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California State University, San Marcos
V ol. V II N o. 8 / Monday, October 18, 1999
ICC Budget Science Building Defacement University Budget Issues
Penny Lanese
Settled
Cynthia C. Woodward
Penny Lanese
PRIDE STAFF WRITER
Issues concerning the 19992000 budget were settled at the
Inter Club Council (ICC) meeting held on Friday, October 8.
On-campus club funding will
receive $50,800 total while
$10,000 has been set aside for
club funding off-campus.
$10,000 goes to the annual
Student Awards Banquet, a
social gathering and awards
ceremony for clubs at the end
of the Spring semester. By a
unanimous vote, the Chair, Vice
Chair and Treasurer will
receive $400 in Student
Development money in scholarships and grants to pay tuition
costs.
PRIDE STAFF WRITER
PRIDE STAFF? WRITER
Facilities workers must paint,
scrub, and sandblast the stucco
and granite of the Science Hall
Building as a result of last
week's vandalism. Using eggs
and blue paint, vandals defaced a
banner of Che Guevara that hung
temporarily from the Science
Hall Building on Wednesday,
October 6. The eggs and paint
splattered against the building's
walls, causing unsightly stains
on the archway that leads into
the building. Scaffolds and yellow tape marked the area as
Facilities members grappled
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with the problem of removing
the stains. For more than a week,
Facilities has been trying different cleaning methods to remove
the stains, but all to no avail.
Today a worker lugged a bottle
of Simple Green to the site, hoping that the all-purpose cleaner
might fade the blue spots that are
now embedded in the granite.
According to Patty Holden,
Assistant Director of Custodial,
Grounds and Transportation, the
stucco must be painted, and the
See CLEAN-UP pg. 6
Since the last meeting, no
clubs had turned in their funding packets. Funding packets
for all clubs are located in the
Associated Students Inc. (ASI)
Office in Commons 206.
Funding packets must be submitted the Tuesday following
an ICC meeting in order to be
processed for the next ICC
meeting.
Two newly recognized clubs
on campus are the Yearbook
Club and the American
Chemical Society. The
Yearbook Club hopes to publish
a campus yearbook, and is currently looking for a publisher. Samantha M. Cahill
The group plans on represent- PRIDE EDITOR
ing the academic year with portrayals of student life through
President Gonzalez addressed
See ICC Cont. Pg. 6
members of MEChA in a meeting on Monday, October 11, following the vandalism of a banner of Che Guevara hung by the
student group. Gonzalez had
been scheduled to give a motivational talk at the meeting prior
to the vandalism. However,
when the floor was opened for
questions, few people had questions about the history of
MEChA, and the conversation
with the president was re-directed to current events.
A Senate-sponsored forum
with President Alexander
Gonzalez, Vice President of
Academic Affairs Richard Karas,
and members of the CSUSM faculty was held on Wednesday,
October 13.
The meeting's focus had much
to do with George Diehr's
October 10, 1999 article entitled
"Cal State San Marcos fat on
overhead, thin on professors" and
the points that the article had
raised. Gonzalez spoke for close
to an hour on the university's
budget after the meeting began.
"We need to trust each other,"
said Gonzalez* who continued to
reiterate similar phrases throughout the forum. Diehr's statement
in his "op-ed" piece that "we need
a full accounting by an independent auditor of the CSUSM budget,
" was the apparent point of contention. Gonzalez's reply to this
charge was "my books are open."
Gonzalez outlined his budget
plan before the meeting was
opened for general discussion.
The discussion ceniered on the
issues of faculty workload and
development, and the Retention
and Tenure Process (RTP), but
also addressed the line item costs
of athletics and president's initiatives in the university's budget, as
well as the costs related to uncompleted buildings.
Faculty questioned the desir-
ability of what the campus has to
offer. Karas responded, "location,
cost, quality and proximity."
However, as noted by one faculty
member, if CSUSM cannot compete in the national market for
new faculty members, educational quality will be compromised.
In response to a question
regarding opportunities that were
missed to defend the university's
stance on budget issues through
public statements, Gonzalez told
faculty "you take it the public,
you're going to lose." This was
further evinced through statements regarding the notions that
airing troubles in public, and the
amount of good it would do,
would only invite comments to
the contrary.
Gonzalez made clear that allegations of misuse of funds would
only back him into a corner, giving him less room to respond to
faculty concerns in a flexible
manner. Gonzalez made clear that
he has the final say in setting the
workload for faculty, in this
instance four classes every Fall
and Spring semester. He would,
however prefer acquiescence, a
consensual compromise.
Gonzalez also stated that he
was not looking into a trimester
system for CSUSM but acknowledges that there are some adaptable classes that include accelerated courses.
ing banners of a revolutionary
characters for the promotion of
educational events and celebrations on campus to be guaranteed and not be used as criteria
to deny our right to do so by
'facilities' or the appropriate*
department which is responsible."
from our own. The University
should be a place where widely
differing views can coexist. I
would like to reiterate that we
will continue to support diversity in all its forms. We will not
condone nor tolerate any breach
of behavior or policy that threatens our commitment to an open
andfree university environment.
Gonzalez Addresses Mechistas
In a statement presented at
the meeting, the Mechistas outlined their position concerning
the incident. Included in the
statement is a request that
President Gonzalez make "a
written statement to the university students, staff and faculty
denouncing [the] act as an act of
disrespect arid disregard towards
Che Guevara, MEChA,
Professor Y&nez-Chavez and the
Liberal Studies department, and
the University itself." The document also observed that the vandalism is "an attack on our
(MEChAVthe students') freedom of expression".
President Gonzalez responded
to the suggestion that the vandalism was directly aimed at the
banner of Che Guevara by stating that it could not be determined if it was indeed a targeted
act of vandalism. WhenLeticia
Luna, MEChA's president
inquired "If the banner hadn't
have been there, do you think
that the blue paint and egg yolk
would have been on the buildingv President Gonzalez
replied "I don't know."
President Gonzalez complied
with MEChA's request for a
public statement regarding the
incident in a memorandum dated
October 12. The memo,
Students took the opportunity "Freedom of Expression on
to question the president about Campus," stated that
what would be done about the
vandalism of the banner of Che
"Last Thursday, a banner of
Guevara, and what he would do 'Che Guevara, that was hung in
to ensure the rights of students Founders' Plaza as part ofpubto free expression in the future. licity for a Public Forum coIn addition to the vandalism of sponsored by MEChA and the
the banner, students and faculty Liberal Studies Department,
brought up previous incidents of was defaced. Whether the act
vandalism on campus, including was one of vandalism or aimed
the vandalism of the Cesar specifically at destroying the
Chavez statue in the spring of banner is not known. However
last year. Questions were raised this incident does raise concerns
about the lack of public admin- and should be addressed.
istrative response to this previous act of vandalism.
