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to hit College
of E ducation
By TOM PFINGSTEN
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Several local and state
campus organizations teamed
up Monday to protest the
sweeping budget cuts proposed by Governor Arnold
Schwarzenegger to balance
the debt-ridden California
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By KYLE OTTO
Pride StaffWriter
Forecasted budget cuts of $240 million
to CSU campuses may require CSUSM's
college of education to reduce enrollment,
and the number of sections offered J o
students, while remaining committed to
taking cuts "without affecting instruction."
"More people want in the
credential program than we B u d g e t
can allow in," said College of W a t c h
education representative for
2004
the Budget and Long Range
Planning Committee, Dr.
Tom Bennett.
As Dean M. Stephen Lilly of the college
of education confirmed, "the college of
education will be expected to take a part of
the system-wide reduction in students.
Lilly said because
the
college's
credential program
isfifth-year,it would
be "better not to
admit students, than
to admit them and
not be able to offer
them the classes to
Dean Lilly finish."
Restrictions
to
credential program admissions will be
based primarily on the needs of the field, he
explained. If the pool of available teachers in
a particular area is larger than the number of
jobs, "that's where we would decide to limit
admissions," he said.
For example, Lilly said that "There is
a chronic shortage of special education
teachers in this area. We will not restrain
admission to special education credential
programs. It wouldn't be a responsible thing
to do."
Admissions restrictions will likely result in
the reduction of one less "cohort group" in a
year. The cohort model provides for groups
currently of approximately 30 credential
students to remain together in all of their
courses throughout the yearlong program.
Lilly surmised that, "Maybe the best thing
we have going is the luxury of the cohort
model. Teachers learn from each other and
support each other," closely mirroring a
professional learning community. He further
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state budget.
"The state is not going to be
better off 20 years from now
because we denied people
access to higher education,"
said George Diehr, president
of the CSUSM chapter of the
California Faculty Association.
A number of programs that
are considered
vital throughout the CSU
system
are
in jeopardy
under
Schwarzenegger's
cuts, the most notable being
the Educational Opportunity
Program.
With form letters lined up on
side tables, ASI Vice President
of External Affairs Erik Roper
encouraged students to get
involved politically by calling
or writing their state representatives. Budget cuts, he said,
will drastically affect students
at CSUSM if the governor's
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MEChA, teens team up
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celebrates latinos and
enpowers students
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Pride StaffWriter
Photo by Jon RodIey/77ie Pride
With rappers waving their hands in the air
and colorful dre'sses twirling on Latina women,
MEChA hosted the sixth annual high school
conference Friday.
Almost 450 students from North County
high schools swarmed CSUSM from morning
till 1:30 p.m., some for the food and fun; others
had a more serious purpose.
"I came for info about the university," said
Juan Beltran, a senior at Valley Center high
school.
MEChA ran the event for that purpose, to
motivate students to attend college and raise
awareness of Latino issues and history.
"It explained something about my culture,"
Beltran said.
In California, Latinos are 32 percent of the
population, but only 18 percent of the students
at Cal State San Marcos are Latino. Latinos
are considered underrepresented because of
this.
"They need to be here, and they should be
here," said E. Sugar Martinez, assistant professor for the college of education. She said
that we are at a time when demographics are
changing "like a tidal wave.
"The changes are going to be revolutionary,"
Members of SoKal represented Escondido Friday as they sang about street life.
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Report calls book
prices a ' ripoff
By MICHELLE VELARDE
Pride StaffWriter
The publishing incjustry has
developed numerous ways to make
college students pay high prices for
textbooks, a recent report says.
The California and Oregon
Student Public Interest Research
Groups (State PIRGs) issued the
report in January, 2004, fittingly
titled "Rip-off 101: How the Current
Practices of the Publishing Industry
Drive Up the Cost of College Textbooks." In conducting their research,
the State PIRG's surveyed ten colleges in California and Oregon, and
interviewed 521 students and 156
faculty members.
One technique used by publishers to get more money is to include
additional "bells and whistles" with
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Students look for t hese familiar stickers on
discounted books in the University Bookstore.
Here, a stack contains only used copies o f"Narrative of the Life of Fredrick Douglass."
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textbooks, such as CD ROMs or workbooks,
the report says. Students usually cannot buy
the book without the additional material.
"Rip-off 101" reports that this tends to
happen more with science and math books.
CSUSM chemistry professor Michael
Schmidt remembers an instance when it was
cheaper for the school to order the new edition of a textbook with a CD included than
the edition without it. However, by ordering
the less expensive editions with the CD, it
also prevented the used editions from being
stocked, because they didn't come with a CD.
Students were therefore unable to buy the
more affordable used editions. "Some of the
tricks they pull are amazing," Schmidt said.
In addition, the report says that sixty-five
percent of professors "rarely" or "never"
require students to use these supplemental
materials. Therefore, when students buy
books with additional study items, they are
paying for something that they most likely
will not use. Angela Lesh, CSUSM sophomore business major, has never used a CD
that has come with one of her textbooks. " I'll
forget that I even have it," she says, "and then
I'll need it to return [sell back] books."
The report also concluded that publishers
frequently put out new editions of textbooks,
even if it isn't necessary. Erwin V. Cohen,
a former publishing industry executive for
Academic Press, was quoted in the report.
"Publishers release new editions of successful textbooks every few years," he said, "not
to improve content, although that may be a
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used books by making them seem obsolete."
Seventy-six percent of the faculty surveyed
for the report said that putting out new editions for textbooks is necessary "never" to
"half the time."
As a result of the constant production of
new editions, students have a hard time finding used books, the report says. Fifty-nine
percent of students surveyed could not find
one used book in the fall, 2003 semester.
Lesh said that new books go quickly. "If I
don't go (to the bookstore) right away, I have
to buy new books," she said. Some students,
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explained, "We know what we need to offer
a group of students that comes through the
door. Students like the predictability of it.
They never stand in line to get a class,"
About 16 percent of the university's
current students are enrolled in the college
of education's post-graduate programs, 8085 percent of which are credential students,
Lilly explained.
Related to instruction, last year's cuts
included no layoffs, and concerning the
future possibility of faculty layoffs, Lilly
stated for the record that, "We don't
anticipate it, but we don't know."
Last year's budget reduced faculty travel
allocations and mileage reimbursements for
professional meetings and conferences, in
order not to affect the number of sections
offered or the number of students admitted
this year.
Concerning programs to be affected by
budget reductions, Bennett explained, "we
need to cut areas that we're sure will come
back. You can whittle things down in areas
and they will never come back. If you cut
core essential things that there's a lot of
personal interest in, then when funding
comes back, they will also come back."
Furthermore, he added, "There has been
no discussion about what's being removed.
It needs to be something that will come
back for certain. If we raise class sizes,
they may never go back down."
Placing a greater burden on teachers,
these measures may affect the quality of
instruction available within the college of
education.
Bennett, a mathematics professor,
characterized CSUSM as on the "cutting
edge" of educational knowledge and
resources. His greatest concern as a
faculty member was regarding continued
faculty support, elaborating that unless
teachers continue to pursue professional
development, "the ideas that they still
hold will be the ideas of yesterday." He
continued, "There needs to be continued
opportunity to participate in the broader
community, so that those ideas can then be
brought to our students."
Bennett
further
explained
that,
"We're very well respected among the
communities. We spend a lot of time in
the community working in schools, helping
them to have leading programs, training
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for books. He found four used books at the
off-campus book store. "On-campus books
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Alternatives for making textbooks more
affordable are offered in "Rip-off 101."
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By MARK PERRERA
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The San Diego State University business
program launched "Transamerica" last
week, becoming the first state college with
a transnational triple degree program involving the United States,
Chile and Mexico.
In 2002, SDSU implemented CaMexUS which linked them to
Canada and Mexico. These are undergraduate programs with the
main focus on international business.
Students in the Transamerica program will study for a minimum
of one year in each country and will graduate with three degrees: a
Bachelor of Arts in international business with emphasis in Spanish
and Latin American studies, a Licenciatura en Negociaciones Internacionales from the Universidad de Valparaiso in Vina del Mar and
Valparaiso, Chile, and a Licenciatura en Negocios Internacionales
from the Unversidad Automoa de Baja California in Tijuana.
Transamerica director Teresa Cisneros Donahue said the international degree will prepare students to take advantage of new economic
market forming overseas and help expand our academic relations with
them.
Prerequisites of the triple degree program require students to earn
79 units in international business courses. Half of these courses must
be completed in Spanish at Transamerica schools plus 49 units of
General Education at SDSU.
CSU Chico gets $1 million grant
By ELIZABETH BALDWIN
Pride StaffWriter
California Postsecondary Education
Commission has granted $998,946 to
Cal State University, Chico. The grant
will be used to improve the quality of education of K-12 teachers and
help county offices of education meet new mandated requirements for
beginning teachers.
The funds will also be distributed among Tehama County Office of
Education and Northeastern California Teachers Education Collaborative (NECTEC).
The California Commission on Teaching Credentialing now requires
teachers to continue learning in areas such as: technology, teaching
English learners, creating healthy learning environments and teaching
special populations.
"From district to district, there is a wide rang of induction activities.
NECTEC will improve on current work, developing new materials,
make them easy to access and align them during this crucial time," said
Terry Janicki, CSU Chico education services.
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Esparanza, a group of student "Jalisco" dancers from Fallbrook High School and CSUSM, line up at the
sixth annual high school convention Friday. They performed dances in celebration of Latino culture.
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she added.
During a speech she gave, she
performed a song she wrote for
the event called "Si Se Puede,"
— "Yes You Can," — Caesar
Chavez's slogan for Latino
rights.
Her message, she said, was
that through education, it is possible for students to grow into
leadership — leadership to open
the doors for underrepresented
people in the community.
At Cal State San Marcos, the
doors are open for them, said
Rosa Balcazar, entertainment
chair for MEChA and a freshman
at CSUSM. She said the theme
for the convention was "Education is not a dream, it is a goal."
After speeches, including an
intro by President Haines, the
students attended workshops
concerning entering college and
cultural topics.
Dr. Carlos von Son, a professor for the world languages
department, lectured classes of
50 students on a painting of the
"Virgin of Guadalupe." In a
world where images represent
who we are, von Son talked
about image changes in the
United States.
He said he urged the importance of art in education and
wanted the students to start
thinking for themselves.
"Students were really responsive. I like that," he said.
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blurred into motions like butterfly wings in the breeze.
After the performance, the
crowd of 300 or so students
turned their attention in the
opposite direction to a group of
rappers out of Escondido.
Sokal they call themselves
and their matching t-shirts read
the same name. They wore tan
Dickies, white shirts and baseball gloves. The group of seven
included a 12-year-old rapper
who made the crowd scream in
approval.
Rapper Adam Hinojosa, aka
187, said that the group raps
about their views of society, life,
love, and street problems.
"Instead of being in gangs, we
express ourselves with music,"
he said. "We do it because we
love it."
Students seemed to love it also
with their cheering.
"They know what they're
doing," said Adriana Solis, a
senior at Orange Glen. She said
she came just to see them. They
sing about Mexican pride, she
said.
Before the convention ended,
Ivette Olmos, MEChA vice
president and chair for the convention, collected evaluations
from the students.
"It was more than we
expected," she said.
Photo by Jon Rodley/77te Pride
MEChA is a nationwide orgawere bright orange, baby blue, nization with the goal of unifypink, white, and purple.
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During the Mexican Hat education and social justice.
A sophomore at Orange Glen
high school, Jose Camacho, said
in von Son's class he learned
about history and messages of
male superiority in the "Guadalupe."
"I never thought of it that
way," he said.
After
classes, • students
cavorted at the Mezzanine for
free lunches from La Fe restaurant. Guacamole, salsa, tamales,
taquitos — all were bountiful.
With the food came the fun.
"Esperanza," a group of six
"Jalisco" dancersfromFallbrook
high school, spinned and twirled
their way into the hearts of
onlookers.
They performed traditional
dances native to the state of
Jalisco in Mexico. Their dresses
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their teachers, and providing inservice training." Affiliated with
the North County Professional
Development
Federation,
a
consortium of approximately
22 districts, CSUSM would be
disabled by budget cuts in its
ability to work with teachers in
the community.
Such collaboration with local
school districts is essential
when considering its impact, as
evidenced by this February 6
statement in the CSU Leader, a
weekly e-news publication of the
CSU: "CSU has increased the
number of new teaching credential
candidates to 12,700, a 25 percent
increase during 2001-2. The CSU
is widely known for preparing
60 percent of California's
credentialed teachers."
In lieu of these successful and
essential CSU programs, state
Superintendent of Education
Jack O'Connell sent a letter to
Governor Schwarzenegger urging
that the proposed 40 percent
graduate fee increase not apply
to credential students, "because
of the importance of having a
qualified pool of students in the
state," Lilly said, adding, "We're
going to try to back that up by
protecting fee levels as much as
we can."
Emphasizing
the
unique
importance CSUSM places on
teacher education, he revealed
that, "This campus invests a
higher proportion of its funds in
preparing teachers than any other
CSU."
With regard to this year's
funding, the college of education
(COE)'s fiscal year (FY) 03/04
initial general fund budget
allocation consisted of $4,669,577,
or approximately 6.1 percent
of the total fall 2003 CSUSM
annual budget of $76,510,104, or
11.42 percent of the $40.9 million
payroll of 980 employees (full-,
and part-time staff and faculty).
FY 03/04 budget cuts accounted
for $371,959, or 7.97 percent,
including a permanent funding
cut of $274,917, or 5.89 percent,
resulting in a net FY 03/04 COE
budget allocation of $4,297,618,
according to Resource and
Operations Manager for the
Provost, Deborah Cutler Ray.
Because instructional budgets
are separate from all other funds
(i.e. buildings), however, the
Proposition 55 $15 billion bond
proposed on the March 2 ballot
would not directly affect these
figures, which consist solely of
instructional funding allocations.
However, as Lilly explained, the
bond measure "will have a domino
effect," as new construction
allows the college of education to
"grow into their building," while
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$15
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California's current deficit, will
likewise effect the college, as
feasibly less potential cuts will
be directed toward it and the
university as a whole.
The Governor's proposed
elimination of EOP and outreach
programs would also have a
significant
impact,
limiting
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pre-education programs in order
to become teachers. The Dean
expressed his concern saying,
"We're very interested in, and
committed to the continuation of
outreach programs. Elimination
would absolutely affect those
looking to come in."
Reflecting on the Governor's
proposed fee increase structure
of 10 percent for undergraduates,
40 percent for graduate students,
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and an additional 20 percent for
non-residents, Lilly expressed
that, "One of the really good
things this state does is, when
fees increase, part of those fees go
toward proportionately increasing
available grant funds such as Cal
Grants, so that those who are least
able to afford a fee increase also
have the grant money available to
them." He affirmed this effect as
"a forward looking policy."
Golich. "It makes no
sense to me."
Several
other
CSUSM faculty members attended the rally,
including
Literature
and Writing professor
Lance Newman, who
suggested creating a
county-wide "anti-cuts
coalition."
Newman
cited a recent rally at
UCSD as evidence that
students here are "not alone" in opposing
the governor's budget cuts.
Former EOP Director Edward Pohlert
noted that several of the assemblymen
students were asked to contact were former
EOP students themselves.
"There are 300,000 EOP graduates since
1969 that are doing some great work,"
Pohlert said. "It's not about the governor.
It's a numbers game."
Pohlert also answered concerns that
Schwarzenegger's cuts to the EOP may
be racially motivated. "I don't think it's
a racial issue as much as a class issue," he
said, raising questions about the governor's
financial backers.
2004-2005 budget goes
unchallenged.
The majority of the
time during the rally was
spent focusing on the
governor's plans to cut
the Educational Opportunity Program out of
campuses across the
state. Students were asked to contact local
political leaders while hearing testimonies
from EOP graduates.
"When I first heard about the governor's
cuts to the EOP, I was disheartened, because
so many of us have gone on to contribute to
the state," said former EOP student Susana
Gonzalez. "The governor's cutting numbers—he's not looking at your face."
According to a fact sheet circulated
Monday, the EOP at Cal State San Marcos
serves more than five hundred low-income
students, providing one $750 grant per year
to each eligible participant. EOP services
include advising and "supplemental instruction."
Interim Dean of
the College of Arts
and Sciences Vivki
Golich compared the
services offered by the
threatened Educational
Opportunity Program
at CSUSM to those of
an Ivy League school.
She said that due to its
counseling and tutoring services, the EOP
here has been largely
successful at raising
retention rates.
"Why would you
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Pride Staff Writer
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Wagner show off a sixpack of Stone I PA (above)
and (left) a worker at
t he San Marcos b rewery
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percent last year,
and the beers can be found
in 18 states across the country. No longer considered
a microbrewery, Stone is
more aptly referred to as a
"regional specialty brewery." Dedicated to producing big character beers,
Koch considers himself and
Stone brewers as "flavor
profile enthusiasts."
With the rapid growth of
the brewery, Stone is currently seeking a new location for expansion, but has
not made any decisions.
The line of beers that
P r o - Stone offers includes six
duction year-round beers, and five
I w a s seasonal special brews. Bitterness is characteristic of
Stone beers, and the flavor
can be overwhelming for
a palate accustomed to the
average big name beer.
said,
"I don't
mean
to
pick
on that brand in
particular, it's just that general
mentality."
"We have strong standards and ideals about what
we think beer should be,
and what beer is all about,"
Koch said, "and we've
stayed true."
More than seven years
after giving up his aspirations for rock and roll
stardom, Koch commented
on the move he made into
brewing. "I think in life,
you need to cover two criteria," Koch said, "you need
to do something you're
passionate about, but you
should also do something
you're good at."
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By TOR FREED
Pride Staff Writer
It's a simple principle; less
is more . .. at least that's one of
the virtues that CSUSM tries to
apply to its student body when
relating to student-teacher
ratios. The smaller the class
size, the more individual attention each student can receive.
In theory this works, but is there
a dangerous side effect slowly
working its way to the surface,
one that is reminiscent of the
not too distant past, of say, high
school.
Disruptive students, the ones
who talk about plans for the
weekend, what they're going
to do or anything that diverts
attention from what the professor is teaching. Everyone experienced it in high school, but as
mature adults in a state university, it's unlikely anyone will
receive detention or a trip to the
dean's office. Is it something
that's simply a part of human
nature or are students showing
less respect than they used to
towards teachers.
"It happened this morning
in accounting, it's disruptive,
(and) it's rude," said Rico Gutierrez, junior HTM major.
Jennifer Diaz, junior, business "exactly" agreed with
Gutierrez's comment regarding
Erik G uevara
classroom pests.
"I get up early," Gutierrez
explained. "It's not that I want
to be here early, but I'm here,
and these people disrespect the
class. Everyone here's older, it's
not like high school. Can't you
just be quiet?"
Vicki Baiandourian, junior,
communications said, "Well.. .1
don't like it, but it doesn't
bother me as long as I can hear
the instructor. If people around
me are talking, I ask them to be
quiet."
Meeting one of 'those' students, the student who is actually guilty of discussing that
guy they'd met at someone's
house, or the thirty six beers
they thought they drank, could
prove to be difficult, after all
no one wants to admit they are
guilty of annoying others.
Erik Guevara, SSM junior
gave a sheepish grin and a
reluctant admittance to sometimes forgetting to put his
cell phone on vibrate mode.
Regarding students talking
in class Guevara said, "They
should go outside, or talk about
it later. I think it's disrespectful
to talk during class. When I do
talk, it's about a class related
subject."
Photo by Sarah Carlin/ The Pride
" Do we g et a c onsulation p rize?" a sks o ne of t he m embers o f a t eam of s tudents who
p articipated in last w eek's C ollege Bowl, B lack H istory M onth m ock q uiz s how. J onathan
P oullard, d ean o f s tudents a nd bowl h ost s aid, " Yes, g o a nd s tudy."
Examining Black History Month
By LORIANN SAMANO
Pride Staff Writer
J ennifer Diaz
Different classes sometimes
require different approaches in
classroom decorum. Granted,
talking about the weekend isn't
one of them, but many times
students get in sidebar conversations about class while the
professor is teaching.
Jason Padilla, senior communications said, "I think its okay
(sidebar conversations while the
professor is speaking) in certain
classrooms. It's not a bad thing
for students to talk amongst
each other if the subject requires
or demands it."
Therein lies the crux. Some
majors beg for conversation,
because without it, they almost
cease to function. Any communications professor will tell you
that 'noise' plays a big part in
receiving or sending a message.
As long as that noise is conducive to sending and receiving,
play on, otherwise, the process
breaks down. "Other classes,
it's inappropriate, like a math
or sociology class," said Padilla.
"(In) a communications class,
we're all masters of mass media;
it's hard not to communicate."
Rico G utierrez
Comments, suggestions or topics you would like to see
discussed in "University Voice," please e-mail Tor Freed
at pride@csusm.edu. In the title please type, ATTN:
UNIVERSITY VOICE.
Sitting at the Black History
Month Breakfast, on the CSUSM
campus, I looked around at a
room full of different people
who gathered together to have
breakfast, support Black History
Month and enjoy the company of
other students, staff and faculty
who support the same ideas. As
I sat there eating, and enjoying
the conversation in which I was
surrounded, I began to wonder
how and when this recognition of
Black History Month began.
The celebration of Black History
Month is accredited to the study of
black history by Dr. Carter G.
Woodson.
Raised in Kentucky by his
parents, who were former slaves,
he graduated from high school,
and went to Harvard to earn
a Ph.D. Dr. Woodson, while
studying, found that history books
greatly ignored black Americans
and were only reflected in inferior
social positions that they were
assigned at the time.
Dr. Woodson decided to write
black Americans into the nation's
history.
He established the
Association for the Study of Negro
Life and History in 1915, and a
year later founded the Journal
of Negro History. In 1926 he
launched Negro History Week,
now called Black History Month,
as a way to bring national attention
to the contributions of black people
throughout American history.
February was chosen as Black
History Month because it marks
the birthdays of Fredrick Douglass
and Abraham Lincoln, two men
who greatly influenced the black
American population.
February also marks other
important dates throughout black
history such as the birthday of
W.E.B. Du Bofs, Feb. 23, 1868.
Du Bois was an important civil
rights leader and co-founder of
theNAACP. The 15th Amendment
was passed Feb. 3, 1870, granting
Blacks the right to vote. The
first black U.S. senator, Hiram
R. Revels, took his oath of office
Feb. 25, 1870. The National
Association for the Advancement
of Colored People (NAACP) was
founded by a group of black and
white citizens in New York City
Feb. 1, 1960. And Malcolm X,
the militant leader who promoted
Black Nationalism, was shot to
death by three Black Muslims Feb.
21, 1965.
After learning all these facts,
I had a better appreciation and
understanding of all of those
involved at the CSUSM Black
History Month Breakfast. The
Black National Anthem sung
by Ruby Udeh, the keynote
speaker Dr. Edmond Heatley,
entertainment from the Black
Student Union, who delivered
works by Maya Angelo, Lameka
Ingram and Anthony Blacksher, as
well as a reading by Honey Folk,
the ASI president, and Amazing
Grace sung by Kimberly Oliver.
"Knowledge is the key but only
when you share it," said keynote
speaker Dr. Edmond Heatly. "To
stay free, stay educated."
Democratic club builds membership
By TOR FREED
Pride Staff Writer
Politics are not just heating up in
the news; it's starting to get a little
warmer on campus thanks to the
formation of the new Democratic
club.
Started by Dustin Lacasse, it
was only a matter of time before
the existing Republican club had
a little competition. According
to Lacasse, that was the primary
reason for founding the club.
"I wanted another voice on
campus, to counter the Republican
rhetoric," Lacasse said.
It goes deeper. Dustin said he
strongly believes in the values of
the Democratic Party and does
not believe the Republican Party
promotes equality.
"This country as a whole has a
lot of problems and I think every-
one should be treated equally,"
Lacasse said. He also wanted to
spread the message of what the
Democratic party is about, what it
stands for and how it can make a
difference in this country.
Lacasse said wants the fledgling
club to work with other student
clubs on campus to let them know
what the Democratic party is about
and how it can address their needs.
Thefirstpriority of the Democratic
club is to build itiynembership.
Currently there are seven members but Lacasse does not want
that to be confused with lack of
interest — many students work
when the club meets or have
class. He wants to point out that
even if students cannot make the
club meetings they should still
e-mail him and he can keep them
informed.
After membership, building
Lacasse wants to hold a public
forum where they can spread
the message of the Democratic
Party, particularly before elections. "We'd love to have a debate
against the Republican club, anytime," he said.
Currently the club meets on
Tuesdays at 4:30 p.m. in ACD 405,
but in the future that will change to
Thursdays at 5:30, location is still
to be determined.
"I just want people to know, if
they want something to change
they need to get involved and the
best way for students to do that is
through a student club," Lacasse
said.
Students interested in information or about joining can e-mail
Lacasse at lacas001@csusm.edu.
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Tuesday, February 24,2004
7
Jock Talk with Josh
How much is too much?
By JOSH SANDOVAL
Pride Staff Writer
Photo by Sarah Carlin/ The Pride
T he C larke Field H ouse s upplies t he i ntramural b asketball p layers
with t he s upplies t hey n eed to play.
Club basketball going to
regionals
By CHELSEA GEORGE
Pride Staff Writer
The top two teams of last semester's
CSUSM intramural basketball league
are eagerly awaiting March 4, when
they leave for Arizona University to participate in the National Intramural Recreational Sports Association (NIRSA)
western regional championships. These
two teams competed in a multi-week
league and placed highest out of nine,
three on three teams to earn this trip.
"Hopeful by sending these teams to
this competition our campus can See
how f un intramural sports can be," said
Laurence Bolotin, coordinator of student
programs and services.
Chris Irving, co-director of intramurals, and John Livingston organized the
inaugural 3-on-3 intramural basketball
league here at CSUSM.
Each team played ten games over the
course offiveweeks. The winning team
consisted of players Michael Parks, Brent
Chodola, Brandon Menancio and Ray
Segismar. The teams record, including
playoffs, was 13-1.
Because of the team's winnings, ASI
Intramurals Sports has accepted an
invitation to have the team play in the
five-on-five Intramurals Tournament,
March 5 through 7, competing against a
large number of other intramural teams
from the southwest United States, at the
University of Arizona, Tucson.
Also playing with this foursome will
be Carlos Quichocho, Chris Brase, Chris
Irving and Jimmy To.
Because of the popularity Club Basketball received, there is a good chance it
will return next fall.
For more info contact John at (760)
750-6015 or Chris at (760) 750-6016, or
you can reach them in the ASI office in
the Clarke Field House room 106L
Free activities through
intramural sports
By JOSH SANDOVAL
Pride Staff Writer
Associated Students, Inc. (ASI) is
proud to present a wide variety of intramural sports to all students for the spring
semester.
Ultimate frisbee is being brought to
you March 3; the deadline for signups is
March 1. A best ball golf tournament will
be held March 20; the deadline to enter is
March 15.
ASI will be hosting Co-ed softball April
9. The last day to sign up is April 6.
Everyone is excited about the future
for ASI sports including Laurence Bolotin, the coordinator of student programs
and services for ASI.
"We are setting a solid foundation for
all ASI sports to stay here for good at the
university," Bolotin said.
For more information on upcoming
events, contact John at 750-6015 or Chris
at 750-6016.
Be sure to take advantage of all the
free sports being offered.
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"Mo' money, mo' problems," are the
Fast forward to present day events which
famous words of rap artist Notorious B.I.G., have resulted in three consecutive losing
and what the majority of baseball fans think seasons from the Texas Rangers, and you
about the state of the game.
find a disgruntled Alex Rodriguez. Last
"With my mind on my money and my week, A-Rod finally had enough losing for
money on my mind," are the lyrics of his liking, so he accepted to be traded to the
another famous rap artist by the name of New York Yankees.
Snoop Dogg. These words are what baseIn the history of sports there has never
ball players and owners are basically think- been a team more hated than the New York
ing. The lyrics of Snoop Dogg and Norious Yankees. They have been perennial winners
B.I.G. simply articulate exactly what is and they have always had a constant influx
wrong with baseball.
of cash. "George Steinbrenner (Yankees
In 2001, Alex Rodriguez (nicknamed A- owner) will always win," said student, and
Rod) signed an unprecedented 10-year con- baseball fan Justin Keck. "All he does is
tract worth $252 million to play shortstop buy championships and I am getting sick
for the Texas Rangers baseball team. When of it."
A-Rod signed this gaudy contract, it left
The Texas Rangers sent A-Rod to New
people in the sports world buzzing. Before York and agreed to pay $67 million, which
then no athlete had ever received a contract is about one third of the total amount of
worth $200 million, let alone $252 million. money left on the contract. This acquisition
Before George W. Bush became the by the Yankees means that the Yankees will
president of the United States, he was the now have a payroll of nearly $200 million
owner of the Texas Rangers. Bush selling for the 2004 MLB season. The payroll of
the Rangers for $250 million, helps put the Yankees is expected to be 50 percent
the number $252 million, the astronomical higher than the second highest paid team,
amount owner Tom Hicks signed A-Rod the Boston Red Sox. The Red Sox are then
for, into perspective
expected to have a 20 percent higher payroll
If that example was not shocking enough than the other 28 teams in MLB.
for you, last season the Tampa Bay Devil
The Yankees and Red Sox are in two
Rays entire 25 man roster earned just under of the biggest markets in the country and
$20 million combined, just $2 million shy that is why they are able to sign expensive
of what A-Rod earned for the same season. players and stay competitive. However, not
A-Rod knew he was the best player in all MLB teams are able to go out and sign
the game of baseball and he certainly took players to $100 million contracts because
advantage of it. A-Rod obtained a ruthless most teams do not play in big market cities.
agent by the name of Scott Boras. Boras Big market cities are cities like New York,
was previously known for representing Los Angeles, Atlanta, Boston and St. Louis,
the first player in Major League Baseball where teams have a greater opportunity for
(MLB) history to sign a contract worth increased revenue. Small market cities are
$100 million.
cities like Oakland, Tampa Bay, Kansas
If $252 million did not inflate A-Rod's City and Milwaukee.
ego high enough, Boras made other
Last season the difference between the
requests. When A-Rod signed the contract, New York Yankees payroll and the Tampa
he demanded that he get his own private Bay Devil Rays payroll was over $130 milsuite at hotels when the team travels, and lion. The Yankeesfinishedwith a record of
to take him to other cities he demanded his 101 wins and 61 losses. The Devil Rays
own private jet.
finished with a record of 63 wins and 99
It was very clear that A-Rod signed in losses, proving there is an obvious correlaTexas only for the money, and really who tion between payroll and winning.
could blame him? No one can honestly say
MLB has lost many fans over the years
they would turn down $252 million if it was due to player strikes, talk of steroid abuse,
offered to them just to play baseball.
player deaths and now excessive spending.
A-Rod, however, was not accustomed All of those unfortunate circumstances have
to losing; he made the playoffs the previ- lead to a lack of competitive balance. The
ous seasons with the Seattle Mariners, and constant loss of fans and the bad occurby nature, athletes have more competitive rences that were previously mentioned
bloodflowingthrough their veins.
could eventually lead to the implosion of
What A-Rod did not realize is that he MLB.
was hampering his team because so much
money was being devoted to him.
Comments, suggestions or topics you would like to see discussed in
"Jock Talk with Josh/' please e-mail Josh Sandoval at pride@csusm.edu.
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At 9:45 p.m. last Sunday night I was
crying my eyes out. I would like to say
I 'm a hopeless romantic and I was sobbing
because Carrie and Big finally got together.
However, the truth is, I am so sorry to see
my beloved Sex And The City (SATC) end!
The four women on Sex And The City;
Carrie, Miranda, Charlotte and Samantha
have changed the perception of single
women forever.
The life of a single woman has always
been pretty much the same throughout the
past decades. What SATC did was change
the popular definition of what being a single
female really is.
Before SATC came along, the popular
perception of a single woman was that of a
lonely girl whose sole purpose in life was to
find a husband. Now that image has been
shattered for good.
The show gained most of its momentum in
the first season when it revealed to the world
that single women do have sex...and they
talk about it too! The unattached female is
closer to the playboy bachelor than was ever
expected in mainstream television.
I became a devoted fan of the show as
the women started to grow and evolve.
The best part about the four characters was
they were not stereotyped into a specific
category. Each fulfilled the virgin/whore
role at specific times in their lives.
For the first time on television, women
were having conversations similar to the
ones I was having with my friends. It also
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opened up new topics to discuss with your
nearest and dearest. Socially acceptable
"girl talk" now ranges from orgasms,
vibrators, oral sex, to the
more serious impotency and
infertility.
One of my all time favorite
episodes was when Charlotte
consulted the other girls in
a taxicab regarding the very
important
"up-the-butt"
decision. I was so shocked
that four sophisticated women
in designer clothes were so
freely talking about such a taboo subject.
Correction, used to be taboo.
Carrie, Miranda, Charlotte and Samantha
have displayed the real single women against
the marvelous backdrop of Manhattan. Real
woman meaning they have real careers, real
friendships, real problems and real sex. Yes,
the wardrobe was very unrealistic, but the
eye candy was great.
The show has also been a great source
of information for men. No longer is
just having a penis qualification for being
a significant other. Single women now
have much higher expectations. We want
someone that compliments our life, not
someone to take care of us.
From now on I will always miss my HBO
girls on Sunday evenings; which makes me
even more grateful for my real girlfriends
that I spend Saturday nights with.
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Incidentally, m my last column,
I did not intend to so arrogantly
suggest that The Pride
afford" to lose soma credibility.
Quite the contrary, my intention
was to suggest that The Pride
"cannot afford* to lose credibility. Surprisingly, In the face of
my own glaring contradictory
statement^ I did not receive one
reader query demanding clarification, Nevertheless, one of my
cohorts was kind enough to alert
me of my error and I would like to
apologize for my own mistake.
With that being said, the last
edition of The Pride was good in
both content and in the diversity
of subject matter. ! feel that hard
new stories, such as "ASI request
for r égistoti^i boxes denied,"
were complemented nicety with
features stories, like "Skin Art,"
and a fine combination of arts and
entertaîmaèftt ^ icleé, In addition, the opinions articles covered
such important topics as regional
developiheili and the racial composition of Cal State San Marcos,
Another excellent component
in the opinions was the letter to
the editor, this is something we
would like to see much more of in
future issues of The Pride.
I am, as always, curious to
Tuesday, February 24,2004
OPINIONS
LITTERS TO THE EDITOR
know what the readers think. The
Pride has grown this semester
to 12 pages and has expanded
to include a sports page. Couple
these improvements with the
wide range of stories we are covering and I believe that The Pride
is gaining strength and maturing
as a reputable newspaper, But,
again, what do you all think?
Please, let me know. My e-mail is
dolan005@csusm.edu.
Corrections f or VCML X l No, 18
The caption for Sarah Garten's
photograph on the front page
has the word "tattoo" misspelled
twice.
Also, on the front page preview
bar, the reference to Dan Brown's
"The Da Vinci Code" should
be "make believe" not "make
b elief"
On page 9, the tide "Two
reporters ask the tuff questions:
Was it too much?" has the word
"tough" misspelled.
In that same article, the pie
graph has the word "neutral" misspelled.
The Pride regrets these mistakes and any inconvenience they
might have caused.
If you notice an error o r
inaccuracy w The Pride,
feel free to e-mail it to me at
dolan005@csusm.edu.
Students of San Marcos,
Let me first start off by saying that I am
not here to discredit or bad mouth our new
President Haynes. But did you know she gets
a whopping $203,376 a year and on top of that
she also gets a $36,806 housing and car allowance.
I am not upset about her salary because she
has earned it, but I am upset with her allowance. There is no need for an allowance when
our state is in a budget crisis and our school has
no money. It seems a bit greedy to me.
Everyone who lives in the United
States knows that California is in some serious troublefinanciallyand that money is very
scarce. The area in which cuts were made the
most was in education and some how President
Haynes still manages to get an allowance.
With her new allowance, she already bought
a new Acura (Grey) with all the luxuries. Either
way we as students or tax payers are paying for
her allowance and new Acura. Anyone want to
go for a ride?
Also she writes books and I am sure that
there is some money coming in from that, so
financially she is ok and lives a modest life.
Then why the allowance? Her allowance should be spent a bit more wisely. For
example it can go towards our new parking
structure, better food (restaurants) and scholarships so that we can attract more students to
CSUSM. Or better yet, why not to schools who
are in desperate need offinancialsupport so
that our youth can get a better education? Isn't
the future of the world children? I think so and
not a new Acura.
For information about our new president you
can log onto signonsandiego.com and go under
education. Then in the search engine type Cal
State San Marcos and you will find all the info
about her.
Tone Capone
9
On March 5, 2004, CSUSM will celebrate
the grand opening of the Kellogg Library by
having a Luiseno blessing performed by Chris
Devers.
In light of other events in this country, a
Judge ordering to remove the Ten Commandments from the Court House; City and County
councils ordered to remove the Ten Commandments from Public lands; now prayer is prohibited in public schools.
So one must wonder why a religious official
is allowed to perform this event at a Public
school. I have nothing against the Luiseno
people or their religion; I merely think that
if the State of California, through CSUSM, is
going to perform a religious act at the official
grand opening of a public building, they should
provide an opportunity for all religions to have
their representatives present to perform blessing as well.
Sanctioning an act by only one religious
official gives the appearance of officially
"respecting an establishment of religion" in
direct violation of the 1st Amendment of the
U.S. Constitution and the California Constitution, Article I, Section 4.
President Haynes should take the responsibility of inviting religious officials from all
religions in the area to join in this blessing,
or discontinue the singular recognition of the
Luiseno blessing.
Stan Johnson
BA Communication
CSUSM Alumni 2003
B lack h istory m onth n ot c elebrated
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By Mark Penetra
Pride StaffWriter
The month of February is Black
History Month. One month is
set aside to commend and honor
our fallen black leaders and to show
our appreciation for the legacy
they left behind. I did not see too
many articles on Black History
Month in the local newspaper.
Therefore, I decided to get some
feedback on what Black History
Month means to students on
campus. I also wanted to discuss
the benefits they have received
from these civil rights leaders.
I spoke to Susan Loeber, a
junior majoring in sociology, and
asked her to state her views on
Black History Month. She said it
was important to her but she did
not think that there was enough
awareness. She said that perhaps
the instructors should talk more
about it in the classroom and give
some background and information
about some of our black civil
rights leaders. This will enable
students to be informed and will
raise awareness.
Danielle Storek a freshman
majoring in Communication
said she did not hear much buzz
on campus about Black History
Month. She is aware, however,
of black leaders like Dr. Martin
Luther King Jr., who gave his
life fighting for equality for all
minorities. She said it would be
great if The Pride could feature a
black leader in the papers weekly
to help promote black history
awareness or if the school can
invite black leaders to come and
speak on campus.
From the interviews I conducted
on campus, it was evident to me
that Black History Month isn't
taken seriously on campus. I came
away with the impression that the
civil rights leaders' struggles and
hardship they endure have been
forgotten like yesterday's garbage.
In America, we have a tendency to
be non-chalant and take freedom
for granted.
Not too long ago during the
Civil War did we have brothers
killing brothers as North and
South fought over freedom for
the slaves. Then May 17, 1954
in the case of (Brown v Board
of Education), a young black
fifth grade student from Topeka
Kansas named Linda Brown was
denied admission into a white
elementary school.
Thurgood
Marshall a black lawyer and head
of the NAACP took this case to
the Supreme Court saying that
Photo courtesy of www.time.com/time
racial segregation in public school
violated the laws of the Fourteenth
Amendment. The Supreme Court
agreed and this decision became
not only the turning point in
desegregation of public school
but also a beginning to equality
among all races.
Today this benefit can be seen
through the school system, public
and private, as we are becoming
more and more diverse. This
decision ended the (Plessy v
Ferguson)case of 1896 of equal
but separate. Other benefits we
are enjoying today is the right of
minorities to vote, to sit where we
like on public transportation and
the list goes on and on and on.
The point is that Black History
Month should never be allowed
to have its fire flickering. Its fire
should be burning with intensity as
we remember our fallen comrades
who suffered persecution so that
we may have a better foundation
in life.
�American teens abroad make
for big laughs in 'Eurotrip'
By KIMBERLY SCHLATER
Pride Staff Writer
"Eurotrip," a film by the creators
of "Road Trip" and "Old School,"
was met with much anticipation at
a recent press screening.
The story begins on graduation
day. Scotty (Scott Mechlowicz)
and his best friend Cooper (Travis
Wester) decide to blow off their
European trip to intern for the
summer. After Scotty's girlfriend
breaks up with him the trip is back
on so Scotty can meet his German
Pen pal Mieke (Jessica Bohrs).
The boys take a journey through
London and Paris. While in Paris,
Scotty and Cooper meet up with
their friends, Jenny (Michelle
Trachtenberg) and her twin brother
Jamie (Travis Wester).
Then they're off to Amsterdam
and on to their final destination, Rome, where Scotty hopes
to meet Mieke for the first time.
The film is filled with non stop
comedy and laughter as the four
get a taste of the European lifestyle.
This film will make you want to go
home and plan your own "Eurotrip."
Photo courtesy of Dreamworks Pictures
Photo courtesy of Dreamworks Pictures
( from left to right) J amie (Travis W ester), S cotty ( Scott Mechlowicz)
a nd C ooper ( Jacob Pitts) a ttempt to g o with t he flow at a n ude b each.
Photo courtesy of Dreamworks Pictures
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Lunchtime singing every
other Wednesday is afun
way to make new friends
By DANIELLE BOLDT
Pride Staff Writer
Photo by Danielle Boldt/77*i? Pride
Dr. K r ocks t he mic while Living
Large in t he L ounge.
This last Wednesday at noon, the Student Lounge roeked to a different tune as
they held their biweekly session of karaoke they call Living Large in the Lounge.
The display of singing was certainly a
sight to see, and definitely worth the warm
welcome of free pizza and soda.
It was an unusual picture on campus. It
was a hilarious display as a student who
calls himself Dr. K was singing RUN
D.M.C.'s top hit, "It's Tricky."
Dr. K was pure comedy.
While most people pummeled through
the pizza boxes, casually taking seats on
the sofa playing video games, and talking
and laughing amongst each other, others
contributed to Dr. K's act by jumping and
dancing to the music.
Dr. K said, "They call me Dr. K I don't
know why. It might have something to do
with the fact that I work on video games
and build home music systems." For whatever reason Dr. K received his alias, it was
obvious that he was proud of his identity
and loved the microphone.
The enthusiasm in the Lounge was con-
tagious and other students sang as well.
Ashley Mistak, A.S.I, director of educational programming, and James Coleman
sang a duet to Aerosmith's "Dream On."
Mistak said that she enjoys Living Large
in the Lounge for the networking.
"A.S.I, is all about networking. That's
why I love my position. I am able to promote the opportunity for idea sharing to
everyone."
Brett Gladys, the social programming
director for A.S.I., said, "School sucks if
you just come and go."
It may not be as "tricky," as Dr. K
emphasized in Run D.M.C.'s song, to
spare an additional hour on campus to
meet new people, enjoy a good laugh, and
eat free food.
P hoto by D anielle Bo\dt/The Pride
James Coleman and Ashley
M istak b elt o ut a d uo.
Smitty's Downtown
has what you need:
karaoke
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MardiGras!!! Fat Tuesday
7:00 a.m.-9:00 p.m. Read Through the
Bible Marathon (began Monday to continue until Thurs.) Library Courtyard. Info:
trownOO 1 @csusm.edu
11:00 a.m. ^ 1:00 p.m. Accounting Society Guest Speakers—FBI,
McGladrey and Pullen, ACD 206. Info:
boddeOO 1 @csusm.edu
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11:30 a.m. - 12:50 p.m. Black History
Month Discussion: "Blacks in Education,"
Professors Gary Rolison and Sharon Elise
to speak, COMMONS 206.
12:00 p.m. ASI Who's Got the Power
Lunch, Library Circle (in front of Starbuck's), free lunch, political candidates to
speak, Mike Byron and Karen Underwood.
Info: roper004@csusm.edu
1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Pre-Health Society
Meeting, Erik Goldlust to speak, UNIV
443. Info: www.csusm.edu/prehealth
3:00 p.m. Asian Pacific Student Alliance
(APSA) General Meeting, ACD 408. Info:
www.csusm.edu/apss
4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. Human Development Lecture Series, Guest Speaker Gordon
Meredith M.F.T. and Dr. Judith Matson,
Grand Salon at Clarke Field House. Info:
hager005@csusm.edu
SB
9 p.m. Free Movie Night w/ CSUSM ID
card, Edwards Cinema, San Marcos. Movie
and exact movie time to be announced.
Photo by Sarah Carlin/77ze Pride
Photo by Sarah Carlin/77ze Pride
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By SARAH CARLIN
Pride Staff Writer
Walking up to Smitty's Downtown last
Thursday, a friend and I were greeted by
women with big hair smoking cigarettes
and men, slightly drunk and a little loud.
Past the payphones in the entryway,
past the bar flies and the blue pool tables,
we took a seat at one of the candle-lit
tables.
"Go get the book," I said. We were
here for our fix, our karaoke fix.
Smitty's Downtown, located in old
downtown Vista on the corner of Santa
Fe and Broadway, is a place "where good
friends meet," as their sign boasts.
The karaoke junkie can satisfy his or
her needs, seven nights a week from 9
p.m. until closing. Smitty's has the best
selection of songs; they've got everything
from AC/DC to ZZ top, Skid Row to the
Spice Girls.
Anita, the heavy-metal goddess who
DJs karaoke Sunday and Monday nights,
has her own personal stash, provided for
only those who are worthy of the rock.
Sometimes if you are lucky enough
Anita will sing DIO's "Holy Diver," and
she sings it just like Ronnie James.
"Ooh, ooh...To hold me, to scold me,
cause when I 'm bad, I 'm sooo bad," sang
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Linda, who comes to Smitty's with coworkers at least a few times a week, from
"Last Dance," helping us all remember
that disco just won't go away.
Sally sang Three Dog Night's "Mama
Told me Not to Come." It made me think
Aretha Franklin had died and was reincarnated in Sally.
"Stormin Norman, come up and sing
your first song of the evening," the DJ
said. "We've got Sarah on deck."
Stormin' Norman sauntered through
the crowd, wearing a ten gallon hat,
Wrangler jeans and a rodeo belt buckle.
Elvis returned to his country roots that
night with Stormin' Norman's version of
"Viva Las Vegas."
"Sarah, come up and sing your first
song," the DJ said.
As I walked toward the stage my body
felt a sudden rush of adrenaline. I picked
up the microphone and I played the airkeyboard as the white letters spelling out
the words to The Animals' "House of the
Rising Sun" came up on the monitor.
This may be a hard habit to break, and
until I find the willpower, I may need to
continue getting my fix by entertaining
my adoring fans.
12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. Black History
Month Soul Food Luncheon, admission
$10 students, $15 faculty/staff, Clarke Field
House. Tickets and Info: (760) 750-4958
2:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. CoBA Visiting
Lecuturer Edwin Locke, discussing "A
Tale of Two Philosophes: Warren Buffet's
Berkshire Hathaway vs. Ken Lay's Enron,"
COMMONS 206.
8:00 p.m. - 11:00 p.m. Student
Poetry Performance, ARTS 111. Info:
pjerge@hotmail.com
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11:30 a.m. Women's History Month, Raige
Pierson Performance, COMMONS 206.
6:00-9:00 p.m. Marco Luly - Commedia Dell Arte Workshops, develop acting
skills and cover techniques used in Italian
Comedy, ARTS 101
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be received by Friday before 2:00pm the
week prior to publication. Publication is
every Tuesday.
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Hot Swing Trio brings an amazing blend of talent
to CSUSM
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Mark O'Connor mixes classical violin
with the raw abandon of fiddling
By LAURA WHTTAKER
Pride StafiTWriter
The house lights go down, the
stage lights come up, and onto
stage shuffle three average looking men. Or so it would appear.
In actuality, these three make
up an amazing blend of musical
talent known as Mark O'Connor's
Hot Swing Trio.
The trio graced CSUSM's
Performance Hall Feb. 16 with
a 40 minute entourage of acoustical medleys. You could feel the
energy emanating from the artists in the intimate theater where
three rows of chairs were set up
less than 10 feet from the performers for the sold out show.
Vista resident Mark O'Connor
has been composing since the age
of thirteen, and is internation-
ally acclaimed for his ability to
mix classical violin with the raw
abandon of fiddling.
His body pulsed to the beat of
his quick and clever strokes of
the fiddle. With amazing slack
in the flexibility of his right arm,
O'Connor's bow sailed across
the metal strings of his instrument with seemingly effortless
accuracy.
Standing in the middle was
double bassist Jon Burr, who held
his massive standing bass against
his shoulder. Holding down the
correct chords with his left hand,
his right hand seemed to bumble
clumsily to pluck the thick
strings. The swift and responsive
tempo he maintained, however,
Photo by courtesy of Mark O'Connor's Hot Swing Trio
Mark O'connor, J on Burr and Frank Vignola bring local music of international
acclaim to Cal State S an Marcos.
was anything but clumsy.
At the right of the trio sat
guitarist Frank Vignola, whose
nimble fingers stroked and
plucked the strings to the delight
of the audience's ears. With consummate accuracy he strummed
out the tunes with his buddies,
closing his eyes often as if the
music were part of his soul.
Taking cues from one another,
the trio recreated classics like
"Fascinating
Rhythm" and
brought poignant originals like
Local band
P.O.D rock a
sold-out show
at Cox Arena
"Anniversary" to life.
CSUSM was just a short stop
for the Hot Swing Trio who will
continue with performances
across the country in the next few
months.
Remedy Motel
to play in San
Marcos
Photo courtesy of P.O.D.
By TOM PFINGSTEN
Pride StaffWriter
Payable On Death aka P.O.D.
returned to San Diego on Tuesday,
Feb. 17, for a sold-out show with
Linkin Park, Hoobastank and Story
of the Year. Playing at SDSU's Cox
Arena, P.O.D. performed some of
their most popular songs, as well
as a few off their new self-titled
album.
As the only band out of the four
from San Diego, P.O.D.'s performance was widely anticipated.
Floor access tickets sold out on the
first day they were available for purchase, and tickets on ebay.com were
selling for upwards of $100 in the
days leading up to the concert.
Since P.O.D.'s inception as a
punk-rock garage band in Chula
Vista, lead singer Sonny Sandoval
has helped propel the group into the
international limelight. Before kicking off the current "Meteora" tour
with Linkin Park, P.O.D. performed
for several months in Europe to promote their new CD.
Headlining last Tuesday's show,
Linkin Park proved musically to
be the best of the four bands at the
show. With the majority of their
performance coming from their
hugely popular album, "Hybrid
Theory," they were able to get the
somewhat disengaged crowd on
their feet for the entire hour and a
half that they played.
Linkin Park was also the only
band to attempt a series of slower
songs with a young, energetic crowd
when co-lead singer Mike Shinoda
brought out a piano towards the end
of the concert to give Chester Bennington the opportunity to show off
Photo courtesy of Linkin Park
his impressive voice.
Hoobastank and Story of the Year,
while receiving polite applause
and moderate audience interaction,
played well enough to deserve the
honor of opening for Linkin Park.
The highlight of the concert came
in the encore, when Linkin Park
brought out the lead singers from
the first three bands to perform
"One Step Closer"—arguably their
most popular song.
While Linkin Park dominated the
show with theirflashyperformance,
Sandoval showed that he's still in
touch with his home crowd while
proving P.O.D. to be thè most downto-earth of the bands that played.
