https://archives.csusm.edu/student-newspapers/files/original/9ae9a2a4950377813b169f59c6e2d0bd.pdf 3bd9d99cc2bb34e5c2ae071dc19e31cf PDF Text Text FIRST COPY FREE additional copies 25 ë each CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY SAN MARCOS w ww.csusm.edu/pride i raqWaT veterans speak on campus History students bring TUESDAY, MARCH 15, 2005 v o l . X III NO. 8 experiences of those effected by the current conflict BY MATTHEW SCHRAMM Pride Staff Writer Phi Alpha Theta and the History Club offered perspectives about the war from troops who served in Iraq, on Wednesday, March 9 with an event entitled "Boots on the Ground." Featuring soldiers who have served in the current conflict in Iraq as guest speakers, the forum was held in Academic Hall 102. This was the second of a series of talks on the Iraq issue that have been recently presented at CSUSM. After a brief introduction from Chris Mitchell, President of the History Club, the floor was turned over to Staff Sergeant Chris Kiefer, who was thefirstspeaker to present his story. Backed by power point presentations showing pictures and footage from Iraq, perspectives given at the forum came from ground forces, air and supply support forces, and even the view of those left behind at home. The range of views included those of different military service branches and gender, with the panel evenly split with two male and two female speakers. The majority of the forum offered personal stories of war and what life was like for soldiers in various theatresfightingover in Iraq. In specific details, the event managed to bring the conflict in Iraq down to a very human level detached from political views and heated debate as the speakers stood one by one and told their stories. Aside from the human aspects of the war and the intricacies of military life and sense of duty that the speakers talked about, the forum also revealed a basic uniform sentiment among those in military service. See TROOPS, page 2 >• >« ... /. , w- WJk 4 ^ , .. „ . Captian Jim Mullin (left) and Staff Sergeant Chris Keifer (right) present in Academic Hall on Wednesday night. Photo courtesy of Phi Alpha Theta Wellness E v e n t Health-related fair and expo held at the Field House BY YVONNE BRETT Pride Staff Writer The second annual Wellness Day Fair & Expo was held Wednesday, March 9, at the Clarke Field House. Sponsored by the University Student Union Advisory Board, students, faculty, and staff that attended the fair munched on free sandwiches and drinks provided as they perused the assorted booths. There were all kinds of freebies handed out; gun locks from the Photo by Yvonne Brett / The Pride Campus Police, samples of Jenny Craig food, toothbrushes, hand lotion, Students filter through various healthpens, highlighters, smoothies, free related materials at the Wellness Day Fair tan coupons, and even brightly col& Expo. ored condoms from the Lesbian Gay Bi-sexual Transgender student organization (L.G.B.T.). The free items were a great draw and got people to learn about some of the wellness-related services that the organizations present at the fair provide. CSUSM Track and Field Coach Steve Scott ran on a treadmill. Scott said that he was looking forward to a great season and was happy that many of his athletes had turned out to support the Wellness Fair. The track team had a member continuously running on a treadmill during the event. Josh Hannan was busy promoting the Kinesiology Club. Hannan said See EXPO, page 2 Donna Frye CSUSM f comes to campus Atheltics fee passagear nfotrom N CAA higher level competition will immediately guarantee BY CHEZARE MILO Pride Staff Writer Former San Diego Mayoral Candidate Donna Frye is coming to campus on March 16 at 1 p.m. in the Clarke Field House as part of Women's History Month activities. Frye will speak about her experience in the recent contested mayoral election as well as her experience as a San Diego City Council member. Frye has been the elected representative of the Donna Frye See FRYE, page 2 BY PATRICK B. LONG Pride Staff Writer The athletics department, along with support from President Haynes, plans to use the proposed funds generated from the athletics fee referendum to move CSUSM into the prestigious NCAA iteadfMefiiK l e a g u e . Uniigren's H owever, rtsponsa this move is not realistic given the competitive g uidelines for admittance into this league of prominent college level athletics. The San Diego Union-Tribune recently profiled Cal State San Marcos President, Karen S. Haynesfirstyear. The article from March 13, 2005 stated, "When respondents (students) clamored for more campus life, she appointed the university's first athletic director and asked him to create more sports teams." This cooperation between the Administration and the Athletic Department outlines their desire for sports teams at Cal State San Marcos. The decision to go forward with sports teams brings many questions to the minds of students. The ultimate decision is left up to the student voters of Cal State San Marcos who will decide if the Athletics Fee Referendum is something they want to support. CSUSM does not qualify for membership the National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA) and participates in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA). The NCAA has three Divisions with San Diego State at the top. NAIA is one level above community college leagues. Cal State San Marcos participates in NAIA Region II with the Independents. The competition includes Alliant International University and Patten College in California as well as Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University and Grand Canyon University in Arizona. CSUSM has done very well in See REFERENDUM, page 3 �NEWS Tuesday, March 15, 2005 EXPO, from page 1 the club is being initiated so that people in the new Kinesiology program can get to know each other. Staff Editorial "Since Kinesiology is a new Staff Writers major being offered, it's very Editors-in-Cliief Adia Bess important to network because the Elizabeth Baldwin Yvonne Brett Michael Dolan field is very competitive," said Alfred Chi* Layout Design & jfoeiie M. Frankel Hannan. Next to Hannan's table attendPhoto Editor Thomas F. ees could learn about the upcomJason Encabo Gorman EI ing Athletics Fee Referendum Heather Business Manager Hoffmann and get a blue wristband to show Brian Reichert for support the $40 fee coming Jennifer Ianni News Editor up for a vote on March 21 Chezare Milo Patrick B. Long The Golf Team was there to Bryan Mason Features Editor Andrea Morales take a look at your swing and Christine give some pointers. Student and Julie Oxford Baldwin CSUSM golf team member Matt Matthew A&E Editor Determan who was giving free Schramm Phoenix Lindgren Zachery J. Simon golf lessons during the fair said that there were, "more people Heather Zeman Copy Editor than last year" taking advanJulie Oxford tage of the golf clinic held by the Online Editor team. Heather Zeman The City of San Marcos was Adviser Jenifer Woodring All opinions and letters to the editor, published in The Pride, represent the opinions of the author, and do not necessarily represent the views of The Pride, or of California State University San Marcos, Unsigned editorials represent the majority opinion of The Pride editorial board. Letters to the editors should include an address, telephone number, e-mail and identification. Letters may be edited for grammar and length* Letters should be under 300 words and sub» mitted via electronic mail to pride@csusm.edu, rather than the individual editors. It is the policy of The Pride not to print anonymous letters. Display and classified advertising in The Pride should not be construed as the endorsement or investigation of commercial enterprises or ven tares, The Pride reserves the right to reject any advertising. 