo Bryan Mason Features Editor Andrea Morales Christine Julie Oxford Baldwin Matthew A&E Editor Schramm Phoenix Zachery J. 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The Pride reserves the right to reject any advertising. a specific program that would affect the community and meet a specific student need," Angle said. "Each proposal needed to be innovative and student-oriented and could make an impact in the short time it has." He is referring to how the program ends in December of 2006. The program officially stared in January when there was a training session at CSU Fresno, where headquarters is located for the program. "The actual grant has already started," Angle said. "But paperwork still needs to be filled out. Hopefully, you'll see some action in spring, which is really a target time. The activities we'll be doing will relate to many of the activities students do in the springtime when the weather gets better, like spring break and parties." According to Angle, this all started in 2001 when the chancellor of the CSU schools, Charles Reed, was affected by an alcohol-related death of a Chico State student. "He felt he needed to do more for the safety of his students," said Angle. This led to a grant called the Sober Drive Initiative that lasted two years and ended just this January. CSUSM applied for this grant and did not get it. Fast-forward to today and CSUSM will begin administering the first phase of its program shortly. This will be a series of three short surveys over a period of two years. Motivation for students to take these surveys will be a random drawing of 20 $100 gift certificates to the book store on campus. This survey will ask Photo i llustration by P hoenix Lindgren / The Pride such questions as "Where do you most often consume alcohol offcampus?" and "Have you ever driven after drinking alcohol?" This grant has led to several students wondering why CSUSM needed to apply for the grant. "I don't think we have (and alcohol problem) compared to what other schools have," a freshman who lives on campus said. "People shouldn't be driving drunk," Nate Falzon, a commuter said. "It doesn't matter where they go. What's the point of them targeting a school?" According to Jonathan Poullard, dean of students, associate vice president of student affairs and chairman of the Substance Abuse Advisory Committee here, part of the reason that CSUSM applied for the grant was because roughly only seven percent of students live on campus and the majority of students commute. The canfipus just does not know the habits of its students. "Being a young institution, we felt that we could be more proac- CLASSIFIEDS EGG DONORS NEEDED Healthy Females ages 18-30. Donate infertile couples. Some of the many eggs your body disposes monthly. COMPENSATION $5,000.00 starting. Call Reproductive Solutions: (818) 832-1494 $150 QUEEN PILLOW-TOP Mattress set. Brand new. Still in Plastic Del. Aval. (760) 271-5228 FULL MATTRESS SET. NEVER USED. Still in pkg. Sell $120. (760) 271-5228 CONTACT LENS SPECIAL! The Pride is published weekly on Tuesdays during the academic year. Distribution includes all of CSUSM campus, local eateries and other San Marcos community establishments. The Pride Cai State San Marcos 333 N Twin Oaks Valley Road San Marcos, CA 92096-0001 Phone: (760) 750-6099 Fax: (760) 750-3345 E-mail: prlde@csusni.edu http://wwwxsusm.edu/pride Ad e-ntaö: Pride_ads@csumedu tive instead of reactive," Poullard to increase the visibility of DUI said. "In other words, why wait checkpoints around areas frearound for a problem to happen? quented by students and AlcoWe want to help students make holEDU, or some other like proinformative decisions and get gram, will continue to be administered to incoming students. ahead of the game." According to the grant, "The Contributors to the grant are Poullard, Jessica Ripley, Marian media advocacy component will Novak and Doug Miller. All are focus specifically on involving members of the Substance Abuse the University's campus newspaper T he Pride.' The department Advisory Committee. The grant cites the OTS website will invite reporters to accomand the American Medical Asso- pany them on 'ride-alongs' to ciation, respectively, as sources experience drunk driving and for its data that "After years of other alcohol related crimes declining alcohol-involved traffic through the eyes of a patrol offifatalities, California experienced cer. Additionally, the Chief of a 32 percent increase in persons Police will submit Op-Ed articles killed in alcohol-involved colli- to 'The Pride' addressing DUI." Obviously, the program here is sions between 1998-2002. A new study finds that colleges with very different from all other parmultiple alcohol-prevention poli- ticipating campuses, like SDSU, cies on and off campus have a for example. Each campus had lower drinking rate and reduced the ability to decide which of the seven program objectives they alcohol-related problems." Information gathered from the wanted to incorporate into their surveys will be compared with program. The overall objectives of the collected data from the San Diego County Last Drink Surveys, in CSU ATS grant are to improve which someone who has received and/or develop partnerships with a DUI is asked where they had law enforcement; assisting camtheir last drink, in addition to puses in developing or improving community complaints and law on-line personal drinking assessenforcement intelligence. This ment programs; providing supwill be done to "identify the port to campus peer educators; highest-risk alcohol licensed and working with media throughestablishments patronized by our out the state and at each campus to publicize the funding of the students." 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The second building block is "intellectual and cultural activities," not only for the campus, but also for the people in the community. The third block is "civic leadership," which is important because it makes the school more visible and helps it to grow. Haynes commended the students for the 73,000 hours of community service that have been recorded and performed by 15,000 students. As the raindrops started to fall and umbrellas began popping open, Haynes said, "The motto, 'We're building a place for you' is dated. I think Cal State San Marcos is the place." Jackie Trischman, Chair of the Academic Senate, was the next to speak. Her fact-filled report related that this semester CSUSM faculty taught over 600 courses and there were over 1150 class sections offered. She also announced that two new minors, Global Studies and German were going to be offered, and 151 new course proposals were being reviewed. Trischman said that the goal for the school is to, "Help you decide not only what you want to be, but who you want to be when you graduate." "It is good news about the new classes they will be offering" said Biochemistry major Euphemia Uhegbu. "It was also good that they talked about solving the problems with the increased traffic because of the student growth." As the final speaker, ASI President Manal Yamout thanked the audience for staying even though it was starting to rain. Yamout emphasized how she has seen the level of student involvement increase over the last few years as the campus has grown and encouraged students to run for office in the upcoming ASI election. ASI has had a very busy year registering over 800 students to vote, lobbying at the state capitol for student rights and arranging many campus events such as the upcoming Academic Freedom Forum which will be held March 22. "After the formal speeches, the panel accepted questions from the audience