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C ALIFORNIA STATE U NIVERSITY SAN MARCOS
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Chancellor
Reed cuts
$31.3
million from
CSU budget
CFA questions
chancellor's
decision
I NDEPENDENT S TUDENT NEWSPAPER
Barack Obama
elected president
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 0 5,2008
VOL.XXNO.il
Pizza and
Polities
discusses
immigration
Obama and
McCain portrayed
as
having
similar
views on
the issue
BY BEN ROFFEE
Managing Editor
As national and state economies continue to limp, the
C alifornia State University
system will once again feel
the symptoms of an economic crisis and a straining state budget. Chancellor Reed recently approved
a giveback of $31.3 million
from California's budget
in response, to Governor
Schwarzenegger's request f or.
budget cuts across the board.
f \ Chancellor Reed's giveback
will come from the CSU's
already $250 million budget
shortfall, and will contribute
to Governor Schwarzeneg^ger's $390 million request
f rom government agencies.
The C alifornia Faculty Association was quick to criticize
Chancellor Reed's decision,
noting that the $31.3 million
giveback was not mandated.
In a release issued on Oct.
27, the CFA contended that
Chancellor Reed "misled the
campus community by incorrectly reporting the CSU
among agencies that need to
cut a total of $390 million
f rom the current budget."
The charge r efers to a memo
issued on Oct. 23 in which
Chancellor Reed revealed the
cut as a necessary response
to Governor Schwarzenegger's call for a statewide
budget cut of $390 million.
The memo issued to all CSU
employees states, "we have
been i nformed by t he State
D epartment of Finance that
state agencies and departments need to cut a total of
an additional $390 million."
See CSU, Page 4
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See Pizza, Page 4
Photo courtesy of about.com
BY JACKIE CARBAJAL
News Editor
Nov. 4, 2008 ~ The Cai
State San Marcos community assembled together in the
Clarke Field House Tuesday
night to witness history in the
making as the nation elected
Barack Obama, the first black
president. Shortly following
the closing of precincts in California, Obama clinched the
presidency, widely surpassing
the electoral vote of 270 needed
to win.
All day, students across
campus proudly sported their "I
Voted" stickers, and checked exit
pollfigureson their cell phones.
Upon hearing the news, Psychology major Gemma Fields
said, "I've been waiting fifteen
years to become a citizen and to
be able to vote in such an important part of history brings tears
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Students in the Clarke filed
into various rooms to watch
as McCain addressed his supporters in Phoenix, Arizona to
concede.
"This is an historic election,
and I recognize the special significance it has for AfricanAmericans and for the special pride that must be theirs
BY JONATHAN THOMPSON
Pride Staff Writer
P izza and P olitics, h osted
by the A merican D emocracy P roject, held the f inal
event for the f all s emester
on T hursday, O ct. 30 d uring
U niversity Hour in C ommons 206. R oughly 80 s tudents a ttended the event.
C SUSM's N ational L atino
R esearch C enter D irector A rcela N unez-Alvarez
lead d iscussion as she h ighlighted g eneral i mmigration c oncepts and the f act
that Obama and McCain are
in u nison in more t han one
way on i mmigration.
ADP Director and P rofess
sor Pamela opened the event.
" I'm sure you are all excited
and ready for the election to
be over w ith," she said.
For t he n ext 45 m inutes, N unez-Alvarez l ectured. She f irst c overed
the b asics of i mmigration
b efore m oving on t o d issect O bama and M cCain's
i ndividual v iews on b order
s ecurity and i mmigration
r eform. T he l ast t en m inutes
o pened t he f loor t o s tudents
t o e ither ask q uestions or
m ake s tatements a bout t he
c overed m aterial.
N unez-Alvarez c overed
t he f act t hat p eople f or t he
m ost p art t hink of i mmigration in i ndividual categories. T he c ategories are
h istory, l egal, d omestic
and g lobal e conomics, and
p olitical.
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Wait on 'screw-ray'
They are still high quality and
much more affordable. The appeal
of Blu-Ray is the lust for fancy
new electronics.
There is no need to buy a BluRay player. They may be nicer, but
not worth the jacked up price. BluRay discs may be shiny and new,
but DVDs are still high quality and
more affordable.
the standard DVD. Images
are superior in high-definition and the sound is less
condensed, hence clearer.
Moreover, the discs can hold
more data, resulting in more
'special features'. As well,
Blu-Ray boasts that it immediately plays the film and
the menu can be accessed at
anytime during the movie at
the bottom of the screen.
On the surface, this seems
nice. I appreciate high quality
images and features that make
for a better viewing experience. It
would make sense to switch over
to the new form, if it were not so
expensive. The manufactures of
Blu-Ray players have slapped an
inflated price on the machines. For
what the buyer is getting, this is a
rip off.
Besides the cost of the player,
one must also buy a HD television.
In consumerist America, this is
very desirable. Though one might
be able to afford it, this is an inappropriate use of money considering the financial crisis. As well,
Blu-Ray discs are $5 to $10 more
expensive. The special features are
not worth that much money.
Advertisements try to convince
that standard DVD is a pain compared to Blu-Ray. DVDs are fine.
attentive, but the overbearing service is an illusion of service. The
formulaic greeting, serving, and
thanking are fake and customers
must know this.
Employees have the proverbial
gun to the back of their head to
be unnaturally pleasant. This
becomes especially difficult
when the job itself is responsible
for the unhappiness that employees must bury their sentiments
to keep from losing their job.
Workers must hide their feelings
because the customer believes he
or she deserve special treatment.
Employees can and should be
helpful, but they do not need to
put on a show for the customer.
The excessive conversation only
slows done the transaction or
interaction. Customers should
appreciate getting what they
need, not the imposed kindness.
Yet the system is so deeply
sunk into America, it is near
impossible to be undone. The
customer expects royal treatment while shopping because the
stores perpetuate this process.
Since customers naturally think
this service is a good thing, it
becomes part of a store strategy
to make more money. If a store
did not impose customer service,
people would think poorly of the
store. «
It is unfair for stores to expect
workers to be overly friendly to
the customer. The real measurement of a store should be the
quality and availability of products, and not ho\vtoucha worfer
'brownnoses' the shopper. For
now employees just have to keep
smiling. Shoppers must remember their place in the world and
give some respect to the worker.
