https://archives.csusm.edu/student-newspapers/files/original/fd61a72e083b1d8f89b47b3c62b87960.pdf 93cdf207ff2799ad0584cfbbbe51bd10 PDF Text Text mu l T"" 'TI Medical [Marijuana: P artii Conflicts and Solutions. S EE PAGE 3 S EE PAGE 3 The w ww.csusm.edu/pride/ Television & War Coverage: Jewish-Arab Relations: dS^S^f rfírSer-, am Opinion see PAGE 7 Pride TUESDAY, APRIL 8, 2003 Almost 60 students showed up on March 24 to learn about the Yellow Ribbon Suicide Prevention Program that was brought to CSUSM by junior Lindsay Hilz and the Alpha Chi Omega sorority. By JULIE MYRES Pride Staff Writer B y MEG EPPEL Pride Staff Writer A s America fights a war witto Iraq, some people are looking1 at the l awf M p&ce and questioning the security of personal liberties, while otters are willing to lose some rights in exchange? for safety. Looking at the history of America, civil liberties are often a victim of war. To better understand the threat that war poses to civil liberties, it is important to review civil liberties in the past wartimes of America. In 1798, only, 10 years after the ratification of the Constitution, America entered the Quasi War with France and passed the Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798. Among other laws, the acts made it illegal to protest a^ains| the a<&riînistîïtion's policy, a direct violation of the f irst Amendment. The Act was not very jpovtërfiil because!! only resulted in 25 arrests, of i #Iich only 10 wetSè convicted- * . In the 1860s, President Abraham •Lincoln, in order to "keep the union together," passed emergency Jaws that violated the Fifth Amendment and Habeas Corpus, outlined in Section 9 of the Constitution. Military commanders were allowed to suspend due process and were held prisoners for years without a trial or at times, without suspicion pf a crime. The Espiona|e Act of 1917, which was passed during World War I, allowed for the prosecution of 2,000 people, convicting 1,000 of them. When ratified in 1918, it forbade opposition to the war by banning "disloyal utterances Such utterances included "unpatriotic" conversation. For instance, criticizing the Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) and the Red Cross was also considered unlawful. Other comments that were banned were those questioning the U.S. aad British- relationship, discouraging women from knitting socks for the troops, and citing ¡¡¡at contrary t o the teaching of Jesus. S p TRADING LIBERTIES, page 4 Modern Day Sheroes Prevail The leadership and strength of the women's studies program at Cal State San Marcos prevailed through the lighting problems m University Hall on March 26 as many gathered to celebrate Woman s Herstory Month with a performance titled: "Pop Cultured: Modern Day Sheroes - Monster VOL.X N 0.25 Legislation Offers To Take Bite Out of Tuition Costs By JEANNE SAPP Pride Staff Writer ^SAoR^OLBRESE Pride Staff Writer MffifffMW Higher Education Awareness + Outreach = Prevention "The Yellow Ribbon Program is a suicide prevention program that is worldwide, that serves all 50 states and 47 other countries," said Hilz. "I became interested in the program when my good friend committed suicide when I was 15 and they were handing these cards out at his funeral." The small white cards have a yellow ribbon printed on one side with a caption that says, "This ribbon is a lifeline." A person in distress can hand the card to someone, a parent, a friend, a pastor, or a doctor to reach out and ask for help. See RIBBON, page 2 Dance Performance S EE PAGE 8 •È Yellow Ribbon Program According to the National Mental Health Awareness Campaign, suicide is the leading cause of death among college students. Going to college can be an especially difficult time of adjustment for students, many of whom are leaving home f or the first time. Other stresses include leaving family and friends, high expectations of academic- success, increased amount of homework, and, for some, working while going to school. These stresses can cause depression to appear for the first time, or aggravate existing depression. Maids: Grr1 W o n d e r W o m a n a n dL i b e r t y and ' P e r f o r m i »g arts department Schaffman, "creatively used word, - Upholding Truth, Justice, and said, "Actually, it works well with image, and gesture to comment on the Feminist Way!" Instead of monster Grrrls 'rough and ready' pop culture with brazen desire and fussing about the malfunctioning approach to life. Sometimes you bold voices" spotlight these "Modern-day have to do whatever it takes!" Sheroes" simply improvised with . Each o f the three women a set of strong arms and a DeWalt Despite the lighting issues, performed in a separate way, flashlight. Schaffman along with graduate expressing their individual feelings student Erin Shems and female about what it means to be women Regarding the lighting issues rapper Staci Goldstein, aka "Miss in society today. Goldstein, throughout the performance, Dr. Liberty," sang the praise of women S e e SHEROES Karen Schaffman of the visual everywhere as they, according to ' Pa8e 2 "Higher education has become more important than ever to ensure America's economic prosperity, national security, and health. Yet swelling enrollments among low-income and working class families, massive state budget cuts, and rising tuition continue to strain our ability to ensure access to a college education for all Americans," said Representative George Miller, the Senior Democrat on the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. Miller, a Democrat from California, introduced two higher education bills to the House Committee in Washington on Mar. 18, 2003, known as the College Affordability and Lifetime Savings Act and the College Opportunity for a Better America Act. According to the official remarks made by Miller at the presentation to the House of Representatives, the College Affordability and Lifetime Savings Act proposes to help ease the burden of student loan debt for millions of Americans. The act will possibly change the current student loan tax deduction benefit to a tax credit - which will deliver a larger rebate on the interest paid on student loans to borrowers. The savings for the typical borrower who is earning $20,000 a year will more than triple to $347 in theirfirstyear of repayment. The Department of Education has reported that 7 million students are expected to take out federal student loans to cover the costs of their education this year alone. Student loans seem to be the only way for many See LEGISLATION, page 2 �S heroes Prevail CAUFO8N4A sr&rf tfrsivzstsfrr BANMA&COS Tlte Pr/cfeM E ditorial S taff L ead E ditors Alyssa Finkelstein Sc Martha Sarabia D esign 8c P hoto E ditor Desmond Barca N ews B ditor Gail Tarantino F eature E ditor Jennifer Acee A rts E ditor Chris Martin O pinion Sc A ssistant D esign E ditor Jason Padilla S panish B ditor Martha Sarabia S ports B ditor Jessica Krone G raduate I ntern JLeiana Naholowaa B usiness M anager Elizabeth Kingsbury A dvisor Madeleine Marshall S taff W riters Jared Thompson, Jeff Brown lee, Jeanne R. Sapp, Jennifer Rhodas, Gabriel Martin, Have Werth, Erik Roper, Gerald Jones, Meg Eppel, Julie Myres, Jamal Scarlett, Adrian Cnndiff, Diana K* Cabuto, Honee Folk, Araceli Catalan, Sara Colbrese, Nina Robinson Mary Schiefelbein All opinions and letters to the editor, published in The Pride, represent the opinions of the author, and do not necessarily represent the views of The Pride> or of California State University San Marcos. Unsigned editorials represent the majority opinion of The Pride editorial board. b etters t o t he e ditors s hould i nclude an a ddress, t elephone number, e -mail a nd i dentification. L etters m ay b e e dited f or g rammar a nd l ength. L etters s hould b e u nder 5 00 w ords a nd s ubmitted v ia e lectronic m ail t o p ride@csusm.edu, r ather than t he i ndividual e ditors. It is the policy of The Pride not to print anonymous letters. Display and classified advertising in The Pride should not be construed as the endorsement or investigation of commercial enterprises or ventures* The Pride reserves the right to reject any advertising. The Pride is published weekly on Tuesdays during the academic year. Distribution includes all of CSUSM campus, local eateries and other San Marcos community establishments. The Pride Cai State San Marcos 333 Twin Oaks Valley Road San Marcos, CA/92096-0001 Phone: (760) 750-6099 Fax: (760) 750-3345 E -mail: p ride@csusm.edu http://www.csusm.edu/pride from page 1 fueled by the very recent death of her great aunt, whom she deems "the strongest woman I know," struck out at an oppressive society using harsh but effective words like " I'm not a feminist, I'm just pissed" as her mother and grandmother looked on through watery eyes. from page 1 Luan Rivera, representing the Yellow Ribbon Program, said, "I want to acknowledge Lindsay because she's worked really hard to bring the program here." She also added, "I wish [suicide] didn't exist. But it does and it's a growing problem." Rivera said that the actual statistics for suicide are much higher than reported because police won't label a death a suicide unless there's clear evidence, such as a suicide note, that the death was intentional. But other statistics about suicide are clear and alarming. Eleven young people, between the ages of 15 and 24, die by suicide every day in this country. Since 1990, there has been a 120 percent increase in suicides in students between the ages of 10 and 14 years old. "Suicide is an equal opportunity killer," said Rivera. It is not particular to one race or socio-economic group. But, Rivera said, "Suicide is not about death and not about dying - it's about ending the pain." Some signs that someone may be considering suicide are: Depression or withdrawal Changes in sleeping or eating habits Giving away possessions Acute perfectionism Listening to music about death Hostile or reckless behavior fall, which will train Peer Education and If someone is exhibiting Support (PEAS) counselors these behaviors, Rivera