regarding how the university is going to handle the traffic issues, improve the academic advising department and deal with budget constraints. President Haynes was asked about the controversial bill SB5, which she denounced as an illthought out bill that clearly does not understand what universities are about and misrepresents what faculties are hired to do. As the rain began to fall in earnest, it was announced that all of the questions would be posted and answered on the ASI website which can be found at: www.csusm.edu/asi. Quality Fish Everyday Resonable Price Good Service Sushi Station San Marcos Blvd # 120 San Marcos, CA 92069 ( in Albertson's Shopping Mall ) 10% Discount Every Monday for Cal State Universty Students with mis coupon. What Bush budget cuts; H igher e ducation w ins, K-12 e ducation loses Photo i llustration by P hoenix L indgren / The Pride are geared towards low-income money is was receiving. Without students and are beneficial for this program, many students will their education. The Perkins loan not be able to train in their major President Bush's budget plan phase-out would save a $4.3 bil- before graduating. All the explanation in the has some changes planned lion dollar deficit in the budget. The Perkins loan has many world will not do any good i f stuthat could affect Cal State San Marcos. In his plan, he sets out benefits to i t First, if a student dents do not sign up for the proa map to eliminate debt by sev- refinances their loan later, the grams. The Free Application for ering programs that cost the tax paid off Perkins Loan money goes Federal Student Aid (EASFA) back to the school. Since this is is an online application to all of * payers money. The majority of actual budget the case, Cal. State San Marcos the programs offered. There is cuts that are proposed by Bush has Perkins Loan money at least a deadline of March 2 filling to are intended for K-12. His plan is until 2006. The Interim Director receive initial awards. The key to phase out money to inner-city of Financial Aid and Scholarship word in FASFA is free. Students schools that receive incentives, Office, Addalou Davis, said that must find the federal website that on top of what other schools for Cal. State San Marcos, Pell ends with .edu.gov. Otherwise, receive, to educate disadvantage Grants will be better as long as private companies will charge kids. In turn, Bush is holding they do not phase out too. Pell them to fill it out. If students are teachers accountable for teaching Grants do not have to be paid uncertain which website to use, students. The down fall will be back and Cal. State San Marcos they can find the website on the the future. The program^ being does not have to put in 1/3 for Cal State San Marcos main site cut help underprivileged K-12 matching, as they do for Perkins by searching FAFSA or through students prepare for higher edu- Loans. Depending on the school the financial aid page. Also, stucation. Currently, these programs and the programs you offer, this dents/should periodically check allow students as young as fourth proposal is either good or bad. on the status of their file on the grade visit colleges to perk their Davis stressed was, "They are website. There are other programs just proposals." By the time the interests. * final budget is approved, it will available for student financial The overall plan in higher aid. Fastweb.com is one way to education is to maneuver some look totally different. One program that is taking a search a private website for other federal loans to grants. The Pell Grant would eventually receive a hit with budget changes is the types of scholarships. The finanboost for students, upping it $500 Federal Work Study (FWS). "It's cial aid office for Cal State San to $4,550. The money would come a valuable program for students Marcos, located at Craven Hall from phasing out The Perkins to learn their job." The school is Fourth Floor, Room 4204, has a Loan. Both of these programs now receiving half of the federal plethora of information regarding programs and scholarships for college. The staff is also available to assist anyone with questions on how to fill out forms and deadlines. ' Tofillout a FASFA got to http:// www.fafsa.ed.gov/. For more information on FASFA or Federal Work Study contact Finan$11.00 - $17.00 per hour cial Aid located at Craven 4204 or online at http://www.csusm. edu/finaid/. ; Call (760) 7 4 4 - S W I M M i BY PATRICK B. 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It's really hard to watch a cross-country meet, so we want to bring sports * that have spectator appeal," said Nichols. CSUSM has approximately 80 students participating in intercollegiate sports. "By the time all the new sports have kicked in, it would double or triple our current size," said Nichols. Nichols added, "If wq have more recognizable sports teams, it will make the degree more valuable because people have heard where you've graduated from." "Personally, I'll gain nothing as a student," said Linda Deblens, literature and writing grad student. "Since I did my undergrad at a school that had a rich athletic tradition, I support the referendum as I know the positive aspects it can bring to student life," said Ian Gould, ASI post baccalaureate representative. "Our office only offers neutral information so students can make an informed decision," said Francine Martinez, vice president of student affairs. "I think students need to get this information so they can make their voices heard on whether or not this is an important initiative for them," said Martinez. Information about the athletics fee referendum is available through student affairs. The athletics department plans to campaign for the new fee in the next coming weeks with classroom presentations and student forums. Students will vote on the fee March 21-24. The complete athletics fee referendum can be found at www.csusm.edu/student affairs/athleticvote. The Pride denied ballot access BY PHOENIX LINDGREN Pride Staff Writer Next month, Cal State San Marcos students will be asked to vote on a new mandatory $40 fee to fund campus Athletics; they will not be asked to vote on a new mandatory $2.50 fee to fund the student newspaper. The Pride submitted a fee proposal last fall that would have generated approximately $ 18,000 per semester to cover production costs of the weekly studentrun, student-written newspaper, eliminating budget gaps caused by inlying on the Instructionally Related Activities (IRA) fee, which nearly ended production of The Pride in 2003. "As it stands right now, The Pride is not going to shut down; we can survive on what we get from IRA," said Elizabeth Baldwin, Pride Co-Editor-in-Chief. "What I mean by survive is black and white, eight pages, all semester." When asked what the fee would have meant to The Pride, Baldwin was matter-of-fact. "The immediate impact that the fund would have made on the newspaper would have been an immediate jump to a consistent twelve pages a week with color-every single week—minimum," said Baldwin. Mike Dolan, Pride Co-Editorin-Chief, also saw the Pride proposal in terms of other groups on campus vying for IRA funds. "To get The Pride away from the IRA funding would have opened up funding for more activities on campus, and provided more autonomy for The Pride," said Dolan. Both Dolan and Baldwin believe the switch to color would Internet Models Wanted Short day, good pay. Please contact Laura Toll free 877-950-9254 have had an increasingly positive effect. "Having color in a newspaper always increases readership. We had projected doubling our circulation immediately to 5,000 copies—eventually distributing