https://archives.csusm.edu/student-newspapers/files/original/1fbdfb4efd9f4ff3430a26cbd391c604.pdf 1a6fd0b535aa1a6ca2d61cb97170b049 PDF Text Text VOLUME V, NUMBER CALIFORNIA 7 STATE UNIVERSITY SAN THURSDAY F EB. 1 9 , MARCOS 1998 Early Learning Center Opens Student-Parents finally given an option B Y B RANDEE L FERNANDEZ & D EBORAH H ENKE y ^ ^ S U S M now accepts applications I from 2 -year-olds. The Early ^ ^^Learning Center opened its door at 139 Gosnell Way b ehind t he San Marcos Post Office on Twin Oaks, Valley Road to the young students and Jan 12. The center, sponsored by associated student, offers child care for children of CSUSM students as well as other in the community. It runs five sessions daily. The first begins at 6:15 A.M. and the last one ends at 6 PM. Prices range from $12.25 to $19.25 per day, roughly 2 0 percent less than comparable day care centers. Parent must commit to a minimum of two days per week. Financial a ssistance i s available, h owever, t hrough c ommunity p rograms. The goal of providing affordable child care for students, staff, and faculty has been a dream ever since the university admitted its first student in 1989. But translating that dream into reality has been a slow process. Creating a day care center was one of Darlene Willis' first directives when she took the job of executive director of associated students. Much discussion had taken place on the best way to establish the center, she discovered, but little had been done. Enter the Associated Students. With $ 29,000 from its reserves, A.S. found the existing child care center on Gosnell Way, which w as o n the market, arranged to lease the building on a yearto-year basis. "This A.S. board is to be commended for its efforts," said Willis, adding that 25 percent of every dollar collected by AS in student fees is allocated for day care. Prior to the center's conception 15 individual s cholarships of $ 500 were given to students to offset the cost of childcare. This money now will help support the Early Learning Center. Within the next two years, the uni- III11 m H Photo By David Johnson The Early Learning Center, located on 139 Gosnell, behind the San Marcos Post Office, now provides an alternative source of childcare for students as well as others in the community. versity hopes to move the day care center to a permanent location on campus neer the Public Safety Center. Willis said such a move will cost $1.5 million, which includes building an access road and the facility itself. The university SEE C HILDCARE PAGE 6 Campus Housing on Rocky Ground B Y J OHN RODRIGUEZ II NT aybe they will | \ / l n ame it JLVJLFlintstone Hall. If they build it. The f uture of o n-campus housing at Cal State San Marcos c ould w ell d epend u pon h ow m any rocks a local quarry decides it wants or needs. But that is just one of several factors determining w hen g round breaking will begin for CSUSM's first residential hall, according to Susan E. Mitchell, director of Housing and Residential S ervices. "The s ite w e prefer is that hill, behind duplication services/' she said. "But the campus is What's: the status on Building 15? built on rocks. We have an agreement with a local quarry (Southcoast Materials) to remove rocks at no cost to the university u ntil t hey have as many as they need." The p roblem i s t hat t he quarry may fill its need l ong b efore it e ven reaches the CSUSM site. Other sites under development have higher priority. Rocks would not even b e r emoved from CSUSM until 2 004, according to Mitchell. She added, "Since we would like t o have on-campus housing before then, this is not a likely site even if we do prefer it." On Ctjrry qew. Program iMre^r for : page 5 D eipfl m -S The push for on-cam- ommend ideas and plans pus housing was initiated t o t he administration. in the fall of 1995 when The SHA is comprised of CSUSM admitted its first s tudents a nd c ampus freshman class and there r epresentatives f rom were numerous requests v arious d epartments. for housing. In response, "We i nvited g uests i n Housing and Residential from other housing proServices created the Stu- grams, housing directors dent Housing Authority SEE H OUSING PAGE 7 (SHA) last spring to rec- New art exhibit? in :1ibraryrthrough^J March 27 page 10 \? �Building 15 weathers storms B Y RICHARD M AUSER m ^ 1 Nino who? The recent spate of H storms that roared through the county 1 Jfailed to delay the scheduled opening of the university's Building 15. The building, tentatively named International Hall, still is scheduled to open in mid-August for the fall semester classes. The storms also failed to dampen the spirits of school officials, who are eagerly anticipating the extra space Building 15 will provide to the cramped university. "We're looking forward to the future. The weather hasn't pushed us off our summer occupancy," said Russ Decker, CSUSM's director of Planning, Design and Construction. According to Decker, the 7 1,000square-foot building will accommodate 1,000-1,200 students, and will contain four new computer labs, a foreign language lab and two broadcast rooms. It also will house faculty offices for the College of Education and the departments of psychology, computer science and foreign language.The only weather-related problems for the building this semester have been minor, according to Bob Boyer, construction su- still on schedule perintendent. Rain, for example, delayed fabrication of the concrete panels that make up the exterior walls of the building, which set the final completion date back about two weeks, from June 24 to mid-July. But Decker said the mid-August grand opening would not be affected. The walls on the three-story, rear section of Building 15 are in place and about 3 0 percent of the roof has been finished. Boyer said he the entire roof should be in place, and the rear section watertight, by the middle of February. The four-story,frontsection is still without walls, but Boyer said he hopes they will be up by the beginning of March. Once the walls are finished, the roof on thefrontsection should be completed within two weeks. What if El Nino continues its current rampage? "We're keeping an eye out, but we have plans to handle it," Decker said. The IR plans include making up lost time by accelerating work on the interior of the building (which is already ahead of schedule), and possibly moving some of the faculty and equipment into the rear section of the building while the front is finished, he added. Independent study courses leave students hanging B Y JENIFER J AFFE T" ast month a the SMART system surprised a hand JL-Jful of students on campus when it informed them they would receive credit or nocredit, instead of a letter grade, for winter term independent study classes. Debbie Holderby, a literature and writing major, was among the students who didn't realize that literature and writing independent study courses are now designated as credit/ no-credit according to t he CSUSM 9 7-98 catalog, she# said. After listening to the SMART system, Holderby remarked that she thought the course she paid over $ 300.00 for was useless. According to both the CSUSM 96-97, and the 97-98 catalogs, students working towards a Bachelor of Arts in literature and writing studies cannot take a course required for their major c redit/nocredit. "All weekend I was study courses, as well as the in- credit only to end the "unusupanicked that I wouldn't ternship course, which is also ally high amount of (indepengraduate this May," Holderby newly designated as credit/no- dent study s tudents) who said. credit only. weren't a normal part of the But