News........................2 PLS Calendar...... ...........3 Food............ ..........4 Arts.............. ........5 Inside Opinion....... ......6-7 http ://www.csusmpride.com ThePride California State University San Marcos Vol. IX No. 14/Tuesday, December 4,2001 Native American CLARIFICATION As stated in last week’s article, “Winter Session Dropped from Schedule,” this will be the last year for winter session. The first sentence in the article clearly stated that; however, the Admissions Office has received many phone calls from students who misunder­ Heritage Celebrated stood the article. Campus Housing Approved By KEVIN FRISK Barham Drive and Campus View Pride Staff Writer Drive. The. proposed student housing project will include The CSU ■' Board of accommodations for 460 stu­ Trustees voted on and approved dents, with additional housing a measure on Nov. 13 that will provided for supervising fac­ allow Cal State San Marcos to ulty and staff. The student hous­ begin construction of its first on- ing structures will be divided campus student housing struc­ between two different models, ture. The construction is sched­ arranged by size and price. A uled to begin in March 2002, four bedroom, two-bath apart­ and should be completed by the ment with communal kitchen fall of 2003, a timeline similar and living quarters will com­ to that given for the completion prise one model, and a double of the new campus library and occupancy per room, two bed­ field house. room, two-bath apartment will The simultaneous comple­ be the other option. tion of these three projects will, The projected cost for the according to Paige Jennings, a four-bedroom model is $575 per university spokesperson, “ ... month per apartment, and the bring a sense of ownership shared two-bedroom model will Abel Silvas was the featured storytellerfor last week's Native American Heritage Celebration. and belonging to our campus.” cost $475 a month. All apart­ He is pictured here dressed in traditional winter regalia. Not enough students attended his talk on Tuesday, so he The first campus housing ments will range from 1,000 to played with students on Founders' Plaza, using a fishnets to catch them. The American Indian Student Alliance communities will be built on 1,100 square sponsored the event. The celebration will continue on Wednesday with Native American speakers. a 5.5-acre plot located at East »Article cont. on page 2 (Pride Photo/Claudia Ignacio) By VICTORIA B. SEGALL bit skins around his waist. He Luiseno Indian tribal leader, did Pride Editor also played with students on not formally speak on Thursday Founders’ Plaza, tossing fish­ because of the rain, he sat in Community Scholarships Rain poured down on the nets over students and catching the Dome among a group of Dome Plaza on Thursday, where them. On Wednesday, students students from AISA, where he Available for Spring students from the American displayed Native American arti­ told them stories about Native Indian Student Alliance (AISA) facts and replicas on the Dome American folklore. “I want to ByANNBENING a better place. This experience had hoped to conclude their final Plaza. make my stories become real, Pride Staff Writer also gives exposure to the big­ day of celebration for Native Some AISA members, how­ so that people can touch them, ger community, and knowledge American Heritage Month in ever, noted that few students hear them, and feel them,” said This spring, the Office of of varying lifestyles and socio-. November. Dr. Henry Rodriguez, attended the story telling and dis­ Rodriguez, who said he also Community Service Learning economic groups. It helps peo­ also known as “Uncle Henry,” play on Tuesday and Wednesday. plans to welcome student ques­ (CSL) will offer scholarships ple with their struggles.” was scheduled to give a blessing “I’m sorry more people didn’t tions during his Wednesday talk, to 10 Cal State San Marcos Once potential scholarship and speak last Thursday, how­ take the time to look at this, and discuss what is happening students. Each of the students students meet the requirements, ever, due to the rain, his talk is because this is local history,” within the local chosen will receive $1,000. a non-profit community agency now rescheduled for Wednesday said Rita Reynolds, a member Native-American community. To qualify, students must will interview them. If the agen­ at 1 p.m. at the Dome Plaza. Mark of AISA. “Not many people know that have a 3.0 GPA and be enrolled cy accepts the student, he/she Mojado, who monitors Native AISA members said they any reservations are around here, with a minimum of nine credits. will enroll in the Service in American excavation sites, will hope that ASI will take on the even the people that live here,” If the students are incoming the Community course, which is also