says, and Resident Assistants a friend can help by listening, (RAs) in the new dorms. offering empathy, and giving CSUSM will be thefirstcola friend the hope that alterna- lege in the area to introduce tives to suicide are available. and implement the program. But, Rivera cautioned the Luan Rivera is writing grants audience, "I want to stress in order to help f und it. to you [that] we don't want anyone in this room to be The Light for Life and the a counselor. We just want Yellow Ribbon Suicide Preyou to help them get help." vention Program are holding "Don't leave a suicidal a fundraiser on April 11. A person alone," she said, and concert will be held at Epicen"don't be sworn to secrecy." tre in Mira Mesa at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $10 at the door. Lindsay Hilz is planning For more information, go to to start a Yellow Ribbon www.yellowribbonsd.org. Program on campus this Legislation from page 1 college students and their families to be able to afford a higher education with the recent tuition increases and the failure of grants to keep up with these costs. for highly skilled workers in the public service sector by providing up to $17,500 in loan forgiveness for graduates who enter teaching, child care, nursing, child welfare, and other Many students do not high priority public service have the ability to pay for careers. The act would their college education provide the financial means without financial assistance necessary to encourage from loans, grants, or trusts and sustain a highly skilled funds, and high interest loans public service workforce. create a higher rate of debt Many for graduating T he N ational graduating college college students C enter f or students. E ducation s tatistics do not favor public service r eported that t he careers because Miller e stimated n eed they don't described f or t eachers i n pay enough to the College cover living Opportunity t he U nited S tates expenses in for a Better w ill b e m ore than California, and America Act 2 m illion n ew now because by saying, "We t eachers o ver t he of state budget can no longer n ext 1 0 y ears. cuts there afford to ignore are fewer job the growing available. shortage of a skilled public opportunities service workforce. We must "Over the past eight years the invest in our recent graduates typical student loan debt has [and] enable more of them nearly doubled to $16,928, to pursue public service with 64 percent of students borrowing to finance their careers." > college costs. In addition, nearly two-fifths of all The College Opportunity for a Better America Act student borrowers graduate proposes filling the need with unmanageable debt levels, and as a result, many may seek higher-salaried positions rather than public service careers," according to Miller. The National Center for Education statistics reported that the estimated need for teachers in the United States will be more than 2 million new teachers over the next 10 years. In a recent report, the American Hospital Association found that there is a national shortage of 126,000 nurses; just as the number of nursing school graduates decreased by 29 percent between 1995 and 2001. In addition, the number of unfilled child welfare specialists is rising; while the nation's childcare programs are suffer high staff turnover, driven by poor compensation. With the combination of higher tuition, state budget cuts, and secondary education being the minimum education needed for higher income careers, the two bills that have been presented stand to offer a break for students who need a little extra help to complete their goals of a college education or a career in public service. Shems performed a piece entitled "Role Reputations. Resistance. Being Wonder Woman in Today's Society" as she approached issues of a woman's identity in U.S. society by matching images of herself, as daughter, child, and friend, with related terms such as submissive, witch, and skank. She also used music as another way to express her dissatisfaction about the way women are represented or treated in our society, by describing the likes of Wendy 0 . Williams, Blondie and Gwen Stefani with terms like "twat," "slut" and "goody goody." The evening's last performance, "Monster Grrrl," was performed by a brilliantly blue haired Schaffman as she flailed energetically about the classroom, flopping on tabletops like a fish out of water, and flashing the "Women Rights" manual to her audience. This and many other unique and interesting events were held on campus this month. "It is a wonderful opportunity to honor all those women before us and today (including those fictitious characters!) who have worked and continue to pave the way for equal rights," said Schaffman. A panel made up of the three performers gave closure to the evening, as the audience was encouraged to ask questions and engage with the current discussion of Women's History Month and Women's rights. The topics addressed included the role models of the three women, which included mothers, grandmothers, female artists, and earlier "girl power" movements in history as well as the reasons each woman gave for being active in such an ambitious cause. When rapper Goldstein was asked about her f uture goals as an artist she responded, "Being Miss Liberty is all about creating change and I plan on doing it one rap at a time." "It was actually pretty shocking at first," described audience member Ashley Moses, "but I think that was the point. I had never considered some of the issues presented by these women. It really opened my eyes." �•••»•ili . iÄPBMPBW ÜäHmmSm 5 C ontrolled Substance for Compassionate Use :: : J wart II - Information 8 and Activism By JEANNE SAPP Pride Staff Writer about marijuana use, but she does not note their response in their medical record. About the issue of recommending medical marijuana, the doctor said, ' Tin undecided," although she felt that the risks of smoking marijuana outweighed any benefits her patients might gain. drugs, medical devices, cosmetics, and electronic devises that emit radiation. While the FDA approves products for use, based on the reports of clinical trials submitted by manufacturers, it is not a research and development organization. Every complex issue presents a variety of viewpoints, and the use of marijuana for medicinal purposes is no different. While anecdotal evidence is growing that there may be legitimate medical use for the drug, the federal The FDA also has legal government has determined that Compared to jurisdiction marijuana is illegal under any available anti- »« interstate While the government over circumstance. anxiety drugs, commerce, continues to maintain the doctor said, but it does not that growing and The Physician: When blackness "I thought [that enforce laws that using marijuana for is a virtue ... And the road was marijuana] was are enacted by any reason is illegal, full ofmud. less toxic than individual states. it is allowing limited taking anti-anxiety The FDA does not and closely regulated Just after the voters ofCalifornia medications and license doctors research in order to passed Prop. 215, the Drug [that the patient] or pharmacies, determine whether Enforcement Administration hadn't responded nor does it police there is, in fact, any (DEA) sent letters to California to any other restaurants or medicinal use for physicians, which stated that medication." She health spas. m arijuana/' marijuana was an illegal drug by directs some patients federal law and that they may not to the magazine The Reader,; In the case of new drugs prescribe it. where classified ads list sources or pharmaceuticals, the FDA for marijuana. At the same time, approves them for marketing. she tries to dissuade patients from Their goal is to protect patients A family practice physician in North County, who asked to trying marijuana and encourages from the risks associated with remain anonymous, said that them instead to try an alternate unapproved or insufficiently two patients have approached medication. tested drugs. Marijuana, along her regarding medical marijuana. with cocaine and heroin, has Her response to the patients was The Federal Government: / been labeled a "schedule one that the federal government had came in from the wilderness... A drug," which means it is one of determined that it was illegal and creature void of form the most restricted. The FDA has that she does not prescribe it. determined that marijuana has a The focus of the Food and high potential for abuse and no When taking a medical history, Drug Administration (FDA) is medicinal value. this doctor will ask her patients the safety and regulation of food, The DEA has taken the same stance and has prosecuted "cannabis clubs," a co-operative of growers in California who grow marijuana specifically for distribution to patients who are seeking the plant for medicinal use. However, the DEA website contains a news release from November of 2001, which announced that the DEA would allow researchers to register with the agency in order to develop "studies with smoked marijuana in human subjects." medical marijuana continues to be debated. On one side, there is the government, at the federal, state, and local levels. Local law enforcement and some citizens are worried about an increase in crime if marijuana use becomes legal, widespread, and acceptable. On the other side, there are patients seeking relief from debilitating, and sometimes lifethreatening pain. In the middle are the physicians, who are caught between wanting to treat their patients and not wanting to risk losing their licenses by While the government continues prescribing or procuring an to maintain that growing and illegal drug. using marijuana for any reason is illegal, it is allowing limited While patients can try to lobby and closely regulated research in drug companies to produce order to determine whether there medication that is as effective as is, in fact, any medicinal use for marijuana without the risks, that marijuana. takes time and money. Often, time and money are what these What's Next: Come In, she said\ patients don't have. ... I'll give you shelter from the storm.