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CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY SAN MARCOS
T UESDAY, O CTOBER 31, 2 006
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Hands across our border
S tudents f rom U niversidad A utonoma d e B aja C alifornia visit c ampus
BY KELLY CORRIGAN
Pride Staff Writer
On Thursday, October 26, the same
day President Bush signed a bill for The
Secure Fence Act in which 1.2 billion doU
lars will be spent in the proems of building a 700-mile-long fence along the U.S.r
Mexico border; CSUSM hosted "Hands
Across Our Border."
At 8:30 a.m. last Thursday, 33 students
from Universidad Autonoma de Baja California arrived on a bus from Tijuana.
Enthusiastic CSUSM students welcomed
the visiting students and led them to
selected classes to attend. After attending
two classes, UABC students gathered with
CSUSM students for lunch outside of the
library on the secondfloorpatio.
On the patio, students talked with each
other over roast beef, ham, and turkey
sandwiches, cookies, potato chips and
Arizona iced tea. President Karen Haynes
welcomed UABC students in Spanish and
then proceeded in English, explaining the
importance of the connection between our
two universities. Haynes also described
the importance of reaching across borders
as a way to understand the multicultural
diversity of Southern California and Baja
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BY KELLY CORRIGAN
Pride Staff Writer
Photo by Kelly Corrigan / The Pride
President Karen Haynes speaks to UABC and CSUSM students on the importance of our
universties having a connection through community service and learning in the diverse
setting of Southern and Baja California.
California. "It is also important to share how she asks her own students what their
that knowledge, the experience and cul- idea pf Mexico is, and how her CSUSM
ture being that much of your learning students reply, knowing only of political
elections, and the media's representation
takes place here," Haynes said.
Spanish Professor and Director of the of Mexico and hot much" else. Strbther's
Office of Community Service Learning,
Darci Strother, began her speech by saying
See UABC STUDENTS, page 3
For the first time in the history of
CSUSM, the AIDS Memorial Quilt
will become a part of our campus. The
Quilt is made up of more than 40,000
panels, each made in commemoration
for people with AIDS. On November
27, a panel of the quilt will arrive in the
fifth floor of the Kellogg Library. Professor Gilbert Valadez is leading the
organization of this event
Five years ago, Valadez was diagnosed with AIDS, and he believes that
the pandemic deserves more attention. His growing awareness led him
to organize the first World Aids Day
observation at CSUSM.
In an interview with Robert Erichsen, a staff member for thé College
of Education, Professor Valadez said,
"This observance then is helping me
frame my own illness in a social way,
By that, I mean that I felt that one of the
ways that I could help myself is to help
See AIDS QUILT, page 2
"DataDot DNA"
technology capable
of preventing theft
BY KELLY CORJRJGAN
Pride Staff Writer
It's happened in the
past. Our own Campus
Police have recovered
stolen property from
thieves without knowing whom to return the
stolen property to. So
while it sits in the police
station, its owner sits
elsewhere, perplexed.
DataDot DNA techP hotocourtesyofdatadots.com
nology is the solution to
this problem. DataDots
are so tiny; they can hardlyfiton the tip of a ball point pen.
Encoded on each dot is an identification number, repeated
numerous times on a single dot. These dots are traceable
to Campus Police who have access to the database that
See DATADOTS, page 2
Photo by Amanda Andreen / The Pride
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thought it would be a good thing
to have an AIDS observance on
campus, to kind of highlight the
struggles of many human beings
on this planet who have AIDS or
[who] are affected by AIDS."
Candle vouchers are now available for $5 from the College of
Education on the fourth floor of
University Hall and from ASI.
On December 1, Worlds AIDS
Day, the candlelight vigil will
take place from 6 to 8 p.m. World
AIDS Day is sponsored by the
World Health Organization. For
the World AIDS Day observance,
students will have the opportunity to trade their vouchers for
candles and participate in the
Once they are applied, the
owner should register their
includes the names and iden- DataDot kit and supply only
tification numbers matehed to their name and contact inforeach dot.
m a tion.
Each DataDot DNA kit
In the event of theft, if
includes a small red case Campus Police recover the
where the dots swim in ultravi- stolen property, it can easily be
olet glue until they are applied returned to the owner. Though
to an object. Using a small they may not be visible to the
brush, the DataDot owner can naked eye, Campus Police
paint them onto the surface have the ability to detect the
of a laptop, iPod, cell phone, location of the DataDots via a
camera, or any other valuable special blue light. It is recomitem.
mended to apply at least three
candlelight vigil which will begin
at Chavez Plaza.
Participants will walk from the
Chavez roundabout to Craven
Circle. Afterward, participants
will gather at the Library Plaza
where there will be various guest
speakers on AIDS. Refreshments
and food will be provided at the
event.
Professor Valadez is working
with North County AIDS Coalition on this project. The money
from the vouchers will be divided
among two organizations. "One
half of the money will go to local
AIDS charities, specifically, Fraternity House, Inc., who work
with patients, AIDS patients, in
North County, who are in hospice.
The other half will go to the World
Health Organization, who work
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More than half of the Califorrfia State Universities sell
DataDot DNA in their campus
bookstores, including CSUSM.
DataDot DNA kits are available in our University Bookstore for about twenty dollars,
Lieutenant Miller of CSUSM
" Campus Police says, "We
believe that data dots will be
a valuable recourse to students
in returning lost and stolen
property to them."
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A panel of the AIDS Memorial Quilt displayed at the Ft. Lauderdale
Airport for the 2006 U.S. conference on AIDS.
with orphanages and create hospiA panel of the quilt will be on
tals in the third world for people display until December 4 in the
with AIDS." Valadez said.