Before finishing off their set with
their well-known "Southtown,"
Sandoval brought over a dozen local
children onto the stage to help sing
"Youth of the Nation."
He then directed the 5,000-plus
sellout crowd in singing "Happy
Birthday" to his nephew.
The "Meteora" tour will move
to the Midwest and the East Coast
before returning for a last show at
the Great Western Forum in Los
Angeles. While Linkin Park will
most likely wait to begin their
next series of concerts, P.O.D. has
already announced plans to kick
o ffa headline tour with Blindside in
Denver on May 1 of this year.
Photo courtesy of/Porch Rock Entertainment
By MELISSA RODRIGUEZ
Pride StafiTWriter
Indie r ockers bring
" porch r ock" to
S an M arcos' new
bar and grill, T he
Blvd.
Remedy Motel has been
touring from San Diego to
Virginia making fans of
surfers, snowboarders, college kids and hippies with
their self proclaimed "porch
rock sound."
Their sound is made up
of Michael Stipe sounding
vocals, Grateful Dead reminiscent guitar and a Counting Crows-esque college
radio friendly sound.
Originally from Utah
they have been warmly
welcomed and adopted by
the SoCal surfer scene since
they settled in Oceanside
four years ago.
The band is made up of
Mica Johnson doing vocals,
Mike DiGregorio on bass,
Nate Semerad and Shawn
Ryan on guitar and Tim
Haren on drums.
They will be playing for
their fans at San Marcos'
new hot-spot The Blvd this
Friday night. Tickets are
five bucks.
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Track and Field and
Golf Teams Head to
Championships
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Vol VIII No. 30/ Tuesday, May 22,2001
G rowing S tudent P opulation F orces CSUSM
t o H old N ext Year's G raduation O ff C ampus
By ERICA DEBELL
Pride Staff Writer
Due to the growing size of
Cal State San Marcos, next year's
commencement ceremonies will
be held off campus. One venue
option is Palomar College.
Francine Martinez, Vice
President for Student Affairs,
said, "We are committed to doing
whatever we can in order to make
the Palomar Athletic Field feel
like CSUSM."
She added, "The Del Mar
Fairgrounds had been another
venue option, but unfortunately
those plans fell through." Martinez says she is optimistic that the
students will embrace this idea.
Mandy Tester, a CSUSM student said, "As a graduating senior,
I cannot imagine my commencement ceremony taking place at a
college I have never attended."
Another student, Holly
Sheets added, "I will be disappointed if my commencement
ceremony takes place at Palomar
because I feel as though all of
my college memories have been
made at Cal State."
Richard Riehl, Director of
Enrollment Services said, "We'
are looking beyond 2003, and
the University will be focused in
finding a permanent place to hold
the commencement ceremony."
This year's graduation, however, will be held at CSUSM's
Forum Plaza June 2-3.
Four ceremonies are scheduled during those two days for
students in the College of Arts
New Dean Named
for College of
Arts and Sciences
MEChA
Hosts
Front Lines
of Struggle
By ROLAND ARIAS JR.
Pride Staff Writer
By DARCY WALKER
Pride Opinion Editor
On Saturday, May 19,
Movimiento Esudiantil Chicano de Aztlan (MEChA) and
Fallbrook-based Mexicanos
Unidos en Defensa del Pueblo,
hosted the third annual conference of the Front Lines of
Struggle Coalition. The conference was made up of several
grass roots organizations representing Mexican, African,
Filipino and other communities in California. The event
took place at the Dome and
lasted until 9 p.m.
Hector Muro of Mexicanos
Unidos en Defensa del Pueblo
described the conference a s
"an event that will give us
an opportunity to network and
build a stronger unity among
the colonized people; one that
will allow for stronger participation from our respective
communities. Through this
conference, we are putting
»Article continued on pg. 3
and Sciences, the College of Business Administration, the College
of Educationv and those in the
Master's program.
CSUSM's External Affairs
office sent out a release May 17
announcing that more than 1,200
individuals are expected to participate in the event and that more
than 2,000 degree and credential
candidates will be recognized.
Gene Perry, percussionist for Equinox,
d rums t o t he L atin j azz b eats of h is b and,
J aime Valle a nd E quinox. T he
b and w as one of f our t hat p erformed M ay
14-17 f or t he U niversity's A nnual B rown
B ag C oncert Series. Story oil page 5.
Dr. Spencer A. McWilliams
has been selected as the new
Dean for the College of Arts
and Sciences. McWilliams will
begin work on July 27.
"My main goal will be to
maintain and enhance the strong
and capable faculty, high quality academic programs, and the
emphasis on close interaction
with students, while facilitating the continuing development
and growth of the college," said
McWilliams. "That will require
that I devote a good deal of
time and attention to getting to
know the various programs and
learning about the needs of the
faculty and the students. Thus,
my immediate goal will be to
listen and learn."
McWilliams comes to
CSUSM from the University
of Houston, Clear Lake, where
he was Dean of the School of
Human Sciences and Humanities. He says that the campus
size of UHCL is not that much
different from CSUSM. "I think
that this is a wonderful size for
a university campus. It is large
enough to have an array of
»Article continued on pg. 6
Students R eturn f rom NASA
By VICTORIA B. SEGALL
Pride Editor
Three CSUSM students
played "astronauts" for 10 days
when they performed zero-gravity experiments at the Johnson
Space Center in Houston. Don
Bennett, Jon Campbell and James
Garcia returned from the center
on April 11 after testing two
emergency airway devices in
zero gravity as part of the
Reduced Gravity Student Flight
Opportunity Program of NASA
(National Aeronautics and Space
Administration).
In order to take part in the
NASA program, the Cal State
students were required to create
an original experiment that could
be tested in zero gravity. They
competed against 300 schools
and were one of 14 teams chosen
to take part in the program that
allowed them to f ly in zero gravity 30 times in a Boeing KC
135 j et, which Bennett fondly
referred to as the t4vomit comet."
Campbell and Garcia, biology students, and Bennett, a paramedic who is fulfilling his premed requirement at Cal State,
chose an experiment that would
determine what emergency airway device would work best in
zero gravity. They tested the
standard Endotracheal Tube and
the new Combi Tube. Bennett
explained that the Combi Tube
is a breathing apparatus that can
be inserted "blindly," without a
paramedic or doctor having to
look while he/she inserts the
device.
When asked which of the
tubes worked better in zero gravity, Bennett responded, "It doesn't
look like there's much of a difference." The students hope to
publish their research, but their
findings must be peer-reviewed
before they can release more
information.
Bennett, Campbell and
Garcia also underwent
»Article continued on pg. 2
Don Bennett (pictured in the zero-gravity room)was one of three
Cal State students to take part in NASA's Reduced Gravity Student
Flight Opportunity in Houston. (Courtesy Photo/Don Bennett)
�Students
Return from
NASA
»Article continuedfrom pg. 1
physiologic training while they
were on the jet. At one point they
took sobriety tests that required
them to take off their oxygen masks
for a brief period of time to see
how the lack of oxygen would
effect their bodies.
_ The team also toured NASA,
including mission control and the
Neutral Buoyancy Lab, which is
a large pool used for pre-space
mission training.
"It's a great experience," commented Bennett. "How ofteir do
people go up to NASA and do
research? It gives you the opportunity to do the whole scientific
process in a few months rather
than a few years."
The students prepared for their
experiment last semester after they
heard about the program from their
friend, Michelle Inzunza, a SDSU
student and paramedic. Biology
professor, Dr. Vicki Fabry, advised
the team, which also included
Inzunza, and Laura Elliott and
Gerhardt Koing, both SDSU students.
"This is a program that students at Cal State can do at any
time, and they [NASA] want to see
more people going," said Bennett.
"I want to encourage people to
look me up if they want to do
something like this."
Bennett can be e-mailed at
don-bennett@home.com.
Holocaust Survivor Mel M ermelstein
T ells H i s S tory
By LINDSAY BRADY
Pride Staff Writer
Mel
Mermelstein,
a
Holocaust survivor and Director
of the Auschwitz
Study
Foundation, was a featured
speaker on Wednesday, May
9, for Dr. Alyssa Sepinwall's
History 202 class.
Before
introducing
Mermelstein, Sepinwall asked
the audience to close their eyes
and imagine all the people they
loved. Then she asked the' class to
imagine their family "and friends
all killed.
"Imagine you were left all
alone, the sole survivor left to
ponder why you were saved,"
said Sepinwall. "Then to have
people say you imagined it all
and that you had to prove the
Holocaust happened or be convicted as a liar internationally."
Mermelstein wrote "By
Bread Alone," a metfioir of his
survival of the Holocaust and a
tribute to his family. In 1991 his
story was made into the film,
"Never Forget," starring Leonard
Nimoy.
"I could talk for weeks,
months, even years, and I could
never tell of the barbarism and
horror of the Holocaust," said
Mermelstein, a native o f
Czechoslovakia.
In
1944,
17-year old
Mermelstein, along with his parents, brother and two sisters,
were taken from their home and
sent to Auschwitz-Birkeriau, a
death camp. The words on the
entrance of the camp gates read:
"Work will make you free." He
told the audience about some of
the men, women and children
that died from the mass genocide.
"I could talk for
weeksf months, even
years, and I could
never tell of the
barbarism and
horror of the
Holocaust
- Mel
Mermelstein
After working as a slave
laborer until January 1945, a
malnourished Mermelstein and
2,000 other Jewish prisoners
were evacuated as the United
States army advanced through
Europe. The rest of his family
was killed.
While in the death camps,
Mermelstein made a promise to
C ollege S tudents
D onate E g g s
By AMBER ZINSKY
Pride Staff Writer
In recent decades, science
has made it possible for infertile
couples to conceive, at least in
part, biological children. One of
the ways in which this is possible is by egg donation. The
donor's egg is fertilized with the
intended father's sperm outside
of the body. It is then implanted
in the womb of the woman who
is unable to produce her own
eggs. Some of the most popular
places to recruit donors are college newspapers, and CSUSM's
The Pride is no exception.
For over a year, The Pride
has been running an egg donation
advertisement that offers $4,000
compensation in exchange for
the eggs of female students ages
20-30.
Susan
Hernandez,
Program Director of the
Procreative Egg Donor Program
(the program advertised in The
Pride), recently increased the
compensation from $3,500 to
$4,000. "There's a lot of competition," said Hernandez.
Some students, however, said
they feel uncomfortable about
the advertisement. "I feel a little
uneasy about it being in the
school paper," said Rebecca
Silva, a student at CSUSM.
Student Health Services, a
medical resource for students at
CSUSM, has no information on
egg donations. "No one has ever
asked us about egg donations.
I'm not surprised that students
would know that [egg donation]
is not something in our scope
of practice," said Dr. Karen
Nicholson, Director of Student
Health Services. Some of the students' options for understanding
the medical risks and side effects
include consulting a physician,
soliciting information from the
egg donor program, and/or talking to someone who has gone
through the process.
Quincy
Sultzbaugh,
a
32-year-old student at CSUSM,
has donated eggs a total of five
times, but not for the company
that advertises in the school
newspaper. She donated for the
Center for Surrogate Parenting
(CSP).
The fertility drugs of CSP are
administered orally or by injection, include Lupron, Pergonal
and/or Metrodin. These drugs
are intended to increase the production of viable eggs a woman
yields per month. According to
Sultzbaugh, the medications also
cause a weight gain of four to
seven pounds, fatigue, soreness,
bloating and an increased risk
of osteoporosis and ovarian cancer. "It feels like my ovaries
are balloons-full and bloated,"
said Sultzbaugh about the side
effects.
When asked about the longterm effects of egg donation,
Sultzbaugh said, "We won't know
for several years. I don't care
when I see how much happiness
I can bring to [infertile] couples."
Aside from physical effects of
donating eggs, behavioral changes must be made. "It's just
like you're pregnant," Sultzbaugh
said, "No smoking, no drinking,
you can't have sex and you have
to sign a contract. If you violate
the contract, oh my God, I don't
even want to know what happens-it would not be good."
Since the fertility medication is paid for, either by the
fertility company or by the infertile couple, if the donor becomes
pregnant before the eggs are harvested or otherwise violates the
contract, she must reimburse the
company for the price *of the medication in addition to other penalties. The medication costs anywhere from $75-100 per ampule
daily, some days requiring up
to three ampules (a unit of measurement roughly equivalent to
a milliliter).
his father that he would be a
witness to the world of what
happened if he survived. Since
then, Mermelstein has educated
and reminded people of the
Holocaust.
The f ilm, "Never Forget,"
was based on Mermelstein's
battle against the Institute for
Historical Review (IHR). In
1978, the IHR had offered a
cash reward for proof that "Jews
were gassed in gas chambers at
Auschwitz" and to prove that
there was a Holocaust.
Mermelstein said he was
shocked by the IHR, especially
when the organization said that
his parents and siblings didn't
really die and that they were
living somewhere in Europe.
On August 5, 1985, Mel
Mermelstein received monetary
compensation
from
The
Historical Review and an apology for his "pain, anguish and
suffering."
Professor Andrea Liss of the
Holocaust Art class became tearful while watching the film.
"Mermelstein is an incredible
human being," she said. "My
thanks and my admiration for
his stamina to stand up to such
perverse actions of mass genocide. The extermination of family and to deal with it straightforEgg donation is also a fairly
lengthy process. Although each
program varies, the general
procedure includes completing
an application, which contains
photos of the donor as a child and
photos of the donor's children, if
she has them.
"Idon't care when
I see how much
happiness I can
bring to [infertile]
couples yj
- Egg donor
Quincy
Sultzbaugh when
asked about
the consequences
of egg donation
"They like to see what they
look like-your own flesh and
blood," said Sultzbaugh. The
application also includes a questionnaire about the donor's likes
and dislikes, educational background and medical history.
The doiior profile is placed
in a donor album from which
potential couples choose from a
variety of donors. Once selected,
the donor undergoes a battery
of psychological tests. If cleared
by the psychologist, a physical
examination is done, including
pelvic ultrasound, drug testing,
genetic testing and an STD
screen.
If everything goes well, the
donor will start on Lupron, which
sends her body into a pseudomenopausal state so that her ovaries may be stimulated with fertil-
Mel Mermelstein was a
featured speaker at CSUSMfor Dr.
Alyssa Sepinwall 's history class.
(Courtesy Photo/Augustana College)
ward with such hatred is beyond
anything I can imagine."
History major Chris Leon
said, "It's great to have a primary
source about the Holocaust. I'm
getting my doctorate in WWII,
so any information is great."
Mermelstein
described
Holocaust survivors as no different than other people. One
question he said that they might
all ask, however, is whether
or not this genocide could happen again. He commented, "This
took place in a civilized world,
with people like us."
The Arts & Lectures for
Instruction co-sponsored this
visit.
ity medications when the timing
is right. The donor then begins
an ovarian stimulation drug,
typically Pergonal or Metrodin,
which tells the body to mature
more than one egg. The eggs
are then retrieved vaginally via
ultrasound-guided aspiration and
placed in a sterile dish with the
intended father's sperm for fertilization. This marks the end of
the donor's responsibilities, and
what happens from here is up to
the recipient couple.
According to the Center for
Disease
Control's
National
Summary and Fertility Clinic
Reports of 1998, the "Assisted
Reproductive Technology (ART)
Success Rates," donor eggs were
used in 7,756 cycles, about 10
percent of all ART cycles. ART
deals with fertility treatments,
namely the handling of the egg
and sperm combination from a
woman or her donor in the laboratory and the return of the
sperm-egg combination to the
woman's body or her donor.
"A cycle starts when a woman
begins taking fertility drugs or
having her ovaries monitored for
follicle production," according to
ART. Five percent of the cycles
reported were donor eggs.
The 1998 report states that
"of the approximately 60 million women of reproductive age
in 1995, about 1.2 million, or
two percent, had had an infertility related medical appointment within the previous year .
and an additional 13 percent had
received infertility services at
some time in their lives."
�Campus News
The Pride
Tuesday, May 2 2,20013
Plagiarism Amongst CSUSM Students
By ROLAND A RIAS JR.
Pride Staff Writer
One of the pressures that
students face during college is
t he temptation to cheat. Like
all other college campuses, Cal
State San Marcos has its share
of plagiarism problems.
According to the Title 5
California Code of Regulations
Section 41301 and the University
catalog, p lagiarism is d efined
as, "Intentionally or knowingly
representing the words, ideas,
or work of another as one's
own in any academic exercise."
Plagiarism has many forms and
the use of technology has made it
more of a challenge for students
t o overcome.
Small class sizes and a relatively low faculty-to-student ratio
do not necessarily prevent plagiarism f rom happening. " Our
campus faces the same amount
of challenges combating plagiarism that other universities do,"
said Assistant Dean of Students
Tim Bills.
Statistics on plagiarism have
b een compiled regarding plagiarism on college campuses.
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U.S. imperialism on notice
that we will no longer stand
by in silence while they
create barriers to divide us."
Ricardo Favela, MEChA
President for the San Marcos
campus, says he looks
forward t o more student
involvement in spite o f
CSUSM's
"conservative"
atmosphere. Favela said,
" There's a lot of things happening that, even though
we're at a university, we don't
know about. It's been said
that students are the ones that
promote social change. But
t hat's not happening here. I
can't explain why, but the
community is taking care of
itself."
Lupe Canseco, a junior,
said that as former MEChA
President at San Dieguito
Academy, she was not
exposed t o the common,
highly political issues faced
by A frican Americans and
Filipinos. " In prisons and in
schools, if we attack each
other, we're ignoring that we
share a common struggle,
and we create a space where
the system can continue to
control u s," Canseco said.
The coalition is made
up of five member organizations. The first t o report
at the conference was Mexicanos Unidos en Defensa
del Pueblo, represented by
Hector Muro. He described
the genesis of his group eight
years ago a fter a community activist was "beaten and
arrested by the Fallbrook
S heriff s Department."
According to
http://www.plagiarism.org:
• Almost 80 percent of college
students admit to cheating at
least once
• Thirty-six percent of undergraduates admit to plagiarizing
written material at least once
• Ninety-percent of students
believe that cheaters are never
caught or have never been appropriately disciplined
While there are some minor
instances of plagiarism that can
be addressed and f ixed with
proper citation of sources and
more knowledge of MLA and
APA format, the more severe
forms of plagiarism such as use
of the Internet and using other
students' papers are met with
severe academic discipline. In
most cases, incidents of plagiarism and academic dishonesty
are handled when the faculty
report the incident; the reports
and are also handled by Assistant
Dean Bills.
Bills said that there are many
reasons why students feel that
they need t o cheat. A mong the
many factors that drive students
to plagiarize are low self-esteem,
poor time management, poor
attendance, stress management,
looking for an easy way out,
avoiding academic or personal
challenges, and maintaining a
certain GPA for financial aid
or admittance to a graduate program.
Among these factors, however, Bills says that most students
that cheat are the B students who
are trying t o get an A, or A students who feel the need to maintain high standards. Students that
are failing the course are not
as likely to cheat, according to
Bills.
The use of the Internet and
technology has only made plagiarism easier. Web pages such
as http://www.cheater.com, http:/
/www.ezwrite.com, and h ttp:/
Avww.essaydepQt.com are j ust
some of the many websites that
provide papers for students.
Complete with footnotes and
bibliographies, students have
access to these entire papers at
the click of a mouse. The u se of
these websites however is heavily monitored by the university
and are easily picked off by faculty and the O ffice of the Dean
of Students. The university is
not oblivious to the mediums of
cheating that are available online. "Keeping track of Internet
sites that provides essays online
of the same concerns were
expressed by all of the groups
at the conference. Quetza
Oceloaciua spoke on behalf
of the Barrio Defense Committee, a San Jose based
group that, among many
efforts, works t o expose the
mistreatment of la raza i n
California prisons. "We are
not illegal aliens. We are
Sobukwe Bambaata of the
not immigrants. We are not
African People's Socialist
Party was the keynote speaker Hispanics. We are indigenous people to this land. We
for the FLOS Conference.
are producers. We create the
Muro said this beating
wealth of this country," Oce"crystallized the long-felt
loaciua said.
discontent
of
Mexican
The final organization to
people in that community "
speak was the A frican PeoEdna Llanes, a Biople's Socialist Party, based
chemist and UCSD graduin Oakland and represented
ate reported on the activism
by Sobukwe Bambaata. He
of the Raza Rights Coalisaid his organization hopes
tion, founded in 1986. The
to bring economic developm
ment to backwater towns and
he also addressed the California prison system, saying
it is the fourth largest in
the world. Bambaata echoed
the common goal of all of
the coalition members: "We
must bring our people back
to political life."
According t o Favela, this
is the i r s t conference that
the Front Lines of Struggle
Coalition has held in
Southern California. People
Against Racist Terror and the
Reps from various revolutionary Committee Against Police
and progressive organizations Brutality were the other
had informational tables for groups that attended. One
the students. (Pride Photos)
organization, the Commitgroup calls for f air employ- tee for Human Rights in the
ment, education, affordable Philippines, was unable to
healthcare and housing, as attend, however a represenwell as "community control tative f rom the League of
of the police and s heriff' and Filipino Students spoke on
"abolishment of the border behalf of local Filipino rights
patrol," said Llanes. Many groups.
is a part of my job," said Bills.
Given the different levels and
methods of plagiarism, the sanctions of academic discipline are
relative to a student's infraction
of Academic Honesty. Depending
on what level of plagiarism that
a student is caught, academic
discipline can range f rom failing
a paper, failing a course, probation, to suspension f rom the university. Other consequences that
result f rom plagiarism are lost
trust of a faculty member and
a written record in a student's
academic file.
Bills handles most of the
cases regarding plagiarism and
takes more serious cases to a
committee for a formal hearing
should the situation warrant it.
According to Bills, t here have
been instances where cases of
plagiarism have b een handled
between the student and the faculty member, but there have
been occasions when the university has had to suspend and
expel students f or plagiarism.
"All instances of plagiarism are
a big deal," Bills said.
Most students think that the
university's low tolerance of plagiarism is effective in deterring
academic honesty. "I think that
the university's policy on pla-
giarism is good. People need
to either create their own ideas
or give the credit where it is
deserved," said junior and
Spanish major Estay Paulsen.
Even with the university's
policy on plagiarism, many students see incidents of plagiarism
around them on campus.
"I think the school makes
a large issue about plagiarism
happening l eft and right," said
junior and literature and sociology major Jeff Cudmore. "As far
as the students paying for their
education goes, they should have
sense enough to incorporate their
own beliefs and thoughts into
their work than t o steal someone
else's and not give credit unto
them."
As plagiarism is a part of
campus life, there are many
things that students can do t o
deter the need to cheat. "Before
thinking of cheating, t hink of
the factors that are leading you
t o cheat. Attack those problems
f irst before making a decision
that could have more repercussions that are serious," advised
Bills. "Be t rue to yourself, be
t rue to your values, and b e t rue
to your university. University life
is a time of moral and academic
development."
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�4 Tuesday, May 22, 2001
Talking with
Jeff Pollak of
T he Dealers
By LINDSAY BRADY
Pride Staff Writer
Jeff Pollak, a sociology
major and lead singer of the
reggae band, The Dealers, said,
"It is a great experience to
play in a band, but there needs
to be great dynamics between
all members. You got to have
a good time, not thinking of
money, but playing music that
means something to you."
I've heard Pollak perform,
and his vocal style can be
described as the style of Bob
Marley. The Dealers send out
an optimistic, energetic vibe as
they play, and I was entranced
by their passion in music that
flowed through them.
Pollak adds that The Dealers are up to caliber instrumentally and there are "amazing
vibes" between all the members. He says his passion to sing
began when his father cranked
up Motown and oldies music
when he was a child.
When he was 15, the root
sounds of Bob Marley, Jacob
Miller and Lee Perry were
added to Pollak's musical taste.
"There is something about
music that everyone can relate
Arts & Entertainment
to; there are chemicals inside
us that make us feel," he commented.
Pollak, who is both lead
singer and rhythm guitarist for
The Dealers, also plays with
drummer Dan Bradley; bass
guitar, Scott Peterson; lead guitarist Chris Lavigne; organist
arid clarinet player Brian Teal;
and percussionist Christian
Mills.
The Dealers say they would
love to be able to get their message out and expand. They also
agreed that it would be incredible to meet new people. Pollak
says he wouldn't mind making
a living at his true passion:
singing reggae.
For the time being, however, Pollak attends Cal State
San Marcos and says, he hopes
to graduate in the next semester or two in sociology. He
chose Cal State because he said
SDSU was too crowded and
because he just wanted to f inish school. When asked about
this musician's opinion of the
art on campus, Pollak responded, "I like the Cesar Chavez
statue, but I live 45 minutes
away, so I don't spend much
time on campus."
To find out more about
The Dealers, e-mail them at
iredealealers @hotmail.com.
Pollak also said that he
hopes people will check out
The Reader for more information on his band and encourages everyone to come see them
perform.
Local Band
Square Go
Square Go performing at Chain Reaction. (Courtesy Photo/Square Go)
By LISA LIPSEY
Pride Staff Writer
Square Go is San Marcos'
most recent European invasion.
The local British pop band features the talents of four Palomar
College students: Scott Mitchell
and Scottish brothers Martin,
Gerald and Paul Coughlin.
"A Square Go is a oneon-one fist fight," Martin said.
The band has been together
for almost four years, so they
have done some growing up.
Martin explained, "When we
were younger, the name really
fit, we used to be a rowdy bunch,
but now we've mellowed out."
With their creative talent,
it's clear that all four guys,
before birth, snuck out of the
womb to play guitar. Square
Go began rehearsing together
in March 1997. They chose
the name Square Go from the
Scottish film, "Trainspotting."
The band is especially proud
that they have strong bass lines
and three songwriters/singers.
The sound of Square Go varies
depending on which Coughlin
brother is singing lead vocals.
They are real, everyday guys
who are out there having a
good time. They primarily sing
from three genres: rock, pop
and hip-hop. Some of their
inspiration comes from bands
like the Beatles, Rage Against
the Machine, Limp Bizkit and
Matchbox 20.
"Being in a band is often
times like a circus with all the
flashy lights, girls, parties and
music," said singer and co-song
The Pride
A Knight's Tale
Heath Ledger, the knight in shining
armor in the newfilm,"A Knight's
Tale." (Courtesy Photo/Imdb.com)
ByZACHARYPUGH
Pride Staff Writer
If high drama, lost love, and
gruesome battles of yesteryear in
an epic tradition are your expectations of "A Knight's Tale,"
then this movie is not for you.
However, if action, f un and lightheartedness in a passable storyline with a good-looking cast
suit your tastes, then I encourage
you to see this film.
Upon arriving at the theatre
with a pocket of overflowing
grocery store candy, I prepared
for a not-so-exciting film with
an Australian heartthrob playing
a fresh-faced dim-witted youth;
this was not the case with , "A
Knight's Tale," which stars Heath
Ledger as the pauper-turnedknight William Thatcher.
writer Martin Coughlin. "Make
the most of life because it won't
last."
The members of Square* Go
are definitely entertainers.
Mitchell, in particular, stands out
in concerts with his trademark
shoeless performance and crazy
energy displayed between his
intricate bass playing. "The three
front guys are by the microphones, so they're limited in
their movement and the drummer is stuck behind his kit, so I
have to be more of the energy,"
said Mitchell.
In, between classes and jobs,
Square Go has made a name
for itself. With about 300 shows
to date, the band has performed
throughout California and in
Phoenix/ Arizona. They have
also self-released three CDs;
Different Skies and Sunshine
were recorded in the studio, but
their latest album, LIVE, has a
bunch of new, unreleased live
tracks that were recorded over the
past year. Fans can hear some of
their songs or purchase their CDs
on MP3.com or by e-mailing
Square
Go
at
squarego@hotmail.com:
Square Go is taking some
time off to write songs. They
will return to the studio later this
year to record a new CD. Watch
for Square Go this summer, they
plan to do several local gigs.
Thatcher, a knight's squire,
steals the identity of his boss who
dies during a jousting match. A
wayward writer, Geoffrey Chaucer (played by Paul Bettany)
forges papers of nobility for
Thatcher in exchange for food,
clothes and adventure. Together
Thatcher and Chaucer create
Ulrich von Liechtenstein, Thatcher's new knight persona. Thatcher
uses the disguise of the fictitious
Sir Ulrich von Liechtenstein of
Guilderland and new armor to
compete in the famous jousting
games of the nobility.
After a series of successful
jousts, the youthful would-be
knight strives to win the heart
of the beautiful maiden Jocelyn
(played by newcomer Shannyn
Sossamon) and to become the
jousting knight champion.
Accompanied by Chaucer
and his two haphazardly comedic squires, Roland (Mark Addy)
and Wat (Alan Tudyk), Thatcher,
or rather Sir Ulrich, becomes
the best jousting knight. Well,
almost the best. There is one
opponent that stands in his way
of completing his trek to knighthood and the heart of Jocelyn:
Count Adhemar (Rufus Sewell).
The musical score in this
film is the most interesting part.
The opening scene is a medieval
stadium scene filled with peasants shaking their fists to Queen's
"We Will Rock You." Other
tunes that follow Queen's anthem
throughout the movie are songs
like David Bowie's "Golden
Years," Thin Lizzy's "The Boys
are Back in Town," and what
better music to get pumped for a
jousting match than War's "Low
Rider." Although this type of
music is not typical in this
genre of film, it blends quite
well and puts a relatively strong
youthful spin on an otherwise
dreary era. And as Sir Ulrich von
Liechtenstein says, "Welcome to
the new world."
"A Knight's Tale" wasn't
meant to be a f ilm dealing with
social issues or anything of a
serious nature. The heart of this
movie appears to be light and
f un, with a little cheesy humor.
It made this viewer walk out into
the bright light with a smile.
This movie is 132 minutes
and rated PG-13 by the MPAA
for action violence, some nudity
and brief sex-related dialogue.
Shannyn Sossamon, playing
Jocelyn, stars with Ledger.
(Courtesy Photo/Imdb. com)
California Roll Recipe
By MATTHEW REYNOLDS
For The Pride
A re you a college student?
Do you enjoy eating Japanese
food? If you answered yes, then
you should have attended my
Japanese class on April 30.
Students Serena Cohenour and
Mark Sablan revealed the secrets
on how to make delicious California Rolls during their class
presentation.
"My favorite part of the presentation was when I actually
got to eat the food," said student
Joel Wiggington. When asked
how it tasted, he said, "It was
definitely one of the best California Rolls I've had in awhile."
Student Jason Ubalde added,
"The process is quite f un and
short."
If you didn't already know,
the California Roll consists of
crab, avocado, cucumber, seaweed, fish eggs (sometimes)
and rice. The rolls can b e served
as a dinner or as an appetizer.
California Roll Ingredients:
Japanese Cucumber
Bamboo mat Salt
Rice
Sugar
Avocado
Vinegar
Seaweed
Sesame Seeds
Kewpie Mayonnaise (optional)
Smelt Roe (optional)
The first thing you must do
is wash and cook the white rice.
When the rice is done cooking,
mix in the vinegar, sugar and
salt into a bowl. If you like
smelt roe and mayonnaise you
can mix them with imitation
crab.
Slice the cucumbers and
avocado. Next, lay the seaweed
f lat and apply a layer of rice
covering the entire seaweed.
The layer should be a quarter
of an inch thick. Sprinkle some
sesame seeds on the rice, and
f lip it over.
' Place a little bit of the crab
mixture in the middle of the
seaweed then apply the slices
of avocado and cucumber on
opposite sides of the crab mixture.
Next, it is ready to be rolled.
You can do this either by hand
or preferably with a bamboo
mat. Now it is ready to eat. You
can dip it with soy sauce and
wasabi if that is your preference.
It may take you a couple
tries to master the California
Roll, but once you've mastered
this recipe, you will be the envy
of all your friends.
�The Pride
Arts & Entertainment
Tuesday, May 22,2001 5
N oontime B rown B ag Concert Series
Randy Graves plays the Australian
didjeridu outside the Dome.
(Pride Photo/Amy Bolaski)
Didjeridu
P erformance
Brings Sounds
o f A ustralia
a n d I ndia t o
C ampus
By CLAY BABER
Pride Staff Writer
Almost every seat w as taken
outside The Dome last Tuesday
as students and faculty gathered
to h ear the sounds of the
Australian didjeridu played by
Randy Graves. Graves and h is
band were invited t o play in
this concert series by Visual
and P erforming A rts Professor
Merryl Goldberg, and introduced
to t he audience by P rofessor
Bonnie Biggs.
Mellow sounds filled the air
as Graves and h is band played
an hour-long set that combined
the unique sound of t he didjer-
idu with melodies created by
other world music instruments.
Glenn Goodwin accompanied
Graves on the bass guitar, while
Tony Lazzaro played a variety
o f d rums and other percussion
instruments. Tony Karasek
added an unusual sound to the
p erformance as he played various instruments of India, including the sitar, t he tabla, the ghatam, and the dumbek.
Graves indicated that he h as
b een playing the dijeridu for
eight years and also gives lessons. The didjeridu is what he
refers to as "a drone i nstrument"
that is m ade f rom the t runk
of a eucalyptus tree t hat has
b een hollowed out by termites.
Graves played t hree d ifferent
t ypes of these instruments. He
explained, "each didjeridu plays
one note and has its own unique
characteristics."
L azarro said, " While we
have played together for years,
t his group h as only been performing together for three days."
Despite their limited experience
playing as a group, the band performed flawlessly for the duration of the performance. The
music ranged f rom' relaxing,
instrumental melodies, to more
upbeat, rhythmic selections that
featured f unky bass lines and
heavier d rum beats.
O ne of the more creative
segments of the p erformance
was what Graves refers t o as
"Story Time." D uring this segment, which he normally performs for elementary school students, h e told a story with
hand gestures while utilizing the
didjeridu to create the sounds of
d ifferent Australian animals.
Following the p erformance,
Graves and his band expressed
their gratitude for being invited
to play on the CSUSM campus
and took the time to display
their unique instruments t o curious audience members.
Jaime Valle and Equinox
«m performed Thursday as
I J I B part of CSUSM's Brown
Bag Concert Series.
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"Yo Baby" Aunn),
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Jaime
Valle
and
Equinox
By A MY BOLASKI
Pride Staff Writer
Jaime Valle and his band
Equinox, eight-time San Diego
Music Awards winners, played
an hour-long set on campus
on Thursday, May 17. Valle
described the band's style a s a
"combination of A fro-Caribbean
music and j azz, which creates a
blend of Latin j azz."
Valle and Equinox played
selections f rom several of their
albums, including some f rom
their most recent release, Third
Voyagef which won the SDMA's
award for best blues or j azz
album in 1998. Jazz writer and
critic Jim Merod has called the
CD something that "hits artistic
course to avoid cliche and stereotype of any sort."
Their exotic, 6-string blend
of Latino j azz had several members of the audience dancing and
inquiring as to where and when
the band would be playing next.
W hile Valle and Equinox
have never played for a school
before, Valle said, "We're here
because we know Bonnie Biggs.
It's been a pleasure to come and
play up here - and we hope we
get called again."
Valle, who hails f rom
Chiapas, Mexico, said, " I've
b een a musician all my life.
We all have. All these guys
grew up playing music." Equinox
includes Venezuelan pianist
Allan Phillips, P uerto Rican percussionist Gene Perry, Czech
bassist Peter Skrabak and
Mexican
d rummer
Cesar
Lozano.
Holocaust Art Class Pays Tribute
to Holocaust Victims and Survivors
By LISA L IPSEt
Pride Staff Writer
Students f rom the Holocaust
A rt, Photography and Film
course have displayed artwork
in the CSUSM Library. A fter
spending a semester exploring
Holocaust representation, the students were asked to design their
own memorial or create an art
p roject.
Instructor Dr. Andrea Liss
explained the class' focus, "We
are talking about strategies f or
respectfully representing the
people who were so horrifically
killed by the Nazis and those
who survived, the ^millions of
people who were disgraced and
disrespected in the past."
Students from the Holocaust Art
class prepare their artwork for
display in the library.
(Pride Photo/Lisa Lipsey)
This is the first year the class
has b een o ffered at CSUSM,
" The class c onfronts tough
and o ften despairing realities.
But it is not despair that I want
my students t o c arry with them
throughout and a fter the class,"
said Liss. " It's an awareness of
our blessings, in tandem with the
strength to reach out to others
d ifferent from ourselves, t o fight
racism globally and locally, and
to question misguided authority.
To b e aware that visual a rt is a
p owerful cultural, political and
spiritual force."
Along with viewing d ifferent
a rtists' works and watching films
representative of the Holocaust,
students attended the Museum
of Tolerance in Los Angeles and
also met 92-year old survivor
Cecila Silverstern. Student A nne
Carriker commented, " I highly
recommend that everyone go t o
the Museum of Tolerance. It is
deeply moving and well worth
your time."
Their artwork will b e on display all this week at the CSUSM
Library.
G erman P rogram P resents
a n E vening of T heater
By K EVIN FRISK
Pride Staff Writer
The G erman Program presented the first G erman TheaterEvening on Wednesday, May 16.
Students f rom G erman 101, 102
and 201 classes p erformed live
skits, sang ballads, and presented
v ideo projects t o the audience
gathered in ACD 102.
Even though the skits Were
recited in G erman, anyone would
have been able t o enjoy the
humorous videos and skits without having k nown a word of the
language. All skits were introduced in both G erman and English.
T he most incredible p art of
t he evening w as that 101 and
102 G erman students p erformed
many of the skits. A number of
these students h ad never spoken
a word of G erman b efore the
•HI
Studentsfrom the German Program
perform for the crowd. (Pride Photo)
b eginning of the semester, and
yet they were confidently performing in f ront of an audience.
German professor Astrid Ronke
attributes this to the misconception that surrounds the German
language.
"Students believe that studying G erman is difficult and not
practical," said Ronke. "Tonight,
even b eginning students proved
this to b e untrue." The G erman
Theater-Evening showed students how f un and interesting a
foreign language course can be,
and h opefully dispelled certain
myths about the difficulty of the
German language.
While the German TheaterEvening was great entertainment, I found strong messages
sent to the audience and actors
alike: t he G erman language is
very much alive, and the knowledge of another language is an
important skill to acquire.
Professor Ronke has proposed to establish a German
minor at Cal State. The University's German program, founded
in 1997, has grown considerably,
according to Ronke, ,who also
says she feels it is important for
students to have the option to
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TRINH
F o r The Pride
Message to Computer Science Majors Regarding Dr. Wang
I am reporting a travesty.
Actually a couple travesties, both
of immense proportions guaranteed to effect the lives of each
student. Colossal, to say the least.
If you are a liberal arts major,
business major, chemistry, biology, or anything else like that,
you can stop here. If you are a
computer science major, please,
read on.
You are about to lose one of
your own. Stanley Wang, known
humorously as the "Terminator,"
would blend well with the backdrop of the computer science
industry.
Highly knowledgeable, he is
adept in intr cacies that would
make lesser minds explode. But
the biggest difference between
him and a brilliant Fortune 500
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programs, course offerings, and
facilities, yet small enough to
have a personal touch. Of course,
growth is also part of the picture."
Dr. McWilliams' position at
Cal State will also include a
wider range of responsibility than
his UHCL role. "The School of
Human Sciences and Humanities
at UHCL comprises fewer than 30
percent of the faculty, students,
and credit hour production of the
University, while the COAS at
CSUSM is at about 70 percent."
CEO? He is my teacher.
Which brings me to travesty
number one. Everyone in the
department knows t hat Dr. Wang
can do anything—anything technical, anything high-paying. But
he selected teaching. While he's
leaving because of departmental
reasons, his 12-minute speech
brought attention to how little
computer science teachers get
paid. I mean, according to a
recent study, computer science
and engineering majors are the
highest paid in the industry.
However, our computer science
teachers are paid only half of
what they are paid at CSU
Fullerton.
While I hate to say it, it's as if
San Marcos has become a school
where teachers who have unsuc-
cessfully looked everywhere else
for a j ob have to settle for.
Travesty number two introduces another party to the picture, While I will refrain from
discussing who this person is, I
will let you in on the actions
of this certain individual. He
wrote a letter, one that has no
truth. He alleges in this letter
that Wang will only help if you
pay him; that Wang enjoys failing the majority of his class.
While it is true that Wang
has a reputation of being a tough
instructor, he is fair and equitable to all students; he realizes
the importance of a good education so we can compete with
those rich yuppies from the Ivy
League. Let me tell you, Wang
spent, from his own pocket, $500
per class per semester to help
his students. F-i-v-e h-u-n-d-re-d d-o-l-l-a-r-s per class. Wang
accepts no payment for help.
None.
But the allegations weren't
the worst part. This student
sent the letter to the governor
of California, the President of
CSUSM, and the Chancellor of
CSU schools. All this, without
even talking to Wang about his
problems. Once more, I emphasis that none of the allegations
were true. This is along the same
lines as accusing an innocent
man of rape. While there is no
truth to this, the victim is the
accused, and will forever carry
this shadow.
Thanks, unnamed person.
Thanks for stunting our educa-
W h e n I t C omes t o
C omputer A ccess,
T his S chool B ytes
By LISA LIPSEY
Pride Staff Writer
It's 1:15 on a Thursday
afternoon, my class has just
ended and I have a two-hour
break before my next class.
Two hours of lab time to go
through all my notes and start
writing the first draft of one of
my research papers.
Welcome to the Open
Access Computer Lab in
Academic Hall (the only one
on campus). It has approximately 80 computers on a campus with 65 times that many
students.
Before his current position at
the University of Houston Clear
Lake, Dr. McWilliams also held
faculty and administrative roles.
"This experience has given me
the opportunity to develop a comprehensive view of higher education," he said.
McWilliams has also served
as the acting dean for Winthrop
University in Rock Hill, South
Carolina and worked as Vice President for Academic Affairs in
two small, independent colleges,
Warren Wilson College in Asheville, North Carolina and Naropa
University in Boulder, Colorado.
McWilliams was born in Oakland, California and raised in
Greenly, Colorado.
A line. Great, no problem,
I'm patient. I only begin to
seethe when half the people are
writing e-mail and three guys
gather around one or two of the
computers to check out chicks
in swimsuits and lingerie at
the Victoria's Secret website,
Couldn't they at least search
for cheap entertainment on the
computers in the new student
lounge? Oh wait, those are not
up and running yet!
I noticed the three computers in the student lounge during the first week of the semester. Is ASI trying to show-off
that they have loads of student
money to throw around by
ordering computers and leaving
them to decorate the room?
It's a real shame. We have
advanced technology and all
types of awesome programs to
work with, but the basic need
for computer access is lacking.
I complained to a lab monitor and he told me that I could
use any empty lab room. After
hiking around the campus, I
found one and typed up 10 minutes of text before the next CS
301 class began to filter into the
room. CSUSM needs another
Open Access Computer Lab.
When it comes to computer access, this school bytes.
After getting his associates
degree at Otero Junior College in
Colorado, he attended California
Western University in San Diego
his junior year and worked as a
clinical psychologist in the county
juvenile hall. A fter serving as a
counselor- in a residential home
for adolescents, Dr. McWilliams
worked as a research assistant
on a navy project studying behavior under stress and proceeded to
attain his BA from Cal State Long
Beach.
Dr.
McWilliams'
early
research and studies focused on
topics such as community mental
health and community psychology. Before acquiring his Ph.D.
at the University of Rochester in
tional growth. Thanks for taking away the quality edge Wang
strived so hard to provide his
students. In other words, thanks
for nothing.
So what now? I have no clue.
I had always wished that when
I graduate, he would hand me
my diploma, he would shake my
hand. Oh, he'll get my graduation invitation, that's for damn
sure. All I can wish for all of
us recently less fortunate computer science majors is good luck.
Seriously. For our dear Stanley,
we wish you the best.
Signed,
Iqbal Ibrahim
Mike Morrow
Camilo Orozco Spencer Pablo
Olga Savchenko
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Clinical Psychology, Dr. McWilliams interned in Veterans Administration hospitals and did his
dissertation research on the role
of paraprofessional mental health
workers in the schools.
While Dr. McWilliams states
that his first task as new Dean
"will be to listen and learn," he
has plans for the College of Arts
and Sciences.
"I see a multiple vision for
the College of Arts and Sciences.
The College should also meet the
personal and professional needs
of students and the local community by offering degree programs that provide students with
the education and skills that they
will need to f ulfill their goals,
both in terms of employment and
personal development. In these
and many other ways, I see the
College of Arts and Sciences as
playing a major leadership role in
the life of the University and the
North County community."
McWilliams' wife, Mary, has
a Ph.D. in English Literature and
currently holds a faculty position
at Lee College in Baytown, Texas.
They enjoy visual and performing
arts, ethnic food, and have traveled
to places such as India, France,
Germany, Puerto Rico, Honduras
and Jamaica. In his spare time, Dr.
McWilliams enjoys hiking, bicycle riding, motor vehicles, and is
an amateur photographer.
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Sports
Tuesday, May 22,2001 7
I nternship
W omen's Golf F lies t o
N AIA C hampionships
E ffie R engpian N amed First Ail-American
Woman's Golfer for University
The women s golf team placedfifth in
this year's NAIA National Golf
Tournament in London, Kentucky.
(Courtesy Photo/CSUSM Athletics)
By CLAUDIA IGNACIO
- Pride Staff Writer
The women's golf t eam r eturned
Friday, May 18, f rom Kentucky a fter
competing at t he N AIA Women's
National Golf Tournament. They took
f ifth place with a score of 1345.
Junior E ffie Rengpian placed 11th
and was n amed a n All American,
the first Ail-American w oman's golfer
for Cal State San Marcos. Stephanie
Segura placed 21st and received an All-
Track and
Field on
the Way to
Nationals
By CLAUDIA IGNACIO
Pride Staff Writer
Seventeen track and f ield athletes
qualified f or the N AIA (National
Association
of
Intercollegiate
Athletics) Championships.
"We're ready. We have a good
chance to b e All A mericans. Coach
has been telling u s t o b e ready for
everything and b e u nited," said f reshman Felisha Mariscal who will b e
r unning the 4x800-relay.
On Wednesday May 23, t he track
and field t eam will b e leaving Cal State
San Marcos to compete in the nationals in Abbottsford, British Columbia.
" They're i n shape already. But
what we do now is p repare t hem mentally," said Assistant Coach Joseph
Keating. " There will b e changes in
their environment, like the climate.
It's been r aining there, so it will b e
mental preparation. All the physical
preparation was done in September."
The track and field t eam h as h ad
great p erformances throughout the season and the Nationals should not
b e t he exception.
On Sunday May 6, the team
attended the Steve Scott Invitational
at UC I rvine. Lanele Cox placed first
A merican Honorable Mention.
The women flew to Kentucky's
London Country Club, a 5,808-yard,
72-par course i n which twenty-three
t eams competed.
The University of British Columbia took first place at the tournament
with a score of 1285.
Junior Esther Rengpian, sophomore Stephanie Segura, and sophomore Johanna Jimenez also competed
at the championship tournament. The
final scores for the players were: 351
f or Johanna Jimenez; 324 for E ffie
Rengpian; 339 for Esther Rengpian;
and 331 for Stephanie Segura.
Last year the team placed eighth
overall.
Looking Back at Regionals and the
Spring Classic
Two weeks ago the team competed
at the N AIA Regionals.
" I'm very pleased with how our
team played, they have the right attitude and good mental concentration on
their side," said Assistant Golf Coach
Dan Anderson as they headed to N AIA
Regional competition on May 4 and 5.
The regional tournament was held
at the Cypress Ridge Country Club
in California's Arroyo Grande, a
5,838-yard, 72-par course.
Twins E ffie and Esther Rengpian
led the way as Stephanie Segura,
Nicole Carnes and Teresa Thomas followed. The final score was 655.
" Effie Rengpian and Esther Rengpian are both very competitive and
have been consistent all year," said
Anderson. "They both have a chance
to win Nationals because they are
capable."
Head Golf Coach Fred Hanover
added, "Stephanie Segura is one of
our top three, I expect her to w in, she
should win, they are all very talented
and would do great at Nationals."
The team had also placed f ifth at
the Lady Matador Spring Classic on
April 10 with a score of 716. CSU
Northridge hosted the Matador tournament at Saticoy field, a 5,854-yard,
72-par course.
The " cougar" of the regional
tournament was Stephanie Segura,
who tied for eleventh place with a
score of 171. Fellow Cougar golfer
E ffie Rengpian tied for 19th with 175.
Nicole Carnes scored 186, placing 25th,
Johanna Jimenez placed 26^ with 188,
and Teresa Thomas placed 27th with
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"We're
ready.
Everyone's p eaking at the
right t ime," said senior
James Adams.
Out of the seventeen
athletes, there will b e firsttime competitors in the
N AIA Championships.
When you take a f reshman t o the nationals you
hope f or the b est," said
Head Coach Steve Scott.
"But we're t rying t o deThe track and field team will compete this week in the emphasize the Nationals
NAIA Championships. (Courtesy Photo/Dan Karrer)
and deal more with relaxation. Allowing the perforin the women's 3,000-meter race with
mance to happen rather t han forcing
a t ime of 10:47.96. Fellow r unner Cara
it to happen."
Rumble finish second in the women's
" I'm sad and excited because
5,000-meter race with 18:25.30, and
it's almost over," commented Renee
Renee MacDonald finished f ourth in
MacDonald
the 5K with 18:52.48.
On Saturday, May 12, the team
The following athletes will repremaintained their t errific p erformancsent Cal State San Marcos at the
es as many of the athletes reached
N AIA Championships:
t he q ualifying mark for Nationals at
t he Occidental Invitational in Los
James Adams, 1500-meter
Angeles.
Jimmy Barbour, p ole vault
James Adams placed first in the
Erin Berhman, marathon
1,500-meter race with 3:49,13, setting
Anthony Blacksher, 110 hurdles
a school record. Marcus Chandler also
Marcus Chandler, 1500-meter
r an the 1,500-meter race reaching the
Lanele Cox, 3K
q ualify mark for nationals with 3:54.1.
Sean Daley, pole vault
Lanele Cox ran a 3K with a time of
Luci Downey, 4x800
10:18.39, which also qualified her for
David Kloz, marathon
Nationals.
Denaye Lakotich, pole vault
Cougar pole-vaulter, Sean Daley
Renee MacDonald, lOKand 5K
placed first with a distance of 14'06,
Felisha Mariscal, 4x800 •
and sprinter Yanta Morrow came
Katherine Niblett, 4x800
in second place in the 200-meter
Cara Rumble, 10K and 5K
r ace with 11.02. Discus thrower Tara
Brian Sullivan, steeplechase
Hardee finished in third place with
Amy Taylor, 400-meter
a distance of 115.06.00, and r unner
Camille Wilborn, 4x800
Felisha Mariscal placed third in the
800-meter race with a time of 2:17.62.
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interviewing skills and job
search strategies.
Thursday, May 24
Career Skills Series
Time: 9 a.m.-12 p.m.
Location: Craven 4201
Learn resume writing, effective
interviewing skills and job
search strategies.
Friday, June 1
Andean Music Ensemble
Time: 7 p.m.
Location: ACD 102
The Andean music ensemble,
which includes Prof. Eduardo
Garcia and his students, will perform music from Brazil, Bolivia,
Peru, Ecuador and Cuba. This
concert is the final performance
in the Spring Arts & Lectures
Series. There is no admission
charge. For more information,
please call (760) 750-4366.
World Languages Department
Presents "Garabatos"
Time: 3-6 p.m.