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. TROOPS, from page 1 The dominant message expressed among panelists was one of armed services accomplishment in Iraq. "From my experience they want us there and are very grateful," said Sgt. Kiefer speaking about his dealings with the majority of the Iraqi populace. Perhaps the most unique and rarely heard perspective given at the forum was that of Morgan Copeland McCorkle whose husband is currently serving in Iraq. The life of an army wife, McCorkle noted, was to not only support the troops but also to support their families and spouses at home, both physically and emotionally. So far McCorkle's husband has been away on military duty for over two years of their seven year relationship. there to promote their trails system and organized hikes. Non-profit groups such as the American Cancer Society, Lupus Foundation, Yellow Ribbon Suicide Prevention, American Liver Foundation, Risk Management, and Student Health Services were also on hand educating students about the services that they offer. Other activities included a stress relief room with punching bags, a relaxation room and a tent building contest sponsored by Associated Students Inc. (ASI). Throughout the event raffle prizes donated by the various participants were handed out to the lucky winners. Devon Romero, Fitness Coordinator and an organizer of the event said she felt the Wellness Fair and Expo went "fabulous." "It was nice to see a lot of students come down, intermingle and learn from vendors," said After the forum ended the floor was briefly turned over to the audience to ask questions. Although there was an obvious difference in political viewpoints present in the room, Photo courtesy of Phi Alpha Theta (Left to Right) 1st Lt. Cathy Harrington, Captain James Mullin, Staff Sgt. Chris Keifer, Mrs. Morgan Copeland McCorkle and Chris Mitchell questions were respectful, with perhaps the most heated question being if any of the panelists had seen the film "Fahrenheit 911." Romero. According to Romero approximately 600 students, faculty and staff attended the four hour event. Romero said that, "more people came out and there were more donations and vendors," this year. Romero largely attributed the increase in involvement to the fact that this year wellness activities are during the entire month of March, while last year there was only the Wellness Fair and Expo event. After the Wellness Fair and Expo there was a massage room set up from 2:15 to 5 p.m. in the Field House where free massages were given. The Academy of Professional Careers: School of Massages donated 4 massage chairs and 6 massage therapists for the event. "Wellness isn't just about physical health; it's about emotional, spiritual, intellectual, occupa- "I was pleasantly surprised how well-mannered the audience was," said Mitchell, who moderated the question session. A round of applause followed the end of the forum as a number of students lined up to shake hands with the speakers. McCorkle said she felt the forum was well attended given the fact that it was slated during the same time as the sex toy workshop in Clarke Fieldhouse. "I'm very proud of it (the event and attendance)," said McCorkle, who is also the President of Phi Alpha Theta. McCorkle said she was thankful for those military personnel who joined her in the forum, noting that she was "glad that we can continue to put on these events and students and faculty are interested." 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As a student it is important to take care of all these aspects," said Romero. More information about Wellness Month and related activities can be found at: http://www. csusm.edu/cfhusu/Fitness/Calendar.htm. FRYE, from page 1 sixth city council district, which covers the Mission Valley area, since 2001. According to Frye's website for the sixth district, she is an environmental activist concerned with, "clean water issues" and has "worked to strengthen San Diego City policies related to polluted runoff, including the initiation of the posting of warning signs in front of storm drains, the monitoring of discharges at storm drain outfalls, and the diversion of dry weather low-flow runoff into the sewer system." More information about Councilwoman Donna Frye can be found at: http://genesis.sannet. gov/infospc/templates/cd6/about. jsp . Additional information about Frye's bid for Mayor of San Diego can be found at: http://www.donnafryeformayor.com. 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Stephen Nichols, athletic director, claims on the athletic department's web site that sports team will "bring greater recognition to, and awareness of, our university. This will, in turn, make your degree more valuable." There are two dominant student views towards the proposed measure. One view holds that, the school should focus on the academic future of Cal State San Marcos and leave sports to San Diego State. The other view is the school could use sports teams to improve student life on campus. Next week students will vote on the proposed fee that will set aside money specifically for the Athletic Department. This decision will decide the fate of intercollegiate sports at Cal State San Marcos. According to a letter to The Pride, Nichols will not petition for money from the Instructionally Related Activities (IRA) next semester regardless if the proposed fee is passed or not. This means intercollegiate sports will end its funding from Cal State San Marcos if students vote against the fee increase, and the 80 students that participate in the non-spectator sports may have to deal with the reality of the end of intercollegiate sports at Cal State San Marcos. The Athletic Department ¡mum now receives funding from the IRA that ranges from $12,000 to $31,450 per semester. The IRA is funded by students every semester with a $5 fee and divided up to different organizations on campus. Cal State San Marcos does not allow any organization on campus to take more than one third of the entire amount. At other CSU schools, like San Diego State, the Athletic Department gets almost the entire sum of money. With their $28 IRA fee versus the Cal State San Marcos $5 fee, San Diego State has more money to divide up with fewer organizations requesting it. The CSUSM Athletic Department also receives money from the CSU General Fund in the amount of $200,000 a semester. This money will continue to be paid on top of the $296,000 expected if the fee proposal passes. Sobriety Checks in the CSUSMandaMrea team up Campus police .A.D.D. BY CHRIS KING Pride Staff Writer The CSUSM police and Mothers Against Drunk Driving (M.A.D.D.) have joined forces for this upcoming St. Patrick's Day in an effort to educate students on the dangers of underage drinking and driving under the influence (DUI). This week from March 15 - 17 campus police officers, administrators, and student volunteers will partake in thefirstpart of a two part DUI prevention program by distributing literature to those entering and exiting parking lots throughout campus. On the evening of St. Patrick's Day, March 17, four officers will patrol the campus specifically for drivers under the influence, as the second part of the DUI prevention program. fgUMJfltt 10% Student (Discount! 