It's true! Left-handed people
are a minority living in a majority right-handed world. We deal
with our aggression by dreaming
of our Holy Grail, stores that only
sell left-handed products. Notice
how the right hand is RIGHT and
the left hand is not the riglit hand.
"They" might have as well called
the left hand the wrong hand. The
story goes back.
I was in elementary school,
kindergarten to be exact. One
day after eating some minty paste
and chasing the girls around in
the sawdust, I was asked to grab
a foreign object that I would later
learn was a pencil. I was told to
scribble on a piece of paper in
whatever hand I felt most comfortable with. My right hand must
have been a negative and the
pencil a positive, because my left
hand calmly and firmly grabbed
the object.
The following day I was asked
to repeat the above-mentioned
task. Withmintybreathlrepeated.
After a few days my writing was
going nowhere. It looked like I
was trying to create a Jackson
Pollock artwork. My teacher^
Mrs. Kristiansen, if I recall correctly, told me that I should try
writing with the RIGHT hand.
I thought, right hand, it must be
right if they are calling it the right
hand. I regretfully admit I gave it
a chance. My body rejected. I felt
like I was abducted by aliens—
creepy and weird. I went home,
paste in hand, and cried to my
mommy. "Mommy, I want to use
the left hand, I don't care if it's the
RIGHT hand, I'm left handed."
16 years later I'm left handed
and proud. Of course I'm even
more confused as I throw, bat,
and punch with my right hand.
I leave the light duties such as
eating and writing to my left
hand. I wear my watch on the
right hand and keep my wallet on
my right pocket. I know. I do not
get it either.
So next time you see a lefthander ripping the sheets out of
their three ring binder because
we cannot write between the
rings and the starting section of
the paper, give us a break. We're
just left-handed people living in
your right-handed world.
member of the press is recognizing
one's mistakes.
For The Pride, this time is no
different.
In the Opinion Article titled,
"Starbucks Charges for Tap
Water," [October 28, 2008], The
Pride allowed for the printing of an
opinion piece that argued the water
at the on-campus Starbucks was
unreasonable. However, the author
failed to incorporate correct information into the piece, thus incorrectly referring to it as "tap water."
The Pride has since been informed
that Starbucks does serve water
directlyfromthe faucet, but rather
triple-filters the water they do serve
BY BILL RHEIN
Pride Staff Writer
The transition
from VHS to DVD
was the most exciting change in home
e ntertainment
since the invention
of the television.
The playback features alone made DVDs the best
choice. Along with being physically smaller, having better video
quality, and including 'special
features,' the DVD was definitely
worth switching over to.
Yet they are supposedly inferior
to the shiny new high-definition
Blu-Ray discs. Although Blu-Ray
is better quality, it is not worth the
change thus far. Blu-Ray is fancy
and boasts new features, but not
worth the costs.
Blu-Ray is certainly better than
Cutomer service The cruel, perpetual joke
BY BILL RHEIN
Pride Staff Writer
In America, stores will do anything to keep shoppers coming
back. Advertisements and sales
are only part of this equation.
Shop employees are inexplicably
nice to strangers. Customer service is artificial kindness, guised
as an additional benefit to shopping.
Though appreciation is nice,
customer service is a joke for
the customer and employee. It is
the employee's job to helpful and
Photo retreivedfrom snipsmovies.com
Left-handed people are left out
BY JONATHAN THOMPSON
Pride Staff Writer
Photo retreivedfro m leftorium.com
SPpecial Note from the bEditor-in-Chief RE: Starbucks and water
art of being a responsible students are eing charged for
through reverse osmosis.
The author of the piece claims to have received correct information
after press time, although that is in
fact no excuse for the use of such
information, and further precautions will be used in future articles
that run in our student newspaper.
Please understand this is a studentrun newspaper, and our newsroom
is a laboratory for the production
of such, therefore we are bound to
make mistakes.
While the author's opinion
remains validated, The Pride offers
its deepest apologies for any misinformation projected to its readers,
for defamation and harm to anyone
whatsoever was the farthest thing
from our intentions.
�Letter to the Editor
A Message from Lt. Douglass Miller, campus police
Fellow Cougars,
I hope that you all have seen an improvement in the morning traffic coming onto
campus. We at the University Police would
like to extend a huge "thank you" to everyone in Planning, Design & Construction and
in Parking & Commuter Services for the
open collaboration that made a great team
and the success of this project possible.
This team was able to recommend and
institute a number of improvements that
we believe helped reduce the time it takes
to get onto campus each morning. One of
these changes was to remove the stop sign
at the top of Palm Canyon Drive as it enters
Parking Lot F. This seems to have reduced
the back up onto Craven Road from Palm
Canyon.
We also worked very hard at improving the
timing and sequencing of the traffic control
lights. We also implemented a suggestion to
offer reduced rate parking in Lots XY&Z.
The increased number of people parking in
XYZ is notable and has made an impact.
One of the suggestions that we were not
able to implement was adding an additional
turn lane to the intersection of Craven Road
and Palm Canyon Drive. Everyone felt that
this idea had terrific merit. However, when
we tried to put concept to implementation we
found that this intersection is not a true 90
degree intersection.
The corner of the intersection is in fact less
than 90 degrees. If an additional lane were
put in, vehicles would not be able to make the
turn safelyfromeither direction unless the
Dear Editor:
An opinion piece recently published by
the Pride newspaper, (Made in America
By Convicts, 10/28/08) is an untrue characterization of the California Prison Industry
Authority (CALPIA), the contributions of
its inmate workers and the conditions under
which they work. More disturbing, the article appears to be a plagiarized version of a
rant written by an inmate nearly 15 years
ago. The claims by John Caterino, and many
of the lines in his article, appear to be lifted
nearly word-for-wordfromthat inmate's previously published claims. They were untrue
then, and certainly do not reflect the rehabilitative mission, or the efficient operation of
the CALPIA today.
CALPIA provides inmates with the work
and life skills they need so they can return
to constructive lives when they leave prison.
