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silence / By Stephen Harvey MUSTANG DAILY STAFF WRITER n Cal Poly students organize Mi>rro Bay High Schinil and the to demonstrate alterna­ city’s elementary school woke to an tives to war unexpected surprise Thursday. Due to an ammonia spill, classes were can  celled and schixils closed. Pi ■ Kf ^ i The anhydrous ammonia spill orig inated from Brebes’ Seafood By Carrie McGourty Ì7É P MUSTANG DAILY STAFF WRITER Processing Plant - a closed fish pro cessing plant on the 200 bliKk of Cal Poly waN alive yesterJay as stu- Beach Street - sometime between Jent protestors waved the American 1:45 and 4:10 Wednesday aftermnin, flag with peace signs instead ot stars, said Kevin Olson, battalion chief and chanted “hlack, Latina, Arab, with the Morro Bay Police Asian, white, no racist war, no more Department. This was the cause of no more, protect our civil rights." . the schiHil closure, Olson said. Ahout 50 students and other pro­ Cdean up started at aKuit 1:10 p.m. testors g.ithered yesterday to voice Thursday and was expected to take their opposition against the United AARON LAMBERT/MUSTANG DAILY five hours, Olson said, (deanup crews were draining the spilled ammonia '^tare’s decision to go to war. Clayton Whitt, co-director of Progressive Stuent Alliance, chants pro-peace slogans along with the approx­ into <1 iKal septic system, he said. The peaceful protest, organi:c\l hy imately SO other marchers that joined in the peace march Thursday. The group hoped to spread anti-war the Progre''sive Student Alliance awareness while still showing pro-America sentiment. .Ammonia is a fertilirer in small (.jiian- (P^.-Xl, K'g.in on IVxter Lawn and tities and it’s hoped th.it it will dissi­ moveil through the Untversity Union Protest memhers brandished green The Peace Walk broke the silence Protestors were escorted by police pate when drained, Olson s.iid. as stiklents h.tnded out fliers .ind bands vm their arms, an idea inspired of student protests at L'al Poly. The lifticers, who were there to make sure “Cdeanup is giung better th.in mformation on what students could by protesti>rs friim University ot last protest on campus was ctuufHised there were no uprisings on campus. expected,” Olstm said. ilo to let their voice K.‘ heard. ('.ilitomi.i, IVrkeley. The green signi- of faculty memK-rs, who were unsatis- “1 think it’s a giKkl thing for them; At the request of l(Hal police and "We want to demonstrate that tie» peace in the religion of Islam, and tied with their salaries. The pnnest we’re just here to keep pc-ace in the fire departments, ('alTrans closed the there are .ilternatives to war. For the PS,A members wore them to rep- was also the first for PSA in its exis- community,” .said Sgt. Lon Uashim, a twn main off-ramps into Mi>rro Bay. those who have the same feelings as resent unity across all erhnicities. tence, since it was established a year police officer. Morro Bay Boulevard and Main we do, that we shouldn’t go to war, C)ne of the protest fliers stated that and a half ago. The PSA is comptised There were no disturbances in the Street were ck>sed around 7 a.m., said our walk will show that students have “Islam is nt)t a type of terrorism: it is of 15 memK-rs and has three co- protest, as surrounding students John Burke, public information offi- .1 power - a voice," said Clayton a religion that has nothing to do with directors: Cdayton W hitt, Sarah Whitt, a co-director for PS,A. terrorism." Elliot and Jessie McCt>uran. see MARCH, page 8 ______see SPILL, page 8| r Recording industry wises up to fight pirating Attacks weaken tourism By Malia Spencer material will “have the best a.ssurance we’re seeing signs that the record By Bonnie Harris and Kimi Yoshino MUSTANG DAXY STAFF WWHR of their legitimate rights to copyrighted industry doesn’t want you to he able m Los A ngeles Tim es material.” to make copies, even tor your own In the wake of Napster and other However, Verance sees other uses personal use. Hilary Rosen of the ANAHEIM, Calif. — Few cities in file sharing technologies, the for the technology as well. The compa­ RIAA would not admit before America have staked as much on tourism in Recording Industry AssiKiation of ny has developed another service Congress, when Sen. Hatch ques­ recent years as Anaheim. But the city that is home to Disneyland and the West Coast’s America (RIAA) is hoping to fight fire called QmfirMedia that will monitor tioned her, that it was OK to make a biggest convention center has been .staggering since the terrorist with fire. and track all usages of the music that copy of your CITi that you legitimate­ attacks. The indu.stry is instituting the help has been enccxled. ly purchased.” That was apparent Wednesday when bonds backed by Anaheim — of various technology ccimpanies to According to the Verance Web site, Pcilitical science professor Philip along with Hawaii and the Washington, D.C., convention center — develop ways of securing digital music. the source content is enccxled during Fetzer said that with this new technol- were placed on “credit watch" for a possible downgrade by Standard The biggest development has been the the prcxluction prcx:ess, the enccxled ogy, privacy issues are a legitimate con­ & Poor’s. The rating agency said Anaheim and Hawaii were particu­ creation of a digital watermark. content is then aired and the encryp­ cern and there needs to be clarity in larly vulnerable because their budgets were heavily dependent on This watermark is inaudible infor­ tion is picked up by various monitoring what is happening. Fetzer specializes in tourist spending. mation that is enccxled into the music, stations in major markets that will be civil rights and civil liberties issues. Anaheim “made this major investment, and it all came on-line in according to the Tech TV. Web site. monitored 24 hours a day. The infor­ “There are legitimate arguments on difficult times,” said Howard Roth, principal economist with the California Department of Finance. “They’ve just been unlucky in a Future music players will be able to mation is compiled and then ready for bcTth sides, but how far is (it) appropri­ number of ways.” read the watermark and then deter­ download by the content owner. ate to go before you go over the lineT’ The prédit watch for Anaheim covers only $8.5 million in general mine wether or not the user has the This new technology is raising many Fetzer