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Thursday, February 1
Campus
racism view
varied
By MichaeFB. Miller
Pride Staff Writer
Stair Photo/ The Pride
Six different leaflets containing racist statements were placed on roughly 300 cars Feb. 6 by
a 15-year old male from La Mesa. The youth claimed to be a member of the White Aryan
Resistance, a white supremicist group started by Fallbrook racist Tom Metzger.
Reviewed: Star
Semester opens with
new racial incidents
By Michael B. Miller
Pride Staff Writer
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Cal State San M arcos c ontinues t o be
plagued by racial incidents.
In the latest, a 15-year-old L a Mesa youth
w as c aught distributing racist f liers in the
main students parking lot on Feb. 6.
T he youth, w ho was later released to his
mother and grandfather, told c ampus police
h e was a m ember of the W hite Aryan Resistance, the hate group founded by Fallbrook
r acist T om M etzger. M etzger d enied any
knowledge of the leaflets, but applauded their
distribution.
Last year, after university President Bill
Stacy refused to allow him to address students
on campus during a racial unity day, Metzger
remarked that the university would have been
f ar better off to have allowed him to speak.
T he racial unity day had been scheduled
a fter a woman professor had been confronted
in her classroom by a student who repeatedly
called her a "black bitch" Though the professor herself had introduced that term and tried
t o turn the c onfrontation i nto a a teaching
experience,£ she later reported to authorities
that she feared f or her safety.
T he student eventually l eft the university, w hile the p rofessor s ought, and w as
granted, leave from her classroom duties this
semester t o pursue research.
T he Feb. 6 leaflets O which were l eft on
about 3 00 cars b efore campus security o fficers
intervened O made direct reference to last y ear's
c onfrontation. All of the l eaflets carried t he
message, "The Black Bitch I s Gone," on o ne
side, and d ifferent hate messages on the other.
It appeared to be n o coincidence that the
leaflets were distributed on the first of t wo days
t hat a p air of c onsultants f rom t he C SU
C hancellor's o ffice were on campus, a t S tacy'srequest, to sample racial attitudes in the wake
of last y ear's confrontation, and another incident in which a hate message specifically targeting a nother b lack w oman p rofessor w as
scrawled on a m en's room mirror.
The two CSU consultants, J une Cooper and
Maria Santos, spent the t wo days talking with
students, faculty and staff.
Cooper r efused t o discuss the leaflets other
than t o say, "It had an intentionally chilling e ffect In particular in an educational environment*
It's inappropriate. I refuse to involve myself with
that garbage."
Santos said the leaflets m ight impact the
investigation in the "context they were i n."
Campus Police Chief Arnold Trujillo said
security o fficers also questioned t wo m en in
The extent of racism at Cal State San
Marcos depends on w ho y ou're talking to.
To Professor Sharon Elise, a member of
the Black Faculty Organized (BFO) group and
the target of a racial threat scrawled on a bathroom wall last semester, racism at the university is institutionalized. The administration is
trying to play down the racial incidents, she
adds, and, by doing so, actually is sending the
message that such behavior is tolerable.
In the wake of the hate message last semester, Elise has asked for, and been granted,
leave f rom classroom duties this semester in
order to conduct research.
Kimberiy Kagy, chair of the Associated
Students Diversity Committee, believes the
administration has been reactive on racial issues, rather than pro-active. She questioned
why the diversity committee was not set up
before last semester, and added that blacks on
campus d on't see themselves represented in
university policy-setting.
President Bill Stacy, on the other hand,
points to the fact that the university 's faculty
See Race, pg. 8
Track and soccer field to be built
Btiildihg 15
groundbreaking,
site blasting.
Anonymous donation funds university's first athletic facility
By Tony Barton
Editor-in-Chief
A $200,000 pledge by an anonymous local businessman has allowed Cal State San
M arcos t o begin planning f or an Olympicclass track and soccer field — the campus'
first athletic facility.
T he facility will b e state of the art and
comparable t o the U.S. Olympic training cen-
ter in Chula Vista. It will include a N CAA c ompetition quailty, polyurethane track and a natural grass infield, as well a s runways and pits f or
field events. It will b e the first of its kind in
North County.
T he university hopes to begin construction
— which will cost a total of $ 1.5 million — this
year. Funding will c ome f rom the private sec-
See Track, pg. 2
"(CSUSM) puts
diversity over
education.
11
-Anthony Howard
CSUSM student
is f ar more diverse than those at other California colleges. BFO is helpful, he said, but
some of the group's contentions are false.
Stacy also said he hopes the actions of
the B FO w on't alienate prospective minority
students and faculty.
A ccording t o A S P resident K ristina
Gundersen, white students and faculty who
don't see the grievances of the B FO and others being justified feel that they are being
persecuted.They don't see the racial problems
as signifigantly as does the BFO, she said.
One white woman student said she was
totally surprised by last semester's racial incidents. "I didn't see it, so it was hard to believe," she added. "At the time I felt it was
blown out of proportion." The fact that black
students seem t o know all about the racial incidents while white students didn't bothered
her, she said. "It made me feel guilty f or not
knowing the situation," she added.
Another white student, Anthony Howard,
said he doesn't understand what the black faculty expects the administration to do. CSUSM
is "ripe" f or such hate groups as the White
Aryan Resistance simply because the university emphasizes diverse themes, he added.
"This college puts diversity over education," h e said, adding that he resented the fact
that "diversity was forced" upon him through
global awareness requirements.
�NEWS
The Vmde, IhuRsbay, Tehmany 13, 1997
WHAT'S NEWS
Secondary income
seminar scheduled
T he Van Ness International Institute of Entrepeneurs is
ahving a workshop on creating a secondary income through
home based business f rom 10 am to noon, Saturday March 1, in
A CD 102.
Three business oppurtunities will be discussed. A special
section will focus on foreign students studying here and those
who plan to study abroad.
Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual
resource group to meet
The Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual resource group will meet f rom
noon to 1:30 p m, Wednesday, February 19 in Craven Hall 5210E
Topics include upcoming events, campus security, responding to racism and member recruitment/volunteering
C ontact P rofessor D on B arrett. E -mail
dbarrett@mailhostl.csusm.edu, phone: 750-4161.
CSU studen t trustee
position open
The California State Student Association is accepting applications f or the 1997-1999 CSU student trustee position. The
trustee board deals with such topics as student fees, admissions criteria, remedial education, academic curriculum and
financial aid.
Applicants must be iiv their junior year or above and must
be able t o attend bi-monthly trustee sessions, as well as all of
the student association's meetings.
Contact A.S. External Vice President Lisa Lopez: 7504091, lisalisa@mailhostl .csusm.edu. The application deadline
is 5 pm, March 3.
Career Center workshops
Wednesday, February 19- Five to 6 p m, Resume Writing;
6 to 7 pm, J ob Search Strategies; 7 to 8:30 pm, Effective Interviewing.
