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Vol. X No.12/ Tuesday, April 30,2002
CSUSM Job Fair a Success Despite
M inor Complications
By MELANIE ADDINGTON,
Arts Editor
and AMY BOLASKI,
Graduate Intern
By MARTHA SARABIA
News Editor
After months of publicizing
what would have been the first
study abroad summer program
in Oaxaca, Mexico, (sponsored
by World Languages and His
panic Literatures) the Office
of Extended Studies cancelled
the program on Wednesday
afternoon, disappointing both
professors and potential partic
ipants.
The cancellation notice
posted to the Global Affairs
web page reads, “Due to unfore
seen circumstances, the Oaxaca
program has been cancelled.”
On the same web page, which
was updated the same day the
program was cancelled, infor
mation was posted stating that
refunds would automatically be
sent to students. However, on
Friday, refund request forms
were made available for stu
dents to request their full refund
online, or by going to the Office
of Extended Studies personally.
» >Article cont. on pg. 3
The CSU Reaches
Tentative Agree
ment with
Employee Union
By JAMES NEWELL
Pride Editor
As the deadline for the
normal three-year cycle of con
tracts approaches, the Cal
ifornia
State
Employees
Association (CSEA) and the
CSU have reached a tentative
agreement in negotiations.
Although a 1.5 percent gen
eral salary increase was agreed
upon, the CSEA representatives
still have about two months
left in the contract cycle for
more negotiations. The agree
ment still needs to be ratified
by the CSEA and approved by
the CSU Board of Trustees.
“For the first time I can
remember, they (CSEA) have a
tentative agreement two months
before the former contract
expires,” said Steve Wiener,
media production specialist and
CSEA chapter vice president.
In the past, negotiations have
lasted up to nine months past
the renewal date. “I’m suspi
cious that our (CSEA) bargain
ing team gave up early,” said
Wiener.
The contract renewal comes
at a time that is also host to
many California state budget
issues and a slow economy.
Although Wiener mentioned
satisfaction with some of the
stipulations of the contract, he
» >Article cont. on pg. 3
Power Surge
Says Goodbye
The Annaul Job Fair
Photo Courtesy of Cindy Pollack
By ALYSSA FINKELSTEIN
Opinion Editor
The Cal State San Marcos
Career and Assessment Center
(CAC) produced the university’s
third annual job fair on Tuesday,
April 23, with over 100 recruiters,
employers, government agencies,
and non-profit organizations.
The turnout of the general public
was nearly double than that
of previous years, and CSUSM
received phenomenal exposure
from the surrounding commu
nity with this year’s success.
The job fair was geared
toward the majors offered at
CSUSM, and many government
agencies answered the call. San
Diego’s largest employer is the
federal government, with Naval
Base San Diego and Naval Sub
marine Base Point Loma, as
well as Marine Corps Air Sta
tion Miramar and Marine Corps
Base Camp Pendleton all less
than an hour’s drive from the
CSUSM campus. The FBI was
on campus, seeking foreign lan
guage students, computer sci
ence and accounting majors, as
well as students with military
backgrounds. The city govern
ments also have lots of open
ings. Most of the employers were
so heavily inundated with job
seekers they were unavailable for
» >Article cont. on pg. 4
For some it was a place
of inspiration, as they wrote
poetry, played music or met
new friends. And for others,
it was just a place to grab
coffee. But for the past four
years, Power Surge Caf6, on
Twin Oaks Valley Road near
Cal State San Marcos, provided
a home away from home for
quite an eclectic crowd, one
which grew up with the cafe.
That all changed on Friday,
April 28 at 5 p.m. when owner
Mark DuBois closed the doors
forever after losing his parking
lot permit from the city.
“This is an overwhelming
thing. I have realized how many
lives we’ve affected — we’ve
watched so many kids literally
grow up here,” said DuBois.
The cafe threw a “goodbye
party” on Thursday, April 25,
with live entertainment from
local musician Lisa Sanders
and other musical guests. More
than 100 people came to sup
port DuBois and Power Surge.
Others spilled into the parking
» >Article cont. on pg. 4
W r i t e r s I n s p i r e d by the Muse s
By CLAUDIA IGNACIO, Pride ture and Writing Studies student
Editor and LISA LIPSEY, Fea Michael Hunter.
The first performer was Bran
ture Editor
don Cesmat, professor and poet,
Eighty-six students, faculty who, along with Terry Sprangue,
and family members gathered in Gunnar Biffs and the other mem
ACD 102 for the first annual Lit bers of the “Drought Buoy,” per
erature and Writing Studies liter formed a poetry and motion.
“I really liked Cesmat and
ary evening, appropriately titled
“An Evening with the Muses.” the “Drought Buoy.” The com
The event showcased the talents bination of words, sound and
of CSUSM faculty and Litera dance was inspiring. They were
very creative,” said student Jes
sica Krone.
Hunter, a songwriter, shared
some of his favorite songs, like
“Did You Ever.” During his
introduction, Professor Heather
Hayton shared that his most
recent project was writing lyrics
for a new album by Robert Deleo
of the Stone Temple Pilots.
Sharon Elise, sociology pro
fessor and award-winning Slam
Poet and spoken word artist, read
selections from a variety of her
works. She also encouraged audi
ence members to get involved in
Slam Poetry competitions in the
San Diego area. Slam poetry can
be written on any topic, and is
judged on both delivery and con
tent.
“She is awesome, I have
every intention of attending a
» >Article cont. on pg. 5
Nancy Caine and Duff Brenna Received President’s Award
Professor Nancy Caine
Photo Courtesy of “Tracks”
By MARTHA SARABIA
News Editor
Cal State San Marcos’
president, Alexander Gonzalez,
awarded his fourth annual Pres
ident’s Award for Innovation in
Teaching to psychology profes
sor Nancy Caine, Ph.D.
“It’s always a wonderful
honor to be recognized by one’s
students and professional peers,”
said Caine. “It gives me a
renewed sense of purpose and
energy.”
She described her innovation
in teaching as something related
both to her teaching and her
area of research. “My teaching is
inextricably intertwined within
my research. When I teach, I
try to get students to under
stand the ways in which we gain
knowledge in our field, which
means appreciating the scien
tific method, the products of that
method and the real-world appli
cations of that method.”
“I am lucky that my research
program is one that allows me
to introduce students to oppor
tunities that are unusual and
inter>»Article cont. on pg. 2
By MICHELLE CONSTANT
Pride Staff Writer
For those of us who have
experienced the teaching style of
novelist and professor of Litera
ture and Writing, Duff Brenna,
the fact that he was the one of
the recent recipients of CSUSM’s
President’s Award may not come
as a surprise.
“It’s good to have the sort
of ‘at home’ validation that
the President’s Award gives a
writer,” said Brenna. “The ulti
mate sense I get from the recog
nition I’ve received for what the
[President’s] award calls my ‘cre
ative activity’ is both a humble
pride . . . and a feeling of justifi
cation,” Brenna said.
Teaching at CSUSM since
its doors opened, Brenna has
inspired students not only with
his passion for literature, but
with his life story. “I was
addicted to books from the time
I was a babbling child, playing
‘books’ by pulling them from
my mother’s shelves and piling
them up around me and pretend
ing I could read them,” he said.
»>Article cont. on pg. 2
Professor DuffBrenna
Photo Courtesy o f “Tracks”
�The Boycott Is Coming!"
By MARLINO BITANGA
Pride Staff Writer
Although Ambercrombie &
Fitch’s Asian-themed T-shirts
may have been removed from all
of its 311 stores in 50 states after
Asian-American groups nation
wide complained that that the
shirts were offensive and racist,
the boycott is still coming.
“I feel a boycott is necessary,
not just by Asian-Americans, but
by all minorities, because Cali
fornia is a state of minorities and
a reflection of the demographic
future of America,” said Yale
Kim, HTM business major at Cal
State San Marcos. “Such acts of
ignorance and racism must not
go unchecked because the future
of our diverse country depends
on an understanding and respect
for all backgrounds.”
Mary Baladez, a Literature
and Writing major, felt the same
way. “The images on the shirts
are offensive because they con
tinue to relive the prejudices
between people’s races, and
people should not judge people
based by association to certain
images.”
The controversy began when
clothing maker Ambercrombie
& Fitch released a new line
of Asian-themed T-shirts, priced
at $25, displaying cartoons of
Asians in pointed hats along
with slogans like, “Wong Broth
ers Laundry Service: Two Wongs
Can Make It White,” “Pizza
Dojo: Eat In Or Wok Out,” and
“Wok-N-Bowl: Chinese Food and
Bowling” for the sole purpose
of adding humor and levity to
its fashion line. Not that many
people were laughing.
“Regarding the now famous
image and caption, “Two Wongs
Can Make It White,” people
should understand that the laun
dry business has historically been
one of the entrepreneurial enter
prises to which Chinese were
drawn because of its low over
head and need for minimum Eng
lish language skills,” said Susie
Lan Cassel, associate professor
and associate chair of the Litera
ture and Writing Department and
coordinator for the Ethnic Stud
ies Program at CSUSM. “When
A&F makes fun of Chinese
working laundries, they call to
our attention a history of legal
discrimination against Chinese,
which, in addition, carries a pejo
rative stereotype of Chinese as
immigrant laborers.”
Within the past week, numer
ous complaints have been sent
to the company, hundreds of
protestors stood outside A&F
storefronts in various cities, and
Asian-American communities as
well as student organizations
from colleges throughout the
United States have banded
together to form a coalition to
boycott A&F.
The schools participating in
and facilitating this student
movement include Stanford,
Northwestern, Wellesley, Roch
ester, Duke, Harvard, Tufts,
Amherst, Boston College, Bent
ley University, Northeastern,
Massachusetts Institute of Tech
nology, Brown, Ohio State,
Columbia, Indiana University,
University of Maryland, UC
Berkeley, UCLA, UC Irvine, Cal
State San Marcos, and more.