said. obligation bonds, but a downgrade could make future borrowings right to play the music. eyebrows. It has brought up both ques­ He also went on to add that if usage costly. And Anaheim’s predicament underscores how the terrorist People who try to bum CDs or store tions of ecTnsumer fair-use and privacy. is going to be monitored, then the attacks have intensified risks for a city that had envisioned a prosper­ songs on a computer will no longer be “One thing that people are think­ consumer has the right to know that ous future as a major tourik destination. able to do so unless they pay to get the ing about is trying to stop what they that is part of the deal. This was to be Anaheim’s big debut after $4.2 billion in public and proper license. Record labels and many call piracy, what some of us might call The watermark was created in private money was spent on building a second Disney theme park, a artists are hoping this new technology fair use,” said Fred Von Lohmann of accordance with the Digital glitzy retail district and new hotels along streets beautified by 15,000 will put an end to piracy. the Electronic Frontier Foundatiem in Millennium Copyright Act. Section freshly planted trees and shrubs. The city’s convention center was also Qimpanies that are developing the an interview with Tech TV. 1201 (a)(1)(A ) states, “No person remade and enlarged to become the eighth-biggest in the nation, based on exhibit space. watermarks, such as Verance, see a “Basically, (to) stop consumers from shall circumvent a technological benefit to consumers as well. copying their music, or sharing it with measure that etfectivelv controls 2 Friday, October 5,2001 News Mustang Daily Save a friend by 4 Y 5-DAY FORECAST SATURDAY earner ' High: 70® / Low: 50® phoning a friend By Kat Corey “ Phey have had firsthand experi­ TODAY'S SUN MUSTANG DAILY STAFF WRITER ence fiyhtiny the battle and under­ Rise: 6:01 a.m ./Set: 5:41 p.m. stand the benefits of early detection,” It plagues mi>re than 180,000 vic­ he said. TODAY'S MOON tims a year. One in every nine women Volunteers from last year’s event Rise: 7:47 p.m. / Set: 8:52 a.m. will yet it. 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NationalBrieis breach during a visit by a group of could hit the mountains where ter­ she is running for Congress. Japan kills about 500 Minkes for high school students to explore ror mastermind Osama bin Laden is The 44-year-old Republican is consumption a year. (Minkes are issues surrounding the roots of ter­ believed to be hiding. aiming to succeed a retiring five- Court reviews free speech and the smallest of the great whales and rorism, Islamic extremism and the — Newsday term GOP congressman in the fast­ abortion can reach 32 feet in length.) U.S. response, as various characters growing 13th District, which WASHINGTON — A federal — BBC News rook turns discussing the issue with Freedom of information in dan­ includes her hometown of Sarasota appeals court on Wednesday ajjreed the teen-agers. ger after attacks on Florida’s Gulf Coast. to review a decision that declared as Latin America “Killing yourself and innocent WASHINGTON — Some feder­ — The Los Angeles Times free speech an Internet site and MEXICO — “We are living in people to make a point is sick, twist­ al agencies have been removing posters identifying abortion ed ... murder,” the fictional presi­ documents from Internet sites to the worst economic situation since providers as “baby butchers" who dent, played by Martin Sheen said, keep them away from terrorists, Briefs compiled from various news World War 11,” said Carlos Slim should he punished. adding in reference to martyrdom rekindling concerns that important services by Mustang Daily copy Helu, a prominent Mexican busi­ In addition, in a highly unusual versus heroism, “A hero would die information is being withheld from editor Robin Nichols. nessman Thursday. move, 43 members of Congress filed for his country, hut he’d much communities at risk from hazardous He added that Mexico is not a brief asking the 9th Circuit to rather live for it.” chemicals. approaching a complete downfall, rehear the case, warning that the — Los Angeles Times The documents contain informa­ InternationalRrids hut explained that the situation decision could spawn further vio­ tion about potentially dangerous, could worsen if the right measures lence at abortion clinics. Weather may delay military yet commonly available materials Latin America aren’t implemented to reactivate The court’s action means that the strike in Afghanistan such as chlorine, -ga.soline or pesti­ BRAZIL — Brazilian President the national market. March ruling in Planned WASHINGTON — The win­ cides, which can cause serious dam­ Fernando Henrique Cardoso per­ — La Jornada Parenthood vs. American Coalition dow for a possible military strike in age or death if misused or deliber­ suaded judges to rule in favor of of Life Activists, which was a major Afghanistan is growing smaller if ately freed into the environment. sending a work of art to New York. victory for militant abortion foes, is U.S. armed forces hope to avoid the The EPA dismantled its risk man­ It had been feared that the piece Africa now void and cannot be cited as region’s coming winter, a six-month agement program Web site, which could be damaged if there were fur­ RWANDA — Rwanda is mobiliz­ precedent by the 9th Circuit or any span that renders parts of the moun­ contains general information about ther attacks. ing to speed up genocide trials by federal district court in the 9th tainous nation all but impenetrable emergency plans and chemicals The dispute concerned an 18th electing 260,000 community mem­ Circuit, which spans nine Western by troops and military equipment, used at 15,000 sites nationwide. century baroque altar piece, the bers and training them as judges. states including California. analysts said. More sensitive information about centerpiece of the Brazilian Body Since the 1994 genocides, when — Los Angeles Times Pentagon planners are weighing “worst case” chemical accidents is and Soul exhibition. hundreds of Tutsis and Moderate — BBC News how the onset of Afghan winter kept in special reading rooms. Hutus were killed, prisons have Terrorism, prejudice dissected early next month would affect any — The Washington Post overflowed with suspects awaiting on ‘West Wing’ military action, but defense officials Asia trial. HOLLYWOOD — NBC:’s White said that wtiuld not, by itself, hasten Florida recount official running JAPAN — japan officials said — BBC News House drama “The West Wing” the timing of a U.S. strike. for Senate Thursday that they could kill four delivered a primer on the history of But several military analysts said TAMPA, Fla. — Florida times more Minke whales annually terrorism as well as a morality play that waiting until Afghanistan’s Secretary of State Katherine Harris, for a century without risking their on issues of prejudice and tolerance nototiously brutal winter starts wht> became an object of national extinction, but no changes would he Briefs compiled from various inter­ during a special oite-hour episode would severely limit U.S. military admiration and vilification during made until the end of the present national news services by Mustang broadcast Wednesday night. options, because lO-ftxit snowdrifts last year’s presidential election global moratorium on commercial Daily managing editor Sonia The program used a security and minus-40-degree temperatures recount, announced Tuesday that whaling. 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New Alabama law lets Scientists discover ‘baby galaxy’ prisoners out early mated to be 14 billion years old, equivalent to a 57-meter tele- By Usha Lee McFarling was not even a billion-year-old sci'pe, scientists said. “The Keck is Los A n g e l e s T im e s tyke. The object is 13.4 billion powerful,” said Ellis,*“but without Alabama law chan^e.s sentence optitMis light-years from Earth, the cosmic lens, this object would nonviolent offenders Using a clever technique that meaning that light from the never have been seen.” pushed two of the world’s most i>bject traveled for 1 3.4 billion Ellis suspects his team captured |sowerful telescopes to their limits, years beU>re reaching our tele­ .in image of a galactic buiLling a team of scientists has discovered By Ross M oore folks out of our prisons," Riddle said. scopes. block when it was ver\’ young and a “baby galaxy” so small, faint and The object is so faint it cannot T h e A u b u r n P l a i n s m a n There are more than 26,000 before stars had even begun to distant that it may be one of the inmates in the state prison system, be detected using existing grounLl form in it. The glow and particular long sought-after building blocks or space telescopes. Instead, scien­ (U-WIRE) AUBURN, Ala. — state officials said. An average wavelengths of light coming from of modern galaxies. tists used a phenomenon called Alabama Gov. Don Siegelman signed inmate costs $9,190 a year. the object are probably because tif To find their galactic infant, the gravitational lensing to IxHist the a law Saturday that could lead to “Some of the overcrowded prisons hot hydrtigen gas being heated as astronomers used a phenomenon power of thi>se telescopes by more new stars begin to form, he said. early release for state prisoners who can be alleviated with truth in sen­ predicted by Albert Einstein in the than 30 times. “This particular object is being committed nonviolent crimes. tencing and by drug courts and alter­ general thettry of relativity - When light passes by a massive seen at a precious moment in its Inmates serving life sentences for native forms of sentencing,” Smith employing a massive group of object, the gravitational field of history. We think we’re witnessing nonviolent crimes such as burglary, said. galaxies, themselves, as an extra the object causes the light to bend. the birth of a stellar system,” Ellis writing bad checks and selling drugs lens. That phenomenon, first predicted said. Most astronomers believe by Einstein, turns a truly huge may benefit from the law. ‘7t s “We’re looking for baby galax­ bad news for victims ttxJay’s massive spiral and elliptical object, like a galactic cluster, into The plan would allow convicts, ies,” said Mike Santos, an galaxies emerged from much a natural lens that can bend and with the approval of the sentencing and law enforcement and astronomer and graduate student smaller building bliKks made up of focus light coming from behind it. judge, to have a chance to appear good news for repeat at Caltech who co-wrote the arti­ clusters of stars. But astronomers The scientists used one of these before the Alabama Board of Pardons cle with Ellis and two European offenders. ” have had a hard time seeing the “natural telescopes,” a dense clus­ and Paroles. astronomers, Jean-Paul galactic birthing prtKess: Even the ter of galaxies called Abell 2218 Former governors Jim Folsom Jr. Suzanne Smith Kneib and Konrad Kuijken. oldest known galaxies look similar that is 2 billion light-years from “These seeds, like people, grow.” and Fob James killed similar bills by Attorney General Pill Pryor to modem, mature galaxies, such Earth, to detect the faint galaxy. Many astronomers, including vetoing them. press secretary as our L>wn Milky Way. “Our strategy has been to use Ellis, remain scimewhat cautious The plan passed the Legislature “It’s like we were trying to peer this cosmic magnification to find about the find. Because it is the overwhelmingly during the special into the delivery room of the hos­ feeble objects,” said Richard Ellis, Pryor also wanted to look at the first object of its kind to be seen session, but Attorney General Pill pital and all we .saw were adults,” a cosmologist at the California results of the sentencing commission and because some questions Pryor said he is against the plan. said Bruce Margon, asstKiate Institute of Technology and lead that is to report to the Legislature. remain aKiut how to “It’s bad news for victims and law director for science at the Space author of the study that will be Sen. “Walking” Wendell Mitchell, Telescope Science Institute in precisely gauge the brightness of enforcement and good news for published in the Astrophysical D-Luverne, said the Board of Pardons Baltimore. journal. a feature through a gravitational repeat offenders,” said Suzanne and Paroles in Montgomery indicated Not anymore. The so-called The scientists pointed two tele­ lens, they’d like to confirm the Smith, press secretary for Pryor. the issue “was not a problem, but only baby galaxy is a scant 500 light- scopes, the Hubble Space find by studying it in more detail Pryor also objected to the bill a perceived problem.” years across - nothing ct>mpared to Telescope and the ground-based and with other telescopes or