Thursday, February 20- Four to 6 pm, Business Etiquette.
Monday, February 24 - One to 2 p m, Resume Writing; 2
to 3 pm, Job Search Srategies; 3 to -4:30 p.m., Effective Interviewing.
Re-en trey women's
group sets first meeting
The Association f or ReEntry Women will hold its first
m eeting M onday, F eb. 17. C ontact C arolyn P arker a t
parkeOOl @mailhostl.csusm.edu for meeting place and time.
Guts publication
accepting submissions
The Literary Society is accepting submissions until Friday f or its next GUTS literature publication -— due out Feb.
25. An April 1 edition has a deadline set for March 21.
Leadership seminar
The Office of Student Activites will sponsor the semester's
kick off leadership seminar "Sleep Deprivation Workshop" at 2
pm Wednesday, Feb. 19 in Com 206. Susan Mendes, a CSUSM
health educator, is the featured speaker.
Building 15 grounds broken
'International Building' set to open in Fall '98
By Larry Uleman
Pride Staff Writer
Building 15's Jan. 31 groundbreaking ceremony
concluded with a bang — to remove granite.
The controlled blast shook an evacuated Academic Hall and Founder's Plaza around 4 p m, as students and faculty stayed clear to avoid flying debris.
There have been three additional blasts since,
each as more granite threatened to stall construction.
Building 15, called the International Building,
is scheduled to be completed by fall of 1998. It will
house computer labs f or foriegn languages, literature and writing, psychology, social sciences, and
business administration. It will also contain four high
end multimedia stations and 120 lab stations. The
building's nine classrooms will have network connection and will be able to receive video broadcasts. Three-hundred stations will be capable of
broadcasting as well as receiving.
The building, which will lie behind Academic
Hall, is designed with f our stories in its front portion and three in its elevated rear, which will lie up
a graded hill f rom the frontal section.
Funding was secured f or the building through
Proposition 203 — passed last spring by voters.
The proposition provided $ 14.5 million in construction funds, as well as $ 1.5 million to equip the building.
Building site excavation is scheduled to be
completed shortly, and may require more blasting
if more immovable rock is encountered. The buildings foundation will follow.
CSU One Card raises concerns
with system's student association
By Tina Leary
Pride Staff Writer
One all-purpose I D card that can be used on
and off campus may be coming to Cal State San
Marcos soon.
It's called the "One Card," and it has become a
hot topic of debate among students and faculty.
If approved at CSUSM, it could be used as a
student I D card, debit card, calling card and security access card on campus. Off campus, it could be
used as a credit card with participating companies,
and even in some vending machines.
It also could provide complete access to grades,
current GPA and other private and personal student
affairs.
Many college campuses already have implemented such a student I D card f or use in libraries
and media centers, in printers and photocopiers and
at student activities.
The cards have a magnetic stripe, similar to
those found on the back of CSUSM's current student I D card and the California driver's license.
Simply by running the card through a slot, a
police o fficer could obtain necessary information
about the student's driving or criminal history.
Similarly, with one swipe of the one card student ID card, the library and media center know when
you owe.
Some have expressed discomfort with having
so much information available on one plastic card.
Others find it a wonderful way to save space in
your wallet and valuable time.
The California State Student Association passed
a resolution on the C SU One Card, addressing concerns such as impact on local business and economy.
The card may not be accepted as a form of payment
at an independently owned supermarket or restau-
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tor. Materials and equipment will most likely be donated.
Fundraising efforts will be aided by Ash and
Juanita Hayes, who worked on fundraising campaigns f or the Republican National Convention,
rant, which could encourage students to frequent
other locations.
Another concern voiced by the C SSA states
"current Federal and State laws are inadequate to
ensure the security and privacy of students' confidential information and therefore puts at risk the
p rivacy and p ersonal a utonomy of i ndividuals
within our CSU community."
Although laws and policies protect a student's
privacy, concern focus on whether privacy can be
maintained with so m uch information accessible
through one source.
Upcoming
Scholarships
T he Valley C enter Women*s C lub is
offering two $700 scholarships f or female
residents of Valley Center w ho are returning to the work force o r are contuniuing their
education in order to advance in the work
force. D eadline is M arch 11.
T he 1 997-98 H oward a nd M ainie
Nichols S cholarship T rust o ffers v arying
s cholarship a mounts t o f ull t ime Kern
County High School graduates with a GPA
of 2.0 for Fall 1997 and Spring 1998. D eadline is F eb 28.
T he Z ella M . S mith S cholarship
T rust s ponsored b y t he A AUW, F allbrook
B ranch is offering up to $8,000 in scholarships. Applicants must be from the Fallbrook
area. D eadline is A pril 1. Call 750-4850,
or g otoCRA 4204.
1996 Olympics, National Women's Business Council, President's Council of Physical Fitness and
Sports, Great American Workout at the Whitehouse
and National Health/ Fitness Systems, among others
Interested donors can contact C SUSM Vice
President for University Advancement Alfred Castle
at 750-4400 or Ash and Juanita Hayes at 471-6546.
�FEATURES
The Pnide, Wednesday, Ocroben 16, 1996
Mother-like
suggestions
on career
success
By Val Knox
Pride Staff Writer
O.k., y o' m ama I 'm not, but I probably could be.
A fter all, most mothers want nothing
less than health and happiness for their o ffspring. That and a well-paying j ob that will
lead you into your own apartment with your
own food and your own washing machine.
Now that I am fast approaching the
half century mark, I feel that I can o ffer
some sage advice to h elp you achieve the
goals I 've listed above. Mind you, these
are only suggestions I 'm sharing with you
because, like any mother, I want you to
succeed.
Now, have you decided on a career?
Let m e point out that careers tend to change
about seven times throughout a normal
person's life. Yes, in a normal person's life.
That means that one day, you too, may
be returning to college when you are older
and grayer, so in the meantime, please be .
nice fQ the blder student sitting next to you.
That brings u p the point: that the world is
really smaller than you think. College is a
great time to network, you know, get to
know as many people as you can. Participate in college and community activities.
One day it may help you land that perfect
j ob!
In deciding on a career, I strongly suggest that you consider volunteering; yes,
work f or free. G o ahead and ask, "Well,
what's in it f or m e?" L et's think about this.
Volunteering your time and skills in a
prospective career will gain you insight
about j ob expectations and what steps you
can take now to prepare f or career advancement. Learn about the company by talking
with employees. Ask questions about advancement opportunities and retirement
plans, because even you will one day look
forward to retirement.
Observe positions that men hold and
those held by women. Does this tell you
anything? D oes management solicit employee input or are programs authoritarian?
D oes the organization provide f or continuing education and training? How about layoffs? How often are salaries reviewed?