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"It's a really nice university
because students are so friendly
points on representation and and respectful." Rios and Garcia
knowledge added to the impor- both mentioned that they noticed
tance of the day's events.
different teaching styles in proThe Director of University fessors and the way students even
Global Affairs, Dr. Peter Zwick approach the classroom comand Interim Director of the pared to students in Mexico. Rios
Center for Border and Regional thought that the CSUSM students
Affairs, Dr. Viviwere quiet and
"For the first time since serious. Garcia
enne Bennett, also
I've been involved with
welcomed UABC
added, "To learn
these reciprocal visits,
students.
in Mexico, it is
CSUSM and UABC
All of the
more comfortstudents were hugging
able, it is more
UABC students
eachother goodbye,
interactive."
were
Internaexchanging e-mails,
tional Business
About
20
making plans to meet
Majors and most
CSUSM students
again on their own,
spoke
precise,
joined UABC
so I think the experifluent English. At
Photo by Kelly Corrigan / The Pride
students throughence was quite powerone table, UABC
out the day, and UABC students pose for a picture at lunch. From left to right, Mariana Morales, Jefte Rios, Adrian Cruz,
ful for all involved."
students Adrian
most traveled to - Stephanie Galvan and Daniel Vallarta.
Cruz, Stephanie
Escondido with
- Professor Darci
Galvan, Daniel
them where they worked with UABC students in the toilets and scrubbingfloorsis not ness suit right along side with us.
Strother
Vallarta,
Jefte
spent a few hours kitchen and thought that the hours my idea of a good time, I thor- I felt like she believes in the proRios and Mariwith Interfaith she spent there were the best part oughly enjoyed my time doing gram."
ana Morales sat together and dis- of Escondido. Interfaith owns of the event. "I would definitely do this community service and I am
Professor Strother said, "By
cussed the first part of their day. apartments that house homeless it again, although I hope that more looking forward to the next trip working together on a common
Cruz, Galvan, Vallarta and Rios families, offering the families people from CSUSM go next time. to UABC, where I hope we can project, the UABC and CSUSM
spent one class hour watching a second chance to get back on I think it would help the guest stu- do more community service in students really had a chance
the Men's Cougar soccer team their feet. Half of the group spent dents feel more welcome to see Mexico."
to get to know each other, talk
practice. Their second class took their community service hours more CSUSM students interested
CSUSM student Pamela Cas- together, and make connections.
place in Markstein Hall. "It's cleaning the apartments and the in interacting with them as well." tillo enjoyed the community ser- For the first time since I've been
kind of interesting," Rios said, other half worked in a kitchen,
Last spring CSUSM student vice part the most. "We talked involved with these reciprocal
"meeting people and seeing all organizing a food pantry for the Grace Willis traveled to UABC. about economics, cultures, iden- visits, CSUSM and UABC stuhungry and homeless.
the technology."
"So it was nice to be able to return tities, geography, and our fami- dents were hugging each other
As a part of their degree pro- the favor," Willis said. "It's awe- lies. As different as our cultures goodbye, exchanging emails,
UABC students Luz Garcia,
Miriam Jacob and Christian Tru- gram, all UABC students must some that our two universities may be, as college students we making plans to meet again on
jillo sat at another table. Each complete 400 hours of commu- are able to bring the two cultures still had everything in common their own, so I think thè experilistened in on a history class and nity service in order to graduate. together to do something for the and it was inspiring to see Profe- ence was quite powerful for all
economics class. Garcia said, CSUSM student Nadia Hernandez community, although cleaning sor Strother cleaning in her busi- involved "
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�One thing that I have learned in the nearly three years that I have been getting paid
to write about sports is that I don't know everything. In my time on this campus I
have met some very knowledgeable people when it comes to sports. As much as I may
think I know, these guys have taught me something new at one point or another. You
may remember some of these names if you read "Jock Talk" on a regular basis, but I
finally found a way to introduce you to some of the other people on this campus who are
involved in the sports world.
-Josh Sandoval
Mavericks
over Suns
(Defense
plus Dirk
equals
Domination)
Nets over
Bulls (Kidd,
Carter,
Jefferson
plus great
draft)
Nets over
Mavericks
(Nets make
up-tempo
popular
again)
Rockets
(Yao I
McGrady
experiment
still doesn't
work)
Hornets
(Finish
above.500
and make
playoffs)
Kobe Bryant
(Lakers)
(Should've
got it last
season)
Lawrence
Frank (Nets)
(Title sinks
this award)
Adam
Morrison
(Bobcats)
(Plenty of
minutes in
Charlotte)
Suns over
Clippers
(Stoudemire
gets them
over hump)
Pistons
over Bulls
(Team
chemistry
pays off)
Suns over
Pistons
(Suns
outshine
Pistons)
Heat
(Complacent
Shaq wont
hold up)
Rockets
(Two words:
Bonzi Wells)
Tracy
McGrady
(Rockets)
(Bounces
"back" from
injuries)
Scott Skiles
(Bulls)
(They'll win
55 plus)
R andy F oye
(Timberwolves)
(Dwayne W adeesque player)
S uns over
R ockets
(Stoudemire's
B ack!)
Bulls over
Pistons (Big
Ben puts
them over
the top)
Suns over
Bulls (Too
much
firepower)
Cavaliers
(James:
Supporting
Cast
Please!)
Raptors
(Good
chemistry)
Kobe Bryant
(Lakers)
(Nobody
does more
with less
support)
Scott Skiles
(Bulls)
(What a
turnaround)
Adam
Morrison
(Bobcats)
(NBA,
What?)