Location: ACD 102
Join your fellow classmates and
professors in sharing their favorite Spanish poetry and other
writings.
Ace Anxiety, Stress
Less Workshop
Time: 3-4 p.m.
For location info, visit ASI in
Commons 203.
Sunday, June 3
RAZA Graduation
Time: 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
Location: Dome Plaza
Graduation ceremony for Latino
students. Everyone is welcome
to attend and participate. If you
have any questions, please contact Susana Gonzalez at (760)
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Wednesday, May 30
Career Skills Series
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Location: Craven 4201
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Club Meetings
l\iesday, May 22
Thursday, May 24
Circle K International
Time: 6:30 p.m.
Location: Craven 1257 A
Campus Black Forum
Time: 4:30-6:30 p.m.
Location: University 450
Friday, May 25
College Republicans
Time: 4:30-5:30 p.m.
Location: ACD 111
Future Educators Club
Time: 12-1 p.m.
Location: Tentatively set at ACD
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Location: Soccer Field
Time: 10 a.m.
Practices are every Friday.
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May
22-25
Men's Golf NAIA National
Championships
Location: Albuquerque, New
Mexico
May 25-27
Track and Field's NAIA
National Championships
Location: Abbottsford, British
Columbia
This is the next stop for
members of the Cal State
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Vol. IX No. 14/Tuesday, December 4,2001
CLARIFICATION
As stated in last week’s article, “Winter Session Dropped from
Schedule,” this will be the last year for winter session. The first
sentence in the article clearly stated that; however, the Admissions
Office has received many phone calls from students who misunder
stood the article.
Campus
Housing
Approved
By KEVIN FRISK
Pride Staff Writer
Abel Silvas was thefeatured storytellerfor last week's Native American Heritage Celebration.
He is pictured here dressed in traditional winter regalia. Not enough students attended his talk on Tuesday, so he
played with students on Founders' Plaza, using afishnets to catch them. The American Indian Student Alliance
sponsored the event. The celebration will continue on Wednesday with Native American speakers.
(Pride Photo/Claudia Ignacio)
By VICTORIA B. SEGALL
Pride Editor
Rain poured down on the
Dome Plaza on Thursday, where
students from the American
Indian Student Alliance (AISA)
had hoped to conclude their final
day of celebration for Native
American Heritage Month in
November. Dr. Henry Rodriguez,
also known as “Uncle Henry,”
was scheduled to give a blessing
and speak last Thursday, how
ever, due to the rain, his talk is
now rescheduled for Wednesday
at 1p.m. at the Dome Plaza. Mark
Mojado, who monitors Native
American excavation sites, will
also speak on Wednesday.
AISA npt only organized
the event to celebrate Native
American heritage, but also to
educate other students about
the culture. The event began
Tuesday with storyteller Abel
Silvas, who wore traditional win
ter regalia, which featured' rab-
bit skins around his waist. He
also played with students on
Founders’ Plaza, tossing fish
nets over students and catching
them. On Wednesday, students
displayed Native American arti
facts and replicas on the Dome
Plaza.
Some AISA members, how
ever, noted that few students
attended the storytelling and dis
play on Tuesday and Wednesday.
“I’m sorry more people didn’t
take the time to look at this,
because this is local history,”
said Rita Reynolds, a member
of AISA.
AISA members said they
hope that ASI will take on the
planning of next year’s celebra
tion. “We’d like to have some
thing on a bigger scale,” said
Stacey Helton, an AISA mem
ber. “We’re on Luiseno land,
but no one does anything to
acknowledge that. We need to
honor them and respect them.”
Even though Rodriguez, a
Luiseno Indian tribal leader, did
not formally speak on Thursday
because of the rain, he sat in
the Dome among a group of
students from AISA, where he
told them stories about Native
American folklore. “I want to
make my stories become real,
so that people can touch them,
hear them, and feel them,” said
Rodriguez, who said he also
plans to welcome student ques
tions during his Wednesday talk,
and discuss what is happening
within
the
local
Native-American community.
“Not many people know that
any reservations are around here,
even the people that live here,”
said Rodriguez. “If the locals
don’t know, I thought that maybe
the students wouldn’t know.”
Rodriguez is closely con
nected to Cal State San Marcos.
In addition to his service as
a community consultant to, the
university, he also received an
» A rticle cont. on page 2
The CSU ■ Board of
'
Trustees voted on and approved
a measure on Nov. 13 that will
allow Cal State San Marcos to
begin construction of its first oncampus student housing struc
ture. The construction is sched
uled to begin in March 2002,
and should be completed by the
fall of 2003, a timeline similar
to that given for the completion
of the new campus library and
field house.
The simultaneous comple
tion of these three projects will,
according to Paige Jennings, a
university spokesperson, “ ...
bring a sense of ownership
and belonging to our campus.”
The first campus housing
communities will be built on
a 5.5-acre plot located at East
Barham Drive and Campus View
Drive. The. proposed student
housing project will include
accommodations for 460 stu
dents, with additional housing
provided for supervising fac
ulty and staff. The student hous
ing structures will be divided
between two different models,
arranged by size and price. A
four bedroom, two-bath apart
ment with communal kitchen
and living quarters will com
prise one model, and a double
occupancy per room, two bed
room, two-bath apartment will
be the other option.
The projected cost for the
four-bedroom model is $575 per
month per apartment, and the
shared two-bedroom model will
cost $475 a month. All apart
ments will range from 1,000 to
1,100 square
»A rticle cont. on page 2
Community Scholarships
Available for Spring
ByANNBENING
Pride Staff Writer
This spring, the Office of
Community Service Learning
(CSL) will offer scholarships
to 10 Cal State San Marcos
students. Each of the students
chosen will receive $1,000.
To qualify, students must
have a 3.0 GPA and be enrolled
with a minimum of nine credits.
If the students are incoming
freshman, they must have a
high school grade point average
of 3.3. Cal State San Marcos
encourages students to be
involved in community service,
said Dr. Lynda Gaynor, director
of CSL.
“In serving the community,
students help to make this world
a better place. This experience
also gives exposure to the big
ger community, and knowledge
of varying lifestyles and socio-.
economic groups. It helps peo
ple with their struggles.”
Once potential scholarship
students meet the requirements,
a non-profit community agency
will interview them. If the agen
cy accepts the student, he/she
will enroll in the Service in
the Community course, which is
currently offered under Human
Development 499. This class
meets on alternating weeks dur
ing the spring semester for read
ing and structured reflection.
Students must volunteer for
170 hours with the agency of
their choice, which is linked
» A rticle cont. on page 2
�M EChA Seeks to Stop Operation Gatekeeper
By STEPHANIE BAIRD
Pride Staff Writer
In light of the upcoming
National Human Rights day on
Dec. 10, Christian Ramirez, lead
er of the San Diego division
of the Raza Rights Coalition
and a member of the National
Chicano Moratorium Committee,
spoke on campus about ending
Operation Gatekeeper, a policy
enforced in California to keep
illegal immigrants, specifically
those from Mexico, out of the
U.S.
“We didn’t cross the border,
the border crossed us,” lie told
the students who gathered for
Thursday’s talk.
Ramirez discussed how he
believed Operation Gatekeeper
caused problems and promoted
Award
Money for
Volunteer
Work
»A rticle cont. from page 1
with their major or field of
study. Students may select non
profit organizations from the
extensive file in the Office
of CSL (located in Craven
1210). Fraternity House, North
County Interfaith Community
Service, Upward Bound,
Palomar YMCA Encinitas Lion
Club, and The Dolphin Project
are organizations that have par
ticipated in the past.
The Dolphin Project cre
ated a program designed to
help at-risk kids through art,
group sessions, and the use
of dolphin interaction at Sea
World.
Various students have ben
efited from participating in
this scholarship program. Lisa
Lipsey, a CSUSM student,
worked with Fraternity House,
a home for men and women
disabled by HIV and AIDS.
Lipsey redesigned the agen
cy logo for stationery, busi
ness cards and brochures, cre
ated a newsletter, and planned
major fundraising events for
Fraternity House. As a result
of her volunteer experience,
she was hired as development
director for the organization.
After the students who par
ticipate in the community ser
vice learning projects com
plete the 170 hours of com
munity service and finished
the required HD 499 coursework, they will be awarded the
$1,000 scholarship.
This is a wonderful oppor
tunity for students to give to
the community and to give to
themselves, said Gaynor.
Those who would like more
information about the Office of
Community Service Learning
are asked to contact the office
at (760) 750-4055.
the inhumane treatment of immi
grants. He said he hoped his talk
would open students’ eyes, and
make them question what was
right and wrong not only with
Operation Gatekeeper, but with
other policies, the media, and
government activities concern
ing immigration.
MEChA
(Mexicano
Estudiantil Chicano de Atzlan)
sponsored his talk.
While discussing the history
of Operation Gatekeeper and
its sibling operations, Operation
Safeguard in Arizona, and
Operation Rio Grande in Texas,
Ramirez called the operations
“inhumane policies,” and said
that immigrants are in “mortal
danger” when they decide to risk
traveling through the hot deserts
and freezing mountains to begin
a life in the U.S.
Thousands of people have According to Ramirez, some bor
died trying to cross into the der agents have been accused
U.S., and many are missing, of rape and murder, but because
according to Ramirez. Some that border agents are a part of the
could not be identified are laid Department of Defense, no one
to rest in cemeteries like Mt. wants to punish one of its own.
Ramirez and
Hope, where
Rights
“The main reason that Raza
50 unidenti
fied bodies immigrants risk their lives Coalition help
are buried. to come here is because immigrants by
The
main they have to, not because documenting the
reason that they want to. They leave to cases of abuse
that involve bor
im m igrants survive.
der agents, and
risk
their
by helping immi
lives to come
—
Christian Ramirez,
here is “
Raza Rights Coalition grants take their
cases to court.
because they
In one case that
have to, not
because they want to. They leave Ramirez related, a man was shot
by border agents and was para
to survive,” said Ramirez.
If immigrants are not con lyzed from the waist down. He
tending with the natural ele won $20 million, but “money
ments when crossing, then they can’t buy justice,” Ramirez said.
must face the border patrol. “[The man] will not walk or
have children, and money cannot
replace that.”
Ramirez ended his presenta
tion by reminding the group to
question everything they are told
by the media, the government,
and what they heard from his own
presentation. “Those of us who
remain silent are aiding and abet
ting [those who are committing
the inhumane treatment of ille
gal immigrants],” said Ramirez.
He added that the American
Friends Service Committee
(AFSC) and La Coalici6n Proderechos de la Raza are holding
a sit-in and fast at Camino de
la Plaza, the last U.S. exit, from
Dec. 8-15 to protest Operation
Gatekeeper and the treatment of
illegal immigrants. Organizers
of the protest wanted it to coin
cide with National Human Rights
Day, Dec. 10.
Native American Speakers to Come to Campus Wednesday
»A rticle cont. from page 1
honorary Doctorate of Humane
Letters degree in June from the
university, and is the first Native
American honored with the uni
versity’s honorary degree. He
also works within the commu-v
nity, having founded the San
Luis Rey Water Authority, and
serving on its board of directors;
he works to promote environ
mental protection, and to bring
healthcare to Native-Americans
living on California reservations.
Rodriguez also brought the Head
Start program (a child develop
ment program for low-income
families) to reservations, and has
served as a board member and
consultant to school districts,
helping to educate students about
the Native American culture.
Another educator on Native
American culture, Mark Mojado,
will also speak Wednesday.
Mojado is a Native American
monitor who visits excavation
sites where he works with
archaeologists to preserve Native
American remains and artifacts
that have been found in local
areas.
“We make sure that we can
save a part of history for our
generations,” said Mojado, who
is from the Luiseno tribe. “We
can’t save everything, but we
can save some of them.”
While he was at the Dome,
Rodriguez also gave advice to
students nearing finals week.
“Things get hectic,” he said. “I
go off tb the mountains to think
of all the things that happened,
and I know it’s not the end of
the world. I know that we’re not
going to give up. We may not
have the answer now, but I know
we’ll get it done. God willing,
I’m going to be here tomorrow.”
Students may listen to Rodri
guez and Mojado speak Wednes
day at 1 p.m. at the Dome
Plaza for the final installment of
this year’s celebration of Native
American heritage.
Thesitefor future student housing at Cal State San Marcos. Construction will begin in March. Photo/ Claudia Ignacio)
Campus Apartment Construction Beginning in March
»A rticle cont. from page 1
feet, and every student renter
will have individualized access
to high-speed Internet connec
tion, as well as cable and phone
services.
University administration
is debating whether or not to
schedule apartment leases to
coincide with future year-round
courses, or to keep the lease cen
tered upon a more traditional,
9 to 10 month academic year.
If a full-year lease is available,
students can expect to have rent
lowered by $25 dollars a month.
Students, however, should
not expect a tuition increase as a
result of this new housing mea
sure; according to CSU Board of
Trustees stipulations, the oper
ation must be self-supporting.
Since the university does not
have collateral equity on already
existing dorm room structures,
a private company, Allen &
O’Hara Education Services LLC
of Memphis, will secure bonds
to build and manage the com
plex.
Their standing as a major
financier and manager of such
complexes all but guarantees the
prompt and self-supporting oper
ation to continue on as planned.
Not oniy will Allen &
O’Hara Services LLC fund the
project, through the securing of
bonds, but it will also staff the
facility with managers who will
work hand in hand with student
affairs.
�Events
Theatre Students Present
“Doha Criba”
Bree Tinney Auction
Time: 7 p.m.
Take part in the Bree Tinney
Location: CSUSM’s Visual and
Auction. The money raised from Performing Arts Annex, 441 La
the auction supports scholarships Moree Road
and funds. This year, the con
The students of Viva el Teatro,
tribution will go to the Dr. Joel
a Spanish theater class, are pro
Grinolds scholarship, which pro ducing and performing “Dona
vides support to CSUSM stu
Criba,” a play in Spanish that
represents Mexico during the
dents preparing for health pro
fessions. Those who would like early 1980s. Free admission. For
more information, please call
more information are asked to
visit the auction website at http:// (760)750-8043.
www.csusm.edu/auction/
Now until Dec. 13
Wednesday, Dec. 5
Tuesday, Dec. 11
Thursday, Dec. 6 and
Friday, Dec. 7
Clubs
Wednesday, Dec. 5
French Table
Time: 12 to 1 p.m.
Location: Dome Plaza
If you want to carry on learning
French, come to the French
table. Bring your friends.
Math Association
Time: 4 to 10 p.m.
Location: University, fifth floor
conference room
Friday, Dec. 7
In the Executive Seat Presents
Dr* Gene W Ray
Time: 10 a.m. and 12 p.m
Location: ACD 102
Sponsored by the College of
Business Administration, Dr.
Gene W. Ray’s lecture will be
the first for the “In the Executive
Seat” Series. Ray founded The
Titan Corporation, which devel
oped the electron beam systems,
which are used by the U.S. Postal
Service to eliminate anthrax.
This event is free and open to the
public.
Native American Heritage
Celebration Presents Dr. Henry
Rodriguez and Mark Mojado
Time: 1 p.m.
Location: Dome Plaza
The Native American heritage
celebration continues with talks
by Dr. Henry Rodriguez, also
known as “Uncle Henry,” and
Mark Mojado, a Native
American monitor. Mojado will
discuss his work with archaeolo
gists and the local community to
preserve Native American arti
facts. This event is sponsored
by the American Indian Student Sunday, Dec. 9
Alliance.
San Diego’s Men’s Chorus
Time: 3 p.m.
MEChA Presents “Bread and
Location: Dome
Roses”
The San Diego Men’s Chorus is
Time: 7 p.m.
the first gay chorus to perform
Location: University 443
for the White House. This is a
MfeChA will present “Bread and ticketed event: $3 for seniors and
Roses,” a film that tells the story students with ID, and $5 general
of the Los Angeles strike.
admission.
Circke K International
Christmas Caroling
Time: 5:30 p.m.
Location: Brooksdale Senior
Senter (across the street from
San Marcos High School) CKI
will sing Christmas carols at the
senior center. Students interested
in participating are asked to
contact Anna at
afleming@csusm.edu
College Republicans
Time: 6:30 to 7:30 p.m.
Location: FCB 104
Thursday, Dec. 6
Priority Christian Challenge
Time: 9 to 10 a.m.
Location: Founders’ Plaza
Questions? Contact Kathrina at
richeOOl @csusm.edu .
Environmental Club
Time: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Location: Founders’ Plaza
Progressive Activists’ Network
Time: 2 p.m.
Location: University 451
We will discuss next semester’s
projects. All are welcome to
attend PAN’s last meeting of the
semester.
Anime Project Alliance
Time: 5 p.m.
Location: University 439
Questions? Contact Penny
Lanese at lanes001@csusm.edu
College to Career: Putting Your
Degree to Work
Time: 3 to 4 p.m.
Location: LAB (Visit the Career
and Assessment Center in
Craven 4116 or call (760)
750-4900 for more information).
Learn what you can-do with
your degree after you graduate.
Wednesday, Dec. 12
Internet Job Search in the
Social Sciences
Time: 1 to 2 p.im
Location: Craven 4116
Friday, Dec. 7
Learn how to find the best web
Environmental Club Presents
sites for job-hunting in the social
“Tree Sit, the Art of Resistance”
science fields.
Time: 6 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.
Location: ACD 102
Thursday, Dec. 13
Medieval Round Table Presents
“Monty Python and the Holy
Grail”
Time: 7 p.m.
Location: ACD 102
Career Skills Series
Time: 2 to 5 pm.
Location: Craven 4116
Learn how to create a resume,
how to prepare for your job
interview with effective inter
viewing tips, and how to find
the career you want.
Workshops
Registration
Wednesday, Dec. «
5
Now until Dec. 7
Career Jump Start: Career
Planningfor First-Year Stu
dents
Time: 2:30 to 3:30 p,m.
Location: TBA
Visit the Career and Assessment
Center in Craven 4116 or call
(760) 750-4900 for more info.
Students may reserve their
classes for spring 2002 with their
assigned times. Students must
clear their holds before reserving
spring classes.
Students, remember to submit your
events and information to the-- ~
calendar. The last issue m lf
be Dec. 11. Please e-mail the
p ride@csusm.edu.
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�Fans Mourn the Loss of Georgi
By JAMES NEWELL
Pride Staff Writer
“I look at you all, see the
love there that’s sleeping, while
my guitar gently weeps.” The
optimistic songwriter of these
beautiful and hopeful lyrics left
us this past week.
On Thursday afternoon after
a long battle with cancer, George
Harrison, the lead guitar player
and songwriter for the 1960s enig
matic pop group, The Beatles,
died at age 58.
Beatle fans throughout the
world mourned the loss of the
“quiet Beatle.” Although he never
specifically wanted to be known
as an icon of pop culture, Harrison
quietly added his mystical influ
ence to the Beatle’s music, help
ing to create the sound that won
the world over.
“I never asked to be famous, I
just wanted to be successful,” said
Harrison. The extent to which the
Beatle’s music touched people is
emphasized by the fact that mil
lions of Beatle fans were bom
after the 1970 break-up of the
group.
From Liverpool, the birth
place of the Beatles, to the
Penny Lane, a British pub in
San Marcos, candles burned and
thoughts of peace echoed out as
fans said goodbye to Harrison,
showing the reach that his love
spanned.
After beating throat cancer
in 1998, Harrison was diagnosed
with various forms of cancer,
including a brain tumor, and had
been battling for the last two
years. He died in the home of
a family friend in Los Angeles
with his wife, Olivia, and son,
Dhani, by his side.
Harrison, the youngest mem
ber of the Beatles, is the second
of the Fab Four to pass on? leav
ing only Paul McCartney and
Ringo Starr to carry on the lega
cy. John Lennon was shot and
killed by a crazed fan in 1980.
“While My Guitar Gently
Weeps,” “I Me Mine,” “Here
Comes the Sun” and “Something”
are some of the timeless songs
Harrison wrote as a Beatle.
“He is really just my baby
brother,” McCartney said about
Harrison in a CNN interview.
Once he accepted the unwav
ering explosion of Beatlemania,
Harrison began using the medi
um of music and song writing
to express his deep spiritual and
peace loving nature, eventually
Give me Love
Give me Love
Give me Peace on Earth
Give me Life
Give me Life
Keep me Free, from birth
Give me Hope
Help me Cope
With this heavy load
Trying to
Touch me to you
With both heart and soul
George Harrison
taking the group to India to
meet the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi.
“Get back to where you once
belonged,” are lyrics from the
upbeat pop song “Get Back,”
and casually portray some of
Harrison’s Eastern religious
beliefs.
The influence of Indian mys
ticism flowed from Harrison and
can be heard on a number of
Beatle albums, most notably on
“The White Album.”
“I wasn’t smiling ... by
pigeonholing me, they (fans and
the media) missed out on some
of the little jokes in my songs,”
said Harrison, commenting on
his label as the quiet and spiritual
Beatle.
Regularly known as the over
shadowed one in the Beatles,
Harrison was known more for
his virtuosity in music, com
pared to the extroverted person
alities of his former band mates
were known for. Although he was
known to stay more aloof and
behind the scenes, he was never
underestimated by musicians and
was known by close friends as
witty, cracking jokes up until the
day he passed on.
After the breakup of the
Beatles, Harrison embarked on
a successful solo career. The
same year The Beatles disbanded
Harrison released “All Things
Must Pass” his first solo album.
The single “My Sweet Lord”
marked the first top hit by a for
mer Beatle. Harrison went on to
record “Somewhere in England”
in 1981 and “Cloud Nine” in
1987.
In 1971, after being inspired
by Ravi Shankar, a famous Indian
sitar player, Harrison organized
The Concert for Bangladesh,
which became rock’s first major
charity event. After years of legal
problems linked to a Beatle tax
investigation, the benefit eventu
ally raised $10 million, and the
recording of the last day of the
concert won Harrison his first
Grammy. Shankar, who played
at Woodstock, is credited with
bringing the sitar to rock music,
playing with rock legends like.
Punk Rock Hits Cox Arena
By KEVIN HAWK
Pride Staff Writer
What do you get when you throw a
couple thousand yelling, screaming, and
sweaty young adults in an arena with the
bands No Use For A Name, Face to Face,
and Pennywise? A solid punk rock show
with just a little bit of anarchy.
The Line and Guttermouth opened
last Saturday night, but the show really
began when No Use for a Name sparked
the crowd with “Justified Black Eye,”
then moved to a sing-along favorite,
“Soulmate.” With clean transitions and
crisp sounds, No Use for a Name played
one of the best sets of the night.
Yet, the real excitement began with
the fourth band of the night. Despite their
so-so performance at the Cox Arena,
an eager crowd began rushing the floor
level once Face to Face appeared on
stage. The audience cheered as anarchy
broke loose.
Security tried to contain the audience
by quickly turning on the arena lights
and cutting lead singer Trever Keith’s
vocals. Cheers quickly turned to deep
boos. After arena officials ignored pleas
from Keith, they forced Face to Face to
finish out their set in the fully lit arena.
Many were disappointed by securi
ty’s attempts to contain the show. When
Face to Face appeared on stage, I heard
a voice behind me say, “This is who I
came to see.” I had to agree. Every time
I see Face to Face, they put on a highenergy show. Despite intentional techni
cal problems caused by arena officials,
Face' to Face played a solid set.
However, there were more than tech
nical problems for Face to Face. For the
first time since early 1991, Face to Face
played as a three-man band. Hindered
by the recent departure of lead guitarist
Chad Yaro, Scott Shiflet of Face to Face
had to unstrap his bass and play guitar.
The rest of the night was a bit more
tame, but still a great show. As headlin
ing band Pennywise appeared on stage
with dozens of family and friends, the
entire arena jumped to their feet. Lead
singer Jim Lindberg, interacted with the
crowd all night, continually dousing the
front rows with water during the entire
set.
Rather than playing a set list,
Pennywise turned to the audience for
requests. In between songs “Fun and
Games” and “Pennywise,” guitarist
Fletcher Dragge ignited the crowd with
obscene statements aimed at Osama bin
Laden.
Before closing with the signature
“Bro Hymn” anthem, Pennywise invited
those who’d permanently declared their
devotion in the form of tatoos onstage.
With lighters raised and arms around
each other, the bro hymn choir sang their
last respects.
The Beatles, clockwisefrom bottom left: George, Paul, Ringo and John.
Student photo o f a Rolling Stone cover. (Pride Photo/Melanie Addington)
Harrison, The Grateful Dead,
Bob Dylan and Jimi Hendrix.
Shankar had told Harrison
of the people’s suffering in
Bangladesh, which sparked the
creation of the benefit concerts
and accentuates the giving nature
of Harrison.
After a number of years out
of the spotlight, Harrison record
ed an album with Tom Petty,
Bob Dylan, Jeff Lynne and Roy
Orbison under the name The
Traveling Wilburys, which won
Harrison his second Grammy.
“He was like the sun, the
flowers and the moon, and we
will miss him enormously,” said
Bob Dylan in a CNN web arti
cle.
Although it is sad to see his
untimely departure from our cor
poreal world, family, friends and
fans may find comfort by remem
bering his strength in spiritual
mysticism, exemplified in songs
like, “The Art of Dying” and his
belief that everyone may one day
meet again.
“I don’t know what as. You go
on being reincarnated until you
reach the actual Truth. Heaven
and Hell are just a state of mind,”
said Harrison.
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uted the poem to this article.
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By AMY GRANITE
Pride Staff Writer
What sounds better than a
salty sea breeze on your face
while you sip a hot cup o f
clam chowder during sunset? Not
much, if you enjoy fresh sea
food and the cliff top view from
the Harbor Fish Cafe on Coast
Highway in Carlsbad. You can
sit outside, facing the ocean, or
under an awning. Either way,
you will enjoy what this casual
restaurant has to offer.
A perfect meal at the Harbor
Fish Cafe begins with a cup
or bowl of New England Clam
Chowder. I consider myself to be
a qualified critic in the chowder
department, considering I order
it at every seafood restaurant I
frequent, in search of the best.
This chowder is creamy and rich,
with big chunks of potatoes and
fresh clams harvested from local
waters. The flavor is unlike any
other clam chowder I have had,
and it is always blisteringly hot,
which makes it taste even better.
The chowder is $2 per cup, which
makes it even more enjoyable.
To top it off, order a side of
grilled sourdough bread for only
50 cents, which is great for dip
ping.
Next, I suggest the fish tacos the traditional taco and is more offers various daily specials —
as a main course. These tacos Americanized, but it is prepared and that is special in content,
are very large compared to other in a way that will leave you not in price. One featured dish
is an open face, grilled calamari
fish tacos I have had, and half craving this unique style.
Another popular dish is the sandwich. The daily specials run
an order (one fish taco) can fill
you up after the cup of chowder. Fish ’n’ Chips platter. You can about $10 a plate. Other popular
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perfection. This dish comes with dish is completed with a dash of serve the food hot and fast. An
average meal for two people runs
a side of seasoned fries. The salt and vinegar to taste.
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The Harbor Fish Cafe also about $25.
Tis the Season to Make Bon Bons
By AMY GRANITE
Pride Staff Writer
The holidays are a time when foods
and desserts bring about family closeness
and create traditions that can be passed
down from generation to generation. One
such recipe that my family has enjoyed
year after year during the holiday season
is the desert dish, Bon Bons.
Not only are Bon Bons rich and deli
cious, but the preparation of the candy is
artistic, fun, and everyone in the family
can help while listening to holiday music
and enjoying each other’s company.
To make Bon Bons, you will need the
following ingredients:
1 bag o f shredded coconut
1 stick o f margarine
2 boxes o f powdered sugar
2 small cans o f Eagle Brand sweetenedcondensed milk
1 bag o f Ghiradelli semi-sweet chocolate
chips (if you prefer milk chocolate use
that)
1 stick o f cooking wax (can be purchased
at any grocery store in the “
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White chocolate chips or cubes
lbag o f walnuts (optional)
ljar o f Marchino cherries (optional)
The materials you will need include:
A large bowl
One medium size stove pot
One small pot
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The first step in Bon Bon prepara
tion will be to combine the condensed
milk, margarine, and powdered sugar.
The easiest way to mix these ingredients
is to use a cake mixer; if you do not have
one, stir until the mixture is fluid. After
this is mixed, add coconut, chopped
walnuts, chopped cherries and vanilla
for flavor.
At this point, you can continue to
use the cake mixer, but I have overheated
one this way because the mixture is so
thick. Don’t be afraid to mix with your
hands! It is the best way to get an even
consistency and you get to lick your
fingers.
After the filling is done, put it in
the refrigerator or freezer to chill so the
mix can harden. Having firm Bon Bon
filling will be essential for the next step
of preparation, dipping the candies.
While your Bon Bon filling is chill
ing in the icebox, you have plenty of time
to prepare the dipping chocolate.
The first step is to bring half of the
medium pot of water to a full boil. Next,
take the smaller pot and place it in the
medium sized one so that the bottom
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The city of San Marcos has
remained a relatively small com
munity, despite the addition of
a university, and the town’s
prime location between coastal
and inland communities. Most
everyone would agree that posi
tive and planned growth of the
city is something.that would ben
efit both the university and small
businesses alike. However, this
is not the type of growth^ that
San Marcos is currently engag
ing in, and such uncontrolled
expansion will not only forever
ruin the natural beauty of areas
like Box canyon, Elfin Forrest,
and Discovery Hills, but also
create a corporate climate in the
city that eliminates small busi
ness ownership and individual
ity among townships.
At the current pace of
development, North County res
idents may soon be able to drive
from Escondido to Oceanside
serves up the type of individu
ality and differentiates the small
community of San Marcos.
These two businesses, like
others in our community, are
on the verge of becoming the
next corporate takeover success
story. In the instance of The
Mocha Marketplace and the
Power Surge Cafe, the intrusive
Starbucks Coffee Corporation
is the mastermind behind their
imminent demise. Three years
ago, Starbucks Coffee Co. saw
an opportunity in the develop
ing, young San Marcos, and built
their first store in our city. Since
that time, they have expanded to
four stores, two of which opened
at the end of November.
These new stores will be less
than one mile apart, capturing
the Power Surge Cafe between
them. Starbuck’s intent is to
not only strangle the small busi
ness and individuality within
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town after town, without ever create an illusion of diversity
knowing where one city ends and choice. By inundating a city
and another begins. Gone will be with stores, all within close prox
the small businesses that provide imity to one another, the Star
a sense of communal belonging bucks Corporation accomplishes
two goals with one expansion.
and uniqueness.
One type of small business The first goal is to dominate
that will suffer negative conse the local and international coffee
quences from unchecked corpo market and become the world’s
rate expansion is the coffee shop, only choice to get coffee drinks;
a business which college stu the second goal is to deliberately
dents are well acquainted with. deceive people with an illusion
There are several distinguish of diversity by forcing customers
able, independent coffee houses into favoring a particular Star
in San Marcos that offer unique bucks location rather than favor
menus and atmospheres. One ing a different establishment.
And Starbucks is not alone
such shop, The Mocha Market
place, provides its guests out in its attempt to monopolize its
door seating, complete with gas own corner of the market. Stores
lit fireplaces to keep its patrons like Home Depot, Albertsons,
warm at night. This shop also Vons, Ralphs and Denny’s are
has a beautiful interior decor that * just a few more examples of
creates the illusion of an open-air giant corporate expansion aimed
bazaar, a place that encourages only at making a large profit, and
the free exchange of thoughts in the process, molding every
city within the United States to
and ideas.
Or there is the Power Surge look the same. The outcome of
Cafe, located less than a block such expansion will be the loss
away from campus that also pro of individuality and choice for
vides a unique and satisfying customers and the community,
experience to customers. Here, as well as putting out of busi
patrons cannot only have a great ness the small structures that
cup of coffee and ample room are at the heart of our small
for studying, but also a filling city and cities across the nation.
and delicious meal. From sand
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Time Is Now
By CHRIS ING
Pride Staff Writer
In the wake of Sept. 11 we,
as a nation and as individuals,
are left with more questions than
answers. “How could this happen
to us, here?,” “Why would some
one want to do this?” Beneath all
the conjecture and socio-political-economic banter, we still
don’t have firm answers. Maybe
the politicians and scholars can
momentarily placate us with
answers more complex than the
questions, but try giving a mean
ingful answer to a five-year-old
(often the most insightful judge),
and my bet is you come up
short.
Clearly, this tragedy
^
bears great significance.
Even the most faithless
person would be hardpressed not to see these
events as a call to examine
our lives and our place in
the world. Recent media
reports tell of students who
have suddenly changed
academic paths, people in
the workforce who now
eschew the corporate
world to pursue the pipe dream
they never thought possible.
The events on 9-11 represent
a tremendously precious oppor
tunity to set our sights inward
- collectively and individually
- and consider where we place
meaning, what we hold sacred,
why we often clutter our lives
with the inessential and the
tedious. The choices we make in
life reflect who we are. They are
filled with power and portent.
We do ourselves, and our world,
a disservice by denying our own
voices or devaluing our con
tributions, however seemingly
small.
Certainly, action must be
taken against those who helped
to orchestrate and execute the
attack. I doubt many people dis
agree on this point. And I have
no answers about what is right
or wrong in this case. But I
think we could be more careful
and imaginative in our proposed
solutions to these issues. Our
country is founded on creativity
and imagination - why not cre
ate responses that reflect these
attributes. They bomb us, we
bomb them. Even those of us
slumbering through our classes
know how this scene ends. Let’s
strive for better.
The lives lost in the attacks
are irreplaceable; surely we
aren’t so callous and shortsight
ed to imagine that bringing the
terrorists to justice will some
how make us feel better. Such a
scenario may temporarily relieve
us, but it will never compensate
for the pain, suffering and loss
we have endured. So what is it
that we want? The same things
our country was founded on:
We’ve had the imagination to
put people on the moon and cam
eras on Mars; are we really so
gullible to believe that we can’t
produce a more viably efficient
engine than the same internal
combustion model that Henry
Ford tinkered with? Without a
need for oil, there is no need to
be involved in a conflict that has
been raging long before we are
dirtied our hands in it, and will
no doubt continue long after we
leave.
And while we are pulling
out of the Middle East, let’s
pull our military out of other
foreign countries as well - ski
ers in Italy will certainly feel
safer. Why do we have
a military installation
in Italy anyway? Ever
wondered? Imagine
America’s response to
France having a base
at Miramar? Sound
absurd? - Absolutely.
With more time and
resources saved we
could consider our
own problems rather
than turning a blind
eye to them under the
guise of national security.
Has racism vanished here
in the U.S. since Sept. 11?
How about sexism? Classism?
Homophobia?
Poverty?
Depression? Addiction? These
last two would be considered
luxuries in most countries. The
list of our own maladies is as
long and as urgent as those of
any other nation. Why aren’t
we brave enough, creative
enough, and strong enough to
find solutions for ourselves? We
don’t need conflicts from other
nations; we have a plethora of
our own.
So when you are out in the
world, consider your actions.
Take the time to be a friend,
to be a lover, or to listen to
someone who only wants to be
heard. We all want to be need
ed. We all want to know we
are important and we matter.
Better your world by knowing
what is important and discard
ing the rest. The time for change
is now.
‘Why aren’t we brave
enough,creative
enough, and strong
enough to fin d solu
tions fo r ourselves?”
life, liberty, and the pursuit of
happiness. We don’t want to be
worried about terrorist attacks
or biochemical warfare - these
are the things of nightmares.
Yet it is these very things we
cling to in hopes of a solution. A
functional definition of insanity
is a person who does the same
thing over and over again, hop
ing for a different result. War
creates war. It’s a simple equa
tion. Certainly, we’ve learned
this. So, what can we do?
We can start by reducing our
need for oil. By anyone’s reckon
ing, oil is the prime reason we
became involved in this conflict
in the first place. Iraq, Iran,
Saudi Arabia - there is only one
reason to cultivate diplomatic
relations With these countries. I
don’t suggest we look for alter
nate sources of oil here stateside,
either. I push for alternative
fuel engines. There are hybrid
cars on the roads today that
already employ such technology.
Detroit is waiting in the wings.
�Letters
CSUSM Claims
Diversity but
Lacks It
We are writing in response
to the lack of language pro
grams offered in this university.
As you may well know, Spanish
is the only foreign language in
which there is a major and minor
offered. The only other lan
guage program CSUSM offers
is a minor in French. Programs
such as Germaiv with 60 to
70 students, have been working
to establish a minor; however,
as the World Languages
Department refuses to support
these languages with as much
passion as they do Spanish, they
are struggling to build their pro
grams. Other universities in San
Diego recognize the importance
of supporting a variety of lan
guage programs. CSUSM seems
to be lacking in this area.
As students of the univer
sity, we are frustrated that our
study of language is limited.
It seems that we are not given
many choices. There is no incen
tive for many students to begin
studying a language other than
Spanish because we cannot hope
to achieve some recognition for
our work (like a minor or major).
Even in instances where a minor
may be in place, the classes
needed to fulfill it are constant
ly cancelled or cut out of the
budget. How can you learn a
language when you are not per
mitted further study of it? It
is frustrating to have to take
the same class over and over
again in order to keep up with
a language other than Spanish.
We need to progress.
In light of the recent events
of Sept. 11, we, as Americans,
have learned that we don’t know
as much about other countries,
their cultures, their religions,
and their languages as they do
about us. To become better citi
zens of the world we must study
and strive to learn about them
in the same capacity that we
expect others to know about
Americans. The university has
an obligation to recognize this
importance.
As an institution of higher
learning CSUSM must at least
offer students the opportunity to
learn about languages and cul
tures of the world. In CSUSM’s
mission statement it outlines
a vision to give students the
knowledge and skills to succeed
in a global society. How can,
it hope to achieve this goal?
By not offering a variety of lan
guage programs and classes, the
World Languages Department
is limiting the study of lan
guage and culture past the inter
mediary level to one language:
Spanish.
Although Spanish is a very
important language and culture
to study (especially in San
Diego,) alone it will not help
in creating a global society. As
students we ask that the uni
versity work to offer and sup
port a wider range of language
programs. We ask that we be
given a choice of languages to
study and excel in. We ask that
this university help prepare us
to become a part of a global
society that has a variety of
people, languages, cultures, and
religions. CSUSM claims that it
has diversity, but in truth we are
lacking it.
Concerned German
Students at CSUSM
(This letter was signed
by students in all sections
of German classes and con
tained about 40 signatures at
this time)
Collaborated by
Emily Commer,
Vice-President
German Club
.
More Students Respond to
“Humanitarian Aid Kills People”
I am writing in response
to “Humanitarian Aid Kills
People,” by David J. Ludwig. In
brief summary of the article, the
author is expressing that the aid
given to starving people, human
itarian aid, will, in the end,
caused harm. The harm being
cause would arise when eco
nomic or food supply of the coun
try will become dependent on it;
therefore people will die.
This information supplied
contradicts the information given
by the Institute for Food and
Development Policy, They indi
cate that the idea of scarcity of
food is a myth. There is enough
food. The article explains that
developing countries have food
in abundance. The world today
produces enough food for 4.3
pounds per person, 2.5 pounds
of grain, beans and nuts,‘a pound
of fruits and vegetables, and a
pound of meant, milk, and eggs.
The problem of starving people
is not us giving handouts of
food, but the costs large food
corporations are placing on the
farmers. The countries have the
food, but they cannot afford it.
Corporations are putting money
into the country’s land where
export crops are being grown;
thus, leaving little aid to land
that grows food for the owners
of the land.
In place of assisting the
countries with handouts of food,
the humanitarian need is to assist
the countries and starving peo
ple with the production of crops
on their land. They need eco
nomic assistance in order to pur
chase their crops.
The article, “The Myth?
Scarcity the Reality — There is
Enough Food,” can be found in
the Food
First spring edition of 1998,
Vol. 5, No. 1.
Jessica Kolski
Student
Sending Aid Shows Support, Not Murder
This is in response to
the article, “Humanitarian Aid
Kills People.” I believe that we
know that by sending food we
will not save all the starving
people; but by sending “humani
tarian aid” we are showing our
support, and that we also care
about what happens to these
people.
I also believe that it
would be quite difficult for a
country as wealthy and power
ful as ours to just stand back and
know that these people are dying
of starvation, when we can obvi
ously send what we can. I do not
think this is a matter of saving
each and everyone of the starv
ing humans in the world, but it is
about common courtesy.
Robin Shaft
Student
Humanitarianism Is Political
To the Author of “Humanitarian more have failed to root out the
Aid Kills People”
violence and corruption that gave
rise to famine and anarchy in
The dividing factor between the first place. It is important to
man and beast happens to be remember that we are not talk
not only our survival instincts, ing about a herd of people that
but also our moral principles. are grazing in a field; these are
Humanitarianism is not only people under the oppression of
political, but also moral, and it dictatorships. Many would move
comes with some risks.
on to more lush meadows if they
It is unreasonable to believe were not trapped within a coun
that a corrupt government will try’s borders.
always allow the use pf monies
Your comparison suggests
or food sources to be appropri that the caged bird should starve
ately distributed among the poor because it runs out of seed. Per
est of the factions. Warlords fed haps financial assistance to the
their soldiers first, while the chil developing world should be based
dren and weak starve. This is not not only on economic reform in
a sign of our kin to animals, but recipient countries, but on politi
rather the evil of a corrupt politi cal freedom as well. When mili
cal machine.
tary intervention is unavoidable,
While a few of the west’s we should be less concerned with
larger relief operations have national sovereignty, and all the
ended short-term suffering, many more determined to set right the
underlying political conditions
that led to disaster.
Politics can be a vehicle
with which to provide relief,
but should not limit its effec
tiveness. If American troops, on
their arrival in Somalia, had
arrested warlords and destroyed
their weapons, the United States
might not haverLjeen drawn into
bigger problems later on. Pre
vention of even greater suffer
ing in the long term may be the
result of a few casualties now. It
is a shame that someone living
with all the luxuries that you are
blessed with would be so warped
as to believe that those with food
somehow deserve it, and that
those without, don’t. God have
mercy on you.
Brian Ross
Student
Writing to the Marines
HAVE A N OPINION?
ents.
It’s funny how much
Value they placed on those
short thank-you letters writ
ten by no one in particular.
I found it amazing that a
message written by nobody,
sent to anybody, had a good
chance of making both par
ties feel like somebody. I
know that people are busy
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account, rather than the individual editors. Deadline For submissions is noon the
Thursday prior to publication. Letters to the editors should include an address,
telephone number, e-mail and identification.
It is The Pride policy to not print anonymous letters. Letters may be
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One of my fondest mem
ories as a retired United
States Marine occurred dur
ing the Gulf War, when
my guys opened a bag full
of mail addressed to “Any
Marine” or “Any Service
Member.” From the smileS
on their faces, you would
have thought that they were
opening Christmas pres
studying for finals, caring
for their families, and shop
ping for Christmas, but if
you have any time left, how
about writing those military
men and women a letter?
You have a good chance of
making “somebody” happy.
Steve Compian
Student
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MEChA has hosted the event at
Cal State San Marcos, and the
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Vol IX No. 12/ Tuesday, November 13,2001
ThePride
California State University San Marcos
CSUSM H onors V eterans
By VICTORIA B. SEGALL
Pride Editor
Student, staff, and the public
gathered for a combined cele
bration honoring Veterans’ Day
and the Navy and Marine Corps’
birthday. The event was held at
the Dome Plaza on Monday/
Sheryll Evangelista, a stu
dent and midshipperson, sang the
national anthem, and those gath
ered held a moment of silence
to remember all past, present,
and future members of the armed
forces.
More than 500 CSUSM stu
dents are veterans, active duty,
reservists, or military dependents.
Since the Sept. 11 attacks, reserv
ists have been called to duty,
including those from the CSUSM
community. “I’ve been losing at detail, traditional cake-cutting cial presidential message
least one student each week,” said ceremony, a reading of the offi» A rticle cont on page 2
Corkie Lee, veteran’s affair repre
sentative for the university. “We
had one student who received
orders early one day, and had to
be out by 7 a.m. the following
day.”
Lee added that the univer
sity, especially the Student Affairs
Office, “has made it a smooth
path” for students in the reserve.
“Tim Bills (Assistant to the Dean
of Students) and Francine Marti
nez (Vice President for Student
Affairs) have been accommodat
ing all those being deployed,” said
Lee. “This day will also honor
those who have been deployed
around the world.”
Monday’s
celebration
Parade of Flags at Arlington National Cemetary, Veteran’ Day Nov. 11, 2000.
s
included a Marine Corps flag
Photo Courtesy ofDepartment of Veteran Affairs
WWII Veteran Daniel Ashe
By STEPHANIE BAIRD
Pride Staff Writer
Last Thursday, World War II
Veteran Daniel Ashe discussed
his experiences during the war,
including his service with the 5th
Army of General Mark Clark,
where he helped liberate concen
tration camps. He titled his lec
ture, “What I Found in Europe in
the Wake of WWII.”
Born in New York City in
1925, Ashe lived through the
Great Depression of the 1930s. It
was during his elementary school
years that he learned of the begin
nings of World War II and Adolf
Hitler’s orders to send troops into
the Rhineland in 1936.
When he turned 11 years old,
Ashe said he knew he wanted
to enter the armed forces, but
he feared that the war would be
over before he was old enough to
fight.
In June of 1940, when he
was 15 years old, Ashe graduated
from high school, and entered
college, enrolling in the ROTC
program. He later joined the U.S.
Army, and was sent to Fort Benning in Georgia for his training,
which he referred to as “90 days
of hell.”
Ashe had been told that he
should never volunteer for any
thing in the Army. However when
the 5th Army of General Mark
Clark began searching for soldiers
who spoke other languages, Ashe,
who spoke French, Qerman, and
Spanish, volunteered his services.
Ashe, and other multilingual sol
diers worked together to find con
fidential war information from
the German prisoners of war.
He said he enjoyed the volunteer
work, and felt “always a little
behind the lines.” The Army later
asked him to learn Russian and
Japanese, which he learned in six
weeks.
While in Germany, Ashe
aided in liberating concentration
camps. Upon freeing the first
camp, Ashe said he was “appalled
at man’s inhumanity to man.”
Ashe witnessed the emaciated,
starving, and lice-ridden victims
of the concentration camps, and
said he realized how blessed he
was to be an American citizen. He
also witnessed the joy of the liber
ation, including two Jewish men
walking out of the camp, arguing
about whether they should go to
the U.S. or Israel. In 1945, Ashe
also helped liberate other camps
in Bavaria.
While in Munich, Ashe
became involved with the Dis
placed Person’s Commission,
which brought 350,000 people to
the US. Ashe was one of the men
in charge of deciding who could
come to the U.S. and those who
could not; those who came to
the U.S. could not havea crimi
nal record, could not have tuber
culosis, and had to prove that
they were displaced because of
the war.
>»Article Cont on page 2
Students Don Masks in Celebration of ASI’s 10th Anniversary
Students pose fo r a photo in front o f a Masquerade backdrop.
(Pride Photo/Melanie Addington)
By LISA LIPSEY
Pride Opinion Editor
Friday night, approximately
220 students filled the California
Center for the Arts, Escondido,
for Associated Students, Inc.’s
first masquerade ball celebrat
ing ASI’s 10th anniversary. The
evening featured a full spread
of hors d’oeuvres and desserts,
a cash bar, a disc jockey, danc
ing, and a raffle for Mardi Gras
masks and party favors. Litera
ture and writing studies major
Katrina Richert said, “This is so
much fun, butl wish they would
have told us there would be food.
We went out to dinner before
coming, and we could have saved
a lot of money.”CSUSM students
were admitted free of charge,
and non-students paid $10 to
attend the ball. The masquerade
began at 7 p.m., and guests
dressed in tuxedos, suits, and
ball gowns. The last guests left
around 12:15 a.m. “We decided
on a masquerade theme because
the original date was closer
to Halloween time. When the
date changed, advertising was
already out,” said Chris Smith,
ASI Afternoon Activities Chair
man. “I would like to have seen
more Latinos at the dance, but
other than that, it was a lot of fun
to be with the campus commu
nity,” said Caty Angeles, a staff
member for college of arts and
science advising.
Most of the masqueraders
arrived by 9:30 p.m. “The turn
out could be better,” said Smith,
*but then again, if I wasn’t help
ing with organizing the event,
I wouldn’t be here yet; more
people will start to show up
around 10 p.m.” Throughout the
evening, ASI photographers took
pictures of friends and couples,
apd guests either dined at tables
or danced on the dance floor.
These pictures will be available
for purchase online at the
CSUSM website.
Kids o f all ages enjoyed dancing.
(Pride photo/Melanie Addington)
D iscrim ination
Lawsuits Against
University
By MARTHA SARABIA
Pride Staff Writer
Four new discrimination
lawsuits were filed against
CSUSM in October, adding
to’ the growing list of dis
crimination lawsuits filed by
employees against the school.
Phyllis Ferguson, a mainte
nance mechanic, and three
accountants, Kim Gomez,
Tricia C. Frady, and Cecilia
Boze, are the newest CSUSM
employees filing lawsuits alleg
ing racial and/or sexual
discrimination.
Ferguson filed charges
against CSUSM at Superior
Court in Vista on Oct. 31.
Some of the charges Ferguson
alleges in her lawsuit include
racial and gender discrimina
tion, retaliation, defamation,
negligence, and assault and
battery.
Thomas Blair, director of
Facilities; Chuck Walden,
associate director of Facilities;
Mike Rivera, lead carpenter of
Facility Services; Tim Shine,
building systems engineer of
Facility Services; Rick Fish,
lead locksmith of Facilities,
and CSUSM are the defen
dants in this case.
Ferguson declined com
ment about her lawsuit, saying,
“I have been advised by my
lawyer to make no comments.”
Her attorney was unavailable
to make any comments before
press time.
In her lawsuit files, Fer
guson claims that she was
denied wage increases, pro
motion, job training and edu
cational career opportunities
afforded to Caucasian employ
ees. She also claims that,
because she is African Ameri
can, she was continuously sub
jected to different regulation,
rules, and standards than her
Caucasian counterparts.
Ferguson also alleges that
she'was forced to use a Porta-Potty instead of an indoor
bathroom facility made avail
able to male co-workers. Fur
thermore, she claims to believe
that her sex was a substantial
factor, if not the sole factor,
in CSUSM’s discriminatory
treatment, according to court
files.
Thomas Blair, director of
Facilities, could not be reached
for comment after The Pride
left messages at his office and
via e-mail.
Chuck Walden, another,
defendant in Ferguson’s law
suit, told The Pride to contact
Rick Moore and declined to
make any comment.
»A rticle cont on page 3
�Coverage
Enviromental Fair Showcases MEChA’s Film Questions Media reform.
Students, like Shawn Harris, financial
By JOY WHITMAN
Another student suggested
Ways to Preserves the Earth Pride Staff Writer
had strong opinions about how
looking outside of the college
By CHRIS ING
Pride Staff Writer
The 22nd District Agricul
tural Asspciation hosted Enviro
Fair 2001 at the Del Mar Fair
grounds Friday. The event show
cased environmental, recycling
and sustainable resource exhibi
tors along with such well known
associations as Surf Rider, Sierra
Club, and I Love a Clean San
Diego. “This is a great oppor
tunity to meet professionals in
various fields and to learn about
things we can all do to improve
the place we live in,” said Nancy
Strauss, resource coordinator for
the Agricultural Association; She
added, “this event is about gath
ering and sharing information education is part of our mission
statement.”
