https://archives.csusm.edu/student-newspapers/files/original/87a0048a76ea4b8696eb7b40de368482.pdf ad96bbf9fd01df8417e13544ebcaa04c PDF Text Text FIRST COPY FREE ADDITIONAL COPIES each CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY SAN MARCOS I N D E P E N D E N T S T U D E N T NEWSPAPER TUESDAY, MARCH 25, 2008 www.thecsusmpride.com VOL. XIX NO. 10 Student Union planning underway Facility planners and architects receive feedback from students BY ALEX HAND Pride Staff Writer and determining feasibility. In an effort to gather information and get student feedback regarding the Union, the university put together many focus groups of students who met facility planners and architects on Tues. March 18. The meetings were designed to acquire student feedback and gather information in regards to As enrollment at CSUSM is increasing, the university is looking to expand campus life and resources with talks of adding a new Student Union. Currently, the process is in its first phase, which consists of gathering information students wants and needs in a Student Union. In attendance to conduct the research were Brailsord & Dunlavey Facility Planners and the HGA Architecture Firm. The first question addressed to students in attendance was why they chose to come to Cal State San Marcos. Student responses varied but mostly had to do with small class sizes and location. Consistent with the focus on student wants and needs; the meeting proceeded .with discussion surrounding what students would like to see in a Student Union on campus. James Carruthers of Braiisford & Dunlavey made it apparent that they were listening to what students had to say when he stated, GRADFEST 2008 Gas prices skyrocket nationwide Price per gallon could rise to $4 this summer BY JONATHAN E. THOMPSON Pride Staff Writer According to MapQuest, the lowest national gas price is currently $2.56 and the highest national gas price is $4.33 with a national gas price average of $3.45 per gallon. San Marcos has a low of $3.50 and a high of $3.80 per gallon of gas. In 2002, a gallon of gas cost_ roughly $2 in Southern California. Six years later, the cost for a gallon of gas has nearly doubled. Barrels of gasoline reached the $100 mark and are inching past $110. There are numerous theories and speculations on gas pric.es—-most conflicting with one another. However, America See Gas, Page 4 Photo by Jackie Carbajal / The Pride Seniors make preparations for commencement during Grad Fest. soon to be graduates the opportunity to purchase class rings, announcement packLast week, the official count- ages, diploma frames, cap and down to graduation began as gowns, and much more. With the promise of comthe University Store sponsored reach, GRADFEST 2008 offered mencement within BY JACKIE CARBAJAL Pride Staff Writer San Diego bans alcohol on beaches O ne year trial b an in effect BY TORIA SAVEY Pride Staff Writer On January 14, after a San Diego City Council vote, a one-year trial ban of alcohol on beaches and in many public parks went into effect. The vote was 5-2, the minimum needed to pass it. The ban includes locations like La Jolla Cove, Mission * Beach and Ocean Beach. Banning alcohol on beaches has come up with the city council in the past. In 1994, the city council voted for the same type of one-year trial ban, but opponents gathered enough signatures for a referendum, and the council was forced to repeal the ban. In 2002, the ballot included voting on an 18-month alcohol in parts of Pacific Beach and Mission Beach, which was rejected by a narrow margin. About 30,209, or 5% of registered city voters, would be needed to force a referendum in the same manner at 1994. The group," Ban the Ban," run by the grass roots organization Our City, Our See Ban, Page 4 T ODAY LGBTA will host its annual 'Spring Gay Wedding' today, March 25, in Forum Plaza from 12-1 p.m. The ceremony serves as a demonstration to oppose current legislation that restricts marriage to a man and a woman. Photos by Pamela Castillo /The Pride seniors are having difficulty sorting out a wave of emotions. "If s so exciting to be graduating soon but I won't believe it until I have my diploma in my See Gradfest, Page 4 "This is going to be more of a student oriented space as opposed to an academically oriented space, if that's okay with you guys." Russell Decker, of Planning design and Construction on campus had something similar to say. "We build what people want us to See Union, Page 4 Safer Spring Break preview BY ELBERT ESGUERRA Pride Staff Writer As students anticipate spring break less than a week away, Student Health and Counseling Services wants to ensure they also keep safety as a priority. Throughout this week,, SHCS is hosting various events to promote awareness for a safer spring break. The marquee event will be held on Wednesday at Clarke Field House, with a lecture perfornfajlce entitled "JMSpot: A Sex Educator Tells All" and renowned sex educator Jay Friedman. According to Health Educator Cathy Nguyen, "I've seen him perform at a San Francisco conference and he was very entertaining. I think students will find the performance educational and funny and I hope that they will be able to walk away with more knowledge about sex and healthy relationships." Today, the campus is having a survivor fair that includes a number of activities such as a walk-the-line DUI checkpoint and alcohol screenings. SHCS is See Preview, Page 4 CSUSM honors March 31 as an observed holiday to honor the life and legacy of labor leader and civil rights activist Caesar Chavez. "These trends are part of the forces of histofy that cannot be stopped. No person and no organization can resist them for very long. They are inevitable. Once social change begins, it cannot be reversed. You cannot uneducate the person who has learned to read. You cannot humiliate the person who feels pride. You cannot oppress the people who are not afraid anymore" -Caesar Chavez �thec^pride Staff Editoria Beijing '08 : Wrong place, wrong tim Tl^e upcoming 2008 Beijing eviction and expulsion will be Olympic games could very subjected to some 70 new local well be one of the worst in laws tailored s pecifically for recent h istory as a v ariety of the arrival of the Olympics in problems and controversy are August. One such d iscrimina^ already r uining what will be t ory mandate addresses local one the biggest global events hygiene concerns by r estricting of the year. At the center of regular Chinese citizens workthe n umerous complaints and ing or living near the Olympic controversies is the Chinese f acilities f rom using new bathgovernment, which is guilty of room f acilities, a glaring r efleca grave m ishandling of prepa- tion of the meager social progrations for 2 008's Olympic ress typical of modern China. A government that equates its games. SPORTS E D I T O R & ** While Beijing has been busy common c itizenry with f ilth 1ti" ONLINE M N G R AAE getting a f ace-lift, C hina's demands a drastic recalibragovernment has ignored the tion of its priorities before f rights of many of its own citi- t aking on the Herculean and zens, placing its Olympic pri- equally prestigious t ask that Business managers orities above its people. Vary- is hosting the Olympics. One ing accounts place the number of the landmark achievements : ~ ••••ìMMsnnB'Youo > - of- Chinese citizens in Beijing of the Chinese government that will be displaced b ecause will be its relaxation of media : of the Olympics somewhere regulations, allowing for the between 300,000 and 1.5 mil- f ree movement of j ournalists lion, many of whom will have and a ssuring no r estrictions on •'V - ^ I I ^ A F F ' I T É M I ^ I• been expelled f rom their homes media r eporting, a r ight much ^ j ; ^ C M T i E ^ O ;f ; > against their will. Included of the f ree world assumes to be standard. The f act that this S nftr: £ fifefel^^Ä^, 1 .•%/•; in these estimates are many homeless, mentally ill, and right we consider to be such itf • transients that will also be ban- an explicit c ertainty should be ished f rom the city on account a special occasion in a counâéhôââ;çv • iBgUfff ìvmotmé^ / Pri^ of the Olympic games. Those try hosting arguably the most SHitoiÉMM residents that manage to avoid important global event should C P E IO OY D R T S LS R P E E T T ^ AE E R S N A l r W advisor :;V pgr? SIP ; . .è^rH^ i ^ Ä ß i i i ; Church's Influence on Sports The Good, the Bad and the Ugly BY DAVID CHURCH Pride Staff Writer •Î "îàttem ïit <äiStÄSaB The Good Basketball fans got there wishes and saw Tampa Bay, Florida deliver four upsets in the second day of first round games. In the first game, No. 12 Western Kentucky watched their lead dwindle as io piiöt: ' No. 5 Drake came back to tie the game. Then Western KenK V W tucky took care of business in overtime when Tv Rodgers hit a : three point buzzer beater. Then No. 13 San Diego was able to hold on and win in overtime against No. 4 Connecticut. Later in the a fternoon, No. 13 Siena took care of business and beat the struggling No. 4 Vanderbilt by winning by 21 points. Then the final upset of the first round took place when No. 12 Villanova was able to control the flow of the game and beat ' ' i / 1 ^ No. 5 Clemson. Then add No. 10 Davidson, Western Kentucky, Villanova, and No. 7 West Virginia to the sweet sixteen creating mayhem with the brackets. The Bad ¿il ^ ^ Three of my five brackets I have playing i n money pools. Seeing Clemson and Vanderbilt getting eliminated, took out two teams that I had beating Kansas in the Sweet 16 and advancing to the Elite Eight. But despite losing a lot of the one point games in the first round, I am happy to say I have all my final four teams and the loss of certain teams does help my final standings in my brackets. The Ugly This one is easy: Duke! No. 15 Belmont knew what they needed to do to beat No. 2 Duke. Belmont tasted their first tournament victory in history with 11.9 seconds remaining in the game. But there best wasn't enough as they fell 71-70. But it was West Virginia who was able to get the ball down low and take care of O uke 73-67 in the second round. Duke, like others, were over exposed and overrated. Unable to do what they needed to do to advance, there now going get to watch the rest of the madness with the rest of us on the television. Any comments or comments can be sent to churc009@csusm. edu or pride@csusm.edu. be a matter of serious c oncern for any f reedom-embracing country. C hina's t ies to the genocide in D arfur and c urrent tension with autonomy-seeking Tibet have brought f orth numerous calls t o b oycott the Beijing Olympics f rom a multitude of individuals and g roups — a