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( y Y O U N A M E IT
Volume l, No. l
Serving California State University, San Marcos
Friday, October 8,1993
Photo/Carlos Mariscal
NAME THAT PAPER
CONTEST
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A VISIT TO THE
GLOBAL VILLAGE
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FIRST ANNUAL
ALUMNI PICNIC
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�Name That Paper Contest
Inside
Friday, October 8,1993
Volume 1, No. 1
INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL' 93
Warm, sunny, weather brought hundreds
to the new CSUSM Campus for thel993
International Festival. Food, crafts,
booths and entertainment were all a part
o f the day's festivities. PAGE 5
With a new school year off to a start, and a new
campus newspaper starting up, what better way
to get the student newspaper off the ground-with
a NAME THAT PAPER contest
The previous campus paper, the Pioneer, was
the remarkable effort of two people, Larry
BoisjolieandJonathan Young. The new campusbased paper will be a consolidated effort of
students, faculty and staff. The newspaper office
is located in ACD, Room 208. As soon as
telephone lines are connected, w ell make that
number available.
We would like your ideas for a new name.
Ballot boxes for the NAME THAT PAPER
contest will be placed throughout the campus
this coming week. Write your suggestions on
a slip of paper with your name and telephone
number and deposit it into one of the NAME
THAT PAPER ballot boxes. If more than one
person chooses the winning name, a random
drawing will pick a winner.
CAMPUS CAREER/GRAD FAIR
20 Employers from the Community meet
students on campus to discuss career
opportunities. PAGE 3
FIRST ANNUAL ALUMNI PICNIC
Food, fun and games were the order of
the day. CSUSM Alumni Picnic was fun
for all! PAGE 4
ASSOCIATED STUDENTS
Meet the new Associated Student Council
and find out about CSSA, a statewide
student organization. PAGE 6
SWEATER SATURDAY
Sweaters, new and used, are being collected on campus for distribution to the elderly,
disabled, handicapped and economically disadvantaged. Collection boxes are located in
the Library and in the Associated Student Council Office, Commons 205.
VANISHING FILMS
“Damage” and other quality films vanish
from theaters all too quickly, leaving avid
film buffs wanting. PAGE 9
L A S T DAY TO DONATE IS
OCTOBER 8TH
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ALL SIZES OF SWEATER OR SW EATSHIRTS
ARE NEEDED!
ALUMNI NEWS
CALENDAR
FILM REVIEW
HEALTH WATCH
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throughout the campus and surrounding community.
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF: Mary Szterpakiewicz
BUSINESS MANAGER & ADVERTISING: Sheryl Greenblatt
COPYEDITORS: Donald Beran, Jan Cooper, Roy Latas, Doris Padilla, Anita Williams
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STAFF WRITERS: Jessica Cairo, Karin Foster, Amy Glaspey, Peter Gorwin, Matthew McNamara.
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©1993. All Rights Reserved.
�Career Day / Grad Fair Highlights
By Amy Glaspey
Staff Writer
Applications, resumes, catalogs, busi
ness cards, and pamphlets changed hands
underneath the white tent at CSUSM’s
Career and Grad/Professional Fair, Thurs
day Sep. 30th at Founder’s Plaza.
One thousand students met with 62 busi
ness and government agencies as well as 25
graduate professional schools to discuss
career choices, goals and job availability.
Representatives from the banking indus
try, retail stores, financial planning, hospi
tality, accounting, social service,
manufacturing,insurance, package delivery,
and government agencies set up booths
from 9 a.m. to 12 noon. Companies and
agencies were present to accept resumes,
hand out applications, discuss educational
requirements, conductmock interviews and
answer basic questions about their indus
try.
Calloway Golf, the Carlsbad California
manufacturer of the Big Bertha golf club
which was voted the 14th fastest growing
company by Fortune magazine, is always
hiring. Sheri Wright, Human Resource
Representative for Calloway, looks for ap
plicants who have technical skills. Com
puter literacy and leadership skills as well
as any scheduling and planning experience
are, a plus. Interested students should mail
resumes to Calloway Golf, attention Sheri
Wright, Human Resources.
Smith Barney Shearson, a financial plan
ning firm with offices from San Diego to
New York City, was on hand to introduce
their internship program.
“ An internship gives students tremendous
insight into the opportunities and challenges
of a career in financial services,” said Paul
Firth, Financial Consultant in Smith Barney
Shearson’s Carlsbad office. Interns would
not be paid; however, students could unit
college credits through an independant study
program.
Bank of America returned to the Career
Fair because of the positive community re
sponse and the number of applicants they
received at last year’s job fair. “Last year we
received 40 to 50 applications,” said Joylene
Dusran-Shew, Bank of America Staffing Spe
cialist
The career fair gives students “the perfect
opportunity to hold mini and mock interviews
which help students practice interview skills
without the formality," said Meyer.
The Equitable Life Insurance Agency was
curious about CSUSM upon reading newspa
per stories about the University. James
Reopelle, District Manager for the Equitable
wanted to check out the school and accept
resumes from the “Right Persons" who pos
sess interpersonal skills, high intelligence lev
els, entrepreneurial skills and work ethics.
First year Equitable employees can expect to
earn $36,000. "Players" earn $50,000 their
first year. Equitable employees will attest that
hours are long and the work is hard if you want
to enjoy the financial rewards.
Twenty-five graduate and professional
schools set up booths from 1-3 pm. for the
second half of the Career Fair. CSUSM rep
resentatives from the education, mathemat
ics and psychology departmentsjoined schools
with campuses throughout California to meet
students interested in advanced degrees.
The UC Irvine social ecology department
boasts a 43% increase in applications this
year. The recruited attribute the interest to
current world-wide emphasis on the environ
ment. The current acceptance rate for social
ecology applicants is 1 in 6. Most graduates of
UC Irvine social ecology hold academic ca
reers. Some graduates turn to Urban Plan
ning.
Western State University, College of Law
(WSU) is the “only accredited law school in
the area that offers Spring Admission,” said
Carl Tusinski, Admissions Counselor. Stu
dents can apply up to the start of the term
via WSU’s rolling admissions policy.
The Career Fair is a semi-annual event
at CSUSM "provided funding continues,"
said Sandy Punch. Punch is organizing a
Career and Teacher Education Fair in
February 1994. The Teacher Education
portion is strategically scheduled before
campus interviews.
The February 1994 Career Fair will
target local and national businesses and
agencies. Butdon'texpect to meetAT&T,
ITT and TRW at the fair. Punch has
invited them in the past but they declined.
The reason—CSUSM does not offer de
grees in engineering.
�* Alumni-----—
1st Alumni Picnic A Hit
THE UNIVERSITY NEEDS YOU
By Richard Molloy
President, A.S.
Well, actually, the students need you to represent the “student point
o f view.” There are a variety of university committees and it is
encouraged that student representation exists. Committees are
created to develop plans and policy about this university which will
undoubtedly affect students at some point It is, therefore, crucial
for us to have interested students who are willing to speak up when
student issues arise. It is also a great way to meet faculty, staff and
administrators. The following committees have positions available:
Photo/Sheryl Greenblatt
President Bill Stacy slams a volley ova-the net Nice form!
By Debbie Duffy
Contributing Writer
The sound of sizzling hamburgers cook
ing on a grill, the fragrance ofpies and cakes,
the mouthwatering cookies, the sound of
laughterand conversation, the sightofpeople
playing games and gathering with Mends,
all came together on August 29,1993.
If you were listening, smelling, and see
ing all these things, you were at the First
CSUSM Alumni Association Picnic, held at
Walnut Grove Park. The Alumni Associa
tion wanted to pull everyone together for an
old-fashioned picnic: alumni, students, fac
ulty, staff, and families were all invited to
enjoy end-of-summer festivities.
Everyone who came had a good rime,
either by meeting with friends, or by playing
volleyball, baseball, and ‘Twister’, or by
cooking and preparing dinner, but especially
by consuming the food. Who could turn
away delicious burgers, hot dogs, salads,
chips, and dessert? No one at the picnic
could or did.
As people arrived, well-known faculty
members manned the grills. Wearing trusty,
well-worn aprons with interesting slogans,
these self-confident men tackled the cook
ing. Dr. Stacy, of course, led the way,
demonstrating his faultless grilling style.
Studiously attentive, Dr. Rocha, Dr. Lilly
and Dr. Zomalt followed Dr. Stacy’s lead.
Needless to say, everything was done to
perfection.
After eating, the children were invited to
play games and win prizes. BritanyCrist,a
LiberalArtsstudent,ran thechildren’sgames,
and every child came running back to his
or her parent, faces smiling,with goodies
grasped in their hands.
Volleyball teams were formed for some
post-dining exercise and fun. “It is, of
course, a strenuous game,” all agreed.
Bestof all, a 100-person Twister’ game
was donated by Milton Bradley. After the
game was taped together, everyone had a
rip-roaring time watching the players try
to remain on their colored circles as the
different body parts attempted to match
differently colored circles while straining
to keep the other body parts on the circles
already called.
Children competed against children,
adults competed against children (not fair-children are naturally more flexible than
adults), and university clubs competed
against each other for a $30 prize. The
children, of course, outlasted the adults
(was there any doubt?). When
the
Circle K. Soccer and SCTA, TEKE and
Economics clubsplayed againsteach other,
rivalry displayed itself immediately. All
the struggling, writhing, twisting, falling,
and stretching, ultimately proved who the
winner would be—the TEKE fraternity!
Due to hard work of Lora Coad and her
committee, Tom Weir and his staff, the
TEKE fraternity, the donations from local
businesses, and the grand effort of the
cooks, the day was a huge success.
By the end of an afternoon of food and
fun, everyone was full, tired, and happy.
They had come together as one, as an
important part of an extraordinary univer
sity named CSU San Marcos.
Commencement Committee
Excellence Through Diversity Committee
Student Grievance Committee
The Calendar Committee
University Computing & Telecommunications
Student Affairs Committee
Academic Planning & Policy
The Library Advisory Committee
University Honors Committee
University Waste Reduction and Planning
ARE YOU A
VOLUNTEER?
Let the Service Learn
ing Office know what
you are doing! Contact
Ext. 4057, Craven 2212.
WE WANT TO
RECOGNIZE YOU!
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�The Global Village Celebrates Its 3rd Year
By Claudine Scott
S taff Writer
On Sunday, Oct. 3, CSUSM held its 3rd annual
International Festival. In keeping with the CSUSM
mission statement, the event was a celebration of
cultural diversity represented in our community. The
day was filled with tasty ethnic samplings and lively
sights and sounds.
Several booths lined the upper parking lot. Among
the many countries represented were Africa, South
America, Iran, China and Romania. All had fascinat
ing objects to be admired or purchased. The atmo
sphere was friendly and warm, no hard sell.
Friends of the Library had a popular stand selling
used books, some of them collector items dating back
to 1898. All in all, prices were reasonable for all the
booths’ wares.
Throughout the day, a myriad of performances
could be seen and heard at the main stage: Chinese
Lion Dancers, Chasqui ensemble playing Andean
music, Sankofa’s Afro-Jazz group, including the day’s
featured performers, Los Lobos.
The Children’s Stage also had many activities going
on simultaneously. The children could choose from
workshops in African d rumming, Indian and Spanish
dance, and a Balkan song workshop. Local elemen
tary school 5th and 6th graders provided the artwork
on display with colorful masks created with the help
of CSUSM volunteer visual arts students. This is just
one example of CSUSM’s efforts to reach out into the
community.
There was also a variety of ethnic foods to sample.
Everything from jambalaya, blackened fish and
vegetable bourguignonne to egg rolls and authentic
Mexican dishes.
A day geared towards family fun, everyone en
joyed the celebration of diverse cultures and customs.
Smiles and sunshine were the order of the day.
Photo/Mary Szterpakiewicz
International Festival
T-Shirts
on Sale NOW!
Buy the 1st for $15.00
G et the 2nd for
$ 12.00
Photo/Carlos Mariscal
Business College forms
Student Advisory Council
By Karin Foster
Staff Writer
Business majors confused about require
ments or classes now have a new outlet to
voice their concerns. Formed last spring
semester by business students and fotmer
business Dean Anderson, the Student Advi
sory Council (SAC) for tbe College of Busi
ness is operating and ready to assist business
majors.
Designed last semester to provide open
communication between administration and
students, CSUSM faculty wereaskedto nomi
nate students they felt had the necessary quali
fications to save as student advisors. Last
spring, eight students woe chosen to serve on
the first council.
SAC is a group unique to CSUSM. While
all colleges have two student representatives,
this is tbe first college to have larger group
representation. Council member Bob Mulqeen
noted that a larger group of organized students
can share tasks, reduce the work load, and
facilitate student accessibility.
Tbe goal of the Council is to provide an
outlet for students to voice their concerns,
opinions, and criticism. Although the busi
ness dean’s office has always been open to
students’ concerns, students may feel more
comfortable approaching one of their own
peas.
This semester, SAC has already been busy
fielding questions from students. The fall ‘93
curriculum greeted business majors with many
changes. Units, course numbers and prerequi
sites had been revised leaving many students
confused.
Student representatives working with SAC
arranged an open forum in September with the
new acting business Dean Diehr, and Richard
Millman, Provost and VP of Academic Af
fairs, to review the new business curriculum.
Students attending the forum asked for in
creased information to help them with future
planning. Within a week, students received a
tentative spring schedule which would
allow them to plan next semester’s classes
and anticipate problems.
Further communication from business
studoits is expected. Business majors
should be receiving questionnaires which
will ask for their input regarding upcom
ing classes. In addition to the question
naire, the SAC encourages ongoing stu
dent input. The council welcomes any
concerns signed or anonymous, and will
do their best to investigate each student’s
letter. Studoits can place written con
cerns in one of the council’s mailboxes
locatedintheCollegeofBusiness Admin
istration, or in the Associated Student
Office.
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Y OU NAME IT/FRIDAY, OCTOBER 8,1993
. . . Meet The A.S. Council
By Suzanne Clark
Contributing Writer
The Associated Student Coun
cil is composed of active and in
volved students. Meet this year’s
team;
Richard Molloy, president of this
year’s council, served on the first
council in 1991-92 as secretary.
Richard is a psychology major and
in addition to his presidential du.ties, is active in the Earth Club,
American Indian Student Organi
zation, the Soccer Club and the
Waste Management Committee.
The College of Education is rep
resented by Angela Lowder and
Estela Becerra. Angela is serving
her second term on the council.
Woridng towardher goal ofafford
able child care for students, Angela
is still active in the Child Care
Committee, an organization she
founded. Estela is in the bilingual
middle school credential program.
Ho* bilingual skills and devotion to
Mecha and the Spanish Club are
. Estela serves on the Pro
gramming Board and was also par
tially responsible for the recent
Mexican Independence Day activi
ties. Angela and Estela are both
May ’93 graduates.
The College of Business Admin
istration is represented by Ann
Garman and David Booth. Ann
saves as treasurer and chairperson
of the Finance/Personnel Commit
tee. Ann is committed to represent
ing students’ concerns. Herinvolve
ment with Circle K has not gone
unnoticed or unappreciated. David
represents the council on the Uni
versity BudgetCommittee this year.
David holds down a full-time job
while managing to find time for
school and council work.
The College of Arts and Sciences
is represented by Jean Fremland
and Suzanne Clark. Jean, a psy
Students Join Forces
Statewide
By Michelle Sadova
CSSA Representative
The California State Student
Association (CSSA) is a statewide
organization which provides a uni
fied voice for the 340,000 students
who attend the CSU system.
CSUSMisoneof 18 schools which
participates in the monthly CSSA
conferences. Meetings are rotated
from campus to campus, alternat
ing between sites in Northern and
Southern California. During the
conferences, information is shared
with die CSSA Board to provide us
die knowledge necessary to par
ticipate in systemwide governance,
stim ulate educational policy
changes and reforms, and provide
updates on legislative activity in
Sacramento. The Association is
funded through dues from each of
the campuses which participates in
CSSA.
CSSA actively represents the
student perspective to the CSU
Board of Trustees, Chancellor’s
office, Statewide Academic Sen
ate, State Legislature, the
Governor’s office, and state agen
cies such as the California Student
Aid Commission. As you can see,
CSSA provides a major communi-
CSSA provides a major
communication link
between CSU students
and the agencies which
determine univerity
policy.
cadon link between CSU students
and the agencies which detomine
university policy. Therefore, it is
essential for all CSU students and
organizations to be aware of the
CSSA and its functions.
This information should prove
useful once we begin discussing
studentissueswith theCSSA. Until
then, stop by the Associated Stu
dents office if you have any ques
tions about the CSSA.
chology major, serves on the Pro
gramming Board as well as the
Arts and Lectures Committee.
Jean finds time to donate as an
activist concerned with issues af
fecting people ofcolor. Suzanne,
an English major, serves on the
Finance/PersonnelCommittee, as
well as the CSSA Committee and
the Registration/Orientation Ad
visory Committee.
We have four representativesat-large. Dana Boren, a liberal
studies major and our secretary,
records minutes from council and
executive meetings. H a contri
butions and leadership are greatly
appreciated.
Kelley Dykes, a liberal studies
major, has agreed to chair the
Programming Board this year.
She is hard-working, dependable,
and dedicated a valuable mem
ber of this year’s council.
Michelle Lockyer, also a liberal chinery, bridging gaps between
studies major, is a second-yearmem- activities and people. In addi
b a ofthecouncil. Michelle is know1- tion to his work on this
edgeable on academic workings, in summer’sRage Across the Dis
teractions between university per ciplines conference, Tom was
sonnel, and contributes to the Pro recently interviewed by CNN
gramming Board and Finance/Per for his work with the natural
sonnel Committee. Our California gas vehicles tested on campus.
Loreen Clow, a retired
State Student Association Repre
sentative, Michelle Sadova, is an teacher, serves on the Interna
English major and anotha commit tional Festival Committee and
ted member of the council. is devoted to the“Friends of the
Michelle’s previous experience with Library.” Loreen spends h a
the Associated StudentGovernment time teaching Spanish classes
at Palomar College will prove in in San Marcos and enjoys tak
ing classes “just for fun.”
valuable to us all.
Our post-Baccalaureate represen
If you need assistance, have a
tatives are Tom Weir and Loreen committee opening to fill, or
Clow. Tom graduated from CSUSM just want to get to know the
last year while maintaining his full representative for your college,
time job on campus. A veteran stop by the AS office and Mar
council member serving his third garet, Amyor Kim will be happy
consecutive term, Tom lends his vast to help.
working knowledge of campus ma
Scholarship Opportunities fo r Women
SoroptUnist International o f Vista is offer
ing a $1,500 scholarship to a senior year
woman, majoring in English or Science.
Applicants must have a minimum semester
and cumulative GPA of3.0, be enrolledfull
time, demonstrate worthwhile andpersonal
contributions to the community and need the
scholarship. Applications are availablefrom
the CSUSM Financial Aid and Scholarship
Office and must be postmarked by Dec.15,
1993
PSYCHOLOGY
STUDENT
ORGANIZATION
Used Book Sale
D ies. &Wed.
Nov. 9-10,
11-2:30 p.m. By the
Dome
Sci-Fi, Romance,
Novels, Non-Fiction,
Textbooks etc.
Karla Scherer Foundation Scholarships
are available for women pursuing business
careers, with a focus on Finance or Eco
nomics. If interested, you should submit a
preliminary statement concerning your
choice of courses, name of the University
you are attending, and how you plan to use
your business education in your chosenfield
to: Karla Scherer Foundation, 100 Renais
sance Center, Suit1680, Detroit, MI48243.
Attention: Social Science Majors
Your Declaration of Primary Field must be
turned in to Leslie Zomalt or Andres Favela in
the Advising office ASAP.
COLLEGEOFARTS& SCIENCES '
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�By Jessica Carro
Staff Writer
Thefollowing list of student organization was generously provided by the Office of
Student Activities. Each club submitted their statement of intent and the views expressed
are not necessarily those of the Campus or the Newspaper.
Accounting Society. The purpose of this organization is to provide opportunities for
association and interaction with die faculty and administration of CSUSM, to become
familiar with employment opportunities and industry employers in arm mning to
stimulate interest and academic excellence in the accounting field, and to cultivate civic
responsibility.
African/African-American Student Alliance. The purpose of this organization is to
provide a forum for generating, collecting, and d isseminating information and developing action strategies for African-American ethnocentric issues, and to provide a support
ive environment and a dynamic vehicle to address the economic, political, and educa
tional conditions of the African American community.
A.L.S.O. (Alternative Lifestyle Support Organization). Outreach/education/support
for family, friends, and members of the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual community
American Indian Student Organization. The purpose of this organization is to
represent the interest of the Indian students, promote appropriate representation of
American Indian cultures, provide peer support, encourage and enhance recruitment and
retention of native students, and otherwise advocate Indian interests in the campus
community.
Argonaut Society. The purpose of this organization is to promote a social interest in
histoiy while providing a dialogue between students and faculty.
Arts Club. The purpose of this club is to promote the development of students’ artistic
interest—primarily in video and theater—and to pursue projects of a moral
and
integrity.
Business Management Association (BMA). The mission of this association is to imia».
business management majors and other interested CSUSM students in a scholarly desire
to further educate ourselves in management practices/theories and to interact with the
surrounding business organizations and local communities.
CSU Lions Softball Chib. The purpose of this club is to simply and succinctly play hall
Campus Friends of NOW. The purpose is to create solidarity among all members of the
CSUSM community by supporting and promoting political issues concerning women’s
rights.
Chess Club. The purpose of this club is to help develop an interest in the game of chess.
The club is willing to teach new members the ait of the game and provide a social setting
for students to interact with one another.
Circle K. Circle K is a nationwide organization affiliated with Kiwanis International and
its purposes are community service, leadership development, and inter-college fellow
ship. We are working as tutors for middle school students and volunteers for the 8K run/
walk to benefit migrant education.
College Republicans. The purpose of this organization is to promote conservative
Republican ideals and to help elect conservative Republicans into local, state, and federal
offices.
Collegians for Life. The purpose of this organization is to help educate others to our
belief that abortion is harmful to everyone. We aim to promote life and positive alterna
tives to abortion.
Earth Club. The purpose of this club is to provide a forum where all members of the
CSUSM community can actively discuss environmental problems and solutions, to enjoy
the outdoors, to leam and educate ourselves on ecology, and to encourage Recycling and
conservation programs on campus.
Economics Club. The organization will provide a forum for those students at CSUSM
who are, or would like to be, in the economics field, as a neutral setting to exchange
and explore the larger realm o f economics.
Key College Opportunities. The objective of this dub is to form long-lasting
friendships and eternal sisterhood. We would like to provide emotional and
support to our sisters.
Liberal Studies Student Association. To build c omradeship and support among
Liberal Studies students while outreaching to the community. We intend to have
activities that will help students in their academic and social needs while at CSUSM.
Math Association of America. The purpose of this organization is to promote fun
and enthusiasm about math.
MJE.ChA. The aim of MEChA is to support Chicana(o) students at CSUSM in
becoming active in both campus life and community service. The organization serves
to promote socio-political issues, provide academic support, and cultural pride among
the student body and community,
O.K.P. (Organization of Knowledge and Power). O.K.P. is a multicultural organi
zation designed to unite all people from diverse ethnic/cultural backgrounds in one
unified voice to address the political, economic, and social plights of people from
diverse ethnic backgrounds in America.
One. The purpose of this organization is to enrich our brothers with leadership drills,
a sense of individualism, and the ability to achieve their utmost potential. One will
contribute to the ambience of our campus and community
Psychology Student Organization. The purpose of PSO is to promote and exchange
academic knowledge and to further educational and career-oriented goals as well as to
promote social interrelationships.
SALT (Student Actively Living Truth). The purpose of the SALT society is to
support and network Christian students in their efforts to encourage one annfh^ and
their fellow students on campus in understanding a Biblical view of Jesus Christ
SCTA (Student California Teachers Association). The purpose of this organization
is to encourage and assist future teachers in obtaining their goals.
Secret Society. The purpose of this club is to foster global awareness on campus and
surrounding communities, bring forth an appreciation for ethnic diversity and to
address women’s issues and needs on a personal and professional level.
The Silver Shield. The purpose of this organization shall be to develop a social net
working system between the students of CSUSM and the community in anticipation
of establishing a foundation for future fraternal organizations.
Soccer Club. The purpose of this club is to build camaraderie and provide social and
athletic activity to the students of CSUSM.
Sociology Club. The purpose of this club is to create a network system to provide
members interested in sociology a forum for their ideas, opinions, and/or concerns.
We seek to cultivate civic responsibility and promote social interaction
Spanish Club. The purpose of this club is to develop an understanding of the Latino
heritage and customs, to provide a resource center for students, and to serve the
community and San Marcos Elementary School with instructional aid.
Star Trek Club. To boldly go where no one has gone before.
Teke. The purpose of Teke is to promote brotherhood in a university setting.
Tri Del. Tri Del is a social organization for goal-oriented women which
emphasizes education, diversity and friendship through sisterhood.
Recognized campus organizations are represented on the InterClub Council (ICC) and
actively participate in the policy making governing campus organizations. Only recognized
d ubs may request A S . funding or have access to campus office space and support.
�Recycling Is Easy
By Amy Glaspey
Staff Writer
CSUSM makes it easy for you to
unclutter your life with the most efficient
recycling program around.
Consider dropping the first draft of your
term papa: in the mixed office papa: bin
instead of the bottom of your bacpack.
White office paper and computer pa
per are the most valuable paper to recycle.
It will make it easier for you to find your
important papers, like the first edition of
our nameless student newspaper.
Once you have pored through our first
edition take a minute to drop it in the
newspaper container located in the stair
way of Academic Hall. “Recycling a 36inch-tall stack of newspapers saves the
equivalent of 14% of the average house
hold electric bill,” according to the Recy
cling Committee of CSUSM.
Snapple bottles make a sticky mess
rolling around in the back seat of your car
yet can find a happy home in the Glass
Recyclingbin. Youcanleavethelabelon,
but please remove the lid.
Once you have had your morning soda
caffeine buzz, please discard your alumi
num can in the Cans and Plastic bin. You
can also add tin, bi-metal cans, metal pie
plates and aluminum foil. Plastic milk
cartons and soda bottles with a number
one or two on the bottom can be recycled
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�Where do all the good movies go?
—
Alook a Louis Malle's "Damage"
By Peter Gorwin
Fleming’s wife Ingrid (Amanda Richardson)
has become resigned to playing the role of the
After its release, Louis Malle’s film “Dam subservient mate. In an interview which fol
age” quickly disappeared from local theaters, lows the movie on the video, director Louis
while films of lesser importance continued to Malle expressed his concern that the character
play. This common phenomenon often leaves of Ingrid Fleming might simply become “a
film buffs waiting for the video releases of the housewife.” However, Richardson plays her
excellent films they have missed on the big character as acentered and intelligent woman,
screen. For “Damage," the year-long wait has adding truth and depth to what could have
ended, and it’s available at your local video been a far more obvious and predictable char
acter.
store.
At the beginning of the movie, Malle estab
“Damage” gains much of its strength from
lishes the couple's relationship as a house of
John Hare’s screenplay. The story’s middle
aged protagonist, Dr. Steven Fleming (Jer cards. They have seemingly entered aperiod
emy Irons), has proven h im self to be a highly of diminished intimacy, probably the result of
competent government minister. Poised on Fleming’s dedication to his work. Their be
the threshold of an appointment to the Prime havior towards one another suggests that the
Minister’s cabinet, his life epitomizes the passion has cooled, but a redeeming core of
power, prestige and status which many of us mutual respect and commitment adds to a
only dream ofattaining. The Academy Award false picture of equipoise. Malle later states
winning Irons brings one hundred percent of their relationship has been held together by
habit and shallow conventions, too weak to
himself to the role.
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stand the stress of a powerful crisis.
This crisis is triggered by the entrance of
Anna Barton (Juliette Benoche) who has been
dating the Fleming’s son Martin (Ruper
Graves). Benoche gives a focused perfor
mance, endowing Anna with a calm, brooding
and hypnotic quality. Benoche’s Anna re
mainsan enigmathroughoutthe film, a stranger
who never truly becomes revealed to us or, for
that matter, the other character with whom she
interrelates.
Steven Fleming predictably and blindly
enters into a steamy affair with Anna Barton.
Their passion for one another seems to tran
scend their judgment. Soon, consistent with
the dominant leadership role he has become
used to playing, he acknowledges a need to
create “some kind of order” out of the sudden
emotional chaos their affair has brought into
his life. He says, “We’ve got to find a struc
ture for this,” but Anna remains as ephemeral
as smoke. Fleming attempts to call the rela
tionship off, but this fails when neither
can resist the force which pulls them
together. Anna warns him about herself:
“Remember, damaged people are dan
gerous. They know they can survive.”
The chemistry between them becomes
nothing short of spontaneous combus
tion which ultimately destroys everything
initspath. Wepity them as we would pity
two lovers falling into an abyss. We are
less likely to judge them because Malle’s
deliberate telling of the story establishes
that they are both obviously caught in die
spell of something enormous. Finally,
Anna surprisingly drifts away from the
damage ultimately created by their indis
cretion, as enormous in nature as the
depth of their passion. To the very end,
she remains aremote mystery, paradoxi
cally affected yet impervious to the dam
age left in her wake.
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We'd Cove to dearfrom you
We welcome letters and edito
rials from readers. We reserve
the right to edit for length and
clarity. Letters should be typed,
double-spaced and signed.
Longer editorial pieces or articles
should be submitted on disk (Mac
format).
Deadline for submissions is
one week before each issue.
You can drop off your letters
to the CSUSM Student Newspa
per Office, ACD 208 (or slip
them under the door if no one is at
home).
�Should You Get
a Flu Shot?
By Joel Grinolds, MD, M.P.H.
Unlike the 15th century Italians who
named Influenza because they thought
the disease was influenced by the stars,
we do know the cause and better yet,
have a vaccine to prevent i t
The Influenza vaccine will be
available again this year at Student
Health Services. Ib is wily virus has
once again mutated and a new strain
appeared last year. Therefore, the
1993-1994 vaccine is different and will
provide protection against this new
strain called the Beijing flu.
Who should get the vaccine?
Groups considered high-risk are those
with chronic cardiovascular (heart)
disease, chronic pulmonary (lung)
disease including asthma, chronic
metabolic disease, people age 60 or
older, health care workers and anyone
having extensive contact with high-risk
persons.
High-risk persons will be vaccinated
free with state supplied vaccine.
People who are not considered highrisk can receive the vaccine for a $10
fee.
This program is open to students,
faculty and staff and will begin today.
If you have questions regarding the
desirability or need for the vaccine, or
wish to make an appointment for a flu
shot, please contact Student Health
Services at 752-4915.
COMMUNITY HEALTH FAIR
COMES TO NORTH COUNTY
By Susan Mendes
Health Education Assistant
On Saturday, October 16, a Commu
nity Health Fair is being held at Alvin Dunn
Elementary School, 300 South Rancho
Santa Fe Road, San Marcos.
The mission of the fair is to bring our
neighborhood together in a positive,
healthy way. The event is targeted to
wards elementary school children and
their families, and is designed to provide
basic medical services, such as immuni
zations and health screenings and to pro
vide information and access to health and
social services resources.
Sponsors include the City of San Marcos,
North County Health Services, Kaiser Hos
pital, Scripps Hospital, Palomar Hospital,
Palomar College and California State Uni
versity, San Marcos.
The Health Education Department of
Student Health Services, along with a
number of dedicated CSUSM student vol
unteers, will sponsor a nutrition booth
entitled “Healthy Mexican Cooking.” They
will have a cooking demonstration and
will give a free fajita to each child who
participates in health screenings at the
other booths.
Also, some of our students have volun
teered at the booth for drug and alcohol
information sponsored by the North
County Community Task Force for Drug
and Alcohol Prevention, of which CSUSM
is a member. They will be making juice
snow cones forthechildren. Thanks goes
to Tom Weir for the generous use of his
machine.
If any CSUSM students have children
who need immunizationsor health screen
ings, they may participate simply by bring
ing their child to the event with a yellow
immunization card. All services are free.
Fair times are 12 noon to 5 p.m. Also
present will be the party jump, sea of
balls, clowns, and face painting. It should
be a fun event for all.
If any other students would like to help
out at a booth, please call Susan Mendes
at Student Health Services, 752-4915.
TOGA begins O ctober 14, 4:30 PM
Commons 206. 5-week session for $25
Bring a towel or small pillow and water. See you there!
Student Health Services
Now Open —
Student Health Services is now open to
students who need medical care. We are
a full-service clinic, and students may
schedule an office visit with the doctor or
nurse practitioner at no charge. For rou
tine exams or questions, it is advisable to
call 752-4915 for an appointment. For
injuries or urgent medical problems, stu
dents can be seen on a walk-in basis.
Located on the first floor of Craven
Hall, we are open Monday through Friday
from 8 aon. to 5 p.m. Although student
health insurance is available for a fee, it is
not necessary to have student health in
surance to receive services at the clinic.
Some of our services include immuni
zations and clearances of I-Holds for reg
istration. Every student who was bom
after 1955 is required to come to Student
Health Services to show their proof of
Measles and Rubella vaccination before
they will be allowed to register for their
second semester. If the student needs an
immunization, we can provide one at no
charge. Students are urged to do this early
in the semester to avoid waiting in long
lines later.
We offer family planning, pelvic ex
ams and annual Pap tests for a small fee
as well as treatment for all types of
sexually transmitted diseases. Birth con
trol pills cost $5 per month and we sell
condoms for $2 adozen. Otherprescriptions can be ordered at low cost. Many
lab tests, such as pregnancy testing, Strep
throat cultures and tuberculosis testing
(as required for student teaching), are
free. All medical services are strictly
confidential.
Our health education services include
nutritional counseling, cholesterol and
bodyfat testing, diabetes screening, preg
nancy tests and counseling, and smok
ing cessation programs.
We are currently training several stu
dents to be peer health educators on
campus. We have a number of student
volunteer positions available. Please
call Susan Mendes at 752-4915 for in
formation on events and opportunities.
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1993 Fall Semester Seminars
Location: Student Resource Center, Craven Hall, Room 5205
(619)752-4943
Communication Skills
W ed., Sept. 22nd
Tues., Oct. 26th
Tues., Nov. 9th
Thurs., Nov. 18th
Thurs., Nov. 23rd
1:30-3:00
1:30-2:30
5:00-6:30
3:00-4:00
5:00-6:30
Stress Management
M on., Sept. 13th
T ues., Oct. 5th
W ed., Oct. 13th
Thurs., Nov. 11th
Fri., Dec. 3rd
12:00- 1:00
1:30-2:30
1:30-2:30
12: 00- 1:00
12:00- 1:00
Assertion Training
T ues., Sept. 14th
Tues., Oct. 26th
Tues., Oct. 26th
Wed., Oct. 27th
5:00-6:30
1:30-2:30
5:00-6:30
1:30-2:30
Intro to Computer A ssisted Study Skills
Instruction "CASSI"
Wed., Sept. 8th
1:30-2:30
Thurs., Oct. 7th
12:00-1:00
Mon., N ov. 15th
3:00-4:00
Goal Setting & Time Management
T ues., Sept. 21st
1:30-2:30
Wed., Sept. 29th
1:30-2:30
Thurs., Dec. 2nd
12:00-1:00
Test Anxiety Reduction
Thurs., Oct. 7th
3:00-4:00
T ues., Oct. 12th
5:00-6:30
Tues., Nov. 30th 5:00-6:30
Wed., Dec. 8th
12:00-1:00
Relationships and Codependency
T ues., Nov. 23rd
1:30-2:30
Wed., Dec. 1st
1:30-2:30
Men's Series
T ues., Sept. 21st
T ues., Oct. 19th
T ues., Nov. 16th
How to Reduce Procrastination
T ues., Sept. 7th
5:00-6:30
Tues., Oct. 5th
5:00-6:30
Parenting
Tues., Nov. 9th
W ed., Nov. 17th
Referral to Community Services
W ed., Oct. 6th
12:00-1:00
Thurs., Dec. 2nd
3:00-4:00
Notetaking and Study Skills
T ues., Sept. 7th
1:30-2:30
Wed., Sept. 15th
1:30-2:30
Techniques for Relaxation
T ues., Sept. 28th
5:00-6:30
Tues., Nov. 2nd
5:00-6:30
Math Anxiety Reduction
W ed., Sept. 8th
4:00-5:00
1:30-2:30
1:30-2:30
Personal Safety Awareness
W ed., Oct. 20th
4:00-5:00
5:00-6:30
5:00-6:30
5:00-6:30
Men's Support Group Meets
Wednesdays, 11 AM -12 Noon, in
* Does being a parent CO N FLIC T
with your educuation goals?
the Student Resource Center,
Craven Hall, 5205.
* Does parenthood challenge your
sanity?
For information call 752-4943.
* Do you need a little encourage
ment in your struggles with balancing
school and family demand?
Then this message is for you! A
new support group has begun with
your needs in mind.
College life presents a myriad of
issues that men are forced to deal with.
However, men don't always have the
opportunity to talk — well, now they
do!
ANNOUNCING A WEEKLY .
SUPPORT GROUP JUST FOR
MEN!
Beginning Monday, September 20,
1993 from 5-6 PM in the Student
Resource Center, Craven Hall 5205,
there will be a group meeting specifi
cally designed to deal with situations
peculiar to men.
The group will be facilitated by
Arajeje, aka Billy Woods, Jr., a
Human Relations Counselor, Unit/
Group Discussion Leader and Certi
fied Drug and Alcohol Abuse Counse
lor. For more information please call
(619)944-2802.
�O c to b e r 1993
October 8
NATIVE AMERICAN HERITAGE WEEK ends today
Fast Tips Seminar—Parliamentary Procedures, Commons 206,1 PM
October 12
Test Anxiety Reduction Workshop, Craven Hall 5205, 5 PM
O ctober 13
Fall Re-entry Women Mentor/Mentee Get Together, Craven Hall 5205, 11 AM
Stress Management Workshop, Craven Hall 5205,1:30 PM
October 14
Fall Re-entry Women Mentor/Mentee Get Together, Craven Hall 5205,4 PM
Yoga Classes Begin, Commons 206,4:30 PM ($25 for 5 Sessions)
Victor Preston will speak on Native American Heritage in front of the Dome
at 12 Noon.
October 15
Resume Writing Workshop, Craven Hall 4201,9 AM
Job Search Strategies Workshop, Craven Hall 4201,10 AM
Effective Interviewing Workshop, Craven Hall 4201,11 AM
October 18
10/18-10/22
NATIONAL COLLEGIATE ALCOHOL & DRUG
AWARENESS WEEK
10/18-10/22
NATIONAL CAREERS IN HIGHER EDUCATION WEEK
10/18-10/22
WOMEN’S OPPORTUNITY WEEK
Women & Aids, the New Epidemic, Commons 207,4 PM
Want to be a Consultant? Craven Hall 5205, 7 PM
October 19
Nutrition Secrets for Women, Commons 206, 12:00 Noon
Superwoman Syndrome Workshop, Craven Hall 5205,1:30 PM
Men’s Series, Craven Hall 5205, 5 PM
Discover Who You Are in Your Role vs. What You Do, Craven Hall 5205,7:15 P]
O ctober 20
Re-entry Women’s Reception & Campus Tour, Craven Hall 5205, 12 Noon
Superwoman Syndrome Workshop, Craven Hall 5205, 1:30 PM
Personal Safety Seminar, Craven Hall 5205,4:00 PM
Diversifying Our Student Body for the 21st Century, Commons 207, 7 PM
Partners in Healing/Impact of Sexual Abuse for Couples, ACD 102, 7 PM
Graduate School Realities For Woman, TBA, 11-12 Noon
October 21
Business Etiquette, Craven Hall 4201, 12 Noon
Multicultural Stress Management, Commons 207, 3:30 PM
A Woman’s Right to Know (Contraception & STD’s), Commons 206,4 PM
October 22
Fast Tips Seminar—Fundraising Ideas, ACD 113, 1 PM
Latina Women Reading, ACD 102, 7 PM
October 26
Communication Skills Workshop, Craven Hall 5205,1:30 PM
Assertion Training Workshop, Craven Hall, 5205,1:30 PM
Assertion Training Workshop, Craven Hall, 5205,5:00 PM
Writing Skills Not Up to Par?
— the Writing Center can help
By P eter Gorwin
Staff Writer
The W riting Center serves as a
home for writers of varying levels.
You may receive guidance for your
work there, whether you have not
yet begun to write or have already
approached your final draft. The
W riting Center has convenient times
for you to meet with receptive and
qualified peers who w ill help you
with your plan.
M ondays
Tuesdays
W ednesdays
Thursdays
Fridays
The W riting Center has opened
for the Fall semester and will be
open through December 10. How
ever, don’t wait until December to
start writing your paper. Start now.
You are welcome to bring your pa
per back to the W riting Center as
many times as you want. The Center
is located in ACD 403. If you have
any other questions, call Peter
Gorwin at (619) 486-4619.
8 AM - 5:30 PM
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Volume l, No. 2
California State University, San Marcos
Friday, October 22,1993
This car, located in the staff parking lot October 18 - 22, was donated by Silver & Sons Towing of Escondido.
Associated Students sponsored the exhibit in recognition of Drug & Alcohol Awareness Week.
Remember. . . On Halloween night and every other night,
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Only paper that has been written or typed on should go in this
bin. DO NOT PLACE cups, bottles, containers or food wrap
pers into this bin. Campus personnel are finding a 50% con
tamination rate which means that one-half of the items placed
in this bin should not be there.
As we put the newest edition of the Califor
nia State University, San Marcos student news
paper to rest, it was discouraging to note that
the journalistic masterpiece was yet to be
named. We'd like your input!
It's a new year, a new staff, and a new set of
ideas, and we want you to be involved!
The newspaper office is located in ACD 208,
so stop in any time with your ideas and
suggestions. If no one is home, just slip them
under the door.
■nie CSUSM Student Newspaper is a free publication, published every two weeks. It is distributed on Fridays
throughout the campus and surrounding community.
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF: Mary Szterpakiewicz
BUSINESS MANAGER & ADVERTISING REP: Sheryl Greenblatt
COPYEDITORS: Jan Cooper, Roy Latas, Doris Padilla, Anita Williams
LAYOUT EDITORS: Krista Thornton, Anita Williams
PHOTOGRAPHY: Carlos Mariseal
STAFF WRrn-RS: te sto , Cm , Kan. Foster, Amy Glaspiel, P«er Gorwta, n»m as Lee Huntington,
CONTRIBUTORS: Michelle Sadova, Amy Parsloe
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Don't forget the ballot boxes found at vari
ous locations on the campus. Just write your
suggestions on a slip of paper with your name
and telephone number, and deposit it into one
of the NAM E T H A T PAPER ballot boxes.
No holds barred, we want to know what you
think. The more you get involved, the better
the newspaper gets! A winner in the NAME
T H A T PAPER contest will be chosen soon, so
be sure to get your ideas in. In the event that
you all think alike, there will be a random
drawing for a winner.
©1993. All Rights Reserved.
�Computer Assistants Make Library
Research A Breeze
By Karin Foster
Staff Writer
Now that the fall semester is well under
way, students will find deadlines for research
papers rapidly approaching. In a few weeks,
procrastinators will flood into the library fran
tically searching for useful information.
However, the stress of these last-minute
searches does not need to be as harried. With
planning and a little aid from the library,
students can make research work much easier.
This semester, the library has implemented
a new program which provides students with
computer assistants. These assistants circu
late among the library’s computer terminals
helping students. The aides can explain how
to maneuver through the numerous databases
and direct students to the proper database for
their subject. Carolyn Batisto, one of the
computer assistants, explained that most stu
dents have limited time for research and need
to get their information as quickly as they
can.
Assistant Holly Korotie said that many
students may feel hesitant toask for their help
wanting “to figure it out for themselves.” She
added that most students have a grasp on the
basics of the system, but that sometimes they
need help directing their search. Batisto said
that the Computer Assistants specifically look
for students who have generated large search
fields. When assistants see this situation,
they know they can help the student by nar
rowing down the subject. By introducing
the student to the use of Boolean strategies,
which combine key search terms, a smaller
and more precise search can be conducted.
The student can save valuable time and get
specifically requested information.
While most students are grateful for the
assistants’ aid, Batisto said the library can
provide additional service which can expe
dite research. Students can set up a private
appointment with a reference librarian to
work only on their research paper. A form
describing the topic, and its due date, is
submitted to the reference librarian who can
prepare to help the student. This personal
ized service can be especially helpful to
students with a difficult topic, or those un
familiar or uncomfortable with library re
search.
Research takes time, but planning can
make the process less painful. Choosing a
quieter library time makes the work easier.
Batisto said that the busiest library times are
noon on Mondays and Wednesdays, early
mornings, or after 8 PM. By avoiding these
hectic hours, students will find more avail
able computers and assistants. While many
students will continue to procrastinate, they
can at least be assured that when they do
begin their research, they can find help at
the library.
Photo/Carlos Mariscal
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— Issues--------------------------------------------Can We Save Our Beaches?
By Roy Latas
Staff Writer
Students who undergo the rigors of aca
demic life are constantly looking for inex
pensive ways to relax. Free activities usu
ally focus on the enjoyment of nature. A
walk through a park or trip to the beach
provide a break from suburban student life.
