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“Uncle Henr
Celebrating the life and Legacy of Cesar E. Chavez
By JAMIEKO LANE
and CLAUDIA IGNACIO
Pride Staff Writer and
Pride Editor
For five continuous years,
Cal State San Marcos has cele
brated Cesar Chavez Day with
great pride and success. This
year the festivities were no
exception. The event featured
presentations from Ballet
Folklorico Mixtlan, Leticia
Maldonado Stamos, Silverio
Haro, Candace Sames, Victor
Villasenor, COCIO Ballet
Folkorico, Arturo Rodriguez,
Mariachi del Sol, poetry read
ings and concluded with a can-
Vol. X No. 10/Tuesday, April 16,2002
C alifornia State University San Marcos
Cesar Chavez
Photo Courtesy o f Tim Bills
dlelight vigil.
The event was co-sponsored
by several campus groups,
including the Office of the Dean
of Students, MEChA, the Arts
and Lecture Series, Associated
Students Inc., and was made
possible through funding from
the Governor’s Office on Ser
vice and Volunteerism (GO
SERV). The celebration took
place on Wednesday from 1:00
p.m.-10:00 p.m. in front of Craven
Hall, by the flagpole. More than
300 people, including local com
munity members, gathered to
celebrate the life and legacy of
Cesar Chavez.
»> A rticle cont. on pg. 3
CLAUDIA IGNACIO
Pride Editor
“Uncle Henry served as one
of the most significant commu
nity consultants to Cal State San
Marcos since the university’s
inception. His lifetime dedica
tion to advancement of education
serves as an abiding inspiration
for all of the students at Cal State
San Marcos,” said tribute orga
nizer Bonnie Biggs. On Satur
day, Cal State San Marcos, the
local Native American commu
nity and others came together
to honor Dr. Henry » > A rticle
cont. onpg. 2
ASI President
Presents ‘Indian
Rock Native
Garden Project’
To Executive
Board
CSUSM Cleared
in Bell
Discrimination
Lawsuit
By MARTHA SARABIA
News Editor
After eight days of hearing
testimonies and months of wait
ing and rescheduling the trial,
a discrimination lawsuit filed
by Damon Bell, a former
African-American Cal State
San Marcos employee, against
CSUSM came to an end on
March 22, and the verdict
cleared CSUSM on seven sepa
rate counts.
Bell, a former assistant
director of Student and Resi
dential Life at CSUSM, filed the
lawsuit on October 12, 2000.
He was hired at Cal State San
Marcos in June 1997 and later
resigned in January 2001. Bell
claimed to be a victim of dis
crimination and harassment,
and he believed these problems
made his working conditions
intolerable. Bell also claimed
-that his complaints were not
taken seriously, only redirected,
and that he was denied promo
tions and raises because of his
race.
According to the jury, there
was no evidence or proof that
Bell’s intolerable problems were
caused by .any racially moti
vated decisions made by his
supervisors. Furthermore, one
of the jury members said the
defense had presented a better
case, which ultimately led
CSUSM to win.
The jury came to a deci
sion after about 4 Vi hours of
deliberation, but the verdict has
not stopped Bell’s accusations
against CSUSM; he has decided
to continue with the case. “I feel
I have continued to be betrayed
by employees there,” said Bell.
“I feel that this isn’t the end. I
intend to keep on going.”
Michelle Perfili, Bell’s
attorney, said she would file
> »A rticle cont. on pg. 2
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By SYBILLE HERWIG
Pride Staff Writer
The Grand Opening of the Campus Marketplace
The grand opening took place on Saturday at 12:00p.m.
The picture on the left is Long Drugs and the Alpha Chi Omega women, Leina Lo and Katie Cottrell are
pictured on the right, conducting a fundraising car wash. Story continues on pg. 2
Pride Photo/Jamieko Lane
PAN Provides Information and Fun with a
Message of Environmental Awareness
By EMILY KELLEY
Pride Staff Writer
The Progressive Activist Net
work (PAN) stirred up the
campus with free music, refresh
ments and fun as part of their plan
to raise awareness about environ
mental issues. “The 4-1-1” took
place on Thursday in the dome
plaza from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
and was billed as “...one of the
first steps in our master plan to
change this (CSUSM) into a fun
and cool campus with socially
aware students who make a dif
ference,” said PAN President
Eric Roper, in PAN’s recently
released newsletter. The event
is the first in what PAN hopes
will become an annual event
intended to encourage CSUSM
students, as well as the surround
ing community, to be more envi
ronmentally conscious.
The 4-1-1 coincided with
National Alternative Fuel Vehi
cle Day and came just prior to
Earth Day. Some students who
attended the event were given
the opportunity to test drive a
new hybrid vehicle, the Prius,
from Toyota, which was provided
courtesy of Toyota of Escon
dido. The name “Prius” means
“to go before” in Latin, and is
so named because it is Toyota’s
first standard production hybrid.
Although it looks compact on the
outside, it has an interior roughly
the size of a Toyota Camry or
Honda Civic. The Prius gets
about 55 miles per gallon in the
city and 42 mpg on the highway
» > A r tid e cont. on pg. 2
S tu d en t H o u sin g P ro ject T akes
P ark ing S p aces
By JAMES NEWELL
Pride Editor
With construction beginning
on the new student housing proj
ect, Cal State San Marcos has
lost about 160 parking spaces
in lot O, which is located on
the comer of Barham road and
Campus Way.
The ground breaking for the
student housing project began on
schedule this month and is slated
for occupancy in August of2003,
which means parking lot O will
have only 142 spaces, rather than
» > A rticle cont. on pg. 2
Parking Lot O
Pride Photo/James Newell
Associated Students Inc.
President Dustin Naylor pre
sented information regarding
the ‘Indian Rock Native Garden
Project,’ a collaborative project
involving faculty member and
visual artist Deborah Small,
anthropologist Bonnie Bade
and the Native American San
Luis Rey Band, to the Execu
tive Board on Wednesday.
“I see a lot of potential for
some great community-university relationships that can be
built,” said Naylor, as he intro
duced his explanatory handout
to the board.
The garden will be a semes
ter long project of the ‘
Advanced
Computer Art’ class (VSAR
402) taught by Deborah Small
next spring. The students will
be thoroughly involved in the
cultivation and physical imple
mentation of the Indian Rock
Garden, which has yet to be
designed.
Students will also be
engaged “with the local com
munity, come to know the
social, economic, environmen
tal, historical, and cultural
worlds in .which the members
of the community live” said
Naylor. He added that students
are going to be exposed to,
“ethno-botanical
methods,
including documentation of
plant uses, native plant classifi
cations schemes, plant history,
lore and stories, plant applica
tions, administration and pro
cessing methods, harvest and
cultivation requirements, and
the geographic distributions of
the plans under study.”
The original idea of
c re>»A rticle cont. on pg. 2
�H ousing Construction Impacts Student Parking
» > Article cont. from pg. 1 the
maximum capacity of 302, for
slightly longer than a year.
When complete the dormi
tory buildings will reach almost
to the point in the parking area
where the pavement has been
removed. According to Dora
Knoblock, director of Parking
Services, once the dormitories
are completed lot O will perma
nently lose 40 to 50 spaces.
As for the impact on parking
problems for the next year, Kno
block said, they (parking ser
vices) are “anticipating an impact
in the San Marcos Ambulatory
Care Center (SMACC) overflow
lot and are preparing to expand
stack parking.” Knoblock also
said, parking services is*“expanding carpool spaces by adding 25
more designated spaces in lot C,”
which is the most popular park
ing lot, located closest to campus
on the comer of Craven Road and
Palm Canyon Drive.
Although the entire area
fenced off in lot O is not nec
essary for the actual construc
tion of the student housing, Brad
Fenton, project manager for Plan
ning, Design, and Construction,
said, “It wouldn’t be safe to allow
people to park right next to the
construction area.” In addition to
the safety regulations, Knoblock
said extra spaces were needed
to allow for a turnaround lane,
which provides room for people
to easily drive around the lot,
rather than having to back out as
the spaces next the fence fill up.
Included in the housing proj
ect is a new parking lot, which
will be located directed East of
lot O, but this lot will be reserved
for “residents of the dorms and
another university department,”
said Knoblock. The housing proj-
Damon Bell’s Case Settles
>»A rticle cont. from pg. 1
motions for a mistrial or a retrial.
Also, Perfili told Judge Dana
M. Sabraw, who replaced the
original judge, that CSU attor
neys engaged in misconduct
when they told the court one
of their witnesses would testify
that Bell’s gay lifestyle, not his
treatment on the job, caused his
stress. Although a psychothera
pist testified this was not true,
the defense claimed he would
find Bell’s lifestyle as the cause
of his stress. The defense’s claim
led Bell to declare his sexual ori
entation during jury selection,
which according to Perfili might
make a North County jury less
sympathetic.
The trial took place in Vista
Superior Court and lasted 10
days. Bell’s case is not the only
discrimination lawsuit against
CSUSM; other cases have been
resolved in the past and others
are still awaiting trial.
♦The North County Times
was used as a source for this
article.
The PAN Brought Environment
Awareness to Students
W
ni
^PBP
Parking Lot O Construction
Pride Photo/James Newell
ect will contain 126 units with a
maximum occupancy of475 residents, and the lot will have 232
spaces.
With land at a premium price
and the university growing at a
rapid rate the only practical way
to deal with parking woes is to
build up.
“There are already plans for a
parking structure but how to fund
the project and where to build
first are ,still being discussed,”
said Fenton. “I have built parking
structures in the past, and it can
be done.”
Knoblock agreed and said,
“The big piece is the funding
source.” She also said decisions
are “always a balancing act”
between needs and funds, and
since parking services is based
on a self-support system, they
are “exploring ways in public
and private partnerships for rev
enue.” “We (parking services)
are exploring ways to keep from
making drastic changes,” said
Knoblock.
Knoblock said, parking ser
vices “encourages car-pooling
and takes concerns, complaints
and suggestions very seriously.”
More information on Parking
Services and Planning, Design
and Construction can be found
through the Cal State San Marcos
Department Directory on the
web-site at www.csusm.edu.
Campus Marketplace Officially Opened
By JAMIEKO LANE
Pride Staff Writer
»> A rticle cont. from pg. 1
It was gorgeous day for the
The Campus Marketplace’s
Grand Opening. Regency Cen
ters hosted the Grand Opening
for all the stores in the Market
place. Many of the stores that are
already open had tables on the
sidewalks, giving out informa
tion and more importantly great
deals. There was a bounce house
for the kids and a portable mini
skate park set up for entertain
ment.
As visitors walked up and
down the sidewalks throughout
the afternoon, they were able to
purchase cheap food, while they
enjoyed the great sunny weekend
weather. Furthermore, if your
car was dirty, Cal State* San
Marcos’ Alpha Chi Omega held
Local residents perform stunts on skateboard ramps.
Pride Photo/Jamieko Lane
a car wash. The proceeds of the was for sale on the sidewalks,
fundraising event were going to Saturday’s event marked the offiBecky’s House.
cial grand opening for the entire
From hotdogs to cats and Campus Marketplace.,
dogs, it seemed like everything
A Scrapbook in Memory of “ Uncle Henry”
»> A rticle cont. from pg. 1
Rodriguez, also known as “Uncle
Henry.”
The ceremony took
place on the athletic field and
included a blessing, a presen
tation by Pauma Singers, and
tributes by members of the uni
versity, the Native American
community and Uncle Henry’s
family. The program concluded
with a traditional round dance
featuring Dancing Cloud.
The American Indian Stu
dent Alliance is assembling a
scrapbook of stories, photos,
and tributes to Uncle Henry, if
you would like to assist in this
project please contact Biggs at
760-750-4337.
Art Exhibit of the Indian Rock Native Garden
DJ Showtime at 4-1-1 event.
Pride Photo/Claudia Ignacio
»> A rticle cont. from pg. 1
and is designed to hanldle stopand-go city and suburban traf
fic. According to the Corroland
Review, a website dedicated to
1993 and onwards Toyota cars,
“City mileage is also greatly
helped by the fact that, unlike
‘normal’ cars, the Toyota Prius
regains some of your energy
when you stop, taking what
would normally just be heat (and
worn brake pads) and convert
ing it back into electricity.”
Students milled around
during the event, enjoying music
from three local music acts: The
Rabbits(from CSUSM), Serial
Carpens (from the Encinitas
area), and DJ Showtime. When
asked about the importance of
music in supporting events such
as this one, one observer com
mented, “It’s the music that
makes people stop and pay atten
tion, even if it’s not really their
thing, it draws them into the real
message.”
Also represented at the 4-1-1
were many environmentally and
socially conscious organizations.
The Sierra Club, The Envi
ronmental Club, The Surfrider
Foundation, and the San Elijo
Lagoon Conservancy were a few
organizations among a long list
of participants. Also in atten
dance was Robert Nanninga, a
columnist for The Coast News
and CSUSM alumni. Nanninga
spoke about relevant environ
mental issues.
> »A rticle cont. from pg. 1 that the board, in collaboration
-ating the garden came from with the Co-Sponsorship Fund
CSUSM anthropology teacher ing Committee (CSFC) and the
Linda Gaynor. “Gaynor put out
a call for any faculty who might
be interested in working with the
San Luis Rey Band,” said Small
in a separate interview. “Bonnie
and I are collaborating on the
class. She taught it as anthro
pology last year, I teach it as
an advanced computer art this
semester, but Bonnie and I, in our
creative work, work together.”
According to Naylor, “The
project will provide students an
opportunity to document the eth
nographic research that had been
done by Bade’s students in Fall
01.”
Naylor will also be presenting the proposal to the Board
of Directors with the request
H
Programming Committee, “work
towards funding an art exhibit of
the Indian Rock Native Garden
Project.” He said that the proj
ect’s exhibition will include a
variety, of different artwork and
will be part of the opening cer
emony for the new Fine Arts and
Science Buildings.
Naylor explained, “It (the
garden) will serve as a traveling
document/exhibition used to
create awareness of student art
work and creativity at CSUSM
and to further develop standing
relationships between ASI, the
College of Arts and Science and
the San Luis Rey community.”
Although the Garden will
be set in Vista, the specific loca
tion will not be published soon
Dustin Nabecause, according to Small, “We
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are afraid of graffiti vandalism.”
Pride Photo/Sybille Herwig
�C esar Chavez D ay of Service and L earn in g
»> A rticle cont. from pg. 1 of her parents, Stamos left every
“We still haven’t solved all the thing, including school and work,
problems by any means. There to join the union. During this
are farm workers, just a few time she was able to work with
miles from here, who are return Chavez and his family. Now back
ing from the fields to crawl into in school, attending CSUSM,
caves to sleep,” said President of Stamos is proudly working on
the United Farm Workers Union her teaching credential and is still
and son-in-law of Cesar Chavez, active in the Chavez Foundation
Arturo Rodriguez.
Silverio Haro an Academic
“He expected a lot from us Advisor for the College of Arts
and wanted us to be an example. and Sciences and MeChA’s advi
He would not allow us certain sor, gave a speech entitled “Living
luxuries because he thought we an Inspired Life.” In his speech
should live like farm workers,” he talked about his life as a child
said Leticia Maldonado Stamos, in the fields, his experience of
who spoke about what it was like working in the fields, and how he
to live and work with Chavez. * enjoyed the work as a child. Haro
Stamos knows first hand about reflected on his life and how he
the hardship farm workers faced believes that children should not
because she was born into the have to . endure the life that he
farm workers life. By the request did.
Erika Dominguez and Paulino Mendosa, members o f Ballet Folklorico
v
Mixlan.
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“The future of this country
is for people like Cesar Chavez,
who are not trying to bring down
the nation but are trying to join
it,” said Victor Villasenor, author
of the national best-seller, Rain
of Gold. Villasenor’s speech paid
tribute to Cesar Chavez, Martin
Luther King, Jr., and Ghandi
because they chose peace instead
of violence to advocate change.
Armando
Martinez
Velazquez,
from
Oaxaca,
Mexico, speaks in English, Span
ish and is fluent Nahuatl, an
indigenous language that is grad
ually becoming extinct. Going
back and forth between the three
languages, Martinez spoke about
how proud he was of Chavez’s
accomplishments while fighting
for farm worker rights. Martinez
also read poems that he wrote
about the Campesino (farm work
ers). “He was very humble and
his speech was very powerful,”
said Isabel Solis, president of
MeChA. “It sounded really nice,
even though. I couldn’t under
stand.”
The event concluded with a
candle light vigil honoring Cesar
E. Chavez Day of Service and
Learning.
Chavez founded the National
Farm Workers Association, which
later became known as the United
Farm Workers (UFW). Through
non-violence, Chavez was able
to educate people of the strug
gles of farm workers, helping
them to receive better pay and
“We cannot seek achievementfor ourselves andforget about progress for our
community. ” Cesar Chavez:
Pride Photo/James Newell
safer working conditions. Cesar
Chavez died on April 23, 1993;
he worked hard every day of
his life to exemplify his mission
and advance economic and social
conditions for farm workers and
Latino communities. In 2000,
Governor Gray Davis signed leg
islation that made March 31 the
official California state holiday
Cesar Chavez Day of Service and
Learning. “Cesar would be very
saddened if the organization that
he created to fight injustice did
not continue.” The values that
Rodriguez said must continue to
be upheld by new generations.
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�4 Tuesday, April 16, 2002
Arts & Entertainment
“Ashanti” Brings Soothing Voice
to Hip Hop
By Marlino Bitanga
Pride Staff Writer
Spring Break Packs Action in Rosarito
After midterms, I needed to
take off for some fun and excite
ment. So without having to spend
too much money on airplane tick
ets, I booked a condo down south
at the Paloma Beach condos,
located in Rosarito, Mexico. I
told some friends they could stop
by anytime over the weekend to
crash if they needed to. They
could have the run of the house
except for the master bedroom,
which was mine. I drove down
on Thursday night with friends
Hayden, Mike, and Chivito. It
was only an hour and an half
drive from Vista with light traf
fic.
We got there late Thursday
night, settled in and then drove
farther south to Ensenada where
we went to drink at Hussons. It
was a mellow night, no real par
tying, but we met some very nice
stewardesses and invited them to
stop by the next afternoon. When
it was time to leave, we flipped
a coin to see who would have to
drive back to the condo. Mike
was the unfortunate loser, which
was good because he didn’t seem
to be drunk.
The next morning, I woke
first, searched for the car keys,
finally found them under Mike’s
stinky socks, and then drove into
town to buy some cases of Pacifico, a local beer. When I got
back to the condo, it was packed
with people, and they were all
strangers. Hayden had invited the
neighbors from down stairs, who
were almost all Norweigen girls.
A couple of them had their boy
friends. It was quite the crowd,
and the cases of beer I bought
earlier were gone by the noon.
Then when the alcohol was gone,
everyone felt we should go horseback-riding, many of them did.
Others went into to town to
barter, and one of the girls and
I rented quads instead of horses.
I felt sorry for the skinny horses
they rent to tourists.
It was almost five when we
all reconvened at the condo. A
group of us were going to go on a
short drive south to a small town,
Puerto Nuevo, where a .restau
rant I know has the best lobster
in the world. I have been going
to this restaurant for about 17
years. It is called Puerto Nuevo
1. It is not the fanciest restaurant,
but it is the absolute best. I have
eaten lobster from other places in
town, but none compare. There
is usually a line of guests wait
ing to be seated, but I get spe
cial treatment. While we were
in town, I treated all of us to
a “coco loco.” It is very pow
erful drink packed with about
six different liquors and coconut
milk served in a coconut with
some decorative straw. They taste
great, and by the end of your first
one, you start to feel the buzz. I
had about four. Man, I was feel
ing good.
