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VOL.XI NO. 17
Photo by Nicole Sullivan/77ie Pride
Lead Custodian Carl Hanson dumps plastics into a bin Feb. 5 as part
of a succesful recycling program a t CSUSM.
ByROGERNARANJO
Pride StaffWriter
Photo Courtesy of Counrad Scouton
Conrad Scouton bashes through the lip with explosive force in Los Angeles County. Scouton and his
t eamates on t he ASI/CSUSM Dream Team and Cream Team landed themselves a place in t he state
championship. The competion starts March
and
at San Onofre State Beach. ¡§ee
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Cal Grants offered until March 2
By CLAUDESAYF
Pride StaffWriter
"You don't have to
complete 2003 s income
taxes to complete the
2004-2005 FAFSFA form."
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Students in the CSU have a
unique opportunity to get free
money through the state of
California's Cal-Grant system.
It is a program that covers
financial aid, grants, and loans.
It doesn't take much tofindout if
students qualify for a Cal-Grant;
all that is required is that he or
she be a Cal State student and
thenfillout a form.
The first thing to do is visit
- Cynthia Silman, financial aid advisor
Craven 4204. Advisors will help and he or she could be looking
explain how simple it can be to at free money. FAFSA forms
get a Cal-Grant. The only thing can also be completed online
to do is fill out a FAFSA form in at fafsa.ed.gov. It doesn't get
that office. Students have until any easier than that. Some
March 2 to complete this form. people find that they are unable
Yes, all students have to do is
See MONEY, page 3
fill out the FAFSA by March 2
In accordance with a 1999
mandate, Cal State San Marcos
successfully reduced the
amount of solid waste it sent
to landfills to 50 percent as of
last month. In fact, not only
did it meet the mandated goal
of 50 percent, it exceeded it to
a respectable 55 percent.
This is no surprise at
CSUSM, however, where "The
Green Team" has managed
a recycling program on
campus since 1992. "We feel
everybody here on campus is
part of the green team," Lead
Custodian Carl Hanson said.
Signed by Gov. Davis
Oct. 10, 1999, the bill AB75
(Strom-Martin) mandated that
state facilities such as prisons,
See CSUSM QUOTA, page 3
Guatemalan adventures
By ASHLEY RENZY
Pride StaffWriter
As the "ayudante," bus attendants, of the nearest bus scream
out in the street: "Nebha, Nebha,"
"Guate, Guate," it is music to Jule
Gomez de Garcia's ears, because
she is about to begin her fifth
two-week journey back to visit the
Mayan Guatemalan Indians.
She watches the ayudante throw
her "bultos" (travel bags) on top
Photo Courtesy of Jule Gomez de Garcia of the old chicken bus beginning
Two Ixil women look over notes. These Mayan women are part of
\ong eight-hour windy and
an ongoing project to record their language; a project t hat takes .
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CSUSM linguistics professor Garcia de Gomez back to Guatemala treacherous bus ride through the
about every six months.
rough and dusty terrain of the
a very
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the Blvd
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Guatemalan mountain-canyon
roads. It is an experience not
many have had, sharing an old U.S.
elementary school bus seat in the
hot, humid climate with two other
people, just barely leaving enough
room for one-eighteenth of your
butt cheek, as you are shoved into
an isle filled of about thirty other
sweaty, crowded people.
Professor Gomez de Garcia, a
social linguist here at CSUSM,
focuses her studies on the uses of
language and literacy. For the last
15 years she has been working with
See GUATEMALA, page 6
page 3
By LORIANN SAMANO
Pride StaffWriter
The recycling program at the
University Village Apartments
depends on students to care about
the environment and lend a hand.
According to the Assistant
Director for Residence Life
Angela Grundy, the UVA is
required by law to meet a standard
50 percent recycling rate. That is,
at least half of the waste from the
University Village Apartments
must be recycled. If this standard
is not met, the UVA could be
fined up to $10,000.
Prior to Jan. 20, 2004 there
were no recycling bins in the
apartments as there are now.
Residents had to lug their
recyclables to the dumpster on
their own, without any bins to
remind them to do so.
This led to some students
dumping their recyclables in with
the rest of their trash. This was
most likely the reason the UVA
did not meet their last standard
requirement and decided to place
See UVA RECYCLING, page 2
Inside
Propositions 55,51 & 58
Primary Elections coming up in
March... Take a look at three of the
propositions that may effect you.
UVA changes
recycling
program to
meet 50%
requirement
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Photo by Nicole Sullivan/77ze Pride
Carl Hanson ( above) t urns over some
plastic bottles Thursday.
recycling, making it almost second nature.
These containers dot the campus and
Photo by Nicole Sullivan/TTie Pride missing them is almost impossible.
"One of the problems we face here on
Two of t he new recycling bins in f ront of t he a rts building Feb. 5. T he bins a re
campus are new incoming freshmen not
placed in an e ffort t o m ake recycling easier for students, faculty and staff.
in the culture of recycling," Hanson said.
However, "once they get into the routine it's
threaten CSUSM, students should be more not so bad."
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waste sent to landfills to 50 percent by more realistic target."
January 2004.
Recyclables are characterized by the
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$80,000 dollars a year to dispose of solid on the partontainers, s wn campus is what the symbol on the bottom of plastic cups,
of students o
waste here on campus," said Facilities has allowed the program to be successful. bottles and other plastics. The Green Team
Manager Chuck Walden. "The more pure Clearly marked and color-coded containers welcomes any ideas and/or feedback from
the recycling, the more money it makes." allow students to get in the habit of students to enhance the program.
As budget cuts and financial constraints
UVA RECYCLING
from page 1
the recycling bins in each resident's
apartment.
The recycling program at University
Village Apartments works like this:
each apartment has one recycling
bin. The trash is collected once a
week from the UVA, along with which
students are responsible to empty their
recycling bin. Where the residents
empty their trash there is also a place
to empty their recyclables, should they
choose to.
Carly Riley, a* freshman at CSUSM,
was asked if she recycled. "Sometimes,
depending on when I think about it,"
Riley said. "Glass, cardboard or big
boxes definitely." She also said that
they did not have the recycling bins
in the apartments before this semester,
only bins by the dumpster, so they just
threw all their trash and recyclables
together.