However, in our metropolitan area, a trip to
the beach may be hazardous to your health.
The beach closures we experienced dur
ing last year’srainy season are symptomatic
of a problem called non-point source pollu
tion. This problem stems from the small but
constant dripping of motor oil from cars, the
careless dropping of cigarette butts, pet fe
ces, and run-off of fertilizer and insecticides
from the fields of North County. These
pollutants collect in storm drains and dry
river beds awaiting the flush of the winter
rain that will wash this unhealthy mixture to
the beaches. The storm water receives no
treatment at our sewage plants, so the storm
water with its unknown composition of pol
lutants empties into local rivers and la
goons. It passes through the complex storm
water drainage system, eventually draining
into the ocean through pipes that usually sit
directly on the sand.
Controlling all forms of water pollution
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was the intent of the Clean Water Act (CWA).
The CWA originated in 1972 with the intent
of making U.S. coastal and inland waters
“fishable and swimmable.” The main focus
of the Clean Water Act was to stop industrial
pollution, and to that end, there has been
The FDA Wants to Take Your
Vitamins Away
C A T k o lic Men,
P o N d eR iN q
By Mary Szterpakiewicz
Editor-in-Chief
Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) recently pro
posed a bill, S-784, The Dietary Supple
ment, Health, and Education Act to launch
a counterattack against the FDA’s proposed
regulations that would make high potency
vitamins and minerals available only
through prescription. Sen. Hatch stated the
goal of his bill was, "to make sure that our
system encourages all people to choose
what they want from life. And in order to
choose what they want from life there has to
be that essential respect for the individual
and for the individual’s freedom and inde
pendence to direct his or her own life."
"The FDA frankly believes that they
know best. They know what is good for
you. You can quit thinking for yourselves
substantial progress.
The CWA is currently undergoing re-au
thorization. Every five years, Congress must
evaluate the CWA, yet current conditions
which are the product of the CWA are not
very encouraging. The CWA represents the
only legislation that protects the water, and it
needs to be strengthened during the current
1993-94 congressional session.
Congressman Oberstar has sponsored a
bill (HR-2543) that will create a national plan
to identify non-point pollution sources and
make watershed districts like our Regional
Water Quality Control Board (Region 9),
develop a comprehensive plan to mitigate the
impact of on-point source pollution. The bill
allows the pollution problems to be rectified
within a flexible framework allowing the
various parts of the country to respond to the
problems by a means best suited to the area.
Senators Max Baucus and John Chafee
head the the Environment and Public Works
Committee and will be responsible for writ
ing the new Clean Water Act. Norman Minetta
will be writing the House version. You can
show your support by writing to Congress
men Baucus, Chafee and Minetta as well as to
your own representatives, urging them to
support this bill. A short letter or postcard
with a picture of a beach you would like to
protect would send a strong message.
The bill is expected to be voted on in midNovember. The full Clean Water Act will not
be voted on until Spring.
now," said Hatch.
Durk Pearson and Sandy Shaw (re
nowned scientists and authors of Life
Extensions who advanced the free radi
cal theory on aging) are also actively
opposing some 2,000pages of new regu
lations the FDA wants to impose on the
health food industry. These are due to go
into effect before year end.
The FDA’s motivation? One reason
given was found in one of their own
reports which states that FDA approval
of vitamins and nutritional supplements
would inhibit the development of pre
scription drugs. You can support Sen.
Hatch’s Bill by writing your Congress
men and Senators urging them to vote for
passage of S-784.
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president’s payraise. First, I would
like to clarify that the raise not only
applies to CSU Presidents, but to all
executive positions, correctly termed
a s“Exec«tive Compensation.”
There were articles in practically
every newspaper simply because the
issue jfc r^eel’a great deal of f
concern. From a student point of
view, some feel it unnecessary to '
allocate funds to pay raises while
students arecontinually having to
pay higher fee increases. Fees have
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fees for undergraduate students by 24%,
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paying upto $1250perseraester, a 58%
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up to 1/3 the cost of education comes in,
because in four years students will be y
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13,1993 the Board unanimously
regularly covernewsaffecting CSUSM.
CSUSM Looking For a Few
Good Golfers
CSUSM will hold its first annual
"Swing fo r Cal State San Marcos "
g olf tournament on Nov. 8 at the
elegant La Costs Resort and Spa.
In addition to a fun day o f golf at a
world class resort, all participants
will receive fabulous gifts that
include a sand wedge and a golf
shirt. There will also be trophies
f o r longest drive, closest to the tee
on all 3 pars, and other categories.
Proceeds from the tournament
w ill go to the CSUSM Foundation
f o r scholarships, research
equipment, fellowships, and other
enhancement opportunities for
faculty and students. Director o f
Development, Jane Lynch stated,
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"Private support provides a
margin o f excellence in higher
education that the citizens o f North
San Diego County demand o f their
new university. Their generosity
and support o f activities such as
o ur golf tournament, University
Ball, and other events give added
strength to our programs. "
The tournament begins with a
shot-gun start at 10 AM. The entry
f ee is $250fo r individuals and
$1,500fo r corporate sponsors. In
addition to a round o f golf, gifts,
and prizes, the entry fee includes a
box lunch and awards reception.
Call Jane Lynch at 752-4406fo r
more information.
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Conformity is the jailer offreedom and the enemy
of growth.
John F. Kennedy
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Association
A look into the life of recent grad
By Amy Glaspey
Staff Writer
It’s nine months before you
graduate. Never mind your midterms,
have you sent out your resumes and
filled up your rolodex yet?
Jim Kuhl, CSUSM Class of ’92 and
current Alumni President, sent out over
100 resumes prior to graduating with
an accounting degree. Kuhl began his
job search in 1991 by making contacts
and “getting to know people.”
Kuhl landed one of his top two job
choices just six months after gradua
tion. He is now a tax auditor with The
State Board of Equalization. Kuhl
attributes his success in this rough
marketplace to perserverance.
“I just kept pounding them,” Kuhl
said. He bombarded his new employer
with a dozen follow-up phone calls and
letters.
The most significant activity Kuhl
was involved in was the Accounting
Society. Meeting with community
members and networking with busi
nesses and firms gave him career focus.
“Once I found direction, my job search
was much easier,” said Kuhl.
The competition was tough. Tight
alumni groups like San Diego State
University graduates like to hire their
own. One employer candidly told a
CSUSM graduate, “we tend to hire
SDSU alumni, and I don’t see that
changing.”
Prospective employers tend to be
skeptical about our new univer
sity. “They just do not
know about our
programs,” Kuhl said.
Consequently, Kuhl’s
personal goal as
Alumni President is
to build public
interest in the
university by
organizing communityaimed events.
“Alumni are a natural bridge be
tween the community and the univer
sity,” said Kuhl. “Building community
interest is the most important thing.”
Not that Kuhl would mind generat
ing some financial support for CSUSM
as well. According to Kuhl, universi
ties nationwide obtain 83% of their
budgets from private donations. In
contrast, the California State University
system averages 13% of its budget
coming from private donations. Kuhl
would love to narrow the gap.
Long-term goals for Kuhl include
“keeping people involved with the
development of the university” and
establishing an alumni database so that
“20-30 years from now, we could tap
that resource.”
Today, the economy of California faces its most challenging
times since the Great Depression. This is particularly true in the
days preceding the seemingly inevitable NAFTA agreement. While
numerous variables have affected California’s ability to remain a
leading global competitor, one competitive advantage has always
remained constant: our educated work force.
The CSU system has been instrumental in providing higher
education. We graduate more college students than all other
California institutions of higher learning combined. For the past
several years, we’ve been doing more with less. To sustain any
further budget reductions would undoubtedly threaten our
most valuable competitive advantage.
On November 2,1993, voters will consider Proposi
tion 172, a proposal to make permanent an extra
cents sales tax that was imposed in conjunction with the
State Temporary Tax Increase of 1-1/4% which went
into effect on July 15,1991. This measure was intended
to balance the state budget and solve its temporary budget
crisis, with a 1/2% rollback to be effective July 1,1993. How
ever, the severity and length of the recession were unforeseen by
even the most pessimistic economists. Due to the prolonged reces
sions, Governor Wilson temporarily extended the measure through
the end of the calendar year.
The proceeds of this tax are to be devoted to local public
safety functions. This in turn will offer state policy makers an
opportunity to invest other state revenues in other high priority
areas, particularly higher education.
What difference can a
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Diego imposed its own 1/2% tax increase from January 1,1989,
through February 14,1992. In just over three years, it produced
nearly $400 million in revenue. Statewide, such a program could
generate in excess of $2 billion annually, or approximately 3.5% of
the entire annual State budget.
The CSU system is imperative to the competitive advantage
o f California, which is something all of us have a vested interest in.
This is not an issue impaired by special interest groups, but all who
value the future of our State.
With voter turnout anticipated to be low, your support is
crucial. Let’s all come together and vote YES on 172!
James Kuhl, President
CSUSM Alumni Association
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Creeks Get Opposition to Halloween Bash
By Amy Glaspey
Staff Writer
At a university that promotes cultural
diversity, it still may be acceptable to
discriminate against the Greeks. Kappa Chi
Omega, Phi Delta Delta, Teke and Sigma
Phi Delta want to enhance school spirit by
hosting an open Halloween party on campus
in the Dome. Personality conflicts and
stereotypes within the InterClub Council
have tarnished the Greek’s chances for
approval.
The Greeks submitted a proposal to the
Director of Student activities in accordance
with the Interim Alcohol Regulations of
CSUSM pending final approval by the
President’s office. They were prepared to
meet the following criteria:
— To abide by University, federal and
state regulations regarding school alcohol
use and distribution.
—-To ensure the sale or distribution of
alcohol to individuals over 21 years of age.
— To provide a non-alcoholic beverage
alternative.
—To provide food to all in attendance at
the event.
— To accept responsibility for any and all
damages incurred during the activity and to
provide restitution for damages.
— To maintain behavior and activities
appropriate for a University setting.
— To provide personnel to clean up and
restore the facility to its original condition
immediately following the close of the event.
The Greeks are also prepared to fund the
event out of their own budgets. When in
formed that the InterClub Council (ICC) pro
vides supplementary funding for certain
events, the Greeks presented their party pro
posal at the March 9th ICC Meeting.
Shortly after their presentation, the ICC
motioned to deny support to any activity
where alcohol is served. A source within the
Greek organizations said that the ICC “ste
reotyped” the Halloween bash as a "wild beer
party with kegs on every comer.”
The ICC remains strangely silent on the
issue. Matthew McNamara, ICC President,
repeatedly refused to comment on the par
ticulars of the debate. When asked the ICC’s
stance on alcohol-related events he replied, “I
will not answer your questions.”
The Greeks returned to the Director of
Student Activities and met with a different
reception. It is rumored.that the President’s
office hesitated to give its approval to a func-
A source within the Greek
organizations said that the ICC
"stereotyped" the Halloween bash
as a "wild beer party with kegs on
every comer:"
tion that was rejected by the ICC. Although
Bridget Bailey-Meiers, according to a Greek
source, remains supportive and helpful, new
provisions were added to the Interim Alcohol
Regulations.
The President’s office now claims that the
Dome is not conducive for dancing due to
hazards created when the lights are dimmed.
In addition, the Greeks must hire a school
provided set and disassemble crew, a school
approved carpet cleaner and security guards.
The Greeks are committed to hosting
Interested in Politics? —This
By Elena Weissman
Contributing Writer
Rumor has it that the formation of a
political science organization is under
way. Guess what? It’s true. This
university has reached the stage where
students have a real need for a Political
Science Association (PSA).
At this moment, students are forming
a club to arouse an interest in politics
and campus affairs. We have the full
support of the faculty who are very
enthused about the establishment of this
club. Everyone has an opportunity to
become involved in the planning stages
of the PSA. We will structure this
organization so that it has a life which
lasts long after we have graduated from
CSUSM.
Don’t let the name of the club avert
your interest. It is definitely something
club
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that is open to ALL students. It is for
everyone who is interested in current
events. Your party affiliation, be it
Republican, Democrat; Libertarian or
Green, etc., is not relevant. A variety of
opinions will only make it more interesting.
If you ever wanted to participate in a
discussion about the current state of politics
or felt you would like to express an opinion
but did not feel that you were informed,
then this is the place for you. If your
ambition is to become politically active,
this could be your start.
We will network for job opportunities,
have political debates, learn about institu
tions of higher education, and instill a sense
of community involvement. We look
forward to sponsoring speakers, political
forums and other such activities. We could
impact this university by creating a
campus that will allow students to voice
their concerns and problems with campus
policies.
We aim to provide assistance in the
development of curriculum in the
Political Science Department. It has
been suggested that a student advisory
board to the department be established.
To keep up on the latest developments in
the department, membership in the
Political Science Association would be
invaluable.
The PSA could be the most dynamic
organization on campus, but we cannot
do this without the support of our
students. Get in on the ground floor by
contacting Elena Weissman at 754-1666,
or Barry Walker at (909) 698-6377.
their open Halloween party on campus.
They have resubmitted their proposal to the
President’s office highlighting the fact that
they’ve already secured a dance floor (to
protect the carpet) and are willing to work
with the lighting issue.
A source within the Greek organizations
said that there was a dance party in the
Dome last year. The source wonders if
hazards witnessed last year give credence
to the lighting issue. If so, the organizations
are willing to add new lights under a tarp
and provide extra lighting in the restrooms.
If necessary, the Greeks are prepared to
move the party outside, in the parking lot
under a tent. They will hire security guards
and purchase food, beverages, and alcohol
from the Aztec shops.
The Greeks are also prepared to file a
formal grievance if their party is not ap
proved.
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One of these committees may be for you
By Amy Parsloe
A. S. Council Student Asst
There are several important committees on campus
that make decisions AFFECTING YOUR EDUCA
TION. Student seats are available on many of these
committees. If you want to make connections with
faculty and administrators, have a solid item for your
resume, and participate in your education, THEN
ONE OF THESE COMMITTEES IS FOR YOU!
ACADEMIC PLANNING & POLICY needs one
person to work with the Academic Senate to provide
input on academic programs and policies which affect
students and faculty members. This committee meets
weekly every Tuesday from 12 Noon to 1:30 PM.
AUXILIARY SERVICES ADVISORY BOARD
examines issues regarding the bookstore, food sales,
vending and other commercial operations on campus.
One student representative is needed.
CALENDAR COMMITTEE is looking for one
person. This committee proposes the academic
calendar and has approximately three meetings a year.
COMMENCEMENT COMMITTEE. This is a
great committee for a graduating senior! If you have
worked hard to graduate and would like to make your
commencement a special event, then join this
committee! They meet on an as-needed basis. The
meetings will start in January. A student representa
tive is needed from each college (Business, Arts &
Sciences and Education).
FINANCIAL AID ADVISORY COMMITTEE is
looking for three students. Issues regarding financial
need determination, timing and scholarship are ad
dressed. THIS IS ABOUT YOUR MONEY! Meetings
are held once a month.
GENERAL EDUCATION TASK FORCE needs one
student for this committee.
LIBERAL STUDIES ADVISORY COMMITTEE
needs two representatives. One student must be in the
teaching credential program and one student must be a
non-credential Liberal Studies major. This committee
meets Thursdays at 3 PM and discusses issues regarding
Liberal Studies majors.
LIBRARY ADVISORY COMMITTEE needs two
representative, and meets twice each semester to discuss
library issues.
POW WOW COMMITTEE needs one student to help
plan the Annual Pow Wow. Meetings are held as needed.
This is an important committee for planning a very
special event!
STUDENT AFFAIRS COMMITTEE needs one
student to meet with the Academic Senate to address
issues concerning faculty and students. Meets every
Thursday, 7:30 to 8:30 AM.
UNIVERSITY COMPUTING & TELECOMMU
NICATIONS is an advisory board that oversees all
matters regarding computing and telecommunications
at CSUSM. The committee needs one student repre
sentative and meets only as needed. This is a good
committee for a Computer Sciences major.
UNIVERSITY HONORS COMMITTEE needs two
people to meet with faculty to develop policy regard
ing the University Honors Program.
UNIVERSITY WASTE REDUCTION & PLAN
NING needs one person who is concerned about the
environment and would like to get involved with
recycling and other issues at CSUSM.
To get more information regarding any of these
committees, please call Amy at 752-4990.
STRATEGIC PLANNING COMMITTEE needs
students to sit on the Academic Master Plan Subcommit
tee and the Physical Master Plan Subcommittee. These
two committees give you a chance to rub elbows with the
“big-wigs” on campus and take part in the critical
planning of university development. These important
committees would make a great addition to your resume.
Arts Club News
The Arts Club presentson Daniels Cablevision, Ch38
The Arts Club wishes to correct its statement
o f purpose and intent as stated in the Oct. 8
issue of the student newspaper:
"The purpose of this club is to
promote the development of
students' artistic expression in
all areas of interest"
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�HOW TO HANDLE MID-SEMESTER ANXIETIES
By Claudine Scott
Staff Writer
Have you been brought down by
mid-semester miseries? Well, before
you become completely overwhelmed
by deadlines and due dates, consider
this: the fact that you’re attending this
university speaks highly of the kind of
person you are. Against all odds,
you’ve managed to remain in school
and are on a path toward a more
enriching life than the trail you’ve left
behind.
If your midterm grades did not meet
your expectations, you’re not alone.
We’re all in this together, so we need to
look to each other for support. Keep in
mind that even though it may carry a
substantial amount of weight, a mid
term is, by no means, a final grade.
There are still ways to rectify any
obstacles in the way of a satisfying
grade. Get phone numbers. That way,
if you should happen to miss a class
you will be able to get the notes you
need. Also, do the group thing.
You will find that studying in groups
is easier than studying alone. You will
be able to enhance social as well as
study skills. In the process, you may
start a network of acquaintances that
will provide mutually beneficial
contacts that may extend beyond your
college years.
Remember that professors look at the
overall efforts of each student through
out the semester. Steadily working in
manageable bits day-by-day requires
courage and tenacity. At times, your
hard work may not seem to be ac
knowledged. Indeed, genius often goes
unrecognized.
Make your efforts known. Take
advantage of your instuctors’ office
hours. Don’t remain one in a sea of
nameless faces in a classroom. Get to
know your instructor and make sure he
or she knows who you are and the
pains you are taking to make certain of
a positive outcome. They are there to
offer assistance if you are having
difficulties with their courses and they
appreciate feedback on their effective
ness. Don’t hesitate to ask questions.
You’re paying good money to get your
education, so you may as well use all
resources that are available to you.
There is help, if you need it. While
you’re at it, you may want to check out
the Student Resource Center in room
5205 in the Administration Building.
They offer video and audio tapes, selfhelp materials and a directory, support
groups, study skill info, computer
assistance software, workshops,
program info, community referrals and
many other services.
The sacrifices and hardships that
you encounter now, will only make you
a stronger person. Perseverance will
pay off in whatever your endeavor after
graduation and beyond.
- Take deep breaths
- Get*enough sleep
- Go for long walks
- UJatch a sunset
- G e t Some exercise
- Go for a bike ride
- Take up goga
- E a t balanced meals
- Ruoid caffeine
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you've written might be of interest to our readers. Don't be shy, let's
hear from you. This is a good start to getting your work published.
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�Too Much Emphasis on Diversity?
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By Thomas Lee Huntington
Staff Writer
Our university has dedicated itself to the cultiva
tion of diversity. Every group and individual is
represented at Cal State San Marcos, and the admin
istration is quick to recognize the importance of that
kind of inclusion. The faculty likewise dedicates a
great deal of coursework to issues of
multicultural-ism and appreciating
diversity, as our global awareness
requirements attest.
Many students feel that such
attention to these kinds of issues is
excessive and ultimately distracting
to their true educational goals. The
grousing is subtle but ever present.
Multiculturalism is the educational
trend of the day, but is the student
backlash growing?
The conservative furor over the
nationwide spectre of politically
correct speech codes on college
campuses has not found its way to pastoral
San Marcos. Neither, for the most part, has political
correctness itself. The best thing about the organiza
tional makeup of our school is that clubs promoting
ethnic diversity and party-driven sororities and
fraternities can exist side by side. No view is shut out
and all voices are given an opportunity to be heard.
But are these divergent voices sinking in? For all
the rhetoric about the value of a well-rounded, liberal
education, many college students check in for years
merely to do the necessary time that will help them
get a good job. Multiculturalism is an abstraction to
those who have no interest in
expanding their educational
horizons.
Fortunately, that is not the
usual case amongst the
CSUSM student body. With
an average student age of
29 and a collection of
only juniors and seniors,
we are lucky enough to be
amidst generally mature,
analytical classmates with
open minds: Furthermore, in
a demographically complex
and ever-shifting California,
multiculturalism is not an
administratively imposed intellectual
abstraction but rather a vital, everyday reality.
Tolerating and appreciating cultures other than your
own is the necessary end of education in this commu
nity. That is a reality we hope every student will
come to terms with during their stay.
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Citizens
Alternative Press Offers A Dose of Free Speech
By Mary Szterpakiewicz
Editor-in-Chief
I read my first issue of Plan 9 — that alternative
paper that no one sees, but everyone reads. Plan 9’s
ideology states it is against force and violence of
any sort for any reason. This philosophy is not new
nor radical. "Educate, don’t legislate." I’m all for
that. While Plan 9 is motivated for a number of
reasons, at least it has the right idea.
Ever wonder why major papers and networks
look alike and report the same stories? Some 1,800
newspapers nationwide are owned and controlled
by fewer than 20 conglomerates. San Diego's
Copley Newspapers, in addition to the San Diego
Union-Tribune, own and operate 9 dailies, 36 week
lies and 1 bi-weekly newspaper. The Hearst Corpo
ration owns 12 dailies, 5 weeklies and 14 maga
zines.
Alternative newspapers and media offer quite a
different view of what is painted on this morning’s
headlines or tonight’s evening news.
Waco, for example, was treated quite differently by
the alternative press. The official mainstream media
version painted the portrait of a maniacal cult. The
alternative media gave a story of FBI agents overly
eager to do what was right. Despite pleas from the
Waco compound to bring in the press, the request fell
on deaf ears. The Branch Davidians' First Amendment
rights to free speech and freedom of religion were
ignored. Mainstream media failed to go in and report
their side of the story and failed to interview survivors.
It took Lloyd Bensten several months after an exten
sive official investigation (more tax dollars well spent)
to find out the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Fire
arms (BATF) lied. The alternative press held this
view right from the beginning, while it failed to get
the attention of the major networks and mainstream
papers.
It is encouraging to see alternative newspapers,
many self-published like Plan 9, Espresso, the Lib
erty Bell, and the Coastal Post in Marin County, dare
to speak their mind. We find too little actual freedom
o f speech going on these days—like an animal on the
brink of extinction. The polished look of the major
media has effectively hypnotized millions of little
brains with its repeat message “be good little sheep.”
Alternative papers offer a dose of free speech, a
commodity which seems to be dwindling right be
fore our eyes.
�Why Yes on 174
Freedom to choose is one of our
nation’s founding principles. Choice in
education is no different. Neither the
California nor U.S. Constitutions state
that your child must attend a public (gov
ernment) school. Parents have the right
to send their child to a school of their
choosing, not the government’s choos
ing. Prop. 174 gives them that choice
without having to pay twice.
Public schools receive funding based
on attendance. Fewer bodies, less fund
ing. Prop. 174 would provide incentive
to make government schools more com
petitive with private schools, ultimately
benefitting the child. The voucher pro
gram in Milwaukee is a huge success
with more parental involvement, better
attendance and marked improvement in
the children’s performance, not to men
tion safer schools. A Cambridge Univer
sity study showed government schools
(K-12) spend approximately $6,000 per
student, twice the amount spent by pri
vate schools. Most of the money ends up
in the pockets of bureaucrats and politi
cians, not in your child’s classroom.
The savings to taxpapyers in the longrun is in excess of $7.6 billion by 2000.
The voucher system would slow down
demand to build more public schools.
California taxpayers cannot be burdened
with more taxes in an economy that is
already the worst in the nation.
In a university such as this, I am told
that appreciation of diversity is a goal. It
is strikingly odd that homogeneity of
education, not diversity of views, is what
proponents of Prop. 174 seek. Govern
ment schools create more government
sheep. Diversity of education would
guarantee that no one view would pre
vail.
Prop. 174, while not the perfect an
swer, since government strings are still
attached, is a step in the right direction.
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into prosperity. Already plagued by an
effective tax rate of 61% (income tax,
property tax, sales tax etc.), California
taxpayers should not be asked to pay
more. Instead, government should be
made more accountable and less wasteful.
Government should take a lesson from
private enterprise. In a bearish economy
such as this, the private sector is sizing
down, becoming more efficient. So too,
government efficiency and accountability
should be the priority, not raising taxes.
The most recent 1/2 cent sales tax was
unlawfully collected. The State conve
niently forgot to get the required number
of votes. Until three Libertarians took the
matter to court and won, the State had
collected some $300 million dollars of
taxpayer money illegally.
Give the government more of your
money—not a wise idea.
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Prop. 172 wants to raise the sales tax
another half cent. 60,000 Jobs have
been lost in San Diego County alone
because of the state of the economy.
High taxes, over-regulation and an
excessive government waste and
corruption are to blame. Californians
cannot afford another tax. Every halfcent sales tax increase started as an
emergency. In time, politicians always
found excuses to make these temporary
"emergency" taxes a permanent fixture.
Taxes have never produced the
intended results. Tax money spent on
welfare only increased the amount of
welfare recipients. Tax money spent
fighting the war on drugs has neither
diminished the supply nor the demand
for illegal drugs. The more tax money
spent on public education, the worse its
gets and so on.
President Clinton admitted when
questioned by a San Diegan that the
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�Disenchanted Moviegoers Tend to Stay at Home
By Peter Gorwin
Critic-At-Large
Theater chains pull good movies in favor of running
poor movies. Such management decisions ultimately
alienate discerning patrons who choose to seek alternatives
at their local video stores. It would seem that the upper
echelon management of these big chains isn’t interested in
maintaining an audience of discerning viewers. They run
movies which have the strongest public appeal, a simple
case of supply and demand. If longer-running movies lack
any artistic merit, management will tell you that the public
has been to blame for not patronizing the better movies.
These big chains play games with their movies, similar to
the ratings games which T.V. broadcasting companies have
been playing with viewers for years.
Increasingly, the declining ambience of these theaters
has begun to alienate demanding viewers also. For
example, one might naively think exorbitant box office
prices would ensure a respite from invasive commercials,
but often viewers are bombarded with a cavalcade of local
advertisement which flash on the screen long before the
feature begins. Theater owners will tell you that they
barely can make ends meet, and that they need the added
revenue from these local advertisers to grease their wheels.
Demanding suburban viewers may hate the way the
size of their viewing screen has decreased with the
completion of each new theater complex. Some of these
viewers remember a time when they could escape their
weekly worries by watching a feature on a sweeping,
panoramic screen. In justifying the reduced size of their
theater screens, large theater chains point to the high cost
of real estate which has forced them to optimize their
space; smaller screens enable them to run their movies
simultaneously, increasing their revenue. Nonetheless,
smaller screens will prove to be a monumental blunder as
television resolution begins to eclipse the images seen on
theater screens: film buffs won’t want to go to watch a
small screen at a theater with poor ambience, when they
can rent a movie for their sharp screens at home.
The issue of ambience brings us to what may best be
described as the ignoramus problem, people who have
never learned the proper etiquette for watching a movie.
After nicely asking a talking ignoramus to be quiet with no
significant satisfaction, some viewers would like to be able
to find an usher to complain to, but there are usually none
to be found. The management’s apparent reluctance to
take a pro-active stance in this area again alienates the
discerning viewer. After all, a good movie deserves the
The 1Joy Luck Club"
1
—A Skillful Adaptation of Novel to Film
By Thomas Lee Huntington
Staff Writer
Hollywood has discovered the literary
world anew. Recent film adaptations of
bestselling novels such as Jurassic Park,
The Firm and Damage have inspired pro
ducers and studio executives to head for
their local bookstores in search of a quick
buck. It is tempting to dismiss director
Wayne Wang’s Joy Luck Club as just
another example of the Hollywoodization
of popular fiction. The bestselling novel by
Amy Tan obviously created a strong base of
fans and the complex, interwoven tale of
Chinese mothers and daughters would be
easy to turn into a crowd-pleasing, formulaic
tear-jerker. Surprisingly, the filmakers have
for the most part resisted the temptation to
saccharize Tan’s rich book and have in turn
produced an honest, if a bit flawed, film.
The skill of Tan’s novel was in the for
mat—a loosely connected series of recollec
tions and memories by a circle of Chinese
same attention as a good book.
Even the sloppy projection of a movie may alienate
discerning viewers. At certain theaters, the person hired to
run the projector seems to have been carefully chosen for
his adeptness at throwing the projector out of focus or
focusing the film so that the image overlaps the screen by a
couple of feet. Patrons pay to see the entire frame, not part
of it. this also places the viewer in the bind of missing part
of the film while they run out to the lobby to complain to a
manager who also can never be found. Where do these
managers and ushers hide?
Personally, I look forward to the year 2020 when we
will be watching movies on theater screens the size of
postage stamps and paying forty dollars to get in. It will be
obligatory for the film to be projected slightly out of focus,
and there will be forty-five minutes of commercials before
the feature even begins. Everyone will engage in loud and
active conversation throughout the entire feature. Nobody
will care about watching the film anyway because every
movie that these big chains run will be just plain awful.
And by this time, all of the small theater owners who used
to take some pride in the movies they ran will have been
put out of business —- a sad day for the purists who used to
love going to the movies.
mothers and daughters. Each character's mys
tery and history is slowly peeled back through
the course of the narrative, ultimately reveal
ing a rich mosaic of loss and regret and beauty
and strength. The miscommunication and
generation gaps that plague the mother-daugh
ter relationships are slowly patched but never
truly resoved.
The novel’s structure is almost impossble
to translate to the screen, but Tan and coscreenwriter Ronald Bass make a valiant ef
fort. There is a heavy use of flashback and
voice-over narration and director Wang does
a skillful job of weaving in and out among the
various stories with little confusion. But film
is a fundamentally different medium than
literature, and the loose structure that Tan
employed so skillfully is not quite as power
ful here. The language of the book was a
significant part of it’s beauty, and despite
the extensive narration, that effect is lost in
film.
That said, the film is quite successful on
its own terms. The stories are told slowly
and with great respect for the audience.
Nothing is quick or easy, and the perfor
mances by the mostly unknown cast bring
out the sadness and beauty of the charac
ters. The heartbreaking and magical stories
are for the most part not played for easy
sentiment or quick tears. In that respect,
Tan and Wang have abandoned the easy,
sentimental route to box office success and
preserved the dignity and power of the
�Mose Allison
in Concert October 24
Mose Allison, the legendary Missis
sippi Delta blues singer, songwriter,
and pianist, will give two concerts on
the CSUSM campus as part of its Arts
and Lectures Series. Mose will per
form songs from his 20 albums which
span 50 years, including his Grammywinning album, Ever Since the World
Ended.
Mose John Allison, Jr. was bom in
1927 on the Mississippi Delta. He
received piano lessons as a small child,
but quit as soon as he discovered he
could play by ear. He played tmmpet in
marching and dance bands and started
making up his own songs.
In the early 1960s, as the Mose
Allison Trio began to get more work, he
found that writing his own songs was
essential both as a means of expression,
and as a practical matter of expanding
his repertoire. His music was inspired
by listening to old pop tunes, country
and western songs, and composers like
Bartok, Ives, Hindemith, and Ruggles.
The process of fusing these diverse
elements into a cohesive performance
continues today. Meanwhile, Mose re
corded more than 20 albums; performed
all over the U.S., Canada, Europe, and
Australia and wrote about 100 songs.
Some of these songs were recorded by
The Who, The Clash, The Yardbirds,
Bonnie Raitt, Van Morrison, and oth
ers. His album, Lessons in Living, was
nominated for a Grammy in 1983, and
Ever Since the World Ended won a
Grammy in 1989.
Concerts will be in Academic Hall,
Room 102 on Sunday, Oct. 24 at 3 PM
and 5 PM. Admission will be $3 for
CSUSM students and $5 for general
admission. Tickets may be purchased
at the CSUSM bookstore, or by calling
the bookstore at 752-4730.
"Frankly; To Be Honest...”
An Evening o f Student Generated Theater
Directed by: Marcos Martinez
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�Counterculture Class Examines Beats, Hippies & Punks
By Karin Foster
Staff Writer
Perhaps you’ve noticed that coffee
houses have become increasingly popular.
Many people are rediscovering these estab
lishments and filling them to capacity eve
nings and weekends. During the late 1950s
and early 1960s, coffeehouses were an im
portant element of the Beat Generation, a
counter-cultural movement that began dur
ing this era. The renewed interest in aspects
of counterculture has also been reflected
here at CSUSM. This fall, the history de
partment offered an unusual class studying
the counterculture movements of Beats,
Hippies, and Punks. This class examines the
radical counterculture movements that oc
curred in the United States following WWII.
Professor Jill Watts, who teaches His
tory 430C, created this class based on previ
ous students’ ideas and interests. While
teaching a general history course, she dis
covered that her students became veiy inter
ested in the small amounts of American
counterculture she included. Students
wanted to know more about these move
ments and what happened to them.
Watts developed the class to answer these
questions and fulfill CSUSM’s requirements
of race, class and gender. She acknowledged
that CSUSM encourages the development of
new classes that explore unanswered ques
tions. While other campuses may offer classes
that examine Beats and Hippies, this class is
unique because it links the Punk movement
with the two earlier groups and establishes
the connection between all three.
American counterculture emerged after
WWII as America marched into the Cold
War under the cloud of McCarthyism. The
chilling prospects of a devastating nuclear
war seemed imminent. However, a rebellion
against these conditions began to develop in
the 1950s led by writers Allen Ginsberg, Jack
Kerouac, and William Burroughs. Known as
the Beat Generation, these writers confronted
the conformist and militaristic attitude they
perceived dominated American society.
As popular culture began to develop an
interest in the Beat Generation, or what they
By Thomas Lee Huntington
Staff Writer
The burgeoning coffeehouse culture has left
hardly a street comer untouched. Previously bland
and conservative communities have been invaded
by pseudo avant-garde, cutting edge caffeine
shelters for disaffected middle-class teenagers who
need a place to sulk and show off their flannels and
tattoos. In the face of a Java invasion that can
leave one swearing off cappuccino forever, the Hill
Street Coffeehouse stands out as an espresso
oasis.
Positioned unassumingly in the middle of
Oceanside’s notorious Hill Street, the yellow
termed “beatniks,” the counterculture move
ment spun into a new form of rebellion. The
Hippies emerged in the 1960s operating with
a different style, but still rejecting main
stream American society. Watts claims that
the rebellion apparent in the Beats and Hip
pies was also apparent in the Punk movement
of the early 1980s.
Like many previous students, CSUSM stu
dents find Watts’ class on counterculture
interesting.
Kathleen Rohan, one of her students, said,
“This class interested me because I never
knew anything about those groups.” Many
students remember the stereotypical beatnik
portrayed by Maynard G. Krebs in “Dobie
Gillis.” This image contrasts sharply with the
individuals studied in Watts’ class. Rohan
observed, “In thattime period,Ididn’trealize
there were people out there confronting is
sues so harshly.”
Professor Watts says that while the study
of counterculture provides important insight
into post WWH American society, it also is
quite relevant to contemporary society. Watts
Victorian style house at first seems out of place.
Once inside the coffeehouse gates, however, it’s like
a different world. It may seem a contradiction, then,
that anybody would choose to open up a cafe appeal
ing to customers seeking conversation and relaxation
in such an area. Hill Street has long been associated
with prostitution and crime, and the city’s recent
redevelopment efforts have had little success in
changing that image.
In a strange way, though, it all works. The coffee
house provides a kind of escape for anyone looking
f ora break away from the grunge and grime of the
world outside, and in turn the peacefulness of the
environment inside makes one look at Hill Street in a
different light. It certainly is the last place anybody
would expect to find a haven for culture, and in many
ways that surprise is what gives this coffeehouse its
charm.
There is an engaging, literate feel to the coffee
shop that is conducive to both intelligent discussion
and quiet studying. The academic environment is
said, “We are coming off the 1980s, a time
of materialism and conformity.” The 1990s
are proving to be quite different. Watts
added that the new generation faces job
scarcity and limited mobility. These condi
tions have led to the disenchantment of
many American youths. Rohan echoed this
feeling. “People are looking and question
ing the government and society’s values.
They’re wondering if we’re doing the right
thing.”
Counterculture can be disturbing; it op
poses conventional society. However, the
renewed interest in these movements may
reveal a type of admiration. As Rohan
stated, “I kind of envy the beats, hippies and
punks, and the way they could go to the
extreme.” The members involved in coun
terculture were not afraid to speak out against
the accepted system. The courage to freely
express oneself earns some measure of re
spect.
most intense
duringthe daytime hours when t
establishment is less populated. Weekend nights
tend to bring an invasion of high school kids and
other such cretins looking fora cool place to hang
out, but the ambiance is still pleasant. The White
Out, a palette pleasing blend of espresso, hazelnut
flavoring and white hot chocolate is the hottest
ticket on the menu. New Zealand Sunnyslopes tea
is also recommended.
Musicians often perform weekends on the
pleasant back patio and the works of local artists
decorate the walls. It is especially pleasing to see
this kind of dedication to the local art scene in the
face of the increasing commercialization of the
coffeehouse Zeitgeist. Mike and Ross, the owners
of the coffeehouse, are obviously not in this busi
ness to exploit a trend and make a fast buck. They
are genuinely friendly people who care about the
state of their community and have provided that
community with a welcome boost.
�S TILL NEED F I N A N C I A L A I D ?
Fund Finder Can Help
If you are still in need of Financial Aid, a service offered at CSUSM
can help. It is called Fund Finder. Students can search and preview
through dozens of sources available on-line. Similar search programs
are offered by various companies for a fee. CSUSM's Fund Finder is
free.
For more information about Fund Finder, call Paul Phillips, Director
of Financial Aid and Scholarships, Ext. 4852, or stop in at the Finan
cial Aid Office.
Campus Support Groups
Mondays
5-6:30 PM
Men's Support Group
Tuesdays
11-12:00 Noon
4 :30-5:30 PM
General Support Group
G eneral Support Group
Wednesdays 11-12:00 Noon
4 :30-5:30 PM
Parenting Support Group
General Support Group
Thursdays
Single Parent Support Group
Single Parent Support Group
4:30-5:30 PM
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C enter lo ca ted in Craven Hall, Room 5 2 0 5 .
A ll stu d e n ts a re w elcom e to a tte n d .
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Don’t forget to set back your clocks on
Sunday morning, Oct. 31. It’s back to
Pacific Standard Time till Spring.
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the Swedish Academy of Literature in Stockholm on Thursday,
October 7,1993 that author Toni Morrison has been named this
year’s winnerof the Nobel Prize for literature. Morrison is the
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Why Vote N O on Prop. 174
V oucher Seminar
Thedsay, Oct. 26th, 5 PM
Commons 207
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Fjirlday, Nov. 12 and Sunday, Nov. 14
i "For Colored Girts Who’ve Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf." A
choreo-poem by Ntozake Shange. A collage of poetry which examines issues of
race, elass, and gender as viewed by 8 black women who speak provocatively
with passion and honesty of joy, lost loves, anger, dreams, and fears. 7 PM,
ACD 102. Nov; 14—3 PM, ACD 102. Ticketed Event.
: Thursday, Nov;l6
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series with musib l^T W Australian String quartest This series features six
performances by highly acclaimed musicians. Concerts are held at the
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alumni
fall 1993
fee increase
fundraising
greek life
library
propositions
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Frankly, to
be honest...
Cal State San Marcos' first
theater production proves that
performing arts are alive and
well at the new university.
Page 12
Volume 1, Number 5
A student publication serving California State University, San Marcos
Dome places
restrictions
on student
activities
PRESIDENT
Stacy 7
By Amy Glaspey
Staff Writer
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cohstmetioii,
proposed raise
By Roman S. Koenig
Assistant BdMr /
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Friday, December 3,1993
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Bill Stacy played the role of pjswer man
^ ^: Photo by Mary Szteipatoewicz
Tueklay during a student f o t ^ i p front of I R S B ^ K ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ B i l l i S f c i S '
Cal State San Marcos President Dr. Bill Stacy fields questions f rom students a t a
the Commons Building,
Stacy covered several topics ranging f orum GTu^sday fa f ront of t he Ctoinmons Building*
from campiis c onstroctioni^^
ings. That p M i>f the phase will take a year- tracing exactly where each dollar from
a proposed pay increase for California and^half to coraplete,$aid Stacy. Three • each source goes is 4 iflteult • /
State University presidents. Other sub- l^ixISdjUijgs
tltelntei>
jects included the possibility of develop- national Building, holding high-tech labs for
Stacy cited several possible reasons fpr
ing a nursing program, how the university laiypa®^ i nt^Ai^ai' education, the Col- the Aise; In order to judge whether a pay
is viewed by the San Marco^l^mmuriity :":lfege:of
Arts increase isnecessary, the Chajtollor-s Ofand future student r ecruitn^fe
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science labs,' •§§ee developed a coinparison list of 28
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One of the major issues discussed was a
soccer universities nationwide* arid then comthe beginning of the university's second field for student teams also came up. Al- pared the average yearly income of a uniphase of construction. Initial y ds for de- though I Si&y^
be a possibility, versity president to what CStI presidents
velopment will be opened in January with financial restrictions cannot guaranteeitscre- receive, according to Stacy/The average
work to begin in February or March, ac- i^onjni^rio bi^ldlij^;=athletic, f ac^
pay found was $149,000, $20,000 more
cording to Stacy* ;
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subject of a than what CSU presidents currently re"It's a matter of coming to life,M said p r o v e d pay-false for California State Uni-' ceive, •
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Stacy, "Much of what is here now was
dreamed upfeypeople who are not sitting have vpiced doncem over such a proposed
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struction presenta uniqueopportunityto $17 million pool already set aside specifi- the top candidate for university president
build a university based o n e x p e r i - caJlyforpay of alfftMversity system employ- declined because of the pay.
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The Dome. Is it a dining room? Is it a
study lounge? Is it a student center? Is it a
dance hall? Is it a lecture area? To find the
answer I took a drive along the frontage road
of Freeway 78 to the pink and green stucco
building which is the home of The Foundation.
There I found Marty Grey, who handles
requests for use of the Dome. When considering these requests, Grey tries to coordinate
a "unified effort" to help different organizations hold successful special events on campus.
"The Dome was designed as a dining hall/
study area," Grey said. "We are trying to
make it used for many things that it was not
designed for." The ever-present echo makes
the Dome an undesirable lecture site. The
inflexible lighting system (the lights cannot
be dimmed) makes it an inadequate dance
hall.
The question remains—if the Dome was
not designed to accommodate student events,
where did he planners expect the students to
hold their functions? Outdoors? Off campus?
Grey suggested that maybe "the planners
didn't think we would be so social." Meanwhile, the Foundation is trying to come up
with creative ways to use the campus facilities. Recently, Grey received a request for
the use of the Dome as the site of a dance party
in February. She's trying to find an alternative location, possibly outdoors.
If you are considering hosting an event in
the Dome, here are a few things to remember.
The Foundation holds the exclusive food
rights on campus. The Foundation has a food
See DOME, page 3
�This week...
• CSUSM Professor Honored. Page 4
•Volunteering at CSUSM. Pages 8 -9
• Writing Requirement Excessive Page 4
• Sankofa to perform. Page 13
CSUSM Makes A Big Impact on
Saving the Environment
Our recycling program started
in August and during the first two
months alone, we diverted 31,300
lbs. of material. That's an
excellent start for our new
program.
If we take a close look at what
this effort means to our environment, it becomes even more
impressive. We have been busy
recycling several varieties of
paper including newspaper,
cardboard and mix paper. The
more than 14 tons of recycled
paper means that CSUSM has
saved 294 trees, 3,920 gallons of
oil and 98,000 gallons of water!
The glass bottles that have been
recycled reduces the need for
mining sand, limestone and soda
ash. Making aluminum cans from
recycled aluminum reduces
related air pollution by 95%.
Why recycling just one aluminum
can saves enough energy to
operate a TV for three hours.
Let's keep up the good work..
Take that extra step or two, to put
your recyclables in the right
container. Together we have
made a difference and we can
continue to make a greater one!
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Toy Drive
Food Drive
Clothing Drive
Monetary Donation
Children's Book Drive
Proceeds will be given to the Habitat for Humanity International For Information Call Michelle Lockyet at 752-4990 Commons 205
�DOME
PUBUC SAFETY NEWS
continued from page 1
Defensive
Tactics
Workshop
Scheduled
Photo/Mary Szterpakiewicz
Public Safety Officer Dave Ross stands near one of many house phones
on campus
Officer Mario Sainz will be conducting
the first in a series of three Defensive
Tactics Workshops beginning Tuesday,
December 7 ,1993.
WHERE:
TIME:
University Commons 207
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
The Workshop is FREE and open to
CSUSM students, faculty, and staff. Please
wear lose fitting clothes, i.e., sweat pants,
sweat shirt, etc.
The Workshop will be part lecture and
participation. Officer Sainz will be demonstrating and providing very practical
information and useful techniques.