“We, the Asian Pacific Stu
dent Society at CSUSM, feel
entirely
disappointed
and
offended in A&F’s disregard for
the Asian and Pacific Islander
American culture and commu
nity. The shirt clearly is an insult
oil the history of our culture and
past times,” said James Nguyen,
president of the Asian Pacific Stu
dent Society at CSUSM. “Even
though the damage has been
done, the situation can be some
what fixed as best as possible,
given the guidelines and demands
are met to A&F’s best abilities.
We fully support the efforts of
the boycott of A&F and feel that
an apology is most needed.”
The demands for this national
boycott campaign, which have
been consolidated by student
organizations from Stanford,
Boston, Columbia, and North
western, which represent stu
dents nationally, state that A&F
must: 1) Permanently remove the
entire line of offensive “Asian”
T-shirts. 2) Publish a public apol
ogy from CEO Michael S. Jef
fries in the form of a one-page
advertisement in all major news
papers. 3) Post this apology in
all A&F stores, the main page of
the website, and in the next issue
of the quarterly catalogue. 4)
Restore public image and mend
relationship in the Asian Pacific
American community and con
sumers through increasing phi
lanthropy and investment in the
Asian Pacific American commu
nity. In addition, we request that
A&F work with us to create
and hire a new Asian Pacific
American consultant team to
ensure sensitivity to minority
issues. 5) Develop an educa
tional and advertisement cam
paign with positive images of
Asian Pacific Americans and
other people of color. This cam
paign should promote the diver
sity of our nation and encourage
understanding of diverse cul
tures and histories. 6) Encourage
consumers to return the “Asian”
T-shirts and guarantee uncon
ditional refund with incentives
such as vouchers or discounts on
future purchases. 7) Implement
and improve diversity training
for all employees and diversify
minority representation in its
workforce.
Despite the verbal apologies
made by A&F spokesman Hamp
ton Carney, and the removal of
the “Asian” themed T-shirt line,
Asian-American activists,1 stu
dents, and professionals say the
company must do more to pre
vent situations like this from ever
happening again.
“The fact that those designs,
not just one but a set of
stereotyped and derogatory
images of Chinese, could make it
through countless design meet
ings, numerous executive dis
cussions, and innumerable staff
members (many of them proba
bly Asian) calls to our attention
the need for continued education
in the field of Asian American
and Ethnic Studies” said Cassel.
“As far as I’m concerned, this
is not humor; it’s the tragedy of
missed (or ignored) education.”
Psychology Professor Receives
P resident’s Award
»>Article cont. from pg. 1
From dairy farming to dish
washing to rug cleaning, Brenna
worked his way through school.
After a difficult adolescence,
Brenna began his higher educa
tion by taking classes at night
and working during the day.
No matter how busy he was,
he always made room for lit
erature. “I’ve never been with
out books, never gone a month
since my adolescent years with
out reading at least one novel, and
never considered for a moment
living a life without my beloved
authors lined up shoulder to
shoulder on my shelves.”
Speaking as a published
author and lecturer, Brenna said
that he is grateful to be teaching
at CSUSM. “What I found when
I came here is that I was trusted
to know and do my job. LTWR
is lucky in that it has had a series
of first-rate directors, none better
than Dr. Yuan, who is infinitely
supportive and encouraging.”
Brenna said that his secret to
teaching involves both knowing
and loving the subject he teaches.
“I’ve been lucky over the years
in having, on the whole, students
who were exciting to learn and
really wanted to talk about writ
ing and literature,” said Brenna.
When asked about teaching
at CSUSM versus another school,
Brenna said, “I don’t think there
is any other college in the state
system that has more superior
teachers on its faculty (who were
hired first of all because they
were superior teachers) or can
match the education a student
will get here. And the thing of
it is, and I mean this sincerely,
we’re getting better and better
every year.”
Receiving teaching awards
isn’t anything new to Brenna,
who received the Outstanding
Faulty Member award at SDSU
in 1988, 1989, arid 1990 and was
nominated for CSUSM’s Presi
dent’s Award in 1995. Brenna
has also received the New York
Times9Notable Book Award in
1999 and the Associated Writing
Program Award for Best Novel
in 1990.
GSUSM Holds Preview Day for
Prospective Students
By: SHERRITA COBBS
Pride Staff Writer
On Saturday, Cal State San
Marcos held an event that wel
comed prospective transfer stu
dents and high school seniors.
The students were given a pre
view of programs that CSUSM
has to offer. Several campus
clubs and organizations were
present, recruiting as well as
fundraising.
The admissions staff, Stu
dent Residential Life, Tau Kappa
Epsilon Fraternity, Alpha Xi
Delta Sorority, Alpha Chi Omega
and Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fra
ternity all attended the event.
Peer Educators and Support
(PEAS), sold baked goods and
Snapple at their table, the Pan
African Student Alliance (PASA)
brought out the grill and sold
homemade monster tacos, the
Asian Pacific Student Society
sold Jamba Juice and the Latin
World USA sold strawberry
shortcakes.
Although the above men
tioned groups seized the oppor
tunity to sustain their groups
by fundraising, there were other
groups that focused primarily
on recruitment and getting their
names known.
The College Republicans,
ASI Men’s Lacrosse team, the
Progressive Activist Network
(PAN), the Faculty Mentorship
Program,
ASPIRE,
EOP,
SASOP, and Priority Christian
Challenge, also attended the
event.
Over 150 people attended,
many of whom participated in
a series of workshops that pro
vided information on financial
aid, admission requirements, and
the soon-to-come student hous
ing project.
Literature Professor Receives
President’s Award
»>Article cont. from pg. I great odds. It is enormously
esting,” said Caine.
satisfying to watch Cal State
She takes her students to San Marcos’ students grow to
the Wild Animal Park to do meet their potential,” said Caine.
their labs, takes them to visit “Working with my research
support groups and to treatment teams, which always include
centers for mentally ill people, undergraduates and graduate
and encourages them to attend students, is the things I love best
professional conferences with about my career. The students
her when doing research with with whom I have worked in this
her. “I am also lucky I continue capacity have been wonderful,
to be fascinated by the topics I and I owe a great deal to them.”
get to teach, and when a profes
Caine, who said she was not
sor has that sort of enthusiasm even aware of her nomination
for a body of material, it is easy for this award, will be awarded
to put lots of energy into teach during the spring commence
ing about it,” added Caine.
ment ceremoriy on June L
“Like most professors here
The single criterion for this
at Cal State San Marcos, I award is the faculty member’s
work very
hard at my
teaching.
“/ a m lucky that my research
I’m known
program is one that allows me
as a very dif
ficult pro
to introduce students to oppor
fessor, and I
tunities that are unusual and
know of my
reputation
interesting>
”
for holding
students to
-Professor Caine
very high
standards,”
she said and
innovation in teaching. Anyone
continued on to say that high can be nominated by the enrolled
standards have not stopped stu students, who are the only ones
dents from enrolling in her eligible to make the nomina
classes, but have helped students tions. Students submit a nom
rise to the occasion and even ination with an attached letter
appreciate her for setting them, explaining why they are nom
which means a great deal to her. inating that particular faculty
In 1992, Caine joined the member. Then the nominations
CSUSM faculty, and currently committee recommends at least
teaches biological psychology, two or three individuals from
abnormal psychology and animal those nominated and sends those
behavior lab. She said that the names to the president, who
prospect of working in collabo makes the final decision.
ration with scientists at the Zoo
According to the Office of
logical Society of San Diego and the President’s website, there is
with the collection of animal a $2000, privately funded award
species at the Wild Animal Park for the recipient of the Innovation
was very appealing to her, as was on Teaching Award. The pur
the opportunity to work with pose of this award, which started
the diverse groups that attend in 1999, is to encourage further
CSUSM.
innovation in teaching among
“At San Marcos, I knew I faculty members at CSUSM.
would have the opportunity to
help students succeed against
�S tudy Abroad Program Cancelled
»>A rticle cont. from
pg. 1 The Dean of Extended
Studies, Robert Stakes, who
was out of town, said in
a phone interview that the
Summer 2002
reason the program was can
celled was due to departmen
tal issues, and referred The
World Languages & Hispanic Literatures
Pride to the Spanish depart
ment to find out why the
program was cancelled. No
further information was given
by this office as of press
time.
However, Robert Rider,
interim assistant dean of the
College of Arts and Sciences,
stated via e-mail, “We all Departure: July 2? 2002 & Return: August 25 2002
regret the fact that the pro
gram was cancelled for this Cost $2,195.00 which includes:
year. The problem we had
• Tuition at CSUSM for 6 units
this year was that it was
• Tuition in Oaxaca
never made adequately clear
• Room & Board
to all involved that the Oaxaca
• Airfare
program, as proposed, would
• Insurance & Administrative Fees
meet the students’ needs (e.'g. t
satisfy the language require
Level of courses:'
ment) and departmental stan Spanish 102 Sc 201: Spanish 311 & 312; Spanish 350B& 400A
dards.”
According to Rider, the All units are transferable directly to CSUSM
World Languages and His Financial Aid is available
panic Literatures Department
is an excellent program and Contact: Carlos von Son 750-8043 cvonson<&csiisin»edu U Hall 219
has established “rigorous and
This Flyer was Used to Advertise the Program
specific” guidelines and proce
dures for international programs. for the department [World Lan
sections, one section of Spanish
He contends that the student is guages], and for the Dean’s
102 and one section of Spanish
best served by adhering to these Office.
But
unfortunately, 201.”
standards. “We do not want to Extended Studies decided to
“To mitigate some of this
make promises to students that cancel it.” She made no com
hardship, we are adding
cannot be kept. We could not let ment about the reasons why the
additional sections of Spanish
the program go forward until all program was cancelled.
102 and Spanish 201 in the
of these concerns and questions
Mayra Besosa, an adjunct summer,”
Rider concurred.
were fully answered. Given the faculty member of the Spanish
Although the original Oaxacan
time constraint we were facing department, said, “As a non
program offered four upper-divithis late in the year, it was best to tenure track professor, I would
sion courses, no upper-division
cancel it,” added Rider.
hope that the World Languages courses were added to the already
Regarding Extended Stud Department offers us a clear
established summer 2002 sched
ies’ decision to cancel the pro explanation of why the Oaxaca
ule.
gram, Rider said, “Although it program was cancelled, since
The initial student turnout
was not my decision to cancel, I many of the students that are
resulted in students trying to find
concur with Dean Robert Stakes’ enrolled (originally 75) were
out more about the cancellation
assessment. I publicly apologize
to all of the affected students.”