"The University is a free
marketplace of ideas. We should
The Mechistas also asked for be both respectful and tolerant
their "rights to continue display- of opinions and views that differ
9
"As a campus community, we
actively work to end discrimination based on race, ethnicity,
gender, age, religion or sexual
orientation. It is important to
reaffirm both individually, and
as a community, what it means
to be a campus that not only tolerates, but welcomes diversity in
all its forms, including differing
social and political views.
"As we move into the remainder of the academic year, please
join with me in reaffirming these
principles that have guided the
University's development."
Although the president's
statement did not denounce the
incident as an act of vandalism,
it is still a step in the direction of
See MEChA pg.7
�2 Monday, October 18, 1999
Dear Editors:
I am rather perturbed by the ethical foundations of a new group
formation on campus, the Young
Americans for Freedom. The
group, not a CSUSM or CSI recognized group, professed their
stance on freedoms of choice,
which is great. The foundations
of freedpm of choice, laissezfaire market principles, and the
importance of teaching the
virtues of Liberty are all critical
elements to be upheld and highly revered in America. And the
approach towards Liberalization
(privatization) of American
structures is an ideal that, as a
moderate libertarian, I could not
help but be pleased at. However,
I was profoundly disturbed by
other explicit and underlying
principles YAF maintains, such
as the professed support of "the
choice to eradicate Communism
Dear Editors:
I recently was made aware of the
YAF (Young Americans for
Freedom) group on campus; I
don't know how many people on
campus have seen their flyer
'Top 10 Reasons to Join YAF',
but when I read this flyer I was
outraged and disgusted. Why
don't they just list their reasons
as: L We're homophobic, 2.
We're white supremacists, 3.
We're VIP KKK members, 4.
We need guns to kill off the
minorities and homosexuals, 5.
Dear Editors:
on campus." The foundation of
freedom is rights, and the right to
believe in and maintain a sociopolitical stance on Communism
is a right, and the suggestion of
eradicating it is a direct contradiction to the premises of freedom. Usurping and diminishing
the right to belief is not upholding freedom, but killing it. In the
same light, denying rights to
practice deviant sexuality is
tyrannical in its ideology as well,
as suggested in their clause of
support for "the choice to prosecute gerbilers, pedophiles, transvestites, and other sexual
deviants." I wish to express my
discontent at the low denominator of angst this group has
against fellow students on campus. There is so much potential
to promote freedom positively.
Jeff Kuebler
We support the choice to oppress
culture. Join YAF today! Has
anyone noticed the web site on
the school server without
club/ICC recognition (an illegal
activity)? Why are they allowed
to set up tables and use the
school server without any sort of
recognition by the university at
any level? I along with fellow
students, approached Damon
Bell of CSI with these concerns,
and YAF is conducting these
affairs entirely unauthorized.
Does this bother anyone else?
In regards to the Pride's
Monday Sept. 20 issue, in which
a cartoon appeared with a caption
that read "Excuse me, but it (S &
M) stands for San Marcos... This
was a cartoon that showed a
cougar with a whip posing in a
sado-masochistic act. In the Oct.
4 issue, Mike Spangler gave a
comical rebuttal that advised the
student body that the "S" & "M"
of CSUSM stands for "Stair
Master." The issue showed a picture of students making their way
up yet another set of stairs on
campus. I am getting a kick out of
the creativity here in regards to
the letters "S" and "M." I got to
thinking about those letters
myself. Personally, I think that
"S" and "M" should stand for
"Smoking More," as I have
observed that an enormous
amount of students smoke a hell
of a lot of cigarettes, despite all
the training they've had over the
years about the dangers of tobacco products. California has so
many laws against smoking in
public places, that it doesn't seem
commonplace to see many people
smoking anymore. Not so at CSU
San Marcos. I would venture to
guess that two-thirds of the student population smoke. Being a
non-smoker myself, I guess I'm
more conscious of those who do.
This is not another diatribe about
smoker versus non-smoker's
rights, it's just an observation. I
cannot help but think of a relative
of mine who hated smoking all
Dear Editors:
October 11 was National
Coming Out Day. Who knew?
Who cared? To perhaps the
majority of students here on campus, most any and all events are
of no concern, (unless of course
there arefreeofferings of food or
products to avail our hungry
natures). After all, we are "just a
commuter campus". But a profound uncertainty overwhelmed
me as I began to put this piece
OPINION
Dear fellow MEChA members Statement from Ricardo Fa vela,
MECHA Vice-President:
and Editors of the Pride:
Thirty-two years ago, on this
I am amazed to see such
day, October 8, Comandante
extremism in our group, I have
been considering joining up with Ernesto Che Guevara was capMEChA because I am proud of my tured in Bolivia and executed.
heritage. Ernesto Che Guevara is Che's remains were then hidden in
n effort to to
he
not our heritage, Che Guevara rep- faorget abouttryhat makemtan world
w this
resents the oppression and for. But the people never fstood
destruction of Latin America their heroes, no matter how orget
hard
which drove my family (and prob- they try to miseducate us, to keep
ably many of your families) from us ignorant, to give .us false and
our motherland. Che Guevara is
artyrs s
as
proudly used by the international criminal mColumbus,uch eorge
Christopher
G
communist party as their symbol Washington, or John F. Kennedy.
of a communist revolution, and if
Tp
ever
you take the time to search the web those hehoeople twill nives tfoorget
w gave heir l
free
nearly every Marxist or socialist them from the poverty, oppression
website will link you to Che. I am and misery which they have lived
not a communist and I feel that we under for the past five centuries.
should not support the oppressors
o
t oppressors tried
or the oppressive systems which Not o nly haveithhe he as a physical
to d away w C
are holding back our people.
being, but ever since his death,
MEChA should be about mak- there has been an ongoing attack
ing our community better and fur- on his ideas. And it has been his
thering education of Hispanic- ideas that have lived on after his
American heritage, not oppressive death and have taken hold in othpolitical systems which kill mil- ers who have followed in his footlions and ruin the lives of millions steps, such as the Zapatistas and
more/ Where are the MEChA Eperristas in Mexico, the FSLN in
events for Hispanic-Americans Nicaragua, FMLN in El Salvador,
who have made good in our com- the FARC and the ELN in
Columbia, the Sendero Luminoso
munity?
If MEChA wants to promote and the MRTA in Peru, and also
such horrible principles and ide- the Black Panthers and the
ologies maybe we should form a African People's Socialist Pary
new group which will bring pride here in the U.S.
