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The Pride
yol VIII No. 6/ Tuesday, November 28,2000
California State University San Marcos
Open Discussion on the Social
Construction of Disability
Dianne Hirning for The Pride
On Monday November 20,
Norman Kunc from Axis
Consultation & Training visited
CSUSM to educate students and
faculty on the social construction of disability and how we
can alter common discriminatory
practices. Kunc, a family therapist and educational consultant, is
a published author and a disability rights advocate with degrees
from both York University and
the University of Guelph.
According to Kunc, every
pulture in history has had people
that were disabled. Modern soci-
ety uses the labels of normal
and abnormal for the purposes
of social control. Kunc also
discussed how the philosopher,
Foucault, observed that society
begins with diversity. Through
discourse, however, conditions of
abnormality are decided and what
is left over must be normal. The
definition of abnormality changes in time and culture, says Kunc
There are "set" ideas of normalcy
for weight and size, sexuality,
and gender, just to give a few
examples.
Kunc asks how people can
always stay in that "normal"
range. His answer: We can't.
A highly dangerous yet preventable bacterial infection is
singling out susceptible college
students, especially freshmen living in dorms. Recently nicknamed "The Deadly College
Dorm Disease", bacterial meningitis progresses so rapidly that
even if one survives it, permanent effects may include blindness, hearing loss, permanent
brain damage, learning disabilities, and amputated limbs. The
infection often causes swelling of
the brain, resulting in the restriction of blood flow and a paralysis
similar to that caused by stroke.
Pride Staff Writer
Cal State San Marcos is a
young campus that offers opportunities for creating new clubs and
organizations. You can make this
campus what you want it to be,
which is one of the selling points
for many students that choose
CSUSM as their destination for
education.
The level of commitment and
planning it takes to actually get a
club recognized by the university,
however, can be daunting. You'll
need five enrolled students with
valid social security numbers if
you want to start a club on this
;
The College How to Start
a Club at
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Pride Staff Writer
By: athleen Hash
CSUSM cross country athlete Renee MacDonald
Photo courtesy of CSUSM Athletics
Two CSUSM Runners Earn
All-American Status
Rumble, who earned AilAmerican status, was followed
by Renee MacDonald in 38th
place, Heather Garritson in 81st
place, Camille Wilborn in 102th
place, and Katherine Nibblet in
124th place. Lorena Reyes and
Felisha Mariscal also competed
in the race dominated by freezing
temperatures.
As the men's team began
the 8k competition, the temperature dropped to an estimated
twelve degrees. Marcus Chandler
became CSUSM's first two-time
Ail-American by placing 22nd t »Article continued on page 2
among the field of 245 runners
competing at the nationals.
Chandler led the men's team,
which finished in 20th place in
By: Bryan Clark
the country.
James Adams, in 106th place, Pride Staff Writer
followed him, with Michael
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the men's squad. In their second normally 3 to 4 hour-long classes.
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nationally, which placed them attending evening classes.
among the nation's elite, again.
Most evemng classes begin
at 6:00pm and end at 10:00pm.
Many students must walk back
to their cars in order to return
home. These students, however,
may be quite vulnerable to
assault, robbery, or theft. Sgt. Bill
McCullough of the San Marcos
CSU Public Safety said, "Safety
is one of our primary concerns."
McCullough also offered the folCSUSM Men's cross country team in Fresno. Photo courtesy ofAthletics lowing tips for safety around
By: Steve Compian
Pride Staff Writer
At the beginning of the crosscountry season, a Pride reporter
asked Head Coach Steve Scott if
his teams could repeat last year's
success. Scott responded by saying "yes," if his runners matured
quickly, avoided injury, and ran
their best races of the season at
the nationals.
After the Cougars dominated the NAIA Region II
Championships at the Del Mar
Race Track, Coach Scott had
reason to be optimistic. Both
the men's and women's squads
limped onto the Del Mar track
on November 4, with a combination of illnesses and injuries,
and won the regional competition.
The NAIA Nationals in Kenosha,
Wisconsin, on November 18,
however, gave Scott's runners a
much chillier challenge.
The women's team, braving
32-degree temperature and 10-15
miles per hour winds, finished
twelfth at the national finals. Cara
Rumble led the women's team
with a 25 place finish out of 248
runners in the 5k race.
Diversity is the key.
"No one else can experience
someone else's experience exactly the same," says Kunc. He
expressed the importance for
everyone to remember and practice diversity with one another.
By valuing diversity, diversity
becomes normal. We can place a
high value on diversity through
respect, understanding, acceptance, appreciation, equal worth,
mutual benefit, and belonging.
More information on Norman
Kunc and opportunities for advocacyfordisabled persons is available at www.normemma.com.
campus/You'll also need a president, a vice-president, a treasurer,
commitment, and patience.
Written Proposal
The first item required of
someone trying to establish a
club is a written proposal. The
club proposal is a short description of the club's intended focus
on campus, possible club events,
and the people the club hopes to
attract. The club proposal is given
to ASI for approval. Once the proposal is received and approved,
there is die task of compiling
data for the club. There are more
official forms that provide guidelines for the entrepreneur.
Recruit Members
The next step in achieving
club status is recruitment of members.
» Article continued on page 2
Evening Campus Awareness
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Keeping Your Vehicle Safe
• Arm your alarm, lock your
doors, and roll up your
windows
• Place all valuable items in your
trunk, not on the seat or floor
• When approaching your car,
have your key available so you
are ready to open the car door
• If it appears that your car has
been burglarized, immediately
call public safety
• If you feel you are in danger,
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Walking After Dark
• Walk with a group of people
• Be aware of your surround
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• Walk on the lighted walkways
and concrete paths
• Call the University Shuttle
and an officer will drive you
to safety
use the Blue Light Stations
in the parking lot to call public
safety
"We have a University Shuttle
for students," added McCullough.
When you dial extension 4567
the operator will ask a few questions about your location and a
shuttle should arrive for you. If
you are in immediate danger,
Sgt. McCullough suggests calling extension 3111. 3111 is used
for emergencies and for individuals seeking medical attention.
Following these safety precautions could help keep your car
and yourself out of danger. Offering his thoughts for evening students, McCullough commented,
"We are a community and we
need to watch out for our ourselves. We need to keep safety in
mind at all times."
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Meningitis
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Additional attention has been
drawn to the vaccine due to the
increasing occurrences of meningitis in the United States, especially among 17-22 year-olds. In
a recent interview with Family
Magazine, Dr. Lon Dubey, an
infectious disease consultant with
Kaiser Permanente, explained,
' The risk of meningitis remains
highest in the first year of life,
then begins to fall off, only to
'blip' up again at the 17-to-22year age range."
"Meningitis is different
because it is one of the few
diseases where someone can be
completely well and within hours
be dead," says Nancy Rosenstein
of the Center for Disease Control
and Prevention in Atlanta. Over
the last ten years, cases of bacterial meningitis infection have
more than doubled among college students.
The American College Health
Association reports that bacterial meningitis struck about 3,000
Americans last year. Around sixty-five percent of the cases occur
to people from ages 15-22. There
are 125 cases on college campuses annually, causing around
fifteen student deaths per year.
Victims of the infection often
seek medical help when it is too
late to protect them from its phys-
ically ravaging effects. *
One such college student was
Melanie Benn. In December 1996,
the eighteen-year-old San Diego
resident dealt with the devastating consequences of the insidious
bacterial infection. After arriving
honje from her dorm at Humboldt
College, Benn felt she had the
flu, but her concerned mother
still took her to the emergency
room in time to save her life.