the following At least four students workload." Coad said some facMonday Holderby said she are known to have shifted their ulty members were receiving checked with her professor, spring schedules, hoping to requests from as many as 2 0 various faculty members in the avoid credit/no-credit-desigstudents asking them to teach college of arts an m^^^mmmmm indepenand s ciences dent study "For the purposes of a voiding and admiscourse. sions and bureaucratic hoops, future students F acrecords in an study courses ulty^ memattempt to rebers at they need applied to their major." p i instate the CSUSM are not grade option. ^' ^ i P a id for "Evi nstructing eryone was puzzled and was nated courses. students independently, Coad not able to tell me why this Holderby's situation said. happened or what I needed to prompted graduation advisors Similarly, faculty do," she said. A fellow student to take a closer look at the ap- members at SDSU do not refinally advised Holderby to pe- parent contradictions in the ceive compensation for teachtition the credit/no-credit des- 97-98 course catalog, said Lora ing independent study courses, ignation and, eight days later, Coad, the graduation advisor although it is in their contract,' she received approval for a let- for the College of Arts and Sci- said Michele Ryan, the graduter grade for the course. ences. ate secretary for the school's Some s tudents are Coad said the Litera- English department. now questioning the scholastic ture and Writing department The 9 7-98 catalog value of non-letter grade litera- made the decision to change seems to contradict itself, Cpad ture and writing independent the grade option to credit/no- said, as it essentially states in G -3 that c ourses graded Credit/No Credit cannot be used to fulfill major requirements unless the course is designated as c redit/no-credit only. "So the central question for students is, 'which rule rules?'" Code said, continuing, "we're going to be very flexible with this until the faculty decides how they want to handle ( the i ndependent study courses)," she added, Coad offered some advice for literature and writing majors to follow^ at least until the situation is resolved, "For the purposes of avoiding bureaucratic hoops, future students should avoid independent study courses they need applied to their major," she said. Renee Curry, the department head of literature and writing, said in an e-mail the department will meet next week and over tji<e semester to farther discuss the matter. �New cafe affords students the luxury of choice Y k A College Degree and no plans? Bccome o 1 on't turn the corner too fast because you could l niss it. Maybe you've noticed Power Surge Cafe as you've passed the intersection of Barham and Twin Oaks Drive on your way to school. But more and more CSUSM students are finding that it's worth more than a look. Better yet, many say, they're discovering that it's a place of their own. Owner Mark DuBois understands. He graduated from CSUSM himself two years ago. "I feel a resposibility to give some of that back to the community." says Dubois. "I feel like I owe the university a huge debt because my education was so incredible. The instructors really care about you as a person and don't look at you as a number." As a result, Dubois has offered his cafe as a venue for several university activities, " We're starting to do local music on Friday night," he says. "On March 23, one of the literature and writing classes is going to be performing poetry at noon." Adds employee Rachel Harris: "You see people who are so psyched to be here and so excited about how it's going to change. Hey, this is going to be really cool. There's great ideas and people. "There's really nothing else in this whole college area. Just to have a home base where students thi&^Hege f r^^ or SDSU%the?fact that it is small and more intimate. This place is so North County." "There's a different feel. San Marcos has culture. This is just another extension of that." With a view of the college and nearby location, Harris says, "We're building the foundations for the college area." . CSUSM teachers also are finding a home at Power Surge. "The faculty has been so supportive," DuBois says. "They've had all kinds of meetings down v WmNwm* here: Administration, Counseling, Financial Aid. To me, the neat thing is that it's a mixing ground between the university and community. Our customers are truckers, cab drivers, students and homemakers." For students who find the choice between the bustle and noise of the university cafeteria and the dark quietude of the library equally uninspiring, Power Surge Cafe offers an atmosphere fall of daylight and a unique decorative style. A large antique map of the world and other paintings, including a modern work by a CSUSM student, adorn the walls. Employees bring their own CDs to provide background music. "We don't just want to get you in, then get you out," Harris says. Power Surge will soon open an adjoining room that will house six computers, providing Internet access to interested students. The $6 price per hour is half of what Kinko's and other cyber cafes charge. Power Surge offers a full espresso bar and reasonably priced coffee (75 cents, $1 and $1.25), plus lunch deals with quality meats and cheeses ($3 for a sandwich, chips and pickle). It also offers quiches and lunch croissants with ham and cheese or turkey and feta. A variety of pastries includes standbys such as cinnamon rolls and various croissants and more unique selections, such . as th^-'Mogkey Bar" (banana and chocolate chip), cappuccmoiar, chocolate wipetfut cake and white chocolate raspberry cheesecake. For breakfast eaters not into sweets, there's cereal with milk ($1.50) and juice. Fresh smoothies will be on the menu soon, DuBois says. "We're trying to keep our prices down to cater to students," says Harris. "A lot of us here are students. We know how hard it is." Power Surge is open weekdays from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m., Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sundays from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. ^ I Lawyer's Assistant B Y A M Y M ESTER | > The UNIVERSITY Of SAM DIEGO, offers an Intensive ABA Approved poet graduate 14 week LAWYER'S ASSISTANT PROGRAM. THIS Program will enable you to put your education to work at a skilled member of the legal team. A representative will be on campus Wednesday March 18, 1998 11:00 AH - 1:00 PM Craven Hall Room 4201 Career & Assessment Center * CSU San MarcosLswyer't Assistant Program W University of &n Diq$> 5996 Alcsii Part San Ofego, CA 92110-2492 (619) 260-4579 Name Current Address. .State.. City. .ZIP. Current Phone! Permanent Phone I Ha ence classroorw^^^:^ 4 th arid 5th. graders as i hey'expetipm^d y 1 science. t he * hanj^ in San Marcos, w as h ost t o D& Kathy v " Norman's CSUSM class, Education in the ^^entaj^^cfy^^M who %ill s oon b e graduating from tiple-Subject Credential Projgram,^ tnrp^d the school cafeteria i $to aminiscience-jMFfq'r the morning. The Richland clashes ^vere shepherded through ; ^rious experirnental stations with d eftness a nd p recision >Gr6ftps " of four or five s t jiSe*^ a bl^to ^'roiarte;f|| through two i ntense each before returning;ta- their ^ iks^io^wisj^. H- ' ipl E Mf ff m^mMM M<*'urr» OH j SEE SCIENCE PAGE 41 School mascot simply misunderstood A number of people on campus know that the / \ university mascot is a tukwut. But, not many JL JLknow what a tukwut is. And even fewer know how to pronounce it. The CSUSM logo provides the best hint, and, as most people suspect when they see it, a tukwut is