* *"Shelter From the Storm" Bob Dylan copyright 1974 The controversial issue of Jewish-Arab Relations Expert Discusses Conflicts and Solutions Haviva Institute's Jewish-Arab Center for Peace in Israel and received the UNESCO prize for peace education in 2001. Ozacky-Lazar broke the lecture down into three categories. These categories were the history of Palestine and Israel, the current conditions, and the future state of Israel. By JAMAL SCARLETT Pride Staff Writer To better understand the turmoil that is ever-present in Palestine, one must understand the history, the present and the possible future of the nation. The CSUSM history department sponsored an event with professor and peace expert Sarah Ozacky-Lazar, who discussed the relations between Jewish and Arab nations. OzackyLazar is co-director of the Givat Ozacky-Lazar explained the history of the Palestine and how Israel became a state. She explained that from 1920-1947, the San Remo Conference granted Britain a mandate over all of Palestine. Britain was in favor of tLy establishment of a Jewish homeland in Palestine. However, surrounding Arab countries were in opposition to Britain. After much protest and strife, Britain decided that it could not bring peace to Palreceived the Ten estine and turned C ommandments, Many in Israel the matter over to Jerusalem where believe that a binathe United Nations. our people lived tional state with of In 1948, the state for so long, and the all its citizens, rather of Israel was estabb ailing Wall... It than a Jewish state, is lished; the decision was breath taking," the only solution for resulted in war with she added. Israel's f uture/* Arab countries and a war with Jordan* now known The main focus, however, was as the six-day war. Israel won the on the current issues that haunt war with the help of the United the state of Israel. She expressed States. the bitter feelings of Palestinians and Israelis toward one Ozacky-Lazar recalled Israel's another, and the daily bombings feeling of independence. "We that plague the land. Students were completely isolated from the in the audience asked questions Arab world. There were borders concerning the hatred of Israel around the state and the only way among the Palestinians and their out was by the Mediterranean Sea neighbors. "Many of our neighand parts of Lebanon. It was like bors feel that we have intruded living in a ghetto," she said. How- into the Arab world," said Lazar. ever, she also expressed the joy She added, "Many rejected the of coming back to the cities that idea of an Israeli state in an Arab were talked about in the Bible. world and still don't like it." "Going to Mt Sinai were Moses She acknowledged that the problems of the state are reaching its limits and action must be taken. Many in Israel believe that a binational state with of all its citizens, rather than a Jewish state, is the only solution for Israel's future. "We talk about everything out loud, including the idea of a binational state, even though many Israeli Jews don't want to hear about it," said Ozacky-Lazar. "We have to deal with alternatives because we all know it's bad the way it is now." �r •• n gM • ni n mm n PgJ I L I U C r L l C America places civil liberties on the bottom of its list of priorities. The act, passed in the wake o f September 11, coincided with the president's declaration of the War on Terrorism, which the U.S. is still fighting. World War II stole the freedoms of citizens based on their heritage. President Franklin D. Roosevelt's administration passed laws that forced Japanese Americans to live in internment camps during the course of the war. The government also instated The act also suspends due curfews for Italian Americans, process for aliens in America. It gives the president the power Then, following WWII, to seize property of any single Congress created the House person(s) that he identifies as a of Un-American Activities threat to the nation's security. (HUAC) which focused m Along with the creation of a eliminating spies in America, National Electronic Crime Task paying particular mind to Force, the government has the communists in America. This power to intercept wire, oral sparked the beginning of and electronic communication. McCarthyism, which spread The government is able to have throughout the country, placing companies disclose customer fear into the hearts and minds records or communications. o fmanycitizens. lt caused the loss of careers and blacklisting The PATRIOT Act differs of many high profile persons. fromearlier acts of wartime by giving particular instructions Far from the McCarthy regarding Arab Americans, era and the wars of the 18th The act states that the "civil and 19th centuries, it may liberties of all Americans, be difficult to see how these including Arab Americans, aforementioned laws that Muslim Americans, and limited civil liberties relate Americans from South Asia, to the present. Yet the passing must be protected and that of the Provide Appropriate every effort must be taken to Tools Required to Intercept preserve their safety." This is and Obstruct Terrorism a direct opposite approach to (PATRIOT) Act in 2001 has the laws instated during WWII proven that when threatened, against Japanese Americans S from iiuiii 1 x The opinions of Americans concerning civil liberties, especially with the technological advances, vary. James Gilmore, chair of the National Advisory Commission on Terrorism and a former governor of Virginia, has commented that the laws being put into place are not the answer to the threat of security. Gilmore said, "You'd give up everything by way of individuality, privacy, anonymity ... and even then you would not have total security." -Former director of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, James Woosley, has taken a different perspective. Woosley has commented that the U.S. is not as intrusive as it could be. He believes that Americans "are going to have to make some other hard choices, as time goes on, about reconciling civil liberties and security, and realizing that, while we wish they didn't conflict in a war, they do." Students at CSUSM also have opinions regarding their rights as American citizens. 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He said that he lengthen the time before which does not "believe that there a suspect could appear before a w i U b e t DO m u c h t 0 w o r r y judge, as well as granting more about with these acts in place, power to the FBI and allowing and you have to look at the the government to keep records state this country is in right about legal and undocumented now and decide if the price aliens as classified documents, o f N O t having these safety Of this act, Voehl said, "From checks there is worth it." He what I know about the Patriot commented about the safety Act II, suspected terrorists checks that are in place in the are subject to a 'guilty until airports and other government proven innocent' type of law. interventions as "minor This seems drastic, but so are inconveniences are necessary, the times. I hope, if I were Americans are so spoiled in investigated as a possible t h a t wa Y> t h a t t he Y haverit terrorist, I would be given a h a d t 0 d e a l w i t h an Y m a i o r chance to explain and I would inconveniences, and they don't understand the intentions of even realize how easy they the government to keep the have it in this country." citizens of the United States safe." Natalie Voehl, a biology major graduating in the It is up to the citizens of summer, says that she is America to determine if they willing to sacrifice some are willing to allow their civil civil liberties in order to liberties to be threatened. ensure some safety. However, The history of this country she clarifies that "there are illustrates the ability the certainly some rights that I government to sacrifice rights would never give up - my right in unstable times. The future to vote regardless of race, sex, will determine if America or age. Regardless of the state continues to sacrifice these of our country, I believe we "unalienable rights." should always have the right to choose those people in power [IDG News Service and who are making decisions that ABCNews.com contributed directly affect our lives." to this article. To review the PATRIOT Act, visit In the midst of the current www.firstgov.gov] Innovative graduate studies in MFCC and Latina/o Family Studies if you're interested in a unique teaming community that fosters a transformative educational experience; if you're interested in working with children and families and other mental health professionals; if you're interested in learning from experienced faculty in intimate classroom settings, the Graduate Programs in Marriage, Family and Child Counseling (MFCC) are for you. 