MONEY
from page 1
to complete the form because they
haven't completed 2003's income
taxes. Well Cynthia Silman who is a
financial aid advisor said, "You don't
have to complete 2003's income taxes
to complete the 2004-2005 FAFSA
form." Silman added that students
could just estimate their income. So
sound the horns because free money
is possibly just a couple of pages or
a couple of clicks away. And while
at the Financial Aid Office, students
can also check out how easy it is to
get scholarships. Good luck and
remember the deadline is March 2.
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With the passing of
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Proposition 55, Cal State
San Marcos would receive
roughly $9 million toward the
renovation of Craven Hall, as well as the furnishing of
the college of business.
If approved on election day in March, Proposition 55
would allocate $2.3 billion to be used to fund major
construction and renovation throughout California's
higher educational system. California is experiencing
rapid growth as a state, forcing administrators to find
ways to accommodate such quick growth. Pressing
enrollment growth over the past decade has made
it vital to fix old and outdated classrooms, enlarge
facilities, and construct new classrooms to meet
existing student needs at CSU campuses—as well as
California Community Colleges and UC campuses.
There is seldom an adequate amount of dollars in
the state budget to fund large expansions of the higher
education system such as this. School construction is a
direct investment in the local economy. Studies show
Proposition 55 will produce hundreds of thousands of
new jobs and add billions in local economic activities
all over California. Funds can only be spent to revamp
or construct schools, not on administration.
Opposition to Propostion 55 states that Calfornia is
already in debt and should not take more on. The bond
requires that schools provide 40 percent of the total
cost so schools without the funds will miss out. Also,
Los Angeles, a city with 12 percent of California's
students, would receive 25 percent of the money.
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Over the past three years,
California state spending has significantly exceeded tax revenues.
Proposition 57, the "Economic
Recovery Bond Act," to be proposed to voters on the
March 2 ballot, initiates a $15 billion bond in order to
pay off the state's accumulated general fund deficit as of
June 30, 2004. The measure will only pass if voters also
approve Proposition 58, the "California Balanced Budget
Act."
The recovery bond is designed to prevent drastic
cuts from education and health care programs, as well
as potential dramatic tax increases otherwise likely to
cover the current debt. Proponents note that in addition
to heading off budget shortages, the bond will consolidate
much of the state's debt into one lump sum. Those in
opposition to the bond claim that it will cost more than
$2,000 per family, and instead suggest that the legislature
should be called upon to reign in spending they see as out
of control.
_ Ultimately funded by the people of California, "The
repayment of the bond would result in annual General
fund costs equivalent to one-quarter percent of California's sales tax revenues," said the Secretary of State's
Legislative Analyst. It would take between 9 and 14
years to pay back the bond.
Essentially, this proposition gives the state government
a one-shot, large sum of money to be used now, in order
to reduce the immediate budget deficit, as opposed to collecting it gradually over time, via annual taxation.
By KYLE OTTO
Pride StaffWriter
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Gov. Schwarzenegger
called Proposition 58
"the never-again spending
limit." If only it were that
simple. Titled "The California Balanced Budget Act,"
Proposition 58 includes an arsenal of provisions aimed
at achieving a higher level of fiscal responsibility in
Sacramento.
Proposition 58 would amend California's constitution
with changes that would not be subtle. While the
governor is currently only required to propose a
balanced Budget, Proposition 58 would force him or her
to propose and enact a balanced budget.
Another budget-related provision under Proposition
58 compels the legislature and governor to act swiftly
in times offiscalemergency. Under such circumstances
the legislature would have 45 days to complete a bill
concerning the emergency. If the deadline were to
pass without a bill, work on all other bills would be
suspended until the emergency bill was completed and
presented to the governor.
Appealing to those who own piggy-banks,
Proposition 58 would establish the Budget Stabilization
Account. Money transfers would be ordered from the
state's general fund into the new account until a certain
balance is met. Much of the money in this new account
would then be devoted to deficit payments.
Proposition 58 would also prohibit the state from
engaging in long-term borrowing arrangements. The
proposition's opponents see this component as being
rather useless in that it preserves the short-term
borrowing arrangements they feel are troublesome..
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CSUSM's College of Education's Teacher Diversity Program is
pleased to announce the availability of stipends for undergraduate
students interested in becoming teachers. If you are planning to
teach students from diverse populations or are a member of a diverse
population you, are encouraged to apply. Applications for stipends are
now available and can be obtained from Linda Fuchs at the main desk
of the College of Education, Fourth Floor, University Hall. Completed
applications are to be submitted to Linda Fuchs no later than February
27,2004.
Any questions related to this stipend can be directed to: Dr. Gilbert
Valadez, co-director, Teacher Diversity Project, College of Education,
X 8514, gvaladez@csusm.edu
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Six of the new Alpha Xi Delta girls pose Sunday, (left to right) Caity
Ries, Jessica Payne, Melissa Platero, Shannon Poling, Christine
Greenlaw, and Kristin Guido. They are members of the Sigma class.
"We are
congratulating our
ten new ladies"
-Amber Dowell Alpha Xi Delta
To qualify, you must be a Fall 2003, Spring or Summer 2004 candidate
for a degree or credential and have the ability to articulate a vision for CSUSM
graduates attending the designated Commencement ceremony for your major. You
must be able to vocally project as well as motivate and inspire the graduating class
VOCALIST/INSTRUMENTAL PERFORMANCE: Students have the option of
participating in the Commencement ceremony as a vocalist or instrumental
performer. To qualify, you must be a Fail 2003, Spring or Summer 2004 candidate
for a degree or credential.
• To audition as a vocalist candidates must have a strong, clear voice as well as a
desire to perform "America the Beautiful".
• To audition as an instrumental performer candidates must have demonstrated skill
and expertise in performance of a musical instrument as well as a desire to perform
"America the Beautiful." (Please note that for logistical reasons accommodations
cannot be made for large musical instruments at this time.)
For more information and to obtain application materials, please stop by the Office of
the Vice PresidentforStudent Affairs in Craven 5306 or call (760) 750-4056.
Application Deadline: March 1,2004
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En-large-ment ads
leaving consumers limp
Penis. Dick. Weiner. Johnson.
There are thousands of different names
we can call a man's genitalia; and
according to the recent wave of Internet
advertisements, there are thousands of
ways to add on inches.