indeed a mountain lion.In a recent random survey on campus, few knew anything more, other than it was an Indian term. Most pronouriced it in either of two ways: "too cute" and "tuck qwat."Where did it come from? Like a lot of terms, from the Indians.According to a brief but interesting history prepared by Mark A. Macarro, tukwut... pronounced "took woot" ... is a Luisen~o Indian term for the California mountain lion. The Luisen~o tribe, or Payomkawichum, as its members call themselves, originally inhibited the area along the Southern California coast from Encinitas to Las Flores in Camp Pendleton and inland to Palomar Mountain and southwest Riverside County. B Y R EBECCA W A R N E The Luisen~o believe that they have lived in the region since the beginning of time. Their history records l ife beginning in the Temucula Valley long before the Spanish land grant settlers. When CSUSM was founded, an elder of the tribe was consulted to help select the mascot... partially to honor the indigenous people of the region but also in keeping with the university's commitment to diversity. �Alternative grading system could benefit students and teachers alike B Y LESLIE P EARNE ^ T A "THiat if a u niversity % / % / d idn't g ive l etter ¥ Y grades? What if students were measured by detailed, written evaluations that explained strengths and weaknesses and specified goals that must be met? That might make a lot of students happy. Indeed, a number of CSUSM s tudents indicate that the present system of letter grades isn't necessarily what they prefer. Rya Anderson, a senior majoring in Liberal Studies, s aid s he w ould w elcome CSUSM's adopting a writtenevaluation g rading s ystem. "That's good, because s ometimes students put a lot of e ffort into a class, but have low test scores. If the effort goes unnoticed, then t he grade i s based on the numbers," s he added. Diane Nesser, a senior majoring in Literature and Writing, said she'd like a better explanation of how she performed in a class than a letter grade provides. "Feedback allows one to look back o n their strengths and weaknesses. It also explains why one may receive a plus or minus, instead of a straight B or C," she added. UC-Santa Cruz, which u ses t he w ritten-evaluation grading method, is now in the process of changing it to a dual procedure. Students will receive letter grades, necessary for transferring and/or graduate school applications, along with the written evaluation. Both students and professors have commented that the system gives the university more of a low-pressure, less competitive e nvironment, b ecause there is no GPA. Dr. L eslie Z omalt, CSUSM's coordinator of advising, called the written-evaluation process "very difficult," because it's hard to convert to such an assessment at a university t hat s olely u ses l etter g rades. "This i s n ot t o t he student's advantage, especially w hen a pplying t o g raduate schools," she added. Many administrators say implementing a new grading process is overly time-consuming. But, Dr. Sue Fellows, a professor in the Literature a nd W riting D epartment counters that it can be accomplished in a less laborious manner. "During the first week of the semester, students and professors should have conferences," she suggests. "No actual class meetings." "This would allow for students to fully understand what is expected from them and what they can expect from the professor." Fellows says student/ professor communication can be strengthened by the written evaluation, and adds, "Written evaluations are a more personalized and d etailed way t o grade." Michael Stary, a graduate student in Literature and Writing, said he would like to see CSUSM adopt a system similar to UC-Santa Cruz's proposed two-step method. "Written evaluations would work h ere b ecause t hey work at UCSC. We could model a process after theirs," he added. "It is hard for graduate programs to determine your background when applying and a written evaluation would give a detailed explanation on your academic career." CSUSM o fficials stressed that there are no plans in the works for changing the current grading system, but pointed out that the nine-year university is still young, offering students the opportunity to help mold and shape it in the future. - oppwt^ities ; d p i ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ F i : ^ ' t he;JJniversity IlKiliMfei^^Bife feslfcitia^ii^^Hi S cience continued from page 3 "The k ids l oved it. The o nly n egative r esponse was that t hey c ouldn't g o t o all t he s tations," s aid e nthusiastic p resenter, Mimi Puekett. T he C SUSM t eachers-in-training h ad worked in p airs f or s everal w eeks t o d evelop s cientific c oncepts t hat w ould b e t aught w ith an i nteractive h ands-on a pproach. E mbedded in t he p resentations w as t he c oncept of t he l earning c ycle m ethod o f t eaching s cience. W hen a sked a bout h er r eaction t o t he s cience f air, CSUSM s tudent J oanne Young c ommented, "It w as d efinitely a d emonstration of t he l earning cycle at work." Briefly s tated, t he l earning c ycle h as t hree p hases. I n t he f irst o r E xploration s tage, t he t eacher p lays an i ndirect r ole w hile s tudents m anipulate m aterials p rovided by t he i nstructor. During t he Concept I ntroduction p hase, s tudents u se t heir k nowledge g ained f rom t he e xploration p hase t o c ome t o an u nderstanding of s cientific c oncepts. vritlt t i e Photo By Mary Kira CSUSM teacher-in-training, Mimi Puekett, prepares to test students predictions at the Richland Science Fair In t he t hird p hase, Concept A pplication, s tudents apply t he c oncepts t hey have l earned t o a n ew s ituation. Dr. N orman's c lass covered a w ide range of t opics. A s ampling of p resentations i ncluded d emonstrations on t opics as diverse as e lectromagnetic f orce and water f iltration. Each p resentation i ncluded a p oster, a h andson e xperiment f or t he c hildren, a nd s everal h andouts. The s cience f air w as t he b rain c hild of Vicky R osenberg a nd Dr. N orman. R osenberg, a CSUSM graduate currently t eaching at Richland, w as l ooking f or w ays t o b ring s cience i nto the c lassroom as w ell a s p rovide CSUSM s tudents w ith a d ose of t he real w orld a spects of actually i nteracting w ith c hildren. The real g oal of t he s cience f air w as to b uild e nthusiasm a bout s cience f or t eachers and s tudents a like. S tudents s hould l earn t o make p redictions but t hey a lso n eed t o l earn that it's o kay t o b e s urprised a nd t o m ake d iscoveries. By t he e nd of t he m orning, t he s chool's g rounds w ere d renched i n a h eavy d ownpour, but i ndoors t he air w as c harged w ith t he e nthusiasm of p resenters a nd a ttendees alike. W hen t he R ichland s tudents r eturned to t heir c lassrooms t hey w ere m ore t han a nxious t o s hare w hat t hey h ad l earned w ith e ach other. L think it w as a h uge s uccess," s aid Rosenberg. Our t eachers and our s tudents w ere really ex7 cited." �Literature and Writing Dept. names Dr. Renee Curry as new Program Director B Y S COTT B ASS A student oriented professor, in L A tellectually true to herself, and JL> JLa h appy c itizen on c ampus. Sound too good to be true? Meet Dr. Renee Curry, who became program director for the Literature and Writing D epartment at the beginning of the spring semester. Her duties include developing a s chedule, matching faculty e xpertise w ith that s chedule and working with the Dean to fine tune any administrative b umps in the road. Curry, who has worked in Literature and Writing for seven years, s aid