If you are interested please call Public
Safety Administration at 752-4562 Monday thru Friday 8:00 AM - 10:00 PM and
ask to be placed on the sign-up sheet for
the December 7th Defensive Tactics Workshop. Class size is limited to 30 people.
Hope to see you there!
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and how do we use them?
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silverboxes with phones attached to them.
They cm jfce found m several locations
around campus: : j ^ .
Academic Hall, f irst f loor center stairwell next to pay phone; second floor north
side of buildingand center stairwell area
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Safety dispatcher. If you have any questions about the phones or would like a
map, call Public Safety a t #4562 and we
Please send your comments, suggestions, or questions concerning Public
Safety matters t o the campus newspaper
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service contract with Aztec Shops. Aztec
Shops holds the food-handling insurance.
You may bring in your own caterer by
asking Aztec Shops to subcontract with your
caterer. Just don't try to cater the event
yourself because no home cooked food is
allowed. Only licensed caterers are permitted on campus. These food handling policies help the Foundation achieve its goals of
"creating a coordinated effort" and assuring
"careful food handling."
Your next step is to fill out a "Request
for Space Form." These forms are being
tested right now since the University is still
coming up with a facilities policy. An
interim policy is now in place. Developing
this policy is a lengthy process. "The first
draft was 15 pages, now we've narrowed it
down," Grey said. The Foundation is testing
the Request for Space forms to see if they
flow well before it makes a formal policy to
be adopted by the University.
The goal of the Facilities Use Policy i s to
"identify the areas available for use and see
what uses the areas serve well and to help
determine whether the campus can meet the
needs of the event," Grey said.
Although the goal of the Facilities Use
Policy is sensible, some of us continue to
wonder how student unity can be a priority
at CSUSM when our campus facilities are
not conducive to hosting variety of student
events.
Office of Admissions
and Records Gets a
New Door
An automatic double door that opens
onto the Founders Plaza has been installed
in Craven Hall 5110, the counter area of
Admissions and Records. From now on,
this will be the public entrance to and exit
from our office for everyone. Please direct
visitors, students, etc. to use this door when
coming in to A and R. I ask that all staff
and faculty likewise use the new double
door. The former entrance to Admissions
and Records off the corridor will be kept
locked.
We hope to have a sign hung outside
near the new door identifying our office in
the near future.
�CSUSM Professor wins
Presidential Award
for Excellence in Science and Math Teaching
The White House recently
informed CSUSM professor,
Joseph Keating that he received the Presidential Award
for Excellence in Science and
Mathematics Teaching. Each
year, one math teacher and
one science teacher are selected from each state for this
prestigious award.
Keating said of the award,
"I am honored to have been
chosen as a recipient of the
Presidential Award. When
Congress established the
award, they made a statement
about the importance of science education for all Americans. I believe that science
should be an integral part of
our educational system and
as a f aculty m ember at
CSUSM feel very fortunate
to be given the opportunity to
make the connections between science and the training of teachers of science."
The Presidential Award
acknowledges the important
role teachers play in attracting students into science and
mathematics. The award carries with it a
grant of $7,500 from the National Science
Foundation and an expense-paid trip to Washington, D.C. The trip to the capitol in April
1994 includes an award ceremony, a dinner
at the State Department, and several workshops where awardees exchange ideas and
experiences
Keating joined CSUSM's College of
Education faculty this August. Said Steve
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expertise in science education and his 25 years
Studies (including a Spanish and Bilinof experience of teaching made him an excelgual program in which courses would b e
lent addition to the CSUSM faculty. He is an
given in the Spanish language). There are BBIM^^
exceptional and innovative teacher, and I am
proud that he is part of the college and university. This is a major national award, and one
which Joe richly deserves."
CSUSM's Writing Requirement is Excessive
USD, SDSU & UCSD have no formal writing requirements
By Karen Foster
Staff Writer
Have you noticed that you've been
spending a lot of quality time with your
computer lately? The end of the semester
is quickly winding down and everyone
seems to be struggling to finish an endless
number of term papers. During this
stressful time, many students view
CSUSM's writing requirement of 2,500
words for each class with a great deal of
hostility.
CSUSM's writing requirement is unique
to our university. A survey of USD,
UCSD and SDSU was made to see if these
universities had any standardized writing
requirement. All of them expressed surprise
that CSUSM has a formal writing requirement, and added that their schools leave
writing requirements up to the individual
professors.
While there is no intent to diminish the
importance of writing, the need for a
formalized writing requirement seems
unnecessary. In an attempt to satisfy this
criteria, most professors assign a final term
paper. Students taking a full load of courses
usually find themselves struggling to
complete four or five term papers all due
at approximately the same time. This
end-of-semester crunch often results in
insufficient time to finish other class
readings and assignments.
While some professors offer creative
ways to satisfy the writing requirement,
others have reacted by assigning enormous amounts of written work. Some 300
level classes require more written work
than 400 level courses. Given the
excessive writing required in each class, it
is impossible to do a good job in every
class. Burnout quickly sets in.
Regardless of the minimum writing
requirement, term papers would probably
still be a requisite for most classes.
However, the pressure of preparing a
research paper for every class could be
relieved. Some professors could create
alternatives to written work that would
enhance different learning skills. For now,
we are left to deal with the writing load.
Keep pounding away at that computer, and
promise your friends and family that you'll
see them after December 18.
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H aywardonMay 6-7,1994. The competition is held in order to promote excellence in undergraduate and graduate
scholarly research and creative activity
by recognizing outstanding student accomplishments throughout the 20 campuses of the CSU.
Please
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Undergraduate or graduate students
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their degrees in Spring, Summer or Fall
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should be appropriate t o the student's
discipline and career goals. Proprietary
research is excluded.
The 10 categories are:
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Business, Economics, and Public Administration
Creative Arts and Design
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Whooping
cough
doesn't last that long. Therefore, adolescents and adults frequently are susceptible.
This certainly puts college-age students at
risk because they either have children or
frequently work with children.
Whooping cough in adults is frequently
By Joel Grinolds, MD, MPH
thought of as a "bad cold." Commonly, the
Unlike measles which I recently spasmatic cough that persists for longer
wrote about, Pertussis or whooping thanfiveto seven days leads people to seek
cough is making a comeback. Accord- medical attention. Fortunately, standard
ing to the Centers for Disease Control antibiotics and symptomatic medications
and Prevention, reported whooping can cure this disease and serious complications such as pneumonia don't usually occough cases will double in 1993.
Whooping cough is a highly conta- cur in adults. Still, before treatment, adults
gious respiratory disease caused by bac- can transmit the disease to infants and young
teria that live in the mouth, throat and children as well as other adults at work or in
nose. In children, it causes severe cough- the classroom. No one at this time is recoming spasms that can interfere with eating, mending adults be vaccinated; however,
drinking and breathing. Pneumoniacom- health experts feel all efforts should be
plicates this disease in children 10% of made to keep infants and young children
immunized.
the time.
Since the "cold and flu" season has arIt is usually prevented by a vaccine
rived (just in time for finals), and since
that most people received during the first
two years of life and hopefully a booster there is no magic potion to prevent you
around age five. However, the vaccine from becoming ill, I hope you stay well and
does not protect people that well and enjoy the holidays.
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SHE THOUGHT SHE MIGHT BE PREGNANT...
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anxiety. "First, you must get a pregnancy
t est," the friend suggested, " and I know
where you can have the test free. The place
is BIRTHRIGHT."
" I know someone who was there recently
and she said they have wonderful, friendly
counselors. And she told me all of their
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get their telephone number and check to
see when the office is open. Then I'll go
there with you. So, don't worry, everything
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�How t o Handle Difficult People
By Mary Szterpakiewicz
Editor-in-Chief
Dr. Laura Schlessinger, licensed psychotherapist and popular talk show host recently spoke at the Hotel Del Coronado.
Her topic—how to handle difficult people.
According to Dr. Laura (as her radio listeners call her), "when dealing with difficult
persons, always remember 99% of the time
the other person is not going to change. No
one likes to* give up control and power.
How do we normally react when someone makes us angry or upset? We hide. We
deny. We wish the upset would go away.
We d on't want to deal with it. We become
miserable. Life is tough enough without
voluntary misery, so we want to protect
ourselves. We d on't want to admit our fears
or our pain. Nothing you do or say is more
powerful than fear—not sex, not love, not
food, not money.
Why does anyone act like a jerk intentionally? Because they are in the self-protection mode. How you perceive it, how you
react to it are important. People are basically different. You can't change their behavior, but you can only change how it feels.
The main point in dealing with difficult
people—stop being the victim. "Don'town
it and you can handle it," says Dr. Laura.
Changing your behavior (how you deal with
the situation) will help you take control.
The five most common types of difficult
people are:
1. The Ranter and Raver. Their anger
makes you feel hurt and scared. You are
convinced you must be letting them down.
The issue is acceptance by a parent. You
need to look at your history. Did your
family show anger? Was anger discouraged
or suppressed? Was there a lot of denial and
avoidance in your family or an explosive
parent? Yourreaction to the ranter andraver—
you become terrified.
If you do nothing, it is perceived as passivity and permission. How to deal with an
angry person? When someone screams, pretend they're under water and say a mantra.
Tune out. The anger is about them, not you.
Use humor. Find ways to deflect the anger—
picture the screamer sitting on a toilet. This
helps to put you in an objective place. What
can you say to an angry person? "Stop, I
don't appreciate being talked to like this."
Keep saying it over and over again. It helps
to keep your integrity in place. Or use naivete—"Excuse me, I 'm having a hard time
understanding what you're saying, can you
repeat that to me more slowly?" This will
generally take the sting out.
Use reverse psychology.
Tell the person to keep yelling, and say you'll wait till
they calm down. All these
devices help to put you in
control of the situation and
no longer make you the victim.
2. The Manipulator.
These persons don't give.
They are only in the relationship to get what they
want. They lay guilt on
others. They are too scared,
too afraid to change. They
pretend to be caring to get
what they want. They are
afraid to give in return.
The manipulator is very
seductive and a charmer.
You want to believe it. You
know each other 20 minutes and you know i t's 'real.' When a woman
has sex with a man, she thinks it means the
same thing to the man. But she doesn't ask—
it might mean something totally different to
him. We don't ask because we d on't want to
know. You are still hopeful. You feel used
and unhappy. ' There is risk in any relationship," cautions Dr. Laura, "so don't donate it
,too quickly until you see signs of a reciprocal
relationship." You can't buy love, not with
money, sex, or affection. It happens over
time, not in one night.
3. A Flake/Space Cadet. They don't
commit to anything. You end up feeling
angry and used. "Flakes are unreliable and
hard to pin down, so stop trying," reminds Dr.
Laura. These people tend to marry control
freaks. You end up with a relationship where
only one person is paddling the raft on the
river of life. Be less upset by it, because you
can't change it. If you are involved with a
space cadet, you will end up being in control
of the relationship. These people don't try
and are afraid to take risks or try new things.
If you choose to stay in this relationship,
maximize the positives. Even flakes do something well. Get enthused about that, but don't
push. If you push or criticize them, they
withdraw and it reinforces their defenses.
4. Hypercritical/Negative Type. This
type of individual is unhappy and insecure.
They don't want to be wrong so they're on the
alert for anything wrong and are looking for
people to blame. Look at these people with
pity. Use humor. If you're always surrounded by negativity, get a second opinion
to get some objectivity. You can teach the
nitpicker realistic f eedback. Someone
nitpicky or critical is rarely specific. If they
say "This house sucks!" Ask for specifics.
"Which part of the house sucks?" People
won't stop being that way, but in time it will
be tempered. The only way a critical person
can get to you is if you are hypercritical
yourself.
5. Ignorer. This type of person couldn't
care less. They keep doing the same routine,
and you tend to overreact. You feel rejected.
Ten times out of ten, you know why you are
being rejected. Have a heart-to-heart talk
with the ignorer. Tell this person you feel
hurt. We pay a high price for negative feelings.
When dealing with difficult people, look
inside yourself. You are the container for the
pain you experience. How you perceive it
will help you deal with it. Dr. Laura
Schlessinger can be heard Monday-Friday on
KFI-AM 640 from noon till 2 PM.
CSUSM Signature
Quilt
by the Quilting "Bees"
This "work in progress" is being done by
an informal group of CSUSM faculty, staff,
students and community members.
We will be quilting it on campus in the the
Dome, every Wednesday at Noon.
Please join us for fun and conversation as
we complete this project and plan for the next
one.
Photo/Mary Szterpakiewicz
Three Quilting Bees busy at work (L to R): Leslie Zomalt, Lora Coad and Pat Worden
�VOLUNTEERS DO GOOD
Plaza Nov 8 and 9.
Volunteers Robert Wortmanand
Ann Garman
By Marilyn Ribble
"More people should volunteer.
The world would be a better place,"
said Robert Wortman, president of
the Accounting Club, last week at
the recent Service-Learning Volunteer table in the Plaza. Wortman
has been a volunteer in such diverse
areas as Boy Scouts and Volunteer
Research for the State Board of
Equalization. Wortman is a Business/Accounting major and will participate in the VITA project to assist low income people with tax
forms this spring.
Yvonne McCarty, a Liberal Studies major, found personal satisfaction in her volunteer hours with the
Red Cross, fundraising, as the Art
Club treasurer and says about the
field of volunteering, "I recommend
it to everyone. It is a wonderful
professional and personal growth
experience." In addition, Yvonne
is president of SCTA and the Liberal Studies Ckib vice president.
CSUSM is very committed to
building a service-learning base and
has begun by initiating several
events to call attention to what is a
progressive and new element in
education. Over 100 students
stopped by the table in Founder's
"I truly enjoy volunteering. It
gives me self satisfaction knowing
that you have made someone
smile," said Ann Garman. Garman,
an Accounting major, has an impressive list of volunteering in her
background. Ask her about it sometime, or, in brief, here's a few of
the areas Ann has chosen: Special
Olympics, Best Buddies Club,
President of Circle K at CSUSM,
Christmas Angel Project for kids
this Christmas. And in Ann's f uture she sees herself in Kiwanis
Club and continuing with Circle K
as an advisor.
Richard Molloy, a Psychology
major, also has contributed his time
as a volunteer. Molloy gives his
past experiences as helping with
the Indian Fair in 1992 at CSUSM,
organizing the first Associated Student Endowed Scholarship. Currently Molloy is a volunteer at the
International Festival and an Associated Student Council president.
And what does he see for himself
in the future? Molloy says maybe
the Peace Corps, maybe in the field
of migrant labor.
Service-learning is proud of the
accomplishments of everyone who
took the time to speak with us.
Achievements and the inner growth
attributed to volunteering marks
CSUSM as a campus with a heart.
As we read and reflect on each of
these profiles, a remarkable thing
comes to light, that "it's more rewarding to give than to receive." It
definitely appears that CSUSM has
lots of students who agree with
Robert Wortman's statement that
volunteering is a way to make the
world a better place.
Bertha Walker, Estela Beccera and Amanda Kimpel donating their time at the Volunteer Table
Do you
volunteer in
any capacity,
large or
small?
The Service-Learning Office
would like to meet you and
hear what you do.
Contact Claire Langham,
752-4057, Craven 2212.
YOUR
CONTRIBUTION
DESERVES
RECOGNITION!
Uaire Langham, Service-Learning Coordinator
�Profile of a CSUSM
Student Volunteer
By Claire K. Langham
Service-Learning Coordinator
"In my new start in life, volunteering
opened the doors to my career path as a
computer trainer and consultant," explained
Linda Amor, a senior in the College of Business Administration. "Volunteering directly
resulted in my current employment and has
provided immeasurable opportunities. The
directions at this point are unlimited for me"
she elaborated. "Absolutely no one makes it
alone in this world. Everyone at some time
needs help. Likewise, everyone has something to offer other people. It is for this
reason," she stated, "that everyone should be
willing to give as well as to receive support."
After living for several years in Hawaii,
Linda returned to San Diego in the fall of
1987 as a newly single parent of three young
children ages 1, 7, and 9. She had minimal
resources, four suitcases, and virtually no
computer experience. Determination and
vision are the "inner resources" that have
been key to Linda's survival and success.
It really all started because of Linda's own
need to improve her skills. She analyzed her
situation and decided that mastering computers would be the key to security and opportunities for herself and her family. Linda's
natural interests are in people, their warmth,
and the creativity found in the visual arts,
music, and writing. She also finds sciences
fascinating. However, computers were her
logical, rational decision for study.
Initially, to implement
her decision to develop
computer skills, Linda arranged to barter for the use
of a computer in exchange
for her services as a personal and business manager for an individual who
was living outside the US.
85% of the year. Naively,
Linda initially thought she
could learn the computer
within two months. She
had not realized the magnitude of her decision, nor
the academic journey that
lay ahead.
Photo/Claire Langham
Linda enrolled in a self-paced ROP (Regional Occupation Program) computer class
in Escondido. She taught herself Word Perfect and other programs. "Actually, I have to
admit to playing stupid in the lab so I would
not be rotated after learning the software
basics." Her goal was to master the entire
computer system. Apparently, Linda had a
hidden talent, but she was also driven. She
worked extremely long hours, 12 to 16 hours
a day at a computer studying or writing manuals. She was so unhappy with the existing
computer manuals, that she began writing
many of her own. Linda's mastery soon
exceeded opportunities through ROP, so she
expanded into other programs and began networking.
Linda encountered many others who were
experiencing the same frustration with lack
of good manuals or instruction. She began
helping others as a volunteer in small groups.
In the process, she discovered really early
that she had a great propensity to help other
people. Thus, as she was learning new skills,
she was teaching them to other people. This
lead to requests for her to give training lectures to a variety of businesses and special
interest groups. Through this exposure, she
was offered her first credentialed teaching
position in a computerized desktop publishing class for the San Diego Community College Adult Education Program. Ironically,
Linda had found an indirect means of expressing her interest in art through practical
computer applications.
Why is Linda a business major? Her decision to return to school was based on the need
to understand the principles of the computer
applications that she was teaching, and the
needs of the businesses being addressed. For
example, she was teaching spreadsheet applications and needed to understand basic accounting principles.
Volunteering continues to be important to
Linda. "I routinely offer my time and services to others. One of the most rewarding
experiences is when people I have helped
come back later and thank me for having
opened a door for them."
Volunteers—Creating a Better Community
The following is a list of
v olunteers w ho c ompleted volunteer profiles
at the Volunteer's Table
last week. W e look forward to meeting more
C SUSM volunteers at the
next Volunteers Day, Feb.
2 6,1994.
Mercedes Aguilar
Raschel Ammons
Linda Amor
Gary Andrade
Jeff Armstrong
Ollie Aspinwald
Vikrum Bagai
Gina Baldocchi
Bruce Baltis
Estela Becerra
Maura Bell
Evie Bennett
Tanya Boaz
Pam Brooks
Frances Browne
Michelle Bula
MaryCahill
Grace Carson
Alisa Coakley-Forby
Diane Coffin
Brad Curtis
Melva Dudley
John Dundle
Kelley Dykes
Jennifer Elbert
Lee Estes
Bernardo Estrada
Maureen Farmer
Pamela Farrel
Wendy Fimbies
Naomi Fink
Janet Fiorello
Linda Franson
Ann Garman
Mari Goodman
Annie Hall
Genevieve Hayden
Gloria Huffman
Dina Johnson
Susan Johnson
Katherine JohnsonLeVesque
Ritchie Kelly
Kevin Kilpatrick
Amanda Kimpel
Cristine Klopp
Dale Kohler
Mary Lane
Cherry Lasho
Roy Latas
Joanne Laviolette
Jon Lenzi
Troy Lewis
Ed Lim
Gina Macklis
Ruth Martinez
Yvonne McCarty
Dorinda McCombs
Diane McDonald
Katie McKenna
Judy Mead
Erin Michals
Shelby Millican
Dhamenah Mingo
Duane Mitchell
Katie Miyazaki
Richard Molloy
Eric Neesby
Heather Nemour
Lynn Nusbaum-Haines
Rick Nystrom
Gary O'Donnell
Angela O'Roerdan
* Mary Orthel
Jon Paino
Mark Palac
Lawrence Pandes
Micki Pease
Doug Perkins
Sharon Perna
Rebecca Pool
Kathleen Primising
Brenda Rios
Jeanette Ruiz
Sabrina Sanders
Jeanine Sciano
Scott Sherillo
Retha Sokel
Kristen Straeter
Tracy Thomas
Crystal Vanderwork
Kathy VanPelt
Cheryl Viertell
Sharen Wahl
Bertha Walker
Danette Watland
Ginger White
Denise Williams
Dolores Williamson
Robert Wortman
Kevin Youngdale
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t hat h e c an u surp t he
r ights of a nother.
— U nknown
Beavis and Butthead—
True Americans
By Thomas Lee Huntington
Staff Writer
The United States Congress recently conducted high-profile hearings about the inordinate amount of violence on television.
Present at these hearings were executives
from all the major networks, gallantly confessing their evil ways and promising oodles
more family programming and far less of the
adult- oriented, sexually explicit, violent
shows that have made them all rich. Illinois
Senator Paul Simon, the lead crusader in the
Clean-Up-Television battle, seemed very encouraged at the network promises, presumably convinced that his actions were having
a significant effect on the moral character of
the entertainment industry.
Not long after the hearings, a small child
playing with fire was responsible for the
death of his little sister. The child's mother
blamed the death on overexposure to MTV's
animated Beavis and Butthead, a crass, vulgar series detailing the exploits of two teenage morons who gain great pleasure from,
among other things, setting various animals
on fire. There was a huge public outcry,
complete with veiled threats from various
elected officials, that immediately lead MTV
executives to discontinue the 7 PM showtime.
There is a disturbing trend taking shape
here. Politicians and community activists
hungry for publicity and in search of an easy
target have turned their sights on the entertainment industry. Indeed, it seems as if
every artistic medium has recently come under attack for in some way contributing to the
decline of Western Civilization. Conservative radio mouthpiece Rush Limbaugh has
been accused of-gaspl-bias in his daily political harangues and there has been talk
among elected officials of invoking something called the Fairness Doctrine that would
presumably f orce ideologues such as
Limbaugh to "balance" their tirades by representing different points of view. Rap and
Rock music now come complete with "Parental Advisory" stickers warning of foul
language or depictions of graphic sexuality.
The well-documented prosecution of rap
group Two Live Crew on obscenity charges
is an extreme example of the growing governmental willingness to cater to a vocal
minority of self-styled moralists bent on controlling the content of American art.
That's not to say that there aren't legitimate
crises of morality and values in American
society. Indeed, it takes only an occasional
viewing of not Beavis and Butthead but CNN
to see what a mess much of American society
has become. It is unfortunate, then, that
basically well-intentioned people waste valuable time barking about the actions of fictional characters instead of attempting to solve
the real problems of crime, illiteracy, poverty, drug abuse, AIDS, alcoholism and the
countless other ills that plague our society.
Art is now and always has been a reflection of life; television does not provoke behavior in otherwise innocent viewers who
had never before considered such mischief.
It is the purpose of all art to, in the words of
Shakespeare "hold a mirror up to life." We
have become a society obsessed with shouting at our own reflections, convinced that if
we can somehow change what we see on
television, we will change what we see on our
streets. That is a tragically misguided notion.
In fact, it is often what we see on television or
hear on the radio that opens our eyes to what
is happening on our streets. Art is an incredibly powerful force, and it is the power of art
to outrage, sadden or shock people into action
that serves as one of the strongest arguments
for a free and open society.
Certainly, young impressionable children
should not have open access to material obviously unsuited for juveniles. In that respect,
it was a responsible decision for MTV to
move potentially offensive material to a later
time slot. It is a sad comment on the state of
American parenting in general, however, that
corporate executives and elected officials are
forced to take on the position of a mother or
a father. The breakdown of family values is
a real problem not solved by cheap sermonizing or potshots at Murphy Brown that serve
only to further divide society. It is a problem
that goes far beyond what children are watching on TV, and until everybody realizes that,
little will be accomplished.
It is unfortunate that Beavis, Butthead and
Rush Limbaugh have become the primary
spokesmen for the First Amendmentrightsso
central to the continued functioning of our
republic. But let them raise their collective
voices loudly, triumphantly in defense of
freedom until every last potential censor is
too annoyed and offended to-continue his or
her efforts.
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�Tim Hinchliff—
up c lose
By Debra K . Lane
Contributing Writer
There is currently a very special and
enlightening art exhibit on display at the
CSUSM library. Twenty-two "yarn paintings" by artist Tim Hinchliff and a poem with
each piece describing the meaning in that
creation. Each symbol in the paintings has a
specific message or purpose. Mother Earth is
shown in many of them. The symbol of
woman is depicted often as essential to the
life spirit of the earth, sky, and universe.
Tim Hinchliff is a native of San Diego
county . At the age of 14 years, Tim took a trip
to Mexico with his mother, a Cultural Anthropologist, and was introduced to Huichol
yarn art from Nayarit, Mexico.
DL: Even though we live in a high-tech
society that does not include hunting/gathering, do you see a relationship between ancient
beliefs about nature and our modern world?
TH: I see modern society as hunting
and gathering even today. W e are j ust look-
ing for different stuff to survive on. It may not
be corn or buffalo but the hunt for money
through careers etc. will have the same effect.
Eventually, it will be used tooput food on the
table and clothes on our backs.
DL: Can you tell us more about accompanying each piece in the library?
TH: I create sonnets as a love song that
I express f or a greater understanding of the art
presented. "Courting the Earth," the work I
am presenting at CSUSM this month is an
attempt to show others that we areallpart of an
original family indelibly tied with the earth
and its personality. I am a poet, and after a
painting is finished, I write about how I see
that painting and what it means to me.. Because I live with the painting while creating it,
writing about what I have created is a process
that gives me closure, as well as assisting the
public in understanding my work.
DL: How do you see yourself, past,
present, and future?
TH: I have been extremely fortunate to
have had a life that has allowed me to take the
Photo/Debra K. Lane
time to create. Over the last 20 years, I have
been able to grow with my art and obtain an
understanding of the levity of what I am
creating. But I have also been fortunate to
have had the time to hang out in those avocado groves in Fallbrook and play with the
idea of art. I began by drawing, sketching and
writing poetry. I was encouraged by my
family and friends. And I was lucky enough
to have met a woman to share my life. I have
a home, love, children and a career. It really
is incredible luck.
Students create
multicultural quilts
Students in the two sections of
Education 390created two very beautiful multicultural quilts. The quilts
are being used as a class servicelearning project by collecting donations and giving the proceeds to three
local non-profit
organizations.
Proceeds from one class will go
to the Latino Boy Scout Troop 669 to
sponsor a wilderness camping experience focusing on self-esteem and a
science/ecology
component
The other proceeds will be used to
sponsor at least two students' participation in Leadership 2000 and to
assist in the efforts of a local senior
citizen playwright which serves to
eliminate myths and
stereotypes
about aging.
These students are "no nonsense"
when it comes to business and it was
decided that each student would seek
donations for $1 per ticket
Each
class is striving to raise at least $ 1000.
We would appreciate your support
and donations in this endeavor: The
quilts will be on display in Founders
Plaza for the next few days. I appreciate your support for the students
efforts and wish all participants
the
best of luck in the drawings to be held
Dec. 6 and Dec. 8.
For more information,
contact
Charolette Bell at
752-4313.
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Ribble
Charolette Belle exhibiting completed quilt
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�A Perfect World—not so perfect
By Thomas Lee Huntington
Staff Writer
Mouie
Reuieiu
Kevin Costner achieved fame by playing
nice guys. Whether performing a little revisionist history by showing the world a softhearted Elliot Ness in The Untouchables or a
politically correct Union soldier in Dances
with Wolves, Costner has repeatedly epitomized the very 90s, very Hollywood aes-
thetic of the Sensitive White Male.
At first look, his new role as an escaped
convict in Clint Eastwood's A Perfect World
seems a bold step away from this cuddly
repertoire. Butch, as tBe Costner character is
called, is a cold-blooded murderer and kidnapper seemingly capable of any violent and
sadistic act. Upon further examination, however, Butch proves in many ways to be a
typical Costner character; a misunderstood,
ultimately kind-hearted product of a dysfunctional family—Robin Hood with a .38
and a pack of Lucky Strikes.
A Perfect World is a mess. A surprising
mess, considering the collective artistic talent assembled, but an ultimate disappointment nonetheless. Directed by Clint
Eastwood and co-starring Eastwood and Laura
Dern, this story of an escaped criminal who
inadvertently kidnaps a young Jehovah's
CSUSM's First Production
Frankly, to be Honest...
By L. Rene Fooks
Contributing Writer
Theatre is alive at CSUSM! Frankly,
to be honest.,, an Evening of Student
Generated Theater was directed by
Marcos Martinez, faculty member of the
Visual and Performing Arts department.
This, the first CSUSM student-based
production, was the resulfcof Theater Arts
499C-Production Workshop. The
production was student-generated theatre.
Just because the word "student" is used,
doesn't necessarily mean the quality is
low. Three performances were given last
month, November 6-8, and if you missed
them, too bad. It was well worth it. The
play was a series of monologues and short
scenes that depicted certain attitudes in
society regarding class, race, and gender
that perhaps some of us were not aware
of; or we have become so de-sensitized by
its occurrences that we ignore it. One
such idea was the monologue of an
overweight female who described how
valuable she was as a human being in
spite of her obesity, and how society has
set unwritten standards on women based
solely on their appearance. That was a
real eye-opener. As a male, I can honestly
say I have changed my pre-judging sexist
attitudes after hearing and seeing this
particular monologue. I even took the
'sorry no fat chicks' bumper sticker off my
car.
Another interesting scene showed a
method in which attitudes and ideas are
shaped. Like father, like son; you' ve heard
the cliche. This scene showed a bitter,
divorced man instilling aggressive,
demeaning ideas about women and their
true function (from his perspective), to his
teenage son, who has developed that same
pleasure-seeking, hateful attitude towards
his girlfriend.
I personally could not find any entertainment value in the profane language used.
They were not kidding when they advertised the program as not suitable for
children. I didn't get the impression that
the profane language was used to "boost
the ratings" but maybe to show us what
we've grown accustomed to in our everyday lives.
The theatre has a way of showing us who
we really are as individuals. If all the
world is a stage as one man wrote, and we
are the players, then the theatre is you as
well. Don't miss the next show!
Witness boy and is pursued across Texas by
a gruff ranger (Eastwood) and a psycho babbling beaurocrat (Dern) starts out fairly strong
but is quickly saddled with an annoying subplot and predictable dialogue and situations.
Costner summons up the proper menace in
the early scenes when breaking out of prison
and kidnapping the child. There is a strange,
unpredictable connection between Butch and
the boy that is balanced with strong tension;
the audience isn't sure where things are going, whether or not the criminal can be trusted
That tension is ruined soon enough, as we
discover that Butch was a product of a broken
home and has never killed anybody who
wasn't trying to harm someone he loved. We
find this out because Dern's character delivers a poorly written speech to a trailerful of
The
Texas rangers emphasizing the importance of
understanding the Why of criminal behavior,
not the What if you really want to catch your
man. It is the worst scene in the movie and
serves to almost single-handedly destroy all
possibilities of creativity or originality left in
the film. The entire Eastwood-Dern subplot,
in fact, serves as nothing more than an annoying distraction.
The film takes place in Texas a week
before President Kennedy was shot, and
Eastwood plays with some interesting symbolism about martyrdom and a loss of innocence. But nothing is fully developed, and by
the time the drawn out, predictable ending
comes, all the potential shown in the f ilm's
opening moments has been squandered. It is
unfortunate that such talent was wasted on
such a mediocre project.
A S. Programming
S oard
P resents . .
Associated Students are about to make history
here at CSUSM with the first Rock music event ever.
Conceit is to be held in front of the Dome Cafe,
around 2:30pm on December 9th.
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the mythical bird that constantly looks
back as it flies forward. The name
means 'Go and retrieve the past', and
to the AKAN people of Ghana, West
Africa, this behavior symbolizes the
need to develop a sense of continuity in
our everyday life by linking our present
and future to the past
The musical style of the group,
SANKOFA, succinctly represents the
concept expressed in the name. From a
socio-historical perspective, this group
traces the development of unique
musical expressions as the slaves
began to transform, adapt to and adopt
the diverse life-styles in which they
found themselves in the diaspora.
SANKOFA represents a unique blend
of the music of South, Central and
North America as well as the music of
the Caribbean as reshaped by the
dynamics of slavery and other forms of
cultural diffusion andacculturative
processes.
In SANKOFA, one could easily
identify the characteristics of Jazz*
Reggae, Funk, Calypso, Salsa, Blues,
Gospel, Spiritual, Traditional and
Contemporary African music, Country
and Western, Samba and the Classical
tradition, all of which are fused together to underscore the homogeneity
of the sources of acculturative processes that have guided the changes
through the years. The ever-present
polyrhythmic and complex melodic
structures, the call-and-response vocal
styles, the functionalism of the music
and all other attributes that have stood
the test of time are the basis of the
SANKOFA style.
This group is a capsule of the
reactions that current socio-political,
and historical transformations
throughout the world are generating.
World music has been melded by
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advancements in technology while
exclusiveness of remote cultures has
become a thing of the past.
The members of this amazing
group include a well-selected cadre of
musicians who have been dedicated to
the various representative styles. They
include Jim Storey, guitar; Gunnar
Biggs, bass; Brad Steinwehe, trumpet;
David Murray, trombone; Jason
Hahn, drums and percussion; Roy
Gonzalez, timbales and percussion;
Eyi Omaraji, percussion, vocals and
dance and Komla Amoaku, congas,
percussion and lead vocals. Dr.
Amoaku is also a Professor of
Ethnomusicology at CSUSM. The
ensemble sometimes includes traditional African dancers: Gelsamina
Merritt, Shoshanna Cordes and
Chantale Damas.
CSUSM sees the world increasingly
becoming a global village, and wishes
that this be expressed in its art and
cultural programs. SANKOFA is the
institution's demonstration of its
perception of the 21st century.
SANKOFA will be performing on
Thursday, Dec. 9 at 12 Noon at the
Commons Stage.
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contest is open to everyone and entry is FREE.
Any poet, whether previously published or not, can be a winner. Every
poem entered also has a chance to be published in a deluxe, hardbound
anthology.
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Owings Mills, MD 21117. The poem should be no more than 2 0 lines, and
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Things you may not do
when taking a standardized test.
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Chew off a perfectly good fingernail.
Dread the future.
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MCAT GMAT LSAT GRE PREPARATION COURSES
FOR MOR INFORMATION, CALL US AT (619) 558-0500
By Roy L atas
Staff Writer
A campus writing center usually reflects
aplace where remedial writers work through their
writing problems, but the CSUSM Writing Center provides a friendly environment that serves a
hub for the All University Writing Requirement
Project. The tutor corps of the Writing Center is
a skilled group of students whose foundation in
writing theory and practices comes from English
494 (Theory and Practice of College Writing).
The tutors aim to foster quality academic writing
from the painless perspective of a good friend
who is interested in advancing meaningful analysis. Students at any phase of an assignment are
encouraged to come to the Writing Center.
How do you use the Writing Center?
The tutorial staff of the Center recognizes that
writing is always a messy business—writing never
advances in clean, concise, well-rounded or logical steps. Academic writing involves a process of
false starts, misdirections, confusion, and many
times frustration. The tutor offers another set of
eyes to assist writers while they navigate their
"writerly" course to meaning. The phases of
writing: brain-storming, editing, revision or final
draft inspection are all part of the tutorial s taffs
field of experience.
Who uses the Writing Center? During
the 1992-1993 academic year, the Writing Center
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themselves as being skilled writers recognize
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profits of a trip to the Center. The notion that
only students with serious writing problems
avail themselves of this service was dispelled
by discovering that the average GPA of students using the Center was 3.25. This statistic
indicates successful students at CSUSM use
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The tutors at the Writing Center
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Events:
Nov.5-Dec.23
Tim Hinchliff, a local artist from Ramona, will have his colorful tapestry-like yam paintings
with narrative sonnets on display in the Library.
Nov. 16-24
CAMPUS FOOD DRIVE
Friday, Dec. 3 ' * •
First Friday Foreign Him fetivaL
"Yojimbo" Akira Kurosawa's 1961 samurai film. Japan. 7 PM, ACD 102.
Ticketed Event
Sunday, Dec. 5
Holiday Open House. 3-5 PM. The Dome. Open to everyone.
The Silver Shield
SOA
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m eets e very W ednesday
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MEETING
Dec. 6*11 HOLIDAY FILM SERIES
Monday, Dec. 6
African Ensemble. Performance of traditional West African music and dance under the
direction of Dr. Komla Amoaku. 12 Noon, Commons Stage.
Tuesday, Dec. 7
Personal Safety Awareness Workshop, 5:30 PM, Craven 5205.
Wednesday, Dec. 8 v
Andean Ensemble. Performance of music from Bolivia, Ecuador, and Peru on original
instruments from the region directed by Dr. Don Funes. Noon, Commons S&ge.
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Saturday, Dec. 11
Handel's Messiah. The San Diego Master Chorale will perform selections from Handel's
master work. 5 PM and 8 PM, Dome Cafe. Ticketed Event.
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For more information, call the University Store at 752-4730.
Off-Campus Events:
Nov. 27 - Dec. 26
A Christmas Carol: The Musical Gospel According to Dickens. Directed by Sam Woodhouse
and Osayande Baruti. San Diego Repertory Theatre. For info call 231-3586.
D ec.3,4&5
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Jazz Unlimited Dance Company presents "An Evening of Blues and Other Moods " City
College Theater, 1313 C Street, San Diego. Dec. 3-4 at 8 PM, Dec. 5 at 2PM and 7 PM. For
further information call 632-5340.
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fall 1993
President Bill Stacy
quilts
recycling
student research
The Dome
volunteering
writing requirement
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Virtual Art
Students create stunning
images using computers.
Pages 8 and 9
Volume 1, Number 3
A student publication serving California State University, San Marcos
Maximizing your degree
By Amy Glaspey
Staff Writer
CSUSM will be taking part in an electronic conference on the North American
Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) this month.
Representatives from all three NAFTA
signing countries will be presenting and
defending their points of view regarding the
agreement and the environment, business
growth, intellectual property rights, immigration, labor considerations and more.
The "live" portion of the conference
took place the this week, but e-mail discussions will go on for the remainder of the
month.
Photo by Carlos Mariscal
History
Economics
Liberal Studies
Public Relations
Graphic Design
JOB TITLE
Gallo Wine Sales Rep.
Dental Mfg. Sales Rep.
CEO of own company
Insurance Adjuster
Project Coordinator for
Chevron
Political Science County Fireman
Staffing Representative
Psychology
for Kelly Services
Regional Technical
Sociology
Recruiter for Kelly
Services
Paralegal
Business
Tax Attorney
English
NAFTA
On-Line
at CSUSM
Interactive discussion
continues all month
In front of a classroom packed with
Liberal Studies majors, Sandy Punch,
C SUSM's Career Center Director turned
into a cheerleader Monday night
" Don't apologize for being a Liberal
Arts major. Wear your badge proudly,"
Punch said. "Your career choices are only
limited by your imagination."
In addition to the teaching profession, Liberal Studies majors have endless
career opportunities.
Employers are always seeking applicants with broad-based knowledge obtained by a Liberal Arts degree. Recruiters from Gallo Wine, UPS, Enterprise
Rent-a-Car and Farmers Insurance asked
to speak with all majors during recent
campus interviews.
The following list of majors and j ob
titles of college graduates, including recent CSUSM and San Jose State University grads, shows that majors do not matter:
MAJOR
Friday, November 5 ,1993
Career Center Director Sandy Punch talks to Liberal Studies majors Monday about
j ob opportunities open to them.
E merging p rofessions f ar t he ' 90s
PROFESSION
Tax Accountant
Banking Sales & Marketing
Computer Systems Analyst
Target Marketing Specialist
Bilingual Education Teacher
Computer Software Engineer
Environmental Engineer
Clinical Lab Technician
Information Services Specialist
Insurance Claims Adjuster
Environmental Law
Home Care Aid
Public Relations Specialist
Business Services Sales Representative
Protein Chemist
Telecommunications Manager
Travel Agent
Source: US News & World Report, November 1,1993
ENTRY LEVEL ANNUAL SALARY
$26,000-30,000
$25,000-30,000
$26,000-34,000
$22,000
$23,000
$33,000
$28,000-36,000
$15,000-19,000
$15,000-25,000
$15,000-18,000
$40,000-85,000
$4.25 per hour
$25,000-30,000
$39,000
$45,000-50,000
$36,000-40,000
$12,000
Participants may interact with the speakers and one another via a computer connection which has been placed in the Library
Research Consultation O ffice (Complete instructions for connecting and logging in will
be placed next to the c omputer.)
A less interactive but still a two-way
dialog can be obtain by individuals who
subscribe to a mailing list which is tied to the
conference. Instructions f or subscription
will be placed at the end of this d ocument
Those who only wish to monitor the
discussion may look at the previous d ay's
messages by downloading them out of the
public folder where they will be placed each
morning.
For further information on NAFTA
ON-LINE, contact Gabriela SonntagGrigera, Jackie Borin or TeresaMacklin
at the Library.
�This week...
• What's new about measles? Page 6
• Liberal Studies seeks new name. Page 7
• A refresher on campus alcohol policy. Page 15
• Impact of recent Supreme Court decision. Page 4
CSUSMs Recycling
Program a Model for
Other Schools
By Ivalee Clark
Director Support Services
T he University has entered into
a contract with the California Integrated Waste Management Board
to develop and implement a "model
university waste reduction program." With no formal program
previously in place and being a new
campus, the plan of the Solid Waste
Reduction Planning Committee is
to establish a model program right
from the beginning and to make it a
transferable model for other colleges and universities to follow.
An aggressive recycling program
was launched on August 2, 1993.
Targeted are specific materials for
recycling, including mixed o ffice
paper, cardboard, newspaper, glass,
and cans/plastic. For convenience,
special color-coded recycling containers are located in handy locations throughout the University.
Your sorted recyclables are collected weekly and delivered to the
Mashburn Recycling Center. There,
the materials are processed for shipment to companies who reuse our
recyclables in the manufacturing of
new products.
A waste specialist from the California Integrated Waste Management Board in Sacramento spent
two days on campus reviewing our
recycling program. He praised how
much was accomplished in such a
short period of time.
Thanks to everyone for your cooperation in making the e ffort to
recycle and manage waste a success.
THE FIRST TWO MONTHS OF
OUR F ORMAL R ECYCLING
PROGRAM SAVED APPROXIMATELY 27 F ULL G ROWN
TREES . . . OR ROUGHLY 7
TREES FOR EVERY TON O F
MIXED PAPER AND NEWSPAPER.
In a ddition, t he c ontractor,
Mashburn Waste and Recycling
Services has commended CSUSM
on how "clean" the recyclable collections have been. Remember, contamination occurs when inappropriate trash becomes commingled
with recyclable material. Thanks
for asking questions prior to contaminating the recyclables. Answers to some questions:
• Plastic grocery bags and brown
paper bags cannot be recycled.
• Plastic containers from frozen
foods or bookstore food cannot be
recycled. There is no market for
these containers at the present time.
Please separate recyclables from
trash in the classroom. Both trash
and mixed paper containers are located in each classroom. Since food
and beverages are not permitted in
the classroom, appropriate beverage containers are located in the
hallways of the academic buildings.
Participation is very important in
this worthwhile project. Working
together will save natural resources
and reduce the amount of material
going into landfills.
If you have any questions or comments regarding the recycling program, please contact Support Services at Ext. 4520.
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NAFTA ROUND T ABLE
Labor, Immigration, Economic & Environmental Issues Will Be
Discussed
Reprsentatives from oganizations such as
AFL-CIO will be speaking
Thursday, Nov. 11,1:30 PM, Commons 206
Sponsored by Political Science Association
THE PRIDE is afreepublication, published every two weeks. It is distributed on
Fridays throughout the CSUSM campus and surrounding community.
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF: Mary Szterpakiewicz
ASSISTANT EDITOR: Roman S. Koenig
BUSINESS MGR/ADVERT1SING: Sheryl Greenblatt
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THE PRIDE, CSUSM Student Newspaper
San Marcos, California 96096-0001
Located in ACD 208
Telephone: (619) 752-4998
�Public Safety at CSUSM
By David Ross
Public Safety Officer
Photo by Mary Szterpakiewicz
Dave Ross, Public Safety Officer
All CSUSM faculty, staff and students are invited to receive a
complimentary registration to the Conference on Books in
Spanish for Young Readers.
San Diego Convention Center
Saturday November 13,1993
8 AM-4 PM Book Fair and Exhibits
More than 80 exhibitors of books in Spanish and books in
English about Latinos for children and adolescents from
Mexico, Argentina, Spain and the United States will be
exhibiting.
9:30AM Dr. Stephen Krashen
University of SouthemCalifomia "Bilingual Education and
Reading(Lecture to be delivered in English.)
11 AM President Jose Lopez Portiiio
President of Mexico, 1976-82 *La Dinamica Politics de
Mexico: De Aztlan a Tenochtitlan" (Lecture to be delivered in
Spanish.)
1:30 PM Meet the Author
Opportunity to interact with more than 15 authors from the
Spanish-speaking world.