It operates over 60 light manufacturing and
agricultural businesses in 23 of the State's 33
prisons that give inmates real world experi- result, CALPIA jobs are highly sought after work. California struggles with the high
ence. In many cases, it is thefirstjob they among inmates. Some of those wages help number of former offenders who return to
have ever had.
support their families, and some are used to crime and prison. Yet, armed with the skills
Through their work, inmates can be help inmates repay their debt to society. Last they learn in our programs, CALPIA inmate
accredited in more than a dozen technical job year, CALPIA inmates contributed over graduates return to prison at a rate 25 perskills, as welders and carpenters, commer- $927,000 to the Crime Victims Restitution cent lower than the general prison populacial bakers and laundry managers and opti- Fund.
tion, saving taxpayers an estimated $40 milcal and dental
Among the lion per year.
technicians,
products man- So, as students sit in chairs in Markstein
ufactured by Hall or the Kellog Library or buy a diploma
to name a
few. In some BUILDING B ETTER L IVES FOR A S AFER CALIFORNIA CALPIA are cover from the Cougar bookstore, they are
dorm and office using the products that have helped inmates
instances
CALPIA programs provide a direct opportu- furniture, some of which has been purchased turn their lives around. That makes life
nity for employment when inmates' parole, by CSUS-San Marcos. All of those products better for them and their families, makes
an advantage that many former offenders do are high quality, were delivered on time, and our communities safer and saves taxpayers
within the campus budget. As a financially money.
not have.
Contrary to the claims by Caterino, self-sufficient State agency, CALPIA gets no
inmates work under safety and occupational general fund tax dollars. It supports itself Sincerely,
conditions that apply to all businesses in and its rehabilitation programs solely from
California. The thirty to ninety-five cents the revenuefromits products, which requires CHARLES L. PATTILLO
per hour that each inmate earns are the high- CALPIA to maintain quality and efficiency. General Manager
est wages available to inmates by law. As a Research shows that CALPIA's programs California Prison Industry Authority
BY JAMES SEBRING
So for all of you out there who enjoy sex
for reasons other than reproduction, you're
acting in a way that is against nature.
Excluded in that relationship is kissing,
fondling, stroking, certainly any kind of
oral gratification, and definitely sodomy
[undefined].
His statement that people are born with
only male or female parts precludes the
"possibility that he may have participated in
any upper-level physiology class. He also
implied that one cannot be homosexual
by nature, and so it must be learned. I'm
sure it is a great disappointment for all of
those heterosexual parents who have failed
to teach their children proper heterosexual
behavior.
It's possible, I guess, that they may have
been using an unnatural position or having
sex for reasons other than procreation. It
certainly bears looking into and conducting further research as to how people learn
to become homosexual.
When called upon to get to the discussion
that was advertised, Prop 8, he launched
into another diatribe. After 45 minutes I
pregnant?
F •'."" '
road was widened. We then explored widening the road slightly to make this change.
Unfortunately, the new traffic control signal is too close to the curb to allow
making any significant improvement. In
the end, adding this turn lane would have
required a significant capital outlay that in
the currentfiscalsituation was simply not an
alternative.
To further mitigate traffic congestion we
would encourage everyone to consider using
the Sprinter, even once or twice a week
would significantly help. Monthly passes
can be purchased at Parking Services in the
Foundation Class Room Building behind
Craven Hall. The campus is also installing
additional Bicycle racks for those energetic
enough toridea bike to work. Your contin-
ued understanding during these periods of
growth is greatly appreciated.
Although we have seen some improvement, please keep in mind that we will never
be able to "return to the old days" when you
could drive right onto campus without delay.
It seems we have jumped straight from adolescence to adulthood and all the accompanying problems associated with a larger
campus. You have my assurances that we
will continue to monitor the morning traffic,
accept suggestions, and mitigate problems as
they present themselves.
Lieutenant Douglass Miller
CSU San Marcos Police Department
Re: Made in America... by convicts
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Prop 8 discussion turns into gay bashing seminar
The College Republicans sponsored
what was touted to be an informational lecture and Q & A on Prop 8. The speaker,
Ryan Sorba, turned the event into a personal soapbox of gay bashing.
His fundamental premise, supported
by a long litany of inferential studies and
statements as to the nature of sex and man,
implied that the only reason for sex is
reproduction to be conducted in the coital
position.
Protect y our health.
Ensure y our future.
Make informed, healthy,
confident choices.
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We have had over 200 years of history
in this country of fanatics trying to control
who can marry whom. Almost every state
in this union has at one time or another had
a Jim Crow Law of miscegenation. Isn't it
time that we quit persecuting others for not
believing as we believe? Don't be fooled,
the government cannot legislate the sanctity of marriage... that is between you,
your partner, and your god.
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�on u ndocumented i mmigrants are i neffective and
d oesn't a ddress i mmigration. M cCain w ants t o p roduce a s ystem that is f air
and h umane," she said.
" Does the a mount of
u ndocumented i mmigrants
we have in our c ountry
a ffect o ther c ountries t hat
we give [visas or c itizenship] t o," q uestioned one
s tudent.
"No. The number of
the u ndocumented is not
Finance saying, "The executive order had requested,
rather than directed, the
CSU to undertake spending
restraint measures." In the
same letter, Chancellor Reed
stated the CSU would pursue
an "alternative compliance"
t racked," responded NunezAlvarez.
"A lot of discussion about
t reatment of c hildren b orn in
the U.S. f rom u ndocumented
i mmigrants t akes p lace,"
said one student.
" It i s t he m ost c ontroversial i ssue, s tripping c itizenship of n ew g enerations
is a n o ngoing d iscussion,"
r esponded N unez-Alvarez
"Both Obama and McCain
have the same positions
across the board. This issue
won't sway you either way.
There are only minor d ifferences between the two," she
said.
T he U niversity A ctivities B oard and A merican
D emocracy P rojects a re
h osting a s pecial e vent
on t he n ight of t he e lections Tuesday, Nov. 4 at
t he C larke Field H ouse.
The e vent s tarts at 7pm
and e nds at 10pm. T he t wo
h osting g roups a re p roviding f ood a nd s oda.
From CSU, page 1
The CFA provided several
documents supporting its
assertion that the give back
was not required. Included in
these documents was Executive Order S-09-08 in which
mented in a b roader p olitical s ense," she said.
She t hen t alked about the
I mmigration R eform and
C ontrol Act of 1986, the last
l arge i mmigration r eform.