signal that C hina is still not prepared to be a world leader much less a host to the Olympics. As if the controversies caused by the Chinese government w eren't enough to r uin the Olympics t his year, the location could easily seal the deal on t his already botched Olympic f estival. The air quality in Beijing is so poor that many athletes and health o fficials are concerned with how the c ity's e nvironmental issues will a ffect p erformance. Endurance sports could see unimpressive p erformances as the poor air quality, heat, and humidity take t heir toll on athletes p articipating i n long competitions. Several c ountries will delay the a rrival of t heir athletes for as long as possible and some have even set up t raining f acilities elsewhere to limit e xposure to B eijing's air. The water and food a ren't much b etter, p resenting health c oncerns for the athletes. A questionable t ap water supply and s teroid-ridden meat have p rompted the U.S. to ship in its own f ood to avoid athletes getting sick or t esting positive for steroids. For such an i mportant globàl event like the Olympics to be hosted by a c ountry so willing t o compromise t he w elfare of its c itizens s ignifies a critical m isallocation o f r esponsibility by the i nternational powers that be. No m atter how many t imes the C hina recites t his years Olympic slogan, " One World, One D ream," a C hina-hosted Olympic f estival w ill still always be m arred by the mismanagement t hat h as become indicative of its g overnment. A nd here as A mericans, casting j udgment on a c ountry w ith which we are limitlessly b ound, the sense of responsibility, if only p artial, i s inescapable. Blood, Sweat, Tears, Turtles ûéFS, BY TORIA SAVEY Pride Staff Writer "You do realize you have a reptile in your house then?" Ok, in all fairness, it's not so much a reptile as a turtle. Before you get all taxonomy and point out that a turtle is a reptile, it's not really. It's a turtle. Reptiles freak you out if they escape from their cages, and they do things like slither, and make your grandmother faint. A turtle just kind of galumphs along. But wait. There's more. This turtle is much more than a turtle. This, my friends, is war with a shell. Well, more like a passive aggressive battle of wits between my significant other and myself. You see, this is relationship rehab. Recovering addicts, depending on the program, are taught to ease back into responsibility. Try a plant. Then a fish. Then a dog or a cat. Thenfinally,you can move onto people. I didn't go to rehab, but I've been in a buttload of unhealthy relationships. I did things a little backwards though. I got the guy first. Then followed it up with no plant, and now a turtle. So really, I think we're both just making sure ^we can keep the turtle alive before we make a bigger commitment. I mean, would you marry a turtle killer? No, I wouldn't either. So, here's a little view of how my morning went. Get up too early. Check and make sure turtle's still alive. He's still alive. (Sidenote: we don't know if it's a boy or a girl yet. People have been asking me how you check the sex. Answer: Play soft music and buy it flowers and candy until it rolls over for you.) Text significant other to say that I'm worried Mr. Turtle doesn't have enough room to swim and he seems unhappy. Significant other's response: "He'll be fine, babe. Take him on a field trip to the bathtub." Um, my boyfriend's ex-roommate used to go shopping. At bars. For men. Every night. I'm way more worried about the bath tub giving Mr. Turtle the clap than I am about catching salmonella from him. I'm pretty sure if the turtle catches syphilis on my watch, I lose the battle. So, perhaps you too are in a serious relationship but afraid to take that next step. But I bet if you knew the next step could eat goldfish, like mine can, you'd be all over that and walking down the aisle (or having a commitment ceremony in the Bahamas.. .or being hitched at a drive-thru chapel in Vegas by Elvis) i n no time. - �Voice Can it "Country Pop" BY BILL RHEIN Pride Staff Writer W hen I t hink of c ountry m usic, I t hink of one of t wo t hings. O ne is t he g reat songs by J ohnny C ash, C harlie D aniels, or Willie N elson. On t he o ther h and, t here is t he contemporary m odern c ountry that s eems t o have sold out. T here is a d istinct d ifference in t he t empo and sound of c ountry music t oday as c ompared t o p ast decades. T he p eople in t he music industry could c larify t his by labeling m odern music of t his n ature as " country p op." One d ifference I find between the two eras.of country music is the popularization of t he new breed. Today p erformers have replaced the dated ' twang' sound with synthesized vocals and electric guitar. Like all genres, it seems it is more about the money t han the music. If this were not t rue, there would not be an entire television station devoted to c ountry music, and in f act, there are two. T his changeover, with singers such as Shania Twain, is an i nformal selling out. A nother reason f or t his clarification is the ability for lyrics t o be change into other genres. Carrie Underwood's t une "Before He C heats" could j ust as easily become a p op or R&B song. On the other hand, Cash's " Ring of F ire" and Daniel's " The Devil Went Down to Georgia" do not sound right p erformed any other way, such as in Guitar Hero III. Yet most songs by groups such as the Dixie Chicks or Rascal Flatts have a popularized lyrics and tempos: t he n ail in t he c offin f or t his involved e xamination of another g enre. Rock widely encompasses m any styles and t ypes of music. C ountry is l arge as well, but people do not b reak it into subgenres. A s for rock, t here is classic r ock, blues-rock, psychedelic r ock, p op r ock, a lternative rock, and m any more t ypes. Some g enres when blended receive a ppropriate t itular s tatus, yet c ountry is u nwilling t o budge. People place a rtists like Molly Hatchet and Lynyrd Skynyrd into " southern r ock," t hough t here are definite c ountry influences in t he music. There is more t o the f acets of country music the j ust country western. Based on the style of music in both lyrics and instrumentation, it is f air to label the m odern country music scene as " country pop." What characteristics are you looking for in the new ASI board? ^ « ^ S l t t ^ ^ f t ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ f e ^ ^ W i f e ^ P ^ i nterest of t he s tudents a nd a bout b ringing t he of p arking d own." Gonzalez j ^HIL J U|gP| IBj^l * jitiM ^^ -I: ^ ^ ^ g p l ^ ^ ¡||i | t lR* ffv'\, S f k. xi^M llil|f ! 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Chances are the funds dents in attendance had a great variety would come out of the pockets of the of ideas ranging from a cafeteria, to an students since the Student Union would internet cafe, or even a pub on campus. be a student-oriented, student-run One student even voiced the suggestion space. Another question addressed to that the building should be made out of students was how much they were willrecycled materials, since CSUSM has ing to see their tuition increase in order a reputation of being such a recycling to see that the Student Union was built. Most students in attendance had no savvy campus. Matthew Bohannon, also of Brails- problem with a slight increase in tuition ford & Dunlavey incorporated feasibil- just as long as the Union was built the right way. ity into the discussion as well. "Part of what we are trying to do is From GRADFEST, page 1 also really excited to start making some money instead of studying all the time." Commencement 2008 is on Saturday, May 17 at the Grandstand at the Del Mar Fairgrounds. There will be two ceremonies; one at 8:30 a m. and 3:00 p.m. Any students with direct questions regarding commencement ceremonies can email grad2008@ csusm.edu or visit www.csusm.edu/ commencement for more details. hand, I feel like something will go wrong," said senior Business major Debbie Gralla. Students go to college, ideally, to manifest their education towards a successful career. Leading up to graduation, seniors face the challenge of finding the right job. "I'm nervous about searching for a career and not just any job. I hope that cougar jobs can help me out. I 'm, the problems last Labor Day in Pacific Beach, in which the arrest of one reveler turned into a major clash between beach goers armed with rocks and glass beer bottles and police officers in riot gear, which ended with the arrests of 16 people. The police department has been accused of using excessive force in the situation. For afirsttime offense, the maximum fine is $250. However, repeat offenses could bring up to $1000 infines,and may include up to a six-month jail sentence. The ban covers beaches up to the Del Mar city limits, leaving residents of North County in the middle of a checkerboard of beaches covered by alcohol laws. A full list of areas where alcohol is banned by the new law can be found at www.sandiego.gov/city-clerk. From BAN, page 1 Responsibility, collected 45,000 signatures. However, when the city clerk's office randomly sampled 3% of the peti* tion, they found only 680 of 1,367 signatures to be valid. As a result, the petition was declared to haye an insufficient number of signatures. The question remains over whether random sampling is fair. However, it is more economical. According to a press release from the city clerk's office, "The cost of a signature-by-signature verification of the petition has been estimated at $70,000 - $147,000. Therefore, any person who desires to challenge the determination of insufficiency by random sampling method must post.. .a certified check for $70,000 to initially cover that cost." The law might not have passed before P f ^ f S ' : ; .|/8/Ö8^:30p.