They all share the $ame ideas
to our community.
which Che Guevara gave his life
to defend. The idea of creating a
Francisco
world without exploitation of
umans
he
his life and hated his parents for hdea of cby othera humans. Tnd
i
reating developed a
being smokers. He went away to technologically advanced Latin
college, and at age 21 he took up America. The idea of creating a
smoking, and as he nears the end ruly
Latin America
of law school, he is still smoking twhichindependentuffers in poverty
no longer s
heavily. I was truly amazed by and misery just so that a few in
this peculiar behavior. Maybe orth A
and urope
peer pressure never does end, or Nan livemerica (U.S.), and Euxury
c
in splendor
l
maybe school just drives people (for if it is not yet known, the U.S.
to seek out further ways to punish and Europe have
themselves... .Anyhow, this tionship with La parasitic relaatin
comes to me at a time of the year which means the wealthAmerica,
hich s
when the American Cancer concentrate^ here in thewU.S. iis
Society prepares for another of its accumulated a esult o he
Great American Smoke-Outs in exploitation oas our rbrothersf atnd
November, I will be observing sisters in fthe fields and
how many deaf ears it falls on, maquiladoras of Mexico and Latin
and continue to wonder why peo- America).
ple actually choose to harm them- But the fact is that even here
selves.
within the borders of the U.S.,
Mexican, African, and Native
GS
American people here are also
C fte ffiribe
exploited and are forced to live in
poverty and misery. The fact is
that there exists a great inequality
between white people here, who
in general, benefit from the
exploitation of people around the
world, and the Mexican, African
and Native American people who
live in this country. You only need
to walk through an African or
Mexican community and see the
conditions in which we live, and
go walk through a suburban community of white people to see the
drastic inequality which exists.
And you only need to go to the
fields where the farmworkers live
and work, to see that they are
nothing but 20th century, and now
21st century, slave plantations.
And it was exactly this inequality
between humans that Che gave his
life to eliminate. He took up arms
because he knew that the rich
would not give up their stolen
wealth without a fight. He knew
that the police and the army only
exist to maintain that inequality
arid to defend the stolen property
of the rich.
Yet despite the fact that over the
past 30 years, the rich have only
gotten richer and the poor have
gotten poorer, despite the fact that
almost every right that we fought
for during the civil-rights era has
been stripped away, despite the
fact that the civil-rights movement
has been betrayed, and despite the
fact' that the C.I. A. keeps pumping
in drugs and guns into Mexican
and African communities, some
will say that Che's ideas are only
the result of the '60's and will forever remain in the '60's. What
they are telling us is to not be idealistic. What they are telling us is
to stop thinking of how to better
our people's conditions. What
they are telling us is to stop thinking for ourselves. To stop acting
for ourselves. They are telling us
that we will always be an exploited people, that we will always be
a permanent underclass...
And on this day, in the spirit of
Che Guevara, of Emiliano Zapata,
of Huey Newton and Reyes
Tijerina, we will say, 'They can
kill a revolutionary, but they can
not kill the revolution! Hasta la
victoria siempre!".
A coward dies a thousand
deaths, a brave man or woman
dies but once.
together. Nothing happened here
at CSUSM on National Coming
Out Day. There were a couple
dedicated professors and students
volunteering their time to provide information in the Founder's
Plaza. A brightly displayed, rainbow flag draped a small table.
Pamphlets about local organizations and events were neatly
arranged. "Build it and they will
come?" Not at CSUSM.
After speaking with some students and faculty, it became
apparent to me that students dents fear of coming out on our
Is our campus really safe? Is
don't feel safe on this campus. campus was the recent defacing CSUSM truly the University of
Why is it that both our local com- of the Che Guevara poster put up Diversity? Or is this just another
munity colleges have large by the MEChA (El Movimiento attempt by our administration to
groups of gay, lesbian and trans- Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlan). be politically correct? October
gender students involved and And still another student 11 should have been a day for all
participating in clubs and. yet it is remarked that a newly formed students to come out, straight or
simply non existent here? One political group on campus may gay, and celebrate our diversity,
student told me that she has be intimidating gays and les- instead we turned our heads in
observed a covert discrimination bians, since the group has posted shame. A campus in the closet
of gays and lesbians from both material on our campus admit- can not pride itself on tolerance
faculty and students. Another ting their mission to eradicate nor promote diversity.
student suggested that what homosexuals, communists, and
might have contributed to the stu- other persuasions.
Joni Miller
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�)t C ritic
My name is Samantha Beltram
and I am an Indian student on this
campus. I am vice-president of
the American Indian Student
Excellence Society (AISES).
I've been involved in AISES
since Fall '98 and active in the
American Indian community in
California since 1996. I've developed a cordial relationship with
the advisor of our club and the
Pow Wow Committee in relation
to coordinating activities. The
advisor and the Powwow committee are instrumental in educating the general student population about American Indian
culture. But in the last couple of
months I've been noticing how
my relationships with these key
players are limiting me, and
American Indian students in general, by limiting our participation
in educating the campus about
our heritage and in developing
our leadership capabilities/
This can be best described and
exemplified in terms of
CSUSM's Annual Pow Wow. I
noticed an article in the last issue
that delivered a very positive
image of the Pow Wow. The article had good intentions in that the
spirit of the writer was in a good
place and that they gave relevant
information about Indian culture
and Pow Wow in general, but I
recognized that only certain perspectives were represented. This
is not enough, more perspectives
need to be voiced, expressed and
offered to the public awareness. I
now will offer an American
Indian student's perspective:
The relationship between the
Pow Wow Committee and AISES
has historically been limited. My
experience has been that
American Indian students can
only voice their opinion regarding the organizing of the Pow
Wow. But the actual planning and
organizing of the Pow Wow has
been done by faculty and staff
Letter to the Editors:
In Defense of Censoring
Ourselves
only. As Indian students, our role
in this "organizing" has been to
post flyers, sell T-shirts, sell programs, collect water donations
for the Pow Wow staff, and other
colorful jobs of this sort. We have
never been given the direct participatory role in the actual planning of the Pow Wow. For example, we don't get to decide who
the actual participants are such
as: the drummers, the MC, etc.
Yet this is a significant aspect of
our culture and of the Pow Wow
organization.