s he w elcomed t he opportunity to be involved in the a dministrative s ide of t he d epartment. "My career is set up so that I never have to choose something awful," she said. "My choices are something wonderful A or something wonderful B." Directorship of the department is rotated generally every two or three years. Curry t ook over f rom Ken Mendoza. aI really believe in the democratic system," she said. "I really believe in turn-taking, and after seven years it is more than my turn." As a result of student feedback and a story in the Pride last semester, Curry said s he p lans t o build more night classes into the Literature and Writing schedule. She stressed that the department has an open-door policy that encourages student involvement. "The advisors, Lora Coad and Leslie Zomalt, let us know what the students want," she added. "One of the ways we can tell, for instance, i s by the courses that get crashed. Typically, students end up in Advising requesting a particular course at a particular time. The advising folks let us know." Curry h as two areas of focus in the coming months. The first is to get the fall 1998 schedule in order. "My goal is to provide desired courses and course times so that Lit-Writing students can get t heir d egrees," she emphasized. The other is to provide mentoring, for the department's professors. "The amount of paperwork t hat p rofessors s ift through is mindnumbing," she said, adding that she hopes to help guide them into desired grants and research areas. Curry said she is proud of the students in the department. "Lit-writing students love to read," she said. "We are the only people left on the planet who on any given weekday take time to ourselves to read." Lit-writing students are the last remaining vestige of what it really means to be a true intellectual... which is to read. As soon as we give up reading, that to me, is going to be the beginning of the end of a type of intellectualism. "Not that there aren't other types. I'm heavily involved in technology and computers. But I think that if we give up reading, something very important will be gone. Lit-writing students refuse to give that up." performs in Escoridido ,'U: r E seoiidldb; C A~Tbe t r a d e m a r k g e s t u r e s o f t h i s g reat F repcli ,;mime a r$ g raceful a nd p oetic; t hey a re a t estament t o t he p hysical d i s c i p l i n e ^ ? a t rue m aster* M arcel M arceau i s f ull o f e n e r g y a n d <$*iite c apable o f d rawing u n d i v i d e d a ttention f rom a n . audience o f a ll a ges at, t he,California C enter f o r t he A rts, E scondido T u e s d a y , r ^ - f V ,"!Marceati'can sa^r morie w ith o ne e yebrow o r o ne r ipple o f h is f ingers t han s o m e s ay V i t h tfiieir e ntire b odies. 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After just three years in the Army, your college loam could be a thing of the past Under the Array's Loan Repayment program, each year you serve on active duty reduces your indebtedness by one-third or $1,500, whichever amount is greater, up to a $65,000 limit This offer applies to Perkins Loans, Stafford Loans and certain other federally insured loans which are not in default And this is just thefirstof many benefits the Army will give you. Get the whole story from your Army Recruiter Call 760-747-6510 BE ALL YOU CAN BE: www.goarmy.com �Childcare continued from page 1 hopes to attract funding from local charitable groups as well. The center has seven classrooms for children between the ages of 2 to Kindergarten. It is licensed to care for up to 52 kids at a time. Its staff of nine ranges in experiencefromseven to 17 years. The student-teacher ratio is about 7 to 1 for 2-year-olds and 10 or 12 to 1 for the older children. Linda Conde, a native Californian, moved back to the state to take the position of center director. As a teacher at a community college in Florida, she made a presentation on school readiness at a conference of the National Association of Educators of Young Children (NAEYC) in Anaheim when she learned of the CSUSM position. Conde, who has 2 0 years experience and a masters degree in Early Childhood from the University of San Francisco, is also a former educational coordinator for the federal Head Start program. Conde says she is proud that her staff s qualifications exceed those mandated by the California State Matrix. Conde said a typical day at the center "varies between active and quiet play." Sharing, music stories, painting and puppets are just a few of the activities. There is also naptime or quiet time for those who don't nap. Conde has many goals for the center. She hopes to get involved in the state-funded food program to help parents with low incomes. Currently, parents are required to pack a lunch for their children. She also wants to take the center through the NAEYC's training program, which she calls an "exemplary" effort involving both teachers and parents. Because the center was an existing facility, many of its children have no ties to the university. Conde said she hopes to increase the number of university families there from the present 38 percent to more than 50 percent. Conde said she also would like to involve the campus community as much as possible with the center, and is hoping for support from student organizations. Plans are underway for a VIP readers day with faculty selecting books and reading to the children. The Psychology Department has expressed interest in utilizing the center to give its students an opportunity to observe and learn about early child development. Interested parents should call Conde at (760) 7 45-4999 for more information. Availability is limited, but Conde said every effort will be made to accommodate students. In the meantime, plans have been made to paint the inside of the center on Feb. 28. Anyone wishing to volunteer his or her services should contact Associated Students. The healthier you stay, the fewer classes you'll miss, the smarter you'll be, the faster you'll graduate, the better job you'll get, the more money you'll make, the earlier you can retire. ti^V^t* ^^^ * That's why we opened the new San Marcos Pharmacy just a few blocks from campus. As a student, just show your ID and get a 10% discount on prescriptions, home health supplies, herbs, vitamins arid everything else. Well even give you professional advice on your prescription and commonly used products, . including diabetes testing and supplies. And with your first purchase, well give you a free " MB bottle of pain relievers — to take the headaches out of your homework. Any questions? FALQMAR- P O M E R A D O Gill (760) 761-4005. Most insurance plans accepted. HEALTH SYSTEM Student Health Center Building, Corner of Twin Oaks & Craven Road, Suite 103 • Open Monday-Friday, 10 a.m to 6 p m �Housing continued from page 3 from other California campuses ... Cal Poly Pomona, UCSD and San Diego State," said Mitchell. "We visited other n ew c ampus h ousing p rojects at Pepperdine and Loyola Marymount. We were able to see them even before the students had moved in. Review plans were submitted." The recommendations submitted called for a non-traditional approach to campus housing. According to Mitchell, students today prefer more privacy and would like single rooms. They also would prefer small private bathrooms as opposed to the communal shower rooms that are standard in most dorms." The trend favors suites or apartments," Mitchell said. "We would initially start out with 3 00-400 beds." Until then, there are the Islands, an apartment complex in San Marcos leasing 23 units to the school under a special agreement. Students pay