Within a week of the onset of
symptoms, Benn suffered amputation of all four limbs and the
destruction of her kidneys as a
result of meningitis.
What is Meningitis?
The term meningitis suggests
an inflammation of the meninges,
the protective covering surrounding the complex central function
of the brain and spinal cord. If the
immune system becomes weak
enough to allow infection either
from pre-existing viruses in the
body or the presence of specific
bacterium in the blood, this protective coating is compromised,
allowing infection to attack one
of the most vital systems in our
body. The resulting inflammation may swell the brain and disrupt the complex messaging network of the central nervous system and control of vital organs.
Severe headache, muscle ache,
and vomiting are direct physical
responses to the infection's
attack.
Bacterial meningitis is far
more serious than the more common viral meningitis. Viral meningitis occurs when any random,
pre-existing virus in the body
overcomes the body's resistance
and infects the meninges. Viral
meningitis is not contagious and,
if proper care and rest is taken,
usually clears up in a week or tem would normally be able to
two without medical attention. fight off the bacteria before any
Bacterial meningitis, on the noticeable symptoms occurred.
other hand, is highly contagious The same social behaviors that
and caused by a group of sjpe- contribute to the spread of the
cific bacterium encountered in bacteria also compromise the
the environment. Immediate pro- integrity of the immune system.
fessional medical care is nec- Stress, drinking alcohol, smokessary in order to prevent the ing, lack of adequate sleep, poor
devastating effects the bacterial eating habits, poor hygieneinfection has on the body. The descriptors many doctors and
death rate from bacterial men- dentists would use to characterize
ingitis infection averages about the lives of college students liv15 percent, and usually occurs ing on campus-result in a weakwithin a week, but sometimes in ened immune system more susas little as six to 12 hours.
ceptible to infection.
The U.S. Military, living in
Two major factors in acquirconditions similar to co-eds, recing bacterial meningitis are:
Coming into contact with the ognize the risks of spreading bacinfection-causing bacteria and terial meningitis and routinely
having an immune system unable vaccinate new recruits. According
to Candie Benn, Melanie's mothto guard against infection.
Being exposed to these micro- er, the military did not inform the
scopic invaders is surprisingly public about the availability of
easy as they may be spread the vaccine until recent years.
One of the most immediate
through saliva or airborne respidangers of bacterial meningitis
ratory droplets. Though they do
not survive long outside the body, infection is not recognizing it in
the bacteria are highly conta- time. The symptoms of the infecgious; Social behaviors such as tion mimic those of the common
kissing, sharing cigarettes, drink- cold or flu closely enough that
ing glasses, and breathing space many individuals dp not seek out
pass the bacteria along most com- the crucial professional help until
monly. For this reason, college- the heavily damaging effects of
aged individuals are at least twice J the infection are well underway.
as likely to be infected than the iFever, vomiting, increased sensigeneral population, and college ftivity to light, head and muscle
freshmen are six times as likely ache, and a severely painful stiff
as other students to fall victim to neck indicate that a doctor's help
the bacteria. College students liv- should be sought. Extreme drowsing in confined spaces create an iness, irritability, mental confuenvironment ripe for the spread sion, and a rapidly progressing
of disease as dorm rooms and rash may also accompany these
residence halls macroscopically symptoms.
re-create the laboratory conditions of an incubated Petrie dish What can be done?
with students acting as oblivious
The Center for Disease
research subjects.
The presence of the bacteria, Control (CDC) and the American
however, is not enough to cause College Health Association
infection. A healthy immune sys- (ACHA) recommend that all col-
spaces.
The shuttle has been available
since the 1998 fall semester. A
parking officer who gave ridesto
students parked in remote lots initiated the shuttle service. Parking
Services decided to use this idea
as an alternative mode of transportation. It proved to be more
convenient than walking and students arrived from the parking
lots to campus much faster.
The Parking Shuttle can hold
up to seven people and is wheelchair accessible!. This semester
the shuttle has averaged 110 riders a day and, as of yet, there
have been no complaints. For
more shuttle information, visit
Parking Services located in FCB
107 Monday through Friday from
8am to 5pm.
»Article cont. from page 1
You may want to impose a
small membership fee, like $5,
in order to raise initial funds for
the club. When you recruit members for the club, it is important
to understand that these campus
organizations are limited in their
advertising capacities unless they
have completed all the requirements set forth by ASI and have
been recognized as an official
club. (The process o f' official
recognition happens once at the
beginning of each semester).
Students can use word of
mouth or hand out fliers to recruit
members for a new club. There
are also three designated areas,
or corkboards, for advertisements
that are not linked with the university. Student and Residential
Life in Craven Hall 4116 must
approve advertisements.
At least five people are
required to commit to a club
before it can be recognized; the
five students must be currently
enrolled at CSUSM. Three of the
five members must be officers:
a president, vice president, and
treasurer. The president and treasurer will later be required to
attend a two-hour training meeting with the club's advisor, a
faculty member who will sign
off on your club-idea. An advisor
The CSUSM
Parking
Shuttle Is
Here for You
By: Tiaca Carter
Pride Staff Writer
Are you tired of walking
seven billion miles from your car
to campus? Then get with it and
take the shuttle. Parking Services
has a shuttle that runs Monday
through Thursday from 8:30am
to 3pm for those of us that don't
feel like making that grueling
trek from our cars to campus.
The Parking Shuttle runs
every fifteen minutes throughout
the campus, rotating fromGraven
Circle, Chavez Circle, the VPA
Annex and Lot B. It also picks
up and drops off students at
the Student Health Services'
(SHS) Building. Parking Services
also encourages students to take
advantage of SHS' 160 parking
On Campus
The Pride
lege students, especially those
planning to live in dorms or residence halls, get the bacterial
meningitis vaccine. The vaccine
provides strong protection (three
to five years) against the four
most common of the five infection-causing bacteria. The vaccine, which usually costs $65, is
not covered by most health care
plans, but is offered free at many
colleges across the country. Cal
State San Marcos does not offer
the vaccine.
A false sense of security could
also be dangerous to students
who think themselves immune
to infection because they do not
currently live in a dorm or residence hall. With friends and family members living in dorm situations visiting for holidays, or
the chances of coming into contact with the bacteria in other
ways, it can help to be aware of
the symptoms and the ease with
which the bacteria are transmitted.
Overcoming the debilitating
effects of the infection, Melanie
Benn has since become somewhat of a local and national hero
after winning a silver medal as a
swimmer in the 2000 Paralympics
in Sydney. Her positive attitude,
strength of spirit, and public
exposure has turned more attention lately to the dangerous risks
of the bacterial infection. In a
recent interview with Glamour
Magazine, Melanie Benn gave
a very realistic portrayal of the
importance of the growing dangers of meningitis: "The numbers [of infections] are low, and
I don't want a frenzy about this.
I just want people to know that
the infection is out there, and that
the vaccine is an easy way to
prevent it."
Steps to Beginning a Club at CSUSM
is required and he/she will ulti- help you establish a new account.
mately be responsible for what All club financial transactions are
the club members do within the handled through the university.
context of the club.