off-campus; right now we don't even have a stand at the Field House," said Baldwin. The addition of color and increased circulation would have meant an increase in advertising rates, which would have allowed The Pride to buy things like office furniture and computers, and send more students to journalism conferences. Baldwin was emphatic that the fee was strictly limited to covering production costs. "We were asking students to pay for the cost of the printed paper they pick up," said Baldwin. In a memorandum dated January 14, 2005, Pride editors were informed of President Haynes decision not to solicit input from students on The Pride fee p ro-. posal. "I was very shocked," said Baldwin. "I was shocked because I felt like we put together a very thorough proposal. I was shocked because we were only asking for $2.50, and the fact that we were modeling v a program that's already been in place at Sac(ramento) State, where they've (their newspaper program has)flourished." "That's the system," added Dolan. "We did our best— we went through the system. The President thinks Athletics has more of an impact on the campus." When asked how she felt about the Athletics proposal going forward, Baldwin was stoic. "I personally feel athletics is a good thing for a campus, but I'm just so shocked. I really don't think this is like the newspaper versus the athletics department. What we were asking for is so much less—why couldn't we be on the ballot together?" said Baldwin. It has since been confirmed that Haynes' decision not to include the student newspaper fee proposal on the March ballot Spring Semester Checklist ' f THE PRIDE Catch up oxi everyone's holidays. Sign up for intramural sports. Buy books, Earn Extra Money at FRACS! Call FRACS Dermatology! A leading clinical research organization that specializes in testing skin related products for safety and effectiveness. If you're a healthy non-smoker, you can earn up to $300 by becoming a FRAGS study participant Call $6$) 857 Skin (7546) tofindout more about our current studies (866) 857-Skin (7546) or www.pmcs.com Photo illustration by Jason Encabo / The Pride went against the recommendation of the Student Fee Advisory Council (SFAC), which has a student majority membership and is chaired by Francine Martinez. "The counsel did recommend (to President Haynes) that the student newspaper fee be included on the ballot; we think it's important that students weigh in (on the issues)," said Martinez. When asked how frequently the University President has exercised his or her power not to accept the SFAC's recommendation, Martinez responded that former President Gonzalez did so twice during his six years at CSUSM, "on two different recommendations—a (mandatory fee) referenda recommendation and on a user fee adjustment." Haynes' decision not to allow students to vote on the student newspaper fee would be her first exercise of that power; Haynes had been president of CSUSM for less than one year at the time of her decision. Haynes was unavailable for either an in-person or a telephone interview, but did answer several questions via email. When asked why she didn't include The Pride proposal on the referendum, Haynes expressed concern over the current climate for increasing student fees. Haynes stated that, "the Chancellor's Office (where the final decision is made regarding the establishment of new student fees) has requested that campus Presidents exercise close scnitiny in establishing new mandatory fees " The Pride has requested confirmation of this directive from Chancellor Reed's office, but it was not received prior to press time. Both Haynes and Martinez believe that passage of the Athletics fee could benefit The Pride by frèeing up IRA funds from Athletics. In addition, Haynes stated that, "The IRA fee will be assessed this spring to determine if increasing this fee could support the newspaper at a higher level." The IRA fee has not been increased since its establishment in 1991. Haynes denied that The Pride's coverage of Michael Moore last semester influenced her decision. When asked if the fee would have meant an increase in salaries for editors of The Pride— which currently range from nothing for Copy Editor to $2,500 for Co-Editor-in-Chief per semester, Baldwin said, "No-the fee proposal was only to cover the actual costs of printing." The Athletics Department has other ideas about spending their potential referendum windfall. According to the Athletics Fee Referendum Voter Information web page prepared by the Student Fee Advisory Council (http://www.csusm.edu/student_affairs/athletic_vote.htm), the proposed mandatory $40 Athletics fee will generate nearly $300,000 per semester, most of which will pay the salaries of additional coaching staff. Athletics hopes to increase staff salaries from $40,000 per semester to nearly $200,000 per semester as it adds five new sports to the four it currently offers. Pride staff writer Phoenix Niesley Lindgren can be reached at lindg004@csusm.edu. ATTENTION MICHAEL MOORE FANS At their next meeting The Secular Forum will present Philip Paulson who is the plaintiff in the Soledad Cross case. Philip will impersonate Robert Ingersoll who was known as the American Infidel during the last half of the 19th Century. An open discussion will follow Philip's performance. Meeting on February 2 7,2 to5 PM at the Philosophical Library. 507 S. Escondido Blvd, Escondido. Tel: 760-745-2724 �Inside the lines The sports scoop on and off campus BY BRITTANY S. FREDERICK Pride Staff Writer a lifetime athlete. double the score of second-place finisher Introductions aside, let's talk about the Peyton Manning. Brees, along with fellow action. representatives LaDanian Tomlinson and Whoever coined the For those of you like me who are won- Antonio Gates, helped contribute to the phrase 'it's just a game' dering where the highlight reels went, I AFC win at the Pro Bowl on Sunday. Look was, in my estimation, have a solution: ASI intramural sports. for the Chargers to place the franchise tag wrong. Whether it's a They're not that big and they won't guar- on him after a Comeback Player of the major sporting event or antee you infamy, but they will give you a Year performance. something else, sports good time and a chance to get your game Football fans will also want to check is something that brings out of the closet. Intramural dodgeball is out the NFL Network. Despite the season people together, and on the home stretch of a season that ends being over, the network provides plenty that's why it's my business. From campus February 23, but you can catch the last of varied entertainment from both on and athletics to major sports, I'll be bringing it matches on Monday and Wednesday from off thefield.Watch for their "Point After" all to you with the inside view of a profes- 4-6 p.m. in the Clarke Field House gym. program, which contains hilarious sound sional sportswriter and the watchful eye of These guys throw hard and will make you bites from coaches. laugh even harder - and if you swing by, In baseball, Padres season tickets offiyou'll find me right in the middle of them. cially go on sale on the 19th, and Friar Following that, flag football starts on the fans will want to jump on that since season Attention Deficit 25th and ultimate frisbee is also planned. ticket pre-sales and last weekend's pre-sale The sports may be unconventional - but so have sold plenty of tickets already. The are the people. If you have the time, you 2004 Padres proved they were contenders, Hyperactivity Disorder can't go wrong. and 2005 will build on that, so get down to Petco Park from April on if you can. There's also big news out there for you Looking for research professional sports fans. For those of you Just because the major sports are over participants (18 to 45 years old) who missed it, Charger quarterback Drew - and that now officially includes hockey Brees won the 2005 Pro Bowl quarterback - doesn't mean there's not action. Teams already diagnosed with ADHD accuracy contest with 130 points, almost will be making moves in all sports, so keep your eyes and ears open. You never know what you might learn. That said; I'll see you next week for another breakdown of the sports action on and off campus. Until then, I leave you with wisdom from Tony Gwynn: Just go out and play. ADHD for participate in a behavioral study at UCSD. 