3 PM Piantero y Yo
Literary/Musical presentation
To register and for further information, please call 752-4070.
hours, Frank de la Pena heads Campus Security. Some of you may remember Frank from
the temporary site. He now patrols the camThe Department of Public Safety is a pus at the midnight hour! Also, part of Public
California certified Police Department equiva- Safety are the Community Service Officers
lent to all other police agencies. The Public (CSOs). The CSOs assist the campus comSafety office is located on the perimeter of munity in a wide range of responsibilities
the main campus at 441 La Moree Road. including: escorts, building entry requests,
Public Safety is operational 24 hours a day. If vehicle unlocks, etc. Another integral part of
you are calling from an off-campus location, the Department is Public Safety Administradial 752-3111; if using the house phones tion. Administration consists of competent,
located throughout the campus, dial 3111. courteous, and service-oriented personnel
Office hours are Monday-Friday 8 AM to 10 eager to assist you with "behind the scenes"
PM. After hours, weekends and holidays, business. If you ever have a question please
call the University pager number 740-7710. call 752-4562 and ask for Dora or Anita.
Public Safety personnel will return your page
Public Safety's responsibilities include:
promptly.
overseeing parking and traffic activities, inArnold P. Trujillo, the department's di- cluding planning, control, and enforcement;
rector, is better known as Chief Trujillo and issuance of CSUSM faculty, staff, and stucomes to CSUSM with an extensive back- dent photo ID cards, bicycle locker informaground of over 20 years in campus law en- tion, carpool information, lost and found,
forcement. His motto is, "PROTECT WITH emergency first aid, emergency disaster coINTEGRITY, SERVE WITH PRIDE." Lt. ordination, and all campus law enforcement
Wheeler also has over 20years combined activities. In addition, we provide several
experience in law enforcement and campus campus and community services such as
law enforcement. Chief Trujillo and Lt. motorist assists that include battery jump
Wheeler have set high standards for the De- starts and lock outs. Also available is an
partment to implement, enforce, and main- engraving tool to mark valuable property,
tain. One of these standards is to ensure and Presentations on crime prevention, reducmaintain a safe environment for the univer- tion, awareness, and safety tips are available
sity community.
to interested groups.
We have two full-time officers; Office
If you would like further information
Mario Sainz and myself, Officer Dave Ross. about Public Safety Services and its role
A third officer will join the staff in December within the CSU system and California State
1993. Also joining the team will be the first University San Marcos, or if you have a
permanent Public Safety Dispatcher. This special issue or problem, please feel free to
person will be with us in mid-November contact Public Safety for assistance.
1993.
I welcome all comments, suggestions, or
Tina Mentzer is our Parking Enforcement questions, any of you readers may have conOfficer. T ina's main responsibility is traffic cerning Public Safety, please call 752-4562,
and parking. But if you see Tina out in the leave a note at Public Safety, or if you would
field and have a public safety concern, she'll like drop off a note at the campus newspaper
be glad to assist you. During the midnight office located at ACD 208. Address all
correspondence to: ASK DAVE & DORA.
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December 13 thru 1 7,1993
January 4 thru 2 1,1994
January 2 2,1994
Winter Session schedules are available in the Office of
Admissions & Records and the University Bookstore at
C SUSM. For registration information, call 752-4800.
�Supreme Court Decision May Have
Impact on Student Organizations
By Michelle Sadova
CSSA Representative
L ast F ebruary, t he C alifornia S upreme
C ourt r uled t hat t he U niversity of C alifornia s chool s ystem c annot f orce a s tudent t o a ssociate w ith o rganizations
w hich t hey m ight d isagree w ith p olitically o r i deologically t hrough m andatory s tudent g overnment f ees. T he c ase
w as a ppealed t o t he U.S. S upreme C ourt
l ast J une; h owever, t he C ourt d eclined t o
h ear t he case. T herefore, t he d ecision
s tands.
T here a re t wo k ey i ssues w hich d ivide
t he a dministration a nd t he s tudents o n
t his n ew r uling. F or f unding, t he a dministration f avors t he u se of a d onation
s ystem w hich is i ncluded i n t he o ptions
b eing p resented b y t he O ffice of t he P resident a nd t he C hancellors. H owever, s tudent g overnments r ealize t hat s uch a
m echanism w ould r esult i n d iminished
f unds, e ssentially r esulting i n t he e limination of c ertain o rganizations. S imply
s tated, t he d onation s ystem r elies s olely
o n t he g ood w ill a nd f inancial a bility of
e ach s tudent. T he c urrent t rend of r aising s tudent f ees, h owever, w ill f urther
d iminish s tudent's a bility t o d onate.
T he s econd i ssue d ividing t he s tudents
f rom t he a dministration i s d efining t he
t erms " political" a nd " ideological." T he
o ptions p resented w ould r equire e ach
c ampus s tudent g overnment t o m ake d eterminations a bout t he p olitical a nd i deological n ature of a ll s tudent o rganizations r anging f rom N OW t o t he Soccer
C lub. T his w ould l eave s tudent g overnments v ulnerable t o l awsuits b y s tudents
o r o rganizations f or d iscrimination.
W hile t he i mpact of t he r uling o n t he
C SU s ystem i s s till u nclear, t his m ay b e
a n o pportune t ime f or a dministration a nd
s tudents t o d iscuss t he i mpact i t m ay
h ave o n s tudent o rganizations a t CSUSM.
"Can Russia Change?
On The Road To Reform"
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Take an Idea and
Make it Happen
By Claire Langham
Service-Learning Coordinator
S cott M yers-Lipton, v isiting o ur
c ampus f rom t he U niversity o f C olorado in B oulder, d escribed a n i dea f or
a n i nnovative a cademic p rogram w hich
i ntegrates s ervice-learning i nto c ourse
w ork. H e e xplained t he p rocess o f
t aking a n i dea a nd m aking it h appen t o
a n i nterested a udience of f aculty, s tudents a nd s taff g athered o n N ov. 1 in
t he C ommons c onference r oom.
M y e r s - L i p t o n d e f i n e d t he
" INVST" i dea a s l inking t heoretical
c lassroom k nowledge w ith h ands-on
l earning in c ommunity s ervice. I NVST
is t he a cronym f or t he I nternational
a nd N ational V oluntary S ervice T raining P rogram. I NVST i nvolves 2 5 t o
3 5 j uniors a nd s eniors in an i ntensive
t wo-year p rogram, i ncluding m onthlong s ummer a ctivities a nd f our c lasses
s pecifically d esigned t o t rain s tudents
f or l eadership in t he c ommunity. T he
f irst s ummer p rogram i ncludes a o neweek w ilderness e xperience, f ollowed
b y a w eek w orking w ith t he h omeless
in Efenver, t hen t wo w eeks w orking
w ith N ative A mericans of t he D ineh
( Navajo) o r t he L akota ( Sioux) N ation. T he s econd s ummer p rogram
p rovides s tudents w ith a g lobal p erspective b y g iving t hem t he o pportu-
nity t o l ive i n a T hird W orld c ountry.
L ast y ear, I NVST s tudents lived
in t he s lums o f K ingston, J amaica f or a
m onth, a nd s erved in a v ariety of c ommunity s ervice p rojects. C ombining
a cademic c ourses, i ncluding six hours
p er w eek o f c ommunity s ervice, a lab
p racticum, a nd t he s ummer p rograms,
t he I NVST p rogram r eaches b oth the
" heart a nd t he m ind," M yers-Lipton
s aid.
" CSUSM c ould b enefit f rom a
s imilar p r ogram, o ne t hat i s e xciting in
t hat it p uts r eal c hanges i nto e ffect that
a re e ssential," s aid o ne p erson f ollowing M yers-Lipton's p resentation. She
f eels t hat C SUSM h as t he c hance t o do
s omething l ike t his n ow.
P rofessor M arcos M artinez f rom
t he V isual a nd P erforming A rts Program s tated t hat M yers-Lipton's basic
m ethods w ere a lready in p lace in theater. " While p erhaps n ot u nder the
s ame m odel, t he m ethodology a nd results s peak t o t heater a s a d iscipline.
A cting a t est, l iving it, a nd w orking
with p eople i s w hat t heater i s," Martinez
s aid.
M yers-Lipton e mphasized that
t he w ay t o t ake a n i dea a nd m ake it
h appen i s t o a ct u pon y our i dea. Service-Learning i s p art of a n i ncreasing
n ationwide a wareness t hat e ach of u s
c an m ake a d ifference.
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APPLICATIONS is Nov. 15
Applications are still available at the
Library & Bookstore
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�Computer Competency
Requirements
College of Business Administration
The College of Business Administration will b e offering g roup
advising sessions for b usiness administration majors regarding
Winter Session a nd the Spring Semester. There will b e three onehour sessions each d ay, M onday t hrough T hursday, f rom November 8-18. Each session will b e an information question a nd answer
format. S tudents m ay arrive late or leave early if necessary. Signup sheets are o utside t he s tudent a dvisor's office (Craven 2202).
The Senior Experience will b e open to business administration
majors w ho d id n ot switch over to the n ew curriculum, b ut w ho will
b e a ttending t he Fall ' 94/Spring '95 academic year. This is a u nique
o pportunity to get real business experience, develop i mportant
contacts, a nd earn 8 elective u nits t owards a Management or Accounting option. For m ore information, please see Joyce Jasinski,
Student Advisor (Craven 2202) or Dr. Len Jessup (Craven 2205).
CONGRATULATIONS to Cheri Wright on h er selection as the
Student Representative to the College of Business Dean Search
Committee. Let's all give her t he s upport she deserves as she performs this i mportant task.
College of Education
Come to t he Credential P rogram Advising Session scheduled
W ednesday, N ovember 17 at 5 PM in Academic Hall, Room 102.
Reservations a re n ot necessary. Dr. Steve Lilly, Dean of the College of Education, will welcome interested students. Paul Phillips,
Director of Financial Aid will share information a bout financial
aid a nd scholarships available to College of Education students.
Dr. Sandy Parsons will present the p roposed m ultiple subject
(B)CLAD e mphasis/learning h andicapped concurrent p rogram
expected to begin in Summer, 1994. Dr. Janet McDaniel will
p resent the m ultiple subject (B)CLAD a nd m iddle school emphasis
p rogram f eaturing guest speakers f rom the p rogram. Kay
M eredith a nd N ancy Proclivo will h ave a q uestion/answer session
r egarding application to the p rogram, a nd s upplementary authorizations.
Applications f or t he S ummer/Fall, 1994 teacher education p rograms a re available in t he Teacher Education Office, Craven Hall,
Room 1234, or call 752-4277. The College of Education S ummer/
Fall, 1994 application d eadline is March 18,1994.
There is always new information to share, come find out the latest! For
more information, see Nancy Proclivo, Credential Analyst.
A reminder to all students who have to
fulfill the Computer Competency Requirement—The CCR may be met in the
following manner:
ACD 202 for students who need to take
an exam or part of an exam. Space is
limited in each exam so students are
advised to register as soon as possible if
they need to take an exam. The same is
(1) Successful completion, with a true for the workshops. If students wish
grade of C or better, of one of the follow- to attend a workshop to "brush up" on
ing CSUSM courses: CS 304, PSYC
their skills before taking an exam, they
300, VSAR 302, and a newcourse MLISC should registeras soon as possible. Each
302,
workshop is independent of the others so
(2) Passing the CSUSM computer
students may register for whichever one/
competency examination, or
s fit their needs. Registration forms and
schedules may be found in ACD 202.
(3) Successful completion, within
A January intersession workshop and
two years of your first matriculation seexam sequence is also in the planning
mester at CSUSM, with a grade of C or
stage.
better or pass, of one of the many apIf you have questions regarding the
proved courses offered at other colCCR exam, courses which met the CCR
leges. A list of the approved courses is
requirement, or other issues, see Mary K.
posted outside ACD 202.
Atkins, Craven 2234, telephone 752An exam and workshop is posted in 4788.
GROUP THERAPY NOW
AVAILABLE
Do you feel comfortable in
group settings? Do you
prefer group rather than
individual counseling ?
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at 752-4910
�The Good and Bad
News About Measles
NOTICE TO ALL FIRST SEMESTER
STUDENTS
By Joel Grinolds, MD, M.P.H.
At Student Health Services we are often asked, "Why is
there an immunization requirement for Measles?" The
answer is that in the mid 1980s, an epidemic of Measles
began. It peaked at 14,000 cases in the first half of 1990.
But, because of the efforts at all educational levels (including universities) and community programs, the lowest
incidence of Measles cases on record is being experienced
in the United States this year.
Measles may sound like just another childhood disease
but this recent epidemic proves otherwise. In a three year
period (1989 to 1992) Measles led to 132 deaths, 11,000
hospitalizations and medical expenditures of up to 100
million dollars. Also, in 1992, the most recent complete
reporting period, 19% of all Measles cases were in the 20
year-plus-age group. This age group includes most of the
student at this university. A few years ago, 20-30% of the
USC football team came down with Measles and almost
could not play in the Rose Bowl.
The sharp decline in Measles pleases many experts, but
also worries them. Ten years ago, Measles was also on the
decline, but complacency about Measles vaccine requirements seems to have resulted in the most recent epidemic.
Therefore, the Measles vaccine requirement will
becontinue because it makes good public health sense, and
can personally protect you and your good health. If you
have any questions regarding the Measles vaccine, please
call Student Health Services at 752-4915.
Every student born Jan. 1956 or later is
required t o provide proof of measles/
Rubella vaccination prior t o registration
for a second semester.
Student Health Services will be offering
walk-in clinics for the required measles/
Rubella immunizations. The clinic dates
are:
Fri., Nov. 19
Tue., Nov. 23
Wed., Dec. 1
8:30 1:00 8:30 1:30 -
You must bring your immunization card
or medical record t o Student Health
Services, fill out the necessary form and
return the completed form t o Admissions
and Records.
Student Health Services is located on the
first floor of Craven Hall. The phone
number is 7 52-4915.
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�Liberal Studies or
Integrative Studies?
PLAY FORE PAR
Faculty wants to change program name
B y J an C ooper
Staff Writer
A memo to the academic faculty and advisors from the Liberal Studies faculty announced that they are petitioning to change
the name of Liberal Studies to Integrative
Studies. The memo states that this new name
will better reflect the nature of the program
which, while usually associated with the
Multiple Subject Waiver Program, provides
a variety of interdisciplinary options. A track
structure will allow the university to develop
interdisciplinary tracks in addition to the
waiver tracks. They will share a common
mission statement and core of courses beyond GE requirements. Central to this core
will be issues related to race, class and gender. Service Learning will be an important
part of this program.
The Program Mission Statement states
that "Integrative Studies (IS) is a dynamic,
innovative multi-disciplinary program designed for students seeking a broad liberal
arts education with a global perspective." It
goes on to state, "This curriculum seeks to
breach traditional barriers between the natural and social sciences and the humanities to
achieve an integrated educational experience.
IStudents who graduate from the IS program
will be prepared to enter various fields in the
private and public sector, pursue further professional training or post-graduate education, and in general, be better prepared for the
technological changes underway in t oday's
workplace.
The memo did not explain how this change
will affect current Liberal Studies majors and
did not go into specifies as to how the pro* gram would be changed or enhanced.
This project is still in the planning stages,
with plans to move through the proper approval cycles in the first part of the next
academic year.
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Environmentally Oriented Services
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Visual Or Performing Arts
Service-Learning Office recognizes
that many campus organizations and
individual students are involved in
comunity service
�Computer Art— it's not
just another fad. Deborah
Small looks on as students
get creative.
��You can educate a fool,
but you cannot make
him think.
— The Talmud
Academics, not sports
should be college's focus
By T homas Lee H untington
Staff Writer
Our young university stands at
a very important crossroads in its
development. While certain guiding principles and philosophies have
been established, the shape that
CSUSM will take in the future is
essentially up for grabs. The administration and faculty have already worked hard to earn a reputation for diversity and academic excellence, but it is the student body
that will ultimately shape our university for future generations. With
that in mind, CSU San Marcos
should continue to focus on intellectual and cultural achievement and
not put valuable money and resources into a comprehensive athletic program.
Certainly, athletics is an important part of American life and team
sports offer many rewards to those
students who choose to participate.
But the mission of CSUSM is an
intellectual one. In a state so limited economically that university
fee hikes have caused the cost of
education to skyrocket, the primary
goal of all state universities should
be to improve the educational environment and lessen the economic
burden in any way possible. Football stadiums and coaching staffs
are luxuries that we cannot possibly
afford.
Some would argue that a strong
football team brings revenue to the
school by attracting area supporters
who are more than happy to fork
over a few bucks for the university
in order to see a good gridiron match
up. High profile athletic programs
are often economically beneficial
to the universities that house them,
but getting to that point requires a
great deal of expenditure that simply could be utilized in better ways.
Also, athletic events only attract
supporters if those supporters have
a winning team to root f or; losing
teams also lose money.
Perhaps more important than the
athletic program's* varying economic aspects is the side-stepping
of academic goals. The ultimate
purpose of any university is to foster an intellectual environment conducive in every way possible to
student growth. As is, CSUSM is
filled with dedicated faculty and
hardworking students here because
they want to be a part of that environment. We should dedicate our
time and resources to the pedantic
and aesthetic endeavors that make
university life important and unique.
There are plenty of other places
to find great quarterback keeps and
breathtaking double plays. Let this
university be a haven for intellect
and culture.
Human spirit triumphs
over California tragedies
By R oman S. Koenig
Contributing Writer
As the Santa Ana winds blow
again this week and the fires we
thought were over destroy the
community of Malibu, the memory
of last week'sfirestorms still burns
in my mind; yet while thinking
about what is now being called
one of California's worst tragedies,
something very important and
encouraging has come out of the
ashes.
The news is so often riddled
with v iolence and d eath, t he
coverage of last week's destruction
seemed no different on the surface,
but l ooking at it with c loser
scrutiny, it became c lear that
something, in fact, was different.
More important than anything else,
the triumph of the human spirit
showed through like a candle in
the darkness.
While television cameras both
on the ground and in the air focused
on the violence and destruction
t he
f ire b rought,
n ews
c ommentators a nd r eporters
seemed to move more quickly to
cover the human angle in the midst
of all the tragedy.
Seeing, hearing and reading
stories about how neighbors fought
to save each other's homes with
Politics as usual
By B arry W alker
Guest Editorial
There is a new club on campus that has
promised to promote discussion of political
issues on campus that affect students, faculty, and the community. The Political Science Association (PSA), in an attempt to
demonstrate its willingness and desire to
discuss important issues, has already met
face to face with the politics of politics.
On Tuesday, Oct. 26, the Student Califor-
nia Teachers Association scheduled a seminar geared against Prop. 174 (the school
voucher initiative). The PSA was interested
in seeing that arguments on both sides of this
very important issue were addressed and available to students on campus, and started looking for someone to present the pro-side argument.
After being guaranteed a speaker, the PSA
went ahead with coordination of the event.
At this point, the speaker, a co-author of Prop.
174, demanded equal time with the audience
garden hoses as 40-foot flames
swept through the hills of Laguna
Beach, Thousand Oaks and here at
h ome in E scondido m ade m e
question if the news media is really
as " violence-loving" as m ost
people make it out to be.
In newspapers, stories about
how people have been effected by
thefiresreceived equal billing with
the destruction those fires caused.
Saturday's edition of The Orange
County Register had the story
"Evacuees treated to hotel party,"
about how local businesses and
community organizations held a
Halloween party at a hotel f or
families that lost homes in Laguna
Beach.
The Times Advocate had on
Friday's front page a teaser at the
t op r eading, " Fire A ftermath:
Families look to the future after
losing their homes." Again, a look
at the ' B' section showed the top
story to be about the triumph of the
human spirit: "Couple finds 'there
is life after the fire."' The story
f ocused on E laine a nd N eil
Marshburn, who after losing their
home in the Guejito fire, returned
to the ashes that were once their
home and prepared to "build new
memories."
The words in a commentary
attending the SCTA seminar. Part of that
audience was allegedly an education class
who, it could be argued, would be a captive
audience for one side of apolitical issue at the
expense of the California taxpayer without
giving the opposite side equal time.
Nevertheless, the PSA was offering a time
slot in which the pro voucher side could be
presented. It was scheduled to precede the
seminar opposing the issue. The speaker, not
convinced that he would receive equal time,
withdrew from his commitment to address
this campus at the request of PSA. As a
result, the issue of school vouchers was not
Oct. 28 by KNSD-TV news
anchor Rolland Smith echoed
the sentiment that the news media
can and do care in the f ace of
t ragedy: " ...The s tories of
n eighbor h elping n eighbor
c onfirm o ur d esire f or
community. This is a story not
only of chewing f lames and
charred places, it is a story of
h opes and w ishes, shattered
dreams and s hock... All we can
do in this human family of ours
is to be aware, and to care. There
is something powerful in that,
and it heals. I 'm listening to the
wind today, knowing it brings a
better day."
I aall, last w eek's Southern
California fires charred over
135,000acres and destroyed 600
homes. Those numbers are still
climbing, but through all of it,
the one thing that has not been
destroyed is the power of the
human spirit to look to the future
and rebuild.
News reporters have not
been afraid to cover this side of
the story, and more importantly,
have r ecognized the e vent's
impact on themselves and on
everyone who has been a part of
it.
properly discussed or presented on this campus.
In order to gain knowledge and formulate
opinion on an issue, one must listen to arguments in contrast to o ne's own opinion as
well as to those that concur. Without doing
so is to make an uninformed choice. The
decision of the pro Prop. 174 speaker not to
speak was a political decision that benefited
no one. Must politics always get in the way
of politics?
The Political Science Association would
like to thank the SCTA for addressing this
issue.
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The Other Side of
"Greeks" Story
Dear Editor:
In response to Amy G laspey's "Greeks
get Opposition to Halloween Bash," the
InterClub Council (ICC) has a total budget of $4,500 f or the entire year to support
the activities of about 3 0 clubs. A strong
part of the opposition f rom the ICC was
that in giving a few clubs (the Greeks) the
$1,000 they requested to put on one event,
it would possibly excluded other clubs
from their portion of that money later in
the year. The ICC voted to equally divide
the $4,500 with a reserve f or new clubs or
emergencies.
The other part of the opposition was the
irony created by the clubs having given
full support to "Red R ibbon" week promoting non-alcoholic lifestyles, and then
being asked f or money f or a party with a
cash bar at the end of that same week!
Some of the clubs have a strong sensitivity
to alcohol issues, SALT, American Indian
and others feel that alcohol is not conducive to learning and that the school is not
a place for an alcohol-oriented party. T he
ICC as a body wants no responsibility in
this type of affair but each club i s f ree to
pursue their own a gendas within the
school's guidelines.
Brian Cutler
Misleading Info Given on
Prop. 174
Dear Editor:
I a m p rompted t o w rite i n r esponse
t o y our e ditorial o n 10-22-93, " Why
Yes o n 1 74/' b ecause i t i s s uch a n
e xtreme e xample of m isleading, i ncomplete a nd i naccurate i nformation.
You h ave a r esponsibility t o y our
r eaders a nd t o y ourself t o c arefully
p repare e ditorial c ontent a nd a llow
s ufficient r oom t o o ffer t he r elevant
f acts. T hat y o u h a v e n o t d o n e .
You c ite a " Cambridge U niversity
s tudy" a s t he s ource of t he f act t hat
a pproximately $ 6,000is s pent p er s tudent p er y ear i n p ublic s chools, " twice
t he a mount s pent b y p rivate s chools."
T his s tudy, n o d oubt, w as of s chools
n ationwide, a s t he a mount s pent p er
s tudent p er y ear i n C alifornia i s f ar
b elow t he $6000 figure; C alifornia
r anks a lmost d ead l ast i n t he n ation
i n p er c apita e xpenditures i n p ublic
s chools. A s t o p rivate s chool t uition, i t
i s a ccurate t hat a bout 2 / 3 of p rivate
s chools i n C alifornia c harge t uition a t
a round $2600, b ut t he r emaining 1 / 3
c harge c onsiderably m ore, s ome a s h igh
a s $10,000 p er y ear. T he f ormer a re
a lmost a ll a ffiliated w ith a c hurch o r
o ther r eligious o rganization, p rimarily
C atholic. S o w hen y ou s ay t hat " government s chools c reate m ore g overnment s heep" ( whatever t hat i mprecise
s tatement m eans), a nd t hat P rop. 174
w ould g uarantee g reater d iversity i n
e ducation, y ou s et a side t he f act t hat
t he v ast m ajority of p rivate s chools a re
o riented a round r eligious b eliefs. (Religious s chools c reate m ore r eligious
s heep?) L astly, y ou s tate, w ithout a ny
e vidence, t hat " the v oucher s ystem
w ould s low d own d emand t o b uild
m ore p ublic s chools." E ven t he P rop.
174 p roponents w ould b e h ard p ressed
t o c laim t hat t he n umber of s tudents
l eaving p ublic s chools f or p rivate
s chools w ith v oucher i n h and, w ould
e xceed t he n umber of s tudents m igrating i nto C alifornia e ach y ear, p lus a ny
n et i ncrease w rought b y n ormal b irth
p atterns a nd g raduation r ates. A f lawed
p iece of l egislation i s n ot t he l esser of
t wo e vils, a s y ou s uggest. T he r oot of
o ur p roblems i n p ublic e ducation is t he
f oundation s ystem of f unding w hich
r elies u pon p roperty t ax r evenues p lus
s tate c ontributions. T his i s a s ystem
f raught w ith i nequities a nd i t r eflects
t he i nequities of o ur c lass s ociety. You
h ave m issed t he f orest f or t he t rees.
By Garrett Collins
Guest Editorial
upper-management positions. Stupid, stupid, stupid!
This brand of "Dedication to Diversity"
What constitutes a diverse group? Re- seems to embrace a hierarchy of favoritist
cently gays and lesbians won their deserved and fascist values which embrace and enstatus as a diverse group; in the 6 0's, the courage an in-group mentality while ostraAfrikans and the Womyn in America won cizing "fringe" populations. In the 1940's,
their victories; in the sixteenth century the unwanted immigrants, my ancestors, came
Protestants warred against the Papal powers f rom Europe. Today, they come f rom
in Rome for their right to practice the religion Mexico. I 'll be damned if I 'll buy into a
they believed in. Three hundred years ago, all Eurocentric value system that teaches me,
these viable diverse groups were discounted based upon my f amily's having been in this
and subjugated.
country three generations, that I am better
Looking at the cover of You Name It, Vol. than today's immigrant population.
1, No. 2 , 1 was accosted by a graphic of a
For me, diversity is a term that includes
stylized "witch." Obviously, this overt Chris- the idea that all people are respected f or their
tian icon depicting their old ene n y, the Pa- unique qualities and beliefs. The dedication
gan, is acceptable to the editorial staff. They comes in our celebration of the cultural
used it, d idn't they? The Bill of Rights allows differences that make us unique individuals,
freedom of religion for all American citizens, not in insuring that yesterday's underdog is
yet this heavy-handed Christian-dominated able to subjugate tomorrow's under-represociety still gets away with slanderous acts sented group.
such as the representation found on the cover
If you serve this ideal of truly celebrating
of our student paper. Face it folks, Halloween diversity, then there is no special group to
was Samhain—an ancient Celtic harvest ritual protect—no one to be excluded by faulty
that predates the Roman invasion of Briton. reasoning. If, on the other hand, you pay lip
Witches, Wjccans, Pagans—these words service to this latest fad, you amount to only
bear a negative connotation for most Ameri- a hypocrite and a liar.
cans; we have been trained from infancy to
fear and revile those associated with these Editor's Note: I was under the assumption that
terms. In the media, witches are either por- the Halloween witch (still the most popular Haltrayed as a supernatural evil for Romanesque loween image and costume worn by trick-orcharacters to obliterate or as the stylized treaters) was nothing more than a caricature of
ancient mythology and superstition, much like
Glenda the Good Witch. This is wrong—just
the Easter Bunny or Santa Claus. I am unaware
as wrong as the idiotic supposition that people of what country, ethnic background or religion
of Jewish descent are stingy , that persons of they represent or that they are an ostracized
African descent are Sambos, or that women fringe propulation.
are better suited to secretarial rather than
William Brigham
Faculty, Sociology Program
Editor*s Note: I agree that Prop. 174 was
flawed, since government strings would still be
attached. What Hiked about the idea was that
parents, not government officials, would get to
choose their child's school. In the meantime,
individuals are forced (taxation) to pay for a
poor quality education whether they send their
child to a government school or not. Yet while
you accuse me of usingmisleding information
(citing a Cambridge U. study), your refutation
is filled with adverbial retorts such as"is far
below," "almost dead last""are almost all,"
and "primarily," notfacts—afeeble refutation
at best. The San Diego County Board of Education states that California ranks 39th, not
dead last, in per capita funding—$4627. This
amount does not include teacher retirement
and other benefits, which, if included, would
raise that amount near the national average.
Celebration of diversity doesn 't stop with ethnic background and culture. Allowance for
diversity in education will insure that no one
ideology prevails.
Book Sale
New & Used
Ikes. Nov. 9
at the Dome and
To Benefit the
Psychology
Research Fair
Wed. Nov. 10 on
Founder's Plaza
11-2:30 PM
�a review of
photographs by
Ruth ThorneThomsen
L inda C onnor, The Patient One, L amayura M onastary L adakh, India, 1 985.
Printing—out p aper, g elatin silver p rint.
Earthly Constellation—-photographs by Linda Connor
By Peter Gorwin
Critic-at-Large
The Museum of Photographic Art (MOPA)
has opened its new exhibition, the work of
two photographers, Linda Connor and Ruth
Thorne-Thomsen. These photographers have
more in common than their gender; they possess a love of subjects ancient and mysterious, and they use their cameras to capture
images of things ephemeral and fleeting. However, the way these women set out to record
such essences differs like night and day. I
found their work so compelling that I decided
to review them separately. In this issue, I will
concentrate on the work of Linda Connor, a
Bay area photographer who teaches at the San
Francisco Art Institute.
In a documentary which runs with her
show, "Earthly Constellation," Linda Connor
states that her images revolve around "honoring the spirit." In these transcendental endeavors, she has chosen the tools and techniques of such traditional landscape photographers as Ansel Adams and John Sexton.
She uses the 8x10 view camera, not usually
the choice f or the woman photographer due to
its heavy and unwieldy nature. With the
correct exposure and developing techniques,
this camera produces an 8x10 inch black &
white negative, capable of producing an image unsurpassed in rich tone and detail. As
with past masters, Connor chooses to contact
print her images, side-stepping the use of an
enlarger. Nonetheless, the naked way her
prints have been placed in 8x10 inch frames,
does them no justice. Mounting and matting
her photographs in a more customary way
would have better exhibited her work.
Technique becomes meaningless if the
artist does not use it to reflect carefully chosen subject matter. Connor, an adventurous
traveler, has chosen areas as diverse as Nepal,
Ireland, Hawaii, Europe, Egypt and the American Southwest in pursuit of "spiritual" subject matter. In seeking the spiritual, her eye
gravitates to classic outdoor landscapes, dimly
lit interiors of temples and tombs, Native
American pictographs, or Celtic stone circles.
She proves to be at her best when she
weaves antithetical elements into her images,
such as those in her photograph, "The Patient
One." In it we see a beam of bright sunlight
striking an artifact inside a darkened East
Indian Temple.
Often, when she cannot identify such natural opposites as dark and light which play
against one another in her composition, her
work takes on a more pedestrian quality,
verging on being simply documentary. At
these times, her images reflect a safe decision
to fall back on her strong technical expertise,
relying on subtle themes and elements rather
than on more dynamic and compelling ones.
Connor captures the spirit best in her spontaneous people images, something usually
attained by photographers who use smaller
format cameras. Cartier-Bresson serves as
the prime example of this. Such photographers usually use wider apertures and faster
shutter speeds in order to catch their subjects
atjust therightmoment. Remarkably, Connor
breaks this rule by using a small aperture,
compensating with the usual longer exposure
time. With these longer exposures, subjects
may blur, but Connor uses this to her advantage often allowing one figure in the image to
blur, shifting the viewer's attention to the
person who has remained sharp and still.
Sandra S. Phillips, curator of photography at the San Francisco Museum of Modern
Art, the person who organized Connor's show,
inadvertently perpetuates gender stereotypes
with such statements as, "She (Connor) is one
the few women who have explored landscape
photography, and endowed this form with a
female consciousness." Phillips fails to define what "female consciousness" means, or,
for that matter, how this aspect of C onnor's
psyche has specifically influenced her images. Certainly, we must commend both
women for smashing any glass ceilings which
may exist in the photographic world, but the
quality of C onnor's art eclipses any myths
about gender influences on creation.
In the next issue I will review the surrealistic work of Ruth Thorne-Thomsen, the other
photographer being shown at this dual exhibition. Her show is entitled, "Within this
Garden." I recommend that you get over to
MOPA to see these shows which will be
running until November 14. For information,
call (619) 238-7559.
He who will not reason is a bigot; he who cannot is a fool; he who dares not is a slave.
—Sir John Drummond
�CSUSM Library
presents local artist
Timothy Hinchliff
An exhibit of Timothy Hinchliff s yarn paintings, "Courting the Earth," will open on Friday, Nov. 5 a nd will run until
Dec. 2 3. T he exhibit, which includes both yarn paintings
and poems written to accompany e ach painting, commemorates the Earth in its many aspects.
Hinchliff, a resident of R amona, developed his style and
mastery of the yarn painting medium over the last two
decades. Y arn paintings a re constructed like a mosaic. A
piece of wood is coated with a beeswax mixture and then
individual strands of yarn a re pressed into the wax. Many
hours are required to develop the color a nd composition of
the work.
Y arn painting is the traditional art of the Huichol Indians
of Nayarit, Mexico. T he intricate paintings depict Huichol
mythology and the link between people and nature.
T he exhibit is located in the University's library which is
on the 3rd floor of C raven Hall. T here will be a reception
for the artist on Nov. 5 from 3 to 4 :30 P M in the library's
courtyard.
T he exhibit is free a nd open to the public during regular
library hours which are Monday-Thursday 8 A M to 9 P M;
Frday 8 A M to 4 :30 P M; and Saturday 10 A M to 4 P M.
Courting the Earth
A ltman T akes No S hort C uts in N ew Film
Movie Review
By Thomas Lee Huntington
StaffWriter
Robert Altman has long been one of the few American
filmmakers unafraid of artistic experimentation. From his
early social comedies such as Mash and Nashville to the
recent Hollywood satire The Player, Altman has consistently pushed the bounds of cinematic convention, often
delivering keen insight into the human condition. Altman's
best work is in many ways a reflection on the absurdity and
Hopelessness ofmodern life. Thejumpy, nervous camerawork
and disjointed, frantic dialogue capture in a unique way the
various joys and neuroses of his characters.
It is appropriate, then, that Altman would turn to the
writings of minimalist short-story master Raymond Carver
for cinematic inspiration. Carver (recently deceased) was
interested in the blandness and fragility of everyday existence. His stories are tightly structured snapshots of extraordinary moments in ordinary lives, introducing a few charac-
ters and then taking them in the least-expected direction.
In his new film Short Cuts (playing exclusively at San
Diego's Park Theater), Altman has taken a handful of Carver
stories, changed the location from the midwest to Los Angeles and created what is perhaps the finest film of his career.
Altman does not so much adapt these stories as interpret
them. The stories are loosely woven together in distinct
Altman fashion, complete with his characteristic quick cutting and unique camera angles. The beauty of the film lies in
the fact that the Carver material works so well within that
stylistic framework. It is a marvelous marriage of artistic
mediums: Altaian's dramatic and visual sense brings the
stories to life in the same way that Carver's deeply drawn,
insightful characters and situations give weight to the director's
vision.
A plot summary would be useless for a film of this
complexity and scope, and part of the joy of the movie lies in
watching the various stories turn in unexpected directions.
Compelling, flawed characters are introduced and relationships are established at a leisurely pace. Some of the stories
take tragic turns that send ripples throughout the film. By the
end, every individual story has been in some way affected by
another story, creating a fragile web of relationships and
circumstances holding the narrative together.
It certainly helps that Altman has assembled a cast of
some of the finest actors in film. Matthew Modine, Tim
Robbins, Lily Tomlin, Fred Ward and Jack Lemmon are j ust
a few of the standouts on a crowded list. The director has
given his cast a great deal of freedom to improvise dialogue
and approach their characters as they seefit,and that gives the
film much of its gritty, home-movie kind of ambiance. The
actors work off of each other very naturally. Even the
dramatic, scenery-chewing roles seem realistic and unrehearsed.
Altman has woven isolated characters and events together
in a coincidental and subtle way; the characters are oftentimes
connected in ways only the viewer can see. But these
coincidental, unseen connections are the driving force behind
many of the film's main events. That is the genius of
Altman's technique. He has taken the small, literary lands
Carver created and bound them together in one big cinematic
world. The viewer is able to sit back and see the connections
the characters cannot, to observe the "short cuts" that tie
everything together.
�Babysitting
"I think she's poor," mother told me.
How do you know?
"Just from the way she dresses . . . I just have a feeling about it.
I'm pretty sure she has a messy house too. Make sure you
tell me, okay?"
It's poor by my standards, but not really poverty.
The contrast opens my eyes and makes me that much more
aware of the world around me.
I realize how much I have
and how good my life is.
They have tasteless macaroni and cheese for dinner
yet cheap ice cream for dessert.
"Sit on the floor with your ice cream
if you want to watch t.v."
"Mom said we can't sit on the floor 'cuz there's lice in the
carpet."
"Okay. I guess we won't sit on the floor anymore."
Aftr sharing a toothbrush, they sleep in their underwear—
the heat is unbearable.
Parents divorced, they live with mom. Life is hard.
The ugly separation remains
branded in their hearts,
a painful memory.
T he driDDins f aucet k eens m e a wake so I w atch c able on t heir
s mall t .v.
It is ironic, and I sadly smile thinking of the
ice cream and cable.
This is an old house, yet big enough for their family of three.
The waiting ends as she returns
to wake the kids and drive me home.
With the twenty dollar bill in hand
I feel guilty and wonder
if I shouldhave made an exception
to my two dollar per hour fee.
But the feeling doesn't last long
as I see my house.
I step quietly over the threshold
into the comfort of my own home,
ready for sleep,
and in the morning . . . church.
Naomi Fink
Choices
I can make my own decisions,
My own choices.
I know what is for me and,
what is not.
I do not need anyone to decide
for me.
Do not tell me you know
what is best for me.
You do not.
At times it seems you do not know
what is best for you
You set yourself up as my judge
Without knowing who I am
You want to tell me how to live
My life
In my body in my spirit
You ask me to believe that I
cannot decide what is right
Forme.
You who kill by the thousands
You who destroy and maim
And cast aside those who are
Maimed and destroyed in yourname
Would you accuse me of murder
Because I choose to own
my body
Because I choose to remove
from my body something I do not
want
Oh ye with faces looking in all directions
Ye, who would kill for no reason, in a heartbeat
And justify it. Ye who would
Judge your fellowman by his skin
color
Or religious choice or sexual preference
How dare you proclaim to sit
in judgment of me
You are not God
Though you would have us think
so
And think on this
Even God in her glory and power
Does not judge me for what
I do
It is my life, it is my body
Step aside or be trod upon.
Arajeje c. 1991
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'The Constant Sinner" — Mae West on the Issue of Race
Come listen to an interesting lecture on actress, writer, and legendary
sex symbol Mae West, and the representation of race in her art.
Jill Watts, Assistant Professor of History,
Nov. 18,6 PM, ACD 305
A lecture presented by the Argonaut Society (History Club)
�Campus Alcohol Policy
Focuses on responsibility through education
By J an C ooper
StaffWriter
Recent activity at the ICC meetings has
left many students wondering j ust What is the
university's policy on alcohol. A complete
copy of the University Interim Alcohol Policy
is available from the O ffice of Student Activities. This policy provides a comprehensive approach to alcohol use which is
sensitive to the individual while preserving
the academic environment of the university.
The policy is two-part: the philosophical
foundation of the interim policy and interim
alcohol regulations. The philosophical foundation maintains C SUSM's commitment to
providing a supportive environment that encourages students to pursue intellectual, professional, and personal development. As the
use of alcohol may interfere with this pursuit
on an individual basis and have an adverse
affect on the university c ommunity, the
present alcohol policy promotes responsible
approaches and considerations of alcohol use
through education, counseling support, and
regulation enforcement.
The Office of Counseling and Psychological Services; Studefit Health Services, and
the Office of Student Activities provide re-
source materials, educational programs, workshops, and activities which discuss alcohol
and substance abuse. Psychological services
are also available to CSUSM students through
individual counseling, support groups, selfhelp strategies, and community resource referrals. While students may seek assistance
for their own abuse, it is not uncommon for
them to seek help regarding a friend or family
member.
The purpose of the interim alcohol policy
is to provide basic guidelines for the sale,
serving, and consumption of alcoholic beverages on CSUSM property. Appropriate written approval (see a complete copy f or details)
must be obtained, and a reasonable list of
activities must be followed, including abiding by university, federal, and state regulations regarding alcohol; providing a nonalcoholic beverage alternative, and maintaining behavior and activities appropriate to a
university setting.
If your organization plans to sponsor an
event where alcohol will be served, or if you
plan to participate in one, it may be wise to
review a complete copy of the University
Interim Alcohol Policy. Any questions should
be addressed to the Director of Student Activities.
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Friday, Nov. 5
Fast Tips Seminar. "Motivating Your Membership" I PM, Commons 206/
FIRST FRIDAY FILM series presents Forbidden Games, Rene Clement's 1952 Oscarwinning pacifistfilm(France). ACD 102,7 PM. Ticketed Event
P olitical S cience A ssn.
Thursday, Nov. 11
Stress Management Wpricshop, 12 Noon, Craven 5205.
Friday, Nov. 12
Resume Writing Workshop, 9 AM, Craven 4201.
Job Search Strategies Workshop, 10 AM, Craven 4201.
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Effective Interviewing Workshop, 11 AM, Craven 4201.
Friday, Nov. 12 and Sunday, Nov. 14
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For Colored Girls Who've Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf." A choreo-poem
by Ntozake Shange. A collage of poetry which examines issues of race, class, and gender as
viewed by 8 black women who speak provocatively with passion and honesty of joy, lost
loves, anger, dreams, and fears. Nov. 12,
7 PM, ACD 102. Nov. 14—3 PM, ACD 102. Ticketed Events.
Monday, Noy.15 .
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Mondays, 4-5:40 PM
Student Resource Center, Craven 5205
Open to anyone undergoing stress due to a death of a loved one or
has a loved one dealing with a chronic illness. It is also open to
anyoneexperiencing divorce or loss of a relationship.
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Learn how to make the most of your degree from the cover story of The Pride, Vol. 1, No. 3. The story includes entry level annual salaries for emerging professions in the 1990s. This issue also contains articles on the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), campus recycling, and announces the new name (The Pride) for the newspaper.
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NAFTA
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Theater
Review
"For Colored Girls Who
Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow
is Enuf" is CSUSM's
second theatrical production.
Page 8
| Volume 1, Number 4
A student publication serving California State University, San Marcos
Survey to
determine
housing
needs
to questions I p
at sw gggff -X I I fyp?orumI r,
tudent f ' x
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By Lorna Hirae
Housing Coordinator
D n RichaM ^
and
j lcej^aiMeiif f or A c^emicAf&irs* answered questions on severMissues during
a student forum
A CD102;
The program was billed as aCollege
of Arts and Science Forutti and followed
on a similar one witli the stiid&ats of the
College ofBusiness Adminisltmtiori, There
will be a forum scheduled with the credential students (College of Education) as
w ell What follows are the questions and
Dr. Millman's responses.
order is the
one in which they were ask&L
1. W hat i s a provost? At CSUSM
the provost is the chief academic and
student officer of a University. The deans
of the three colleges, directors of Library
Services, Curriculum Services, Enrollment
Services and Computing and Telecommunications, as well as Extended Studies
all report to the Provost Starting on
January l , the Dean
Student Affairs
will report-to ffie*K<#bst ^ eafeltirihe
process of looking for a Dean of Student
Affairs presently; | | l e r e \me organizational charts a t
in the Library, AsscKiatedStudents Office, and in
every College Dean's office:;
2. A student said t hat she w as
v eiy pleased wxth t he climate on campus f or African* American s tudents b ut
asked what e fforts w eretiilerwsy t o
increase both t he n umber a nd percent*
age of African-AmeHcastuaeiits. There
Friday, November 1 9,1993|
C SUSM a nticipates a n eed f or
student h ousing i n 1 995 w ith t he first
f reshman c lass. T o understand the
d emographic p rofile o f C SUSM students, a h ousing s urvey h as b een
distributed i n the spring registration
p ackets. T he student data w ill h elp
t o understand and determine the h ousing n eeds o f c urrent a nd f uture
C SUSM students. C ompleted surveys m ay b e m ailed w ith registration
m aterials or d elivered t o H ousing
S ervices, C raven 5 316, or S tudent
A ctivities a nd A lumni S ervices,
C ommons 2 03.
Vice P resident f or Academic A ffairs a nd P rovost, 0 n R ichard Millnian
' are-a n umfterof p rograms .Mined- a t ^uch as Science and Math Summer Camp x
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include which target specific academic interest
EOP • ^ups..: • P^sently^; ther^ ;is • an African;
|^gramsvBound,
Arrifertem): AdvisoryBoard Jbein| .formed;?
rSmdent Support S emces andTalent Search); which will function similarly to the HisI nd
get children panic Advisdry Board tljat already exists.