“Knock, Knock,” Chivito
answered the
door; it was the
girls from Hus
sons. They were all dressed to
impress and ready for a night
out at Papas and Beer, a restau
rant and club in the main part
of Rosarito. The guys and me
where dressed much more casu
ally. Mike was wearing jeans and
black T-shirt, Chivito was wear
ing a Hawaiian shirt and board
shorts. Hayden looked the best
and was wearing black pants and
a nice dress shirt. Twas wearing
faded jeans, a black tank top,
and my black Chuck Taylors. We
all went as a group; it was me
and guys, the girls from down
stairs and the flight attendants.
Although, I’d like to think, I was
escorting the girl who I spent
the afternoon with. It was a fun
night of dancing, drinking, and
debauchery.
The next day every one did
their own things. I spent the day
with friends watching television,
drinking and talking about how
stupid we were for forgetting our
surfboards. We ate some fish
tacos, tampered with fireworks
and bought souvenirs for our
moms.
Now it was dark again and
time for another night at Papas
and Beer. We invited the girls to
come with us again. They agreed
but were first going to check out
a different place. So, we took off.
There was a longer line this time
at Papas and Beer, and we waited
impatiently. Once inside it was
booming. The Coronas and XXs,
other Mexican beers, were flow
ing. The girls arrived about an
hour later, which was very cool.
Then it happened. This idiot
drunk bumped into me. I ignored
him, but he felt that I bumped
into him. He decided to make
some stupid remark and push me.
Big mistake, especially when I
fwas only trying to have fun. Next
thing I remember, he is on the
ground, and I am in the arms of a
security guard being carried out
side where a police car is wait
ing. The police find my
flask, take it and put me
in the squad car.
Now, I’m in this cop car with
no back seat and sitting next to
a couple of local boys who are
trying to scare me with horrible
stories of what happens to grin
gos in jail. But it didn’t bother
or frighten me because I had
been in the Rosarito jail the year
before.
*
I would have had to spend
only about an hour in jail, but
since my friends did riot show
up and we were staying so far
out of town, I had to spend the
night. I sat on the concrete next
to all the other spring breakers
arrested for peeing in the streets,
fighting, or possession of drugs.
Finally, at dawn, my buddies
arrived to pick me up, and they
all had a bunch stories to tell me.
When we got back to the condo,
we slept for a few hours. I spent
the rest of the day with the girl
from Norway. It was our last day
in Mexico, so we all said our
good byes and headed for that
long wait at the border crossing.
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By JAMES J. SIMMONDS
Pride Staff Writer
She currently holds the
number one slot for best album
on the Billboard Charts, she is
one of the only females to ever
have three top 10 singles ranked
on the Billboard’s Top 100 Sin
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gles chart at one time, and Ja
ashanti-www.defjam.com
Rule proclaims her to be the you almost become paralyzed by
“Princess of hip-hop and R&B.” the tone of her voice.
But does Ashanti have what
Not only is Ashanti vocally
it takes to contend with the talented, biit she writes most
best? “Ashanti,” her self-entitled of her own material as well.
album, proves that she does.
With the messages in her songs,
Despite her reputation for Ashanti strives to relate to her
singing chorus hooks for artists audience, touching on issues
Ja Rule, Big Pun, and Fat Joe, about relationships and explain
Ashanti stretches her skills in ing how to overcome problems
a 17-track solo project that may or how to learn from them, grow
revolutionize the sound of main and be strong. These messages
stream hip-hop and R&B.
are found in the songs Happy,
The new art
her next single, Leav
ist’s
production R E V I E W ^ ing (Always On Time
includes the typi
Pt. 2), Unfoolish and
cal use of electronic piano riffs, Rescue.
hip-hop drum kits and samples,
Despite her good looks, sex
laced with smooth, yet heavy appeal, friendly personality, and
driven bass lines, whistles, bells, talents, Ashanti has the poten
and so forth. However, what tial and the credentials to con
makes this album different from tend with the best. Don’t be
other hip-hop and R&B albums surprised if she walks away with
is her soft, seductive and sooth the “Artist of the Year Award”
ing voice. After listening to her or the “Best New Artist Award”
vocals laid over hip-hop beats, at next year’s Grammys.
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Tuesday, April 16,2002 5
Changing Lanes Addresses Believable Moral Dilemma
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By GEORGE BURGESS JR.
Pride Staff Writer
Road rage escalates to cata
strophic levels in Paramount Pic
ture’s suspense thriller, Changing
Lanes. The film directed by Roger
Michell, starring Ben Affleck and
Samuel L. Jackson, opened in
theaters Friday
The story takes place in
modern day New York City,
where two strangers Gavin Banek
(played by Affleck), and Doyle
Gibson (played by Jackson) have
a fender bender. Coincidentally,
both men are in route to the court
hearings of their lives. Banek,
a powerful Wall Street lawyer,
is to present the legal signatures
needed, by his partners, to usurp
the power of their billion-dollar
law firm. Gibson, an insurance
broker and recovering alcoholic,
is on his way to his final child
custody hearing and intends to
try and convince his ex-wife to
remain in New York with their
two sons.
Banek and Gibson begin to
exchange insurance information.
Banek is pressed for time and
offers to buy his way out of
the ordeal, but Gibson is trying
to straighten
out his life
andwantsto
do things “the right way.” Frus
trated and late, Banek abandons
the scene. He leaves Gibson
stranded, and says, “Better luck
next time.” What Banek doesn’t
realize is that he accidentally
leaves his legal documents at the
scene of the accident.
Gibson, who has an anger
management issue, is late for his
court hearing. Neither his ex-wife
nor the judge is willing to accept,
yet another excuse from Gibson.
Gibson blames Banek for ruining
his plans, and, at the same time,
Banek is faced with the enormous
pressure of having to produce his
lost documents. The feud over the
files escalates viciously through
out the course of the day with
grave costs to both men.
The primary theme of the
movie is conflict. On the sur
face, Changing Lanes is an urban
battle between two uncompro
mising men. Beyond the obvi
ous, the movie is addressing
the internal conflicts of human
nature. Gibson’s moral dilemma
comes with accepting, even in
sobriety, that his personality
remains tainted with anger and
instability, and Banek is forced
to toil between the reality of selfinterest and the idealism of the
legal system.
Changing Lanes is solidified
through the believable acting
of the supporting cast. William
Hurt-The Alcoholics Anon
ymous Sponsor, Sydney Pollack-Banek’s father in-law,
and Toni Collette- Michelle,
Banek’s girlfriend, each delivered
noteworthy performances. Brad
ley Cooper, Jennifer Dundas,
Ileen Getz, apd Kim Staunton
also contribute with lesser roles.
For promotion of the movie’s
debut, Jackson participated in an
open chat forum on MSN. Over
the course of an hour, Jackson
fielded questions from fans and
critics, worldwide. When asked to
describe Changing Lanes using
only
one
word
Jackson
responded, “Intense.” Given a
few more words, I would add
thought provoking and frighten
ingly believable.
When asked what he hoped
people would get out of Chang
ing Lanes, Jackson said, “There’s
a moral dilemma that both these
people have to deal with and take
responsibility. I think it’s great
we’ve done a film that will send
people out of the theater and into
a coffee shop to talk about it. It
ought to touch on some interestjngjissues and hopefullv it will
done without the religious ico
nography. Throughout the movie,
Banek and Gibson show signs
of remorse and question their
own morality. These moments
come, too obviously, under the
guiding light of the Roman Cath
olic Church. Gibson’s repentance
comes in a scene where he makes
peace with his ex-wife. In the
empty house, where the conver
sation takes place, hangs a sole
picture of the Virgin Mary. Simi
larly, Banek, distraught from the
events of the day, stumbles into a
church confessional. The moral
ity problems presented in the
film are earthlv, but the solutions
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inspire conversations between
people.”
Where there is conflict, there
is generally resolution or, in
this case, redemption. I loved
the movie, yet, I could have
offered are supernatural or religious. In other words, real problems, yes, one religion presented
as the solution, no thanks,
The movie is rated R by the
MPAA, for language.'
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east of San Diego. The town is so small
that you would most likely not notice it as
you drive by on the freeway. Nonetheless,
at night, you can see the dim lights glim
mering off in the distance.
Only about 400 people reside in the
town of Jacumba, but back in the “roar
ing twenties” and 1930s, Jacumba was
a hopping town. Jacumba’s natural hot
springs attracted many visitors and were
a major magnet for Hollywood c e le ri
ties. The city thrived with affluent people,
but today it’s just a little town. The town
is comprised of nothing but a small strip
of road with old buildings on both sides.
On a sunny day, you might see a tumble
weed somersault across the road. Jacumba
makes you feel like you
are in some old
ghetti Western.”
My buddy, Mike, temporally lives out
there and works as a floor-supervisor at
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visited the casino while I was in town.
This modern casino is not as popular as
Pala or Viejas but offers plenty of activi
ties. There’s great food, impressive prizes,
beer & liquor and whole lot more. There
are over 750 slots and plenty of Black
Jack, poker and other game tables.There
is also a 24-hour restaurant and gas sta
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I was a high-roller. I never play the mini
mum $5 or $10 bet because if I want to
win big, I must be willing to lose big.
Finally, like a hawk, I honed my eye
on a table. The dealer looked at me as I
approached his podium. He looked intim
idated, not knowing what to expect. The
table was empty. It was a $10 minimum
bet table, but I was not about to bet so
little.
I threw down an $100 chip. First
hand, bang, I lost. I dropped 2 more
chips ($200) immediately on the table,
bang; I lost again. I lost over $1,000 in the
first fifteen minutes. No big thing, bang;
that’s Black Jack. On one hand, I won
back $500. I won the next three hands,
doubling and then tripling my cash flow.
After a few more hands, the pit boss
switched dealers. A crowd formed around
me; I was winning big and occasionally
losing some too. I battled different dealer after dealer, winning.
Now I was up a couple thousand
dollars and was dealt two face cards. I
split the two hoping to hit double Black
Jack. I didn’t; I busted on both hands.
I ended up losing almost two grand on
that one hand. It was OK though; it’s all
worth the adrenaline. I walked over to
bar and had me a scotch on the rocks.
“Hmmm-ah,” it tasted good, and I paid
for it with the little winnings I had left.
To win at any casino, you have to be
willing to lose, but don’t worry about any
money lost because no matter what the
result, win or lose, you will have a good
time.
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on Old U.S. Highway 80 south. Jacumba
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from the Mexican border.
�Opinion
Choki ng
By JAMIEKO LANE
Pride Staff Writer
Every Tuesday and Thurs
day, as I walk to my final class
in University Hall, I find myself
taking the stairs and choking on
the clouds of cigarette smoke that
fill the stairwell. Not only do
people choose to smoke on the
stairs, but they choose to block
them by sitting down on the
bottom stair, allowing for barely
enough space for one person to
slide by.
Is there a need to force nonsmokers and smokers alike to
share in your filthy habit? Why
is it people smoke in the most
absurd places - like right in front
in
the
Stairwell
of the entrance to a restaurant
or in a busy stairwell? Is it that
hard to walk the extra feet and
smoke in the open areas of the
campus to, at least, pretend you
have courtesy for those around
you?
The most amusing thing I
find about the smokers on the
third floor is that there are big
white signs that say in red writ
ing, “Please Do Not Toss Cig
arette Butts on Roof.” From
experience, I’ve learned that
money is not spent on signs
unless there is a recurring behav
ior that needs to be stopped. Is it
possible that some smokers can
be so ignorant they just tofe a
cigarette butt on a roof instead of
putting it in the garbage can they
are standing next to? I think that
it is rude and should be stopped.
I know that in northern Califor
nia many establishments enforce
a rule that stipulates people must
be a certain number of feet away
from the entrance of a building
before lighting up.
Does there need to be a rule
for people to wake up and realize
that not everyone wants to inhale
their second-hand smoke as they
try to walk to and from classes?
I surely hope that college-edu
cated citizens know the rules of
etiquette that we as a society
adhere to. But maybe I’m wrong,
and we should insert an etiquette
class in the schedule.
Does the Sun Damage Driving Brain Cells?
By JAMIEKO LANE
Pride Staff Writer
I have witnessed many differ
ent styles of terrible driving, but I
would have to give southern Cal
ifornia the award for “The Most
Ignorant Drivers.” I’ve driven on
the East Coast, which is, stereotypically, the home of the worst
drivers in the world, but they
don’t hold a token to those who
drive on roads from “The 78”
down through San Diego.
My first instance of igno
rance was in late February when
the rain hit. I have come to the
conclusion that all the driving
brain cells leave rwhen rain hits
southern California. On this par
ticular day, I sat on “The 15”
for two and a half hours, only
moving from Valley Parkway to
Carmel Mountain Road, which
is normally at the most a fifteenminute drive. But that wasn’t
the most shocking portion of
the wait. While sitting in what
looked like a parking lot, I had
my first experience with intense
southern California road rage.
I looked into my rear view
mirror and witnessed a “trucker”
get out of his semi-truck, walk
over to a man in a small Nissan
pickup, who obviously was trying
to merge into the lane against
the will of die “trucker,” open
the door of the Nissan, drag the
driver out onto the freeway, and
proceed to slug him with all of
his road-rage-filled-fists. Then,
as though it were a normal part
of his daily activities, he walked
back to his truck and merged
into a different lane. Those types
of things don’t happen where
I’m from, and I don’t think they
happen anywhere else in the
United States. If that were to
happen where I’m from, you’d
probably get shot.
My second experience with
local road rage was on Thurs
day. I was leaving school, enter
ing Highway 78-East from Twin
Oaks Boulevard. Since it was
4:25 p.m., there was barely any
movement. When I merged onto
the freeway, I attempted to merge
over one more lane. There were
at least two car lengths of room,
so I went for it. Immediately after
I put my blinker on, a person
driving a red truck that I was
trying to get in front of stepped
on the gas and tried to block
me from merging. Since I was
already over and still had enough
room (even with the jerk-action
of the driver), I continued to
merge. This woman proceeded
to give me the finger, yelling
at the top of her lungs, cursing
at me and literally making her
car swerve back and forth. Then
after she vented, obviously disap
pointed with the lack of response
from me, she sped into the lane
to the left of me, speeding up to
come beside me. She then con
tinued to yell at me, using her
very articulate four-letter words,
and swerved in front of me to
prove a point, almost losing con
trol of her truck and almost hit
ting the cars beside her and in
front of her while continuing to
give me the finger.
I never thought that I would
say this, but I think that Los
Angeles drivers are better than
their southern partners in the San
Diego area. At least they have
some sort of consistency in their
idiocy. Be it rain, sun, traffic,
parking, on the freeway or right
here on campus, I have to say,
“Congratulations San Diego, you
are the United States Most Igno
rant Drivers.”
Did Muslim-Americans
Pay Lip Service to 9-11?
By DAVID YANAGI
Pride Staff Writer
Shortly after the September
11 terrorist attacks, when a
clearer picture of the perpetra
tors and their motives began
to emerge, Muslim-Americans
were thrust into the national
spotlight to defend themselves
and their beliefs. Across the
country, Muslim leaders and
activists were quick to condemn
the events with a shared media
mantra that characterized Osama
bin Laden and his cohorts as
extremists, unrepresentative of
their peaceful Islamic beliefs.
With the exception of some
unfortunate hate crimes since
the attack, we have for the most
part, taken them for their word
and moved on.
Now the focal point of terror
ism has moved from New York
City to Israel. And again, many
Muslims in this country have
voiced their opinion on the situ
ation, although with a bit more
fervor than 9-11. And from what
I can tell, there seems to be
an almost unanimous solidarity
with their Palestinian brethren in
how they view the Middle East
crisis. Suicide bombers or ‘free
dom fighters,’ as they’re being
called by many, are continu
ously defended with rationaliza
tions and justifications for their
actions, subtly in American pub
lications and programs, but bla
tantly in many and most Arab
and Muslim-American newspa
pers and websites. I don’t want
to imply that anyone who empa
thizes with the Palestinian cause
favors terrorist tactics, but News
week recently reported 80 per
cent of Palestinians approve of
suicide attacks. It would be hard
to imagine such a view limited
only to the region. Both in the
media and in my own personal
experience, Muslim-Americans
tend to implicate the Israelis
as the real terrorists and see
the defenseless Palestinians as
merely fighting back the only
Way they can. Upon examination
of such a belief, the first thing
that comes to mind is how it
completely contradicts the Mus
lim-American denouncement of
the terrorist attacks on Amer
ica. An inconsistency that should
lead some to wonder if we were
had and were merely told what
we wanted to hear by much of
the Muslim community.
Let’s assume for a moment
that the suicide attacks against
Israeli citizens are somehow jus
tified. Israel is systematically
killing innocent Palestinians
with their military and its
advanced weaponry, while the
Palestinians use their only
weapon - themselves - to deliver
eye for eye retaliation. The
United States has sent and con
tinues to send billions of dollars
in aid to help Israel pay for the
tanks rolling into the West Bank.
This is the type of financial
support that has ‘mainstream’
Muslim and Arab news outlets,
both here and abroad, citing the
United States as an accomplice
to Israel in the death and destruc
tion. And if the United States
and Israel are in this together,
then this country is a viable
target; a point of view shared by
the terrorists on 9-11. If the ene
my’s motive and the results of a
suicide attack are all the same,
then, is it not valid to question
whether many Muslim-Ameri
cans are being disingenuous by
frowning on one and then excus
ing another?
If the true feelings of many
people in this country about 9-11
are hidden behind a politically
or patriotically correct faQade,
then President Bush’s “with us
or against us” statement should
have been domestically directed.
And the future of terrorism in
the US may be seen through the
eyes of an Israeli because if they
are fair game, then so are we.
It's Just a Matter of Perspective...
Compiled by JAMES NEWELL
Pride Editor
When our weary world was young, the struggle of the Ancients first began. The Gods of Love and Reason sought alone to ule the fate
of Man. They battled through the ages, but still neither force would yield. Their people were divided; every soul a battlefield...
They say there are strangers, who threaten us in our immigrants and infidels. They say there is strangeness, too dangerous in our
theatres and bookstore shelves. Those who know what's best for us - must rise and save us, from ourselves. Quick to judge. Quick to
anger. Slow to understand. Ignorance and prejudice and fear walk hand in hand.
A tired mind become a shape-shifter. Everybody need a soft filter. Everybody need reverse polarity. Everybody got mixed feelings
about the function and the form. Everybody got to elevate from the norm.
These walls that still surround me, still contain the same old me, just one more who's searching for the world that ought to be. The
more that things change, the more they stay the same.
I have memory and awareness, but I have no shape or form. As a disembodied spirit, I am, dead yet unborn.
We can walk our road together if our goals are all the same. We can run alone and free if we pursue a different aim. Let the
truth of Love be lighted. Let the love of Truth shine dear. Sensibility. Armed with sense and liberty, with the Heart and Mind
united in a single perfect sphere.