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The course was intended to get students involved with the campus; and it was designed to help with academic discipline; help students to choose a major, and finally to assist students in the retention of knowledge gained from their courses. In spite of the objectives of the class, which seem like a great way to start off freshman year, the students of CSUSM aren't too thrilled about GEL. Students around campus feel that getting into college itself means that we can successfully manage time and study, some of the basic teachings of the class. But is there more to this class than meets the eye? After an interview with Joanne Pedersen, Ph.D. the Associate Director for First-Year Programs, she said, "The purpose of GEL is to enhance student success." This seems like a pretty large goal at hand and one that is quite intangible at the freshman level. Photo by Jason Encabo / The Pride G E L s tudents s it attentively d uring lecture. Mark Thomas, a student at CSUSM said, "I just don't understand why we have to pay for a class that the majority of students don't need to take." Despite having to take a class such as GEL to complete a government required course, it should be a class that is worth taking, but most students do not feel that way while taking the class. "Studies done by multiple universities," Pedersen said, "show that 30-40% of students drop out between their freshman and sophomore year." Pedersen later went on to say that with proH^HM grams like GEL, studies show that students are less likely to drop out and receive a better GPA throughout their college life. With this knowledge in hand it seems that GEL is a spot on perfect example of a freshman general education course. But students still aren't happy with the initial impact of the course. Before dreading going to class, think of how this class will benefit your This course was intended to get students involved with the campus future. Due to the simple topics at hand, or the things that all freshman "think they automatically know" coming into this new school, it seems that students aren't taking this course seriously. Yet in the long run this course will help students no matter how they feel in the present time. Down the road it could help students like Mark to acquire a job with skills he learned in the class. So before the class is judged by its surface, kind of like a book is judged by its cover, sit down and listen to the professors and hear what they have to say. Maybe new students will retain some of that knowledge. After all that was the goal of the course in the first place. R EED, from page 1 Ishmael Reed to CSUSM as part of the Arts & Lectures series. Dr. Sam Hamod, a creative writing professor and a good friend of Reed's, unabashedly introduced him as, "one of the world's greatest writers." Poetry is at its best when it is read aloud, and Reed captivated the audience with his rich, booming voice. He shared poems from a new album that he is producing called, "Bad Mouth," which is being distributed by Blue Note Records. The appreciative crowd burst into laughter at many of his one-line poems such as; "Van Gogh killed himself because he felt that sooner or later his paintings would be displayed in Las Vegas," or "I'd rather have my short term memory back than an El Dorado Cadillac." His longer pieces titled; "In a War Such Things Happen," and "Wanting to be a Right Wing Family Values Type of Man," were heartily applauded as the audience absorbed the underlying meanings of his satirical messages. Student Bellamy Walker said that, "It was really amazing to hear such an intellectual speak on our level and about our issues for black Americans." After reading his poetry, Reed held a question and answer session. When asked how he finds his ideas, Reed stated that he gets them from many different places because he gets asked to do so many dif- Photo by Yvonne Brett / The Pride Photos courtesy of Susie Lan-Cassel ferent things. This variety is good because writing in different forms helps to unblock your mind. In addition to his books he has written numerous essays, opinion pieces, and five plays. His next project will be to write a book about Muhammad Ali and his spiritual beliefs. Sonia Gutierrez, a former CSUSM grad student said, "I am a great admirer of African American literature and that is where I find my own voice " Gutierrez, who now teaches at Palomar College, had cancelled her evening class to come and hear Reed speak. After the lecture Reed stayed and graciously signed autographs for the many admirers of his craft. His visit was definitely one of the highlights of the activities celebrating Black History Month at CSUSM. �Transition team at CSUSM Rodolfo Acuña to VUSD students interact with campus life BY THOMAS F. GORMAN III Pride Staff Writer Areli, J.R., Justin, Bruce, Vianey, Rusby, Armando, Marcella, and William are the students who help keep our campus clean. These students are part of a transition program run through Vista Unified School District in conjunction with the Facility Services Department of CSUSM. The transitional program itself has been in operation on campus for ten years with the main focus being a way for the students involved to gain life skills, practice personal autonomy, and learn work habits such as following directions and seeing a task through to the end. Students involved in the transition program work Monday through Thursday from 7:15 a.m. until 1:15 p.m. Depending upon where the students live, their day begins anywhere from 5:30 a.m. and 6:00 a.m. Once on campus, the students, accompanied by their teachers Steve Molina and Dora Stabinski, meet in the dome and receive their duties for the day. The student's main duty is to clean campus but Photo by Loriann Samano / The Pride Molina said "the students do what ever is asked of them and there is always variation." Like most eighteen to twenty-two year olds, the student's favorite part of the day is break time. This gives the students a chance to eat lunch in the Dome and gain additional social skills through interaction with the student population here on campus. The students involved with the transitional program are excited with the opportunity of being able to interact with other students and observe day to day campus life. All students involved in the transitional program were enthusiastic with the only complaint being witnessing other students litter and disrespecting our beautiful second home. "This is an excellent opportunity for them to develop life skills and we also get to benefit from them," said Chuck Walden, director of facility services. "I think they are a great group of young people." The transitional program is both innovative and outstanding for all parties involved. So next time you see these students keeping our campus clean give them a smile, hug, or a high-five and express to them our gratitude f or a job well done. como to campus