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Miller said he is using his past experience working at San Diego State University, along with other ideas from officers in the department, to help educate our campus about the risks associated with alcohol. Lt. Dan Koeler worked with Miller to get M.A.D.D. involved with alcohol awareness and DUI prevention on campus. m/1 SI Elections How WUll Ybu Decidef OR Meet Your Candidates March 15 & 16 @ 1:00 pm On the Mezzanine Vote Online March 21-24 www.c8U8m.edu/vote Questions : Asielections@csusm.edu #m m i E ddie w ould go Associated Students, Ine. Powered B y Students �VARIETY THE PRIDE L e t ' s t a l k a b o u t s ex t o y s Women's Studies host sex toy workshop in hopes of helping students to become more comfortable with their sexuality BY ELIZABETH BALDWIN Pride Staff Writer Cyber bullets, cock rings and anal beads were just a few items on display at the annual Sex Toys Workshop, sponsored by the Women's Studies organization at the Clark Field House Wednesday, March 9. Jamah Dacus, director of For Your Pleasure, Inc, presented a wide range of erotic lotions, potions and battery operated toys to over 160 students. Dacus said the keys to sexual satisfaction are sexual acceptance, effective communication and practicing safer sex. Dacus stressed, "Safer sex is not just about using condoms, but taking responsibility for our bodies and our partners'— this means getting tested for STD's and HIV/AIDS every year." A climax of giggles erupted when Dacus challenged the audience to "reclaim our asses from our buttphobic culture." Adding, "Anal sex - it's no longer a nasty or gay male activity." Dacus introduced the audience to the "prostrate massage" (the prostrate being located two inches inside the male anal cavity - toward the belly button, also doubles as a g-spot). Apparently, when massaged during foreplay can produce the equivalent of a woman's multiple orgasm. Dacus stressed thefiverules for anal sex (whether performed on a man or woman) are, "Lube, Lube, Lube, Lube and more Lubrication!" Adding later that waterbased lubrication should always be used in conjunction with condoms. After a brief demonstration, the audience was able to test, smell and taste each Photos by Elizabeth Baldwin / The Pride Above: Jamah Dacus, director of For Your Pleasure Parties, demonstrates the flexible bunny cockring with built in vibrating bullet. "Ladies, your man is now turning into a vibrator." Right: Jamah Dacus helps Sarah Meade into her strap-on harness for the condom race against Brendan Hoffman. Sarah comes out as a winner! of the products. Katie Sammons, senior communications major, smiling ten minutes after volunteering to test the Nipple Nibbler Cream, giggled, "This is so much fun. It's such a comfortable and open environment and I'm still tingling." m% % ¡¡¡I Hi im Hl ¡1 Im requirS A" j^ • 111 S.x. 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Karina Prado, senior liberal studies/ sociology major, said, "I'm here because I'm taking a human reproduction class and I also missed it last year. I've learned that you can have pleasure with both - a partner and without a partner." Doug Lasater, senior communications major, said he was looking for future purchases to add some variety and more options at home. Students also had the opportunity to enter a raffle for charity. All raffle ticket A student tries on the butterfly strap-on sales went to support the Foundation for vibrator with attached remote control. Women organization which allows low This vibrator, though effective, is too loud income women in third world countries for stealth stimulation. the opportunity to get a business loan. won the grand prize, a Decadent Indulgent Karen Wilcox, women's studies major, vibrator. 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Now! 858-699-7287 ��VARIETY What i f I ' m p r e g n THE PRIDE a make informed, healt confident c hoice 760.744.1 2 77 S* R ancho S anta Fe M S an M arcos W&l answers; UMTS M KT real help. J s show us your ut Cai State San Marcos College ID anytime from 2 P M t o 10 P M on Thursday, March 17th and receive a FREE G OURMET B URRITO. Ckipotb VISTA® THE KRíKDRtíül wmm-mmmimwm �The Pride responds to recent criticism BY PHOENIX LINDGREN Pride Staff Writer O wwwwwwww! B etween our own Jason Nichols (a/k/ a the O-man) and Athletics Director Steve Nichols (no relation that I know of) I had to take an entire page-full of barbs tearing me a new one... and without so much as a kiss! At least our readers know that Jason isn't actually in love with me. I was under the impression that The Pride being denied ballot access was news-worthy; my esteemed colleague and reader advocate disagrees. I can deal. The trouble is that Jason made it sound as if the whole purpose of the article was self-service, while I was doing my damnedest to keep my journalist's hat firmly in place and write from as neutral a position as possible. Feedback from others on campus has, thankfully, been more generous. As to having color, I thought it was unsubtly ironic, except that it came about because our outstanding business manager, Brian Reichert, sold a color ad. Nice coincidence, though. As to Steve's "rebuttal," all I can say is 'what were you thinking, dude?' You got your fee request on the ballot. Would it have killed you to simply write in support of The Pride and leave it at that? How nice that, as a faculty member (or are you staff?), you were able to do an end-run around the student fee process and start a dialog with all those bigwigs in the Chancellor's office. Do you sleep better at night knowing that—whether the students approve of your $40 fee or not-you have the Chancellor's blessing? Have you started counting your money yet? Put a down payment on a new car? A +substitutes,Baids, and SU S P reschool t eachers. A ll a reas, f ull t ime f lexible p art t ime h ours $ 7.50-$10.00 h ourly C all J ack! 8 58-565-2144 Started promising your cronies decades she spent in Texas can the cushy new athletics posi- be interpreted to mean that belief tions that are about to become isn't likely to be altered by a few available? I know I'd be drool- remarks in a student newspaper. ing at the prospect of my budget As a student and native San increasing ten-fold. Diegan, I can't imagine a bigger I tried to get the Chancellor's waste of resources in an attempt take on the "soft moratorium" but to improve campus life. I couldn't get him to answer my Show me a pub, and I'll show emails or phone calls; apparently you students who don't race off students, or maybe just student campus at the first opportunity. journalists, don't have the same Now there's a fee I'd definitely pull as people who are paid to be support! here. As to my opinion regarding As to whether or not President the fee referenda, I feel like I'm Haynes might be "so petty and already paying $231 a semester vindictive" as to deny our fee for a lot of stuff I don't and won't over our Moore coverage, you're use: $50 for the Clarke Field right, I don't know her very well. House (I have an LA Fitness memIn fact, I don't know her at all. I