® From PREVIEW, page 1 handing out pledge kits on Thursday encouraging students not to drink and drive and will be giving free pizza with it for a safer spring break. "While spring offers a f un and enjoyable week away from school, college students need to be aware of safe and responsible activities " said Tracey Armold. "Just because we have the capability to drink alcohol, doesn't actually make us adults, it's how we conduct ourselves and how we are held accountable as well." For years, spring break has been notorious for its high levels of excess drinking and sexuality. However, recent studies have shown a change in trends. A Nielsen Media study shows 84% of college students drank responsibly and 90% think providing community service projects to college students is a good way to spend their spring break. Some of the more infamous destinations for student retreats include Las Vegas, Fort Lauderdale, Rosarito, and Cabo San Lucas. From GAS, page 1 sees sharp gas price increases as summertime approaches. People o ften travel more during the summer as they vacation across the nation. The increased demand lowers the available supply, thus in6reasing the cost of gas. Gas prices are an u nfortunate p art of CSUSM. CSUSM currently holds the label as a commuter school. Most Cougars commute to campus. This inherent phenomenon is evident in the parking lots. Increasing gas prices are not enough to thwart o ff an education, therefore forcing students to shell out the extra bucks at the pump. Junior Business Major Kyle McClellan seemed to have a lot to say when asked about his opinion on gas prices. "Soon gas prices will be higher than the Empire State Building. It's so expensive I will have to mortgage my house j ust to buy another gallon. I t hink I will have to invest in a bicycle to ride everywhere. If Gandhi were alive, he would agree with me, gas is too expensive. Gas already costs an arm Sarj Marcos Over the past weekend, police arrested three young men in Daytona Beach, Florida for detonating an explosion at local hotel terrace. The blast mildly injured a nearby family, according to the Daytona Beach News-Journal. On March 15, authorities halted the Spring Fling event hosted by Associated Students Incorporated abruptly due to rambunctious activities by many. of attendees. Reports onboard the San Diego yacht of underage drinking and detrimental behavior by a number of underage students surfaced and forced the event back to shore. Locally, San Diego City Attorney Michael Aguirre specifically addressed students and warned them of the alcohol ban on all San Diego beaches. "San Diego city beaches are now alcohol free," Aguirre said in a letter sent out to 20 nearby universities in California, Arizona, and Colorado. "Violating this law can put a real damper on your entire spring break." First time offenders could be fined up to $250 and repeat offenders as much as $1000. and a leg, what body p art comes next," McClellan said. The trend seems to show no mercy. Gas prices have been increasing for years, granted there are few decreases along the way. Unfortunately, these decreases are minuscule and short lived. Make preparations now and plan for $4 per gallon of gas this summer. Gas Prices in San Marcos Prices current as of 03-22-08 1 Chevron - 130 Knoll Rd., San Marcos: $3.56 Regular, $3.68 Mid-grade, $3.78 Premium 2.Chevron - 1200 W. San Marcos Blvd., San Marcos: $3.56 Regular, $3.68 Mid-grade, $3.78 Premium 3.Exxon - 102 W. Mission Ave., San Marcos: $3.56 Regular, $3.66 Mid-grade, $3.76 Premium 4.Chevron - 110 N. Rancho Santa Fe Rd., San Marcos: $3.58 Regular, $3.68 Mid-grade, $3.78 Premium 5.7 - Eleven - 1650 W. San Marcos Blvd., San Marcos: $3.60 Regular, $3.70 Mid-grade, $3.80 Premium at xbk stop stok U PM^tml^ theindividu||^Palbmar / ^ y ^ ^ ^ e r for possession of UPD rece|y^<| a iff* 4 ^ ,/ ^ o ^ t M J ^ ^ ^ t m f n i and ^ j dangecpusfireworks*driving ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ i l ^ o f a jfiHcftf on suspended license, and v u Ap'fli HKBin ' Il . a ri u n l io c k ^ v ehicle jiCf^^from P 'P n Lot C. MttteCfark Field House? 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H lpirtment. locked vehicle, t he parking permit was Stolen, along with 3 /14 CDs, damage was done to mmm wth ac interior lights« and canvas ^ *NK?Tcam|>ii9 ^Wffy^ndf C ampii tfl^jwascut View D fi^; an officer-stopped Kî N AH S I OH T i U fN C t i V HI ; a vehicle for falling to stop I ì ;; h MMMnkhown suspect . J �Just for Shiggles by Jenny Bigpond ùnu b e + h e r e i o r A bésHriend no maWzr who ^ou else fs ground _ V4U\ t e U y o u tf- v j o u r K n o w s Vvo'w ^ o - v u r n M o u r - f r o w n u p s \ ô e d o w n ou-Vfi> m a K e s Tuesday 3/25 5:00 PMI • ; . , J 3fnner B i ä l o g u e s COM206 IIS I Wedding Wednesday 3 /26 l&odjÄrt; -! ; Sènior Experience information Session |¿ r 9 p -fîW* ARTS 240' ä Ä W B r a 5 * * F Î Â S r ^ a t e Studies Workshop 1 23K3i>.rifï, W o m e n in M y t h o l o g y ^ABK^CÖV; 4 ueaV\ Ì 2;Cpp,m. ASI's Cesar Chavez Day Celebration Shàvéz Statue 3Ü0O p.m.. World Affairs Lecture ACD 102 5:00 p.m. iSx, A SfLeisure Courses # H U S U 130 pOO p.m. l -SPOT A Sex Educator Tells All Ì FHUSU113 12:00 p.m. ^ | i ® p ( p e r i e n c e I nformation; Session . JJP • ARTS 240 îôok r ound 1 2^0PM l istttierÂî Science Seminar P PÉ200, SCI2 243 Forum 11:00 a.m. S L L S urvival S e r i e s CFHUSU1TO you 4:00 p.m. . Info S e s s i o n l o r ^ i v É B f H É i e S t a t e : M ARK 1 0 2 Monday 3/31. • f ; Thursday 3/27 Spring Break Cesar Chavez Day 9:30 a m . L ife i n P r i s o n M Aj^K 1 0 6 . pregnant? Protect your health. Ensure your future. M a k e I n f o r m a i « h ealthy, confident choiras« rmt ammrs, real heip, 1 1 order to receive Campus Emergency Alerts you must 1 self register Into the system!! To further strengthen campus emergency preparedness Cal State San Marcos has implemented a mass notification system to communicate with the campus community during times of emergency. This system allows students, faculty and staff to determine how they would like to be notified if the campus should, experience an emergency. Choices include one or more of the following: b irtfichokejiet 277 S Ranetta Santi F»Bd, SmWmm 92078 > p regnancy t ests p regnancy o ptions a nd abortion counseling STO e ducation a n d p revention s upport s ervices • • • • • SMS text message (standard text messaging fees apply) Cell phone Campus e-mail Persona! e-mail Home phone • Work phone To register go to: www.csusm.edu/ep andfollowthe prompts to enter your personal information �. luence JJ BY BILLRHEIN Pride Staff Writer Thanks to websites such as YouTube and Photo Bucket, unconventional art is on the rise. One of the most notable and skilled unconventional artists is Phil Hansen. Though his works reflect the same skill as most drawings and sculptures, Hansen uses several unique tactics to create his art. In one of his works, "Influence," he only uses paint and his own body as a canvas. However, he has also used pinecones, other parts of nature, a blowtorch, and his own hands and feet as paintbrushes. "Influence" is a video of Hansen painting thirty pictures on his own stomach—most of which are of people that influenced him. Not only is being able to point on one's own chest a skill, he does it thirty times and with incredible skill. Hansen paints each picture A video of inspiration over the one before it. He reveals his clever thought process in the end when he peels the entire work off and cuts it into two faces opposite each other. The skill of his work comes from the material he chooses to use and/or how he makes it. There are instances where his piece is made of eggs, Starbuck's cups, or matches, in which he cannot create an outline, and most times, he does not have the final picture before him. The project wraps around him and he can imagine the entire work in his mind without physically seeing it. There is more to his work than just "Influence." He has created over a dozen works of art, most of which become destroyed in the process and only exist in online videos. His videos are on YouTube, but his main website is www.philinthecircle.com, where viewers can watch the production, completion, and destruction of his art. Photo courtesy philinthecircle.com 0 - Team's Spoon Wars BY AMANDA ANDREEN Pride Staff Writer Has anyone else seen random students around campus carrying bright green spoons in their hands? It's more than likely that the answer is yes, so this brings about the question of why? Why are students carrying around bright green Kermit spoons, to be exact? Well, it looks like the answer can be found at Student Life and Leadership, where many campus inquiries can be answered. For its second year, the Orientation Team from Student Life and Leadership—also known as the O-Team—is in the middle of a war: a spoon war. What initially began as a way for the O-Team to grow and learn about one another, has quickly evolved into a new tradition here at CSUSM that is integrated within the entire campus community. Implemented by Jennie Goldman, the director of New Student Programs, and O-Team Director John Hall, this new tradition is an adaptation of the game "Assassins." "Each person on O-Team was given a bright green Kermit plastic spoon," said O-Team member Angela Ortiz. "We are to carry the spoons everywhere. They need to be in our hand and if we let go of the spoon, it must be able to fall." Throughout the war, each participant has an assigned "target" they are watching. If they catch their target without their spoon, their target is out—or technically speaking, "spooned," by their hunter, and then the target's target becomes the hunter's new target. Everyone on the O-Team is a hunter and a target during the spoon war. 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Looking to sim- litigation, the legality of Seeqpod's plify the process of filtering through service remains unhindered, a fact the information, an algorithm was that holds promise for Internet music's developed, an algorithim that would latest addition. BY BEN ROFFEE Pride Staff Writer Beware of the spoon nie Michaels of the O-Team. "This is a team building exercise that teaches you to keep your friends close, and your spoons even closer," said O-Team member Kevin Chatham. "The spoon war can last for a really long time or a really short time," said Ortiz. "This game can go on for months..." said Hall. Last year Ortiz got spooned at home by her own sister who was also on the O-Team only an hour after the war started, and Michaels lost at last year's Spring Fling while dancing without holding her spoon. "I wanted a truce so I didn't have to dance with my spoon but my friends wouldn't do it," said Michaels. Chatham, commenting last year's war said, ""I can't believe I got out! I thought she was just giving me a hug but she spooned me!" "Ifyou see someone holding a plastic green spoon, then you know who O-Team is and you know the Spoon War is on. The Spoon War is all about bonding with your target," said Ortiz. "You get to know where they hang out, whether it's the library, C3, SLL or in some random classroom. You try to scope out who others have, and attempt to build alliances. No one is safe, not at any Spring Fling dance, lunch outing, O-Team meeting or before class." "The spoon wars are a great way for our organization to 1oe visible, have fun, and further build community in our organization," added Hall. "Whether in orientations or in the classroom, O-Team