by because it doesn’t define exactly who finding more baby galaxies. “1 don’t think there are a large the l(X3,000-light-year girth of our Keck Telescope, through the grav­ will be considered a violent offender. “There is considerable uncer­ number of people on life without Milky Way, an average-sized itational lenses. The Hubble is tainty to how much of a galaxy Smith said. parole,” said Cynthia S. Dillard, assis­ galaxy. famed for clear, .sharp there is, but clearly this is a pretty Sen. Jack Biddle, R-Gardendale, tant executive director of field ser­ It is estimated to contain just a pictures free from the Earth’s few million times as much mass as distorting atmosphere. The IO­ small building bltKk,” .said Hyron voted for the plan. vices at the board. our star, the sun. That’s a fraction meter Keck is able to gather large Spinrad, a professor of astronomy "We’ve been tough on crime, now As of April, 26 people were serving life of the mass in our galaxy, where amounts of light, even from faint at the University of California, it’s time we act smart,” he said. without parole for nonviolent felonies. billions of stars reside. objects. Berkeley, and a pioneer in studies Supporters of the bill claim it Another 409 pet>ple were serving life sen­ The newly-detected object Using the gravitational lens of galactic evolution. “We are in would relieve taxpayers and over­ tences with the chance of parole for com­ formed when the universe, esti­ provided magnification power an infancy in this sort of study.” crowded prisons. mitting nonviolent felonies. “There is a federal order to get 4 Friday, October 5,2001 Cinema Mustang Daily

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icture this: tive-foot-seven-inch Ben Stiller y (“There’s Something About Mary”) as the - ' most souj>ht after male model in the industry. I know, hijjhly implausible, hut Zoolander is * able to string along a line ot dim-witted one Breed liners in a unique spin on the fashion industry. Ben Stiller plays pretty hoy Derek Zoolander, a conceited, intelligence-lacking model who graces billboards, stars in cheesy commercials for perfume, and perfects his interna­ tionally well-known pose “Blue Steel" on runways as a daily SUPERHERO way of life. You can’t help hut laugh at the movie’s obvious sarcasm toward so-called fashion trends. We’ve all seen it before: the plastic wrap for a skirt or tin foil shoes. Asinine creations and self-ahsorhedness are placed at the brunt of the ridicule. The three-time “Male Model of the Year” for the VH-1 \ Fashion Awards, Zoolander goes through some intense self­ introspection after he is ousted for this year’s title by new male model Flansel (Owen W ilson). This sparks the shallow, simpleminded Zoolander to search for the meaning of life, feeling betrayed hy the industry tor which he was once a posterhoy and icon. He begins to wonder if there is more to life than, in his own words, “being really, really, really good- looking." Somberly, Zmilander returns to his fellow misguided model friends, who suggest a joy-ride to lift his spirits, which include brandishing orange-mocha Frappuccinos and

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Wow, 1 guess 1 have to he a polit­ premise “All people against war are verbally striking back dren” who have suffered because of ical science senior to understand that anti-American.” She then rebutted Bob Dignan is the director of Fiscal United States sanctions on Iraq. 1 am one. her own premise, while asserting that Services Editor, talking about innocent people all it was my premise. over the world. 1 too am a “Real Bill McGurk is a chemistry junior, not 1 recently came across the tollow- 1 admit 1 was very sarcastic in my American” who bleeds “red.” a political science senior. inp unattrihuted quote in “The Bin Laden is just a response to this, although I do dis­ However, 1 don’t bleed “blue” or Elements ot Style” hy William convenient target “white.” agree with you on the role of sarcasm Strunk and E.B. White; “None are so Lesson in logic Editor, in Mustang Daily. 1 assumed the tallihle as those who are sure they’re explains argument Nancy E. Kapp is a political science author of the rebuttal to be an intel­ risht.” We can have crusades. We can senior. Editor, This quote is a warning beacon to have our own jihads. We can have ligent person, so although 1 left her any who think they have the our own righteous revenge. But it 1 have attended Cal Poly for five an excuse in case she didn’t under­ answer(s) to how we should respond will not do us any good whatsoever. History is full of years, and this is but the fourth letter stand, 1 also felt it necessary to char­ to the trajjic events of Sept. 11. The Osama bin Laden isn’t the real prob­ honorable causes I’ve written to Mustang Daily. Three acterize her letter as a deliberate dis­ impulse to strike hack quickly is a lem. He just fits the profile for our of these letters have been written in Editor, tortion, which 1 feel it was. This is natural one. The desire to achieve Satan of the moment. If we could just the last week. 1 typically let opinions not a vendetta against anyone, but a peace is laudable, and one with get rid of him, we would feel as if we 1 would like to thank Brian Orion 1 disagree with go without comment. defense of my remarks against obvi­ which few would ar^ue. The problem had dealt with the problem. Can for his contribution to Thursday’s Fiowever, when I saw the comments ous manipulation. If you feel that is that the situation is extremely anybody tell me that killing bin paper. 1 don’t like waking up early to of the PSA on Sept. 26, 1 felt that complex. Can the acts of the terror­ Laden will do any more then make go to classes, and it’s hard to get me their statements could not go with­ deliberate distortion such as that is a ists he justified? Not in my opinion. legions of more bin Laden martyrs? in a good mood. However, after read­ out comment. 1 took a direct quote mark of professionalism, I’d say Do w'e know w-ho is responsible? Ms. Kapp was right (“Forfeits ing his letter (“History will reflect from the PSA and contrasted it with you’ve got a career in politics coming Maybe. Should our response reflect Patriot Label for Peace,” Oct. 2). legacy of war or peace,” Oct. 4), 1 a quote from the leader of the your way. morality as well as prajjmatism? 