Suns over
Spurs
(Stoudemire
comes back
big)
Heat over
Cavaliers
(Miami is
class of
East)
Heat over
Suns
(Wade
carries
team....
again)
Knicks
(This train
wreck isn't
stopping
anytime
soon)
Magic
(Dwight
Howard
leads rebirth in
Orlando)
Dwayne
Wade (Heat)
(As good as
it gets; yet to
hit prime)
Mike Brown
(Cavs) (Gets
'Bron and
Cavs to
conference
finals)
Randy Foye
(Timberwolves)
(Finally, No.
2 option in
Minnesota)
Spurs over
Mavericks
(Duncan
stays
healthy)
Heat over
Cavaliers
(Wade and
Shaq trump
Lebrón)
Spurs
over Heat
(Ginobli I
Duncan
edge Wade/
Shaq)
Bulls (Will
fail to live up
to hype)
Magic (True
point guard
plus legit big
men)
Tim Duncan
(Spurs)
(Due for
a monster
year)
Flip
Saunders
(Pistons)
(Will keep
Detroit afloat
without Big
Ben)
Rajon
Rondo
(Celtics)
P buy into
hype coming
from Boston)
Joshua Sandoval
You already know my resume, so below
each of their photos is an introduction
to the rest of the guys and why they're
qualified to inform you about the
upcoming NBA season.
Fernando Brown
Fernando Brown's name.is reo&gmzable
from the sports articles that appear in
this paper. Before Fernando joined the
newspaper I could count on one hand
the number of articles written about
CSUSM athletics.
Paul Baimbridge
Paul Baimbridge is a name you might
recognize from the article I wrote about
the Padres' ninth inning collapse against
the Dodgers. You will get to know his
name even more next semester, since
he will be the baseball and Softball beat
writer next semester.
Mike Millburn
Mike Millburn is someone you may know if
you listen to "XX Sports Radio" on 1090AM
or watch "The Prep Pigskin Report" on KUSI.
He is the guy on the radio that the broadcasters
refer to as "Head", because of the big melon
in between his shoulders. He works as a
board operator and producer for those two
companies.
Kyle Trembley
Kyle Trembley is a well of information
regarding campus athletics. He is the
guy who makes Fernando and I look
smart in articles about campus sports,
because if we have a question we go
to Kyle. Along with being the Sports
Information Director for CSUSM, you
may have seen his sports briefs in the
paper.
�Halloween around the world
BY SABRINA BAGLEY
Pride Staff Writer
spirits of one's ancestors return to
visit their mortal relatives. Traditionally, lanterns are hung in front
Beginning 6,000 years ago as of houses to guide the ancestors'
Samhain, a Germanic celebra- spirits home, Obon dances (bon
tion of harvesting and planting, odori) are performed, graves are
Halloween has perpetuated as visited, and food offerings are
a celebration of all things scary made at house altars and temples.
and sweet. Originally celebrated At the end of Obon,floatinglanas a pagan holiday, Christianity terns are placed into rivers, lakes
began to influence the celebra- and seas to guide the spirits back
tions in the fourth and fifth cen- into their world. This beautiful
turies. According to Ithaca Assis- sight is widely documented via
tant Professor of Anthropology, artistic photographs. Obon is
Brooke Olson, "The celebrations celebrated August 13 to 16. The
were reshaped to fit the interests time period surrounding Obon is
of Christianity. In an attempt to one of Japan's three major travel
convert the [pagan] locals, church seasons.
clergymen created All Saints
We have all seen it in our area,
Day on November 1, and Sam- a rich cultural celebration of the
hain became All Hallows Eve." dead. The day of the dead, Dia
From these beginnings, Hallow- De Los Muertos is the Mexican
een became what we know it to celebration of death. Celebrated
be, a night of carousing, candy from October 31 tp Novemcollecting, and costumes.
ber 2, this holiday is celebrated
Almost every culture in the much like Obon, as a celebraworld has a holiday celebrating tion of deceased ancestors. Skelthe dead. Around the world you etonfiguresand pictures abound,
can find holidays such as Obon and cemeteries become bursts of
(Japanese), Dia De Los Muertos color, with the construction of
(Mexican), Ching Ming (Chi- flower-laden altars that hold picnese), All Saints' Day (Catho- tures of the deceased as the cenlic, Filipino) and Walpurgis terpiece, grooming items, delec(German), to name a few.
table food, alcohol, skeleton figObon, celebrated in Japan, is a ures, flowers and candles. These
Buddhist holiday. It is believed, days of crafts, cooking, and flowthat each year during Obon, the ers hold great meaning for many
Hispanic families.
The Ching Ming observance
had its beginnings as the original
religion in China. Ancestor worship is the only native religion to
China. All others* including Buddhism, Christianity, Judaism,
and Islam, were imported from
outside of China. Confucianism
and Taoism originated in China
but are philosophies rather than
religions. This remnant of ancestor worship is celebrated with the
maintenance of tombs the offering of food and other essentials,
and displays of respect. Sometimes, a family will set off firecrackers to ward off evil spirits.
Walpurgis Night, celebrated in
Germany, Sweden, and the Czech
Republic, is a night of warding
off witches. In Germany, whips
are cracked and horns are blared.
In Sweden, bonfifes are added to
the noise. In the Czech Republic,
people spread grass or sand on the
doorstep in the belief that witches
can not enter a house before
counting the blades of grass or
grains of sand. Celebrated on
April 30, this day is an old pagan
festival, which borrows its name
from Saint Walburga.