In addition, y ou'll b e building your
resume and earning some valuable experience. So, learn all you can about the place
you wish t o grace with your presence, but
b e selective.
Cal State San Marcos promotes service learning; that is, some type of community service is required to graduate. Service learning is an excellent way to learn
m ore about a career and an organization.
An added bonus is that y ou'll be getting in
touch with the community. Get involved
and work to m ake your community a better place.
Many organizations are encouraging
their employees to participate in volunteer
work. Volunteering - the cool thing to do.
Internet shareware site
finds 'Cool Tools' fastest
By David J ohnson
Pride S taff Writer
All too often, computer users purchase software that fails to live up to expectations.
Either it is the wrong tool for the
j ob or the program is so complicated and
overbearing that its main function is to
sit on your hard-drive and take up space.
In fact, the phrase "caveat emptor,"
or "let the buyer beware," should be embossed onto the spine of all those invitingly c olorful, yet s omehow benign
boxes wherein lie the C D and the 400page manual with annotations.
F ortunately, t here is a s olution.
Thanks to this trivial little fad called the
Internet, it is now possible to access vast
databases of loaner and even free software called "shareware" and "freeware,"
and download pretty much whatever it
is y ou're in the market for.
W hether y ou're an aspiring programmer looking f or a good HTML,
V RML, A ctiveX o r JAVA editor, or
y ou're j ust looking f or a cool game to
take your mind off frivolous activities
like homework, these databases o ffer a
b oundless s ea of p rograms t o w ade
through.
A nd, o nce y ou've caught something that looks useful and/or interesting you j ust reel it in and give it a try—
before you shell out the hundred bucks.
A s t hese d atabases grow larger,
finding what you need is becoming egregiously difficult. Even if you happen to
stumble across something that looks like
it might do the trick, there are ten other
programs that also can lay claim to that.
Yet theirproduct does it better, faster, and
with infinitely more style.
And, since the problem with time
is that there is never enough of it, imprisoning yourself in your house while
the file or files download, cut off from
the rest of the world because your phone
line is tied up, almost makes the wasted
C-note look like a worthwhile loss.
B ut, t here i s a s olution. W hile
s hareware.com, d ownload.com, c /
net.com or Zdnet.com all o ffer huge
c ollectionions o f s hareware a nd
freeware, there is only one place that
does it better, faster, and with infinitly
more style: www.slaughterhouse.com.
The cool thing about this site is that
not only does it make looking f or s oftware at other sites feel like y ou're trying to d o a Dewey Decimal search f or
a pamphlet on the South American Piss
ant in the Library of Congress, but it
rates each file with skulls, f ive being
best, on performance, functionality, and
all-around usefulness—greatly truncating the amount of time spent chasing
your cyber-tail so you can get the program up and running quickly.
The majority of your time is spent
evaluating the software, not the dust on
y our m onitor a nd t he B ACK a nd
FOREWARD buttons on your browser.,,
Slaughterhouse.com also o ffers a
daily pick called "THE C OOL TOOL
O F T HE DAY." The author gives a detailed description of what he feels to b e
an invaluable, or at least really cool
piece of software. These picks are then
archived by month so that anyone w ho
m issed a C OOL T OOL c an r evisit
them.
All told, this site o ffers numerous
other niceties, but the bottom line is if
you want to maintain your sanity as well
as an operational phone line, try the
Slaughterhouse. You'll be glad you did.
Don't just
make baby
food, freeze it
By Heather Phillips-Graham
Pride S taff Writer
W ho h as time to m ake baby f ood?
When my mother-in-law suggested
I should p uree f ood in the blender f or the
b aby, I t hought... l ike I 'm n ot b usy
enough changing 6 -8 d iapers a day and
b reastfeeding every 2 -3 h ours! (Thank
God f or breast p umps and disposable diapers!!!)
Steaming and blending small batches
of f ood, t hen c leaning t he m ess t hree
times a day, j ust w asn't practical. I know,
I tried.
E ven if I m ade e nough f or t wo o r
three d ays at a time, w ho wants to eat
the s ame thing meal a fter m eal? And I
worried about spoilage. I concluded that
those convenient little j ars of baby f ood
work j ust f ine.
Well, Superbowl Sunday turned out
t o b e a household m anagement c onvention. (Four m oms in o ne kitchen) and I
noticed o ne seasoned p rofessional (she
h as three k ids) f eeding her little b undle
o f j oy w hat l ooked l iked i ce c ube
p opsicles.
W hat a f antastic i dea! S he p urees
f ruits and veggies then f reezes them in
ice c ube trays. When f rozen, she stores
the c ubes in zip lock bags.
At meal time, s he j ust p ops a f ew in
t he m icrowave. P resto... f resh h omemade baby f ood. O r servie it cold and
slushy t o r elieve teething p ains.
I tried m aking s ome the other day
and it w orked g reat! M y l ittle h appy
c amper loves it!
So, all you busy m oms, who are tired
of p aying .42 to.67 cents a jar at the market, this tip works, saves money, and o ffers a healthy alternative.
Developing eating disorders is as easy as dieting
E very S pring semester, w e are r eminded that Spring Break and then Summer are around the corner. To many people,
this immediately leads to thoughts about
how w e'd better get in shape f or the beach.
The CAPS staff is aware that these are dangerous days, and potentially self-destructive, so we o ffer the following as advice
on how to develop an eating disorder, hoping that the opposite of this advice will be
followed.
The first and most important thing you
can d o if an eating disorder is your goal is
to go on a diet. We are not talking here
about simply being careful about what you
eat. By "diet" we mean a set of highly restrictive rules or constraints on what you
eat. T he more restrictive the better.
Some of you might choose rules that
have to d o with skipping meals: not eating
l unch, n ot e ating b reakfast, n ever a
snack...in other words, fasting f or hours on
end. Many who choose this pathway t o an
eating disorder try to convince themselves
that when they eat nothing in a day, they
See Career, pg. 8 are being "good".
For others, the rules have to d o with you are still preoccupied with the diet, even
kinds of food that are strictly taboo, usu- when you are being successful. As you can
ally foods with sugar or fat. Again, the more see, these people are well on their way to
an eating disorder.
absolute the rules are, the more
More often than not, by
likely they will get you to an
the end of the day, starving
eating disorder.
a nd t ired, t he s ystem of
D ieters, e specially t he
strength breaks down. They
fasters, become preoccupied
are home alone now, watchwith their r ules. T hey g ive
ing tv, struggling with the
these rules enormous impormemories of the day and the
tance. They c ome to feel that
hunger and the conflicts that
their personal self-worth, to a
torment the mind. Perhaps
large degree, actually depends
' ptity ' KteiUen the day included some extra
on whether they have been folstress, a term paper or exam,
lowing the rules that day or
week. Furthermore, by their very nature, or being shunned by a friend. It would feel
the rules are very hard to follow. It takes so good to eat something f or so many reaenergy, effort, and more or less constant sons. At this point, almost no one can revigilance to fight off the urges to break the sist eating something...it has been earned,
rules. On the other hand, it also feels S O after all. And, more often than not, once
eating begins, it tastes so good and feels so
good when the rules are followed.