These days, you can be sure that before
hearing the words "you've got mail,"
various pop-ups for penis enlargement
remedies on the computer screen
appear. That is because there are over
18,000 products on the market catering
to guys that want a bigger and better
package. These products range from
the $20 penis pump to the $300 bottle
of Virility (one of many "all-natural"
male enhancing supplements). To add
to the list, there are also penis weights
for those interested in the stretching
technique and penis muscle exercisers
for those guys who work out. For the
man looking to increase the beast, these
ads seem convenient; however, usage
of any of these products may leave
him unfulfilled and broke.
Dr. Steven Bates of student health
services, said that many of the
products related to the penis enlargement
propaganda have not been medically
accepted nor FDA approved. The products
claiming to be "all-natural" supplements
borrow a mixture of herbs with various
functions (Ginseng for stamina, Yohimbe
for weight-loss, etc).
These companies then stuff the list of
herbs into a capsule and tell the consumer
that his penis will grow about 30 percent
within three to six months. Most of
these supplements, however, will give the
consumer a 90 day guarantee or refund
Photo by Sarah Carlin¡The Pride
Penetrating e-mail accounts nationwide, male member enhancement advertisements may leave consumers a little less than satisfied.
your money. In other words, by the time
he realizes that his penis has not grown
an inch, the guarantee has expired, and the
company keeps the money.
Besides the fact that this market lacks
a promising warranty, an herb can react
in an individual's body very negatively,
especially when mixed with other herbs.
"Herbs can be the cause of hypertension,
fatigue, and G.I. (gastrointestinal)
problems —- like diarrhea (side effects)
can be present when mixed with one's
metabolism," Bates said.
Results vary from person to person. The
only certain way to add on inches to a
penis is through surgery. That would
only be recommended for specific
cases, cases that are not cosmetic, but
reconstructive. But even surgery is risky,
Bates said
So what makes us, as a society, so
fascinated with size? Sex sells. Media
definitely plays an important
roll with movies like "Austin Powers,"
which jokes about a penis pump,
and associates Austin Powers as being
a huge ladies man. We can also give
credit to the adultfilmindustry with all of
the publicity that Ron Jeremy gets for his
gigantic moneymaker.
Sarah Wymer, sophomore, said that
unfortunately, yes, size does matter.
"Our society's obsession with size
probably stems from women who are
always supposed to be small with big
boobs," Wymer said. "Men are depicted as
being big, with a big penis."
Wymer said she does not think products
on the market are credible according to
their advertisements. She said, "I think
they are just gimmicks sold to poor guys
with low self-esteem."
Junior Jason Nichols said, "Bigger is
relative to cold weather," and that bigger
does not necessarily mean better, especially
if the previous guy was bigger.
Nichols said, "If you want bigger
equipment, lose the beer belly."
If you do decide to take the bait on
these enhancement ads or even surgery,
investigate the risk factors and know
your motives. The American Urological
Association and the American Society
for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery have
surgical remedies for amputated penises,
penises damaged by car accidents, animal
bites, birth defects and other serious cases.
They do have policy statements against cos
metic procedures.
For more information on this topic or
topics on sexual responsibility please
visit Student Health Services. Faculty
from Student Health Services will be
in Founders Plaza to promote sexual
responsibility Tuesday, Feb. 10, and
Wednesday, Feb. 11, between 10 a.m. and
1 p.m. They will be selling condom roses
and passing out safe sex pamphlets.
Looking for romance in cyberspace may not be that weird
By CHELSEA GEORGE
Pride Staff Writer
As February 14 approaches, many single
students are probably wondering just
whose going to be their Valentine. Some
are even turning to alternative methods,
such as online dating, to find that special
someone.
To some, the thought of dating someone met online may send shivers down
the spine. Perhaps questions like how
could I go on a date with someone I've
never met? And what if they're lying
about who they really are? might course
through your head. Perhaps pictures of
some scary psycho murderer hunched over
a keyboard goflashingthrough your mind.
Or as freshman Kaylan Bland said, "That's
creepy."
Others mayfindonline dating unnatural.
They may miss that spark when eyes connect for the first time; the initial meeting
leaving your head spinning for days.
"When you meet someone it should just
happen," said Elise Battaglia, sophomore.
And after all, there isn't a fairytale that
reads, "and then prince charming put out a
personal ad."
There are those who might feel that
online dating is for the desperate and the
unattractive. It's the only excuse there can
The negative outlook was branded in
be for notfindingsomeone on your own.
my head too, until I heard my first success
"The computer takes away 150 pounds,"
story.
said freshman, Tommy Hazelwood.
With outlooks such as these, one would "One of my mom's employees met somewonder why someone would ever try to one and they got married," said sophomore
find someone online.
give it a try myself. After making a new
e-mail address on Yahoo just to be safe, I
signed on to www.match.com.
There is no charge to browse through
other people's profiles and make one of
your own.
I searched for guys within 50 miles of
San Marcos between 21 and 28 years old.
I ended up with 50 pages of pictures and
profiles to sort through.
Though the first couple pages were
nothing special, I quickly found one guy
whose picture made my jaw drop. After
yelling at my roommate to come stare
at the Abercrombie model wannabe, I
decided to read his profile. It just so happened that we have a ton in common, so I
put him on my favorites list and continued
to search.
While skimming through the pages
there were no scary creepy people to be
found.
With only 20 pages down, I decided to
call off my search with 5 potential guys on
my favorites list. The next step is writing
to them, which I'm still too weirded out
to do.
Thefirst3 days on match.com are free,
to sign up after that depends on how many
months you want to sign up for. Signing
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months cost $14.95 a month and 1 month
Danielle Anthony. "He lived in Canada and cost $24.95.
I think I'll need to hear a few more
so she moved there."
success stories before I start opening my
Becca Schneider, senior, said, "My mom
wallet and typing in my credit card digits.
and her boyfriend met online."
With a brightened outlook, I decided to
�University Voice:
W hat do you think
about W MD's?
ByTORFREED
Pride StaffWriter
While Powers and Gensel's
position is not favorable with
Once upon a time, not too long democrats, there may be some
ago, the three most dreaded letters truth about moving the WMD's
in succession was STD, however, The common theory is Syria,
in a post 9-11 world, and thanks laughable to some but a little
to the Bush administration's war more intriguing when one realon terror, STD has been replaced izes that Iraq had an illegal oil
with WMD — weapons of mass pipeline into Syria in which Syria
destruction.
recieved crude oil for pennies on
They are everywhere we are the dollar. We had the opinions of
warned. Terrorists want them, the left and the right, we needed
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certain countries in the Middle a different slant, how about TKE?