OPINION
dent involvement in its livelihood. We were also informed that
the person who was responsible
for the vendor contracts "messed
up" and as result we had no truly
"exclusive" rights since vendors
would also be selling water. As I
was doing these things I was
treated very badly; treated like a
child. I felt very disrespected,
patronized, lied to, dismissed,
excluded...you name it. In short, I
was made to feel less than
human. Yet at the end of the
Pow Wow, the Pow Wow
Committee demanded that
Indian students (i.e. representing AISES) be recognized as
part of their Committee in an
honoring song. An honoring
song is given by the Community
to give thanks and show gratitude to those organizing and
hosting the event. I felt Pow
Wow Committee's action was
wrong because it was misleading
the community into thinking that
we were part of hosting, organizing and putting on the Pow Wow,
when in reality we weren't. Not
only is this inappropriate to ask,
it just adds insult to injury being
so disrespectful as to demand
Indian students to come out and
be "honored" for something they
were never given the opportunity
or honor to do.
The Pow Wow committee
maintains that there are not
enough American Indian students
interested in getting involved.
During this time I have understood that American Indian student involvement on campus has
been minimal, (reflecting both
the low numbers of Indian students existing on this campus and
the absence of voting power for
students in the Pow Wow
Committee.) So what we chose to
do as students interested in our
heritage was to be involved in
this special event in what little we
were allowed to do by the
Committee: we distributed flyers, (two of us brought dessert
donations for the Dinner hosted
by the President), we sold Pow
Wow T-shirts and programs, and
I coordinated the water donations
I absolutely refused to dance
for the Pow Wow staff. In return with the Committee that I felt I
for our participation, AISES was was not included in or in any
promised a permanent table set way a part of.
up and exclusive water rights to
sell at the Pow Wow.
I am not the first Indian student who has been made to feel
The day of the Pow Wow we this way. Many Indian students
were told that we did not have the share the same sentiments, as this
permanent table set up that was has been a chronic ISSUE in the
verbally promised to us, but Pow Wow committee in the past
rather that we would just have to and continues to be an issue in
suffice with a temporary set up. It each annual Pow Wow. So every
is important to understand that a year history repeats itself. Indeed,
permanent set up was vital in this year I witnessed that the
order to provide us a central place words they delivered were not
with which to promote our club, honored - not with the table,
fund raise and evoke more stu- "exclusive" water rights, or with
matter spoke louder and with
more intensity than I could
muster at the moment. I am
prompted to write this letter to
I swear, sometimes profusely the Pride by my desire to express
and with great pleasure at the my opinion more fully.
release of emotion. In fact, I can
string curse words together in Associated Students hosted an
remarkably innovative ways, event featuring two comedians
given inspiration. However, ! do whose material, by all accounts
not swear around my children, at with which I am familiar, conmy boss, in the presence of a tained profanity, vocalizations of
client, and many other scenarios. sexual acts based upon racial
I think that most people, like and/or ethnic stereotypes, and
me, are able to censor them- graphic descriptions of oral sex.
selves in such a fashion without The event took place in the pubfeeling that their freedom of lic area outside of the Dome. I
speech has suffered, been find this insulting to the stanchilled, or otherwise hampered. dards of the campus. Rather
It is simply a matter of choosing than make exQuses and craft
appropriate behavior in a given rationalizations, Associated
setting.
Students should apologize to the
campus community.
Twice in the past two weeks I
have been told that I should just I am offended for several reagrow up and accept profanity sons. First, the speech of the
and obscenity as a part of uni- comedians violates the sense of
versity life; that it's a First community that so many people
Amendment issue, so I should have labored so diligently to
just keep quiet. Both times, I establish and maintain. How do
had ready made retorts that I we create a community that foswould have loved to have ters excellence in academic
expressed. But, those with achievement, develop an enviwhom I attempted to discuss the ronment in which diversity is
strength, and maintain a culture
that embraces progress? We
must constantly balance the
rights of individuals to
they please with the synergy of a
strong community establishing
and maintaining standards over
the course of time. From a sociological perspective, an established set of rules which govern
behavior constitutes the backbone of culture and becomes
part of the identity of individuals
within the group. If we are to
achieve a sense of community
where all members feel safe, valued, and free to learn we must
exercise our rights responsibly.
Second, the speech exhibited
that day violates the standards to
which employees and students
are held. If these things had
been said by a staff or faculty
member to a student or anyone
else, that staff or faculty member
would be subject to sexual
harassment laws and would have
been (hopefully) fired for discriminatory language and conduct. I cannot see why a speaker on stage who says " F... you"
to a group of students should be
defended since a student would
Monday, October 18, 1999 3
basic respect to students and student expression. I was outright
disappointed in the outcome of
our relationship because this was
an event that I truly put all my
effort and all my heart in. This is
supposed to be a community
event. It is a cultural event and
NOT an administrative function
for those with the titles- to make
sure everyone knew their name.
The Pow Wow isn't supposed to
exist to service their big
"University image and to give
them some more kudos with
which to meet their status quo. I
had had such optimistic, high
hopes but after this experience
my view of this relationship has
most definitely changed.
I've been trying to maintain
this relationship at all costs- we
still sold the Pow Wow
Committee's T-shirts and programs, even though our "exclusive" water rights were sacrificed.
These are issues that need to
be worked on toward a positive
resolution that will benefit students. Indeed, one of these problems between the Pow Wow
Committee and Indian students
are already being addressed.
Bonnie Biggs, Chairperson of the
Pow Wow Committee, has promised to give classes to AISES
members about the logistics of
organizing a Pow Wow. My hope
is that AISES will see a commitment in the form of a set
date on this so as this becomes
one promise that actually
becomes reality.
Being offered, and afforded
the opportunity to learn about
how to run a Pow Wow is definitely a good starting point.
However, the issue that still
remains (and which is never
addressed) is the issue of giving
voting privilege for AISES as an
organization. This would enable
students, through a vote as a club,
the opportunity to directly participate in the planning and organizing of the Pow Wow. Lastly, it
must be understood that all students should be given the dignity
o f being treated as adults regardless of our educational level. My
hope and vision for the future is
that the relationship between
Native American students and the
Powwow Committee will be
more amicable and genuine.
Other examples:
First of all I am a woman, not a
child. I am certain that as a
human being I deserve to be
treated with the respect due to
any human being. Just because
we are students and do not yet
have the educational degrees and
fancy titles that key members of
the Pow Wow Committee have
does not mean that we do not
deserve to be treated with
respect. It is not okay to manipulate students to the benefit of
individual agendas and images.
This is not an Indian way of
doing things: I'm an Indian person, this is an Indian event - yet
what I saw on that day were a lot
of broken promises. I saw the
dishonesty of the committee and
what Indian students of the past
had whispered in warning come
true. This was a very bad experience and what is so unfortunate
about this situation is that it didn't have to he that way.