Training Meetings
Create a Club Constitution
After completing a new club
Along with your list of pro- packet, there is a mandatory trainposed members, you'll need to ing meeting, as mentioned above.
turn in a short club description The meeting is designed to help
that can be used in university new club officers and advisors
publications. The club description understand the role of student
is designed to lure people's inter- clubs on campus. Further requireest and will ultimately serve as ments are discussed at length
a means of recruitment for the during the meeting. For examclub. This description should be ple, clubs must have a repbased on the club's constitution resentative present at all ICC
and serve as a guide for future (Inter-Club Committee) and CFC
club leaders and members. It is (Co-sponsorship
Funding
also a good idea to get help when Committee) meetings. The meetwriting aclub constitution. Some- ings occur every other week:
one like Gezai Berhane, Assistant ICC one week and CFC the next
Director of Student and Residen- week. The meeting will also protial Life, may serve as a good ref- vide club leaders with advice
erence point for someone who is and guidelines on functioning
starting a club.
effectively on campus.
, If you are trying to re-charter
It is very important for clubs
a club or re-establish a club that to plan ahead. There are likely to
is no longer in existence, it will be problems with forms that must
be very important to contact Ber- be corrected before the forms
hane to see what kind of constitu- are due. Unforeseen obstacles are
tion and information was left by likely to come up and you will
the previous club leaders. It is also want sufficient time to deal with
possible that a re-chartered club them. If you are thinking about
could have money left in the club starting a club next semester, you
account. You should also check will want to get started now, as
with ASI about the account bal- the deadlines for new clubs are
ance of past clubs. If there is early in the semester.
no former club account, ASI will
�Local News
The Pride
Bush Wrass Favors GOP Candidate
ins M ilitary Vote
Former B
By: Steve Compian
Pride Staff Writer
any other citizen. The difference,
Shelton insists, is that troops in
the military still regard the former officers as though they were
on active duty and that should be
reason enough to maintain low
profiles during the elections.,
Why did the who's who of
retired military veterans favor
George Bush over A1 Gore?
Neither candidate has the kind
of military career that normally
attracts the favor of the armed
forces' elite. In the war for voter
appeal, however, Bush may be
benefiting from his lack of exposure to the nation's military leaders.
He may be seen as an
unknown commodity, whose only
by more than $50 billion dollars
did not sway the former generals.
thiring the third presidential
debate Gore said, "I propose $100
billion dollars for this purpose
[military spending], the governor proposes $45 billion dollars." According to an October
28 Washington Post article, A1
Gore's foreign policies would be
seen as an extension of Bill
Clinton's; instead of allocating
money for purchasing new hardware, Gore will spend the extra
dollars by placing the military in
relief missions like Somalia.
Rebuilding the military has
been Bush's favorite campaign
promise during the 2000 elec-
While fighting over ballots
became a hot issue in Florida,
many people believe that the
Republicans had already scored
major victories in the trenches
of Quantico, Virginia and West
Point, New York. George Bush
may have fired the first round in
winning the war for the military
vote by flaunting the support
of several notable retired generals. Gulf War heroes, Norman
Schwarzkopf and Colin Powell,
who commanded the force that
defeated Sadam Hussein's army
in Kuwait, head a list of former
generals, who see Bush as
America's best chance to rebuild
a military they believe has been
over committed, misused, and
dangerously under funded.
The number of former generals who lined up behind Bush
raised eyebrows in the Pentagon
where senior officers like General
Henry Shelton, Chairman of the
Joint Chiefs of Staff, have voiced
disapproval of retired generals
using their military clout to stump
for candidates. Shelton publicly
questioned the former officers for
stepping outside the military's
traditional role of not engaging
George W. Bush and Al Gore.
in political fanfare. According real ties to the military are his tPhotosecourtesy ofNebuxi left the
ion. H claims his father
to Shelton, the officers' actions running mate, former defense Clinton administration a strong
dangerously border the line of secretary Dick Cheney, and his military that has since declined.
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among the growing number of itary. While publicly saying that tion went far beyond tadministrafour-star retirees who publicly he served in Vietnam, his mili- cuts. In his second the intended
erm, howcommitted to Bush, Zinni, for- tary record consists of admin- ever, Clinton increased military
mer commander of all U. S. forc- istrative duties in the National spending by 15 percent, reverses in the Middle East, has voiced
trend established y the
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and integrity. Krulak countered the military with police actions Pentagon officials testified before
Shelton's claim by saying he was nd relief
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choice in the same manner as
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Plan to Save Local Toads
By: Benjamin Wayne
Pride Staff Writer
The U.S. Department of Fish
and Wildlife Services (FWS)
recently announced the jcompletion of a recovery plan for the
arroyo southwestern toad (Bufo
californicus). FWS is the regulatory agency responsible for
the conservation of wildlife and
their habitats. The FWS's recovery plan purports to protect the
toad by conserving and acquiring additional habitat. The plan,
which renews the agencies efforts
to monitor and study the arroyo
toad population, is now available
for public comment at local Fish
and Wildlife offices.
The arroyo southwestern
toads were listed as an endangered species in December of
1994. Because of their recent listing, few major steps have been
taken to preserve and protect the
arroyo toads. The objective of the
FWS's new recovery plan is to
provide a framework for federal,
state and local agencies, and private entities, for the long-term
recovery of the arroyo toads. If
successful, the FWS hopes to
reclassify the arroyo toads, changing their status on the endangered species list from endangered to threatened.
Environmentalists, however,
do not share the same enthusiasm
for the recovery plan. Watchdog
groups have pointed out that the
plan does not obligate the expenditure of public money nor does
it mandate any specific action by
the FWS or any other agency to
protect the toads. Furthermore,
activists have accused the FWS of
rushing the downgrading effort,
claiming that the arroyo toads'
numbers do not warrant reclassification.
The arroyo southwestern
toads were once found throughout
central and southern California.
Mainly due to human encroachment, the toads can now be
found in only 22 drainages (wetland areas), including the Agua
Hedionda valley in San Marcos.
The arroyo southwestern toads
are small (three to five inches),
buff-colored creatures. The lifecycles of the toads are directly
linked to the health and volume
of the coastal rivers and streams
where the toads breed. When
these toads lay their eggs in
streams and rivers, they require
shallow pools with minimal current. The toad population has suffered as watersheds in California
are dammed and polluted by
silt from nearby development.
Additional threats to the arroyo
toad include predation by exotic
fish and other wildlife, road construction, mining, off-road vehicles, and trampling by humans.
�4 Tuesday, November 28, 2000
j ^ g & Entertainment
The Pride
Giving Birth to a Stone Is a Peach
By: Jared E. Young
Pride Staff Writer
Peach is not Tool. Yes, they
both have one-word band names,
they both have a vocalist who
sings softly over heavy riffs, and
they are both bassdriven bands, but that
is where the comparisons stop.
Tool
bassist
Justin Chancellor was
the bassist for Peach
before joining Tool
on the band's "most
recent
album,
Aenima, and he
rejoined Peach to produce their second
album, Giving Birth
to a Stone. Peach follows Tool's formula
of heavy bass lines
and crushing guitar
riffs, but the result is nothing like
that of Tool.
Peach's guitarist falls short
generating the art that Tool's guitarist Adam Jones has created
as a model, and Peach's vocalist
does not hold a candle to vocalist Maynard James Keenan of
Tool. The vocals in Giving Birth
to a Stone seem uninspired and
monotonous at best while the lyrics also lack inspiration. The third
track, "Catfood," is an example
of a lyrical low point on the
album.