Written by Neil Peart for Rush
�New Security Measures Cause Disappointment with
Spring Break Travels
By ALYSSA FINKELSTEIN
Opinion Editor
Have you been through an
airport recently? Chances are,
since many of us just got back
from spring break, many of you
have. Hopefully your experiences
were better than mine. Not to
say that my travels over break
were all bad, but I definitely have
a question as to whether or not
the over 6 billion dollars allo
cated for airport security mea
sures, which will continue to be
funneled into airports, is doing
anything to protect us.
Traveling through Los Ange
les International Airport was a
breeze. Airport personnel were
very well organized, and their
new security systems looked like
something out of a Star Trek
movie. Laptop computers have to
be taken out and screened sepa
rately, but there were many (even
friendly) people standing in front
of the security machines, inform
ing passengers of the new pro
cedures^ You wouldn’t believe
how many people travel with lap
tops. I expected to be one of a
select few, but almost everyone I
saw pulled a laptop out of their
carry-on bags, at least at LAX.
Even at that, it only took me
about 45 minutes to get through
security and to arrive at my gate,
despite having my two-year-old
in tow. I felt safe; the National
Guard was everywhere, armed
to the hilt with fully automatic
rifles as well as their personal
side arms.
I had a layover in Kansas City,
which compared to LAX is a very
small airport, but they had their
share of National Guard mem
bers, and their baggage screening,
though not as sophisticated, was
thorough. Between the stroller,
the diaper bag, my briefcase, and
my little girl, I had a lot to drag
around, and the food court was
at the far end of the terminal.
Even with my military ID, they
wouldn’t let me leave anything
(even the diaper bag) at the gate
sp we could go get something to
eat more easily. I actually appre
ciated their adherence to guide
lines, however inconvenient for
me, because once again, I #felt
safe. I reached my destination
fairly happy with the new secu
rity measures.
My trip home was a different
story.
Chicago’s Midway airport
was comparable to LAX - they
had sophisticated systems, and
despite the hoards of passengers,
the now infamous Argenbright
security personnel were helpful
and friendly. Problems were non
existent until the plane for my
flight arrived late due to bad
weather at its originating air
port.
We boarded late, and there
were seven or eight standby pas
sengers on their way to Mexico.
None of the flight attendants
spoke Spanish and the passen
gers’ English wasn’t great. No
one could get them to sit down so
we could leave. (Why, oh why,
didn’t I learn Spanish instead of
French?)
We eventually took off just
twenty minutes late, but I still
missed my connection in
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Denver.
Six of us from the Chicago
flight were running across the
terminal, and we watched them
close the door to our connecting
flight to Los Angeles. No one
bothered to tell the pilot that more
passengers were on the way. Bad
communication. We were stuck.
There was a woman who had
a connection to Singapore from
LAX. She was really stuck. The
next flight wasn’t until the next
morning.
Everything went downhill
•from this point. The airport staff
was rude, unhelpful, inconsider
ate, and completely unaccommo
dating from the moment we were
at their mercy.
“No, you don’t have to stay in
a hotel, you are welcome to stay
here in the terminal [for the next
twelve hours with a two year old]
until your next flight leaves,” was
the standard line I was given by
five or six different people.
Apparently, several dozen
people missed flights that night
because of bad weather at other
airports across the country. In
Denver, it’s usually local weather
that keeps passengers behind, but
not this time. With all the delays,
hotels around the airport booked
up very quickly, but, at least, they
gave us a “distressed passenger”
rate. I couldn’t believe this hap
pens so often that they have a
name for it.
After a four hour nap at a
hotel 25 minutes from the airport
(nothing is close to the terminals
in Denver) we found ourselves
back at the airport the next morn
ing. The airline wouldn’t store
our luggage for us the night
before, so we had to take it all
the way to the hotel, bring it all
back again the next morning, and
stand in line to check it once
again.
We got to the airport two and
an half-hours before our flight
was scheduled to leave; we still
almost missed it. The security
procedures were a mess. The line
to check baggage took over half
an hour, the secondary security
check took another twenty min
utes, and the main security check
to get into the terminal took an
hour.
I would have been completely
understanding if the staff had at
least been nice. I actually had
a nasty airline employee tell me
that I missed my flight the night
before because of my attitude right after I apologized for being
impatient with her. I was stressed,
exhausted, and dragging along
an extremely cranky two-yearold.
The most distressing part of
my trip was realizing that the
secondary security checks are
STILL not conducted randomly.
One out of every ten tickets
is flagged, and that passenger
is checked thoroughly at every
single checkpoint - baggage
check, main security, and board
ing - at every single airport.
It was such a joke.
My ticket was flagged, so
I had to completely empty all
of my bags, take off my shoes
and be frisked by security eleven
times on my trip. My military ID
meant nothing. I knew from the
first moment I checked in at LAX
that this was going to happen to
me. Everyone else went through
the same old relaxed procedures
that airlines have been conduct
ing for years. Likewise, anyone
who wasn’t told at check-in that
they were subject to secondary
security could count on not being
searched for the remainder of
their trip.
Does this make sense?
If I know that I’m subject to
secondary search at every stop,
even if I had something illegal,
I would sure as heck get rid of
it before I got to the checkpoint.
And if I were a bad person who
wanted to hurt people, I could
wait until after I had checked my
bags to find out if I was going
to be searched. Untagged pas
sengers never opened their bags,
never got frisked and never took
off their shoes.
I know that the FAA is trying
to avoid charges of racial pro
filing, but this was ridiculous.
Maybe every tenth passenger
in line for boarding should be
searched? That could be over
come too.
Should everyone go through
the same security measures that
I did? That would be better than
the way it is now. I would be will
ing to wait in line for that. The
way it is now, several people,
of multiple ethnic backgrounds
and looking far more suspicious
than a young woman with a baby
and a military ID, walked onto
the plane without a second look.
Those National Guard troops
can’t do a heck of a lot once the
plane is in the air.
Daily Thoughts on... Senioritis
By MARLINO BITANGA
Pride Staff Writer
I think I have a case of
senioritis. It’s already the elev
enth week of school, and I feel
as if all my motivation has either
been sucked out of my system or
it never caught up with me after
spring break. As class deadlines
draw closer, I am so swamped
with group projects and papers.
It’s as if all my professors forgot
to go to that meeting to let each
other know that they were sched
uling an assignment for a partic
ular day.
My internship isn’t cooperat
ing with me either. Have you ever
felt that you wanted to do some
thing for yourself? I thought by
obtaining an internship it would
help me gain more knowledge
able about the field I am trying to
enter or provide me more work
experience. But at the facility,
my title of “intern” has grown
to mean faxing, getting the mail,
and sitting at an isolated desk at
the front of the building answer
ing phones for three hours: Right,
like I didn’t already know how to
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B etween the
C alifornia
Faculty
A ssociation and
the CSU System
The Pride
California State University San Marcos
Parrissa Soltani Conducts Diversity Workshop
P ride Photo/Sherrita Cobbs
By Sherrita Cobbs
Pride Staff Writer
The theme for this year’s
Cal State San Marcos-sponsored
Women’s Leadership Conference
was “Decisions Counts” The
theme for this conference is par
ticularly appropriate since it was
held a few days after the Cali
fornia 2002 elections on March
5. A wide spectrum of women
from many diverse backgrounds
attended, including women of
prominence* community women,
mentors, college women, and
high school proteges. “The main
purpose of the event is to intro
duce women to the importance
of mentorship .and building net
works with other women,” said
Bridget Blanshan, conference
committee chair.
Midge Consianza, Governor
Grey Davis’ liaison and an expert
on women’s issues, was selected
as a keynote speaker. Constanza’s experience in “public and
professional life have made her
one of the most recognized,’ and
often controversial, women in
America,” said Becky Martinez,
committee leader for the pro
gram. She spoke of her expe
rience and dedication to public
service and human rights issues.
Following the keynote speaker
was a series of workshops with
titles like ‘Life After High
School,’ ‘Career Decisions
Count,’ and ‘Mentoring.’ This
portion of the conference was
geared toward college women
and high-school students
‘Life After High School’
addressed the options for highschool students after gradua
tion. The lecture was followed
by a brief discussion of what
college has to offer. This work
shop addressed the many unwav
ering questions young women
may experience due to the tran
sition from childhood to wom
anhood. By providing a circle
of college women and students,
they discussed the ins and outs
of college and the preparation
involved.
‘Career Decisions Count’
focused primarily on college
women. This workshop housed
the discussion based on the deci
sions college students face upon
graduation.
To combat these uncertain
tie s the participants were asked
to assess their options to appro
priately move forward as well
as how to detect a choice that
can be paralyzing to one’s career.
» > A rticle cont. on pg. 3
California Primary Election’s Results
By MARTHA SARABIA
News Editor
California’s primary closed
elections took place last Tuesday.
Although the latest results, listed
March 9. on the Secretary of
State web page are not yet offi
cial, some of the results of the
state and local propositions are
clear enough to predict if they
are passed. The final results are
being held up by some 12,000
absentee/provisional county bal
lots yet to be counted.
Results:
Proposition 40
The California Clean Water,
Clean Air, Safe Neighborhood
Parks, and Coastal Protection
Act of 2002 passed with 56.9
percent of the votes. The pro
tection act allows the state to
sell $2.6 billion in bonds for
natural resources conservation,
state and local park acquisition
and improvement, and historical
and cultural resources preserva
tion purposes.
Proposition 41
The Voting Modernization
Act passed with 51.7 percent of
the votes and authorizes the state
to sell $200 million in bonds to
assist counties with the purchase
of new voting systems. The new
systems will replace the punch
card, or chad systems, used in
elections throughout the state.
Proposition 42
The Transportation Conges
tion Improvement Act, et. al,
passed with 69 percent of the
votes. The act requires that gas
oline sales tax revenues be used
annually for state and local trans
portation purposes beginning in
2003-2004. It also allows the leg
islature to suspend or modify the
percentage allocation of the rev
enues with a two-thirds vote.
Proposition 43
The Right to Have Vote
Counted passed with a strong
71.5 percent of the votes. This
requires that the State Constitu
tion be amended to affirm the
right of the voter to have her/his
vote counted. It allows the coun
ties to ask the courts for a dead
line extension to have.more time
to count votes.
Proposition 44
The Chiropractors Unprofes
sional Conduct passed with 79.6
percent of the votes. The new
law requires the Board of Chi
ropractors Examiners to revoke
a chiropractor’s license for a
period of 10 years if He or
she is convicted of various crim
inal offenses, including insur
ance fraud, and will allow an
investigation of any licensed
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Vol. XNo. 6 /Tuesday, March 12,2002
D ecision s Count: W o m e n ’s
L e a d e rsh ip C on feren ce
ByAMYBOLASKI
Graduate Intern
The California Faculty
Association (CFA) and the CSU
administration reached a ten
tative agreement 6n Sunday,
March 2, an agreement that the
CFA Bargaining Team, chap
ter presidents and board rec
ommended for ratification by
the membership after nearly
a year of negotiation. The
membership vote, is scheduled,
on all 23 CSU campuses, for
March 22. CFA Chapter Pres
ident George Diehr said, “I
think the CFA negotiated a very
good agreement with the CSU
administration. By Using a cre
ative approach, the CFA was
able to get agreement for a gen
eral salary increase - the CSU
faculty will see paychecks at
least four percent higher .than
their March 30 check.”
Not only will faculty see
paycheck increases relatively
soon, adjunct faculty, or lec
turers, with six of more years
of service will be awarded
three-year contracts, renewable
barring any “serious conduct
problems” Diehr said. This is
a huge gain for adjunct faculty
according to both Diehr and
CFA Lecturer Representative
Madeleine Marshall. The nego
tiation promises greater job
security to those previously
awarded contracts only on a
semester to semester or yearly
basis. Marshall said, “I am very
pleased that the vital place
of lecturers is acknowledged.
We are very good, very dedi
cated members of the academic
community . . . We deserved
health benefits and reasonable
job security.”
“The lecturers are going to
see some very nice improve
m ent in job security,” said
Dielir.
The CFA, the exclusive
collective bargaining represen
tative for CSU faculty, has
long been in negotiation with
the CSU system for salary
increases, compensation com
mensurate with the salaries of
faculty at comparable institu
tions, better benefits, greater
job security (especially for lec
turers) and affordable, quhlity
education in the CSU system.
The CFA represents tenuretrack faculty, lecturers, librari
ans and counselors. The current
CFA-CSU administration con-*
tract began July 1, 1998, and
technically ended June 30,2001.
» > A rtic le cont. on pg 3
News.
Arts...
Food..
Opinion...
chiropractor who is criminally
charged with committing insur
ance fraud.
Proposition 45
The Legislative Term Limits
did not pass. It had 42.3 percent
in favor and 57.7 percent against.
The current term law that limits
the members of the Assembly to
three*two-year terms and state
senators to two four-year terms
was not modified,
The only difference between
votes countywide and statewide
was Proposition 41. It was not
passed in San Diego County, in
which 50.3 percent of voters were
against the proposition.
Proposition A
Make Treasurer/Tax Collec
tor an Appointive Office was not
passed. The proposition received
a resounding 78.8 percent of votes
against. These results, posted in
the county Registrar of Voters,
leave the current treasurer/tax
collector position as an elected
position, which gives voters the
right to vote for whomever they
want instead of giving the power
of appointment to the San Diego
County Board of Supervisors.
This is unofficial informal
tion, updated on Thursday on the
San Diego County Registrar of
Voters website.
Ralph’s Center
a Nearing
Completion
The Ralph*s Center Under Construction
Pride Photo/James Newell
By JAMIEKO LANE
Pride Staff Writer
With the skeleton of yet
another building finished, the
Campus Marketplace, or the
Ralph’s Center, is one step
closer to completion. Ralph’s
Center is growing as quickly
as Cal State San Marcos. “This
center is in a prime location,
right next to the freeway and the
campus [CSUSM]. It’s bound
to be successful,” said Edward
Pejora, construction manager
of the site.
As of today there are 24
shops in the center, and accord
ing to Stephanie Perry, mar
keting manager o f Regency
Centers, “There are no mofe
[shops] in the making.” Four
teen of the 24 shops are occu
pied and up and running. There
are four stores that have yet to
open: Washington Mutual, Pet
Grooming, State Farm and a
General Dentistry, headed by
Dr. Paul E. Kosciuk, D.D S.
These four stores are sched
uled to open by April 13,2002,
the official grand opening of
Campus Marketplace. A radio
host, games, prizes, sidewalk
sales, and fun demonstrations
are scheduled for the celebra
tion.
For those who haven’t had
a chance to explore this brand
-new shopping center, here’s
a little update on what’s new.
Right now the stores that have
been open the longest in the
Campus Marketplace are:
Ralph’s, a local supermarket,
Long’s Drugs, an all-purpose
store with a large pharmacy,
Starbuck’s, a coffee shop,
Blockbuster, a video rental store
and the hidden but large Dis
covery Isle Day Care Center.
For those who may be
unaware of the more recent
store openings, there are now
nine more stores open for busi
ness: Point Loma Credit Union,
a local bank that anyone who
lives, works or worships in San
Diego County can join, Pet
People, an everything-for-animals store , Mailboxes Etc.,
Great Clips, an inexpensive hair
salon, Prestige, Nails, an allpurpose nail salon, A+ Teach
ing Supplies, a supply store
for teachers or anyone who
needs teaching materials, Radio
» > A rtic le cont. on pg 3
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By JAMIEKO LANE
Pride Staff Writer
The newest addition to the
Campus
Marketplace
is
Schmidt’s Boardhouse, which
opened Friday, March 1. Walk
ing into the store, one can’t help
but feel the fun environment that
Andy Schmidt, the owner, has
set up. With the light blue col
ored walls, loud modem music,
and the plush red futon towards
the back, one instantly feels wel
comed. Whether you skateboard
or surf, are 12 or 22, Schmidt’s
Boardhouse is for you.
“We have two different mar
kets,” says Schmidt. “The first
is junior high and high school
ers, who are into the entire skate
board industry. They are a lot of
my business. The second is the
grown-up market from Palomar
and Cal State, San Marcos. The
ones who surf.”
Schmidt’s Boardhouse has
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“Everybody *s Surf and Skate Shop, ” Andy Schmidt
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the top of the line in everything
they sell, with brand names like
World Industries, Zero, Ripcurl,
Billabong, Dicky’s, and Rusty, to
name just a few. Everything in
the store is the most recent fash
ion.
“We have nothing from
Winter 2001,” says Schmidt,
vowing to keep only the most
current fashions on the racks.
The store is stocked with every
thing you’d need from skate
boards or surfboards to clothes,
accessories, sandals and" Clive
backpacks. “These backpacks are
rockin’,” says Schmidt. “I wish I
had had them when I was in col
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lege. They are the ultimate func
tional backpack.”
The store is staffed with
three people: Schmidt, Brent Reid
and Nicole Arrington. Schmidt,
who has a bachelor’s in business
administration and 17 years of
surfing experience under his belt,
has been a guest speaker multiple
times on campus for a business
class taught by professor Troy
Nielsen. Once in a suit and tie
in the manufacturing sales world,
Schmidt expresses his view of
his new business venture. “I’m
excited to be putting 100 percent
into this business, but it’s scary
as hell.”
Through a coincidental meet
ing, Schmidt was introduced to
Reid as a professional surfboard
shaper with six years of expe
rience and part owner of Invoy
Surfboards. Reid, who has shaped
boards under the guidance of
better-known shapers such as
Linden, Brewer and Welden, puts
pride into Invoy, vowing to have
the turnaround time for a custom
surfboard to be only three weeks.
Nicole Arrington, the third of
the three musketeers, came on
board as the buyer. Arrington
is in charge of everything that is
non-hardware: clothes, accesso
ries and shoes. “She’s the one
with the fashion sense out of the
three of us,” says Schmidt.
Right now, the store is still
in the growing process. They’re
still hanging clothes on the racks,
installing the television and work
ing on the finishing touches.
Their goal is to have snowboards
and shoes on board by-September.
“We want to be the local shop
known for customer service,”
says Schmidt. “We want to be
known as everybody’s surf and
skate shop.” Schmidt’s Board
house is open Monday through
Friday from 8 a.m.-6 p.m., and
on Saturday from 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
San Marcos Sheriff’s Department Holds License/Safety -Checkpoint
By JAMIEKO LANE
Pride Staff Writer
The Sheriff's Department
conducted the . first Driver’s
License/Safety Checkpoint of
2002 from 7:30 a.m. to 10:00
a.m. on Friday, March 1. The
checkpoint was set up in the' 500
block of east Mission Avenue,
only 1.4 miles from Cal State
San Marcos, and was conducted
by San Marcos Traffic Unit, San
Marcos COPPS Unit, and Senior
Volunteer Unit.
According to Sergeant Mike
Ceq, the checkpoint was com
pletely random, similar to that of
a DUI checkpoint. Five cars were
pulled aside at a time drivers
were checked for valid driver’s
licenses, registration, seat belts,
and insurance. Once those five
were finished, another five cars
w e re
about what’s going on,
pulled to
“We want to educate through enforcement,”
the side.
people about what’s said Cea. Enforcing the
If
any
use of seatbelts, child
going on, through restraints and stressing
violation
enforcement.” the importance of not
was appar
ent, like
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MikeCea driving without insur
no, s,eat
ance, registration or a
belt being
license was the main
worn, the driver was pulled over goal1of the police department’s
even if not in the group of five.
checkpoint. Driver’s License/
“We want to educate people Safety Checkpoints are held once'
a quarter. DUI checkpoints are
also held once a quarter.