" Overall the p olicies are
n ot w orking. I t's r eferred to
as a b roken s ystem. Some
d epartments d on't even t alk
to each o ther," she said.
She noted that Obama and
McCain want i mmigration
r eform.
" Obama f eels t hat r aids
Governor
Schwarzenegger admitted to not having
any "direct authority" over
the CSU and its budget.
Several other documents
corroborate this assertion,
including a letter f rom Chancellor Reed to the Dept. of
response to the Governor's
noncompulsory
request.
Included in the CFA's accusations is a call for Chancellor Reed t o "rescind his
give back of $31.3 million,
and take a strong stance in
defense of CSU f unding."
Despite the CFA's protest,
Chancellor Reed insists that
the $31.3 million in givebacks will not hinder critical CSU operations. Thus
far, the Chancellor has not
shown signs of conceding to
the CFA's demands.
BY JACKIE CARBAJAL
News Editor
T he O ffice of t he P resident is a sking s tudents
f or n ominations f or t he
2 008-09 F aculty A wards
b y t his F riday, Nov. 7. T he
a wards o pen f or s tudent
n ominations a re t he P resident's O utstanding F aculty
Award f or T eaching E xcellence and t he P resident's
O utstanding F aculty A ward
f or O utstanding L ecturer.
" We e specially n eed s tudents t o i dentify a nd r ecognize g reat f aculty in t he t wo
t eaching c ategories, a nd in
t he " Teaching E xcellence"
c ategory, o nly s tudents c an
s ubmit n ominations," s aid
K ate C allen, n ew E xecutive
C ommunications M anager
i n t he P resident's O ffice.
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F aculty A ward f or O utstanding L ecturer Went t o
C ollege of A rts a nd S ciences
C ommunications
P rofessor F redi A valosC'Debaca w hile C hemistry P rofessor K arno N g
r eceived t he O utstanding
F aculty A ward f or T eaching E xcellence.
S tudents, c olleagues, a nd
d epartment c hairs/program
d irectors m ay n ominate
a ny c urrent t emporary f aculty m ember f or t he O utstanding L ecturer a ward.
F aculty m embers w ho h ave
r eceived t he a ward b efore is
n o l onger e ligible f or n omination. T he p urpose of t he
a ward is t o h onor a f aculty
m ember w ho o utstandingly
c ontributes t o t he s uccess
of s tudent l earning a nd t he
a dvancement of t he u niversity m ission s tatement.
T he P resident's A ward
f or T eaching E xcellence
is a warded t o a f aculty
m ember w ho d emonstrates
t he a dvancement a nd e xcellence in t eaching t hat c ontributes t o f urthering s tudent a chievement. A ny
c urrently e nrolled s tudent
m ay n ominate a ny f aculty
m ember f or t he a ward.
F or m ore^ i nformation
r egarding
c riteria,
v isit w wwjCsusilSedu/president/initiitive/presidentawards.html o r c ontact K ate
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From PIZZA, page 1
" The U nited S tates
d oesn't m ention g lobal
t rends. I mmigration is a
g lobal p henomenon. We
l ive in a g lobal w orld. C apital f lows f rom o ne c ountry t o t he n ext. We l ive in a
g lobal v illage," s he s aid.
R eferring to i mmigrants,
"I ask you to t hink about
whom t hese people we are
r eferring to. Who we a utomatically a ssume is u ndocu-
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states, and they have better
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tolerance in America. I'm
tired of people treating
others as less than equals."
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so we need a drastic change. We
desperately need new leaders."
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What was the most importantto you when choosing your
presidential pick?
"I started out non-partisan I was not going
to voteforObama just because he is black, I
looked at character and judgement and his views
followed along with mine. I lost faith in McCain
when he picked Palin it showed really bad ;
judgement, because she was not qualified "
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always believed that America
offers opportunities to all who
have the industry and will to
seize it. Senator Obama believes
that, too."
"I urge all Americans who supported me to join me in not just
congratulating him, but offering
our next president
our good will
and earnest effort
to find ways to
come together to
find the necessary
compromises to
bridge our differences and help
restore our prosperity, defend our
security in a dangerous world, and
leave our children
and grandchildren a stronger,
better country than
we inherited," said McCain.
In closing, McCain stressed the
importance of nationwide unity
and patriotism, "I wish Godspeed
to the man who was my former
opponent and will be my president. And I call on all Americans,
as I have often in this campaign,
to not despair of our present difficulties, but to believe, always,
in the promise and greatness
of America, because nothing is
inevitable here."
Shortly thereafter, forty-sevenyear-old Obama celebrated victory at Grant Park in Chicago with
his wife, Michelle, and daughters,
Malia and Sasha by his side.
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of over 125,000 people, Obama
declared, "If there is anyone out
there who still doubts that America is a place where all things are
possible; who still wonders if the
dream of our founders is alive in
our time; who still questions the
power of our democracy, tonight
is your answer."
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cheers.
"The road ahead will be long.
Our climb will be steep," said
Obama. "We may not get there
in one year or even one term, but
America - 1 have never been more
hopeful than I am tonight that we
will get there. I promise you - we
as a people will get there."
".. .to all those watching tonight
from beyond our shores, from
parliaments and palaces to those who
are huddled around
radios in the forgotten corners of our
world - our stories
are singular, but our
destiny is shared,
and a new dawn of
American leadership is at hand," said
Obama. "To those
who would tear this
world down - we
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young and old, rich and poor, work and open doors of opportuDemocrat and Republican, black, nity for our kids; to restore proswhite, Latino, Asian, Native perity and prom6te the cause of
American, gay, straight, disabled peace; to reclaim the American
and not disabled - Americans Dream and reaffirm that fundawho sent a message to the world mental truth - that out of many,
that we have never been a collec- we are one; that while we breathe,
tion ofRed States and Blue States: we hope, and where we are met
we are, and always will be, the with cynicism, and doubt, and
United States of America," said those who tell us that we can't,
Obama.
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Grand Salon, emotion washed of a people: Yes We Can," said
across the faces of those in atten- Obama, in closing, "Thank you,
dance with moments of complete God bless you, and may God Bless *Results based on reporting at 1 AM Nov. 5 and are subject to
silence followed by applauses and the United States of America."