This album succeeds in producing bass-heavy riffs that build
up a tension in the listener that is
never truly released. Perhaps the
best example of this is the song
"Velvet." "Velvet" begins with
an eerie guitar riff and moaning
vocals followed by the strike of
powerful chords and a distorted
sound. This pattern is repeated
throughout the song, creating a
tension that you expect to be
released by some sort of scream
from the singer—but the screams
never come and the song ends
leaving the listener seemingly
unfulfilled. This, however, is not
always a bad thing; the tension
continues to build with each song
on the album, further drawing
the listener in (or the listener
becomes frustrated and throws
the CD away, either one).
The music may seem good,
beginning with the album's first
and only truly good song,
"Spasm," but it becomes plainly
obvious that Peach ran out of
musical ideas before their first
album was complete (and this is
only their second album). After
"Velvet," the songs begin to blend
together and one cannot help
but beg for the end
of the album (or for
Keenan to fill in and
add life to the monotony). Sadly, though,
this does not happen.
Ten songs and 45
minutes later the CD
changer skips to the
next disc and another singer's voice
breathes life back into
bored ears.
In all, the CD
lacks the life to ever
make Peach a huge
success. This second
album is not highly
recommended to anyone other
than Justin Chancellor fans who
merely want to hear hinr display
his talents with another band, and
a slightly different style of music.
For now, listeners will primarily
be die-hard Tool fans that wish to
own everything that has anything
remotely to do with the band (in
which case, the album may be
worth having). Perhaps, however,
it is unfair to compare Peach to
the musically and lyrically superior Tool, in which casq Giving
Birth to a Stone is not all that bad,
but it still falls far shy of being a
classic.
Ben Affleck and Gwyneth Paltrow star in the romanticfilm,Bounce.
Photo courtesy ofMiramax Pictures
Affleck and Paltrow
Provide a Realistic
Love Affair in
Bounce
Unbreakable Won't Break Sixth Sense
By: J. Ryan Sandahl
Pride Staff Writer
It will not live up to The Sixth
Sense, but will any movie this guy
makes during the rest of his career
be able to? With Unbreakable,
M. Night Shamylan has created
another dark
t hriller—this
time dealing
with comic
books instead of
dead people.
Bruce Willis
plays David
Dunn,
a
security guard
at a football stadium who is the
sole survivor of
a horrific train
wreck. To make
things more
compelling, he
survives without a scratch on
him. Samuel L.
Jackson plays
Elijah Price,
who believes he has the answer
as to why Dunn survived.
Dunn goes to Price and Price
tells him his theory on why he
was the sole survivor. Price has
a genetic bone disorder which
makes his bones very fragile. As
a child, Price was tormented by
.kids that called him the glass
man because he was so fragile.
His theory is that Jackson is very
fragile and "breakable" and there
must be someone on the opposite
side of the spectrum who's bones
are stronger and "Unbreakable".
In this case, Dunn is that man.
After all, he did survive the
train wreck. Later Dunn is lifting
weights in his basement. Much
this contact allows Dunn to see
what horrible atrocity that person
has committed. Dunn never sees
people doing good things* only
bad.
Of course all heroes have a
weakness, right? Dunn's weakness is water. As a child, he
to Dunn's surprise, Dunn is able
to lift up to about 350 pouq^s.
Could Jackson's theory be true?
Is Dunn a "superhero" with special powers?
Dunn finds that his special
power is being able to see the
dark side of human nature. At the
stadium, Dunn is able to simply
stand in the middle of an aisle
and, as people walk past him
and occasionally bump into him,
nearly drowned in a swimming
pool and caught pneumonia and
almost died. Even though his
bones may not Jbreak, Dunn can
still be killed, in this case by
drowning.
The ending is very chilling
and satisfying, but it won't require
you to see the film twice to make
sure you got it. Unbreakable is
rated PG-13 and has a running
time of 120 minutes.
By: Melanie Addington
Perhaps a truly lovable charPride Editor
acter, even with his bratty attitude, is Buddy's assistant, played
In Bounce, Gwyneth Paltrow by Johnny Galecki (David from
and Ben Affleck light up the Roseanne). His character's high
screen with an incandescent love demands and brilliant comebacks
affair. The stars, however, sur- add volumes to what could have
vive by not being too dazzling been dull moments on screen.
in this realistic tale of true love
Another character in the film
found by chance;
is Abby's oldest son Scott (Alex
Don Roos, the writer/director D. Linz from Home Alone 3).
of the film, wanted to create a When Scott angrily crashes the
different love story. "You can't plane in his video game on his
hide behind anything," says Roos, father's computer, the audience
"you have to expose your heart is introduced to a much more
and let the audience experience complex love affair that reflects a
the feelings." Roos, wanting to truer portion of life than previous
explore the idea of "chance con- Hollywood films. Buddy helpnections," has also led audiences lessly watches the children suffer
through a wide range of emo- from the loss of their father, and
tions in his previous films, Single Buddy builds upon his own guilty
White Female, Boys on The Side, complex. Predictably, Abby finds
&nd Opposite of Sex.
out that Buddy was the one who
Abby (Paltrow) has been gave her husband the ticket, and
"bouncing" ever since her hus- she angrily throws him out of her
band's plane crash one year ago. home. Unlike most romance tales,
She explains to her romantic hope- this one is not happily sQlved
ful, Buddy (Affleck), that "bounc- fifteen minutes after the breakup,
ing" is "like crashing, but worse, but the ending remains satisfybecause you get to do it over and ing.
over again." Buddy understands
Currently, Ben Affleck is
this better than anyone because he working on a new show for HBO.
is "bouncing" due to his guilt for Greenlight will star an aspiring
giving Abby's husband the plane filmmaker who receives one milticket that ended his life. Unbe- lion dollars and an opportunity
knownst to Abby, Buddy's guilt is to direct his/her own feature.
their ticket to fate because it leads All aspiring directors are welhim to find her and make amends. come to submit their screenplays
Buddy also falls madly in love for this reality-based show at
with the kind-hearted widow.
w ww.projectgreenlight.com.
A spirit of true love flows Gwyneth Paltrow Will soon star
between the two actors through in the upcoming film, The
overly dramatic one-liners, allow- Anniversary Party.
ing the audience to connect with
the two likable characters.
�On Campus Arts & Entertainment
TbePride
Doing It Out in Public
Perspectives on Public Space
By: Jennifer Miller
Pride Staff Writer
CSUSM's Arts and Lectures
Series, "Under the Grid: Perspectives on Public Space" continued
on Monday, November 20, with
Mary Jane Jacobs' presentation
titled "Doing Out In Public." Her
presentation explored art outside
the context of a museum setting.
Jacobs showed slides of her previous exhibits and programs to
an audience of more than 50 students.
Jacobs' slide show included
a program based in Charleston,
South Carolina, where art was
found in peculiar historical areas.
In one exhibit, titled, "Culture
in Action," Jacobs, along with
other artists, engaged citizens
with their local history by turning
their ordinary plantation houses
into impressive works of art. One
plantation had a lawn littered with
Civil War cannonballs. The can-
nonballs also spilled out to the
bedrooms in the plantation. Cannonballs were also placed in the
bedrooms of the manor house to
symbolize how the war not only
invaded the land, but also invaded
the private homes and lives of
many families.
Since 1990, Jacobs has organized groundbreaking exhibitions
that test the boundaries of public
space and the relationship of
audiences to contemporary art.
Jacobs, who is a curator and
author, also teaches at The School
of the Art Institute of Chicago.