Think of it! Equate personal worth to good to release that energy that it is hard to
not eating and when you manage to fight stop.
It feels almost giddy f or some people
the hunger and skip lunch and get to your
afternoon class, you have done someting at this moment to eat with wild or angry
truly monumental. You are ecstatic with
See Kreisler, pg. 8
victory and a sense of power. Of course,
�OPINION
The Tmde, Thursday, Fehnuany 13, 1996
Sewing CaL
Sraie
San Mancos since 1993
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Tony Barton
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I mportant developments in
campus racist incident saga
TONY BARTON
It appears that our campus racists took no
more than a six-week winter vacation like the rest
of us.
T hey've been on a busy schedule since returning — defacing a mural and hitting 300 cars
with racist fliers, each detailing a separate ethnic
group. One was even tailored for so-called "Race
Traitors." You know, those of us "whites" who
associate with minorities.
A public hanging was promised for all such
"traitors." Blacks, according to the flier, simply
be will shot to death for dealing with whites.
A swastika and racist epithet were painted on
the hallway mural across the courtyard f rom the
library — specifically, on the face of a crying
black girl — by some attention-depraved idiot.
The defacement since has been painted over.
On Feb. 6 and 7, an audit of the c ampus's
racial climate, specifically the administration's
ability to deal with the racial unrest, was conducted
at the request of President Bill Stacy. June C oo
per, former vice chancellor of human resources
and operations f or the CSU system and Maria
Santos, a CSU human resources advisor, served
as the auditors.
The racist fliers, of course, were distributed
on the first of their two days on campus. Call it
convenient. The timing must have been planned,
of course, to further damage the university's reputation.
But did it? Or did it provide the administra:
tion with the perfect opportunity to show its intolerance f or racists.
Santos indicated the flier incident would affect the audit "in the context." Certainly the administration c an't be held responsible for racists
showing up in a campus parking lot. But it can
be for how it deals with such an event.
Let's take a look at the university's response.
Campus police responded immediately when
tipped to the distribution. O fficers captured one
of the distributors red-handed, and identified two
others, one a C SUSM student, as likely accomplices. The District Attorney ' s o ffice was called
immediately and press releases promptly sent out
across campus.
A f und that will donate to anti-racist and
educational organizations each time a racial incident occurs on campus was very conveniently
already in the works. It was announced the following day and appeared to most to be a direct
response to the fliers.
Perhaps it was impossible to sweep this one
under the rug, but the administration d idn't even
attempt to d o so. The circumstances were acknowledged, and dealt with. N o one has questioned either the speed or the sincerity of the
university's response.
By doing so, the university has bolstered its
image as being intolerant of race-hate crimes —
an image that was tarnished by critics last Semester.
The flier incident truly was important for that
very reason and for one other: It gave a face to
the anonymous racists — that of a 15-year-old,
White Aryan Resistance member f rom La Mesa.
Response to "Christ's Campus phones
diet beside the point would aid students
Letters to the editor are welcome.
All letters must be signed by the author and include his
or her name, mailing address, major and phone number.
Dear editor,
Open letter to CSUSM Administration:
Send letters to: The Pride, Cal State San Marcos, CA 92069.
In response to Patrick McKinnion's letter to
I would like to know if the school would please
The Pride's mail box is located in The office of Student Acthe editor in the Nov. 27 issue of The Pride, I 'd consider installing several (maybe three) regular
tivities, Commons 203.
just like to point out that I don't recall saying many
of the quotes McKinnion claims that I have said. I
request that he specifically cites his sources.
Why would I say that anyone "deserved" to
The Pride is on-line.
wear f ur? Fur is murder and especially not an
The Pride student newspaper has an on-line edition avail- appropriate way of expressing non-violence.
able on the World Wide Web. Readers can call it up by typing
F d a lso l ike t o r espond t o J oseph
the following address:
Sedlemeyer's question in his letter to the editor in
t he N ovember 2 7, 1996 i ssue of T he P ride,
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Jill Ballard
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Vegan & Animal Rights Club president
handset type telephones on campus that students
could use for local calls only. In particular, they would
be handy when trying to contact one of the departments here on campus. The phones could be designed
for calls that have no extra chaige and therefore would
be of minimal cost to the campus. There can be a
requested time limit of three minutes and everyone
would be on their honor not to abuse the phones.
No doubt, many of the students on campus
would appreciate such a gesture on behalf of the administration.
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�LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
The Prude, Tbuxsday, Yelnuany 13, 1996
CSUSM following
footsteps of AOL
I submit to you this letter to the editor.
I also submit that I am doing it on-line in
the mornings because i t's the only time I
can get remote access to our server here at
CSUSM. My computer tried the dial-up
number 300 times last night, o ver a span
of two hours, and I could not get on. Last
night w as a regular Tuesday night in the
beginning of this s emester—what on earth
is going to happen around finals? If I c an't
get on the net to d o research and check mail
in the beginning of the semester, w hat's
going to happen when things really get rolling?
T he l abs a re o vercrowded, s o y ou
would think that those w ho have bothered
to get t heir o wn m achines, ( as r ecommended by the school), would be in good
shape! I feel like students have become
very unimportant to m anagement at the
computing lab. T he first thing that strikes
m e i s w e h ave t o l ive w ith a ssigned
usernames, i.e. - ' knuefOOl'. T hat's unusual, and not a c ommon practice among
service providors o r other larger universities.
Second, I h ave never been informed
or kept up to date as to what kind of services are available to students in regards,
to computers. I hear everything through
'the grapevine,' the latest being that a bank
of modems have been moved over to a different number f or teachers* and there are
now less modems. I think teachers should
be aware that information they post to their
website or send through e-mail may not be
easily retrievable by students anymore.
Third, if I absolutely had to pay a computer f ee or something when I register, I
would much rather do that than have a heart
attack during finals when I c an't get on the
web...but so f ar I h ave not been given that
option or any other. I sincerely hope the
computing d epartment will begin to respond to students' needs — after all, i sn't
that what they are there f or?
Maguire. I will complain about you to the
dean of CSUSM. I can not believe that you
would waste time and tuition money to
insult people.
Why was it so important to write me
back and call m e dumb ass. What good did
this do? All you have done is make yourself look like a immature child who has
nothing else better to do with his time. And
if y ou are not in my history class, then who
gave you access to our class list?
I noticed that the next group on your
subscribe list was the Vegan rights group.
The president of your organization is in my
c lass, and a lthough w e h ave o pposing
views about almost everything, she has
never called m e nasty names. Why are you
making yourself look like a fool? Are you
trying to harass m e because I did not want
to read your e-mail about what you thought
was important?