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McCain: 155
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Senate Seats
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Rep: 40
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Prop 2
Yes
Prop 3
Yes
Prop 4
No
Prop 5
No
Prop 6
No
Prop 7
No
Prop 8
Yes
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Rep: 171
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Yes
Prop 10
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BY SANDRA CHALMERS
Pride Staff Writer
Going to school can feel
like vacation, if you're studying abroad.
The CSUSM study abroad
program offers students
the opportunity to study in
Spain, France, England, the
Netherlands, China and Costa
Rica just to name a few. The
opportunities to travel, study
and learn about a different
culture are just a glimpse of
the immense benefits that
studying abroad can do for a
student's academic career.
CSUSM offers a plethora
of programs, 35 programs
in nine different countries
to be exact. Also, CSUSM
exclusively offers 11 student
exchange programs, which
are better known as bilateral agreements, meaning
that when American students
seek to study at an exchange
school, that school's foreign
students can come to CSUSM
to study, according to Tiffany Gabbard, the new study
abroad advisor.
The most popular study
abroad locations are Western Europe, Spain, Italy and
France. The Italy and France
study abroad programs are
particularly for students who
are interested in studying the
language and culture. Hong
Kong, China is another popu-
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especially for business
majors.
Japan and the Netherlands
are other study abroad locations that are growing in popularity.
Some of the most unique
locations students can study
abroad are Fiji, Ireland,
Sweden, Denmark, South
A frica, South America, Australia and Israel.
The CSUSM study abroad
program offers a unique program through World Link
Education that enables students to learn the native language while living in the
foreign country. Students
can learn Japanese in Japan,
German in Germany and the
list continues with five other
languages and countries.
Opportunities to study
abroad don't just stop at
CSUSM, students can also
search for study abroad programs at another CSU campus
that may offer different programs.
Image courtesy of World Link Education
year.
"I took Modern Irish Literature and was able to study
W.B. Yeats poems in the very
locations he wrote them. It
was so amazing to see the
pages come to life by reading
about the swans and watch the
swans for myself," McBrayer
said about her study abroad
experience.
"While we were not in
school I had plenty of time
to explore the town and other
areas," McBrayer continued.
Studying abroad can be a
life changing experience and
can help future^ graduates
develop deeper understanding
of the world around them.
"Students come home with a
g reater
sense
of who
they
are, a
g reater
appreciation
of their
own
c ulture
nected the world is," said
Gabbard.
"I have studied abroad in
both Italy and England and
considered them the most
rewarding and enriching times
of my life. Students must go
explore this vast wonderful
world of ours, and I'm happy
to h elp them plan for their
journey of a lifetime," Gabbard said.
The CSUSM study abroad
programs offer students more
than 10 different types of
financial aid and scholarships
to help more students study
abroad. More information can
be found at www2.csusm.edu/
global, or at the study abroad
o ffice in Craven Hall 3200.
"If for some reason an
exchange or IP program is
not offered in the location a
student desires, he/she can
be an intra-campus visitor
to another CSU and do their
study abroad program with
their students. It opens up
a lot of doors for students to
explore the world," Gabbard
said.
CSUSM features an exclusive opportunity for students
to participate in internship
programs in Australia and
New Zealand. Internships are
available in art, f ilm, broadcasting, even business and
law, according to the Austra
Learn program.
Specific internship programs abroad are a great
addition to a resume, since
only about 1 percent of the
students in the United States
study abroad, according to the
former CSUSM study abroad
advisor, Jan Stockey.
Katie McBrayer, a senior
at CSUSM, studied abroad
in Galway, Ireland her junior
c ulture,
and a
much
better
p erception of
just how
con-
the dangers they face while crossing the desert. With almost all of
the boys being under the age of
12 when they left their villages,
the boys did not have anyone to
keep them safe from the wild
animals except themselves.
Alephonsion Deng, in his
talk to students at Cal State San
Marcos Oct. 9, recounted an
incident in which he was sleeping in one of the refugee camps
with a bunch of other little boys.
He said he felt something above
him and absent mindedly swatted at it. Moments later he woke
to screaming and saw that the
little boy who was sleeping next
to him had a gaping hole in the
side of his face where an animal
had bit him.
During their journey the boys
were often separated from each
other and they faced additional
hardships that most can scarcely
imagine. They walked thousands
of miles in the grueling heat and
the bitter cold. They were faced
with injuries, slavery, starvation,
thirst and all too often death. In
their desperate attempt to survive, at times they ate dirt and
drank their own urine to survive.
However, when they reached
the refugee camps, things were
not much better. They received
rations from the United Nations,
however they were not sufficient.
The cramped quarters and the
unsanitary conditions lead to the State San Marcos directly to the
spread of disease, and they were village that Benjamin, Benson
never far from war.
and Alephonsion came from, and
In the western world it is nearly where their family members still
impossible to imagine people reside, in order to build a well
going through this, much less sur- that will provide them with fresh,
viving it, and it is nearly always
untainted water.
associated with a less humane
For . more
past. However, this isn't a story
information on
from the past. Almost all of the
how to help
Lost Boys are in their 20s, the
contact Pfeil
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csusm.edu.
else to go.
After spending years
in refugee camps and
facing the unimaginable, the three
boys were relocated to the United
States along with
s
thousands of other
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Lost Boys. There
are over 100 Lost
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S
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of people who
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mother and sisters.
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Features Editor
The lush jungles, vast miles of
desert and the exotic wild animals bring people from around
the world to visit Africa, however, for the Lost Boys of Sudan
the land was more like a death
trap than a vacation.
After having read the gripping
tale of three x)f the Lost Boys in
They Poured Fire on Us From the
Sky and having heard one of the
Lost Boys who coauthored the
book speak at Cal State University San Marcos, student Katey
Pfeil decided to do something to
give back to the Lost Boys.
"I'm not usually the type
to go out of my little box, but
their story really inspired me,"
Pfeil said. "I did some
research and found
Water for Sudan, which
is a project that collects
donations to help build
wells in Sudan so that
the villages have fresh
water, I just wanted to
do something to give
back."