“I really regret that we were
“
Although the original Oaxacan program
not able to make this program
offeredfour upper-division courses, ho upperbegin,” said Carlos von Son,
division courses were added to the already
assistant professor of Spanish
established summer 2002 schedule.”
and the one who proposed the
Oaxaca program. “We’re sad
that we couldn’t do it because
there were many students that affected, they have the right and of the program by contacting
the Language Learning Center.
wanted to go . V. We’re sad that courtesy of an explanation.”
Until Thursday, Dorado said Lucy Higuera, language assess
we upset many students ”
Rider said that it is possible that there was no official state ment coordinator, said, “There
the program will be reinstated ment addressing the reasons why were a few phone calls around
next year. “I have encouraged the program was cancelled. She 4:00 p.m. yesterday [Wednes
Professor von Son to resubmit said she was sure that a lot of day] afternoon asking if there
thought was put into it. Dorado were going to be any more
his proposal but make sure that
he fully addresses all of the con and Jane Zchatichy, business Spanish classes put up for the
manager of Global Affairs, said, summer term because the Oaxaca
cerns that were raised.”
The proposed program had “As a new program, many things program has been cancelled.”
been well received by students. have to be met: academic stan Higuera added, “About half a
dards, liability .. . .” Dorado dozen [students] called.” How
According to Dulce Dorado,
study abroad advisor, up until added, “We really sympathize ever, she said as of Thursday
the day it was cancelled, the pro with what happened to students, afternoon, she had not been noti
gram had 67 students who had their situations and choices.*’ fied by the department about the
already paid their $300 enroll Zchatichy also said, “Everybody cancellation.
The Oaxaca Summer 2002
ment deposit. “These students is concerned with providing
choices to students.”
program was to have taken place
were notified through an official
To that effect, new Spanish from July 27 to August 25 in
e-mail about the cancellation,”
courses were added to the the city of Oaxaca, located in
said Dorado.
CSUSM summer semester sched the southern part of Mexico.
Silvia Rolle, chair of World
ule. Ro]le said, “As a depart The cost of $2,195 included both
Languages and Hispanic Litera
ment, in order to accommodate tuition at CSUSM for six units
tures Department, said, “We all
the needs of many students that and tuition for the Instituto Cul
worked very hard to make this
were enthusiastic and had signed tural Oaxaca, or Oaxaca Cultural
program go through, I think that
up, not only did we make sure Institute, room & board (break
was the commqn denominator
that whoever put a deposit got it fast), airfare, medical insurance,
or the common goal for Global
back, but we opened two extra and administrative fees.
Affairs, for Extended Studies,
OAXACA
The CSU and Employee
Union Reached A Tentative
A greement
»>Article cont, from pg. 1 Marcos is no longer a small
said there has been mishandling insignificant start-up campus.”
of money in contracting out tech He explained that contractors
nical work to companies such as have other interests and other
PeopleSoft, an information man contracts, and don’t necessarily
agement software system used offer benefits to their employees.
by the CSU to support finance, Work contracted out places job
student, and human resources availability away from the state
operations. Wiener attributes and out of “in house control,”
mismanagement to the lack of said Young. “It is time for the
funds for larger pay increases, university (CSUSM) to reexam
-which is why they (the CSU) ine the situation, whether they
are only giving us a pitiful 1.5 stick with contracting out or
percent pay increase.”
not.”
In addition to the 1.5 per
Young said it was a matter of
cent pay increase, a fee waiver getting the jobs done or a ques
for dependents of employees was tion of whether the jobs could
negotiated, which entitles family be done better if they were han
members of employees to take dled within the university. If it
up to two classes free of charge is discovered that certain jobs
as long as the employee is not are more budget conscious to
already using the waiver. Also, a be contracted out, then it comes
freeze on pre-tax parking __
fees will maintain the $14
“For the first time I can
price for staff parking.
remember, they (CSEA) have
The parking fee freeze
a tentative agreement two
is good news for employ
months before the former
ees of the CSU, but places
the burden of funding park
contract expires ”
ing lots and structures on
-Steve Wiener
students whose fees are —
subject to change when
down to “improving contractor
Parking Services deems it nec
performance and accountabil
essary.
ity,” said Young.
According to Wiener, the
Currently, groundskeeping
worst part of the contract is a
and night custodial work are
clause that allows the adminis
tration to hire emergency tempo contracted out at CSUSM and
bathroom cleaning and grounds
rary workers without posting job
cleaning are partially contracted
openings or conducting inter
out to the Vista High School dis
views. As of July 1,'employees
trict, which supports and hires
may be appointed for six-month
mentally challenged individu
temporary jobs with the pos
als.
sibility of one renewal, which
With the continuing growth
places certain jobs outside *of
of CSUSM, the total square foot
equal opportunity for up to a
age to be kept up will nearly
year and is used “to fit into the
double as the new buildings open
administration’s plans and opens
for occupancy this summer. In
up opportunities for favoritism,”
the last three years, the adminis
said Wiener.
tration has hired only one extra
In a system-wide press
custodian and last month it hired
release, Jackie McClain, the
one more, which brings the total
CSU’s vice chancellor for
number of CSUSMjanitorial and
Human Resources, was quoted
custodial employees to about
as saying, “I am very pleased
15.
that we have reached a tentative
“With the new buildings
agreement on a three-year eoncoming, it is hard to estimate
tract that provides many impor
[how many total employees
tant benefits for our employees
would be needed to alleviate con
and their families. We (the CSU)
tracting out custodial and jani
look forward to continuing to
torial work] ,” said Carl Hanson,
work together in Sacramento and
lead custodian/head of recycling
elsewhere on our shared pri
for Facility Services. “We could
orities throughout this difficult
be more efficient; we could do
budget year.”
the jobs well or better, but it is
Additional benefits listed in
hard to know exact numbers. I’d
the new contract include: A
$10,000 life insurance policy for like to have nearly as many work
ers as the contractors have.”
eligible employees, participation
No response was received to
in the CSU Health Care Reim
an inquiry into the total amount
bursement Plan, and an increase
of money being paid to outside
from 32 to 40 hours in the maxi
contractors.
mum of catastrophic leave dona
The CSEA represents non
tions, an increase in funeral leave
teacher public employees and
to five days, and an increase in
is the largest school employee
maternity/paternity leave to 30
union, representing 190,000
days.
employees statewide. All the
When asked what he would
representatives .from the 750
have liked to see in the con
local chapters are volunteers.
tract, Wiener said, “I would have
Representation is broken into
liked to see a 3-percent mini
mum salary increase, an extra four separate units: health care;
custodians, ground keepers and
day off and an extra holiday.”
warehouse workers; clerical and
In an interview at the end
of last semester, Brian Young, administration assistants; and
labor relations representative for professional technical services
and support.
the CSEA, said, “Cal State San
�4 Tuesday,
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April 30, 2002
-_____ The
CSUSM H osts Third A nnual Job Fair
»>ArticIe cont. from pg. 1
comment.
“We would have liked to see a
wider range of companies. Some
encounters were less than pleas
ant” said students Kelley Sim
mons & Elizabeth philo.
The event was entirely selfsupported and nearly $7000 was
spent on production. Sandra
Punch, director of the Career and
Assessment Center, said, “Part
nerships were key to maintain
ing affordability and keeping the
charge to employers lower than
many other campus job fairs.”
Based on “early bird” rates for
employers, third-party employ
ment recruiters were charged a
fee of $200, general employers
were charged $100, and gov
ernment agencies and non-profit
organizations reserved booths
for only $50. After the March
22 “early bird” deadline, prices
were increased to $300, $150,
and $75, respectively. The prices
were increased due to the added
expenditures of the CAC having
to add employers during the last
couple of weeks.
Punch said that many of the
employers who called only days
before the event were unable to
reserve a booth because the fair
was already at full capacity.
The North County Inland
and North County Coastal Career
Centers sponsored the breakfast
for employers on Tuesday morn
ing, The North County Times
provided advertising for the event
free of charge and Enterprise
Rent-A-Car provided free use of
two shuttle vans.
The event nonetheless carried
Photo Courtesy o f Cindy Pollack
some substan
tial expenses.
The
tables,
u m b r e l la s ,
chairs, and
tablecloths
were
all
rented, extra
microphones
had to be
provided for
workshops,
additional
communica
tion radios
had to be 4
provided for
security
and
events personnel, and box lunches
for the employers were purchased
from the Power Surge Cafe. Post
cards before the event were an
expense, and thank-you
letters after the event
have to be purchased
and supplied with post
age.
The parking situ
ation, consistently a
touchy subject for
CSUSM students, was
aggravated On Tuesday
by hundreds of addi
tional vehicles. The
employers were charged
the university’s standard
$3 fee for a one-day
parking permit, and they
were supposed to park
in the satellite lot by the
Photo Courtesy o f Cindy Pollack
San Marcos Ambulatory Care
Center (SMAC) across the
street.
Parking for the event was free
to the public, and Lot O was des
ignated for public parking. Due
to the huge attendance from the
general public and apparent con
fusion on behalf of the employ
ers, Lot O quickly overflowed,
overwhelming Parking Services
with more vehicles than they had
spaces. Punch said that parking
on the dirt construction lots was
not allowed because of insurance
limitations.
“Parking is a challenge on
eivery single campus,” said Punch.
“[Parking Services] does a won
derful job with what they have to
work with.”
The California Center for the
Arts (CAC) had been suggested
as an alternative site, given the
availability of both parking and
facilities. The cost would have
been the same for the job fair to
have been held there, but Punch
indicated that it was determined
by the University and the CAC
that CSUSM was a better loca
tion.
“People are realizing- that
CSUSM is here,” said Punch. The
admissions office had a table out
side and was busy throughout
most of the day with potential
students.