The most common association
of Halloween is with Pagan celebrations. According to Pagan
expert, Eva Snyder, "Halloween
Photo by David Bauer / The Pride
is magical. It is the time when
the veil separating the realms of
the living and the dead is thinnest, permitting contact between
the two worlds," she says. "The
lines between past, present and
future are also blurred, allowing
the impossible to happen." These
pagan celebrations are often misconstrued and falsely have negative and dangerous connotations.
American celebrations of Halloween have little to do with
ancestor worship. Rather, costumes and candy abound, and
trick-or-treating is enjoyed by
children. Jack-o-lanterns, also a
Halloween staple, have quite the
interesting history. The Jack-olantern custom probably comes
from Irish folklore. As the tale is
told, a man named Jack, who was
notorious as a drunkard and trickster, tricked Satan into climbing a
tree. Jack then carved an image
of a cross in the tree's trunk, trapping the devil up the tree. Jack
made a deal with the devil that, if
he would never tempt him again,
he would promise to let him down
the tree.
According to the folk tale,
after Jack died, he was denied
entrance to Heaven because of
his evil ways, but he was also
denied access to Hell because he
had tricked the devil. Instead, the
devil gave him a single ember to
light his way through the frigid
darkness. The ember was placed
inside a hollowed-out turnip to
keep it glowing longer.
Undressing the Halloween costume
BY AMANDA RUTHERFORD
Pride Staff Writer
in ways one normally wouldn't? for Halloween, I got a lot of pirate
Is it an excuse for the good girls answers and then some that didn't
to dress bad and the bad girls to fit into the scantily clad category.
Costumes bring Halloween to dress worse, if at all? Is our Hal- Many people wanted to be danclife. Without them, there are no loween holiday becoming a way ers from the 50s, 60s, and 70s.
ghouls and ghosts, no witches for guys to dress as pimps and Others wanted to be movie stars
and goblins, no vegetables and our woman to dress as playboy or superheroes. One even said
she planned on changing her cossuperheroes, and certainly there bunnies?
How people dress on Hallow- tume for every party. There were
is no fun without costumes on
een reflects a lot about our per- very few devils, and very few
Halloween.
What about Halloween in a ceptions of social image. From vampires, very few maids, and no
party sense? A Halloween that is asking students at CSUSM, a porn stars; though one person did
looked at through the eyes of col- majority thought the most popu- want to be a school bus.
It seems that in asking students,
lege students—no longer a day for lar Halloween costume would
door-to-door candy hunting, but be one of a pirate or one that many aren't actually celebrating
a day, or weelerather, for students was racy. Students also said they Halloween at all. Some are going
to dress up and party. It starts to thought girls dress up more than to a party or two and not dressing
become a time when people dress guys—as if it's been taken over up. Others aren't doing anything
* at all. When those people were
to impress to the extreme, and in by the females.
When randomly asking stu- asked what they could be if they
more ways than one. Is it becoming a day that is an excuse to dress dents what they were going to be were, they gave vague descrip-
tions or settled with common
costumes.
What are the popular costumes
this year? From asking the students it seems to be a pirate or
a ninja. A representative from
CC & CO Costume Shop, a shop
that has been in business for the
past 21 years in Temecula, says
that the most popular costumes
this year are pirates for couples;
nurses and cops for females, and
that most guys were dressing as
part of a couple, or just came i n,
to get a mask.
If this is true, then what does
it say about us? I asked some
students how they feel about
people flaunting their sex appeal
on Halloween with racy outfits
for girls and pimp costumes for
the guys; and there were two
common answers. One was that
it's an excuse to dress in ways
one normally wouldn't in hopes
of attracting attention from other
people. The other idea was that
it's just Halloween, and costume
choices are not taken seriously by
people.
Halloween is meant to be a fun
time with or without parties; so
are we being too analytical? or
are people really going overboard
with sex appeal for the holiday?
Either way, it's a time to dress up
as something one isn't and fool
others around you. It's a time to
enjoy the weekend or the night
and have no worries but the cavities one might wake up with the
morning after.
Website of the week: homestarrunner.com
BY AMANDA RUTHERFORD
Pride Staff Writer
Homestarrunner.com was once
a humble site made by two brothers for the entertainment of the
un-entertained. Each week there
would be one or more new cartoons on the site. It didn't have
much fame five or so years ago,
but the true fans knew what it
was and know what it is today.
Brothers Matt and Mike
Chaps created the website and
all of its animations and games,
with Matt in charge of the art
and programming and Mike
performing all of the voices of
the characters (except for the
voice of the site's one female,
which is performed by his Wife
Melissa Palmer). The finances
of running the Homestar
Runner website and its webbased store had been handled
by their father, Don, until he
passed away earlier this year.
Today the site is booming with
new characters and new things to
do. For all the original fans that
know of this site, all the old cartoons and shorts and such can all
be found in the museum section.
There are cartoons featuring the
slow witted, lisping, Homestar
Runner—the website's main
character. Other characters also
recur in cartoons on the site such
as the ridiculously pompous,
luchador-mask-wearing, Strong-
bad and his tiny yellow accomplice, The Cheat, who Strongbad
describes at one point as looking
"like some kind of cheese... or
anvil," and who only communicates through mumbles and
squeaks.
The cartoons are centered
on the characters' adventures
and interactions. There are also
games, and videos starring
puppet versions of the characters
and other features as well. One
popular feature is that viewers
can send emails to be answered
by the character Strongbad in a
cartoon, which usually consists
of several minutes of Strongbad
humorously criticizing everything about the email and its
a plush The Cheat that squeaks
author.