will be there to show school spirit, even if it means holding a little green spoon with the image of Kermit the Frog all over it," said Ortiz. Photo by Jackie Carbajal/The Pride Leave the Sprinting to us. North County's new SPRINTER light «¡1 tram has «rived. With service every half hour on weekdays and every hour on the weekends, it's easy to hop aboard the SPRINTER, Catch the train at any one of the new 15 stations. BREEZE buses are conveniently coordinated to connect you to major destinations along the Highway 7 8 corridor. Your ticket to North County's new short cut begins at only $ 2 per trip. SPrtlWTisrl GoNCTD.com • Call 5 1 1 �CSUSM Softball closes out Sun West Tournament strong Photo by Tim Moore / The Pride Freshman, Marly Barth singles to start off the sixth inning against Williams, Saturday BY TIM MOORE Pride Staff Writer the Sun West Tournament. The tournament, hosted by Chapman University took place at Hart Park and featured talent from across the nation. In their final four games, the Cougars CSUSM Softball played six games in five days in an saw Avila University of Kansas City, Missouri; University of extremely busy week of play. The Cougars capped of the St. Thomas of St. Paul, Minnesota; Tufts University of Medweek with four wins in theirfinalfour games of the Sun West ford, Massachusetts; and Williams College ofWilliamstown Tournament in Orange. The wins put the Cougars at a per- Massachusetts; fect 6-0 record in the round-robin tournament The Cougars kicked thing off with a bang on Friday, beatThe Cougars started the week off on Wednesday with a ing up on Avila University with an 8-0 mercy rule shutout. Junior Melissa Lerno, threw the second no-hitter in the hisdoubleheader against the #10 ranked Vanguard Lions. In game one, the Cougars' defense kept it locked up at zero tory of the school's softball program, striking out 11 of 16 until allowing a bases-loaded double in the bottom of the batters faced. In the second game on Friday, the Cougars faced off sixth, driving in two runs. The Cougars would not be able to against the University of St. Thomas and struck first in the recover from the plate - losing the game by a score of 2-0. Game two brought increased run-production from both top of the fourth inning, scoring three runs, sparked by a teams. Vanguard struck first in the bottom of the third, with lead-off home run by Erica Coelho. The Cougars scored two a four-run inning. The Cougars put up one run in the top of more runs in the top of the seventh, improving their lead to the fourth inning, before seizing the lead in sixth. The sixth 5-0. Freshman pitcher, Brenna Sandberg fought off a threeinning saw a four-run Cougar rally sparked by Sophomore, run comeback attempt by St. Thomas in the bottom of the Erica Coelho. The Cougars took advantage of Vanguard seventh, closing out the game with a 5-3 win. The Cougars carried an undefeated Sun West Tournament errors to take the 5-4 lead going into the bottom of the sixth. Vanguard came back in the sixth to score two runs, bring- record into theirfinalday of play on Saturday. In game one, Tufts University got on the board first, scoring the score to 6-5. A scoreless top of the seventh inning for the Cougars gave the win and the doubleheader sweep ing four runs in the top of the second inning. The Cougars countered in the bottom of the third, putting up two. Tufts to Vanguard. The tough luck would not last long, as the Cougars made took the 5-3 lead in the fourth inning. CSUSM would tie it the trip to Orange to participate in their final four games in up in the bottom of the fifth, scoring two runs on a series of errors by Tufts. The 5-5 tie would carry into the bottomhalf of the seventh inning where freshman, Nicolette Nassif would drive in freshman, Lise Leibl for the game-winning run. Going into theirfinalgame of the tournament, the Cougars .faced Williams University in a nail-biting contest. CSUSM s tack early -with a dhe-run first inning, only for it to be equaled out by one-run Williams half of the first inning. Once again, the the Cougars had a one-run inning in the fourth, only for Williams to counter with a run in the bottom-half. A Holly Russell RBI double would give the Cougars yet another one-run inning in the sixth, but this time, Ashley Salvino would hold Williams scoreless in the bottom of the sixth, giving the Cougars a 3-2 lead. Salvino's pitching would hold up to close out the game, giving the Cougars their sixth win in the tournament. The Cougars' record in the round-robin Sun West Tournament stands at 6-0. The tournament concludes Thursday. The Cougars record on the season is 20-9. Their win on Saturday evening doubled their win total from last season's record of 10-31. The Cougars play USD on Thursday in a rematch of their 0-6 loss on March 12. This game is the second on the Cougars' schedule that features an NCAA Division I opponent. For more photos see page 10 Photo by Tim Moore / The Pride �An elephant never forgets... BY AMANDA ANDREEN Pride Staff Writer In a world briefing released by the New York Times on Feb. 28, the Associated Press announced that South A frica's government said it would end a 13-year mor• atorium on killing elephants beginning in May to reduce the overgrown population of South A frican elephants in hopes of protecting the ecosystem and impacted wildlife parks. The brief stated that at the t urn of the 20th century, there were only 200 elephants in South A frica. Now, there are between 18 and 20 thousand, according to varying sources. A 11 s ources a gree though, that the number of elephants currently in South A frica is expected to double by the year 2020—merely 12 years f rom now. Interestingly enough, there is another population of elephants that is undergoing population problems. However, t his p opulation's problem i sn't overgrowth, it is extinction. 5,853 miles across the Indian Ocean, in Laos, once heralded for i t's numerous herds and once dubbed the "Land of a million elephants," only has what is believed to be 700 Asian elephants l eft in the wild. In a c ountry lush with forest and vegetation, i t's a harsh % contrast f rom the scene in South A frica where n atural vegetation is t aking a b eating f eeding the some 20,000 .elephants there, that can each eat 5% of t heir weight a day. According to the World Wide Fund for N ature, it is estimated that there are only 25,000 wild Asian elephant^ l eft and 15,0.00 captive Asian elephants. A hundred years ago however, Thailand is thought to have had upwards of 100,000 Asian elephants. So why are there so few Asian elephants l eft in Laos? T hanks to f armers, p oachers, loggers, and dam builders (who all use elephants as t heir labor), i t's becoming harder for the endangered elephants to survive the t hreats and demands of man. Naturally, the f irst thought one might have is to j ust ship some—or in t his case thousands—of the South A frican elephants to the lush and under-populated Laos. However, the two species of elephants are vastly d ifferent. And now, t hrough DNA test- 1 H ü ing, it is believed that there is a ctually a t hird species of elephant. The t hird species comes j ust f rom the distinction b etween the A frican forest elephants and the A frican s avanna elephants. The A frican forest elephant is slightly smaller t han the more o ften seen Savanna elephant (Loxodonta A fricana), which is the species most commonly seen by the world in zoos, s afarigoers, and tourists to A frica. 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A frican f orest elephant i ^cap^ s tructure, and in t heir anatomy. . tivity. The main d ifferences between There $re many d ifferences Mftie t wo are: A frican elephants between A frican and A sian ele- {both genders) have ivory t usks, phants, both in tijeiT physical ; and only the males in Asian elephants have t usks, which are much smaller t han those of A frican elephants. Also, the shape of the e ars—African elephants have huge ears whereas A family of African elephants What you r BY NAME REDACTE Pride Staff Writer Earlier last week, the Associated Press released an article about the nation's drinking water supply being contaminated with pharmaceuticals. The Associated Press conducted a five-month long investigation that revealed pharmaceutical drugs in the drinking water supplies of 24 large metropolitan areas. Trace concentrations ofiheart medicine, infection fighters, estrogen hormones, anti-convulsarits, mood stabilizers, and tranquilizers were found in areas including southern California, New Jersey, [Michigan, and Kentucky. Similar drugs were found in upstate New York and in Philadelphia, other medicines such as asthma, high cholesterol, and epilepsy were found. In southern California, anti-epileptic and anti-anxiety medications were revealed in treated drinking water that 18.5 million people consume. The article reports that over the past couple of years, Americans' intake of prescription and nonprescription drugs has increased. The i contamination of water could conceivably be traced back to metabolized use (drugs do not just "stay" in our bodies and are "flushed out" and back into the water supply) or simply unused by humans. Additionally, there is the issue of contaminants, such pesticides and lead that have been focused on and regulated because higher concentrations presented a clear health risk. In regards to pharmaceutical drugs, some officials note that human safety may not be jeopardized because of studies done with larger amounts of trace concentrations and lab animals. Other officials are concerned because humans consume water every day consistently and in respectable amounts. Another point of view on the subject is that pharmaceuticals, contrasting to other contaminants, are designed for the humans. With a compounding consumption, these trace amounts could especially affect and be more devastating to those more in more sensitive conditions—the elderly, pregnant women, and significantly ill people. Currently, the federal government does not have any required testing for cle mentions that some studies have found trace concentrations of pharmaceuticals in Asia, Australia, Canada, and Europe. There are also documented health issues with wildlife that are being further investigated. It is also important to address that based on what the pharmaceutical industry knows, they justify that there is little effect on human health by these trace contaminants. While this is important news, the AP did not conduct a comprehensive, scientific study to examine the full effects of this on humans, so these discoveries cannot conclude a specific causeand-effect relationship on humans. Many