user fees to the housing office, which in turn pays their rent, utilities, and provides furniture. Some 8 0 students currently live there, with most sharing a bedroom with another s tudent. Mitchell acknowledges that the arrangement is somewhat untraditional, saying, "I think we have to realize that it's not the ideal situation. It's temporary and that's the way it was meant to be. We have tried to make it as close to traditional campus housing as possible. But they share the complex with tenants who are not students. The apartments are in close proximity to each other, but it's not like we have our own area." The target date for on-campus housing remains elusive. The most significant roadblock is funding. Housing programs are required to be self-supporting and generally do not receive funds from the school. The user fees collected from the Islands students pay a portion of her office's budget, Mitchell says, adding, "The salaries of t he three f ull-time housing staffers is supported by the state. We probably need a minimum of 250 students to kick off our own housing program." > And Mitchell believes that the interest level will be sufficient to make on- campus h ousing viable w ithin f ive years. As the campus grows in enrollment, Mitchell expects the most interest from first-year students, easily the largest group on campus at 6 0 percent of the student population. The second largest student group, transfer students, would likely be interested as well. "On campus housing serves as a transition for new students to the university," Mitchell said. "Research over the last 20 years shows that students who live in university housing for at least their first year have higher grades, are more likely to on to graduate school, are more likely to graduate in less time than those living off campus, and will be more likely to enjoy their college experience." Mitchell said the presence of on-campus housing will change the environment of the university as well. A residential program would make the university central to a student's life. "That's particularly tough on this campus because we are still very young," she said." We don't have a student union. There are no ideal places for students to hang out on campus. It's part of the educational experience to network with and support other students who are like minded. It's a place to develop as a person, socially and educationally. It's a great place to learn how to get along with people different from themselves." On-campus housing also adds the benefit of attracting out-of-town students. It's a matter of convenience, according to Mitchell. Students would be able to live in a safe familiar environment rather than search for housing in strange, unfamiliar communities. But she also hopes that on-campus housing will appeal to local students, too. Anticipated fees are impossible to predict at this stage. Seemingly they would have to help defray the cost of the land, construction and, later, upkeep and maintenance of the buildings. Mitchell said she cannot predict whether fees would be comparable to those paid by students at the Islands, but added, "Our goal is to have housing at the best possible price for students." University of Ca lifornia San Diego Summer Session Spend Summer 1998 at UCSD... One of the top research universities in the country, internationally known for its outstanding programs in the sciences, engineering, computers, oceanography; and the arts. Thefirstsession is June 29-July 31 and second session is August 3~ September 4. More than 200 undergraduate courses are offered. The UCSD campus is located just minutes from the charming coastal town of La JoIIa and some of Southern California's most beautiful beaches. For a free Summer Session catalog (available in Mid-March): o Phone (619) 5344364 o http://orpheus.ucsd.edu/sunimer o Or mail coupon below. Please mention Code 28 * Please send me your 1998 UCSD SUMMER SESSION CATALOG as soon as it Is available. Name - Address City i JZip State. Mail to: UC San Diego, Summer Session 9500 Gilmann Dr. D ept 0179 La Jolla, CA 92093*0179 j N O , T T WONT TURN YOU Paging B i Code 28 INTOA sociopath 1ILL S L O W YOU DOWN A BIT.-" LJKEAIX l?JE IMs, jMrfpu_R LUngsD^-fw Mme *t * r P f c*»«fora Du -r C lf r i ad ACr e br K *mf l f r gta aiona n t Ta ni �Page 8 What exactly is the Arts & Lectu re series? B Y D EBBIE H OLDERBY T ^ I ducation through the s enses. M That's the goal of CSUSM's Arts JL-jf& Lecture Series. Far from being just entertainment, the series is a learning experience as well. It o ffers e vents h ighlighting artists, performers and lecturers in all disciplines. "It's not just art," says Bonnie Biggs, assistant to the dean of Library Services and coordinator for the s eries. The lectures seek to "link the d isciplines, including m athematics and psychology," s he said, adding, "The adventure of discovery should involve more than books." This semester, the series will offer 3 0 events, ranging from an AIDS documentary on Feb. 2 3 t o m usic from Zydeco Blues Patrol in April. On March 4, it will feature works from artists Renee Cox and Yong Soon Min, which, Biggs said, "have been viewed as somewhat controversial." She added, "A lot of the faculty see the events as an opportunity to enhance instruction," explaining that some members often bring their classes to the performances and lectures. After t he p resentations, 7 0 percent of the artists and lecturers visit classrooms, Biggs said, to "interact with the students one-on- one." T he CSUSM f aculty i s i nvolved in the selection process, said Biggs, and some of the events in the Arts & Lecture Series are sponsored in p artnership w ith t he California Center for the Arts, Eseondido. The artists and lecturers often give presentations at the Eseondido Center as well as the university. The events are open to the public. TtZkt s£EW£S_ / / Check the menu on our on-line (PAC) catalog under "U" Search SP Circuit Central Catalog. San Diego Circuit Is a consortium of 4 University Libraries (SDSU, USD, UCSD and CSUSM), who will share books that circulate. Turn-around can be as short as a few hours if ou place your order by 10am. These books are usually ere for you to pick up by 3pm the same day. I To place an order, you must be a CSUSM student or faculty, have an up-to-date (barcoded) library card with no fines or overdues. You may order up to 10 books. We hope you'll use this service and enjoy the quick response. (Please ask an information Assistant if you need help with this program.) Spring '98 WOR K SH OP S C H E D u L fe" Space is limited so call in early to reserve your space (700) 750-4900. 