K ^2toot^campus, Cither program i n t o
• Jives imlu&f* - ^ m ^ ^ n g i ^ t p rog^ms | 3. Dirty Buildings a nd T emperature of
with' & A V I D
' County. \ Buildings. T he Psychology labs a re es•
. i i B f l P c ^ t O • pecially cold: We recognize that fee^tikJ figh School, GMftnuniiy College transfer • todial Service has not been as good as we
' ilcfudlng^iMim-- wduld like. Pat Farris, Assistant Vice
Mentorship progfaip and Transfer Center President for Institutional Resources, Has
Soordin^tidri;" d W F&btilty Mentoring pro- recently changed the custodial service that
gram is part of our retention efforts on cam( see P R O V O S T , p a g e 3 )
pus. In addition there are specific projects
C urrently, C S U S M H ousing
S ervices p rovides i nformation o n
r ental v a c a n c i e s a nd a vailable
r oomates. T he H ousing R ental
B oard, Renter's V ideo G uide w hich
h ighlights rental properties i n N orth
and S outh S an D iego i s a vailable f or
a 2 4-hour c heck-out i n the l ibrary's
r eference s ection. P ersonal a ssis*
t ance o n h ousing, r oommate a nd
landlord/tenant matters i s a vailable
M onday through Friday, f rom 8 A M
t o 12 N oon in C raven 5 316.
�This week...
• Surviving a Fire. Page 6
• University Honors Program. Page 5
• What's New with the CSUSM Quilt? Page 9
• Chasqui, local ensemble to perform. Page 13
Looking for Adventure?
Looking for adventures in
your life? For fun? For an opportunity to prove to yourself
that you can make a difference in
this world?
All of these needs are answered when you become an
Adventure Team Leader with
Los Caballeros de Aventura, an
non-profit organization whose
mission it is to divert at-risk youth
away from gangs and gang activity.
They do this by scheduling a
continual series of high adventures such as hiking, camping,
fishing, scuba diving, mountain
climbing, and many, many other
activities. With this type of program, Los Caballeros has become part of a successful community effort to reduce drive-by
shootings in Escondido by 54%
in the past year.
Los Caballeros is looking for
young adults for the Adventures
themselves as well as to work in
the elementary, middle, and
high school classrooms, and/
or in the home outreach program. Great leadership training is provided and participation results in great companionship and great new friendships. Most of all volunteers
will receive a great sense of
accomplishment. Opportunities exist in both Escondido
and San Marcos. If you are
interested, call Lyle Davis at
739-8209.
L os C aballeros de
Adventura, Inc. & Las
Damas de Adventura, Inc., a
non-profit corporation
For more information, contact Lyle E. Davis, President
at 739 N. Citrus, Escondido,
CA 92027, (619) 739-8209.
Davis started this program
as an exciting alternative to at
risk high school youngsters. It
is insured through the Boy
Scout policy.
ByMary Szterpafdewicz
Editor-in-Chief < [ *
I nad^ i m r ^ t a m o r a d i v e r s e ffiptt^Siipge^;.
s t u d e n t p o p u l a t i o n t o dition
CSUSI&
M e m b e r s of
P r i d e c o m e from
o f s o c i o - e c o n o m i c s i s t i n t h e b ttfetttaiion
backgrounds,
age
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s e r v e a s c a m p f u s a i n - ' i n a ^ e ^ e t h n i c h e r i t a g e c ampusas 1
bassadors, assist in
a n d e d u c a t i o n a l e sqpe^- a dmissions advising
and r e c r u i t
ambassat &eM. a c t ^ i t i e a a t h i g h f cfc^N^ f s p e a k t o v a r i o u s - F or m ore i nfoitoation
schools a n d t r a n s f e r inprosp^etivcstudentaustitutions.
Terrie Rodriguez a t 752. ' l ^ I ^ D E v rm.- e s t a b to 4 8 ^ 8 '
lishcSto499Qas away
high schools a nd comPRIDE (Peer Res o u r c e to D i s c u s s i n g
Education) i s a
organization with its
Please bring your non-perishable
food items!
Boxes located in Craven 5205, Student Resource
Center, Commons 205, A.S. Council Office
and Library Entrance
This is a campus-wide effort that is supported by
many different clubs and organizations
�PROVOST,
continued from page 1
we use. Mr. George Carlson, Director of
Facility Services, will monitor the performance of the new contractor. Please let Mr.
Carlson know (at 752-4600) of any comments you have.
4. Are we moving away from the
Mission Statement: there were questions
about whether multiculturalism, writing in
all courses and the role of a second language.
The second language discussion has its roots
in both the international emphasis and in the
acquisition of an understanding of another
culture. The students suggested another University Mission Statement Day (UMSD) type
activity which deals specifically with these
issues. We will talk with the student and
faculty leadership about another UMSD to
see if there is interest in pursuing this event.
5. How will we communicate the
discussions of this Forum to the University
Community and especially the students?
Through the PRIDE is one way (and the
reason for this article).
6. What is the policy on students
getting e mail accounts and to whom should
we go to get accounts? When a student
wants an e-mail account, they should contact
Teresa Macklin in Computing Services (7524787). She will then set them up with their
own e-mail account.
7. What can be done about increasing student participation in campus events?
Attending students complained about the
posting policy and the lack of available space
in very public areas for posting. We will need
to revisit this issue this semester. I would
suggest a draft by Associated Students after
discussions with Sandy Kuchler, Associate
Dean of Student Affairs and Bridget BaileyMeier, Director Student Activities and Alumni
Services
8. There is not enough time between
Final Exams and there can be too many in
one day. The finals schedule is set, as a
policy matter, by committee. I will ask Ms.
Eugenia Villamarin to review the situation
and check into the number of conflicts or
multiple exams in one day which are in the
fall schedule. . To extend the final exam
schedule to five or more days from four
would require action on the part of Academic
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Senate. If you have any comments about the
final exam schedule, please contact Ms.
Villamarin at752-4326. Remember that once
the exam is over, the faculty member's work
on thefinalstarts. The earlier that the exams
are finished, the faster they can be graded.
9. Why aren't parking regulations
changed for weekends? Why can't students park in the "upper lots" on Saturday, Sunday and after 5 pm on weekdays?
Per Mr. Arnold Trujillo, Director of Public
Safety, students with a current semester parking permit are allowed to park in the faculty/
staff parking lot on Saturdays and Sundays.
Effective immediately (see related article elsewhere in this issue of The Pride), evening
students currently enrolled at CSUSM who
hold a current semester parking permit may
exchange that permit for a Special "PM"
Parking Permit at Public Safety Services in
the University Services Building. The Special "PM" Parking Permit allows students to
park in the faculty/staff parking lot after 5 PM
and in the student parking lots any time.
There is no charge for the permit exchange.
Enrollment in evening classes will be verified before a "PM" Parking Permit is issued.
Public Safety business hours are Monday
through Friday, 8 AM to 10 PM.
10. When will athletics come and
will it change the academic climate around
here? At present, especially in light of the
budget difficulties there is no motion towards
intercollegiate athletics. We will be moving
toward recreational sports (and hope to have
some on campus) in the near future. There
has been talk of beach volleyball, some informal soccerfieldsand so on but there is are no
formal plans yet.
11. There is difficulty with the writing requirement as there are many ways to
write formally and students get confused
between the styles of MLA, APA, and that
which the College of Business Administration wants. I will bring this issue up to the
deans of the College and to Dr. Ken Mendoza
who is director of the Writing Center. If
anyone has specific comments about the writing requirement, please call Richard Molloy
(752-4900), Dr. Mendoza (752-4076) or Richard Millman (752-4050) so that we can
include them into the discussions. Once we
understand all of the issues, we will bring
them to the appropriate faculty groups for
policy decisions.
SAN MARCOS COLLEGE NIGHT
PRESENT THIS COUPON AND GET ANY
ONE SINGLE DRINK FOR ONLY $2.00
VALID ONLY ON THURSDAYS & SUNDAYS
8 PM TO CLOSING
(619)471-2150
New PM parking
permit available
W EATHER A ND TRACTION
B y D ave R oss
Public Safety Officer
N EW P ARKING I NFORMATION
In order t o a ssist t he e vening
s tudents a nd t o u tilize p arking
s paces nearest the b uildings, P ublic
S afety w ould l ike t o introduce a
n ew parking p ermit, w hich w ill b e
c alled t he S PECIAL " PM" P ERMIT. T hese p ermits are e quivalent
i n c ost t o the regular student f all
1 993 parking p ermits.
T he current student permits
m ay b e e xchanged f or a s pecial
permit. Priority w ill b e g iven t o
e vening s tudents. O riginal c lass
s chedule and p ublic s afety e nrollment r ecords w ill s erve a s v erification / p roof o f attending e vening
c lasses. T he "PM" p ermit w ill b e
v alid i n student l ots a nytime and
w ill b e v alid i n t he f aculty/staff
parking l ot f rom 5 P M t o 6 A M.
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b een m aking the roads slick. T hat's
right—the rain. R emember the first
f ew rains w e g et b rings up the o il o ff
the roads m aking t hem very s lippery. I 'm sure s ome o f y ou h ave
f ound out already. M ost o f u s probably d rive a little fast and f ollow a bit
t oo c losely. W e n eed t o s low d own
and g ive o urselves r oom f or t hose
u nexpected m aneuvers that happen
f rom t ime t o t ime. Get u p a f ew
m inutes earlier. G ive y ourself an
extra ten, t wenty m inutes t o drive
s afely t o s chool and work. W hen
y ou g et there d rive s lowly through
the parking l ots, there h ave already
b een c lose c alls. D rive s afely and b e
smart.
If y ou h ave q uestions or s uggestions, contact P ublic S afety at
7 52-4562 or d eliver t o the c ampus
n ewspaper i n A CD 2 08. A ddress all
c orrespondence t o A SK D AVE &
D ORA.
SALES
AGENT
TRAINEE
At the Auto Club, we know success is something you earn by delivering
consistent quality products and services. We earned our reputation as
a leader in insurance, travel and membership services over the past 93
years. Our sales professionals have a true commitment to helping people.
We are seeking sales trainees with high integrity and successful sales
experience to represent the following counties:
• Los Angeles
• Riverside
• Imperial
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CLUB
PUBLIC SAFETY NEWS
• San Diego
• Orange
• Santa Barbara
• Ventura
• Kern
• San Bernardino
• San Luis Obispo
We are looking for intelligent, personable and success driven professionals
who can expand our customer base in insurance and membership.
The Auto Club offers complete training leading to Fire/Casualty licensing;
excellent commission and incentive pay plan; comprehensive benefits
package; a non-smoking environment; and no territorial boundaries to
limit your earning potential.
To apply, send your resume with salary history
indicating the county you prefer to: Auto Club of
Southern California, Attn: Region 5 Marketing
Mgr. (CSSM), P.O. Box 8900, La Mesa, CA
92044-8900. No Phone Calls Please. Equal
Opportunity Employer.
�GHANA
TRIP
Contemplated
for '94-95
Have you ever really envisioned yourself as a guest in a village in Ghana, not just
watching but participating in traditional
dances? Do you have any curiousity about
West African political systems or how computers fit into plans of a developing country?
In January 1993, a group of 13 CSU
San Marcos students, faculty and related community members answered some of these
questions for themselves in a three-week visit
to Ghana. Initial meetings to organize a
similar trip for December 1994-January 1995
are currently being held by the Ghana Project,
a campus organization established by previous Ghana exchange participants and other
interested people.
Whether you are serious or curious,
whether your interest is Africa or Mexico,
whether you are an experienced world traveler or have never made it beyond Poway,
you are encouraged to learn more about this
extraordinaiy opportunity. If you were not
able to attend Professor Jennie Spencer
Green's presentation on Nov. 18, more information about the Ghana Trip and the Ghana
Project can be obtained at the Peer Advising
Center in Arts and Sciences or in the campus
Student Activities Office.
Photo/Tom Dulaney
Pet of the Month
T his m onth's p et i s a r attlesnake s een i n t he n ew s tudent p arking l ot. W hile r attlesnakes are
b eautiful, g ive t hem t he s pace a nd r espect t hey d eserve.
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YQUR COLLEGE LOAN.
Tired of coping with
payments? The Army can
put your college loan to rest
in just 3 years.
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If you have a loan that's
not indefault, well pay off 1 /3 or $1,500,
whichever is greater for each year of
service. Total repayment of up to
$55,000. And well not only retire your
loan, well give you other benefits to last
a lifetime. Ask your Army Recruiter.
Call:
1-800-US A-ARM Y
ARM* BE ALL YOU CAN BE.
�THE PRIDE/ NOVEMBER19. 1 993
University Honors
Program
BUSINESS STUDENTS
T he Association of Bu$MessStudents (A.B.S.), f ormerly n amed t he Business
M anagement A ssociation, is l ooking f or Y OU If y ou a re a h ighly m otivated,
d edicated, a nd achieyexnent-oriented b usiness s tudent a t CSUSM, t he A-B.Sneeds^y^rtalents o k
f orA.R$. o fficer p ositions f or t he S pring
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M m, 3 0 t o T hursday, D e c
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pofiil&^t^
N ominationsforposto^ will b e accepted u ntil
t he fest d ay d i p eferti^ris; T he f uture success of t he CSUSM Association f or
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ways1' of doing businessthrough the implementation of to Mm. ^ efironic systems all designed to improve connections between
employer^ and CSUSM students and graduates.
Now CSUSM j ob UsHiigs arc taken by JOBTRAK, the
This service h is computerized our full-time, partn
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system. Since ourj ob listings are f omatted through
able to refer theui to several locations in a variety of
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handful of colleges throughout the nation provide this type of service, which has proven
• be a major success withemployers knd the c S ^ u t i n g
Personal Profile, The Career Center has also served as a Beta site for the implementation
of an on-line Personal Profile Program developed by IDAP. Students and graduates create
a profile (resume) which employeis may choose to s dectj byjs^ific criteria* including
major, GPA, geographical preference, ptc* The employer c&n yiew the profiles at the
CSUSM Career Center or the personal profiles can be mailed o r faxed to employers for a
small fee, for their m v f e w s e r v i c e is especially useful f or small >
employers who have immediate needs and do not utilize other Career t enter services such
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In-Course Honors work at CSUSM is
designed to serve academically motivated
undergraduate students, who desire to meet
and feel prepared to meet expanded intellectual demands, and who are committed
to the highest standards of rigorous academic performance. In-Course Honors
work occurs in currently scheduled courses
and is based on a contract between the
student and the eligible faculty instructor
for enriched academic work that extends
the subject matter of the course. The
CSUSM University Honors Program is
designed to serve eligible students who
wish a sustained Honors experience ineluding student/faculty camaraderie and
community involvement and who wish to
graduate with University Honors. University Honors is distinct from Latin Honors
which is based soley on grade point averae
8Students involved in all Honors work at
CSUSM will be challenged to demonstate excellent academic performance,
extending beyond standard course demands, to achieve growth of intellectual
independence and initiative, and toicontribute to the scholarly environment of the
institution. Honors work is offerred as part
of the Mission Statement of CSUSM to
"uphold a high level of academic scholarship in research and teaching" with the
ultimate goal "to enable students to realize
their potentialities as enlightened individuals and productive members of society in a
world of change."
Students, may self-select to participate
in In-Course Honors work at any stage of
their academic career by pursuing an Honors contract in any currently scheduled
course taught by a permanent faculty member. Any student, regardless of test scores
and grade point average, may decide that a
particular course, in any semester, provides the opportunity to apply for Honors '
participation. A preliminary list of preapproved courses in which Honors contracts are encouraged appears in the Class
Schedule each semester. The Honors contract enables students to participate in the
regular class while doing additional Honors work. The interested student should
contactthepermanentfaculty member who
will teach the course in order to develop
jointly an Honors contract. Alternatively,
students interested. in a specific course
listed in the current Class Schedule and
taught by a permanent faculty member
may contact the Director of the University
Honors Program in 6227 Craven Hall.
Recognition of successful completion of each
in-Course Honors contract is made on the
student's official transcript and on the
student's semester grade report,
T h e student and permanent faculty member will collaborate on the work that will
constitute the Honors portion of the course,
T h e University Honors Committee must app r o v e both the In-Course Honors portion of
t h e course and the specific contract work,
Honors Contract forms will be available from
participating faculty, from the Director of the
University Honors Program in 6227 Craven
Hall, or from the Office of Curriculum Serv i c e s i n 5 2 i o Craven Hall. All approvals
m u s t be obtained prior to the end of the
second week of classes,
Students may become members of the
University Honors Program by completing at
least two Honors Courses with grades B or
better and holding a CSUSM grade point
average of 3.2 or better. Continuation requires Honors credit in at least one course for
every other semester of enrollment as a
CSUSM student and maintenance of a
CSUSM grade point average of 3.2 6r better,
Completion of the University Honors Prog r a m requires 12 units of In-Course Honors
w o r k, the 3-unit Honors Seminar University
400, documentation of at least 40 hours of
meaningful community service, and a
CSUSM grade point average of at least 3.2.
University 400 is an all-University Honcourse restricted to students in the University Honors Program. It is based on a
seminar model, and it will entail a high level
Df student preparation and intellectual engagement between students and professor,
This seminar is the capstone course, the culm i na tion of an academically challenging and
rewarding Honors experience, shared by all
University Honors Program students. The
community service requirement may be satisfied by a very broad spectrum of qualifying
activity intended to help to instill a sense of
concerned citizenship. Each Honors Program participant Collaborates with the University Honors Committee in order to define
t h e i r qualifying service activity. Completion
Qf t h e University Honors Program will be
explicitly noted on the student's diploma and
official transcript, and the student will qualify
f o r University Honors at their graduation,
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on the University Honors Program are
available from the Director of the University
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HEAL 1
Exercise—It's Good for Every Body
By Joel C. Grinolds, M D, M PH
cise provides substantial health benefits. In
other words, one does not need to be a
In our heart of hearts, we all know that
Sylvester Stallone or a marathoner to reap
daily exercise is good f or our health and well
health benefits f rom regular exercise.
being. However, the most frequent response
Recently, a group of experts brought togiven when I ask patients about exercise is " I
gether by the U.S. Center f or Disease Control
d on't have the time." Studies now demonand Prevention (CDC) and the American
strate that fully 24% of adult Americans are
CollegeofSportsMedicine(ACSM) reviewed
completely sedentary and are badly in need of
the pertinent scientific evidence and formumore physical activity. Another 54% are
lated the following recommendation:
inadequately active and they too, would benEvery American adult should accumuefit from more physical activity.
late 3 0 minutes or more of m oderate-intenWhy are so few Americans physically
sity physical activity over the course of most
active? Experts in the field believe that
days of the week.
previous public health efforts to promote
This can be done by incorporating activiphysical activity have overemphasized the
ties such as walking up stairs, gardening,
importance of high-intensity exercise. Acturaking leaves, dancing, walking longer disally, the scientific evidence clearly demontances from parking lots, etc. Of course, the
strates that regular, moderate-intensity exer3 0 minutes may come f rom planned exercise
or recreation such as jogging, playing tennis,
swimming and cycling. One specific way to
meet the standard is to walk two miles briskly.
A persuasive body of scientific evidence
indicates that if one follows the above recommendations, one may expect some protection
against coronary heart disease and several
other chronic diseases such as adult onset
d iabetes, h ypertension, c ertain c ancers,
osteoporosis and depression. It is also noted
that on average, physically active people outlive inactive people. So, the question remains, what do people need to motivate themselves to acquire these benefits? Take time
and ask yourself, then take time to exercise.
If you have questions on how to start or
enhance an exercise program f or yourself,
friends or family, contact your health care
provider or Student Health Services at 7524915.
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Who was born
Jan. 1956 or
Later is required
to prove Measles/
Rubella Vaccination
PRIOR
To Registration
For a 2nd semester.
To d o this, you must
bring y our immunization c ard o r m edical
record to
Student Health Services, Craven Hall, fill
out the necessary form
and return the completed
form to Admissions and
Records.
If you need to receive
a booster, you may do so
at Student Health Services. There is n o fee for
the immunization.
You will n ot be allowed to register until this
immunization requirement
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752-4915.
�Volunteers tell their story
By Claire Langham
Service-Learning Coordinator
More than 100 students told their stories
of volunteering last week on Monday, November 8 and Tuesday, November 9 at a
Volunteers' Table in the Plaza. Responses
ranged from "I could write a book about my
volunteering experiences" to " I've always
wanted to volunteer but haven't had time yet
- but when I do, I would like t o . . . " and they
continued by describing the type of involvement they would most enjoy.
These volunteering experiences and desires were gathered in interviews on the spot
or written by students on a short questionnaire. Information about CSUSM's students' past, present and future (desired)
volunteer activities, reflections and comments were gathered by some of the students, staff, and faculty serving on the Outreach Service-Learning Sub-Committee, as
well as some of the Circle K members.
November 8th was the first day of "Service
Week" for this club that is dedicated to
serving the community.
Students' experiences on volunteering
provide information so that these endeavors
can be recognized and shared with others.
Sharen Wahl, a Liberal Studies major, stated
that, "Volunteering is a great way to explore
the working/career world while one is at the
decision-making stage. It provides the opportunity to experience without full commitment." Sharen had first volunteered in a
veterinary hospital which led to later volunteer work for Project Wildlife. More recently, she had volunteered in a 5th grade
class, and now in the 4th grade as part of the
requirements for ED 350. During the past
two years she has been a Liberal Studies Peer
Advisor volunteer here on campus. Sharen,
like many others, balances her commitments
while prioritizing school studies and family
obligations. Many commented that volunteering was rewarding and fulfilling. Naomi
Fink, aLiberal Studies major from Temecula,
commented, "Little things that happen make
volunteering all worth it. I love to help
people and volunteering allows you to meet
a lot of special people also. There's so many
benefits to volunteering that won't all fit
here." Naomi promises to share a nonfiction story she wrote about her experiences
in a future issue.
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But we don't want t o miss you.
Come tell us what you do as a
volunteer. Contact Service-Learning
CRA 2 212, 7 52-4057
DO YOU VOLUNTEER IN:
Youth Oriented Service (scouts, tutoring etc.)
Environmentally Oriented Services
Outreach With Under-Represented Groups
Business/Management Service
Health/Public Safety Awareness
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THE PRIDE/ FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 19,1993
"For Colored
Girls Who Have
Considered
Suicide When
the Rainbow is
Enuf"
By P eter Gorwin
Critic-At-Large
Ntozake Shange wrote "For
Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is
E nuf' in the early 70's, but the play
still resonates. The playwright has
strung together a series of character
monologues with a thread of female
consciousness running through
them all, an ode to the alienation of
black women in America. Herjazzbased prose style reminds us of such
writers as Xam Wilson Cartier and
Ralph Ellison; her characters deliver their many colored break-away
riffs directly to the audience like
flute, violin, or even tenor sax solos. Shange simply names her players the Lady in Yellow, Lady in
Purple, Lady in Red, Lady in Orange, Lady in Green, Lady in Blue,
and Lady in Brown—seven characters in search of their true identities
as mothers, wives, lovers or daughters, spanning various levels of the
American social class structure.
The play's director, Arajeje, has
adroitly guided the entire company
of actresses into unselfish performances with an approach which has
almost entirely eliminated the selfconsciousness and stiffness usually
witnessed in amateur productions.
All of the actresses adequately take
stage when their moment to shine
comes; some sing their songs energetically and bravely, while others
sing their songs more modestly.
Nonetheless, every actress performs
like a natural woman: Dilcie D.
Perez, Lady in Blue, distinguishes
herself by speaking Shange's prose
with great confidence, truth and
passion; DorindaMcCombs,Lady
in Green, understands what it takes
to make Shange come alive, openly
playing her monologues with a
city-smart abandonment; Denise
Hollis, Lady in Orange, brings a
straightforward, blues thing to her
stories; Karen Walker, Lady in
Brown, holds her own as the most
experienced actress in the company; Ramona De Sanchez, Lady
in Purple, brings a quiet, sexy,
sophistication to her performance;
Tricia Henlon, Lady in Red, demonstrates enormous inner life,
economy and intensity for a young
actress; and Deborah Davis, Lady
in Yellow, says her words with
great truth, simplicity and honesty.
This labor of love transcends
the dimly lit, sadly inadequate confines of what passes for a theater in
ACD 102. Wisely, the set and
costumes were kept simple, focusing the audiences attention on the
high degree of naturalness and, for
the most part, energy that these
women bring to the stage, again,
highly unusual for beginning actresses. Frank Bailey-Meier's
original funky, blues-based music
contributed just the right back-
Cast Members include (L-R): Denise Hollis, Dorinda McCombs, Karen Walker, Deborah Davis, Dilcie
Perez and Center, Ramona de Sanchez
THEATER
REVIEW
ground for the actresses to play off
of, blending nicely with the sound
and movement that the company
has brought to Shange's words.
Bridget Bailey-Meier is to be
commended for her vision in getting this production presented, exactly the kind of grass-roots, cultural events which should be encouraged and nurtured here on campus. I t's regrettable that this production ran for only two performances. It would be great if it could
be resurrected at some point so that
more students might have the opportunity to appreciate it.
Arajeje, Director of For Colored Girls...
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SOUTH MARKET STREET
JAZZ BAND AT CSUSM
Exciting Dixieland jazz, laughter,
and good times abound when the South
Market Street Jazz Band performs.
Full-time, professional musicians, the
SMSJB features hot soloists, great
showmanship and stylistic versatility.
Almost everyone in the band plays
more than one instrument, allowing the
SMSJB to cover the gamut from
traditional to swing to modern.
For more than 25 years, the band
members have combined their worldclass playing at shows and festivals
across the country, with performances
with big name entertainment such as
Woody Herman, Buddy Rich, Sarah
Vaughn, and others.
The South Market Street Jazz
Band will perform at CSUSM on
Sunday, Nov. 21 at 3 PM in Academic
Hall Room 102. Ticket prices are
$3.00 for CSUSM students and $5.00
for General Admission. Tickets may
be purchased at the CSUSM bookstore
or by phone (752-4730). For more
information about the South Market
Street Jazz Band, call the Arts and
Lectures office at 752-4945.
A CSUSM Quilt?
A University seal, a University mascot—OK! But a University quilt? "Why
not," said a group of students, faculty and
staff who were part of the first years of
CSUSM.
Quilts are traditional ways to record
important events. Quilts are also traditional
ways to build friendships and a sense of
community. For all these reasons, plus a
desire to break the routine of hard work which
goes with building a new university, the Quilting Bees came together in the summer of
1992 to design a signature quilt to memorialize the first two years at CSUSM.
In choosing a design, the quilters looked
for a simple pattern which would incorporate
a wide variety of donated fabric. They decided on Roman Square which allowed them
to include a white "signature block" in each
of the squares.
Signatures for the quilt were solicited
in Founders Plaza on a hot October day. For
a $2 donation, anyone could sign. $300 was
collected for donation to the Carol Cox Scholarship for re-entry students. Now the quilt
top sits in a frame about half quilted.
Beginning on Tuesday, Nov. 23, the
Quilting Bees will display the quilt in the
Dome, demonstrate quilting techniques and
share quilting stories. The quilters hope to
finish this project soon so they can start on
another. Experienced or not, everyone is
invited to participate. If Tuesday is not your
day but you are still interested in quilting, see
Pat Worden or Leslie Zomalt in the College
of Arts and Sciences for further information.
CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY S AN MARCOS
Offers
Winter Session
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Registration:
Classes:
Finals:
1994
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December 13 thru 17,1993
January 4 thru 21,1994
January 22,1994
Winter Session schedules are available in the Office of
Admissions & Records and the University Bookstore at
CSUSM. For registration information, call 752-4800.
�It is much easier to ride
the horse in the
direction it's going.
Multiculturalism is not | Legalizing
Education is the key
education
By Thomas Lee Huntington
Staff Writer
<fkzimm fangerous
aspect of multiculturaiism
process has altered what education should
article written
by Thomas Lee Huntington, ^ Too Much
Emphasis onDiversity?" V
, H s t a t e s 41olOTiting and
than your own 1$
file necessary end o f e&ication i n this
community * This simply is nottrue. The
l i ^ i ^ r y i ^d of education is to o ffer the
student die opportunity and time t o explorehisoptions, and a foundation of
knowledge needed to obtain his goals.
Through this, the student shall find his
own seeds to success. Multiculturaiism
classes as a graduation requirement have
no place in fulfilling this end, because the
goals they a re trying to achieve are only
hindering die student's education.
- Multiculturaiism classes bring about
the death of American culture b y saying
it*s ok t o subdivide into Aftican-American, Mexican-American, Irish-American
. . . cultures. We should simply b e Americans- If I were to visit or decide t o live in
another country, I would lean* their language, assimilate, and abide by fheirways
of society. I would not expect them t o
bendoyer backward
way of life. In return^I would expect the
same of anyone who lives in o r visits my
c onsist I f we are going t o force any type
of class on culture as a graduation requirement, it should b e that of American culture and assimilation. Instead of teaching
u stotol^te culture
we should b e teaching those who d o not
elseshouldaccommodateyoubecmiseirs
the right thing & d o " This is preposterous. A person is not going to get hired i f
they do 'not sp<&ak proper English and
adhere t o what i s acceptable in our culture.
i . ^ t t e m ost d angerous a spect o f \
multiculturaiism classes is the thinking
racism. This will not
happen. A person cannot be taught that all
people s houldbejudged a s Mvidtoais*
This is something people must realize f or
themselves. If anything, enforcing these 'j
classes with this purpose in mind will only
m akeracism worse. I say t his because
peoplediscriminate every day, not necessarily in a bad way. WeaB discriminateon
who we will choose as friends. Wegener- i
ally choosepeople with valuesandinterests close to our own. There i s absolutely
nothing wiong with this. Multiculturaiism ;
classes tend i p lump t &into<^egortes»
with certain values and ways of l ife. If a
persondogsn't care f or a certain e state's
values* they may end u p discriminating
vidua!. This i s devastating to a person of
that culture who may not hold the values |
they are being lumped in with. ; Y^
H untington s tates that " Multiculturalism i s m abstraction to those w ho:
h aveno interest in expanding their education horizon^ I am outraged. CSUSM
l am not saying w e should all b e clones students should have the choice of what
with the same values and ideas. W hatlam their educational horizons should be. Since
I find n o value i n a multiculturaiism class,
my time and money could b e spent i n a
be practiced in public. I faperson does not more beneficial manner. CSUSM nefeds^
w antto live try these rides h e will most i o get away from the we're- politicallylikely not get ahead in life. Enforcing correct-so-let's-give-ourselve$-a-pat~onmulticultural classes sets those w hodo not I the-back method of teaching. Instead, die
on lm~
want to assimilate u p f m ts^vm^ These college s f t ^ d W con^
i fybudo not like proving the abilities we have and helping j
our culture, keep your own and everyone us to acquire new ones.
drugs
effects of drug use and then allow Americans
to d ecide f or themselves. It is every
American's right to choose to embrace the
dangers of drug abuse once he or she has been
presented with all the facts. When druginduced actions become a threat to the safety
of others, of course, punitive action is certainly warranted. And, as with alcohol, drugs
must remain unavailable to children unable
to fully comprehend the negative effects of
their actions.
Civil rights have long been subject to
restriction in the American political system.
It is a trade-off that any functioning democracy is forced to make; citizens must tolerate
restraints on individual behavior in order to
protect the safety of the citizenry on the
whole. By accepting these restrictions, we
place a great deal of trust in public instituBut the unavoidable appeal of legalization
tions. If Americans are to sacrifice liberty in lies in the fact that it would maximize liberty
any form, the return on the investment must while at the same time destroying the underbe a substantially safer and more just society. ground market for drugs and greatly lessen^ Unfortunately, the highly funded and ing the potential for gang violence. The vast
highly, militant governmental effort to com- majority of gang-related violence now plagubat the sale and abuse of illegal drugs has not ing our inner cities is related to a struggle for
met this criterion. Rights have been sacri- control of the illegal drug market. Young,
ficed, certainly, but the so-called "war on impressionable children are lured into a life
drugs" has not substantially cut down on the of violence and murder by the promise of
sale or abuse of narcotics. In fact, the quick cash dealing drugs. If the government
criminalization of drugs has done nothing but were to legalize and control the sale of narcotcreate a de facto and extremely bloody civil ics, gangs would no longer have a market for
war between law enforcement and street gangs their activities. Turf wars and drive-by
specializing in the sale of narcotics. Innocent shootings would be rendered obsolete. Narcitizens are routinely caught in the crossfire, cotics would become another industry subironically being destroyed by the very laws ject to governmental regulation. Large cordesigned to protect them. It is time that the porations would undersell street gangs and
American people took a hard look at the thus erase the appeal of such activity to disafultimate effects of drug laws and seriously fected, poverty stricken youth. Innocent victims would no longer be caughtin the crossfire
considered other options.
of gang warfare if gangs had no product to
Legalization is a scary and politically un- fight over.
popular term in these violent and chaotic
Drug abuse has undeniably done a great
times. Many see the legalization of drugs as
admission of defeat, a white flag abdicating deal of harm to the fabric and character of our
control of society to criminals and murderers. society and the effort to rid the world of such
Those who do support decriminalization of- abuse should continue. Education is the
ten limit it to marijuana and certain hallucino- single most powerful resource anti-drug adgens. To be sure, legalizing narcotics would vocates have, and if the funding that is now
be a fragile and potentially harmful process; poured into paramilitary law enforcement
only if it were done slowly and with the campaigns were used to create a comprehensive and substantial drug education program,
proper safeguards would it be a success.
the possibilities of successfully eradicating
The money now spent on law enforcement drug abuse would be greatly increased. It is
must be put towards comprehensive drug inconsistent with American political ideoleducation and rehabilitation programs that ogy to wage civil war against our own people
have proven themselves to be far more effec- because some citizens are engaged in an
tive methods of combating drug abuse than activity potentially harmful to themselves.
has force. Holding American citizens at gun Legalization of drugs, if done in a proper
point and forcing them to reject narcotics is a way, would maximize individual liberty while
viable technique only in a police state not minimizing the threat of violence. In a democoncerned with rational thought or civil rights. cratic society, the most effective war on drugs
It is far more logical and democratic to dem- is fought not with heavy artillery but with
onstrate at every opportunity the negative education.
�Letters to the Editor
Alcohol Policy is An
Interim Policy
Dear Editor:
In your recent article entitled "Campus
Alcohol Policy" which appeared on November 5, the Associated Students Council
felt that one important item was treated
negligibly. The A.S. would like to stress to
all students that the alcohol policy in place
at the present time is an interim policy.
Until the policy is approved by both the
Associated Students and Academic Senate,
it will not have permanence. However,
once the policy is voted upon and approved
it will be difficult to change or replace.
This fact remains important since at
present, the policy remains a temporary one
and as such is still open to input and change
from all students, faculty and staff. If you
have any questions, comments, or recommendations regarding the policy, the Associated Students urges you t o make your
voice heard as soon as possible by calling
the Associated Students' o ffice at752-4990,
or by stopping in at Commons 205. Once
this policy is in place it will be extremely
burdensome to change. Please do not wait
until it is too late to be heard.
Suzanne Clark
A.S. Council
Editor's Comments Inhibit
Contributors
Dear Editor:
Thank you f or putting together our new
campus newspaper. The layout is great,
the staff is committed, and the paper is
useful and informative. However, while
you welcome outside contributions, the
November 5th issue had an editorial retort
to those contributors that expressed opinion or understanding different than your
own. This unnecessary defensive tactic
will undoubtedly turn away many potential contributors, including myself, who
are interested in seeing different views
expressed in the paper without the ridicule ' production, the play set a precedence for
inspired by the limited view of one editor.
what theater will be like in the future at
Jan Cooper
CSUSM. Given the importance of the piece
I fail to understand why it wasn't written
Athletics Is Not for
about in the student newspaper. It was
brought to my attention that student w rites
Everybody
are not told what to write a bout That's
Dear Editor:
fine. Why wasn't die Global Arts faculty
notified and asked about the play? Why
In the article "Academics, not sports
wasn' t the Arts Club asked to do a write-up
should be college's focus", Thomas Lee Hun<c
for the newspaper since they held a receptington states Let this university be a haven
tion for the event? About two hundred
for intellect and culture." Is Tom trying to
people saw the play surely the papa" could
say here that all atheletes are uncultured and
have found someone to write about i t
unintellectual? There are a lot of atheletes
Maybe that's asking too much given the
who became intellects, doctors and God forcomplacency of this campus. I certainly
bid lawyers. Different strokes for different
hope that the newspaper gives Colored
folks. Some people excel in athletics and are
Girls the recognition it justly deserves. I
branded "barbarians" by "cultured media "
expect acknowledgment and recognition
types. Just what is culture and intellect? I
for the excellent work that was done in
thought this university was suppose to be
Frankly: to be honest... And I 'll be watchdiverse, or is that what the'Thomas Lee
ing for an apology from the paper.
Huntingtons" state as diverse. This univerBrittany Crist
sity has something to offer everybody, inDear Editor:
cluding atheletes. Athletics offers teamwork,
endurance, self confidence, a sense of self
The nights of Oct. 29 and 30 witnessed
worth, problem solving, alternative solutions
the first theatrical presentations at CSUSM.
to situations, competition and a little school
As a cast member of the production, I
p ride. I t's not for everybody, but why take
looked with nervous anticipation f or the
away someone's only possible chance for a
latest issue of The Pride ( V.l, No.3). I
college education that is athletically gifted.
found only disappointment for no mention
Steve Iwig
whatsoever was made, good or bad, of the
Computing & Telecommunications
fledgling theater program's efforts. This
leaves me with several questions. Was a
deadline missed? Will the production be
Paper Fails to Review 1st
mentioned at some later date? Did the
Student Theater Production editor find the matter too trivial to report?
It seems to me that every attempt should
Dear Editor:
be made to share these events with the
campus in a timely manner. For myself, I
I was rather amazed to open the latest
am proud that I was able to participate in
edition of The Pride and not see anything
the first dramatic production on campus.
mentioned about the play that opened Oct.
29th and 30th. Frankly: to be honest... was Not for glory, but for deserved recognition.
Everyone should know there actually was
the first theater production ever put on at
a first production, instead of recognition
CSUSM. The play was the result of stupotentially going elsewhere out of ignodents, faculty and staff working together to
rance.
create a piece that would speak to the comPerhaps there was an oversight, but
munity. It dealt with gender differences,
such an oversight puts a tarnish on the new
class structures, racism, family violence
name of the newspaper.
and sexuality—all of which are current,
Gina H.E. Matsi
relevant issues in the 90s. Being the first
LETTERS TO THE EDtTOR should be 250words or less and signed by the writer, The Editor reserves the right to editfor length
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Women's Studies
Scholarship to
Honor Former
CSUSM Student
B iee Tinney, a first semester student at C SUSM and o ne o f our first
women's studies majors, died from cancer this fall. Bree had worked in real
estate and for MiraCosta C ollege before
j oining the support staff o f the C ollege o f
Business Administration at C SUSM last
spring. With f ive adult children, and a
reawakened interest in education, Bree
w as looking forward t o women's studies
courses as a way to learn and put her l ife
experience in perspective. The university has established a fund in her memory
which w ill b e used t o provide a scholarship in women's studies.
Contributions to the fund should g o
t o the C SUSM Foundation marked for
the Bree Tinney Scholarship in Women's
Studies.
FACULTY GETS
COURSE
DEVELOPMENT
GRANT
S ix W omen's Studies Faculty members received an Arts and S ciences Faculty Development Grant t o study together
and plan the new core course for the
major, Wmst 3 90 Feminist Theory and
M ethods.
T erry A llison, Y areli
A rizmendi, R enee C urry, J oan
Gundersen, Cheri O 'Boyle, Linda Shaw,
and Deborah Small have been busy introducing each other t o the mysteries o f
deconstruction, library research, experimental design, classical feminist theory,
and creativity in order t o prepare the new
course. I twillbeofferedforthefirsttime
this spring with Linda Shaw coordinating
the efforts o f students and faculty w ho
w ill participate.
�"Within this Garden"
photographs of Ruth Thome-Thornsen
By Peter Gorwin
Critic-At-Large
The Museum of Photographic Art has
Opened its new show with the exhibitions of two
photographers who share more than their gender; both women possess a love of subjects
ancient and mysterious. I found their work so
compelling that I decided to review them separately. In the last issue, I concentrated on the
work of Linda Connor. In this issue I discuss
Ruth Thorne-Thomsen's fantastical exhibition,
"Within this Garden."
Thomsen builds her images around themes
from historical eras, movements in literature,
and mythology. By blending separate images
normally linked to diverse times and places, she
achieves what may best be described as New
Age Surrealism: her photos effectively transcend time and space, capturing dream states
neither from the past, the present, nor the future,
but somewhere we can not exactly identify. Her
romantic, avant-garde images pay homage to
such painters as Dali and Magrite but possess
enough originality to stand on their own.
Thomsen stimulates our imaginations by using
symbol, metaphor and irony ; the veiy existence
jofthis cutting edge work shoots down unimaginative critics who have suggested that photography has limitations as a viable and versatile
artistic medium.
Thomsen rejects the conventional camera,
resorting to a pinhole camera which may be
constructed out of any light-tight chamber simply by drilling a minute hole in the front of it. By
^creating a camera out of something as simple as
cal treat on many levels.
The extreme depth-of-field produced by the
tiny pin hole create optical illusions related to
object sizes from the foreground to the background of the image. Playing with this allows
Thomsen to create some of her paradoxes and
ironies. For example, sometimes a person standing in the background seems dwarfed by a seemingly huge object in the foreground, actually a
small facsimile of a classical statue, pyramid, or
monolith. In using these simple techniques,
Thomsen make sophisticated statements about
our preconceptions and expectations of what we
expect from an image made by a camera—
usually a safe and conventional reaffirmation of
our own lies and myths. She cleverly uses her
camera to make these didactic images which
challenge our images of the truth, thereby making us question those safe realities which we
cling to. Thomsen clearly shows us that the
camera lies, and that it allows us to use it as both
a rhetorical and artistic medium. In this regard,
she also makes a Clear philosophical allusion to
the skepticism created when discoveries and
events challenge our perception of the truth, an
homage to the atmosphere which has spawned
past golden ages.
a shoe box or an empty cylindrical oat
meal box, Thomsen creates a metaphor
for her own images. Her work is a true
paradox—photographs which are dif-
ferent from the way we usually think
of them, made by art unconventional camera. This makes her entire exhibit a phenomenal, whimsi-
Ruth Thorne-Thomsen now has a book of her
adventurous work which may be purchased at
the Museum of Photographic Art's bookstore.
The Museum is located at 1649 El Prado in
Balboa Park.
�CHASQUISUSM
Andean Music Lives at C
CHASQUI is one of two artist-in-residence ensemble groups proudly supported by CSUSM as
part of its Global Arts Program. The group was
formed by Don Funes, a visual and performing arts
professor; composer, conductor; recording engineer; chamber and orchestral performer, musicologist and ethnomusicologist.
Funes received his
doctorate in musical arts from the University of
Oregon. Dr. Funes1 interest in music and culture led
him to conduct and intensive study of Andean
music. He began in 1986, and in 1991 received an
NEH Fellowship to study Latin American music and
culture.
CHASQUI plays music from the Andean region
of South America on over 20 different instruments
unique to the peoples of this area. The guitar is the
only European instrument that the ensemble uses.
Although they favor the music of Bolivia and Peru,
they also play music from Ecuador; Chile and Argentina, the countries that were part of the Inca
Empire. They also sing in Spanish and Quecha.
CHASQUI features Dr. Don Funes, Fermin
Sanchez and Eduardo Garcia (originally from
Mexico), Raul Ay lion from Bolivia and Gunnar Biggs.
The group is dedicated to bringing appreciation of
Andean music and culture to America. You can
hear CHASQUI perform Wednesday, December 1,
at 12 Noon, in ACD 102.
Members of Chasqui are (left to right): Fermin Sanchez, Eduardo Garcia, Dr. Don Funes, Gunnar Biggs and
Raul Aylion (not shown)
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HIST
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Canada (3)
General
Geology (3)
GEOL 1 04
Geology
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THE PRIDE/ FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1993
Seeing Red
By Sarah Spaid
A red dress ignites the fantasies of men.
The other red dress lands you your new
job. Sports cars speed through the night.
Flashy, heated moments stir powerful
emotions. The power you feel when you
attend a board meeting in red socks.
Reflections of light glistening as the sun
sets beyond the horizon. A Porsche speeds
through Malibu, leaving a mere red trace.
Illicit remarks painted on slashed canvas.
Soft spoken words on steamy phone lines.
Red chiffon scarves and straw hats worn
opening day at the races. Heated passions
engorge the imagination when lipstick
smoothes warm, wet lips. Pursed red lips
leave no room for kissing. The mark a
woman leaves on a m an's face. The mark
mother leaves on her litde angel. A hint of
suspicion—smeared red lipstick all over
her face. Consequently, days later, lipstick
found on his collar.
Strawberry creams atop a torte. Strawberry shortcake, a freckled-face doll. Juicy
red raspberries, awaiting their digestion in
the pit of a red-walled stomach. Fornication at night; sex in the day; a quick frolic
in the hay? Ruby red grapefruit, cherries
the color of blood. Childhood memories of
that bicycle spill, an open wound, and that
gash in your knee, your father in a rage.