Of the 800 cars that passed,
only 207 were checked. Out
of the 207, 39 were cited for
license, registration, insurance,
or seat -belt violations, three for
not having child restraints, and
10 vehicles were impounded for
issues regarding license or regis
tration.
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�Low Primary Election Voter Turnout Ralph’s Center: The Campus Marketplace
By MARTHA SARABIA
News Editor
Tuesday’s California state
closed primary elections saw a
very low voter turnout, which
almost broke the state record for
lowest voter turn out.
Only one out of three regis
tered voters cast ballots in the
closed primary election, making
it the second lowest election
turnout in the state’s history.
The lowest voter turnout was
recorded in the 1994 primary
election, which had a 35-percent
turnout, when former Gov. Pete
Wilson was re-elected.
According to the county’s
Registrar of Voters website, San
Diego County’s total voter turn
out was 32.3 percent, a total of
438,,761 voters. Statewide, 31.9
percent of voters cast a ballot,
according to the Secretary of
State website. The information
was updated on March 9, and out
of 15,280,808 registered voters
,only 4,888,586 cast a ballot
However, this is not a final count
because ballots are still being
counted.
On the day of the election,
Secretary of State Bill Jones said
that only 36 percent of Califor
nia’s registered voters voted.
» > A r tic le cont. from pg. 1
Shack, an electronics store,
Schmidt’s Boardhouse, which
has a variety of products for
surfers and skateboarders, and
finally, Stir Fresh Mongolian
Grill.
As for the remaining spaces
still available, Perry said, “There
has been talk of a Pick up Sticks
and a La Salsa, but those nego
tiations are still unsure.” And,
as for the skeleton of a building,
“We definitely want that to be
a full bar and restaurant,” said
Perry, “but the decision for which
restaurant is still up in the air.”
Stores Westside o f the Ralph's Center.
P ride Photo/James Newell
W om en M ake T h e ir D ecisio n s C o u n t
» > A rticle cont. from pg. 1
The goal is “upward mobility ....
but to achieve it, it takes plan
ning, evaluating self, and lastly,
making the best decision to meet
your needs,” says Gwynne Wady,
one of the conference’s mentors.
“I did not know what to
expect. . . [but] felt blown away
by the diversity” of women, said
Nina Robinson, a CSUSM stu
dent running for an ASI posi
tion.
The second half of the con
ference focused on many issues
of concerning all women, with
workshops like ‘Defining Your
self in this Ever Changing World,’
‘Who am I,’ and ‘Creating Bal
ance in Your Life.’
‘Defining Yourself in this
Ever Changing World’ focused
on the role women play in society.
This particular session discussed
how the individual perceived her-.
self in the “Bigger Picture” Also
discussed were assessments of
values, culture and social stand
ing, which women individually
place themselves in.
‘Who am I?’ discussed issues
of self-realization and self
esteem.
‘Creating Balance in Your
Life’ provided strategies on how
to maximize your time, balance
your time and priorities, foster
ing healthy habits, and how to
deal with conflict in the home
and at work,
Tanis Brown, a Human
Resource Administrator, felt that
this conference was “an oppor
tunity for the outside commu
nity to come in and see what
we [CSUSM] has to offer...[and]
that the young college women
had a chance to share their expe
riences and make a connection.”
The last portion of the con
ference focused on the whole
woman. What is meant by the
“whole woman” is our differ
ences, our flexibility, our abili
ties, and the many faces of the
woman. Titles such as ‘Moving
Forward By Giving Back’, ‘Com
municating Your Decisions to
Others,’ ‘Let’s talk about Diver
sity,’ and ‘De-Stress this Mess.’
‘Moving Forward By Giving
Back’ discussed how the “educa
tional experiences, professional
aspirations, and accomplish
ments” of a women-or anyoneare useful in mentoring and out
reach. The main focus is that our
successes and life experiences
are highly influential to young
persons 3#d their life.
/Communicating Your Deci
sions to Others’ touched on issues
of communication styles. This
workshop focused on gaining a
better understanding of the self
CSUSM’ Employees Participants Enjoyed the Success o f the Conference
s
P ride Photo/ Sherrita Cobbs
W
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and others.
‘Let’s talk About Diversity’
was a delightful discussion focusing on the interactions between
women of diverse backgrounds.
This particular workshop was
guided by a series of activities
that involved self-reflection, andunderstanding others of diverse
cultures, as well as the common
alities shared by all women.
“.While we all come from
different experiences, we each
embrace a similar style of com
munication. As women we have
many different roles, yet we have
similarities and differences that
make us unique,” said Parisa
Soltani, the EOP counselor who
led the diversity workshop.
This year’s Women’s Leader
ship Conference brought women
from all sizes, ages, cultures, and
professions together to create “a
cross section of women together
for goal planning,” said Jonathan
Poullard, dean of students and
committee leader. 150 women
attended the conference this year,
and leaders hope and expect to
exceed that number next year.
Successful Negotiations Between California Faculty and CSU System
> »A rticle cont. from pg. 1
The agreement reached on
March 2 will cover fiscal years
2001/02, 2002/03 and 2003/04.
While many faculty members
have expressed disappointment
over the CFA’s failure to secure
retroactive pay for the 2001/02
fiscal year, Diehr said, “While
faculty will give up some takehome pay in 2001/02, they will
probably recoup the loss in
2002/03 . . . furthermore, giving
up retroactivity locked in a higher
salary increase for 2002/03 than
we could have negotiated with
retroactivity.” Marshall said that
“given the current economic situ
ation in California and the nation,
the trade-off of retroactive pay
for larger gains in the future was
a wise move for both the CFA
and the CSU.
Because more than half the
2001/02 fiscal year is over, fac
ulty would have been entitled
to retroactive pay reflecting the
salary increases that the bar
gaining unit negotiated. H o w t
ever, Diehr noted that the “deal
on retroactivity was made in
exchange for guaranteed servicestep increases (SSIs) and the “Big
Three,” and to lock in a larger sec
ond-year general salary increase.
. . . This tentative agreement
trades some short-term benefits
for important long-term gains.”
Service Step Increases:
These 2.65 percent salary
increases are awarded annually
to many assistant and associate
professors for satisfactory perfor
mance. Formerly, these increases
were paid for out of a “com
pensation increase pool,” which
reduced the actual annual
increase by about % percent (this
means that if the CSU admin
istration awarded a four-percent
salary increase and the state pro
vided funding for the four-percent increase, the actual increase
was, on average, only 3.2 per
cent.) The CFA has successfully
negotiated an end to charging the
pool for these increases, which
Diehr said will increase salaries
by about 6.8 percent (by July
30, 2002) and will also increase
many lecturers’ salaries. “I’m
very pleased that the process
of funding the SSI’s through
the pool has ^een discontinued,”
Diehr said.
The “Big Three:”
Lecturer Health Benefits:
Previously, adjunct faculty was
not eligible for benefits unless
teaching at least 50 percent of the
time. Beginning June 30, 2002,
all lecturers without any other
health coverage will be eligible
for benefits while engaged to
teacfi at least six units, or a time
base of 40 percent. Beginning
June 30, 2003, all lecturers will
be eligible for benefits, regard
less of any other health coverage,
at a 40 percent time base.
Counselors
Placed
on
Instructional Faculty Salary
Schedule: According to Diehr,
the CFA has negotiated unsuc
cessfully for many years to have
counselors placed on the same
pay schedule as instructional fac
ulty. Thisg^ime, the CFA was
Successful in its negotiations.
Those counselors who fall into
the lowest pay range will see pay
increases of up to 15 percent.
Increase in Chair’s Stipends;
A seven-percent increase for
department chairs, according to
academic year classifications,
was successfully negotiated.
Diehr pointed out that each
year the CSU administration has
reduced general salary increases
to pay for the SSIs, as jwell as
other ‘‘enhancements,” and that
the CSU administration wanted
to lower these increases to pay
for the “Big Three.” The CFA
agreement to forfeit retroactive
pay for the 2001/02 fiscal year
locks in a two-percent general
salary increase for the 2002/03
year and guarantees three years
of SSIs - if the CFA had con
ceded to the lowered increase and
agreed to pay for the SSIs and the
“Big Three,” the general salary
increase would have been only
.6 percent. “By using a creative
approach,” said Diehr, “faculty
will see that four percent salary
increase. It’s a very reasonable
contract.”
Other Successfully Negoti
ated Changes for Faculty:
The Faculty Merit Increase
program was terminated, a pro
gram that Diehr called “gener
ally unpopular.” Beginning July
1, 2003, if the total faculty com
pensation increase exceeds a 3.5
percent or greater increase, a new
merit pay system will be devel
oped. SSIs will now be based
on personnel action files, and
the standard for awarding these
increases is satisfactory perfor
mance. Further, faculty denied
SSIs will now be able to file
a grievance. Beginning Summer
2004 (for all campuses on yearround schedules), all faculty will
be compensated at 100 percent,
rather than 80 percent, for
summer workloads.
Anticipated
Changes
Agreed Upon by the CFA and
the CSU Administration:
Diehr stated that while these
changes may not result in any
immediate benefit to faculty or
students, their implementation is
required to uphold standards of
quality education. The CFA is
still trying to reduce the ration
of students to tenure-track fac
ulty. The CSU will conduct 1,200
searches for new tenure-track
faculty beginning in 2002/03.
While a new merit pay system
has not been developed, Diehr
anticipates the formulation of a
system more acceptable to the
CFA. Parking fees are not under
negotiation, and will not change.
The three-year contracts to be
awarded for six years of service
should not only provide adjunct
faculty with greater job security,
but also retain such faculty mem
bers for longer periods of time.
And while pay increases for
summer appointments will not
go into effect until 2004, the
successful negotiations of these
increases should help students
and faculty alike with the tran
sition from a two-semester to a
year-round system.
While all changes and nego
tiations are tentative, the March
8,2002 vote will lock in all nego
tiations through the fiscal year
2004. Diehr said he expects, the
CFA will ratify the vote. Mary
Elizabeth Stivers, associate vice
president for academic affairs and
a member of the CSU bargaining
team, was unavailable for com
ment.
For more information on the
tentative agreement, to access the
complete text of the agreement,
or information on the scheduled
vote and the CFA in general, go
to http://www.calfac.org/
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By SYBILLE HERWIG
Pride Staff Writer
‘Just another war movie/ was
my initial thought when I entered
the movie theatre for the matinee
of We Were Soldiers. Little did I
know that I was about to embark
on a journey into the midst of a
horrific war battle, which direc
tor Randall Wallace portrayed so
realistically and heartbreakingly
that the images sneakecl up on me
days after I saw it.
We Were Soldiers tells the
true story of American com
mander Lt. Hal Moore (played by
Mel Gibson) and his 450 troops
of the 7th Cavalry who were
ordered to air assault into the la
Drang Valley in Vietnam on Nov.
14,1965. Their mission: Find and
kill the enemy!
Moore had no idea, when he
was the first soldier to step off
the chopper and fire his rifle, that
he was about to lead his men into
the first major faceto-face battle between
the U.S. Army and
the Peopled Army of Vietnam.
Despite massive American air
and artillery fire support, this
battle caused a tremendous
amount of casualties among
young American warriors.
Unlike many other movies
about the Vietnam War, director
Randall Wallace considered one
significant factor that is often
portrayed insufficiently. It is the
first movie that shows both the
action on the war front and the sit
uation back home, equally. More
than one hour of the running time
is devoted to the establishment of
the soldiers’ family life - giving
those young men a vulnerable,
human side as loving fathers and
husbands and showing the impor
tance of their marital bonds. Also,
the worries and fearful waiting
of their wives is portrayed in
a realistic manner, when the
storyline emphasizes the heartbreaking'delivery of governmen
tal telegrams that confirm the
death of the soldiers.
The movie’s opening scene,
which shows the slaughtering of
French soldiers in Indo China,
throws the viewer right into the
relentless horrors of war and pro
vides a hint of what is about to
come: Heavy artillery, splashes
of blood landing on the camera
lens, screams of dying soldiers,
the camera angle allowing the
viewer to stare right down the
barrel of a Vietnamese soldier’s
rifle - a horrific
imagery of killing.
All of the demonstrated fight
ing scenes feel Smazingly real
and evoke a wish for escape in
the audience, when the screen
soaks you into a desperate fire
storm battle for survival in 100degree heat while choppers under
severe fire try to bring water and
carry out wounded men.
Gibson does a tremendous
job of portraying the brave, dis
ciplined, and experienced Lt.
Moore, who loves his soldiers
REVIEW
"Ice
By MELANIE ADDINGTON
Arts Editor
In the new animated movie,
Ice Age, there was fexcitement, a
sense of camaraderie, struggle,
and finally, the move to a new
land. Of course, this was all
before the movie even began. For
the first time ever, the trip to see
the movie became much more
eventful than the movie itself.
My son and I began the
35-minute trek to La Jolla and
made it to the theater right when
the movie should begin. We got
in just in time, sat down and
hoped the movie would start.
But it didn’t ... for over 45
minutes.
A radio station and newspa
per sponsored a free preview of
Ice Age the weekend before its
release (it comes out this Friday).
The two companies took about
20 minutes to hand out free gifts
and to warm up the crowd (a
crowd of noisy kids warmed up
right before a movie is never a
good thing).
After they finally ended the
gift giving, they promised free
posters to all who did not win a
t-shirt or sweatshirt. The crowd
cheered, the kids shouted and
talked. My son sat patiently wait
ing for the movie to begin. I had
a headache.
But finally^ the moment was
here. Ice Age began -with no
sound.
The crowd shouted and jeered
A
like sons and has to see them
die on the battlefield. He captures
the audience by reliving Moore’s
painful war experience onscreen
and seems to almost be Moore
when he steps onto the helicopter
as the last-man to leave the war
zone.
With the words, “I’ll never
forgive myself*that my men died
and I didn’t,” Gibson brings
Moore’s experience to life.
It is the cinematography, the
enormous amount of pyro techr
nique, the unbelievable work of
the make-up artists, who make
every injury a painful and real
experience, as well as the fast
edits, that evoke a sense of entrap
ment and the inability to escape
from this tragic scenery.
The movie lets the audience
relive the hopeless situation of
the soldiers and provides a blunt
picture of what war really feels
like. It is not a simple glorifica
tion of American heroes and the
dehumanization of the enemy, as
it so often is in other war movies.
It is a tribute to the young Ameri
cans who died in la Drang Valley
fighting not for the flag, not for
the country but rather, as Moore
says, “for each other.” It is a trib
ute to the women and children
left behind and suffering from
the fear and pain of losing their
husbands and fathers, and yes,
it is even a tribute to the mur
dered enemies, who too, were
young soldiers leaving behind
their beloved.
The message of this movie is
ge"
REVIEW
probably best described by Lt. Hal
We Were Soldiers is playing
Moore himself, who explained in theatres everywhere.
in a television interview that We
MPAA: Rated R for sus
Were Soldiers teaches us to ‘hate tained sequences of graphic war
the war, but love the warrior.” violence, and for language.
(Lt. Moore).
Moderniz
up to the booth, trying to get
People looked shocked but
the attention of the booth opera still sat waiting for instructions.
tor. Boos and shouts of “there’s
no sound” filled the theater. The
movie played on silently.
The first 15 minutes of the
film were stressful as we hoped
for sound. A man sitting near
me leaned over to his friend and
said, “I guess ya get what you
pay for, huh.” Yet, some kids
still laughed at the antics of the
Sid, Manfred and Diego.
animated characters (apparently
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kids don’t really care if there is
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sound or not, just their parents).
At moments, the sound would The newspaper people came
begin,'but very faintly. In the to the front and helped to
theater, you could hear a pin organize the migration to the
drop as the crowd quieted and new theater. It was supposed
strained to hear the dialogue. I to be organized, a section at
was impressed that even the little the time, and they asked the
kids stayed quiet.
audience to please go to the same
Then the movie shut off com seats in the new theater. Some
pletely. More boos, more jeering. people actually listened. I tried,
Someone even threw a beachball but those who decided to steal
into the air.
closer seats chose the seats we
Finally,
were supposed to sit in.
a very ner
The area we where were
vous young
supposed to sit quickly filled
attendant came to the front of and we were forced to move from
the crowd and announced that a prime spot in the middle to the
the jnovie would restart after very back row. I let my son have
the sound was fixed. The crowd the seat without a tall person in
applauded loudly.
front of him, arid then a very tall
We waited for about 10 min man sat right in front of my son.
utes (the movie would have been
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It was a survival of the fittest
a third of the way over at this *situation, oddly like Ice Age.
point) until the nervous attendant
But then we breathed a sigh
came back to the front of the the- of relief. The movie was to begin,
ate** to announce that the crowd “Yay!” the crowd shouted. The
would have to move to a new the- first 15 minutes were much funater.
nier with dialogue, and the mulrc
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Mel Gibson as Lt. Col. Harold G. Moore.
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was a nice addition a very slow
beginning (the first 30 minutes
made most of the kids in
the audience squirm).
But luckily once it got
going, the movie was so
hilarious that the earlier
stress was forgotten.
Ice Age went modem
in this version, with a
ed
to his pack, but in the end dis
covers his real family is with a
wooly mammoth and a weird yet
comical sloth.
At moments the animated
landscape and watery imagery
were eerily realistic and quite
beautiful.
Ray Romano is the voice of
the mammoth and John Leguziamo voices Sid the Sloth, the
comic relief in the film (remi
niscent of the donkey in Shrek).
The third in the odd trio, voiced
by Dennis Leary, is Diego the
Sabertooth tiger.
Oyerall the movie provided
good, old-fashioned family fun.
However, I was concerned about
the two rhinos: they were quite
Pay Romano, the voice o f Manfred the
obviously gay and portrayed as
Mammoth.
the bad guys. Gay jokes were also
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made in regards to the sloth and
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behemoth. I knew it was over the
snowboarding sloth, dodo cults kids’ heads, but it bothered me
claiming the end of the world that the filmmakers even thought
(ironically it was for them), and they needed gay jokes in a chil
an ice train. A bit strange, b u t . dren’s film.
it was an interesting way to pull
So in the end, waiting for the
the kids into those times.
film, and wading through the first
But, the movie is about evo half hour of the film was worth it
lution, the ice age and survival. for a lot of funny pranks, a sim
So, .when dodos were portrayed plistic but touching storyline* and
as cultish freaks who lost their some fantastic animation.
last female and last bits of food,
My four-year-old said, “it was
I laughed (all the while thinking pretty funny” and really enjoyed
that this movie is sick and the simple jokes. Qlder kids might
twisted);
get more out of it, but young ones
Ice Agecenters around a trio still sit through Ice Age.
can
that struggles to return a h u m a n
But, they never did give out
baby they found. The Sabertooth the free posters.
tiger just wants to take him back
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The Man and H i s Trumpet Internationally Acclaimed
Artist Welcomed by CSUSM
By VLADISLAV CELIK
For The Pride
He played with Glenn
Miller, he played with Benny
Goodman, and he played with
Artie Shaw. John Best’s lifef is
the story of a successful trum
pet player.
Born in Shelby, North Car
olina, in 1913, John Best
received his first piano lessons
at the age of 6. He quit his
musical education because the
kids in school teased him that
playing the piano was not for
a boy, but several years later
he chose the trumpet and stuck
with it for the rest of his life.
Today, he lives in La Jolla and
is well known for his success
as a jazz musician.