bership, $27/mo., though I did use tried to get a face-to-face with the CFH treadmills twice), $50 her for the article (as have many for Health Services (I have my Pride journalists before me), but own health insurance, $89/mo., an email interview was all I was though I did get the MMR vacgranted (and she didn't feign to cination there), $25 for a building answer my follow-up questions, for Health Services for something either.) like the 2013-4 school year (God I understand Steve's relation- hopes I've graduated by then), ship with the President is a bit $35 for Intramural sports (volleyball, basketball), club sports friendlier. (softball, baseball, volleyball, Thanks to Sunday's UnionTribune I now know that it is soccer, surfing), fitness classes unlikely anything I say or do (yoga, kickboxing), and the ASI on these pages will make a dif- adventure center (okay, so I actuference. According to an arti- ally went to two yoga classes last cle by Lisa Petrillo, President semester), $50 for ASI (noontime Haynes brought Steve Nichols concerts, BBQs, Homecoming onto campus for the sole purpose activities, Masquerade Ball, and of creating more sports teams at huge salaries masquerading as CSUSM. Seems Haynes believes scholarships, but I digress), $10 sports are the key to improving to take care of the children of campus life, and I imagine the * 30 of my fellow students, $5 for FREE BUY 1 GET 1 I 5 Mystic Tans j ! or 5 Ultra Tans I Instructionally Related Activities (this is the one that pays for The Pride, athletics, and organizations on campus), and finally $6 for an academic records fee (after literally hours of searching online for what each of our student fees pays for, I never did uncover the mystery of the ARF.) Several new or increased fees have already passed during my six semesters here, and we all know that the "non-mandatory" parking permit fee and instructional fees have sky-rocketed. That said, I won't be voting in favor of athletics. On the other hand, I've pretty much read every issue of The Pride for the last six semesters, so I definitely would have voted in favor of a fee to help the paper reach self-sufficiency—that fee would have been an investment in developing a product, so to speak, which would have paid off later with good ad revenues, while developing student writing skills and attracting more talented students to our staff. Lucky for Steve and Karen, it seems the only students that vote on the referenda are those who have an interest in seeing them pass; I predict an easy victory for the athletics fee. As for The Pride, maybe we'll get some entrepreneurial business majors to darken our doorstep and help us become the selfsufficient entity we ought to be. 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Then launch your career with State Fund and rise to new heights. Career opportunities may be available m: « Marketing •Communications •Underwriting •Claims •Loss Control « Business Services •Customer Service •Legal • Information Technology « Finance and Accounting * Human Resources FUND �OPINION THE PRIDE constructive. While it's true for its credential program, that fun with parachutes this seems like something worth printing. So why, shouldn't be considered Ombudsman, Pride staff, A l material, what good is then, was it overlooked completely? Surely not this assessment without et al.: for lack of information: a proposed replacement Recently, talk has been The Press Enterprise and circulating regarding The story? The Californian have been This brings me to my Pride's proposed $2.50 covering the situation fee and its subsequent second beef with The dismissal. As an LTWR Pride - the apparent lack extensively for weeks. Should The Pride want major and a weekly of anything resembling to cover something with reader of The Pride, I feel true journalism. The a little more reach, what obligated to throw in my drive behind any good better topic than the recent two cents. paper should be to find compelling stories that the Supreme Court ruling I believe Jason Nichols target audience can relate outlawing the use of capital put it perfectly - albeit to, not to simply dig up any punishment on minors? I'd too gently for my tastes - when he suggested that old thing happening within imagine most of the reader base was in high school before the paper receives the campus boundaries. around the time of the any additional funding, it While The Pride was Columbine shootings - the shouldfirstproduce some investigating broken windows in the ACD hall, perpetrators of which, if my worthwhile news. memory serves me, were As it stands now, The Pride for example, teachers in seventeen. is.. .well, for starters, the the Inland Empire were name is tragically ironic. fighting to keep their health Is it that neither of these Ifindit rather difficult to benefits and yearly Cost topics is as entertaining as take pride in a periodical of Living increases. At the "The TV Shows We Can in which a shattered light end of the day, teachers 't Miss," which takes up bulb isfirstpage material. were given a lousy 3% a good two-thirds of the Oh, and newsflash:college increase compared to the back page? Maybe it's that students drink. superintendent's 21 % these articles would require To be fair, the majority of jump. To top it off, the outside research; it's true the criticism tossed The superintendent in question that each of my examples Pride's way highlights has never taught a day in would require information the paper's faults without his life. from someone other than offering anything To a university renowned a CSUSM faculty member or an editor of the paper for which the article is being written! Come on, guys! Isn't that like asking a senator whether he thinks his bill should pass or not? It almost pains me to have to do this, but I have to point out the little things as well. What do I classify as a "little thing?" Simple: something that, while not as important as the points above, should still be adhered to in the publishing of a newspaper. Firstly, for the love of God, know your MLA. Book titles are underlined, not "put in quotes." Any high school junior should know this, so seeing it in a college periodical is just unprofessional. Secondly, what business do hyphens have in quotes? Opening up to page eleven of this week's issue and seeing "'I thought it was inspiring' - student Kate Summers" staring up at me in boldface type makes me very sad. I came to this school full of high hopes, not expecting to look back on my days on my high school's newspaper with fond memories. Having two or three days to put a paper together is no excuse - that's life, baby. If the final product is going to be half-assed and full of mindless babble (who cares about Seinfeld anymore?), then make this a bi-weekly paper. If it means the articles will be of better quality, I'm all for it. If that's too much to ask, then you don't deserve the extra $2.50.1 don't dig the idea of paying just to see pictures of the ACD hall in color - 1 can see that free of charge every day. If the staff feels the need to add something to the paper, full color pictures should be the last thing on their minds. Please strive to make The Pride worthy of its name. The Mediocre or The Substandard just don't have the same ring. Derek Heid LTWR major heid003@csusm.edu I was told that they were unaware of this "problem" and that they will review it and make any changes in