On a final note, I encourage
studeftts to respond to me with
their feedback and support.
In closing, I hope that the
American Indian faculty and
staff will support these resolutions, and in the future that they
will support Indian students in a
more active and diplomatic way.
Advocate for us.
Samantha Beltram
be subject to disciplinary action
if he/she used the same langtia^e
Please notice that I do not say
off stage.
; that the comedians do not have
the right to express themselves,
J hird, the Dome is a PUBLIC nor do I say that Associated
space. If this event had been Students does not have the right
held at the Comedy Store, I to contract a particular speaker
would not be writing this. As a based upon the content of their
mother, I often bring my chil- speech. However, to say that a
dren to campus. We walk person, group, or institution has
through this area as we head to the right to do something also
the library, Dome, or other desti- means that they have an attennation. I wouldn't want my chil- dant responsibility in exercising
dren exposed to the kinds of the right. One such responsibilthings that these people were ity is to respect the culture of the
saying. The counter-argument campus by making wise choices
that the university is a place for as to whcr they invite to speak
adults, and not children, does and where they hold the event.
not satisfy me. To me, making
responsible choices is the Censoring ourselves is not a
essence of adulthood. If I difficult task. Whenever we
thought that I would have to sub- make choices about how we will
ject my children to vulgarity and express ourselves and show
profanity in order to get to the respect for the people around us
library, I wouldn't go to the by choosing language and sublibrary. Furthermore, if my chil- ject matter that is appropriate to
dren are not welcome at the situation, we censor ourCSUSM, I am not welcome. It is selves.
my contention that I have the The bottom line is tjiat
right to go to the public spaces at Associated Students should have
a public university (with or chosen a more appropriate venue
without my children) without for the show. And since they did
facing an amplified assault of not, they should apologize.
profanity.
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Hi everyone. I am going to be
dreadfully busy with midterms
this week so I decided to consult with some fellow fairies to
answer the questions. They
have some good things to share
and I hope you enjoy it. See
you next week, love, Psyche
Fairy
Dear Fairy du Jour,
I feel like I 'm trapped in
emotional slavery. There's
someone that I care about, that I
love so much, that I would do
anything for them. They know
this, and never seemed to mind
this devotion. I don't mind
being taken for granted every
now and again, but it seems like
recently that they've been overly paranoid and defensive. I'm
so scared that I've done something at some time to offend
this person or make them subconsciously angry with me. It's
almost like the person that I
knew, the person whose personality was so unique and intriguing that it made my heart skip a
beat when they spoke to me;
somehow... went away. Is there
something I can do to make
them feel better? I've tried
everything, .and yes, I tried to
leave them alone. For one of the
few times in my life, I feel helpless. Please, I hope there's
something you can tell me to
bring just a little bit of ease to
my heart. I've never been so
scared in my life... I don't want
to lose this person out of my
own ignorance.
Enamored
that they learn to attach to,
unhealthy as it is. It may be
being transposed on you, very
unfortunately, my dear. I know
it is entirely much easier said
than done, but as a sentient
being, you have a right and
responsibility and a duty to
yourself to protect yourself
above the relationship. You are
separate from the relationship. I
am no means advocating a separation; rather I suggest a probing of the relationship first, and
why you would sacrifice yourself and your happiness for
someone who is being overtly
defensive and selfish in the relationship* My primary advice
would be to approach your
amour about Why they feel the
right to undermine the relationship rather than focus energies
on despair and what you did
wrong.
And if all else fails, get a second
job and go shopping with the
extra income- who doesn't get
cheered up with a new Winter
wardrobe (hell, take their card if
it makes you feel better!).
Best of luck, sweety!
To Enamored:
My condolences on your sense
of forlorn love. You have tried
the immediately advisable
need-my-space approach to
amending the turn in the relationship. Perhaps the person
you are enamored with seeks
emotional deprivation, whether
it was triggered by a side
issue/event in their life.
Perhaps they have come to
appreciate and thrive on your
discontent; it happens. Often
the world does not work to
serve your needs, and people
occasionally learn to become
vicious- it's a Pavlov-response
thing. People snap, and change,
and have disgust for life's angst The Fairy du Jour
Laughter and
Annoyance at
Comedy Fest 99
Andrea Cavanaugh
PRIDE STAFF W RITER
The ASI staged the first
annual CSUSM comedy show
on October 12, drawing an estimated crowd of 150 people to
the patio outside the dome for
what one student government
official described as "our best
attendance ever" for an ASI
event. However, several students complained about the
show, for reasons ranging from
profanity to obscenity.
"I couldn't believe what I
was hearing," said student
Gloria O'Shea. "It [profanity]
is so common now...but it
shouldn't be." Student Jessica
Ealson added that the" show was
PAUL BLANCHARD / The Pride
"very offensive. I was trying to
As I sat and waited and waited and WAITED for the ASI First eat lunch, but there was
Annual Comedy Fest to start, I thought that it's not very funny to start nowhere to sit outside where it
a half-hour late. Stalling for time, Waleed Delawari, our ASI President, couldn't be heard."
kept us entertained. First he tried playing music over the loud speakers,
ASI programming commitbut finally decided to start the show without the comedians. Waleed tee chair Mbalaka Monololo
used free movie passes to bribe members of the audience to come up on defended the ASI's decision to
stage and try their hand at comedy. Three men and a woman took the stage the show. "This is a colchallenge. The men failed dismally, but the woman fared well, with the lege," he said. "Everyone here
support of her very large study group, she stole the pre-show show.
The show, originally scheduled to begin at 11:00 am; finally began
at around 11:30. The first comedian opened the show with: "If you are
easily offended, then get the — out!" His use of profanity set the tone
for the rest of the show. I thought that the comedians were funnier than
I'd anticipated, but their routines did include lots of lewd gestures and
language. One comic, a Molecular Biology major, told jokes about
Road Rage, and gave impersonations of teachers on campus — and the
teachers being impersonated were among those in the audience.
Another comic's routine included his renditions of sexual vocalizations
from different cultures. The audience gathered by the stage enjoyed the
performances; laughterfilledthe patio outside the dome. It might have
been offensive to some, but I thought the show was funny.
PB
"It was a little
racy, but everyone
I talked to enjoyed
the show."
is a grown up." Although he
stood by the ASI's choice of
programming, Monololo said
that he respected the feelings of
those who complained. "Next
time, we'll try to minimize the
IRealCty
Gail Skennion
PRIDE STAFF W RITER
"Another Day in the Life of a Re-entry Student"
"I'm too sick to go to school," the dreaded words. Once again
today, like many times in the last three years, I was faced with
choosing between my classes and an eleven-year child who is
frequently sick. My child suffers from recurrent migraines,
accompanying stomach complaints, and an asthma-like condition, in addition to the normal sore throats and colds that most
kids get. I ask myself, why was she so healthy before I started
back to school. Why now, at a time in my life where I decide it's
my turn to have a life, do so many complications seem to occur?