East have them, and if we're not Dick Schaper, freshman, business The Ixil women present weavings to Prof. Gomez de Garcia and her colleagues.
careful, one day soon they'll be major was our guy. Unfortugenerations. The milpas for the or quite accidental," she said.
used against us. The hot list nately, like last week, our topic G UATEMALA
Ixil are where they live and where One day as she was working
of the WMD club? It includes wasn't popular. "Dude, I'm not
they grow their food for suste- hard to enter the new vocabuNorth Korea, Iran, Syria, and the one to ask on that." One day f r o m p a g e 1
nance. These women realized that lary into her lap top, an Apache
Libya. What about Iraq? Didn't soon, we're going to pick a topic
they have them? We thought so, where they will be the one to ask a small research group, including they could not survive individu- woman by the name of Matilda sat
heck, everyone 'thought' so, but on that.
a graduate from the University of ally so they formed a women's and watched. After one particular
no one else was ready to invade Like the polar opposite New Mexico, Dr. Axlerod, and "Mujeres de la Paz" cooperative. word had been entered into the
besides the U.S. tofindout. This responses, this is a topic that another graduate from the Univer- In this cooperative the Ixil women computer Matilda looked at it and
past week, numerous experts have splits the country in two, there sity of Texas, who just so happens could learn to weave traditional then turned to her sister sitting
all come out and stated that there are no centrists here. Usually, to be her daughter Maria. Their patterns that they never had the beside her and said something in
probably isn't any WMD's and one either believes, there are or study of focus is on the language chance to learn in their youth. their native language. Matilda's
even Colin Powell has stated that there never was. The funny thing preservation of the Native Ameri- Another accomplishment they sister turned to look at the comare very proud of is a prosperous puter and told Gomez de Garcia
if he knew the intelligence was is that both sides are right. Before can language.
this bad, he wouldn't have been in the Iraqi invasion, there wasn't an For the past five years, every green house, housing tomatoes, that she had misspelled the word.
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favor of going to war.
intelligence agency in the world January and again in June or July, bucumbers, red, tghat tand yellow Untiltohen Moatilda had never been
ell peppers,
hey have able read r write.
Matt Hennessey, junior, com- that would publicly deny Iraq's Gomez de Garcia packs her bags
In addition to teaching the
munications major, said, "The WMD's existence. There are for a two week visit to the Mayan designed and built.
number one inspector told Bush
Indians that live in Guatemala, The main purpose for Gomez women to read and write there has
there were no weapons of mass
who by now, after the fifth visit de Garcia and her colleagues to been a proposal to begin a literacy
destruction, its because Halhave become more like family. keep returning every six months program to also fund the educaliburton had so much to gain,
The group of Mayans that she to this desolate area in the Gua- tion for the children of Nebha. It
Greenspan, (Federal Reserve
visits lives in the small, unheard temalan mountains, is to properly costs $100 to put a child through
Chairman)his company was given
of parts of the Guatemalan moun- record and create a dictionary of school for the entire year, includthe contract to rebuild Iraq." Matt
tains, called Nebha (pronounced the Ixil language. When finished, ing books and supplies.
said he did not think we'd be findNee- bauk). The group of women the dictionary, will hopefully be "The literacy project will allow
ing anything and that this was a
she visits is called the Ixil (pro- funded by the American Signs the mothers to work with us to
war about oil and big business.
nounced ee-shil). The Ixil are an Foundation. The money from the learn to read and write," the
"Time magazine said that the west
amazing group of women who funds will go to the Ixil women to professor said. "We will pay them
$10 per hour in education vouchwing televisions were allfixedto
formed a women's weaving and help preserve their language.
Every year upon returning, ers to allow them to pay for their
Fox news, the worst resource you
agricultural cooperative after
could have," Hennessey said.
Dick S chaper
the Guatemalan civil war, which Gomez de Garcia and her crew children to go to school." The
wonder why these Ixil women people of Nebha do not want our
Lisa Powers, senior, SSM major
n
that ended around 1996.
and Darlyne Gensel, senior, HTM manylso ations in the worldMD's The Ixil women are mostly invite them to keep returning. American money, but would do
re
major both supported the current and atheyconcerned about Whreat, widows, or daughters of widows, The researchers knew what their anything to give their children a
a
are
administration. Gensel said, "I the differenceaislegitimate tteams who lost their husbands during purpose was, but were unsure as better education and future. This
he Bush
knew people from that country, approach and it's tperceived arro- the "violencia," or civil war. Many to what the incentive was to the incentive keeps the women of
Nebha working with the researchthey said we should have done it
Chiemi Y
isiting were chased into mountains and women of Nebha.
years ago, (removing Saddam)he jgance.from Japan,okata, abvusiness systematically killed and hunted Finally, during one study the ers.
unior
was like Hitler." Many from management majorglobal it clear, during the genocide and land mystery was revealed. The women So far there has been a lot of
m
both sides of the political spec- "I think the Americanade are grab formed by the Guatemalan of Nebha do not know how to read progress with the projects menpeople
trum would argue that removing so capitalistic, you guys won't army and government. Many of or write their own language, and tioned, as well as some smaller
Saddam was a good thing but the
these women spent between nine this makes going to the market to community projects; such as a
Bush administration went to war listen to other countries, If I say andfifteenyears in the mountains sell their weavings very difficult. multimedia DVD of the greenover WMD's so once again we
fleeing with their children. They "I am so envious of you that house and of a traditional dish
posed the question of the misswould move from place to place, when you get on a bus or truck made of corn maza, called boxbol
ing WMD's. "They had plenty of
knowing exactly what types of you know where it is going," one (pronounced boush-Bol). All of
M
time to get it out of their country,
leaves and tree roots to eat, but Ixil women said to a researcher. the projects with the Ixil women
i 4 ¡ K J jjjr I
would be careful not to take too The women cannot read the are fun and important, but fitting
much as to leave a trail for some- signs of destination posted on all of them into a two-week schedT||
the buses, nor can they read a ule is nearly impossible.
body tofindthem.