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KRONE Sports Editor The Cal State San Marcos women's golf team found itself in 8th place at the 11-team Santa Clara Colby Invitational at the Rancho Canada Golf Course in Carmel Valley that took place on March 24 and 25. The Cougars finished the two-day tournament, which was held on the 5,937 yard, par 72 West Course at Santa Clara time at this tournament; with golf, University. the way you play can change any time. For the first day I played The Cougars were 16 shots very well, and for the second day back from eventual champions I played very badly. With golf, Eastern Washington University how you play is very unexpected, after the first round. They wound everything can change at any up 37 shots behind on the final moment, you can play your best day of play with a two-day total of one day and the next day go out and shoot the worst score 665 (329-336). ever," sophomore lady golfer "I personally had a pretty hard Stephanie Segura commented. Segura added, "My thoughts The best of the Cougars' team for the next tournaments and for was senior Jennifer Tunzi, who nationals are that we [as a team] shot strong rounds of 84 and 78, have to work hard in performing totaling 162 to finish in a tie for well and coming together as a 18th place. Four strokes behind team. We need each other in her was Junior Erin Thys who order to go to Nationals. Our team earned a 167 (82-85) to tie for 31st. is getting stronger as time goes Segura was another four shots by and hopefully, by the time back with a total of 171 (79-92), nationals come around, we will be coincidentally good for 41st place. the strongest we have ever been." Sophomore Stephanie Goss posted two consistent rounds of Next up for the lady Cougars 88 for a total of 172 to tie for 45th will take place at the Cypress while senior Robin Shaft turned Ridge Golf Club on April 14in scores of 84 and 89 tofinishat 15, hosted by Cal Poly San Luis 173 for a tie for 52nd place. Obispo. Men's Golf Faces Top Competition By JESSICA A. KRONE Sports Editor Rathburn rounded out the Cougar scoring other to get better; it's nice to have the with a final score of (84-80-74) 238, while guys there, pushing you all the time. We all get along real well, our team's got great placing 27th. chemistry right now." Four out of the five golfersfinishedin Keller concluded, "We all push each the top 20 for the Cougars, with Keller leading the way with a ninth place total of 228. shots behind the overall champions, the Badgers of the University of Wisconsin, on the par 72 course. The Cougar men's golfteamfinishedthird at the Diablo Grande Golf Tournament, posting a 54- hole total of (315-305-302) 922 in Patterson, CA on March 17 and 18. The Cougars were the only National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) team in the competition, while "The course was real tough, so it was a the other eight teams were from Division difficult task to get around there. The real I schools. narrow fairways and really thick rought was a challenge, so if you didn't hit the "It's kind of f un because we're like fairway, it was real tough to get up around a nobody, compared to a Princeton or the green," Keller described. University of Hartford and still [we] can beat some of those teams. It's a great Brett Dolch posted rounds of 75,77 and opportunity," explained CSUSM golfer, 78 to place 13th with a total of230. Junior junior Rob Keller, an economics major. Cory Scoggin finished with a two-day 1 1 2 weeks of Karate or | Karate or Kray Maga | 1 total of (85-73-76) 234 to place 18th overall. || Krav Maga Training ¡Uniform with Membership! The CSUSM men's golf team was only Expires 04/30/03 H^ires 04/30/03 Sophomore Ryan Axlundfinished19th, four strokes out of second place and 32 with totals of (82-78-75) 235. Junior Joe I 8 J 00 Square Foot Facility • 4 Training Rooms i Cougars Clubbed the Competition By JESSICA A. KRONE Sports Editor golfer Cory Scoggin, a CSUSM junior. The Cougars, led by top The Cougars remaining individual scorer Rob Keller, lineup came through with two shot a three-under par 69 as teammates who tied for sixth the men's golf team captured place. Junior Joe Rathburn first place at the Coyote Classic posted rounds of 76, 72 and 73 Invitational at the PGA of while sophomore Ryan Axlund Southern California in Oak fired a 75, 74 and 72 for both to Valley. Keller posted a three finish the 54-hole tournament round total of 210 with rounds with a total of score 221. of 71, 70 and 69, including 14 Scoggin rebounded from 53rd place in the first round to finish birdies. in a tie for 18th place. Scoggin produced rounds of 83, 74 and 70 to total a very respectable Cal State San Marcos 227. Junior Brett Dolch shot competed against 10 other three-day rounds of 75, 79 and teams, with a total score of 79, which placed him in a tie for 871. This was an impressive 31st place. seven over par for the entire squad on the 6,804-yard, par72 Champions Course. The Cougars were recently ranked "Rob, Brett, Joe and myself third among all National have been together since our Association of Intercollegiate freshman year when we were Athletics (NAIA) teams struggling to compete against according to Golfstat.com, an top NAIA teams. Now that we official source for college golf are at the level of top Division II scores and statistics. teams, it shows a lot about how much we have improved and learned, and about the talents of our coach. The four of us have "Most coaches out there don't been together for four years seem to have a specific strategy now and Ryan Axlund, hasfitin for their players once on the golf very well with the four of us, " course. [Coach] Fred Hanover Scoggin expressed. makes sure that each of us knows how to play each hole, to best benefit the team and that we The Cougars will be in action stick with our plan throughout the tournament. I think that on the Cypress Ridge Golf is one of the deciding factors Course on April 14-15, 2003, when it comes down to winning hosted by Cal Poly San Luis tournaments," commented Obispo. I I ? I I 1 m J LL , XK S Jr KiblL i Tae Kwon Do • Wado Ryu * Karate JiuJitsu • Krav Maga • Dance Gymnastics • Homework Helpers After School Pick U p Program | wwwiimakamfcexom I B B International Institute of Martial Arts 456 E. Mission Rd. • San Marcos • 7 6 0 . 5 9 1 . 0 4 5 6 THE UMVIRSNYQF AWIONA, 51 years in Mexico 6-week sessions July 7 - August 14 or July 14 - August 21,2003 Intensive Spanish • (1st thru 6th semesters)* Earn: 6-8 units of credit 3-week sessions July 7 - July 25, July 14 - August 1, or July 28 - August 15,2003 Intensive Spanish • (Istthru 4th semesters) • Earn: 4 units of credit 5-week session July 14 - August 13,2003 Upper-division Spanish, Literatures Cinema as well as Mexico-related courses in Anthropology, Political Science, Religion, Sociology, and Bilingual Education For information or application, contact: Guadalajara Summer School • The University of Arizona P.O. Box 40966 • Tucson, Arizona 85717 • Phone: (520) 621-5137 E-Mail: gss @ u .arizona.edu Home Page: www.coh.arizona.edu/gss \ / �L os latinos ciudadanos d e c orazón e n la g uerra Por MARTHA SARABIA Editora principal para dar la vida por este país. Estos soldados han dado la vida por un país que muchas veces se les ha negado como propio por no haber nacido aquí o por ser hijo de Los "mojados", los que vienen a quitarnos los trabajos, inmigrantes. los "welfereros", los que no hablan inglés, los high-school dropouts. Estas son algunas de las maneras que muchas Dos de estos latinos han recibido la ciudadanía personas en este país usan para referirse a los latinos y estadounidense póstuma a su muerte ya que ambos estalatinas, o como ellos dicen a los hispanos. Tristemente el ban en proceso de obtenerla. Sin embargo, lo que muchas conflicto entre Irak y Estados Unidos ha demostrado todo personas no terminan de entender es que para estos sollo contrario a estas creencias o mitos pero sobre todo ha dados la ciudadanía ya se había alcanzado en el corazón, puesto en descubierto la realidad de muchos de los latinos aunque tal vez no para aquellos que necesitan verificar la que vivimos en este país, que es ante todo también nuestro validez de algo en un pedazo de papel. país. De acuerdo con el San Diego Union-Tribune, los latinos Soldados en el ejército estadounidense como Aarón J. están sobrerepresentados en las líneas de combate en la Contreras, Rubén Estrella Soto, George A. Fernández, guerra actual. De cualquier modo, esto no es muy dado a José A. Garibay, Jorge A. González, José Gutiérrez, Fran- conocer ya que solamente se reporta si hay un gran índice cisco A. Martínez Flores, Johnny Villareal Mata, Diego de deserción escolar o un alto nivel de delincuencia pero Fernando Rincón, Robert M. Rodríguez, Erik H. Silva, y no si hay un exceso de latinos en las líneas de combate en Jesús A. Suárez del Solar son algunos de los muchos sol- la guerra. También cabe mencionar que entre los prisionedados que hasta el día de hoy han fallecido representando ros de guerra se encuentra una soldado panameña. Pese a a este país. La única diferencia entre ellos y otros solda- esto, muchas personas en esta nación siguen pensando que dos es que muchos de ellos ni siquiera son ciudadanos los latinos solo vienen a este país a tomar algo, a llevarse americanos. Un simple certificado de papel verificando algo, pero como ya se ha demostrado esto no es cierto. su ciudadanía estadounidense no fue requerido por ellos Se ha demostrado que es todo lo contrario. Los latinos a ga ns también dan su vida como cualquier ciudadano americano por representar a los Estados Unidos. Es tanto el amor y dedicación que muchos inmigrantes le tienen a este país que sin importar si son ciudadanos legalmente o no, están dispuestos a darlo todo por recibir tan poco a cambio. Digo tan poco a cambio porque las fuerzas armadas ni siquiera pueden ayudar a algunos de los familiares de estos héroes latinos á pagar por su funeral. El dinero dedicado a pagar por los funerales de los caídos es tan solo una parte de los gastos del funeral, es un poco más de la mitad de lo que se necesita. Dicha medida ha forzado a algunos familiares de los soldados fallecidos a verse en una situación difícil por la falta de dinero para pagar por un funeral. ¿Acaso el valor de sus vidas es tan poco que ni siquiera se ha destinado un fondo monetario para enterrarlos decentemente? ¿Acaso se necesita dar algo más que la propia vida para que el gobierno y sus instituciones del ejército puedan reconocer la gran labor de estos muchachos que han muerto luchando por representar a su país? En lo personal, no puedo encontrar una respuesta para justificar esto que está pasando. Mientras tanto la lucha sigue y la lista de latinos y de soldados en general fallecidos en combate sigue y seguirá aumentando. Entre más destrucción se haga en Irak, más reparaciones tendrán que hacerse. Así que Estados Unidos tendrá mucho trabajo que hacer los meses siguientes después delfinde la guerra y por supuesto muchos millones de dólares que gastar para reparar lo que sus bombas y armas hayan destruido en el lejano país. Ya que después del daño hecho entraran a reparar lo