the summer. I was angry, they denied me therightto park although I had already paid once and I simply lost a piece of plastic. I was told at the parking services counter that "It 's like losing a book, the store won't give you a new one." I did not buy a book I bought the right park at CSUSM for one semester. After two weeks and not physically am planning on a protest around the parking services building between classes and I am going to post daily messages on my car when I park. Do you want to be there to cover the story? Let me know and we can get things rolling. I would appreciate any coverage. The parking services has failed me, don't let The Pride do the same. I can not do this alone. I hope to get thisridiculousrule changed. If the parking permits are numbered I don't know why they can not just give me a new one for a simple charge of 5 dollars for processing. Please help. I am very frustrated and angry right now and I need some assistance. I have copies of the three official e-mails that I receivedfromMrs. Arciniega. Jonathan Thompson One Student + One Newspaper = (...to be continued) Hello, Recently I lost my carpool parking permit. I went into the office to get a new one and they told me that I had to either pay 160 now or wait until March 18th when parking permits go half off. I e-mailed President Hayes and was replied buy one of her assistants. After two weeks CSUSM has not been able to do anything. TAT] getting anywhere with my e-mail attempts to both Mrs. Arciniega and Mrs. Knoblock I forged a parking permit with my Photoshop program on my computer and I was caught. Now I owe a 100 dollarfinewithin 21 days, 80 dollars for new parking permit on March 18th and 6 dollars a day until then. I am contacting lawyers through the yellow pages and I will be contacting Professor Callanan who teaches Criminology. I A TJ TJ TJ A T V T J TJ Q • recently aired their disdain for The Pride and the coverage we f x r > A I J J j l \ | j provide. The editors would like to take this opportunity to explain our processes and how we come up with our stories. We will also like to extend an invitation. Our paper's primary focus is the CSUSM community, the studentsfirstfollowed by faculty, staff and then the surrounding community. We could go out and seek storiesfromall around including neighboring cities, the county, the state, the country and the world; however, the problem when we reach out too far for those stories is trying to tie those stories back in with our campus. That is why we primarily will not go out and cover stories where the links to our campus are not obvious: there are news sources that cover those stories quite effectively. It is not a limitation of the abilities of the staff; rather, it is effective utilization of the little space we have to provide coverage of our university. That brings us to the invitation. Many believe they can do better than the current staff of The Pride. Prove it. Come work for The Pride, be an editor, a staff writer, a contributor, and be part of the solution. If anything, at least send in your story ideas to pride@csusm.edu if you know of an event coming up that is newsworthy. After all, it is easy to call out the problems in something. It is difficult to do something about it. 1 A # lot o f readers h a v e �It's time to think THE PRIDE OPINION life actually life? Or is this a stage where we BY BRYAN MASON as humans simply explore the eccentricities Pride Staff Writer of what is to become life, after this reality is The theory of time travel unveils itself in done with. light speeds and quantum physics. But what When we experience a point in time that is if time travel was a mindset? What if time of importance to the path we are traveling on travel is happening everyday in our soci- it remains instilled in our mind, déjà vu is a ety? There are people out their changing critical point in time travel, where something the course of time every time they think of important happens that has been changed due something that is worth thinking about. And to the living of this moment over and over we deem these things worthy of thought just again. Though it may not seem important or as they pass through our mind in everyday correlate to any significance in your reality, life. Every action that occurs affects the out- a point of déjà vu is a point in reality where come of not only our lives, but also the lives something has been altered due to an already of every single person on this earth. Be it an foreseen - and lived through - outcome of action of taking a life, or just getting into a events. simple argument. Either of these situations No matter what the situation there is always will contribute to the ultimate position of this a situation where time travel, and déjà vu, dimension of reality. Everyone is relative to coincide with our day-to-day lives ancfsomethe outcomes of life. thing changes. We may not be able to pin point The positions of everyone are judged and it or we may not even be able to signify if it evaluated on a grand scale that is too large actually happened, but things do change. Its for one person to comprehend. Everyone is mind numbing to believe in things we can't everyone else, and we are all a part of each see, yet are things we can't see nonexistent? other's lives despite not knowing each other Or just a precursor to what is to come? Our in a physical sense everyone is directly cor- lives could have been lived a million times, related to each being on this planet and other each with differences that were changed to planets as well. It is our lives that reflect the reflect the outcome of our lives as an entirety. final outcome of the universe. No matter how If you are reading this and thinking to yourminuscule you think your life is, its reflection self, time travel isn't real or nothing is related, to the greater part of the world is just as sig- ask yourself, how do you know? No one will nificant as any world leader. People think that know and it is all just hearsay and philosophy, just because someone is rich or powerful that but the fact is until that last breath escapes they have a greater outcome or influence on our bodies, anything can happen, and there is the world. But it is those people that are just probably more to life than meets the eye. But noticed; everyone contributes to the chang- we will never know, and with death comes the ing environment and the changes in our lives realization of our lives integrity, and the realand the outcome of the universe. No single ization that life is not life, but a portal to all person is left unaccounted during the process the other dimensions of reality. of the reality we are now living in. This real- Any questions or regards, here is where to ity is what we like to coin as life, however is send them, mason025@csusm.edu. Who needs college? BY MATTHEW SCHRAMM Pride Staff Writer Why did you go to college? What are you going to do afterwards? Those are questions most people don't ask themselves too often in the middle of a busy college semester, and depending upon the major the answers probably vary. Being a history major, the question always seems to arise of what I am going to do after college. The problem is that history is one of those subjects that people love to disregard as much ado about nothing. It happened to me just the other day, I was talking to a non-collegiate peer, and they asked what I was