Bloodshot eyes, suspicions arise. Drunkards, d ruggies... lover's quarrels, heated
discussions, Othello's rage of jealousy.
Lucille Ball. Red heads. Charred
remains of smoldering pains brand memories in our heads. Red roses brought on a
warm summer n ight Red roses flung with
all her might. A bloody fingers erupts from
the broken vase. A scorpion sting when
influenced by fiery mars. Cardinals with
red feathers at r est Power and austerity
emerge as his red wings start in flight, like
an English army clad in red, ready to fight
Women in h eat An apple, a present
awaiting your s on's school teacher atop her
desk. Your fury, later, when you find out
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he daydreams of her eating i t The power
he feels when he receives an "A."
Hemoglobin, red blood cells. Blood
clots. Red wine devoured at dusk. Dracula
dripping with tonight's dessert. A library
tailored in dark, rich wood, filled with
lingering cigar smoke, and the smoking
jacket for tonight's entanglements.
Red flags represent Russian revolution,
Chinese communism. Oppression equates
bloodshed. Red, white and blue mean
freedom for me and you. Red signifies
death to the Crips, and life for the Bloods.
Evoking violence, betrayal of life, and
death to the innocent, red portrays bleak
pictures in the neighborhood, el barrio, as
the Mexican, Chicanos, and Latinos say.
Redrum, murder. Maraschino cherries full
of infamous red dye #5. RedM&Ms
disappear and reappear. Cancer-causing
agents disappoint unwitting children. Santa
Claus brings happy thoughts and stockings
stuffed with lollipops. Red ribbons, red
bows, merry Christmas with the fire aglow.
Firemen to the rescue. Heroes of
children, saviors of us all. Sirens shouting,
alarms alerting us to get out of the way of
the help on its way. Fire hydrants. Fire
dogs—Dalmatians with red collars. Brake
lights, traffic jams, stop signs. Inevitable
red lights flash when late and in a rush.
Congestion. Confusions. Frustration. In
cartoons, heads turn red, and release steam
via blood-filled ears. We go straight down
in a blaze of glory. Conversely, we go up
to the flashy red lights of heaven, or the
deepest pits of hell, depending on our own
subjective views.
Red bricks provide meals for bricklayers,
and shelter for their families. Red roofs
insulate tiled homes and furnish the Baja
Coast with aesthetic delights. Roll out the
red carpet; the queen arrives today.
Observing her royal red throne, we all
obey.
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Cornersfade to indistinct,
I hear the whisper ofyour breath
and reach into the darkness;
Ifeel its weight 6earing on my arms,
until Ifindyours,
iPassion at myfingertips
trading down your nakedskin
igniting life
behind the veils you use to
shutter us away
from
daylight and heartache.
your head slowly dips to the base of my
necfi
your lips press to myflesh—
arch and sigh—
I draw you closer andpush the blanket
away.
Thefires primitive dance lights your eyes,
reflecting orange flames
that play the room s shadows
li^e mindless marionettes.
I try to forget I need to breathe
andzinllthe sun to forget its career,
I blockjyour eyes with my hair
and trace your body ivith my eyes
to engrave it in my mind,
a starkjnemory
that haunts my life
when the sunrise
takes you away.
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universal loading zone. This loading
zone is located in the lower faculty
staff parking lot and is signified by the
area painted in green and labeled as a
fifteen minute loading zone. This area
is open for anyone to use.
The loading zone was created out
of safety concerns and convenience for
the university population at large.
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major record labels. In exchange, we
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music industry reference.
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Join one of 2 new groups
Monday 4:30 - 6 PM or
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Student Resource Center, Craven 5205
W ed, N ov. 2 4
C&tenackwill speak on "Diversity in Schools- in honor of Latin Month.
Contact Lea Jarnagin, Counseling & Physhological
Services 7 52-4910
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Reduction Workshop, 5 PM, Craven 5205.
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Relationships and Godependency Workshop. 1:30 PM Craven 5205.
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direction of Dr. Komla Amoaku. 12 Noon, Commons Stage.
Mondays, 4-5:40 PM
Student Resource Center, Graven 5205
Open to anyone undergoing stress due to a death of a loved one or
has a loved one dealing with a chronic illness. It is also open to
anyone experiencing divorce or l oss of a relationship.
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The Evil Alien Plan
to take over America
Vol. 2. No. I
W hat is Plan 91
Our Secret Plan
by Daniel Quinn
Aside from being one of the worst sci-fi movies ever made, Plan 9 from
Outer Space is a home-grown alternative newspaper. Tired of reading the
During the Second World War the people of Germany invested
same old rehashed "things-are-so-messed-up-and-we-don't-know-why-but-buyheavily in a secret plan. This plan was so secret that many Germans
ing-this-product-will-make-you-feel-better" crap in magazines and newspapers
managed to keep it a secret even from themselves. Except in the highest
(not to mention the vast mind-sucking wasteland called TV), we decided to start
military and political circles, the plan was never discussed at all. And even
our own paper.
when it was discussed in high circles, it was discussed in a veiled way.
The purpose of Plan 9 is to expand the discussion of the nature, direction and
The plan I'm talking about was, of course, the plan to annihilate the
future of our society beyond the narrow confines of the American "left" and
Jewish race. Though many of them liked to remain silent about it, the people
"right." Plan 9 maintains that the mindless consumerism of the past 50 years has
of Germany were on the whole behind Hitler in his ambition to rid the world
devoured our planet, stolen the future from our children and probably condemned
of Jews. They invested a lot in this secret plan. They invested their con
us, along with a large number of other species, to the ash bin of evolutionary
sciences. They invested their place among the family of nations. They invested
history.
their self-respect.
Plan 9 is dedicated to beginning the process of true education among a lost and
confused people: us. That education begins by taking control over our own
'opinions," so that we may make truly informed judgements on the ways that we
wish to live in the post-consumerist age. As a result, Plan 9 does not discuss which
toilet bowl cleaner is 'friendlier to the environment," but whether or not we can
afford to use such products at all.
As a result, Plan 9 does not accept advertising from commercial interests. We
are supported entirely by goodness of the people around us.
Plan 9 believes that much of our current technology represents a devil's
Well, as we all know, the secret plan failed— the German people lost their
and
bargain, where short term benefits (whiter teeth, fresher breath, "freeway investment. They lost an incredible amount—
they and their children, and indeed
minutes away," etc.) are gained at the expense of long term costs: radioactive their children's children. They're still paying off their losses for this dreadfully bad
wastes, groundwater polluted by landfills, soil erosion, global warming, ozone investment.
depletion, and global genetic wipeout.
> The people of the technologically advanced "First World' nations, the people
However, Plan 9is primarily aimed
of our culture, are also investing heavily
toward addressing the societal issues
Intelligence com es into being only when you are free to ques in a secret plan today.
which have given rise to our current
Our secret plan is never discussed
tion, free to think out and discover. Then you are a fully
predicament, not toward environmen
openly. Someday perhaps we'll know
tal issues per se. We at Plan 9 believe
integrated individual-not a frightened entity who, not knowing whether it's discussed at the highest
that the various environmental move
w hat to do, inwardly feels one thing and outwardly conforms to political levels and whether it's dis
ments have demonstrated their inabil
cussed in code or in plain language. We
s omething different.
-j.Krishnamurti
ity to effectively address the core prob
______________
ContinuedonPage7
lem that has resulted in the destruction
Imagine there’s no heaven
of the environment.
“Let’s s e e w h at’s in th e new lan 9!
P
It’s easy if you try
And that problem, let there be no doubt, is the view
N o hell below us
of the world as capital to be converted into individual
A bove us only sky
wealth rather than as the sacred home of us all, to be
shared equally among all human beings. However,
Imagine all the people
please don't label Plan 9 as "communist," 'leftist' or
Living for today
whatever. We reject all labels.
Imagine there’s no countries
Plan 9 is against violence of any sort for any reason.
It isn’t hard to do
We believe that killing only perpetuates the suffering,
N othing to kill or die for
fear and hatred that give rise to killing. War solves
A nd no religion too
What is Plan 9? ..................................... 1
nothing. We at Plan 9 believe that all life is sacred and
Our Secret Plan..................................... 1
must be treated as such. The issue of abortion troubles
Imagine all the people
Interested in Helping?
................
2
us, but we support the right of women to control their
Living life in peace
Editorial: Offended by the People Offended
own bodies.
You may say I’m a dream er
by “
Offensive Speech” ........................2
Likewise, we support all people in the pursuit of
But I’m not the only one
A Brief History of Plan 9 ......................... 2
control over their own lives and destinies. We believe
I h ope some day you’ll join us
Gays are Just Like People...................... 3
that gays, lesbians, homeless, and illegal "aliens" alike
A nd the world will live as one
Nine Things You can do to Curb Your
all deserve treatment equal to any in this land. All are
Consumption.............................
3
human. And to survive these times, we have no choice
Imagine no possessions
Media Watch.........................................4
but to honor, rather than to destroy, the human spirit
I w onder if you can
What’s Happening to the Media Industry? .4
N o need for greed or hunger
that lives in us all.
JHuge Media Merger Taking Place
.4
It is time, we believe, for all people to stand up for
A brotherhood of man
What is Virtual Reality? ..................... 5
sake of the future of humanity and our holy earth. We
Imagine all the people
Zen TV ..................................................5
can no longer afford to apathetically allow things to
S haring all the world
Vital Statistics .................................... 5
continue as they have. It has become obvious that we
Racism Is OK Against Indians ............ 6
are headed toward an exhausted and polluted world.
You may say I’m a dream er
Plan 9 Index of the Times........................ 8
We must stop that future from ever becoming a reality,
But I’m not the only one
Resources............................................ 8
or face the condemnation of our children. Whatever the
I h ope some day you’ll join us
Jesus was a Terrorist............................. 8
cost, we can do no less.
A nd the world will live as one
W e’re going to go on consuming
the wor d until there’s no more to
_ consume. _
___
In This Issue!
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Editorial: Offended by the People Offended by “Offensive Speech”
The matter, of "offensive speech" has been much
in the news this year. Sometimes referred to, in its
extjreme form, as "hate speech," "offensive speech" is
(we suppose) any verbal or written expression that is
found offensive or insulting by someone. Controver
sies have raged in communities around the country
about what to do about offensive speech. Some think
that banning such speech will solve the problem.
The Constitutions of the State of California and of
the United States state that no laws shall be passed
limiting freedom of speech. The word "except" does
not appear anywhere in either document. Unfortu
nate as if may seem, this means that neo-Nazis,
racists, homophobes, etc., have the right to say their
piece. Although there is no doubt that words like
"kike," "nigger" and "faggot," are offensive to most
people, censoring or banning such speech won't
make the problems that these words express go away.
Wake up, people! You can't use force to stop hate.
Force only breeds hate and fear. Force has never
solved anything, settled any issue or ended any
hatred. The use of law or policy to ban certain types
of expression is only another kind of force. You can't
legislate hate, fear or ignorance out of existence. And
you can't stop racism, sexism or homophobia by
preventing racists, sexists or homophobes from ex
pressing themselves.
So how do you end hatred and fear? By education.
People will stop hating and fearing each other when,
and only when, they understand the fundamental
humanity of all people. We stand here at the cross
roads in the evolution of humanity, with a choice to
either learn to all live together in peace or to perish.
But we'll never learn to live together by banning
'offensive speech."
Censuring speech is one thing, censoring speech
is another. We should always strive to critically
examine 'offensive speech" in a constructive, educat
ing manor; we should never attempt to censor speech
no matter how offensive. All people must have the
right to express their feelings. To deny that right to
anyone is to deny them their fundamental humanity.
Nothing will ever change unless we can openly
discuss our problems. Plan 9 is dedicated to this
principle.
Interested in Helping? A B rief H is to ry o f
Want to continue to see Plan 9 spread it's evil creed
across the length and breadth of the North Ameri
can continent? :r
Want to be part of a subversive movement?
Want to get death threats from right wing fanatics?
Want to wear cool "Plan 9" T-Shirts?
Then help Plan 9! We're interested
in contributions of all sorts, from
ideas, articles and letters to trades
"in-kind" and money. We're
not-fof-profit-just-want-topay-the-bills, and open
to ideas.
If you'd like to help in
any way, please
write to us at
the address )
below. We'd
love the support.
‘Dear Plan 9:
Y ou suck.”
Plan 9 From Outer Space
“ Free Speech for All.”
,
Volume 2, No. 1
October 1993
.Editor in Chief
m
A nthony T. Dunn
Cbhtribuiing Editor
Y our Name Here
Design & Layout
A nthony T. Dunn
Concept
Bill Stacy & Bemie Hinton
Plan 9 is published whenever we can afford to by Virtual
Media, P.O. Box 87202, San Diego, CA 92138-7202.
Please feel free to copy, xerox or reprint anything in Plan
9. Copyrights © Violated 1993.
We’d love to hear your point of view. Send all letters to:
P lan 9
P.O. B o x 8 7 2 0 2
San D ieg o , C A 9 2 1 3 8 -7 2 0 2
Please send SASE with all queries and manuscripts.
Sorry, but we can’t afford to pay for submissions.
by Anthony Dunn
This issue represents the re-birth of Plan 9. Plan
9 was first published last March while I was working
at the nation's newest university, Cal State San Mar
cos.
The first university to be built in the United
States since 1969, CSUSM represented something not
seen by an entire generation of educators: the oppor
tunity to build a university “from the ground up." As
a result, CSUSM was founded upon the highest
academic and social ideals. It was to be the "univer
sity of the 21st century," preparing students "to live
cooperatively and competitively in a world of cultural
and ethnic diversity, economic and governmental
differences, shared resources, ecological restraints
and technological change" (CSUSM Mission State
ment). This was to be a campus which had learned
from the mistakes of the past, eschewed artificial
distinctions between faculty, staff and students, and
used new technology to its fullest extent; a campus
which thrived on discussion, innovation and new
ideas. Diversity, tolerance, academic freedom, global
awareness and multiculturalism were all catch words
frequently used in the same sentence with “CSU
San Marcos."
Unfortunately, such was not to be. Somewhere
along the line, the campus came under the control of
a power-hungry bureaucracy, whose goal was (and is)
to bring as much of the campus under its direct
control as possible. In order to control the expres
sion of ideas on campus, policies banning posting and
limiting free speech were instituted by executive fiat.
Students, as usual, were treated as second-class citi
zens, and faculty were tolerated as poorly behaved
children.
The idea for Plan 9 came to me one morning at
2:30 while I was watching a CNN Headline News
piece on the so-called "zine scene" (don't ask why I
was watching CNN in the wee hours of the morning).
"Gee," I thought, 'I could publish my own paper!"
Within days the first issue of Plan 9, four 8.5 x 11
xeroxed pages, hit the campus.
The resulting furor was encouraging, so I pub
lished another issue. There were four issues in all,
covering topics rangingfrom state Senator Bill Craven's
racist remarks about undocumented workers (He
referred to them as being “on the lower scale of our
humanity." Craven, who introduced the bill that
created CSUSM, is considered the "Founding Father"
of the campus, and as such is considered a sacred cow
by the administration.), to freedom of the press,
student activism in the 1960's, gays in the military,
health effects of exposure to bureaucracy and satiri
cal pieces on students caught in the administration
building without proper papers.
In the last issue I took the university president to
task for his manifest failure to uphold the campus'
mission and for allowing the suppression of the First
Amendment at a public university. Two months after
Plan 9's debut, I was fired. No reason was given for
my dismissal.
Of course, I understood the real reason behind
my sudden and unexplained termination. Plan 9 had
been critical of the administration's handling of the
Craven affair, as well as other issues. Plan 9 railed
against the explosion of bureaucracy on campus
(With a ratio of one staff person to every six students,
the administration of CSUSM is bigger than at most
universities four times its size.). Plan 9 also staunchly
supported the rights of students and encouraged the
faculty to stand up for the ideals encoded in the
university's Mission Statement. Plan 9, as far as the
upper administration was concerned, had caused
nothing but trouble.Plan 9, as far as the upper admin
istration was concerned, had to go.
So I was expendable. Aside from the sheer relief
of being rid of me and Plan 9, the administration got
the added benefit of using my termination as a
demonstration of what could happen to you if you
rocked the boat.
I've been unemployed ever since, but I don't
regret what I did. I felt that I had no other choice than
to stand up for what I believed to be true/regardless
of the consequences. There is no other way for the
truth to prevail.
s n o is s e s s o p o n e n ig a m i
“I’m tellin’ you
boyif I catch
readin’ this Plan 9 filth one more
time, I’m gonna have to haul you in!”
�Gays are Just Like People
INVASION OF THE
by Michael Swanson
When I was a child, I was never confused or
bewildered about my sexual orientation. Indeed, I
thought that I would definitely be damned by God,
and, therefore, I kept away from all who attracted me.
As I was growing up, however, I realized that my
sexuality was not the butt of one of God's cruel jokes.
I also abandoned my insistent, but foolish, theory that
He might be testing me and my faith. Rather, I
focused my energy on more important issues. Issues
that I will address here for all.
First of all, I must make my intentions clear. They
are only to help all others in my situation to become
proud of who they are, and, most importantly, to try
to relate homosexuality to heterosexuals who misun
derstand and/or oppose it. I will try to accomplish this
by addressing issues which I believe to be most
misconceived.
tion, some contradiction, or even compromise to this
statement.
I remember reading about David and Jonathan's
love, even about the "disciple that Jesus loved; *but no
matter how hard I may have tried to convince myself,
in the end, I always knew it wasn't the sort of love, I
felt for a man.
It took many painful years before I could accept
the Bible again, without believing it to be that of a
pagan's God. And although the Scriptures don't fully
support me, I do not oppose them.
For those who enjoy quoting the passages at me,
I would like to remind them that the Bible also
encourages all of God's children to love each other
and accept each other.
Spirituality means acceptance of all people, no
matter their skin color, race, or sexual orientation.
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When I love a man, it isfor the same reasons that a man might love a woman, orvice versa: forthe mind,
the sense of humor, and most importantly, for the way he makes me feel when I am with him.
Gay is not sex. I address this issue first because Therefore, it is hypocritical for those who follow the
I feel that it is the most misunderstood one. Generally Bible to judge me; no man has the power to judge,
people couple homosexuality with sex; for example, only God has this power,
the most popular question I get asked as a homosexual
I believe that I have covered the issues of more
is: "How do you do it?"
importance and of greater misunderstanding. I hope
Indeed, this question is never put before a hetero- that it will give some homosexuals greater self confisexual. Why not? For it is as natural for one man to dence and some heterosexuals more understanding
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I am thankful, however, that I am able to freely
key here, mind you, is love, not sex.
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humor, and most importantly, for the way he
makes me feel when I am with him.
Is this odd? I don't think so. I feel it is
natural; I feel that other men give me what
*
Here is a list of a few things that you can do to immediately cut your consumption
many women would not, such as satisfaction and
of resources and energy. None of them is very difficult to do, though all of them require
self-worth. For when I love, I do not ask if I am
making minor sacrifices in the way of convenience. But that’s little to ask of ourselves in order to
leading or being led, I do not dwell on my exterior pass on to our children a planet that’s worth inheriting.
looks, I leave all these petty traits behind and below
me, unlike many heterosexuals in relationships who 1. Walk everywhere that is less than a mile from your home. It takes 15 to 20 minutes to walk
a mile. If you are going shopping, get one of those carts that little old ladies drag around. Costs:
live in such petty turmoil on a daily basis.
Slower than driving; can’t carry as much. Benefits: Saves money; doesn’t contribute to acid rain
Therefore, do not make the mistake in believing
or smog; doesn’t support the huge oil corporations; good exercise; provides opportunity to relax
that homosexuality is sex. It is as much a part of
and clear the mind.
homosexual relationships as it is part of stable hetero 2. Take the bus or trolley as many places as you can. It requires a little re-arranging of your life
sexual ones.
to get used to mass transportation. But after a few weeks of frustration, it will become second
Sexuality is not a choice for homosexuals. Con
nature. Costs: Have to adjust your schedule to that of the bus; slower than driving; doesn’t
trary to popular belief, this is another misconception
always go where you want to. Benefits: Saves money; doesn’t contribute to acid rain or smog;
about homosexuality. As I have stated before, I've
doesn’t support the huge oil corporations; provides opportunity to do other things, such as read,
study, etc.
known since childhood that I am gay. I tried hard to
3. Eat at home. Thirty percent of the food purchased by restaurants is thrown away as waste.
overcome this predicament by forcing myself to look
Costs: You have to do your own cooking. Benefits: Saves huge amount of money; saves food.
at women, reminding myself how disappointed my
4. Use a clothes line rather than a dryer. Electric clothes dryers use an amazing amount of
parents might feel if they knew and other facts that
electricity, and gas dryers can account for as much as 30% of your gas use. Costs: Clothes
continue to weigh heavy on many homosexual minds.
aren’t as soft when dried on a line; can’t dry clothes on overcast days. Benefits: A clothes line
However, this was unsuccessful and I never did date
works for free; saves energy.
—nor have I ever dated —a woman.
5. Get rid of your dishwasher. It takes, on average, about 10 to 15 minutes to wash dishes for
Now I have come to the realization that I can no
a family of three by hand. If you get in the habit of washing your dishes right after you use them,
more force myself to be straight, than any hetero
then dish washing becomes a simple chore. Costs: You have to wash dishes yourself. Benefits:
sexual can force himself to be gay. Therefore, my only
Saves water; saves energy; saves money.
response to all those who believe that I can change my 6. Start a garden. Even a small herb garden can save you money and decrease the amount of
pesticides applied to the earth. Tip: Start with a small garden of unkillable plants. Expand the
sexual orientation is this: Why would I, or any other
garden in following seasons as your experience and confidence grow. Costs: Some time and
homosexual, be willing to choose a sexuality that
effort involved. Benefits: You know where your food is coming from and what it has been
would make others hate me, ridicule me, and ostra
through; contributes to sense of independence; saves money; reduces use of pesticides;
cize me? I would not; therefore, it is out of my powers
improved diet by eating healthier foods.
and not a choice.
7. Cut up your credit cards. Costs: Slight decrease in convenience factor. Benefits: Reduces
Homosexuality is against Christianity. I must
money wasted on impulse buying; saves money wasted on interest payments; provides tangible
confess, as a child, this statement plagued my mind
increase in financial independence.
every minute of the day. Many nights alone, I read the 8. Shoot your TV. Read a book or play with your kids instead. Costs: none. Benefits: Saves
Bible cover to cover. I was looking for some indicaenergy, both psychic and electric.
9. Read Plan 9 from Outer Space. Costs: You will suddenly lose all of your yuppie friends.
Benefits: You will suddenly lose all of your yuppie friends.
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�Media Watch Huge Media Merger
W hat’s Happening to the Media Industry?
Although you may be unaware of it, the vast the growing trend for corporations to control a wide
majority of what you read, see and hear in the media is range ot media, both traditional arid computerized.
controlled by an ever shrinking handful of mass media
#As text, video, music, etc., become more and more
conglomerates. The proposed merger between Para dependentupon “hardware" (computers, networks, con
mount and Viacom isjust the latest in a series of mergers sumer electronics), the large media/technology con
which have taken place in the past decade. This 'merger glomerates will find themselves in control not only of
mania" began during the Reagan era with News Corp's what we see, but also the means by which we see it.
(Rupert Murdoch) purchase of Twentieth Century Fox, Their hope is that the software will sell the hardware
followed soon after by General
and that the hardware will sell the
Electric's purchase of NBC and RCA,
Hi, I’m a high-powered media software. Sony, the world's second
Sony's purchase of Columbia Pictures
exec, and I just want to assure largest manufacturer of consumer
and Columbia Records, Matsushita's
you that all of us here have electronics, is already exploiting the
purchase of MCA/Universal and
only our own interests at heart. synergy between their “hardware"
Warner's 1990 purchase of the Time
(CD players, VCRs) and their "soft
Inc. empire.
ware" (Columbia Records & Video).
Whatever you may think of the
The more they sell of one, the more
media, the fact remains that these
they sell of the other.
media conglomerates are in business
The end result is an “info-strati
primarily to make money. As such
fied" society, where the affluent can
they have a vested interest in promot
afford to buy access to information
ing views, opinions and lifestyles
and where the poor can afford to buy
which will generate revenue. Since
access to little or nothing.
the bulk of the revenue generated in
When virtual reality (VR) tech
the media industry comes from ad
nologies come within the reach of
vertising, the major media corpora
the consumer, the major media cor
tions must advocate consumerism if
porations will be poised to take full
they are to survive and prosper.
advantage of it. By the year 2000,
Many large media corporations
consumers will be wearing light
have subsidiaries in other industries,
weight VR headsets manufactured
and use their media outlets to pro
by Sony or Panasonic; totally im
mote their other interests. For example, NBC, which is mersed in the evening news, interactive TV shows,
owned by General Electric (the nation's second largest virtual sex or VR video games. The recently announced
manufacturer of nuclear energy systems), broadcast a alliance between the makers of Sega video games and
documentary onnuclear power in 1987entitled 'Nuclear Silicon Graphics Computers (used in the production of
Power: In France It Works." Unsurprisingly, this docu- Terminator 2 and Jurassic Park) to develop 3-D virtual
mentary presented nuclear power in only the most reality video games is the first step in this direction. As
positive light.
the September 27th cover of Time Magazine declares,
Computer, telecommunications, consumer elec- these new video games will be "Better than reality!"
tronics and media technologies are rapidly converging.
And by all accounts, the coming VR revolution may
As a result, more and more
well be more alluring than
large corporations are The end result is an “info-stratified” society, reality. Certainty, if
moving to buy companies where the affluent can afford to buy access to today s video games are
possessing technological information and where the poor can afford to addictive, then the 3-D
capabilities they need. For buy access to little or nothing.
total immersion of virtual
example, AT&T's recent
reality will be even more
purchase of McCaw Cellular (telephone/satellite com- so. Throw in interactive programs, where you can play
munications, TV stations) has placed AT&T at the any role you wish, interact in 'real time" with major
forefront of several communications technologies. Re- movie stars, kill, maim and fuck without limit or
cent moves by Hewlett-Packard and Germany's restraint, and you have one powerful tool for escapism.
Bertelsmann AG (book & magazine publishing) to pur- And as the deterioration of our environment and our
chase small multimedia software companies indicate society accelerates, the temptation escape into a virtual
reality fantasy may prove overwhelming.
Of course, the media only discusses the 'good'
13 Largest Media Conglomerates Worldwide
aspects of these new
1991 Media Revenues
technologies. With a
vested interest in their
Bertelsmann AG
success, they would
Time/Warner
have to be stupid to do
The News Corp.
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smaller of the two companies, was to be the buying
organization, offering $8.2 billion in stock and cash
for Paramount. The combined value of the two com
panies has been estimated at $18 billion.
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directly with Time-Wamer Inc., which has a similar
range of holdings (see sidebar next page).
The merger announcement set off a frenzy of
speculation on Wall Street, driving stock values up
and then down, as rumors circulated that Ted Turner
of Turner Broadcasting and Barry Diller of the QVC
home shopping network were going to attempt to
make 'hostile* counter bids for Paramount. Turner
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and his long time friend Viacom Chairman Sumner
Redstone, were adamant that the Viacom-Paramount
mer8er would take place.
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en^sted the help of Blockbuster Entertainment
Corp. and Cox Enterprises. Each company pledged to
invest $600 million in Viacom, increasing Viacom's
cash base by the $1.2 billion needed for it to match the
QVC offer. As Plan 9 was going to press, the Los
Angeles Times announced that Nynex Corp., the
nation's fourth largest telehone company (serving
New York and New England), had invested another
$1-2 billion in Viacom, further strengthening their bid
for Paramount.
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terests in ParamountViacom, creating, in effect,
an even larger media conglomerate. Blockbuster,
which operates 3,200 Blockbuster Video stores, as
well as Sound Warehouse and Music Plus record
stores, has an annual revenue of $1.2 billion. Cox
Enterprises, which owns five TV and 13 radio sta
tions, several major newspapers, and Cox Cable (the
six largest US cable company), has annual revenues of
C 8K
Billions of Dollars
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$2.5 billion. Nynex, which is the largest cable TV
operator in Great Britain, has annual revenues of
$13.25 billion.
Whoever finally buys Paramount, several things
are clear. First of all, Paramount will be tied to a large
cable services & TV network company, whether it is
Viacom/Cox/Nynex or QVC/TCI/Comcast.
Why the interest from the cable companies? Both
Viacom and QVC have been pioneers in the realm of
"interactive" TV, where viewers can press a button on
their remote to select viewing options. In the near
future, interactive TV will include the ability to select
plot lines in shows, buy goods, vote in polls, etc. In
order to provide these services, it will be necessary to
set up transmitting, as well as receiving capabilities
for each TV. Cable companies have the resources and
know-how to do this.
That's where the future is for Paramount and its
purchasing company. The resulting conglomerate
will have all the facilities needed to create, produce
and distribute and control its interactive multimedia
programming. And when the much-heralded infor-
What They Control
Viacom
mation 'superhighway* is complete, they'll be ready
to pour their programming into your tube.
Of course, interactive TV is just a transitional
phase. The ultimate goal is interactive virtual reality
television (VRTV).
Three core technologies are required to make
VRTV a reality: high-tech production facilities, inter
active cable switching systems and VR hardware.
When the virtual reality revolution comes, Paramount-Whatever will be in an excellent position to
lead it, possessing the two most vital elements. VR
hardware can be purchased from manufacturers,
such as Sony and Matsushita. These companies them
selves lack only cable distribution channels, so they
too are well placed to lead the VRTV revolution.
By the time that the VRTV revolution is upon us,
there will be even fewer media corporations than
there are now. Don't be surprised if Sony and
Matsushita attempt to buy a major cable company
like TCI or Comcast. Expect most of the major media
companies to begin swallowing up little virtual reality
and multimedia companies.
The Paramount-Viacom merger is just the latest
in what will be an accelerating trend as the computer,
telecommunications and media industries converge.
What it bodes for our society no one seems to care.
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nothing for 10 minutes. Do this with Beginner's
Mind. Observe what goes on within you and without
you. See what you can see. Watch TV for one half
hour without turning it on. Do this with Beginner's
Mind. Watch any TV show for 15 minutes without
turning on the sound. Watch any news program for 15
minutes without turning on the sound. For the next
week, every time you ride an elevator, step in and
remain facing the rear. For the next week, every time
you answer the telephone refrain from saying, "Hello, *
and when you finish your conversation refrain from
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What is virtual reality?
Virtual Reality is a set of technologies designed to
create an artificial, but realistic, reality using computers.
Users typically wear a VR headset containing miniature
video displays and headphones. Some systems include
glove devices so that the user can manipulate the virtual
environment and gettactilefeedback. Usersare immersed
in a computer generated reality, unaware of their real
surroundings.
To date, VR technology has been limited by the
processing power of computers. But since processing
speeds are doubling about every year, by the year 2000,
virtual reality will be a mass marketable technology.
To see what VR looks
like, watch the movie The
LawnmowerMan, available
on video. If you’re curious
astowhat the VR futurewill
look like, the Futurological
Congress, by Stanislaw
Lem, provides a chilling
look a future based on arti
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Vital Statistics:
Matsushita Electrical
Industrial Co., Ltd.
(Largest media/consumer electronics corpora
tion in the world)
Home Office: Osaka, Japan
Annual Revenue: $56.15 billion
Employees: 193,000
Products/Services: Manufacture & sales of elec
tronic products, video & audio equipment, home
appliances, communications & industrial equipment,
energy & kitchen related products, electric compo
nents; production & distribution of TV home video
products; distribution of TV shows; production &
distribution of motion pictures; licensing of merchan
dising rights & film property publishing rights; manu
facture & distribution of records & tapes; music
publishing; retailing & mail order of gift merchandise;
book publishing; development & marketing of toys;
recreation services; real estate development.
Notable American Subsidiaries:
MCA TV
MCA Records
Universal Pictures
Geffen Records
Universal Studios
Putnam Publishing
Panasonic Co.
Berkeley Publishing
Quasar
Grosset & Dunlop
Cineplex Odeon (Theatres)
Yosemite Park & Curry Co.
Time Warner Inc.
(Largest US media corporation)
Home Office: New York, New York
Annual Revenue: $12.02 billion
Employees: 40,000
Products/Services: Cable TV Services; produc
tion, sales & distribution of record & tape products;
music publishing; motion picture production & distri
bution; development, production & distribution of TV
series, films & specials; TV networks; sales, rental &
licensing of video cassettes; book & magazine pub
lishing; venture capital; amusement parks.
Notable Subsidiaries:
Little, Brown & Co.
. Time Inc.
Book of the Month Club Fortune Magazine
Warner Books
Life Magazine
Warner Bros. Studio
Time Magazine
Wamer/Elektra/Atlantic Money Magazine ,
Lorimar Television
People Magazine
Home Box Office
Sports Illustrated
Six Flags Corporation Parenting Magazine
DC Comics
Turner (19.1%)
Mad Magazine
Whittle Communications
63 Cable services cos.
(Channel 1) (37.5%)
saying, "Goodbye." Sit still in your house or apart
ment with all the power off for 15 minutes, then sit
still with every appliance turned on for 15 minutes.
For lOminutes simply countthe "technical events"
that occur while you are watching any TV show.
Simply count the number of times there is a cut,
zoom, superimposition, voice-over, appearance of
words on the screen, fade in/out, etc.
Source: 1993 Directory of Corporate Affiliations
There ^ ^ ^ Zen analogy that the way to calm,
clear and quiet the mind is similar to the way to clear
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action, by doing, by
stirring it up, but by
stillness, by letting be,
by letting it settle it
self. The function of
TV is to create, main
tain and constantly
reinforce what-in the
Zen tradition-is often
called
"monkeymind." The question
to ask is: What is the
good of a jumpy, vola
tile, scattered and
hyper monkey-mind?"
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Excerpted from Adbusters, Summer 1993.
Paramount too!
Source: Christian Science Monitor
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October 1993 Page 6
Racism Is OK Against Indians
by Ward Churchill
During the past couple of seasons, there has been an
increasing wave of controversy regarding the names of
professional sports teams like the Atlanta "Braves," Clevefend 'Indians," Washington “Redskins," and Kansas City
"Chiefs." The issue extends to the names of college teams
like Florida State University 'Seminoles," University of
Illinois “Fighting lllini," and so on, right on down to high
school outfits like the Lamar (Colorado) "Savages." Also
involved have been team adoption of “mascots,” replete
with feathers, buckskins, beads, spears and “
warpaint”
(some fans have opted to adorn themselves in the same
fashion), and nifty little “pep’ gestures like the "Indian
Chant” and "Tomahawk Chop.”
A substantial number of American Indians have
protested that use of native names, images and symbols as
sports team mascots and the like is, by definition, a
virulently racist practice. Given the historical relationship
between Indians and non-Indians during what has been
called the 'Conquest of America,' American Indian Move
ment leader (andAmerican Indian Anti-Defamation Council
founder) Russell Means has compared the practice to
contemporary Germans n aming their soccer teams the
must be just as hearty in their endorsement of the follow
ing ideas— the logic used to defend the defamation of
by
American Indians—should help us all really start yukking
it up.
First, as a counterpart to the Redskins, we need an
NFL team called “Niggers" to honor Afro-Americans.
Halftime festivities for fans might include a simulated
stewing of the opposing coach in a large pot while players
and cheerleaders dance around it, garbed in leopard skins
and wearing fake bones in their noses. This concept
obviously goes along with the kind of gaiety attending the
Chop, but also with the actions of the Kansas City Chiefs,
whose team members—
prominently including black team
members lately appeared on a poster looking “fierce" and
“savage" by way of wearing Indian regalia. Just a bit of
harmless 'morale boosting," says the Chiefs' front office.
You bet.
So that the newly-formed Niggers sports club won't
end up too out of sync while expressing the “spirit” and
“identity" of Afro-Americans in the above fashion, a
baseball franchise—let's call this one the “Sambos'—
should be formed. How about a basketball team called the
“Spearchuckers?” A hockey team called the “
Jungle Bun-
We need an NFL team called “Niggers” to honor Afro-Americans. How about a basketball
team called the “Spearchuckers?”A hockey team called the “Jungle Bunnies?” Hispanics?
They can be represented by the Galveston “Greasers” and the San Diego “Spies.”
“
Jews," “Hebrews," and 'Yids,' while adorning their uni
forms with grotesque caricatures of Jewish faces taken
from the Nazis' anti-Semitic propaganda of the 1930s.
Numerous demonstrations have occurred in conjunction
with games—most notably during the November 15,1992
match-up between the Chiefs and Redskins in Kansas
City— angry Indians and their supporters.
by
In response, a number of players—
especially African
Americans and other minority athletes—
have been trotted
out by professional team owners like Ted Turner, as well
as university and public school officials, to announce that
they mean not to insult but to honor native people.
They have been joined by the
television networks and most major newsp apers, all of
which have editorialized that Indian
discomfort with
the situation is "no
big deal," insisting that the whole
thing is just
'good, clean fun.'
The country1
n eeds more such
fun, they've
argued, and “a few
d isgruntled Nafive Americans" have no
right to undermine the nation's enjoyment of its leisure
time by complaining. This is especially the case, some
have argued, 'in hard times like these." It has even been
contended that Indian outrage at being systematically
degraded—
rather than the degradation itself—
creates 'a
serious barrier to the sort of intergroup communication so
necessary in a multicultural society such as ours.'
Okay, let's communicate. We are frankly dubious
that those advancing such positions really believe their
own rhetoric, but, just for the sake of argument, let's
accept the premise that they are sincere. If what they say
is true, then isn't it time we spread such 'inoffensiveness"
and "good cheer' around among all groups so that every
body can participate equally in fostering the round of
national laughs they call for? Sure it is—the country can't
have too much fun or "intergroup* involvement—so the
more, the merrier. Simple consistency demands that any
one who thinks the Tomahawk Chop is a swell pastime
“We just love the convenience of driving! In fact,
we love it so much that we’re going to do it until
the air is unbreathable, the forests are de
stroyed by acid rain, our lungs arejDolluted by
poison...Why, we’re going to
drive until every last drop of
•r
oil has been sucked from ^
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the ground. After
that, who cares?
We’ll be dead
by then!”
nies?" Maybe the "essence” of these teams could be
depicted by images of tiny black faces adorned with huge
pairs of lips. The players could appear on TV every week
or so gnawing on chicken legs and spitting watermelon
seeds at one another. Catchy, eh? Well, there's "nothing to
be upset about,' according to those who love wearing 'war
bonnets" to the Super Bowl or having “Chief Illiniwik'
dance around the sports arenas of Urbana, Illinois.
And why stop there? There are plenty of other groups
to include. “Hispanics?" They can be "represented”by the
Galveston “Greasers'ind San Diego "Spies," at least until
the Wisconsin “Wetbacks" and Baltimore “Beaners”get off
the ground. Asian Americans? How about the “Slopes,"
“Dinks, *“Gooks,*and “Zipperheads?" Owners of the latter
making up the lexicon of American racism. Have we
communicated yet?
Let's get just a little bit real here. The notion of "fun”
embodied in rituals like the Tomahawk Chop must be
understood for what it is. There's not a single non-Indian
example used above which can be considered socially
acceptable in even the most marginal sense. The reasons
are obvious enough. So why is it different where American
Indians are concerned? One can only conclude that, in
contrast to the other groups at issue, Indians are (falsely)
perceived as being too few, and therefore too weak, to
defend themselves effectively against racist and otherwise
offensive behavior.
Fortunately, there are some glimmers of hope. A few
teams and their fans have gotten the message and have
responded appropriately. Stanford University, which opted
to drop the name "Indians" from Stanford, has experienced
no resulting drop-off in attendance. Meanwhile, the local
newspaper in Portland, Oregon recently decided its long
standing editorial policy prohibiting use of racial epithets
derogatory team
should include
Redskins, for in
n ames. The
s tance, are
now referred to
as "the Washi ngton team,"
and will eontinue to be de
scribed in this
way until the
franchise
adopts an inoffensive moniker (newspaper
sales in Portland have suffered no decline as a result).
Such examples are to be applauded and encouraged.
They stand as figurative beacons in the night, proving
beyond all doubt that it is quite possible to indulge in the
pleasure of athletics without accepting blatant racism into
the bargain.
VASHINCTON
BEDSKINS
Historical Genocide
Between the 1880s and the 1980s, nearly half of all
Native American children were coercively transferred
from their own families, communities, and cultures to
those of the conquering society. This was done through
compulsory attendance at remote boarding schools, often
hundreds of miles from their homes, where native chil-
Now, don’t go getting “overly sensitive” out there. None of this is
demeaning or insulting, at least not when it’s being done to Indians.
teams might get their logo ideas from editorial page
cartoons printed in the nation's newspapers during World
War II: slanteyes, buck teeth, big glasses, but nothing
racially insulting or derogatory, according to the editors
and artists involved at the time. Indeed, this Second World
War-vintage stuff can be seen as just another barrel of
laughs, at least by what current editors say are their 'local
standards’ concerning American Indians.
Let's see. Who's been left out? Teams like the Kansas
City 'Kikes,' Hanover 'Honkies,' San Leandro 'Shylocks,"
Daytona "Dagos," and Pittsburgh “Polacks" will fill a
certain social void among white folk. Have a religious
belief? Let's all go for the gusto and gear up the Milwaukee
"Mackerel Snappers" and Hollywood "Holy Rollers." The
Fighting Irish of Notre Dame can be rechristened the
"Drunken Irish" or 'Papist Pigs." Issues of gender and
sexual preference can be addressed through creation of
teams like the St. Louis “Sluts,” Boston "Bimbos," Detroit
“Dykes," and the Fresno “Fags.”Howaboutthe Gainesville
"Gimps" and Richmond "Retards," so the physically and
mentally impaired won't be excluded from our fun and
games?
Now, don't go getting 'overly sensitive" out there.
None of this is demeaning or insulting, at least not when
it's being done to Indians. Just ask the folks who are doing
it, or their apologists like Andy Rooney in the national
media. They'll tell you— in fact they have been telling
as
you—
that there's been no harm done, regardless of what
their victims think, feel, or say. The situation is exactly the
same as when those with precisely the same mentality
used to insist that Step 'n' Fetchit was okay, or Rochester
on the Jack Benny Show, or Amos and Andy, Charlie
Chan, the Frito Bandito, or any of the other cutsey symbols
dren were kept for years on end while being systematically
“deculturated" (indoctrinated to think and act in the
manner of Euro Americans rather than as Indians). It was
also accomplished through a pervasive foster home and
adoption program-including "blind" adoptions, where
children would be permanently denied information as to
who they were/are and where they'd come from—
placing
native youths in non-Indian homes.
The express purpose of all this was to facilitate a U.S.
governmental policy to bring about the "assimilation"
(dissolution) of indigenous societies. In other words, In
dian cultures as such were to be caused to disappear. Such
policy objectives are directly contrary to the United Na
tions 1948 Convention on Punishment and Prevention of
the Crime of Genocide, an element of international law
�Racism (cont.)
Our Secret Plan (Cont.)
arising from the Nuremberg proceedings. The forced
'transfer of the children" of a targeted ‘racial, ethnical, or
religious group’ is explicitly prohibited as a genocidal
activity under the Convention's second article.
don't teach our children this plan, but they know all
about it by the time they reach the middle of their
schooling. It's The Plan. It's there in place, and we're
investing everything we have in it. We're investing
our future in it, our children's future in it— genera
for
tions to come.
We may actually be investing the future of the
human race itself in this plan.
Our secret plan is this: We're going to go on
consuming the world until there's no more to con
sume. This does not preclude consuming it "wisely"
or consuming it as slowly as possible. It doesn't
preclude supporting every conceivable conservation
initiative. It doesn't preclude supporting every con
ceivable means of recycling.
We're going to recycle, we're going to conserve—
but we're also going to go on consuming until there's
no more to consume.
We don't know when it will all be gone. We don't
want to know— as the people of Germany didn't
just
want to know what happened to their Jewish neigh
bors when the Gestapo carried them away.
One thing we do know, however: It won't hap
pen in our lifetime. It probably won't happen in our
children's lifetime. It may not even happen in our
grandchildren's lifetime.
I hope you won't think I'm being self-righteous or
The Genocide Convention makes it a 'crime against
humanity" to create conditions leading to the destruction
of an identifiable human group, as such. Yet the BIA has
utilized the government's plenary prerogatives to negoti
ate mineral leases 'on behalf of' Indian peoples paying a
fraction of standard royalty rates. The result has been
"super profits" for a number of preferred U.S. corpora
tions. Meanwhile, Indians, whose reservations ironically
turned out to be in some of the most mineral-rich areas of
North America, which makes us, the nominally wealthiest
segment of the continent's population, live in dire poverty.
By the government's own data in the mid-1980s,
Indians received the lowest annual and lifetime per capita
incomes of any aggregate population group in the United
States. Concomitantly, we suffer the highest rate of infant
mortality, death by exposure and malnutrition, disease,
and the like. Under such circumstances, alcoholism and
other escapist forms of substance abuse are endemic in the
Indian community, a situation which leads both to a
general physical debilitation of the population and a
catastrophic accident rate. The average life expectancy of
a reservation-based Native American man is barely 45
years; women can expect to live less than three years
longer.