Pfeil's inspiration
to help came from the
stories of three specific men, Alephonsion
Deng, Benson Deng and
Beiqamin Ajak. The
boys were all under the
age of seven when they
were forced by the civil
war in Sudan* which
became a genocide of
the southern Sudanese
people, to leave their
families, homes and villages, and they were left
to wander for years in
the desert.
Photo by Crystal Evans
Animals, such as lions
One of the Lost Boys of Sudan,
and hyenas^ were one of
Alephonsion Deng, addresses a group
of students Oct.9.
a well.
�Cougar Sports Notebook
This week in CSUSM sports
BY BRIAN MANN
Pride Staff Writer
Men's Soccer
CSUSM's men's soccer team
closed out their season with a
0-0 tie against Chapman at the
Mangrum Track & Soccer Field
on October 29 . With the scoreless tie, the men's team finished
the season with a record of 8-7-3.
They did not advance to the
playoffs, but the record reflects
an improvement from the 2007
season, in which the team posted a
th
6-10 record. Three seniors played
their last game for the Cougars:
Tashi Nakanishi, Chris Dunckel,
and Greg Reese. They were honored before the game.
Women's Soccer
The women's soccer team won
theirfinalregular season game 1-0
against Embry-Riddle in Prescott,
Arizona. They have advanced to
the playoffs and will face EmbryRiddle again in theirfirstplayoff
game on November 14 in San
Antonio.
Men's Golf
th
In theirfinaltournament of the
fall, the Cougar's men's golf team
finished 11 at the Bill Cullum
Invitational, played at Wood
Ranch Golf Club in Simi Valley on
October 28 . Sophomore Shezad
Lakdawala placed the highest
individually, tying for 45 .
Women's Golf
The Cougar's women's golf
team placed 5 at the Aztec Fall
Classic, their final tournament of the fall. It was a strong
showing for the Cougars as
CSUSM's Linnel De Villa tied
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the next day, but the poor condi- in the league defensively in multions continued. Ultimately, play tiple categories.
resumed Wednesday October 29th The NF1* is investigating six to
and the final three innings were eight unnamed players for violatMLB
ing the league's drug policy by
The Philadelphia Phillies won played to conclude the series.
taking weight-loss pills that are
the World Series by defeating the San Diego native Cole Hamels
Tampa Bay Rays four games to was named World Series MVP. considered to be a masking agent
for steroids.
one. It is their first World Series NFL
San Diego Chargers defensive NBA
title since 1980,
Hiefinalgajtne ©f the series, the coordinator Ted Cottrell was fired Portland Trailblazers center
fifth,>was delaye| due tormdletoitfollowing the team's 3-5 start to Greg Oden sprained his foot on
weather. The game initially started the season. The team promoted opening night against the Los
on Monday October 27th but play inside linebackers coach Ron Angeles Lakers. He is expected
was suspended in the 6th inning. Rivera to the position. The Char- to miss 2-4 weeks. It is another
The game was supposed to resume gers rank among the worst teams setback for Oden, the number
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Pride Staff Writer
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while Roxanne Mejia tied for fifth Diego on November 8th. Most
place. The event was hosted by recently, each team competed in
San Diego State at Salt Creek Golf the Cougar Challenge hosted by
CSUSM on October 18 on the
Course in Chula Vista.
Golf Note: CSUSM is hosting Mangrum Track & Soccer Field.
the Cougar Scramble on Friday, In the women's 5k event, the
November 14 at Lake San Cougars fared well. Dallon WilMarcos Country Club. The event liamsfinishedin 2 place, while
will raise money for the Cougar's Morgan Sjogren and Jessica Sanmen's and women's golf teams. dovalfinishedin 3 and 4 place,
respectively. On the men's side in
Cross-Country
Both the men's and women's an 8k event, the highest placing
cross-country teams will com- Cougar was Dave Edwards in 4
pete next in the USATF Cham- place.
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season due to knee surgery and has
yet to score a point in his career.
SOCCER
David Beckham will join AC
Milan, a team in Italy, in January.
He will be on a three-month loan
from the Los Angeles Galaxy. He
is expected to rejoin the Galaxy
in March. As a result of this, the
Galaxy canceled a scheduled exhibition game in Australia. The
game was scheduled to be played
December 11th and was expected
to be sold out, with many of the
fans expecting to watch Beckham.
GOLF
Professional golfer John Daly
was detained by police for several
hours after passing out drunk at
a Hooters restaurant in WinstonSalem, North Carolina. He was
released upon sobering up and no
charges were filed. The 42-yearold two-time major winner has had
problems with drinking and gambling over the span of his career.
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Features Editor
Animoto: The End of Slideshows is a site that stitches
together photos with cool
e ffects and puts them to
music. The site allows even
the most computer illiterate to produce a multimedia
project that will be the envy
of everyone on Facebook.
This user f riendly Web
site walks users through its
p rocess in an easy to use
manner. The site does have
a few d ownfalls, the f irst of
which is the r equired r egistration. Though it is a hassle,
it is f ree and d oesn't r equire
too much p ersonal i nformation. A lso r egistration allows
u sers to be e -mailed t heir
videos.
The site has two options for
m aking videos. The 30 second
videos can f eature eight to 12
photos and is completely f ree.
Users can also opt to pay $3
for one extended video, with
the length depending on the
music and p ictures selected,
or pay $30 p er year to make
u nlimited videos.
The site allows p ictures to
be uploaded f rom either the
computer or f rom another
site, such as Facebook. The
photos can easily be organized, added to or deleted
f rom to make the p erfect
photo m ix.
When the photos are all
in order it is time to choose
a song to accompany them.
Music can either be uploaded
f rom the computer or u sers can
choose a song f rom
the sites list which
includes hip hop,
pop, indie rock,
j azz and other
genres,
though
their music selection is small and
is mostly f rom
u nknown a rtists.
Once a song is
chosen, the site
automatically
designs the video.
When it is f inished,
the video can be
used in a v ariety
of ways. It can be e -mail to or upgraded to
f riends, downloaded onto an DVD quality.
iPod, exported to YouTube, No m atter
p repared to be posted online how the
video is used, t he result
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CSUSM Writing Club organizes second student reading
BY CRYSTAL EVANS
Features Editor
by the Creative Writing Community and Workshop are; Andrew
Garai, Tristan Rust, Molly
November 6, 2008 the Cre- Peterson, Joseph Jraggi, Ellie
ative Writing Community and Yambrach, Jaryd Weiss,-April
Workshop is hostiüg the second Gigliotti, Melissa Halditch, Lori
student reading at CSUSM. Stu- Greenstone, Stefanie Lamkin,
4ennif(^pyl^nd^;jerricaEscoto,
"Sgiffli t iäf t ÄS^eätive^wril- * Jeannine Clark, Derek Mobraaten
and more.
ing in Markstein 125 at 7PM.