“The Job Fair was put
together quite well this year, It
was huge! I see many of the same
employers at the various job fairs
I have been to and most of them
do interest me,” said Business
student Sean Sunda.
The Power Surge Holds a
G oing Away Party
»>Article cont, from
pg. 1 lot to participate in
the impromptu sidewalk
"poetry slam.
“I’m sad. This is so
ironic. The first time I
come to read [poetry] is the
last time I’ll have a chance
to. I’m feeling emotional
about it,” said Honee Folk,
CSUSM student.
The
spur-ofthe-moment poetry reading
attracted many, including
those who showed up reg
ularly for poetry nights
and those who were simply
curious about the large
group belting out in both
song and verse. “We have
to start up a new spot
where the feeling is simi
lar. It’s up to us to initiate
it. This is magic, When we
can bring it to this level,
this is where it’s at,” said
Phil “Elevated” Jerge, a
part-time poet and CSUSM
student who made himself
a welcome figure at the
cafe after moving to San
Marcos only a few short
months ago.
A group of female
employees, close friends as
well as co-workers, caught
a moment’s rest between
customers on their last
night of work and remi
nisced about working with
DuBois. “I was here the
first morning the cafe
opened and A closed the
cafe tonight, but I am actu to Power Surge’s closing.
ally feeling really good
However, many of
about it,” said Jessica Hol- those loyal customers
lowpeter, one of Power refuse to believe Starbucks
Surge’s original four had nothing to do with it,
employees.
some going as far as call
“We’re a college town, ing it a conspiracy theory
but- we are losing of sorts. “I still won’t go to
something
or ig i n a l
and being
forced
into a strip
mall existen ce,”
said Hollowpeter’s
good
friend
Alexis
Mark DuBois
Hamilton,
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also
an
employee and a longtime Starbucks,” said CSUSM
student and customer Jes
friend, of DuBois’.
tWhile DuBois and his sica Marroquin. Christian
employees have mixed Hendry concurred with
emotions about the cafo’s Marroquin, albeit it in a
closing, DuBois said he far more dramatic fashion.
was looking forward to “Independent coffee will
concentrating on catering never be freed until the
and already has several streets run red with the
jobs lined up for next blood of Starbucks,” he
week. Many of the employ said. While most loyal
ees will keep their catering Power Surge patrons share
jobs, while others found a common distaste for Star
new work when they heard bucks, it remains to be seen
that the cafe would close. where people might turn
Although his very for their daily fix.
Power Surge’s land
loyal customers blamed
lord, Danuta Bala, has not
Starbucks, DuBois was
adamant that the mega yet decided what to do
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By MIKE PARDINI
Pride Staff Writer
“Murder by Numbers,” the
new movie starring Sandra Bull
ock as Detective Cassie Mayweather, is now out in theatres
and definitely worth seeing. This
movie takes place in Central
California, mainly in San Luis
Obispo and Los Osos. The movie
is about two high-schpol stu
dents played by Ryan Gossling as
Richard Haywood and Michael
Pitt as Justin Pendleton. The two
boys befriend one another after
Haywood listens to a speech that
Pendleton wrote about murder.
The speech mainly delineates
how easy it would be to commit
a murder and not get caught.
Pendleton thinks that this would
be the ultimate act of freedom.
While listening to this speech
in class, the ultra-hip Haywood
thinks it would be a good thing to
confront Pendleton after school
about his theories on murder. As
Haywood has too much free time
on his hands and comes from a
very well-off family, he thinks
that murdering someone will be ending. The movie also explores
the ultimate act of enjoyment.
Detective Mayweather in great
After discussing the the- detail and shows her inner wor
ries as well as her day-toones
of
REVIEW
day struggles just to make
murder, the
highly unlikely pair set off to it to the next day. The movie has
commit their own murder. They many great scenes and a plethora
planned for months and both read of great actors. This is not the
countless books on the subject. first movie for Gossling and Pitt,
When the time came, they ran but definitely their biggest. This
domly pick a girl who they think movie will bring them up with
“The movie takes many very unpredict
able twists and turns that you definitely
don't see coming, which shows that
“Murder by Numbers" isn't the typical
movie with the give-away
will be the perfect candidate to
murder. There is no particular
reason the pair picks her, she just
seems to fit the profile for them
as the perfect girl to murder.
The movie takes many very
unpredictable twists and turns
that you definitely don’t see
coming, which shows that
“Murder by Numbers” isn’t the
typical movie with the give-away
the already large group of great
young actors and actresses. Bull
ock has been a great actress for
many years now and can add
“Murder By Numbers” to her
list of successful ventures. I rec
ommend “Murder by Numbers”
and, if you don’t have the cash
for the movie theatre, it will still
be a great one to rent at home
when it comes out.
Simply Jeff Blends Various Genres of
Electronic Music
By MARLINO BITANGA
Pride Staff Writer
The uniqueness of music is
that it has the power to take you
places you wouldn’t expect to go.
Simply Jeffs latest CD release
“Breakbeat Massive,” on Moon
shine Music, reinforces this phe
nomenon.
As a prominent DJ and pro
ducer of Breakbeat music, Simply
Jeff takes you on a musical
expedition through his blend of
breaks while incorporating the
many sub-genres of electronic
music, which include: the various
sounds of groovy,
head-nodding bass
lines; dirty, low fre
quencies that flow
with catchy vocal
riffs and scratches; up-tempo,
rhythmic drumbeats; aggressive
build-ups and breakdowns; and
an array of synthesizing effects
and delays
The unbelievable sounds that
emanate from this collection can
be explained, as one minute you’ll
be in a danc
ing frenzy,
and the next
minute you’ll
be experi
encing a mental journey. I get
a definite “Don’t sleep” kind of
feeling from this 18-track CD
compilation.
REVIEW
By EMILY KELLEY
Pride Staff Writer
Somewhere between my first
Jack and Coke and my second
beer, The Strokes hit the stage
at 4th and B last Tuesday night.
Their second San Diego concert
in months, nouveau garage rock
darling band The Strokes were
widely panned by audience
members at the original March
date because of singer Julian
Casablancas’ failure to perform
due to drunken foolishness. With
the record label forcing the band
to perform a make-up show and
issuing free tickets to everyone
who bought tickets to the first
show, this time around they had
something to prove.
While this show was by far
more coherent, it had the dis
tinct feeling of detention. The
band clearly wasn’t expecting to
be back so soon and didn’t show
the verve of a voluntary musical
release. Running through such
radio staples as “Barely Legal”
and “Try My Luck,” as well as
live performance favorites like
“Meet Me in the Bathroom,”
the crowd was nonetheless very
receptive. Cheering, screaming,
and even “floating” fellow audi
ence members, San Diego was
satisfied with the much-touted
New York band.
With its hit single “Last
Night” off the major-label debut
album “Is This It?” local rock
fans have been inundated with
the catchy (if derivative) brand
of strategically polished unpol
ished music. The Strokes have
gained so much popularity in the
past six months that radio sta
tions such as 92.1 and 91X have
been prompted to play the sin
gles until even devoted listeners
have felt that they are so great
and fantastic that not only could
they not live another day with
out owning the album, but that
they will probably stick a knit
ting needle in their ear if they
have to listen to it one more
time.
The highlight of my night,
however, came not from the rau
cous rendition of “Take it or
Leave it,”, or from my three Sam
Adams’ buzz, but when I actu
ally hit guitarist Albert Ham
mond Jr. with my car. It was
fantastic. This is what rock n’
roll should be. Staring out the
window of your car as a rock star
yells obscenities at you while
you are trying to make a slick
getaway after your male friend
has just flung a gigantic bra (bor
rowed, of course) at the singer
outside of the venue.
I really feel like we bonded. I
will never forget the look on that
man’s face as he stood with both
hands on the hood of my Jetta
and yelled “Hey...%$%*&...” I
can honestly say that that is one
of the funniest things I have ever
seen.
The Strokes put on a good
show (when Julian is relatively
sober). I recommend seeing them
the next time they come around,
which, incidentally, is April 30
at the Remak arena with Tena
cious D.
However, and this is a big
however, if you do go, I recom
mend: 1. Drink heavily 2. Under
stand that they are just a product,
and 3. Take a huge, well-worn,
grubby undergarment with you.
What could go wrong?
A u d i e n c e M e m b e r s w e r e A m u s e d by
Perform ances
Left to Right: Michael Hunter, Brandon Cesmat, DuffBrenna, Judy Jordan, Sharon Elise
Pride Photo/Brian Fisher
»>A rticle cont. from pg. 1
Slam competition. It looks like
so much fun,” Krone said.
Duff Brenna, professor and
novelist, read from his recently
published novel “The Altar of
the Body,” which will soon be
released in paperback. He also
read from his earlier novel, “Too
Cool,” which was named a New
York Times Notable Book of the
Year in 1999. “If you write
one page a day, you will have
a 365-page novel by the end
of the year,” said Brenna as he
explained to the audience his
journey as a writer.
Professor and poet Judy
Jordan read from her first book of
poetry, “Carolina Ghost Woods,”
for which she
has
received
many awards,
including the
Walt Whitman
Award and the
2000 National
Critics
Book
Circle Award,
followed
She
with
some
poems from her
current book, still in the works.
The evening closed with a
question and answer period fol pate in a book/CD signing while
lowed by a “thank you” to the enjoying desserts and refresh
sponsors and to LTWR student ments provided by the Power
Surge Cafe.
Student
Brandi Wharton
said, “I really
enjoyed this eve
ning. It makes me
kind of sad that
I am graduating
this semester and
can no longer take
classes from such
talented profes
Susie Shattuck for organizing the
event. After the show, audience sors.
“It has been very inspiring to
members had a chance to partici
“It has been very inspiring to be
here among all of you. It has inspired
me to continue with my writing.”
-Heather Moulton, LTWR
graduate student.
be here among all of you . It has
inspired me to continue with my
writing,” said Heather Moulton,
LTWR graduate student.