Founder of Chicano Studies speaks as part of Arts and Lectures series t hroughout the United States. Irene As part of the Arts and Lec- G o m e z , tures series, Dr. Rodolfo Acufta, p r e s i d e n t a man not afraid to challenge the of Mecha status quo, will present a lecture at CSUSM, has this to titled "In Search of Chuahuita". Being the say about Acuña's visit; "It is real founder of one privilege having one of our Chiof thefirstChi- cano leader and founder of Chicano Studies cano studies in our nation, here d epartments in our campus. Mecha is lookin the nation is ing forward to hear him speak, only one of the not only Mecha students but all many accom- CSUSM students, Latinos in p l i s h m e n t s particular will be honored to that give him this title. Acuña has have him speak to us on Thursauthored over fifteen books deal- day of this week. He has opened ing with racism, discrimination many doors for other Chícanos and oppression of the Chicano in the nation and have influenced people. One of his most popular younger generations to learn books, "Occupied America: A more about chicanismo." History of Chícanos", is used in Although Acuña's blunt style race and ethnic studies courses of writing and speaking may nationwide and is named "the be uncomfortable to some, it is most renowned text in Chicano needed to be heard by all. His History". This book is a com- lecture will help provide insight prehensive overview of Chicano into ideas about racism and color history including the role of race blindness in America which will and gender in forming the Mexi- spark conversation and questions can-American identity. among those who attend. Acuña His passion and expertise in will be speaking on February 24 Chicano and Latino History is at 7:00 p.m. in Arts 240. Seating duly noted in academia as well will be limited, so early arrival is as among M.E.Ch.A members recommended. BY ADIA BESS Pride Staff Writer Priority President Evan Trown meets with The Pride BY ZACHERY SIMON Pride Staff Writer The fickle Gods of Time and Information always seem to make themselves scarce when students consider joining a campus club. Still, those searching defiantly for a group to exercise their beliefs, rather than merely their tastes, might take a moment for any of the three Christian organizations here at CSUSM. To help provide some guidance, The Pride has conducted interviews with two club leaders and hopes to include the third as well. This week we'll be sharing our conversation with Evan, president of 'Priority Christian Challenge', following up next week with Paul from 'Christ on Campus'. The questions were intended to give students, and perhaps the leaders themselves, a better idea of the beliefs that govern these clubs. Evan Trown's first hello into the tape recorder is nervous, new to the format, but a pleasant humor suppresses any shyness. Let's get some background on the club, how long has it been active here at CSUSM? Priority started about 5 years ago, and I've been here for two. How long have you been the president? Actually I just started in December. So I was the vice president last semester, and then got promoted. Was this a democratic process? How did that go in terms of the ranking? Pretty much is...if you feel like you're called upon to be i n a position of leadership then you, like, apply for it and then pretty much if you want to be it...theeen you are. (laughs) Our president graduated in December, and I decided that I would like to be president, and that I felt like God on campus and we actually go to one of the was telling me to.. .to step up into the next other clubs and we are almost identical in everything we do, um, we all believe the position of leadership. How does your club approach recruit- same thing, the three clubs on this campus do anyway, and um basically we just proment? vide dif times and dif locations where Pretty much we just try and make sure that we are open and available to anyone people can come to meet. How much do...excuse me, how much on campus who wants to be involved, 'does9 your-your organization, uh, comjust try and, um, just try and create some campus awareness for our club and just get munity, aid...that kind of external helping out? How much community aid do members through that way. What do you feel is your role within you think your organization provides? Um, probably not as much as we should the campus community? be or would like to be. We don't have as As a club I feel like our role is just to make Christ's presence on this campus many members as we would (chuckles) like to or as we've known, and had in the past, really to, um, so its hard to be just create just - as- involved in a place whether the community through our club we do um were or where stuinvolved in the dents can come sexual responand just feel the sibility week love of Christ that's... next and just hang out week, I think, with other people um, we try and on campus. Photo courtesy of Priority Christian Challenge ¿ 0 s o m e outThank you. What do you think is the best part about reach things outside of the campus but running a Christian organization in the mostly our focus is on this campus and spreading the word of Christ to the stu21st century? dents that are on this campus. Well At least for us here on this campus Now, what would you say are some of in the United States I feel like we're just the benefits and some of the setbacks of blessed because we can have this room to have this club on our campus. I don't attending a secular university? Um -benefits- would be that it's moreknow I just love the fact that we have the more open there's a lot more students here freedom to meet and talk about god on our that that you can reach um from a Chrispublic school campus. How would you compare your orga- tian perspective and that enables you to nization to other spiritually centered have the opportunity to-to witness and share the gospel with more people. Probyouth organizations? I think it's pretty much the same, I mean ably some of the setbacks would be just the I know there's two other Christian clubs uh (chuckles a breath) the unsaved people that um oppose the things that our clubs does and just the difficulties and the whole process of having to go through the secular campus, uh, rules and regulations before we can have any sort of events. Thank you...Um, Gettin down to the final questions here. Does your club have a unified concept of heaven? I think so, most of us, uh, were, well a lot of us were raised in church settings, so most of us have some preconceived notions of everything, that basically what we learn in our club, from past church experiences and what not, so really think do have kinda...a common belief in what heaven is, and that kind of a thing. Do people who die having rejected Christ go to Hell? I believe so, yes. We um as a club and as an individual believe that um people who have not asked Christ to.. .have a personal relationship with them are going to Hell. And that.. .1 mean that says so right in the bible, so. Okay um, the final question, I know you mentioned earlier there were two other Christian...oriented clubs on campus. Why do you think there are three separate organizations? You know a lot of people ask us that question and we even ask ourselves that question sometimes. Mostly, it's because we're each funded by a dif church. So, our club is funded by a Baptist organization, and Christ on campus, the other club is sponsored by the Episcopalian church, and Intervarsity has its own backing from, I don't know, they're like a huge organization, So, pretty much because we all have these different funds it actually allows us to