scientists emphasize that research is limited on this subject matter and a lot of information is unknown. For more information, and to read the AP article, please see http://www.linkrook. com/260 water Come and team how yw can make a difference overseas! F amily Y MCA i s h iring l ife g uards, c amp coeradois and camp u afclead^ Œ eek out o w website at | If you would like to put m a classified, pharmaceutical drugs in water nor a maximum or minimum level of safety. The AP article also notes that some water providers that do screen for drugs only screen for a small number, which overlooks the prospects of other drugs. Another concern is the addition of chlorine in water can exacerbate the toxicity of drugs. Furthermore, another matter is bottled water and home filtration systems, which do not remove these impurities. Bottled water is often the same tap water repackaged and is not treated for pharmaceutical contamination. The article also explains that the only known technology to remove pharmaceutical contaminants is reverse osmosis, but the drawbacks of this procedure is its expense for mass production and it also produces large amounts of contaminated water for every small amount that is clean of pollutants. So, unless a home filiation system specifically features a reverse osmosis capability, the water may still contain harmful pharmaceutical pollutants. This problem is not just contained to the United States either—the AP arti- Help i s n eeded Your Turn. : Camp Sommer Jobs < l l ^ ^ ' l ^ ; ; ' ! . " : ' ^ ; - ' § 1 e daxyn*».arg l iMilfcl side the W WF to help alleviate the rising c onflicts between humans and elephants. In a more recent article published by the N Y Times w ritten by Michael .Wines as a follow up to the previously p rinted b rief, he said South A frica's environment m inister released a revised proposal that would allocate roughly $700,000 for more s cientific study as to what the most humane and e ffective way for elephant population control. Though there is still much debaté and controversy over the subject, with many people of all levels on involvement on both sides, n othing has been f irmly decided f or the f ate of 14,000 elephants. At the moment, there are numerous organizations working hard in both countries to protect both the elephants and the ecosystems, but there is^still no plan or quick-fix options in place for either Laos or South A frica. For more i nformation, the 3 a rticles c an be f ound linked t o t his article at the online version of The Pride. s \n wa t e r ? CLASSIFIEDS I: M ^ i ^ n a Asian ones have smaller ears; and A frican elephants have a downwards curved spine and extremely w rinkled skin, whereas Asian elephants have an upward rounded spine and smoother skin. F urthermore, in comparing the two A frican species, the A frican forest elephant is also smaller than the A frican savanna elephant with rounder ears, and its t usks are slightly longer and straighter, with a slight p ink hue. However, while the A frican savanna elephant that inhabits South A frica seems to have no problem copulating, the A frican forest elephant is extremely endangered because of poaching. In an article p rinted on Mar. 16, the North County Times quoted Sebastian D iffillot, the c o-founder for ElefantAsia, " The situation will become very dramatic in about 10 years if nothing changes," f urther w arning that w ithin 50 years the wild elephants of Laos could be completely e xtinct. The U.S. Photo courtesy esrucom W ildlife C onservation Society is also working in Laos along- . ,, INFORMATION SESSION T uesday, M arch 2 5,12:00 p .m. ' ' " V M arkstein NÜII102 afe" vyww.peacecorp8.gov (800) 424-8580 �Baseball Goes 1-1 Nearly complete major upset BY LANCE CARTELLI Pride Staff Writer March Madness is in full force with the second round being completed on Sun., but Cougar baseball came in as the Cinderella and almost came away with the upset. Playing against an extremely talented #2 Azusa Pacific team, the Cougars surged late but could not complete the comeback. Azusa Pacific started strong scoring six runs in the first two innings, knocking out SP Steve Triolo after just 1 1/3 IP. Down 6-0, the Cougars got on the board as 3b Austin Coleman hit a solo homerun in the bottom of the 2nd, and would tack on two more in the third to be down 7-4. In the bottom of the 7th, DH Austin Way hit his second home run of the game to start the comeback, but Azusa Pacific would come right back with three runs in the top of the 8th to put them up 11-6. The game would end 11-8 in a victory for Azusa Pacific University. CSUSM does not have a football team, but by looking at the score of the second game of the week for the Cougars, some may make think otherwise. Scoring at least one run in every inning, the Cougars beat Principia 24-3 in complete domination. Principia lead the game off with two runs to take the lead. The Cougars blew the game open in the bottom of the 2nd, lead by a grand slam by 3b Coleman. Scoring eight runs in the 2nd, the Cougars were up 10-2 already. SP Chris Skaalen would pick up his second win of the year going 4 innings giving up two earned runs on four hits while striking out four. In the bottom of the fourth, Way continued his hot streak with a grand slam which was the second of the game for the Cougars. The Cougars' record improves to 11-14-1 on the season. The Cougars travel t o Point Loma today, before playing host to Bethany University this weekend. NCAA.com and CBS Photo by Tim Moore / The Pride Freshman pitcher, Ashley Salvino works her way to seven strikeouts in CSUSM's 3-2 win over Williams University, Saturday. For full story see page 7. ELáfis i t M M i Photo by Tim Moore / The Pride perfect internet streaming BY TIM MOORE Pride Staff Writer In this vast world of technological advancement, the live streaming of sporting events is a task not to be taken lightly. It is an undertaking that requires mass amounts of bandwidth and a dedicated repair staff. Rarely is the art of making sports available to the masses done right. NCAA.com, in association with CBS has done it right. Throughout the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, NCAA.com is streaming games live and 100% free. The concept is great, and the execution is even better. The service caters primarily to those in professional environments, locked away from access to a television during one of the best times on the snorting calendar. The interface features the fabled "boss button" for the paranoid employee. The "boss button" transforms the interface into a mock-spreadsheet, instantly giving office-wandering superiors the security of productivity, or so they . think. The service also comes in handy when more than one game is in play. CBS choses what games they will show region by region. For instance* in Sunday's secoiid-round matchups, San Diego's CBS affiliate KFMB showed nearly exclusive coverage of USD's game with Western Kentucky. Near the end of the game, USD was trailing by double-digits with under 30-seconds left on the clock. The game was clearly out of reach for the Toreros, however, because of geographic restrictions KFMB aired the game to the final buzzer, which lasted around five minutes because of timeouts and fouls. During this time, #10 seed Davidson was in the process of upsetting the #2 seed Georgetown. A few clicks was all it took for viewers to have access to the Georgetown, Davidson game online. Before, accessing the online coverage, users must first log in with a CBSSports.com, CBSNews.com, CBS.com, CBSGames: com, TheShowBuzz.com, or NCAAsports.com username and password. The interface of the service is simple and responsive. A pre-roll short advertisement plays before the user's initial selection, and after that, the only additional advertisements are the normal commercial breaks. The video quality in full-screen mode is comparable to that of the television broadcast. The only drawback to the service is a buffer delay (around one minute) from the actual live game. NCAA .com and CBS have offered the services for f ree that other leagues charge premiums for. The service is giving people what they want, and it is a win-win for all parties involved. CBS is projecting advertising revenues of at least $21 million, some $10 million more than 2007's tournament. �What happens on spring break doesn't stay on spring break Wcfcr urges youth to consider sta:s BY JACKIE CARBAJAL Pride Staff Writer Spring Break '08 is a home stretch away and with that comes the necessary proactive safety advice from the campus, family and friends. Many just looking to "don't worry be happy" for a week may mistake concern for annoyance, believe rules aré meant to be broken, and consider those cautious as 'square.' Warnings can only go so far—in one ear and out the other, but the truth doesn't lie. Jennifer Wider, M.D., author of The Doctor's Complete College Girls' Health Guide: From Sex to Drugs to the Freshman 15, warns college girls of the possible repercussions of activities that ensue during a stereotypical college Spring Break vacation. Alcohol, drug use, and promiscuous sexual activity can leád to sexually transmitted diseases, pregnancy, overdose, and serious health problems. "An American Medical Association survey of college students found that 83 percent agree that Spring Break trips involve more or heavier drinking than typical college life," says Wider, M.D. "Almost threequarters of the surveyed students acknowledged that increased sexual activity takes place on these trips—70 percent know friends who were sexually active with more than one partner on Spring Break. STDs and pregnancy are two very real risks of spontaneous sex that have lasting consequences after the trip ends." Information mentioned by Wider originated from an online survey of 644 women age 17-35 conducted from Feb. 27-March 1, 2006. Wider adds that the only 100 percent preventative measure against an STD or unplanned pregnancy is abstinence; how- it later, and be aware of surroundings at all ever, youth should prepare themselves in the time. event they do have sex during Spring Break. The 'Girls Gone Wild' film crew isn't In addition to always using a condom, women the only thing to worry about anymore. In can make sure to refill their birth control pre- this day and age of Facebook, Myspace and scriptions before they leave for Spring Break. other Internet venues, students should keep Plan B emergency contraception (EC) is now in mind how nearly impossible it is to elimiavailable without a prescription at pharma- nate something once it appears on the web. cies for anyone over the age of 18. To down- Pictures say a