Mary Jane Jacobs lectures and
contributes to museum catalogues
and books. She travels extensively to visit areas in need of
artistic renovation. Along with
projects within the Chicago area,
Jacobs is currently working with
artists in San Jose, California. Her
extensive training and experience
is widely respected from all facets
of the art world. Jacobs received
a B.F.A. from the University
of Florida, Gainesville, and a
M.A. from the University of
Michigan, Ann Arbor. She
received professional fellowships
from the National Endowment
for the Humanities and the
National Endowment for the Arts.
Jacobs also received a visiting
research fellowship under the
Getty Residency Program at Bard
College.
Kristine Diekman, from
CSUSM's visual and performing
arts program, coordinates the
"Under the Grid" series. "I chose
'Under the Grid' as a title for
the series because I felt that
it expressed the idea that there
are things like play spaces in
cyberspace, murals and graffiti
under the freeway overpasses,
community gardens and grass
roots movements which can occasionally break through the grid
of laws and structures," says
Diekman.
By: Nathan Fields
Pride Staff Writer
About 30 CSUSM students
exited ACD 201 enlightened and
transformed after nearly an hour
of uplifting piano virtuosity^ on
Friday, November 17. As they
skipped and frolicked toward
the parking lots, beaming radiant smiles, they began humming
assorted motifs from the complex
and beautiful compositions they
had just enjoyed in silent and
suspenseful audition.
This gift of music was given
by world renown Norwegian pianist, Tori Stoedle, who performed
a rich repertoire made up entirely
of Norwegian composers, with
the exception of Johann Sebastian
Bach's 1 and 2 movements
from "Partita No. 2", played in
commemoration of the 250 year
of the composer's death.
As her body swayed above
the dark, earth-bound instrument
like a moisture-laden cloud, her
swift, dexterous fingertips fell
rapidly upon the keys with the
tinkling sound of wintry raindrops in Norway.
Stoedle played a 19 century
work by Edvard Grieg
("Homesickness"), and 20 century pieces by Kentil Vea
("Stallogargo");
Folke
Stroemholm ("Three Sami
Joiks"), David Monrad Johansen
("Scenes From Nordland": "The
Portrait of a Woman", "The Little
Stone God", "Reindeer",
"Towards The Mountain of My
Forefathers"), ang Arne
Nordheim ("Listen"). Stoedle
also prefaced the composers'
works with interesting information concerning their lives, their
impact on Norwegian music and
the inspirational sources and
meaning of their compositions.
Two fascinating aspects of
the program were Stroemholm's
"Three Sami Joiks", and Nordheim's "Listen". The first piece
was inspired by the composer's
anthropological study of some of
Norway's indigenous population,
the Samis. The work is fashioned
after a musical aspect of traditional Sami culture, called a
Joik, a unique song identifying
each individual Sami that would
be sung or played to announce
his/her identity while traveling
between villages.
Arne Nordheim's "Listen",
his only w ork
composed for
solo piano,
was written
to express the
f rustration
and loneliness of a
h ousehold
piano whose
e xpressive
keys are
n eglected
and is utilizedas mere
f urniture.
The piece,
c omposed
using mostly
the highest
and lowest
notes on the
keyboard, is
highly ere- j
ative and !
e m o t i on a 1 j
with a personal character well
e xpressed J
and under-1
stood by Stoe-j
die.
Ending her performance amid
long periods of clapping, Stoedle
smilingly acknowledged the clear
appreciation of Cal State San
Marcos' small audience. Tori
Stoedle is long-time friend of
CSUSM music professor Ivar
Antonsen, who dedicated his first
published work to Stoedle and
her husband, Hakon Stoedle, a
famous clarinet player who was
performing in Brazil the same
day. Stoedle teaches at a conservatory in Tromse, Norway
and is vice-president of the
Norway chapter of the European
Association of Piano Teachers.
World Renown Norwegian
Pianist Performs at CSUSM
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S laves i n a
Structured R eality?
Marianne Goyette for The Pride "palaces" or visual chat rooms
that have guests from around the
As the campus slept through globe.
another day of quiet classes, there
In their lecture, Desktop
was something incredible occur- Theater Now, Brennis and Jennik
ring. It was the exploration of spoke about the use of software to
freedom, the possibility of creat- create avatars (a personal characing alter egos (avatars) and down- ter that represents you). Brennis
town street plays. It was not and Jenik discussed the uses of
a topic simply about games or digital space for such experichat rooms," but about the use of ments as acting in plays and recpublic space by any individual reating dreams with visual tools.
who has access to a computer. On Such tools can enable one to
Wednesday, November 1, an audi- paint and cut and paste art.
ence of 40 gathered in ACD
However, as one listened to
211 to hear Adriene Jenik and both Jenik and Brennis speak
Lisa Brennis' interactive pre- about their personal experiences
sentation, Desktop Theater Now. in the Palace, it became quite
Desktop Theater is part of the clear that this new reality had
lecture series, Under the Grid: become more than a gamex>r past
Perspectives on Public Space. time. It was an area where a perKristine Diekman, a visual son could dip into the community
and performing art professor at and interact with strangers to
Cal State San Marcos, coordi- learn more about an individual's
nated the presentation. "I decided identity and the world. In the
to organize this lecture series, Palace, a person is free of his/
'Under the Grid,' at CSUSM her physical body, as well as,
because I thought it might address family history and life experiencissues which are critical to a es. Jenik and Brennis explained
great many people. Public space, how a person is given the opporhow it is defined and utilized, tunity to develop new ideas about
is important to all academic dis- lifestyle in this domain.
ciplines and is obviously of great
"I chose 'Under the Grid' as
concern to the general public as a title for the series because I
well," says Diekman.
felt that it expressed that under
She continues, "Although I the hegemonic network of laws,
am an artist, this series goes structures and social stricture,
beyond simply addressing art in there are things going on which
public spaces. It includes how can occasionally break through
communities are formed and this oppressive grid. Things like
effected by public space practice play spaces in cyberspace, murals
and policy."
and graffiti under the freeway
The audience heard from overpasses, community gardens
media arts educator Adriene Jenik and grassroots movements," said
and digital media producer Lisa Diekman.
Brennis who belong to a growIf you are interested in learning collective of intellectuals that ing more about Under the Grid:
want to redefine public space Perspectives on Public Space you
in the virtual/ hypertext envi- can contact Kristine Diekman
ronment of such spheres as the at kdiekman@csusm.edu. For
Palace. The Palace is free down- information about becoming a
loadable software that is available part of this new experimentation
for both PC and Mac computers. with public space, you can visit
The Palace itself is a series of www.desktoptheater.org.
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Tori Stoedle performedfor CSUSM students Friday, November 17. Photo by Nathan Fields
�Letters to the Editors
6 Tuesday, November 28, 2000
A Student's study Abroad
Dear Fditors
Editors,
Voting Fraud: A1 Gore's Fault
The Pride
T
intematinnal students I studied
nternational
with, traveled with and lived with
I have been a student here at in the dorms. Because I was
CSUSM for over two years and I immersed in the German culjust recently returned from a year ture, I learned not only about
abroad with CSU International Germany, but also more about
Programs. I would like to share the U.S. and myself.
with you about my experience
Before arriving in Germany
in Germany and how it was pos- I had taken German language
sible.
classes up through the 201 level.