One of the more interesting
exhibits featured a project from
Greg Quirin’s auto shop class at
James Madison High School in
Clairemont. Quirin, with the help
of assistant Dan McKinley, and
student leader Jeannette Greary
converted a 1983 diesel Volvo
sedan to run entirely on used
vegetable oil. “It may smell like
french fries”, Quirin said, “but
we’re getting 25 miles to the
gallon,”
The aptly named ‘Veggie
Volvo’ has emissions drastically
lower than any regular gas or
diesel-powered auto, making it
a much more environmentally
responsible alternative. The veg
etable oil, when mixed with lye
and methanol, forms biodiesel,
a fuel whose only by-product is
glycerin and consequently emits
40 to 60 percent lower emissions
than-common pollutants such as
carbon monoxide.
“Since most restaurants pay
significant disposal fees, to have
their cooking oil periodically
removed,” Quirin said, “they are
happy to have us take it away
for free.” He noted the cost of
biodiesel is “just over 50 cents a
gallon.” Quirin explained ‘hat a
t
large restaurant will use 500 gal
lons of oil a month, 90 percent
of which can be used to make
biodiesel. With the success of
the Veggie Volvo, Quirin is now
at work on converting a smaller
Volkswagen Rabbit hoping it
will achieve 45 to 50 miles per
gallon.
More than 30 companies and
organizations, including both the
city and county of San Diego,
took part in the one-day fair,
which also held a recycled art
contest for San Diego artists.
Strange and fascinating creations
assembled entirely from recycled
products greeted fairgoers upon
arrival. A
Using materials ranging from
the commonplace: bottles, cans,
wood, stained glass, screens,
cardboard, and newspapers, to
the quirky: bicycle and car parts,
chicken and turkey bones, and
even animal hair, artists con
structed a wide range of pro
vocative pieces. One artist had
crocheted hundreds of recycled
plastic shopping bags into a large
abstract form, while another fash
ioned a life-size cactus out of
wine corks.
CSUSM student Desmond
Barca entered the art contest with
an interpretive self-sculpture. He
attached a plaster mold of his
own face to a multitude of
» A rticle cont. on page 4
A small group of students
came together to question what
war looks like following a film
showing at the Visual and Per
forming Arts Annex on Nov. 7.
MEChA and Mexicanos tjnidos
en Defensa del,Pueblo (M.U.D.P,)
showed the film “The Panama
Deception.” Prior to the presen
tation Ricardo Favela, a member
of MEChA and M.U.D.P. spoke
briefly about the content of the
film and introduced a speaker
from M.U.D.P., Hector Muro.
. Following the presentation,
a dozen students discussed the
film and related it to the present
war in Afghanistan. Many stu
dents discussed the idea that the
media and the government may
be imposing more anti-Ameri
can biases with new stories on
the anthrax wave and the possi
ble connection with terrorism.
WWII Veteran Speaks
»A rticle cont. from page 1
After seeing the devastation
of inhumanity in the concentration
camps and the destruction of
Munich, Ashe said, “My hatred
of everything German was quite
intense.” It wasn’t until decades
later that he questioned his hatred
when he saw German student tour
ists on a bus in New York. He said
he realized that he could not hate
the younger generations that had
nothing to do with WWII.
Ashe returned to the U.S. in
1952, and now lives in San Diego
with his wife, Bernice. Ashe briefly
discussed America’s current war
against terrorism, saying, “like
now, WWII was a unifying event.”
He ended his lecture, by asking the
students whether or not this gener
ation is ready for war.
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truthful the government actually
is and what citizens may or may
not know. “Honestly I think it’s a
really pissed-off white guy,” said
Harris, in regards to the recent
anthrax attacks.
Students also discussed the
idea that students need to be
very critical of what they are
reading in newspapers and mag
azines and what they hear on the
radio. “You need to be critical of
what is going on around you and
now more than ever attempt to
discover the truth through other
sources,” said Muro.
One student suggested rais
ing awareness by joining groups,
both on and off college cam
puses, that work to improve
social conditions. One such
group on campus is the Progres
sive Activists’ Network, started
by Erik Roper in an attempt to
educate students about campaign
clubs, and to the San Diego
Coalition for Peace and Justice,
another organization that is cur-:
rently attempting to educate
everyone about today’s events
and to look at all sides of the
war.
According to a student, these
groups by no means wish to
demean events such as the trage
dies of Sept. 11, but want people^
to see that there are more sides
and to question all establish
ments involved, and their pur
poses for their involvements.
M.U.D.P. is an organization
whose efforts include the housing
campaign in Fallbrook. M.U.D.P.
is currently looking for donations
for the Fallbrook Housing Proj
ect in ways of materials, money,
or time, and may be contacted
by e-mailing
MUDP1993@hotmail.com.
Technology Comes
> to Campus
By KIMBERLY BOYARSKY
Pride Staff Writer
On Thursday, the campus
will be flooded with the newest
and latest of the high-tech world,
courtesy of CSUSM’s annual
Technology Fair. For those who
are still having problems with
minor things like turning on the
computer, or tuning in to sta
tions on the radio, there will
be plenty of techies who can
explain exactly how everything
works. The event aims to pro
vide students, faculty and staff
with a view and insight to the
technological services and appa
ratuses available at CSUSM.
The Technology Fair is open
to anyone who is interested in
attending, and guests are wel
come to come and get a firsthand look at the newest advances
offered in the world of edu
cation; this technology assists
those in positions of adminis
tration and teaching, and assists
students with the learning pro
cess.
Professors and faculty mem
bers will demonstrate how
web-based classes are working
successfully for a variety of stu
dents. The faculty members are
also expected to show all of the
course development tools used
in the web-based courses offered
to CSUSM students.
One of the new and exciting
additions to the fair is desktop
videoconferencing. Demonstra
tions of desktop videoconfer
encing and how it works, and
how it is being used on campus
to create virtual meetings, are
scheduled. The technology aims
to make life at CSUSM more
enjoyable and convenient.
Students will experience,
firsthand, the most recent tech
nological advancements, and the
inventions and outbreaks of tech
nology that were created by
members of the campus. Stop by
the Technology Fair on Thurs
day, Nov. 15 in Commons 206,
from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Veteran’ Day Celebration
s
If you’ve received an “A” on a paper, wrote a poem that you love, or if
you always wanted your “perfect” photo or drawing published, then
we urge you to submit to your campus literary supplement.
v
Deadline is November 17!
Please send submissions via e-mail to pride@csusm.edu or submit a hard
copy to The Pride mailbox located in the Student and Residential Life
office in Craven Hall 4116. For more information on submissions, contact
The Pride editors at 750-6099.
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honoring all veterans, and
a reading of the official mes
sage from the Secretary of the
Navy and the Commandant of
the Marine Corps honoring their
%
226th birthday.
Those
in
attendance
included the oldest and youngest
marines and sailors at CSUSM.
According to Lee, CSUSM Chief
of Police Tom Schultheis is the
oldest marine at Cal State San
Marcos. Many are students.
The Veterans’ Day celebra
tion at CSUSM has evolved over
the years. Last year, veterans
on campus celebrated Veterans’
Day with a cake-cutting cere
mony, and at the beginning of
this semester, veterans held a
Veterans’ Barbeque at the Dome
Plaza.
Associated Student, Inc.
(ASI) and the CSUSM Veter
ans’ Association sponsored the
event. The Veterans’ Associa
tion began organizing for Mon
day’s celebration two weeks ago,
which is also the same time the
association began. “It’s amaz
ing that all of this has come
together in such a short period
of time,” said Lee. The associa-.
tion, whose mission is to “unify
all past, present, or future veter
ans,’* includes retired veterans,
active duty, reservists, military
dependents, and students inter
ested in the advocacy of veter
ans’ affairs on a campus, local,
state, and/or national level.
Lee added that the
association would get together
to critique the celebration, and
prepare for future events on
campus. For more information,
sign-up in the Veterans’ Affairs
Office in Craven Hall 5115.
�Discrimination Lawsuits
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embarrassment, humiliation, and mental
Tim Shine, responded to an e-mail anguish.
message saying, “Sorry, but I cannot
Gomez also alleges in her lawsuit file
make a comment at this time. You might to have been discriminated against by the
want to direct any questions you have defendants on the basis of her gender, and
to Phyllis.” Messages were left for Mike that defendants interfered with her use of
Rivera and Rick Fish.
medical leave by adversely treating her
* However, as of press time, he was request for medical leave, her son’s serious
unable tq respond to The Pride.
health condition, and her husband’s cata
Ferguson also alleges, according to strophic medical condition, and to have
court files, that when she complained to denied her a promotion.
CSUSM officials about the treatment, the
According to court files, Gomez’ son
defendants subjected her to retaliation was born on or about Oct. 24, 1998,
through further harassment like disciplin with a severe asthma condition requiring
ing her harshly for minor offenses and constant medical attention. In September
reprimanding her for violations she did 1999, 11 months after her son was born,
not commit. She stated that the retaliation her husband died from terminal lung
performed by personnel of Facilities Ser cancer. Gomez returned to work 12 days
vices came in the form of negative per after her husband’s death and alleges that
formance evaluations and the denial of she was greeted by her supervisor’s email
the tools and equipment she needed to which advised her that she “must be con
advance within the CSUSM Facilities Ser sistent in her availability to the office if
vices Department.
“The university cares about its employees and
Ferguson also
alleges to have
i t is committed to fair and equitable treatment.
been maliciously
To protect employees ’privacy;
and
willfully
however, we cannot discuss legal or personnel
. struck, grabbed,
held,
battered,
matters*
touched
and
pushed by Shine
-Rick Moore
without her con
CSUSM Director o f Communications
sent and without _ _ _ _ __________
provocation, according to court files. She she was at all interested in moving for
also says that Walden published oral ward in Student Financial Services” or
and written material to third parties, words to that effect.
which contained derogatory and defamaAlso, on March 23, 1998, as written
tory remarks about her. These, according in Gomez’s lawsuit files, the position of
to court files, caused Ferguson her loss of Accounting Technician II was open and
reputation, damage to chances of salary she met all the qualifications, applied, and
increases and promotions, shame, morti was considered by the hiring committed
fication, and fear for her physical well to be the most qualified to fulfill the
being.
position. However, because She was preg
She is asking CSUSM to pay the nant, she was not given the position after
wages owed to her because of violation admitting it in a second interview in Sep
of the Equal Pay Act, and said she was tember 1998, which was not authorized
not given the same salary as her other co by Human Resources, according to court
workers. She is. also asking* for punitive files.
damages to the other defendants.
She applied again and the position
The Equal Pay Act, or EPA, which was given to her in January 1999, with the
is part of the Fair Labor Standards Act understanding that this was a promotion
or FLSA of 1938, as amended by FLSA, in both salary and title. However, Doven
and which is administered and enforced barger later informed her that the position
by the Equal Employment Opportunity had been reclassified and downgraded as
Commission (EEOC), prohibits sex-based to both salary and title, but her responsi
wage discrimination between men and bilities increased.
women in the same establishment who are
Gomez is demanding a jury trial.
performing under similar working condi Another former CSUSM accountant who
tions.
has a filed a lawsuit against the school,
Kim Gomez, an accounting receivable Tricia C. Frady, is also demanding a jury
technician, filed a lawsuit against CSUSM trial and charges pregnancy violation and
on Oct. 12, 2001. In this case, the defen gender discrimination.
dants are the trustees of CSUSM; Bar
Pregnancy and gender discrimina
bara Dovenbarger, director of Student and tion, gender and pregnancy harassment,
Financial Services; and Ken Guerrero, retaliation, disability discrimination/
managing agent of CSUSM.
harassment, and violation of the Califor
Gomez declined to make any com nia Pregnancy Disability Leave Act and
ment. Her attorney was also contacted, Family Rights Act are the charges that
but they were unavailable to make com Frady has filed against CSUSM, as stated
ments before press time.
in her lawsuit, filed at Superior Court
Dovenbarger, who is being sued in the house in Vista on Oct. 31. The defendants
three pregnancy violations lawsuits filed in this case are the trustees of CSUSM,
by Frady, Gomez, Boze, and in another Barbara Dovenbarger, Ken Guerrero, and
case filed by Lori Edwards, a former Sheila Ramos.
accountant, was not available for com
Frady .was unavailable for comment.
ment. But her assistant, who did not give None of the defendants were available for
her name, told Pride reporters to contact comment.
Rick Moore.
According to court files, Frady says
Guerrero could not be reached for that she was forced to resign due to the
comment.
incidents she experienced. She claims to
Gomez, a CSUSM employee for six have been harassed and discriminated
years, alleges in her lawsuit filed at the because of hfer pregnancy and her impend
Superior Courthouse in Vista on Oct. 12, ing maternity leave. She also claims to
that defendants violated her pregnancy have not been promoted because of her
disability leave rights, and continuously pregnancy.
discriminated against her because of her
Another CSUSM accountant, Cecilia
pregnancy. Such violation has incurred Boze, also filed a lawsuit against CSUSM.
substantial losses in earnings, bonuses, Boze filed her lawsuit on Oct. 9 at Supe
deferred compensation and other employ rior Court in Vista, as stated in the North
ment benefits, and in emotional distress, County Times.
Boze indicts, according to court files,
being discriminated against based on
gender, race, and pregnancy. The defen
dants in this case are the trustees of
CSUSM and Barbara Dovenbarger.
In her lawsuit Boze says she was the
acting assistant director of operations in
Student Financial Services at the time
of her resignation. Boze claims to have
resigned from her job because of the stress
she suffered due to discriminatory prac
tices, She also claims that she was passed
over for jobs and promotions she was
qualified for, jobs that were usually given
to unqualified individuals that were col
leagues of Dovenbarger, most of whom
were white males.
School officials could not be reached
for comment.
The Direc
tor of Human
Resources and
Equal Oppor
tunity, Melody
Kessler, said,
“We do work
very hard to pro-,
vide
an
atmosphere of
equal opportu
nity.” However,
she declined to
make any other
comment about
the lawsuits.
Rick
Moore, CSUSM
Director
of I
Communi-I
cations, said,
“The university
cares about its |
employees and
it is committed
to fair and
equitable, treat
ment. To protect
employees’ privacy; however, we cannot
discuss legal or personnel matters.”
Other discrimination cases filed in
the past were made by Damon A. Bell,
an African American and former assis
tant director for Student and Residential
Life who filed a lawsuit, according to
court record, on Oct. 12,1998; and Alicia
Smith, an African American female and
former CSUSM police lieutenant, who
filed a lawsuit for discrimination in 2000.
Karusa Jalmori, a CSUSM Accoun
tant senior, said, ‘‘It’s sad that people have
to fight lawsuits to get equal treatment...
It makes me wonder what the roots of this
problem really are.”
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�Professor T ranslates A h Q u in ’s D iary
By ANN BENING
Pride Staff Writer
An earnest Chinese immi
grant, bom in Kaipnig, Guandong, made his way into the new
world with his pen and his blank
pages as his faithful friends. The
history of this Chinese immi
grant is brought to life on the
pages of Ah Quin’s Diary.
Literature and Writing Pro
fessor, Dr. Susie Cassel, who won
the Distinguished Professor of
the Year Award for 2000-2001,
took on the challenge of tran
scribing these diaries. Cassel
worked on the project with
Murray Lee, curator of ChineseAmerican History at the San
Diego Historical Society. ^
“The message these diaries
reveal,” said Cassel, “begins as
a travel ledger/book of growth
unfolding into a story of a selfmade man turned entrepreneur,
assimilating in America.”
Ah Quin’s Diary covers three
distinct phases of his life, includ
ing his life in Alaska, where he
worked as a cook for coal miners
from 1877-1879, his time in San
Francisco, where he worked as a
servant and cook for U S. mili
tary officers 1880, and his life in
San Diego. 4
In San Diego, from 1884
until 1902, Quin worked as a
recruiter for the railroad and
eventually became a successful
entrepreneur, community leader
and patriarch who bridged the
gap between the Chinese and the
white establishment of his day,
according to Cassel.
Quin immigrated to the U.S.
in 1863 when he was 15 years old.
With his knowledge of English,
which he learned through a mis
sionary school in China, Quin
began a daily record of his life for
25 years. During these years, he
produced 10 volumes and 1,200
pages of valuable information,
which he methodically devel
oped. He included the Roman
Calendar, as well as the Chinese
date, making sure he never forgot
to include his Chinese origins.
The diaries appeared to be
small enough to fit into a shirt
pocket, some on lined paper and
some on blank paper. Aspects of
the diary include copied Biblical
verses and a daily recording of
the weather, along with journal
entries. He also wrote with both
his left and right hand.
Cassel’s interest peaked when
she was told of this 19th century
diary written by a Chinese immi
grant in the English language.
She was aware that nothing like
this existed in the current AsianAmerican literary cannon. She
received permission to publish a
critical edition, in which other
researchers could access to this
work. *
“The interdisciplinary (indepth view of document to attain
valuable information) diaries
have value in a number of dif
ferent academic fields because of
the information regarding Quin
and his society at that moment in
time,” said Cassel.
Historians are interested in
confirming some of the details
concerning work on the Central
Pacific Railroad. Linguists are
interested in Quin’s grammatical
and syntactical use of the Eng
lish language and the evidence of
code switching in Chinese. Soci
ologists are interested in the life
style of a man in the Chinese
bachelor community during the
Chinese Exclusion Era of 1882.
“As editor of the critical edi
tion and one of the first inter
preters of the Work, I see more
clearly that the context in which
I situate the diary, the excerpts
I choose, the interpretations I
render here at the start, are sig
nificantly influencing the ways
others receive and respond to this
Ah Quin, photo courtesy o f the San Diego Historical Society.
text,” said Cassel.
When asked how this project
has affected her, Cassel said,
“I think that working with Ah
Quin’s Diary has given me a
greater appreciation for the
importance and value of primary
texts. “
“If anything, it makes me see
Professor Speaks on Latin-American Literature
MARTHA SARABIA
Pride Staff Writer
This is not the first time pro
fessor Bruce Novoa from the Uni
versity of California, Irvine, has
visited our campus.
“I was here last. spring ^>n
a U.S Latino literature culture'
conference, where a book called
Double Crossing was the result
of the conference,” he said. This
"time, Novoa visited a team-taught
class of Humanities 101. Last
Wednesday in ACD 102, he
explained the significance and the
context of the novel, Aura, by
Mexican writer Carlos Fuentes.
The lecture brought three
Humanities sections together,
with a total of 100 students.
According to Dr. Carlos von Son,
Novoa’s themes of discussion
included the context, dominant
intellectual models, mid-century
crisis, Latin American models,
parodic sources, and the meaning
beyond the text of Aura.
Von Son said he invited
Novoa “because of his expertise
on Mexican culture and because
it is a very multilevel novel.”
“The presentation was inter
esting and helpful. I learned valu
able information related to the
material that we are working in
the class, which helped me to
understand the book better,” said
Bonfilio Celaya, a sophomore
majoring in computer science and
a student in the humanities class.
Celaya also said, “It is useful
tp bring a guest speaker to the
class because it allows you to
see a different point of view of
issues from a person that has
better knowledge in that particu
lar issue. I would highly recom
mend the school to bring guest
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“My purpose in coming to this
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how much, is lost when a pri
mary text like this arrives on my
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replace the complexity and the
texture of the original.”
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Mia’s Thai Salad
The Latest Craze in
San Marcos:
Bubble Tea
By Mia ALIO
Pride Staff Writer
LIVE, LOVE, EAT! The motto of many lives
including my own. Most of my friends and family
would describe me as an eccentric person. I have
many different tastes in fashion, film, and clothes.
But my most favorite eccentric style is that in my
choice of food. I love to eat and cook! I would like
to share an exciting new recipe for all of you who
are not afraid to experience the blend of various
foods that will have the pallet of your tongue beg
ging for more. The following recipe is my own cre
ation. It was inspired by my love of Thai cuisine.
It is a salad that contains ingredients from all of
the major food groups, with a dressing that makes
it an eccentric delight! Mia’s Thai salad calls for a
grilled boneless chicken breast, fresh greens (your
choice), carrots, bean sprouts (optional), noodles
(they don’t have to be Thai, they can even be spa
ghetti), cilantro, peanut butter, rice vinegar, milk,
lemon juice, soy sauce, sugar (or sugar substitute),
ginger, and sesame seeds (optional).
You will need:
V cup noodles
2
It is best to already have the noodles cooked
and chilled
1 1/2 cup mixed greens
1 carrot
V cup bean sprouts
2
1 boneless grilled (plain) chicken breast ( we
all know how to grill a chicken breast, right?)
Spread the fresh chopped greens on a plate, cut
the chicken in a desired fashion and lay it on top the
greens, arrange julienne (sliced thin) carrots and
bean sprouts in mounds at four sides of the plate,
build the noodles on top of the chicken and put the
dish aside to make the dressing.
2 tbsp.- peanut butter (reduced fat if your
“skinny” jeans aren’t fitting)
1 tbsp, milk
2 tbsp. rice vinegar
1 tsp. lemon juice
1 tbsp. sugar ( or l a packet of sugar substi
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tute)
Vi tsp. soy sauce
1 tsp. ginger (it is best to grate a fresh ginger
root)
Briskly whisk these ingredients together in a
bowl. Taste buds always make the best judgment
in any needed altejations, so finger dip and lick to
adjust the sweetness of this dressing. After your
dressing is whisked smooth, drizzle its contents
over your plated salad. Add desired amount of fresh
chopped cilantro; also, it’s quite good if you add
chopped peanuts and/or sesame seeds.
The ingredients sound as if they don’t mix, but
to my lucky taste testing victims of the past, they
do! So give it a try, and remember - cook at your
own risk.
The Wu s, owners o f Bubble Tea
(Pride photo/Constance Chua)
The holiday season is upon us, and with it comes family gettogethers, parties, and other social occasions in which family and
friends share good cheer and lots of food.
To help make your holiday dish decisions easier, here are two
recipes that are affordable, easy to make, and sure to be a success at
any of your holiday gatherings.
Chicken Enchilada
Pie
Ingredients needed:
8 oz. o f cheddar cheese,
g rated
1-3 lb. chicken
1 can o f cream o f mushroom
soup
1 can o f cream o f chicken
soup
4 oz. can o f chopped green
chiles
1 can o f chicken broth
1 tsp. o f chili powder
4 tsp. o f minced onion
1 /8 tsp. o f garlic powder
1/2 tsp. o f black pepper
1/2 tsp. o f Tabasco sauce
4 cup o f corn chips
Mixed Veggie
Casserole
Ingredients needed:
1 can o f mixed vegetables
1 can o f chopped onions
1 can o f grated cheese (any
kind)
1 can o f mayonnaise or sour
cream
1 can o f cream o f mushroom
soup
20 saltine crackers, crushed
1 s tick o f butter or marga
rine, melted
Mix the vegetables, onions,
cheese, mayonnaise or sour
cream* and soup and pour into
a buttered casserole dish. Top
with crackers and butter or mar
garine. Bake at 350 degrees for
Cook and de-bone the
30 minutes.
chicken. Save 1 cup of chicken
broth. Combine the soups, chiles,
spices, and chicken broth. Blend
well. Preheat the oven to 350
degrees. Cover the bottom of a
large casserole dish with half of
the corn chips. Spread half of the
chicken on this layer of chips,
then half of the sauce and half of
the grated cheese. Repeat layers
again, ending with the cheese.
Bake for 25-30 minutes.
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Pride Staff Writer
Bubble Tea, a small business in San Marcos,
is attracting many students from CSUSM and
local high schools. Bubble Tea is a teahouse
that offers hundreds of different drinks, includ
ing fruit slush drinks, cappuccinos, and tapioca
drinks.
I have tried all the San Diego teahouses,
but none of them can surpass the taste available
at San Marcos’ Bubble Tea, where they have
turned tea into a work of art.
The tapioca drink is unique. Many Asian
people refer to the drink as boba, which is
smooth and soft - the consistency actually
resembles soft, plastic bubbles. The tapioca
drink is a combination of gelatin and a special
type of flour with sugar. It’s very chewy and
tasty, and adds a unique twist to all the types of
drinks that Bubble Tea offers.
Although Bubble Tea is quite unique to this
area, there are many type of businesses like this
around the world. However, they originated in
several Asian countries, where tea is popular
among young people.
The San Marcos business started three
months ago, and draws about 300 customers
each week. According to owner James Wu, the
number of customers multiplies by three every
week. He also said that he has never advertised,
and that people hear of his business by word of
mouth.
The next time you want an alternative to
Starbucks and are thinking of trying something
less costly, try Bubble Tea’s variety drinks.
Most people are afraid of change, but believe
me, this type of change will open up a whole
new avenue for you.
Bubble Tea is located in front of San Marcos
High School, in the Vons shopping center.
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By JOY WHITMAN
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N ick(Peter Friendrich) and Honey (Carla Harting) are the unsuspecting guests o f Martha (Ellen Crawford) and
G eorge (Mike Genovese) in “Who's Afraid o f Virginia Woolf?" at the San Diego Rep Theatre,
photo courtesy o f John Gefrom.
Don’t Be Afraid of
Virginia Woolf”
By CHRIS ING
Pride Staff Writer
The San Diego Repertory
Theatre’s choice of cast for
Edward Albee’s classic “Who’s
Afraid of Virginia Woolf?”
brings a feeling of deja vu.
Just as Director Mike Nichols
cast Richard Burton against wife
Elizabeth Taylor in his 1962 film
version of the play (an event
which would ultimately lead to
their first divorce), so too do
we find Ellen Crawford playing
opposite her own husband, Mike
Genovese, in the lead roles of the
San Diego Rep’s recent incarna
tion.
For those among us who
have grown weary of the lack
luster performances of the talk
ing head actors who dominate
the televised spheres of politics
and war these days, “Virginia
Woolf’ provides a refreshingly
welcome reprieve. Albee named
his play after seeing those words
scrawled across a wall in a
graffiti-covered bathroom - the
title itself becomes a sing-song
refrain of the lead characters.
Set on a small campus in
middle America, the story
revolves around an older couple,
Martha (Crawford),* the brash,
seductive, devil-tongued daugh
ter of the local university’s presi
dent and George (Genovese), a
weary but willing history pro-
Fraternrty House, Inc.
Keepingtave Aitve
fessor who Counters Martha’s
invectives with witty retorts of
his own.
Following a liquor-soaked
faculty party, Martha invites
the handsome and eager Nick
(Peter Friedrich), a fledging
biology professor and newcom
er to the school, and his pleas
antly dim-witted wife Honey
(Carla Harting), back to her and
George’s house for an unforget
table evening of education.
In her role as the dynamo
Martha, Crawford, best known
as Nurse Lydia Wright from
TV’s “ER”, exudes energy and
vigor, whether snarling menac
ingly at George or sensually coo
ing at Nick. She does not toss
any line away but instead plumbs
the subtleties in the depths of
Martha’s persona.
Genovese, having stepped up
as George late in the game after
a bicycle accident displaced the
original actor, does an admirable
job toeing the fine line between
love and hate that seems to char
acterize George’s marriage to
Martha. The air often bristles
with electricity between the two
as their rapid-fire jabs move the
play quickly along.
George and Martha, married
for 23 years, reveal the complex
ities and vagaries inherent in a
long-term relationship. On the
surface, their remarks to each
other are coyly antagonist, care
fully constructed for maximum
damage, at tirfies hurtful. Yet
beneath that barbed veneer, their
love for one another is evident.
Their words carry the weight of
dreams unrealized, each holding
the other responsible, but know
ing ultimately they have found
their mate.
In her understated treatment
of the tipsy and blissfully igno
rant Honey, UCSD graduate
Carla Harting provides a per
petual comic backdrop to the
tension of Martha and George.
Her open-mouthed looks of dis
belief and awe create a hilarious
vision of a drunken woman we
all have known.
While Martha toys with the
jocular Nick, who hopes to curry
favor with the president’s daugh
ter, George plots his next move
in ‘the game’ with no help from
the comically inept (and increas
ingly drunken) Honey. As night
slowly turns to day, the char
acters reveal more about them
selves and more about the human
condition. Out in the audience we
learn about love, relationships,
life. And you can’t get that on
CNN.
“Who’s Afraid of Virginia
Woolf’ plays at the San Diego
Repertory Theatre, Lyceum
Stage, Horton Plaza, downtown
through Nov. 25. or by calling
(619) 544-1000.
For about an hour and a half,
“The Panama Deception,” a doc
umentary film, showed students
several sides of the invasion of
Panama by United States troops
at midnight of Dec. 20,1989.
What students learned about
was more than just three warfilled days in history. The
students that attended the film
learned that the attack also
served to test new stealth fight
ers and laser-guided missiles as
preparation for future wars, like
the Gulf War that began in 1991.
They also saw that there are
still questions to this day in
regards to exactly why it hap
pened and why the government
has supposedly lied about the
major details and kept them
from the Amer-
ican
people.
T he
supposed
reasoning
behind the
attack was
to uphold
the safety of Americans by
attempting to capture dictator
Manuel Noriega. The U.S. media
portrayed Noriega as a drug traf
ficker and a forceful and oppres
sive ruler. In 1989, the U.S.
government claimed it was pro
tecting the people of Panama
from him.
However, the film also
showed that the presence of our
military in the country was more
about maintaining control over
the Panama Canal and to force
our government upon them.
According to a 1903 treaty,
the U.S. was supposed to have
vacated all military bases in
the country, and Panama was
supposed to regain control ,of
the Canal by 2000. The treaty
changed after the 1989 invasion
to allow the U.S. government
more freedom in Panama.
According to the movie,
American troops invaded lowerclass communities like El Churjllo, Colon and San Miguelito
because ‘
they were less likely to
have any way of retaliating.
From some of the citizens’
perspective, the attack was unex
pected, uncalled for, and a highly
illegal act of genocide. They had
no idea why this was happening
to them, and many of them were
forced out of their homes by
troops, sent to the Balboa con
centration camp, and detained.
Eyewitnesses have made
claims that innocent citizens,
many of them men from the ages
of 15 to 22, were taken to mass
graves and executed. According
to other eyewitnesses, the U.S.
military at the front entrance of
the camp gunned down about
eight citizens. The number of
deaths from the Panama attack is
still thought to be anywhere from
2,500 to 4,000. The government
and media claimed only 2 5 0
casualties to
American
people.
Others that had been
detained were given refugee
numbers and placed under
intense interrogation. The mili
tary also took control of hospi
tals and morgues, and doctors
were detained.
Troops controlled access to
the media, and press pools were
only granted access to military
bases four hours following the
attack. “It is worse now, now the
media is self-censoring,” com
plained one student during the
discussion after the film.
In the film, photojournalist
Julio Guerra .managed to infil
trate the barricades to other sites
to capture some of the footage
that is available today. Manuel
Becker was a cameraman who
had been stopped by troops,
forced to hand over his tapes,
and arrested until the bombing
was over. Other media personnel
were shot and killed.
In the film, new suggestions
from the filmmakers forced stu
dents to question the attack and
the leaders of the countries.
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�Spanish Theatre Students
Perform in ProfessorWritten Play,
“Dona Criba”
By LISA LIPSEY
Pride Opinion Editor
Since the fall semester
began, the students of Dr. Carlos
von Son’s Spanish theatre class,
Viva el Teatro' have been busy
producing and rehearsing for an
original theater production titled
“Dona Criba.” The play tells the
fictional story of Dona Criba, a
telephone operator who serves
as the center “nerve” of a small
town in central Mexico during
the early 1980s.
The play is entirely in Span
ish and was written by von Son.
“This play is a metaphor for me,
the playwright, and contains ele
ments of social criticism through
comedy,” said von Son.
To accommodate non-Span
ish speakers in the audience,
the students will provide writ
ten translations, as well as a
recorded narrative in English,
which some of the audience may
hear using headphones.
Students have also been
working to raise money to fund
the costs for costumes, setting
construction, and other produc
tion costs. For many of the stu
dents, this is the first time they
will act in front of a live audi
ence.
Lydia Contreras, a Spanish
major cast in the role of Prudencia, said, “I hope that we will
do a good job, because I feel a
little rushed. But I know we will
do well and that we will have a
full house on both nights of the
play”
The students will perform
“Dona Criba” Thursday, Dec. 7
and Friday, Dec. 8 at 7 p.m. at
the Visual and Performing Arts
Annex on La Moree Road. The
play is free and open to the
public.
Drew Barrymore Shines
in “R iding in Cars”
Drew Barrymore and Steve Zahn star in “Riding in Cars with Boys. Barrymore's production company produced the
film. Thefilm was promoted as a comedy but deals with dramatic issues, such as drug abuse.
(Courtesy Photo.Imdb.com)
By LISA LIPSEY
Pride Opinion Editor
With only four other people
in the theatre (not including two
friends and myself) it seems
that “Riding in Cars with Boys”
was not the best choice out of
the films we could have sj&
en.
However, my friend Kelly raved
about it for days and insisted on
taking us with her for her second
look at the film.
Based on the autobiography
with the same^itle, “Riding in
Cars with Boys,” stars Drew
Barrymore. Barrymore’s perfor
mance immediately drew me
into the film (no pun intended),
proving that she is awesome at
her craft, but far too often takes
on crummy roles.
Barrymore plays Beverly,
who as a teenager, dreams of
becoming a writer (. .. this is
part of why I liked the film so
much) only to find her dreams
tom apart by an accidental preg
nancy. (The baby was conceived
in the backseat of her boyfriend’s
car). As she grows up and is
somewhat raised by her son,
she tries to come to terms with
her life and how to become a
mother.
The film begins with a look
at Barrymore at age 35 and her
20-year-old son, and then flashes
back to her in eighth grade (in
the 1960s). It then follows her
life up through her son’s eighth
birthday. Truthfully, there is
one hole in the plot: as the film
switches back and forth from
past to present, we find out that
Beverly has finally succeeded
as a writer, and has written an
autobiography. The problem is
that audience never actually sees
Barrymore’s character working
on her book, nor do we learn
what happened with her son from
age eight to age 20.
Directed by Penny Marshall,
“Riding in Cars with Boys” is
labeled as a comedy. Still, Mar
shall, who is an expert in conveyinghuman emotions in her films,
carefully crafted a delicate bal
ance between comedyand trag
edy. The film will leave viewers
with laughter to the point of a
side ache and tears.
Viewer Hooked
on Fox’s “24”
Dennis Haysbert stars as Senator Palmer in “24, '-(Courtesy Photo/Fox)
By MELANIE ADDINGTON
Pride Editor
What can be done in the
space of 24 hours? For one show,
it will take an entire season to
find out. “24” premiered on Fox
last Tuesday. The title is indic
ative of the major plot device
for each show; it’s shot in real
time, one hour of 24 each Tues
day night.
The idea behind “24” was
simple; take a terrorist squad and
focus on the events that unfold
over the course of a 24-hour
period. The excitement picks up
early in the show, as we are
introduced to the main charac
ters, both the good guys and bad
guys.
However, the most appeal
ing character is good guy Kiefer
Sutherland as lead, Jack Bauer.
Bauer is a family man dealing
with Kimberly’s (his teenage
daughter) rebellion and the
recent restoration (they had been
separated) of his marriage to
Teri (Leslie Hope of the upcom
ing film, “Dragonfly”),
At work, Bauer struggles
with his ex-affair Nina Myers
(Sarah Clarke of “Ed”) and the
threat of terrorist attack (most
recently, the threat against Sen
ator David Palmer, a presiden
tial candidate in Los Angeles.)
Dennis Haysbert, best
known for his mad science cre
ator role in “Now and Again”,
plays Palmer. Haysbert has been
in countless films and is extraor
dinarily gifted and a pleasure to
watch on the screen. The senator
is hardly seen the first hour but
is presented as a good guy
with his wife by his side. He
works hard with his speech
writer at midnight to put together
the next day’s words, but then
receives a mysterious phone call.
A reporter asks him something
that outrages him, but when,
asked by his wife, he refuses to
tell. What is it that he is hiding
and how does it tie into the ter
rorist plot?
In the first show, Suther
land’s character manages to play
chess with his daughter (played
by Elisha Cuthbert of Nick
elodeon’s “Are You Afraid of
the Dark”), catches her running
away, goes into work, reveals
that he was having an affair,
shoots a man with a tranquilizer
gun, calls his wife a few times,
and solves part of a crime com
mitted by a CIA co-worker. Not
bad for one hour. Nevertheless,
can the shows creators keep up
the pace or will interest begin to
wane somewhere in the twelfth
hour?
Many of the shots were
grainy and in odd angles to show
a more realistic look, while cam
eras shot the same scene from
two to .four angles to give the
audience the upper hand. But
Television
REVIEW
will the realistic look continue?
How realistic will it seem when
Bauer is up for 24 hours and still
looks refreshed? Will Suther
land want to spend half a season
looking haggard? Will one show
be the “nap show” where we
watch Sutherland and his wife in
slumber? Can the realistic look
go too far? Will it end up as
annoying as “Survivor?”
Meanwhile, I await tonight’s
second show, knowing that no
matter what the answers to my
many questions, I am hooked
and am sure you will be if you
watch.
Why am I hobked? For the
same reason the shows’ premiere
was postponed until now. The
opening sequence showed twin
towers in Asia, where a terror
ist is planning an assassination
plot on the first black presiden
tial candidate in America. Ter*
rorism and twin towers as your
opening sequence is quite risky
for a show, but “24” risks even
more. JVith a plane explosion
in the last ten minutes of the
show, the appeal for many Amer
icans may have been lost. How
ever, the smart ones will stick
around.
If you want to find out more,
the web site, www.fox.com/24
sticks •with the format of the tv
show and allows viewers a way
to interact with the characters
and the CIA files. Information
on the characters, plot and back
ground can be found; for exam
ple, on the CIA files link: “What
is a Tranquilizer Gun.”
“24” can be seen on Fox on
Tuesdays at 9 p.m.
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Opinion _ _ _
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Student Outraged About Change
in Payment Plan
Served
By CONSTANCE CHUA
Pride Staff Writer
Picture courtesy o f Department Affairs
Dear Veterans,
It is not often enough that we come together
To say our thanks to each of you,
So it is with great respect that I address this letter:
Thank you for your courage:
For courage is not the opposite of fear,
Courage is taking action despite fear.
Thank you for your internal struggles:
The battle between heart and mind...
Mind desiring the best for our nation, heart desiring peace.
Thank you for our freedom:
I cannot imagine the nightmares many of you have lived,
So I can freely live the American Dream.
We owe you more than a day of celebration,
We owe you more than a day of remembrance,
We owe you a lifetime of humility.
Sincerely, Safe and Free
By LISA LIPSEY
Pride Opinion Editor
Editors’ Note: The needed information was sent to the pride e-mail
by Rick Moore and then forwarded
to Constance Chua three weeks
ago.
This semester I encountered
multiple problems with the new
payment plan option that our
school executed. I have encoun
tered and interviewed some people
who had experienced the same
grief and stress that I have.
However this semester, the com
mittee responsible for the payment
plan implementation has made yet
another amendment to the pre
viously set payment option plan;
four weeks ago, The Pride was
informed of the new changes.
I was very curious about the
changes the administration was
going to make, so I decided to
take on an article, hoping to share
this new information to all of the
students here at CSUSM. How
ever on Oct. 16 when I spoke to
Paul Tiglao, an employee in the
Cashier’s Office, regarding these
changes, he told me that he knew
Response to “Humanitarian Aid Kills”
I would like to start out by saying
that decreasing the world’s population
will not increase our food supply..
We already have more than enough
food to feed every single person on
this planet comfortably. The problem
is not scarcity of food, but how the
food is being distributed. The global
economy has one primary motive, and
that is profit. Many countries cannot
increase their food supply because
of inefficient ownership of resources.
There are centralized political author
ities that have control over resources
like food. The use and production of
these resources are taken out of the
hands of the local people and into the
hands of these authorities.
World ^hunger also comes from
impersonal market forces. The market
demand for export crops increases to
satisfy the needs of far-off consum
ers, rather than the local needs. For
example, it is more lucrative to pro
duce chocolate than to produce grains
in a country that depends economi
cally on exports.
An article from Food First called
“The Myth - Scarcity, The Reality There is Enough Food,” goes into great
detail about our global food supply.
The Pride
Co-Editor
Melanie Addington
Co-Editor
Victoria B. Segall
Opinion Editor
Lisa Lipsey*
Feature Editor
Claudia Ignacio*
Graduate Intern Amy Bolaski
Assistant Editor James Newell
Business Manager Victor Padilla
Adviser
Madeleine Marshall
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 Sah Marcos,
Unsigned editorials represent the majority opinion of
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The authors report that, “according to
the Food and Agriculture Organiza
tion of the United Nations, gains in
food production since 1950 have kept
ahead of population growth in every
region except Africa. The American
Association for the Advancement of
Science found in a 1997 study that 78
percent of all malnourished children
under five in the developing world live
in countries with food surpluses.” In
Africa, the food producers are cut out
of the economic decisions affecting
their survival. As far as supplying aid
to countries, it does come at a price.
A lot of aid programs are not free, the
government pays for it, or there are
conditions that the countries have to
meet in order to receive aid.
In conclusion, it really does not
make sense to correlate food consump
tion with increased populations. The
argument that, with increased popula
tions the food supply decreases, does
not hold true. In developed countries
we see a decrease in birth rates and
with increased resources we see the
opposite, more deaths than birth rates.
Sincerely,
Marianna Davis
S tudent
the changes, but refused to tell
me what they were because Rick
Moore, of External Affairs, had to
finalize everything.
Tiglao also said, “Call me back
sometime next week. Maybe Rick
Moore is done reviewing it, and
then I can give you the informa
tion.” And I responded, “Sure, but
keep in mind some students need
to be informed of the new pay
ment plan because the registration
is fairly soon.” And Mr. Tiglao
responded, “Sure, but I cannot tell
you anything because Mr. Moore
has to take a look at the changes
first, o.k.”
I e-mailed Rick Moore that
week, but received no response
from him either.
I don’t know about you guys,
but it seems to me that the school
administration could care less
about the paying customers they
have, the students. As a student
here, I have the right to know about
these changes whether I write for
The Pride or not. But the admin
istration that is involved in these
changes is certainly just taking its
sweet time and refusing to provide
pertinent information for everyone
else.
Last week our schedule was
available at the bookstore, so pay
attention to your payment plan
changes. Do you think it’s much
better than last semester? Say
something - don’t just look at it
and ignore the problem.
I have been attending this uni
versity since 1997, and I was in
most of your shoes thinking that I
would never have any problems but I did this semester.
We need to be united and peti
tion to get a system that can take
care of us. We negd to have an
ombudsman, who will be our medi
ator between the school system
and ourselves, or simply a group
of students that will fight for our
rights as students and paying cus
tomers.
The administration needs to
communicate properly so that it
can better serve us. Sure, we under
stand that our school is on its
way to becoming more diverse and
expanding the institution to pro
vide excellence in our education,
but do it the right way with little
or no grief to the students. The
bottom line is to pay close atten
tion to where your money goes.
The Pride Staff Would Like to T hank Editors
Victoria Segall and Melanie Addington
oth are leaving
this semester and
we will miss them
deady. Thank you for
all your hours of hard
work and your dedica
tion to student voices.
Thank you for dem
onstrating the famous
quotation, “The Pen
is Mighter Than the
Sword.” Addington
and Se8aU is school. We wish them
plans to become a jour- headin« ** g™ *** both the best of luck.
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�The Pride
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Opinion
Reviewing the PC
(Pathetically Correct) Movement
By JAMES NEWELL
Staff Writer
Recently, a letter ran in
the student newspaper that
accentuated the horribly
offensive “Battle of the
Sexes;” it surprised me how
deeply affective The Pride
can be to readers.
I didn’t realize the rami
fications of such tawdry fun
until I was driving down
the 78 freeway, idly thinking
(yes, I can do two things at
once). I wondered why and
how a column in the opinion
(we all have one) page could
cause such distress in some
readers, when I came to a
red light. I apologize; I mean
a stoplight - I don’t want
to bring color into this. No,
actually let’s just call it a traf
fic light because stop would
exclude the “go” component,
and I don’t want to offend
anyone (Oh, and let me apolo
gize if my anthropomorphiz
ing is offensive).
Anyway, back to the issue
concerning the “Battle of the
Sexes,” which brings me to
the question of audience.
“Writers work, I suspect,
on the basis of intuitions
about the range of what most
readers are likely to know,”
wrote Douglas Br Park, an
>
educator in the field of Eng
lish. I suspect this quote
encompasses the many
diverse values readers bring
to what they know, which
adds more complexity to ana
lyzing audience. In evaluat
ing the readership of The a Poor College Student, even
Pride, diversity comes to though I am one.
mind immediately.
1 keep trying to find mate
Taking this diversity into rial appropriate for all stu
question, I. will reevaluate dents but nothing seems to
what is appropriate to print work, so why don’t we orga
in our small college publica nize a campus-wide vote to
tion.
determine what issues The
We could address only Pride should address. But that
news, such as war -but No, brings up yet another prob
that may be offensive t6 lem. The last time the campus
those involved with the peace organized a vote, which was
movement, and at the same for ASI, only 3 percent of the
time, we could address peace student body (approximately
- but No, that may be offen 245 students) voted - that
sive to those involved with the even offended me. Oh and
war. Then I thought maybe. I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to
less controversial issues in the reduce Associated Students
local news - but No, because Incorporated to a mere acro
someone may be offended if nym.
we repeat what they read in
The mission statement
other papers. So we could for the opinion paggs of The
just cut all news not directly Pride reads : The Pride strives
associated with campus - but to create a forum for debate
still No, because that might for all students. As we chal
offend people who get their lenge the institution - admin
news from The Pride.
istration, faculty and student
That angle didn’t work, population to thihk carefully
so I’ll change direction. I about controversial issues, we
thought we could speak only are dedicated to representing
from a female perspective diverse student voices.
because that is the majority
So in attempting to align
here at CSUSM - but No, The Pride’ direction with our
s
that would not only offend nation’s trend toward the PC
males, it would also bring (pathetically correct) move
majorities and minorities into ment, I reckon in order to not
the forum, and that always offend anyone, that we write
offends people. >
and address nothing - but No,
From yet another per we can’t do that, because we
spective, The Pride is a free don’t want to offend that one
publication. There is no way person out there who is sit
we could charge because that ting between classes, step
would definitely offend the ping away from academia for
large population of poor col an instant, just wanting to .
lege students - 1 apologize, I read anything.
didn’t mean to label anyone
N ew P ro g ra m F osters S tu d en t L e a d e rs h ip
By DUSTIN NAYLOR
Pride Staff Writer
In an attempt to find and
create well-rounded student lead
ers on campus, the Office of Stu
dent and Residential Life has
created the Emerging Leaders
Program. The ELP is designed to
help first-time freshman explore
their individual capabilities and
prepare them for leadership posi
tions on campus and in the
community. Hopeful leaders are
taught that, through exploring
self-definition and personal
development strategies, they can
gain the knowledge and insight
that will carry them as leaders
throughout the rest of their lives.
The program is co-coordinated by Jonathan Poullard, dean
of students, and Cara Appel-Silbaugh, coordinator of New Stu
dent Programs and Greek Life.
The voluntary program, in its
first year, is offered to freshman
and meets in 2-hour sessions, 12
weeks out of the semester. ELP
has 12 members.
Poullard describes the focus
of the program as an effort to
“move students from the con
sciousness of the selfto global cit
izenship, while maintaining the
core values of the institution.
We’re using the seven C’s leader
ship model, based on a program
developed by colleagues across
the nation and which runs out
of UCLA.” Both facilitators have
taught similar classes; Poullard
at Occidental College and Penn
State, and Silbaugh at Pitt and
Bowling Green University.
ELP freshman engage in
leadership activities and are
taught to focus on goal plans
Battle of the
Sexes:
Female
World
Domination
cycle. At first, war would be a daily
occurrence as female world leaders
bickered about the global shortage
of the pot puree used to freshen
their county’s landfills of burned bras,
shoes, and cosmetics. Then, as the
world leaders spend countless hours
together trying to come to a closure
on their issues, their periods begin
to synchronize; thus sending men
(because women are lousy soldiers)
on war game errands in minivan
shaped tanks to, supposedly, protect
the country’s freedom on a monthly
basis. By the time all the 200-foot
tall statues of each world leader are
reduced to rubble, elections will be
held, starting the whole process over
again.
Bailed by JUSTIN ANDREWS and
Kim: But during the war errands the
KIM BOYARSKY
men would probably put down their
Pride Staff Writers
rifles, whip out their beer guts, trade
Justin: Okay, let’s just imagine for a bottles with the enemy, drink them
second that women were the dominate selves handsome, and as you all hope
gender (if you forfeited your imagina lessly struggle to understand each
tion and sense of humor to academics , others’ languages, you’ll try com
go ahead and turn the page, or read municating by belching and making
primitive gestures. Of course, we’d
on. You know you will, anyway).
know you’d do that before you even
thought of it, and the whole thing
Kim: Well, for one thing, we wouldn’t
have this weekly column. Because any would just be a reason to get the men
man who dare challenges feminine out of the country every month so we
opinion would suffer much public dis can get some peace of mind.
cipline, probably involving a minia
Justin: It’d be a nice break from the
ture guillotine and high heels.
chaos back home. With all technolog
Justin: And I bet we’re supposed to ical advances being geared towards
strut around in G-strings with rooster the art of color coordination and cute
socks while we throw rose petals at ness, nothing would work. Getting
the tools to fix broken female inven
your feet?
tions would be easier af Fisher-Price,
Kim: Hmmm, you’re already catch partly because the only things Home
ing on. I hadn’t even thought of that Depot would sell are window cover
yet. I was thinking more along the ings and bedspreads. But more so,
lines of female construction workers because Fisher-Price tools would best
whistling and making obscene ges coincide with the technology.^ Also,
tures towards a man jogging down freeways would look beautiful, but
the street, but I like your idea a little traffic would be a disaster as inter
better. But the fact of the matter is state 5 merges into “a nice country
that we would be in charge. Board road.”
meetings filled with women would
decide what products get marketed, Kim: At least we’d finally be accepted
what the industry, the company and as the better drivers.
the public needs and/or are exposed Justin: No, you didn’t just go there.
to. With women replacing male
philosophers, scientists, economists,
politicians, generals, engineers, pro
fessional athletes, doctors, lawyers,
and every expert or foremost author
ity of anything, the world, as we know
it, would be flipped upside down and
backwards to the way it should be.
and personal develop
ment, skills that will
eventually lead them
into different leader
ship positions. As stu
dents progress through
the program, they are
encouraged to explore
themselves: to ask ques Justin: The fate of the world would
tions regarding who hang in the clutches of the menstrual
they are as people, how
they perceive them
“As a group, we learn that lead
selves as leaders, and how to nav ership is a process that needs
igate their college careers through to be constantly refined. Both
campus endeavors and scholastic Cara Appel-Sibaugh and Jona
achievement.
than Poullard make the atmo
Freshman Marc Deguzman sphere very open and inviting.”
came across the program during
Organizations such as Asso
freshman orientation. “Involve ciated Students, Inc. (ASI),
ment in leadership roles has constantly search to recruit under
always been a continuum in my graduates for roles within the
education. In session, we discuss board of directors and campus
many issues of leadership and committees. The Orientation
what it entails,” said Deguzman. Team (O Team), which aids in the
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leadership roles, public relations
and personal organization.
“Few students actually
engage in campus involvement.
This program is intended for
students to gain confidence to
assume leadership positions on
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Last Game of the
Season Cancelled
By MARTHA SARABIA
Pride Staff Writer
On Sunday, Nov. 4, the last game
of the season for the CSUSM men’s
soccer team was cancelled by USC.
The game was to take place at USC.
“We drove all the way there, but the
USC team never showed up,” said
Coach Khalid Al-shafie.