have um various times that we can meet that can meet the needs of all the students on campus, �Feb. 22-24 I 10:00 a m - 3:00 p m C outyard o utside of U niversity Store UNIVERSITY �THE PRIDE Tuesday, February 22, 2005 IT ; By JASON NOKSJS P Ä Ombudsman I can take off that fatty clock 'round my neck and let up on Chez. The News did well last week. I won't go Public Enemy on our News editor this time, He's moved up from Dan Rather to Jon Stewart status in my boofe^^^^^^^g^^v^ fll get to those praises later. For now, my Chuck D eyes are on last week's Opinion page. What the hell was that?! The Social Insecurity "debate' suffered from serious probs of the Sally Field Sybil sort. I realiae the Democrats were stomped by the Grand Ole Elephants and have been struggling to find their identity, but I'm sure it's not what was portrayed in last week's issue. "From the Left/ From the Right" was nothin' of the s ort It shouid'a been titled "From the Extreme Right/Then Right Again/' Now, I'm an Independent cause I could give a hoop~nah~ nah 'bout party loyalties. But, after readin' what fell under the 'Left* column last week, I had to rob my eyes and triple check the by-line. I was shocked to discover it wasn't Bill O'Reilly. Amira El-Khaouli needs to give serious consideration to changing party lines, cause she's definitely in the wrong camp. Move past GO and collect a Libertarian's card cause even Republicans would step back from the words you pumped out. Being in college sipping down Venti ex-laxes, having * neither kids nor a Beamer don't necessarily make you a liberal, Amira. You may do like them, you may look like them, but you ain't them. When your words make Phoenix seem like the Green Party, you've got issues. And Amira's column last week ain't even the real thorn in me bum-bum. It's the fact that our Editors-in-chief who've taken over the Opinion pages, either don't read whafs gettiiig Bush budget pasted in the tree-skins, don't know their right from their left, or don't give a damn what's getting put down under those distinctions. Let me clear it up for you: Left: "Social Security good." Right: "Social Security bad." And in the future, you may want to know that generally sgeaking... • JLeft: "Bush is an idiot." * Right: "Bush may not have 'invented the Internet,* but I know where he stands." Left: "The war is for o il" Right: "Like that's a bad thing?! You planning on asking the Spotted Owl to give you a ride?" Left: "Sponge Bob and Tinky Winky have the right to suffer the marriage penalty on taxes." Right: "Sponge Bob and Tinky Winky can have a civil union, but no way will they get 'til death do us part."' Everyone else: "Dude, it's a talking sponge that wears pants and an overweight purple thing with a boob-tube in its belly. Ya'll are freaks!" Here endeth the lesson. Now, onto praises. Jason Williams finally spoke, It's about friggin' tiipe, A lot has been said on his behalf in this paper, and Chez did a damn fine job of getting it straight from the source. And let me just say* whether you take WilHams' side or not, you have to give the dude credit for having the mahooshkas to put himself on the public opinion slab. There's a lot of talking heads on this campus that abuse this paper to give their nickel opinions five-dollar words. (Count me amongst 'em.) But Williams ain't one of us. Until Chez's article last week, Williams had avoided attempts for an interview. To grant one in the face of an investigation that found Baker and Poncherello were okay to put the cuffs on, shoots down all theories that suspected Williams was doing this just to pull a 'Get Out of J ail'free card, My ethereal hat goes off to Chez and most of all to Mr. Williams. Thank you. ' And I'd like to throw in Matt Schramm with that gratitude for his front and center article on the . "Advising problems." It wasn't News to me, cause along with my Lit. studies on big words abusing French dudes who say 'History is narrative,' I've been pursuing a major in that 'narratiye.' (I'm a History/Lit major if you're missing the point) An experience akin to custody visits with divorcing parents* Either way, I've been just as much a victim of the advising woes of History freaks as the rest of me classmates. Matt balanced those woes with the reasons for them. Something that tends to be lacking in our news stories. I felt no manipulations or bias, though I know Schramm is a classmate and so faces the same advising probs. It was nice to get a balanced perspective on the situation that didn't place blame on the Advising office who've been doing their best to tackje that Beast that came from Sacramento. (Budget cuts.) Well, that about does, it for this tale of woes. I'm off to shop for an iPod so I can join Julie in our contempt for Apple's customer service. While it works I'll be listenin' to Fanstasia Barrin<? as I wait for another chance to laugh at Simon's ability to turn narcissistic pop-star hopefuls into blubbering crybabies, Gee, can you guess which guilty pleasure I enjoy. Nichols o ut nicho028@csusm.edu or pride@csusm.edu li 3k U U U &%Mk ...More that meets the eye income areas to improve their test scores), and expanding No Child Left Behind (NCLB) to high Reading from the White schools to help at-risk youth stay House's official website (www. in school. Furthermore, Bush is whitehouse.gov) about Bush's proposing to increase federal Pell proposal for the '06 Department Grants to low income college stuof Education budget, you'd get dents. Hooray! At first glance, warm fuzzies about the millions the budget sounds wonderful. But wait a tick...I'm not a fan he's putting into education. After further research, however, those of the Bush, something must be warm fuzzies might turn into awry. I did some researching on my knots of icy cold pricklies. The website provides a own and found that Bush's new description of the budget's pur- budget proposal for education is pose, which is to cut the current not all it's cracked up to be. The Department of Educadeficit in half by 2009. There are highlights that focus on the tion has a proposed 0.9 percent President's numerous increases decrease to $56 billion, which is to education, and every other a $530 million cut from last year. department. The Department That means education is actuof Education link discusses the ally going to get less money than major focuses in the new budget it did last year, and in previous which include increasing Title I years. On the other hand, Bushy funds (money to schools in lower has proposed to increase miliBY CHRISTINE BALDWIN Pride Staff Writer A+ S UBS P reschool s ubstitutes, a ids, and t eachers. A ll a reas, f ull t ime f lexible p art t ime h ours $ 7.50-$10.00 h ourly Comic by Cliristine Baldwin / The Pride tary spending by 4.8 percent to $419.3 billion, which is a $19 billion increase from last year. The military and education both have different scales, it does cost more to defend the country then it does to educate, but that's not the point I am trying to make. The point is that the military is receiving a significantly larger percentage of money compared to education. In my opinion, that says something about the value of education versus the value of national defense/Iraqi liberation. I think it's great that the President wants to cut our debt in half, but at the expense of education? Some of the programs that are going to be cut from schools are vocational programs at the high school level, Safe and Drug-Free School grants, money for technology, Upward Bound programs for inner-city youth, and the Elementary and Secondary School Counseling Program (ESSCP). By cutting thè ESSCP, students are going to lose counseling and mental health services and school counselors will lose their jobs. Counselors are crucial for academic success especially for students with learning disabilities. 