24-hour notice is required for cancellation of your reservation. Ail workshops will be held at the Career & Assessment Center, CRA 4201 unless stated otherwise. You will be required to attend these workshops in order to participate in our On-Campus interviewing program during the last semester of your senior year. (Yes, we are keeping trade of attendance.) •NOTE: Accounting majors interested in submitting resumes to public accountingfirmsneed to attend the Job Search and Effective Interviewing workshops. * ANOTHER NOTE: Ail Liberal Studies majors entering into our credential programs are exempt from attending these workshops. You will receive this training in your credential courses. February 1 1 Wednesday 9—10:00am 10—11:00am 11—12:30pm Resume Writing Job Search Strategies Effective interviewing February 19 Thursday 9—10:00am 10—11:00am 11—12:30pm Resume Writing Job Search Strategies Effective Interviewing February 24 Tuesday 4—6:00pm 5—6:00pm 6—7:30pm Resume Writing Job Search Strategies Effective Interviewing February 27 Friday 9—10:00am 10—11:00am 11—12:30pm Resume Writing Job Search Strategies Effective Interviewing March 4 Wednesday 12—1:00pm 1—2:00pm 2—3:30pm Resume Writing Job Search Strategies Effective Interviewing May 8 Friday 9—10:00am 10—11:00am 11—12:30pm Resume Writing Job Search Strategies Effective Interviewing May 27 Wednesday 4—5:00pm 5—6:00pm 6—7:30pm Resume Writing Job Search Strategies Effective Interviewing For additional information, workshop updates or to sign up, contact the Career & Assessment Center at (760) 750-4900; stop by our office at C RA Hail 4201; or register on-line through our website at: http://www.csusm.edu/carBerjcenter/ The Career & Assessment Center is an Equal Opportunity Referral Service. �GSUSM Offers Professional Management Courses ^ ^^Jalifornia State University, San Marcos is offering two courses designed to I enrich and advance professionals in the fields of human resources and fis ^ ^ / c a l management beginning in March. A nationally recognized course, Professional Human Resource Management, is scheduled in eight Saturday sessions from March 7 through April 28. Classes will b e held from 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at CSUSM and cover the latest ideas and state-of-the-art thinking in human resources. Attendees will receive reference materials and on-line access to the Bureau of National Affairs' personnel practice series for the duration of the course. Developed and endorsed by the Society for Human Resource Management, the course prepares students for the national certification examination. Financial Services Network, in association with CSUSM, is offering a fiduciary training class for accountants, attorneys and other professionals involved in the financial world in two sessions, March 5 and 12, from 7 to 9 p.m. in Room 2 07 of the Commons Building at CSUSM. Cost is $ 39 and advance registration is recommended. CEU and MCLE credit is available. Topics coveredinclude a definition of fiduciary, legal documents and potential liabilities, penalties and remedies for breach of fiduciaiy duties. Potential real life problems will be discussed along with possible ways of dealing with them. CSUSM i s located off Twin Oaks Valley Road south of Highway 78. For more information, contact the Office of Extended Studies, ( 760) 7 50-4002. Documentary F i l m Chronicles One Man's Death From AIDS " Silverlake L ife", a p owerful f ilm i n w hich p roducer/director T om J oslin d ocuments h is o wn d eath f rom A I D S , w ill b e s hown M onday, F eb. 2 3 a t 6 p .m. in R o o m 1 02 o f A cademic H all at C alifornia S tate U niversity, S an M arcos. T he p ublic i s i nvited a nd a dmission i s f ree. Joslin died recently at the age of 4 3 and had been a film writer, producer, and teacher since the 1970s. As a teacher at Hampshire College in the late 70s, he helped build one of the nation's strongest documentary film departments. Three of his students - Peter Friedman, Ken Burns and Rob Epstein - went on to receive seven Academy Award nominations. A discussion of AIDS, death, relationships and film-making will follow the film lead by CSUSM faculty members Don Barrett, sociology, and Kristine Diekman, visual and performing arts. CSUSM i s located off Twin Oaks Valley Road south of Highway 78. For more information, contact the Arts & Lectures Series at (760) 750-4366. C S U S M T E A C H E R E D U C A T I O N FAIR Wednesday. April 15, 1998 at 3pm - 6pm (Founders' Plaza) C S U S M J O B F AIR .™ \ Thursday, April 16, 1998 at 10am - 2pm (Founders' Plaza) , S O U T H E R N C ALIFORNIA C E P A F AIR (Teacher E ducation) Friday. April 24, 1998 C S U Fullerton > N O R T H E R N C ALIFORNIA C E P A FAIR (Teacher E ducation) Saturday, April 25, 1998 Union City. O A For more information regarding these job fairs, please call the C areer & Assessment Center at (760) 760-4900 or stop by C R A Hall 4201 or c heck out o ur regularly u pdated website at: frttps/Avww. csusm. &du/c&roer_centor/ f ^ k n T uesday, J anuary 2 7th I • l w a s o n my w ay t o P olitical V ^ r S cience 4 13 f or t he f irst c lass m eeting, t he c ourse i s t aught t his s emester by Stacy Beavers. I p ulled up at s chool as c lass w as j ust s tarting a nd s tarted r unning t oward c lass w hen a s chool p oliceman s topped m e. He e xplained that t here w as n o l onger a g race p eriod f or parking d uring t he f irst w eek, b ut I d idn't h ave s ix q uarters f or t he d aily p ermit d ispenser. F rom t he l ower parking l ot 1 ran t o t he t op of s chool t o g et quarters f rom t he n ot d og s tand, back t o t he l ower parking l ot t o b uy a t icket and p lace it o n my d ash/ and b ade t o t he t op of c ampus where c lass w as s upposedly b eing h eld i n F CB102. I arrived at c lass t wenty m inutes a fter c lass w as s cheduled t o b egin t o f ind a v acant c lassroom. I asked a nearby s tudent if I had t he c lass c orrect, a nd w as t old t he c lass h ad c onvened early. I i mmediately w ent t o B eavers' o ffice a nd w as g reeted (I u se t he t erm l oosely) b y t he p rofessor. I e xplained w nat nad h appened a nd w as t old I w as d ropped f rom t he r ole, a f ew m inutes l ater I w ent t o A dmission a nd R ecords a nd w as t old t hey h adn't r eceived h er u pdated r oster y et. B eavers t old m e t hat f or t he s ake of c onsistency, s he w ouldn't r einstate m e t o h er c lass. I a sked t o add her c lass at t hat t ime a nd w as t old it w as at c apacity. I w ent t o t he ASB f or h elp and w as t old t he c ourse of a ction t o t ake. I w ent i mmediately t o t he d epartment h ead, Dr. T hompson, w ho h ad m e i n a c lass t he p revious s emester and h e s aid he'd p ut in a g ood w ord -for m e. A fter my n ext c lass f inished, a nd a bout t hree h ours s ince t his n ightmare b egan, I l earned Dr. T hompson h ad h it t he s ame brick w all I h ad. N ext, I w as t old t o s peak w ith a c ounselor w ho o nly w anted m e t o f ind a nother c lass t o f it t he s ame t ime s lot, and f ailed t o s ee t he p rinciple b ehind t he m atter. I w as f inally referred t o t he o ffice of D ean Rocna (Arts and S ciences). H is a ssistant, Marilyn, a sked m e t o w rite a s ummary of e vents, w hich I d id a nd f axed back i mmediately. I f iDear M r. G oldman, -f 2l!ett6/t to the Qdito nally m et w ith D ean Rocha and w as t old t here w ere a vailable s eats i n Beavers' c lass, s even s eats t o b e e xact, i n a c lass, w hich w as at c apacity a ccording t o B eavers. I w as t old t o s imply add t he c lass at t he n ext c lass m eeting, s ince s he h ad n o l egal g rounds t o d eny m e a dmission. The n ext day I w ent again t o add t he c lass, b ut w as t old b y Beavers t hat I h ad m issed t oo m uch by t his p oint in t he s emester. The f irst day c lass w as h eld f or t wenty m inutes, a nd w hen I w ent t o c lass t o try and add, at l east a t hird of t he s tudents w ere w aiting f or t he b ook t o c ome i nto t he b ookstore, a nd h adn't b een able t o d o t he a ssigned r eadings. D ean R ocha c ould h ave r esolved t his p roblem o n t he f irst day, b ut i nstead c hose t o w atch a p rofessor p rejudice a nd l ie, b ecause h e w as t oo c owardly or t oo b lind t o s tand u p t o h is o wn f aculty. I q uestion D ean R ocha's-conviction, a s w ell a s h is c ompetence. The c ourse c atalog c learly s tates, "... a student may be dropped if not present for the first class meeting." The c lass m eeting t imes are clearly d efined in t he c atalog. W hy w as B eavers a llowed t o l ie a bout t he c lass b eing f ull, a nd