Homestarrunner.com
even and grumbles angrily when it's
has a "first time here" button to kicked.
With its unforgettable charintroduce the site and some of its
characters in a comedic way to acters, theme songs, and weird
prepare viewers for what they are entertainment factor, there isn't
in for. With several years' worth much that viewers won't enjoy
of narratives and storylines, there or appreciate at homestarrunner.
are now dozens of recurring char- com.
acters and storylines that draw on
Homestarrunner.com has been
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creating coinplex spin-offs in keeps its entertaining ways. So,
jokes and gags. There are many whether its audience is bored
things to try out and mess with on students procrastinating on
this site such as free downloads, their homework, or young and
icons, and music. There is also a old alike seeking a new form of
web-based store selling Homestar online entertainment, homestarRunner themed items such as T- runner.com has, and will conshirts and coasters with pictures tinue to amuse the Internet-savvy
of Homestar Runner on them, or masses.
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Pride Staff Writer
Nestled in the thick foliage
and woods of Elfin Forest lives
a many a lost spirit. Residing in
whaf have inevitably become
overdeveloped
condominiums
and commercialized residences,
what is now San Elijo Hills, was
once a spiritual and even haunted
area dubbed "Questhaven." No
doubt many San Diego residents have unknowingly driven
through Questhaven as it's a surefire shortcut to Escondido that
spits travelers out from Rancho
Santa Fe Road to Auto Parkway
in less than four minutes. The
short drive through Harmony
Grove and Elfin Forest not only
feels like something out of "The
Twilight Zone," but it also feels
like a mindless time warn.^ .
Rumored to once be inhabited by Gypsies and their social
kin at the turn of the 19th century
and welp into to the 20th century,
legend has it that when other
natives of the land and cjdzens of
local communities came in and
drove off the Gypsies, slaughter-
ing those who stood in their way,
the Gypsies cursed the land of
Elfin Forest. Perhaps this curse
was the impetus f or many of the .
urban legends that have accumulated throughout the years. Coincidentally, there are also accounts
of Northern Diegueno Indians
inhabiting the land more than
9,Q00 years, using it as a sacred
space for burials and-peace offerings.
With curvy roads* creepy trees
growling over the paths, and
eerie sights" and sounds, Questhaven embodies many fears that
seep into the holes of the collective subconscious, lending to the
idea that this; place generates a
supernatural power that tests ther
nerves and wills of innocent visitors. With no cell phone reception,
or friendly places to look to with
pleas for help, if rumors hold true*
the horrors o£Questhaven sound
overwhelming for any one person
to face alone.
A few locations that are glor
rjfied tin the tales of Questhaven
are the stòrie s*of thè abandoned i
insane asylum and the legendary cult house. With gates anà
barbed wire lining the property,
an old wooden fence sign deCojates the entrance to the ruins pf
the rumored insane asylum with
sleeping elves shyly painted on
Back road leading through Questhaven and surrouriding area.
The Elfin Forest sign located above the gate into Questhaven.
it, reading "Elfin Forest." Behind
the torn and defiled fence lays
acres ofland and building foundations left in shambles; Defended
by? armies of nocturnal spirits
and savage animals, the danger
of trekking across the depths of
Questhaven sounds high from the
word of mouth reported accounts
ef paranormal activity. As for,
the cult house, well, there' are'
many mock "Blair Witch" films
that high schoolers and amateur
filmmakers Have endeavored to
n ^ e ^ g n , the Questionable cult
pfoperty. Most of which describe
scenes of nooses hanging from
burned trees, broken bones and
skulls crushed into the mulch
and brush, unearthly cackles and
noises flying around in the night
air—the rumors have even fabled
that when said filmmakers go
back to review their footage that
there is just black static that fills
the screen and curdling screams
that sound off in the distance.
Furthermore, what would Questhaven be if there weren't spinetingling urban myths attached to
fend off the faint of heart? When
researching Questhaven, there
are a few prevalent myths, as well
as others that rise to the top. The
first tells a tale of a ten-foot white
owl that roams the midnight and *
moon-laden sky above the spooky
trees.
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ghostly owl sneaks .about preying on naive young people who
enter the forest. If the visitors are
in their ear, the owl lands atop
of the car and possesses several
ways of murdering the vehicle's
passengers. If the visitors are on
foot, it swoops down to capture
them and sacrifices them. There
are other stories about the owl;
however, many do hot speak of
the owl iri fear of repercussion.
The second myth tells of a witch
that haunts Elfin Forest. Stories
of the witch solicit extreme caution should one choose to enter
the forest, for hers is the deadliest and scariest of stories. The
witch has been in the forest since
the persecution of the Gypsies.
She rides the roads of the forest
on a ghost black stallion. With a
black cloak the covers her face
and body, the night-riding ghost
horse and witch have omnipotent
vision and senses and can feel
when a stranger or intruder has
entered the forest. It is said that
once one enters the forest and
Questhaven, that then the witch
marks that person, leaving no
physical indication, but more of
a spiritual mark on that person
so that if that person were to ever
enter the forest again, that they
would then be killed instantly by
the witch. Those who have experienced this tell tales of hearing
no hoof prints or galloping stallion, no; that the witch and her
mountfloatalong in the shadows.
Never in clear sight, her victims
will never really know what they
see when .they, witness her. It is
also rumored that by chance if
victims do see her eyes, as they
pierce a ray of green light, that
they are immediately killed.