thousand words—words that load a card that makes purchasing EC more can't be taken back. privately, visit www.go2planb.com. Women Staff and faculty members routinely monshould never substitute EC for birth control itor students involved in clubs and organias the pill is not effective when already preg- zations online. More and more businesses nant and does not protect against STDs. nowadays use search engines to screen Whether planning on pontoon boating in applicants. Think about that the next time Havasu, clubbing in Cancun, or any other you down one too many J ell-0 shots in popular Spring Break hotspot remember Rosarito. the weeks, months, and years that follow it. Having a mature outlook on the future Always travel in groups and discuss limi- alone will be enough of an awareness to tations and expectations beforehand. Keep make the right decisions and still have a an eye out for friends—they'll appreciate good time. A once in a lifetime opportunity The World Nomads Travel Scholarship BY ALEX H AND Pride Staff Writer There are scholarships that help pay for books and tuition.. .then there are scholarships that help pay for the experience of a lifetime. The World Nomads Travel Writing Scholarship provides the opportunity for one lucky student to have this experience. This opportunity has recently been opened up to the students at Cal State San Marcos. The scholarship will send one outstanding student to participate on an i-toi volunteer project to the tsunami-devastated region of Sri Lanka. The chosen student would spend time living in a small coastal village amongst locals of the region. The scholarship winner would also receive mentorship from Sydney Morning Herald journalist and travel writer Keith Austin throughout their stay. Among the perks is also a new Lenovo laptop the student would use to draft up their own fea- ture travel article highlighting their stay. Upon return, the student's article could be published by the Sydney Morning Herald (www.smh.com.au). If published, the story would be read by thousands of traveler's worldwide. Previously, The World Nomads Travel Writing Scholarship has sent students on various assignments in locations such as Anhem Land-Australia, Kenya and Cambodia giving away four educational scholarships to date. World Nomads is partnered with key industry leaders such as Lonely Planet and National Geographic. The "passionate about travel" organization was established in 1999. They have been offering travel insurance and travel safety services to adventurous independent travelers ever since. According to WorldNomads.com, the scholarship program is "designed to create a dynamic, experiential learning opportunity, which offers mentoring, produces exciting content and facilities partnership to publish/ Illustration by Amanda Andreen/The Pride broadcast/exhibit student's work." There are currently 4 scholarships open each year in areas of Travel Writing, Podcast Journalism, Photography and Film Documentary. Any students in the fields of communications, journalism, media, arts, writing and/ or lecturers are encouraged to apply. There are no specific eligibility requirements but the scholarship aims to attract "those students who have a passion for travel and a strong desire to learn and contribute to making a difference in the world." The application deadline is May 25th. For f ull scholarship and application details visithttp://j ournals .worldnomads .com/scholarships/post/15629.aspx �'08-'09 ASI Cabinet Nominees Bios *Some bios were edited for length in order to accomodate layout spacing. The full bios can be accessed online at thecsusmpride.com Alexander Hoang-President & CEO Alexander Hoang hails from Vista, CA and is currently an International Resident Advisor and Business Administration/Management student at CSU San Marcos. Alexander's experience spans Education, Business, Non-profit work, and the Arts. He has served in Education as a Team Orientation Counselor and Advisor for UC Riverside and CSU, San Marcos, Princeton Review Instructor, and Meditation instructor. Alex has experience in commercial real estate sales, and is intensely involved in the pursuit of a Business Management Degree at CSU San Marcos, his brokers license, and JD MBA in the near future. Serving his community is Alex's passion. He is thankful for the opportunity to run for ASI President and is grateful to all his supporters. Zachary de la Pena - President & CEO My name is Zachary T, de la Pena and I am running for Associated Student Inc. President and CEO. I am a junior at CSUSM in both graduating year and units completed. I am a political science major and plan on attending law school upon graduating from Cal State San Marcos. I am an extremely hard worker and have great determination. I am running for President because I feel that I could do great things for CSUSM and would be an asset to ASI. I have experience as a leader in an array of organizations and have held a variety of leadership positions throughout my life. I am currently an active member of the executive office in ASI as I am a Board Director of the College of Arts and Science. I would be able to use my experience on the board and my knowledge of how ASI functions to guide the board throughout my term. DON'T BE WACK VOTE FOR ZACH Lynn Torbert - VP of Operations Hello, my name is Lynn Torbert and I am currently running for Vice President of Operations. I am a junior here on Cal State San Marcos Campus. I am a Communication major and plan on going into managing marketing for a fashion company. At this time I am involved in Orientation Team, Alpha Chi Omega, and ASI. I should be VP Operations because I have many ideas that I would like to see get accomplished and having more of a voice will help me do that. I would like to see more involvement on campus and the best way to do this is by having more activities and to advertise more on what ASI is all about. I am the besicandidate for these positions because, my goal is to turn this commuter campus into a f un place to be where you can truly experience all aspects of college life. I am running on a slate. Vote Cougar Slate Christian Pedersen My name is Christian Pedersen I am double majoring in Mass Media and Political Science; I am currently a junior here at CSUSM and am running for the position Vice President of External Affairs. As a Political Science major, I feel that I have the understanding necessary to serve our university on the state level; acting a liaison between the students, ASI, and the CSU system. Having been a member of Lobby Core in years past, I have a good understanding of the challenges and c ommitment awaiting the Vice-president of External Affairs. I have been involved in many organizations on campus, and have held leadership roles in a number of them. My past leadership positions have helped to give me the knowledge and experience necessary for serving our cammis and you the students. Stephen Castro - VP of Finance * VOTE COUGAR SLATE!! Stephen Castro (VP of Finance), Zach Delapena, Gil Cardenas, Lynn Torbert, Zach Morrison, Giovanna De Los Reyes Trevor Frerking!! Proven ability, experience with making difficult decisions, and the integrity to garner the faith of the people are the character qualities I possess. These can be seen through my leadership of an organization on campus, Global Business Management Association. My education here at CSUSM has given me the skills to properly manage not only my financial duties but also the time management responsibilities associated with the position of VP of Finance. I recently accepted the position of Vice Chairman of the ASI Finance Board further contributing to my overall knowledge of the financial situation here at CSUSM. In the absence of the current VP of Finance, I chaired the Budget Marathon meeting and worked diligently with the Board I am running on a slate and with them we are in favor of REDUCING Parking Prices, Having More Dance Tickets, Increased student out reach by ASI and C5>U Admin, More availability in congested Classes, and More Athletics and Intramurals. Our goal is to work together as a Slate to make Cal State San Marcos a FUN PLACE TO GO TO SCHOOL!!! VOTE COUGAR SLATE!!!! Conrad Ottey - VP of Finance Hi, I'm Conrad Ottey . I've been advocating for students for three years now, two of those years on the ASI Board of Directors. I have extensive knowledge of the inner workings of ASI and I am very excited for the opportunity to serve as the Vice President of Finance. I've served in a variety of ways to better CSUSM Over the past two years I have travelled twice to Sacramento to lobby the State Senate to lower student fees and grant more access and affbrdability I am a 55? Kayla Robinson - Rep at Large . W * r r U n n i n f , f ° r J e p r e S e n t a t i v e a \ L a ^ ' a " d 1 c h o s e t h i s P otion because I wanted to involve myself with the student body as well as learn more about the issues others have on campus. I think this position is perfect for me and I can bring a lot to the role. I am already Treasure^offfie S S S Z U C mPUS for ' " ^ C 0 r a p a S S , 0 n a t e a n d 1 W OTk h a r d to be successful! I love this Campus and I want to be apart offfiec h ^ g f t h a i g rZu gh �'08-'09 ASI Cabinet Nominees Bios *Some bios were edited for length in order to accomodate layout spacing. The full bios can be accessed online at thecsusmpride.com Jessica Mills - VP of Marketing Hi, my name is Jessica Mills and I am running for the VP of Marketing position. I am currently your Student Rep at Large. By being the VP of Markétmg I will make sure that students are informed on the events that are going on, on campus. I will also talk to the ASI president on the goals that ASI has set to make sure that they get completed. Hoping for your vote, Jessica Mills Gil Cardenas - VP of Marketing Hello students of CSUSM my name is Gil Cardenas, I'm a Global Business Management -Marketing Major with a minor is Political Science. I've been a part of ASI for the last two year as a Student Representative @ Large in 2006/2007 and The Vice President of Finance in 2007/2008, This is my third time running for the Board of Directors for ASI and I'm excited at what new challenges I can solve next. My number one concerns for next year's board will be: Lowering or Freezing the Parking Fee increase for 2009 *Raise the budget for the annual Masquerade Ball and Spring Fling dances so we can invite more students. ^Advertise to students through the Pride Newspaper the events that are going on, on campus for that current week or month. ^Providing students with a plethora of extra curricular events to raise school spirit. *Expand