1 Peace is what we need right now. couldn’t rid of my laughter no matter Taliban. These quotes were shock­ Now more than ever. think so. In this situation, as in how hard 1 tried. ingly similar, constituting the logic Stephen Metrulas is a mechanical premise, “The PSA speaks like the almost every situation, it is impor­ When 1 look back at our nation’s engineering senior. tant to respect the points of view of Randy Reynoso is an architecture history, 1 don’t see a hunch of “sense­ Taliban.” No one has chosen to people who do not a^^ree with us. alum nus (1984). less battles.” 1 see honorable men and refute that the statements of the PSA This kind of respect serves at least women fighting for a just cause. were disturbingly similar to those of Letter policy two purposes. One is that it helps to Pacifist ways aren't That’s right, a JU ST cause. Orion the Taliban. 1 constructed the follow­ prevent the discussiiin from degener­ seems to be a little hazy on the issue ing logic statement in my head. “All Mustang Daily reserves the meant to please others right to edit letters for grammar, ating into an exchant;e ot insults. ot justice as he equates justice with people who speak like the Taliban profanities and length. Please Editor, peace in light of recent events. In an are anti-American.” Using the com­ The second is that hy yivinn respect, limit length to 250 words. we tiet respect. People are much more In réponse to Ashley Campbell’s insulting manner, he asks us who will parison stated earlier, I then logically Letters should include the willintJ to listen to the opinions of letter (“Patriotism only means sup­ stand up and say that peace is not deduced this conclusion: “The PSA writer's full name, major and class others when they don’t attempt to porting the country,” Oct. 1), once better than war. 1 certainly will, and is anti-American.” (Phil 125 - All A standing. shout down opposing points of view. again my opinions about patriotism I’m sure I’m not the only one. Of are B, (7 is A, therefore C is B) .As an aside, the little hook 1 men­ are pulled apart and misrepresented course, by Orion’s logic. I’m also say­ In an attempt to rebut my logic By mail: tioned at the heyinninK of this note by her comments. First of all, my so- ing that hate is better than love. statement, many statements aknit Letters to the Editor Building 26, Room 226 IS a\ ailahle at the C?al Poly bookstore called “pacifist ways” aren’t a ques­ “This is our moment to make the the riots in Seattle were made. All of Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo tor 57.'-)‘5. For anyone who is interest­ world a more sane and safe place for rhose statements were true, and all of tion of pleasing you. 1 am simply CA 93407 ed in learninti to communicate with expressing my feelings and opinions our kids to live in,” says Orion. those statements were irrelevant to ».larity, this would he an excellent about patriotism. If you feel the need What, by letting the terrorists attack the opinion 1 expressed. At no point By fax: investment. The hook is short and to label me as a “pacifist” because 1 more civilians? 1 was pretty sure any has anyone challenged my logic (805) 756-6784 well written. It has a jjlossary and an believe in using wisdom instead of red-bloixled American combined jus­ structure. While many attempts were invlex, which facilitate its use as a ref­ war, oh well. But please don’t twist tice with some form of punishment. made to twist the issue, at best this By e-mail: erence. For purposes of illustr.ition it my words around by comparing Putting up our hands and saying, was a result of misunderstanding my [email protected] uses excerpts and quotes like the one “inniK'ent people” to the “terrorist “you win” is peace, or as some would letter, at worst it was a deliberate Do not send letters as an attach­ ment. Please send the text in the with which 1 henan this note. It is criminals.” The “innocent people” 1 call It: A cowardly act. It certainly attempt to cloud the issue and body of the email. written in a usable hut entertaininy am referring to are those who have isn’t a form is justice. change the subject. The closest thing manner, so it can actually he read and will be killed as a result of war. So, the terrorists win if we retali­ to a direct rebuttal was the invented Fight America’s obsession with opposites It you have raken a linguistics change it to “black or white,” “gay trying to put up the Ten own AssiKiated Students Inc. feels ed about life. It is time to stop the class or an anthropology cla.ss, then or straight,” “Republican or Commandments through tax-fund­ the need to try to control us by not mindless following of the platforms you have probably heard of the term I^mtKrat,” “fat or skinny.” ed or government-endorsed means. allowing us to wear shirts without of any political party. TTiink for “binary opposition.” It describes one As a culture, we are so extreme. It Religious fundamentalists feel the sleeves in the exercise riK>m of the yourselves, question and analyze of the is either one way or the other, and need to exercise their opinions gym. They say that the rule is everything you know and every­ Commentary those who do not agree have invalid akmt life by trying to pass laws that intended to be “more inclusive." thing you believe. You will be sur­ t e n e t s opinions. There is no rcxim for gray would enforce their personal values Well, I don’t know about you, but prised that most of what you are of human language. “Hot and cold,” area or compromise. I say this from upon others, which would end up the last time 1 checked, it is not ever made up of is nothing but cultural “soft and hard,” “tall and short,” experience because I lived in controlling women’s bodies and for­ inclusive to exclude any students programming, and the extreme “big and little” are all examples of Europe, and I was quickly singled bidding the basic civil right of com­ from the picture. But, it is not about views that you have can most likely binary oppositions. out as closed-minded and narrow mitted homosexuals to declare a being inclusive. They are trying to be traced back to our gixxl old bina­ Anyone who has lived outside of because I would never allow myself legal union. impose their values upon us. They ry oppositions. Be logical and ratio­ the United States for an extended to view other people’s opinions as Why can’t they lead their lives refuse to accept the idea that not nal, and support diversity of the period of time, or is from another ptissibly valid. the way they want to live them, everyone is bothered by seeing stime bcxly and mind. In my opinion, it culture, will most likely agree with Not only do we as Americans do instill their perception of gotxl val­ skin, let alone the oh-so-attractive should be “black AND white,” not me in saying that Americans tend to this at a personal level, but our ues upon their kids at home, and let and sexy region of the shoulder and “black OR white!” take this concept of binary opposi­ country is so fervent to control the rest of America have their right upper arm. tions to another level. Instead of it other people’s lives at all costs. to freedom, tool It is time that Americans start Rodney Wallwork is a modern lan­ being “black and white,” Americans Christian fundamentalists insist on At a more liKal level, our very being more rational and open-mind­ guages and literatures senior.