t h e n a gain a llowed t o r efuse m e a dmission b efore e very c lass m eeting u ntil t he f inal d ay t o add c lasses o n February 6 th? All I h ave t o s how f or my p ersistence and e agerness t o p articipate i s a gap in my day, a nd a l arge c ut in f inancial a id. I f eel sorry f or a nyone w ho may f ind h im or h erself in a p redicament w here t he truth i s t he o nly w eapon w ith w hich t o f ight i njustice a mong t he f aculty a na u pper e chelon of CSUSM. A dam J G oldman | ,, T&e A c a d e m i c S e n a t e P o l i c y on S t u d e n t A t t e n d a n c e a nd Administrative Withdrawal authorizes faculty to disenroll s t u d e n t s w h o f ail t o a t t e n d a c l a s s o n f i r s t d ay o f i n s t r u c t policy authorizes faculty to manage the enrollmetff i n t h e i r c l a s s a s e arly , as t h e i n i t i a l c l a s s , m e e t i n g o f J t he s e m e s t e r . \ \ v';//>vv - r^j^rkt:^ \ R egarding y o u r r e q u e s t t o b e r e i n s t a t e d i n t o P SCI 4 13, a itd f o l l o w i n g C areful a s s e s s m e n t o f t h e s i t u a t i o n , I h a v e c o n c l u d e d tjbatr B eavers h ad t he a u t h o r i t y t o a dm i n i s t r a t i v e l y d rop y o u f r o m h er c o u r s e f o r f a i l i n g t o a tt e n d the first s e s s i o n of h e r c o u r s e . \ , I n v iew; o f o ur c a m p u s p o l i c y t o m a n a g e e n r o l l m e n t o n < f i r s t d ay ofmsimctioA, I d e c i d e d to take n o a c t i o n to r e i n s t a t e y ou i n t o P S € I 4 1 3 , W h | l e . J M n d e r s t a n d t h i s i s n o t t he d e c i s i o n y o u h ad l ipped f or* i t i s , n e v e r t h e l e s s t he ac~ t i o n I h a v e c f i d s e i i .to f o u o w , , , ; v \ C o l l e g e t o w ork w i t h y ou, t o e n~ r oll y ou i n a n a t h e r c d u r s i ^ p ^ t t d i ^ l i c U l t y a p p r o v a l , a nd we look forward to h e l p i n g ^ d W arrange an a l t e r n a t i v e c o u r s e t o add< t o y o u r b o u r s e ^ ehedule^for S p r i n g S e m e s t e r 4 54998^ I w i s h y o u t h e b est; future academic e n d e a v o r s # t : C a l i f o r n i a S tatte t JniVerSity, S an M a r c o s . • y js*. „ r ^ ^ -mi i r * >/ --* «m ^ . v SmCCrefy, .' ' V ictor Roc^a* D ean VJjollege o f A it&and S ^ ^ e s �Bells and Whistles "Sidetracked in the Library" B Y DEBBIE HOLDERBY I n college, the brain gets a workout. But what about the five senses? An ongoing art exhibit in the CSUSM. Library, "Bells and Whistles Sidetracked in the Library," seeks to engage a visitor's senses through visual, kinesthetic and aural interaction. The artists of the exhibit, Richard Keely and Anna O'Cain, o pened their collaborative project on Friday Feb 7.0'Cain is a professor in CSUSM's V isual a nd P erforming A rts Department.One part of the exhibit features a curtained box that invites visitors inside. Once there, they may peer t hrough p eepholes, v iewing t he library's activities. In another area of the library, the exhibit presents a colorful wall of sound and texture, extending the experience beyond the visual to include tactile sense and hearing. Visitors can create their own experiences. The exhibit was specifically designed for the campus library. "The library is a place people normally only think about research and studying," said Bonnie Biggs, assistant to the dean for Library Services. "Discovery should be on all levels, including the senses." The art exhibit is currently on display through March 27. Photo By Debbie Holderby Kathy McAlpine, a student at CSUSM, kneels along-side the "Bells and Whistles" exhibit on display through March 27 Freshman Year Sucks, a lasting achievement // B Y FREDRIC B ALL N estled between a dry cleaners and a portrait s tudio i s an u nlikely arena for the most cutting-edge performance art in San Diego. But, for a space called 6 @ Penn, it works. Located at the corner at Sixth and Pennsylvania Ave. in the heart of Hillcrest, this 1 00-seat performance space i s the temporary home of some of the most innovative and entertaining theater pieces and performance art in the county. And its latest offering, Rob Nash's "Freshman Year Sucks!" is no exception. A veteran of regional theatre, Nash turns his comic eye to the life of three soon-to-be friends as they enter freshman year of Jesuit high school in H ouston. N ash, a n ative of A ustin, Texas, who also wrote the show, portrays the three "nonconformists"... Ben, George and Johnny. At the piece's outset, J ohnny befriends Ben and George (whom he deems "chick repellant") after moving t o t he a ffluent s ection of H ouston known as River Oaks from Iowa City. We then f ollow t he trio through the lives, loves and heartaches of freshman year. J ohnny i s t he-rough-and tumble outcast, a modern-day James Dean. And his two friends are the exact o pposite, Ben i s t he meek o ne w ho questions his sexuality and thinks he's falling for Johnny's girl, Maria. George's sexuality is still in question, though he has a senior-size crush on his wanton tutor. As the work progresses, Ben finds a soul mate (though not a sexual one) in Maria and the tutor wants nothing extra-curricular with pupil George. What sets this coming of age (and coming out) tale apart from the others of its ilk is that Nash portrays all the characters, an amazing 26. From the three friends and the objects of their desire (male and female) to parents, teachers and school administrators, Nash carries them all. And he does it extraordinarily well. His words are not carried out with the same insanity as, say, a Robin W illiams i mprov p iece, b ut w ith a s mooth, l ightning s peed a chieved through changes in facial expressions, body language and a myriad of dialects from the South. Nash is a very likable guy who is an arsenal of eclectic characters gay, straight and those in-between. And t hat's w here N ash's strength lies. He can portray the smartaleck punk Johnny trying to score with his Latina girlfriend, and, without bat- Effect no zero B Y A NDREA H EWITT Director: Jake Kasdan Rated: R Castle Rock Entertainment/Columbia Pictures Starring: Bill Pullman, Ben Stiller, Ryan O'Neal, Kim Dicken, Angela F eatherstone A ny f ilm that o pens with Elvis L \ Costello's Mystery Dance auto ting an eye, a split second later turn into ± A matically alerts t he a udience the virgin-like Maria without offending that something good will follow. Zero or stereotyping. Effect auspiciously keeps our attention Since this is a performance art not only with a n excellent sound track space, anything besides the performer but with wonderful writing and acting is at a minimum, especially stage deco- as well. ration, but minimal works in this case. The film begins with Mr. Arlow What is not minimal is the number of (played by Ben Stiller) describing Prisound cues that are integrated through- vate Detective Darryl Zero (played by out the show. Several dozen sound ef- Bill Pullman) to a potential client. We fects and voiceovers are utilized (again, hear of h is heroics and l isten t o the Nash's) to aid the performance. laundry-list of laudatory attributes beIn addition, the songs Nash has stowed upon Darryl Zero by Mr. Arlow selected t o set the tone for an early long before we ever lay eyes on the in1980s feel (like Pat Benatar and Kim famous detective; he is an enigma, an Carnes) are perfect. energetic eagle eyed wonder, providing "Freshman Year Sucks!" ended sound solutions to solid citizens everylast weekend at 6 @ Penn, 3 704 Sixth Ave., Hillcrest. For more information SEE Z ERO EFFECT PAGE 1 1 about future acts, call (619) 688^9210. �Zero Effect continued from page 10 