the current Recreations Department that currently provides activities such as, paintball excursions, snow boarding excursions, trips to theme parks, to provide more activities and allow for more students to participate. Sabrina Oleson - VP of Marketing Hi! My name is Sabrina Oleson. I am entering my senior year here at CSUSM as a Marketing major in the Business program, which makes me a perfect candidate for the VP of Marketing with ASI. I am mature, reliable, and intelligent. I have the experienced needed to not only get the job done, but do it fantastically! Currently, I am on ASI's Programming Board as the Annual Events and Traditions Specialist, planning and executing events for you, the students. Some of my duties included Welcome Week, Cougar Fever Week, Masquerade Ball, and Spring Fling. I am familiar with the school's needs and what the students want. I have professional experience in the real world with marketing and understand the restraints on working with a budget. So remember to VOTE for SABRINA OLESON for VP of MARKETING! Thank you! Sabrina Brian Buttacavoli - VP of Marketing No Photo Available I am a Business Major and an RA for the on campus housing. I want everystudent to have a voice, and I believe that with my team we will get CSUSM where it needs to be. This campus has a lot of potential, so by using creativity and charisma, I will make marketing for this campus efficient and effective. I will make sure that no student is left in the dark because we will get this campus more involved. I enjoy lobster dinners with my main man Cesar Chavez and long walks on grassy knolls. I also plan on marrying Sara Bareilles, and we will have many beautiful children. So remember, vote with confidence, Vote for Brian! Giovanna De Los Reyes - Rep for College of Arts and Sciences Hello everyone, my name is Giovanna De Los Reyes and I am currently running for Representative of college of arts and sciences. I am in my first year at Cai State San Marcos. I am a Kinesiology major in hope to eventually become a dentist, Currently I am involved in Alpha Chi Omega.i should be a representative for college of arts and sciences because I am a hard worker and very goal oriented, and I feel it is important to voice the opinions of the students here at Cai State San Marcos. In addition to my running for representative I am running on the cougar slate to which we are in favor of: -Lower parking prices -More dance tickets -More ASI sponsored adventures -More student reach out by asi and csu admin. -More availability in congested classes -More athletics and intramurals our goal is to work together as a slate to make cai state san marcos A FUN PLACE TO GO TO SCHOOL!! VOTE COUGAR SLATE Benjamin Bertran-Harris- Rep for College ofArts & Sciences My name is Benjamin Bertran-Harris and I am a freshman with a nursing major. If elected to be a representative for the college o fArts and Sciences I will emphasize on creating a branch in ASI that represents our nursing students and any Cal State San Marcos student whose major is in the medical field. I am a hard worker and will do what should be done. If you would like to know more then you can look me up on facebook. Zach Morrison - Rep at Large Mv name is Zach Morrison I am a Political Science Major and am running to be a Student at large representative. I am a hard worker who is seeking this oosition to make a positive impact here at Cal State San Marcos and I will do my best accomplish this. I currently hold a position as VP of Public relations for Hillel here at CSUSM and well connected with the student body. As a student representative I will seek out your concerns, desires and opinions to make sure that the resolutions I propose to the ASI Board of Directors is what you, as a student body want. I am running on a slate and with them we are in favor of: REDUCING Parking Prices, Having More Dance Tickets, Increased Student Reach out by ASI and CSU Admin More availability in congested Classes, More Athletics and Intramurals. Our goal is to work together as a Slate to make Cal State San Marcos A FUN PLACE TO GO TO SCHOOL!!! VOTE COUGAR SLATE!!!! VOTE ONLINE!! 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Ad libbing, rhymes reminded me so much who "MacGyver"s a tape recorder singing and incorporating theat- of Uncle Martin, my mother's and microphone into a surround rics into his performances is par, brother. [He] lived a few blocks sound system. for the course. Not surprisingly, away until my high school After pesky laryngitis led to Torres has worked with many years, providing comfort and the cancellation of his originally performing artists throughout his support after my father died... scheduled reading on Feb. 21, career. He even has a CD, "Holy He was sort of a Puerto Rican contemporary poet Edwin Torres Kid" (Kill Rock Stars Records). Benny Hill...Humor was a motiperformed for students, staff, and Some of Torres' books include vating force for me since there faculty on Thursday, March 20 in I Hear Things People Haven't was always humor in the houseReally Said, Fractured Humor- hold," said Torres in an interous, The All-Union Day Of The view with Salon.com. Shock Worker, and ThePoPed6lr> Much of his work was sung ogy OfAn Ambient Language. or rapped as well—potentially It was an enjoyable night for broadening his likeability all in attendance. The mood was among musicians as well as litlight hearted as the audience erary afficianados. often found themselves laughConsider the line from his ing aloud in response to another poem, Exotic People, "Bohemiantic from Torres or a witty line ans is a catch phrase thrown out in his poetry. by no-hemians," or the complete Torres explains his first inability to pull out a single line Photo courtesy Edwin Torres from All Colors Not White. Torres' readings are clearly meant to be appreciated live or streamed online. Reading it as simply text just will not do. Expanding Extreme Sports Production Company is looking for The next Community and professional, teani-orientod individuals that are financially driven World Literary Series event with good communication skills. will showcase writer Joyelle Positions available: Management/Supervisors, Merchant Support McSweeney in the M. Gordon and Distributors, We areAiling the positions^ inmiediately. SalaClarke Field House Grand ries range. Inside as well as Outside Sales positions. Salon on Thursday, April 10 at 7:00 p.m. Movie Made Productions 760-471-4500 / 760-471-4525. Where are the movies? How San Diego is getting overlooked BY ADAM LOWE Pride Staff Writer Have you ever heard of a movie called "Blindsight"? No. What about one called "The Band's Visit"? Still nothing? How about "Contempt"? All right, so you haven't heard of any of these movies, that's fine - neither have I, to be honest. They are only the top rated movies on www.rottentomatoes.com, so why should we have heard of them? Well that is why we should have , heard of them. If they are the most popular recently released movies - wouldn't you think they'd be in all the major cities across California? Wrong. These "popular" movies, even though they are currently dubbed the most popular movies in the nation, NONE of them have found their way down to the San Diego area. I am a big fan of going to the moyie$, and I'm an even bigger fan of road trips - but I am NOT a fan of having to go on a road trip just to see a movie, which is exactly what I'd have to do if I wanted to see these . "popular" films. Some of these movies look quite entertaining and I would absolutely love to see them, but I don't want to drive for a few hours j ust so that 1 can sit and watch a movie for 2 hours. Now, I live in Orange County - and going to La-L.A.land is a drive for me, so I completely understand how much worse it is for everyone down here in San Diego County. So I guess if we want to see "Blindsight", " The Band's Visit", "Contempt", "Jar City", or "The Diving Bell and The Butterfly", we are j ust going to have to plan a road trip. We'd have*to head up to L.A. to see most of these. For some, however, we'd have to drive all the way up to the glorious misty air of the San Francisco Bay area. But for even some others - we would have to enjoy a delightful flight all the way to good old New York City. So why aren't these " great" movies playing in our major cities? I don't know, perhaps someone should write a letter to the Motion Picture Association of America. We could say that we aren't upset. We could tell them that we are JUST DISAPPOINTED - that will zing 'em! �w on't put y ou to s leep BY ADAM LOWE Pride Staff Writer A s I w alked u p t o t he d oorman/ b ouncer and p aid my $5 t o get i n, he a sked w ho I w as t here t o s ee. " Sleepless M e, f or s ure!" T he G ypsy L ounge in L ake F orest, CA is q uite a h omey p lace. C ouches l ine t he m irrored w all, and t here a re c omfy s tools l ining t he i ncredible b ar ( where t hey k now hcrw t o m ake a d rink). It is n o b igger t han a l arge l iving r oom, but I 'd say it is j ust t he r ight size f or a local b and v enue. T hen Sleepless Me t ook t he s tage, Now, I have s een t hese g uys play q uite a f ew t imes, and I am b eing t otally h onest w hen I say t hat t hey get b etter e ach t ime. T his n ight w as n o e xception, T he sound s ystem w as m uch l ouder than u sual, so w hen S leepless b egan p laying, it w as e xceptionally loud and h ad t he feel of an e pic aretta. N eedless t o say, t hese g uys s ounded s uperb, even m ore so t han u sual. Sleepless Me is C ory, D ale aiid B ach, E ach of t hese g uys b rought a n awesome (in t he o riginal s ense of t he w ord) p resence t o t he s tage l ast n ight. B ach's Photo byMerrilee Burke, courtesy of myspace.com/sleeplessme Casa s tuffed shells, ravioli, eggplant parmesan, and much more. Every d inner you order comes with salad and garlic b read, and w ith each d inner c osting less t han $10, it is a g reat deal. A nother g reat p art of C asa A ngelo's menu is t heir sandwiches. Some of the choices include p astrami, meat b all, " moosolini" (meatball, sausage A ND p epperoni), v egetarian, and chicken. For an 8 " s andwich, it is less t han $6 and f or an e ntire 12" sandwich the p rice is less t han $7. A n essential p art of C asa Angelo is t heir speedy delivery. From t he t ime we ordered t o t he t ime t hey w ere at our house door w as less t han 20 m inutes. O verall, C asa A ngelo is a small hole in t he wall r estaurant t hat greatly exceeds y our e xpectations. I r ecommend everyone t ry it at least once b ecause I can p romise t hat you w ill not be d isappointed. You w ill have a newly f ound