J
map. The comment made by the Before they know it the two
One woman actually, "gave
birth to a baby on the trail and Ixil woman led to the realization weeks is up and it is time to say
had to get up and keep moving," that these women sought to learn good-bye. The Ixil women have a
Gomez de Garcia said as she to read and write. If they would good-bye ceremony called a "Desretells one woman's story. "The learn to read and write this would perido," an exchange of pretty
Lisa Powers & Darlyne Gensel
Chiemi Yokota
woman sent someone the next lead to greater mobility and in the words, with Professor Gomez de
you think they're stupid?" Gensel go (U.S. and Iraq) we go, that's day to go bury the baby, but it was end much more profit from market Garcia, her daughter, and their
asked. "We just didn't know(in merica or
colleague. Which over these last
still alive so it was taken to the items.
regards to WMD's) a lot of things Arong, I lfoveme. Don't get tme woman's mother and is still alive Gomez de Garcia tells of one five years of companionship now
A
need to be kept secret," Powers wovernment..." mericansa bdut he and healthy today."
encouraging story from another concludes with hugs and tears.
G
ebate
added. "There's a big difference that's going to cThis is into the At the time of the violenica, ongoing linguistic project that They have each made a new
ontinue
between what's in the paper and election, one thing is for certain, there was no land ownership, she is currently involved with family that will last a lifetime.
what's going on," said Gensel, a unlike the previously feared so when the husbands of these working with a group of Apache Gomez de Garcia said, "I learn
former employee of the military STD's, his opic isn't
families died the women lost all women. "Sometimes in projects so much from these women and
industry. "We're on a need to away wtith ptenicillin. going to go of their "milpas," cornfields,that like these the participants learn to cannot emphasize enough how
know basis."
have been passed down through read and write slowly, deliberately truly fun and exciting it is."
�Surf team h ods aplace in state finalsCougars
baseball
gearing up
for spring
By KEVIN BRABEC
Pride Staff Writer
After a strong finish this
season, the ASI/CSUSM surf
team must raise $700 to cover
the state championship fees
when the team travels to compete at San Onofre state beach
March 20 and 21.
The ASI/CSUSM surf team
has consistently made great
performances in the National
Scholastic Surfing Association
(NSSA) events. The season
included two stops in Ventura
(street pipes) Oct. 26 and Dec.
21, as well as an event at Black's
Beach in San Diego Nov. 22.
Thefinalevent of the regular
season took place Jan. 19. at
one of the great surfing spots
in Southern California, Huntington Pier (south side). The
Dream Team qualified for the
state championships with an
overall season ranking of ninth.
"The Dream Team has a shoe
in to qualify for nationals," said
Surf Team Faculty Advisor Dr.
Amber Puha.
To make it to nationals, the
Dream Team needs to place in
the top 12 at state.
In itsfirstyear, the secondary
Cream Team also landed a place
in the state championships.
Cream Team member Conrad
Scouton scored third place in
the men's division, and Analia
Carlsson, had a usually consistent performance. She is ranked
sixth in the college women's
division with 1530 points.
Vital contributions from other
Cream Team members like Alex
By JOSH SANDOVAL
Pride StaffWriter
Photo Courtesy of Conrad Scouton
Conrad Scouton turns on the crest of a wave in Los Angeles County. The ASI/CSUSM surf
t eam qualified for a spot in this year's state championship competition.
Brust and Chris Parrinello also
helped the team qualify. The
Cream Team took seventeenth
place in the rakings with 1748
points qualifying them for a
shot at the title.
"I hope they can have a
strong showing,," Puha said.
She added that coming from a
strong performance at the last
event in Huntington Beach, the
momentum might just carry
over to the state championships
in March.
She also said that the talent
that these kids have hasn't
been seen at it's full potential
yet. The student body of the
CSUSM campus has something
to be proud of in these two
teams. These guys and gals are
a force to be reckoned with after
posting their bestfinishesof the
year.
The road to having a Surf
Team at CSUSM is a very hard
one. It takes a tremendous
amount of work both by students who are on the surf team
and advisor Puha who devotes
both time and effort. The leadership on the team is outstanding and they are a great group,
Dr. Puha said.
Alumni, ASI, as well as
Hansen Boardroom all contribute funding to keep the team
going, but the rest of the funds
Photo courtesy of Cougar Softball
Cougar's Softball is 2 -2 and preparing for a tournament, where the women will compete
nationally. Many of t he girls who had joined t he t eam had been on hiatus f rom the sport.
By BRETT DAVIS
Pride StaffWriter
CSUSM expanded its list of club teams
last November when the Women's Softball
Team formed itself and began pre-season
workouts.
They practiced rigorously for nearly
two months and opened up their inaugural
season with a 15-2 lopsided win over Mt.
San Jacinto College Jan. 12.
A blowout win against intercollegiate
competition is a great achievement for any
club team, and proved to be the ideal way to
open up the season.
The next two outings weren't quite as
glorious as the first; the team dropped
both games of a double-header against
International Hope of Faith. The losing
streak didn't last long though, and was
snapped in the very next game against
Orange Coast College with a close 6-4
triumph.
The Women's Softball team now finds
themselves at .500 with a 2-2 record.
"Not bad considering half of the squad
hadn't played in nearly 5 years," said Head
Coach Fermin Cardoza Sr. Cardoza has
been coaching girl's softball for the last
15 years through Vista Girls Softball and
needed for liability insurance,
entry fees, and other costs have
to come from fund raising by
students.
One idea is to host a "surf
flick" night at the Clarke field
house. By paying a small fee,
students can come and help the
surf team reach their goal of
$700 to cover the state championship fees. People interested
in helping can contact Laurence
Bolotin, director of Student
Programs.
Expect great things in the
future with the ASI/CSUSM
Surf Team, because as the
campus grows so will this
popular program.
Inaugural
season for
sofibaH is off
to an even
start
Travel Ball, and hopes to end the Cougar's
inaugural season with a winning record.
The team is looking forward to the
National Softball club team tournament at
the end of April.
Catcher Alison Sansbury said she is
looking forward to the tournament. "We
are a young Cougar dynasty and this
tournament will pit us against other club
teams and will show just exactly how good
we are," she said.
Cardoza said, "Definitely, they have come
a long way since we first started practicing,
"It's like night and day," he said.
With spring on the horizon, America's favorite pastime is almost upon
us, which means the second season of
Cougar baseball will be getting under
way.
CSUSM offers three intercollegiate
sports (Cross country, Track and Field,
and Golf), but those are not the only
sports available to students.
2003 was the inaugural season for
Cougar baseball, which was a successful season by all standards for a first
year team. There will be six returning
players from last years squad, including one sophomore, one junior, and
four seniors.