An “Evening with the Muses”
was the inaugural fundraising
event for Literature and Writing
Studies, and a donation of $5 was
requested. As noted in the pro
gram, donations will benefit the
Literature and Writing Student
and Alumni Fund, which “sub
sidizes student learning opportu
nities and community outreach
events in the LTWR department
atCSUSM.”
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Arts&Entertainment _ ___
Tuesday, April 30, 2002
T he Pride
M other H ip s B ring a R efresh in g Brand o f M usic to
Solana B each
By BEN MASON, for The Pride, ist and songwriter Tim Bluhm
and JAMES NEWELL, Pride had displayed for us his model of
the ideal concertgoer. “They look
Editor
like this,” he said, standing in the
The Belly Up Tavern is indic middle of the room, adopting a
ative of the type of venue the slightly hunched, open-mouthed
Mother Hips generally play; it’s attitude, like that of child who’s
billed primarily as a concert had his nose stolen for the first
venue, but essentially it’s a really time - more hippie than hooli
big bar - a place, ostensibly, gan.
So, as I looked out on the
where people come to drink. And
drink they did. In fact, by the crowd, still teeming with booze
time the Hips came on stage, and bluster, I was hopeful, yet
at 11:45 p.m., the place had the skeptical, of the band’s ability to
volume and collective stagger of turn even a few of this motley
crew into the meek, enraptured
a senior prom
fans Bluhm had described. If
r „ r ,bly r e v ie w they could do it, they would
This state of affairs, one have to do it delicately.
And yet, delicate is not the
would think, presents a problem
for a band like the Hips, a band first word that ldapt to mind as
whose music relies far more on the Hips took the stage. Bluhm
the subtleties of harmony, lyric was duded out in a satiny black
and craft than the sonic bullying cowboy shirt and Top Gun-era
of its audience. After all, it’s dif sunglasses while Greg Loiacono,
shares
the
ficult enough to coax a drunken who
pal out of the flowerbed at 2 a.m., guitarist/songwriter spotlight,
much less touch his soul in a stood confidently in bell-bottoms
sweet ode to halcyon days past,
followed by the Kinks-inspired
“Such a Thing” and the turbu
lent, beautiful “Del Mar Sta
tion.”
All right, I was beginning
to see: That’s how they get you.
It was 10 minutes into the show,
and I had already heard three
songs - three gems, really. There
had been no excessive chatting
between songs, no fussing or
whining about technical prob
lems, no Liam and Noel antics,
no extended, free-form jazz
odysseys to lull the natives to
sleep - just superbly written
songs performed soulfully and
honestly.
The rest of the night offered
much of the same. In addition
to songs from “Green Hills of
Earth,” the band performed some
of the new tunes Bluhm had men
tioned earlier. While adhering
to the brand of surprisingly sub
stantial pop for which the Hips
are known, new songs like “Deep
Tim Bluhm
Pride Photo/James Newell
meaningful, artistic way. How
then, does one try to convey intri
cate musical sentiment to a bat
talion-sized group of strangers
who, for the most part, are hang
overs waiting to happen? What
can a band possibly expect from
such a mob?
Earlier, when asked what he
looks for in an audience, guitar
and the sort of Velcro-bound
sneakers that might have war
ranted a beating in third grade.
Despite appearances, however,
once the set started it was clear
that these guys had an agenda.
They began by firing off
three songs in quick succession,
starting with the falsetto pop of
“Channel Island Girl,” a short,
Space Team,” “Superscout” and
“Feel the Rumble” were more
contemplative and mid-tempo,
nicely complimenting more rau
cous covers like Neil Young’s
“Red Tandy” and The Everly
Brothers’ “On My Way Home
Again.”
Earlier, when asked about the
their continued placement and
Tim Bluhm
P ride Photo/James Newell
comparison with so-called “jam
bands,” Bluhm said, “We don’t
ever jam.” The Hips instead focus
on well-choreographed songs
built on deeply structured vocal
harmonies, tight changes, and
influences built through virtu
ous songwriting from multiple
personalities and a friendship
that has lasted and grown from
over 10 years of constant tour
ing.
As for the rest of the
nomadic tribe of musicians,
who say touring is made up of
a lot more driving than playing
music, about five years ago John
Hofer took over on the drums
and has been keeping the band
in time since. In addition to
his tight, clean drum playing,
Hofer usually writes the set list,
which keeps the Hips rolling
through the extensive sets they
play. And after recently losing
long-time bassist Isaac Parsons,
the Hips have been joined by
long-time friend and producer
of some of the Hips early record
ings, Paul Hoaglin, who, as
Bluhm said, “is. a freak and
actually knows more Hips songs
than we do.”
“Right now we are playing
from almost two albums of new
material,” said Bluhm, which is a
tribute to their creative prowess
as they released “Green Hills of
Earth” early in 2001.
The Mother Hips play about
200 or more shows a year.
Although they focus their energy
mainly on the West Coast, they
tour all across the nation and have
recently added Chicago, India
napolis, and Oklahoma to their
arduous list of stops.
When asked about the
extreme diversity found on
“Green Hills of Earth,” specif
ically “Take Us Out,” which is
a mellow, high-pitched harmoni
ous song not unlike something
Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys
would be happy to sing and “Rich
Little Girl,” a faster-paced song
that could fall into many a cat
egory of Rock and Roll, Bluhm
commented with a slight grin that
“not only were the songs written
10 years apart, but they were
written by different people (Loi
acono wrote “Take Us Out” and
Bluhm wrote “Rich Little Girl.)”
By the time the Hips walked
off the stage, we had heard 25
songs in what seemed like 15
minutes. Don’t let me give
you the impression that the Hips
played a Ramones-style, 90-second song, rapid-fire sort of set,
though. They played for about
two hours. It seems that they’ve
become so adept at constructing
songs, and then arranging those
songs into a set for maximum
effect, that time doesn’t behave
quite normally.
Neither, for that matter, does
the audience, for sure enough,
Bluhm was right. When I look
over the crowd towards the end of
the set, they are there. Between
the boy/girl squabbles, the
awkward male bonding and
impromptu belly dancing, the
people whom Bluhm described
are there, agape and intent, chant
ing “Mother Hips” and crying for
more even as the time neared the
2:00 a.m. witching hour. Some
where along the line, they have
gone from soused to serene - and
wouldn’t have it any other way.
Lisa “Left Eye” Lopez of TLC Dies in Car Crash
By SHERRITA COBBS
Pride Staff Writer
While on vacation in Hondu
ras, a place she often frequented
because of its serenity, Lisa “Left
Eye” Lopez (of the hip-hop trio
TLC) was killed in a car acci
dent while driving with seven
others on Thursday. The death
of Lopez was recently confirmed
by public relations personnel at
Arista Records. Lopez, was driv
ing the vehicle and was the only
fatality; none of the passengers
were harmed.
“No words can possibly
express the sorrow and sadness
I feel for this most devastating
loss,” said Antonio “L.A.” Reid,
president and CEO of Arista
Records. “Lisa was not only a
gifted and talented musical inspi
ration, but more importantly, she
was like a daughter to me. My
thoughts and prayers are with
Lisa’s family and friends. Her
legacy will be remembered for
ever.”
“We had all grown up
together and were as close as
a family. Today we have truly
lost our sister,” said her fellow
band members, Tionne “T-Boz”
Watkins and Rozanda “Chilli”
Thomas, in a statement for the
press.
Lopez will be remembered
as a diva who often feuded pub
licly and gained national atten
tion for burning a house down
in a subdivision in Alpharetta,
Georgia, called Country Club of
the South.
Despite various challenges,
the group maintained its staying
power. Before her untimely death,
Left Eye released a solo project
last year called “SuperNova” and
signed as a solo artist to Tha Row
Records.
Lopez was engaged to marry
her longtime boyfriend, Andre
Rison, in June, and TLC had
been working on an album that
was to be released this fall.
Funeral arrangements in Left
Eye’s hometown of Atlanta are
still pending. However, there are
no reports about whether or not
her funeral will be public.
*CNN.com
and
Hondurasnews.tv were used as
sources for this article.
�A D iet W orth of Your
T im e
By JESSICA KRONE
Pride Staff Writer
If followed correctly, this
choice of lifestyle will clean your
system of impurities and give
you a feeling of well being you
never thought possible. After
only seven days of this process,
you will begin to feel lighter
because you will be lighter by at
least ten pounds, possibly seven
teen pounds, and have an abun
dance of energy. This seven-day
plan can be used as often as you
like. Continue this plan for as
long as you wish and feel the
difference in both medical and
physical disposition.
Day One
Your first day’s meals will
consist of all the fruits you want
to eat, except for bananas. For
all you melon lovers, this is the
day for you. Two fruits identi
fied as containing fewer calories
than most others are watermelon
and cantaloupe. Should you
choose the melon, your chances
of losing three pounds in the first
day will increase. As an added
bonus, you can have all of the
soup you want.
Day Two
Eat vegetables until you are
stuffed with all of the cooked
and/or fresh vegetables of your
choice. Try to eat green, leafy
vegetables and stay away from
dried beans, peas and com.
These vegetables are good for
you but not if you are trying
to reduce your caloric intake.
You may also have a large
baked potato topped with a stan
dard portion (one tablespoon)
of butter. Once again, you may
have all of the soup you want.
tent; however, you cannot have
potatoes.
Final Day
Brown rice, fruit juice and
vegetables are the choice to final
ize this quick program. Eat as
much as you want of these. It
should be noted that the fruit
juice should be unsweetened.
On each day, you may drink
all the beverages you wish such
as coffee, black tea (unsweet
ened), and diet soft drinks.
Diet Food Ingredients:
Vegetable soup 1-2 Medium onions
1 large celery stalk
2 packages dry onion soup mix
1 head of cabbage, shredded
carrots, diced
frozen string beans*
2 cans of whole tomatoes
2 Green peppers*
*optional
** Can also add other vege
table such as okra, red peppers,
yellow peppers, red cabbage, and
red onion. Use fresh basil, oreg
ano, garlic and cilantro to add
flavor.
How to make the soup:
Mix the dry onion soup with
water (the box will include exact
measurements) into the big pot.