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Printed by University Graphic Systems "That balloon dog is staring at me/ Mustang Daily News Friday, October 5,2001 7 LSU amendment forces Possible *do not calP list FTC head proposes list to block students to register for draft telemarketers By D iette Courrege use the list to call men to military said. THE REVEILLE service. Until now, there has been After checking against the By Edmund Sanders ated regional do-not-call lists. no state mandate to enforce this fed­ Student Aid records, the university Los A n g e l e s T im e s Mûris said the FTC might also BATON ROUGE. La. — If fifth- eral law. had more than 5,600 students left to give consumers a “middle option” year architecture senior Robert “If it comes down to (not being affirm their registration. Doolos said WASHINGTON . — that would permit telemarketing Wagner does not register for the able to register for my classes), then he worked with the Selective Responding to growing concerns calls, but only during certain Selective Service, he will not he able I’ll register,” Wagner said. “It should Service during the summer to about aggressive telemarketing hours. to schedule classes for the spring be a federal thing; it’s not the state’s receive confirmation on the remain­ tactics, the chairman of the “One of the problems with the semester or receive an official uni­ business." ing students. Federal Trade Commission on versity transcript from Ltjuisiana list has been that it’s all or noth­ ▼...... “They sent us a response last Thursday called for the creation ing,” said J. Howard Beales 111, State University. week,” he said. “1 was pleasantly sur­ “Its coincidental that we of a national “do not call” list who heads the agency’s bureau of Wagner is one of fewer than 400 prised to find out that we have fewer that would allow Americans to consumer protection. The FTC students affected by the implementa­ are starting to enforce this than 400 male students that need to easily block all unwanted tele­ hopes to have the do-not-call list tion of a 2-year-old Louisiana law and that Sept. 11 register. For us to have fewer than phone sales pitches. up and running within a year, he amendment. 400 is amazing.” occurred.” The propLTsal was among sever­ said. According to the 1999 amend­ Doolos said the university will al ideas unveiled by FTC Officials at the Direct ment to act R.S. 17:M51(A), “...no Robert Doolos send letters to unregistered male stu­ person who is required to register for Chairman Timothy j. Mûris, who Marketing Association, which dents this week telling them to regis­ LSU registrar vowed to make privacy a top pri­ the federal draft under the federal ter fi>r the draft. has administered a do-not-call list Military Selective Service Act shall ority during his tenure. “Until students register, they will for 20 years, questioned the need he eligible to enroll in any postsec­ Before the amendment, students Mûris also confirmed that he not be able to schedule courses for for government intervention ondary educational institution attested they were registered with had decided against pursuing the spring semester, nor will they be “We don’t see that this is a which receives any state or federal the Selective Service by signing a tougher online privacy legisla­ able to receive an official transcript,” proper role for government,” said funds until such person has regis­ section on the university admission tion, reversing the policy of his Doolos said. “We thought this w-as a H. Robert Wientzen, president of tered for such draft." application. However, the amend­ predecessor. Instead, he plans to better option than not allowing the association. “The private sec­ ment now requires the university to Robert Doolos, university regis­ beef up enforcement of existing tor has been doing an appropriate verify students have registered with them to register for this fall semes- trar, said this means no eligible male »* laws and introduce more con­ job in this area and can continue the draft. ter. can enroll at any state community sumer-friendly programs, such as to do so.” Doolos said the university did not Doolos said students need to tell college or university until he has reg­ the do-not-call list and assistance the university after they register with He said the organization’s do- istered with the draft. begin enforcing the new amendment the Selective Service so the univer­ for victims of identity theft. not-call list has about 4 million “It’s coincidental that we are in 1999 because the university man­ sity can lift the flag on their sched­ “We need more enhtreement, telephone numbers, or about 2 starting to enforce this law' and that agement b(iard had to disseminate ules. not more laws,” Mûris told a percent of consumers. Sept. 11 occurred," Doolos said. the rules and regulations of enforce­ “The Selective Service does not gathering of business and privacy Privacy adviKates say federal The United States Selective ment. inform us of a student registering group leaders in Cleveland, but oversight is long overdue. Service System requires virtually all “Once the (management board) with them," he said. he left the diHir open for future “It’s like having the fox to pro­ male U.S. citizens and most male did that, we started working on com­ legislation. tect the chickens,” said Jason noncitizens living in the United ing into compliance with the law,” The university checked new, eligi­ To support his new privacy C'atlett, president of Junkbusters, States between the