Head Coach JJ Koon said, "We
are very excited about the upcoming
season. We are building off a .429
winning percentage, with a record of
§ix wins and eight losses."
Last season the Cougars participated in very high scoring games. The
Cougars had the second best scoring
offense, and allowed the third fewest
runs out of six teams in the Metal Bat
Division.
In the first game, of a 14 game
season, they blew out the San Diego
Black Sox with a 17-2 victory. The
Cougars continued to put up big scores
on their opponents all throughout the
year; the team averaged 10 runs per
game in the final six games, while
finishing strong, winning four out of
those six contests. The Cougars scored
seven runs or more on seven different
occasions throughout the year. The
teamfinishedthe season tied for third
place in their division, and this year
the returning players expect only to
improve upon last year's success.
The Cougars play games Sundays on
Varsity Fields at various North County
High School locations. The team is
part of the North County section of
the Men's Adult Baseball League
(MABL). The North County section
contains several independent baseball
teams from other universities like San
Diego State, and other independent
teams in the greater San Diego area.
The Cougars are looking for athletic
men tofillout the roster, which is currently voided by the eight seniors who
were on the team last season. Try-outs
will be held on February 21, at 1:30pm,
on the campus of Mira Costa Community College in Oceanside. There will
also be a team meeting that anyone is
welcome to attend. The team meeting
is tentatively scheduled for the second
week of February in the Founders
Plaza.
For detailed information regarding
the upcoming team meeting, and/or
information regarding Cougar Baseball, contact JJ Koon via e-mail at
koon002@csusm.edu. Also, check
out the Cougar Baseball website at
www.csusm.edu/public/aaabaseball to
view highlights from the success of the
inaugural season.
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is now on sale •
In 2001, the popular
men's magazine, Maxim,
surveyed 1000 women
and asked them what they
want in a man. The top
answers given were: kindness, warmth, attentiveness, commitment, sense
of humor, and shared
values. Out of all the various answers in the survey
there was not one woman
who said they want a huge
penis.
Maxim magazine is not
a scientific medical journal; however, they are correct in informing men that
the size of a man's package
is of no consideration to
women.
So if size doesn't matter,
why are there approximately 18,000 penis
enlarging products on the
"So, ifsize doesn't matter;
why are there approximately
18,000penis enlargement
products on the market?"
market? Are our precious
members shrinking? Oris
this just a case of marketing genius?
Any person with internet access or e-mail can
attest to the surgence of
pop-ups and spam ads, not
to mention the late-night
commercials for these
products that have been
working hard to create an
epidemic of small penises
in the United States.
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from lotions and potions
to suction gadgets.
My personal favorite has
to be Mindquest's Penis
Enhancement Program,
12-weeks of hypnotherapy
on CD for an unbelievable
$295. Wow, now you can
think yourself longer.
According to an
interview with Steven
N. Grange, MD on
WebMD.com, Grange
said, "Men in general did
not have a distorted view
of what's a normal penis
size until a study published
in Sept. 1996 Journal of
Urology concluded that
the average flaccid penile
length was 3.5 inches, and
average erect length was 5
inches."
It is as if the marketing
and advertising industry
has just been waiting for
this information to create
a complex in the male
psyche just like it has
been doing to women for
decades.
If you are a women, you
know you are bombarded
everywhere you look with
images of the so-called
"perfect shape."
Fashion, cosmetic, and
diet industries make billions of dollars each year
off the insecurities they
have created in women.
Now it seems they have
the perfect recipe to do the
same thing to men. Tell
men that they don't measure up if they can't stretch
out to a hefty 10 inches on
a ruler; get a sexy women
to say how pleasurable a
big penis is, and then offer
a must-have remedy.
Whether you are a man
or woman, you can decide
for yourself whether you
think it is right, or even
about time, that men are
now being targeted by
this type of marketing that
feeds off the insecurities it
creates in society.
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not to, considering that state
fines would likely result in an
increase in student fees.
Would five dollars be The benefits of recycling
enough to persuade you to have widespread implicarecycle? Ten? If all it meant tions, from reducing the need
was tossing your bottles into for environmentally invasive
one of the recycling bins dot- landfills to providing "green"
ting campus instead of the materials for use in manutrash can, would the threat facturing. With the motto,
of a twenty-dollar-increase in "Reduce, reuse, recycle,"
student fees be enough?
environmentalists
have
Although these fee advanced public recycling
increases are hypothetical, programs for over a decade.
it may benefit students at Cal Now, with CSUSM facing
State San Marcos financially fines in the tens of thousands
to heed the "No cans and of dollars, students have a
bottles" bumper stickers that new reason to recycle.
are plastered on almost every Universities have long
trash receptacle on campus. been the staging ground
As reported in this week's for cultural change. While
issue of The Pride (see raising the recycling rate
"CSUSM exceeds state recy- on campus may have been
cling quota," front page) cus- a matter of simple access
todial workers on campuses and awareness, more comall over California have been
struggling to meet a law
requiring that 50 percent of
all waste be recycled. Under
California bill AB 75, fines
starting at $10,000 may be
imposed on state institutions
that didn't meet the January plex systems of government
deadline.
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of 2004. Their job would, a The next time you review
no doubt, be easier with your student fees, don't
increased student coopera- forget to consider how the
tion.
And why shouldn't we recycling choices you made
n campus last semester
cooperate? Facilities staff offected or could affect those
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here at CSUSM have made fees. And don't forget to
it easy enough to recycle recycle the receipt.
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Pride Staff Writer
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critics of The Pride may feel that we
Mde Ombudsman
are making the same mistakes we have
An important consideration to keep made in the past without any effort to
in mind as you read through these first rectify these mistakes. This is not the
few editions of The Pride is that we are a case; rather, each issue of The Pride is
class like any other on campus learning a learning process for those who have
as we go along. Indeed, some of us from been here before and especially for the
last semester are returning to The Pride new student reporters and editors. Does
this semester, but the majority of the this forgive a mistake like excluding
class is comprised of new faces.
the quotation marks around a quote?
The reason that this is important to No, but it should, at least, remind us all
consider is that some of the harsher that we are on this hill to learn a tó that
mistakes,forgivableor not, will be part
o fthis process:
I received an email this week asking
why the online edition of The Pride has
not been continued this spring. In all
honesty, I did not know that it was not
being updated to this point this semester. I have been assured that the online
edition will continue again within a few
weeks as soon last semesterV online
editor drops by to give instruction on
this procedure.