where. We then follow the camera as it follows Mr. Arlow making his way up to Zero's penthouse pad. With a recognizable hat's off to "Get Smart* and the convoluted conditions of getting into headquarters, a frustrated Arlow finally gets in and we are introduced to Mr. Zero: your basic Howard Hughes in the early stages of his agoraphobic paranoia. However, judge not a book by its cover my faithful film lovers. On t he j ob, Darryl Zero metamorphasizes into a cross between James Bond and Sherlock Holmes; smart, smooth, savvy, sexy, sweet and sensitive. Although he regards "the fine art of detachment" as a rigorous rule in detective work, he is unable to stand steadfast and true when attracted to an adorable and amorous admirer. This will not prove his undoing-quite the opposite—but does prove that "passion is the enemy of precision" (a Zeroism). Ryan O'Neal portrays Mr. Stark, the man with a past that won't go away, in desperate need of a discrete detective. O'Neal does a fine job here evoking emotions in the right places without overdoing his options. Both Bill Pullman and Ben Stiller infuse their characters with individuality, humanity and heart, allowing access into their fractured friendship. Written as well as directed by Jake Kasdan, Zero Effect demonstrates a deft display of camera control while providinng film patrons with a lovely look and listen into the lives of some unusual people with the usual problems. Find it, watch it, like it: Zero Effect will effect you. Big Bear Lake offers fun and relaxation B Y LAURIE H ALLE T ^ l o r many CSUSM students, life H can be a circus without silly cos J t t umes. Certainly n one are needed for those who have to juggle work, school, and family. Free time is scarcedndeeci:! | gyt « Though it may seem impossible to get out of town if you have only one day a week off, but it isn't. Nor does it need to put you in debt. If you like snow sports, or want to learn about them, good times are about two hours away at three resorts at Big Bear Lake. Snow Valley, Snow Summit and Bear Mountain each have something to offer. The best mountain for any kind of downhill gliding depends on your experience, and your wallet. At Snow Valley; an all-day, adult lift ticket costs $34. Students and military pay $ 30 for all-day tickets; children 6 to 9, $9; and seniors (over 70) and children under 6 ski free. For beginners, both skiing and snowboarding packages are available. The beginning ski package includes boots, skis and lesson f or $39. The beginning snowboard package is $49, and includes boots, board and lesson. Snow Valley h as a s nowboard park w ith jumps for all levels, and a skateboard park The second resort, Snow Summit, has been bombarding the public with radio and billboard advertisements. Lift t ickets there have g one down $12 since last season, something that doesn't happen often. An adult, allday ticket costs $ 32, while children from 7 to 12 pay $10 and children under 6 are free with a paying adult. If you finish before 1 p.m., you can turn in your ticket for a voucher toward your next time. Night skiing and snowboarding ( $24 per adult and $ 8 per child) is also available, as well as packages for snowboarders and beginI nor skiers ($65, which includes all rentals, lift ticket and four hours of lessons). Snow Summit is known for its snowboard park, the largest in Southern California. Tickets for the resort can b e bought at any Ticket-Master location. If y ou make t here b efore March, you can get an all-day lift ticket the third resort, Bear Mountain, for $29 Monday through Friday. That price jumps to $ 42 on March 1, but 13- to 22-year-olds will pay only $32, and those 6 to 12, $10. Halfday skiing, starting at 12:30 p.m., costs $ 28 for adults and $25 for those 13 to 22. You also can turn in a full day ticket before 12:30 P.M. and receive a voucher for your next visit. I ntroductory s kiing and snowboarding packages are available for $45 and $50, respectively, including lower mountain lift ticket, rentals and l esson. The Bear Mountain snowboard park has many new jumps and a new permanent boardercross. Tickets for Bear Mountain can be purchased at the ticket office and at manyVons stores. Bringing your own lunch to the resorts can save both money and time, since lunchtime in the lodges is hectic and expensive. Rentals are available at each mountain, and in several surf shops in North County as well. Group rates (more than 2 0 people) also are available at all three. . B Y M ICHAEL M g Bureaucracy—one n ever m r a knows when it will strike. Since the majority of students at CSUSM combine work with school, if not also parenthood, most of us can relate to the necessity of a class schedule that works well with all the other aspects of our lives. I know I'm like that. I work Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, leaving Tuesday and Thursdays only for the classes I need to graduate in may. But, when I entered my second class thatfirstTuesday, it was a bit worrisome: There were only four students in all, and the university's tentative minimum is twelve. It turns out my fears were justified. On the second Tuesday, the professor informed us that the class was cancelled. It was a senior-oriented class, and a least two of us needed it to graduate. Crashing a class in the second week is a very uncertain situation. So we were quite worried. But, there was hope. The professor said we could take the class as an independent study. But, since she was unsure of all the fine points, we went to the d$par£nent head to work it put. Once there, we were told that we indeed could take the class as an independent study, but only on a credit/ no credit basis. Never having taken a such a class, I had no problem with this. Then came the catch: The department h ead i nformed u s that a credit/no credit class couldn't count toward your major. This was very bad, since I needed an elective in my major in order to graduate. There was no point to taking the class if it wouldn't count toward my major. We asked if there was anyone else we could talk to who might have the power to provide some relief. We were given the name and number of an administrator and told to call and make an appointment. But this was Tuesday, and the add deadline was in three days. We might not be able to even get to see the administrator in time. We asked the department head if we could get special consideration if we tried to crash a class, since ours was canceled and we were graduating seniors. We were told that was up to the individual professor, and we should plead our case ourselves. I found a few electives that fit my schedule but learned they were full, leaving me with the choice of quitting my job or attending summer school. It was in this hopeless state that I thought of talking to my counselor, Laura Coad. On two previous occasions, she had clarified and focused my academic life. But I had my doubts whether even she could save me this time. She said she would talk to the department head. An hotir or so later, after my next class, I returned and she waved me in. "You're fine,'' she said. "You can take the class credit/no credit and graduate." That was it. I had gone from a brick wall to a yellow brick road. I found it hard to believe, but I told my professor and she told me to meet her on Thursday to work out the independent study. Two other students and I met with her and returned to the s ame d epartmeent h ead w ith our IndependentStudy forms. As she signed them, she explained that because we were on a different catalogue year we were exempt from the policy. 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