As if a Re-Entry student doesn't already have enough on her/his
plate. The guilt in thinking of just 'myself' piles onto an
already overcrowded plate; guilt fills anxiety levels to a premium, and does as much damage to the body as daily 1,500 calorie desserts. Nothing undoes me more than choosing between
my child and myself. Getting through the math requirements
starting from ground zero was bad enough, and I thought nothing, NOTHING, could be as bad as algebra and statistics. I was
wrong. We can send people to the moon, but we can't get alternate care for a sick child down here on earth where it really matters. It turns out that there is no place to take a sick child, there
is no one who can instantly appear on your doorstep and stay
with your child, especially if you're unlucky enough to have
your immediate family live 3,000 miles away.
I can give only marginal advice to fellow parents. Most professors understand enough to give a student the benefit of the
doubt. E-mail your professors, explain the situation, and do the
best you can. Even though most syllabi state a mandatory attendance policy, there are times when perfect attendance is not possible. When you have a chronically sick child, it might be smart
to consider going to school part time, since parenting is a full
time job. Re-think your priorities and your goals and accomplish
little chunks at a time.
Your child does come first, as parenting is your first job. Even
though you are going to school to better yourself, which in the
long run benefits your child, you have to keep reasonable expectations. If I had to do it all over again, I would have gone part
time. The children need supervision and a parent who is 'all
there' both emotionally and physically, But keep in mind that
the sooner you finish, the sooner you can get back to normal
again. Dragging out your program is worse than finishing
quickly in many ways. Whatever you choose, some concessions
have to be made.
profanity." Monololo added
that anyone who wants to contribute to the choice of programming for ASI shows
should attend the programming
committee meetings, which are
open to everyone. They meet
every other Wednesday at 8:30
p.m. in the Dome, with the next
meeting on October 20th.
The ASI said that all of the
comedians, who were unpaid
CSUSM students, were
screened prior to the show. But,
said AgI President Waleed
Delaware, "once they have the
microphone, there's really
nothing we can do about [the
content of the show]."
After receiving thefirstcomplaint, Delawari attended the
remainder of the show himself.
"It was a little racy," he said,
"but everyone I talked to
enjoyed the show." Delawari
acknowledged that he only
spoke with people who were
gathered around the stage,
admitting that people who were
offended by the show had probably left. However, he said, you
can't please everyone. "If we
have 90% satisfaction...I consider that a success."
Although the ASI said that
they announced before the
show that some people might
find the material offensive,
some students were not aware
of what was going on. "I didn't
hear any warnings," O'Shea
said. Warnings or not, some
students felt that the show was
inappropriate. "This is my
school, I 'm paying to be here,
and I don't want to hear it,"
Ealson said emphatically.
ASI Executive Director
Darlene Willis said she could
see both sides. "If people see
something on TV that they find
offensive, they can always turn
it off," she said. "These people
may have felt that they didn't
have a choice. But they can
always get up and leave." She
defended the right of free
expression. "I respect freedom
of speech," she said.
But the students who complained seemed to have concerns other than free speech. "I
think we need to set higher
standards for ourselves,
because we are worthy of higher standards," O'Shea said.
Delawari said that ASI would
definitely take the students concerns into account. "It's a learning curve," he said. "We may
do it differently next time."
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ASI Services
The National Latino Research
Center: New Research
Opportunities For Students
Sharon Hambly
PRIDE STAFF WRITER
Giovanni Ferrer
PRIDE STAFF WRITER
Giovanni Ferrer
PAUL BLANCHARD / The Pride
PRIDE STAFF WRITER
Dr. Soriano was born in Guadalajara, Mexico. At age two his
parents came to the U.S. where he grew up in Fontana, CA. He
graduated from Fontana H.S., attended UC Riverside, and
received his Doctorate in Psychology at the University of
Colorado in 1987. Dr. Soriano stated that education has opened
up the world for him and that he has always been interested in
helping people with their problems.
Dr. Soriano is excited about starting the Youth Research Center
for all ethnic backgrounds. Students can learn research to better understand the needs of the youth and come up with proposals for solutions to violence and drug abuse. He is also excited
about working with "the experts." These are the kids who are
either in gangs, or have already been gang affiliated. He said
"what the youth need are opportunities. They need a chance to
contribute to society, especially the kids with problems at
home. They become alienated, less involved with school, and
are at a higher risk of joining gangs." He believes that we must
make kids more integrated in schools and the community. "I see
at-risk kids as dim light bulbs," he exerts. "Waiting to be turned
on by caring adults and professionals."
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By the year 2000, it is estimated that Latinos will become the
largest minority group in the
U.S., according to a 1992 census
conducted by the National
Council of La Raza. Even though
Latinos will make up the largest
minority group in the nation, we
have little information regarding
Latino populations. In the future,
Latinos will become a major part
of the U.S. work force, therefore
information on Latino populations is important.
The National Institutes of
Health is an agency of the U.S.
Department of Health and
Human Services. They provide
funding for innumerable organizations and centers for national
research studies in biomedical
and behavioral sciences. In 1997
the NIH approved a proposal by
Dr. Fernando Soriano to fund
research on American Latino
populations. The NIH awarded 1
million dollars to open the
National Latino Research Center,
and, through contacts at SDSU,
the National Latino Research
Center was launched. After two
years, Dr. Soriano moved the
center to CSUSrM. CSU San
Marcos indicated interest in the
center and the level of support
was greater than at SDSU.
Dr. Soriano was also offered a
tenured position here at San
Marcos and he now feels like an
integral part of the university. He
remarked: "I wear two hats, one
as the director of the center and as
an academician and researcher. I
spend half of my time researching and teaching, and the other
half as the administrator." He
expects the NLRC to grow at
CSUSM and research to expand.
The NLRC will engage faculty
and students at CSUSM to conduct research on Latino populations. The emphasis is on generating research. Dr. Soriano
stresses the importance of the
research to the U.S. reliance on
young Latinos that make up the
nation's workforce. "[The
research is] a clearing house on
Latino populations," he says, "a
platform for training to increase
the ability of students and
researchers to know how best to
study the populations." Dr.
Soriano expressed a tremendous
need for students, faculty, and
non-students to get involved with
the National Latino Research
Center. You do not have to be
Latino to become a part of the
center. Everyone is welcome.