I made the
Proficiency in the
big decision to
language was not a
go abroad in
requirement for the
the fall of 1998.
rogram;
was
" H o p e f u l l y pomething I iitntended
I applied to the
s
CSUIP
in
will
T'lZ
February 1999, this letter
was accepted
German exclusively
in April, and s t i r u p s o m e at the University in
moved
to
Hiebingen. I attendT uebingen, questions
ed classes in German
Language, Culture of
Germany at the /»
y-»or t
German Speaking
end of July. frOTH CiSU
With extensive
~
_ Countries, German
help from the s t u d e n t s
and Literature
and
Office
of
„
German Film, to
Global Affairs JdCUlty.
name a few/Because
and encourI was there with
aging advice
CSUIP, all of my
from
the
credits transferred
CSUSM
directly to CSUSM as
German proresident credit.'
fessor, Astrid Roiike, the applica- Looking back on my whole
tion process was simple. I used study abroad experience, I feel it
my campus financial aid along was the best thing I've ever done.
with money I had saved and help It was great academic experience
from my parents to fund my year. as well as a priceless life experiSeveral different scholarships are ence. For that reason, I recomalso available to students study- mend and advise every student
ing abroad.
to take advantage of the opportuLiving in Europe differed nity to go abroad!
greatly from living in southern
Feel free to call the Office
California. Being so close to of Global Affairs here on cammany different countries gave pus located af Craven Hall 5211,
me the opportunity to travel and (760)
750-4090,
experience a variety of different goabroad@csusm.edu.
cultures. My favorite trip was
the one I took to Turkey, Greece
Sincerely,
and Italy. I made lasting friendErin Miller
ships with Germans and other
^^
Can you, the media, refute
any of the statements below
regarding voter fraud from the
Gore camp? Source: The Hal
Turner Show. In the three days
since the U.S. General Election,
ammunition sales throughout the
United States have jumped an
astonishing 900%,
Fraud being committed by
the A1 Gore camp : Tens of thousands of U.S. Military personnel
around the world were unable to
cast ballots for the first time in
U.S. history because their military absentee ballots "got lost
in the mail." In past elections,
the military voted 9:1 in favor of
Republicans.
Thousands of non-US
Citizens who cannot legally vote
were sent letters by President
Bill Clinton just days before the
election informing them they had
registered, and even providing
them with Voter Identification
Cards to sign and use when voting! These mailings were sent to
states with large Latino populations such as California, possibly
allowing enough non-citizens to
vote and sway the election.
In New York City, voting
machines were tampered with,
disabling the Republican voting
levers. When voters came out of
the malfunctioning voting booths
and sought a paper ballot, it let
polling workers know the voter
was going to vote Republican
because those were the only levers
that weren't working. A television news crew caught Democrat
vote counters in Brooklyn, New
York throwing thousands of paper
ballots into garbage dumpsters,
resulting in thousands of
Republican votes disappearing.
Also in New York, registered
Republican voters were told in caused tens of thousands of vothundreds of polling places they ers in the affluent Republican
were no longer registered to vote. area of the Florida panhandle to
Those persons were offered a leave polling places without votpaper "provisional ballot" but ing because they thought Gore
when those ballots were filled had already won.
out, poll workers refused to place In Palm Beach County,
Florida Democrats have been
the ballots in a locked box;
In the Albuquerque, New complaining wildly about alleged
Mexico area, computerized vot- fraud because 19,000 ballots were
ing machines were reprogrammed allegedly discarded because votso that votes were not counted ers punched ballots for two presiwhenever anyone cast ballots for dential candidates. Punching the
all candidates from the same ballot for two presidential canpolitical party! Upwards of didates automatically voids the
68,000 votes may have been ballot. But it is now surfacing that
reprogrammed out of existence. many or most of the 19,000 disIn Michigan, Gore campaign carded ballots were, in fact, lawworkers were paying drunks and fully and properly replaced when
homeless hobos with cigarettes voters who made the mistake
if those people would register to came out of the voting booth,
vote and cast a ballot for Gore. requested and received replaceIn Missouri, polling places in ment ballots, then cast a proper
heavily Democrat areas remained vote! Leftist Gore supporters
open
up and the media are ignoring this
to four hours after the legal fact, spurring outrage by
time, allowing those Democrats conservatives that the truth is
to
cast
ballots. being suppressed and causing
In New Jersey, hundreds of vot- minorities in that county to take
ers in urban Democrat areas to the to the streets demanding
like
Hudson a re-vote. Such a re-vote is not
and Essex County were jammed only illegal under Florida law, it
into the hallways at the County is also illegal under federal law
Boards of Elections, casting' (3 U.S.C. 1).
absentee or provisional ballots
Putting this into perspective,
hours after the polls legally even if the 19,000 votes were all
closed.
discarded and not counted, those
The media was a willing par- votes would only represent four
ticipant. Just minutes after voting percent (4%) of the total votes
places on the East Coast closed, cast in that county, meaning
major news networks began "call- ninety-six percent of the other
ing' the race. But when the net- voters in the County did it corworks "called" Florida as being rectly. As a result of all this elecwon by A1 Gore, they did so tion fraud, Gore is trying to steal
despite the fact that a portion of the US Presidential election.
that state is in the Central time
zone and those polling places
Sincerely,
were still open. This premature
Sharon Feldman
"call" of Florida by the media
By: David Ludwig for The Pride
The payment deadline for registration for classes for the Spring
2001 semester at California State
University San Marcos has been
changed with no advance notification. For most students it is
a significant surprise in the registration process. The payment
deadline for the Spring 2001
semester is December 19 . For
the Spring 2000 semester it was
January 21 , and for Spring 1999
it was January 23 .
College students are a notoriously tight-budgeted group. Moving
the payment of $853.00 to one
month sooner than the approximately 6000 students at CSUSM
case. It also says, however, that,
"You will not be sent a billing
statement." This is a change from
previous semesters. Not only is
the payment due a month sooner,
there will be no notification. The
Grinch is smiling, I am sure.
Furthermore, the new deadline
of December 19 is the last day
of the fall semester. Payment
is now required at a time when
most students are concerned with
final exams, not scraping together nearly nine hundred bucks.
In the October 24 , 2000
issue, of The Pride, Dean of
Students Jonathan Poullard stated, "The University is moving
toward a student-centered philosophy." I believe that moving
towards a student-centered philosophy at CSUSM is very important, and I appreciate Dean
Poullard's admission that CSUSM
has not been student friendly.
Admission of a problem, however, is not enough. It is necessary tofixthe problem.
Schools exist, not for the purpose of collecting fees and providing jobs for administrators,
but rather for serving and educating students. This fact seems
to be lost on the administration
at CSUSM. I do not understand
how moving the payment deadline without advance notification
from late January, when it has
traditionally been, to immediately before Christmas, could be
u
Erin Miller
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th
st
rd
had any reason to expect will
definitely strain budgets, perhaps
even making school unaffordable.
The traditional payment deadline in late January comes after
students have had the opportunity to work during the .winter
break and save money. The new
deadline comes right before
Christmas. This is a change
only the Grinch could appreciate.
Additionally, it says on the registration portion of the CSUSM
web page, "Your class reservations will be cancelled if payment
is not received by the deadline
date." This is no surprise, as
payment is required to attend
CSUSM, and has always be;en the
th
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th
considered part of a student-centered philosophy. It appears to
be a continuation of the standard
anti-student philosophy, which
is demonstrated at CSUSM in
actions such as removing reference to equality between teachers and students from the mission statement, and pushing student parking further away from
school by converting the closest
spaces into staff/faculty parking.