Such itemizations could be continued at great length,
including matters like the radioactive contamination of
large portions of contemporary Indian Country, the forced
relocation of traditional Navajos, and so on. But the point
should be made: Genocide, as defined in international
law, is a continuing fact of day-to-day life (and death) for
North America's native peoples. Yet there has been —
and
is—
only the barest flicker of public concern about, or even
consciousness of, this reality. Absent any serious expres
sion of public outrage, no one is punished and the process
continues.
A salient reason for public acquiescence before the
ongoing holocaust in Native North America has been a
continuation of the popular legacy, often through more
effective media. Since 1925, Hollywood has released more
than 2,000 films portraying Indians as strange, perverted,
ridiculous, and often dangerous things of the past. More
over, we are habitually presented to mass audiences onedimensionally, devoid of recognizable human motivations
and emotions; Indians serve as props, little more. We have
thus been thoroughly and systematically dehumanized.
Everywhere, we are used as logos, as mascots, as
jokes: “Big Chief" writing tablets, "Red Man" chewing
tobacco, "Winnebago" campers, 'Navajo and "Cherokee"
and “Pontiac" and "Cadillac" automobiles. There are the
professional sports teams—not to mention those in thou
sands of colleges, high schools, and elementary schools
across the country—
each with their own degrading carica
tures and parodies of Indians and/or things Indian. Pop
fiction continues in the same vein, including an unending
stream of New Age manuals purporting to expose the inner
works of indigenous spirituality in everything from pseudophilosophical to to-it-yourself styles. Blond yuppies from
Beverly Hills amble about the country claiming to be
reincarnated 17th century Cheyenne Ushmans ready to(
perform previously secret ceremonies.
In effect, a concerted, sustained, and in some ways
accelerating effort has gone into making Indians unreal,
It is thus of obvious importance that the American public
begin to think about the implications of such things the
next time they witness a gaggle of face-painted and
warbonneted buffoons doing the "Tomahawk Chop" at a
baseball or football game. Think about the significance of
John Wayne or Charleton Heston killing a dozen "savages'
with a single bullet the next time a western comes on TV.
Think about why Land-o-Lakes finds it appropriate to
market its butter with the stereotyped image of an "Indian
princess" on the wrapper. Think about the real situation
of American Indians.
T his article w a s o rigin ally p u b lish e d in Z M aga
zine, M arch 1993.
M itakuye Oyasin
All M Relations!
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The Clorox Company, with rev
enues of $1.65 billion, is the largest
producer of bleach in the US. Aside
from Clorox brand products, Clorox
also manufactures:
Brita (water filter systems)
Combat (insecticide)
Formula 409 (spray cleaner)
Fresh Step (cat litter)
Hidden Valley Ranch (salad dressing)
Impact (insecticide)
Kingsford (charcoal briquets)
Liquid-Plumr (drainer opener)
Litter Green (cat litter)
Match Light (self-lighting briquets)
Matox (insecticide)
Pine Sol (cleaner)
Salad Crispins (croutons)
Soft Scrub (cleaner)
condemnatory. I have a Subaru Legacy that runs
on super unleaded, two computers, two printers,
and all sorts of electronic equipment, including anew
CD player and tape duplicating equipment. My point
is not at all to make you feel guilty. What I'm
proposing is that it's important for us to begin to bring
the plan out into the open for a change. I'll tell you one
reason why. When the people of the world finally
understood the tremendous effort that the people of
Germany had put into slaughtering Jews— Gyp
and
sies and homosexuals and the physically and men
tally handicapped—
they said to themselves, "My
God, what kind of monsters were these people?”If we
continue to pursue our plan to consume the world
until there's no more to consume, then there's going
to come a day, sure as hell, when our children or their
children or their children's children are going to look
back on us— you and me— say to themselves,
on
and
"My God, what kind of monsters were these people?"
This is an idea that doesn't appeal to me at all. If
you're like me and would like to avoid looking like a
monster to your grandchildren, then I suggest you
stop being silent about our plan to go on consuming
the world until there simply isn't any more there to
consume.
From a speech to the Social Investment Forum.
Reprinted from the Utne Reader, Sept./Oct. 1993.
WHY PRETEND TO ACTUALLY
USE A PRODUCT WHEN YOU
CAN FLUSH THIS ONE
STRAIGHT DOWN THE TOILET!
28% of The Clorox Company is
owned by German detergent and
chemical giant, Henkel (1991 rev
enues: $12.91 billion)
Source: Hoover Handbook of American Busi
ness 1993.
The “Wild West”
nevaeh on s’ereht enigami
We did not think of the great open
plains, the beautiful rolling hills,
1 nd winding streams with
a
tangled growth, as “wild.”
Only to the white man was
Have you ever asked
nature a “wilderness” and
yourself that question?
only to him was the land “in
And isn’t the answer
fested” with “wild” animals and
“savage” people. To us it was
always: gobs and
tame. Earth was bountiful and we were
«gobs of . .
surrounded with the blessings of the Great
Mystery. Not until the hairy man from the
east came and with brutal frenzy heaped
injustices upon us and the families we Yes, glorious, spendable money! You want it, you
loved was it “wild” for us. When the very crave it, you’ll even sell the best years o f your life
to a large corporation to
animals of the forest began fleeing from
g et it! Nothing gives ^
his approach, then it was that for us the
t/ /
y ou the raw pur“Wild West” began.
c hasing power o f
What do I really
^ want from life?”
Money!!
Chief Luther Standing Bear,
o f the
OglalabandofSinux
m oney! Get some
today!
�_ Resources A Guide to Materials
Films:
Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media. This must see film
is showing October 10th & 11th at the Ken Theater. Everything you wanted to
know about distortion, lies and self-serving in the media. Once you see this
Sim, the news will never be the same again. See it!
Books:
In the Absence of the Sacred, by Jerry Mander. This is an excellent
discussion on the nature and effects of the consumerist society and how its
world-view differs from land-based societies
Reference:
The 1993Directory of Corporate Affiliations. Available in the San Diego City
Library, Downtown Branch. The in-depth guide to “who owns whom.”
Hoover’s Handbook of American Business 1993. Not as detailed as the
Directory of Corporate Affiliations, but has summaries for each company.
Hoover’s Handbook of World Business 1993. Same as the above, but for
international corporations.
Magazines:
' Adbusters. The “Journal of the Mental Environment”. Absolutely the best
anti-consumerist publication around. Intelligent, humorous, critical; it’s got
everything. Read this magazine!
Jesus was a Terrorist
by Jello Biafra with NOMEANSNO
Plan 9 Index of the Times
Number of tons of solid waste generated per person per year in California: 1.5
Percentage of solid wastes recycled: 19
Number of BTU's of energy used per person in the US per year: 312 m illion
Number of BTU's of energy used per person in Africa per year: 13.3 m illion
Percent of the world's energy used by the US: 25
Number of acres of rainforest cut down every day: 115,000
Number of days it would take at that rate to deforest an area the size of Sequoia
National Park: 3.5
Percent of forest land in the US considered "old-growth": 7
Percentage of waking hours spent in front of TV by average teenager: 21
Percentage of high school students who are functionally illiterate: 47
Average number of books read per year by American adults: 1
Percentage of US households with television: 98.2
Percentage of US population with high school diploma: 71.1
Total annual media revenues of ten largest media conglomerates: $68 billion
Total annual federal outlay for education: $26 billion
Number of televised acts of violence seen by average American by age 18: 200,000
Number of violent crimes in US in 1989: 1,646,040
Annual population growth rate in US prisons, 1985-89: 7%
Annual population growth rate in US, 1980-90: 1%
Rank of murder as cause of work-related deaths in US: 1
Total annual amount spent on jails by the 50 states: $4.6 billion
Total federal budget for care of the homeless: $676 million
Rank of San Diego among US cities with largest homeless populations: 5
Number of pages in The Universal Almanac devoted to the homeless: 1
Number of pages devoted to sports: 55
Jesus was a terrorist, enemy of the state. That's
what the Romans labeled him. So he was put to death.
He died for his beliefs. What's changed today? Today
bible-thumping cannibals reap money from his name,
buy cable networks and power with old ladies' checks.
If Jesus saw Pat Robertson, what do you think he'd
say? Tax free they re-write our laws and sick 'em on
you. Women don't control their bodies, TV preachers
do.
Censor everything from bathing suits to science
books, from the schoolroom to the bedroom. They
want our thoughts - or else. They treat us like the
Romans used to treat the Christians. Even some
church-going folks are scared. Modem catacombs of
fear, built with money, power, and threats. Rock 'n
Roll is labeled pom. Sell a record, you're under arrest.
Instead of fighting AIDS, they try to stop us having
sex. They brag that they won't quit till they take
dominion over our lives.
Is freedom of speech such a terrorist act? Is
spiritual peace such a satanic threat? Believe w hat
you want, but we'll fight to keep our heads from being
cemented in your sand.
A bargain at any price?
$3.5 million La Jolla “villa” for sale by Pru
dential California Realty. Is this reality? And
if so, for whom? What kind of person has
amassed so much of the planetary wealth to
be able to lay down that amount of money
for a place to live?
Sources: The Universal Almanac; The 1993 Information Please Almanac; The 1993 Information Please
Environmental Almanac; The Los Angeles Times.
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The Revolution is Coming
This month represents the 30th “anniversary”of the assassination of President Kennedy
This would be of no interest to Plan 9 except for the fact that a large portion of the American
public is still operating under the illusions created by the assassins, refined by the Warren
Commission and perpetrated by the media. It is high time that we wake up to the fact that
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of a coup d’etat engineered by members of the American military/intelligence community who
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had realized that Kennedy was in the process of making an about face with respect to Cold War
foreign policy, to their very serious detriment. (For an introduction to the problems with the “lone
nut” theory, see the article beginning on page 6.)
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The question ofwho killed Kennedy is not, as some maintain, “beating a dead horse.”For one
thing, there is no statute of limitations on murder. With the single exception ofJim Garrison’s trial
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this viewpoint...with a total disregard for the truth. The Warren Commission report is one of the
The PowerPC chip, produced by a cooperative agreement between IBM, Apple and
clearest practical examples of Hitler’s “big lie.” From the “single bullet theory” to the falsified
Motorola is destined to revolutionize the nature of computing. It will appear in numbers on the
autopsy photos, the Warren Commission systematically covered up the truth. As a result, every
member of the Commission is an accessory after the fact in murder and treason. It is amazing to market during the first half of next year as IBM and then Apple aggressively introduce lines of
PowerPC-based computers.
me that one of authors of the single bullet theory, Gerald Ford, went on to become the President
What is the PowerPC? The PowerPC chip is the “brains”of a new generation of computers,
of this country.
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Kennedy was indeed assassinated by factions within our own government, then his death
technology? Reduced Instructional Set Computing. What is Reduced Instructional Set Comput
represents the forceful overthrow of the nation’s rightfully elected government and its replace ing? (See how insidious computers are?) I’ll get to that later. The important thing is that this
ment by an unconstitutional covert government which has been
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around the world. In such case, we the citizens of the United States
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its foundation on such principles, and organizing its powers in such form
as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness.
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-Declaration of Independence
It’s a bird, it’s a plane...
...It’s Plan 9!
Source: Byte Magazine, M 1993
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30 Years of Lies
�! - Letters to Plan 9
Articles, quotes, poetry, lyrics, satire, com
mentary, artwork, cartoons, essays, letters to
the editor and anything else that’s unfit to
print, for publication in
9!
Abortion Part of our Secret Plan
Congratulations on your ability to press through the “network
ofcivic management”to express yourviews. I fmdyourwork exciting
and it makes possible the fullest explorations of points both in favor
of‘Plan 9’and opposed. I am a common spirit (with differing views)
and look forward to your next publication,
Now, with regard to “What is Plan 9?” and “Our Secret Plan.”
Have you considered that the “Secret Plan” goes beyond simple
Get involved!
consumption? I suggest that abortion is the “Secret Plan”in the same
See your name in print!
way some of the German’s planned to eliminate the inconvenient
and unwanted. I suggest that you are part of that “Secret Plan”- “the
Outrage the Establishment!
plan to annihilate the {unborn} race. Though many of them liked to
Get beat up by beefy rednecks!
remain silent about it, the people of {America} were on the whole
behind {Planned Parenthood} in {its} ambition to rid the world of
Get arrested!
{inconvenient and unplanned children }. They invested a lot in the
Lose your job!
secret plan. They invested their consciences. They invested their
Become a homeless person...
place among the familyof nations. They invested their self-respect.”
They dominate the airwaves with sloganism: “the right of women to
...uhhh, well, you get the idea.
control their own bodies” and “every child a wanted child.”
Where is your intellectual honesty when you assault “capital”
Really, folks, Plan 9 can do only so much for controlling its own resources at the expense of life (with which
opinion I agree) without assaulting the victimizes of unborn mil
without your help.
lions? How can you, “...honor, rather than destroy, the human spirit
“Duh, so how do I submit sumthin ferto be put that lives in us all,”including the unborn whose thinking minds and
in da paper?”, you attempt to ask while spittle beating hearts are snuffed often at the “whim,”encouragement and
consent of “sensitive, caring people.”
dribblesdownyourchin. Easy! Just take what
Let us recognize that abortion and many other sick practices of
ever it is you want published and mail it to our the current “Secret Plan” are symptoms of the very core sickness
P.O. Box address listed below. We’ll come in your paper is in the process of exposing. I do not attack the victims
of these symptoms any more than I attack the “innocent” Germans
later, have a good laugh over it and toss it into that were caught up in the sick Nazi regime, but I also cannot remain
the trash.
Dear
P silent, norcanyou. Integrityisascarce and endangered resource and
consumerism, convenience, popularityand greed are majordestroy
You still suck!
ers of it. Keep up the good work.
“
Jesus was a terrorist.” I assert that his liberation of women
would acknowledge that every out-of-wedlock pregnancy is “junkculture rape;” that responsibility extends to the whole family of
mankind and that that which is conceived in evil can be transformed
into the birth of good. That is the terror of the message of God and
the “Good News.” Can your paper handle this? Or, will it be edited
as popular media does when I submit my opinions there?
David A Nilson
.
Also wanted: Anyone interested in delivering Plan 9 to
campuses, coffee shops, bookstores, etc.
Plan 9 From Outer Space
“Free Speech for All
Volume 2, No. 2
November, 1993
Editor in Chief
Anthony T. Dunn
Contributing Editor
Your Name Here
Design & Layout
Anthony T. Dunn
Concept
Bill Stacy & Bemie Hinton
Plan 9 is published whenever we can afford to by Virtual
Media, P.O. Box 87202, San Diego, CA 92138-7202.
Please feel free to copy, xerox or reprint anything in Plan
9. Copyrights © Violated 1993. Plan 9 is a Virtual Media
Publication.
cWe’d love to hear your point of view. Send all corresponr dence to:
Plan 9
P.O. Box 87202
San Diego, CA 92138-7202
Please send SASE with all queries and manuscripts.
Sorry, but we can’t afford to pay for submissions.
You are, of course, entirely correct. Given the foundation upon
which Plan 9 is based, the issue of abortion has to be squarely
discussed, rather than squarely dodged, no matter how many
readers it costs us. In the first issue, we gave abortion no thought,
but you are right on target when you say that it too is a symptom of
the sickness that Plan 9 aims to expose. Plan 9 maintains that we
are in the process of committing cultural (if not racial) suicide.
What more direct or efficient form of suicide is there than
;illing our own children? It is the disposable society at its most base.
Clearly, the reason that abortion is such a legitimate issue (as
opposed to the issues manufactured by the media and the govern
ment) is that the unborn child and the mother are essentially a single
organism. That our society has reached such a state that mother
nd child are alienated even before birth speaks clearly to the depth
of the sickness that has overtaken us, and to the internal confusion
that has resulted. Clearly, no one supports “killing babies.” But our
society has often left us little choice.
When there is no societal structure to support a poor single
mother, what choice does she feel she has but to “terminate” the
pregnancy? In a non-money-based communal society such as
practiced by chimpanzees (don’t laugh; male chimps play as little
role in the upbringing of their children as many human males do, but
chimp society is such that it can handle it without resorting to killing
babies), the identity of the father is of no consequence because the
mother can rely on the support of the rest of the community to help
her raise her children.
In our society, so much more advanced and civilized than the
chimps, we have no such support for mothers. Single mothers have
to make it on their own, often living thousands of miles away from
their own family, without the support of the community, in an
environment polluted with greed and selfishness. What incentive, in
such an environment, is there to bring a child into the world? Have
we as a society so devalued mothers and children that we can afford
to throw them away as we do everything else? And if so, can we
expect to long remain on this planet?
We at Plan 9 do not condemn those who feel that they have no
other choice than abortion; we condemn the society that has made
this “choice” not only a reality, but a commonplace one. However,
Plan 0 opposes outlawing abortion for the simple fact that we do not
believe in the use of force on anyone, mother or child. Abortion itself,
is clearly a use of force, but it must be brought to a halt through
education and a fundamental restructuring of society, not laws. As
for those individuals who take it upon themselves to rid the world of
abortion doctors by murdering them, we at Plan 9 have only the
most utter contempt. Killing never solves anything.
As to editing your letter inthe manner of the popular media, we,
unlike the popular media, actually believe in free speech, and so
respect your right to say your piece in full.
9 Pocks Apathy
Congratulations! Your paper is responsible for actually moti
vating me to write. I am a great believer in freedom of speech; and
what I feel is it’s purest form: the underground newspaper. Vol. 2,
No. 1 of Plan 9 (the first issue I’ve seen) is the best “underground”
publication I’ve read here in San Diego. So good that I felt I had to
break apathy’s grip and encourage your effort!
I respect your ideals and principles as set forth in this issue. The
journalism overall was not only intelligent and thought out, but
clearly heartfelt. Trulya refreshing thing to read. I enjoyed especially
the absence of these two attitudes:
#1) “Everything is so fucked up that we can’t do anything
about it except talk shit.” It is very easy to find fault with today’s
reality. The environment, the government, etc... Rather than accept
defeat, or shuffle the blame around, your paper did what saves
America from total deception by mass media: exercise free speech encourage diversity - offer solutions.
#2) “Rebellion is cool. So let’s rebel.” The current fad (as I’m
sure you’re aware) is to be “alternative.” Crowded under that enor
mous title is a mixture of politics, fashion, music and lifestyles;
currently all trying to be cool. Not aware, or well informed, or even
interested; just cool.
The total lack of any advertising by those cashing in on the
alternative market convinced me you were for real.
Again - you rocked my apathy. To be honest, I have never
written a letter to any editor of any paper. But I very much wanted
you to know that your paper had made a difference to at least one
person. Keep up the good work!
James
P.S. I am curious how or if I would be able to contribute. Are
there certain topics you need people to cover - do we submit
whatever we want? Could you explain further in the next edition or,
if you have time, write.
First of all, thanks for the letter. It makes the whole effort of
publishing Plan 9 worthwhile to know that there are people out there
who are reading it and appreciating it. The whole intent of Plan 9 is
to wake people from the apathetic slumber that we’ve fallen into. I’m
glad at least one person is beginning to rouse.
We struggled long and hard with the idea of accepting adver
tising. Since we can’t really afford to be shelling out several hundred
dollars a month to publish a paper, advertising would have covered
at least some of our costs. But Plan 9 wouldn’t have been an honest
paper if we had accepted advertising. And it needs to be honest to
have any effect on people.
It’s unfortunate, but in today’s world honesty is a novelty, a
mysterious curiosity. Everyone just assumes that you have some
ulterior motive, some hidden agenda, and you can only surprise
them by not hiding anything. To accept advertising would have been
to accept the limitations upon freedom of thought and expression
that the acceptance of advertising inevitably brings. When the
advertisers pay your bills, your hidden agenda becomes to maintain
the influx of money. As a result, honesty takes a back seat to
financial security. Personally, we’d rather be honest than secure.
Security is just an illusion anyway.
As to what you can submit, we’re interested in submissions in
two very broad areas: personal experiences and signs of the times.
Continued on Page 3
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Free men do not ask permission to enjoy their freedom
, -Timothy Leary
�The Revolution Will be Computerized (cont.)
However, the current “CISC” (Complex Instructional Set
Computing) technology, which has been used since the dawn
of PCs, is beginning to run into severe physical limitations. In
fact, Intel’s new Pentium processor represents the final major
CISC processor to be introduced. The Pentium will be wiped
out by the in-every-way-superior PowerPC and RISC architec
ture will totally replace today’s technology. CISC computers
will be as out-of-date as vacuum tubes (well, not quite) .As Byte
Magazine said four years ago in May 1989, “Traditional semi
conductor technology will reach its limits in the mid to late
1990V:
So what are “CISC” and “RISC”? Nothing much really.
CISC computers have instructions that are complex, large and
of varying length. A RISC computer’s instructions are simple,
small and all the same size. The important point here is that
computers operate faster if the instructions sent to it are
simple (reduced), small and uniform. No duh.
So much faster in fact that thefirst of a series of PowerPC
chips (the PowerPC 601) will double the processing power of
the state of the art CISC chip, the Intel Pentium. The Pentium,
which still has yet to hit the market in large numbers, itself has
double the processing power of the current standard proces
sor, the Intel 80486 (universally referred to as the ‘486’).
But speed isn’t the only benefit of RISC technology.
Advancements in semiconductor design make RISC chips
smaller, less power hungry and cheaper to produce. Compare
the following specs:
PowerPC 601
Clock Speed
Transistors
MIPS*
Size
Power Use
Cost
66MHz
3.1 million
112
16.6x17.6 mm
16W
$900
The Players:
a s ts & s js
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You don’t have to be a computer nerd to see which is
clearly better. Because of its smaller size and lower power use,
the PowerPC gives off less heat than the Pentium, which will
ultimately result in higher reliability than the Pentium (micro
electronics are very sensitive to heat and tend to fail quicker at
higher temperatures). The PowerPC’s smaller size means that
it is cheaper to produce. Combined with its superior perfor
mance (and the feet that it has the two largest computer
manufacturers in the world behind it), the PowerPC (and its
successors) will eventually replace the Intel line as the stan
dard processor in all personal computers.
In effect, in the period of about a year, we are going to see
an entire computer generation pass. What’s really happening
is that in the process of leaping from one technology to the
next, we are realizing the immediate “benefits” of RISC tech
nology: the equivalent of an entire generation of CISC proces
International Business Machines
Annual Revenue: $63.79 billion
1991 PC Sales: $8.5 billion
Apple Computer Inc.
Annual Revenue: $6.31 billion
1991 PC Sales: $4.90 billion
Motorola, Inc.
Annual Revenue: $11.34 billion
1991 Semiconductor Sales: $3.6
billion
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Pentium
66 MHz
2.8 million
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sors. If things then continue as before, by the end of 1998
(when the second generation of PowerPC chips-and Intel’s
answer to it-debut) we will be looking at personal computers
capable of 500 MIPS*; an order of magnitude more powerful
than the fastest 486’s on the market today (486DX2 66MHz: 54
MIPS).
Never before in the history of technology have such leaps
in capability taken place at such a rate. As a result, we are at a
technological cusp between one kind of society and another.
It is truly a revolution.
But what kind of revolution? Will computers take over the
world? (You mean they haven’t already??) Surprisingly, no one
in y
Intel Corporation
Annual Revenue: $4.78 billion
1991 Semiconductor Sales:
$4.78 billion
really talks about the social impacts of the new technology.
And there will be impacts. First of all, computer voice recog
nition will become a reality. It won’t be too long before you will
begin to see people talking to a machine and having it re
spond. Handwriting recognition will also come of age.
But the most important impact will be that of virtual
reality. The PowerPC, backed by the two most aggressive
pushers of multimedia, W be the platform of choice for
ill
virtual reality development. By the end of1994you should see
VRheadsets appearing for personal computers. People by the
hundreds of thousands will clamor for the “new TV.” Fast,
interactive, and able to create any fantasy you want, virtual
reality will be the ultimate escapism (or to put it into the old
“New Left’s” terms, “the ultimate pacification program”).
Is that what we want? Has it ever occurred to anyone that
in attempting to create a machine in our own image (Isn’t
voice recognition just a step in that direction?) and in attempt
ing to recreate reality itself, we can only get farther and farther
from ourselves and from reality? Look at kids today. They
P/a/7 P History Lesson: The First Electronic Computer
The first tru e electronic com
p u ter w as the ENIAC (Elec
tro n ic N u m erical In teg rato r
A nd Calculator). Developed by
the A rm y du rin g the Second
W orld W ar at the U niversity of |
Pennsylvania, it w asn 't com
pleted until 1946. It's prim ary |
purpose w as to calculate com
plex ballistics tables, used in !
aim ing artillery (W hy is it that
the m ost pow erful tools h av e
alw ays been developed w ith
the intent of killing people?).
The ENIAC, w h ich h a d the
m erest fraction of the processing pow er of your basic pocket calculator, filled a 100' x 18' room. It had 17,468
vacuum tubes. Unlike today's com puters, it h ad no internal m em ory and h ad to be program m ed m anually
Spec Comparison
Year Introduced:
Dimensions:
Weight:
Power Consumption:
Cost:
MIPS:
Memory:
Storage:
ENIAC
1946
100’ x 18’ x 10’
60,000 lbs.
174 kilowatts
$500,000
=0.005
O characters
6000 characters
*Used by the P lan 9 staff.
“Hasta la vista, baby!”
Mac Quadra 605*
1993
i 2 ° x i 4 ”x i r
20 lbs. (w/ monitor)
60 watts
$1,300 (w/monitor)
=20
8 million characters
80 million characters
capable of doing 5000 cal
culations per second.
The ENIAC became obso
lete w ithin a few years of
its introduction w hen the
first stored program com
puter (the EDVAC) w as
jcompleted, and becam e
fatally out of date in 1951
w ith the introduction of
the UNIVAC.
relate better to their video games than they do to other
kids. Imagine spending your entire childhood (as the kids
being bom today will) wearing a VR headset, tost in a fantasy
where your every wish is granted. How frustrating and disap
pointing actual reality will seem!
In effect, by recreating ourselves and reality we are at
tempting to play God. No kidding folks. Follow it out. Where
will it end? I don’t hear anyone saying, “Well, we’re going to
continue to improve computers until 2005, and then we’ll
stop.” Nope. It’s just faster and faster and faster and faster. At
the current rate, personal computers will be a thousand times
more powerful in the year 2010 than they are today. What that
will be like, I can hardly imagine.
Ultimately, we’ll have the power to make a sentient
machine, a genie capable of granting our every wish (now I
finally understand why “Prince Mi...Handsome is he...Mi
Abab Wa” has been pounding its way through my head all
week). And what then? Star Trek or Terminator?
We have to stop now and ask ourselves if computers are
taking us where we want to go. The media won’t talk about it
because it is in their best interest for the new technology to
become a reality. But we must.
*MIPS: Millions of Instructions Per Second. Sometimes
translated as “Meaningless Indicator of Processor Speed.”
Sources: Byte Magazine , January 1990, February 1990.
M ay 1993, August 1993; P C Magazine, N ovember 9,
1993; MacWorld, N ovember 1993.
Incoming! (cont.)
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I don’t agree with everything you say, but your point of view is
badly needed.
Keep up the good work. I hope this contribution helps.
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This letter concerns the October 1993 issue.
It’s refreshing! It’s informative! And it’s all new to me!
I was fortunate enough to stumble on it at the Ken Theatre after
coming out of Manufacturing Consent.
Iwould like to know how often it reallydoesget published and
how I coiild possibly subscribe, inquire, or obtain future editions?
I am an avid subscriber to the Christian Science Monitor
newspaper and believe that your content in the October issue rates
just as useful.
Great work, Lisa Matt
Perfect! We rushed to get that issue of P/an 9 out before
Manufacturing Consent came to town. I bet that the Media Watch
section of that issue was particularly cogent after seeing the movie.
Plan 9 domes out whenever we have enough stuff to put in an
issue and enough money to pay for the printing. We’re shooting for
monthly, but we’re not really interested in being tied to any particular
schedule. We don’t have the means of maintaining subscriptions,
so that option is out. Sorry. However, you can get future issues at
the Ken, or in coffee shops, bookstores and the like along Adams
Ave., in Hillcrest, OB, and at all of the major universities and
community colleges in the area.
�Media Watch
What’s Happening to the Book Industry?
By Dennis H. Dutton
The corporatization of media is, I think, unfortunate. I’m
especially familiar with the phenomenon as it’s reared its me
dusa head in the book industry. When such great independent
book publishers as Simon & Schuster, Prentice Hall, Pocket
Books, Putnam, Grosset & Dunlap, Random House, Knopf, and
Little, Brown &Company are swallowed by conglomerates, then
the creative editorial visions that impelled these publishers are
in serious jeopardy if not lost. The only—
repeat, the only—
major independent U.S. publisher that now exists is W. W.
Norton.
One result of this trend is that decisions about whether or
not to publish manuscripts are increasingly based on projec
tions of “pure” market value, while literary quality and other
virtues go slighted or ignored.
This is not to say that good and great books are not being
published, even by the giants. They are. But more and more
frequently the bottom line is:Will it sell, and in big numbers? And
what’s presumed to have the best selling potential is the manu
script that’s thought to have appeal to a perceived commondenominator reading public, or to a “select but still large reading
public.”
This would not be so bad if the people making these
decisions had some sound literary principles grounding their
good business sense; but it’ more likely that in corporate
s
publishing, the decisions are being made by executives and
bean-counters who don’t give a damn about anything as long as
a manuscript can be projected as a money-maker.
they wither away in the frost of ill-considered business planning
or poor book selection— just plain old bad luck. None of them
or
have the luxury of being supported by fellow subsidiaries who
may be strongly in the black while they linger in the red.
Unfortunately, a few of the worst small publishers—
in
terms of production quality and literary virtue, etc.—
manage to
thrive in spite of the many challenges of the game; they find their
public, pander to it, and sell, sell, sell. They may be small, but
they think big. Some of the best hang in there and produce
astonishingly fine books with varying degrees of financial suc
cess. And some of the best die— are absorbed by conglomer
or
ates.
In the midst of all this change, more books are being
published now than ever, and readers therefore have more tides
to choose from. No complaint there, although I bemoan the
dreck that eats up forests. But will this continue to be the case
for long?
The chain superstores (I can’t help but think of the irony
in the name ‘Waldenbooks”) can afford to buy books in large
quantities and, because they purchase them at high discounts,
they can offer them at reduced prices. Most independents can’t.
The result is that, especially at peak-buying times such as the
Thanksgiving to Christmas season, sales at independent stores
is lessened. The independent bookstore is now seen by many in
the business to be a threatened species.
If the number of independent booksellers dwindles, that’s
going to affect the quality, and perhaps the number, of titles
available to us. It was not the superstore book buyer that helped
Decisions are being made by executives and bean
counters who don’t give a damn about anything as long
as a manuscript can be projected as a money-maker.
make the unusual Bridges of Madison County a bookseller;
according to both author Robert James Waller and publisher
Warner Books, it was the independent buyer.
Chain superstore book buyers seldom have the imagina
tion or courage to order or promote books like Bridges of
Madison County. The independent bookseller does, because
he or she typically bases book-buying not only on proven track
records of certain authors or on what’s trendy or likely to be a
hot item with faceless consumers, but on what he or she knows
to be the literary tastes and interests of the store’s actual living,
breathing, thinking customers.
If the superstores destroy the independents— they are
and
trying to— may eventually find that we’re only able to pur
we
chase books that the superstore book buyers presume to have
the best selling potential to a perceived common-denominator
reading public, or to a “select but still large reading public;” the
choices we readers will have will he in the hands of fewer and
fewer people, and those people will be corporate drones and
bean counters.
Another, I think related, danger to the book publishing
industry is illiteracy. Fifty percent of adult Americans are func
tionally illiterate. I’ll bet that the vast majority of those who have
bought an unknown author’s Bridges ofMadison County can
read. I’ll also bet that a large percentage of
W ELL, M A Y B E NOT THAT E X A C T B O O K ...B U T
HEY.' W H Y B UY THAT BOOK FR O ** A LOCALLYYOU’LL CERTAINLY HAVE YOUR CHOICE OF M A N Y
OWNED IN D E P E N D E N T B OOKSTORE— W H E N
those who bought The Way Things Oughtto
F IN E B E S TS E LLE R S - A ND AT V E R Y A F fO R tb
YOU CAN B U Y IT S OMEW HAT CHEAPER A T ONE
A BLE PR IC E S. T O O !
OF THE M A N Y CORPORATE-OWNED C H A IN
Be can’t read; that they bought the book
B OOKSTORES P O P PIN G UP A R O U N D T O W N ?
NO AM c r o m p s k t: n e v e r h ea r d
because old Rush Limbaugh is a good old
h im ; m e r e - h o w a b o u t o n e i i
c H A E L C R ia m m i n s t e a d boy like them.
If the marketplace is being increas
ingly peopled by illiterates, then we will
surely see more books published that aim at
this low denominator, and fewer at the
higher one composed of those who can
read without moving their lips. Yes, I’ll also
SO HURRY O N DOWN TO THE NEAREST C H A IN
AN D IF YOU’VE ALREADY R EAD THE LATE S T
wager that corporate publishers, who are
BOOKSTORE O U T L E T - W H ER E T H E Y U N D E R
BESTSELLERS, DON’ T DESPAIR ..TH ER E* ALWAYS
s ta n d t h a t b o o k s a r e ju s t a n o t h e r
THE S IF T BOOK S E C T IO N -W H E R E Y O U'LL FIND
market driven above all else— pander to
will
THE BOOKS A R R A N G E D , CONVENIENTLY ENOUGH, CONSUMER IT E M -A U O T H E ONLY T H IN G
THAT R E A LLY M A T T E R S IS U N IT P R IC E ...
BY C OST
the increasing number of functional illiter
uM...YO U'RE SURE YOU D O N 'T HAVE
C-H-Q-/B-S-K-Y? POLITICAL AN ALY SIS ?
ates among us, thus adding to a downward
S O R R Y -B U T IF YOU L IK E ■
cycle of despair.
P o l it ic s , h o w a b o u t r u s h
U M B A U G H 'S B O O K ? iT ’S A
Other, and also related, problems are
R EAL BARGAIN
the diminishing budgets and closures of
libraries throughout the country. Taxes are
being shifted to support more basic needs
in our communities, and so libraries are
Reprinted from the Utne Reader; Nov/Dec 1993.
either limiting their hours, closing their
Potential blockbusters are printed in the hundreds of
thousands, even millions of copies, and are given advertising
and promotion budgets that could feed hundreds of families for
the duration of their lives. Masterpieces with little perceived
commercial value are lucky to have runs of3,000 to 5,000, and
their promotional budgets are seldom over $1,000.
Some folks think the small book publisher is the salvation
in the face of the decadence outlined above; that it is the small
book publisher who will be the one to take chances on manu
scripts of quality but, perhaps, limited potential reading publics.
There’s some justification for this view, and the advent of
the personal computer has had a lot to do with it. The personal
computer and access to assorted publishing programs have
permitted hundreds of creative individuals to join the publish
ing game. That’s the good news.
The bad news is that the personal computer has permitted
hundreds of idiots to join the game too. A lot of trees are
consequently being wasted by small publishers who don’t know
what the hell they’re doing, who are barely if at all functionally
literate, and who don’t care as long as they can pay the printing
bills and cover overhead.
Small book publishers— you might expect—
as
sprout in
great entrepreneurial profusion like springtime flowers, and
doors on days they used to be open, or shutting down entirely.
Libraries are buying fewer tides in any case, and tending to
not replace worn-out copies of old books. A librarian near my
little town in northern New Mexico was quoted as saying, “Who
wants to readabook published before 1930?”She was selling off
the library’s old stock.
In black moments, one can foresee the day when the only
access we will have to books is through the largess of the
superstore or (for those able to affordit)thecomputer.Orwellian
scenarios are easy to conjure.
The situation is hardly hopeless. Trends change. But I fear
for the state ofthe book in the face ofincreasing corporatization,
hypnotism by television and video games; and—
yes— inter
the
active CD-ROMand virtual reality technology (excuse me while
I download the interactive virtual-reality edition of Tale ofTwo
Cities).
What to do?
Support independent publishers by buying their books.
Boycott the superstores.
Frequent your library and used-book stores for must-read
books by corporate publishers.
4. Support your local independent bookseller, even if the
prices of books are sometimes slighdy higher than at the
superstores.
5. Get involved in literacy campaigns (check with your li
brary).
For more information, I recommend two excellent maga
zines: the monthly American
BThe Official Maga
zine ofthe American BooksellersAssociation (560White Plains
Rd., Tarrytown, NY 10591, 1-800-637-0037) and the weekly
1.
2.
3.
Publishers Weekly. The International News Magazine ofBook
Publishing (Address for subscriptions: P.O. Box6457, Torrance,
CA 90504).
D ennis D u tto n is an ex-m agazine editor (
Drum), e x-associate p u b lish er of a sm all book pu b
lishing firm , ex-m anaging edito r of another firm,
an d cu rren tly a free-lance book editor an d writer.
Who Owns Whom in Bools
Addison-Westey
Pearson
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Ballantine
Advance Publications
Bantam
Bertelsmann
Berkeley
Matsushita
Doubleday
. Bertelsmann
Grosset & Dunlap
Matsushita
Knopf
Advance Publications
Harper Collins
The News Corp.
Little, Brown & Co. Time Wamer
Orion
Advance Publications
Pantheon
Advance Publications
Penguin
Pearson
Pocket Books
Paramount
Prentice Hail
Paramount
G, P. Putnam’s Sons Matsushita
Random House
Advance Publications
Simon & Schuster
Paramount
Time-Life Books
Time Wamer
Touchstone Bodes Paramount
Wamer Books
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“The reason C om puterEdge exists is
b ecause there was no inexpensive way
for advertisers to communicate with PC
u sers in San Diego. The advertising dol
lars and the major interest of our readers
lies with the personal computer class of
h ardware and software.”
- “Digital Dave”, ComputerEdge, Oct., 29,1993
In other w o rd s, d o n 't look h ere for a critical or
intelligent discussion of the n atu re an d effects of
technology.
The issue is how much longer end to what extent we can allow the state to control our mindsr
-Ken Anderson, 1969
�A Lexicon of Media Buzzwords
Reprinted from Unreliable Sources: A Guide to Detecting Bias in News Media, by Martin A. Lee & Norman Solomon.
What we hear over and over again shapes our language and guides our thoughts. As with ad jingles, the drumbeat of repeated
news lingo stays with us and takes on a life of its own. In the long run, what’s repeated endlessly becomes social “reality.” For
every exceptional media item (notable as an exception), hundreds of stories solemnly present recycled cliches as truisms. Too
often, American journalism is not “reporting the news” so much as reinforcing timeworn attitudes.
To consume the news dished out every day is to partake ofa steady offering of buzzwords and catch-phrases that range from
the vaguely factual to the questionable to the ridiculous. For example:
•
•
•
Acting presidential: A grandly nebulous description by TV news correspondents, giving a favorable review to some
bit of presidential acting.
Bailout: Huge amounts of taxpayers’ money going to wealthy financiers with souring investments in industries like
auto production or Savings and Loans.
Believed to be, Considered to be: Using the passive voice, the journalist can generalize at will, as though anyone
knowledgeable shares the same belief.
Big government: A pejorative for regulatory agencies limiting corporate activities, or for social service programs
aiding poor and middle-class people—but not for the govemmenfs enormous military expenditures.
Brought to you by: A roundabout way of plugging commercial sponsors.
Caller claimed responsibility: Mysterious phone tip to a news organization, usually impossible to verify. Who really
made the call? The CIA? The KGB? An autonomous lunatic? We’ll never know.
Clean up: A scenario for setting right oil spills, nuclear pollution, chemical releases and the like. The phrase sounds
comforting—it implies a magical vacuum cleaner at work—except that most ecological disasters can’t be undone.
Dangerous drugs: Illegal substances, as distinct from other damaging consumables—alcohol, cigarettes and
over-prescribed pharmaceuticals—also widely used.
Defense spending: Military spending.
Deterrent: Nuclear weapons pointed at the Soviet Union. (Nuclear weapons pointed at the United States never get
the U.S. media’s “deterrent” tag.)
Efficiency: Frequently shorthand for corporate management’s preferences, maybe involving layoffs, firings, wage
cuts and/or union-busting.
Experts: A common noun handy for promoting a favored point of view.
Extremists, Fanatics, Fringe groups: Political individuals or groupings that meet with U.S. government and media
disapproval.
Instability: Code for situations overseas where the U.S. State Department is unhappy with current events.
Intelligence community: A way of making cloak-and-dagger specialists at the CIA and other spy agencies sound
like friendly neighbors.
Military leader: A foreign military dictator whom the White House doesn’t mind a whole lot.
Military strongman: A foreign military dictator out of favor with the White House. (In 1989, Military Strongman
seemed to be the first names of Panamanian General Manuel Noriega. A few years earlier, when he was on the
CIA’s payroll, he was a “military leader.”)
Moderate: In domestic politics, this favorable adjective is conferred for not rocking the status-quo boat. As a moniker
for foreign regimes, “moderate” denotes little inclination to disrupt U.S. government plans. Thus, Saudi Arabia’s
monarchy is “moderate”—which would surprise the hundreds of torture victims inside Saudi prisons.
Modernization (of nuclear weapons): The United States and NATO proceed to “modernize”nuclear arsenals with
new missiles. But American media never apply the benign-sounding term to newly devised Soviet nuclear arms.
National security: Confined to subjects like weapons, soldiers and espionage, the connotations bypass vital
aspects of true national security—such as environmental protection, public health, social cohesion and a strong
economy.
Observers: The observers taken most seriously by news media.
Radical: Although students protesting in, say, China are “pro-democracy,”in South Korea pro-democracy students
in the streets are “radical” demonstrators—with the reasons behind their anti-U.S. protests rarely explained.
Reform: In journalese, “reform” can mean just about anything. “Tax reform” during the 1980's was a euphemism
for legislation that gave the wealthy major tax cuts.
Special interests: This phrase used to be applied to wheeler-dealers relying on big bucks instead of grassroots
supporters to sway the democratic process. But in recent years, mass media have turned the “special interests”label
upside down and plastered it elsewhere—on large numbers of people with less money and less power—groups of
black and Hispanic Americans, labor union members, feminist women, seniors, lesbian and gay rights backers, and
other organized constituencies.
Stability: A codeword for situations overseas where the U.S. State Department wouldn’t mind if conditions stayed
the same.
Terrorism: A label very selectively applied, in keeping with U.S. government definitions. So—in the mediaspeak
lexicon—bombings, assassinations and kidnappings are “terrorism” if done by Arabs, but not if done by Israelis.
U.S. analysts, Western diplomats, etc.: These phrases are broad and pliable enough to serve as springboards
for the opinions of American officials and their allies, while obscuring the sources and motives behind the words.
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When we had last left our hero, a battle was brewing
between two groups of suitors for Paramount’s hand. On the
one side was Viacom, backed with funding from Blockbuster
Entertainment, Cox Enterprises and Nynex. On the other was
QVC, backed by Liberty Media Corp. [a subsidiary of Tele
communications Inc. (TCI)] and Comcast Corp.
By press time, the story remained pretty much the same,
though the names of the players were beginning to change. In
fact, what appeared to be happening was the beginning of the
collapse of the media industry into a single giant corporation.
Cox Enterprises changed sides, joining Bell-Atlantic and Ad
vance Publications Inc. on the QVC side of the deal. All in all,
QVC has lined up $1.5 billion in investors to back their bid for
Paramount.
While all of this was happening, Bell Atlantic announced
that intended to buy TCI, lock, stock and barrel. Along with its
Paramount
stake in the Paramount/QVC merger, this deal would instandy
make Bell Adantic one of the largest media companies in the
world, controlling everything from the world’s largest cable
system (TCI), phone, cellular, and other communications
services, along withstakes in theQVC network and Paramount’s
holdings.
The Players:
Company
Advance Publications
Bell Atlantic
Blockbuster
Nynex
Param ount
TC I
Viacom
Annual Revenues
$ 3.0 billion
$ 12.3 billion
$ 0.9 billion
$ 13.3 billion
$ 4.3 billion
$ 3.8 billion
$ 1.9 billion
Thepgwer to label is key to manipulation.
Book Censorship
by Daniel Schreffler, Albany, NY
I want to draw your attention to a growing threat to
freedom of expression in the U.S. The local independent
bookshop seems to be going the way of the comer grocery
and neighborhood hardware store. Two large “superstore”
chains, Borders (a subsidiary of K-Mart) and Barnes &
Noble, are opening giant new stores all over the country,
driving independent bookstores out of business with their
deep discount prices.
If this trend continues, retail book selling will be
dominated by these two large companies. They will then
essentially be able to determine what gets published,
since no publisher will bother to print a book that the chains
refuse to sell. The dreary conformity that now pervades
other areas of the media will be extended to books. This
may not be apparent in the short term as the chains
continue to be measured by the standards established by
an open and diverse retail market. However, as the inde
pendent booksellers disappear, the profit motive and the
personal whims of the small group of people controlling
purchasing will eventually prevail, and controversial books
will gradually become less accessible to the public.
This letter was originally printed in the September 1993 Z
Magazine.