“The game did not take place due
to the USC’s coach’s decision to
cancel the game because o f incli
mate weather.” Brad Schmidt, Club
Services Technician for Associated
Students Inc., confirmed that the
game was cancelled because of the
rainy weather.
However, neither Cal State San
Marcos nor Al-shafie was ndtified
about the cancellation. “I don’t
know what happened, said Al-shafie.
“They didn’t call...” Schmidt, who
was at a conference that Sunday
and was not notified about the can
cellation, said, “The USC coach
neglected to contact anyone from
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our school about this ... The game
was confirmed by me the Thursday
before I left town [the week of the
scheduled game}.”
Schmidt also added that one of the
reasons that USC failed to contact
CSUSM about the cancellation may
have been USC’s new coach, who is
both a-student and a player. “It was
an unfortunate occurrence because
our CSUSM soccer team was ready
to play,” 'said Schmidt. “It could
have concluded the season as a win
ning one at 5-4-1 instead of 4-4-1.”
Schmidt said he believed the soccer
team’s season was successful. “They
won four hard battles and lost two
by the slightest of margins against
some pretty decent collegiate com
petition,” said Schmidt.
Al-shafie added, “We are very
excited about our prospects going
into next year with a high number of
returning players, and the continued
support of ASL”
Schmidt projects that the team’s
final, overall placement will be third
out of the five or six teams in the
league. The official league standings
were not available by press time.
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Cal State San Marcos’, surf team placed fourth out
of 25 teams in the National Scholastic Surfing Associ
ation’s Southwest Conference at the Ventura C Street
Pipes. In the event, held Oct. 28, CSUSM’s Julie Russel,
a shortboarder, placed fourth for the college women’s
division, and Dustin Franks placed fifth in the longboard. The team includes team captain Chris Darrah,
shortboarders Scott Chebegia, Colin Hanel,* Dave Kincannon, Ryan Leonardy, Ryan McHenry, and bodyboarder Chris Erdos.
The team held tryouts Oct. 13 at the Carlsbad State
Beach. The tryouts attracted a total of 14 students, and
nine surfers were chosen. Currently the team practices
by playing scrimmages against Miracosta College.
Competition is nothing new to the majority of the
members. “We are very fortunate to have a teafti headed
by players who have been in several NSSA competi
tions,” said Professor Amber Puha of the mathematics
department. Puha created the team with the help of
Associated Students, Inc. this past summer.
As soon as the team gets a larger budget, Puha said
she will organize a second team that will serve as a
developmental program to foster new surfing talent. Stu*
dent Erik Runsvold will be the captain of that team,
and the women’s shortboarder will be Jamie Tomei, who
placed second in the tryouts.
The actual competitions are similar to track and
field because both have “heats.” One heat includes six
players, and only three may advance to the next round.
Each player has 15 minutes to catch 12 waves, and the
top three scores are used for final scoring.
Scoring is subjective and will include both the indi
vidual and team score. An athlete can either advance
or not, without penalizing the team. The team receives
points based on the placement of the athlete.
The person in first place receives six points; second
place receives five points, and so on.. In CSUSM’s com:
petition at the Ventura Street Pipes, the team earned 96
points. The first-place team, UC Santa Barbara, earned
162 points.
CSUSM’s next surf competitions will be held at
Huntington Beach, Newport Beach, Ventura, and the
next NSSA college event wilLbe held Dec. 22 at Black’s
Beach.
Most of the team’s competitions have taken place at
local beaches. “If they wanted to travel to some place
like Costa Rica, as a surf club, they could through fund
raisers, support and enthusiasm,” said Puha.
Those who would like more information about
the surf team are asked to contact Amber Puha at
apuha@csusm.edu.
The Last Tournament
By CLAUDIA IGNACIO
Pride Feature Editor
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Cal State San Marcos men’s golf team competed at the
Bronco Invitational, hosted by Santa Clara University on
Nov. 5. The Cougars placed last against eleven competitive
teams with a final score of 931 (+67). The course at Silver
Creek Valley Country. Club is 6,868 yards and 72 par.
Matt Higley placed 4th; 217 points
Nick Micheli placed 48th; 237 points
Ryan Axlund placed 52nd; 239 points
Kellon Wagoner placed 54th; 240 points
Ryan Rancatore placed 59th; 244 points.
�On Campus
Events
Tuesday, Nov. 13
J apanese Culture Week Celebration
Location: University 439
Math Association
Time: 4 to 10 p.m.
Location: UH Conference Room Friday, Nov. 16
Sigma Alpha Epsilon New
on fifth floor
Member Meeting
Time: 4 to 6 p.m.
Wednesday, Nov. 14
Location: ACD 111
Environmental Club Meeting
Thursday, Nov. 15
Time: J:30 to 2:30pm
Japanese Culture Week Celebra Location: ACD 406
tion Presents “
Adrenalin Drive9
9
Time: 7 to 9 p.m.
Circle K InternationalMeeting
Thesday, Nov. 13
The Japanese comedy
Time: 6 p.m.
Career Skills Series
Adrenalin Drive will be shown Location: Craven 1258
Time: 3 to 6 p.m.
in Japanese with English subti
Location: Craven 4116
tles. For more information, con Thursday, Nov. 15
Learn resume writing, interview
tact Mikiko Imamura-Seyller at Priority Christian Challenge
ing tips, and how to find the career
seyl@csusm.edu or. phone (760) Time: 9 to 10 a.m.
you want.
750-8185.
Location: Founders’ Plaza
p.m., Ken Saragosa will present
Buddhist Perspectives on Peace
in UH 260. In Palm Court, 10
to 3p.m., there will be an exhi
bition of students’ work on Japa
nese culture.
Time:-10 to 3 p.m. and 6 to 9
p.m.
Location: Commons 206
A Japanese market place will be
set up where Origami arts and
other Japanese goods will be sold,
and a video arcade will open in
Commons 206 where visitors can
play Dance Revolution and watch
anime videos. From 11 a.m. to
12:30 p.m., a Japanese food sale in
Palm Court will feature yakisoba
and okonomikayi (Japanese-style Nov. 19 to Nov. 21
pancakes).
Math Association Food Drive
Time: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Wednesday, Nov. 14
Location: Founders’ Plaza
Library Book Sale
Time: 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Location: Library Courtyard
Workshops
Wednesday, Nov. 14
Revising Your Writing
Time: 3 to 4 p.m.
Location: Craven 4201
Progressive Activists9 Network This hands-on workshop will
guide you through some key steps
Meeting
of the revision process.
Time: 2 p.m.
Location: Commons 206
Thursday, Nov. 15
Tuesday, Nov. 13
S tudy Abroad
PAT Club
Pan African Student Alliance Time: 5 to 6 p.m.
Time: 1 to 2 p.m.
Meeting
Location: Early Learning Center Location: University 451
Time: 2 to 3:30 p.m.
This workshop will also include
Location: University 449
financial aid advising.
Anime Project Alliance
Time: 5 to 10 p.m.
Medieval Round Table
Time: 12 p.m.
Location: Craven 6201
Club
Meetings
Japanese Culture Week Celebration
Time: 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Location: University 237
Instructor and performer Katacfa
Kihusa will present a lecture and
demonstration, Hayashi: Japanese
Kabuki Percussion. From 1to 2:30
Careersfor Science Majors
Time: 3 to 4 p.m.
Location: Craven 4116
Learn the occupational opportu
nities for biology and chemistry
majors
Monday, Nov. 19
Tips and Traps o f Academic
Requirements
Time: 2 to 3 pm.
Location: Craven 1258
Tuesday, Nov. 19
Careers for Arts and Literature
Majors
Time: 3 to 4 p.m.
Location: Craven 4116
Thursday, Nov. 21
How to Choose a Major
Time: 2 to 3 pm.
Location: Craven 1258
Tuesday, Nov. 27
Careers for Communication
Majors
Time: 1 to 2 p.m.
Location: Craven 4116
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Because of inequities in the two-tiered hiring system, these accomplished teacher-scholars work with
minimal job security, often for meager pay and often without any benefits.
Take a moment to identify your favorite lecturers.
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COLLEGE OF ARTS £ SCIENCES
Pamela S. Kimbrough / Chemistry
Martha Velasco / Foreign Languages
Stephen B. Levy
Joanne A. Abbondondola / Chemistry
Kitty S. Koons / Sociology
Wayne Veres / Computer Science
Andrea Liston
May N. Akabogu-Collins / Economics
Michael Large / Sociology
Deborah L. Wall / Foreign Languages
Maureen Reilly Lorimer
Bahram Alidaee f Mathematics
Gregory Larson / Mathematics
Heidi Waltz / Liberal Studies
David Mackintosh
Tony Allard / Visual & Performing Arts
Norman D. Livergood / Computer Science
Michael Yee / Computer Science
KathlineAnn Maltby
Komla Amoaku Visual & Performing Arts
Kevin D. Long / Biology
Miguel Zapata / Foreign Languages
Carolyn Marcus
Doreen Anderson-Facile / Sociology
Margo Lopez / Computer Science
Ivar Antonsen Visual & Performing Arts
Gregory Lowe Physics
COL-LEGE OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
Jahna Ashlyn / Psychology
Jennifer Lynch f Communication
Peter H. Antohiou
Stacy Meyer
Mary K. Atkins / Computer Science
Farid Mahdavi / History
David Bennett
Mary Frances Miller
Carol McKee
Kathy McLaren
Fredi Avaios-C'DeBaca / Communication
Laura Martin Makey I Liberal Studies
Mark Boyer
Charles Milligan
Rhonda Barger / Computer Science
Madeleine Marshall / Literature & Writing Studies
Carol M. Bruton
Adrienne Moreland
Dianne Bartlow / Communication .
Lisa McCollum / Communication
William J. Bums
Richard Morrow
Rodney J. Beaulieu / Human Development
Kevin McLellan / Liberal Studies
Larry E. Byers
Margaret Moustafa
Diego Bernal / Biology
Sandra McMillan / Sociology
Gavle Ceresino
Michelle Mullerr
Mayra Besosa / Foreign Languages
Patricia McMurren-Pollack / Communication
Dorothy Chance
Janet E. Newman
Gunnar Biggs / Visual & Performing Arts
David J. Medina^ Liberal Studies
Bill Cressman
Elizabeth L. Ostrom
Timothy Bills,/ General Education
Scott A. Melzer. / Sociology
Frank Esposito
Patti Pettigrew
Monica Bontty / History
Anthony W. Merritt / Liberal Studies
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Leslie Potter-Mauerman
Michael P. Byron / Political Science
Terri R. Metzger / Communication
Wayne J. Fields
Jerraldeane^Cheung Quon
Angeles Castrillejo / Foreign Languages
Richard J, Micanek / Mathematics
Xavier Garza Gomez
Valerie L. Reeves
Brandon Cesmat / Literature Sc Writing Studies
Todd A. Migliaccio / Sociology
Don S. Kovacic
Stan Reid
James Chagala/Liberal Studies
Alastair Milne / Computer Science
Mike Lee
Fernando Reyes
John H. Chang Computer / Science
Jon Mitchell / Liberal Studies
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Cynthia Rhamy
•RtWrigo G. Chavez / Chemistry
Katie Montagna / Literature & Writing Studies
Jeffrey Marks
Doug Rider
Eleonore Chinetti / Foreign Languages
Natalina T. Monteiro / Pol. Science/Women’s Studies
Darrell McMullen
Maritza Rodriguez
Kae B. Chun / Liberal Studies
Colleen A. Moss / Comm ./General Ed/Psychology
Melanie Nelson
Gail W. Senter
Rickianne R. Muller / Literature & Writing Studies
Jerry Olivas
Ginfty K. Sharp
Joey Cook-Gabaidon / Economics
Joanna L. Murphy / Foreign Languages
Alan E. Omens
Kathleen A. Shea
Nancy Coto / Foreign Languages
Linda Smith Neff / Pbiitcal Science
George K. Sharghi
Madelyn Sheets
■Zoraida R. Cozier / Communication
Kathy L. Nienhaus / Visual Sc Performing Arts
Salman Taghi-Zadegan
Candace Singh
Margaret Crowdes / Sociology
Vincent Nobile/ History
Ernest D. Wendt
Cynthia M. Sistek-Chandler
Catherine Cucinella / L it & Writing Studies/Women’s Studies
Patty Oneal / Sociology
Sharon M. Cullity / Sociology
Chaela Marie Pastore History
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Denise M. Dalaimo / Liberal Studies
Joanne M. Pedersen / Psychology/General Education
Judith Adams
Rene Townsend
Philip L. De Barros / Liberal Studies
Dilcie Perez / General Education
Stephen J. Ahle
Diana Treahy
Ann Dickinson / Chemistry
Robert C. Perez I History -
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Carol Van Vooren
Ann Elwood / History
Penny Sue Perkins / Biology
Richard G. Brown
Devin Vodicka
Kevin S. Erbe / Communication
Sarah M. Pitcher / Sociology/Womerfs Studies
Catherine Bullock
Harry C. Weinberg
John Esposito / Liberal Studies
Patricia A. Price / Literature & Writing Studies
Patricia Buza
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Dawn K. Yonally
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Alien J. Risley / Sociology
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Lynda Gaynor / Sociology
Janet E. Roberts / History
Kathy Eisler
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Mary Roche / Sociology
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Jayant B. Ghiara / Biology'
Lawrence P. Rockwood / History
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Margot J. Espinosa
Judith A. Downie
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Charlotte Frambaugh
Bruce Thompson
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Betina Heinz / Chemistry
Parisa Soltani / General Education
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Pamela Strieker / Political Science
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Richelle S. Swan / Sociology
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10th Anniversary
Associated Students (ASI)
discrimination
fall 2001
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California State University, San Marcos
On Air with
Upward Bound
V ol. Y D N o . 1 2/ Monday, November 22, 1999
National Smokeout Day
Leiana Naholowaa
P RIDE STAFF W RITER
CSUSM's Upward Bound
(UB) outreach program was highlighted in "North County at
Large," a radio program for 92.1
FM (KFSD) and 1450 AM
(KSPA), on Sunday, November
14 at
10:00pm. Program
Coordinator Marsha Gable,
Fallbrook High School student
Stephanie Opatik, her parents,
and UB alumnus/CSUSM undergraduate
student
Anthony
Lastrape, spoke on behalf of the
Upward Bound program for the
discussion. Radio host and interviewer Ken Leighton was
described by Gable as "very supportive, interested, and excited
about the work we do for 55 kids
in North County."
Although the UB segment was
broadcast on a Sunday, the actual
interview was pre-recorded on
Thursday night, November 11.
Peter Miranda, a s tudent at El
Camino High School, arrived too
late f or the "North County at
Large" show but just in time for a
spontaneous live broadcast. At
8:00pm, the Upward Bound
troupe were recorded live for ten
minutes on AM 1000 (KCEO).
Gable said she was "nervous,"
but the experience was "fun and
successful." The Upward Bound
Program hosted at CSUSM provides outreach and retention services to eight target high schools in
IN THIS ISSUE
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J azz Band.........
Phantom of the Opera
Film: James Bond
Dogma
PRIDE EDITOR
The Great American Smokeout, an event that encourages
smokers to quit for the day (and
permanently), was celebrated at
CSU San Marcos on Thursday,
November 18 in Founder's
Plaza. Peer Education and
Support (PEAS), an official d ub
on campus, had coordinated the
event and invited Kaiser
Permanente, Palomar Pomerado
Hospital, and UCSD to the cam-'
pus.
The organization of nine students, which includes PEAS
Peer Educator Karyn Harmon,
oversaw the organization of
tables and distribution of information and literature. "We've
had a lot of people stop by - a lot
of smokers and a few people
who have quit for the day," stated Karyn. The American Cancer
Society provided pamphlets, flyers, and banners for the
Smokeout. Their videotape
"Advertising: How Does it
Rate?" played on a television
monitor and showed 14 different
no smoking commercials and
ads that were funded by the state
of California.
Although unable to attend the
event, UCSD Medical Center
supplied CSUSM with "You
Can Take Charge" cards that
offered a I-8OO-NO-BUTTS
smoker's helpline. A giant cigarette constructed by the PEAS
members blew a stream of
smoke to crowds of passing students while smokers and volunteers alike met face to face over
help materials. During their free
noontime barbecue in front of
the Dome, Associated Students,
Inc. (ASI) sent students to the
Smokeout event by advertising
signs for free drinks up at the
Smokeout table.
Dr. Michelle Boutte Burke is
the advisor for Peer Education
and Support, a club affiliated
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HCDS
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Aztec Shops
C ross-Country
Biotechnology
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Calendar.
Classifieds
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CSUSM MEChA
Holds 2nd High
School Conference
with
Counseling
and
Psychological Services (CAPS).
CAPS provides Boutte Burke
with the time to conduct training
in health-related issues, f ulfill
her role as advisor, and teach as
an adjunct faculty member for
the Department of Psychology.
Dr. Boutte Burke marvelled at
the success of the Smokeout
event and stated that resources
were taken from many different
places and tailored to specifically target
smokers.
The
Department of Student and
SMOKEOUT Cont. pg. 3
Cynthia Woodward
By Ricardo Favela for The Pride
See UPWARD BOUND Pg. 8
Opinion
Leiana Naholowaa
PRIDE STAFF W RITER
Under
the
slogan
of,
"Continuing the struggle into the
21st century. Hasta la victoria
siempre (Until victory, always),"
last Saturday, November 13th,
CSUSM MEChA held its 2nd
High School Youth Conference.
Students from San Diego State
University and over 50 students
from high schools came from' all
over the North County of San
Diego, including San Marcos,
Poway, Fallbrook, and Vista.
The conference, first held two
years ago, focused on education
and.political/community activism
as a means to motivate students to
continue in their studies in the university. This objective was promoted by student speaker Flora
Aguina, as well as keynote speaker and community activist, Ismael
Avilez, who is currently heading
an organization of parents struggling to get a bilingual and adequate education for their children
in the school districts.
Along with motivational speakers, the event provided workshops
for the students such as "The
Chicano Movement" (which covered the Chicano Movement of the
past and what it is today); "Raza in
college" (a workshop that allowed
f or the high school students to
learn about college life from
See MEChA Pg. Pg. 7
Dumpster Diving at CSUSM
CSUSM resurrected its Dumpster Dive came from sev"Dumpster Diye" on Monday, eral areas around campus. At
November 11, in honor of the least half of the trash was colnationally recognized "America lected from the public areas of
Recycles Day." The Dumpster the university.
Dive (not really in a Dumpster
The -'student trash," as
and not really a "dive") pitted Facilities worker Carl Hanson
teams of dedicated waste recy- called it, was composed of
clers against each other as they many recyclable items. An
raced through bags of trash, abundance of paper products,
looking for recyclable items. plastic bottles, and aluminum
The aim of the event, hosted by cans came from the student
Facilities Services, was to make trash. In contrast, waste collectthe campus community aware ed from classroom and adminthat each day much of what gets istrative areas of the campus
thrown away can be recycled yielded trash composed mainly
for future use.
Within minutes of starting
the "dive," recyclers armed in
protective goggles and gloves,
and carrying long aluminum
"trash grabbers," filled colorcoded bins to overflowing with
recyclable waste. The teams
sorted paper goods, recyclable
plastics, and aluminum cans
into large piles for future recycling. True trash, like "icky"
food waste or unrecyclable
plastic, was disposed of in trash
cans located to the side of the
event. For the most part, however, the trash collected from
the university was made up of
recyclable items. The half-hour
long event resulted in a visual
reminder to recycle, rather than
throw away.
The trash collected for the CSUSM's Dumpster Dive.
of discarded paper. Almost all
of the paper was suitable for
recycling.
Participants in the Dumpster
Dive fueled up before the event
with a free pizza lunch, provided by Facilities. Other activities
that marked the day included a
game
where
participants
guessed the weight of bales
made from recyclable waste.
Prizes, including Edwards
Cinema movie tickets, were
awarded to the winners.
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OPINION
Monday, November 22, 1999
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Dear Editors:
RESPONSE TO THE UNIVERSITY STORE
I've held my peace as long as possible. It is time for someone to
voice dissatisfaction with the administration of CSUSM, The Pride,
and the entire Cal State college system. This past Thursday 11-11-99
was Veteran's Day. There was nothing about it in the newspaper.
There were no planned activities by the administration. There wasn't
even an acknowledgment by the school in any way to honor the veterans except for the appearance of a few students wearing items that
identified them as veterans. It is disgraceful that the Cal State college
system has as its policy one that refuses to acknowledge the most
multi-cultural organization in this country- the United States military.
This is especially true f or CSUSM, which prides itself on being
founded on multi-cultural principles. Nowhere in this country is there
an organization more integrated in gender, ethnicity, and wide-ranging belief systems. There are three flag poles in front of the campus,
two are always flying a flag. Hie third stands empty the majority of
the time, Would it have been a harmful gesture of respect for the
administration to have flown a POW-MIA flag from this standard in
recognition of the service of veterans? There are a number of veterans
at CSUSM who are students. I 'm sure there are a number of faculty
that are veterans, though for some reason they don't wish to acknowledge it. While most other groups have their special celebrations and
designated awareness days, weeks and months, and the system
ensures that these are advertised and supported, the veteran has one
day a year designated to honor her/him. It is shameful that the
CSUSM administration is so blatantly neglectful. Remember, without
the veterans, none of you would have this campus, your educational
opportunities, nor your job.
I was very happy to see the prompt response by the University Store. I think this demonstrates how
our administration seems to have a genuine concern about this important issue of labor rights,
However, I was hoping that the response would have been more specific.
Respectfully,
R. D. Hawkins
Dear Editors:
In response to your Editors' Response in the last issue of The Pride, I
believe it is important to clarify some errors that your staff had made
while addressing the College Republicans.
h The Pride said: "Contrary to your statement that there has been a
problem between The Pride and the College Republicans..." My
statement never included the word problem as I, like you, do not consider the College Republicans as having a problem with The Pride
paper. I did say, "I aip not happy about the recent happenings that
have been taking place..." Happenings do not necessarily equate to
problems.
2. The Pride said: "you were, until recently, listed as the Membership
Chairman of the YAF..."
I was the Membership Director, not Chairman. Minor mistake, but
nevertheless could be easily misconstrued as me being the Chairman.
Thank you for taking note in that I am no longer a member of YAF.
3. As the Chairman of the College Republicans, I respectfully ask that
when The Pride Editors are handling disputes in which they have
with other student organizations, that they do not attempt to refute
their problems in the same Editors' Response that is directed to the
College Republicans. It would be greatly appreciated if you would
handle your disputes in separate articles.
Thank you for your time,
MikeSannella
Chairman
CSUSM College Republicans
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In order for students to be sure we are not buying sweatshop garments in our bookstore, we need to
know what code of conduct is required. Not only do we need the details of that code, but we also need
to know who monitors and enforces the code, In addition, we need to know the factory locations of
the companies who supply our University Store.
There are good reasons why those last few details are important/First of all, there are companies who
create codes of conduct which are not acceptable. In El Salvador, for instance, a one day "living
wage" (which determined how much sweatshop employees were going to be paid) was based on calculating half the price of food for one day. That's it. No clothing. No shelter. No transportation. No
toys for kids. No money for educating kids or adults in the family. Just half of the cost of food.
The second reason 'specifics' are important is because whoever monitors and enforces the code is
very powerful in this industry. Companies who oversee their own codes are not objective. It is too
hard for them to see the injustices that they bring upon the laborers. To them it is just business as
usual. Also, it is often the case that managers and supervisors are merely doing what they can to keep4
up with the demands that come down from headquarters in corporate America.
The third request of naming factory locations is important because we need to know which American
companies truly do their business in America/ Recently, because of pressure being put on by students,
companies such as Nike and GAP(Gap, Baby Gap, and Old Navy) have started naming where their
factories are located. Of course, most of their manufacturing is done overseas in sweatshops. The millionaire and billionaire managers and owners of these companies gave the excuse that the responsibility was "out of their hands" because they couldn't be in all places at once to monitor labor conditions.
This is no excuse. I can't believe it is impossible to set up a monitoring system to make sure workers
are not suffering and starving in their factories. They just'don't Want to 'waste' their profits on such a
monitoring system.
At the "Students Against Sweatshops" conference, we had women who were former sweatshop
employees speak to us. They spent many hard years slaving over clothing made for colleges. When
these women tried to organize labor rights movements, they were fired, their families were threatened, and also the women were followed and told they would be killed.
This is why it is important to make sure that we truly are doing all we can to bring about equality. We
need to stop the horrible practices of sweatshops by making sure the people in corporate America
realize it is of utmost importance to the consumers that they give all laborers a living wage and treat
them with dignity.
I am happy that our University Store requires manufacturers to follow a code of conduct. However, I
hope that the details of this code are made public so that the students can decide if it is the code that
we want our clothing manufacturers to follow.
This is a very complicated issue. However, one detail is very simple: The people who make billions of
dollars from sweatshops are going to continue their abusive practices until the consumers demand
otherwise.
Michelle Jacob
In regards to Joe's letter to the editor that appeared in the November 8 issue:
Joe, my gosh you spent a whole semester and a half at CSU San Marcos and just now realizing you're
bored? One would have to question why yoti didn't think of this BEFORE you enrolled here. It seems
to me there are a 'cazillion' colleges you could have picked from. Perhaps you should question why
you picked CSU San Marcos to begin with? Was it the price tag? The ease of which you got accepted?
Is it possibly the location to your home, etc.? Did your parents have say in the matter? Wow, I could go
on. I 'm just very curious why you DID choose CSU San Marcos—surely there had to be a good reason
for choosing a commuter college. Also you mentioned that the average age of the students here is 28.
I 've been brought up to think that people at any age can enrich and add to an environment, rather than
take away from it. You mention a lot of factors that contribute to this school being a bore. If you are so
interested in sports, then why didn't you pick Notre Dame or some other school? If your friends are all
"having the time of their lives" living in dorms, then why don't you change schools so you can be with
them? If you choose to stay at CSU San Marcos, then why don't you try joining one of the many successful clubs on campus, call the Associated Students Office, and just get yourself involved? However,
remember that CSU San Marcos has a writing requirement in all classes and that may limit the amount
of time you have to party. The bottom line i s that you have to decide what is important—a party life or
graduating on time, before you become "28" years of age.
G.S.
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UPWARD BOUND Cont. Pg. 1
Chalk Marks
By Victor Mireles
As the days of optimism fade
from view and the cold hard reality
of school work finally sets one into a
routine of study and sleep, there are
some things on campus that "remind
us that tiiiie truly flies while you're
alive. There are the leaves that have
turned a wonderful shade of brown,
the mountain behind the Science
Hall that has shrunk to the size of a
foothill, and the term papers that
seem to come all at one time, even
though they were assigned two
months ago.
Yet, as I walk the mile from my
car to the campus on top of the hill I
notice the once proud graffiti of rush
week refuses to let go of the year
and wash away. Why am I mentioning this to you? The reason is simple. Life moves much too fast for all
of us. In a world where news is old
in three minutes, every stcflre looks
like a box, and houses are made of
cheap white stucco, one should take
a moment once in a while to look
out from on top of the hill on campus.
the North County San Diego area.
It is a federally funded TRIO program f or low-income and firstgeneration high school students
who are motivated to attend and
succeed in college.
Because the Upward Bound
program at CSUSM was rated in
the top 2% in the nation, they are
currently operating in their
"bonus" fifth year (grants are typically funded for 4 years only).
Their new grant comes into effect
in 2000.
Students dance during ASI's Monthly Free Student
Barbecue.
Upaward Bound Students interviewed on AM 1000 KCEO
Look out and see the horizon and
notice how at sundown all the colors
of nature come out and reveal to all
below the beauty of the sky. Take
time and notice that many seem
locked in a permanent gaze downward, as if in anticipation of the
assignment to be soon given by the
faculty. Take time and notice that
there is more to life than school and
work and the daily grind. Notice that
we should learn not only from books
but also from the world around us.
Not even the best machine can produce the good feelings of warmth
that the sun gives to all. I thought
that before the start of finals week
and the ever-present holiday season,
that I should share a thought rather
than a rant. I hope that, whatever
else you do in the next two weeks,
that you look around and notice the
chalk marks on the street.
SMOKEOUT Cont Pg. 1
Residential Life donated the
cups for the Stnokeout event
which volunteers filled with
mouthwash breath mints and
handed out to students.
Irene Cabral is a Lifestyles
Educator who works mainly
with stress management at
Kaiser Permanente. Cabral
stated, "We know it's so hard
to quit smoking, so we try to
provide different resources."
These include helpful hints
and information, weight management, group sessions, outreach programs, and preventative work. Kaiser also
recommends stress balls,
walking, and exercise programs to help kick the habit of
smoking.
will 'click' to help them quit
smoking," Cabral stated.
For many smokers, the
immediate incentives are
health benefits while for others, it is money. After one year
of quitting smoking, the "heart
disease death rate is halfway
back to that of a nonsmoker"
while saving $1,080, the cost
per year for a single pack
smoked per day, according to
the literature provided.
Helen Lindner, Health
Educator
for
Palomar
Pomerado Hospital, noted the
combination of pharmacological aids with behavioral modification types of programs.
Lindner recognizes the need to
match the psychological and
physical components of quitting, "The nicotine 'patch' will
eventually lessen symptoms of
withdrawal. For a lot of people, this can be really helpful."
Amidst the excitement of
the life-affirming event was
the story of one student who
had approached the Peer
Educators and Health representatives. The student had
quit smoking for good at a
Great American Smokeout in
1983.
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Monday, November 22,1999
Arts & Entertainment
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The Carnegie Hall Jazz Band
June Hodges
Penny Lanese
PRIDE STAFF W RITER
P RIDE STAFF W RITER
Die-hard jazz enthusiasts were
delighted and rewarded by the
outstanding concert given by the
renowned Carnegie Hall Jazz
Band
Wednesday
night,
November 17, 1999, at the
California Center for the Arts in
Escondido. Under the baton of
Jon Faddis, artistic director and
famed trumpeter in his own right,
the seventeen piece group gave
the appreciative audience a spirited taste of the jazz stylings of both
'Satchmo' Louis Armstrong and
'Duke' Ellington. Ellington would
have celebrated his 100th birthday
this year and Armstong would
have celebrated his century mark
entitled "Black, Brown, and
Beige" which he first performed
Each trumpet, trombone, and in Carnegie Hall in 1942.
saxophone performer was featured Repeated applause by the enthusias a soloist throughout the two astic listeners resulted in a final
and one half-hour performance. musical tribute to Ellington called
Listeners responded enthusiasti- "Duke Takes the Train."
cally to blended instruments in the
Local artists in the audience
performances of
"Stardust,"
"Chinatown," and "What a included James Moody and
Wonderful World."
Faddis Jimmy and Jeannie Cheatham,
delighted the audience with his who performed at CSUSM's
playing as well as with his gravel- anniversary party. Moody and the
voiced imitations of Satchmo in Cheathams were called up to the
song and humor.
stage to perform. The evening
ended much too soon f or all those
The program ended with who love and appreciate great
Ellington's original composition jazz.
next year.
m?
Trevor Knudsen
PRIDE STAFF WRITER
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The World Is Not Enough- the
19th, I think, James Bond filmlives up to the 007 legacy in- a
serious way. Supersaturated
action, shameless sexual innuendo, most excellent gadgets and
vehicles, and an entertaining spy
plot pull the movie together.
Pierce Brosnan continues
proving he's the best 007 since,
Connery. He puts in a great performance (The man straightens
his tie while speeding underwater
in an open topped boat!), as the
"decadent agent of a corrupt
Western power," although I 'm
still angry that James Bond does
not smoke in the films any more.
Although The World Is Not
Enough is not as good as
Tomorrow Never Dies (How
could it be, without Michelle
Yeoh?), I thought it was still
Bond in full effect.
v
I won't give it away because
it's worth the surprise, but the
person Q is grooming as his
replacement is an insane choice,
but a good one. ;
I hate Garbage, but they did a
"Dogma-- one of my top 3 favorite movies of all time."
Dogma is a grand satire of the structure and practice of religions.
In this case, Catholicism happens to be the example. The movie
brings up controversial questions about the interpretation of God
and Jesus the Messiah. As an example, Cardinal Glick thinks the
crucified Jesus is too "depressing" for people, and resorts to a cartoon-like buddy Jesus giving the thumbs-up sign.
Dogma exposes other controversial ideas such as God as a
female, Jesus not being white, and Mary and Joseph having children after the virgin birth of Jesus, The movie asks the questions: If
these were the cases, would the religion change? Would the people
take the religion the same way? Would it make any difference to
the overall message of the religion?
After a blatant disclaimer to "cover one's ass," Dogma opens
with the Cardinal Glick (George Carlin) announcing the rededication of his New Jersey church as part of his "Catholicism WOW!"
campaign. Meanwhile, in a Wisconsin airport two fallen angels,
Loki (Matt Damon) and Bartleby (Ben Affleck), receive an anonymous letter informing them of the rededication and a church decree
that anyone who enters the church arches comes out cleaned from
sin.
For disobedience, God sent Loki and Bartleby to live with the
humans until the end of time. After the end of life, the fallen angels
are condemned to sit in front of the gates of heaven. Getting a
"clean slate" ensures the fallen angels a way back into heaven, so
Loki and Bartleby make their way toward the east coast.
At the same time, Bethany (Lindo Fiorentino), a doubtful
Catholic working in an abortion clinic, is visited by the voice of
God Metetron (Alan Rickman). Metetron tells Bethany of the news
and sends her on a mission to prevent the angels from entering
thechurch. On the way to New Jersey, Bethany teams up with the
prophets Jay (Jason Mewes) and Silent Bob (Dogma Director
Kevin Smith), the 13th apostle Rufus (Chris Rock), and the muse
Serendipity (Salma Hayek) to achieve the will of God.
This is a must-see movie for any person not easily offended by
the questioning of the structure of religion. The movie is classified
as a comedy, but the moments where comedy and theology intertwine may make the deeply devout or narrow minded miss the
overall message of the movie: Why do we believe in what to do?
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"Turn your face away from the garish light
of day" and go to the Phantom of the Opera.
If you have never been to a theatrical production then the Phantom
of the Opera is an excellent opportunity to indulge your senses. An
elaborate recreation of the Paris Opera House sets the mystical mood
for Andrew Lloyd Webber's renowned musical. The plot goes back in
time to the Opera House in 1881 and relates the story of Christine
Daae, played by Rebecca Pitcher, who struggles with fate, fear, and
love. The Phantom, portrayed with emotion by Brad Little, is lustfully
entranced with Christine and pushes her career to the top through
Opera House hauntings. Fickle Christine is torn between her f ather's
dying words, Raoul (a childhood boyfriend), and the p oj^rijal "Angel
of Music." Christine eventually chooses R aouMSftf
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Becoming More Aware of AIDS in Our Community
By Chandra Osborn, Peer Educator (CAPS) for The Pride
Many people fail to realize the
extent to which AIDS thrives
within a community. More
importantly, they lack the understanding that "it could happen to
me."
For many years, we have been
fed information on HIV and
AIDS. The need for prevention
and awareness has literally been
shoved down our throats.
Information overload may distance ourselves from the disease.
Thus, we continually forget how
important it is to acknowledge
that HIV is still alive; we fail to
realize that we are responsible
for controlling its spread. More
importantly, it is essential that we
remind ourselves that HIV can
affect our lives, and/or those we
love.
Many are unaware that North
County is the home for the only
two licensed care facilities for
men and women who are living
with AIDS in all of San Diego
County: Fraternity House, which
is located in Escondido, and
Michaelle House, which is located in Vista. Recently, another
Peer Educator and myself visited
Michaelle House to learn more
about people who are suffering
from AIDS .
House, where women and men
living with AIDS are comforted
by her tremendous efforts in
making
AIDS
recognized
throughout San Diego.
Currently, Michaelle House is
comprised of ten residents (seven
men and three women), as well
as an energetic and loving
licensed staff (cooks, nurses,
administrators, etc.). We spoke
Michaelle House has existed with a staff member, Jan Mudd
for three years and is named after (the house cook), about her expeMichaelle Lidell, who was the rience working with the resifirst woman in San Diego to go dents. Jan gave us a tour of the
public and announce she was liv- house and introduced us to severing with AIDS . Lidell, who was a al of the residents. I noticed that
strong advocate for AIDS in our each resident's bed was covered
community, assisted in the cre- with a quilt. When asked, Jan
ation of the Women and explained, "Every resident's bed
Children's Center for AIDS in contains a quilt rnade by the
San Diego. She was also a well- Lidell family."
known public speaker and
activist in the AIDS community.
When we asked Jan what
Her legacy lives on at Michaelle motivated her to work at
Michaelle House, she explained
"My brother suffered from
AIDS, and currently my best
friend is living with AIDS - has
been for 13 years." She continued by asserting that, "It takes a
special person to work with
AIDS patients - someone who
isn't afraid of people with
AIDS."
My heart was touched by
those words of a man who has
lived with AIDS for so long. I
When we spoke with the. will never foiget those words for
Project Director, Frank Wilcox, as long as I live - they depict the
he explained that "Most volun- struggle of what it is like to live
teers usually bring themselves with AIDS.
here as a result of being affected
somehow by AIDS. In most
The Peer Educators will be
cases, friends or family have celebrating World AIDS Day on
been infected." Frank encourages December 1, 1999 here on campeople to volunteer at the house. pus. Guest speakers will be preHe explained that residents who senting from 1:30 - 3:00 in UH
become healthier are those that 101. Also, the'Michaelle Lidell
have had one-on-one attention Quilt will be on display, along
from volunteers. He says, "we with a scrapbook illustrating her
are i n constant need of caring and experience with AIDS and her
friendly people who are interest- advocacy in San Diego.
ed in becoming a 'buddy' to a Information on HIV and AIDS
resident."
Prevention will be available and
much more! All students are welcome to attend this informative,
Being introduced to residents
living with AIDS was an inspir- special event.
ing experience. It was amazing to
see those men and women with Anybody interested in volunteersmiles across their faces, espe- ing at Michaelle House may call
cially when their bodies were so (760)758-9165
weak and frail. Witnessing residents in wheelchairs,
using walkers, or suffering from complications from AIDS,
brings a new understanding of the disease. Thef disease
becomes real.
The reality of
AIDS is apparent at
Michaelle House.
However, we must
remember that AIDS
does not only exist
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Ergonomics
PRTDF STAFF WRITER
We are all now at that point in
the semester when we are counting
the days until the semester is over.
Our minds are stretched to the
limit, and we are begging relief for
our poor lil' oF brains. However,
some of us are begging relief from
the physical aspects of the semester as well — the long hours at the
computer have caused us physical
I suffering from what I call the
I "CSU-writing-requirement-synI drome."
I
I
If you are one of those students
I whose back, neck, wrist, legs, or
I other body parts cry out loud, then
I please read on for some helpful
I
hints on how to properly use your
I
I equipment to head off injury.
I Remember, computer users of any
I age risk injury if they don'.t pay
t attention to the equipment they use
I and the way they use it. The probI lem occurs when computer users
I tend to stay in one posture for
I extended periods of time.
L
Here are some tips you may want
to clip and keep near your computer:
4. Seat back should support inward
curve of the spine to provide lumbar support.
1. The mouse should be right next
to the keyboard, so you don't have
to reach for it. If you purchase a
table with a slide out tray for your
keyboard, make sure there is room
for the mouse. The newer
economically designed keyboards
encourage better posture.
5. The top of the CRT screen
should be even with your forehead.
2. Adjust your workstation so that
the angles of your body are close
to 90 degrees, adjust seat so that
your thighs are fully supported on
your chair, parallel to the floor
with 100 to 110 degrees between
hip and knees, knees to floor
should be at 90 degrees or more.
3. The front of the seat cushion
should be rounded off, and feet
should be flat on the floor or on a
footrest.
there - it exists everywhere!
As we were leaving the house,
I noticed one "of the residents sitting in the front yard. He smiled
at us and said with passion,
"Thirteen years and still going
strong!"
I
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6. Take breaks every hour, get up I
and stretch, move around a little so I
that your legs can get circulation. I
If all else fails and yoif re in con- J
stant pain, see your doctor, or I
explain to your professor why you I
just can't write any more zillion I
word term papers! And remember, I
very soon, you'll be doing a lot of I
sitting when the holidays arrive I
and the football games keep you I
glued to your chair. Remember I
your posture during your R & R I
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times too!
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Riverside Physical I
Therapy Center and UCSF/UCB I
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6 Monday, November 22, 1999
Visiting Professor Christian Ferrer Collaborating Services for Students,
HCDS
Jessica George
P RIDE STAFF WRITER
:
Mike Spangler
P RIDE STAFF W RITER
made up of Student Health
Services (SHS), Counseling
and Psychological Services
(CAPS), and Disabled Student
Services (DSS), and was
designed "to provide a userfriendly means of accessing
our [SHS, CAPS, and DSS]
services"
said
Karen
Nicholson, M.D. and Director
of SHS. The publication states
"these three units have maintained separate leadership,
organizations and locations"
and the HCDS helps to identiThe first issue of The Mind fy and promote collaborative
Body Connection highlights efforts v between the organizainformation and services rele- tions, and shows the organizavant to the concerns of stu- tions are not mutually excludents, including those with sive.
immunization holds, signs Of
The official mission of
stress, or those in need of speHCDS, as stated in their
cial testing accommodations.
newsletter, "Is to help stuHCDS is a division of dents obtain their educational
Student Affairs formed during goals by providing services
the restructuring of Student and accommodations which
Affairs that became official promote mental and physical
August 1 of this year. It is well-being."
The recently formed
Health, Counseling and
Disability Services (HCDS)
publicized their first newsletter,
The Mind
Body
Connection, last week to
introduce themselves to the
campus community. The publication is the first in a
planned series of four for the
academic year, and is funded
by a grant from the State
Lottery Commission, the
California Lottery.
This year students on our campus are having the pleasure of studying
under guest professor Christian Ferrer from the Marne-La-Vallee in Paris,
France. Professor Ferrer began teaching in 1968, and has instructed in many
schools around the globe. For Ferrer's first visit to the U.S. he chose to take
the opportunity to teach at CSUSM.
Ferrer prefers to work wherever h e travels, rather than to visit as a tourist.
He says, "I learn much more about America at CSUSM than I would at
Disneyland." Ferrer is currently teaching two courses here. They are "Death
in Contemporary French Literature" and "British Romance Poetry," and work
with such authors as Camus, Ionesco, Coleridge, and Shelley.
Professor Ferrer earned his first Masters of English at La Sorbonne Paris,
and then continued his education in England at Manchester and Lancaster
where he earned his Masters in English Linguistics. Only four years after
beginning his career he entered "l'Agregation" in English Linguistics, a competitive: "exam" taken by 2,000 candidates, and ranked fifth amongst all.
Unfortunately, Professor Ferrer must depart for France at the end Of the
semester, but he hopes to soon return. "I am a very, very happy CSUSM
t eacher... and I am hooked on California sunsets."
One example of collaboration under the HCDS banner
was the "Great American
Smoke Out" display in
Founder's Plaza on Thursday,
November 18. Peer facilitators from CAPS and the
Student Health Advisory
Board members joined forces
to promote a smoke-free day
and lifestyle. HCDS has also
finalized plans to promote
"HIV/AIDS Awareness Day"
on becember I, and has tentative plans for a pre-holiday
"Alcohol Awareness Day,"
said Nicholson.
The publication is dedicated to the late Sandra R.
Kuchler, who is noted as "one
of the pioneers of CSUSM's
student services programs."
Students who would like a
copy of The Mind Body
Connection should contact
Student Affairs located on the
5th floor of Craven Hall.
Leiana Naholowaa
P RIDE EDITOR
On Monday, November 15, President Sun Zhong Qing and Zhang Ting Guo, Director
of International Relations, made a special visit to Cal State San Marcos on behalf of
Yantai University in the People's Republic of China. The distinguished guests were welcomed by the President's Cabinet, given a tour of the campus with Russ Decker, spoke
with Chinese students, and met with various department faculties.
Yantai's enrollment of 6,700 full-time and 3,000 part-time students make it very similar to CSUSM, although their university is several years older. Zhang noted the many
fields of study that are offered at Yantai which include science, engineering, literature, art,
international business, and marine studies.
I California State University San Marcos
Hnal draft, 11/15/99
I VALUES
i California State University San Marcos is an academic community dedicated to the values I
I o f:
I Intellectual Engagement: learning, teaching, discovery, and application of knowledge
Community: shared commitments to service, teamwork, and partnership
Integrity: respect, honesty, trust, fairness, academic freedom and responsibility
Innovation: creativity, openness to change,flexibility,responsiveness, and future focus |
At the moment, CSUSM and Yantai University are in the planning process of furthering contact between the two campuses. Some projects in the works include the possibility
of . Yantai sending over a faculty member for training in Computer Science and CSUSM
B.A's and M.A.'s teaching English in China for a year.
Yantai University President Sun and International Relations Directbr Zhang conversed
with Colleges of Business, Language, and Literature faculty. Literature and Writing
Studies department chair Dr. Yuan noted that currently there is no Chinese Studies program at CSUSM, but there may be the possibility of a cultural immersion program with
universities like Yantai in the future*
Dr. Yuan had visited Yantai University with Peter Zwick, Sheldon Lou, and President
Bill Stacy in October of 1996. Located in the Shandong Province of China, Dr. Yuan
states that Yantai University is at "at the edge of the sea" and describes it as "very pretty
and right near the beach." Since the signing of a formal agreement at theinitial meeting of
the two universities, two CSUSM students have traveled to Yantai University to teach
English between 1996-1998.
Inclusiveness: individual and cultural diversity, and multiple perspectives
SM^Hii
MISSION
California State University San Marcos f ocuses on the student as an active participant in t he!
learning process. The university's rigorous academic programs, exemplary teaching, a nd!
responsive services assure student access to an excellent and affordable, education. Our pro-I
grams promote l ifelong learning and enrich the intellectual, c ivic, economic, and cultural!
l ife o f our region and state.
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1 twenty- first century dedicated to fostering student learning through innovative programs
l and teaching delivered by a community o f active scholars. We w ill be renowned f or u sing!
1 state-of-the-art technologies and for capitalizing on our diversity to cultivate the knowledge, m
1 skills, competencies, and experiences needed to flourish in a global society. Our curriculum
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Aztec Shops
Cross-Country Team
Featured on ESPN
Imani Rupert
Imani Rupert
P RIDE STAFF WRITER
P RIDE STAFF W RITER
Have you ever wondered T here is also an A ztec store
why the words "Aztec Shops" located at the Fashion Valley
are stuck on the back of our mall.
textbooks?
Aztec S hops' name repreAztec Shops has been pro- sents the mascot of another
viding services in the Sail university. Their main office is
Diego area since 1932. Aztec located on the SDSU campus.
Shops is r esponsible f or the There has been the misunderUniversity Store, Cougar standing that money f rom
Corner, and the Dome here on C SUSM i s given t o SDSU.
campus. T he corporation has Laura Gropen, Manager of
" shops" at Cal State San Marketing
and
Public
Marcos,
Imperial
Valley Relations of Aztec Shops,
C ommunity College, San declared these rumors false and
D iego State University cam- stated, "A portion of this
pus, a nd SDSU Calexico. money is allocated back t o
CSUSM."
Aztec Shops does more than
elicit controversy and provide
books and f ood. Gropen also
said, "our mission is to serve
the students, faculty, and staff,
and to promote the academic
mission." Aztec Shops works
directly with A SL and donates
money back to CSUSM. They
also receive feedback f rom students faculty, and staff by
doing focus groups and samples.
If you were watching ESPN on Tuesday, you may
have gotten a warm feeling after seeing your school
on television. Cal State San Marcos was broadcast on
television last Tuesday, November 16. Steve Scott,
the head coach for the cross-country team, commented on Arturo Barrio's Invitational in Chula Vista.
During a brief hiatus between the races, Sieve Scott
was interviewed and a few runners of the cross-country team were shown. When asked about his first time
as a coach, Scott informed ESPN viewers that since
his retirement, it is the second most amazing thing in
his life (the first being the marriage to his wife). Also,
if you missed it last week, the runners left for
Kenosha, Wisconsin, on Thursday, November 18 to
compete in Nationals and the team will return to
California on Sunday. Steve Scott and CSUSM's
cross-country team can be seen again on Thursday,
November 25, at 1:00am on ESPN.
New Biotech
Certificate Offered
at CSUSM
By Joni Miller
PRIDE STAFF WRITER
A new certificate program will be
offered at CSUSM in February 2000
to provide practical, hands-on training in Biotechnology. Ten courses
offered in the spring will focus on
ensuring marketable skills in the
biotech field.
* Loan programs are available.
Each course carries 1.5 continuing
education units. Successful completion of six of the courses is required
to qualify for the certificate. The
five-week classes are open to anyone, and are priced at $325.00 each.
In response to a growing need for
workers ready for employment, the
program will enhance the skills and
knowledge of science students.
Craig Halverson, Director of
Regulatory Affairs with Gen-Probe,
Inc. helped plan the idea and will be
an instructor of the program. "There
are not enough candidates applying
for jqjbs that support laboratory
research - jobs that are ancillary to
the laboratories," Halverson said.
For more information contact the
offices of CSUSM Extended Studies
at (760) 750-4020.
MEChA Cont From Pg. 1
Chicano CSUSM students themselves); "Vivala Mujer" (a workshop
concerning the issues Chicanas face
in the movement and in Mexican culture); "Zapatistas" (an introduction to
the current social and revolutionary
movement that exists in Mexico
today); "UFW" (which was an introduction to the UFW); "Police
Brutality;:' "Identity;" "Chicana Art;"
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It was a day full of energy,
empowerment, knowledge, spirituality, motivation and unity. Students
from different high schools were able
to meet and talk to each other about
organizing events together. The first
high school conference was dedicated
to the memory of Cesar Chavez. This
year's conference was dedicated to
the memory of Ernesto "Che"
Guevara whose banner was defaced
last month.
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CSU SAN MARCOS
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
Monday, November 2 2,1999
What should you do with
degree of interaction, so
all of it now? This workcome prepared to have
shop extends the Part I
some fun!
research workshop held on Presenter: Jocbethem
November 11 by helping
Tahapary, Assistant
you determine which
Director for High School
research materials will best Relations
serve your project. You
10:00am -11:00am
will also learn how to inte- CRA 4201
grate your sources.
Presenter: Cindy
Woodward, GEW
Thursday, November 2 5,1999
Instructor.
3:00pm - 4:00pm
Anime Showing
ACD 410
4:30pm - 10:00pm
UH 373
CSUSM Technology Fair
The Teeh Fair is open to
the public. Light refreshments will be served.
Faculty members will be
showing off how they use
the Internet to supplement
their teaching efforts with
web pages, email, chat
rooms, streaming media
and other innovative techniques. Also demonstrated
are digital cameras, or
Tuesday, November 2 3,1999
videoconferencing, and
Geographical Information
Systems (GIS). If you have Teamwork/Teambuildiiig
some application of techDescription: As a student
nology that you think
would be useful for others leader, how can I develop
an effective team? How
to see, please contact
can I keep my organizaChuck Allen at 750-4783.
tion/club members moti11:00am - 2:00pm
vated and committed?
Commons 206.
How can I attract more
members? Learn teambuilding exercises and icePutting Together a
breakers and gain insight
Research
into what motivates indiPaper Part II
viduals to be with groups.
Description: You've colExplore ways to "retain"
lected much of the
enthusiasm and commitresearch you might need
ment. This requires a high
for your writing project.