I sent you an e-mail to ask you nicely
to not bother myself or my class while we
are trying to work. I feel that you owe our
class, our instructor, and myself an apology for wasting our time.
Sarah McClain Suttles
Senior
Womans Studies
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Dear Editor,
This evening, as I was checking my e mail for my history 327 class, I was disturbed by an unnecessary message sent by
a John Maguire.
I do not even know if this person is in
my history class or not, although his name
does not look familiar. So, I e-mailed him
back requesting that he not sent m e e-mail
that did not pertain to History 327. In response, John Maguire sent m e an insulting
e-mail calling m e a "dumb ass."
Is it my imagination, or did we j ust
spend an entire day learning about racism
and harassment? To me, someone calling
me a dumb ass is harassment. I did not call
him any names, I simple requested that he
not waste my time. I d o not feel that this
was an unreasonable request.
I am a 2 3 year old college senior, I d o
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ENTERTAINMENT
The PKide, Thursday, Febminy 13, 1997
Star Wars' stands test of time
By Gabe Lundeen
Branagh's
Hamlet is no
mere movie
By Vivien Parry
Entertainment Editor
Pride Staff Writer
T he 1970's are back. Bright colors are back in fashion, feel-good music is p opular a gain, and t here is a
D emocrat in the Oval O ffice. And the
d ecade's biggest movie, "Star Wars,"
is back in theatres in a remastered, enhanced f orm that utilizes t oday's technology and y esterday's f ilm f ootage,
" Star Wars: T he Special E dition."
"The Special E dition" is e ssentially the same movie, w ith about f our
m inutes of added f ootage created with
today's special effects innovations. The
Rebellion is still fighting against the
oppressive Galactic Empire, The Force
i s still with us, and M ark H ammil still
c an't act his way out of a paper bag.
For those of you w ho h ave never
seen "Star Wars," which would be quite
a f eat w ith i ts p opularity a nd
exposure,the 1977 film stars Harrison
Ford, Mark Hammil, Carrie Fisher, and
A lec Guiness ( who won an Oscar f or
h is r ole as Obi-Wan Kenobi). It is a lot
o f f un r evisit t he y outh o f s uch
megastars as Harrison Ford or a merely
m ediocre celebrity like Mark Hammil*
w hose biggest claim to f ame besides
the "Star Wars" movies is providing the
voice f or T he Joker on the "Batman"
animated television series.
But d on't b e fooled into thinking
you h ave already seen "Star Wars" if
you watched it at home on the V CR,
or even if you saw it back in 1977. I t's
a m ovie that has a quality f ew movies
possess, in that it s o completely sweeps
its audience into the on-screen action
and m akes the audience feel like a part
of the movie. On the big screen this
element is even stronger, and George
Lucas proves that he can still create one
of the greatest movie theater adrenaline rushes ever.
T he new f ootage is a wonderful
addition to the Him. Scenes that were
intended to be in the original version
but were impossible due to budget and
technological restraints are now possible thanks to computer animated e ffects.
T he m ost p rominent new scene
features Han Solo (played by Harrison
Ford) and "Return of the J edi's" rotund
c rimelord, J abba t he H utt. J abba is
Jabba the Hut, a viilian not viewed until the "Return of the Jedi" in the trilogy's
original version, converses with Han Solo (Harrison Ford) in "Star Wars: The
Special Edition."
Imperial Storm Troopers ride upon fully computer-animated
Dewback in the special edition of "Star Wars." The creature was
an immobile prop in the the movie's original version.
nothing more than a computer graphic,
and looks excellent. Other existing scenes,
once sparse, are now f ull of strange alien
creatures and exotic scenery. Scenes taking place in space have also been cleaned
up and lengthened.
"Star Wars" still stands as not only
the highest grossing m ovie of all time (it
should eclipse "E.T.'s" current record any
day now), b ut also as o ne of t he most influential. It changed m ovies i nto m ajor
events, extravaganzas of m edia attention
and publicity, and catapulted science f iction to a new level of e xcellence. This
might not have been f or the best, since it
i nadvertantly s pawned e ffects-driven,
plot-lacking m ovies like " Twister" and
"Independence D ay," t o n ame only t wo
of the most recent. Regardless, it is impossible to ignore its mark on modern cin-
ema.
Speakingof influence, "Star Wars"
is the catalyst f or the newest m ovie
trend, the rereleasing of older classics.
T he next f ew months will see not only
t he r erelease o f t he " Star W ars"
Trilogy's other t wo films, "The Empire
Strike B ack" and "Return of the Jedi,"
but also t wo of the 1970's cimenatic
highlights, "The G odfather" and "The
Graduate."
T he "Star W ars" Trilogy is an
u ncomparable thrillride that no o ne
should miss. T here's simply nothing
like it. The "Special Edition" enhancements are a f resh addition to an old
movie, and manage t o revitalize it f or
a new generation of viewers, as well
a s an older group w ho grew up with
it..
Why would anyone in his or her right
mind sit through 4 hours and 10 minutes
of a movie whose plot is as familiar as an
old carpet slipper?
W hy? F or t he s ame r eason t hat
Shakespeare's plays have been continually
produced for more than 4 00 years.
S pending 2 50 m inutes w atching
"Hamlet" is not an ordeal; it's an Experience! Kenneth Branagh truly has succeeded
in bringing live theatre to the screen in an
unforgettable way.
Because "Hamlet" is a play that is open
to many interpretations, directors the world
over have spent a lot of time striving to
capture the true essence of the play. But
Branagh has achieved a rare triumph, producing nuances in the characters rarely seen
in other productions.
Branagh himself plays the brooding
prince of Denmark. Though, at 33, he may
seem a little old f or the part in the eyes of
some critics, Hamlet begs f or a certain maturity often lacking in younger actors.
The cast is. numerous and multi-national. Charlton Heston gives a solid performance as the Player King. Fans of Robsfri
Williams may be disappointed at the small
part of Osric, but Williams' performance
raises a giggle from the audience nevertheless.
B illy C rystal p ortrays o ne of t he
gravediggers and seems comfortable with
the language. Not so, Jack Lemmon, who
plays Marcellus, one of the witnesses to the
ghost of the dead King Hamlet. He does
not have many lines but he seems to forget
the first rule of reciting Shakespeare: You
may not understand the words but you have
to say them as though you d o understand!
Derek Jacobi brings a softer side to
Claudius, giving the audience some idea
a s t o w hy G ertrude ( played b y J tilie
C hristie) w ould m arry h im. C hristie's
make-up and sometimes drab costumes d o
little to flatter her, perhaps to show she is
trying too hard to look attractive. Hamlet
accuses her of "whorish behaviour."
The production design and costumes
are early Victorian with Blenheim Palace
lending a magnificent backdrop.