destruido. Irónicamente, mientras se gastarán miles de dólares haciendo reparaciones a los daños hechos por este mismo, Estados Unidos no tendrá suficiente dinero para enterrar a los que murieron luchando en la tierra de las reparaciones. Ni siquiera de esta manera tan insignificante se les puede agradecer a aquellos soldados caídos que fueron ordenados a luchar por algo que quizás muchos de ellos nunca entendieron. Mientras tanto, los familiares de los soldados muertos seguirán no sólo buscando una explicación a la muerte de sus seres queridos pero preguntándose si tan enorme sacrificio valió la pena. Que en paz descansen todos los soldados que han muerto en la guerra. Su valentía, amor, y sacrificio siempre serán admirados y recordados. ¡Gracias de todo corazón! ¡Gracias a los soldados ciudadanos de corazón! Alcohol Policy By ADRIAN CUNDIFF Pride Staff Writer a tremendously funny IooK a l f e absurdities and contradictions of growing up male in America a solo p e r f o r m a n c e n i e c e written by anil featuring Chris Ki I m a r t i n directed by Gregg Stall FREE P erformance on Tuesday, April 22nd @ 7 V M L ocation: ARTS For more Information call: 750-^927 Brought to you by Associated Students, INC., Counseling & Psychological Services Student Health Services, Student Residential Life, and University Police. Seeing The Pride student newspaper first hand suffer the effects of the lack of advertising and funding, many questions entered my head, but one overshadowed the others. Is it the university's alcohol policy not to let The Pride student newspaper advertise happy hours at restaurants and bars, drink specials on college nights at dance clubs, and alcohol in general? If this is so, why is it that Rick Moore, Director of the Office of Communications which puts out "In the Loop" every week, allows student organizations to advertise their social events at restaurant bars? According to Rick Moore, he does not want students at Cal State San Marcos to be perceived in this light (As barflies),so why does put out these social gatherings which encourage students to stay after 8 P.M. for karaoke. Are these student organizations getting special permission from the president's office to do this? What about Cougar night at Zip & Zack's? I am not against having social gatherings at restaurant bars, on the contraiy, I am all for it. But I am against university administration giving The Pride rules on what kind of advertisements they should have when they are not following it themselves. See POLICY, page 7 �A s t h e W orld B urns: ers aren't already drawing up the plans for The Jessica Lynch Story, a made for TV. movie starring someone like Jennifer Garner or Jessica Alba. TVs Dramatic Portrayal of the War in Iraq ing storm Of coalition By CHRIS MARTIN Pride Arts Editor parts soap opera. The question then logically arises; where do you draw the lines between news From the onset of the War for coverage, and unprecedented teleIraq, television media has firmly vision drama/phenomena? established itself as the primary supplier of information for the In this era of "reality" domiregular American. With over 500 nated TV programming, it has "embedded" journalists travel- been said that the coverage of this ing with coalition troops either war is the ultimate reality show. on the ground or aboard ships In this respect, no TV media it was expected that we would is sacred. Although it has been see coverage unlike that of any debated whether or not the media other war. In this first couple of is bringing the American viewer weeks you couldn't watch any- an accurate and unbiased depicthing without seeing constant tion of our concentrated efforts news updates, press conferences in Iraq, it would be difficult to or speeches regarding the cam- debate the press' effectiveness in paign. As expected, the major terms of the war's entertainment news networks and local channels value, at least here in the States. have continued to bring us constant coverage. Similarly, stations There is no doubt that techlike MTV, E! Entertainment and nology has, in large part, been Comedy Central have gotten into responsible for the success of the the mix. Even ESPN has begun country's newest hit show. Night bringing us feature pieces like vision lenses provide onlookers former high school athletes, fallen with an incandescent view of the war torn country even during in the name of liberty. the night time hours, which has It seems to have been turned proven to be a very lively time of into a hybrid species unique unto day for military exploits. Satellite itself: one part journalist, one imagery and aircraft mounted part patriot propaganda, and two cameras illustrate the devastat- bombs that continually rain on Baghdad, Iraq's capital and largest city. Audiences have been bombarded with images of destruction congruent with the American view of military superiority over those we hunt, thus providing viewers a sense of continuity and leaving them with a sentiment of pride for their homeland. Not taking into account issues of morality or public opinion, the combination of first-rate technology and the "real" element of this war appear to have captured America's attention. The cast of the most extravagant show in television history also proves to be rather impressive, as they have given life to an otherwise run-of-the-mill example of a military shellacking. The hero, our not so articulate Commander in Chief, has utilized his speech writers to their utmost potential by offering a stream of mouth watering one-liners worthy of Emmy nominations (if there were such a category), to the thousands of journalists worldwide who hang on his every word. In contrast, the villain, Saddam Hussein, has slithered away into the dark underbelly of his outwardly malevolent regime, again awaiting his chance to resurface and claim more blameless souls. The ever-steely Donald Rumsfeld plays the Secretary of Defense, and is giving the performance of his career, while Ollie North, most commonly known for his role as the victimized pawn in the Iran Contra Hearings, has returned to the stage in a supporting but nonetheless stirring role as the stoic Colonel in thefield.Even the media itself has taken part in the global melodrama by providing mediators like the antagonistic Bill O'Reilly, hunky Shepard Smith, and the always-steamy Greta Van Susteren. Now with the dramatic rescue of American POW Jessica Lynch the media has yet anotherflagto wave and another axe to grind with Hussein and his sinister cohorts. And don't think for a second that Hollywood produc- Mob Rule is Not Freedom oF Speech By J. R.SAPP Pride Staff Writer I watch with frustration as the "war protesters" block traffic, assault innocent citizens and reporters, impede business owners from making their living, and in general, shame America with their hateful and subversive behavior. tral Los Angeles. Those rioters weren't fighting racial inequality. They were vandalizing stores, stealing televisions, and stomping innocent truck drivers nearly to death. They aren't protesters. They are opportunists and thugs, hiding behind are enabling terrorism by diverting law righteous causes. enforcement from their duties to protect citizens. They are using the system to subvert the system. Their communist and socialist ideologies are offended by our representative democracy, and they will use any violence available to disrupt it. They are welcome to leave America and to go live under the repressive regimes that they are fighting to bring here. They are welcome to go to Russia or China, where communism is firmly entrenched. Surely there are hundreds of Russian and Chinese citizens who would be delighted to trade places with American expatriates. I know that there are many peaceful protesters who exercise their First Amendment rights to free speech and peaceful assembly. There are many others, however, who may not have even read the Constitution, which guarantees those rights, and who It's likely that the same kind of people don't take responsibility for their actions. They are hiding behind the very Consti- who are "protesting" the war were also in tutional principles that they are seeking to Seattle a few years ago, violently disrupting the World Trade Organization conferdestroy. ence. This generation of protesters is cut These activists are not protesting the from the same cloth as those who rioted in war; they are protesting America. They the Rodney King race riots in South Cen- Alcohol Policy f r o m p age 6 The Pride relies on a limited budget given to them by the university in order to operate. Many stories have been held back from staff writers because of the lack of funding. Why can't the same rules apply for The Pride newspaper and "In the Loop" when it comes to advertising? Going this route would give some power to The Pride over what is published and what is not. There are many bars and restaurants in San Marcos and The Pride student newspaper, along with the bars themselves, could definitely benefit from having their business; especially next fall when Cai State San Marcos transforms itselffroma commuter school into a 24-hour campus. I believe with the changing environment going on at Cai State San Marcos there should also be a change in the university's primitive alcohol policies. E ditor's N ote: The Pride is currently undergoing negotiations with the office of Student Affairs and Student Health Services in order to revise our current advertising policy. They have been very helpful and hopefully we will see a change in the Pride's restrictions sometime in the near future. Stay tuned for further updates. So the war has action, intrigue and an extraordinary plot, complete with effects that would give George Lucas wet dreams. Add this to the fact that it is brought to life by a gifted cast, and by Hollywood standards, you've got a winner. In almost every respect it's the perfect show. That's right, I said almost. There are two key criticisms that any true fan of high drama could unearth with without much difficulty. First of all the