Photos by Amanda Andreen / The Pride
There are also stories of drivers
killing themselves because the
witch follows their vehicle in the
trailing shadows, invoking complete insanity, and sometimes
paralysis, then causing the driver
to steer their car into an oncoming tre% ledge, or cliff, ©ther tales
of haunted spirits ^nd; paranormal activity attSchedloihisforea *
rumor 6f tree;? that ble|d, a ghost
lady dressed in^whiTi-that follows hikers throughout the trails,
native American bodies hanging
from trees, shadow people that
hide in the shrubbery, and other
weird apparitions that possess
the speculated Native American
burial grounds.
Upon further investigation,
it has been found that there is a
religious retreat center, called
the "Questhaven Retreat, Church
of the Holy Quest," that sits on
640 acres of wilderness. Some
speculate that it is this retreat
center, which was erected in the
early 1940s that is mistaken for
the insane asylum and the cult
house. However, there are no official records that haves been found
linking that theory, or linking the
legends to the retreat center. As
there is no record of any insane
asylum existing in Elfin Forest,
Harmony Grove, or Questhaven,
rumors apparently hold more
weight in the chance of experiencing supernatural activity. For
now, Questhaven truly remains a
mystery, as the stories and sensations that haunt it continue to be
aggravated by the growing population of inhabitants. One thing
remains certain though, no one
will ever really know what lies
beneath Questhaven or lurks in
the shadows in Elfin Forest.
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BY FRANCISCO MACIAS-RIOS Yes, I said it; he has sunk to the
bottom of the sea to where he
Pride Staff Writer
has to fight \vomen. Mike Tyson
Can anyone name the current is Mc Hammer broke. His "lack
heavyweight champion or maybe of finances recently had him at
the light heavyweight cham- a Las Vegas hotel putting on a
pion of Boxing? Yeah, neither workout session for money. This
can I. The ever-growing MMA is the exciting world of profesand UFC world has been slowly sional boxing. A sport-once ruled
fading professional boxing out. by such names as Roy Jones Jr.,
I can't remember the last time I James "Lights Out" Toney, Oscar
saw an actual championship pay- De La Hoya and Evander "Real
per-view fight. The latest news Deal" Holyfield. These headlinin boxing is Mike Tyson's come- ers have sold-out arenas and set
back; he is launching his world record breaking pay-per-view
tour. He plans to travel around sales. Today's boxing world has
the world fighting random Joes a few names out there that may
and Josephine's off the street. make you turn your head to catch
a replay, but the boringfixedfight
outcome nowadays causes audiences to look at highlights from
the latest UFC fights instead.
Boxing matches have had the
"rigged" cloud looming over their
"honest" heads for many years.
The ghost punches, the throwing
of a fight so we can have De La
Hoya vs. Mosley 2.1 think the fans
of professional boxing are tired
of fixed fights or two guys dancing around each other because
both of them are afraid to throw
a punch. The fighters of professional boxing are afraid to hurt
the product: their face. Therefore,
they dodge a few punches so their
pretty face won't get hurt, or they
throw a few jabs, sit back, and
let the time run o ut The fighters of the UFC risk their bodies
and faces to earn the respect of
the fans. A cut over their eye or
gash to the head due to a vicious
elbow will get a fighter a $5,000
contract with a company to promote their product on their shorts
the next time they fight. Boxing
is all grown up now; it's an old
man on his death bed. Only a
cure of a Heavyweight Champion
or a big rivalry will save the old
man of boxing. We have a better
chance of seeing Tyson offer the
other side of his face for a tattoo
advertisement than we do of
boxing being revived. In the past
five years boxing has given us
two, maybe three greatfightsthat
made us walk backwards into
the kitchen for more chips so we
wouldn't miss a knockout. The
others were so uneventful that we
actual went to the store for more
chips and decided to stop off and
get gas. Please boxing gods, give
us something, a vicious knockout, a rubber match rivalry, or a
quick right hook that sends the
other guy to the mat in the first
ten seconds. Something...
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BY JONATHAN THOMPSON
Pride Staff Writer
CSUSM Community and World Literary
Series invited Linh Dinh to visit CSUSM
and read from a selection of his writings.
The event took place on Thursday, October 26, in the Clarke Field House in the
Grand Salon.
Approximately 70 people attended the
reading according to Mark Wallace, an
assistant professor of Literature and Writing Studies here at CSUSM.
Dinh has traveled all over the globe, and
the knowledge of other cultures appears in
his writing style. He has written two collections of stories, three books of poems,
and a series of anthologies. He is currently
working on a novel.
Dinh chose to read from "Borderless
Bodies," "American Tatts," and "Blood
and Soap."
"Mark managed to place an article about
the reading in the Union-Tribune. I knew,
or at least hoped, that ordinary people
would be coming to the reading, not just
students. I decided to read poems and
stories that ordinary people could relate
to. I'm not an academic person but a blue
collar, mostly self-taught guy who writes
poems," said Dinh.
"Before my recent breaks, I was a regular working class dude. I spent 15 years as
Drink of the Week
a housepainter, and 3 years as a house and
office cleaner," said Dinh.
Dinh was asked to visit CSUSM because
"he's one of the best poets andfictionwriters currently writing in this country," said
Wallace.
The readings generated much laughter
amongst the guests who included CSUSM
students and members of the community.
I enjoyed all of Dinh's readings. I loved
his witty humor and play on words. Despite
the immense laughter, Dinh's readings
sent quivers to my heart and waves to my
brain. My favorite parts were "nude pictures of you sold back to you at a discount"
and "working jobs that were beneath him
knowing that it was punishment for leaving his family behind and the chaos that
awaited him upon return."