So, if y ou are a lover of good theatre,
this production is a must-see. It does not
do it credit to call it merely a "movie."
You cannot know bad theatre until you
have experienced really good theatre, and
this is really good theatre!
The Rock is predictable and improbable, standard action
By Jenal Larson
Pride Staff Writer
Want an action movie sans the requisite car crashes and corpses? "The Rock"
may leave you stone-cold.
Directed by Michael Bay, the newlyreleased video stars Sean Connery, Nicolas
Cage, and Ed Harris.
Although certainly activity-laden, "The
Rock's" plot is both improbable and pre-
dictable. U.S. General Frank Hummel (Harris) is especially u nbelievable. H e is a
highly-decorated V ietnam Veteran w ho
wants restitution f or
families of Marines
killed during illegal,
i nternational, a nd
U.S.-ordered activities.
However, a respected, legendary war
hero with access to the media would hardly
hold 81 hostages on Alcatraz Island and
threaten to launch rockets filled with "human-meltdown" gas in order to achieve political aims.
E very a ction
movie needs an action
figure, of course, and
" The R ock" b oasts
Sean Connery, who plays Alcatraz escapee
J ohn M ason. M ason l eads F BI a gents
through the dank recesses of the islandprison.
Cage f ans will likely appreciate Dr.
Stanely Goodspeed, FBI chemical weapons
specialist assigned to diffuse the rockets.
Although the formulaic plot of "The Rock"
prevents any real sense of danger, Cage
seems fully aware of this fact. His quirky,
comedic performance is parodic and f un—
the highlight of the movie.
"The Rock" stands as a f un escape into
the standardized, semi-predictable action
movie world.
�Four Rooms:
absurd, bad
and funny
By Jenal Larson
Pride Staff Writer
Keep your p ants on and collect your
tip. T hat's the advice given Tim Roth, the
bellhop in "Four R ooms."
No gruntin', holierin' at Hoops
By Sarah Harris
Pride Staff Writer
H e immediately proceeds to fail on the
first count, but d oes succeed on the second. And the situations Roth gets into earning that tip provide viewers with an absurdly funny array of events. H e plays his
role w ith z any g usto w hile h e s ways,
swiggles and swishes f rom room to room.
The film is divided into separate episodes, each directed individually, on N ew
Year's Eve. Allison Anders directs the first,
"Honeymoon Suite;" Alexandre Rockwell,
"Room 404;" R obert R odriguez, "Room
309;" and Quentin Tarantino, "The Penthouse."
Each is m ore bizarre and absurd than
the preceding episode. T he all-star cast, including M adonna, A ntonio B anderas,
Marisa Tome^and J ennifer Beales, appear
to be having a great deal of f un producing
outrageous and total chaos.
In "Room 309," Banderas, needing a
baby-sitter f or the evening, hires the Bellhop for $500 to check on his son and daughter every 30 minutes. T he children turn out
to be very imaginative in their misbehavior, which is fueled by the d aughter's morbid tenacity to drive the bellhop crazy.
But their agenda b ackfires when they
find a woman's corpse under their bed. One
bizarre event leads to another with a visually shocking scene at the end that d efinitely helped "Four R ooms" earn its R rating.
The film works well, perhaps because
its stars play roles we are not accustomed
to seeing them in, i.e. M adonna d oes not
play the Virgin or sing about the Virgin and
See Rooms, pg. 8
If Sports Bars
are your thing...
Sarah Harris also recommends:
S port C ity C afe & B rewery in La Jolla Village Square a bove the
movie theatres offers a few of its own
special brews, a c hance to m ingle
w ith c o-eds f rom U CSD a nd a
slightly more gourmet menu. K eep
in mind, however, that you will be
paying more and at times it is overly
crowded.
Yogi's. T his Encinitas b ar o ff
Coast Highway, is a casual place to
meet friends. It is a bar that will b e
especially popular as the weather becomes warmer due to its proximity
to the beach and its outdoor seating.
This is a wake-up call f or all of the
sports f ans who have retreated into hibernation since Super Bowl Sunday. The
whole rest of the sports world is out
there and a great place to appreciate that
is right here in San Marcos.
A ppropriately n amed and d ecorated to celebrate the big sport of the
season, Hoops sports bar offers a large
facility with something f or everyone.
People of all ages can enjoy watching the variety of games on several televisions and on a big screen. There are
no such thing as bad seats or nosebleed
s ections and the beer is not watered
down, as an added bonus.
Hoops o ffers a wide variety of domestic beer and a larger than normal selection of imports, many on tap.
Wednesday is College Night with
pitchers of domestic beer running $3.75.
Hoops also has a wide variety of well
drinks f or those who prefer to be creative.
Lobster joint
full of pleasant
surprises
By Suzanne Chitwood
Pride Staff Writer
For the mood, food, and happy hour
tunes, check out The Rockin' Baja Lobster in old California Restaurant Row,
San Marcos. I t's a place where the prices
are reasonable and the food is great.
The island cabanas and Jimmy Buffet decor are a nice touch to the laidback atmosphere. You can enjoy a nice
dinner without the overbearing need to
get dressed up. Starting with a hostess
who greets you with a smile steers you
to the salsa bar, through the server who
brings an endless supply of warm tortillas, Rockin B aja is full of pleasant surprises.
The restaurant is known f or serving dinners in a bucket, f ull of your
choice of any of the four of the following: lobster tails, lobster langostino,
grilled shrimp, carne asada, chicken,
crab legs or pork riblets. The meal also
includes a fresh, crisp caeser salad and
all the Spanish rice and refried beans
you can eat.
Prices on other entrees range f rom
Coming Next Issue: N ow that y ou've
paid your tuition f or Spring, Cheepies and $7.95 to $9.95 and include such stanFreebies in San D iego are always popuSee Lobster, pg. 8
lar.
If sitting still to watch the games is not
your thing, outside patio seating, foosball,
darts, video games and a j uke box to personalize your music choices provide you
with other options. Besides the televised
games, there are pool tables also, including
a Tuesday night Open Pool Tournament.
Sign up by 7:30 f or only $5.
But hey, the most important part - the
f ood! Low prices and h uge portions on
everything f rom their most popular bacon
cheeseburger to salads or quick appetizers.
Nothing costs more than $6.00!
Hoops is not your stereotypical hot and
sweaty sports bar where men are gruntin*
and holierin* f or their favorite teams while
the women socialize in the corner. Hoops
has something f or everyone.
Hoops is located at 1660 Capalina Rd.,
San M arcos. Call 471-7778. CSUSM students will receive 2 0 percent off purchases
until Feb.27.
Lavoritories are best at Planet Hollywood
By Gabe Lundeen
Entertainment Editor
W hat d o you get when you cross
Arnold Schwartzenegger, Bruce Willis,
Sylvester Stallone and f ood?