name of the war itself is somewhat lackluster. George Bush Sr.'s war was called Operation Desert Storm. Now that was a powerful name for a military campaign. Operation Iraqi Freedom is uninspired and just doesn't do it for me. How about Operation Finish What We Started Twelve Years Ago? That I could get behind. And the second criticism is that it's just not sexy enough. Every show on television that is "all the rage" is centered around sex. Let's face it. Sex sells, and without it how is the war supposed to compete with shows like Blind Date, The Fifth Wheel and VIP1 Yes, we all have a right to our opinions, and we have a right to speak those opinions freely. We don't have a right to abuse and vandalize and assault. The Constitution sanctions free speech; it does not sanction criminal behavior. Free speech must be protected. Criminal behavior must be prosecuted. Submit t othePLS... The Pride Literary Supplement • • • • research/expository writing short stories/fiction photography poetry Hurry the • an requirements: Deadline is April 18th S ubmit y our e ssay, p oem, p hotograph, e tc. t o The Pride. I nclude t he w ork's t itle, y our m ailing a ddress, e - m a i l , p hone n u m b e r , m a j o r a n d y e a r o r g raduate y ear o f s tudy. E ntries s hould b e e - m a i l e d i n t h e f o r m o f a n a t t a c h m e n t ( M S W o r d f or t e x t a n d a t t a c h i ndividual j p e g f iles f o r I m a g e s ) t o p ride@csusm.edu. P lease d o n ot c opy a n d p aste y our w o r k i nto t h e m essage a r e a o f y our e - m a i l . For f urther I nformation o r q uestions, p lease f eel f ree t o c ontact T he P ride, b y e -mail a t p ride@csusm.edu, b y p hone a t ( 760) 7 50-6099, o r i n p erson a t C ommons 2 01. �The " Maids" o ften did t heir w ork w ith t he m indset t hat t here was purpose t o life o niy w hen y ou c reated one f or i t. " Iffcaid W o r k ! " 1 C :::: D ancers Pay Tribute to Maids !§¡1¡I I § ¡li i ilir §|gg§§§§ H | || § ¡1¡¡¡¡I I¡¡¡Iiiifiigiii ü i iiiii ' mandate of every maid's daily life. They were portrayed as lazy, lustful, stupid and dishonest, which left them inferior to all in social standing. With this position in the social hierarchy of the time, it seemed as though there was no imaginable way out. By JAMAL SCARLETT Pride Staff Writer To look into the life of a maid in the eighteenth century is to see the way that society perceived gender, class, and the symbolic nature of domestic service. As part of women's history month, CSU San Marcos students came Yet it was through their together to pay tribute to the life imagination that they found of these domestic servants in a liberation. The "Maids" often dance entitled "Maids." did their work with the mindset that there was purpose to life The history of domestic service only when you created one for is a story of invisible women, it. To daydream was a form of mute and forgotten. Polishing resistance and a way to survive. silverware, scrubbing surfaces To daydream was an art, rendering and shining shoes were the visibility to what is overlooked ¡I i nil Jill|§§§< JÜ , « *§§ | i ç ¡| and unseen, to reinvent the world. Schaffman further noted that many of the movements were Cheryl Parry, creator of the exaggerated to express a yearning maids project, gives us a glimpse for transcendence. into the lives of these eighteenth century heroines. Parry states Nimitz Bagtas, who played that, "the transcendent experience the role of the master in the play of making meaning to life, reveals "Maids", brought a different a unique resilience that these perspective to the table. Bagtas women had, an experience which stated that the maids' roles has gone unexamined." similarly portrayed that of the African slave because of their Karen Schaffman, shackles of subservience and choreographer of the artistic hope of salvation. "I said work!" rendering of Maids was Bagtas would shout as the very enthusiastic about the maids did their chores. As the performance. Schaffman states Headmaster, he made sure that all that the dance was a "testimony was under control. of work, both seen and unseen." At the completion of the dance, a standing ovation was given as the CSU San Marcos dancers bowed with achievement in their hearts, knowing that their message was clearly received. A" is coming ^^ ML^W April 15 -17,2003 • 9:00 am - 2:00 pm Founders Plaza V I • ••• I I," > IP Grad Announcements Alumni Assn. Membership Caps & Gowns Class Rings Diploma Frames • 1 •Hi ¡§¡1! ¡ ¡¡§ 1 f§ § llll^MI gl ÊÊ m n ÊS m È MÊÊÈÈSÊm WSKß in U NIVERSITY STORE www.csusmbookstore.com �A response to Anna Hall I believe you have a misunderstanding of the concept of conservatism. By all traditional definitions, conservatism means cautious, moderate, or disposed to preexisting establishments, institutions and norms. Simply put, being a conservative means not wanting to "rock the boat" for the sake of stability. Understanding this, all media, except for independent media (both left and right), is conservative. ABC, NBC, FOX, CNN, etc. all broadcast to vast segments of the American public — to people with extremely diverse backgrounds and opinions. Because of sponsorship, advertisements, and for the sake of ratings* these companies very shrewdly avoid pressing any extreme opinion (right or left), as they do not want to alienate viewers. In this sense, the media is neither left nor right, but strategically moderate because they do not want to "rock the boat." This is the argument of a conservative media: the industry chooses not to side with any particular cause; therefore, by definition the media is very conservative. Labeling the media as conservative is not necessarily a pejorative term though. It is simply stating that the industry is limiting the scope of discussion and the facts or viewpoints presented (left or right). Media bias is a two-way street. My second point I wanted to raise is your fear of liberalism of which I will try to assuage. As opposed to conservatism (favoring the status quo), liberalism seeks to press the frontiers of social progress. I assure you, liberals are not "Pinko Commie Socialists," they are people just like you and me. However, rather than embracing the status quo, they challenge it in hopes of a more positive future. The history of the United States is rife with such examples. The. American Revolution: a small minority of the colonial population decided that they had had enough and it was time to part with England. Their defiance gave us our independence. In the early 1800s, a pestering group of liberals waged a 30+-year campaign to end the horrid practice of slavery. In the late 1800s, the working man demanded his rights against the evils of unrestrained business; they gave us labor unions, eighthour days, overtime, workman's compensation, etc. After nearly an entire century of agitation and civil disobedience, women procured suffrage with the 19th Amendment. In the 1960s we witnessed the Civil Rights movement for racial equality, feminism, and anti-Vietnam protests. Now it's a struggle for gay rights. Even larger is the movement against war with Iraq. None of these movements were AntiAmerican, even though every single one of them was labeled as such. Without & doubt, the men and women overseas risk their lives to defend our freedom, but we cannot forget, or simply ignore, where these freedoms came from in thè first place. We need each other. That is the beauty of democracy: we may not see eye to eye, but together we make it work. liberalism for communism, and conservatism for fascism. Your level of fanaticism against progress rivals that,of the Middle Eastern Fundamentalism and is quite disturbing. There is a large difference from being a conservative and being right wing, and frankly, fascism at home scares me more than terrorism from abroad. If you are so concerned about PAN, you should stop by a meeting; the door is always open. Until then, stop with the witty clichés and clever quips and pretend to be an educated student. It is quite sad when Communication majors cannot conduct a civil discussion. Stephen Schultz Senior, History In sum, you have mistaken M edical M arijuana R esponse Dear Editors, Dear FHitrwc Recently, I read your article on Medical Marijuana. I found it interesting that California passed a proposition for the growing of marijuana for patients that need it for medical purposes. I think this is wonderful because of all of the sick people that can really use something to make them feel better. However, this adds "to my concern as to whether or not these sick patients may be adding to the growing population of young Americans using marijuana T « today. I can't «elp but, wonder h« « whether or not the reason why children are using marijuana today is because they have such easy access to it. This access is either through a loved one or someone they know that is growing it or using it on a daily basis. I am not saying that since terminally ill patients are able to grow this product, then they are going to give it out to everyone that they know. However, I qannot help but wonder why it is so easy for young Americans to get this product. "* . ... .. are others around that can easily get a hold of it and use it for their own purposes, that's when things need to change. I care very much about those that are going through great amounts of pain and suffering, however I don't think that they should be able to grow this plant in their own house. I think that doctors should set up labs where patients can go and smoke as much marijuana as they think they need in the doctor's presence. This in turn would probably cut down on the amount of kids and teenagers getting a hold of Growing marijuana for medical marijuana make it easier on adults reasons is okay, but when there to help these children get away from this problem: the best treatment that they can get. It only seems logical that if marijuana is the answer, then that is what they would want. Giving them the right to grow marijuana in their own homes is putting a lot of trust not only to the