Research assistance positions
will be opening in the spring of
2000. They are mostly voluntary
but some are paid. Students who
participate can receive academic
credit, program evaluations, and
a skill that has great market
value; Training is available to
students.
If you would like information
on becoming involved with the
NLRC call Dr. Soriano at:
(760)750-8033
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student lounge can also be used
for studying, meetings, lounging
and watching television or the
room may be reserved for special
occasions. Faxes can be received
and sent at affordable prices at the
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for CSUSM students, faculty and
staff to allow the purchase of
computers and printers at discounted prices. The ASI hours
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�A Tour of CSUSM's Library and Information Center of the Future...
Imani Rupert
PRTDF. STAFF W RITER
Remember those future promises of a larger, more technologically advanced library during
freshman orientation library
tours? The end is near! But not
until August 2003, to be exact,
the date set for the new library's
completion. With five floors and
almost 200,000 sq. feet, it will be
larger than Craven Hall.
The main entrance to the new
library will be located on the 3rd
floor (on the same level as
with a plaza that overlooks the
campus.
Book stacks will be located on
the 4th and 5th floors. These two
floors include desks, tables, and
lounge chairs for studying. The
4** floor will house the academic journals, periodicals, microfilm and microfiche. The 5th
floor will house the Spanish
books and curriculum books to
support the College of
"University Hall"). This floor
will hold new, reserve, and Inter
Library Loan books, as well as
new electronic products. It will
also hold reference books, government documents, and the
"information literacy program."
(This program is designed for
professors who have "library
days" to help their students utilize all of the library's resources
for class projects). This floor will
also have access to a cafeteria
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Education. A special room will
be dedicated to these two types of
books and may eventually host a
"story time" for children.
The 2nd floor will contain the
most technologically advanced
teaching aids offered at our
school as part of the Media
Library. The Media Library will
expand to include a one hundredseat computer lab that stays open
longer than the library. The lab
will include "listening rooms" in
which groups can view videos,
listen to tapes or CD's, or compose multimedia projects.
The 1st floor will be comprised of library staff offices such
as cataloging, systems, and the
resource consultation office.
There will also be some classroom space available on this
floor.
CLEAN-UP cont. frompg. l
granite will probably need
sandblasting or other powerful
water cleaning methods to
remove the stains. Though it
would be less costly to paint the
granite, that is not the best solution. "Paint would ruin the look
of the granite," says Holden,
who also isn't sure that even
sandblasting will remove the
blue paint. She says that fading
the spots may be all that can be
hoped for.
Facilities is currently taking
bids from painting companies.
Within days, an expected cost
estimate will determine the
work needed to restore the stucco. The university painting
budget will cover the cost of the
work, unless the vandals are
caught and prosecuted. Holden
hopes that the ones who caused
the damage will be the ones
who pay for the clean up.
Dial Up" is G reat... W hen it Works
Adra Halford
PRIDE STAFF W RITER
CSUSM Computing and Telecommunications revamped their Dial-Up Service in order to keep up with ever-improving technology, as some students and faculty found out when
they tried to connect their computers to the campus modem pool. The C&T Help Desk set service records during the first week of the new service, though calls have slowed
considerably since. With midterms approaching, the demand for online resources will once again increase. Students who have not used the free dial-up service this semester
should be aware of new hardware and software requirements necessary to access the service.
Students who already have an Internet Service Provider may still want to access the Internet through campus Dial-up because this allows them access to research oriented databases like Ideal, EBSCOHOst, ERIC, and First Search. These can be found at: http://www.csusm.edu/library/e databases.htm. It is almost as good as going into the library.
Researching from home has the added benefit of nearly free printing, rather than 15 cents per page.
The new campus modems support 56K connections, meaning faster connections and less waiting for pages to download once the user is connected. That is where the trouble
begins. According to Carlos Archiniega, who identifies himself as "the Help Desk Guy", as midterms approach students should be prepared to hear busy signals and be persistent. The campus now has four types of dial-up accounts, each with its own pay structure and amount of access time. For students and faculty the service is free. Students
should keep track of their usage and be thrifty with their online time as they are only allowed 5 hours during peak usage days. Their time is unlimited from Friday at noon to
Sunday at midnight. Guests are allowed 14 hours per week, for which they pay $80.00 per year. There is also a paying student line for MBA students and Evers students. Students
should also consider avoiding the high traffic times from 4 pm to 8 pm, Monday through Thursday evenings.
Unlike the computers in the lab where a student can call a lab monitor to help if things are not going smoothly, students sometimes feel lost in the maze of technical jargon when
they have to be responsible for updating their own computers. Dial-Up Services has tried to ease the pain by providing detailed instructions. Students can access the website
for some information at: http://www.csusm.edu/helpdesk/dialup
Detailed instructions for dial up service can be obtained at the main computer lab located in ACD 202 or by visiting the Help Desk in Craven Hall 2302.
ICC Cont. from pg. 1 g up photos,inugshots of the faculty, and campus activities. There is no fee to join. The
American Chemical Society is a nationally recognized group of students who want to pursue a career in the
chemical sciences. The club offers students help in making presentations, volunteering in area schools, and getting employment assistance.
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All non-Greek clubs must attend the mandatory meeting to be held on Friday, October 29, from 1:00pm until
3:00pm. ASI is also attending this meeting for all club Presidents, Treasurers, and Faculty Advisors. The meeting will cover risk management, liability issues, and the issue of involving the advisor in more club activities.
Inter Club Council Budget Allotted by Associated Students, Inc.
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BREAST CANCER
AWARENESS
EVENTS
Visit CSUSM's own "Amazone," a cyberquilt honoring
those we know who have battled breast cancer.
Remember your own family and friends with a contribution to the quilt, http://public.csusm.edu/breastcancer
Monday 9-4 (and all week), Founders' Plaza
Breast Cancer Awareness table sponsored by the
Women's Studies Student Association
Monday 6:15-8 pm, ACD 211
"Corporations, Cancer, Carcinogens," a presentation by
Deborah Small, environmentalist, artist, and CSUSM
Visual and Performing Arts professor
Wednesday 4-5 pm Commons 206
"Beauty and the Breast," conversation with Dr. Sue
Fellows, CSUSM Literature and Writing professor, artist
and a breast cancer survivor.
�10/21 REVISITED
Samantha M. Cahill
PRIDE EDITOR
In the fall of 1996, a white
CSUSM student repeatedly
called an African-American
instructor a "black bitch,"and
local newspapers were quick to
blame CSUSM's motto of
"achieving excellence through
diversity" for the whole problem. According to media, this
response was "Out of
Proportion." The campus administration continued to emphasize
that this was an "isolated incident," while students who
aligned themselves with the faculty member received bomb
threats at their apartment building and had threatening notes left
on their vehicles. The "isolated
incident" was further accompanied by hate flyers portraying
ugly caricatures of members of
different ethnicities; these were
strewn liberally across campus
and parking lots.