Twenty years ago, Best had
an accident in his avocado
orchard in Pauma Valley. Since
that time, he has been confined
to a wheelchair. Now, at the
age of 88, he no longer plays
often. However, each time he
By EMILY KELLEY
Pride Staff Writer'
The Cal State San Marcos
library is serving as the temporary
home of an installation by artist and
UC Riverside professor Erika Sud
erburg. The installation was wel
comed by CSUSM on Wednesday
and had mixed reviews. One stu
dent voiced his opinion by way of
the comment book adjacent to the
pieces. His comment: “Art is get
ting easier all the time. What is
John Best at his La Jolla home
more impressive is Ms. Suderburg’s
P hoto Courtesy o f V Celik)
handout, describing what her work
takes his trumpet, the memo- Miller again.
‘is.’”
ries of the past become vivid.
After the war, Best played
The handout in question was
Even though he can’t do with the bands of Benny Good
many of the things he loved man and Artie Shaw. The swingi a press release, available in the
library, stating that the slate tab
as a younger man, Best still style was at its height, and so
lets adorned with small black and
likes to talk about his partic was the demand for musicians,
white photos and some writing
ipation with the Glenn Miller until the 1960s, when rockwere “ ... reliquaries, architectural
band in the lqte 1930s, which and-roll became popular. It is
stand-ins, ‘clean slates;’ sullied and
lasted until Glenn disbanded not that the musicians from the
inscribed into a skewed natural his
the orchestra and enlisted in the swing-era could not play rocktory diorama, and a type of objectUS Army Air Force in Octo and-roll, but a new generation
fueled decompression chamber.”
ber of 1942. In the military, of listeners emerged and main
Even without the artist’s loquahe formed a dance band and stream, rock music created its
performed for the troops. Best pwn stars. The demand for the 9 cious account of her work, the over
all tone of the exhibits, with its
continued along a similar path big band and swing musicians
dusty purples, and funereal grays,
and joined the US Navy band. decreased.
is a somber and contemplative one.
In 1964, the Musicians’
Both bands were sqpt to Eng
land, where they had frequent Association of San Diego
performances. For the tour County awarded John Best with
they were both staying in the a plaque for his outstanding
Royal hotel in London. Best musical ability and elected him
saw his friend Miller for the for the All-Star Dance Band.
John Best has been an
last time on Dec. 14, 1944.
Later, on the same day, Glenn inspiration to younger musi
By KATERI RODGERS
boarded a small plane on a cians for many years. His mem
Pride Staff Writer
flight bound for Paris. That ories of the big band era are
plane presumably crashed, vivid and he likes to share them
About 26,000 gray whales
since it never reached its desti any chance he gets.
John Best during the WWII
migrate 10,000 miles annually,
nation. No one ever saw Glenn
P hoto Courtesy o f V Celik)
from the winter months beginning
in December through the end of
March. The annual migration takes
the whales from the Bering Sea in
Alaska to the warm waters off Baja,
California. Dolphins, sea lions, blue
whales, and an occasional orca
often accompany them. This jour
ney brings the whales near the
San Diego coastline, which allows
observers to see these awesome
mammals in their natural environ
ment.
Two weeks ago, along with 30
others, I was able to enjoy the
pleasant,, but bumpy, ride on a
boat. We departed Marina Village,
which is off Mission Bay Road, and
headed to the outer skirts of Mis
sion Beach.
The price of the trip is nor
mally $20 per person, but I was
able to get two tickets for the price
of one from a coupon in the San
Diego Reader (a great source for
coupons and events). While many
cruises guarantee whale sightings,
it is possible that certain excursions
will not produce sightings. In the
case of no sightings, most whalewatching companies provide cus
tomers with a complimentary pass
to return on another whale-watch
ing adventure.
Despite the fact that some
people got sick from the bumpy
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was followed by several minutes
'of floating and waiting in anticipa
tion of seeing the whales. Every
or call Career & Assessment Center (760) 750-4900
one on the boat was in awe as we
eagerly awaited the sighting of a
spout, hump, or fin.
In no time, we were able to see
three to four whales as they played
The exhibit consists of about
10 1 foot by 1 foot slate tablets
that have been altered by coloration
and the addition of miniature black
and white photos. The photos are
of subjects as various and abstract
as a handwriting and a woman’s
back.
The significance may not be
immediately apparent, but the slates
are meant to invoke Italian tomb
stones, which are often decorated
with laminated pictures of the
deceased. When the complete work
is laid out in its entirety, it is rem
iniscent of an aerial view of an
urban landscape.
Suderburg is an art professor at
UC Riverside and a widely accom
plished artist. She works in film,
video, and photography as well as
on her installation. Her work has
been exhibited in venues as revered
as The American Film Institute in
Los Angeles, and the Collective for.
Living Cinema and the Museum of
Modem Art in New York.
The installation is available for
viewing free of charge in the library
throughout the months of March
and April.
Whale Season: Things
to do in San Diego
CSUSM TEACHER
CAREER FAIR
Wednesday, March 13, 2002
1:00-5:00 PM
California Center
f or the Arts, Escondido
340 North Escondido Blvd.
Escondido, CA
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around 40 yards off the bow of our
boat. After much observation, we
headed back to the dock. The threehour^ journey was well worth our
time and money. I highly recom
mended the mission for the adven
turous type, or for those willing
to try something new in the San
Diego area.
If you dare to participate in
such an adventure, here is some
friendly advice:
1. Dress in layers: The boat
will go approximately five miles off
shore. Most boats have indoor and
outdoor seating available. Guests
usually want to stay outdoors to
see the sights, so dress in layers,
complete with a warm sweater or
jacket. Due to the time of year of
the migration and the cold ocean
water, it’s at least 10 degrees cooler
on the boat.
2. Bring binoculars, a camera
or a video recorder. Whale watch
ing, for most, is a once-in-a-lifetime experience. You could catch
a spout or a fin on film and save
it forever. The cruises occasionally
capture a whale breaching, the ulti
mate in whale watching.
3. Be prepared for seasickness.
It was strange to see about six
people throw up overboard at one
time. The experts recommend
eating crackers or toast and.drinking Sprite before, or early, bn the
trip. You may also purchase Dramamine at your nearest drug store.
Some of the area’s whale watch
ing companies to contact are:
Seaforth Sportfishing (Marina Vil
lage) at (619) 224-3383, Homblower
Cruises at (619) 725-8888, H&M
Landing at (619) 222-1144, and
Point Loma Sportfishing at (619)
223-1627. Enjoy what San Diego
has to offer.
�Stir Fresh Mongolian The Grand Bar and Grill: A
Grill
G ourmet Bar and Restaurant
By JAMES NEWELL
Pride Editor
The Mongolian Restaurant o f Braham Drive
P ride Photo/James Newell
By JAMIEKO LANE
Pride Staff Writer
With hunger in mind and
money a factor, many students
take taste for granted. In the
Campus Marketplace, known to
many §s Ralph’s Center, a restau
rant made for food lovers opened
on Feb. 26: Stir Fresh Mongo
lian Grill.
Stir Fresh caters to all types
of lifestyles. Whether you’re a
vegan, a meat lover, diabetic,
Kosher, lactose intolerant or the
good old-fashioned eat-everything-in-front-of-you kind of
person, Stir Fresh is for you.
To many, “Mongolian Grill”
is not only unfamiliar, but intim
idating as well. I went into the
newly built restaurant expecting
a mediocre quality of food,
but I was pleasantly surprised
with the beautiful restaurant. It
was equipped with a television
for sports events or major pro'gramming, but I was thoroughly
impressed with the great-tasting
food. Stir Fresh is exciting, and
as Cory Barhart, a Cal State San
Marcos student said, “DAMN
GOOD ”
Stir Fresh is a buffet-style
restaurant priced under $10, and
its motto is “Grab a bowl and the
adventure begins.” There are
five steps to this adventure. The
first step is to choose
the type of meat you.
want: beef, chicken,
pork or lamb. The
meat is thinly sliced
and frozen for easier and health
ier cooking. The second step
is to choose your veggies. You
have 14 to choose from, includ
ing but not limited to spinach,
broccoli, snow peas, water chest
nuts, and mushrooms. The third
step is to add the noodles. You
are allowed to and encouraged
to pile these ingredients as high
as you can.
“Cory and I like to smash
<it down with our hands to cram
more stuff in,” said Kris Asgharzadeh, a CSUSM student and
friend of Barhart.
The fourth and most impor
tant step is choosing the right
combination from 10 different
flavors of sauce. The different
sauce combinations have differ
ent levels of spiciness and are
made fresh daily. Only two are
oil-based; the others are waterbased. With the water-based
sauces, you are eating not only
flavorful food but also healthy
food.
The water-based sauces tend
to evaporate on the grill and
the cooks, who will send you
back for more sauce if they think
you don’t have enough, want you
to enjoy the food you create.
“Since you’re the creator of your
food we don’t want it to taste
bad,” said Jesi Schiffer, restau
rant consultant for Stir Fresh.
The final and most exciting
step is watching the food being
cooked. The chef grills on
an open, circular grill, walking
around the grill in a circle and
entertaining you as he cooks
your food. After a minute and
a half, your food is done. There
are two grills and the restaurant
has the capacity for three cooks
on a busy weekend night. With
your meal, you also receive a
Chinese pocket biscuit, similar
to a pita, unlimited Egg Drop
Soup, and unlimited white rice;
all three are made fresh daily.
You can either choose an
Express plate, which allows you
one trip to the buffet, or an
unlimited plate, which allows
you, for only one or two dollars
more depending on the time of
day, to go as many Times as you
want. There are also many side
dishes that you can purchase,
including fried rice and spring
rolls.
For those of you who don’t
want the unlimited
sodas or teas and would
rather enjoy a nice
alcoholic
beverage
with your meal, don’t
worry. Stir Fresh has domestic
and import beers as well as pre
mium and house wines.
For family customers with
children who don’t want the
Mongolian cuisine, again, don’t
worry. They can order a corn
dog and frie,s or choose from a
list of familiar food items.
If you have already eaten and
are in the mood for dessert, may
I suggest the Mongolian Moun
tain, which is a warm brownie
topped with chocolate sauce, a
scoop of vanilla ice cream, whip
cream and of course, a Mara
schino cherry. Sit out on the
patio and enjoy it with a coffee
from PowerSurge. It’s the ulti
mate way to end a hard day’s
work.
Stir Fresh Mongolian Grill,
open daily from 11 a.m.-9 p.m.,/
is located on the comer of Twin
Oaks Valley and Barham Dr.,
right across from Starbucks and
next to Subway.
If you’re strolling through
the downtown area of Carlsbad.
Village, you will notice a wide
variety of restaurants and bars
lining the streets, many times on
both sides. Without even searcing, you can find everything
from an open-air cantina to fine
dining. Then, just a bit farther
east on Grand Ave., boarding the
edge of the downtown area, is
The Grand Avenue Bar and Grill.
Hidden behind the face of what
looks like your average bar is
an eclectic menu that will satisfy
your cravings for just about any
thing.
The food at the Grand ranges
from the relatively standard bar
appetizers like nachos, fries and
poppers to more gourmet meals
like halibut and steamed Littleneck Clams, or Greenlip Mus
sels in a white wine garlic sauce
over linguini. The prices are reasSnable, especially when you see
and taste what you are served.
Fresh seafood and vegetables are
always plentiful.
To plan for the daily happen
ings, the kitchen manager and
chef du jour Mark Thompson,
places at . least 15 items on the
list of specials, which includes
three to five different types of
fish. None of the items are on the
main menu, and Thompson bor
rows from many different styles
of cooking. “Many times, I just
create different things to see if
people enjoy their meals,” said
Thompson.
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“I have
pretty much
free reign over the food, so I
can experiment. I try to take into
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Mark Thompson
P ride Photo/James Newell
consideration what my custom
ers want and still offer all the
items at a reasonable price.”
When asked why he chooses
to work his creativity and present
his ideas at a bar, rather than at
a fancier establishment, Thomp
son said he likes the casual atmo
sphere. Although the Grand gets
busy and stressful, he said, “I’ve
dealt with the stuffy fine dining
and corporate crowd in the past.
I’ve seen that side (of the restau
rant business), and I don’t want
to go back.”
Grand Bar and Grill Restaurant.
P ride Photo/James Newell
As for his future outlook
on the food, Thompson said, “I
would love to see this place do
some fancier dining in the future,
but I’m happy just to watch the
restaurant grow, press on and go
where it takes us.” Even after
the economic toils many busi
ness owners faced in the past
year, the Grand’s sales were up
30 percent from last year.
Thompson has been with
the Grand fSt about five years,
but he brings 30 years of restau
rant experience to his position.
Thompson spent the better part
of 25 years with the now cor
porate-owned Chart House, and
five years with Jay’s Gourmet.
Each time I eat at the Grand,
I always try to order something
different. Last Sunday, three
friends and I strolled into the
Grand for a late lunch. I ordered
the Blackened Catfish sand
wich. It consisted of a long
filet, generously seasoned with
Cajun spices, served with let
tuce, tomato and red onion,
and I chose toasted
sourdough bread. It is
always hard to decide
between crispy onion
rings and steak fries
to accompany my
meal, so April, our
server, suggested a half
order of each: problem
solved.
“The food at the
Grand never ceases to
amaze
me*” said
Randy Reyes, manager
of Real. Food Daily,
which i s a certified
green
restaurant
located on the edge of
Beyerly Hills in L.A.
County, as he looked
down at a thick cut
of medium-rare Ahi
topped with seaweed
salad and served on a
toasted sesame bun.
“Even though I live in L.A.
now, when I’m in town visiting
friends, I always come and eat at
the G.”
The price of appetizers
ranges from $1.25 for garlic
bread to $9.95 for a special lob
ster sushi roll. Sandwiches range
from $3.95 for the grilled cheese
to $9.95 for the New York Steak
sandwich. All sandwiches are
served with a choice of potato
salad, french fries or dinner
salad. As for entrees, you can get
Polio Baracho, which is a charbroiled breast of chicken in a
tequila sauce topped with pepper-jack cheese and served with
black beans and flour tortillas,
for $8.95. But the Surf and
Turf, which is a New York steak
and charbroiled shrimp combi
nation served with wild rice pilaf
and garlic bread, will cost you
$13.95.
The everyday menu and
dining is supplemented by a
Happy Hour from 4-7 p.m. daily,
including weekends. The Grand
offers specials on drinks and
has created a couple of theme
nights: Taco Tuesday and Thurs
day’s Wing Night.
For Tac6 Tuesday, you can
get two tacos for $2. The special
runs from 4-8 p.m. and you
can choose from chicken, fish
or carne tacos. On Thursday’s
Wing Night, a dozen wings will
cost you $3, and you can choose
from nine different sauces. The
special runs from 4-10 p.m., dine
in only.
“Wing Night gets very busy,”
said Shery Harding, one of the
bartenders. “It has taken on a life
of its own.”
“Every time I come in, there
are good eats at the Grand,”
said long-time Oceanside resi
dent Joe Lorch. Lorch was eating
the Diablo Burger, which is a
spicy, half-pound burger topped
with roasted jalapeno and sorrento peppers and melted pepper
-jack cheese. “This is one of the
best burgers I’ve ever had, and
it’s got some serious heat.”
This month, the Grand will
celebrate its 10-year anniversary,
a milestone many restaurants
never achieve.
So the next time you’re argu
ing with your dinner companion
about where to eat and what kind
of food to choose, don’t make
any rash choices/ Stop arguing,
head down to the G-spot, and
let the menu put an end to your
indecisiveness.
The Grand Bar and Grill
opens at 11 a.m. Monday through
Friday. It opens ht 8 a.m. on
Saturday and Sunday to serve
breakfast, and food is served
until approximately 10:00 p.m.
Monday through Thursday, and
11:00 p.m. on Friday and Sat
urday. It is said by the employ
ees that some regulars will stay
all day on the weekends and eat
breakfast, lunch and dinner.
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_
The System Works...For Us! A New Cult Classic
By Emily Kelley
Pride Staff Writer
The eternal questions that
plague mankind: To be or not to
be? Fat Elvis or skinny Elvis?
Are we men or are we mice?
Or how about this one: are we
students or are we customers?
This is what we were asked from
March 7 through March 9, as stu
dents were invited to participate
in a system-wide “Customer Sat
isfaction Survey.”
The survey was designed for
students to rate their happiness
with many facets of the CSU
system, including facility ser
vices, financial aid, parking
services, student financial ser
vices, and university police. The
survey was conducted online at
www.csusm.edu/student_survey,
and the results will be posted to
the Chancellor’s Office Web site
in July.
According to the Office of
the Executive Vice President, the
surveys will be “used to deter
mine focus areas for improve
ment; this is a great opportunity
to let us know what areas you
think rate well, what areas may
be improved, and what’s important to you.”
Every semester as we men
tally prepare ourselves for the
grueling academic road ahead,
we must also prepare ourselves
financially for the sacrifices we
make in order to become pro
ductive, well-educated little con
sumers,, ere, I mean members of
society.
But really, what’s the differ
ence? This great nation of ours is
founded on the equally revered
principles of capitalism and selfimprovement. These principles
intersect during the college expe
rience, where students, of their
own volition, pay for the oppor
tunities to better themselves
through education. The goods
and/or services that students
receive should be roughly equiv
alent to the money they lay
down.
Many of us, myself included,
work crappy jobs for too little pay
and receive no insurance bene
fits or job security. We exchange
these benefits for scheduling flex
ibility, which allows for the
mental focus it takes to be a
full-time student. We scrimp and
save, we take out loans, we run
up our credit-card debt, and gem
erally prostrate ourselves to the
financial institutions, which are
the backbone of the system of
indentured servitude that ram
pant debt in our society has cre
ated. Many people spend the
better part of their lives trying to
pay down debt incurred as stu
dents. With that in mind, how
could we possibly not be consid
ered customers?
It is commonly said that the
squeaky wheel gets the grease.
For those of us who have expe
rienced the madness of trying to
find a parking spot or the frus
tration of being unable to enroll
in much-needed classes, this is
our golden opportunity. Use your
voices and be heard. Let’s all
be happy customers who get our.
money’s worth.
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Welcome to the World of Aea-Dementia
By JAMES NEWELL
Pride Editor
I would like to take a short
excursion through the everincreasing world we (that is an
assumption of a college-level
readership) all know as theo
retical argumentation. I will try
and illuminate the extremitivity
of the generalization, but first,
I "must create an open forum
of over-interpretation in order to
have a correct perparitivization
for my look into the sad fate of
over-academicization.
As we as a nation, that is a
faction of globalization, which is
a future prediction of the everpressing corporitization, we con
tinually sift through the paths of
recursive regression and ponder
the world of our creation. At
one time long, long ago, free
speech was an extenuation of the
interpretation of the amendmentization of our strongly guarded
constitution. Now, in order to
have our voice heard, we have
to participate in the institution
alization of written communica
tion.
So what has become of the
personal governization of our
freedom of expression?
The institutionalization of
pur creativity has taken the,orig
inality away from our progress
toward the development of our
individualization. Whatever cat
egorization of information we
decide to find an alignment with
trends to ruin the personalization
of what we truly intend to say.