majoring in at college. When I said "history" the inevitable "oh, what are you going to do with a degree in that" came back at me. As the conversation continued they asked me if I was going to continue on after my BA, which I said I was, and they queried in what subject. "History" again, with its partner spilling from the mouth of the other as "oh, are you going to be a teacher." This is about the third time this year alone that I've had a conversation along these lines with someone outside of the college atmosphere, and it never fails that the person I'm having the conversation with makes assumptions about my future career or chosen major. And eventually I'll simply be reminded of how hard it is to get a job in my chosen field. It's the assumption that history is one of those road to nowhere subjects (at home with the arts, literature, and similar subjects) that's bothersome. The fact is I already know that it's difficult to get a job, even after a college education, and especially with roughly 70 percent of employers in the United States currently either decreasing or at least not increasing their hiring activities for the beginning of2005. But I'd like to think that maybe it's just as difficult to find a good job with any major, not just mine - although that's one of the assumptions I get all the time. The fact is that my history major could be used to get a job in historical research, as a curator, writing, a government job, a job in film, or even business and the list can go on with teaching just being one of many options. Of course, just because there is a range of jobs I could do in my major doesn't mean I'm any better off in the arena of finding one. People assume that a job will be more readily available to someone with a business major, for example, and maybe that's true to some degree, but job opportunities, and a greater ability to reap the financial benefits later on, are not all I went to college for. I went to college in large part because I wanted to become a more well rounded person, I wanted to learn, and I wanted to associate with similar individuals of like mind. This is the factor people tend to forget when I tell them about my major or how that might lead to a job later on. Maybe it's just me, but college would be important even if I never succeeded in making a cent from it. HEX COUGARS! Watch for t he GECKO this semester. GEICO will be on campus: Tuesday, March 22 Information Session in the CSUSM Career Center Wednesday, April 6 Career Fair Wednesday, April 13 On Campus Interview in the CSUSM Career Center See the CSUSM Career Center for more information, or visit our website at: www.geico.com/oncampus E OE/Drug test, physical, credit & background checks required. \ lËf ©GEICO ^ÊÈhLJ �10 OPINION Tuesday, March 15, 2005 that brought us Pam Anderson's repented the "Beauty and Body chest So l it speak nothing but Image" event "where students good 'bout my neighbors. (For will tell their stories of struggle with the ideals of beauty now.) On to the happies. And please presented by the inedia," our know; I'm under the influence paper was kind enough to serve of medications named by pale- as an example. On the Variety ontologists. (Promethazine page we got a M l color pic of Codine-osaurus and Doxycy- four todies who looked like a "Girls Gone Wild" commercial lirie Rex.) Ifs Women's History month! coupled with Patrick B. Long's No one makes me happier than article on Spfing Break. (Too By JASON NK3KSJS '•wotimf-i/'lthey're so much * easy.)-.. PrkleOntoJsmaa cleaner m my guest bathroom. If that's not community servfAsmm: : Prabapfy^^ ^ something to do vice*. I don't know what is. with their proximity to the por- :'-.;;^.:patrick's better-half: He This one's gonna have ya celain at crunch time. didn't pick the pic. (Just covE ^ ^ M f ^ compared to guys erin' y abackboc.| HopeftilJ^h that aveiitge. what?...a good Speaking of the community. It's got a lot offciteby its end, two feet distance. One foot 6 The News gave us two full pages of the lovely faces and inspiring inches ^ ihey^e blessed. so beware if chew on it. words of the ASI candidates. I On the front of last week's Two feet 6 inches if they're thitik i fs great! Great, greats issue we mixed up the Student cold, lonely, or old. Health Services with the Uni- Hell, you get the message. great! Nobody should accuse these people of anything but versity Student Union Advisory Women are great. So great* they're willing to altruistic motivations. Like I Board. share their month with Wellness do with the people behind this Oh, darn. people, a very under-represented paper. Whoopsie. minority group. When's the last This isn't like High School, We goofed Now, I'm supposed to say time you saw a Wellness person where a bunch of adolescent demagogues are just adding something along the lines of runforPresident^ right? 'the Pride sincerely apologizes The Pride was totally sensi- bullets to their portfolios in for its error/ Apparently, the tive to this monthly dedication order to get into good schools or Wellness Fair and Expo is actu- timeshare on the front page with jobs. These people are at least ally being put on by the Clark the big pic of two dudes strum- in their 20s. Field House in conjunction with ming tttefr guitars with no ladies' Page two had six of the canthe University Student Union around, ( fm suddenly reminded didates; page three had the rest of my toilet joke.) These guys of the ASI nine. (Don't read too Adv, ah, hell.ITSUAB; Not the Student Health Ser- must've been prime examples of much into that one.) the Wellness community, even Every one of "em had so much vices. Glad we cleared that up. And though I read nothing 'bout substance to lend us, and the them in the Wellness article. so the world turns. wisdom. Cause you know^ ; anybody But, hey! Wow! who's anybody knows the differ- Great picf Not only that, but two of the ence between the USUAB and If it didn't go with the Well- candidates are part of "Team the SHS at CSUSM and would ness article, then it must've gone America^ with the Women's History Month I've seen the posters. be outraged by the mix up. It'd be like getting NAMBLA in the lower left hand corner I gotta tell'ya, that's why I took mixed up with the MJFC. under the page fold. Clearly, the that oath in the Navy way back (Michael Jackson Fan Club. pic was meant to point out the when. So I could see the patrioYou're on your own with almost total absence of women tism that goes hand in hand with amongst our alumni. Somethin' runningforstudent government. NAMBLA.) Now, since it's Wellness we gotta fix guys. I can't take I get all misty-eyed just thinkmonth, I'm gonna bite my tongue any more of these sausage fests ing'bout i t Sniff. Sniff, and speak happy ia-las. After in my classes. There's just way No worries if you're an cracking jokes last week on the too much testosterone on this exchange student. I'm sure divine order of heaven and hell/ campus. you'd be just as competitive a I just happened to get struck And the Pride didn't stop candidate with Team China or down by the plague goin' round there with its vindication for the Team Spain for a poster. And that saw my temp at 104 three under-represented. if you'refromMexico or Brazil, days running; I ain't saying I've Nope. we'll let ya slide with posters converted, but I got more faith After Andrea Morales saying Team America. in the unseen than the science : v v HI Twrr