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�Oswald Was a Patsy
Beginning ¥ even before the assassination of President
Kennedy, a web of lies has been spun to cover the real truth of
who killed Kennedy and why. It would be impossible in the
space available to go into all of the reasons why Oswald could
not have killed Kennedy; there are several excellent books
which cover everything of importance. However, for the sake
of satisfying those who still blindly believe the official version
of the assassination, I will outline the major problems with the
“lone nut” theory.
1. On the day he was airested, Oswald was given a nitrate
test, the results of which showed that he had not fired a
weapon in the previous 24 hours (Ruby shot Oswald 23
hours after the assassination).
2. It was physically impossible for anyone to load, aim and
fire the cheap Italian-made Mannlicher-Carcano bolt-action rifle allegedly used by Oswald in less than 2,3 seconds
(as established by FBI tests). However, the Zapruder film
shows Kennedy and Connelly being hit by separate shots,
less than a second apart.
3. In order to account for this discrepancy, the Warren
Commission developed the “single bullet theory,” which
claimed that a single bullet (which mysteriously appeared
on a stretcher at Parkland Memorial Hospital where
Kennedy and Connelly were taken) had inflicted seven
separate wounds on Kennedy and Connelly. The bullet
was found in almost perfect condition (see figures 3 and
4).
Even firing at full speed, as required by the Zapruder film,
it would nearly impossible for the finest marksman to have
hit Kennedy three times, particularly with such a cheap
rifle. Furthermore, Oswald was considered a mediocre
marksman.
The Zapruder film clearly shows the fatal shot hitting
Kennedy in front of his head above the right eye, snapping
his head backward (see figure 1).
6. Acoustic analysis of a dictablet recording made by Dallas
police at the time of the assassination clearly indicated that
Figure 1: The fata l shot
Zapruder Frame 312
M Si
Abraham Zapruder
ots
six or seven snoi were fired. The
acoustics of at least two of the shots,
including the fatal shot, indicated that
they must have come from in front of
the limousine, not behind.
Ah :t 50 witnesses to the shooting,
including Dallas police officers,
claimed that they heard shots and saw
smoke coming from the so-called
“grassy knoll,”which was in front and
to the right of Kennedy’s limousine.
Several people ran oyer to the knoll
after the shooting, but were turned
away by “Secret Service agents.”
Records indicate that no Secret Ser
vice agents ever went over to the
grassy knoll.
There were gross discrepancies be Fig ure 2. D ealey P laza
tween the wounds described in official autopsy of Kennedy bullet would be smashed to bits by the time it got to Connelly’s
thigh. In fact, the bullet fragments removed from Connelly’s
(conducted at Bethesda Naval Hospital in Maryland), and
wrist were too large to have come from CE 399.
what eyewitnesses to the assassination, Jackie Kennedy,
Several other problems exist with the single bullet theory.
and the 23 doctors and nurses at Parkland Memorial
1. There was no exit wound from the bullet that hit
Hospital in Dallas described, indicating that the body had
Kennedy in the back
either been tampered with or that the autopsy results had
2. The throat wound was clearly an entrance wound, as
been faked (see figures 5 and 6).
described by the doctors at Parkland
3. Kennedy and Connelly were never in such an align
ment that would allow the bullet to travel in the path described
The most damning piece of evidence against the “lone
The Zapruder Film
nut” theory is a short piece of film shot by Abraham Zapruder
as the motorcade passed through Dealey Plaza. Zapruder was
standing on a monument located on the right side of the
As with the single bullet theory, so many problems exist
street, between the Book Depository and the grassy knoll (see with Kennedy’s autopsy that only a few examples can be given
figured). His camera shot at a rate of 18.3 frames per second, - in the available space,
providing a detailed time line of the T able 1. C hronology o f th e Shots
assassination.
Description
Shot Frame* Time
His film, though blurred by his
1
157
Osec.
Fired from the rear, it misses the car entirety
startlement at the sound of shots,
2
188
1.6 sec. Hits President in throat from the front
clearly shows at least four shots,
3
226
2.1 sec. Hits Kennedy in the back, from the rear, driving him
though two early shots appear to
forward
have been spiced out of the film.
4
237
0.6 sec. Hits Connelly, severely wounding him
The best reconstruction of the
5
313
4.2 sec. Hits Kennedy in right temple from the front, killing him
6
328
0.8 sec. Hits Connelly in the wrist
sequence of shots (taken from sev
As shown in the Zapruder film
eral sources, including the Zapruder
The Autopsy Report
film and the dictabelt recording) indicates six shots (see table
1). Some authors maintain that a seventh shot struck Kennedy
at almost the same instant as the fatal shot (#5), though there
is no clear evidence for this.
The Single Bullet Theory
Just before thefatal shot, Kennedy is reacting to bullets #2
and #3. Bullet #2 h it him in the throat, which he is
clutching with his hands. Bullet #3 hit him in the back,
forcing him forward in the seat. Jackie has turned toface
him.
Zapruder Frame 313
Kennedy has been struck by another bullet, this one
clearly hitting him in thefront o f the head on the right side.
Given theposition o f the car, the shot would have originated
f rom the so-called "grassy knoll. ” This is the fatal bullet.
Zapruder Frame 323
A half a second later, Kennedy *shead has clearly snapped
back and to the left. The bullet has blown open the right
side o f his head, exposing his brain (visible as the bright
spot on the side o f his head).
“Sniper’s Nest”
There are so many problems with the single bullet theory
that I can only list the major ones. This theory was developed
by Arlen Spector and Gerald Ford during the Warren Commis
sion investigation to account for the fact that it was physically
impossible for Oswald to have fired shot #3, which hit
Kennedy in the back and then, only six tenths of asecond later
to have fired another shot (#4), which severely wounded
Connelly, as shown in the Zapruder film.
Admitting that these were two separate shots would have
meant admitting a conspiracy. Therefore, the Commission
(against the testimony of Connelly, who maintained that they
were separate shots) merged the two shots into one, regard
less of the fact that this required Connelly to not react to a
nearly fatal shot, which supposedly hit him in three separate
places, for over a half a second.
Specifically, the theory claimed that shot #3, fired down
ward from the sixth floor of the Book Depository hit Kennedy
in the back, turned upward and exited Kennedy’s throat
(where shot two had actually entered), turned in mid-air to
point downward again, entered Connelly’s back near his right
armpit, turned left and exited beneath Connelly’s right nipple,
turned right and upward again and smashed Connelly’s right
wrist and finally turned downward and left to hit Connelly’s left
thigh (see figure 3).
Even more preposterous was the fact that the Commis
sion claimed that a pristine bullet (CE 399) found on a stretcher
at Parkland had caused all of these wounds! True, CE 399 had
been fired from Oswald’s rifle, but into what? Compare a
photograph of CE 399 with another bullet of the same type
fired into the wrist of a cadaver (figure 4). Though it might be
possible for a bullet to travel the convoluted path required by
the single bullet theory, there can be little doubt that such a
Massive discrepancies exist between what was observed
by doctors and nurses at Parkland Hospital in Dallas and what
was described in the “official” autopsy (which took place at
Bethesda Naval Hospital) published by the Warren Commis
sion. There are even severe discrepancies between the “offi
cial”autopsy photos and several of the “official”autopsy x-rays
(see figures 5 and 6).
All medical personnel in Dallas described a large defect
(“hole”) in the back of Kennedy’s head where as much as a
third of his brain had been forcibly blown out. All described
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p ath proposed fo r the bullet.
Figure 4. The “m agic b u llet”
Left: the so -ca lled |
“magic bullet y (CE399), I
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which was claimed to
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When you gonna wake up?-
�Oswald Was a Patsy (cont.) Helwell Speaks!
this as an exit wound, indicating that the shot had come from
the front. Additionally, they described a small entrance wound
in Kennedy’s throat. No mention was made to damage on the
top of Kennedy’s head or to his forehead, as shown in the
autopsy photos and x-rays, respectively.
For years it was thought that the Parkland doctors saw
very different wounds than those at Bethesda. The truth,
however, is that these doctors have always agreed on the
nature of Kennedy’s wounds. The fact is that the Warren
Commission blatandy altered and falsified the contents of the
Bethesda autopsy report to fit the single bullet theory. Indeed,
the doctor in charge of the Bethesda autopsy, Commander
James Humes, was forced to burn the first draft of the autopsy
to cover up his findings.
Figure 5. A utopsy photo.
by the Rev. Dr. Bernard “Bernie” Helwell.
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“Official” autopsy photo showing massive damage to the
top o f Kennedy's head, but not to the back o f the head as
claimed by witnesses and doctors at Parkland Hospital.
Note that entrance wound on his right temple is probably
accurate. This photo is in total disagreement with the
official autopsy X-ray, below.
Who Killed Kennedy?
Again, I don’t really have the space to go into this issue.
Suffice to say that the theory advanced by New Orleans DAJim
Garrison (portrayed in Oliver Stone’s JFK) is the most plau
sible. In brief, this theory states that Kennedy was assassinated
by an anti-Castro special operations wing of the CIAwhich had
felt betrayed by Kennedy’s refusal to provide air cover for the
Bay of Pigs Invasion. 'When it became clear that Kennedy was
also going to pull us out ofVietnam, this contingent of the CIA,
with support from operatives in other areas, plotted to bring
him to Dallas.
Oswald’s associations with Ferrie, Banister and Clay Shaw
provide clear links to the CIA (Shaw, who was acquitted of
conspiracy in the Garrison trial, was later found to have been
a paid CIAinformant.). And who else but insiders would have
the ability or motivation to cover up the truth or alter the
autopsy report?
Additionally, the CIA’s founding director, Allen Dulles,
was fired by Kennedy in 1961. Amazingly, Dulles was ap
pointed to the Warren Commission in 1964.
Figure 6. A utopsy X -ray.
3.
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Letters to Rev. Dr.
Dear Rev. Dr. Helwell:
Myson will not behave. He does nasty things just to annoy
me and his poor suffering mother. He dropped out of medschool to race bicycles. But he’s so rude, never studies, reads
only junky publications and refuses to say grace before meals.
What can we do? Please help.
Dear Please help:
The problems you describe with your son are sadly,
common in today’s*don’t-give-a-damn world. We have had,
before the limousine emerged from behind some trees; the
first two shots clearly occurred before this point.).
In the November 29,1963 issue of Life there is a foil twopage spread of images from the Zapruder film, 31 separate
frames in all. However, the critical series of frames showing
Kennedy’s head being snapped back by the fatal shot are
completely skipped over. No frames between about frames
220and330areshown (see table 1, previous page, forchronology of shots).
In the December 6,1963 issue of Life, and article titled
“End to Nagging Rumors: The Six Critical Seconds” states
plainly:
Was it really Oswald
who shot the President?
“ Official”u to p sy X-ray,Jfom thefront, showing the entire
a
right side o f Kennedy’s skull missingfrom the eye upward.
Compare with autopsy photo, above, showing forehead
intact. At least one o f these photos, if not both, have been
faked. (White circles
have been adde
The Media Role in the Cover Up
The media’s role in the cover up was primarily one of
willing dupe, though complicity can be established through a
few facts:
Abraham Zapruder sold his film to Time-Life Inc. within
days of the shooting. After this time, the frames which would
have shown the first-two shots were “accidentally” spiced out
(According to the lone nut theory, Oswald could not have fired
Yes. The evidence against him is cir
cumstantial and it received ah incred
ibly bush-league battering around by
the Dallas police, but it appears to be
p ositive.
Three shots were fired. Two struck
the President, one Governor Connally. All three bullets have been recov
ered—one, deformed, from the floor
o f the limousine; one from the stretch
er that carried the President; one that
entered the President’s body. All were
fired from the 6.5mm Carcano car
bine which Lee Oswald bought by
m ail last March.
Though the case against the dead Oswald was only
circumstantial, and witnesses persisted in talking about six or
seven shots, shots coming from the grassy knoll, etc., Life has
no problem making a blanket statement that Oswald did it.
Their certainty is absolute. Why isn’t ours?
/lim b e r, 1993Page 7p l a n '
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My wife’s daughter, my step-daugh
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Finally, the October 2,1964 issue of Life finally shows
frames 313 and 323 of the Zapruder film (see figure XX), but
switches their position so that frame 323 appears first, making
it appear that Kennedy’s head movedforward after being hit
from the rear.
Further Reading
Though hundreds of books exist on the Kennedy assas
sination, I suggest the following as a starting point:
Rush toJudgment, Mark Lane, 1966 (The classic defense
of Oswald.)
High Treason, RobertJ. Groden &Harrison E. Livingstone,
1989. (Probably the best single overview of the assassination.)
On the Trail of the Assassins, Jim Garrison, 1988
(Garrison’s personal account of his investigation.)
Here's an experiment in
;media watching thatyou can
try at home!
1. Go to the drama section of Tower Video on Sports
Arena Blvd.
2. There should be two versions of the movie
the release version and the “Director’s Ciit,"
which is 20 minutes longer.
3. Check out both versions.
4. Watch them to see what’s different, (the bulk of
the cut out material is at the beginning of the film).
5. Ask yourself why Stone’s documentary history of
C IA covert operations was removed from the
release version.
I am he as you are he as you are me and we are all together
�p ianffj November,
t Peddling Breast Cancer
by Monte * Paulsen
risk factors. “No one has any idea what’s really going on here,” dioxin in a German pesticide plant experienced higher rates of
says Dr. Susan Love, co-founder of the National Breast Cancer breast cancer and double the cancer mortality rate of the
Reprintedfrom
theN/D.1993, Utne Reader.
oe
vc
Coalition.
German population as a whole, according to a 1991 study
The National Cancer Institute (NCI) and the American
published in the British medical journal The Lancet. Astudy of
Cancer Society (ACS) have spent more than $1 billion “com C n Cu C
arci ogens a se ancer
U.S. chemical workers produced similar results.
bating” breast cancer since 1971, when President Richard
Agrowing number of doctors and biologists outside the
• High rates of breast cancer have been found among
Nixon signed the National Cancer Act into law and declared a cancer establishment have a radically simple proposal: “Can women professional golfers, most of whom have played daily
“war on cancer.” Twenty-two years later, cancer is winning.
cer,” says Sandra Steingraber, a biologist at Columbia College since their youth. Manyof these women suspect that they have
And breast cancer is leading the assault.
in Chicago, “is caused by carcinogens. Astonishingly, you can been poisoned by the chlorine-based herbicides and pesti
This year, an estimated 183,000 Americans will be diag read entire tracts about cancer published by the ACS and the cides with which most golfcourses- and many home gardens—
nosed with breast cancer. Nearly all of them will be women. A word carcinogen never comes up. These seemingly authorita are saturated.
third of them will die. In the two short decades since Nixon tive agencies have framed the cause of the disease as a
“These findings suggest that environmental chemical
began shoveling money into the NCI, breast cancer has claimed problem of behavior rather than as one of
to dis contamination with organochlorine residues may be an im
more U.S. lives than the Vietnam War, the Korean War, World ease-causing agents.”
portant [causal] factor in breast cancer,” concludes Dr. Mary
War I, and World War II put together. Breast cancer accounts
“Forthefirst time in the history of the world, every human Wolff, the study’s principal author.
for 32 percent of cancer incidence in women and 16 percent being is subject to contact with dangerous chemicals from the
Studies done in Israel, the one place in the industrialized
of all cancers, but breast cancer has not received as much
moment ofconception until death,”wrote Rachel Carson. Her world where breast cancer rates aren’t rising, also suggest an
attention as cancers of the lung, colon, and prostate, which
1962 book, Silent Spring, which highlighted the deadly effects organochlorine connection. Through the 1970's, Israeli breast
predominantly strike men. The ACS spent only 4.5 percent of of pesticides such as DDT, gave birth to the modem environ cancer rates were among the highest and fastest-rising in the
its $380 million 1992 budget on breast cancer research; the
mental movement. DDT and the other toxic chemicals inves world— were Israeli levels of organochlorine pesticides in
as
NCI allocated only 10 percent of its $2 billion 1993 budget.
tigated by Carson are just a handful of the more than 10,000 human milk and tissue. Then, in 1978, Israel aggressively
Today’s treatments for breast cancer are the same ones synthetic chemicals, known as otganochlorines, created when phased out several pesticides. Levels of otganochlorines in
that were available 50 years ago: surgery, radiation, and che chlorine gas is bonded to carbon-rich organic matter. This mother’s milk dropped quickly, and after a decade the inci
motherapy or slash, bum, and poison, as bitter patients often large class of chemicals includes a handful of the most toxic dence of breast cancer zmongyounger women also began to
call them. In many cases, these techniques actually shorten
and carcinogenic chemicals anywhere: DDT, PCBs, CFCs, and fall. This, the study’s authors say, is strong evidence that the
patients’lives. Even less progress has been made in identifying dioxins.
pesticide phase-out caused the decline.
the causes of breast cancer. The cancer establishment identiOrganochlorines concentrate in the fatty tissue of aniNone of these studies, on its own, proves a connection
between organochlorines and breast cancer. But together
they present a compelling argument that organochlorines are
For the first time in the history of the world, every
human being is subject to contact with dangerous
chemicals from the moment of conception until death.
fies three primary risk factors: heredity, hormones, and diet.
But there are major questions about each of these factors.
Women with a family history of breast cancer are statistically
more likely to develop the disease themselves, but no study
has established whether this is a result of genetic disposition
or shared environment. Nor does genetic vulnerability explain
the jump in breast cancer incidence during the past halfcentury—from 1 in every 20 women during the 195Q's to 1 in
9 today.
Dietary fat is the most controversial risk factor associated
with breast cancer. In the 1960’s, epidemiologists observed
that nations in which people ate more fat had higher breast
cancer rates, and that fat consumption in the United States
rose during the same period of time the incidence of breast
cancer rose. They theorized that fat must promote breast
cancer. But numerous subsequent studies have failed to dem
onstrate a consistent relationship between breast cancer and
dietary fat. And laboratory studies have not established any
mechanism by which dietary fat could promote breast cancer.
One possibility ignored by cancer establishment researchers:
Perhaps it’s not the fat that increases the risk, but chemicals in
the fat. Many known carcinogens concentrate in animal fat, so
people who eat more fat also absorb more chemicals.
But the most serious problem with the causes proposed
by the cancer establishment is simple: Three out of every four
women who develop breast cancer have none of these primary
mals. As those animals are eaten by others, the synthetic
chemicals move up the food chain and their concentrations
rise exponentially. Creatures at the top of the food chain
accumulate high concentrations of organochlorines. In less
than two decades of their use,” wrote Carson, “these synthetic
pesticides have been so thoroughly distributed throughout
the animate and inanimate world that they occur virtually
everywhere.” Including in the human body: More than 177
organochlorines have been found in the tissues of the general
population of the United States and Canada.
Organochlorines have been linked to epidemic health
problems in fish, birds, reptiles, and mammals. Their effects
include infertility, birth defects, miscarriages, immune system
suppression, metabolic dysfunction, behavioral disorders, and
hormonal abnormalities. And many of the chlorine-based
compounds are known to cause cancer in humans, though the
ways they promote the disease vary. Because these chemicals
tend to strike reproductive systems first, and because many of
them are known to be carcinogenic, there is good reason to
suspect that they play a role in promoting breast cancer.
Epidemiological evidence confirms that suspicion:
• Women in Long Island’s Nassau and Suffolk counties,
which were routinely blanketed with aerial sprayings of DDT
during the 1950's, suffer among the highest rates of breast
cancer in the nation.
Female chemical workers exposed to high levels of
Vital Statistics
Imperial Chemical
Industries
Home Office: London, England
A merican Headquarters: Wilmington, DE
T oll-Free Phone Number: 800-456-3669
A nnual Revenue: $23.35 billion
E mployees: 128,600
Products/Services: Manufacture and sale of chemi
cals, petrochemicals, paint (Glidden), specialty chemi
cals, biochemicals, synthetic fibers, plastics, agro
chemicals (fertilizers, pesticides and herbicides),
pharmaceuticals & industrial explosives.
Subsidiaries Operate in:
USA, Mexico, Canada, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Costa
Rica, Guatemala, Peru, France, Germany, Poland,
Austria, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Switzerland,
Sweden, Denmark, Belgium, Finland, Spain, Greece,
Morocco, Israel, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Zambia, Zim
babwe, South Africa, Papua New Guinea, Fiji, Ma
laysia, Thailand, Indonesia, Singapore, Philippines,
H ong Kong, Taiw an, Japan, South Korea,
Bangladesh, India, New Zealand and Australia.
Agrochemicals:
Herbicides (crops used on): Achieve, Arrosolo (rice),
Betasan, Devrinol (almonds, apples, cherries, citrus,
etc.), Eptan, Eradicane, Fusilade (soybeans, cotton,
etc.), Fusion (soybeans), Gramoxone, Ordram (rice),
Prefar, Reflex (soybeans), Ro-Neet, Surefire, Sur
pass, Sutan+, Sutar, Tillam, Tornado (soybeans,
etc.), Touchdown
Th
e LosAngelesTimes reported on October 22 that nineteen pesticides in current use on U.S. crops are “believed” to disrupt
Insecticides: Ambush (“dozens of fruit, vegetable,
thehuman hormone system by mimicking naturally occurring hormones. More than 110,000 tons (220 million pounds) of these
fiber and grain crops”), Cymbush, Dyfonate (corn,
pesticides are applied to 68 different crops in the U.S. annually.
peanuts, potatoes, etc.), Force (corn, etc.), Karate
Ofthese “endocrine disrupters,”three are “suspected”ofcausing breast cancer. These pesticides, when metabolized, mimic F ungicides: Anvil, Captan (almonds, apples, cher
female hormones, particularly estrogen. According to the Times, “estrogenic pesticides may affect a woman either through ries, grapes, strawberries), Impact, Magnetic 6,
repeated exposure or through exposure during some critical phase of development- as a fetus in the womb, as she reaches Shirlan, Vapan (all crops)
Media Savs Pesticides “May” Cause Breast Cancer - OnlyYears Late
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v puberty or as she approaches menopause.” At least two of the three identified estrogenic pesticides have already been proven
to cause sexual abnormalities in animals.
This is no idle worry or something that’s happening only to people on the other side of the globe. Many of the endocrine
disrupters, including all three estrogenic pesticides, are used on common crops here in California. According to th
article,
supermarkets have “found residues of one or more endocrine disrupters in more than one-third of a sample of sever! fruits and
vegetables.”
Wake up, folks! It was proven decades ago that many pesticides accumulate in fatty tissue (like the breast). It has also been
proven that many pesticides can cause a wide range of maladies, from birth defects to cancer. Still, the media uses headlines like
“Pesticides May be Linked to Breast Cancer,” as in the LATimes article. When are we going to stop the bullshit and realize that
these poisons are killing us?
We are sacrificing the lives of our wives and daughters for the sake of unblemished tomatoes. How many women have to
die before we realize that this is a devil’s bargain?
Pharmaceuticals:
Budcladin-S, Diprivan (anesthetic), Kinesed,
N olvadex (anti-cancer), Sorbitrate, Tenormin (car
diovascular), Zestril (cardiovascular), Zoladex (anti
cancer)
Sources: Hoover’s Handbook of World Business
1993, Chem Sources U.S.A., Moody’s Industrial
M anual 1993,1993 Directory of Corporate Affilia
tions, ICI’s Guide to Agricultural Products.
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at least as important a cause of breast cancer as hormones and
heredity—
and may explain why family, diet, and age are risk
factors.
Yet not one of these findings came from within the cancer
establishment. Nor have the NCI and the ACS taken much
interest in them.
“The chemical agents ofcancer have become entrenched
in our world in two ways,” wrote Rachel Carson more than 30
years ago. “First, and ironically, through man’s search for a
better and easier way oflife; second, because the manufacture
and sale of such chemicals has become an accepted part of our
economy and our way of life.”
Rachel Carson died ofbreastcancerinApril 1964. She was
56 years old.
Imperial Chemical Industries
“Eariy detection is your best protection. Don’t be an easy
target— a mammogram now. ” That’s the message of Na
get
tional Breast Cancer Awareness Month. It’s the same every
October, on every one of the hundreds of thousands of
posters, pamphlets, radio spots, newspaper ads, and promo
tional videos distributed by the event’s sponsors. But few of
Why a moratorium? Because several studies suggest that
the radiation accumulated through these yearly X-rays may
actually be causing breast cancer. “These pamphlets give the
impression that if you are a good girl and get your
mammograms, you’ll be OK,” says Steingraber. “But having a
mammogram is not like flossing your teeth. A mammogram
does not prevent breast cancer.”
ICI also stands to profit every time a woman is diagnosed
with breast cancer because an ICI spin-off, Zeneca Pharmaceu
ticals, sells the leading treatment drug for breast cancer.
Nolvadex is Zeneca’s trade name for tamoxifen citrate, an anti
estrogen drug with annual sales of almost $500 million. More
than half of those gross sales are in the United States, where
Zeneca Nolvadex costs about $1.38 per tablet. Generic
tamoxifen, available in Canada and other countries, is as low as
24 cents per tablet. Tamoxifen doesn’t cure the existing
cancer, but it can help prevent the spread of the disease in
patients who are diagnosed eariy.
ICI’s sponsorship of BCAM is just one example of the
many conflicts of interest that pervade the cancer establish
ment.
“Underlying the cancer establishment’s fixation with di-
ICI has been the sole financial sponsor of Breast Cancer Awareness
Month (BCAM) since the event’s inception. In return, ICI has been
allowed to approve— or veto— every poster, pamphlet, and adver
tisement BCAM uses. Not surprisingly, carcinogens are never
mentioned in BCAM’s widely distributed literature.
the women who participate in Breast CancerAwareness Month
are aware that an international chemical giant—
Imperial Chemi
cal Industries (ICI)—pays the event’s bills and cashes in on its
message.
ICI is one of the largest chemical companies in the world.
Its annual sales exceeded $23 billion in 1991. It stands among
the world’s largest producers of chlorine- and petroleumbased products, including plastics, explosives, pharmaceuti
cals, and paint. ICI also has a dismal environmental record:
One Quebec paint-pigment subsidiary single-handedly con
tributes a third of the toxic chemicals dumped into the St.
Lawrence River, according to the government agency Environ
ment Canada.
ICI co-founded National Breast Cancer Awareness Month
(BCAM) nine years ago, together with Cancer Care Inc. (a
support group) and the American Academy of Family Physi
cians. Since then, BCAM has become fully integrated with the
cancer establishment. The ACS and the NCI are represented
on the BCAM board.
ICI has been the sole financial sponsor of BCAMsince the
event’s inception. Altogether, the company has spent “several
agnosis, treatment, and research into new drugs is an institu
tionalized alliance between interlocking professional and fi
nancial interests,” says Dr. Samuel Epstein, a professor of
occupational and environmental medicine at the University of
Illinois Medical Center in Chicago. “At the hub of this alliance
is the highly profitable pharmaceutical industry.” As a result,
the cancer establishment remains more interested in treating
cancer than in preventing it, more interested in developing
drugs than in finding carcinogens.
Even the NCI’s much-publicized Breast Cancer Preven
tion Trial is really just another drug-pushing deal in which
perfecdy healthy women are being given a known carcinogen
to see ifit will “prevent”breast cancer. Last year, the NCI began
recruiting 16,000 U.S. and Canadian women for the 10-year
study. Half will receive a placebo. The other half will get
tamoxifen. The idea is to see whether those on the anti
estrogen drug develop fewer breast cancers than those on the
placebo.
“The tamoxifen study is particularly galling,”says Epstein.
“It is a scientific and ethical travesty. [The NCI’s] conduct
verges on criminal recklessness.” The NCI is conducting the
ICI also stands to profit every time a woman is diagnosed
with breast cancer because an ICI spin-off, Zeneca Pha-maceuticals, sells the leading treatment drug for breast cancer.
million dollars” on the project, according to an ICI spokes
woman. In return, ICI has been allowed to approve— veto—
or
every poster, pamphlet, and advertisement BCAM uses. Not
surprisingly, carcinogens are never mentioned in BCAM’s
widely distributed literature.
“Researchers are investigating the role ofheredity, lifestyle,
and diet,” says one BCAM pamphlet. “But you can’t assume
that modifying your diet or lifestyle will make you safe from
disease. Early detection is your best protection.”
And what does ICI suggest that women do to “protect”
themselves? “Get regular mammograms. See your doctor
regularly. Examine your breasts monthly.” Monthly self-exams
are a good idea. But mammograms are risky and of question
able value. Regular mammograms do not improve survival
rates for most women, according to several recent studies. By
the time a tumor is detectable on a mammogram, it is already
six to eight years old— woul^l soon be detected through a
and
breast self-exam. “There is no evidence to support introduc
tion of service mammography for women under 50,” said a
recent editorial in TheLancet. “And some may argue that there
should be a moratorium on all mammography for symptomfree women in this age group.”
experiment despite evidence that tamoxifen, which is known
to cause blood clots, uterine cancer, and liver cancer, may
harm more women than it will help. By the NCI’s own esti
mates, tamoxifen will prevent breast cancer in only 62 of the
8,000 women who take it. The other 7,938will risk uterine and
liver cancers for the sake of “science.”
And for the benefit of Imperial Chemical Industries . ICI’s
Nolvadex is already the top-selling cancer drug in the world.
But if tamoxifen were approved for use as a preventive drug,
ICI could sell even more Nolvadex. ICI used its BCAMcontacts
to convince the NCI to spend $70 million of taxpayers’money
on this prevention trial— small feat, considering that the
no
NCI’s entire annual budget for breast cancer research is only
$196 million.
. Ifthe Breast Cancer Prevention Trial shows that tamoxifen
is effective in preventing breast cancer, Nolvadex will become
a multi-billion-dollar-a-year drug. Every woman on the planet
would be a potential customer. In the meantime, ICI contin
ues to sell almost a half a billion dollars worth of treatment
each year for a disease that it may be causing by selling tens of
billions of dollars worth of toxic chemicals each year.
These are the profits of misery.
Better dying through chemistry!
When You Gonna Wake Up?
by Bob Dylan
God don’t make promises that he don’t keep
You got some big dreams baby
But in order to dream
You gotta still be asleep
Counterfeit philosophies have
Polluted all of your thoughts
Karl Marx has you by the throat
And Henry Kissinger’s got you tied up in knots
You got innocent men in jail
Your insane asylums are filled
You got unrighteous doctors
dealing drugs that’ll never cure your ills
You got men who can’t hold their peace
W omen who can’t control their tongue
T he rich seduce the poor
And the old are seduced by the young
Adulterers in churches
And pornography in the schools
You got gangsters in power
And law breakers makin’ rules
Spiritual advisors and gurus
To guide your every move
Instant inner peace
And every step you take has got to be approved
Do you ever wonder
Just what God requires?
Do you think he’s just an errand boy
T o satisfy your wandering desires?
You can’t take it with you
And you know it’s too worthless to be sold
They tell ya time is money
As if your life was worth its weight in gold
There’s a man on a cross
And he be crucified for you
Believe in his power
T hat’s about all you got to do
When you gonna wake up?
When you gonna wake up?
When you gonna wake up?
Strengthen the things that remain
Note: P lan 9 is not a Christian publication, nor do we
promote any particular “Christian” philosophy. W e
printed these lyrics solely because they seemed
relevant to the world as it is today. Old Zimmie appears
to have seen that “Slow Train” cornin’ a long ways off.
T hese lyrics were written in 1979.
The Gang of Three
The th re e e stro g e n ic pe sticid e s id e n tifie d as
ca usin g b re a st cancer.
Chemical:
Endosulfan
Chemical Name: 6 ,7 ,8 ,9 ,1 0 ,1 0 -H e x a c h lo r o 1 ,5,5a,6,9,9a-hexahydro-6,9-m ethano-2,4,3benzodioxanthiepin 3-oxide
Manufacturers: C hem Service Inc.; Cresent
Chemical Co.
Type:
Insecticide
Used On:
g rapes, lettuce, tomatoes
Chemical:
Dicofol
Chemical Name: 4-Chloro-oc-(4-chlorophenyl)-a(trichloromethyl)benzenemethanol
Manufacturers: R ohm & H aas Co.; Aldrich
Chemical Co., Inc.
Type:
A caricide
Used On:
Chemical:
M ethooxyclor
Chemical Name: 1,1’-(2,2,2-Trichloroethylidene)b is[4-methoxybenzenej; also known as methoxy-i
D DT
Trade Names:
M arlate
Manufacturers: S igma Chemical Co.; California
Bionudear Corp.
Type:
Insecticide; ectoparasiticide
Used On:
Sources: Chem Sources U.S.A., Los Angeles
Times, The Merck Index
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Kampus Korner
CSU & UC: Education for the Masses or Spoils System?
Rating the Rags
On September 15, the LosAngeles Times ran a piece titled “Raise Urged for Cal State Presidents.” In it CSU Chancellor Barry
(“The Tan Man”) Munitz claimed that CSU presidential salaries (which average $120,075) are 21% below those at comparable
public universities elsewhere in the country. A week later, the Times ran another article, this one claiming that UC Chancellor
salaries (which average $188,767 according to the Times) lag 14% behind those of chancellors and provosts at schools such as
Harvard and Yale. (Note: In the UC system, the President lords over all and the Chancellors mismanage the individual campuses.
In the CSU system it’s the other way around: the Chancellor is the big cheese, and the Presidents are the local dictators.)
A little over two weeks after the second article appeared, the Times published yet another article, this one titled “Another
Round of Fee Hikes Sought at UC, Cal State.” Proposed increases for next year were stated as $342 for Cal State (to $1,440) and
$650 at UC (to $4,377). The article stated that “administrators of both systems”wanted to raise fees in order to “halt the erosion,
of educational quality.”
Bullshit. Fees have been going up virtually every year for the past four years, and the quality of education has onlygone down.
With these hikes, fees at UCand CSUcampuses will be more than double what theywere in 1989. Given the logic that more money
= better education, the CSU and UC systems should be offering twice the quality of education they were four years ago. Instead,
you’d be hard pressed to find anyone who thinks that the quality of education is even as good as it was four years ago.
So why are fees increasing? To pay the salary increases of our poor, starving chancellors and presidents, and other high
administratdrs like them! According to the Times, there are 58 administrators in the UC system alone making in excess of $100,00
per year. That’s a m inimum outlay of $5.8 millicfn dollars (the actual figure is closer to $9 million), just for 58 people.
We should be firing university presidents and chancellors for gross incompetence, not giving them raises.
I can’t understand it. Why should we be giving these people raises? Have they demonstrated their administrative
competence by improving (or even maintaining) the quality and cost of public higher education in California? No, they haven’t
In feet, in the past four years thing have gone to hell. Instead of giving these people raises, we should be firing them for gross
incompetence! Wake up people! The reason that public higher education is failing in California is because it is being run by people
who are in it for their own personal advancement, not because they give a shit about providing affordable college education to
the California public.
President Peltason ($280,000/yr) and Chancellor Munitz ($l49,000/yr) are the inheritors of a system of spoils for the
privileged administrator class. From the 43% pay raises that former CSU Chancellor Ann Reynolds and her cronies voted
themselves to the $737,000 “severance package”approved by the UC Regents for retiring President David Gardner, it is clear what
the prioritiesofthe top administration are: “get it while the gettingis good.”At the bottom of the food chain,as usual, thestudents
reap the true reward of this policy: closed programs, fewer classes, outdated lab equipment, libraries with no budgets to buy
books, fee increases every year, etc.
This has to end! Throw the money-mongers out of temple of education! Demand that the money earmarked for education
is spent on education, not on bloated administrative salaries. Demand that no more faculty positions be cut until 20% of UC and
CSU administrative positions have been eliminated. Demand a radical restructuring of UC and CSU administration, focusing on
decentralizing authority and granting greater autonomy to each campus and department. Demand the elimination, not of
academic programs, but of superfluous administrative offices.
It’s your education. You’re paying for it. Demand what you deserve.
A Guide to Campus Newspapers
The Guardian (UCSD) m
Published Mondays and Thursdays. The best of the “offi
cial” campus papers. Reasonably good coverage of campusrelated issues. Overkill on topical issues, such as gays, etc. Too
much sports (any is too much), too many ads, too goddamn
PC.
The Daily Aztec (SDSU) &
Published daily during the week. The Daily Spastic is elstinko. Too much sports, too little intelligent writing. Insipid
and uninspired coverage of even the most vital campusrelated issues. At a campus this size, you’d think they could
find at least one good writer.
The You Name It (CSUSM)
Published once every two weeks. The You Name It is the
successor to the ill-fated Pioneer, which folded after attempt
ing to address some serious issues. It’s name will change after
a permanent name is chosen. Only one issue has come out so
far, and it was pretty weak. On the other hand, its editor did
interview the editor of Plan 9, so it can’t be all bad. One thing
at least: this paper can’t get any worse.
The Koala (UCSD)
Published periodically. The best of the “unofficial”papers
(actually, it’s the only qne we’ve seen so far). Basically, the
Koala is a nihilistic, pornographic excuse for TP written by
drunken, immature students (you’re welcome). What can we
say? It makes us laugh.
Plan 9 (everywhere) M & M M M
Hey, Plan 9 is simply the best. Numero uno. We give it
nine peace signs. Intelligent, funny, sexy. It’s got it all. And it’s
free! What a deal!
Did you really expect us to say something bad about our
own paper? Get a life!
1 see budgets being slashed and doors being closed to students and the more privileged
sectors helping themselves to more and more of the reward.”
-Tom Hayden, 1993
The university is the place where people begin seriously to question
the conditions of their existence and raise the issue of whether they
can be committed to the society they have been born into. After a long
period of apathy, students have begun not only to question but, having
arrived at answers, to act on those answers. This is part of a growing
understanding among many people in America that history has not
ended and that a better society is possible.
— Mario Savio, An End to History, December, 1964
One of the most distressing tasks of a university president is to pretend
that the protest and outrage of each new generation of undergraduates
is really fresh and meaningful. In fact, it is one of the-most predictable
controversies that we know. The participants go through a ritual of
hackneyed complaints almost as ancient as academe while believing
what is said is radical and new.
— Clark Kerr, President of the University of California, 1964
One Out of Six Ain’t Bad Department
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�Charlie Manson Forcibly Removed from Computer Lab
The following e-mail exchange took place last February at the nation’s newest university, CSU San Marcos. The players are: Bill
Stacy, President of CSUSM, Bill Robinson, former Director of Computing and Telecommunications, and myself, the computer lab
manager. I had been directed by Robinson to come up with names for each computer in the labs, with each lab having its own “theme.”
The theme I chose for the lab in question was “prominent people from the 60’s.”
The main issues raised by this tempest in a teapot are those of censorship and intellectual fascism at public institutions of higher
learning. President Stacy s position appears suspect, particularly in light of the furor which resulted from the plan to dedicate the
university’s administration building after state Senator William Craven, who, a week before this exchange, had referred to
undocumented workers as being “on the lower scale of our humanity.”
In retrospect, I would not have removed Manson’s name, thus forcing the university administration to either recognize the value of
freedom of expression and thought at a public university or to resort to the use of force to get things their way.
Date: 2/15/9311:28 AM
From: Bill Stacy
To: Rich Millman, Bill Robinsion, Anthony Dunn
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Rich and Bill, I received a complaint that we have been insensitive in some of the naming of our computer stations in
Academic Hall. Apparently we have a series of names to the work stations (probably user friendly or cute).
The complaint asked me how I would feel to see Manson in my classroom if I were a friend of one of his victims—or just
simply if I thought a university ought to classify Speck or Manson as role models for our mission.
I think the complaint is well taken. We have misplaced our sense of humor or whatever our intention was with such names.
Could you manage to get the offensive names out of there? And, yes, I know that to the Lab manager and perhaps to others as
well, this, too, will sound like censorship or fuel the next sophomoric diatribe against the university — least San Marcos Man.
at
I can wait for the barrage of crap. But I think there is a boundary of sensitivity to the feelings of folks who are not so amused
to see mass murderers glorified or honored in a captive environment. I would appreciate your help in this matter.
Date: 2/16/933:35 PM
From: Anthony Dunn
To: Bill Stacy, Bill Robinson
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OK. Manson is gone. But I feel that I have to comment on
this issue before I let it rest.
I believe that you misunderstand the issue. The comput
ers in ACD 211 were given names based on a theme; the theme
was the sixties. I choose ten names of “radical” figures, ten
Administration
names of political figures, and ten names of prominent musi
You control the administration! Hundreds of settings
cians. The names were deliberately chosen to be controver
allow you to:
sial; and they were chosen in a serious vein, not with a
• Create oppressive policies
“misplaced” sense of humor. I chose the names with the
• Randomly alter graduation requirements
intention of making people think about that period in Ameri
• Add layers of bureaucracy
• Raise fees at will
- Bernard PeVoto, “Easy Chair,” Harper's, September 1949
can history, not to make them feel good, and certainly not to
• Give yourself-and your buddies-a fat raise
“glorify or honor” anyone or to set them up as “role models.” ^ ::'
“Could you manage to get the offensive names out of here?”I don’t think that’s possible. I imagine that everyone is offended Students
Custom settings allow you to:
by at least some of the names used in ACD 211; Peggy LePere objected to having “Bobby Kennedy” in the lab, and chose to sit
• Alter composition of student body to fulfill state
at “Barry Goldwater.” Personally, I find Goldwater (“We should bomb the Vietcong back into the stone age.”) much more
enrollment quotas
offensive than Charles Manson.
• Adjust levels of student apathy and hostility
Where do we draw the line on offensiveness? Malcolm X advocated the overthrow of white racist Amerika; Huey Newton
• Raise or lower student IQs
walked into the California State Capitol building with a semi-automatic rifle; Timothy Leary advocated the use of hallucinogenic
• Select from dozens of wardrobes (from Prep to
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drugs; Mario Savio led a movement that brought the administration of UC Berkeley to its knees; LBJ and Richard Nixon sent
50,000 American soldiers and countless Vietnamese to their deaths. What’s offensive, and to whom? Many whites still find
Malcolm X and Huey Newton not only offensive but threatening; capitalistic corporate America finds Mario Savio and Timothy
Leary offensive; and human rights activists find LBJ and Nixon offensive.
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sixties as any other figure; as such we should not
be offended, we should be instructed. In the
words of Santayana, “Those who fail to learn
from history are condemned to repeat it.”
Personally, I am offended by the comments
Editor's Note: I received the following e-mail message from
made by Senator Craven with respect to mi Betty Huff, the Director of Enrollment Services at CSU San
grants in this country. Bythe same logic that you
Marcos, a few weeks before I was fired. The message refers to
desire to have Manson’s name removed from an art piece displayed in one of computer labs created for Visual
the labs, should we not remove Craven’s name Arts 302 (The Computer and the Visual Arts) by Students Jeff
from this building? Should we expunge all refer Henson and Don Scott. The piece was in two parts. The first part
ences in our history classes to the internment of consisted of about a hundred or so cut-out soldiers pasted to the
Japanese-Americans during WW II because walls, about one in ten of which were pink. The second part was
a simple statement, made of cut-out letters pasted above the
someone might be offended by it? I know my
blackboard. It read, “They gave me a medal for killing two men
parents would be. Should we refrain from speak
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g uaranteed to open your eyes to the “benevo
lence” of US foreign policy. “Hey, they were
s m all, peaceful and powerless, so we took their
h ome aw ay from them and then nuked it! Yup,
w e’re the all-powerful USA!”
Koyaanisqatsi T his is the best movie ever
m ade on the state of our society. No actors, no
d ialogue, but some of the most disturbing and
right-on-target im agery. Soundtrack by Phillip
G lass. See this movie!
Berkeley in the Sixties T his docum entary is
w here P lan 9 g ot its start in campus politics!
E verything from the Free Speech Movem ent to
the People’s Park, this video is the single best
introduction into student activism in the 1960’s.
Interviews with the actual participants makes
this the most genuine docum entary w e’ve ever
s een.
Flan 9 Index of the Times
Estimated number of American women who will get breast cancer this year: 183,000
Estimated number of American women who will die from breast cancer this year:
46,000
Number of U.S. deaths during the Vietnam War (1964-1973): 58,151
Estimated number of American deaths from cancer in 1991: 509,000
Estimated number of American deaths during World War II: 405,000
Incidence of breast cancer in American women, 1950: 1 in 20
Incidence of breast cancer in American women, 1991: 1 in 9
Number of pounds of toxic chemicals released into the environment by industry in
the U.S., 1990: 4.8 billion
Number of pounds released per square mile of U.S. territory: 1,200
Number of UC administrators earning over $ 100,000 per year: 58
Average UC Chancellor's salary: $188,767
Average CSU President's salary: $120,075
UC fees 1991: $1,820
Proposed UC fees 1994: $4,377
CSU fees 1989: $708
Proposed CSU fees 1994: $1,440
Annual salary of UC President Jack Peltason: $280,000
Annual salary of CSU Chancellor Barry Munitz: $ 149,000
1993 Annual budget, UC system: $1,805,645,000
1993 Annual budget, CSU system: $1,483,244,000
National rank in budget of UC system: 1
_______ National rank in budget of CSU system: 2
_____________
Sources: The U niversal Alm anac; The 1993 Inform ation Please Alm anac; The 1993 Inform ation Please
Environm ental Almanac; The L os Angeles Times,, T he C hronicle of H igher Education (10-27-93).
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capitalistic world it costs several hundred dollars to print each issue of Plan 9, not to mention research costs (books, xeroxes, parking
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