We get caught up in the highfalutinization of our vocalization,
which confuses the reader and
sends the underling meaning to
the engineers of sanitation. So, if
you seek to discover a world of
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Overlooked
By SHERRITA COBBS
Pride Staff Writer
In response to “The New
Friendly Vampire” article in
the Feb. 26 issue of the Pride, I
totally disagree with the opinion
expressed in the article,
When I attended this film
on opening day, the theater was
packed with Anne Rice and Aali
yah fans alike. There was a def
inite buzz in the atmosphere
and Anne Rice’s Queen o f the
Damned was at fault. Forced
to buy tickets in advance, there
weren’t any parking spots avail
able, and the lines were long.
However, this was not enough
to stop moviegoers from attend
ing the opening, debut of Rice’s
third novel turned film, from
‘The Vampire Chronicles’ tril
ogy. Once inside the theater,
there were lines everywhere
filled with moviegoers chatting
about their curiosities and com
parisons of Anne Rice’s ‘The
Vampire Chronicle’s’ trilogy ...
I wonder if the film will be like
this or that was the overture of
expression.
I think this is a fantastic
film, a definite MUST SEE ! The
beginning entranced me with its
dark and ambient metal, which
prepared you for the immortal
star — Lestat De Lioncourt
(played by Stuart Townsend). If
not a metal fan, I guarantee after
viewing this film you will be.
The role of Akasha, the queen of
all vampires, was played by the
late Aaliyah—
who was a rising
and shining star of Hollywood
before her untimely death last
August.
This is a great film that
everybody is watching. On open
ing weekend, this film grossed
$18.5 million, skyrocketing to
the number-one slot. Queen o f
the Damned has continued to
hold a spot in the top 10 for three
weeks now, grossing $33.9 mil-,
lion to date.
If you’re an Anne Rice fan,
you will notice the streaming of
both ‘The Vampire Lestat’ and
‘Queen of the Damned,’ which
really pieced the film together. I
do agree with the reporter that
the film lacked a satisfactory
ending, but I will not gripe. The
director, Michael Ryhmer, did
the best he could to put together
a decent film after the star of the
film died in the midst of film
ing.
Considering this adversity, I
think Rhymer thought on his feet
and put together a great work.
The breakdown of the story basi
cally tells of a queen in search
of a king to rule eternity with.
During her search, the immor
tal vamp she is seeking is out
and about seeking a career as a
rock star. The two vamps meet...
Akasha advances the relation
ship by taking her king Lestat
to a deserted location in Haiti,
where they passionately express
themselves - if you know what I
mean. That is all I can say with
out telling the whole story. You,
have to see the film for yourself.
We will miss you Aaliyah.
Ml see you at the movies . . . oh
yeah, .M.A., you ckn come too.
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This is a response to the
response for the article “Stop
It!” by K. Stine. I am a smoker
and have been for eight years.
In the response you say that
you realize the importance of
what the writer said. Then what
is the purpose of
your response? I
am tired of being a
smoker because it
is bad for me and
anyone around me.
In the original article / ‘Stop
It” the writer is not attacking all
smokers in general. He is after
the people that carelessly throw
cigarette butts on the ground,
which I agree is gross. For you
information, I do see people step
ping over cigarette butts to avoid
contact like one does when he
or she sees dog poop. The writer
never says anything directly bad
about the school’s appearance.
And remember, anyone can phi
losophize just like anyone can
be ignorant. One can overlook
beauty, but does this mean that if
I were staring into a beautifully
Letter to the Editor
lush rainforest, I should not look
the other direction, where the
trees and plants are being ripped
from the land,'leaving only an
ugly sear on the already depleted
rainforest? The answer is no.
If you are not a smoker or
a smoker that does responsibly
throw away your cigarette butts,
thank you.
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The Pride
California State University San Marcos
Vol. IX No. 11/ Tuesday, November 6,2001
Dia de los Muertos Celebrated
By JOY WHITMAN
Pride Staff Writer
Ceremonial altars adorned
with ofrendas, or offerings, of
books, sugar skulls, flowers, and
other items were displayed dur
ing CSUSM’s Dia de los Muertos
(Day of the Dead) celebration on
Thursday.
On Palm Court, students,
faculty, and staff set up approxi
mately 50 altars that held ofren
das, some of the favorite objects
of deceased friends, family mem
bers, music stars such as Tupac
Shakur, Selena, and Bob Marley,
and those who lost their lives in
the Sept. 11 tragedies.
“It allows faculty members,
Students, faculty, and staffset up more than 50 altars to celebrate Dia de los students and staff, to help cope
Muertos (Day o f the Dead) on campus. Many students used their altars, like with their loss and keep a happy
the one pictured here, to remember the victims o f the Sept. 11 attacks. Clubs, heart,” said Dr. Carlos von Son,
including Latin World, U.S.A., and MEChA, helped sponsor the event.
one of the coordinators of the
event. “It allows us to hold onto
culture and assimilate it into our
own lives.” He also asked the
students and faculty participat
ing in the celebration to gather
around him as he read a Spanish
poem titled, “Esos Dias (Those
Days),” which described the pro
cess and work involved in the
day.
“In North American culture,
we are taught not to talk about
death, but in Mexico, we cel
ebrate it,” said student Linda
Amador. “We celebrate that per
son’s life because we are better
people because they lived.”
This traditional day of
remembrance began about 3,000
years ago in the Pre-Columbian
cultures of Meso-America but
have only been a tradition at the
university for seven years,
(Pride Photo/Victoria Segall)
Students Hunt for Jobs
Assessment web site, career fairs
are one-day events where
employers and candidates meet.
Jobs abounded in Escondido Candidates can identify and learn
on Thursday when CSUSM held more about organizations that
its annual job fair at the are actively hiring, pick up appli
California Center for the Arts, cations forms, and in some cases,
Escondido. With more than 90 interview on-site.
The Career and Assessment
participating companies, the fair
gave students various opportu Center helped put on the job fair
nities to meet with potential with the Alumni Association.
North County Times and the
employers.
Most students were satisfied Alumni Association co-sponsor
with the turnout of the job (and have booths at) the event.
“Our seniors and alumni are
fair. “There are a variety of
employers,” said CSUSM stu realizing the job market isn’t
dent Sylvester Brown, who said what it has been the past few
he found at least four different years,” said Punch, commenting
companies that he was interested on this year’s turnout.
The fair was also open to the
in.
The fair was held only a cou general public. “I’ll never have
ple of weeks after the Graduate to buy a pen again,” said public
and Professional Fair that was attendee Duncan Lee. Lee, who
held Oct. 16. “This is the typical said he currently drives a forklift for a living,
time that we put
on job fairs. [The
“Our seniors found interest
in a probation
fairs are] not
and alumni are officer posi
related at all,
those were grad
realizing the job tion. lFree gifts,
inc uding
uate schools and
were
these are jobs,” m arket isnft what it pens,
offered at most
said
Sandy
has been the past booths.
Punch, Director
Rick
of Career and
f ew years,"
Assessment
Abutin, cur
-Sandy Punch, rently unem
Center.
Director o f Career and
ployed, said he
The
fair
Assessment Center
was searching
began six years
for an invenago “as a differ
ent venue, a little more formal tory analyst position. He said he
ized, [a place where] students lost his job three months ago due
show up with suits,” said Punch. to cutbacks at his work. Abutin
The fair is held each year as an said he blames the sagging econ
evening event that does not inter omy for his loss but is not too
fere with most class schedules. concerned about finding another
The Center for the Arts hosts the job.
“I just got back from Hawaii,
event to eliminate concern over
so I just started looking for jobs a
bad weather or lighting.
According to the Career and week ago,” he said. After logging
By MELANIE ADDINGTON
Pride Editor
Job candidates visited booths at the job fair held last week at the California Center
f or the Arts, Escondido. (Pride Photo/Melanie Addington)
onto the Internet to search for
jobs and sending out his resume
to several companies, Abutin said
he already has four interviews
set up.
Punch said that the center
had received a lot of calls ,about
the fair this year and expected
that a lot more of the public
attended this year. She added
that the public attendance doesn’t
interfere with student opportuni
ties. “It enhances, because stu
dents are well prepared,” said
Punch.
Students have been prepar
ing for job hunts at the Career
and Assessment Center by build
ing resumes, attending work
shops and meeting with career
counselors.
“I talked to a counselor at
one of the workshops. They
prepared me pretty well,” said
sociology major Erik Shepard.
Shepard said he was determined
to meet with the Salvation Army
to do an internship, but said
that his friend, also a sociology
major, had found a lot of potential
job opportunities. “But not me,
because my goal is pretty specif
ic,” said Shepard, who later found
the Salvation Army booth.
Before the fair, the Career
and Assessment website posted
“Tips for Candidate Success”
for students. Tips on what to
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wear and how to prepare a
resume were listed under the
category “before you begin the
job search.”
In the category, “on how
to approach employers,” sugges
tions included: bring a good sup
ply of resumes, as well as paper
and a pen to write notes; orient
yourself to the facility; respect
other people’s privacy as they
complete conversations; estab
lish eye contact, smile, introduce
yourself and tell them why you
are interested in that organiza
tion; in one to two sentences,
tell the representative about your
background and skills; ask for
business cards from recruiters
with whom you have spoken.
For the category “After the
fair,” suggestions included: make
notes and follow up with thankyou letters.
For those who missed the job
fair, a daytime fair, on campus,
will be held in the spring to
“meet the needs of both popula
tions — daytime and evening,”
said Punch.
The general job fair will be
held on campus on Tues, April
23, 2002. Before that, a Teacher
Education Fair, also at the Center
for the Arts, Escondido, will be
in the late afternoon on Wed.
Mar 13, 2002.
CSUSM Breaks
New Ground
with Ethnic
Studies Program
By CHRIS ING
Pride Staff Writer
CSUSM recently created
to a new minor program, ethnic
studies. The program, almost
a decade in the making, came
at the request of interested stu
dents and was made possible by
a collective group of more than
a dozen professors. The pro
gram offers students the choice
of more than 80 courses drawn
from nine disciplines. Students
must complete 21 units of cred
it to obtain the minor.
Initially, it was conceived
as a major rather than as a
minor, and slated to be part
of the curriculum sometime
around 2005. When the ethnic
studies major came up for
approval over two years ago,
Richard Karas, vice president
of Academic Affairs at the
time, removed the program
from consideration under pres
sure from CSU headquarters
in Long Beach, which argued
that there were enough of such
. programs already in existence
within the CSU system and
that one at CSUSM was unwar
ranted.
CSUSM literature and
writing professor Susie Cassel
and former liberal studies pro
fessor Lionel Maldonado took
action, assembling interested
professors to form a proposal
group to restructure the major
program into a minor —utiliz
ing courses already found with
in the curriculum. Although
the group consisted of almost
15 professors, sociology pro
fessors Sharon Elise and Garry
Rolison, liberal studies pro
fessors Bob Yamashita and
Anibal Yanez-Chavez, along
with Cassel, formed the coali
tion that would present their
proposal to the Academic
Senate.
At the Academic Senate’s
final meeting of the school
year in May 2000, the group
was given one minute to pres
ent its case for the program.
The senate passed the pro
gram- but did not support
funding. Fortunately, Cassel
says, Interim Dean Miriam
Schustack “courageously decid
ed that the ethnic studies degree
was central enough to the uni
versity’s mission and the col
lege’s academic vision, that she
promised to fund it for this
year.” Still, the funding issue
will have to be addressed each
year and Cassel admits that,
» Article cont. on pg. 2
�Student Researches a Future Possibility
for Protection Against Terrorism
By STEPHANIE BAIRD
Pride Staff Writer
Terrorism has created a new
reality in America, and
Americans are now searching
for answers not only to what
could have been done, but what
can be done now, especially in
the search to find any terrorists
living in America. One CSUSM
student, Latha Kannan, is par
ticipating in the search by
researching a new scientific tech
nique called brain fingerprint
ing, which may aid the govern
ment in bringing not only ter
rorists, but any suspected crimi
nals, to justice.
Kannan, a third-year liberal
studies major, is researching the
brain fingerprinting technique
for a project in her Technical
Writing course (LTWR 317),
where students not only learn
the basics of technical writing,
but also practice their technical
skills by engaging in a semesterlong project. Each student must
create a project, whether it is a
handbook, manual, or business
proposal. Each project must be
sufficiently technical in nature,
and may cover any topic the stu
dents choose. Kannan proposed
a project that will identify terror
ists using the brain fingerprint
ing technique.
2. Fingerprints and DNA are
Brain fingerprinting, invent
ed by Dr. Lawrence A. Farwell, available in only 1 percent of
is a relatively new technique, in crimes, while a person’s brain
which brain-wave responses are and the evidence of any crime a
measured to determine whether person may have committed, are
or not specific information is always in the person’s mind.
3. Brain fingerprinting is
stored in the brain. Pictures,
words, or phrases are shown on reported to have 100 percent
a computer screen and the sus Accuracy.
4. Brain fingerprinting can
pect’s brain waves are moni
be used to detect terrorists and
tored.
From this monitoring, scien Criminals who have no past crim
tists can determine whether or inal records or history.
5. Traditional and retinal fin
not a suspect has any knowl
edge of a crime. Kannan said gerprinting involve only physi
that brain fingerprinting may be cal matches. Brain fingerprint
used not only for everyday crim ing takes criminal detection to a
inal cases but also to find ter more abstract level - the mind.
6. Brain fingerprinting exon
rorists. Kannan said, “The fun
damental difference between a erates innocent persons quickly
terrorist and an innocent person and non-stressfully.
In response to how she
is that the terrorist has critical
information regarding terrorist believes brain fingerprinting will
organizations, training, and plans affect terrorism, Kannan said
that an innocent person does not that, “The tragic events of Sept.
11 have brought the whole
have.”
Kannan said that, thus far, world’s attention to the evil
she has found six main points power and capability of the ter
to Farwell’s brain fingerprinting rorists. From the investigations
done on the hijackers’ lives, it is
technique:
evident that they lived as normal
1.
Conventional fingerprint
ing and DNA match physical a life as anyone would; yet they
evidence from a crime scene were capable of such despicable,
with evidence on the perpetra inhuman acts. To detect such
tor. Similarly, brain fingerprint sophisticated terrorists, we need
ing matches informational evi to develop sophisticated meth
dence from the crime scene with ods’’
evidence stored in the brain.
Prompt Payment Revision
Effective Spring Term 2002
There will be one payment deadline date three weeks prior to
the start of the term (for Spring 2002, this date would be Jan.
10). At this date, all payment is due from any student who has
reserved classes. Thereafter, all students must pay at the time of
registration. Disenrollment will occur on a daily basis.
Important points to remember:
There is no interference with pre-registration. It can con
tinue and payment is deferred to a later date (the one
deadline date).
After the deadline, disenrollment for non-payment will
occur on a daily basis allowing for the university to know
exactly the true enrollment count.
Financial Aid still controls the deferral process for aid
recipients and so students with a deferral code would
continue to be exempt from disenrollment and allowed
to reserve classes. This scenario also applies to students,
s u c h as veterans, with waiver deferrals.
The time limits for the daily disenrollment will be as follows:
Any student, who registers up to 8 p m. of a campus business
day, must make payment by 8 a.m. of the next campus business
day.
* Campus business days are defined as Monday through Friday,
excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and state holidays. Any regis
tration occurring after the established cut-off (8 p.m.) on a
campus business day will be treated as if received on the
following campus business day.
Disenrollment for non-payment will occur on each business
day at 9 a.m. (allowing for processing of drop box payments
received by 8 a.m.).
Methods of payment are as follows:
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Monday through Thursday. The first two weeks of the term,
Cashiers will extend the closing hour to 5 p.m.
Drop Box
Smart Web
Smart Phone
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10 days prior to the term (check will be available for pickup
with a two-day turn around).
New Shopping Center Opens across from Campus
By JUSTIN ANDREWS
and MIA ALIO
Pride Staff Writers
Finally, a light a the end of
the Twin Oaks Valley Road con
struction tunnel shines bright, as
the new Ralph’s Shopping Center
will provide CSUSM students
with something to do between
classes. But for some people, the
new center causes concern.
Halloween morning marked
the grand opening of Ralph’s
supermarket, readily equipped
with a deli, pharmacy, photo
development lab, and a variety of
lunch possibilities to supplement
campus dining.
Ralph’s was the first busi
ness in the new center to open
its doors.
Soon to follow are
Blockbuster Video, Starbucks
Coffee, Discovery Isle Day Care,
Longs Drugs, Scripps Credit
Union Bank, a Chinese food res
taurant, and possibly a pizza
sports bar.
“We’re excited about being
here, we hope to serve a niche
with our location being centrally
located among
[CSUSM] and the suburban
neighborhood,” said Ralph’s oper
ating manager, John Hammel.
“We have a few San Marcos and
Palomar students employed at
this store,” he added.
Hammel said that Ralph’s
intends to contribute to the com
munity by sponsoring events and
fundraisers for the local ele
mentary schools and CSUSM.
Campus clubs, organizations, and
departments may set up conve
nience accounts with Ralph’s,
that would be billed straight to
the organization’s budget.
Ralph’s is open 24 hours a
day, 7 days a week, under a
restricted liquor license which
Hammel said, “is typical to have
when immersed in a neighbor
hood, and this close to a college.
It only means, that we stop sell
ing alcohol at midnight and don’t
sell single containers under 20
oz.”
A Ralph’s employee also
mentioned that some faculty had
expressed concerns about the
availability of liquor so close to
campus.
Concern has also been
expressed about the possibility
of Discovery Isle Day Care
Center taking business away
from the ASI Early Learning
Center (ELC), a childcare facil
ity for the CSUSM community.
Joyce Williams, Director of the
Early Learning Center, Was
unavailable for comment.
Others are concerned about
Starbucks Coffee opening so
close to the Power Surge Cafe.
“I think it will definitely take
away from the early morning
coffee rush, even though we pro
vide bagels and pastries. Also,
Ralph s opened in the new shopping center across the streetfrom campus.
(Pride Photo/Melanie Addington)
it sucks that Starbucks is con
stantly trying to run out small
businesses,” said Jenny Ikoma,
an employee of Powersurge.
No one from the new
Starbucks was available for com
ment.
However, Mark Du Bois,
Power Surge Cafe owner and
a CSUSM alumnus, reacted pos
itively, and said he is eager
to see how much business will
World War II Veteran to Give Lecture »
By KEVIN HAWK
Pride Staff Writer
Daniel Ashe, who served in
the infantry in Europe during
World War II, will give a lecture
titled, “What I Found in Europe
in the Wake of World War II,”
on campus Thursday, Nov. 8.
Sponsored by the Phi Alpha
Theta History Honor Society and
the University Global Affairs
Committee, Ashe’s lecture will
cover the 20 years preceding the
defeat of Germany in 1945, and
he will also discuss his experi
ence living in Europe through
1962. He also plans to touch
on the political, social, and eco
nomic realities that evolved in
Europe over time.
Ashe, a San Diego resident,
lectures frequently at UCSD;
however, this will be his first lec
ture at CSUSM. U am looking
I
forward to my visit at CSUSM,”
said Ashe.
Ashe accepted an invitation
to speak on campus from Alyssa
Sepinwall, a history professor at
CSUSM. The lecture will be held
in University Hall 101, from 4 to
5:30 p.m., and will be free and
open to the public, all CSUSM
students and faculty.
.
increase with added consumer
traffic drawn by the center. “
“I’m not too concerned about
losing any customers to
Starbucks,” said Du Bois. “Cal
State students appreciate all we
have to offer with local music,
open mike night, better coffee,
a deli, a conference room for
students to work on group proj
ects ~ and did I mention better
coffee?”