rn Nor ölfiMOt ih THE PRIDE Geographically speakmg, $2.50 campaigning on ZZZ's.. And until I see the spice, I'm yoMre oh the ball! Team China and Team Spain gonna pepper this puppy with might have to switch t*> Team my humble c^itiions. Asia and tfeam B ui^e to keep Well, I dp tjjiat anyway. the whole continent theme going* By the way, that reminds me. but hey it's not Americans' fault Thanks go t o IPfireclfer of Athletwe applied btonationaBty across ics 3 tephe»fe the span of two coptineiife. We I t hink, J)addy?) who gave us were forced to choose between the p % by play on the $40 Ath* American and United Statesian. .fcticsBee. Istillsay it's too rich It 'd be impossible to Write a song formy fatedd* About 80 stuwith tJiii^d Statesian. (David dehtjs (estimated to triple after Bowie ~ T m Afraid of United the J ^ ^ m ^ e s ^ t e 240 heads splitting about $296k from the Statesians' - don't work.) It definitely doesn't have noth- fee and $ 2#k from the CSV ing to do with a sense of national General Fund for the impressive number of $ 200 spent per athsuperiority And neither doesn't the poster lete. of "Team America." (I'm get- Rough guess I know, but that ting wicked with the double wasn't the issu^ Director Nichols took up in opimdn, negatives!) If you're wondering why I've I totally back and applaud strayed from the usual focus set his calling out the Eds-in-chief by the limits of this tree-skin, for their questionable 'NEWS' it's cause I'm making a point article concerning the matter, I was on the next page doing Like I don't usually. Our Opinions page is starting the same. But, you can't deny to suck. (By the way, the happy that we should know where our la-las have worn off.) Phoe- Jacksons are headed andforhow nix's "Guilty Pleasures" series many people. Take the mysteriis a hell of a lot more interest- ous ether of the ASI fee. Other ing than this tired section, my than hotdogs (I've never eaten) article amongst them. Let's and music (chosen by a KIDS spice it up. Fd settle for some- Incorporated fan), I struggle to body going fists to cuffs over understand how my ASI reps Nikko getting cut from the final have justified the Jacksons I 12 instead of that ugly no-talent send them. I should know right, cause you all "represent me." At mug Constantine. That's approaching an opto- least that's what I r ead, next to ten; - the <3o Cougars!'' and *I supWhat's been showing up, port the Athletics fee/ that never have been Opinion pieces that mentioned any of the numbers could put Meth addicts with I just crunched. $496k is a lot double shot espresso enemas of tuitions, a lot of books, and into comas! Or they're so off a lifetime supply of Venti exthe facts, they make Rumsfeld laxes. look like the Encyclopedia Bri- Don't get between me and my tannica. Get better opinions! Venti. Phoenix is busy being an editor, Not to mention the fact that and after Zach's attack on the the $40 pays for the beer I'll hapless Priority Christian Chal- enjoy while watching NCAA lenge Prez, we won't be seeing games, not the NALA that ranks too much from him. Unfortu- just above Community Colleges nately, those two are the best on sports fens' braggin' rights! opinion writers we got. People Ml bet those 40 bucks, that don't read this collection of these / Go Cougars!' "Support tree-skins to get the must-know the Athletics fee' candidates news (no offense Chez); they don't even know the difference. read it to be entertained while You can vote for me at they wait for their name on the nicho028@csusm.edu or roster. You'll never get your pride@csusm.edu : w otfirl * StéVC o f Tvfe ^ » f t u s e Mo U»M<s«eft. VfA ìL\A&S-T® THtri«<s "WÉT t&Cv^Pto AW fcKV T b vi<svr "threes. A - roe Sioi^öi mr yjeve*. v ty^r C\>XAÌ\\\ •*>\tl<h'T*> c ueofer. -rvver cjoiwveve ,w<>ev* ** f ^uu^^«*-. GiO Km? é|t>t|46| T D... 'AM^lCAKi mV t<* ove«-. t\m~ fiFrep- , Comic by Jared Peterson for The Pride �Johnny Carino's serves up airline-quality fare BY JOELLE FRANKEL Pride Staff Writer Mama Mia! What a nightmare! Last Saturday my boyfriend and I had the misfortune of dining at Johnny Carino's, the new Italian restaurant on San Marcos Boulevard. Upon exiting the car, we smelled the enticing aromas of garlic, basil, and scrumptious Italian cooking. The hostess informed us that it would be a fifteen minute wait, which was no surprise since the place was packed with 1pm, Mezzanine n-t&mpm, University Hall 460 12~1pit* OMkèfiteWm m students $2, faculty/staff $3, guests $4 4pm, Clarke Field House, Grand Salon 4pm, University M 440 San Diego Chancer Orchestra Concert-students/faeutty/staff $5, ottiers $10 7pm, California Center for the Arts, "...his meal was comparable to something that would be served to your Aunt Millie in her convalescent home." families and couples waiting inside and out. After a quick ten minutes we were seated at a quaint little booth and promptly delivered drinks and a loaf of bread in a white paper bag. The guilt of the no-carbcraze steered me clear of the bread but my boyfriend reported that it was tasty, and he dipped it into an olive-oil and garlic sauce concocted by the waitress at the table. After glancing through the menu, I 5 6 m Clarke Field House ~p t Jazz dance class Clarke Field House j College D m ca e or JpttùllfàOpm : 9*1 ö m Churchill's Pùb, m West San p* Marcos Blvd. Wednesday, Mardi 16 ASI election open forums 1pm, Mezzanine ordered the Grilled Salmon Salad which featured a honey-pecan crusted filet over romaine, with a lemon-caper vinaigrette (which I requested on the side). My boyfriend ordered the Grilled Italian Sirloin with mushroom marsala sauce, Italian vegetables, and potatoes. M usic H ouse a nd S ports G rill New Pool Tables 8c P G A G o l f V i d e o G a m e C O M I N G S OON: Interactive V ideo Texas H old'em, Black Jack: and Trivia THURSDAY Image courtesy ofwww.carinos.com After waiting twenty minutes, our growling tummies were ready for a good meal—not what ended up on our plates! The salad was drenched in a salty, overpowering dressing (supposed to be on the side), and the flavors sharply contrasted with the sweet pecans atop thefish.The salmon was dry,fishy-tasting,and downright unappealing, but my meal didn't even compare to my boyfriend's. His steak tasted like it had been swimming in a vat of butter for at least two weeks. The vegetables and potatoes looked old and tired. In general, his meal was comparable to something that would be served to your Aunt Millie in her convalescent home. Overall, we give Johnny Carino's a less than excellent report, unless of course cafeteria and airplane food are your thing, in which case you'll love this misguided chain, posing as a quality Italian eatery... Mangia mangia! LivePPg a6 m The uerfortafra&lThepurbaBy*. Irving^ffii 10pi*2a® M Thrasher S cabbage .» The DlSCHMe*, The ficarWrici Grcen» B SATURDAY MARCH 19 | SATURDAY MARCH 4pm, Clarke Field House, Grand Salon OutarLessons ' 5 6 m Clarke Field House ~p , Thursday» March 1? CUMfMri tie Executive s Chair wt ih CJ Buck, president and CEO of B c uk Knives ' 11afn-12;S0pm, A a e i Hall 101 c d mc 12-lpm, Clarke Refd House AS! St Patrick's Day EvenMnsh 1 2 m Library Plaza ~p > International Coffee Hour—free snacks 1 23 p , Commons 20$ ~:8m Flag football 1-4pm, Mangrum Trade Field Go Global! Study Abroad! R IE P O F 9 YA A N E S R 1 ILTR O J ER N I RA Y V goabroad@csiisffl.edu Univ Global Affairs Craven 5211 Oe 2 Ds i c d g RAW, cruad mr. 