favorite p izza and I talian p lace t o eat. To check out t he menu and plan your order, go t o www.casa-angelo.com. ' Dale S baSS ' l ^ e s , C ory's i nvin- out and e njoy sotrie real r ock m usic! P izza BY ROSS LICHTMAN Pride Staff Writer drUmS cible g uitar r iffs, a nd u nstoppable v ocals m ade f or one of t he g reatest Sleepless Me shows I 've ever s een - and I 've seen q uite a few. T hese g uys even r ocked so h ard t hat t hey c overed t he L enny K ravitz song " Rock and Roll is D ead" and t hey p roved t hat r ock a nd roll is v ery m uch alive in t hem! W ith t he r elease of t he s econd EP, " 2", Sleepless M e has, m uch t o o ffer at t heir shows. P laying t heir r ockin' songs f rom t heir f irst E P r "Grow?' and all t hree songs f rom " 2", t hey n ever c ease t o e ntertain t he crowds a nd, on o ccasion, have b een k nown t o r ock t he f aces o ff e veryone in t he r oom! So i f you ever get t he opport unity t o check out a S leepless show, you should absolutely ¿ heck in f or t he r ide of y our l ife. Sleepless Me a re once a gain h opef uls f or t his y ears O range C ounty M usic A wards " Best A lternative B and" and d espite r eceiving a p oor r eview f rom OC Weekly by a g uy w ho d oesn't l ike anyt hing but t echno, Sleepless h as a g reat c hance of w inning t hat a ward. D etails a bout Sleepless Me, as well as a p lace t o l isten t o a lot o f t heir m usic, can b e f ound at w ww.sleeplessme.com. C heck t hem Casa Angelo is a family owned pizza and fine Italian restaurant. It is virtually unknown to most of San Marcos but is located c onveniently close to campus, on San M arcos Blvd. The restaurant is r un by a m arried couple, with the help of t wo or t hree other delivery boys. Being so small, one m ight t hink t hat it doesn't have t he s ame r esources, along with time and money, t o c ompete a gainst high-powered p izza p laces such as D omino's or Piz;za Hut. W here t hey lack in size, they m ake u p f or w ith t heir delicious food. From t he m oment you s ink y our t eeth into their m outh-watering p izzas, you c an tell that they w ere m ade w ith c are. Not only do t hey s erve g reat p izzas but they also have a w ide v ariety of t asty and authentic I talian f ood. T heir I talian d inners include s paghetti, c hicken p armesan, m i« By Tim Moore / Pride Staff Writer m RO CK7ALTERNATIVE H iff m m iff m c/i Pretty.Odd. PANIC ATTHE DISCO 14 year-old girls across the world unite in support for Panic at the Disco's followupiothe wildly successful " A f e w You Cahl SwealOut"The band isshowing signs t jf maturation, not in the confentin which they produce, butby eliminating punctuation. That'sright,f ^nicat the Disco {formi%%ncpi as Panic! at the Disco) dropped the "I* earlier this yeai Sounds like fun ROCK In their first studio album since 1992. the B-52's make their comeback this time ^ r ^ ^ l ^ ^ ^ ^ n i l b ^ i ^ Ä e r e p o r t e d l y has ari''all new sound guitaust Keith Stnckland says "It's loud, sexy rock & roll with the beat pumped up to hot pink " Sounds like even more fun TfteWaflabeeChamp Ö Ö T C tl H H S ^ ÖA Endeared as one of the most supreme talents to pick up a mie ever, Kfah j^spécñíí • achieving success with his solo caieer Tne Wallabee Cnamp' ts a ^Öection of rarities and non-aibum cuts fiom throughout his solo careet 8 S1 ®1 811 P&aALTERNA"iSl ^ -•• I f - Reason To Believe Jumping on the Radiohead and Nine Inch Nate bandwagon. Pennywise is taMnQ part in what just might change the-surface modem music distribution. Starting today. . fans can download the album free and. legally thanks to a promotion.from Myspace Records and Textango;The album maintains the classic Pennywise sound and :'"¿i- " • J- political criticism that fans-toe come to love. CiOttllM|CMM hock . Saturday Nights & Sunday Mornings COUNJJNG CROWS In their fifth studio release, and first since 2002, the Counting Crows are back with more inspirational arid listener-friendly music. The album has two sides - thefirstof which, titled "Saturday Nights" features® rock:stylin£ and the' i second, aptly titled "Suoday Mornings," features a more country sound. Images cmrtesyofg^apyn^com Photo by Ross Lichtman / The Pride �Pride Staff Writer Don't be fooled. A movie with the promised antics of Jack Black may sound tempting, but this is one comedy that doesn't fulfill its intended purpose. Jerry (Jack Black) is a junkyard worker who attempts to destroy an electrical plant that he believes is reading his mind. But when his plan goes sour, his magne tized body ends up erasing all the tapes in his friend Mike's (Dante 'Mos D ef Smith) video store, conveniently named Be Kind Rewind. With a store full of blank videotapes, Jerry and-Mike embark on a not-so adventurous journey to remake some of the most memorable movies of our time. The ironic idea in this disappointing movie is that some of the best and most memorable movies are being remade, which just begs you to ask yourself the question: Why aren't I watching those movies right now? Considering this is a comedy, I found myself NOT laughing 90% of the time. Don't get me wrong, the remakes that the protagonists made were amateurishly comedic, but the entire movie just failed to move the audience emotionally. The remade movies, although humorous, failed to be consistent and plentiful enough to act as a driving force in the film. While Jack Black's performance was usual Jack Black as always, Mos Def came across as a little slow and boring, and that is definitely something that comedies are not about. With somewhat bland characters and an even duller story, "Be Kind Rewind" fails to hook the audience with its scarcity of laughter. Chances are you'd be better off staying at home and listening to your Tenacious D CDs. Photos courtesy Photo courtesy Abbot Genser/New Line Cinema Stone Imperial Russian Stout BY JONATHAN E. THOMPSON Pride Staff Writer Stone Brewery brews and bottles Stone Imperial Russian Stout in Escondido, California. The brewery originally opened in San Marcos in 1996. In 2006, the company moved to a new facility in Escondido to better meet product demand. The current facility is capable of producing of up to 250,000 barrels. Stone Brewery should be in Escondido for an extended amount of time. The brown glass bottle holds 22 fluid ^ ^ H ounces. A gargoyle wearing a ^ ^ ^ f ur cap ad or n e d with a star, no d oubt a throwback to Imperial Russia, squats holding a mug of stout. The bottle has a bright blue outline while a foggy white outlines the gargoyle. A shiny gold glazed bottle cap, featuring the company's logo in black stencil, caps a bottle with an alcohol by volume of 10.8%. The double than average AVB is characteristic of Imperial Russian Stouts, which often have ABVs of 10-11% The stout retails for $5.99 at BevMo. The stout pours chunky — a rich black liquid fills the glass. A thin head forms and disappears quickly. The stout radiates a gothic blackish-purplish color. Coffeelike aromas seep into the surrounding air. The murky stout first attacks the tongue. A subtle tingling sensation spreads throughout the taste buds. The stout gathers intensity during the peak of consumption and finishes off the rest of the oral cavity like a Jackie Chan fight scene. The stout leaves a powerful rolling wave of energy as the stout descends below. The lips smack in joy and demand more. Stone Imperial Russian Stout should be consumed leisurely in a relaxing environment to fully experience the adventure.Unwind during spring break with this week's stout. If considering the stout, visit a local BevMo quickly as the stout is scheduled to disappear after spring. Have a f un and safe spring break, Cougars! OneRepublic "Dreaming Out Loud" BY AMANDA ANDREEN Pride Staff Writer Thirteen tracks of juicy vocals and teasing guitar—OneRepublic's "Dreaming Out Loud" is sizzling. A scintillating blend of what falls easily on the ears as a mixture of The Fray, Maroon 5, Keane, and Snow Patrol, "Dreaming Out Loud", off Interscope Records, is heating up the charts and the airwaves across the nation. "Dreaming Out Loud," moved from slot 45 last week, to slot 20 this week on Billboard's Hot 200 albums. The single "Apologize" featuring Timbaland is #9 on Billboard's Hot 100 singles chart, and "Stop and Stare" is up three spots to the #9 song on Billboard's Pop chart, and is also #9 on iTunes' Top 100 Songs. Not only that, but "Apologize" is the #17 most downloaded ring tone in the nation this week, falling in between "The Devil Went Down to Georgia" by the Charlie Daniels Band and "Stairway to Heaven" by Led Zeppelin. The album opener, "Say (All I Need)," is a scenic ballad with a techno flare, promptly followed up by "Mercy" which was most recently featured on the March 13 episode of "Smallville," along with "Apologize" and "Stop and Stare." Following "Mercy" is "Stop and Stare"—which stops me in my tracks everytime I hear it. It's that good. Then comes "Apologize," and there really isn't that much to say about this track other than it's amazing and catchy. "Goodbye Apathy" which falls directly after "Stop and Stare" and "Apologize", mirrors The Fray's sound so closely, it could most definitely be mistaken for a track like "Little House" off their last album, "How to Save A Life." Track 7, "Tyrant," brings to mind "Erlkonig" by Franz Shubert with it's pounding one note intro, and it definitely isn't the strongest track on the album, but it is apparent they were trying something different, as this track has a little more of a U2 and Bon Jovi vibe. "Prodigal" starts out slower, and leads in with creeping vocals that could be compared to Snow Patrol and Keane as the song slowly builds into a full-blown pacing rock song with a hint of the Beatles, circa "I am the Walrus" era. * "Won't Stop" has a bit more of a Nashville feel to it, with violins and percussive elements accompanied by a confident steel guitar and curious piano interludes. "Someone to Save You" and "All We Are" sound pretty much the same, except for the really lame sounding drum intro on "Someone to Save You." Except for those two tracks and "Tyrant," the rest of the album is solid, and even though the "Timbaland featuring OneRepublic" version of "Apologize" rocks, I have no doubt they could have made it to the top without his help. Photo courtesy Amazon.com Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource <h2>2007-2008</h2> Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource University Archives in the CSUSM Library Description An account of the resource The eighteenth academic year of California State University San Marcos. 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