756 So. Rancho Santa Fe Rd. Sav-on Center San Marcos, CA 92069 (760)727-5085 (760)727-8136 The Engraving Place Plaques • Trophies • Corporate Awards Money Clips • Key Chains • Baby Items Kevin W. Burton - Owner Quality Engraving at Reasonable Prices Call Jacki 858-565-2144 Engravplace@mindspring.coni I have to wonder why implement NCLB into high schools? Isn't there already enough pressure to get into college without the undue stress of annual standardized tests? Bush's purpose is to narrow the achievement gap between richer districts and poorer districts. I agree with what Bushy has to say about quality education, narrowing the achievement gap and providing equal education to children of all backgrounds...I just disagree with the way he goes about doing it. There is no incentive for high school students to do well on yearly standardized testing, in fact the worse they do, the more money their school will get with Titfe I funding. It is still their SAT scores that are going to get them into college. Well, I will benefit from Bush's Pell Grant increase (it pays to not be employed and to be a full time student), but I just don't see how elementary and secondary schools are going to benefit. �A shot of whiskoywith a university bureacratic chaser BY MICHAEL DOLAN Pride Staff Writer If you have been at Cal State San Marcos for a few years, you will undoubtedly remember the CORE survey o f2002. The CORE survey examined the drinking habits of CSUSM students. Not surprising, we learned that there was not a significant problem with excessive alcohol consumption at our school. (Who could forget the mouse pads and posters blasting us with statistics designed to make us think otherwise before having that third or fourth drink when out on the town?) Why is it that CSUSM has now received a $48,000 portion of a state grant designed for alcohol and traffic safety? It seems to me that if there is not a significant problem with drinking on campus, and the student population in general cannot be categorized as "problem drinkers," then what exactly will the University implement with this money? According to the January 31 press release announcing this award, the money will go to further surveys and research aimed "to identify the highest risk alcohol-licensed establishments patronized by San Marcos students." These 'problem' bars in the. community will then be subject to "comprehensive risk assessment inventories" Photos by Michael Dolan / The Pride that will give the University information to dissuade students from going to those places. In addition, the bars that are identified as problematic will find themselves in a Big Brother dragnet as the University teams with local law enforcement "to increase visibility of DUI checkpoints in and around areas frequented by students." Am I the only one who is creeped out with a chill of fascism? First off, the University must back off. If students are of legal drinking age and are respected as individuals, then the choices they make are their own. If they want to go to a bar and drink, the University should not interfere. If they want to test the waters and run the DUI gauntlet, then let law enforcement do their job without the information of where and when students will be drinking being hande4 to tirads-' I t ' them by the University. This is the worst kind of liberal left 'we know what is best for you' combined with fastidious right 'you will fall in line and do what we say is right' I have seen proposed on our campus. I drink in San Marcos often at places I can safely assume will soon be 'problem' bars. I drive home from these bars. I am a responsible adult of 28 years and know when not to drive home after drinking. I do not, however, look forward to ditching checkpoints on my way home so that I can avoid an arbitrary and static BAC standard which if I exceed will land me in jail. This is soon the reality, though. I hope the University reconsiders its priorities. Failing that, I hope the people stand up and call for responsible accountability of their tax dollars from where this grant money originates. Hunter S. Thompson In drunken memory of Hunter S. Thompson (1937-2005) for without the Technicolor of his Gonzo journalism, the news and the world would still be in black and white. —Michael Dolan MUSIC HOUSE AND GOURMET GRILL L1?N^«fNU 11am>3pm HAPPY HOUR 3 -6 DAILY » mf . .e vSw^kTJr*'^^ Jt* JfcSrJBfc Uith SD Island Boys Ù Irie Dingo NSTEADY w Drivers w anted, i SATURDAY Bring, 2 SATURDAY a nd W ell M ake 19| Tribute Band COLLEGE GRAD PROGRAM 39 Monthly Lease payments thru Volkswagon Credit. 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WblMM THMMR of m Hip H o p House & 8©\s 7^0*510-0004 COLLEGE S TUDENTS 2 f or 1 H appy H our M enu I tem S how C ollege I D a n d Receive 1 H appy H o u r M enu I tem F ree w hen 1 i s P urchased. E xcludes B everages. V alid 7 D ays a w eek 3 -7pm �"Nobody Knows" Tuesday, February 22 Ammcm Indian Student AUiai meeting-free pizza 7~7:50pm> Clarke Field Home,mm BY ZACHARY J. SIMON Pride Staff Writer It's an independent foreign film. Double whammy. You don't recognize any of the actors AND you have to read subtitles. Who would suck their salty fingers to that, even if the popcorn were as free as the admission? Granted, the trappings of the f-word can lend a positive bias, even to reviewers who get it all the time (not this one), but thankfully the theater was packed with enough chatting teenagers to bring the cynicism up on par. That these teens were mostly Asian and the film set in modern Japan should make no difference; a trendy young target audience member really could hold still for this one. "Nobody Knows" held an advance screening at the Landmark theaters in Hillcrest last Thursday, and wasn't worth m Photo courtesy of IFC Films the drive for being free, or for being so "Nobody Knows" is strongly recommuch 'deeper' or 'more profound' than the mended for anyone who thinks they have average Hollywood release. everything figured out about family values Somewhere between a "Sesame Street" and nothing to gain from 'art' movies. intermission and "The Lord of the Flies," For show times see www.landmarkit managed an unselfconscious subtlety for theatres.com and, for those who enjoy it, what might seem too long or, even more look for 'Grave of the Fireflies' as another seat-shifting, too real. A few repeated example of how the Japanese can handle symbols and formulaic resolutions disrupt any film genre that floats their way. the flow, but plot and emotion both remain "Nobody Knows" starts a very limited so unpredictable that it would be a shame one week engagement at The Ken Cinema, to watch the trailer, or even give away a Friday, February 25. synopsis. Snoop Dogg is right: Everybody needs a Sidekick letter. The keypad is hidden ultra-envious relationship with underneath a screen that flips a rock star, priceless. out. Big screen; so many posOkay, maybe this phone isn't that good, but it's pretty damn Play that funky music white sibilities! That screen really comes close. boy, play that funky music in handy when cameras are Come on, anything that right... Maybe it's just the excitement restricted from a concert for looks like a little Game Boy ofhaving a new cell phone, but example. Just laugh when that has to be. You can eveff get I couldn't help myself: I had to stranger right next to you pulls that old-school '70s styj&Mkteo ^ game where your have that famous Wild Cherry out a tiny little ship has to shoot song as my