ages of 18 and 26 he said. “We waiteil on the board to ble male students this past semester agenda. Mûris plans to increase which helps consumers reduce to register for the draft. tell us what we needed to do.” before they entered the university. the department’s staffing in priva­ telemarketing calls and junk Young men in hospitals, mental The Registrar’s Office began “This is not a one-time thing, cy-related programs by 50 per­ mail. He said government-spLm- institutions or prisons do not have to working iit April 2000 to ensure the though,” he said. “We will have to cent, to 52 full-time employees, sored do-not-call lists have had register until they are released. university’s male students were in track students who are now 17 and up from 15. Most of the jobs will Young men serving in the military- compliance with the law. will turn 18 to make sure they regis­ much higher response rates. A ciMiie from new hires authorized on full-time active duty also do not “After the 14th day of class, or ter. Also, any new or transfer stu­ state-run list in C^tmnecticut has have to register. Census Day in spring 2000, we dents must be checked. It’s an ongo­ by Càingress as p.irt of the FTC”s signed up half the population, he Women do not have to register selected stiklents at the university ing process.” 2002 budget, a spokeswoman said. because the drafts tiperate mainly to that were male,” Doolos said. “We Most students agreed males said. The Direct Marketing provide ground combat positions. then did some edits to that group should register for the draft when The mandatory, national di>- AssiKiation has also been criti­ Military policy originally did not and excluded those under 18 years of they turn 18, but they disagreed over not-call list would replace the cized for failing to publicize its permit women to serve in front line age and those older than 26.” who should be responsible for voluntary system operated by the diT-not-call list and making it tLX) ground combat positions. Congress The office then compared the enfiTrcing the law. Direct Marketing Association difficult for ctMisumers to sign up. remaining group of 14,799 male stu­ would have to change this law to “1 don’t think it’s the university’s and federal niles that require con­ Consumers must mail a letter to dents with Student Aid files. draft women. responsibility; it’s the individual’s sumers to notify each telemar­ the assEKiation and may not sign “We are fortunate in a sense When a male turns 18, federal law respvTnsibility,” said Nick Stein, a keter individually that they do up via telephone. Those wishing because in order to be awarded feder­ requires him to register with the fifth-year architecture senior. “Either not wish to be contacted. tt> sign up via the Internet must al financial aid, these young men Selective Service. 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By comparison, the Las Vegas The PSA will he headed toward an Convention and Visitors Authority air base to protest military action said Wednesday that to date, it has against the Taliban in Afj»hanistan lost $98.7 million from cancellations that would have brought 78,710 visi­ sometime in the future. tors. For those who are interested in fjet- As in Vegas, many foreign tourists tifiK involved, the PSA meets in have canceled trips that included vis­ building 10, room 200 every its to Disneyland and Anaheim. One tour operator, the Japan Travel Wednesday at 7:00. Bureau in Lc^s Angeles, said 3,500 AARON LAMBERT/MUSTANG DAILY tours to Disneyland — with each one Andrew Hunt, computer engineering senior, ties a green arm band around the arm of one of the manyaveraging pro­ 50 visitors — have been testers that gathers to march for "Anti-terrorism, ""for America and for peace." The green arm band sym­canceled. SPILL bolizes the peaceful element of the Islamic religion. “Every day 1 ask the hotels, ‘Are continued from page 1 people ctiming back?’ ” said Sam remodeling crew accidentally hit a established Red Cross evacuation in to help comfort the displaced. Kharbanda, whose photo business has pipe connected to the refrigeration point for residents within a 1,000- been decimated. “But noKidy can cer for CalTrans. Both south- and School officials were not sure unit, triggering the ammonia leak, yard radius. Businesses and homes tell,” he said. “It’s scary. ... 1 want to north-hound iTt-ramps were closed, Olson said. within the radius were evacuated whether schixils would reopen Friday. cry, but 1 can’t.” Burke said. Bt)th exists were reopened Anhydrous ammonia is highly about 7 a.m. Thursday, said Kurt Mayor Tom Daly, who has over­ aniund 4:30 p.m. Thursday. Police officials are expected to deter­ toxic if inhaled in concentrated Batson, director of Environmental seen Anaheim’s remake, said his city “People could leave town, hut we amounts, said Dane Jones, a Cal Poly Health in Morro Bay. The exact num­ mine when the area is safe to enter. has solid reserves. “Our day-to-day didn’t want any coming into town for chemistry professor. The ammonia is ber of people displaced is estimated at “We anticipate the schcxds being operations and the day-to-day ser­ a while," Burke said. one of two possible ingredients used 200, said Pete Zotovich, principal of vices that Anaheim provides are in open if they do (give clearance),” Brehes’ Seafood PrtK'essing Plant in refrigeration. Morro Bay High SchiHil. fine shape,” he said. has been closed for remodeling. The Morro Bay High Schixil’s gym is an Zotovich said the Red Cross went Zotovich said. But Anaheim, a city of 328,000 with an annual budget approaching $1 billion, has unofficially imple­ Israel won’t sacrifice mented a hiring freeze. And Daly Debt assumes greater himself has been calling convention safety for coalition groups, one by one, just to make sure risk as economy sinks they’re coming. By Peter the Palestinians,” Sharon said, indi­ “I’m bullish on the future here,” he By Leslie Earnest hanks reluctant to make loans. Hermann cating that a truce entered into said. “1 think this is a wake-up call, but we’re all in this together.” Los A ngeles T imes “If that happens,” said Zandi, T he under pressure from the United Baltimore City officials ptedict that the worst “the problems for the economy Srates is over. As layoffs mount and the S un will be over stx>n. The convention are going to grow verydeep.” “The tire did m>r cease for even United States teeters toward a