The majority of Dinh's readings were
short prose poems. He also read multiple
one-sentence stories. I never imagined so
much content could be contained between
the first capital letter of a sentence and the
ending period.
"[My favorite part was] his sense of
humor. I didn't expect to laugh so much.
I also loved his paradoxical love poems
and the one sentence stories," said Lea
Vergara, a Literature and Writing Studies
major.
"It is very hard to be a writer in this
society, You will have many challenges
ahead of you, but if writing is something
If you are feeling like you missed out,
that you must do, something that you must it's because you did. However, you can
be engaged with to make sense out of life, still attend the last reading of the semesthen don't let anyone tell you you shouldn't ter for the Community and World Literary
be a writer. It is a lonely, generally thank- Series, which will feature Jerome Rothenless yet deeply rewarding vocation. Litera- berg, on Thursday, November 16 at 7 p.m,
ture feeds the soul. Since you will have to in Academic Hall 102.
become a serious student of literature in
For more information about Linh Dinh
your quest to become a writer, you must please visit:
seek out writers who speak to you directly.
http://www.thebrooklynrail.org/books/
They will be your teachers and life com- may04/linhdinh.html
panions," said Dinh.
Photo by Amanda Andreen/ The Pride
Poet Linh Dinh reads selections from his collections of poetry
V c c J00 D o
BY SOPHIE BRINK
Pride Staff Writer
Photo by Sophie BrinkI The Pride
Beer of the week
BY DAVID BAUER
Pride Staff Writer
Red ales tend to sufferfromsome confusion because of their relatively new status
and limited availability. Within recent
years however, in San Diego County particularly, red ales have become increasingly popular and available. Last week
we tried AleSmith's Evil Dead Red; this
week we'll look at local red ale: Pizza
Port's Shark Bite Red. Brewed and served
at all three of Pizza Port's breweries, this
delicious microbrew is also available in
bottle and as a draft in some local bars. To
understand what makes red ales different
and unique first requires a little brewing
background.
After a beer has been initially brewed,
it enters into a stage of fermentation. At
this point, the brewer adds (or "pitches"
as it's called) yeast to the brew. This yeast
converts sugars present in the brew into
juicy cocktail, however, I sat up and took
notice. I confess to being enchanted by its
name, the source of so many legends. It's
Voodoo, also known as Vodun, Vodoun difficult not to give in to popular culture
or Voudou, is a religion the roots of which when it tastes like this. The Voodoo Doll
extend deep into Africa's past. This life- is temptation in a glass, a mouth-watering
affirming spiritual path has, sadly, long concoction of lA ounce vodka, 14 ounce
been associated in the mainstream con- raspberry liquor, b ounce orange juice,
sciousness with all things dark and scary. and ounce cranberry juice. Shaken and
For instance, popular culture is fasci- served in a cocktail glass with ice, the
nated by the more dangerous aspects of Voodoo Doll possesses a lovely, lumithe Voodoo doll that pop up in horror nous, rich reddish color. The mixture
movies and lie tucked under troubled of fruity flavors is crisp and refreshing.
teenager's pillows.
For an added zing, try DeKuyper's RaspWhen someone used the maligned berry Pucker sweet and sour schnapps in
moniker for the name of a red, ripe, place of ordinary raspberry liquor.
As
Halloween is a time
to
embrace
u nknown,
d ark-
the
to seize the
ness of unfamiliarity by the
hand and brazenly fraternize
with it, let us raise
our glasses to the
supernatural, the
dark, the mystical,
and the misunderstood.
p i z z a p o r fs Shark Bite Red
carbon dioxide and alcohol. The various
types of yeast used, and the temperature
it is done at, determine whether the beer
will eventually become an ale or a lager.
When brewers first began making beer
they could only create ale. This is because
ales are brewed in warm temperatures
with top-fermenting yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) over a short period of time.
As refrigeration was introduced and brewers learned to work with and manipulate
yeast, lagers, which are brewed for longer
periods of time in colder temperatures
with bottom-fermenting yeast (Saccharomyces uvarum), became the most popular
beers.
Red beers were created after the legalization of home brewing in 1976. Home
brewers, trying new and innovative techniques, discovered that by using certain
malts in the mash, they could create a beer
with unique red, burgundy and amber hues.
These beers, which usually contained car-
amel or roasted malts, have unique colors
and flavors. These brews can be used to
create both ales and lagers. Due to the
popularity of red beers, some breweries
have begun adding red dye to some beers
and claiming that they are red beers. This
practice detracts from the unique taste and
innovative style of real red beers, giving
them a bad name. Pizza Port's Shark Bite
Red, on the other hand, is an excellent
example of an excellent red beer.
The beer pours a burgundy red with a
thin,fizzy,white head/The head generally
fades fairly quickly leaving little sheets of
lacing on the sides of the glass. As it pours
you can also begin to smell the 9.2% alcohol by volume Content in the beer's aroma.
Brewed with Centennial and Cascade hops,
it smells full and hoppy, but fully balanced
with lots of rich malts and a hint of citrus.
It's not particularly high in carbonation,
but it also doesn't have an overly flat feel
tp it. This beer has a very sweet and toasty
malt taste. Like
most San Diego
ales however, it
is also deliriously
hoppy with a
noticeable alcohol
bite. Shark Attack
Red is a very fullbodied beer with a
bold mouth feel.
Its aftertaste is
nutty, spicy and
hoppy.
With
such strong flavors* and high
alcohol
content, however,
it is definitely
a red beer best
enjoyed one or
two at most
in a session.