In the interest of serving and
educating students at CSUSM,
it is necessary for this Grinch
of an administration at CSUSM
to actually act in the interest
of the students and adopt policies that are student-centered.
THEEDITORSTOPRIDE@CSUSM.EDU
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�Opinion
The Pride
Tuesday, November 28,2000 7
Cathleen HashLeader Saddened by the Lack of Improvement in the ICC
lub
By: K
hour training meeting, as well
Excited about having an position created, Club Services ltogether. T tory includes
as attending ICC meetings every opportunity to finally get The Technician, which was filled by aost messageshat spaperwork, as
l
and
other Friday in hopes ofbeingxec- Literary Society off the ground Brad Schmidt. His sole job is to well as my being refused a meetNot much has been said about ognized). ICC was simply ineffi- a
ll of the
help c
b
ing w y club
ICC this semester and I wonder cient. Everyone involved seemed pgain, I got aogether, mandatory cracieslubs deal wIith thend eauro- would ith mmagnifyaadvisor that
aperwork t
organized
of ASI, CC a CFC.
only
nd onfuse
if students even know what ICC to recognize that there was* a times and dates for meetings, and Mr. Schmidt assured everyone at the issue of how the cchanges
is. It surprises me that such a big serious problem and that changes renewed hopes for a poetry read- the training meeting that things in ICC have created more proborganization can skate around our needed to be made.
ing we had been planning since would become clearer as the lems.
small campus undetected when
Under the supervision of last semester. When I got to the semester progressed. The new
ICC's only real function is to Gezai Berhane, Assistant Director training meeting I was shocked. forms would get to us with the and An entire semester hnas passed
stimulate student life. As the pres- of Student and Residential Life, Not much had changed, other than right phone numbers and con- clubthere havenbeen no ew idnterc
I on't
ident of The Literary Society, I the members of ASI tried to the name. Most of the forms and tacts for planning events, etc., knoweventsho mampus.or clubs
who as oney f
have been asking myself what the restructure the way clubs received information given to club leaders but no one knew when or how. or what clubs have gotten money.
problem is. At the same time, I funding for their events. There a the m
ere out-of-date.
ere ll under i
h given up n g
am wondering why it is so hard was to be a new ICC this semes- Atlthougheeting wCo-sponsorship tWe whe paurpose otfhehempression IICCaveeetings. Theyohaveoing to
the
hat t
t meeting
m
urned
to get anything done for my club. ter that would streamline things. Funding Committee, presented was to go over those new proce- into biweekly leadership ctonferThe answer seems obvious, but I
people are as a ew a
dures. Really, it seemed one
Now
don't want to believe it because doingIwknow these while work- clubsncouldvenue through which knew how anything wasno oing ences.iteraryISam being told that
hat they can
receive funds from
g
The L
ociety will become
the people involved in ASI and ing inside an even bigger bureau- the university, had been intro- to work.
ineligible for funding by CFC if
ICC seem so motivated and will- cracy, ut the
righteous duced, i
unclear w was
we don't attend CC meetings. I
here
ot of
ing to help. Yet, I feel that ICC change bn ICC is mostnot-so obvi- even ont twas CFC until ho eeks ing Tmongwas a lleaderscomplain- hardly feels like Ia threat since wte
i
the
he
w
a
club
after the
is an inefficient bureaucracy that ous change of name. ICC now later, almost half way through meeting. The changes were cos- haven't seen any support from
doesn't improve student life, but stands for Inter-Club Committee. the semester. It was clear, how- metic and uncertain, the process either of them. I am sad and
somehow impedes it.
It seems fitting to point out that ever, that the CFC was designed f planning events and equesting disappointed.
Until last semester ICC stood a council is a legislative body. to fund events planned by mul- ounds seemed to have grotten more There are 54 names on the
f
for Inter-Club Council. Clubs The Inter-Club Council decided tiple clubs and there would only complicated, and there was yet roster of clubs. It seems that just
went to the Inter-Club Council what club events to fund and how be funding for two of these co- another cronym, another rga- looking around ur campus rowhen they needed help funding much. A committee is designed sponsored events each semester. nization ao go through. Notoonly vides proof thatosomething psn't
t
i
events. In order to approve fund- for discussion that supports a
The new focus on unity is did ICC and ASI come before our working with these organizaing packets or do business of any cause.
great in its idealism. I don't know, precious events, but now CFC tions. If the 54 clubs that got
kind, ICC had to meet quorum,
I came into this semester feel- however, how the CFC makes was out there as well. Club lead- through the recognition process
which meant at least half of the ing really good about the rumored planning events any easier for
now ave t
ble to function,
s
recognized clubs on campus had changes in ICC. Club leaders club leaders and members. The ters wouldICC mheetingooattend a were awouldn't be able we,waalkstuwo-hour
ne week dents,
to
to
to show up for the meeting. But were told that every club on cam- CFC seems to create less paper- and then CFC meetings the next. class without seeing advertising
ICC didn't meet quorum once pus would have to re-charter this work for ASI and Facilities, which But no one seemed to know if for club events or actual events
last semester.
semester, meaning they would seems more efficient for them. ICC still had any money or if it in progress. Instead, clubs seem
In fact, many would-be clubs, have to fill out the same paper- But the new design creates less was beingfilteredinto CFC.
to be dropping off the map,
like The Literary Society and work and attend another two hour paper work because there are
It is now the end of the semes- like The Pride Alliance and The
The Odyssey Club, along with training meeting—but it was for fewer events and fewer opportu- ter. I have gone over the infor- Odyssey Club. I can only hope *
others, were unable to be rec- a good cause, which was to learn nities for clubs to receive fund- mation packets and binder ASI that The Literary Society will
ognized the entire semester in the new system. Everyone seemed ing. The funding for clubs plan- provided for us. I have spoken not be another casualty of this
spite of having completed all relieved by die re-chartering, as ning solo events seemed to be out with other club leaders. I have growing bureaucracy.
the necessary protocol (finding if it meant a fresh start, assuring of the question—or in question, met with Brad Schmidt privately.
officers and members, filling us there had really been changes at least.
I have tried, without success, to
out paperwork, attending a two made.
There was also a new paid plan events, which is another story
one another, America continues is not possible to try to impress What Did Our
pretty easy choice to make for
to wonder how valid the idea of upon other nations an idea or way Presidential Election the candidates, and the voter.
democracy truly is.
As a voter, it becomes a simof life that does not succeed in
One of the major issues of the nation that supports it. The Prove?
ple choice of, "Who do I hate
the recount in Florida is the idea current presidential election will By: Bryan Clark
less?" If you are a Democrat,
that the ballots used a hole-punch make it difficult for America to Pride Staff Writer
Bush isn't a horrible choice, he's
system to place votes—a system continue to move forces into the
just not as good as A1 Gore would
that many voters contend is too Middle East, since no nation will
T election
some- seem. As a Republican, Gore
confusing. This system is not listen to one that cannot straight- thing he orrible. provedelection seems tolerable; he's just less tolh
This
new: as many as one percent of en out its own affairs first.
erable as Bush would be. O he
provecHiow much it pays to run basis of candidates having nonptarBy: Jared E. Young
all voters complain about it every
The battle between George an effective campaign.