Participatingreadersannounced Kimberly Koga, the clubs sec-
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retary, comments on the variety
of genres in this years reading,
"We have a lot of different pieces
this year; spoken word, a pantoum, shortfiction, excerpts from
longer pieces, poetry, prose-poetry, sci-fi/fantasy, and all kinds
of s t u f f This reading will be the second
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DROPPING:
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The group is planning on hosting
another reading at the end of this
year tentatively planned for Dec'4
with more to come in the spring.
When asked why student readings are important to CSUSM
Koga states, "These reading help
to create and maintain a creative
writing community at CSUSM.
We want to make these readings a
tradition, much like the 'Commu-
nity and World Literary Series'
that brings us many national and
international writers ?
Students who wish to participate in future readings should
register for the Creative Writing
Community and Workshop email
list by sending first, last name,
and email address to csusmcreativewritingcommunity .@gmail.
com.
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An entertaining sushi experience
BY JOSEPH DERAGISCH
Pride Staff Writer
A re you t ired of t he
same old r estaurants w ith
t he same t ired m enus? Do
you w ant to i gnite y our
m eal w ith some e xcitement and e ntertainment?
The a nswer t o f lat,
b oring n ights out on t he
t own is K atsu Sushi and
Teppan G rill. L ocated on
R estaurant row on San
M arcos Blvd, t his 20 y ear
old, a uthentic J apanese
gem c reates a g reat a tmosphere, b lending g reat
f ood, e xciting t heatrics,
and f antastic s ervice.
K atsu w orks well f or a
n ight out w ith a g roup of
f riends, a f irst d ate, or f or
t he c elebration of t he
long l asting r ela-
t ionship. Tables a re g rouped
t ogether
a ccommodating
s everal p arties and c reating
the p otential to m ake new
f riends.
G uests sit a round a m assive g rill on w hich t he chef
s lices, d ices, g rills, and
s ears t he f ood. T he show
i ncludes c omedic and clever
r emarks f rom the c hef, as
t owers of f laming o nions,
s hrimp f lying t hrough t he
air, and k nives d ancing all
over t he p lace.
S ervers p lace t he d elicious
f ood o nto p lates as t he show
f rom t he g rill e nds. " Every
t ime I come h ere i t's a d ifferent e xperience. E ach chef
b rings t heir own style to
t he t able, and I am never
let d own by t heir s kills as
Japanese
c ooks", Ian L eFarry s aid,
l ooking at t he m an in f ront
of h im f lip s teak slices into
the air.
K atsu Sushi and Teppan
G rill h as over 50 d ifferent
t ypes of f ish on t he m enu, **
K atsu is one of t he m ost
t horough S ushi e stablishments a round. W hether you
l ike y our C alifornia Rolls or
seaweed w rapped eel, K atsu
h as it all.
For t he older crowd t hey
have an e xcellent b eer and
w ine s election t hat w ill
i mpress t he A sian alcohol
e nthusiast as well as t he
n on-adventurous d rinker.
At t he end of t he t heatrical d inning e xperience the
h ostess', t ake a p ictures of
t he p arties t o p lace on t he
w all, a dding you to a c ollage
of h undreds of p hotos s panning t he l ife of t he e stablishment. T he p ictures a re a f itting end to a g reat n ight
w ith f riends, s trangers, f ood, and f un.
i é pandering,
He
behind them. is without his neck-tie, not grown
tranger in our into it. The one stili remainhair and spec- ; k g, sitting in asmall red wagon,
pair of testicles;
i l j ft watches this strlhger ih his miclst
their piece of pavement only to He, sitting in his small red wagon,
close the doors behind them, without his neck-tie, hiding from
Engines still billowingfromtheir glinting blue lights, holds up his:
neck-tie tail-pipes - each within • handtothe stranger in his midst,
the skeyes of this shake-shingle _ The stranger .
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Student Spotlight: Matthew Chewiwie
BY KATHRYN MCBRAYER
A&E Editor
Matthew Chewiwie is a
Visual and P erforming A rts
student at CSUSM. C hewiwie uses computer art in the
form of, " film/video editing, photography, and a nimation" as his main m edium of
artistic expression. He also
experiments with a nything
that comes along getting his,
"feet w et" with a v ariety of
artistic methods.
Music is another keen interest for Chewiwie. T hroughout middle school and high
Image courtesy ofMatthew Chewiwie
school, Chewiwie played
music but lost interest in later
on. Recently he has b egun
t o pick it up again as a curi-^
osity in electronic music. " I
took the
c omputers
and music
course
at
this
campus
and composed a
h andful of
songs, one
of which
became
the theme
t o a short
f ilm I j ust
ma d e , "
says
Chewiwie of his renewed pursuit of music.
Chewiwie will graduate in
the fall of 2009 if he does not
decide to add a minor to his
A rts and Technology major.
He comments on his plans
a fter graduation, " I'm going
to look for a j ob doing something I more enjoy, whether
that be editing wedding
artistic creations. He says, "I
o ften start with what I know
and expand f rom there." He
recently gave a poem reading
of his use of the game Dance
Dance Revolution.
The game had a profound impact on his
life by helping him,
"get back in shape,
rid [ himself]
of f rustrations
and
inner demons
and basically
r edefine who
[he] is."
H is goal in
designing art is
not solely or
even mainly
Image courtesy ofMatthew Chewiwie about selfinspirations Chewiwie says, expression. Chewi"I am inspired by the nearly wie sees himno-name 'e celebrities' who self as an enterare huge on the Internet." He tainer striving
names people like the "choc- to generate a
olate rain g uy" as one of his response in
favourites and admits, " I his audience.
would love to have that t ype He says, "I
want to
of Internet infamy."