N o, not an e nclave of f rightened
cooks, but Planet Hollywood, the restaurant they hold stock in.
For those of you w ho d on't know,
Planet Hollywood is a restaurant franchise that has the distinction of being "the
only dining experience inspired by the
worlds of film and television." And it
combines entertainment and eating with
mixed results.
W alk i nto P lanet H ollywood at
Horton Plaza in San Diego and be prepared f or an assault on the senses. In
glass cases all around the restaurant are
various pieces of memorabilia, donated
by an array of movie and television stars
to be put on display. Some, like a piece
of the Death Star f rom "Star Wars" or
D on J ohnson's s hoes and p ants f rom
"Miami Vice," are sort of neat, but f or
the most part the items make you want
to yawn with excitement. A fter all, what
could be more exciting than eating next
to Macaulay Culkin's various blunt objects (a paint can, a wrench and bricks)
f rom " Home Alone?" And haven't we all
dreamed of seeing Sharon Stone's high
school yearbook? It's easy to tell why some
of this stuff was donated.
Inside the restaurant are multiple bigscreen televisions, showing plugs for Planet
Hollywood merchandise and a medley of
annoying celebrity shots and movie previews. Blaring at a decibel range not unlike that of a 747 j et at takeoff, it's a little
loud, to say the least. Only in America
would we invent restaurants with TVs, so
even when we go out to eat we can remain
glued to the boob tube. T he material shown
is self-serving, shameless, and not conducive to proper digestion.
The food, however, is quite tasty. The
menu boasts a selection of salads, sandwiches, burgers, pastas, f ajitas and grilled
platters, along with appetizers and desserts.
The Chicken Crunch is the appetizer
highlight. Believe it or not, i t's chicken
strips breaded in C ap'n Crunch cereal and
other seasonings, and it's different enough
to be distinctive jjet not sickening or overdone.
T he m ain m enu h as s ome u nique
items, along with restaurant mainstays like
hamburgers and pastas. Unconventional
p izzas such a s t he C reole P izza, with
shrimp and chicken, are the most original
items on the menu. But for the less adventurous, everything else should suffice. The
grilled sirloin is enough meat to feed any
hungry action hero, and the St. Louis Ribs
are also plentiful.
T he desserts are very good. From
ice cream to sorbet to various specialty
pies, there is something f or everyone
here, too. E ver wonder what Arnold
S chwartzenegger's m other m ade f or
dessert? Well, be curious n o longer, as
>his m other's apple strudel is featured.
And f or the afficionados of bad puns,
there's the Ebony and Ivory Brownie,
working together in a perfect harmony
that would make Paul McCartney and
Stevie Wonder proud.
Above all else, Planet Hollywood
has to o ffer is the bathroom. The lavatories are lush and beautiful, and f ull of
frills. A towel boy (in this case, a polite
y oung man named J unior) turns the
water for the sink on to a perfect lukewarm temperature, puts soap on your
hands f or you and hands you a paper
towel afterwards. He then offers you use
of various colognes and perfumes, gum,
mints, and toothpicks. He even offers
you an after-dinner cigarette! Any bathroom that will also give you lung-polluting carcinogens after your meal has
got to be high class. One could seriously
l ive in t he P lanet H ollywood b athrooms- t hey're that nice. If you c an't
afford t o eat a meal, get something anyway j ust to use them.
O verall, going t o P lanet H olly-
See Planet, pg. 8
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Cfrom p. 3
areer
Talk w ith y our i nstructor and see if
s ervice l earning can b e an o ption f or
y our c lass.
R emember J une C leaver? T he perfect m other of t he 1950s? Yes, Wally
and B eaver's m other. Well, w hen the
b oys w ent o ff t o c ollege, J une v olunteered h er t ime. W hile s he may h ave sat
in t he c orner a nd s tuffed e nvelopes,
t hose j obs n ow are r eserved f or t hose
w ho w ish t o d o it — you bet f olks r eally l ike t o s tuff, i t's therapy. With corporate d own-sizing, o rganizations a re
l ooking f or v olunteers to p erform m eaningful a nd i nteresting j obs as n on-paid
s taff. T hey a re s earching f or t hose w ho
can c ontribute t o t heir o rganization, and
in r eturn, they p rovide o pportunities f or
v olunteers.
O ne o rganization that p rovides opportunities f or its v olunteers is the city
of E scondido. T he c ity's v olunteer p rogram i s an e xtensive p rogram w hich o ffers m any opportunities. T he b enefit that
g ets t he m ost a ttention is the o pportunity f or v olunteers w ho q ualify to apply
Kfreisler
rom p. 3
f or i n-house e mployment p ositions. Volunteers a re a lso i nvited t o a ttend t he
C ity's u nique t raining p rogram f or e mployees, E scondido U niversity. A w ide
variety of c lasses a re o ffered, i ncluding
c omputer s oftware, p roblem solving and
c ar m aintenance. V olunteers a re a lso
w elcomed to p articipate in the e vents,
s uch as t he Art Show, July 4 P icnic and
H oliday Party.
So b e c hoosy — use y our c ollege
s kills — a nalyze and e valuate an o rganization b efore a pplying f or e mployment. Volunteer or s uggest an i nternship, but try to e xperience the f irm b efore a greeing t o a c ommitment. I t c ould
s ave y ou a h assle in t he long r un.
So, t hat's my s age a dvice f or today.
Volunteer. A fter all, you test d rive a c ar
b efore you buy it; spend m ore t ime in
t he f itting r oom with r ejects than with
p erfect fitting o utfits; lay on lots of beds
b efore finding the o ne you buy.
N ow If y ou'd like m ore i nformation
a bout E scondido's v olunteer p rogram,
please call me, at 7 37-6344 o r 7 42-4819.
O ne m ore t hing, b e h appy at w hatever you d o. L ife is t oo s hort t o b e unhappy. N ow b efore y ou c hoose t hat
r esthome f or y o' m ama...
t empts are m ade f requently and r elentlessly to c onvince w omen that (1) their
human worth depends upon their appearance; (2) if they are not t hin, they will
not be popular, s uccessful, o r h appy; (3)
they can b e thin if they are only s trong
e nough. We p ropose strongly that t hese
ideas are all f alse, but that you s hould
test t hem out f or y ourself.
L ook around at the p eople you admire, w ho seem s uccessful. A re they necessarily very t hin? D oes their t hinness
c orrelate v ery h ighly w ith p opularity,
s uccess o r h appiness? T he i mportant
t hing is t o b e R EAL in y our tests: d on't
use anyone on TV...they are not real, they
are highly selected, then m ade u p and
d ressed by e xperts. T hey are then p hotographed many, m any t imes until j ust
the r ight shot is o btained. In m agazines
even this result is then d octored. In o ther
w ords, they aren't r eal; but, you are.
S o we h ope you utterly f ail in y our
a ttempts t o d evelop an e ating disorder.