Monday, November, 2 9,1999
German Club Film
Screening: Maenner
Famous comedy in
German with English subtitles. Free.
6:00pm
UH 371
Wednesday, December 1,1999
World AIDS Day
Information on HIV and
AIDS Prevention will be
available. The Michaelle
Lidell Quilt will be on display with a scrapbook
illustrating her experience
with AIDS and her advocacy in San Diego. The
Michaelle House is a
licensed care facility in
Vista. CSUSM Peer
Educators invite all students to attend the events.
Guest Speakers
1:30pm - 3:00pm
UH 101
Polynesian Culture
Exhibition
Co-sponsored by the
LDSSA club, A.S.I;, and
Global Affairs.
Time: TBA
Dome Plaza
The Bree Tinney Memorial
Electronic Auction is right around
the corner ! We need donated items
for the auction, which w ill take
place. December 6 through 16th.
Past auction items have included
crafts, lessons, art, books, food,
poetry, and baby-sitting.
How to donate auction items:
ONE Fill out the form at
"http://www.csusm.edu/auction."
This will post the information about
your donation. Describe your
donated item or service (a couple of
sentences highlighting what is
unique or valuable about your item
will increase the bidding interest.).
If you prefer, you may e-mail the
information to Eugenia Villamarin
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TWO Bring Eugenia Villamarin
your auction item(s); a photo of the
item will appear on the web page. If
you wish to donate a service,
Eugenia will design an appropriate
certificate. You can reach Eugenia
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How the auction works:
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display both on the web page and in
the Library. The web page will
accept bids beginning Monday
December 6 at NOON, and bidding
will be frozen on Thursday
December 16th at NOON.
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California State University, San Marcos
V ol. V II N o. 8 / Monday, October 18, 1999
ICC Budget Science Building Defacement University Budget Issues
Penny Lanese
Settled
Cynthia C. Woodward
Penny Lanese
PRIDE STAFF WRITER
Issues concerning the 19992000 budget were settled at the
Inter Club Council (ICC) meeting held on Friday, October 8.
On-campus club funding will
receive $50,800 total while
$10,000 has been set aside for
club funding off-campus.
$10,000 goes to the annual
Student Awards Banquet, a
social gathering and awards
ceremony for clubs at the end
of the Spring semester. By a
unanimous vote, the Chair, Vice
Chair and Treasurer will
receive $400 in Student
Development money in scholarships and grants to pay tuition
costs.
PRIDE STAFF WRITER
PRIDE STAFF? WRITER
Facilities workers must paint,
scrub, and sandblast the stucco
and granite of the Science Hall
Building as a result of last
week's vandalism. Using eggs
and blue paint, vandals defaced a
banner of Che Guevara that hung
temporarily from the Science
Hall Building on Wednesday,
October 6. The eggs and paint
splattered against the building's
walls, causing unsightly stains
on the archway that leads into
the building. Scaffolds and yellow tape marked the area as
Facilities members grappled
mmmm
with the problem of removing
the stains. For more than a week,
Facilities has been trying different cleaning methods to remove
the stains, but all to no avail.
Today a worker lugged a bottle
of Simple Green to the site, hoping that the all-purpose cleaner
might fade the blue spots that are
now embedded in the granite.
According to Patty Holden,
Assistant Director of Custodial,
Grounds and Transportation, the
stucco must be painted, and the
See CLEAN-UP pg. 6
Since the last meeting, no
clubs had turned in their funding packets. Funding packets
for all clubs are located in the
Associated Students Inc. (ASI)
Office in Commons 206.
Funding packets must be submitted the Tuesday following
an ICC meeting in order to be
processed for the next ICC
meeting.
Two newly recognized clubs
on campus are the Yearbook
Club and the American
Chemical Society. The
Yearbook Club hopes to publish
a campus yearbook, and is currently looking for a publisher. Samantha M. Cahill
The group plans on represent- PRIDE EDITOR
ing the academic year with portrayals of student life through
President Gonzalez addressed
See ICC Cont. Pg. 6
members of MEChA in a meeting on Monday, October 11, following the vandalism of a banner of Che Guevara hung by the
student group. Gonzalez had
been scheduled to give a motivational talk at the meeting prior
to the vandalism. However,
when the floor was opened for
questions, few people had questions about the history of
MEChA, and the conversation
with the president was re-directed to current events.
A Senate-sponsored forum
with President Alexander
Gonzalez, Vice President of
Academic Affairs Richard Karas,
and members of the CSUSM faculty was held on Wednesday,
October 13.
The meeting's focus had much
to do with George Diehr's
October 10, 1999 article entitled
"Cal State San Marcos fat on
overhead, thin on professors" and
the points that the article had
raised. Gonzalez spoke for close
to an hour on the university's
budget after the meeting began.
"We need to trust each other,"
said Gonzalez* who continued to
reiterate similar phrases throughout the forum. Diehr's statement
in his "op-ed" piece that "we need
a full accounting by an independent auditor of the CSUSM budget,
" was the apparent point of contention. Gonzalez's reply to this
charge was "my books are open."
Gonzalez outlined his budget
plan before the meeting was
opened for general discussion.
The discussion ceniered on the
issues of faculty workload and
development, and the Retention
and Tenure Process (RTP), but
also addressed the line item costs
of athletics and president's initiatives in the university's budget, as
well as the costs related to uncompleted buildings.
Faculty questioned the desir-
ability of what the campus has to
offer. Karas responded, "location,
cost, quality and proximity."
However, as noted by one faculty
member, if CSUSM cannot compete in the national market for
new faculty members, educational quality will be compromised.
In response to a question
regarding opportunities that were
missed to defend the university's
stance on budget issues through
public statements, Gonzalez told
faculty "you take it the public,
you're going to lose." This was
further evinced through statements regarding the notions that
airing troubles in public, and the
amount of good it would do,
would only invite comments to
the contrary.
Gonzalez made clear that allegations of misuse of funds would
only back him into a corner, giving him less room to respond to
faculty concerns in a flexible
manner. Gonzalez made clear that
he has the final say in setting the
workload for faculty, in this
instance four classes every Fall
and Spring semester. He would,
however prefer acquiescence, a
consensual compromise.
Gonzalez also stated that he
was not looking into a trimester
system for CSUSM but acknowledges that there are some adaptable classes that include accelerated courses.
ing banners of a revolutionary
characters for the promotion of
educational events and celebrations on campus to be guaranteed and not be used as criteria
to deny our right to do so by
'facilities' or the appropriate*
department which is responsible."
from our own. The University
should be a place where widely
differing views can coexist. I
would like to reiterate that we
will continue to support diversity in all its forms. We will not
condone nor tolerate any breach
of behavior or policy that threatens our commitment to an open
andfree university environment.
Gonzalez Addresses Mechistas
In a statement presented at
the meeting, the Mechistas outlined their position concerning
the incident. Included in the
statement is a request that
President Gonzalez make "a
written statement to the university students, staff and faculty
denouncing [the] act as an act of
disrespect arid disregard towards
Che Guevara, MEChA,
Professor Y&nez-Chavez and the
Liberal Studies department, and
the University itself." The document also observed that the vandalism is "an attack on our
(MEChAVthe students') freedom of expression".
President Gonzalez responded
to the suggestion that the vandalism was directly aimed at the
banner of Che Guevara by stating that it could not be determined if it was indeed a targeted
act of vandalism. WhenLeticia
Luna, MEChA's president
inquired "If the banner hadn't
have been there, do you think
that the blue paint and egg yolk
would have been on the buildingv President Gonzalez
replied "I don't know."
President Gonzalez complied
with MEChA's request for a
public statement regarding the
incident in a memorandum dated
October 12. The memo,
Students took the opportunity "Freedom of Expression on
to question the president about Campus," stated that
what would be done about the
vandalism of the banner of Che
"Last Thursday, a banner of
Guevara, and what he would do 'Che Guevara, that was hung in
to ensure the rights of students Founders' Plaza as part ofpubto free expression in the future. licity for a Public Forum coIn addition to the vandalism of sponsored by MEChA and the
the banner, students and faculty Liberal Studies Department,
brought up previous incidents of was defaced. Whether the act
vandalism on campus, including was one of vandalism or aimed
the vandalism of the Cesar specifically at destroying the
Chavez statue in the spring of banner is not known. However
last year. Questions were raised this incident does raise concerns
about the lack of public admin- and should be addressed.
istrative response to this previous act of vandalism.
"The University is a free
marketplace of ideas. We should
The Mechistas also asked for be both respectful and tolerant
their "rights to continue display- of opinions and views that differ
9
"As a campus community, we
actively work to end discrimination based on race, ethnicity,
gender, age, religion or sexual
orientation. It is important to
reaffirm both individually, and
as a community, what it means
to be a campus that not only tolerates, but welcomes diversity in
all its forms, including differing
social and political views.
"As we move into the remainder of the academic year, please
join with me in reaffirming these
principles that have guided the
University's development."
Although the president's
statement did not denounce the
incident as an act of vandalism,
it is still a step in the direction of
See MEChA pg.7
�2 Monday, October 18, 1999
Dear Editors:
I am rather perturbed by the ethical foundations of a new group
formation on campus, the Young
Americans for Freedom. The
group, not a CSUSM or CSI recognized group, professed their
stance on freedoms of choice,
which is great. The foundations
of freedpm of choice, laissezfaire market principles, and the
importance of teaching the
virtues of Liberty are all critical
elements to be upheld and highly revered in America. And the
approach towards Liberalization
(privatization) of American
structures is an ideal that, as a
moderate libertarian, I could not
help but be pleased at. However,
I was profoundly disturbed by
other explicit and underlying
principles YAF maintains, such
as the professed support of "the
choice to eradicate Communism
Dear Editors:
I recently was made aware of the
YAF (Young Americans for
Freedom) group on campus; I
don't know how many people on
campus have seen their flyer
'Top 10 Reasons to Join YAF',
but when I read this flyer I was
outraged and disgusted. Why
don't they just list their reasons
as: L We're homophobic, 2.
We're white supremacists, 3.
We're VIP KKK members, 4.
We need guns to kill off the
minorities and homosexuals, 5.
Dear Editors:
on campus." The foundation of
freedom is rights, and the right to
believe in and maintain a sociopolitical stance on Communism
is a right, and the suggestion of
eradicating it is a direct contradiction to the premises of freedom. Usurping and diminishing
the right to belief is not upholding freedom, but killing it. In the
same light, denying rights to
practice deviant sexuality is
tyrannical in its ideology as well,
as suggested in their clause of
support for "the choice to prosecute gerbilers, pedophiles, transvestites, and other sexual
deviants." I wish to express my
discontent at the low denominator of angst this group has
against fellow students on campus. There is so much potential
to promote freedom positively.
Jeff Kuebler
We support the choice to oppress
culture. Join YAF today! Has
anyone noticed the web site on
the school server without
club/ICC recognition (an illegal
activity)? Why are they allowed
to set up tables and use the
school server without any sort of
recognition by the university at
any level? I along with fellow
students, approached Damon
Bell of CSI with these concerns,
and YAF is conducting these
affairs entirely unauthorized.
Does this bother anyone else?
In regards to the Pride's
Monday Sept. 20 issue, in which
a cartoon appeared with a caption
that read "Excuse me, but it (S &
M) stands for San Marcos... This
was a cartoon that showed a
cougar with a whip posing in a
sado-masochistic act. In the Oct.
4 issue, Mike Spangler gave a
comical rebuttal that advised the
student body that the "S" & "M"
of CSUSM stands for "Stair
Master." The issue showed a picture of students making their way
up yet another set of stairs on
campus. I am getting a kick out of
the creativity here in regards to
the letters "S" and "M." I got to
thinking about those letters
myself. Personally, I think that
"S" and "M" should stand for
"Smoking More," as I have
observed that an enormous
amount of students smoke a hell
of a lot of cigarettes, despite all
the training they've had over the
years about the dangers of tobacco products. California has so
many laws against smoking in
public places, that it doesn't seem
commonplace to see many people
smoking anymore. Not so at CSU
San Marcos. I would venture to
guess that two-thirds of the student population smoke. Being a
non-smoker myself, I guess I'm
more conscious of those who do.
This is not another diatribe about
smoker versus non-smoker's
rights, it's just an observation. I
cannot help but think of a relative
of mine who hated smoking all
Dear Editors:
October 11 was National
Coming Out Day. Who knew?
Who cared? To perhaps the
majority of students here on campus, most any and all events are
of no concern, (unless of course
there arefreeofferings of food or
products to avail our hungry
natures). After all, we are "just a
commuter campus". But a profound uncertainty overwhelmed
me as I began to put this piece
OPINION
Dear fellow MEChA members Statement from Ricardo Fa vela,
MECHA Vice-President:
and Editors of the Pride:
Thirty-two years ago, on this
I am amazed to see such
day, October 8, Comandante
extremism in our group, I have
been considering joining up with Ernesto Che Guevara was capMEChA because I am proud of my tured in Bolivia and executed.
heritage. Ernesto Che Guevara is Che's remains were then hidden in
n effort to to
he
not our heritage, Che Guevara rep- faorget abouttryhat makemtan world
w this
resents the oppression and for. But the people never fstood
destruction of Latin America their heroes, no matter how orget
hard
which drove my family (and prob- they try to miseducate us, to keep
ably many of your families) from us ignorant, to give .us false and
our motherland. Che Guevara is
artyrs s
as
proudly used by the international criminal mColumbus,uch eorge
Christopher
G
communist party as their symbol Washington, or John F. Kennedy.
of a communist revolution, and if
Tp
ever
you take the time to search the web those hehoeople twill nives tfoorget
w gave heir l
free
nearly every Marxist or socialist them from the poverty, oppression
website will link you to Che. I am and misery which they have lived
not a communist and I feel that we under for the past five centuries.
should not support the oppressors
o
t oppressors tried
or the oppressive systems which Not o nly haveithhe he as a physical
to d away w C
are holding back our people.
being, but ever since his death,
MEChA should be about mak- there has been an ongoing attack
ing our community better and fur- on his ideas. And it has been his
thering education of Hispanic- ideas that have lived on after his
American heritage, not oppressive death and have taken hold in othpolitical systems which kill mil- ers who have followed in his footlions and ruin the lives of millions steps, such as the Zapatistas and
more/ Where are the MEChA Eperristas in Mexico, the FSLN in
events for Hispanic-Americans Nicaragua, FMLN in El Salvador,
who have made good in our com- the FARC and the ELN in
Columbia, the Sendero Luminoso
munity?
If MEChA wants to promote and the MRTA in Peru, and also
such horrible principles and ide- the Black Panthers and the
ologies maybe we should form a African People's Socialist Pary
new group which will bring pride here in the U.S.
They all share the $ame ideas
to our community.
which Che Guevara gave his life
to defend. The idea of creating a
Francisco
world without exploitation of
umans
he
his life and hated his parents for hdea of cby othera humans. Tnd
i
reating developed a
being smokers. He went away to technologically advanced Latin
college, and at age 21 he took up America. The idea of creating a
smoking, and as he nears the end ruly
Latin America
of law school, he is still smoking twhichindependentuffers in poverty
no longer s
heavily. I was truly amazed by and misery just so that a few in
this peculiar behavior. Maybe orth A
and urope
peer pressure never does end, or Nan livemerica (U.S.), and Euxury
c
in splendor
l
maybe school just drives people (for if it is not yet known, the U.S.
to seek out further ways to punish and Europe have
themselves... .Anyhow, this tionship with La parasitic relaatin
comes to me at a time of the year which means the wealthAmerica,
hich s
when the American Cancer concentrate^ here in thewU.S. iis
Society prepares for another of its accumulated a esult o he
Great American Smoke-Outs in exploitation oas our rbrothersf atnd
November, I will be observing sisters in fthe fields and
how many deaf ears it falls on, maquiladoras of Mexico and Latin
and continue to wonder why peo- America).
ple actually choose to harm them- But the fact is that even here
selves.
within the borders of the U.S.,
Mexican, African, and Native
GS
American people here are also
C fte ffiribe
exploited and are forced to live in
poverty and misery. The fact is
that there exists a great inequality
between white people here, who
in general, benefit from the
exploitation of people around the
world, and the Mexican, African
and Native American people who
live in this country. You only need
to walk through an African or
Mexican community and see the
conditions in which we live, and
go walk through a suburban community of white people to see the
drastic inequality which exists.
And you only need to go to the
fields where the farmworkers live
and work, to see that they are
nothing but 20th century, and now
21st century, slave plantations.
And it was exactly this inequality
between humans that Che gave his
life to eliminate. He took up arms
because he knew that the rich
would not give up their stolen
wealth without a fight. He knew
that the police and the army only
exist to maintain that inequality
arid to defend the stolen property
of the rich.
Yet despite the fact that over the
past 30 years, the rich have only
gotten richer and the poor have
gotten poorer, despite the fact that
almost every right that we fought
for during the civil-rights era has
been stripped away, despite the
fact that the civil-rights movement
has been betrayed, and despite the
fact' that the C.I. A. keeps pumping
in drugs and guns into Mexican
and African communities, some
will say that Che's ideas are only
the result of the '60's and will forever remain in the '60's. What
they are telling us is to not be idealistic. What they are telling us is
to stop thinking of how to better
our people's conditions. What
they are telling us is to stop thinking for ourselves. To stop acting
for ourselves. They are telling us
that we will always be an exploited people, that we will always be
a permanent underclass...
And on this day, in the spirit of
Che Guevara, of Emiliano Zapata,
of Huey Newton and Reyes
Tijerina, we will say, 'They can
kill a revolutionary, but they can
not kill the revolution! Hasta la
victoria siempre!".
A coward dies a thousand
deaths, a brave man or woman
dies but once.
together. Nothing happened here
at CSUSM on National Coming
Out Day. There were a couple
dedicated professors and students
volunteering their time to provide information in the Founder's
Plaza. A brightly displayed, rainbow flag draped a small table.
Pamphlets about local organizations and events were neatly
arranged. "Build it and they will
come?" Not at CSUSM.
After speaking with some students and faculty, it became
apparent to me that students dents fear of coming out on our
Is our campus really safe? Is
don't feel safe on this campus. campus was the recent defacing CSUSM truly the University of
Why is it that both our local com- of the Che Guevara poster put up Diversity? Or is this just another
munity colleges have large by the MEChA (El Movimiento attempt by our administration to
groups of gay, lesbian and trans- Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlan). be politically correct? October
gender students involved and And still another student 11 should have been a day for all
participating in clubs and. yet it is remarked that a newly formed students to come out, straight or
simply non existent here? One political group on campus may gay, and celebrate our diversity,
student told me that she has be intimidating gays and les- instead we turned our heads in
observed a covert discrimination bians, since the group has posted shame. A campus in the closet
of gays and lesbians from both material on our campus admit- can not pride itself on tolerance
faculty and students. Another ting their mission to eradicate nor promote diversity.
student suggested that what homosexuals, communists, and
might have contributed to the stu- other persuasions.
Joni Miller
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�)t C ritic
My name is Samantha Beltram
and I am an Indian student on this
campus. I am vice-president of
the American Indian Student
Excellence Society (AISES).
I've been involved in AISES
since Fall '98 and active in the
American Indian community in
California since 1996. I've developed a cordial relationship with
the advisor of our club and the
Pow Wow Committee in relation
to coordinating activities. The
advisor and the Powwow committee are instrumental in educating the general student population about American Indian
culture. But in the last couple of
months I've been noticing how
my relationships with these key
players are limiting me, and
American Indian students in general, by limiting our participation
in educating the campus about
our heritage and in developing
our leadership capabilities/
This can be best described and
exemplified in terms of
CSUSM's Annual Pow Wow. I
noticed an article in the last issue
that delivered a very positive
image of the Pow Wow. The article had good intentions in that the
spirit of the writer was in a good
place and that they gave relevant
information about Indian culture
and Pow Wow in general, but I
recognized that only certain perspectives were represented. This
is not enough, more perspectives
need to be voiced, expressed and
offered to the public awareness. I
now will offer an American
Indian student's perspective:
The relationship between the
Pow Wow Committee and AISES
has historically been limited. My
experience has been that
American Indian students can
only voice their opinion regarding the organizing of the Pow
Wow. But the actual planning and
organizing of the Pow Wow has
been done by faculty and staff
Letter to the Editors:
In Defense of Censoring
Ourselves
only. As Indian students, our role
in this "organizing" has been to
post flyers, sell T-shirts, sell programs, collect water donations
for the Pow Wow staff, and other
colorful jobs of this sort. We have
never been given the direct participatory role in the actual planning of the Pow Wow. For example, we don't get to decide who
the actual participants are such
as: the drummers, the MC, etc.
Yet this is a significant aspect of
our culture and of the Pow Wow
organization.
OPINION
dent involvement in its livelihood. We were also informed that
the person who was responsible
for the vendor contracts "messed
up" and as result we had no truly
"exclusive" rights since vendors
would also be selling water. As I
was doing these things I was
treated very badly; treated like a
child. I felt very disrespected,
patronized, lied to, dismissed,
excluded...you name it. In short, I
was made to feel less than
human. Yet at the end of the
Pow Wow, the Pow Wow
Committee demanded that
Indian students (i.e. representing AISES) be recognized as
part of their Committee in an
honoring song. An honoring
song is given by the Community
to give thanks and show gratitude to those organizing and
hosting the event. I felt Pow
Wow Committee's action was
wrong because it was misleading
the community into thinking that
we were part of hosting, organizing and putting on the Pow Wow,
when in reality we weren't. Not
only is this inappropriate to ask,
it just adds insult to injury being
so disrespectful as to demand
Indian students to come out and
be "honored" for something they
were never given the opportunity
or honor to do.
The Pow Wow committee
maintains that there are not
enough American Indian students
interested in getting involved.
During this time I have understood that American Indian student involvement on campus has
been minimal, (reflecting both
the low numbers of Indian students existing on this campus and
the absence of voting power for
students in the Pow Wow
Committee.) So what we chose to
do as students interested in our
heritage was to be involved in
this special event in what little we
were allowed to do by the
Committee: we distributed flyers, (two of us brought dessert
donations for the Dinner hosted
by the President), we sold Pow
Wow T-shirts and programs, and
I coordinated the water donations
I absolutely refused to dance
for the Pow Wow staff. In return with the Committee that I felt I
for our participation, AISES was was not included in or in any
promised a permanent table set way a part of.
up and exclusive water rights to
sell at the Pow Wow.
I am not the first Indian student who has been made to feel
The day of the Pow Wow we this way. Many Indian students
were told that we did not have the share the same sentiments, as this
permanent table set up that was has been a chronic ISSUE in the
verbally promised to us, but Pow Wow committee in the past
rather that we would just have to and continues to be an issue in
suffice with a temporary set up. It each annual Pow Wow. So every
is important to understand that a year history repeats itself. Indeed,
permanent set up was vital in this year I witnessed that the
order to provide us a central place words they delivered were not
with which to promote our club, honored - not with the table,
fund raise and evoke more stu- "exclusive" water rights, or with
matter spoke louder and with
more intensity than I could
muster at the moment. I am
prompted to write this letter to
I swear, sometimes profusely the Pride by my desire to express
and with great pleasure at the my opinion more fully.
release of emotion. In fact, I can
string curse words together in Associated Students hosted an
remarkably innovative ways, event featuring two comedians
given inspiration. However, ! do whose material, by all accounts
not swear around my children, at with which I am familiar, conmy boss, in the presence of a tained profanity, vocalizations of
client, and many other scenarios. sexual acts based upon racial
I think that most people, like and/or ethnic stereotypes, and
me, are able to censor them- graphic descriptions of oral sex.
selves in such a fashion without The event took place in the pubfeeling that their freedom of lic area outside of the Dome. I
speech has suffered, been find this insulting to the stanchilled, or otherwise hampered. dards of the campus. Rather
It is simply a matter of choosing than make exQuses and craft
appropriate behavior in a given rationalizations, Associated
setting.
Students should apologize to the
campus community.
Twice in the past two weeks I
have been told that I should just I am offended for several reagrow up and accept profanity sons. First, the speech of the
and obscenity as a part of uni- comedians violates the sense of
versity life; that it's a First community that so many people
Amendment issue, so I should have labored so diligently to
just keep quiet. Both times, I establish and maintain. How do
had ready made retorts that I we create a community that foswould have loved to have ters excellence in academic
expressed. But, those with achievement, develop an enviwhom I attempted to discuss the ronment in which diversity is
strength, and maintain a culture
that embraces progress? We
must constantly balance the
rights of individuals to
they please with the synergy of a
strong community establishing
and maintaining standards over
the course of time. From a sociological perspective, an established set of rules which govern
behavior constitutes the backbone of culture and becomes
part of the identity of individuals
within the group. If we are to
achieve a sense of community
where all members feel safe, valued, and free to learn we must
exercise our rights responsibly.
Second, the speech exhibited
that day violates the standards to
which employees and students
are held. If these things had
been said by a staff or faculty
member to a student or anyone
else, that staff or faculty member
would be subject to sexual
harassment laws and would have
been (hopefully) fired for discriminatory language and conduct. I cannot see why a speaker on stage who says " F... you"
to a group of students should be
defended since a student would
Monday, October 18, 1999 3
basic respect to students and student expression. I was outright
disappointed in the outcome of
our relationship because this was
an event that I truly put all my
effort and all my heart in. This is
supposed to be a community
event. It is a cultural event and
NOT an administrative function
for those with the titles- to make
sure everyone knew their name.
The Pow Wow isn't supposed to
exist to service their big
"University image and to give
them some more kudos with
which to meet their status quo. I
had had such optimistic, high
hopes but after this experience
my view of this relationship has
most definitely changed.
I've been trying to maintain
this relationship at all costs- we
still sold the Pow Wow
Committee's T-shirts and programs, even though our "exclusive" water rights were sacrificed.
These are issues that need to
be worked on toward a positive
resolution that will benefit students. Indeed, one of these problems between the Pow Wow
Committee and Indian students
are already being addressed.
Bonnie Biggs, Chairperson of the
Pow Wow Committee, has promised to give classes to AISES
members about the logistics of
organizing a Pow Wow. My hope
is that AISES will see a commitment in the form of a set
date on this so as this becomes
one promise that actually
becomes reality.
Being offered, and afforded
the opportunity to learn about
how to run a Pow Wow is definitely a good starting point.
However, the issue that still
remains (and which is never
addressed) is the issue of giving
voting privilege for AISES as an
organization. This would enable
students, through a vote as a club,
the opportunity to directly participate in the planning and organizing of the Pow Wow. Lastly, it
must be understood that all students should be given the dignity
o f being treated as adults regardless of our educational level. My
hope and vision for the future is
that the relationship between
Native American students and the
Powwow Committee will be
more amicable and genuine.
Other examples:
First of all I am a woman, not a
child. I am certain that as a
human being I deserve to be
treated with the respect due to
any human being. Just because
we are students and do not yet
have the educational degrees and
fancy titles that key members of
the Pow Wow Committee have
does not mean that we do not
deserve to be treated with
respect. It is not okay to manipulate students to the benefit of
individual agendas and images.
This is not an Indian way of
doing things: I'm an Indian person, this is an Indian event - yet
what I saw on that day were a lot
of broken promises. I saw the
dishonesty of the committee and
what Indian students of the past
had whispered in warning come
true. This was a very bad experience and what is so unfortunate
about this situation is that it didn't have to he that way.
On a final note, I encourage
studeftts to respond to me with
their feedback and support.
In closing, I hope that the
American Indian faculty and
staff will support these resolutions, and in the future that they
will support Indian students in a
more active and diplomatic way.
Advocate for us.
Samantha Beltram
be subject to disciplinary action
if he/she used the same langtia^e
Please notice that I do not say
off stage.
; that the comedians do not have
the right to express themselves,
J hird, the Dome is a PUBLIC nor do I say that Associated
space. If this event had been Students does not have the right
held at the Comedy Store, I to contract a particular speaker
would not be writing this. As a based upon the content of their
mother, I often bring my chil- speech. However, to say that a
dren to campus. We walk person, group, or institution has
through this area as we head to the right to do something also
the library, Dome, or other desti- means that they have an attennation. I wouldn't want my chil- dant responsibility in exercising
dren exposed to the kinds of the right. One such responsibilthings that these people were ity is to respect the culture of the
saying. The counter-argument campus by making wise choices
that the university is a place for as to whcr they invite to speak
adults, and not children, does and where they hold the event.
not satisfy me. To me, making
responsible choices is the Censoring ourselves is not a
essence of adulthood. If I difficult task. Whenever we
thought that I would have to sub- make choices about how we will
ject my children to vulgarity and express ourselves and show
profanity in order to get to the respect for the people around us
library, I wouldn't go to the by choosing language and sublibrary. Furthermore, if my chil- ject matter that is appropriate to
dren are not welcome at the situation, we censor ourCSUSM, I am not welcome. It is selves.
my contention that I have the The bottom line is tjiat
right to go to the public spaces at Associated Students should have
a public university (with or chosen a more appropriate venue
without my children) without for the show. And since they did
facing an amplified assault of not, they should apologize.
profanity.
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Hi everyone. I am going to be
dreadfully busy with midterms
this week so I decided to consult with some fellow fairies to
answer the questions. They
have some good things to share
and I hope you enjoy it. See
you next week, love, Psyche
Fairy
Dear Fairy du Jour,
I feel like I 'm trapped in
emotional slavery. There's
someone that I care about, that I
love so much, that I would do
anything for them. They know
this, and never seemed to mind
this devotion. I don't mind
being taken for granted every
now and again, but it seems like
recently that they've been overly paranoid and defensive. I'm
so scared that I've done something at some time to offend
this person or make them subconsciously angry with me. It's
almost like the person that I
knew, the person whose personality was so unique and intriguing that it made my heart skip a
beat when they spoke to me;
somehow... went away. Is there
something I can do to make
them feel better? I've tried
everything, .and yes, I tried to
leave them alone. For one of the
few times in my life, I feel helpless. Please, I hope there's
something you can tell me to
bring just a little bit of ease to
my heart. I've never been so
scared in my life... I don't want
to lose this person out of my
own ignorance.
Enamored
that they learn to attach to,
unhealthy as it is. It may be
being transposed on you, very
unfortunately, my dear. I know
it is entirely much easier said
than done, but as a sentient
being, you have a right and
responsibility and a duty to
yourself to protect yourself
above the relationship. You are
separate from the relationship. I
am no means advocating a separation; rather I suggest a probing of the relationship first, and
why you would sacrifice yourself and your happiness for
someone who is being overtly
defensive and selfish in the relationship* My primary advice
would be to approach your
amour about Why they feel the
right to undermine the relationship rather than focus energies
on despair and what you did
wrong.
And if all else fails, get a second
job and go shopping with the
extra income- who doesn't get
cheered up with a new Winter
wardrobe (hell, take their card if
it makes you feel better!).
Best of luck, sweety!
To Enamored:
My condolences on your sense
of forlorn love. You have tried
the immediately advisable
need-my-space approach to
amending the turn in the relationship. Perhaps the person
you are enamored with seeks
emotional deprivation, whether
it was triggered by a side
issue/event in their life.
Perhaps they have come to
appreciate and thrive on your
discontent; it happens. Often
the world does not work to
serve your needs, and people
occasionally learn to become
vicious- it's a Pavlov-response
thing. People snap, and change,
and have disgust for life's angst The Fairy du Jour
Laughter and
Annoyance at
Comedy Fest 99
Andrea Cavanaugh
PRIDE STAFF W RITER
The ASI staged the first
annual CSUSM comedy show
on October 12, drawing an estimated crowd of 150 people to
the patio outside the dome for
what one student government
official described as "our best
attendance ever" for an ASI
event. However, several students complained about the
show, for reasons ranging from
profanity to obscenity.
"I couldn't believe what I
was hearing," said student
Gloria O'Shea. "It [profanity]
is so common now...but it
shouldn't be." Student Jessica
Ealson added that the" show was
PAUL BLANCHARD / The Pride
"very offensive. I was trying to
As I sat and waited and waited and WAITED for the ASI First eat lunch, but there was
Annual Comedy Fest to start, I thought that it's not very funny to start nowhere to sit outside where it
a half-hour late. Stalling for time, Waleed Delawari, our ASI President, couldn't be heard."
kept us entertained. First he tried playing music over the loud speakers,
ASI programming commitbut finally decided to start the show without the comedians. Waleed tee chair Mbalaka Monololo
used free movie passes to bribe members of the audience to come up on defended the ASI's decision to
stage and try their hand at comedy. Three men and a woman took the stage the show. "This is a colchallenge. The men failed dismally, but the woman fared well, with the lege," he said. "Everyone here
support of her very large study group, she stole the pre-show show.
The show, originally scheduled to begin at 11:00 am; finally began
at around 11:30. The first comedian opened the show with: "If you are
easily offended, then get the — out!" His use of profanity set the tone
for the rest of the show. I thought that the comedians were funnier than
I'd anticipated, but their routines did include lots of lewd gestures and
language. One comic, a Molecular Biology major, told jokes about
Road Rage, and gave impersonations of teachers on campus — and the
teachers being impersonated were among those in the audience.
Another comic's routine included his renditions of sexual vocalizations
from different cultures. The audience gathered by the stage enjoyed the
performances; laughterfilledthe patio outside the dome. It might have
been offensive to some, but I thought the show was funny.
PB
"It was a little
racy, but everyone
I talked to enjoyed
the show."
is a grown up." Although he
stood by the ASI's choice of
programming, Monololo said
that he respected the feelings of
those who complained. "Next
time, we'll try to minimize the
IRealCty
Gail Skennion
PRIDE STAFF W RITER
"Another Day in the Life of a Re-entry Student"
"I'm too sick to go to school," the dreaded words. Once again
today, like many times in the last three years, I was faced with
choosing between my classes and an eleven-year child who is
frequently sick. My child suffers from recurrent migraines,
accompanying stomach complaints, and an asthma-like condition, in addition to the normal sore throats and colds that most
kids get. I ask myself, why was she so healthy before I started
back to school. Why now, at a time in my life where I decide it's
my turn to have a life, do so many complications seem to occur?
As if a Re-Entry student doesn't already have enough on her/his
plate. The guilt in thinking of just 'myself' piles onto an
already overcrowded plate; guilt fills anxiety levels to a premium, and does as much damage to the body as daily 1,500 calorie desserts. Nothing undoes me more than choosing between
my child and myself. Getting through the math requirements
starting from ground zero was bad enough, and I thought nothing, NOTHING, could be as bad as algebra and statistics. I was
wrong. We can send people to the moon, but we can't get alternate care for a sick child down here on earth where it really matters. It turns out that there is no place to take a sick child, there
is no one who can instantly appear on your doorstep and stay
with your child, especially if you're unlucky enough to have
your immediate family live 3,000 miles away.
I can give only marginal advice to fellow parents. Most professors understand enough to give a student the benefit of the
doubt. E-mail your professors, explain the situation, and do the
best you can. Even though most syllabi state a mandatory attendance policy, there are times when perfect attendance is not possible. When you have a chronically sick child, it might be smart
to consider going to school part time, since parenting is a full
time job. Re-think your priorities and your goals and accomplish
little chunks at a time.
Your child does come first, as parenting is your first job. Even
though you are going to school to better yourself, which in the
long run benefits your child, you have to keep reasonable expectations. If I had to do it all over again, I would have gone part
time. The children need supervision and a parent who is 'all
there' both emotionally and physically, But keep in mind that
the sooner you finish, the sooner you can get back to normal
again. Dragging out your program is worse than finishing
quickly in many ways. Whatever you choose, some concessions
have to be made.
profanity." Monololo added
that anyone who wants to contribute to the choice of programming for ASI shows
should attend the programming
committee meetings, which are
open to everyone. They meet
every other Wednesday at 8:30
p.m. in the Dome, with the next
meeting on October 20th.
The ASI said that all of the
comedians, who were unpaid
CSUSM students, were
screened prior to the show. But,
said AgI President Waleed
Delaware, "once they have the
microphone, there's really
nothing we can do about [the
content of the show]."
After receiving thefirstcomplaint, Delawari attended the
remainder of the show himself.
"It was a little racy," he said,
"but everyone I talked to
enjoyed the show." Delawari
acknowledged that he only
spoke with people who were
gathered around the stage,
admitting that people who were
offended by the show had probably left. However, he said, you
can't please everyone. "If we
have 90% satisfaction...I consider that a success."
Although the ASI said that
they announced before the
show that some people might
find the material offensive,
some students were not aware
of what was going on. "I didn't
hear any warnings," O'Shea
said. Warnings or not, some
students felt that the show was
inappropriate. "This is my
school, I 'm paying to be here,
and I don't want to hear it,"
Ealson said emphatically.
ASI Executive Director
Darlene Willis said she could
see both sides. "If people see
something on TV that they find
offensive, they can always turn
it off," she said. "These people
may have felt that they didn't
have a choice. But they can
always get up and leave." She
defended the right of free
expression. "I respect freedom
of speech," she said.
But the students who complained seemed to have concerns other than free speech. "I
think we need to set higher
standards for ourselves,
because we are worthy of higher standards," O'Shea said.
Delawari said that ASI would
definitely take the students concerns into account. "It's a learning curve," he said. "We may
do it differently next time."
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ASI Services
The National Latino Research
Center: New Research
Opportunities For Students
Sharon Hambly
PRIDE STAFF WRITER
Giovanni Ferrer
PRIDE STAFF WRITER
Giovanni Ferrer
PAUL BLANCHARD / The Pride
PRIDE STAFF WRITER
Dr. Soriano was born in Guadalajara, Mexico. At age two his
parents came to the U.S. where he grew up in Fontana, CA. He
graduated from Fontana H.S., attended UC Riverside, and
received his Doctorate in Psychology at the University of
Colorado in 1987. Dr. Soriano stated that education has opened
up the world for him and that he has always been interested in
helping people with their problems.
Dr. Soriano is excited about starting the Youth Research Center
for all ethnic backgrounds. Students can learn research to better understand the needs of the youth and come up with proposals for solutions to violence and drug abuse. He is also excited
about working with "the experts." These are the kids who are
either in gangs, or have already been gang affiliated. He said
"what the youth need are opportunities. They need a chance to
contribute to society, especially the kids with problems at
home. They become alienated, less involved with school, and
are at a higher risk of joining gangs." He believes that we must
make kids more integrated in schools and the community. "I see
at-risk kids as dim light bulbs," he exerts. "Waiting to be turned
on by caring adults and professionals."
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By the year 2000, it is estimated that Latinos will become the
largest minority group in the
U.S., according to a 1992 census
conducted by the National
Council of La Raza. Even though
Latinos will make up the largest
minority group in the nation, we
have little information regarding
Latino populations. In the future,
Latinos will become a major part
of the U.S. work force, therefore
information on Latino populations is important.
The National Institutes of
Health is an agency of the U.S.
Department of Health and
Human Services. They provide
funding for innumerable organizations and centers for national
research studies in biomedical
and behavioral sciences. In 1997
the NIH approved a proposal by
Dr. Fernando Soriano to fund
research on American Latino
populations. The NIH awarded 1
million dollars to open the
National Latino Research Center,
and, through contacts at SDSU,
the National Latino Research
Center was launched. After two
years, Dr. Soriano moved the
center to CSUSrM. CSU San
Marcos indicated interest in the
center and the level of support
was greater than at SDSU.
Dr. Soriano was also offered a
tenured position here at San
Marcos and he now feels like an
integral part of the university. He
remarked: "I wear two hats, one
as the director of the center and as
an academician and researcher. I
spend half of my time researching and teaching, and the other
half as the administrator." He
expects the NLRC to grow at
CSUSM and research to expand.
The NLRC will engage faculty
and students at CSUSM to conduct research on Latino populations. The emphasis is on generating research. Dr. Soriano
stresses the importance of the
research to the U.S. reliance on
young Latinos that make up the
nation's workforce. "[The
research is] a clearing house on
Latino populations," he says, "a
platform for training to increase
the ability of students and
researchers to know how best to
study the populations." Dr.
Soriano expressed a tremendous
need for students, faculty, and
non-students to get involved with
the National Latino Research
Center. You do not have to be
Latino to become a part of the
center. Everyone is welcome.
Research assistance positions
will be opening in the spring of
2000. They are mostly voluntary
but some are paid. Students who
participate can receive academic
credit, program evaluations, and
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students.
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�A Tour of CSUSM's Library and Information Center of the Future...
Imani Rupert
PRTDF. STAFF W RITER
Remember those future promises of a larger, more technologically advanced library during
freshman orientation library
tours? The end is near! But not
until August 2003, to be exact,
the date set for the new library's
completion. With five floors and
almost 200,000 sq. feet, it will be
larger than Craven Hall.
The main entrance to the new
library will be located on the 3rd
floor (on the same level as
with a plaza that overlooks the
campus.
Book stacks will be located on
the 4th and 5th floors. These two
floors include desks, tables, and
lounge chairs for studying. The
4** floor will house the academic journals, periodicals, microfilm and microfiche. The 5th
floor will house the Spanish
books and curriculum books to
support the College of
"University Hall"). This floor
will hold new, reserve, and Inter
Library Loan books, as well as
new electronic products. It will
also hold reference books, government documents, and the
"information literacy program."
(This program is designed for
professors who have "library
days" to help their students utilize all of the library's resources
for class projects). This floor will
also have access to a cafeteria
1
Education. A special room will
be dedicated to these two types of
books and may eventually host a
"story time" for children.
The 2nd floor will contain the
most technologically advanced
teaching aids offered at our
school as part of the Media
Library. The Media Library will
expand to include a one hundredseat computer lab that stays open
longer than the library. The lab
will include "listening rooms" in
which groups can view videos,
listen to tapes or CD's, or compose multimedia projects.
The 1st floor will be comprised of library staff offices such
as cataloging, systems, and the
resource consultation office.
There will also be some classroom space available on this
floor.
CLEAN-UP cont. frompg. l
granite will probably need
sandblasting or other powerful
water cleaning methods to
remove the stains. Though it
would be less costly to paint the
granite, that is not the best solution. "Paint would ruin the look
of the granite," says Holden,
who also isn't sure that even
sandblasting will remove the
blue paint. She says that fading
the spots may be all that can be
hoped for.
Facilities is currently taking
bids from painting companies.
Within days, an expected cost
estimate will determine the
work needed to restore the stucco. The university painting
budget will cover the cost of the
work, unless the vandals are
caught and prosecuted. Holden
hopes that the ones who caused
the damage will be the ones
who pay for the clean up.
Dial Up" is G reat... W hen it Works
Adra Halford
PRIDE STAFF W RITER
CSUSM Computing and Telecommunications revamped their Dial-Up Service in order to keep up with ever-improving technology, as some students and faculty found out when
they tried to connect their computers to the campus modem pool. The C&T Help Desk set service records during the first week of the new service, though calls have slowed
considerably since. With midterms approaching, the demand for online resources will once again increase. Students who have not used the free dial-up service this semester
should be aware of new hardware and software requirements necessary to access the service.
Students who already have an Internet Service Provider may still want to access the Internet through campus Dial-up because this allows them access to research oriented databases like Ideal, EBSCOHOst, ERIC, and First Search. These can be found at: http://www.csusm.edu/library/e databases.htm. It is almost as good as going into the library.
Researching from home has the added benefit of nearly free printing, rather than 15 cents per page.
The new campus modems support 56K connections, meaning faster connections and less waiting for pages to download once the user is connected. That is where the trouble
begins. According to Carlos Archiniega, who identifies himself as "the Help Desk Guy", as midterms approach students should be prepared to hear busy signals and be persistent. The campus now has four types of dial-up accounts, each with its own pay structure and amount of access time. For students and faculty the service is free. Students
should keep track of their usage and be thrifty with their online time as they are only allowed 5 hours during peak usage days. Their time is unlimited from Friday at noon to
Sunday at midnight. Guests are allowed 14 hours per week, for which they pay $80.00 per year. There is also a paying student line for MBA students and Evers students. Students
should also consider avoiding the high traffic times from 4 pm to 8 pm, Monday through Thursday evenings.
Unlike the computers in the lab where a student can call a lab monitor to help if things are not going smoothly, students sometimes feel lost in the maze of technical jargon when
they have to be responsible for updating their own computers. Dial-Up Services has tried to ease the pain by providing detailed instructions. Students can access the website
for some information at: http://www.csusm.edu/helpdesk/dialup
Detailed instructions for dial up service can be obtained at the main computer lab located in ACD 202 or by visiting the Help Desk in Craven Hall 2302.
ICC Cont. from pg. 1 g up photos,inugshots of the faculty, and campus activities. There is no fee to join. The
American Chemical Society is a nationally recognized group of students who want to pursue a career in the
chemical sciences. The club offers students help in making presentations, volunteering in area schools, and getting employment assistance.
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All non-Greek clubs must attend the mandatory meeting to be held on Friday, October 29, from 1:00pm until
3:00pm. ASI is also attending this meeting for all club Presidents, Treasurers, and Faculty Advisors. The meeting will cover risk management, liability issues, and the issue of involving the advisor in more club activities.
Inter Club Council Budget Allotted by Associated Students, Inc.
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m Auditing Fees
3%
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• Equipment Rental & Maint.
>1%
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>1%
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2%
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AWARENESS
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Visit CSUSM's own "Amazone," a cyberquilt honoring
those we know who have battled breast cancer.
Remember your own family and friends with a contribution to the quilt, http://public.csusm.edu/breastcancer
Monday 9-4 (and all week), Founders' Plaza
Breast Cancer Awareness table sponsored by the
Women's Studies Student Association
Monday 6:15-8 pm, ACD 211
"Corporations, Cancer, Carcinogens," a presentation by
Deborah Small, environmentalist, artist, and CSUSM
Visual and Performing Arts professor
Wednesday 4-5 pm Commons 206
"Beauty and the Breast," conversation with Dr. Sue
Fellows, CSUSM Literature and Writing professor, artist
and a breast cancer survivor.
�10/21 REVISITED
Samantha M. Cahill
PRIDE EDITOR
In the fall of 1996, a white
CSUSM student repeatedly
called an African-American
instructor a "black bitch,"and
local newspapers were quick to
blame CSUSM's motto of
"achieving excellence through
diversity" for the whole problem. According to media, this
response was "Out of
Proportion." The campus administration continued to emphasize
that this was an "isolated incident," while students who
aligned themselves with the faculty member received bomb
threats at their apartment building and had threatening notes left
on their vehicles. The "isolated
incident" was further accompanied by hate flyers portraying
ugly caricatures of members of
different ethnicities; these were
strewn liberally across campus
and parking lots.
A group of students formed to
counterbalance the disinforma-
tion about "isolated incidents,"
and offset the political maneuvering on the part of just about
every official constituency at the
university. This group, including
members of El Movimiento
Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlan,
Pan African Student Alliance,
American Indian Student
Excellence Society, and other
concerned students, had a simple
goal: to have a day on campus on
which the campus community
would come together to stand
against the "reign of terror." A
day devoted to standing up for
the CSUSM mission statement.
It was decided that on October
21 these students would make
their stand against the atrocities
that were occurring on campus.
This resolve led to an event, the
likes of which had never happened before, and unfortunately,
has never happened since at
CSUSM—this despite administrative promises to give the day a
prominent place in CSUSM's
future calendar.
Led by student resolve, the
campus came together, turning
what was initially to be a student
walkout into a campus-wide
teach-in. Students, faculty, staff
and administrators all worked
. together for a common cause: to
stand up for the mission statement and stand against racism. It
was a day of speakers, workshops, musical events, poetry
and food. It was promised then
that the event would be commemorated each semester with a
celebration of the mission statement. To their credit, the institution did hold a somewhat lesser
event the following spring on
April 21.
The following year, students
planned events for the occasion,
but approval was revoked. Since
that time, little has been done on
campus in commemoration of
the day.
I have often pondered the reasons why the commemoration
has not taken place since that
first year. Perhaps it is because
the mission statement, which
evoked such a spirit of unity on
the campus th^t first day, has
been changed. Perhaps it is
because, with its shrinking population of Black faculty, CSUSM
has become a less interesting target for neo-Nazi skinheads, so
we really don't need a mission
statement which emphasizes
such things as race, class, and
gender, or "respect and decency."
Perhaps it is that there are no
incidents of any sort of bias at
CSUSM anymore because the
entirety of the student population
has become miraculously
enlightened through the hard
work of the remaining faculty
who do emphasize race, class
and gender, so we really have no
need to emphasize such things
anymore; it is preaching to the
Swansea, Wales CSUSM
Adrienne R.Lopez
clear communication on the
campus.
It's Columbus Day in the States. I
Gonzalez also spoke to the
don't think they celebrate that day
here in Wales. However, today I can
assembled students about
really relate to Columbus. It's my
MEChA's history^ his own
third week as an "official" internaexperiences as a member of
tional student and though I'm not as
MEChA, and the activities of
daring as Columbus, every day is an
the MEChA student group at
adventure. I never quite know who
other CSU campuses. Gonzalez
or what is around the next corner.
The idea of being in a constant state
of flux atfirstseems scary, but it has
turned out to be really exciting. The
pleasure of discovery, meeting new
people, going to new places, and
learning about different cultures, has
been enough to distract me from
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eymoon stage. I don't even mind the
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I live in the small city of
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Swansea, in South Wales. Don't ask
me how I got here. Less than a year
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ago I had no idea that I would be
half way around the world studying
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English Literature. I am living in an
old three-story house with six other
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students from various European
countries. Two German girls, two
Welsh fellows, one Denmark girl
and one Spanish guy. It's a good
mix, and it's been a blast living in
ATTEND A FREE SEMINAR AT CALIFORNIA WESTERN SCHOOL OF LAW this international environment.
Almost every night we cook large
Tuesday, October 2 6,1999
feasts and sit around the table and
5:00 - 7:30 p.m.
share about our respective countries.
Light buffet will be served
We have made our house open to all
350 Cedar Street Building
so that friends we have met along
the way feel free to drop in and partake.
One night at dinner I stopped and
listened to the voices of different
people sharing their stories and
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or e-mailfldmissions@cwsLeduby Friday, October 22.
Perhaps, on a smaller scale, the
wonder I felt was a bit like what
Columbus felt when he saw land. A
whole new world opened to him
that had not existed before. I too
have discovered a whole new world!
M E C H A C ONT. FROM P G. 1
emphasized the need for access
to higher education for Latino
students and MEChA's important role in the Latino community, noting that MEChA is
more than a club, it is a means
of reaching out to the community and serves a vital role in
mentoring community youth.
Gonzalez also spoke about
Latino enrollment in the
California State University system and the University of
California system. Gonzalez
noted the importance of
MEChA's political activism as
vital to Latino students in higher education and concluded his
talk by encouraging students to
pursue degrees beyond a bachelor's.
HAVE YOU THOUGHT ABOUT LAW SCHOOL?
?
CALIFORNIA WESTERN SCHOOL OF LAW
-Accredited by the American Bar Association (1962)
-Member, American Association of Law Schools (1967)
Educating Creative Problem Solvers
London, England
Lisa Morgan
I have not yet been in England for
three full weeks and it is already the
choir. Or perhaps it's just that no
one cares.
Yet as I look out at CSUSM
today I must wonder if we've
really come so far as to not need
such things emphasized on campus. True, there are no death
threats against faculty today, but
vandalism of posters celebrating
Latino figures might in some circles pass as racist acts. It's true,
there are fewer swastikas
scrawled around campus these
days. They have instead been
replaced with YAF flyers supporting the freedom to prosecute
"sexual deviants" and communists. (California's YAF website
declares that multi-cultural centers are communist endeavors).