speak on Wednesday. planning of next year’s celebra­ said Rodriguez. “If the locals freshman, they must have a currently offered under Human AISA npt only organized tion. “We’d like to have some­ don’t know, I thought that maybe high school grade point average Development 499. This class the event to celebrate Native thing on a bigger scale,” said the students wouldn’t know.” of 3.3. Cal State San Marcos meets on alternating weeks dur­ American heritage, but also to Stacey Helton, an AISA mem­ Rodriguez is closely con­ encourages students to be ing the spring semester for read­ educate other students about ber. “We’re on Luiseno land, nected to Cal State San Marcos. involved in community service, ing and structured reflection. the culture. The event began but no one does anything to In addition to his service as said Dr. Lynda Gaynor, director Students must volunteer for Tuesday with storyteller Abel acknowledge that. We need to a community consultant to, the of CSL. 170 hours with the agency of Silvas, who wore traditional win­ honor them and respect them.” university, he also received an “In serving the community, their choice, which is linked ter regalia, which featured' rab- Even though Rodriguez, a »Article cont. on page 2 students help to make this world »Article cont. on page 2 MEChA Seeks to Stop Operation Gatekeeper By STEPHANIE BAIRD the inhumane treatment of immi­ Thousands of people have According to Ramirez, some bor­ have children, and money cannot Pride Staff Writer grants. He said he hoped his talk died trying to cross into the der agents have been accused replace that.” would open students’ eyes, and U.S., and many are missing, of rape and murder, but because Ramirez ended his presenta­ In light of the upcoming make them question what was according to Ramirez. Some that border agents are a part of the tion by reminding the group to National Human Rights day on right and wrong not only with could not be identified are laid Department of Defense, no one question everything they are told Dec. 10, Christian Ramirez, lead­ Operation Gatekeeper, but with to rest in cemeteries like Mt. wants to punish one of its own. by the media, the government, er of the San Diego division other policies, the media, and Hope, where Ramirez and and what they heard from his own of the Raza Rights Coalition government activities concern­ 50 unidenti­ “The main reason that Raza Rights presentation. “Those of us who and a member of the National ing immigration. fied bodies immigrants risk their lives Coalition help remain silent are aiding and abet­ Chicano Moratorium Committee, MEChA (Mexicano are buried. to come here is because immigrants by ting [those who are committing the inhumane treatment of ille­ spoke on campus about ending Estudiantil Chicano de Atzlan) The main they have to, not because documenting the gal immigrants],” said Ramirez. Operation Gatekeeper, a policy sponsored his talk. reason that they want to. They leave to cases of abuse enforced in California to keep that involve bor­ He added that the American While discussing the history immigrants survive. illegal immigrants, specifically of Operation Gatekeeper and risk their der agents, and Friends Service Committee those from Mexico, out of the its sibling operations, Operation lives to come —Christian Ramirez, by helping immi­ (AFSC) and La Coalici6n Pro- U.S. Safeguard in Arizona, and here is “ Raza Rights Coalition grants take their derechos de la Raza are holding “We didn’t cross the border, Operation Rio Grande in Texas, because they cases to court. a sit-in and fast at Camino de the border crossed us,” lie told Ramirez called the operations have to, not In one case that la Plaza, the last U.S. exit, from the students who gathered for “inhumane policies,” and said because they want to. They leave Ramirez related, a man was shot Dec. 8-15 to protest Operation Thursday’s talk. that immigrants are in “mortal to survive,” said Ramirez. by border agents and was para­ Gatekeeper and the treatment of Ramirez discussed how he danger” when they decide to risk If immigrants are not con­ lyzed from the waist down. He illegal immigrants. Organizers believed Operation Gatekeeper traveling through the hot deserts tending with the natural ele­ won $20 million, but “money of the protest wanted it to coin­ caused problems and promoted and freezing mountains to begin ments when crossing, then they can’t buy justice,” Ramirez said. cide with National Human Rights a life in the U.S. must face the border patrol. “[The man] will not walk or Day, Dec. 10. Award Native American Speakers to Come to Campus Wednesday Money for »Article cont. from page 1 Rodriguez also brought the Head American remains and artifacts and I know it’s not the end of Start program (a child develop­ that have been found in local the world.