Chewiwie uses life experi- e ntertain,
ences and interest to build his a m a z e ,
videos, constructing websites, ot-any time of creative
computer j ob I can get my
hands on."
When asked of his artistic
make people laugh, cry, be
inspired, c onfused, bewildered."
Chewiwie stores most of
his work on his website www.
f ravit.net where he has a
blog and
exhibits of
his
work.
�Genuine Draft Light 64
A Calorie Conscious Brew
BY JONATHAN E.
THOMPSON
Pride Staff Writer
Miller Brewing
Company produces
Genuine Draft Light
64. The company operates out of Milwaukee,
Wisconsin. Frederick
Miller began the brewery in
1855. In October 2007, SABMIiller and Molson Coors joined
forces making them the second
largest United States brewery
trailing Anheuser Busch.
The Pride's "Beer of the
Week" columns typically focus
on microbreweries. However,
Miller's new recipe deserves
coverage. In general, Californians are health conscious.
Several years ago people were
going on the Atkins diet like it
was going; out of style. Well, it
did eventually fade out like any
fad diet but demand still exists
for low calorie beers. Most light
beers currently on the market
offer around 100 calories per
12 fluid ounce serving. Miller
offers a beer with only 64 calories. Six packs of the brew retail
for $6.
A quick pour of the light brew
generates a shocking behemoth
one inch thick head. The head
gradually dissipates into a
frothy lancet. Bubbles of bliss
glide joy fully t o t he t op o f t he
glass emitting slight fragrances
of malts and hops. The beer
enters smooth then
releases a surprisingly
strong bitter taste.
Unfortunately, the
light brew, as natural
of a light calorie beef,
finishes too mild.
"It's not as raspy
as most beers. It goes
down really smooth.
It's not too stropg. It doesn't
have any aftertaste,"
said
nonstudent Josh
Chamberland
The low calories of the brew
are perfect for
those on diets
or searching
for ways to cut >
out unnecessary
calories. The
beer should be
enjoyed in social
settings such
as barbeques
or pool days
as the beer
does not produce a full filling like most
beers do. The
simple taste of
the beer will not
pair well with
meals. A more
flavorful beer
should be chosen
to consume while
eating.
"This seems like
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BY JACKIE CARBAJAL
News Editor
M adagascar is
back f or r ound
2 but d on't
w rite o ff t his
movie as j ust
a nother d isappointing sequel. T he
star f illed cast t hat
shined in the f irst
f ilm include Ben
Stiller, C hris Rock,
David Schwimmer,
Jada P inkett Smith,
Sacha Baron Cohen,
C edric the Entertainer and the later
B ernie Mac.
A fter a brief
s equence i ntroduc-
the kind of beer
I would drink if I had a
sensitive stomach," said nonstudent Madison Huntington.
The math is simple. The
more a person consumes the
more calories they accumulate. Rotate in Miller's Genuine Draft Light 64 and enjoy
less calories and a lighter
stomach feeling. Raise your
glasses!
QnliitèlVideo
of the Week
while Mario breaks into his
BY JOSEPH DERAGISCH
signature run under a blue sky
Pride Staff Writer
produced by a large LCD proEveryone has been to at jector floating above the audil east one school talent show ence. The rest of the scene is
where the show was not created using pieces of cardexactly worth the admission board a rtfully made into f ireprice. Originality and pro- balls and coin ejecting blocks,
duction value are not usually all carried around by students
spilling off the stage either. in complete black against a
The show deserves to be seen black backdrop.
when it's something the audi- The skit lasts about five
ence can actually enjoy and minutes, encompassing everything f rom the classic game.
relate to.
The stage reenactment of The cast of about 20 actors
the classic video game, Super perfectly recreates the game.
Mario Bros, is viewable at The replicated f laming flowh ttp://www.youtube.com/ ers and the deadly turtle shells
w atch?v=M7Rs8 W dy f zc convince with impressive preGordon College created the cision. It is an exiting scene
show in 2006. The Super of nostalgia for anyone who
Mario Bros show is f ull of has ever joined Mario on his
surprises, excitement and is adventures though the sewers
extremely well done.
and among the clouds on their
As the f irst note from the own living room couch.
16-bit classic
theme erupts
from
the
speakers, the
crowd goes
wild
and
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onto
the stage,
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movie review
w here the
lastfilm l eft
o ff. The q uirky
a nimals
f ormerly
f rom the C entral
Park zoo are f inally
r eady to leave the
ing
Alex island of M adagascar. A lex,
the Lion as M arty the Z ebra, M elman
a y oung cub in the t he G iraffe, and G loria t he
w ild,
M adagas-
/ AFRICA
Gordon College
recreates Super
Mario Bros.
H ippo b oard A ir P enguin,
led by Skipper, K owalski,
R ico in t heir quest to r eturn
home. A fter a short s tint in
the air, the p enguin c rafted
p lane e xperiences e xtreme
t urbulence.
W hile the p lane p lummets,
A lex a dmits t o M arty t hat
he lost h is i Pod and M elman
p rofesses h is love f or Gloria
w hile G loria in t urn, r emains
s leeping. F ortunately f or
t he g ang, t he
p lane m akes
a r ocky b ut
s afe l anding
at an u nknown
l ocation i nitially
s uspected t o be
San Diego.
T he character a nim a 1s
5
i nstead landed in A frica
and once again have to l earn
how to s urvive in the w ild.
The g ang avoids a d angerous c onfrontation with
a p ack of lions when the
K ing and Q ueen Lion of the
r eserve r ecognize Alex as
t heir long lost cub. M arty
is t hrilled t o f ind a herd
of z ebra w ho are exactly
like h im, M elman b ecomes
w itch d octor t o a p ack of
g iraffes, a nd G loria's search
f or an e ligible b achelor
may b e over o nce she m eets
M oto Moto. T hough each
of t he c haracters embark
on t heir own subplots, they
come t ogether n icely w ith
the k ind of e nding f it f or ^in
a nimated f eature f ilm.
S ure, t he f ilm i sn't i n
t he r unning f or O scar n ods
b ut f or t he k id at h eart, i t's
d efinitely w orth t he p rice
of a dmission a nd p opcorn.
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Vol.. 20, No. 11 announces Obama's win, Pizza and Politics looks at immigration, and the CSU budget gets hit with a sizable cut.
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