Toss the vegetables into the big
pot and bring to a boil. Simmer
until all the vegetables are tender.
This soup can be eaten any time
you feel hungry. Eat as often as
you like. This soup will not add
calories, so the more you eat, the
more you lose.
Low-Calorie salad dressing (1
quart)
1 pint of imitation sour cream
Day Three
Meals are the same as day 1 pint of low-fat cottage cheese
one and two, except that you 2 packages of dry salad dressing
cannot have a baked potato. Of mix.
course, you may still have all of
the soup you can stand.
Day Four
Mmmmmmm, bananas.
You can eat as many as eight
bananas and drink as many as
eight glasses of skim milk on
this day. Bananas are high in
carbohydrates and will lessen
your cravings for sweets. Yes,
you can still eat the soup.
Day Five
You can have 10-12 ounces
of beef and six tomatoes on
this day. Try to drink at least
eight glasses of water in order
to wash away the uric acid in
your body. You can also have
all the vegetables and soup you
want You may divide the meat
between lunch and dinner. You
may also have chicken, pork
chops, ground beef or fish. All
the meats must be lean and
baked or broiled only.
vegetables and
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Ch i o p i n o
By JAMES J. SIMMONDS
Pride Staff Writer
2 dozen small octopus legs
12 cups solid-pack tomatoes
Ingredients:
Chiopino is a fish stew that
comes from the region of north
¥t cup olive oil
ern California. It is served to
1 cup tomato puree
many tourists. It is a seafood meal
1 tablespoon chopped garlic
that will delight your taste buds.
salt and pepper
Originally it was an designed
1 cup red wine
to be served as an outdoor dish
1 tablespoon chopped parsley
along the coast.
a few leaves of sweet basil
Directions:
2 dozen clams or oysters, or
Heat olive oil in a large
both
pot. Saute garlic, parsley, celery,
3 pounds filleted fish (cod or and green pepper until lightly
another white fish)
browned. Add solid-pack toma
1 tablespoon chopped celery
toes and tomato puree. Season
1 pound shrimp
to taste with salt, pepper, and
1 small lobster or crab, or both
paprika, and add red wine and
1 tablespoon chopped
sweet basil. Simmer for one
green pepper
hour.
While the sauce is simmer
ing, wash clams thoroughly and
steam in very little water, just
until shells open. If you are using
oysters, take them out of the
shells. Strain the liquid from the
clams and add to the sauce. Cut
the fish into small pieces. Shell
the raw shrimp and cut up lobster
with shell or clean and break up
a crab. After the sauce is cooked,
add the prepared fish, shrimp,
and lobster or crab, and cook
until done. Add clams or oysters
last because they cook quickly.
Serve the stew in bowls
accompanied by red wine and
plenty of French bread. This
recipe serves about six.
Healthy Mexican Food
By MIKE PARDINI
Pride Staff Writer
Ingredients:
10-oz can chunk chicken breast drained and flaked
15-oz can refried beans with
green chile peppers
4-6-inch corn tortillas
1-cup chunky salsa
2 cups shredded lettuce
3 sliced scallions
Vi cup shredded low-fat Cheddar
cheese
Start by preheating the oven
to 400 degrees. Put the tortillas
on a large sheet of heavy-duty
foil, and coat them with cooking
spray. Bake for 10 minutes, turn
ing once. Dump the chicken,
beans, and salsa in a microwavable bowl, stir and nuke on
high power for 2 to 3 minutes.
Slop the chicken mixture onto
the baked tortillas and top with
the lettuce, scallions, and cheese.
Makes 4 servings. This Mexican
meal contains only 3 grams of
fat.
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�Tuesday, Apr. 23 marked Cal
State San Marcos’ third annual
job and resource fair. The press
release claimed this event to be
“.. .the largest job and resource
fair in North County.” If you base
this claim on one fact: the number
of cars in our parking lots, then
perhaps the news release is cor
rect. The perfect slogan would
have been ‘...the largest, most
disorganized job and resource
fair that we can possibly hold in
the smallest space available in
North County.’
It is no surprise that parking
was a problem, we are all aware
that parking will continue to be
a problem until a formal parking
structure is built or some other
solution is proposed. The bigger
issue at hand is the over-all plan
ning of the Job Fair.
Why is CSUSM hosting an
event that is “free and open to
the public” and includes “more
than 100 employment representa
tives and company recruiters” in
our tiny Founders Plaza? It was
so crowded that people were con
stantly bumping into one another
and on-campus clubs were forced
to move down the staircase to the
Dome Terrace. Maybe CSUSM
should consider holding the job
fair at the California Center for
the Arts, as was the case for the
Teacher Career Fair held earlier
this semester. Or how about the
Del Mar Fairgrounds?
Which leads us into our next
point. If CSUSM can comfort
ably and safely host “more than
one hundred representatives,”
supply them with tables, chairs,
and umbrellas and invite all stu
dents and community members
to attend (as announced in local
newspapers), then a series of
smaller Graduation Ceremonies
could easily held on
campus.
The message is
clear, if the Univer
sity finds an event
to be profitable, the
University can make the space.
Their goal was to make money.
Each employment agency paid
$150.00 to participate in this
job fair (non-profit agencies were
charged $75.00). Certainly, in
planning this event one objec
tive had to be fundraising. The
Career and Assessment Center
needed to cover the cost of tables,
chairs and brown bag lunches.
Yet, there are many, many small
business and non-profit agencies
that are unable to pay such
prices. The students are not the
focus. If they were the focus,
CSUSM would
not have charged
such an outra
geous amount of
money. The goal
should have been
to present the students with the
greatest number of employment
representatives.
Fundraising
should be secondary.
After looking into other
North County job fairs, we sug
gest that CSUSM follow Mira
Costa’s lead. They may not host
the “largest job and resource fair
in North County,” but they are
Editorial
clearly pro-student. They ask all
employers participating in their
Career Expo to “make a sug
gested donation of $50.00 towards
the First Impressions Clothing
Fund. First Impressions Boutique
provides gently used career wear
at no cost to students in need
of career wear for employment.”
Of course, the donation is
tax-deductible. They will also
be holding “student raffle
drawings...[and employers] will
be provided with a continental
breakfast and boxed lunch at no
cost.”
We support the Mira Costa
Career Expo, which will be held
at their Oceanside Campus on
May 2 from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
(One Barnard Drive, Oceans
ide).
German Instructor (and students) DISSED
By ERIK ROPER
for The Pride
Author’s Disclaimer: I am the
sole creator and instigator of the
following words.
The following is an excerpt
of a conversation I heard in my
German class a couple days after
the Summer/Fall CSUSM course
schedule came out: “Hey Frau
Ronke, [German course instruc
tor Astrid Ronke] who’s this
Hughes person who’s listed in the
CSUSM Fall schedule as being
the one and only person teach
ing German next year?” a stu
dent asked Ronke. “What are you
talking about? I haven’t been told
I’m being replaced,” she replied
with a mixed expression of equal
parts worry, shock, and confu
sion. The student did a double
take, paused a moment (probably
to assimilate the unanticipated
response Ronke had just given),
and then shakily continued, “Um
. . . yeah well it says right here
in the new class schedule that
just came out that some person
named Hughes is listed as teach
ing German next Fall . . . and
by the way . . . um, whatever
happened to German becoming a
minor?” Ronke didn’t reply right
away, but sat there with a look of
utter shock and defeat on her nor
mally indefatigable face. Finally,
she just shook her head, and,
sounding much like an air mat
tress slowly deflating, her expres
sion instantly plummeted, and
she resolutely expressed her frus
tration by saying, “If this is what
it says . . . well, I don’t know . . .
this is news to me.”
This conversation took place
before class actually started,
during that unfocused nether time
when you’re just settling into
your niche, taking your notebook
out, etc. During this time, I usu
ally just kind of like to daydream
and put the finishing touches on
whatever homework I’d procrasti
nated doing the night before. But
that conversation got my atten
tion.
Why? I’m so glad you asked.
Ronke
established
the
German program as part of the
World Languages department
here at CSUSM approximately
five years ago out of nothing,
against all the odds and with little
or no support in the beginning.
She is an instructor who is (and
has been) dedicated, passionate,
and who constantly sacrifices her
own free time and energy for her
students. She is an instructor who
is highly respected and appreci
ated by both her peers and her
students. In 2000, she was nom
inated for the Brakebill Distin
guished Professor of the Year
Award. She is an instructor who
should be lauded with accolades
and awards aplenty. Yet, she
is not. Instead, she has been
DISSED so effectively (I use
DISSED instead of disrespected
intentionally because I feel the
latter word is too polite and
doesn’t adequately convey the
true level of, for lack of a better
word, disrespect involved) that
\\
Cal State San Marcos
Logos Courtesy o f Joselyn Brown
By MARLINO BITANGA
Pride Staff Writer
Is it just me, or does the
new school logos (the Cougar)
for Cal State San Marcos look
like the logo from the cartoon
she didn’t even find out she had
been DISSED until weeks after
the fact. The situation was not
brought to her by her supervisor
or anyone else she works with,
but by her own students!
How would you feel if you’d
been working yourself to the
bone for five years trying to do
your very best at a job where you
rarely received optimal support
and they decide to “not rehire
you” (read: FIRE YOU), and they
don’t even let you know about it?
How would you feel?
Would you feel HUMILI
ATED? Because the depth of how
badly you’d been DISSED had
been laid bare right there in front
of your student!? Would you feel
BETRAYED? By a hierarchy of
leadership here at CSUSM that
would tolerate such disrespectful
and unprofessional conduct on
the part of its language depart
ment’s supervisor(s)? (I’m not
sure how many were involved in
this egregious oversight.) Would
you feel DEFEATED? Knowing
that ultimately, the reason you
were getting canned was due', not
to lack of merit or competence,
but more than anything due to
the fact that the World Languages
department of CSUSM values
a piece of paper (a Ph.D) over
your ability to teach and inspire
your students? (Ronke only has a
Master’s). Would you feel WOR
RIED? That word of how badly
you’d been DISSED by the powers
that be might cause people to
doubt your reputation, your com
petence, and/or your character?