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S ^ i ^ I VIiarcr.o« «2-—1-» ld^. d - <r«r> **m . -g: 1-K H l v w w w 10-000-* Cuernavaca, Mexico July 11 - Aug 6 Cal State San Marcos Exchange Programs: Send informationferTh# Pride Calendar of Events to pride@cs*i$rn,edu with ||Ê|iÎ �A&E 1 2 Tuesday, March 15, 2005 THE PRIDE Keg stand+ " Robots" g ood t echno-escapism Shakespeare = great theater BY PHOENIX LINDGREN Pride Staff Writer When Caesar and Antony do keg stands at their party, you know this isn't your mother's Shakespeare. Before you let the name "Shakespeare" keep you from reading further, be assured that the difficulty of his language need not keep you or the unwashed masses from enjoying this show. (And if you're already a Shakespeare fan, please feel free to jump ahead to the next paragraph.) It may surprise you to learn that you already know 99 percent of the words used in the play (though there are always a few that require footnotes.) The thing with Shakespeare is how his words are put together: musically if you're a learned fan, archaically if you're not. That in mind, go to the show with the idea that it's in a "foreign" language, and look to the actors, the staging, the props, the music, and, every so often, the actual words, to follow the story. On to the review: The Poor Players—arguably San Diego's best Shakespearean acting company—have done it again with their lively and relevant production of "Antony & Cleopatra"-a play about sex, love and war that opens with a stage full of writhing bodies and ends with a stage full of dead ones. Director Nick Kennedy has used Jim Morrison as his inspiration for Antony (Richard BY BRYAN MASON Pride Staff Writer Robots, they aren't just for nerds anymore. With the release df the new 20 Century Fox movie "Robots" there is finally proof that an animated movie can actually make an adult laugh. This techno-filled extravaganza moves you to the point of pure adulation as you root for the underdog in this extremely colorful CGI world. Rodney Copperbottom (Ewan McGregor) is dreaming pretty big for a smalltown robot, and once he makes his way into the big city to find Big Weld (Mel Brooks), all hell breaks loose. When in town he runs th ÄNTONY& CLEOPAT Image courtesy of Poor Players Baird), alluding to similarities between Shakespeare's bacchanalian Antony and the Lizard King through costume and music choices. Baird embodies Antony's pomposity and lust, which are tempered by the fact that he is pussywhipped by the charismatic, and equally, if not exceedingly, lusty Cleopatra (Amy Meyer). These larger-than-life characters also make "Antony & Cleopatra" Shakespeare's funniest tragedy, providing plenty of opportunities to laugh before the bloodshed. Cleopatra is the central figure in the tragic love triangle with Antony and Caesar (Nick Kennedy). Meyer was brilliant as the somewhat labile Queen of Egypt, with extra kudos to the costume department for their embellishment of her highness. Kennedy's usually evenhanded delivery played perfectly in his role as the great Octavius Caesar-the embodiment of Roman discipline, and a character so opposed to Antony and his Egyptian licentiousness that their faces could serve as models for a pair of comedy/drama masks. While every player in this company is worth seeing, two particularly excellent performances were given by Mac Macke as Enobarbus and Edwin Eigner as Lepidus. "Antony & Cleopatra" runs through April 10 at the Academy of Performing Arts on Alvarado Canyon Road in San Diego. Visit www.poorplayers.com or call (619) 255-1401 for more information. across the eccentric Fender (Robin Williams) and they are pushed into a world where robots are being destroyed left and right - and it's up to Rodney to save the day. Throughout the movie Fender's comments, and actions, will leave you with a little smirk on your face - the kind of smirk robot humor brings to the table. While there are a number of other in-your-face-funny robots in the movie, it's Fender (Robin Williams mind you) whose improv makes the movie come alive, while Rodney's quest keeps you in the story. The little parts within the movie - like clever wordplay, and the contrast of subtle and startling on screen action - account for a lot of the Images courtesy of 20th Century Fox movie's laughs. The movie sprints from the opening scene and never stops; characters are always in motion and interacting in a way that is entertaining for everyone. Don't be fooled by the PG rating: "Robots" has some great suggestive humor that might fly over the heads The Rock "Be Cool" the others be lukewarm BY ALFRED CHU Pride Staff Writer Sequels are usually not as good as the original. This isn't engraved in stone but just a guideline. Don't expect too much is basically it. "Be Cool" is the sequel to 1995's "Get Shorty," where Chili Palmer (John Travolta), a movie loving shylock becomes a movie producer. Now, in "Be Cool," Palmer is upset with the movie industry and turns to the music industry. But not expecting much isn't the same as a movie built on other movies. "Be Cool" has one obvious reference to other movies after another. It was as if the writer, Peter Steinfeld, made a list of references to other movies and then built the plot around it. Are the references really more important than the plot? Here's an example: we all remember the dance contest sequence with Travolta and Thurman in "Pulp Fiction," where Travolta danced for his job and Thurman danced simply to win. So it's logical to incorporate a dance sequence in "Be Cool" and they do. But after that, the sequence goes nowhere and does nothing. On with the plot: Tommy Athens (James Woods), a friend of Chili's, gets murdered by the Russian mob. Chili finishes his Athens' job of producing a young and innocent singer named Linda Moon (Christina Milian). But Moon already has a manager Raji (Vince Vaughn) with his bodyguard Elliot Wilhelm (The Rock), who works for Nick Carr (Harvey Keitel), owner of a record label. Turns out Athens has a debt with another music label owner, Sin LaSalle (Cedric the Entertainer). With Athens' wife Edie (Uma Thurman), Chili has to promote and produce Moon's debut album while watching his back. There are numerous cameos by Steven Tyler of Aerosmith, Seth Green, etc. The Rock has the only performance worth the screen time. We're used to seeing him as a tough guy onscreen and as a wrestler. But here, he's a tough guy of little ones, but is easily picked up by anyone thirteen and older. Next time school leaves you feeling worked overtoday, maybe?~head over to the multi-plex, grab some popcorn, and let "Robots" make it all better... for 90 minutes anyway. Image courtesy of MGM/UA Entertainment trying to be tough but in the end, he's sensitive and doesn't realize he's gay. I was disenchanted with yet another reference not to another movie but to his character in the wrestling world. The reference was "The People's Eyebrow" where he lifts up his eyebrow into an arch. Sadly, "Be Cool" isn't a film. It's more of a parody, an illusion, a commercial. Everyone involved should take their gold chains, their black suits, their hummers, their guns, their one liners and reflect the movie they made. It might have seemed funny and poetic on paper but onscreen it's totally different. � 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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