Stul f1
»Article cont. from pg. 1
as such, the program is
threatened.” In the short time
since the program began, it has
generated much interest on cam
pus. Since its inaugural event,
the Angela Davis lecture, “three
more professors have asked for
their classes to be included,”
Cassel noted, adding that, “the
list of available courses for
the minor is alfeady obsolete
due to increased participation.”
Courses in communication,
world languages, Hispanic stud
ies, history, human develop
ment, liberal studies, literature
and writing, psychology, soci
ology, and visual and perform
ing arts comprise the disciplines
represented within the minor.
Cassel said she feels
that the program, with its focus
on inclusiveness and cultural
diversity, reflects CSUSM’s mis
sion statement and the majorityminority population on cam
pus.
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By MELANIE ADDINGTON
Pride Editor
Two pumpkin-carving con
tests were held on campus on
Halloween. The ASI Pro
gramming Committee held a
Pumpkin-Carving Contest on
Founders’ Plaza at noon. It was
open to all students, and specifi
cally targeted student clubs and
organizations.
On the other side of campus,
a second contest was held. The
American Language and Cul
ture Institute (ALCI) sponsored
their second annual contest for
its students from noon to 1 p.m.
on Palm Court.
“She was a little ghetto
fabulous, but we had so much
f un putting her together
—Honee Folk, referring to
herfirst-place pumpkin
Seven chibs participated in
the ASI contest. Students picked
up their pumpkins on Monday
and took them home to be
decorated. Four students from
the Pan-African Student Alli
ance, Honee Folk, Crystal Folk,
Tameko Joyce, andCreusa Gilm
ore won for their pumpkin, which
they named Chante.
“We
used
anything/
everything around the house that
we could find to bring her to life.
Chante' had real braided exten
sions with blue beads, and we
accentuated her features with a
nose ring and an eyebrow pierc
ing. She was a little ghetto fab
ulous, but we had so much fun
putting her together,” said Honee
Folk, president of the Pan-Afri
can Student Alliance.
First place awards for the
ASI contest was a pumpkin pie,
second place was pumpkin
cookies, and third place was a
bag of candy com, according to
Folk, “It was a fun and easy
way for clubs to get involved and
Undocumented Students Can
get some recognition,” said Folk.
“Jocelyn Brown, from the ASI
Programming Committee, said
that there were about 140 stu
dents who voted.”
For the ALCI competition, By MARTHA SARABIA
“Look around at who serves your food, picks your
Saleh Al-Bahli from Saudi Pride Staff Writer
grapes, cleans your yard, etc. They are people
Arabia won first place for his
use of seeds representing the
Gov. Gray Davis signed bill giving back to our privileged life, adding to the
pumpkin’s teeth. Kaori Okada AB540 Oct. 11, which awards tax base as well as to our well-being. They are
from Japan won second placeTor qualified undocumented students
not a threat. They are as we were many years ago
using the pumpkin’s insides for who graduate from a California
ears.
high school, and enroll in state when our ancestors came to this rich land to find
For most of the ALCI stu-. colleges, the right to pay in-state opportunity and create a
l
dents, this was the first time they fees, instead of out-of-state
celebrated Halloween. About 40 tuition. “Kids who grew up and
—
Edward Pohlert,
students are in ALCI this year, graduated from high school here
D irector o f EARS
and come from many countries should not be priced out of a
like China, Germany, Indonesia, future,” said Davis.
to continue with their education students to pay in-state, instead
Korea, Japan, Mexico, and Saudi
When asked about the effect at the university level ... The of out-of-state* tuition.
Arabia.
At CSUSM, out-of state
of this new bill at CSUSM, opportunity is great for students
“It gives them the opportu Cherine Heckman, director of who have already participated in tuition is $246 per unit. However,
nity to experience American cul CSUSM’s Registration and our educational system and plan in-state students do not pay per
ture,” said Dulce Amor Dorado, Records, said, “It could help to give back to that system as unit, but instead pay a fee for
program adviser for ALCI. The to increase student enrollment professionals.”
0-6.0 units or a fee for 6.1 or
ALCI students were given Hal slightly at CSUSM. I am not
Not everyone supports the more units. In-state students are
loween candles as prizes, but expecting a major impact, but I new bill, however. Ben Seeley, charged $543 for 0-6 units, and
Dorado said, “it was really more think a small impact will hap executive director of the San $853 for 6 units or more per
for the experience.”
pen. It could make a difference Diego-based Border Solutions semester. Full-time, in-state stu
ALCI offers programs to. whether students go to college or Task Force, told the San Diego dents pay $1,706 per year, while
help international students and not. This law allows students to Union-Tribune, “It’s an outrage tuition for full-time, out-of-state
non-native speakers of English get a higher education that they that we try to spread out valuable students is $5,900 per year,
improve their English language were unable to do before because and scarce resources for people according to Phillips. This infor
skills and learn more about of the amount they had to pay.”
who are in the country illegally. mation is based on tuition fees
American culture. The program
Supporters of the new law It makes no sense. It just encour paid by undergraduate students.
began at CSUSM in 1992. ALCI estimate that less than 2,000 stu ages more illegal immigration.”
Statewide, there is a differ
students attend English language dents will be affected immedi
ence between costs for in-state
Pohlert responded, saying,
courses from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. ately and that the legislation’s “Look around at who serves your and out-of-state fees. The San
Monday-Thursday for a semes true impact will be known years food, picks your grapes, cleans Diego Union Tribune reported
ter..
from now, according to the San your yard, etc. They are people that the tuition for out-of-state
Most of the students who Diego Union-Tribune.
giving back to our privileged life, students in the University of
attend ALCI have an interest
“This law is an excellent adding to the tax base as well as California system is more than
in attending college but failed to opportunity for needy students to our well-being. They are not $10,000 per year, compared to
meet admission requirements for to participate in the fabric of a threat. They are as we were $3,964 for in-state students. At
language, or their TOEFL (a lan- higher education as well as many years ago when our ances the California State University
guage-equivalency test) scores society at large,” said Edward tors came to this rich land to find system out-of-state students pay
were too low. But other students, Pohlert, director of CSUSM’s opportunity and create a life.”
$7,380, while in-state students
like Saleh Al-Bahli, are spon Educational Achievement and
Heckman added, “I don’t pay $1,839; and at community
sored by their government and Retention Services.
think that the main reason why colleges, out-of-state students pay
sent here to learn English to help
According to Pohlert, who people are coming across the bor $130 per unit and in-state stu
with their jobs.
is also the vice president of der is to go to a CSU. The reason dents pay $11 per unit.
Once students finish the pro CSUSM’s
Assemblyman
Marco
Educational why they are coming is because
gram, they are eligible to (and Opportunity Program, the bill they want to have a better life.”
Firebaugh, the author of the bill,
often do) transfer to either com “diversifies our student body and
California and Texas are the told the San Diego Union-Tribune,
munity college or enter CSUSM, alleviates some financial hard only two states that have legisla “This is truly a historic event.
according to Dorado.
ships for those qualified students tion that allows undocumented » Article cont. on pg 8
Now Pay In-State Fees
Toni Morrison
Celebrated in
Fete du Livre
By LAURA HOPKINS
For The Pride
Editors' note: Laura Hopkins
is a CSUSM student in the
CSU International Program in
France.
The audience rose and burst
into applause as celebrated
author, Toni Morrison, made her
way towards the stage of the
Amphitheatre de la Verriere in
Aix-en-Provence Oct. 18. That
Thursday evening marked the
opening events of the four-day
Fete du Livre, dedicated to
Morrison, at Aix’s central library
and cultural center, the Cite du
Livre,
The events of this “Book
Festival” included round table
discussions, book signings, read
ings, and the screenings of four
American films chosen by
Morrison, depicting the AfricanAmerican struggle.
“I am going to be very
pleased and curious these next
few days,” said Morrison as the
events began.
“Unspeakable histories
(Une histoire interdite),” was the
topic of the first roundtable dis
cussion, as well as the theme
that made its way into all of the
discussions of the “festival.”
According
to
Helene
Christol, author and professor of
North American Studies at the
Author Toni Morrison, (picturedfourth from the left), spoke in France's Amphitheatre de la Verriere
in Aix-en-Provence. Laura Hopkins, a CSUSM student studying in the CSU Internation Program
in France, recounts the lecture. (Courtesy Photo/Laura Hopkins)
University of Provence, Morrison
is the author who “touches on
black holes in history with a
capital H.”
Christol described Morrison
as the author who, with courage
and grace, allows the “unspeak
able” to come to life and be
claimed. The unspeakable was
illustrated in Morrison’s novel,
Beloved, when the ghost rep
resenting the Middle Passage
arrived in a small, AfricanAmerican town in Ohio.
During the round table
discussions, Morrison described
the process of “narrowing the
space” in which an event
becomes more real as it pro
gresses, in the case of “unspeak
able” African-American history,
“from slave mother to your moth
er.”
“There was always a ‘refusal
to talk about it,”’ said Morrison
about her family; she said that her
writings allow for the recovery of
this lost history. She added that,
for her, the difficulty in express
ing this void was resolved when
she “realized all she had to do
was say it, [she] didn’t have to
live it.”
Morrison,
who
described herself as a “provoca
teur,” has been “saying it” now
for more than 20 years, and the
questions she raises allow us to
hear and listen to a story that
must be told.
Her lyrical voice, according
to director, actor, and author
Peter Sellers, gives us “a song
where the melody is stronger
that the words” and a song in
which “Toni Morrison has taken
the melody and allowed it to sing
again.”
�T raining Day: A Different Type of War
By KEVIN FRISK
For The Pride
During a time when our
nation is engrossed in a war
abroad, a different type of war
is being fought here at home that
has nothing to do with anthrax
or chemical terrorism. This is
a daily battle fought by law offi
cers across the country, for our
streets and neighborhoods.
Our inner-city streets have
become battlegrounds for both
criminals and the criminal jus
tice system. In the past, officers
of the law have been given a wide
range of executive powers and
authority to use whatever force
they deem necessary to capture
criminals and prohibit criminal
activity.
With power comes the abuse
of power, and in the case of
the law enforcement agency, this
abuse can be just as violent and
criminal as the acts they are sup
posedly trying to prevent.
Antoine Fuqua’s (director of
‘‘The Replacement Killers”) new
movie, “Training Day,” starring
Denzel Washington (“Remember
the Titans”) and Ethan Hawke
(“G.A.T.T.A.C.A.”) is a movie
loosely based on the recent Ram
part police corruption scandal in
the Los Angeles police depart
ment.
The movie centers on a vet
eran of the LAPD, Alonzo Harris
(Washington), who runs an anti
gang unit on the mean streets
of South Central Los Angeles.
As the Title suggests, “Training
Day” is just that: a 24-hour peri
od where rookie cop Jake Hoyt
(Hawke) has one day to prove to
Harris that he is tough enough
and has enough knowledge of the
streets to join the anti-gang unit.
Screenwriter David Ayer pro
phetically scripted this action/
drama years before a Los Angeles
gang-busting unit was caught par-
Denzel Washington stars in the
action/drama film, f<
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ticipating in illegal drug traf
ficking, evidence planting, and
excessive brutality, not unlike the
behavior of the people they were
supposed to arrest and incarcer
ate.
In his first role as a villain
ous and morally deviant char
acter, Washington does an out
standing job of portraying the
rough life that surrounded screen
writer David Ayer as he grew up
in Inglewood and South Central
LA.
As the officers patrol the
streets undercover, Hoyt witness
es Harris break, rule after rule to
accomplish some unknown goal,
a goal that Harris claims to be the
ultimate success for an effective
street cop.
The lines of ethics are blurred
as Harris uses extremely ques
tionable tactics to get what he
wants from the streets. Instantly
opposed to his violent and unorth
odox techniques, Hoyt is, from
the start, at odds with Harris’s
practices. However, it is Harris’s
charisma and persuasive connec
tion with the streets that has even
Hoyt, the “by-the-book” officer,
questioning his beliefs in who
and what makes a criminal*
While the film is violent, the
movie relies strongly on charac
ter development rather than fancy
Hollywood computer graphics to
relay its message, and that is
why the excessive violence seems
merely natural and necessary.
Even though the violence may
seem gratuitous to the audience
at times, it forces the viewer
to define their own beliefs and
opinions; it forces them to choose
between their own sense of right
and wrong.
Fuqua and Ayer show the
audience a world where the moral
lines have blurred and only a gray
mix of right and wrong remains.
They want viewers to ask them
selves if it is more important to
have effective laws, or laws effec
tively enforced, and “Training
Day” accomplishes just that.
“Training Day” is rated R by
the MPAA for brutal violence,
pervasive language, drug content
and brief nudity and has a run
time of 120 minutes.
Janes Addiction Inspires Erotic
Imagination in San Diego
By JAMES NEWELL
Pride Staff Writer
“We saw the shadowis of the
morning light, the shadows of
the evening sun, till the shad
ows and the light were one...”
beamed Perry Farrell, as Jane’s
Addiction lit up Coors Ampitheatre, bringing Halloween to San
Diego three days early.
Although Jane’s Addiction
didn’t open with Three Days,
the song always seems to mark
a spiritually erotic part of the
show. This time was no excep
tion and exhibited mostly naked
dancers spinning upside down
on a circular trapeze.
Jane’s Addiction is not a rock
band and they are not an alterna
tive band; they are in a category
solely occupied by Jane’s Addic
tion. They take a variety of musi
cal backgrounds, such as punk
and tribal rhythms, and create
a fascinating ephemeral dream,
especially when they perform.
The music is original and
each show is an extremely differ
ent production, but they always
have an erotic theme, not erotic
as in sexual activity, but erotic
in how they stimulate emotion,
bringing out the imaginative
qualities of the mind, body and
Spirit.
The erotic behavior began
with the opening song and con
tinually advanced as their per
formance was illuminated by
the setting of the moon dipping
below the rim of the bandshell.
The circus-like performance
began with Ketel Whistle. As
Farrell echoed “such a beautiful
girl,” his parachute-like costume,
which flowed out from a Vic
torian style girdle and covered
most of the stage, gave birth, first
to an elegantly placed stiletto
heel, then gradually revealed a
sensuous fish net stocking cov
ered leg.
As the song continued the
one erotic maiden evolved into
three women and a man, who
all came forth from the dress
to dance and then returned back
under the flowing parachute as
the song faded into the sound of
the night.
“It’s one of those shows
where some people know the
songs, but they just don’t know,”
said Halsey D. Corbin, a film
maker from North Park, San
Diego, elaborating on the imag
inative qualities of the perfor
mance.
“It was a very erotic show,
everything a concert should be.
They definitely know their stuff”
said Chris “Blizzard” Layua, a
first time attendee from South
County.
One interestingly different
quality to this show was the fact
that Farrell, who normally ends
up butt naked, actually added
clothing throughout the perfor
mance.
From his living dress to a
pirate suit to a wide-brimmed
purple hat and sparkly suit, Far
rell waded through many faces
of the Jane’s Addiction Hallow
een dream.
With the exception of the
bassist, all the original band
members are on this year’s tour.
The majesty of the band is
exemplified by the fact that all
the members have other projects
going. Dave Navarro, the guitar
player, is fresh off a tour with his
self-titled solo band. Steve Per
kins, the drummer, has a side
project band, Banyan.
Then there is Farrell, who
occupies his time with many
facets of political activism, along
with creating Lalapalooza in the
early 1990s, and touring with
his other successful band, Pornos
for Pyros. But, he was also
heavily involved with this year’s
Coachella Music and Arts Festi
val.
“Here’s to courage, here’s to
music, here’s to tuberiding, here’s
to you...” raged Farrell as the
band stepped to the front of the
stage, after an intense session
of tribal drumming and vocal
exploration, and bid everyone
farewell.
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By CLAUDIA IGNACIO
Pride Feature Editor
By KEVIN FRISK
Pride Staff Writer
Just a mile-and-a-half from
campus, on San Marcos Bou
levard, sits a delightfully inex
pensive Japanese food restaurant
called the Boo & Mee Cafe. One
of the best kept secrets of the
San Marcos eatery scene, this
restaurant offers a wide variety
of delectable traditional dishes,
as well as items more suited
for the typical American palate.
And while the taste is excep
tional, the price offers a better
incentive for those who watit to
sample the cuisine.
The average meal ranges
between $3.25 and $6.25, tax
included. The Boo & Mee Cafe
is owned and operated by an
older Japanese woman, who
many affectionately refer to as
“Obachan,” (grandmother in Jap
anese.) She and her daughter
serve as the chefs, waitresses,
and busboys.
Despite the sometimes-long
wait, regular customers keep
on coming back for more. The
reason for this, explained Hideki
Yoshida, a regular customer and
CSUSM student, is the authentic
quality of the food. “This is the
best Japanese food that I have
had since leaving Japan. It tastes
almost as good as my mother’s
cooking,” said Yoshida.
Customers have the option
of an entree menu and a bowl
menu. All entrees come with
a small side salad, miso soup,
and rice, making these selections
an exceptional value. The best
value, however, comes with the
bowl menu. With the bowl menu,
patrons may fill themselves with
a delicious meal, without damag
ing their pocketbooks. With the
price of the bowl menu around
$4, items such as the salmon
teriyaki or the fried pork cutlet
may sound even more enticing
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to customers.
For first-timers, I recom
mend Katsudon, a bowl item of
breaded and fried pork cutlet
over a bed of rice and egg, or
Gyudon, a bowl of seasoned beef
served over rice and carmelized
onions. Some of the bowl selec
tions even come with a side
order, like miso soup or salad.
From the entree menu, I sug
gest the grilled mackerel fish
(saba), or the shrimp and vege
table tempura combination, both
of which are reasonably priced
at $4.25 apiece. Also an excel
lent choice for the first-timer is
the fried calamari steak (squid),
which is served, as all entrees
in this establishment are, with a
side salad, miso soup, and a side
of rice.
The only downside to this
quality restaurant is the limited
hours that it is open. Closed on
Sundays, the Boo & Mee Caf6
is open for dine-in or take-out
lla.m.-3 p.m., Monday through
Saturday. And while this might
not be a convenient schedule for
those who attend night classes,
it provides an excellent respite
from the blandness of cafeteria
food for students who have a
lunch break between classes or
who finish up classes earlier in
the day.
To reach the Boo & Mee
Cafe from campus, take Twin
Oaks Valley Road to San Marcos
Blvd., where you then make a
left and head west. Less than
two miles down the street, on
the right-hand side, is the cafe
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Almost two months have passed
| since our (CSUIP) arrival in Aix-enI Provence, and well over a month since
| the terrorist attacks in the States. The
| memories of the attacks do not stray far
I during our stay abroad. And while life
j goes on, as I’m sure it does at home* fear
| and uneasiness take their places at differI ent times for different students. Today, for
| me, the wall came down.
The imaginary wall that surI rounded me, the same imaginary wall that
) was built upon superiority* isolationism,
| and complacency during my childhood,
| and then nourished during my adulthood
I• has come tumbling down and vulnerabil| ity has taken its place. I try to understand
| what has happened, what is happening,
I and then speculate what might happen as
! I live and study far from the protective
I arms of the United States. And I don’t
| know if this new susceptibility is intensifled living abroad or if you at home
are experiencing the same feelings of vul
nerability. (Perhaps, now with the threat
of biological “attacks,” it doesn’t matter
where you reside).