The feedback is starting to roll in,
but there is always room for more,
Please .keep reading The Pride. Also,
do not hesitate to send your thoughts or
criticisms about The Pride. My e-mail is
dolan005@c$usm.edu.
Corrections for VOL. XI NO. 16
In the article "EOP in limbo " paragraph three is opened with a quote in
which the quotation marks were omitted,
The pride apologizesforthis mistake.
L ETTERS T O T HE E DITOR
The opening of Kellogg
Library this semester has created
a sense of excitement among
CSUSM faculty and students
alike. In fact, I have been so
excited about the opening of
the new library that whenever I
am in the building I experience
frequent urination. Thefirsttime
this sense of urgency hit me,
I was thrilled to check out the
new bathroom facilities in the
library. To my dismay, I found
the experience to be less than
mediocre.
I have visited three bathrooms
in the new library, one on the
firstfloor,two on the second.
These bathrooms all have doors
that do not properly latch—-and
when I have to go I don't have
time to fumble with door locks.
Consequently, I have been
forced to relieve myself in
front of classmates. To make
matters worse, often times these
bathrooms lack seat covers and
toilet paper, too. So not only am
I the girl who pees with the door
open, I'm the girl who doesn't
use seat covers or toilet paper.
I usually make afinalsanitary
attempt before I leave the library
restrooms, but as I pump the
dispenser for soap I don't even
get a bubble, and when I go to
dry my hands, the paper towel
dispensers are jammed.
The other day, on the way to
the bathroom I was really down
in the dumps. I felt like things
just couldn't get worse. And
then I found a friend. Inside the
first floor bathroom in the new
library I met Karen, a quiet girl,
head in hands, sobbing on the
ground next to the sink. Scooping
away days of trash and paper
towels, I leaned down next to
her and asked what was wrong.
Karen told me she was having a
feminine emergency and ran to
both bathrooms on the second
floor of the library and, in a third
final attempt, tried thefirstfloor
bathroom for a vending machine
to buy a product. Karen found
nothing of the sort. You can find
Karen in this same spot, because
she vowed to me she wouldn't
leave the bathroom until someone
recognizes the importance of
such machines and installs one.
On a more serious note: I don't
understand why these brand
new bathrooms, in a state of the
art library, have dysfunctional
door latches and paper towel
dispensers. Out of the three
women's restrooms I have visited,
not one has a feminine product
vending machine, either. I find
a more serious problem lies in
the fact that these un-stocked
restrooms are not cleaned on a
daily or even bi-daily schedule,
forcing us to use stained toilets
while we stare at dirty pieces of
trash on thefloorthat we first
noticed days ago. The library is
a new, beautiful facility—and
students should be just as
overjoyed to use the restrooms
as they are to sip a Frappuccino
from Starbuck's or receive a free
Kellogg spill-proof mug.
Amy Granite, Junior
LTWR major
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To Student Advocates here at
CSUSM:
Our governor has recently
proposed budget cuts which
will directly target the Student
Support Services and Educational
Opportunity Program (SSS and
EOP) in the Cal State system.
These programs provide much
needed support for low-income,
first generation students through
a wide variety of services
while focusing on academic
success, student perseverance
and retention rates. EOP gives
support to students who need
all the assistance they can get.
These programs are the key to
promoting educational equality
and access to higher education,
essential issues the CSU system
adamantly claims to protect.
As a team teacher for the WMST
101 class for many of the first
year EOP students on this
campus, I work directly with
these underrepresented students.
Asfirstgeneration college
students, those involved in EOP
often face obstacles that often
include economic hardship,
cultural and language barriers,
and lack of support both in the
home and at the university.
Cutting the EOP program would
be detrimental not only to
those students who rely on the
program to receive the education
which they deserve, but also
for the overall atmosphere of
the CSUSM community as a
whole, which prides itself on its
diversity.
As a student advocate
dedicated to the preservation of
educational quality and access,
I am outraged. Outraged at'our
governor's lack of concern for
students who desperately need
support services. Outraged
that his budget cuts hit to the
heart of the higher education .
system. Outraged that he seeks
to disenfranchise those whom
have worked so hard to get where
they are. Outraged that there are
not enough of our voices being
heard
I support the CSSA resolution
which protests these actions. I
encourage all of us to remain
steadfast in our dedication
to petitioning to stop the
elimination of the CSU Outreach
and EOP programs. Please
flood the governor's office
with letters in protest. Call
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Feb 10-16
Photo by Danielle Boldt/7Vze Pride
A step t roop of 12 girls f rom El Camino High School p erformed in f ront of t he
Dome for a bout 1 50 thrilled audience m embers.
El Camino Wildcats step up
heir place.
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By DANIELLE BOLDT
Pride StaffWriter
Fraternities and sororities from San
Diego State University that were scheduled to perform a step show in honor
of Black History Month failed to arrive
Friday, Feb. 6 at the Dome Plaza. A troop
of steppers from El Camino high school,
who had attended the show as guests,
their gratitude by cheering riotously and
giving the girls a standing ovation.
"Rhythmic stomping to demonstrate
unity, talent, and organizational pride,"
said Dilcie D. Perez, associate director of
multicultural programs and community
outreach. That is precisely what the step
show was all about.
The stomping and clapping which
made up the dance created an infectious rhythm which accompanied by the
dancer's frequent shouts and cheers, such
as "deep in Alabama" and "unity" had a
very musical feel.
Observers became participants and
everyone displayed a high level of enthusiasm and support with their laughter,
applause and cheers.
At the conclusion of the event, Perez
reminded students that change starts on
a small scale. It begins with the student
voice.
The unique exhibition of stomping tied
together with the crowd's involvement
achieved an important goal for Black
History month: that of unity.
Eek-A-Mouse sells out The Blvd
Wednesday
11:00 am-1:00pm-Accounting
Society Lunch and Lecture in
ACD 408 contact Anita Bodde at
boddeOO 1 @csusm.edu
1:30pm-3:00pm-Pre-Health
Society Meeting in UNIV 443
5:30pm-Finance & Economics
Society meeting. For info contact
lucasO 11 @csusm.edu
Thursday
3:00pm-4:30pm - International
Club Coffee Hour in Commons 206
5:30pm-7:30pm-Marathon Reading
of Shakespeare's Sonnets at the
Kellogg Library 1108. For info
contact getmedieval@csusm.edu
7:00pm- Priority Christian
Challenge worship in Arts 240. For
info contact trownO 11 @csusm.edu
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By ROGER NARANJO &
ERICMERCADO
Pride StaffWriters
The Blvd reported a sold out show
Friday night hosting one of reggae's elite
— Eek-A-Mouse. This was thefirsttime
the performer had ever played a venue in
San Marcos.