That's
show “The Thundercats?” I
feel like saying, “Thundercats
Hooooooo...” every time I look
at it. ,
Considering that our school
has a visual arts program with
very talented freehand and
graphic artists, I wonder why the
university decided to change this
logo without even considering
input or requesting submissions
from students that go to CSUSM
on how the new logo should look.
And if they did, why didn’t we
know about it?
It is as if the administrators
are dictating the way CSUSM stu
dents correlate themselves with
Or, maybe you’d feel WORRIED
about the fact that you’d have
to land a new job ASAP to sup
port your family, and that you’d
already lost multiple weeks that
you could have used to conduct
that search. Would you feel SAD?
Not just about losing your job
but about how people could be
so MEAN, INCONSIDERATE,
and HURTFUL. How would you
feel?
Please don’t misunderstand
me; I’m not just spouting off like
some anti-establishment yahoo.
It’s just that, in the 10 or so years
of my life where I’ve maintained
some kind of job, I’ve learned
that there are certain unwritten
rules of conduct in the social
contract that we’re all subject to,
which must be adhered to when
dealing with people. Being civil,
courteous, and professional are
critical ingredients needed to treat
people with the respect they
deserve. In this case, Ronke
has not been treated with the
respect she deserves. She has
been DISSED in a most discour
teous, egregious and unprofes
sional manner. Personally, I feel
highly disappointed and angry
with whoever was responsible for
this faux pas. I can say with
certainty that there are a signif
icant number of my classmates
(and not just those in my German
class) who feel the same way. I
can only wonder how terribly our
beloved instructor “Frau” Ronke
must be feeling.. . .
All I’m saying is this: Ronke
got savagely DISSED and that
Our
the identity of the school. It is as
if they are saying, “Ok here’s our
logo . . . if you don’t like it, you
have to live with it.”
I feel that there could have
been various ways of selecting
the proper logo for our school.
One idea could have been to
create some type of contest, in
which CSUSM students could
participate and exercise the skills
that we are paying for in contribu
tion to the shaping of our campus
identity. This would not only
give students first-hand experi
ence that they can notate on their
resumes, but it could bring some
sort of student life to our campus.
was utterly WRONG. I feel that
whoever was responsible for this
situation should be (if they
weren’t already) highly ashamed
of themselves, should have a hard
time looking themselves in the
mirror, and should APOLOGIZE
to Ronke IMMEDIATELY - via
email, a real face-to-face talk,
and a formal letter of apology to
the editors of The Pride. I f Ronke
must go, then at the very least,
those responsible for this situ
ation should allow her to leave
CSUSM with her dignity and
stellar reputation intact.
The reason I think this should
happen is because not only was
Ronke DISSED, but her students,
and actually, all the students
of CSUSM, were DISSED. The
money students are charged to
attend this institution surely plays
at least some small part in paying
the paycheck of the person(s)
responsible for this situation.
Therefore, those responsible owe
an explanation to the students
of CSUSM. Furthermore, the
administration of CSUSM, while
only indirectly responsible for the
indiscrete handling of this situa
tion (because whoever’s in charge
allowed it to happen on their
“watch”) also, I would think, owe
the student body some sort of
explanation as to how this sort of
disrespect could’ve been allowed
to happen.
I could go on and on, but
I’m sure everyone gets my point
by now. If you don’t or disagree,
feel free to contact me at
roper004@csusm.edu.
Logo?
One of the biggest complaints by
students about our school is that
there is nothing to do here. Well,
if the university is trying to think
of ideas, I think this could be one
of them.
Furthermore, the university’s
failure to involve students in the
decision-making process appears
to be a precedent. How do you
think these processes will shape
the future characteristics of Cal
State San Marcos? Next thing
you know, our school colors will
be hot pink and electric blue.
Be realistic. There are
approximately 6,600 students at
our school. This is one-tenth the
FF
amount of the population com
pared to other universities. Is
it that hard to think of ways to
get students involved on campus?
As far as I’m concerned, one
little drawing contest could make
a real big difference for students
with “nothing to do.”
Cal State San Marcos
�S eptember 11 Revisited
By MIKE PARDINI
Pride Staff Writer
Just last week, the FBI
released the horrific last
moments of Flight 93. To refresh
your memory, this was the flight
en route to San Francisco from
Newark. There has been much
criticism lately whether to play
the cockpit voice recordings or
not.
I take a firm stance that they
should not be played for many
reasons. The first being that if
we were related to any of the
33 victims from the crash, we
would have had our chance to
go to that N.J. hotel and listen
to those last moments with our
loved ones. Since almost all of
us don’t know any of the victims
affected by this tragedy directly,
why should we pry our noses
where they don’t belong? Why
should America the King of sen
sationalism blow this up all over
the news again?
Americans are strong right
now and will continue to be
strong in the future. What would
be the point to look back yet
again? It should always be in our
minds What happened on Sep
tember 11 when America stood
up for freedom. But we shouldn’t
sensationalize it merely for rat
ings or new gossip.
How would you like to be
part of a victim’s family and
turn on the TV that night and
.here your husband, dad, wife, or
mom begging for their life for
the world to hear? That is just
simply not fair to bring the fami
lies of the victims back into the
spotlight yet again. America as a
whole has suffered enough over
September 11, and the last thing
we need is for the media to get
this recording just so they can
raise their ratings.
It's Just a Matter
of Perspective...
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By SYBILLE HERWIG
Pride Staff Writer
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Jolene Etem, Senior
Communication Major
“I thought it gave graduating students an
opportunity to talk to companies; practice
selling yourself. But the positions being
advertised weren’t what I had hoped for. It
was frustrating trying to talk to recruiters
and not get much feed back from them”
Ruby Vdeh
Liberal Studies Major
“The job fair was great! I had a lot of fun.
The people were sure enough involved with
the people who cared about the job fair. I loved
it; learned a lot and even applied for help on
myresumeonMonster.com”
Compiled by JAMES NEWELL
Pride Editor
Life reveals what is dealt through seasons
Circle comes around each time
I've been blessed with eyes to see this
Behind the unwhole truth you hide
Bite to remind the bitten, bigger
Mouth repaying tenfold wide
I messed around as a little boy
I grew up, made the blade my new toy
Friends said boy with what you screwin'
Around I said
Don't concern yourselves and just
Gimme another blast
Stare at me with empty eyes and
Point your words at me
Mirror on the wall will show you
W hat you're scared to see
Arrogance is potent
W hat I see is unreal
I've written my own part
Eat of the apple, so young
I'm crawling back to the start
Artificial red, smoke, poison consumed
In the House of III Repute
Is this the way I spend my days
In recovery of a fatal disease?
On a cloud of pink has turned to grey
And I'm alone dgain
Someone to hold against my own
Alone, untouched is what I crave
Artificial red, smoke, poison consumed
In the House of I Repute
II
Is this the place I search for love
W hen my need is within me, a gift from above
We chase misprinted lies
We face the path of time
And yet I fight
T his battle all alone
No one to cry to
No place to call home
Farewell Layne Staley (1967-2002)
Angi Hardin & Ashle Baker
Psychology Major & Communication Major
“The job fair was very informative and pro
vided and excellent networking opportunity
for students.”
Racially
By DAVID YANAGI
Pride Staff Writer
Hip clothier Abercrombie &
Fitch (A&F) has been taking
some heat this past week over
some racially questionable
apparel designs. Specifically
in question are T-shirts depict
ing Asian stereotypes. One
such shirt reads, “Wong Broth
ers Laundry Service: Two Wongs
Can Make it White.” It includes a
Caricature of two slant-eyed, con
ical hat-wearing Chinese men.
My initial reaction to these items
was surprise. I like to think that
my finger is on the pulse of the
fashion world by making a point
to read Gentlemen’s Quarterly
(GQ) at the dentist’s office. But
this new fad caught me off
guard. I felt foolish for being
slightly offended by the designs,
especially so when a CNN poll
reported that nearly 70 percent of
respondents thought me T-shirts
were not racially insensitive. So,
who am I to argue with fashion?
These days fashioii is all
about irony. Kitschy a n d ‘retro’
are all the rage in style. It’s
all about 80’s music, 50’s diners,
Jason Shenmon, Senior
Business Major: HTM
“I felt that there was not enough diver
sity of employers.”
Shabby
70’s clothing and, apparently*
20’s bigotry. So, before you
throw away the lava lamps, the
Pat Benatar records or the out
dated racial stereotypes, take a
walk through the mall. You’ll be
glad to know they’ve all made a
comeback. Don’t worry, though;
the A&F T-shirts aren’t racist per
se, merely ironic - just a little
irreverent, tongue-in-cheek jab
bing, all in the name of fashion.
If such a high percentage of
people don’t have a problem with
the Asian T-shirts, maybe we can
look forward to possible future
designs, like, “Uncle Tom’s Cabinwear: Be A Slave To Fashion.”
Or maybe “Spic and Span House
keepers: Mi Casa Es Clean Casa.”
Better yet, why doesn’t A&F just
sell John Rocker baseball jer
seys? After all, it’s only satire,
right? A&F representatives have
said that the line of T-shirts was
actually targeted to Asian con
sumers. I’m interested to see
how other ethnic markets are pur
sued. African-American shop
pers should be on the lookout
for boxer-brfefs emblazoned with
the confederate flag.
The last thing I want is to be
Chic
seen as an angry, overly sensitive
protester. That is so uncool. And
uncool is unfashionable. Why
else would Louis Farrakhan wear
bowties? And on Thursday, it
was these un-enlightened fash
ion victims who eventually pres
sured A&F to take the T-shirts
off the shelves. But not before
sales of the product rose substan
tially. A few of the items made
it onto eBay, where the top bid
reached $130. Maybe The Gap
or Banana Republic can pick
up where A&F left off, continu
ing to make racial stereotypes
acceptable and even desirable.
All of us who didn’t make it
down to the mall in time to buy
one of the T-shirts will just have
to remain a half step behind those
trendsetters who did. But hey,
fashion is fickle; maybe tomor
row racial harmony will be in
vogue. But if style is ironic, I
guess that would make^it racist.