I do know, however, that the
acquisition of a new perspective as prom
ised by the CSUIP during a study abroad
experience has begun to materialize ...
Battle of the Sexes: Surnames
By JUSTIN ANDREWS and KIM BOYARSKY
your wife’s last name, make women
equal and the world will be a better
place? What about world hunger,
terrorism, or crooked politicians?
These are just some of the issues
that take precedence over female
domination.
Kim: I think that it is completely
unfair to expect women to change
their last names in order to con
form fo what males want. Society’
s
standards towards women are com
pletely outdated and there is a
desperate need to restructure. I ’
m
keeping my last name on my wed
ding day, and my husband will take
mine. I plan to have my future hus
band change his last name to mine;
- there is no way that I will take part
in this Stone Age behavior.
Justin:
Listen, women have a
place in the world as well as men.
Any woman is capable of any
thing, but you are talking about
reversing simple frivolous cultural
details. It would needlessly compli
cate our entire system. How do you
expect every letter that used to be
addressed “Mr. and Mrs. So-andso” to conform to your scheme and
be changed to “Mr. So-and-so and
Mrs. Blabs-her-mouth.” “Mr. and
Mrs. So-and-so” works fine, it’s
easy.
Kim; First o ff I never said
both genders in a marriage would
keep their names; letters would be
addressed as “
Mrs. and Mr. Blabsher-mouth
Justin: Oh, okay. So then the man
would take your last name?
Kim: O f course.
Justin: So, Ms. Blabs-her-mouth,
Kim: Not really, everyproblem has
a root, a place where the problem
could be eliminated if certain cir
cumstances were addressed before:
the trouble escalated.
matter o f what kind o f man, it’
s
a simple step away from a sexist
society.
I f you truly want the
world to be a better place, take
your wife’ last name.
s
Justin: That’s it huh? Just take
Letter to the Editors:
I just wanted you to know
that the ASI has made a huge
oversight on deciding what is to
be “sold” on campus. Two days
ago, I perused the stand that
had flat metal advertisements for
sale. As I went through them, I
couldn’t help but notice the dis
gusting large plaques that had
“pickaninny” pictures of African
Americans on them. One had a
Buckwheat-looking guy holding
a large, red piece of watermelon
on it. Another had some gross
caricature of an African Ameri
can on it with the words, “Dem
Sho Am great” written on it. The
list goes on.
Just to see how students
would respond, I placed them
conspicuously in front of the
stacks so that there was no way
to miss them, and I walked away.
They were so horrendous that
you would have to be blind not
to see the buffoonery they made
of blacks. The thing is that they
were real advertisements.
So today I decided to say
something to the guy who was
selling them. I literally asked
him (loudly) why he “was selling
that shit?” Some broad (prob
ably staff) told me to quit being
so “rude,” at which point I asked
her what was ruder, the guy
selling these strange racist and
demeaning plaques or the word
“shit” (at which point I said
problems such as starving children,
over-population, capitalistic greed,
HIV, our dying natural environ
ment or a slew of other problems?
Kim: Justin, problems have cata
lysts and they work in circular
chains which interlink, affecting
everything around them. Our dying
natural environment is caused by
capitalistic greed and overpopula
tion which, in turn, depletes the
world’ food supply causing hun
s
ger. The root of all these problems
are the men that cause them, and
are too stubborn to let a woman
take the reins and guide the world
f or a change.
Justin: You’re reaching, what you
need to realize is that most men,
myself included, are not going to
simply give upt their family name to
make their wives happy. The fact
of the matter is, the world’s prob
lems are not as simple as giving
females’ dominance to solve men’s
mistakes. If you understand a circu
lar chain of problems that interlink,
then you’ll definitely understand
that one problem leads to another
and if women ruled the world, who
knows what we’d be in for.
“shit” twice).
The bastard selling the stuff
said he had a “right’’ to do so,
and basically summed up his
argument on the basis of “free
trade.” He added, “Well, black
people buy this stuff.” What is
that supposed to mean?
White people have been
known to buy Nazi memorabilia,
but does that make it any more
right? I then asked him if he had
any Nazi memorabilia which I
could buy. If he had the “right”
to sell racist crap why didn’t he
have any Nazi stuff?
That broad then told me
to join the military (for some
strange reason). At that point I
informed her that I already did
three years in the army. I could
see that I was getting nowhere
with these sorry excuses for
human beings. I was pissed.
After all that, I went to the
president’s office to talk with
him about the situation, and was
patronizingly told to go see the
ASI. I did, and some young nerd
in a cheap suit disingenuously
stuck his hand in my face trying
to shake my hand. I didn’t know
the guy, so I declined.
When I asked how the ASI
gave this guy the o k. to sell
this stuff, the guy responded
by saying that they could not
check all of his items. Is that
the same logic that the security
guards had when they allowed
the bombers to hijack the air
planes?
When I told them that if they
didn’t do something about the
situation I would go to the local
and campus paper, they sprang
into action. I was afraid that if I
didn’t say that, they would blow
me off. Anyways, at least the
ASI guys in suits went outside
to look at the items.
But then an even bigger
scene erupted when two vendors
tried to jump my shit. I told the
broad to get out of my face and
she said she wanted to spit on
it. I admonished her by saying,
“you’re from the 60s you should
know better.”
My main points are these:
1. That the ASI was more
concerned about being exposed
for not doing better quality con
trol or being concerned about
what is sold on campus, than
actually doing better screening.
2. That The Pride is the
only independent (and without
any special interests that they,
are beholden to) outlet for the
student body to get any griev
ances voiced.
3. That the wide berth that
the various campus agencies give
to the school newspaper is so
important, that I hope that you
guys continue to expose all the
bullshit and hypocrisy that this
campus abounds in.
Shawn Harris
CSUSM Student
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Justin: What about all the other
Kim: I guess we’ll discuss that
what kind of man is going to con
next week.
form to your demands?
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ASI Provides Information on Latino/Latina Heritage Month
Editors’ Note: The following
information is running as a letter
to the editor with Eddie Goan's
consent, because the information
came in after deadline, but we
felt it was important to provide
his information to students.
Dear Pride Editors,
First of all, I want to apolo
gize to all of you about the late
ness of this information due to
personal circumstances beyond
my control. I realize that you
will probably receive this infor
mation too late to print in the
correct edition. Yet, I think it
is important that I relay this
information to you anyway.
On Mon. Oct. 15 MEChA
president Isabel Solis and Sylvia
White helped organize a studentoperated tamale table, and had
the Latino Music Radio Station,
KLQV-Kluv, come out for stu
dents at the Dome plaza from 11
a.m. to 1 p.m.
ASI really appreciated
MEChA’s assistance and partici
pation in putting on this event
to help commemorate Latino/
Latina Heritage Month. On Wed.
Oct. 17, ASI Programming put
on a Latino/Latino Food Festival
at the Dome plaza from 11a.m.
to 1 p.m.
However, due to last minute
circumstances beyond the ASI
Programming Committee’s con
trol, we were unable to bring
local Latino/Latina food ven
dors up to our campus with food
samples for students as we had
originally planned.
Therefore, my committee’s
concession chair, along with the
vice-chair, set up a free nachos
table, compliments of ASI,- for
students, faculty, and staff at
the event. Also, the Latin rock
band “Emaue” played on stage
for everyone’s enjoyment.
Finally, ASI was proud to
present Silverio Haro as a guest
speaker at this special Latino/
Latina Heritage Month event.
Silvario Haro is newly appointed
to the Palomar College Board
of Trustees, the first Latino in
over a decade. He is currently
finishing up course work on his
doctorate from Harvard and is
the graduate adviser at CSUSM.
He is a definite friend of the stu
dents and ASI and we were hon
ored to have him contribute to a
worthy and beneficial event.
Thank you for your interest
and support. As the new pro
gramming committee chair, I
feel it is important to make
myself accessible to The Pride
and CSUSM’s students as well as
to my fellow ASI programming
committee members. Thank you
very much for your interest and
support with regards to ASI
Programming.
Sincerely,
Eddie Goan
ASI Programming Chair
�Men’ Soccer
s
Team Concludes
Fall Season
..
Compiled By CLAUDIA IGNACIO
Pride Feature Editor
By MARTHA SARABIA
Pride Staff Writer
After months of practice and
competition, dstJSM’s men’s
soccer players finished out their
season Sunday. Both the play
ers and coach Khalid Al-shafie
agreed that this season was a
good learning experience.
“We learned teamwork and
how to build better communi
cation,” said Antonio Zepeda, ar
junior majoring in liberal stud
ies. “But we need more players
for tryouts next season.”
Al-shafie said he believed the
team needed to work on attend
ing more practices and condition
ing themselves for next season.
He added, “Some of the things I
learned from this season were to
look for more players and to be
more demanding, as far as com
mitment.”
Compared to last year, how
ever, he said the team has
improved. “Last year, we didn’t
win any games,” laughed Alshafie.
The team played their last
game of the season on Sunday,
against USC. The score was not
available by press time. This sea
son, the team won four games,
lost four and tied one game (not
including Sunday’s game).
SCOREBOARD
Cal State San Marcos’ men’s golf team competed at the
Elco, Inc. Intercollegiate Tournament, hosted by Cal State
Bakersfield on Oct. 29 and 30.
The team placed 14th, with a final score of 911 (+59).
The CSUSMmen’ soccer team ended the season on Sunday, with a game
s
against USC. The players and Coach Khalid Al-shafie said they are hopeful
about next season, and plan to recruit more players. (Pride File Photo)
“The players learned a lot
from each other by working
with one another,” said Joseph
Cafiero, the team captain.
Al-shafie reflecting on the
season, said, “I think we could
have worked harder. It’s frustrat
ing to get players to show up to
practice.” „
Zepeda expressed his dis
appointment that sofne CSUSM
students, faculty, and staff did
not know about the men’s soccer
team. “I hoped that our school
and ASI would spread the word
a little bit more, putting up more
banners and posters saying that
we have a soccer team, because
there are some people that still
don’t know that we have a soccer
team,” he said. “Come down and
support us whenever the team
is playing home; we represent
you.”
Al-shafie has many plans for
the team’s future. “Our plans
Matt Higley placed 20th; 222 points
Ryan Axlund placed 45th; 229 points
Kellon Wagoner placed 51st; 23l points
Nick Micheli placed 54th; 233 points
Ryan Rancatore placed 75th; 242 points
for next season are to win more
than four games, to build team
rhythm, and to be consistent by Cal State San Marcos9 women’s golf team finished in eighth place
after two rounds on Oct. 23.
having 90 percent of the players
from this season come back for
next season,” he said. “Keep The Cougars competed against eight teams at the Cal State Northridge
your eyes open for tryouts next Matador Fall Classic and shot a final score of 687 on the River Ridge
Golf Course in Oxnard, Calif. The course is 6,021 yards,
year.” .
and a par of 73.
The players also have their
Jennifer Tunzi scored 165; Stephanie Goss scored 175;
own plans for next season.
Erin Thys scored 175; Sandy Parlin scored 177;
Zepeda said, “I hope we do a lot
Robin Shaft scored 178.
better next season.” “We need
to keep working hard,” added
Cal State San Marcos’ surf team competed this week
Cafiero. ^
end at the NSSA College Team Season Event #1 at
When asked what the team
planned to keep for next season,
Ventura, Calif.
player Bob Burson, a junior
majoring in communication,
The team tied for fourth place with UC Santa Barbara with
quipped, “The coach.”
a final score of 96 points. Spectators saw two-three foot, fun
The team said they hope to
rights and lefts waves at the event.
compete in the National Cup
next year; however, they need to
Julie Russell placed fourth. Dustin Franks placed fifth
raise funds to pay all of their
on the longboard Other team members include
expenses. During the off-season,
Dave Kincannon and Chris Darrah.
the players will join a. fitness
program.
College event #2 will be at Black’s Beach on Sat., Dec. 22.
Cross Country Places Second in National Championships: Cougar Update
NAIA Region II
Championships Scores
Rene Reyes 25:58, 8th place;
Omar Zavala 26:11, 11th place;
Kris Houghton 26:16, 12th place;
Robbie McClendon 26:17,13th;
Ryan Montez 26:30, 17th place;
Michael Shannon 26:36, 19th place;
Justin Lessel 28:47, 49th place .
Lanele Cox 19:30, 22nd place;
Manal Yamout 19:36, 24th place;
Katerine Niblett 19:40, 28th place;
Felisha Mariscal 20:21, 44th place;
Camille Wilborn 20:31, 48th place;
Samantha Delagardelle 22:03, 59th place.
San Marcos’ cross-country men’s
team 19 out of 25 schools. The
next day, the team competed in
On Nov. 2, the National Asso the NAIA Region II Champion
ciation of Intercollegiate Ath ships and placed second. The
letes (NAIA) ranked Cal State women’s team, in a three-way tie,
By CLAUDIA IGNACIO
Pride Feature Editor
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T h o u g h ts o n . ..
Journalism
Compiled By MELANIE ADDINGTON
“Journalism consists largely in saying ‘Lord
Jones died’ to people who never knew Lord
Jones was alive.”
G. K. Chesterton
“Journalism is merely history’s first draft.”
-Geoffrey C. Ward
finished in sixth place, and will
not go on to nationals.
At the championships, the
men ran an 8-kilometer race and
the women ran a 5-kilometer at
Woodward Park in Fresno. The
Cougars will now pack their bags
and go to Kenosha, Wise, to com
pete in the NAIA Nationals on
Nov. 17.
Past Competitionsfor
Cross-Country Cougars
The women’s team placed
third at the CSU Fullerton CrossCountry Invitational on Oct. 19.
The team competed against five
other schools in a 5,000-meter
race. The Cougars scored 67
points.
Lanelle Cox placed 10th,
Manal Yamont placed 13th, Kath
erine Niblett placed 15th, Feli
sha Mariscal placed 32nd, and
Samantha Delagradelle placed
34th.
The Cougars placed third at
“Journalism is the ability to meet the
challenge of filling space.”
-Rebecca West
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“The difference between literature and jour
nalism is that journalism is unreadable and
literature is not read.”
-Oscar Wilde
“The public have an insatiable curiosity
to know everything. Except what is worth
knowing. Journalism, conscious of this, and
having tradesman-like habits, supplies their
demands.”
-Oscar Wilde
the UCSD 2001 Triton Classic
Cross-Country Invitational on
Oct. 13. Competing against 16
teams, CSUSM scored 83 points
in the 8-kilometer race.
Omar Zavala placed 15th,
Rene Reyes 16th, Kris Houghton
17th, Michael Shannon 28th,
Robbie McClendon 33rd, Justin
Lessel 86th, Brandon Cline 119th,
and Jeff Green 131st.
The cross-country season
began more than a month ago on
Sept. 8, when the Cougars com
peted in the UC Irvine Invita
tional. The men’s team placed
fifth out of 16 teams, and the
women’s team placed 14th out of
18 teams.
On Sept. 29, the Cougars
raced at the Stanford Invitational.
The women’s team finished 12th
out of 19 teams, and the men’s
team finished 12th out of the 28
teams. “The results of this invi
tational are part of the mid-sea
son low, as some of the athletes
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are injured, tired and stressed,”
said Steve Scott, head coach of
the cross-country team. He added
that most of the athletes are full
time students who work.
“We’re trying, working hard
and doing good, but I know we
can and will do better,” said
freshman Manal Yamout.
On Sept. 15, the Aztec Invi
tational was cancelled due to the
terroristattacksonSept.il.
‘‘Since we didn’t run that
weekend, the following Saturday,
Sept. 22, we competed at UC
Riverside,” said Scott.
The men’s team placed
second out of the 24 teams
that competed at UC Irvine, and
although the women had a slow
start, they finished 14th out of 25
teams.
“We have a strong team this
year, as long as all the athletes
are healthy,” said Scott.
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�Campus
Events
Oct. 17 to Nov. 20
“Open Space/Closed Space”Pho
tography Exhibit
Photography by Phel Stemmetz
will be on display in the Library
Gallery.
Wednesday, Nov. 7
AndyStotts, Master Hypnotist
Time: Noon
Location: Dome Plaza
Stotts, a master hypnotist will per
form for the CSUSM community
at the Dome Plaza. Sponsored by
Latin World U.S.A., and ASI.
Thursday, Nov. 8
“What I Found in Europe in the
Wake o f World War II
Time: 4 to 5:30 p.m.
Location: University 101
Daniel Ashe who served in the
infantry in Europe during World
War II, Will speak.
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Friday, Nov. 9
ASPs Masquerade Ball
Time: 7 p.m. to midnight
Location: California Center for
Performing Arts, Escondido
Students are free, $10 for non-stu
dents. For more info., contact the
ASI at (760) 750-4990.
Club
Meetings
Tuesday, Nov 6
Bible Study
Time: 9 to 10 a.m.
Location: Founders’ Plaza
Sponsored by Priority Christian
Challenge. The group meets every
Wednesday, Nov. 7
TUesday at the same time and loca
Study Abroad
tion.
Time: 1 to 2 p.m.
Location: University 451
This workshop will also include
Wednesday, Nov. 7
financial aid advising.
Circle it International Meeting
Time: 6 p.m.
Respecting Diversity
Location: Craven 1258
Time: 3 p.m.
Location: Commons 206
MEChA Special Presentation
This workshop will explore the
Time: 7 p.m. on Wed.
ways we can honor and respect the
Location: Visual and Performing
diversity around us, CAPS
Arts Annex
Film presentation of “The Panama
Deception.” Includes film discus
Tuesday, Nov. 13
Career Skills Series
sion, and special guest professors
and community activists. For more Time: 3 to 6 p.m.
info., contact Ricardo Favela at
Location: Craven 4116
favelOOl @csusm .edu.
Learn resume writing, interview
ing tips, and how to find the career
you want.
Thursday, Nov. 8
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Undocumented Student Bill
under Review with CSU
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The governor’s approval gives
hard-working California immi
grant students an opportunity
to achieve their dreams and con
tribute meaningfully to our soci
ety.”
Currently, this bill will only
affect the CSU and the com
munity college systems that sup
ported the bill. The bill does
not include the Universities of
California; however, the UC
Board of Regents is expected to
vote on this measure.
Heckman confirmed that the
bill would go into effect January
2002. The bill does not provide
financial aid for students.
“There’s no financial aid provi
sion in this bill. It only includes
in-state fees,” said Paul Phillips,
director of the university’s finan
cial aid office.
Lawmakers, however, still
need to clarify the AB540 bill.
“The CSU Board of Trustees
will sit down to discuss these
issues in a few more weeks,”
said Heckman.
At this time, CSUSM offi
cials do not know how the new
bill will be put into effect. “I
am waiting for a memo from the
Chancellor’s office to know how
the CSUs would enact the bill,”
said Heckman, whose office
of Registration and Records is
responsible for checking appli
cants’ residence statuses.
In addition, there are some
requirements that students need
to fulfill to become eligible
to pay the in-state fees. First,
students must have attended a
California high school for at least
three years. Second, they must
graduate from a California high
school. Third, they need to
begin or have begun their higher
education by fall 2001. Fourth,
students need to sign a statement
stating that they have applied for
permanent resident status at the
Immigration and Naturalization
Services, or that they will do so
as soon as they become eligible.
“They need to prove that they
are in the process of becoming
legal residents prior to the sign
ing of this statement,” said Phil
lips.
Heckman also added that
since the day the bill passed,
the office of admissions has
received many phone calls from
high school counselors who want
more information about this new
law.
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