center is still Kxiking events, they The national household aver­ one day. Therefore, 1 have instruct­ recession, the heavy debt load said, and has 214 already confirmed ed inir security forces to take all piled on hy consumers in recent age credit card balance balltxmed for 2002, which, if everyone came, measures to bring calm.” years is Icxmiing as a serious risk to more than $8,100 last year JERUSALEM — Refusing to K)w would bring nu>re than 800,000 visi­ Transport Minister Ephraim tor many American households from $3,000 in 1990, according to to U.S. pressure to exercise restraint tors, pumping a projected $1.1 billion Sneh, a member of the left-of-center and the economy. CardWeb.com. in the Palestinian conflict. Prime into the liKal economy. Labor Party, went further, saying Consumers who have been For many borrowers, the Minister Ariel Sharon said Ahlers, Anaheim’s Visitor 6i Israel is concerned aKiut the type of spending freely — relying heavily Federal Reserve’s interest rate cut Thursday night that Israel will not Convention Bureau president, isn’t countries the United State is court­ on their credit cards — have been this week wtm’t help much. Even sacrifice its safety for the sake of an taking any chances. He recently gath­ ing for its coalition, such as Iran, propping up the U.S. economy. though the key Fed fund rate has anti-terror coalition that includes ered his crew and told them that But credit card delinquencies Sudan and Pakistan. been whittled down to a 39-year Arab states. there would be an immediate hiring hit a 29-year high recently, and “To say that the U.S. is abandon­ freeze, budget cuts of 15 percent, and low of 2.5 percent, the average “Do not try to appease the Arabs that was before the Sept. 11 ter­ at our expense,’’ Sharon told ing Israel is untrue,” he said. “But he directed his sales staff to call annual interest rate on the stan­ rorist attacks further enxJed con­ reporters. “This is unacceptable to there is a danger of appeasing “everyKxJy everywhere” to drum up dard credit card still is more than sumer confidence and the job us.” extremist elements in the Muslim business. 14 percent. On a balance of market. It was a defiant warning to the world, and this worries us.” “If we don’t do anything to pro­ Jobless claims hit a 10-year $9,000, that amounts to aKrut White House, which has been trying Those comments came hours mote ourselves, it’s going to ercxie high last week, the government $100 a month, just in interest to win support in the Middle East after a Palestinian gunman dressed even further,” he said. “We’re are in reported Thursday. And many payments. for a U.S. campaign against terror by as an Israeli soldier opened fire at a the visitor industry. We can’t afford to economists are expecting Friday’s Until recently, these rates did­ ending the fighting that broke out a bus stop in the northern city of have a bunker mentality.” lalxrr report to show that busi­ Walt Disney Co., by far Anaheim’s n’t stop households from wielding year ago between Israel and the Afula. Three Israelis were killed and nesses slashed alxrut 70,000 jobs biggest private employer, isn’t sitting their plastic. Even as the stock Palestinians. 14 wounded. That followed Tuesday in September, a figure that does still either. Although attendance has market struggled and once plump Israel has been left on the side­ night’s attack on a Gaza Strip settle­ not include the tens of thousands crept higher in recent days, its new retirement funds slimmed down, lines as American officials build a ment in which two people died. of layoffs announced by airlines theme park, California Adventure, many consumers remained quite Foreign Minister Shimon Peres, and hotels after the surveys. In coalition that includes states that who pushed for meetings with was struggling even before the terror­ the previous six months, about optimistic about the future. Jobs are hostile to the Jewish nation and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat ist attacks. 264,000 evaporated. seemed secure, home values were upset by the yearlong Israeli- despite the violence, appeared to The Disneyland Resort, which More debt and fewer pay- rising. Palestinian conflict. The fighting change his tone after meeting with includes the original Disneyland, the checks spell trouble because the Many felt no need to stop bor­ has killed more than 750 people and Palestinian chief negotiator Saeb city’s biggest draw, is launching a new combination makes consumers rowing and spending. escalates daily despite truces and marketing campaign in areas west of Erekat on Thursday. The meeting retrench. And consumer spend­ Many people “were just doing cease-fire accords. Denver with a message that empha­ was described as tense and unpro­ ing makes up two-thirds of the what they thought made sense" as Sharon’s remarks are the sizes spending time with loved ones at ductive. economy. they rapidly built up debt in the strongest signs to date that Israel is “a place for escape.” “Delinquencies are going to Appearing on CNN Thursday 1990s, said Dean Baker, co-direc­ frustrated at being scolded by the Hotels in Anaheim also are band­ rise, bankruptcies are going to rise night, the normally conciliatory tor of the Center for Economic United States for tactics used ing together to promote specials, after and they’re going to cut back on Peres said the two terrorist attacks and Policy Research, a liberal against the Palestinians. Israel does occupancy rates — which had been their spending,’’ said Mark Zandi, not like being scolded while this week, which occurred despite a think-tank. one of the fastest-growing in the chief economist at RFA Dismal American officials court its enemies negotiated truce, left “no room for nation — fell to just 35 percent in the “Suddenly, they find them­ Sciences, a consulting firm in the and talk tough about Osama bin compromise.” week after the terrorist attacks. In Philadelphia area. selves in a very tight situation. ... Laden. He said he wants to negotiate, but hotel bed taxes and sales alone, the A sharp increase in defaults They’re way short of where they “All of our efforts to reach a at this point: “It is either them or us. city projected to net more than $ 123 and bankruptcies could make intended to be.” cease-fire have been torpedoed by They leave us no choice. It is a game million, accounting for more than of murder.” half the general fund revenue.