Pride Staff Writer
election. This year, however, was W. Bush and A1 Gore has done L
ticular issue that sets them apart,
back, I ask
the first time that one percent of the unthinkable ; it has gone above what ooking ajor dividingmiyself the presidential race becomes
the m
ssue
President John F. Kennedy the vote could sway the entire and beyond President Clinton's
character
was between the two candidates. jnothing more tihan a that aren't
committed American troops to election.
cigar collection in making a There was no dividing issue. udgment. The ssues
Vietnam in 1961. What ensued is
discussed become forgotten and
Another issue in the recount mockery of our nation. After a
arguably the greatest travesty in debate is the idea that one count time in which much of the nation Gore and Bush claimed to value the partisan pandering begins.
he s
things. ducation,
United States political and mili- has worked in every election prior stood in uproar against a presi- tSocialameecurity, and EMedicare
In the meantime, Bush and
S
tary history. History may be to this one, so there is no reason dent that would make our leader- were the 3 rings in this circus Gore dodged all tlie hard-hitting
rewritten.
that this election should be done ship look bad because of his pro- of
Gore
f news shows. After all, no one
As the nation concludes its differently. If this is the case, miscuity, the election process is all ptretense.rograms.offered to Bix wants to hear the candidates
hese
ow? y
third week without a new presi- as many Americans are arguing, making our nation and our politi- throwing p ore moneyHat all the answer tough questions. Bush
m
dent, the question is often asked, then it might be true that our cal system look bad. A nation programs. Bush offered to fix and Gore show up on Letterman,
"Will we ever have a new presi- entire democracy is fraudulent. that stresses the importance of ll the
Leno, Oprah, and Barbara Walters
ow?
dent?" Lawsuits are being filed If the recount yields widely dif- the popular voice is now proving tahrowingprograms. Hmoney)Bayt and dance through a soft interand votes continue to be recount- ferent results than the original that machines can silence that the peopletax breaks t(he surplus view into a commercial-laden
and using
ed by hand, all while the nation count, then there is a high possi- voice in a heartbeat.
variety how. These lections
to fix the programs. Decisions proved hsow content ourecountry
looks on in doubt, wondering bility that every election prior to
It took fourteen years to dis- l hese don't
what its status will be come this one has also been miscount- cover that America's involvement bike tfor either orfock the political is. As a culture, we truly could
January.
ed, which would mean that the in Vietnam was a mistake. Three poat Nothing the candidates' not care less who our president
is g
As Governor George W. people's voice has been silenced weeks into the 2001 presidential toarties. no specificuaranteed is. The next time you see "Late
befixed,
roblems
Bush and Vice-President A1 Gore for decades.
election, the nation is beginning are addressed, and the Apmerican Night with Jay Leno',' and he asks
continue to fight over the laws
The same democracy that we to wonder if the power it was
c
argue ith some poor sap who our president
and regulations of re-counting tried to install in Vietnam is now promised under democracy was people man't reallychildren, wold is, don't feel so sorry for them if
giving oney to
and continue to sling mud at failing in the United States. It also a mistake.
people, or sick people. It's a they can't figure it out.
Pride Staff Writer
Tearing
Down
Democracy
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8 lUesday, November 28,2000
Tuesday,
November
28
Public Speaking Skills
Alpha Kappa Delta and
Sociology Club Meeting
Location: 4 pm-6pm
Timer Power S urge C afe
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c lass of 2 001 r esearch p ro
p osal f orum.
H ear a ll a bout t his y ear's
Sociology g raduate
r esearch p rojects!
Location: C ommons 2 06
Time: 2 pm-3pm
Arts and Lectures
L earn h ow t o improve y our Series: Pianist Larry
p ublic s peaking s kills.
Karush
Location: A cademic Hall
Revising Your Writing
102
Location: Academic Hall Time: 7 pm
4 20
Time: 5 pm-6pm
K arush p resents a solo
L earn h ow t o s uccessfully p iano p erformance of h is
revise y our p apers.
o riginal c ompositions a nd
i mprovisations t hat h ave
he Club Frangais Movie r oots i n j azz, t he m usic
Night
of N orth I ndia, 2 0 c enLocation: UH 100
tury w estern m usic a nd
Time: 5 :30pm
A frican-based p ercussion.
T he Los Angeles T imes
r ecently c alled h is vision
"one of t he m ost f ascinating i n c urrent jazz."
th
Wednesday,
N ovember
29
Stress Management
Thursday,
November
Sudy Abroad
Information Meeting
Location: C ommons 2 06
Time: l lam-12pm
The Pride
Library Book Sale
December
L ocation: L ibrary
C ourtyard
Time: 9 am-3pm
11-January 1
Careers for Communication Majors
R egistration R eminder:
SMART r egistration for
Winter S ession.
Reading
12
Thursday,
December Tuesday,
7
December
Open Microphone Poetry Internet Job Search
Location: C raven Hall 4 201
Time: 11 a m-12pm
L earn a bout t he c areer
o pportunities for c ommunications m ajors.
Location: University Hall
2 73
Meditation
Time: 3 pm-4pm
Location: C ommons 2 06
Time: 1 2pm-12:30pm
L earn h ow t o f ind j ob p ositions o nline.
T his m editation g roup
m eets weekly o n T uesdays
Sankofa!
Location: C alifornia C enter i n C ommons 2 06. G roups
r un o n a "drop-in" b asis.
for t he A rts, E scondido
Friday, D ecember 15
C enter T heater
Time: 7 pm
Career Skills
Location: C raven H all
Dr. Komla A moaku
4 201
r eturns f rom G hana t o
Time: l pm-3pm
p erform w ith h is Afro-jazz
b and, S ankofa, a nd t o
E veryone i s i nvited.
l ead a p erformance of t he L earn h ow t o w rite a
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interview.
r ead o riginal w orks, b ut
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welcome a nyone w ho w ant
t o r ead f rom t heir collec- T his e vent i s s ponsored
tion of f avorites.
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o pen t o t he p ublic.
Meditation Group
Location: PPHS B uilding
T ime: 1 2pm-12:30pm
18
T his g roup m eets weekly
o n F ridays i n Dr. F ritz
Kreisler's office. G roups
r un o n a "drop-in" b asis.
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L ocation: A cademic H all
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Time: l pm-2pm
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for c ontinuing s tudents.
o nline.
Time: 12pm
Location: C ommons 2 06
T he L iterary Society will
b e h osting a n o pen m icrophone p oetry r eading for
s tudents a nd f aculty
Friday,
December
1
Location: C ommons 2 06
Time: 1 0:30am-l 1 :30am
Valuable t ips for s urviving 3 0
finals week.
Japanese Culture Day
Location: P alm C ourt
College to Career:
Time: 1 0am-2pm
Putting Your Degree to
Work
L ocation: A cademic Hall I(ncludes t ea c eremony
demonstration b y Prof.
2 09
Somi Armer, Omote S enke
Time: 3 :30pm-4:30pm
School Tea C eremony
M aster; I kebana/flower
L earn h ow t o p ut y our
a rrangement ( demonstrad egree t o w ork a fter g radu- tion b y Mrs. Ise H uffman,
ation.
O hara I kebana School
A ssociate S econd T erm
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Wednesday,
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Friday,
December
Meditation
Location: PPHS B uilding
Time: 1 2:00pm-12:30pm
T his m editation g roup
m eets weekly o n F ridays i n
Dr. F ritz Kreisler's office.
G roups r un o n a "drop-in"
b asis.
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Vol. 8, No. 6 (note: this edition is misidentified as No. 6, it should be No. 13 of Volume 8) reports on disability awareness training, student safety, the meningitis vaccine, politics after the hanging chad, and how to start a campus club.
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campus safety
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