patients, but to others as well. I think that these patients should be allowed to smoke this plant of their own free will, however I believe that it should be done in the presence of doctors. Even though patients are allowed to grow small amounts of marijuana in their homes, it seems logical that they would want to keep this product out of reach for someone they either know or love very deeply. The number of kids that are addicted to this drug is outrageous and by allowing patients to grow their own marijuana, we are pretty much allowing these children to become addicted. Jennifer Fry Freshman, Biology In conclusion, I would just like t a say that these patients deserve Another Response to Commie Slackjaws Dear Editors: we want it to or not. It's human nature. The true test of a student is to be able to sift the chaff from the grain - that would translate to separating out the good from the bad for those of you who still need your hand held - and learn something anyway. Tada! You have now become an adult. to the "liberal" bias of the undergraduate coursework here at CSUSM, except as it relates to what I myself teach. I don't know that I present a liberal bias. It's possible - even probable - that some of my students will answer in the positive. All I do know is that I try to teach my students to think critically and for themselves. If that means that I perpetuate a "liberal" bias, then so be it. decision. ESPN reporters in Kuwait that Second, we must ask ourselves they support playing the games as for whose benefit the games scheduled. So if the games were would be cancelled. The games to be cancelled, who would be certainly wouldn't be postponed helped? for the benefit of the government; it has much bigger issues to deal Finally, sports act as a necessary with than sports. The athletes diversion from the horrors of war. themselves are not in any real When half the channels on televidanger, assuming they stay in the sion are reporting on troop and United States and Canada, so the civilian casualties for a war that postponement of games would the public is divided over fighthave no apparent benefit to them. ing, we as citizens cannot help but No protest from the general public become a little depressed. Sports has occurred. The consideration take our mind off such issues, and given to postponing the games, allow us, if only for a couple minthen, must be on behalf of our utes, to relax. troops. However, there has been no noted opposition by the miliAll that said, we still must tary to playing the games. On remember to keep sports in perthe contrary, many soldiers told spective. By no means should I've been following the letters on the subject of liberal bias on the Pride's opinion page and pretty much shaken my head in wonder. I was unaware that today's college students were unable to listen to a professor, sift through what he or she says, and then form their own opinAs a graduate student who did ions. Everything any of us says is her undergrad work at a much going to have a bias to it, whether larger university, I cannot speak In this time of uncertainty for the United States, .it seems almost frivolous to be discussing sports. However* as a prominent American institution, ^sports are profoundly affected by major international events, such as the war with Iraq. Interesting questions have arisen, not about the content of the games, but about whether the games should even be played. The leaders of all the sports currently in-season, which include college basketball, professional basketball, hockey, and baseball, have given serious and well-publicized thought to this issue, but thus far have all decided to let the games be played as scheduled. First and foremost, if sporting events were to be cancelled, we would be letting the enemy further affect our way of life. Whether or not you personally are a sports fan, there is no doubt that sports play an intricate role in the lives of many Americans. By changing our traditions, whether it is through postponing sports or anything else, we essentially bring the war home. That's not to say we shouldn't show our support (or opposition) for the war, nor does it mean we should avoid tributes to the soldiers who fight for us; we simply need to draw the line between proper and unnecesIn my opinion, this is the right sary. Socialist' People's Republic of And to Ms. Hall and anyone else Cal State San Marcos," you are who objects to CSUSM's curalways free to transfer to another riculum, there are lots and lots school. But be careful. You might of other institutions of higher get stuck going someplace that education out there. One of the requires you to think - again. beauties of this country, which was pretty much founded on lib- Julie Pickett eral principles -silly colonists -, LTWR grad student was your right to go find another university. If you object so strenuously to this - what did Ms. Hall call it? - "'Pinko Commie sports supercede international events, nor should any sporting event be played in which the athletes are in datiger. Sports should never at any time - especially now - be the most prominent aspect of our lives. However, if we use sports as a means of temporarily relieving stress, and recognize that postponing the games will serve no other purpose than adding to that stress, we may be able to better cope with the unstable global situation of the present time. Kyle Trembley Freshman, Prebusiness �Things You Need to Know About NAFTA Dear Editors: I am a freshman at the university who is very concerned with how little students know about the insulting fiasco that is NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement). Students should know about the oppression that NAFTA causes. The area that the agreement affects most is Latin America. Albeit trade is way up from seven years ago, there are many problems that result from this. In no way does the lowered prices of goods from increased competition make up for all the job losses that emerged from NAFTA, not to mention all the environmental damages and social dislocation. NAFTA supporters believe that the agreement assists Mexico's economy drasti- cally, but they do not know that the nation was already liberalizing its economy for the better before the United States unnecessarily stepped in. They did this by beginning to invest in foreign goods and dropping tariffs. It's hard to tell whether the Mexican economy would be any better or worse today if NAFTA had not been agreed upon. During the United States debate over whether or not to pass NAFTA, pro-NAFTA economists proposed that there would be thousands of new jobs per 1$ billion in trade surplus, obviously assuming that the United States' exports would explode with a huge increase. However, when the peso crisis launched Mexico into a recession, bringing the U.S. trade into deficit with it (the nation's exports surpassed that of its imports), U.S. job losses nearly reached the hundred thousand mark. It turns out that Clinton's and Bush's proposed numbers about x number of jobs being created by x number of billion dollars was based upon guesses rather than proof The massive amount of layoffs caused by NAFTA is indisputable. In the U.S., nearly 150,000 laborers were eligible for NAFTA's Transitional Adjustment Assistance Program in 1997, yet only five percent of them actually received any assistance or benefits from the program. Generally speaking, laid off U.S. workers earn a much lower average commission after they find a new job. While the loss of jobs in the U.S. is easy to recognize, Mexico's workers have also been losing jobs significantly under NAFTA. This is because it became much more difficult for laborers to unionize after NAFTA was passed. Companies usually threaten to close down part of their business after attempts at unionizing occur in their facilities, andfifteenperated agricultural competicent of businesses did in tion with the U.S. has crefact close down at least part ated a disturbing amount of of their company after their poverty and suffering for employees unionized. The the Mexican farmers. It is fifteen percent close rate is also possible that NAFTA three times that it was in was partly responsible for 1980. the collapse of the peso in 1994. It is believed by The Mexican workers who many that the artificially are most negatively affected high peso reduced inflation by NAFTA are the farmers. in Mexico and thus helped Many of them have been NAFTA get passed by conforced to leave their land gress. because of the influx of cheap U.S. corn, which is Yet after NAFTA was allowed by the agreement. passed, the organization The Mexican's newly cre- needed a weak peso to get Mexican exports to attract foreign investors. Living standards after the peso's collapse became horrible for many Mexican workers. Average hourly wages for Mexican laborers dropped significantly also. The subject is important yet misunderstood by many people. John Clayton Freshman, A Response From a "Pinko Commie Socialist" As a member of PAN, I could not resist the urge of responding to a letter, which is full of insults and slurs (pinko commie socialist, pothead, brainwashed, uneducated, shut your slack jawed mouths), written by someone who actually does not deserve to be taken into account. However, for the sake of clarifying a few things for those who read the opinion titled "Slack Jawed" written by Anna Hall, I decided to write this letter. First of all, I cannot understand why you are so angry with PAN? Why is it so hard for you to accept the fact there are people out there do think different than you do? What happened to democracy, free speech and freedom to have different opinions? Did you come and try to talk to one of us? I have a solution though. I challenge you to a political debate. We can talk about any ideology, any thinker, or any writer. It would be a pleasure for me to hear your criticisms of Karl Marx and his works since you sound like you know what you are talking about in regards to Marx and Marxist theories. I would be delighted to hear your disagreements of