Eek-A-Mouse, a.k.a. The Mouse, a.k.a.
Eek, a longtime reggae artist with more
than 25 years of experience entertained
the crowd with his flamboyant dance,
facial expressions, and a performance of
a compilation of songs from variety of his
albums.
With over seventeen albums under his
belt and a new one coming out in March
Register in the Field House for ASI
Adventure Center Activities Intramural Flag Football in the Field
House,sign-up by Feb 11
Bowling at Eagle Lanes, sign up by
Feb 18
Ultimate Frisbee, sign up by March 1
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entitled, "Mouse Gone Wild," The Mouse Mouse who was wearing his infamous top
creates a style and voice that is different hat and a cool swagger.
from most of the reggae world. It is not He used the phrase "Bidi bidi bong
surprising why Eek has been so success- bong" through out most of his songs as an
ful.
interjected lyric with reference to smoke,
During the set of the opening band, and the crowd loved it.
the unexpected happened. The uni-stink If you were one of the fortunate people
bomber struck unleashing a devastating to get in to this sold-out show you know
smell of rotten egg, and crowds of people that The Mouse delivered a set that was up
including myself, overwhelmed by the close, and personal.
stench, dispersed.
Young and old moved their feet to
Sound technicians were equally disturb- the sounds of sweet reggae. Everybody
ing during the sound check unleashing an seemed happy and jolly from the relaxing
ear-piercing cesspool of overly loud 80's melodies.
pop. Once the sound check was finished, Throughout the crowd, one could hear
however, the place really lit up.
praises of the new venue. Great music,
The main stage at the Boulevard allowed good vibes, and $1 Red Stripes all night;
the audience a view from all angles of The nothing can beat that.
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Friday
8:30am - Black History Month
Breakfast at the Clark Field House
Grand Salon
4:00pm-10:00pm- Alpha
Kappa Psi BBQ and volleyball at the CSUSM Field House
for info contact Jessica Franco:
franc023@csusm.edu or call (760)
716-9227
Monday
6:00pm & 7:30pm -A&L Mark
O'Connor's Hot Swing Trio in Arts
111 Tickets available in the Univ.
Bookstore $5 for students with ID,
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at the University Store.
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�Elegant Indian dance
a cultural experience
By NICOLE SULLIVAN
Pride StaffWriter
Photo courtesy of Suman Keshar Nayak
S uman Keshar Nayak p erforms a t raditional B haratanatyam dance in an
e laborately d ecorated r ed, gold, and w hite costume.
with a long gold ribbon, she wore gold
dangly earrings and two gold necklaces
around her neck, one longer than the
other. She wore gold rings, gold braceHer hands clapped, the flute blew, lets a a
belt w
around her
the drum pounded and the cymbals waist.nd n gold ankles rapped ore a piece
O her
she w
clanged as Suman Keshar Nayak's of material with bells attached to it.
danced a Bharatanatyam Indian She danced with emphasis and
dance Tuesday night in the Arts 111. might a he
er
The band sat with legs criss-crossed and poundings fseet praised hfer god.s Hhe
hit the loor a t
instruments ready to accompany the
humped
the f
dancer on a 12 inch stage. The two women drum dtance wasandedicatedluteo blew.
One
d
t lord
were dressed in colorful cloth with their Krishna and told of a boyhood
voices and cymbals ready. The two men in emory. She
on
f
their linen long pants and long sleeve tops mith her arms bralancedabove ohne hoot,
w
aised
er ead
warmed up on the percussion and flute. and her head bobbed from left to right.
One woman started to chant as they The potpourri of instruments and sounds
began their prayer song, "Thdayam Shlo- filled the auditorium as she danced
kam," a song of praise to the creator, the elegantly, as the instruments slowed so
teacher and the audience. Keshar Nayak did her movements. They played with
came out dressed in a red, gold and white passion and she danced with triumph.
dress, with a shawl wrapped around her She danced five songs, displaywaist and shoulder with a pleated apron ing history and thanks to their gods.
j n front of her pants. Her hands and feet Sophomore Justin Weiner said, "It was
were painted symbolically in red paint, chill getting to experience a culture that
with a red dot in the middle of her palms. we don't usually take the time to notice
On her head sat a floral and gold head- on a day to day basis."
piece, her long black hair was tied back
'The Girl Next Door' not another chick flick
A drugged up Emile Hirsch ( below) makes a fool of himself a t his
scholarship competition while Elisha C uthbert watches in dismay.
Photo courtesy of 20th Century Fox
Elisha C uthbert and Emile Hirsch ( above) play a f uture politician and
e x-pornstar who t ake a chance on love in this romantic comedy.
Photo courtesy of 20th Century Fox
By CHELSEA GEORGE
Pride StaffWriter
Twentieth Century Fox's upcoming
movie "The Girl Next Door," directed by
Luke Greenfield, had the theater echoing
with laughter at a recent press screening.
The movie debuts March 12 as one of
the few romantic comedies that I wouldn't
classify as a chick flick. Guys can expect to
see plenty of eye candy which you would
expect from a movie about a high school
kid dating a porn star.
A senior at Westport High School,
Matthew, played by Emile Hirsch, dreams
of becoming a politician, and the most
exciting thing in his life is his acceptance
to Georgetown University. That is until he
falls for the new girl next door, Danielle,
played by Elisha Cuthbert.
She is gorgeous, she is fun and she brings
out his adventurous side. She also happens
to be a former porn star.
Mathew has plans for a whirlwind of
a week which includes senior prom, a
scholarship competition and the arrival
of an exchange student. Unfortunately,
all these events are put on hold when
Danielle's former director comes to take
her back to the industry.
Their days are filled with random
misadventures as Matjhew realizes he's so
in love that he would do anything to keep
Danielle and get her out of the business,
even steal.
Although the characters in this film are
your typical teen movie clichés, the popular
crowd, the nerds and the in-betweens the
plot was surprisingly unfamiliar.
If you want a feel good, goof-off movie
to go hit up with all your friends I would
definitely recommend that you see this
film.
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