As I look out across campus
today I wonder if CSUSM will
ever come together again in celebration of what was once our
mission. "Will we simply write
the mission out of the campus
altogether?
best experience of my life. As someone who had hardly been out of the
country, moving 8000 miles away
presented many shocks and adjustments, no matter how much advice
had been offered to me. Traveling
on my own was exciting and terrifying, especially in a big city like
London.
I came to the university at somewhat of a disadvantage because this
is thefirstyear that San Marcos has
dealt with this school. This has
caused several problems with housing and credit transfers. The flip
side to this situation is that everybody who comes here after me
won't have to be first, and these
problems will hopefully be straightened out.
One thing I have learned is that
culture shock comes in all shapes
and sizes. I was more surprised to
see the similarities between England
and America than I was to see the
differences. They have the same
music, the same clothes, the same
problems as American students. The
parts that have been difficult to
adapt to are the unpredictable
weather, the traffic, the local,
accents, and the FOOD! I have
never seen so much mayonnaise in
my entire life!
If those are the bad things about
England, the best thing is the people. Going to a universityfivetimes
the size of CSUSM, I have had
wonderful opportunities to meet
new people. The locals tend to be
straightforward and very willing to
give advice to foreigners. Also, the
other international students here
have taught me so much about the
world that I never could have
learned from a book.
Adjusting to a new place comes in
phases, shock, homesickness, and
acceptance. I still miss "Ally
McBeal" and American peanut butter, but every day I learn a little bit
more to live without them. I have no
doubt that my adventure will turn
me into a different person without
forgetting what a good thing I have
back home.
�CSU SAN MARCOS
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
"Using Verb Tenses
Effectively"
Noon - 1:00pm. ACD 410
Description: Which tense should
you use for academic essays?
What is literary present tense?
Is it okay to have shifting tenses
within a single paragraph? This
workshop answers questions like
these, and, in doing so, helps
you to use verb tenses effectiveiy.
Presenter: Dan DeJong,
Instructor, American Language
and Culture Institute
MONDAY, OCTOBER 1 8 , 1 9 9 9
Study Abroad Informational
Meeting
12:00pm -1:00pm
Commons 206
such devastating layoffs.
THURSDAY, OCTOBER
21,1999
Japanese culture through orie. of
their most famous and exceptional works of visual art.
4:30pm - 10:00pm. UNIV 373
Bob Carlisle -— Grammy Award
Winner, singer/song writer of the
famous song "Butterfly Kisses" Monday, October 25, 1999: .
7:00PM. The California Center Graduate & Professional
School Fair
for the Arts, Escondido
"Beauty and the Breast"
10:00am - 1:00pm. Founders'
4-5 pm, Commons 206
Poetry Reading
Plaza
Professor Sue Fellows, artist and 12:00pm-2:00pm
For a current listing of particibreast cancer survivor, speaks
Library Courtyard
pating graduate and professional
about her experience.
school, please contact the Career
Featured Poets include Jimmie & Assessment Center at 760Roger & Me (1989)
Collins, Cheryl Latif; Robert
750-4900 or check out our webWEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 2 0 , 1 9 9 9 Dr. Renee Curry presents the
O'Sullivan, Robert Walker, and site.
last of three films in the "Film CSUSM's own Prof. Sharon
For further information contact
"Diversity & Leadership"
for Thought" Series. Free
Elise and Brandon Cesmat.
Cindy Pollack or go to Grad Fair
2:00pm - 3:00pm. ACD 414
6:30pm. Center Theater.
Infomiation.
Description: What is diversity & California Center for the Arts, Anime Project Alliance
leadership? Who are you and
Escondido
Japanese Animation club meethow are you perceived as a
ing Thursday in University Hall FLU SHOT CLINIC: October
leader? In this workshop, par- Director: Michael Moore
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style as a student and communis deals with the aftereffects of
cute anime. Learn about
Breast Cancer Awareness Table
Monday 9:00am - 4:00pm (and
all week). Founders'Plaza
Sponsored by the Women's
Studies Student Association
"Corporations, Cancer,
Carcinogens,"
6:15pm-8:00pm. ACD 211
A presentation by Deborah
Small, environmentalist, artist,
and CSUSM Visual and
Performing Arts professor
TUESDAY, OCTOBER
ty advocate. Other topics discussed will include how to manage fellow students, how to
facilitate conflicts, and how to
make persuasive presentations.
Presenter: Jocbethem Tahapary,
Assistant Director for High
School Relations
19,1999
Study Abroad Informational
Meeting
12:00pm - 1:00pm
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T HE C OUGAR
C HRONICLE
I SSUE # 5
W EDNESDAY
Volume XLIII
N OV 5 ,2014
CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, SAN MARCOS, INDEPENDENT STUDENT NEWSPAPER
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Student Access Initiative seeks to expand class schedules
B Y K ATLIN S WEENEY
E DITOR-IN-CHIEF
A s t he C SUSM student
population grows b eyond
its current 12,000, administration h as p roposed diversifying class scheduling and increasing t he
n umber of sections o ffered.
T he Student Access Initiative, which seeks t o improve classroom utilization, has b een a subject
of contention among students, faculty and lecturers.
T he university s uffers f rom
critical space constraints that
prevent large, f uture growth
of the student population.
C SUSM has 7 1 classrooms
on campus, with f ewer than
10 of them seating m ore than
5 0 p eople. Without adding
m ore buildings o r increasing the amount of online
courses taught through the
university, C SUSM m ay
f ace the possibility of having
t o restrict t he student body
g rowth, said administrators.
H owever, this process of
f-nuia oy \,nris morales
Due to class size, both student enrollment and physical space, some students find seating wherever
available.
creating m ore r oom f or new space utilization is not in more space is c oming.
"We are expected t o grow
students m ay take longer the ninetieth percentile,"
than finding m ore efficient Vice Provost Kamel Haddad, in students b y five percent
ways t o use the classroom said. "We are in the mid every year f or the next five
spaces that already exist. 80s, which puts us as aver- y ears," Dr. Haddad said.
"Getting a new build- age f or the CSU system." " The number of classes w e
Dr.
Haddad,
w ho added alone this year were
ing is not easy because w e
j oined the university in 100. We expect t o add ancannot m ake a case t o the
C hancellor's O ffice if our May, said the need f or other 100 every year t o ac-
commodate the growth."
T he initiative has been
in the works since summer 2013 and was proposed
by the Scheduling Task
Force. Under Provost Graham O berem's charge, the
group was given the task
of looking at the e ffects of
increased population and
the c ampus' lack of space
t o better accommodate the
influx of new students.
One of the task f orce's
m ajor goals included increasing student access t o
classes in the hopes of reducing overlapping class times,
reducing conflicts between
r equired-classes a nd- giving'
m ore- options to students.
T he second goal w as t o increase space utilization by
becoming more efficient
with existing classroom
space and finding justification f or new facilities and instructional space on campus..
T he Student Access Initiative proposes new time
blocks f or some of the classes o ffered on c ampus, s hift-
ing away f rom t he current
structure that has presented
some of t hese scheduling
problems in t he p ast. 9 8 percent of classes at C SUSM
are three o r f our u nits. T hree
unit classes m eet in 5 0
minute b locks three times
a w eek, 7 5 minute blocks
twice a week or in a 150
minute block o nce a w eek.
Four unit classes m eet in
5 0 minute blocks f our times
a w eek, 100 minute blocks
t wice a w eek, a 90 m inute
and a l l O minute block during the week or in a 200 minute block once a w eek. While
the Student Access Initiative
would retain s ome c lass sections beiifg o ffered in these
intervals, it would alter how
the overall school days are
structured b efore 2:30 p j n .
Under the new proposal,
some three unit classes
would s hift f rom the twice a
w eek, 75 minute b locks t o 50
minute b locks, three times a
w eek. In the Student Access
C ontinued
" access" o n p age 3
Students march to demand change in sexual assault policy
Carrying the mattress, shouldering the weight
B Y JASMINE D EMERS
COMMUNITY N EWS EDITOR
Students are coming together in order t o voice their
concerns o ver t he growing
n umber of sexual assaults
around c ampus and t o demand that t he university
c hange its current policies.
O n Wednesday, O ct. 2 9,
a g roup called Feminists
A nonymous, along with other concerned students, rallied
together in an e ffort t o raise
awareness f or issues of sexual
assault. T hey marched across
c ampus carrying a mattress
and p owerfully demonstrated t he need f or change.
O ct. 2 9 w as the National
Day of Action f or a m ovement t o e nd sexual assault on
college campuses. It was inspired b y a student at Columbia University, Emma Sulkowicz, w ho has been carrying
a dorm mattress around with
her since the beginning of
the semester. Sulkowicz says
that she was raped b y a f ellow classmate on the first
day of h er sophomore year
and when she reported her
c ase, h e was f ound innocent.
She r efuses t o put down the
mattress until her rapist has
been expelled f rom c ampus.
Sulkowicz is o ne of 2 3 students at Columbia w ho have
m ade complaints against the
university f or their alleged
mishandling of sexual assault
cases. Students at C SUSM
have
similar
concerns.
Editor's Note
In the fourth edition of The Cougar Chronicle, published on Oct.
22,2014, a mistake was made in the article titled "CSU system faculty calls for fair contract" by Ryan Downs. The quote read, "This
resolution came on the heels of a budget analysis performed by
Dr. Howard Bunsis...which concluded that CSUSM does not have
the resources to fund such a program." The quote should not have
included the word "not."
Karen G uzmXn, a C SUSM
student and organizer of
the m arch, explains that
their message was in support of Sulkowicz and all
survivors w ho have had t o
experience sexual assault.
"We want t o show people
that w e are here t o stand in solidarity with all survivors and
that w e can carry that weight
f or t hem," GuzmXn said.
GuzmXn also expressed
her concerns over the university's policies and explained that they marched
t o President H aynes' o ffice
in order t o deliver a list of
d emands, including t he need
f or a sexual assault advocate.
" An advocate's role is so
important because this person would know every single action that a survivor
could take. Not only would
they b e there t o navigate
through this very extensive process, but survivors
would also have support
and someone t o b e there
f or t hem," GuzmXn said.
Photo provided by Feminists Anomynous
Student advocates question when a sexual assault advocate will be hired at CSUSM.
GuzmXn
says
that
C SUSM does not o ffer
an advocate f or survivors
and students are concerned
with where their tuition
money is going otherwise.
" The university talks a lot
about how they are in c ompliance with the current sexual assault policies such as
the Yes M eans Yes B ill, yet
w e still d o not have an advocate. It is important that w e as
students are able t o question
these t hings," GuzmXn said.
She explains that their
ultimate goal is t o expand and highlight on
these issues of policy and
persuade the administration t o m ake a c hange.
"Feminists
A nonymous
wants t o h ave an advocate on
c ampus because even as the
safest C SU c ampus, t he university h asn't really served
survivors," G uzmXn said.
C SUSM students participated in this National Day
of Action along with 130
other c ampuses around t he
w orld. T he m essage across
the b oard w as t o correct
sexual assault policies on
college c ampuses and provide support f or survivors.
Students h ope that b y carrying these m attresses, they
are proving their dedication
t o end sexual assault and
are expressing their commitment t o "Carry that Weight,"
in order t o l ift t he burden of
sexual violence f rom those
w ho h ave lived through it.
�News Editor:
Ryan Downs
cougarchron.news@gmail.com
Running beyond cancer
Famed distance runner Coach Scott won't stop
around him than himself,"
Thompson
said.
Being the world record
holder f or the most number of miles ran under f our
minutes, one would think
that would generate at least
an ounce of an egotistical
personality, but not with
Scott. Simply p ut, the man
is class personified; modest, caring and determined.
A 15k race or even a 1500
Photo by Chris Morales meter race is, its s afe t o say,
a long and strategic r ace.
Coach Steve Scott, former Olympian, faces his toughest adversary
Similarly, the battle with
in cancer.
have the pleasure of meeting. cancer is a long process that
B Y B URTLAND D IXON
Epitomizing humility, i t's has t o approached in a parSTAFF WRITER
the simple things he e njoys. ticular manner. Coach Scott
"If there i s o ne person
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who I believe can over- t o m y house knows I love treat his cancer with proton
come a hardship, i t's Coach my
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g arden," radiation, which according
Scott," C SUSM alumni, Coach Scott said of his f a- t o T he National Association
and f ormer athlete coached vorite things t o d o at h ome. f or Proton Therapy has miniby Scott, Kelly T hompson,
Imagine going t o a Hall mal t o n o side e ffects and
said. " He is truly relentless." of F amer's home and notice an 89 percent success rate
Twenty years ago, Cross h im or her gardening. Peo- on treating prostate cancer.
Country Coach Steve Scott ple vie f or good grades, a
Given his fighting spirit,
was diagnosed with a rare better j ump shot o r even a you can go outside to a
f orm of cancer, a battle he better paying j ob with dis- C SUSM practice and you
was victorious in as if it gruntled looks on their f ac- will still see Scott coachwere one of the many races es. This man is fighting f or ing. Nothing has changed.
he has competed in dur- his l ife with a loving smile.
" He has overcome a
ing his illustrious career.
" It was not until well into lot,"
Coach
Williams
In the month of June 2014, his treatment that he told said."First with [a rare
h e was diagnosed again, but m e that he had cancer," f orm o f] cancer [and] secthis time with prostate can- C SUSM Assistant Track ond with the blood clot that
cer. Results are p ending, but and Field Coach, Wes Wil- went through his heart."
f ar f rom grim. Yet, j ust as liams, said. " And because
All those w ho have rooted
Kelly Thompson believes he is a quiet and assuming f or Steve Scott, f riends and
Coach Scott can overcome p erson, I would have never f amily alike, will only conthis, s o d o those w ho have had guessed he had cancer." tinue to show their support
built a relationship with h im.
Even though Coach Scott during this time of overcomIf anyone were t o m eet has achieved so m uch, h e still ing. All signs point towards
Coach S cott, they would add manages t o stay levelheaded. another victory f or Coach
h im t o the list of the f riend" He is selfless and cares Scott and m ore time in his
liest and nicest people t o m ore about t he people vegetable garden as well.
Lecture to discuss differences
between masculinity, femininity
Challenging w ho you are " expected" to be
BYKATDILTZ
STAFF WRITER
T he Gender Equity Center
will b e hosting a free event
f rom 12 p .m. t o 1 p .m. on
Thursday, Nov. 6 in the
U SU, discussing the interpretations of masculinity and
femininity in t oday's society.
T he speakers on this event
will discuss how, throughout
childhood, adolescence and
adulthood, w e are expected
t o portray specific " gender
r oles," unspoken rules that
are mainly influenced by the
media and modern society.
Stereotypically, as children, girls are expected t o
wear pink and play with dolls,
while boys are expected t o
wear blue (or other " masculine" colors) and play with
toy trucks. A s t eens, girls
are influenced b y magazine
advertisements and celebrities t o b e thin yet voluptuous, and boys are influenced
b y professional athletes t o
b ecome muscular and fit.
During adulthood, women
are expected t o " save themselves f or m arriage," while it
is socially acceptable f or men
t o become sexually active
during their teenage years.
Women are also expected
t o drink cosmopolitans and
martinis while men can order beer o r whiskey. Men
are considered the " superior"
sex, and women are "second-
Photo by Chris Morales
This event at the GEC will encourage a re-evaluation of what it
means to be masculine/feminine.
ary." If any of these lines
are c rossed, an individual
would b e considered a social
m isfit, the speakers a rgue.
However, m ost p eople d o
not f ollow t he "social n orm,"
regardless of their sexuality.
S ome m en m ay say that although they p referred t o stay
away f rom sports as a child
and e njoyed designing f orts
o r baking c ookies, they are
still 100 percent masculine
in terms of their attraction
t o f emales. There are many
women w ho liked t o participate in sports teams o r running marathons when they
were y oung, and d on't like
t o cook o r wear m akeup,
but they still dream of having their o wn children someday a fter meeting o r marrying " Mr. R ight." Of c ourse,
there are still others w ho
share an attraction t o their
s ame s ex, but feel uncomfortable with the alternative
notions of masculinity and
femininity they are assigned.
Essentially, one's initial
genetic makeup does not always determine permanent
sexuality. Still, some question if the pressures of society o r expectations, seen even
at such a young age, shaped
h ow they identify themselves
today, o r if they consider
their sexuality something
that was assigned at birth.
T he Gender Equity Center
hopes t o curb these worries with this event, as well
as provide an open discussion space f or students.
T he "Social Interpretations of Masculinity and
Femininity" event is open
t o everyone. Audience participation is encouraged and
free f ood will b e provided.
Mock trial teaches fourth graders social justice
Catering to the need of learning about the law at an early age
B Y B EULAH SUPRIYA
STAFF WRITER
On O ct. 8 , in Department
2 0 at San Diego Superior
C ourt, a young boy named
David was put on trial. T he
accusation: stealing stickers from the t eacher's desk.
Fortunately f or h im, this
w as a m ock trial, conducted
b y the f ourth graders of San
D iego's Monarch School f or
t he h omeless, with the guidance of C SUSM Profressor
Fran C hadwick, w ho teaches
in the School of Education.
Also fortunately f or D avid,
h e is fictional, a character
in the popular b ook, " No,
D avid!" by David Shannon.
" It was a recommended
reading b y the California Department of Education, and
since it was a picture b ook, it
Photo obtainedfrom CSUSM NewsCenter
is easily understood b y the 10 Local fourth graders enjoyed the experience of reinacting a court room.
year o lds," Chadwick said.
T he main aim was t o wick worked with Monarch of time and e ffort, though ing class t o sketch David instead of breaking t hem.
teach the students the rule School instructor, and f ormer fortunately the children were and what he would have t o
Once the students d emonof law, which she said was San Diego County Teacher charming and enthusiastic. say about the law. T he col- strated a grasp of the m atelacking among not j ust of the Year, Stephen Keiley.
In addition t o civics, the lected cartoons were m ade rial, they w ere treated t o a
children of that age g roup,
" It was not a one-day com- students also learned vocab- into a book called " David tour of the c ourt, which is
but in older adults as well. mitment," Chadwick said. ulary, theatre and persuasive says yes t o the law," reopen t o t he public and h as
F or the purposes of the
Rather, the enterprise re- writing as j ury m embers. At coloring t he character as a various outreach p rograms.
p roject, Professor Chad- quired a significant amount the e nd, they held a cartoon- boy w ho f ollows the rules
T he g roup was even al-
lowed t o attend a real-life
f elony c ase. A s soon as the
c ase e nded, the j udge welcomed t he little visitors and
asked if they had any questions, u pon which one of the
girls a sked, " Are you impartial?" T his reflected her education about how the judge
m ust p ut t he law b efore his
o r h er o wn preferences, to
w hich t he j udge replied, "Of
c ourse, of c ourse, I have to
b e." Finally, the group held
D avid's trial in an empty
c ourtroom, in which the
j ury c ame t o the conclusion
that D avid w as not guilty.
T hough t he lesson is over
f or this g roup of students,
t he m ovement is not. Professor C hadwick works as part
of a larger p roject called the
Literacy and L aw program,
and h opes t o implement the
m ock trial program in other schools throughout the
state. To encourage those
showing interest in civics, C ivic Learning Awards
are given as incentives.
C heck out powerofdemocracy.org t o know more
about the movement or to
find out How t o get involved.
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Female hackers are celebrated at
CSUSM Hackathon
Coding creation to show the good in hacking culture
BY RYAN D O W N S
NEWS EDITOR
" Hackers" h ave b een in
the n ews a lot recently,
o ften
u nder
controversial
c ircumstances,
and
without m uch depth into
t he hackers
t hemselves.
Fortunately, t he C SUSM
" PC G ang" is determined
t o c hange t hat, r eminding t he p ublic not only
that w omen are active participants in h acking and
c omputer c ulture, b ut also
that t he culture itself has
m any
positive
aspects.
T hese ideas were celebrated at the International
W omen's Hackathon e vent,
held o n c ampus o n O ct. 11.
First b rought t o the school
b y Dr. Youwen O uyang in
A pril 2 014, the event returned this semester, with
nearly 6 0 students f rom high
schools and colleges in the
a rea. T heir o bjective w as
coding a p rogram t o h elp
b ring awareness of climate
c hange. T he p rogram could
t ake t he f orm of a g ame,
an a pp or 4 w ebsite, and
h ad t o b e completed during an eight-hour period.
Of the 60 students, 10 were
f rom C SUSM, including the
Photo by Anderson Gould, Jr.
Students participating in the CSUSM Women's Hackathon.
PC G ang, w ho took h ome the
prize at the end of the day.
T he event showed that
computer and coding culture
is about m ore than j ust hacking, but also about creating
new things that serve a variety of p urposes. B ut, m ore
importantly, it showed that
w omen are an active voice in
the computing industry. Not
only t hat, but these voices are
women f rom various m ajors
and backgrounds. Only a f ew
of the students f rom C SUSM
that attended the event majored in computer science.
F or everyone with a noncomputer science m ajor, tu-
torial programs and industry
professionals were on hand
t o provide assistance. T he
important thing was t o remind the students that coding
can b e f or everyone and is not
an exclusive c lub. In some
w ays, the diversity of the
group proved u seful as many
on the team came f rom backgrounds outside of the computer sphere, providing f or
a diverse team experience.
T he e ffect seems t o b e
clear; as a result of the
event, a chapter of IEEE
(Institute of Electrical and
Electronics
Engineers)
has opened on campus.
Taylor Caroll plays at
RADD road safety event
Advocates push against drunk driving with music
Photo by Chris Morales
Taylor Caroll and members of his band poses for a photo with his fans.
BY RYAN D O W N S
NEWS EDITOR
H e m ay b e a supermess, b ut h e's here t o
m ake sure you w on't b e.
Last T hursday,. O ct. 2 3,
f rom 6 p .m. t o 8 p .m., rockstar Taylor Carroll performed
at t he U SU Amphitheater on
behalf of Recording Artists Against Drunk Driving
( RADD), the self-proclaimed
"Entertainment
I ndustry's
Voice f or Road Safety."
Caroll, a singer f rom Los
Angeles whose credits include opening f or Taylor S wift, p erformed several songs f rom his new
album S UPERMESS, b efore addressing an ecstatic
crowd about the dangers
of drinking and driving.
During the p erformance,
Carroll f requently held u p
" RADD c ards," prepaid
credit cards with $20 t o b e
used in case the recipient
was inebriated and in need
of a taxi. These cards, all
adorned with the s inger's
f ace, were handed out at
various points during the
concert t o the loudest f ans.
Taylor and his band
also stuck around f or a
while a fter the concert t o
meet with the concertgoers and take pictures.
Though the event broadcasts the message of R ADD,
the H OPE and Wellness
C enter's organization of it
was done in a coordinated
e ffort. They worked with the
California O ffice of Traffic
Safety as part of a program
t o promote responsible partying and road practices.
In addition t o the c redij f or
taxis, the " RADD c ard" also
allows users t o participate in
the R ADD Rewards p rogram,
a program created in 2 009,
wherein cardholders may
earn special incentives f rom
participating bars and restaurants, including f ree nonalcoholic b everages, f ood,
g ift certificates and even f ree
cover charge, A list of participating b ars can b e f ound at
c ollegeisradd . org/bars .html
Carroll, of course, seemed
more than happy t o p articipate. While the lighting a nd
sound ter the e vent proved
costly,
Carroll
himself
waived his f ee, asking his audience only to check out his
a lbum, e njoy the show a nd,
of course, not drink and drive.
For more i nformation,
students are advised t o
contact Cathy N guyen, or
visit the H OPE and Wellness Center, as well as the
collegeisradd .org
website.
News Editor:
Ryan Downs
cougarchron.news@gmail.com
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C ontinued f r o m p age I
Access: Initiative addresses student needs
Initiative's proposed time
b lock, f or classes that are
scheduled b efore 2:30 p .m.
on Monday/Wednesday, they
would switch f rom 75 minute intervals twice a week
t o 50 minute intervals three
times a w eek, the extra class
t ime being scheduled f or Friday. This would increase the
amount of class sections f rom
what is currently five courses
(between the hours of 7 a .m.
and 2:15 p.m.) t o seven
courses (between the hours
of 7:30 a .m. and 2:20 p.m.).
" There is a lot of concern
on the side of faculty because
this would b e a b ig c hange,"
said Academic Senate and
Executive Committee Chair,
Laurie Stowell. " Not everybody would b e moving
t o three day
a week classes, and with
some classes,
it might m ake
sense t o d o so
because
the
pedagogy would b e easier
t o transition into a shorter
class period. This is not a
one size fits all schedule
and it is not intended t o b e."
Dr. Stowell said that while
the Executive Committee
has discussed the proposal,
the consensus is not unanimous as t o whether or not
the Student Access Initiative
is ready t o b e implemented.
' T h e Executive Committee was considering a resolution in support t o take t o
the Senate on Nov. 5 . It
was a vote of 7 t o 6 not t o
take the resolution of support," Dr. Stowell said.
T he switch t o 50 minute
class intervals may necessitate that students b e on
campus f our or five days a
week if they are unable t o
coordinate all of their classes
t o f all on Monday/Wednesday/Friday. S ome faculty
members have expressed
concerns over whether o r not
the Student Access Initiative
will prove s uccessful in accelerating graduation rates
and accessibility of classes
f or students if it increases
the amount of time they
are spending on c ampus.
"If you are a Literature
& Writing student, unless
you only need o ne o r t wo
classes t o graduate, you will
most likely end u p with a
five-day schedule," Literature & Writing Studies Department Chair, Dr. Salah
Moukhlis, said. " As a chair,
I cannot schedule all core/
elective courses on either
Tuesday/Thursday or M onday/Wednesday/Friday b ecause they have t o b e spread
out t o avoid class conflict."
" The main concern among
f aculty as f ar as consequences is that it will disproportionately impact students that
are poor and working class,
and impact those that have
f amily obligations of f amily, children or siblings t o
look over," history lecturer,
our pay," California Faculty Association President,
and Associate P rofessor of
history, Darel E ngen, said.
" There is the issue of research and service t oo. If
w e have t o spend more tiifte
on restructuring courses
and commuting more o ften,
t hat's going t o take away
f rom the other things w e
are required t o d o as w ell."
"Lecturers and faculty get
short term contracts that
range f rom one semester t o
one year contracts t o three
year contracts. If this m easure goes into place, it w on't
necessarily change class
amount but the amount of
time t o b e on c ampus," said
Professor Henderson. " For
tenure track it will probably
h ave slightly less
of an e ffect o n
t hem
b ecause
they get allocated
their classes first.
Lecturer f aculty
will
probably
h ave the same consequences
as students w here w e are
here t hree, f our, five days a
week rather than t wo. I t's not
m ore work b ut m ore time in
the car and not being able
to d o other things at m uch.
Things like preparation and
grading are done at h ome."
Thus f ar, the proposal has
been brought t o the Academic Senate and A SI, t wo open
meetings have been held
with various dept. chairs
and the Provost conducted
an open f orum with the
university at large f or f aculty and staff t o share their
comments and concerns.
" As f ar as t he Student Access Initiative g oes, ASI h as
not taken a f ormal stance
in support o r against this
initiative," said A SI E xecutive C ommittee President
and C EO, Haley P erko. " Dr.
K amel H addad, presented at
our first A SI B oard of D irectors m eeting, and g ave
his reasoning of w hy the
university would like t o alter the current class schedule. T he c hange would open
m ore course o fferings, h elping students get t he classes
they need in order t o graduate in a timely m anner."
"The number of classes we added
alone this year were 100. We expect to add another 100 every year
to accommodate the growth'~
P rofessor Michael Henderson, said. " Also, there may
b e more campus and local
congestion because m ore
people may drive t o campus
per day using more gas. A lso
equity—access f or poor students o r those with other obligations is important. Very
f ew students have the luxury
of j ust coming t o campus
and doing nothing e lse."
" 90 percent of our students
are commuter students, with
more than 9,000 students
taking 12 or more units,"
Scheduling Task Force Committee Chair, and history
p rofessor, Dr. Patricia Seleski, said. "Of these people, 88 percent already c ome
at least three days a w eek."
Questions also arose as
t o whether or not f aculty
and lecturers would h ave
adequate time t o transition
their syllabi t o a 50 m inute
interval class structure and
if their workload would b e
adequately
c ompensated.
"We may need t o r evamp
several courses in a short
period of t ime, so that is a
workload issue that concerns the union because it
increases workload with n o
corresponding increase in
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Sports Editor:
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A lyssa F oster's p henomenal f our-year t enure o n v olleyball t eam
B Y R ESTY G REY
SPORTS EDITOR
Leading the w omen's volleyball t eam, senior setter
and captain Alyssa Foster
continues t o add to her 1100
assists on the season in an
e ffort t o reciprocate another championship, j ust as
she has helped t o d o so before during her three years
of attendance at C SUSM.
Born in Santa R osa, California, Alyssa moved t o
Portland, Oregon at the age
of seven where her m other
began teaching her the f undamentals of volleyball. Foster started playing volleyball
in the fourth grade, a fter her
mother taught her the b asics.
F oster's mother played an
incredible influence on Foster's volleyball proficiency.
A t 17 years o ld, Foster
came back to California
and finally reached college level competition. She
was fortunate enough t o
have her first year coincide
with the year CSUSM created its volleyball program.
Despite an incredibly hectic start, s he's gone on t o
help tally three Associates
of Independent Institution
ing together f or C SUSM.
" The seniors that w e d o
h ave, t hey've really g rown,"
Foster said. "I k now they
always h ave my b ack and
I k now I can always count
on t hem. Especially on t he
c ourt, I k now I can g o t o
t hem and I can trust t hem.
A s a setter, the importance
of F oster's role is similar t o
a q uarterback's in f ootball
or a point g uard's in basketball. Her role is t o analyze
the d efense of the opposing
team while systematically
distributing the volleyball t o
her o ffensive outside hitters.
" I j ust k now i t's m y j ob t o
p erform every g ame," Foster
said. "A setter is such an important role o n the t eam that
Photo provided by Matthew Berson I c an't take any d ays o ff. I
Senior volleyball player Alyssa Foster sets a team member up for a volley in front of a home crowd.
k now if I h ave a b ad g ame,
Over the course of her Foster said. "My j unior year it d oesn't j ust a ffect m e,
[A.I.I.] championship titles.
"[Freshmen year,] we kin- stay at C SUSM, Foster has I b ecame a captain and this it a ffects t he entire t eam."
Foster h as been the g o-to
da had t o go with the flow," considered herself "lucky year I 'm a captain again. I
Foster said. "We d idn't have e nough" t o b e the start- hold a higher standard f or girl f or the Cougars as rea g ym, w e d idn't have a set ing setter f or all f our years. myself now that I 'm older flected in H ubbard's r emarks
schedule; we d idn't even Despite F oster's modesty, and now that I 'm a senior." on F oster's exceptional play.
" Alyssa definitely r uns this
know half the schools we she has developed into the
Alongside seniors Alyssa
were playing or how w e kind of person that under- H ubbard, Kelli M cLin, Erin t eam, as she should as a setwere going t o get there. It stands what it takes t o stay in Talafus and Taylor D egraaf, ter," Hubbard said. "Without
was chaos f or a little b it, but such a demanding position. Foster can attribute much of her, w e w ouldn't b e w here w e
it was f un. It was almost like
" As I 've gotten older I 've her success in f urthering her are today. S he's the MVP."
w e went in with n o p ressure." had m ore responsibilities," volleyball expertise t o playA s the postseason draws
PLAYER
C ross-country r unner's f ierce
d edication i nspiring f or t eam
G etting t o k now K ate B ouvatte
consistency is "having faith
in the work [she has] put i n."
" I have an end goal and
I intend t o reach i t," Bouvatte said. " I put confidence in those goals and
faith in my training to k eep
m y head in the g ame."
Bouvatte is a very positive
and hard-working person; as
a psychology m ajor she plans
on going to grad school and
having a career i n research
or
clinical
psychology.
B Y S HAINA P ARDO
SENIOR STAFF WRITER
Bouvatte is a m om, w ife,
mother, student and athlete.
In her spare t ime, she likes
Senior Kate Bouvatte is on
to r ead, assist in a research
top of her game this cross
lab in the psych departcountry season. She has lead
ment and hang out with her
the Cougars to be one of the
husband and son, J ackson.
most competitive teams
"There are so many chalin the NAIA C onference.
lenges to balancing all of my
It is not an easy task t o
roles; m y biggest challenge is
be an elite runner like Bouthat there never seems t o b e
vatte. The secret behind her
enough t ime. Time management is key," Bouvatte said.
She has a big impact on
the t eam not j ust as a captain, but as a person. Raelyn Werley commented on
how awesome of a captain
and person Bouvatte i s.
" I look at Bouvatte as such
a hard worker and someone
I can trust t o go with questions, advice and to f ollow
her by the example she sets,"
Werley said. " She d oesn't
only lead with her words but
with her actions. She influences m e in a positive way
and challenges m e to b e the
best athlete I can b e because
of her positive attitude and
work ethic. She is super talented, but also puts in the
w ork, which is inspiring."
Kate Bouvatte is a great
Photo provided by Matthew Berson inspiration and is leading the Cougars t o a
CSUSM student athlete Kate Bouvatte leads the pack in a recent
great end of the season.
cross-country meet.
PRO
closer, Foster prepares herself towards her final championship run with CSUSM.
" Alyssa Foster always
gets better at the end of the
season, and w e're starting to
see that now," Head Coach
A ndréa Leonard said. "She's
executing our offense, she's
m aking sets that are even
deceiving m e. You're really
starting to see her competitive side emerge as we inch
closer t o the championship."
Her continued developing
p rowess in volleyball has her
aiming f or a fourth A.I.I. title.
" I'm looking f or a championship, f or sure," Foster said. "We already have
t hree, so I d on't want to let
this f ourth one slip away."
A side f rom volleyball,
Foster is majoring in Business Administration with
an emphasis in Marketing.
She hopes t o find an internship in Sports Marketing
a fter she has graduated.
" I want t o be involved,
especially with San Marcos," Foster said. "I would
love t o come back and
practice or be a part of the
staff somehow; help out
o r maybe be a mentor."
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T hompson c ontinues o n p ath
t o A ll-American g reatness
Cougar leads women's basketball team to success
B Y B EULAH SUPRIYA
STAFF WRITER
Meet Heather T hompson,
the first NALA all-American
f or C SUSM's w omen's basketball t eam, w ho also averaged a double-double in rebounds and points last season.
Standing
at
5 '11",
Thompson
plays
starting f orward f or C SUSM.
A s the season b egins,
Thompson speaks about
the t eam, her achievements
and how t o continue on this
path of success by putting
forth her best e fforts during this year, her final year
"Every year, I 'm getting f aster and stronger
and the experience gained
through the years plays a
huge r ole," Thompson said.
Her goals f or the upcoming season are to secure a
NAIA ail-American title
again, average a doubledouble every game and
k eep running as f ast as possible throughout the g ame.
In preparation f or the season, Thompson pointed out
that she has been practicing since the second week
C SUSM reopened its campus. She has been concentrating on o ffense and with
Photo provided by Matthew Berson
CSUSM student athlete Heather Thompson shoots a basket for the
basketball team.
m any of the players b eing veterans, the m atches
will b e worth w atching.
T hompson identifies h er
strong points as r ebounding and b eing a f ast post
player. Her f avorite shot is
the turnaround j ump shot.
Thompson is part of the
first graduating basketball
t eam, f or she was part of
the first w omen's basketball
t eam h ere at C SUSM in 2011.
In a short span of f our years
the t eam has done extremely
well in t he NAIA and this
y ear they h ave been accepted
into N CAA 2nd division.
T hompson's hard work and
c ommitment have contributed t o the t eam's success,
actions she plans to continue this year while building
u pon her own achievements.
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Secret w eapon on m en's soccer team
B uckets o f g oals and a dvice f rom E rik L opez
" Evan is fiat out the most
goals and 20 assist on his
consistent soccer player you
career, trumping C SUSM's
& R ESTY G REY
previous school record held will ever m eet," Lopez said.
SPORTS ASSISTANT
Lopez
comments
on
by Bradley Seidenglanz.
SPORTS EDITOR
N ow that Lopez is play- starting center midfieldLeading C SUSM M en's ing his last season at ers Yuki Hate and SulSoccer t eam with 8 goals C SUSM, h e has an abun- livan Tobin's work ethic.
"[Hate] really stepped u p
and 6 assists, midfielder dance of advice t o pass on
this year, h e i sn't holding
E ric L opez h as helped t o t o h is f ellow underclassmen.
carry t he Cougars through
" I try t o prepare them b ack," said L opez. " He is
an a mazing season so f ar. f or what is going t o come like a little pit bull throwA t a y oung a ge, L opez b ecause i t's a way d iffer- ing his body e verywhere...
m atured quickly m aking ent game than high school I d on't know what it is
h im taller than many of his soccer," said L opez. " Col- about this year [for Tobin]
f riends. T his g ave h im an lege soccer is really f ast- but something clicked with
and
physical." him; h e is j ust on fire."
advantage w hen it c ame t o paced
As much praise as Lopez
sports. Soccer and b aseL opez's best strategy f or
gives his t eammates, his
ball w ere the t wo main helping the lower class playsports L opez played w hile ers is t o b e tough because that own work ethic has helped
h e w as growing u p; h ow- is w hat prepares them f or the him to achieve the title of
ever, evidently L opez grew types of things they are going captain of the M en's soct o love t he g ame of soccer. t o h ave t o deal with in a g ame. cer team along with Scott
" Coming f rom my posi- Rice and Erik Mueller.
O ver t he past w eekend,
"Eric Lopez is really great;
tion playing f orward, a lot
L opez b roke
C SUSM's
of my success comes from h e's • a hard-working guy,"
school record f or most career goals. According t o m y t eam," L opez said. said L opez's roommate and
Starting f orward Evan attacking center mid with 14
the Athletic D epartment's
gets
incredible assists f or the season, Angel
w ebsite, L opez's t wo goals M yers
M ora. " He's strong and h e's
and o ne assist in Satur- praise f rom L opez. They
a hands-on guy. H e creates a
day's match against Ante- h ave been f riends belot of problems f or the centlope Vallev outs h im at 5 4 fore they started college.
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CSUSM student athlete Erik Lopez shows off skills that illustrate why
men's soccer team's * secret weapon.'
er backs he goes against." dous kid off the field and a tion L opez is currently in
Throughout the season, super-spirited competitor;" the midst of his f ourth y ear
" Lopez is a really good at C SUSM while w orkLopez has shown exceptional
leadership among his t eam: guy," Mora said. " He's al- ing towards a degree in
M anagement.
"Erik Lopez has been ways motivating the whole Business
" I w anttotry a ndplay soccer
one of our most dangerous t eam, trying t o k eep everyone
players in the entire time heads u p and trying t o stay as m uch as I can at t he highh e's been h ere," head coach c alm, cool and collected." est level I c an," L opez said.
Soccer m ay not b e a career
As the season comes t o
Ron Pulvers said. " I think
f or h im, but believes h e will
first and foremost h e's a an e nd, Lopez is making
great guy. E rik's a tremen- plans f or l ife a fter gradua- always h ave soccer in his l ife.
2014-15 Men's Basketball season preview
CSUSM H OME G AMES
etrate, w e have some inside
physical post players that our
program has never had in the
Expectations and hype p ast," Saia said. "We have a
around the campus com- lot of pieces. Our point guard
munity
have
reached has the ability t o score over
new
levels
a fter
the 20 points per game and w e
t eam's results last season. h ave another point guard
T he
Cougars
experi- w ho can run a t eam. So hopeenced a remarkable 2013- fully w e figure out a way t o
14 season where they spent put all these pieces together."
T he Cougars f ace some
seven weeks ranked N o.l.
tough challenges ahead as
They also won 2 3 consecutive games and finished the they search t o build new t eam
year with an overall record chemistry and integrate the
of 32-2. A season résumé new players into the system.
"You h ave got t o r ememwith those types of credentials will raise the bar ber w e have t o replace 9 0
f or any school program. points on o ffense that w e've
Coach J im Saia has the lost f rom last y ear's t eam,"
task t o now lead a team that Coach Saia said. "We are in
features many new f aces and a learning curve right now.
I only three returning play- Everyone has t o learn how
ers f rom last y ear's roster. t o d efend, rebound and not
" I think w e got shooters, allow transition points. High
w e got people w ho can pen- scoring o ffenses brings peoB Y E RIK SANDOVAL
STAFF WRITER
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ple t o the games b ut you got
t o d efend and rebound and
those are constant in everything w e d o as w e look
t o build team chemistry."
With all the new players
still trying t o build relationships on and off the basketball
court, Coach Saia would like
t o c urb some of t he pressure
f rom t he risen expectations;
at least f or the t ime b eing.
" Right now I d on't h ave
any e xpectations, o ur main
goal is t o get b ack t o the
National t ournament and
win t he
c hampionship,"
Saia s aid. " That's t he standard of o ur p rogram and
that d oesn't c hange, b ut it
is all about the process f or
us at the m oment. I think
w e can b e good and hopefully b y February and March
w e will b e really g ood."
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C SUSM m en's s occer t eam p repared f or s tretch r un
T eam a ims f or s econd A .I.I t itle i n f our y ears
B Y ERIK SANDOVAL
STAFF WRITER
C SUSM m en's soccer began their 16-game regular
season schedule in a stellar
fashion by earning victories
in their first f our matches.
M en's soccer followed u p
its impressive start by losing three of their next five
matches, but has regained
momentum by winning their
last three consecutive games.
The Cougars have a current record of 12-3 with one
game remaining. Their season résumé includes highprofile victories against top
ranked opponents such as
Concordia University (CA)
and Biola University ( CA).
The Cougars have held
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their
opponents
scoreless in f our games behind
their well-organized defense and have average
scoring of over t wo goals
in each of their victories.
"We have a lot of depth
on this t eam," leading goal
scorer, Eric L opez, said.
" The competition among the
players has been driving this
team and pushing us f orward.
There is a lot of pressure t o
p erform well and that makes
everyone want t o d o the best
that they can because if you
d on't, you can lose your
spot in the starting 11, but
the depth makes us better."
T he key component behind
all of the t eam's victories has
been their imposing d efense.
T he Cougars have permitted
only eight goals in their nine
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k eep a block of eight m en
defensively," Rice
said.
" These last f ew games w e've
lost sight of o ur d efense
by trying t o b ecome m ore
attack-minded on o ffense,
but w e really need t o f ocus
on becoming tight again as
a d efensive unit, not allowing goals and w e're m ore
than capable of doing i t."
With one match l eft, and
the prospect of playing the
remaining part of their schedule in f ront of the f riendly
h ome confines of San Marcos, the Cougars seem t o exPhoto by Cody Cook
ude plenty of confidence and
As the season comes to an end, the men's soccer team prepares for
optimism looking f orward
a fierce postseason.
t o their remaining fixtures.
" We'd like t o k eep posiw ins, but have allowed eight must continue to zone in degoals in their three losses, fensively in order t o replicate tive m omentum going and
Midfielder and Co-captain their early season success. f ocus on the things w e're
Scott Rice believes the team
"Coach always says to doing right," senior f orward,
l illlil
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Sullivan Tobin, said. "The
final games are at home
so c ome out and support."
Carrying
the
winning
m omentum will be crucial f or the remaining portion of the schedule because these players have
aspirations that extend beyond the regular season.
" We'd like to win out our
remaining schedule and end
our season 13-3," Lopez
said. "We have the ability
to reach NAIA tournament,
but we all want to win the
A.I.I c onference championship. I was on the team in
2011 that won the conference title and that was such
a great f eeling, being around
that team w as so much fun
and I 'd like to end my time
here with that feeling again."
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Eating potatoes has never been so sweet
BY LEXY PEREZ
A & E ASSISTANT
While it can b e assumed
that potatoes are a f ood f avorite across the nation,
the new f ad of eating sweet
potatoes seems t o now b e
popping u p everywhere, providing more health benefits
that many are not aware o f.
Sweet potatoes have become the next popular item
on the menu and their versatility allows them t o b e
made into j ust about anything: Sweet Potato f ries,
Sweet Potato p ie, Sweet
Potato soup and even
Sweet Potato smoothies.
While these orange potatoes may not b e as popular as regular potatoes,
they provide nutrients imperative f or our bodies t o
f unction and b e healthy.
If y ou're battling a flu,
consider eating a sweet potato. Consuming this Vitamin D-filled f ood item is
another way of gaining the
antioxidants needed in order to assist your body to
battle inflammatory issues.
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Is dressing down better for feet?
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Flip-flops are a common shoe amoung CSUSM students and Californians.
B Y A LEXIS S AUCEDO
SPORTS COLUMNIST
L iving in So-Cai w e c an't
h elp o urselves, flip-flops
are j ust so c omfortable and
convenient. B ut does this
c omfort and convenience
c ome with a price? How are
wearing flip-flops affecting
our musculoskeletal system?
Flip-flops are quick t o slip
on a fter a long day at one of
San D iego's b eautiful beaches. S ome flip-flops are even
f ashionable enough f or a
night out on t he town in the
casual Pacific Beach area.
In f act, C SUSM students
r ock flip-flops on a daily b asis.
"Flip-flops are my go-to
s hoe," Genevieve Baskiel
said. " I wear them at
least three out of the f our
days I am on c ampus."
Six students were randomly stopped and asked how
o ften they wear flip-flops t o
school. Four of the six students admitted t o wearing
flip-flops everyday, even
during the cooler winter
season. One of the t wo remaining students said she
wears t hem, one of t he t wo
days she is on campus. T he
remaining student stated
h e never wears flip-flops
nor did h e even own a pair.
T he human f oot is f ar
more intricate that anyone
gives it credit f or. According to the American Podiatric Medical Association
( APMA), " The heel b one is
the largest of the 2 6 bones i n
the human f oot, which also
h as 3 3 j oints and a network
of m ore than 100 tendons,
muscles and ligaments."
T he A PMA also explains
that flip-flop wearers can experience chronic f oot p ain,
hair-line f ractures and tendonitis due t o the lack of
arch support, heel cushioning and shock absorption.
R ip-flops can also leave
ankles vulnerable t o spraining and crush injuries f rom
objects in the environment.
WebMD also states that
flip-flops can b e the culprit f or many h ip, k nee
and lower back issues. A dditionally, WebMD
has
even added flip-flops t o
the very same -sho^-icide'
list that include high h eels.
So next time you decide t o dress it u p or dress
it d own, k eep in mind the
beating your f eet are taking.
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C ontinued f r o m p age 6
Potatoes: A good addition to a diet
building healthy teeth, b ones,
e tc. It also plays a role in elevating o ur energy levels
and m oods. Sweet p otatoes'
high amount of Vitamin C is
also important in building a
stronger immunity system.
Sweet potatoes are also
beneficial in
alleviating
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If y ou're not a f an of b ananas, sweet potatoes can
also b e a great source f or
potassium, preventing heart
disease, averting
onsets
of heart attacks, strokes
and maintaining balance
throughout the body under stressful conditions.
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While
iron
is known as an
energy boosting
mineral, it is
also important
f or metabolizing
proteins, ensuring the i mmune
system is f unctioning
properly and pro-
ad
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white b lood cells.
Potatoes are a great source of vitamins and
T hose with iron
nutrients with a varied bank of preparation
deficiency
c an
styles.
c onsume
sweet
stress-related
s ymptoms. potatoes f or they contain an
If y ou're having a stress- adequate amount of i t, as
ful week filled with mid- well as natural sugars, m agterms, your stress is causing nesium (aka: t he anti-stress
your body t o u se a large mineral) and Vitamin B 6.
Whether y our taste b uds
amount of potassium and
other minerals. I t's threat- p refer salty o r sweet flavored
ening t o h ave a low intake potatoes, it seems that sweet
of potassium, b ecause i t's potatoes are a new f ood
an electrolyte needed t o f renzy that d oesn't seem
assist in regulating essen- t o b e going anywhere, so
tial body f unctions such as it could b e beneficial t o inheartbeat and nerve signals. clude t hem in your daily diet.
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FEATURES
P rofessor of H istory: Dr. I brahim A l-Marashi
Middle Eastern scholar has fascination with region's past
B Y N ADA S EWIDAN
FEATURES EDITOR
To love a subject so deeply
that you become consumed
by i t, i t's n o longer simply a j ob, but a way of l ife.
C SUSM P rofessor of history, Ibrahim Al-Marashi,
reflects this exact sentiment.
A s an assistant History
p rofessor with a teaching
emphasis in Middle Eastern history, Dr. Al-Marashi
hopes t o impart the same
fascination and awareness
of the past into his students.
He stresses that there is
always a m ajor event in t he
Middle East: A rab Spring,
War of Libya and the debate of whether the U .S.
will strike Syria. He discussed how relevant Middle Eastern studies is now
and how important it is t o
learn, understand and address misconceptions in re-
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gards t o these global events.
"Students not only learn
the history, but learn a lot
about the regions that shape
most American foreign policy to this very day," he said.
Professor Al-Marashi enjoys being a history professor
because history is a reflection of the human condition
and of identity. He explained
how it is an all-encompassing subject that looks at the
past in order t o gain an understanding of the present.
" When you are a professor
of history, you are always
learning; i t's a continuous
p rocess," P rofessor Al-Marashi said. " I can honestly
say n o day of work is ever
the s ame. I may b e teaching
the same subject, but n o matter what I a m teaching, I 'm
teaching f rom a d ifferent approach o r d ifferent material
f rom the present t o tell these
students why these events
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Dr. Ibrahim speaks to members of the history department.
in the past are important."
Professor
A l-Marashi's
family is originally f rom
Iraq. However, h e was
born in Baltimore and
grew u p in California.
H e earned a B .A. f rom
University
of
California, Los Angeles, his M.A
f rom. Georgetown
University
and
eventually
his Ph.D. f rom University of O xford in the U .K.
He was motivated t o become a history professor in
order t o learn and discover
more about the region of
his ancestors. H e explained
that the time h e was studying t o become a professor of
Middle Eastern history was
a d ifferent time than now-
FACULTY
-it was pre 9/11, pre I raq.
A fter graduation h e d ecided t o travel t o the M iddle East and experience the
region h e was studying.
A mong some of the places h e lived includes M orocco, Yemen and E gypt.
" I f elt like I needed t o
live there t o really understand the culture and the
region and apply what I
was studying t o the places
I was going t o," h e said.
P rofessor Al-Marashi confessed how h e is never in o ne
place f or m ore than seven
weeks and how h e is continuously on the m ove, traveling
f or work and f or c onferences.
H e is also currently w orking on writing another b ook
on the ' 91 Gulf War, and
as a side p roject, h e works
with the local community t o
teach the history of Iraq t o
r efugees still in high school.
P rofessor
Al-Marashi
currently teaches general
history, War and Society,
several courses on the Middle East and a course on
w omen in the Middle East.
Next semester h e will be
o ffering a class about Spain
and the Middle East which
explores the Arabic influence in Spain and how a
Catholic country deals with
a Muslim past. T he class
will b e o ffered in the spring
from 2 :30 pm t o 3:45 p.m on
M ondays and Wednesdays.
Teaching i sn't simply a j ob
f or P rofessor Al-Marashi,
but a hobby as well. There
is n o delineation between
courses taught in classrooms and his way of living.
"History is not j ust something I teach; i t's a philosophy; i t's a way of life; it's
a way of l iving," Professor
Al-Marashi said. " It's not
work f or m e; i t's something
I a m passionate about."
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PROFILE
P rofessor Y uan Y uan e ncourages c ritical t hinking
B Y S HANICE D AVIS
STAFF W RITER
C SUSM professor, Dr.