the Communist Manifesto or The Capital. If you wish, we can discuss conservatives and conservative ideologies: Adam Smith, Francis Fukuyama, William Saffire, Paul Wolfowitz? You pick. How about Islamic fundamentalism and Sayyid Qutb? Would you prefer to talk about Jerry Falwell and Christian Reconstruction theories? We can go way back and discuss Plato, Aristotle, St. Augustin. How about we discuss the emergence of contemporary political ideologies since the enlightenment from Weber to Kant, Sartre to Rousseau, Hobbes to Locke, Mussolini to Lenin? If your argument is that PAN members are illiterate about politics and political ideologies and brainwashed by only reading Karl Marx, I challenge you to come and have a political debate with me, serious offer. A person who is capable of insulting, should also be capable of putting out an argument to back those insults. Maybe after that you will learn your lesson about not judging and insulting people you don't even know. Forget about Marx, I bet you don't even know the difference between Communism and Socialism. Since elementary school we're pushed to succeed, to go to college, and succeed there. And we're told that we need a degree to succeed. I've been attending CSUSM since the fall of 2002. Since then, tuition has gone up and parking fees have more than doubled. And they continue to increase. Society looks at the lower class and blames their financial problem is due to the lack of education. How are they supposed to attend a higher education system without the money? Sure now there are scholarships, but now the middle class is the ones who see higher education as a financial burden. They're too rich to qualify for most scholarships yet too poor to be able to pay for the cost themselves without starching a penny here and there. To get rich we must study, but to study we must be rich. In no way am I completely blaming CSUSM for the tuition increase, but for the parking fee increase and the ones yet to come, those words will be left unsaid. Sure I can write the governor or any other government official and wait months, if at that, for a response, but one voice is never as strong as hundreds or thousands. As for the parking increase, it was said that there was a window of opportunity to discuss the matter. I remember hearing about the meeting an hour before it was supposed to start. Great notice. Some of us have class that can't be missed, exams, or even work. The majority of students can't just drop everything in an hour. If something this important is up in the air for discussion a good amount of notice (say a week or more) should be given, as well as notification of the discussion throughout campus. Because of the outrageous parking fees, students are taking risk by packing in the shopping area, and soon in near by neighborhoods (that are nearly a mile away from campus). At least than we won't have to worry about students not getting enough exercise! Concerning the tuition, I'm not fighting for no fees, but at least a sensible one. For students there's three possible ways of dealing with tuition: pay it yourself, scholarships, or student loans. I can see how paying it yourself at a community college, but at a four-year it's stress. Do I have enough, what other bills will I not be able to pay, how many extra hours must I work? Scholarships, to me personally seem to be confusing. For the vast majority, just to qualify we have to be Have a nice day and do not miss Bill O'Reilly tonight. With most sincere regards Civan Erman Gokcimen Senior, Political Science One last point: I know this is Higher Education is Not Cheap Dear Editors: going to disappoint you but your letter did not offend me or upset me at all. I just had a big smile on my face when I read it. Obviously, 3 years of college is not enough for some people to get out of Junior High behavior poor, of a minority, have good grades, be involved in school some how, and have racked up community service hours. And loans! It's the easiest at the ftioment thing to do, but jafter that it seems that you're getting your pay back for years after. The rates of tuition should be the same always, increasing discourages future students from applying to a four-year school. Our society stresses students to achieve high education, yet makes it a great expense that can't be obtained, and on top of that continues to raise the cost. If the governor or a government official builds his campaign on what society values essential - education - he or she should increase the quality, not the price. Jennifer Bello Major, Undeclared Have an opinion? Share it with us. Email The Pride at pride@csusm.edu CLASSIFIEDS EGG DONORS NEEDED Ages 19-29, $4,000 Compensation Call Melissa @ Building Families 800-790-7633 H ELP WANTED: fitness industry (martial arts), sales, data entry, customer service, phone service. Must be creative, energetic and have computer skills. Fitness, sales, teaching or marketing background Contact Jeff or Michelle Brown at 760-591^ 0456. �S uggestions f or P ersistent Parking P roblems Dear Editors, takes me about 25-30 minutes depending on traffic The biggest concern I to get to the school. On have with the Cal State San these days it is easy to find Marcos University is the parking because students parking situation. This is a are just arriving to school, big problem for many stu- but when I leave and come dents attending the Univer- back for my afternoon sity. It takes a great deal of classes it takes me 20-30 time to get to school with minutes to find a parking traffic on the freeways and spot. then to drive around the parking lots for a half hour A way tofixthis problem at a time is very annoying. would be to make the dirt lot being used right now My own personal experi- as a temporary parking lot into a parking lot available ence has been on Monday all day long. The school and Wednesdays I have class at 8:30am and I leave needs to pave it and put up some lights for safety reaFallbrook at 7:30am; it sons. I would think money would be available since they raised our parking permits so much. Another solution might be to get a shuttle service going which would be easier for those students parking farther away or coming from another destination, and this would give us more parking areas. These are just some suggestions; I know it is a lot harder to do than to say. that they just leave school and don't go that day. There have been days when I am so tired of driving around looking for a parking spot, that I just want to leave but it seems every time that happens, I end up seeing someone leave so I find a parking spot. The administration needs to take this problem seriously. It is detrimental to the school and students if the students miss class. till 5:30pm and all the other parking lots. It would just be nice if we could add onto the lower parking lot because there is dirt out in front of it not being used; this area would give us a few more spots. I also think that the planners of the school should have thought about the parking situation before building a school. A school needs parking in order to have the students regularly attend their classes. WANTED PC I HA L I feel something must be I have also heard of Jeanelle Colburn done to improve the parkmany students getting so ORL ing situation. We have the Freshman, Business upset because it takes so lower parking lot available long to find a parking spot, U OOS War Protesting: Both Right and Wrong G 0 R R Dear Editors, troops need to know that have to say about the war, think twice before attack- port of the people. They we support them and that but I don't believe that they ing the United States and need to feel motivated and N I am writing to you con- we appreciate them risking have the right to attack its allies. I come from a appreciated in order for A cerning war protestors. I their lives for us. I am not those who disagree with military family and maybe them to perform at their P1 A believe that they have the for the war, but I believe them. I personally want all that is why I am so sup- best. I do not expect anyone right to protest, but only that we should trust the of our troops to come home portive of the troops. My to agree with me. These HS O to an extent. The war has President and his advisors. safely and I hope the war dad and most of my uncles are just my opinions. We s already started and the best They know what is going will end soon. I do support and grandfathers are or houldn't make our troops ET R were in the military. A lot feel like murderers, because thing they can do is support on more than anybody else. our troops and the President SS the troops. I know that this I believe that they aré doing because I believe he knows of them, including my dad, they are not. They are the R is America, the land of the what they believe is best for best. The President does are veterans. They served heroes of our time. Our S troops make the United our country. I do not under- not make the decisions by stand why protesters would himself. He has his advisors waste their time protesting and cabinet members help something that cannot be him decide on what is best stopped now. Protesting for the country. I believe out in the streets and block- that by removing Saddam, Seeing that kind of image ing traffic is not going to the Iraqi people will have a better life and the world may affect their ability to accomplish anything. would be safer. fight. I know if I were a soldier in Iraq, seeing those Everybody has differimages on TV would dis- ent views and different By showing the world that courage me tofightwith the opinions about the war.we take our safety seriously, greatest of my ability. Our I respect what protestors other terrorist groups will free, but how do you think the troops feel when they see protesters lying in the street pretending to be dead Iraqis? this country proudly. My boyfriend and a lot of my States a safer place for all friends are in the military of us. as well, and some of them are in Iraq right now. 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