ring tone on my screen on their the asteroids. It's flip phone. Sidekick II. called "Rock & Then you Yes, that's right a bunch of Rocket" on celebrities asking each other can bust out the phone. how much a pad of butter is your SideThen, got to me. It just looked ridicu- kick and, there's lously cool. And Paris Hilton s habam, text mespimped hers out with a crystal you are sage, AOL now the studded lining. Instant Now, I don't know how I c o o l e s t Messeneven survived without one. It's p e r s o n Photo courtesy of T-Mobile ^ T_ a little bigger and heavier than there. Then all thoseflipphones that every- the band sees the large screen mail (T-mobile email) and the one has, but it has just about all the way from the stage and Internet on here. It even funceverything in it. invites you to their limo after tions as a PDA. Oh yeah, it's a phone too. The feature that the manu- the concert. That Internet really comes You really hit it off with the facturers have been advertising in handy when you're lost and like crazy is the full keypad. lead singer and he proposes to No more pressing a number you on-stage at the Grammy's. you need MapQuest, or you three times to get that desired Sidekick II, $495. Having an need to quickly log onto cliffBY AMIRA EL-KHAOULI Pride Staff Writer B notes.com to read about a book for lit class. A warning though: anything Internet related does not work in the Kellogg library. Unfortunately, that includes AIM. T-mobile can never find a network: in there. - My other complaint is that I experience my phone freezing. It wouldn't do anything— not even shut off. I have to note how unhelpful tech support is. They told me I needed to get a new phone. I didn't believe them and I had my phone working again in a half hour. I didn't remember exactly what I did though. If it happens to you, just try pressing the shut-off button several times, using the reset underneath the screen, or popping out the Sim card briefly. So what are you waiting for? Go find a deal on the phone so that you don't have to pay full price. Because Snoop Dogg is right, "Everybody needs a Sidekick." of Otuahita*' atectomt^&o&Koj Progressive Activists Network Marcos BML Go Global! Study Abroad! goabroad@esusffl>ed« U*rcm SAay 3 raven 52114 Cat alladolid, Spain GlobalMffairs0C-Programs: ummer Jane 2 V State San Mniv Next info meeting is Mon, Feb. 28 from 9:00-9:50 in Aed 404 Ciiernavaca,Mexico July 1 1-Aug6 Next info meeting is Tues, Mar. 15 from 12:00-12:50 in Univ 460 Cai State San M*™« Programs: Pay CSUSM tuition, earn resident credit, instruction in English, study for a semester or an academic year in: Amsterdam Japan Denmark Korea England Sweden Hong Kong Taiwan I âgg^r { n t ga s mtt Êfliirt fam.mm^mmmmmm.m.m^ - UV-FREE ß T A M lllll .I PI1PI1SP p^mmmmrnm ïmmmmmmifrnmrnm 1 I msmmmsäMm^ wt-«* I I I I m miüÜiNt^tW'iisi. * J P^SIâlUS^^ San Marcos Blvd. �Viva San Marcas! ASI hosts Casino Night in the Field House BY YVONNE BRETT Pride Staff Writer What happens in the Field House, stays in the Field House. All that was missing was the noisy clamor of the slot machines when the ASI sponsored Casino Night last Thursday. Participants were handed $500 in play money as they came in the door, which they traded in for chips to play poker, roulette or blackjack. Dealers in white shirts and bow ties from Casino Magic ran the tables. Erik Groset, the Director of Social Programming for ASI was in charge of the event, attended by around 200 people. "I couldn't have done it without the help of the ASI Program Board," said Groset. The group is planning another evening within the next few months that would feature poker games. Mike Louzek, waiting for a spot to open up on Mike Louzek, Travis R oger, a nd J órgen Havre Photos by Yvonne Brett / The Pride one of the popular poker tables, said he was, "winning massive amounts of money and having lots of fun." As they finished playing, players traded their chips for raffle tickets that they could put in boxes to win prizes. Drawings were held at the end of the evening and lucky winners went home with prizes like: a trip for two to Laughlin, the Halo 2 game for X-Box, a George Foreman grill, a cordless mouse, an I-Pod Shuffle, and many more. Travis Roger, who attends Palomar, but lives in the UVA was checking out the prize table with his roommate Jorgen Havre who is from Bergen, Norway. "I am having f un enjoying the American lifestyle," said Havre. He laughingly added that he is, "looking for an American sweetheart to bring back to Europe." Casino Night was a lot of f un because you didn't have to drive to Vegas forfive1hours, if you lost your shirt they gave you a free one, and heck, you weren't losing real money anyway. Keanu is wooden as "Constantine" N either M ilton, n or H eaven, n or H ell c an save D C C omics a daptation BY PATRICK B. LONG Pride Staff Writer Demons. Brimstone. CGI. John Constantine (Keanu Reeves) is a self-appointed agent of demon exorcism in this DC comic book adaptation of "Hellblazer." "Constantine" is a carry-over of John Milton's epic, "Paradise Lost," about a war between Heaven and Hell. In the story, humans are supposed to be left alone to their own devices and without direct intrusion from either Heaven or Hell. Each side tries to collect as many souls as it can, and the one with the most souls wins. Milton, a pro-Protestant, would not be too keen on the idea that the Catholics of Constantine are the heroes. Constantine was born with a gift that he doesn't understand. He eventually attempts suicide but doesn't succeed and returns to Earth after a spell in Hell. Catholic doctrine states that suicide is a one-way ticket to Hell, so Constantine develops his skill of sending demons home in order to secure a ticket into Heaven. He is recruited by Angela (Rachel Weisz), to solve the unanswered question of why her sister committed suicide. Along the way, they battle demons with weapons Photos courtesy of Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. of angelic origin. The highlights of the movie are the special effects and action. If the plot is overdone, or even confusing, the action should keep you entertained. It received an "R" rating and maybe saved the movie for me. A "PG-13" would have been too boring with the bad acting and old plot. It has some gory scenes that may even rival that of "The Exorcist," but is counteracted but a lot of dry, dark humor by the character Constantine. The story is far from original, and has been better explained. In fact I could count the number of movies it borrowed from, like "The Prophecy", "Blade" and even "Dogma." As usual, Reeves pulls a subpar performance, I still don't understand why someone with the personality of a wooden doll seems to keep getting work. I do give him credit for trying a character with a morose sense of humor, but he delivers it with force. Even Weisz seems to be brought down by Reeves and acts below her norm. There was a surprising performance by rock star Gavin Rossdale of Bush. He brings an eerie performance to the demon Balthazar. If the movie's purpose was to produce an original story with a great plot or even good acting, it failed. If its purpose was to make an action film based on a comic book, with decent special effects, then it did a good job. so-so DECENT GREAT � 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/. Title A name given to the resource <h2>2004-2005</h2> Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource University Archives in the CSUSM Library Description An account of the resource The fifteenth academic year of California State University San Marcos. 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