A group of students formed to
counterbalance the disinforma-
tion about "isolated incidents,"
and offset the political maneuvering on the part of just about
every official constituency at the
university. This group, including
members of El Movimiento
Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlan,
Pan African Student Alliance,
American Indian Student
Excellence Society, and other
concerned students, had a simple
goal: to have a day on campus on
which the campus community
would come together to stand
against the "reign of terror." A
day devoted to standing up for
the CSUSM mission statement.
It was decided that on October
21 these students would make
their stand against the atrocities
that were occurring on campus.
This resolve led to an event, the
likes of which had never happened before, and unfortunately,
has never happened since at
CSUSM—this despite administrative promises to give the day a
prominent place in CSUSM's
future calendar.
Led by student resolve, the
campus came together, turning
what was initially to be a student
walkout into a campus-wide
teach-in. Students, faculty, staff
and administrators all worked
. together for a common cause: to
stand up for the mission statement and stand against racism. It
was a day of speakers, workshops, musical events, poetry
and food. It was promised then
that the event would be commemorated each semester with a
celebration of the mission statement. To their credit, the institution did hold a somewhat lesser
event the following spring on
April 21.
The following year, students
planned events for the occasion,
but approval was revoked. Since
that time, little has been done on
campus in commemoration of
the day.
I have often pondered the reasons why the commemoration
has not taken place since that
first year. Perhaps it is because
the mission statement, which
evoked such a spirit of unity on
the campus th^t first day, has
been changed. Perhaps it is
because, with its shrinking population of Black faculty, CSUSM
has become a less interesting target for neo-Nazi skinheads, so
we really don't need a mission
statement which emphasizes
such things as race, class, and
gender, or "respect and decency."
Perhaps it is that there are no
incidents of any sort of bias at
CSUSM anymore because the
entirety of the student population
has become miraculously
enlightened through the hard
work of the remaining faculty
who do emphasize race, class
and gender, so we really have no
need to emphasize such things
anymore; it is preaching to the
Swansea, Wales CSUSM
Adrienne R.Lopez
clear communication on the
campus.
It's Columbus Day in the States. I
Gonzalez also spoke to the
don't think they celebrate that day
here in Wales. However, today I can
assembled students about
really relate to Columbus. It's my
MEChA's history^ his own
third week as an "official" internaexperiences as a member of
tional student and though I'm not as
MEChA, and the activities of
daring as Columbus, every day is an
the MEChA student group at
adventure. I never quite know who
other CSU campuses. Gonzalez
or what is around the next corner.
The idea of being in a constant state
of flux atfirstseems scary, but it has
turned out to be really exciting. The
pleasure of discovery, meeting new
people, going to new places, and
learning about different cultures, has
been enough to distract me from
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old three-story house with six other
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students from various European
countries. Two German girls, two
Welsh fellows, one Denmark girl
and one Spanish guy. It's a good
mix, and it's been a blast living in
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Tuesday, October 2 6,1999
feasts and sit around the table and
5:00 - 7:30 p.m.
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so that friends we have met along
the way feel free to drop in and partake.
One night at dinner I stopped and
listened to the voices of different
people sharing their stories and
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Perhaps, on a smaller scale, the
wonder I felt was a bit like what
Columbus felt when he saw land. A
whole new world opened to him
that had not existed before. I too
have discovered a whole new world!
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emphasized the need for access
to higher education for Latino
students and MEChA's important role in the Latino community, noting that MEChA is
more than a club, it is a means
of reaching out to the community and serves a vital role in
mentoring community youth.
Gonzalez also spoke about
Latino enrollment in the
California State University system and the University of
California system. Gonzalez
noted the importance of
MEChA's political activism as
vital to Latino students in higher education and concluded his
talk by encouraging students to
pursue degrees beyond a bachelor's.
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London, England
Lisa Morgan
I have not yet been in England for
three full weeks and it is already the
choir. Or perhaps it's just that no
one cares.
Yet as I look out at CSUSM
today I must wonder if we've
really come so far as to not need
such things emphasized on campus. True, there are no death
threats against faculty today, but
vandalism of posters celebrating
Latino figures might in some circles pass as racist acts. It's true,
there are fewer swastikas
scrawled around campus these
days. They have instead been
replaced with YAF flyers supporting the freedom to prosecute
"sexual deviants" and communists. (California's YAF website
declares that multi-cultural centers are communist endeavors).
As I look out across campus
today I wonder if CSUSM will
ever come together again in celebration of what was once our
mission. "Will we simply write
the mission out of the campus
altogether?
best experience of my life. As someone who had hardly been out of the
country, moving 8000 miles away
presented many shocks and adjustments, no matter how much advice
had been offered to me. Traveling
on my own was exciting and terrifying, especially in a big city like
London.
I came to the university at somewhat of a disadvantage because this
is thefirstyear that San Marcos has
dealt with this school. This has
caused several problems with housing and credit transfers. The flip
side to this situation is that everybody who comes here after me
won't have to be first, and these
problems will hopefully be straightened out.
One thing I have learned is that
culture shock comes in all shapes
and sizes. I was more surprised to
see the similarities between England
and America than I was to see the
differences. They have the same
music, the same clothes, the same
problems as American students. The
parts that have been difficult to
adapt to are the unpredictable
weather, the traffic, the local,
accents, and the FOOD! I have
never seen so much mayonnaise in
my entire life!
If those are the bad things about
England, the best thing is the people. Going to a universityfivetimes
the size of CSUSM, I have had
wonderful opportunities to meet
new people. The locals tend to be
straightforward and very willing to
give advice to foreigners. Also, the
other international students here
have taught me so much about the
world that I never could have
learned from a book.
Adjusting to a new place comes in
phases, shock, homesickness, and
acceptance. I still miss "Ally
McBeal" and American peanut butter, but every day I learn a little bit
more to live without them. I have no
doubt that my adventure will turn
me into a different person without
forgetting what a good thing I have
back home.
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Presenter: Dan DeJong,
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7:00PM. The California Center Graduate & Professional
School Fair
for the Arts, Escondido
"Beauty and the Breast"
10:00am - 1:00pm. Founders'
4-5 pm, Commons 206
Poetry Reading
Plaza
Professor Sue Fellows, artist and 12:00pm-2:00pm
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"Corporations, Cancer,
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MECHA