Whatever the case, I’m sure that
Abercrombie & Fitch will con
tinue to keep my wardrobe on
the cutting edge of fashion and
ignorance.
Abercrombie stock was up
on Thursday. Ahh, irony.
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April 30, 2002
The Pride
A Followriip to “Did Muslim-Americans Pay Lip Service to 9 11 ”
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By DAVID YANAGI
Pride Staff Writer
I’d like to take an opportu
nity to clear up a few things
about “Did Muslim-Americans
Pay Lip Service to 9/11?” (April
16), which has generated a heated
response both in The Pride and
with some students who have
taken issue with me in person.
The intention of my article
was not to address the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, but rather to use
it to point out what I see as a glar
ing contradiction in how Mus
lim-Americans have reacted to
suicide bombings in the Middle
East versus last September’s ter
rorism in the United States. The
aim was not to perpetuate a
perceived ‘bias’ in the media
against the Palestinians by avoid
ing injustices against them at the
hands of Israelis. I did not explore
such acts, as they had no bear
ing on the point I was making.
Had Jews crashed airplanes into
the World Trade Center and Pen
tagon in the name of Judaism and
in retaliation for US foreign poli
cies, then the angle of the article
would have been reversed.
Whether or not many Mus
lim-Americans ‘paid lip service
to 9/11’ is not something that I
or anyone else can answer com
pletely. The focus was meant
to be on the validity of the ques
tion itself. And based on every
thing I’ve seen and heard these
past months, it is a legitimate and
well-founded inquiry.
Just last Monday, Middle
East Newswire, a popular news
source within the Muslim-American community, ran yet another
article justifying terrorism (“In
Defense of Suicide Bombers”) in
which the author parallels suicide
bombers with defenders of the
Alamo and World War II D-Day
soldiers. This isn’t coming from
extremist, underground journal
ists, just one’of many mainstream
articles supporting this, philoso
phy. Have there been any letters
from angry Muslims condemn
ing such a stance? No." I wish
I could say this was an isolated
incident, but unfortunately the
more I search, the more I realize
just how many people in this
country either share these views
or are utterly indifferent to them.
I do not have any problems
with Islam. The Koran actually
has much in common with my
own religious beliefs. My prob
lem lies in the passiveness within
the Muslim-American commu
nity. If Muslims in this country
truly regarded all terrorism as
evil and immoral, why do so
few strongly §peak out against
those, within their faith, who con
tinue to push such an agenda?
They speak out to the non-Mus
lim public but not to each other.
Why do anti-Semiti^ Zionist
books and leaflets sit unchal
lenged on the shelves of mosques
and Islamic bookstores? Many
Muslims remain silent while an
extremist minority continues to
grow.
Steven Emerson, terrorism
expert and author of the book
“American Jihad: The Terrorists
Living Among Us,” spent years
chronicling the thousands of ter
rorists living in the United States
today. Terrorist cells and mil
itant groups with connections
to mosques all around the coun
try are, apparently, not a big
secret within the Muslim-Ameri
can populace. As these extrem
ists pervert the words of the
Koran, why aren’t the majority
of peace-loving Muslims-vocal
in keeping these groups from
recruiting and fundraising within
their place of worship? If there
are many who don’t care enough
to take a stand against these
people, are we to believe they’d
ever shed a tear over terrorist
action that may eventually take
place because of it?
Just as those who are critical
erf the Catholic Church’s current
problems are not necessarily antiCatholic, I am not anti-Muslim
for taking issue with some of
those in our Islamic population.
I am close friends with a great
many Muslims from around the
world - a statement which is
of course a cljche when defend
ing oneself against accusations of
prejudice. But I mention this only
to make clear that I’m not merely
reaching conclusions without an
active dialogue with those within
the religion. Frankly, it was
these conversations that initially
pushed me to question public
views I found in stark contrast to
what was being said in private.
In his letter to the editors last
week, Civan Erman Gokcimen
accused me of using my article*
to “brainwash a few thousand
college students” - an idea that
is both misguided and insulting
to the free-thinking people that
embody this university. It was
also inaccurately pointed out that
Yasser Arafat is a Christian. For
the record, he is Muslim, his wife
is Christian. However, using
Arafat’s religion, or his wife’s, as
a basis for saying that it is “a very
uneducated assumption to think
of this dilemma [in the Middle
East] as a conflict between Juda
ism and Islam” is naive, though
not completely incorrect.
More accurately, it could also
be seen as a conflict between
Israel and those who wish Israel
to be erased from the map. The
same anti-Semitism that could be
stirred by the passage from an
“interview with a commander
in the Israeli army,” which Mr.
Gokcimen ‘presumes’ to be the
words of Ariel Sharon. Mr.
Gokcimen denounces “playing a
cheap blame game,” then contin
ues with an extensive rant that
does just that. If you are truly
“sick and tired of hearing the
same crap over and over about
who is to blame” then why not
refrain from producing more?
I also want to clarify my
“pointing the finger at a particu
lar ethnic group” as Carol Stern
stated in her letter. First of all,
Islam is a religion, not an ethnic
ity; Muslims are not confined to
a particular ethnic group. Other
wise, yes, I am pointing a finger
in some regards, but not at the
religion, xather at some of the
participants. And the idea that
we should “forget who is at fault”
only puts us at a higher risk of
letting history repeat itself.
Within a week or so of 9/11,
I noticed a great many Muslims
with American flags attached to
their cars. J had passed this obser
vation on to a Muslim, expressing
how great I thought it was that
they show their support. He then
told me of how it was common
knowledge within his mosque,
one of the largest in San Diego,
that Muslims display flags - not
primarily out of support but for
safety reasons.
The idea that an American
flag may dissuade someone from
performing a hate crime, in light
of some idiotic assaults against
Muslims, I cannot necessarily
disagree with such a plan. I men
tion this story not to make a case
for Muslims being unpatriotic,
but to illustrate that you can’t
always take everything at face
value - otherwise, America owes
the Taliban an apology, for they
too condemned 9/11.
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To the editors:
After reading the April 16 issue of The Pride, I
had to wonder why I bother defending the intellect
of the students in the CSU system to my friends
and family who have attended more prestigious
universities. I have only read our school newspa
per a handful of times, and each time I expect to
come away with some information of substantial
content. Now, I’m not saying the entire paper is
fluff, as some of the writers are obviously destined
to be journalists, but do I really need to know what
each member of a group was wearing when they
went out at night during Spring Break? (“Spring
Break Packs action in Rosarito”) With both of
this writer’s (and I use this term loosely) articles,
the moment by moment account of his experience
seemed more like a postcard to a buddy than a true
entertainment-based journalistic report. I realize
Spring Break is an important event in many col
lege students’ lives, as it once was in mipe, but I
think the writers should realize who their audience
is.
The student body at Cal State San Marcos
consists of many age groups, with a large majority
being over the age of thirty. Don’t get me wrong.
Community, legal, and campus cause-related hap
penings are all very interesting and enjoyable to
read, but it would be nice to see some articles deal
ing with more serious issues happening on and
off campus. There is so much going on in this
big world that is or could ultimately affect
each of us as adults, which I’m assuming
we all are. How about some articles that
tie in with some larger issues? If CSUSM
is to be ever considered a “real” univer
sity, rather than just a step above junior
college for the local commuters, then we’d better
start acting like one.
To the editors:
Did anyone miss half a class
last Tuesday due to circling the
parking lots like I did? Where
were the traffic helpers directing
the guests to the farthest park
ing lot? I had to park in Egypt,
and when I finally got to class, I
missed a pop quiz and discovered
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probably be penalized for my
tardiness. It’s hard enough to
maneuver through the freeway
construction slow zones - must
we arrive on campus to find the
lots FULL? The job fair is really
nice to have - but how about
scheduling it on a Friday when
the campus is not in full use?
that second-hand smoke is bad
for us, and I have no right to tell
people to stop smoking. I think
our generation has forgotten the
word “courteous.” Courteous characterized by consideration
and respect for others.
Smokers should be courte
ous toward people who don’t
smoke. If smokers want to kill
themselves, let them, but don’t
bring innocent bystanders with
them. People walk up those stairs
to get to class; they should not
have to put up with all the smoke.
I have actually contacted envi
ronmental health with this prob
lem and they are checking into
it. I hope to hear from them by
the end of the week.
Erlinda S. Kessler - Student
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Re: Paid Ad, THE PRIDE, 4/9/02
Good Morning Chancellor Reed:
I would like to respectfully request that you contact your counterpart at the CA Dept of Public
Health to ascertain whether the retaliatory measures against me, (denial of benefits while on
disability leave) are common to all campuses or are restricted to me & CSUSM.
If the latter, I would like to respectfully request that you contact your counterpart at the CA
State Attorney GeneraVs Office, andfind out if this immoral, unjustified and unwarranted
retaliation (by mgmt-type staff members) does in fact date back to 8/20/92. This is when I
went to my alleged supervisorfor help with a serious problem in the warehouse. He did not
go into the warehouse. He did not get out of his chair. HE DID NOT LOOK ME IN THE
EYES. But he did deny that there was a serious problem in said warehouse. In addition
to the retaliation, I have witnessed, in my personal opinion and in my presence,
DISCRIMINATION, ABUSE OF POWER, AND A LARGE LOSS OF TAXPAYER
DOLLARS.
As an irate taxpayer, I take umbrage at this preventable brouhaha. As such, I would
like to find out, if in fact, there has been collusion and/or conspiracy by CSUSM
mgmt-type staff members, against me and if so, is this fraud upon the taxpayers because
o f the amount of tax dollars wasted. Additionally, please investigate if my termination,
while on disability leave and my forced retirement is in fact illegal orjust mere
sick
retaliation.
The truth cannot be denied, Chancellor Reed. I, or if necessary, my estate, intend to
see justice served. I look forward to working with you and assorted agencies to put
closure to this attempted insulting, derogatory, and dehumanizing of me as a human
being. Itis really pathetic when an ex-employee has to address the Chancellorfor
redress.
PS: My career stopped on that same 8/20/92.
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