Yuan Yuan, is known t o b e
both upfront with his expectations and f air while
c harming the class with his
w arm smile and f unny j okes.
Dr. Yuan Yuan, a Literature and Writing professor h ere at C SUSM,
talks about h ow m uch h e
loves h is j ob as a Literature and Writing Professor.
" I e njoy being a professor because you have
a lot of time t o read and
t hink," Professor Yuan said.
" As the Chinese saying
goes, thinking without reading leads t o laziness and reading without thinking leads t o
c onfusion. Especially f or a
professor engaged in theories, thinking helps put ideas
into different perspectives
and reading f urther challenges those perspectives."
P rofessor
Yuan
was
originally born in J inan,
the capital city of Shandong
Province,
China.
"[Jinan] is about a hundred miles away f rom Qufii
where C onfucius was born
about t wo thousand years
a go," P rofessor Yuan said.
B efore arriving in the
States, Yuan received his
B achelor's Degree in Foreign Language and Literature and his M aster's
Degree at T he Institute of
Modern American Literature, both located in Shandong University in China.
Professor Yuan later received his Doctorate Degree
in English at t he University
of
Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
Living and studying in both
China and the United States,
P rofessor Yuan acquired
language proficiency in now, and I witnessed the
both English and Chinese. huge change of C SUSM from
Professor Yuan has been a university without a camliving in the states since pus and with only a couple
1985; h e first migrated t o of hundred students, t o now
Milwaukee, Wisconsin f rom a campus big enough you
Jinan uncould get lost
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are splendid in that m ovie."
A s a last n ote, Professor Yuan advises C SUSM
students t o continuously
challenge
their
minds.
" Read, think o ver what
y ou read and r emember your
reading and t hinking," Professor Yuan s aid. " I see a tendency of putting o ne's brain
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MJ£.Ch*A. advocates for higher education and unification
S tudents s trive f or e qual o pportunity f or g enerations t o c ome
BY SHANICE D A V I S
STAFF WRITER
CSUSM's
M .E.Ch.A.
is more than an organization; it is a m ovement
that implements concentration on higher education,
political
involvement, culture and history.
ME.Ch.A. stands f or M ovimiento Estudiantil C hicano
de Aztlan, and ultimately,
the organization's mission is
to strive f or higher education
and awareness of the history
and struggle. " M.E.Ch.A.
is determined t o contribute
and develop political, social
and culturally competent
projects that will prepare
o ur people t o b ecome the
f uture leaders of our c ommunity," M .E.Ch.A. secretary, Lizbeth M oreno, said.
T he o rganization's goals
consist of having equal opportunity in higher education f or all p eople, especially
underrepresented c ommunities. A mong their objectives
include establishing a Raza
C enter on c ampus, ensuring
that their ancestors and their
culture is never f orgotten,
giving b ack t o the c ommunity and staying united as o ne.
T his
m ovement
has
m any
Hispanic/Latino
m embers, b ut M oreno e xpresses that t he org. is open
f or e veryone on c ampus.
ing part of this organization,"
Moreno said. "Unity is a
huge benefit from the organization [because] w e support
each other in all that w e d o,
and [we] m ake sure that w e
all graduate and balance the
stresses this l ife has t o o ffer."
M EChA has t wo main upcoming events—Jornaleros
and a high school c onference.
Photo provided by ME.ChA.
"Jornaleros, which means
Members of M.E.Ch.A show support for Raza Center.
' day laborer,' are the m en
" MEChA is f or anyone is that you care f or our c om- and women w ho stand at corinterested in helping out the munity as much as w e d o." ners looking f or j obs," MoreM oreno
also
empha- no explained. "We set aside
community and helping those
w ho d o not h ave a v oice," sized an essential b en- a Friday of every month t o
achieved
through w ake u p bright and early t o
M oreno said. " Everyone and efit
anyone is w elcome t o attend M . E . C h . A . - u n i f i c a t i o n . m ake burritos f or these day
and b e part of our w onderful * " A minority and a nori-mi- laborers and take it t o them
organization; all that w e ask nority can take a lot from b e- along with some water."
" The high school c onference is t o promote higher
education," M oreno said.
"We provide f ood and w orkshops f or the youth so that
they know higher education is a possibility f or a ll."
In addition t o those e vents,
M .E.Ch.A. is having another upcoming event, Baile
d e Los Muertos on Nov.
2 1 at the C larke, so m ark
y our calendars cougars!
If anyone is interested in
j oining M .E.ChA., all are
welcome t o attend the m eetings held from 4 p .m. t o 6
p ,m. every Tuesday in C ommon 2 06. E mail the o rg.
at
c susm .mecha@ g mail.
c om f or m ore i nformation.
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The Cougar Chronicle was
among those recognized f or
helping to promote Maxwell
Dickson's " Pink Tie A ffair"
art show fundraiser f or breast
cancer care and research.
T he P ink Tie A ffair-a
charity gala produced to
raise m oney and awareness
f or breast cancer research-hosted hundreds of patrons
that included local celebrities and politicians f or a
night filled with art auctions,
live m usic, f ood and d rinks.
This group of artists associated with the Pink Tie A ffair
h ave helped develop and host
this event in Los Angeles f or
t he past couple of years now.
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One-of-a-kind photography experiences b y Reid
Goodshaw of Haromic Lights
were part of the guest entertainment, along with t apas,
w ine, pool tables, classic arcade games and c lub m usic.
A s guests graced the red
carpet, T he Cougar Chronicle logo adorned the wall
of f ame that included various other sponsors that
helped m ake the event possible. All proceeds earned
b y the event went directly t o the Breast Cancer
Care and Research F und.
D ickson's art pieces created
t he atmosphere f or the evening, and all the artwork was
available f or silent auction.
T he entire event earned
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What employers look f or in college g raduates
The CSUSM Career Center prepares current students as well as
alumni for today's competitive job market.
B Y SYDNEY SCHABACKER
STAFF W RITER
Please raise your hand if
y ou'd like t o make some
money. While i t's u p t here,
wave and smile pleasantly
at someone t o practice social
skills, and then make your
way t o the Career Center.
There are people in the Ca-
reer Center w ho want nothing m ore than t o h elp you
find the employment that
will lead you t o that money.
C alifornia's unemployment
is currently at 5 .9 p ercent,
and if students all would
rather b e in that other 94.1
percent, then students need t o
know what employers w ant.
" What employers look f or
ALUMNI:
are ' soft s kills,'" Career Center Director, Pam Wells, said.
These
skills
include:
communication efficiency,
both oral and written, experience working in t eams,
t echnology]
skills, experience in a diverse e nvironment,
leadership
potential and the capability t o learn n ew things.
"[The] majority of these are
[skills] students are getting
[at C SUSM]," Career Counselor, Dian Sanchez, said.
G EO and GEW, required
f or every student, f ocus on
oral and written communication skills. There is n o
shortage of group work as
students progress through
classes. T he technological
skills she referred t o can b e
gained through t he computer classes that are o ffered.
C SUSM is a diverse environment with students f rom
all over the country. T hanks
t o t he international student
p rogram, w e are globally
diverse. T he c lubs, activities and organizations students participate in can in-
WHERE
dicate leadership potential.
A s college students, t he
capacity and ability t o
learn can h opefully b e assumed here at C SUSM.
Graduates of t he C SU
system o ffer strong skills t o
employers. A C SU executive
summary, published January
1 9,2012, reviewed the results
of a survey of employers in
California. T he f our distinctive characteristics of C SU
graduates are t eamwork,
flexibility, capacity t o learn
and representation of the
diversity of the workplace.
However, according t o the
above mentioned research,
this is what students need t o
improve on: interpersonal
skills. In any workplace of
any size, these skills matter.
A s a specialized area of interpersonal skills, C SUSM
students need t o cultivate
their interviewing skills.
"Feedback
is
that
some of our students are
not as polished as other colleges," Wells said.
Employers know what they
are looking f or in potential
ARE
e mployees, and the interview
process is w hen they are considering most w ho t o h ire.
Here are some things t o
k eep in mind t o get t o that
point. T he Career Center
o ffers " mock i nterviews"
where students can practice and gain familiarity with possible questions
and appropriate answers.
Social m edia h as also b ecome a significant and even
a determining f actor in what
employers are looking f or, so
strong interview skills can
b e undermined by u nprofessional revelations online.
A s f ollow u p t o an interview, thank-you notes are
imperative. In every b usiness, time is valuable. Every
candidate f or a position m ust
acknowledge and show appreciation f or the t ime spent
on their interview. T hese
notes are standard in b usiness and networking, and
t he lack of t hem c an also
undermine a strong interview p erformance when it
comes t o deciding which
candidate will b e h ired.
A s a show of strength,
having some pertinent work
experience b efore seeking
e mployment could p ut you
at t he t op of t he candidacy
p ile. T he a nswer t o this conundrum i s internships. T he
Career C enter o ffers students assistance in finding
a variety of internships that
b est fits t he s tudents' n eeds.
S ome internships pay, some
o ffer class credit, b ut all
look good o n a r esume.
A s college students, w e are
building o ur e mployment
f utures right now. D on't
wait until y ou are sitting in
an interview t o contemplate
h ow you will answer " What
are
your
w eaknesses?"
Thinking about w hat e mployers look f or in college
graduates n ow and addressing what n eeds t o b e addressed c an only strengthen
your
opportunities.
F or m ore i nformation,
stopover at t he Career Center
o r visit t he website w ww.
csusm.edu/careers/ t o see
what they can h elp y ou with
as you prepare f or your f uture.
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W here does l ife t ake y ou
a fter graduation?
S ome
students m ay b e terrified of w hat h appens a fter
graduation while others
are ready t o experience reality outside of C SUSM.
Former CSUSM Cougar, Sarah Kinney, is currently working as a high
school teacher and part
t ime professor. While attending C SUSM, her main
f ocus was primarily work
and school. She worked on
campus at t he Online Writing L ab ( OWL) and the
Writing Center. During o ne
summer she worked at the
Admissions o ffice giving
tours of the campus as well.
Kinney discussed h ow
C SUSM helped h er prepare f or h er career as both
a high school teacher
and a college professor.
"The credential program at
C SUSM has definitely helped
m e t o get hired not only b ecause it prepared m e w ell,
but also because others k now
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Canyon High School, located
in Lake Elsinore, California.
Recently, Sarah received
her M aster's degree in English f rom National University and has begun teaching
college level English courses
at M t. San Jacinto College.
" CSUSM h as helped m e
get m y j obs because the reputation of the school is well
k nown," Kinney said. " My
department chair at M SJC
is an alumni f rom C SUSM
and I think that m ade h er
f eel confident in hiring m e."
Not only is Kinney a
teacher, b ut she is also
married and lives happily
with her dog and husband.
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off f or this Cougar. With
her huge accomplishments
and outstanding achievements, it all goes t o show
that with hard work and
dedication, students here
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or w ho a re i n t he m ood f or
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Tomato T ofu r ecipe i s a
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Tomato T ofu i s a s imple and e asy d ish t o c reate and is u sually s erved
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4 to 5 tomatoes (the
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1/2 package of tofu
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A thens M arket C afé v ersus T he S pot
BY W ILL M CCURDY
For date night, an e vening
you've been preparing f or
meticulously down t o y our
best outfit, where d o you t ake
him or her? W here can y ou
show your date a g ood t ime
without breaking t he b ank?
There are t wo local r estaurants, one tucked a way in
the suburban reaches of San
Diego, Athens M arket C afé,
and the other in t he h igh r ises
of downtown L a J olla, T he
Spot. The Athens M arket
Café is located on C armel
Mountain Rd in San D iego
while The Spot is l ocated
on Prospect S t. in L a J olla.
With an unassuming l ook
but a richly seasoned m enu,
the Athens M arket C afé
couples affordability a nd
a taste of Greek c ulture. If
both parties are l actose t olerant, order some pita b read
with saganaki, a goat c heese
soaked in oil set ablaze at t he
table before b eing q uenched
with lemon j uice as a starter (it is tradition t o say o pa
when the cheese is o n fire).
Main course dishes r ange
from spiced gyros ( made
of pork or b eef) t o s immered lamb chops a nd citrus seasoned s almon. F or
those who d on't eat m eat,
there are equally delectable dishes such as spinach
spanakopita and f alafels.
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b aklava, a pastry with ground
nuts and h oney h eld together with a flakey o uter c rust.
A nother location f or d ate
night is T he Spot located
i n t he sprawling u rban center of d owntown L a J olla.
T he S pot acts as a cozy b ar
a nd restaurant h aven away
from t he h ustle of t he city.
T heir b ar p rovides m uch
a mbience f or t hose of a ge,
t hough it is t he m ain dining
r oom w here o ne c an achieve
t he r omantic a tmosphere.
With a fireplace t ucked in
t o t he right and televisions
scattered f or t he b ar p atrons,
o ne c an e njoy an appetizer w ith their d ate in o ne of
t he m ore isolated b ooths o r
c atch t he sunset from o ne of
t he t ables n ear t he w indows.
With b oth restaurants h aving t heir strong p oints, it
c omes d own t o a matter of
c omparison t o d ecide w hich
restaurant h as t he b est criteria f or a r omantic e vening.
First is t he f ood. With A thens M arket C afe's e xotic variation of G reek f ood against
T he S pot's classic A merican
m enu, t he c hoices of A thens
M arket p rovide f or a m ore
diverse culinary e xperience.
T he Spot is a s afer b et
f or p eople w ho e njoy pizza
and there are other options
as well if o ne d oes not care
f or o r is allergic t o c heese.
N ext
is
atmosphere;
which restaurant provides
its guests with t he romantic f eel t hey're looking f or?
T he Spot mainly f unctions
as a sports b ar with t he televisions o ften showing the
latest football o r baseball
g ame. However, this can
b e o ffset b y the ocean view
and the proximity t o the
coast with t he sea themed
decor providing a m ore
laid b ack f eel f or the place.
Athens Market C afé, on t he
other h and, is very secluded
from t he local neighborhood,
instead relying o n the painted interiors of Greek cities
and portraits f or the customers t o lose themselves i n.
Finally, t he third and arguably t he most important category rears its head—cost.
T he Athens Market C afé
o ffers quite a f ew desirable
d ishes, b ut o ften patrons
will find themselves in t he
f orty dollar r ange with alcoholic beverages excluded.
T he Spot o n t he other h and
d oes not b oast a s b road of
a palate as Athens M arket,
b ut can h ave both parties
reasonably satisfied with
twenty t o thirty dollars.
B oth
Athens
Market
C afé and T he Spot o ffer a
u nique and quaint perspective t o date night; whichever restaurant is chosen depends on o ne's p reference.
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F or Vitor, music gives
h im encouragement and
c omfort,
f eelings
he
hopes t o translate t o others through his own m usic.
JESUSM s tudent K arrkVitor started a b and during the
summer with his f riends Andrew Velasco, Colin Hagan
and Arman D olphin. T he
b and was an idea that w as not
initially p lanned. Vitor would
usually meet h is f riends
at t he b each in Carlsbad o r t he Oceanside
Pier j ust t o play f or f un.
T he b and's n ame is
T he Strangers, which
happened t o b e a suggestion m ade b y a
stranger w ho saw t hem
play together during
o ne of their meet-ups.
"We started off as
strangers b ut c ame together
with a c ommon interest and
started p laying," Vitor said.
A fter playing there f or
a w hile, V itor's M end,
Josh
Fowler,
helped
t hem record their first album in his h ome studio.
Vitor plays the guitar and
sings b ut everyone in t he
b and contributes t o the m u sic in other w ays. T he group
brings a lot of variety t o t he
music because each b and
m ember uses an instrument
that reflects their b ackground such as an acoustic
guitar, an electric guitar, a
keyboard and a m elodica.
" Each of t hem, however,
is extremely talented and
bring something d ifferent
t o this g roup, and I 'm glad
that the first b and I 'm in is
with these g uys," Vitor said.
T he b and's first o fficial performance was at the Mission
Asian market in Oceanside.
They did not h ave a set list
so instead, they improvised.
They played " Saved R oom,"
" Happy" and " Creep." It
was a good first experience
because people
cheered
and danced as they played.
Vitor is mostly self-taught.
His
musical
education
started when h e received a
guitar at the age of 16. H e
began by watching videos
online and reading the guitar tabs of whatever music h e was into at the t ime.
O ne of his first memories is
side Filipino Cultural Festival where h e m et Katherine
Sinsuan, w ho later played
with h im at other shows.
Vitor plans t o take a road
trip with h is b and in the
spring and h opefully play
m usic in various v enues,
as well as work on p roducing a second album.
Other b ands such as M umford and Sons, T he Head
and t he H eart, Paramore and
Jeff Buckley all are part of
h is musical influences.
Their n ext performance is at 9 p .m.
o n Saturday, N ov. 1
at t he M ission Asian
m arket i n O ceanside.
"If students w ant
t o p ursue m usic t hen
t hey n eed t o b e o pen
a nd willing t o e xplore d ifferent k inds
of m usic a nd b e w illing to put e ffort i nto i mproving,"
Vitor
s aid.
Vitor also holds m eet-ups
on c ampus f or students w ho
are interested in playing m usic together in a relaxed e nvironment. M usic m eet-up is
designed f or t hose w ho like
m usic and w ho w ant t o share
that passion b y connecting with f ellow m usicians.
" Thursday m eet-up is m ore
of j ust a m usic j am session
with d ifferent people c oming o ver t o play," Vitor s aid.
T he m usic m eet-up gathers at 12 p .m. o n T hursdays
in t he third floor of t he A rts
Building o n t he grass. Students c an either b ring t heir
o wn instruments o r u se s ome
of t he extra instruments that
h e a nd h is f riends A ndrew
Velasco, Colin Hagan and
I mmanuel B rown b ring.
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"We started off
as strangers but
came together
with a common interest and started
playing"
when h e learned how t o play
" Stop and Stare" b y O ne
Republic. H e was so proud
that h e succeeded at playing the song that h e wanted
t o show his f amily what
h e had learned. His f amily
were the ones w ho initially
encouraged h im t o play in
front of others during f amily gatherings o r parties.
" I d idn't like it at first,
b ut it helped m e get used t o
playing f or p eople," h e said.
B efore starting t he b and,
Vitor would p erform at open
m ic nights. H e played his
first acoustic show at a b ar
in Temecula about a y ear
a go. T his w as a new experience f or h im b ecause h e
h ad never prepared f or a live
p erformance b efore. H e h ad
t o consider things like vocal endurance and material.
T he crowd was small, b ut
h e got t o know the people
there, which made it worth it.
T he most memorable m oment f or Vitor was t he Ocean-
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Think f ast in I mprov C lub
Join Improv Club for fast-paced, f un club experience
B Y S YDNEY SCHABACKER
STAFF W RITER
Fast-paced and actionpacked, there is never
a dull m oment with the
C SUSM
Improv
Team.
W hat is improv, you m ay
ask? Improvisation is anything m ade-up on the spot.
T he Improv Team specializes in concocting characters, scenes, dramas a nd
laughs in seconds based on
audience suggestions. T he
club team was started in
2010 by Nicole H ernandez,
Aaron C hase, Molina M ilbourne and Lorenzo Taylor.
Originally, Improv w as o ffered as a class, but then
these three students took the
idea and f ormed the c lub.
I joined this past semester, and I am 100 percent
biased in its favor. To get
on the club t eam, auditions
are held once a semester f or
anyone interested. Senior
Player Ryan D owns, w ho
j oined Fall semester of 2010,
has some insider advice:
" The auditions are t o see
if you can act on a stage,
in a team as a team player. T he only problem is if
y ou're frying to b e t oo f unny," D owns says. " Just b e
Improv club poses for a group photo during practice.
y ourself, and w e'll worry
about [being f unny] later."
There are a f ew rules in
keeping with classic improv, but i t's mostly j ust one
game a fter another. One of
my favorites is "Zip-ZapZ op," when the players have
t o point at someone else in
the circle, yelling one of
uses in real l ife. In all of the
g ames, players h ave seconds
t o c ome u p with a character
with reactions and f eelings.
"You learn t o think on
y our f eet," D owns said.
" [Which is] very
important in other t hings."
Just consider public speaking o r class participation
f or that matter. It c an't hurt
socially either. T he confidence this builds with practice can easily b e transferred
t o everyday
experience.
I 've only b een on the Improv Team f or about a month
now, meeting once a w eek on
Monday nights. Every practice is d ifferent, and even
the basic g ames vary f rom
practice t o practice and get
energized with laughter and
good company. If you aspire
t o always b e on y our toes
and ready t o react t o what
happens next when surprises
are part of the g ame, please
come audition f or the I mprov Team next semester,
Photo provided CSUSM Improv Club would be beneficial f or potential users of these various
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the words, and y ou've got f un. This kind of stimulating i sn't something you find b y
t o k eep track at high speed f un f or the brain is addictive. reading a profile of checking
which word is being zoomed
Despite improv exercises b oxes; i t's something you
at y ou. While surprisingly being m ade u p of g ames, discover b y getting t o k now
d ifficult, messing u p can b e improv has many important people in t he real w orld.
W hy b reak-ups d on't a lways h ave t o m ean g oodbye
R emaining f riends a fter h eartbreak
g uys handle a b reakup, essarily in your l ife as a partit is assumed that sports ner, that d oesn't mean you
g ames, video games and have t o lose them completely.
L et'sfaceit: B reak-ups s uck. adrenaline activities with
Regardless
of
everyI n movies and television, f riends
are
involved. thing, feelings are still there
b reak-ups are treated as an
I t's a common debate as and memories still exist.
over-dramatic b uildup t o that t o whether guys and girls
It can be difficult to let go
f ated happy ending. But what can in f act b e f riends a fter
of the l ife you once had
happens when in real l ife, it a b reakup. The decision can
and t o "shut o f f ' f eelings.
can b e common f pr a break- lie on the myriad of situWhile it can vary with each
up t o simply b e a break-up? ations that could have ocp erson, break-ups are a time
Insert what I like t o call curred: cheating, lies, disf or personal healing. Time
the "breakup m ode." That tance, growing apart, or, like
apart is essential if there is
consists of common thoughts m e, the f act that it w as t oo
ever intent on remaining in
such as: " My life is over," difficult t o accept that Ryan
each o ther's lives. Distance
" I'm so happy," " I l ied, I 'm Gosling is a f ather and is
allows there t o b e a time t o
not really happy," " Maybe never truly entering my l ife.
find yourself again and learn
I 'm destined t o b e a loneWhether
t o b e your own
ly cat w oman" and " Why
y ou're
the
| ferson, findc an't Channing Tatum enter
"dumping your own
my life already?" Then it is
er" or the
happiness.
time t o channel Julia Rob"dumpee,"
Tears may
erts a nd E at, Pray, Lovethe
hardb e shed and a
except the only thing that
est f actor is
film of m emois actually accomplished
f eeling
as
ries may play.
is conquering that j ar of
if you lost
Whether t he
cookie butter while watcha huge part of yourself. I t's break-up was amicable o r
ing T he Notebook 5 0 t imes.
important to realize that j ust not, this person mattered f or
While I 'm not sure h ow because this person i sn't neca reason and there is nothB Y L EXY P EREZ
A & E ASSISTANT
"Time will
heal all
wounds"
Relationships gone sour can sometimes end up sweet.
ing wrong with them still
meaning something t o y ou.
T he important thing t o note
is t o not rush o r f orce things.
If this person is truly meant
t o b e in your l ife, then time
will heal all wounds and
your relationship can blossom into an alternated ver-
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sion of the bond you shared.
Just because you broke
u p, d oesn't mean your relationship is technically broken. I t's simply in repair,
preparing t o experience a
m etamoiphosis. It is nice
t o h ave the idea of being
f riends with your e x, but that
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d oesn't m ean there w on't b e
obstacles in getting t here.
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How one blog misunderstands true meaning of feminism
B y K ATIABRUNSON
OPINION ASSISTANT
Hide your b ras -- t he
feminists
are
c oming.
The term " feminism" h as
been somewhat of a t aboo
in Western culture, and f or
people living in m any o ther
parts of the world, i t's c ompletely unheard o f. T he o ppression of women m anifests
itself differently all o ver t he
world, but in the c ase of
Western society, some individuals are not f ully a ware
of its presence on a daily b asis. Many men and w omen
argue that gender equality
does exist in America t oday
when, in f act, w e are f ar
f rom tackling the perpetual
disadvantages of o ur society's g ender stereotypes.
T he theory of " anti-feminism" is the belief that
w omen's disadvantages in
society are exaggerated o r
n on-existent, o r assumes
that f eminists seek t o oppress m en. It is an ideology
that h as recently b een p opularized b y a b log o n T umblr entitled " womenagainstfeminism.tumblr.com."
O n this b log, w omen send
in pictures of themselves
h olding u p signs explaining w hy they d on't agree
with f eminism o r why they
c hoose not t o b e a f eminist.
T he c ommon d enomina-
tor that holds true through
each one of these w omen's
arguments is that they are
arguing
against
b eliefs
that d iffer f rom f eminism.
T he term f eminism is defined in the dictionary as " the
advocacy of w omen's rights
on the ground of political,
social and economic equality
t o m en." In recent decades,
the term f eminism gained attention due t o the W omen's
Liberation M ovement, which
originated during the 60s and
7 0s. Many feminists p refer
t o cite a definition that comes
f rom f eminist theory and/or
f eminist writers such as bell
h ooks, whose definition says
that " feminism is a m ove-
Why mass media is the best major
they d ress, their sexuality,
their ideas and their b odies.
" Womenagainstfeminism"
h ave got it all wrong. Feminism is not about burning
bras o r shaming women w ho
e njoy cooking f or their significant other. I t's not about
hating men or playing the
victim c ard. I t's about challenging s ociety's expectations of w omen and being
w ho you are without having t o apologize f or it. I t's
about the social j ustice that
comes with equality. I t's
about taking pride in celebrating how great it is t o
b e a w oman in every beautiful shape, b ra size and l ifestyle choice they c ome i n.
Benefits of stem
cell research lauded
B y K ATIABRUNSON
OPINION ASSISTANT
America is the consumer
capital of the world; a fflicted by a constant b arrage
of media selling us social
norms, values and ideas.
Almost everything w e
know to be true has b een
fed to us through various
media outlets, whether it b e
through the news, a T V show
or a friend's status u pdate.
What we value as n orms in
our society are perpetuated
through the media, w hich
is why being an i nformed
consumer in this day in age
is crucial to making sense
of what all of the constant
information means t o u s
as individuals. We r evolve
around our F acebook, Instagram and Twitter a ccounts;
constantly seeking interconnectedness with t he h umans
around us. We thrive on instant updates and n onstop
information. T he
m edia
holds a lot of p ower in o ur
society, so if you c an't b eat
'em, might as well j oin ' em.
Anything involving t he
distribution of i nformation
is classified as m edia. T he
subject of mass m edia is s o
vast and continues t o g row
exponentially, making it e asy
for anyone t o find a specific interest in this m ajor,
women out of the 4 35 m embers that make u p the U .S.
House of Representatives,
and only 20 out of 100 m ake
u p the Senate. Pay inequality still exists, and even in
the year 2014, some men
grow u p believing that they
are entitled to w omen's b odies. This results in issues
such as cat-calling, sexual
assault and r ape, which in
some cases are classified
as socially acceptable o r
deemed the w oman's f ault.
Society needs f eminism
because women are tired of
not being taken seriously
and feeling that they constantly have to apologize f or
the way they act, the way
ment to end sexism, sexist
exploitation and oppression."
This movement launched
awareness f or issues such
as reproductive rights, domestic violence, maternity
leave, equal pay, w omen's
s uffrage, sexual harassment
and sexual violence; all
of which are issues still
being dealt with today.
So why all the animosity
towards feminists? Somewhere along the l ine, society
has convinced many people
that women in the Western
world are " out of the w oods"
in the sense that w e have
reached the equal treatment
that men are born with. In
reality, there are only 79
Potential gains outstrip ethics concerns
B Y JASMINE D EMERS
COMMUNITY N EWS EDITOR
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Mass media gives students diverse knowledge set.
M edia is constantly e volving t o k eep u p with new
technology, and with a w orld
that thrives on i nformation,
i t's a s ubject that is sure t o
n ever g o out of style. T he
first e xample of m edia b eing p roduced dates b ack t o
t he fifteenth century with
print m edia such as n ewspapers, b ooks, m agazines and
p amphlets. T his w as t he first
t ime that i nformation w as
spread in other w ays t han b y
w ord of m outh. Since then
w e h ave seen t he growth
of recorded m edia, c inema,
r adio, t elevision, Internet
and m obile d evices, w hich
all f all u nder t he v ery large
u mbrella that is t he m edia.
T he m edia is such a l arge,
e ncompassing and p owerful
f orce that e veryone in t he
w orld looks t o f or i nformation; w hich b egs u s as consumers of t he m edia t o b e
r esponsible about h ow w e
digest the f acts and ideas
thrown at u s. A m ass m edia
m ajor will provide you with
skills t o b ecome an i nformed
consumer as well as skills t o
b e able t o p roduce and distribute information f or the
w orld. A s of today, 90 percent of what w e r ead, watch
o r listen t o is controlled b y
six corporation. T hese include Disney, Viacom, C BS,
Time Warner, N ews C orp
and G E. 90 percent of what
w e know is decided b y 2 32
media executives, b ut you
can c hange that 9 0 percent
b y b eing a part of the media
and contributing your voice.
T he m edia is the most influential aspect of American
culture. It is a growing movement of independent minds
looking t o express themselves t o a global audience.
B e a mass m edia m ajor and
b e a part of the movement
t o h ave your voice h eard.
W hat if you were told that
you had a 50 percent chance
of inheriting a genetic disease b y the time you were
30 years old? A genetic disease that will kill you 10 t o
2 0 years a fter your diagnosis
and that will slowly eat away
at your nervous system until
you c an't t alk, eat o r b reath.
H untington's disease has
been passed down in my
f amily f or five generations. I
h ave watched it slowly take
o ver my g randmother's body
and m ind, and I a m in a constant state of worry that it will
b egin t o d o the same t o my
d ad, my siblings and m yself.
More than anything, I a m
a fraid that I will b e unable
t o experience the wonders of
motherhood b ecause I h ave
t o protect my f uture children
f rom the burden that this disease will plague t hem w ith.
There is n o cure f or H untington's disease and not
very many approved treatment options. Ever since I
could remember, I have researched everything and anything possible about this disease and I have always laid
my hope in this truly amazing scientific advancement
called stem cell r esearch.
Human stem cell research
has the potential t o cure devastating diseases and regenerate injured or destroyed b odies. However, since scientists
discovered that they could
remove stem cells f rom embryos in 1998, controversy
f ollowed closely thereafter.
T he ethical concerns of
stem cell research have created a widespread debate
about the moral consequences of using aborted h uman embryos f or research.
T his controversy h as raised
many questions about t he
right t o l ife and whether o r
not there is a valid j ustification f or participating in i t.
M ore recently, h owever,
scientists have introduced
new study m ethods, which
they call Induced Pluripotent
Stem Cells (iPS). T hese cells
are derived f rom a non-pluripotent cell in adults. Scientists can basically extract
these cells and reprogram
them t o grow into any type of
tissue that they might n eed.
I would like t o argue h ere
that the benefits of stem cell
research significantly outweigh any issue of ethics
that is presented. If a w oman
decides t o h ave an abortion
and that e mbryo is going t o
b e destroyed, why s houldn't
people b e able t o use that
f or something that is u seful,
p owerful and life-changing?
As a person who could
directly benefit f rom this research, I definitely f eel like
stem cell research is an i mportant and necessary idea. I
would have the opportunity
t o spend more time with my
grandma and my dad. I would
b e given a chance t o bring
children into the world and
live a longer l ife. Stem cell
research could create these
opportunities and change the
lives of so many other f amilies all around t he w orld.
S tem cell research h as
t he ability t o treat s ome of
the m ost c ommon and l ife
threatening diseases (including c ancer), r eplace o r r epair
d amaged o rgans, create copies of organs f or transplant
and so much m ore. We need t o
take advantage of this a mazing medical discovery so that
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of l ife f or all human b eings.
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Facts about Ferguson:
Another case of police brutality?
B Y C OLLIN V AZ
FEATURES ASSISTANT
Despite the shooting of
Michael Brown taking place
on A ug. 9 , protests are still
o ngoing. With strong e motions surrounding the events
in F erguson, M issouri, it
is crucial t o e xamine all of
t he available information
in order t o understand the
f ull scope of the situation.
O fficer Darren Wilson had
originally stopped Michael
Brown f or j aywalking with
his f riend Dorian J ohnson.
According t o p olice, a struggle ensued inside of the police cruiser between Wilson
and Brown over the o fficer's
weapon. Brown was then
shot six t imes. He received
multiple gunshot wounds t o
the hand and a rm, b efore a
final round t o t he t op of his
head fatally wounded h im.
At t he time of the incident,
B rown's f riend Dorian Johnson told police that Michael
put his hands u p in the air and
told the police o fficer that
h e did not h ave a gun. This
sparked riots and protests in
F erguson, as the community
was outraged by the nature
of the shooting. More information was released soon
t hereafter that cast doubt on
the notion of police brutality.
A fter the name of the o fficer w ho shot and killed M ichael Brown was released,
a video was also given t o
the press showing Michael
Brown along with his f riend
Dorian, robbing cigars f rom
a liquor store and violently
shoving the salesman in order t o escape. Because O fficer Wilson was not aware
of the t heft at the time of the
shooting, B rown's f amily
is claiming that the video is
merely a "character assassination a ttempt." If character
is t o b e called into question
it is also important t o understand the m edia's portrayal
of B rown. Brown is o ften
described as an "unarmed
black teenager," indicating that Michael posed n o
threat t o the police o fficer
and therefore the situation
did not j ustify lethal f orce.
However, it is not widely publicized that Michael
brown was 6 '4", 292 lbs. at
the time of his death. If an
altercation did take place
inside O fficer Wilson's car
and Michael Brown did attempt t o steal his w eapon,
the shooting was j ustified.
Medical examiner, Dr. Michael G raham, stated that
the trajectory of the gunshot
wound to the hand " does support that there was a significant altercation at the car." It
should also b e noted that Dorian B rown, M ichael's f riend
whose statement sparked
protests, has a record of t heft,
lying t o p olice, skipping
court and previously had a
warrant out f or his arrest.
While police brutality is a
m ajor problem in America
and deserves the n ation's
attention, it is difficult t o
say with certainity that
the incidents that have occurred in Ferguson q ualify
as such. Protests in Ferguson are still underway, and
the police have responded
in f orce with hundreds of
militarized police o fficers
and unconstitutional " free
speech z ones." New information is still surfacing as
the chief of police in Ferguson is expected t o resign.
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Is Student Access Initiative beneficial?
Academic advising saves time
and money
Reasons to make an education plan before you
enroll for next semester
B Y N OELLE F RIEDBERG
OPINION EDITOR
T he myth has been spread
around campus that walking
over the seal on the ground
in f ront of the c offee cart in
Founders Plaza will k eep you
f rom graduating in f our years.
B ut what actually holds
you b ack f rom graduating on time is failing t o
m ake an education plan
with your academic advisor.
T he importance of an education plan is something
I learned while attending
a local community college. I m et with my academic advisor b efore the
start of each new semester
t o ensure that the classes
I was enrolled in would
transfer over t o C SUSM.
This is a good habit t o adopt
n o matter how f ar along you
are in your degree. T he reason is that creating an education plan allows you t o m ake
sure that each class you take
counts towards graduation.
We want t o finish our degrees in the least amount of
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time as possible. We also sound like a h assle, b ut it
d on't want t o waste any actually ends u p saving you
money on classes w e d on't t ime - and m oney - in the
actually n eed. Meeting with end b ecause it ensures y ou're
my academic advisor has only taking t he classes y ou
actually saved m e m oney actually need t o graduate.
on a class that I was able t o
S o n o m atter h ow f ar
take at MiraCosta instead along you are in obtaining
of taking the same class f or y our d egree, o r even if you
a much higher price here at h aven't declared your maC SUSM. I would not have jor yet and still d on't know
even k nown that I needed what you want study, I enthat class until it would h ave courage you t o m ake an apbeen t oo late. This serves as pointment with your acaj ust one example of the im- demic adviser by the end of
portance of meeting with this semester t o guarantee
your
academic
adviser. that you d on't waste any of
I am now in t he habit of your valuable time or money.
meeting with them b efore
G o t o http://www.csusm.
I enroll in classes f or each edu/academicadvising/
to
new semester. T his might schedule an appointment.
One guy's perspective
on
have their own acronym?!)
All of us have t o deal with B Y C ODY C O O K
not t rue, men only care about
these challenges, but the PHOTO ASSISTANT
what w e look l ike." Some
SAI will reduce them sigb oys might act that way, but
nificantly. I belive it is in the
mature m en act differently.
best interest of all students.
M akeup is a great way f or Boys find girls attractive on
Everyone has a war story girls t o look and f eel con- the outside; m en look f or
about registration, class fident when entering the w hat's deeper in a p erson,
scheduling, and I TPCs. T he professional field trying t o not based off of looks. I
question, t hen, is simple: get hired f or a j ob. H ow- challenge the boys out there
What can we d o about it? We ever, I challenge girls not t o t o look deeper into a percan adopt the SAI, which will wear m akeup on a first date. son than j ust what they look
improve class scheduling, acIt may b e great f or the pro- like, t o look past p eople's
cess t o classes and the num- fessional w orld, important flaws and imperfections.
ber of choices students will events and t o dress u p and
W hat men find attractive
Photo provided Christine Vaughan from Office of Communications have. I sn't that something look nice. However, I find m ore than anything is confiw e all w ant? Better yet, the m akeup unnecessary when dence in yourself and a winThe Student Access Initiative may be what helps students graduate
SAI will make things easier looking f or a relationship. ning personality. You can b e
sooner.
f or all the students who will
If you are looking f or a t he m ost attractive girl in t he
B Y A LHUAZ A LTHAGAFI
tiative (SAI) promises t o attend C SUSM in the f uture. man that you want t o see world b ut w hat really matters
CONTRIBUTOR
achieve m ore space, save It is not a stopgap measure, past your flaws and insecu- is what is underneath all the
C SUSM is growing. Last m ore t ime, reduce overlap, it will produce real change rities, then why cover it u p? m akeup. If a m an is looking
y ear there were 1000 m ore and ensure that m ore students that will a ffect all students Sure, m akeup m akes you at y ou f or only t he way you
students on c ampus than h ave better access t o m ore w ho will come t o C SUSM. f eel b eautiful, but what about l ook, t hen you are not lookthere had been in 2011, j ust f acilities, classes and p rofes- Many of us are concerned what w e d on't see? S ome ing at the right m an. So why
t wo short years a go. Two sors than the current system about ways we can impact a women would say, " That's not start it off on the right
years f rom now w e are pro- allows. By reducing the time world that is rapidly getting
jected t o h ave 1000 m ore of some 3-credit classes f rom more c rowded, m ore inclustudents that w e d o today. 7 5 minutes twice a week t o sive and more diverse. We
D o you think it is hard t o 5 0 minutes three times a can start right here at h ome.
get your classes t oday? D o week w e can achieve all of T he SAI promises t o include
y ou think y our schedule is these things. It is projected more people, and i sn't that
d ifficult t o m anage t oday? that this will allow more stu- something that w e think is
A re you going t o h ave t o p ush dents t o take the classes that a good thing - inclusivity?
b ack graduation because you they w ant, rather than the For t oo long it has been hard
c ouldn't get y our schedule ones they have t o settle f or. t o get a good education f or
worked out? If you answered This will give students m ore many, many p eople. D oesn't
yes t o any of these ques- time on c ampus, and m ore anything w e can d o to b e
tions, then b race yourself - time on campus means f aster m ore inclusive, t hen, f all ununder the current system all graduation times. It will use der the category of " better?"
of these issues are going t o the space C SUSM has much
I t's not easy t o change the
get w orse. W hat can w e d o m ore effectively, which will world. I t's not easy even
about it? T he A cademic Sen- also reduce crowding and knowing where to start.
ate will vote o n the Student speed-up campus l ife. And But here w e have it in our
A ccess Initiative. Tell y our a ren't w e all tired of ITPCs? hands t o m ake a real d ifferrepresentative y ou support it. (Impossible t o place classes. ence that will help us now,
T he Student A ccess Ini- Really? So common they and help all f uture Cougars. Makeup can be beneficial or harmful to your relationship.
f oot and show them w ho
you are on the first d ate, not
j ust what you look like with
a little m akeup o n. Show
them that you d o not need
m akeup to become a beautiful person;, you already are
a b eautiful person- m akeup
j ust enhances your qualities.
F rom the very beginning
of the relationship, show him
how confident you are without m akeup; b e u pfront with
someone you could potentially spend the rest of your
l ife w ith. You never know
w ho it m ight b e. Eventually,
this person is going t o see
you without m akeup o ne day.
Challenge yourself and
challenge some m en out
there t o look past your
flaws and imperfections
and let t hem see how
p erfect you really are.
Photo by Matthew J. Kuhlman
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Faith Orcino
cougarchronarts@gmail.com
MOVIE
REVIEW
2.5/5
P AWS
"The Best of Me" is not quite the best
Newest Nicholas
Sparksfilmfails to meet
expectations
BY LEXY P EREZ
A&E ASSISTANT
The time has come for movie-goers to be introduced to
yet another love story. It is a
new addition to the Nicholas
Sparks collection, a.k.a: the
sappy, teaijerker, Hollywood
hunk-filled, 'why c an't this
be my real l ife' type of films.
"The Best of M e" is
Sparks' new page-to-screen
adaptation. While it consists of his signature love
story components, it is
simply a 2.0 version of his
nationally known masterpiece, "The Notebook."
James Marsden and Michelle Monaghan star as
Dawson and Amanda, former high school sweethearts
who are reunited 21 years
later after forming an inseparable bond filled with love
and passion. While reuniting, they find themselves in
a tug of war- reigniting their
once puppy love or facing
BOOKREVIEW
the reality of their previous
hardships that kept them
apart even after two decades.
While Marsden and Monaghan are established actors
in Hollywood, the young
counterparts of their characters steal the show. Luke
Bracey (young Dawson)
and Liana Liberato (young
Amanda) express an undeniable chemistry that makes
viewers believe in the power of a first true love. All
Marsden and Monaghan
have is a lackluster chemistry that seems as if they
ËMOVIE
"Natural choice for criminal suspense"
are just acquainted friends
rather than past lovers.
Without watching Liberate and Bracey depict a
blooming love story, it is
unlikely to ever believe that
these two people were once
love-stricken teenagers. It
almost seems as if two different love stories were being portrayed: the story of
first love and the story of
two sad and lonely adults
turning to each other despite
being strangers (surely another possible Sparks story).
If this movie was released
REVIEW
before "The Notebook," it
could have the potential of
being recognized as a classic
love story, but, unfortunately,
all it does is follow the same
cliché recipe of 'rich girl falls
for poor boy,' families object,
life drama happens, nonstop
tears, the coveted rain kiss
and even more kissing that
makes the film seem as if
it's simply attempting to promote a brand of chap stick.
While I love romance movies as much as the next girl,
this one fails to grasp my
full attention and admiration.
4.5/5
Throughout the film, I found
myself already knowing
what would occur, seeming
as if I wrote the script myself.
While it could prove that I
am worthy of being a screenwriter, the unfortunate reality
is that it is a generic movie
that offers nothing new and
interesting to its viewers.
"The Best of Me" is definitely one of those films that
could be viewed when in
need of a complete cheesy
chick-flick day, but if y ou're
looking for a true love
story, stick to the classics.
P AWS
John Wick, successful film for Reeves
BY SYDNEY SCHABACKER
B Y P IERCE B RENNER
STAFF WRITER
STAFF W RITER
Cassandra Hobbes has a
special talent: she is a natural profiler. It's a talent that
her mother, who made a living pretending to be a psychic, helped Cassie develop.
With one look, Cassie can
discern more about a person than detailed studies
could provide. She notices
the little things-all of them.
Though she lost her mother
to a brutal unsolved murder,
she continues to develop her
skill. When the FBI offers
Cassie a chance to become
part of a secret program that
uses gifted teenagers to solve
cold cases, she accepts with
the hope that she may resolve
at least some of the questions
surrounding her mother's
murder. The rest of the Naturals, those perhaps too gifted
to get along with anyone,
make an uneasy alliance as it
becomes clear that their work
on cold cases triggered a current threat to themselves.
With an excellent cast of
characters making up the
Naturals including teenage
experts in data compilation, lie detection, body language, facial expressions and
more, the Naturals' chapters
should hook you in. If not,
then the alternating chapters written from the point
of view of the killer, known
as 'You,' should do the trick.
Published in 2013, The
Naturals by Jennifer Lynn
Barnes is only the first in
its series. With advanced
degrees in psychology, psychiatry and cognitive science, Barnes is very well
suited for writing criminal
suspense novels. The second in The Naturals series
is Killer Instinct. Based on
how much I enjoyed The
Naturals, I will definitely
be reading Killer Instinct.
John Wick (Keanu Reeves)
is a retired assassin turned
grieving widower. Everything goes down when a trio
of Russian mobsters (led by
Game of Thrones' Alfie Allen) breaks into Wick's house,
steal his car and kill his puppy, as the final gift from his
wife. Fueled by vengeance,
John decides to get revenge
on the men who destroyed
the last good thing in his life.
I never heard of John Wick
until about two months ago,
and I, like most people, was
just waiting for a crapfest;
however, the trailer completely won me over. It was
cool, f un and looked like it
could be Keanu Reeves' return to form. Sure enough,
I was totally right. John
Wick is awesome, and, other
than Gone Girl, better than
any movie out right now.
If you can expect one thing
from a typical Keanu Reeves
film, it's action. Well, the action in John Wick is terrific,
probably some of the best
I 've seen all year. Director Chad Stahelski's background in stunt coordination
is obvious, with the action
being well choreographed
and well shot. It's also violent and gritty, with a great
deal more blood than w e've
come to expect in this Marrara
vel-dominated
landscape.
It's a nice change of pace to
see a great action movie that
also lets all hell break loose.
I 'm generally pretty cold
toward Keanu Reeves as an
actor, but if he's put in the
right role he can work towards the benefit of the film.
John Wick is one of those
roles. He's a vengeful, heartbroken badass who has lost
everything that matters to
him-not very emotional or
talkative-but very good at
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charming, fighting and killing. In short, this role plays
to Reeves' strengths and lets
him do what he does best.
The supporting cast is also runs the Continental H otel- avoids that trap and becomes
quite good. Michael Nyqvist a place where hitmen go a genuinely funny movie.
John Wick is a fast-paced,
(The Girl with the Dragon to cool off after a hard j ob.
There's also a lot of good, f un, funny and thrilling
Tattoo, Mission: Impossible» Ghost Protocol) and subtle humor as well. A lot ride that almost never falAlfie Allen are well cast as of the best bits come from ters. Although I didn't even
a father-son mobster duo, the fact that all the mobsters know it existed until very
with Nyqvist playing the are so scared of John Wick. recently, it ended up becool, responsible one, and The best part is that none of ing a wonderful experience
Allen being hot-headed and it is accidental. John Wick and one of the defining
more than a little foolish. could've been one of those films of 2014. Let's hope
The other standout is Ian movies that was ' so stupid Keanu Reeves can parlay
McShane as Winston, who it's funny,' but thankfully this into a revitalized career.
K E 4 NU REEVES
Pacific ArtsMovement brings fifteenth Annual San Diego Asian Film Festival
is 338 minutes long, which (Memoirs of a Geisha). The
is over 5 hours of footage. red carpet event will start at
Ever since it was estab- It focuses on a town along 6 p m. and following will be
lished in 2000, the San the coast of the Philippines the screening of the film at
Diego Asian Film Festival right before martial law was 7 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 8.
SDAFF will also host an
(SDAFF) has seen its popu- placed on the country. It is
larity grow and gain a repu- one of the must-sees, along- exclusive screening of the
tation for being one, if not side many others that Pacific pilot television show "Fresh
the biggest, film festivals Arts Movement selected. off the Boat," hoping for a
in the country. On Nov. 6 ,
The Reading Cinemas spot on ABC's 2015 linethe non-profit organiza- Gaslamp 15 Theater in down- up. It is considered the festion Pacific Arts Movement town San Diego will host the tival's centerpiece event and
will celebrate their fifteenth opening night of the festi- features a Taiwanese family
anniversary of the event. val. "Revenge of the Green who left their Washington
This year, the group se- Dragon" will be shown after D.C home for a new life in
lected 140 films f rom 21 the cast and crew arrive on Orlando, Florida. It focuses
countries. A number of those the San Diego red carpet. on Eddie, who tries to fit in
films will be shown f or the Directors Andrew Lau and with the rest of the 90's kids
first time in the United States Andrew Loo are expected in school. The screening will
including "From What Is Be- to arrive with actors Harry be at 1:30 p.m. On Saturday,
fore," the longest movie in Shum Jr. (Glee), Leonard Wu Nov. 8 at the University of
this year's SDAFF. The film (NCIS) and Eugenia Yuan San Diego's Shiley Theatre.
PACIFIC ARTS
BY F AITH O RCINO
A &E EDITOR
MOVEMENT
2 0 14
15™ A N N I V E R S A R Y
After the episode, there will
be a discussion with executive producers Nahnatchaka Kahn and Melvin Mar.
The feature closing night
film will be "Meet the Patels"
at 7 p m . on Friday, Nov. 14
at the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego Sherwood
Auditorium. It is a documentary directed by Greeta Patel
and is about her brother Ravi Qualcomm Stadium f rom
and his troubles with family Nov. 7 to Nov. 13. Other
tradition and love. It won a venues include La Paloma
number of audience awards Theatre, University of Caliincluding at the 2014 Los fornia San Diego and the
Angeles Film Festival, 2014 ArcLight Cinemas La Jolla.
Traverse City Film Festival With so much offered, there
and Hardacre Film Festival. is something f or everyone to
Most of the films will be enjoy. For more information
held at the Ultra Star Mis- on schedule and other locasion Valley Theater near tions, visit festival.sdaff.org.
�A & E Editor:
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cougarchron.arts@gmail.com
Photo Submission
STAN LEE'S COMIKAZE EXPO
Photos by: Anne Hall, Contributor
Game of Thrones: Alfie Allen (Theon Greyjoy/Reek),
Esme Bianco (Ros) and Gwendoline Christie
Joe Jusko shows off his current projects with Marvel
and many other organizations through 2015.
Stan Lee continues to wow audiences and please crowds
with his generosity in autographing fan memorabilia.
The cast of the 1960s Batman tv series comes together to
celebrate Batman's 75th Anniversary with Comikaze crowd.
Captain America Cosplay: Captain America sharing
his USO performances with the Comikaze spectators.
J. Scott Campbell Illustrator: Artists signings and
illustrations at Stan Lee's Comikaze.
Geek Fashion Show
Kit Comikaze
Walking Dead Cosplay
S ATURDAY, NOVEMBER 1 5
Join in the ultimate college tailgate with competive
games, racing on the track and football on the big
screens. Bring your college ID and your A-game!
• D.J. Battles, Libations, Comhole and more!
• Free Del Mar logo ping pong balls!
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• Free concert admission*
• At the racetrack concert area
• Gates open at 10:30 a.m.
SAN D IEGO C OUNTY
TOYOTA DEALERS
•Concerts are 18 and up stows. Pre-paid tickets, complimentary tickets and season passes
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careers
Comikaze Expo
enrollment
faculty
fall 2014
Improv Club
MECHA
sexual assault
sports