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CD Review:
Keep your "Eyes Open" for Snow Patro
BY AMANDA ANDREEN
Pride Staff Writer
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It's rare when a band is able to
grab a hold of your heart—onto
the fragile strings of your emotional core— and rim away with
it. Snow Patrol does no less, in
fact, much more than that. From
Ireland, Snow Patrol isn't new to
the scene. With their invigorating
attitude, once again they open
their mouths, and aptitude -for
musical catharsis and dare listeners to become vulnerable.
"Eyes Open," the latest fulllength to travel across the seas
from the Celtic homeland, is as
intimate as it is rock. Probably
the best cut off the new record
is "Chasing Cars." With its deep
message, exquisite instrumentation, and brutal yet beautiful
lyrics, "Chasing Cars" hushes my
soul to ease, begging me to close
my eyes and just let go. An honest
and introspective love song, the
breathtaking insight poured into
the song offers the listener a
ballad that embraces the essence
of drama.
Photos courtesy of www.snowpatrol.com
Having spent the past two years
on the road, traveling the globe
amidst the splash of "Run," their
prior anthem off the 2004 release
"Final Straw," Snow Patrol spent
much of 2005 recording "Eyes
Open" along the Irish coastline.
In a studio that allowed the members of Snow Patrol to awaken to
waves crashing at the foot of the
cliffs below them, Snow Patrol
slowly breathed life into "Eyes
Open," capturing the sensory
effects of living on the edge of a
cliff.
Theater Review:
BY BRANDI BLAHNIK
Pride Staff Writer
Admittedly, I found the disclaimer for the CSUSM Visual
and Performing Arts Department's new production, "Wonder
of the World," intriguing. A play
at CSUSM with mature language
and adult themes? Let me assure
you it is not a caution, but a promise.
David Lindsay-Abaire's sometimes odd, sometimes touching
writing propels this work to its
climax with laughs to spare. This
two-hour play directed by Katie
Rodda is a delight and, with
plenty of genuine, my-tummyhurts laughs along the way, will
leave you wondering where the
time went. The story begins with
the captivating scene of a woman
packing. Cass, played by Jessica
Swan, is leaving her life behind
for a chance at a more exciting one. When her
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marriage troubles surface and
we^re ^brtoelled ita | oy^\y|(|ass
thrfrugh^hdr jotlrney.
Along her voyage, Cass
meets—scratch that—barges her
"Make This Go On Forever"
is my next favorite track. The
tempo of "Make This Go On
Forever" paces and then drops
off with a lone piano pounding
away in the background, creating
a feeling of a grandeur, sounding
like the beginning of what could
build into a one-song record.
Gary Lightbody, vocalist and
song-crafter for the five-piece
band, empties so much grief into
this song through his voice. lt is
truly moving. "Set the Fire to the
Third Bar" projects a slight Sigur
Ros feeling within the vocals and
ambient textures, but the building
of the duet between Lightbody
and Martha Wainwright is classic
Snow Patrol: soft and piercing.
. I am also very partial to the
album's closer, "The Finish
Line." Wrapping up the ten tracks
with echoing Celtic vocals lingering above the breathy pauses,
the vocals and song construction sound much more natural
for Lightbody than some of the
other tracks do, showcasing a
more culturally native side of
Snow Patrol that isn't as prevalent in other releases. A song
that feels patriotic in the sense
that it's patriotic to Snow Patrol,
"The Finish Line" contains crisp
lyrics and layers upon layers of
textured sound effects. A fitting
end to a solid effort put forth
by Snow Patrol, the album as a
whole, "Eyes Open," will surely
open your eyes to both a new and
inspiring side of Snow Patrol, as
well as the old and soothing side
of Snow Patrol that many have
grown to admire.
Wonder of the World
way into the lives of strangers she
comes across. She meets fellowtraveler, alcoholic, and sidekick,
Lois (Bridget Henwood), curious
couple Glen (Omar Yanez) and
Karla (Celeste Dawn Beattie), the
charming Captain Mike (Patrick
Wenk-Wolff); and the strange,
oddly-familiar marriage therapist,
Janie (Arielle Rosenbaum).
This funny, chaotic tale is
driven by strong performances.
Jessica Swan is wonderful in her
naïve and alarmingly forward role
as Cass. Whether its exclaiming
to sidekick Lois, "Let's be lesbians!" or informing thè captain of
her boat tour that she would like
to have sex with him that evening,
Swan's straightforward delivery lends credibility to Cass and
punch to the laughs. Half the fun,
though, is watching other characters react to Ker. Henwood, Kissinger, and Wenk-Wolff also provide stand-out performances as
the characters thai drive Cass to
Photo by Brandi Blahnik / The Pride
action and question her "weird"
qualities. When we finally find
the many characters of "Wonder
of the World'* together in a room,
the result is a dynamic explosion
of personalities which can only
be managed with, that's right,
an episode of "The Newlyweds"
game show. Without saying too
much, rest assured this play will
force you to look a t Barbie heads
in a disturbingly new way.
Writer Ljndsay-Abaire weaves
the stories of his characters
together, leaving us to ponder
the role of fate in our lives.
Each character touches the life
of the next without seeming to
know it. It's unclear whether the
"wonder" he speaks of is as tangible as Niagra Falls, or rather an
idea about coincidences and their
effects on our lives. Though there
are plenty of laughs, the subtext
of the play asks the more serious
question of how we make decisions or, let then* be dictated for
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* "Woi^ei^oMie W6rld" tfecSledly receives 5 paws and is well
wortlf the $5 student ticket price.
See the play November 3-4, in
Arts 111 at 8 p.m. Tickets can be
purchased at the door.
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