We w ant you t o d evelop an a wareness
of y our beiefs about your appearance and
t o t est t hose b eliefs. We w ant y ou t o
k now the strict d ieting f ails. P eriod! If
t here is o ne t hing that w e k now f rom
y ears of r esearch i nto the m edium and
l ong-term e ffectiveness of strict d iets, it
is that they d o not w ork. M ost p eople
regain the weight they m ay h ave lost and
m any r ebound t o an even h igher w eight.
W e a lso k now a g reat d eal a bout
l ifestyles that are healthy and r ealistic.
Finally, we want t hose of you w ho are
t ouched by this article t o k now that we
h ave a s ense of w hat you are s truggling
with and we might be able t o help. If you
w ant t o talk t o s omeone p rivately and
c onfidentially a bout any of t he a bove,
please stop by Counseling & Psychological S ervices in 5 310 C raven H all, o r call
7 50-4910 f or an a ppointment. F or i nformation about healthy eating, you can also
get g reat p amphlets, f lyers, and a dvice
f rom Susan M endes at S tudent H ealth
S ervices in t he new P PHS b uilding.
a bandon, w hile f or o thers i t f eels s o
m uch l ike f ailure (I w as s o good all day,
n ow I b lew it!) that they j ust eat in a kind
of n umbing despair. Regardless, they feel
o ut of c ontrol. L ater, f eeling h opeless
a nd u gly, i t's o ff t o s leep, h oping o r
s wearing t hat t omorrow will be a n ew
s tart, a new c hance t o b e g ood, t o s tarve
a nd n ot g ive in!.
S ome p eople w ho d evelop this kind
of p attern discover, o r r ather b eieve they
d iscover, a s olution...purging. W hen
m ost of u s think of p urging, w e think of
s elf-induced v omiting. Certainly, t his is
a c ommon way that p eople can d rastically c omplicate and worsen an e ating
d isorder. With p ractice, in f act, t hrowing u p can b ecome p leasureable, a way
of v enting anger or of b ecoming n umb,
p erhaps a new f orm of ecstatic victory
o ver the f ood t hat's j ust been eaten. (Surprisingly, in c areful m edical studies of
b inge e aters w ho v omit, o nly about 5 0%
of t he c alories eaten a re actually purged,
so it is not nearly as e ffective a m eans of
c alorie control as m ost p urgers believe.)
B ut, a ccording t o the American P sychiatric A ssociation, " purging" includes
any e xtreme m ethod of a ttempting t o
c ontrol w eight o r m ake u p f or b inging.
In a ddition t o s elf-induced v omiting,
p eople m ight a buse l axatives o r d iuretics, and they m ight e xercise e xcessively
and c ompulsively. S o f ew p eople realize that e xercizing a great deal, with a
strong s ense of h aving to, when the intention is t o u ndo t he e ffects of e ating,
is p urging! So, if y ou are a strict d ieter
w ho f ails s ometimes o r o ften by e ating
what s eems t o y ou t o b e a lot of f ood, o r
of t aboo f ood, and w ho f eels out of c ontrol, a nd w ho t hen j ust m ust g o the g ym
and g et o n t he t readmill f or an h our of
m ore t o get r id of t hose c alories...you
h ave s ucceeded in b ecoming b ulimic.
A nother very i mportant factor which
Kreisler is
h elps p eople d evelop e ating d isorders is selingFritz sychologicathe coordinator of Coun&P
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2ndAnnua(Women's Leadership Conference
Featuring a Multi-Perspective approach presented by
a diverse and dynamic group of female speakers
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dard items as enchiladas and fish tacos,
but the specialized bucket dinners are definitely the major attraction. You can order
the buckets f or two or have your own individual one. Depending on your selection,
the o ne f or t wo r anges f rom $24.95 to
$26.95. The North County Times and The
Union Tribune features occasional coupons
that o ffer a price of $19.95.
The only bad side to this meal is the
rush of people and the lack of parking, so
go early.
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ooms
she keeps her clothes on, albeit spray paint
style.
The musical score is good and new
tunes by Combustible Edison h elp reinforce the mood of a zany romp.
Although Tarantino is known for being one of the bad boys of film, the other
t hree d irectors, A nders, R ockwell and
Rodriguez d o their parts in keeping up his
idea of the bizarre.
The comedy is gruesome, rude and
crude and involves children in some rather
unseemly situations. It is absurd and bad
but funny and definitely worth renting the
video.
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connection with the leaflets, one of them a
22-year-old student at the university. But,
because neither was seen actually distributing the fliers, both were released after a
phone consultation with the San Diego District Attorney's office.
University officials since have asked
that anyone who might have witnessed the
distribution step forward. If the university
can verify that others were involved, it would
be possible to bring them in for questioning.
But Stacy has conceded there is little
the university can do, even if it has evidence
that a student helped distribute the fliers.
Basically, he added, the student could only
be given a verbal warning for littering and
put on informal probation.
"We would be able to tell him his behavior is not conducive to a learning community, that's the first thing," Stacy said.
"The second is, 'You're a litterbug in the
parking lot.'"
Most students were dismayed by the
leaflets. Kimberly Kagy, chair of the AS diversity committee, called the incident "disgusting", but added that those responsible
were not indicitive of the general populus of
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loud, it's crowded, it's flashy, there's lots
to see, and as a whole it's a lot of fun regardless of its faults. I t's a bit on the pricy
side, so be prepared f or it the second you
walk in. But ydu dbri't really go for the fodH
or the value, you go f or the experience of
going.
I t's a fine place to e njoy a meal with a
friend or two, but d on't expect it to be a
romantic hotspot; it's much too crowded
and noisy for that. If you have a bit of cash
to spare for a night on the town, give Planet
Hollywood a try.
CSUSM.
Ironically, even before the leaflets were
distributed, a group of CSUSM employees
had set up a fund to counter racial incidents
on campus by making donations to anti-hate
groups and educational organizations every
time such a problem occurred.
The first donation — triggered by a
swastika and racial epithet being scrawled
across a mural in the hallway in front of the
library two weeks previously — was to the
Southern California Law Center, of Birmingham, Ala., the organization that in 1990 secured a $12.5 million civil judgment against
Metzger and the White Aryan Resistance
group after the beating death of an Ethiopian student in Portland, Ore.
The A S' Kagy called the fund a "great
idea" and "a step in the right direction."
Kagy's diversity committee, composed
of students, was set u p last semester at
CSUSM through AS to help deal with problems of race, gender, age and sexual diversity. So far, it has met with some of the deans,
published a news letter ("Pen/Sword") and
attempted to inform students of the need for
diversity on campus. "We have gotten our
voice heard," said Kagy.
Kagy also said a plan was in the works
to s etup acommunity hotline where students
and faculty could call to report racist activities or simply be given a sympathetic ear.
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