Mustang Daily, March 8, 2002

www.mustangdaily.calpoly.«du 'We were' naive: Gibson movie tells true story of Vietnam battle, 4 Insanity: Mentally ill should pay same price, 6 TODAY'S WEATHER Volume LXVI, Number 96, 1916-2002 -, I ^X “ High: 60“ ' i Low: 37“ ^11 DAILY Awards luncheon honors Lawyer referral service women, celebrates history makes firi(iing help easier By Sarah E.Thien Local bar association offers nonprofit program MUSTANG DAILY STAFF WRITER 2002 Woman of the Year winners available to SLO County residents OutstandinK women at Cal Poly Staff— Andrene Kaiwi-Lenting, Student Life and Leadership were the honored quests Wednesday at the Women’s Faculty — Lorraine Donegan, Graphic Communication By Matt Szabo munity. History Luncheon. MUSTANG DAILY STAFF WRITER When a person calls the LRIS The event was sponsored hy the hotline, an LRIS representative will Cal Poly Women’s Center and held Many people will get into legal listen and try to answer the person’s Andrene Kaiwi-Lenting, assis Center, said Erica Meza, luncheon in Chumash Auditorium. The trouble at .some point in their lives, question. If an attorney referral is tant director of Student Life and coordinator. Students submit nom hi^jhlinht of the program was the hut with the cost of legal advice, few requested, one will he set up with an Leadership, was chosen as the inations for the panel to judge presentation of the Woman of the can afford fair and adequate repre attorney within 10 business days. Woman of the Year for staff. Kaiwi- based on merit and the effect they Year awards. Two awards were sentation or services. The San Luis The first half-hour of consultation Lenting was also nominated last have had on that student’s life. given, one for faculty and another Obispo County Bar As.sociation is with an attorney costs $30, unless year, hut this is the first time she Haley Myers, Woman of the Year for staff. trying to change this paradox with a the matter pertains to traditionally has taken home the prize. coordinator, said that it doesn’t Lorraine Donegan, a professor in new nonprofit program called the free areas like criminal defense and “ 1 was among a lot of amazing matter how many nominations a the graphic communications Lawyer Referral and Information personal injury. Hunt said. In those women," she said. “It was an honor department, was the recipient of person gets, hut how sincere the Service (LRIS). cases, the consultation is free. In any just to he in the same category as the Woman of the Year award for nomination is. “There’s a community need to case, the $30 does not go the lawyer, these women." faculty. Donegan has been teaching Every nominee was honored at find legal assistance and legal help,” hut in.stead to the LRIS to help Kaiwi-Lenting has worked at Cal at Cal Poly for four years and began the luncheon with a plaque, and said Katarina Hunt, LRIS director. cover its costs. Poly for eight years and is in charge her tenure track in fall 2001. excerpts from their nomination let “The bar association and the court After the initial half-hour meet of Week of Welcome and Open Donegan graduated from Cal Poly ters were read. are fulfilling a community service to ing, the patron can become the and is especially attached to the House, and is co-chair of the sum Myers said that the Women’s find attorneys.” attorney’s client or simply walk away. school. mer advising program — anything Center often receives repeat nomi Although the service is available Another aspect of the LRIS is that “It helps me in my teaching," that has to do with new students, nations. to anyone who lives in San Luis if the question di>esn’t require speak she said, “1 can really identify with she said. Kaiwi-Lenting is in a great “We can’t choose them again to Obispo County, L'Vm Ernst, attorney ing with an attorney, the LRIS will my students, (because) 1 know position to recruit new students win the next year,” she said, “hut and president of the SLO Cminty consult with various community ser exactly what they’re going because she also graduated from it’s good that we can still honor Bar A.ssiK'iation, said it is especially vices to try to find an answer to the through." Cal Poly and, like Donegan, said them because they’re making a relevant to Cal Poly students. person’s question at no cost. Donegan was nominated hy stu she has a special affinity for the huge impact in student’s lives. “C'al Poly students have an inordi “The Lawyer Referral and dent Hue Ma. In her letter, Ma said .school. They need to know how important nate need for small-claims and land Information Service is designed to that Donegan “creates a very Woman of the Year award recip they are." lord tenant information,” he said. furnish the community with infor- friendly environment when you ients are cho.sen hy a panel of four “Cal Poly has needed services for a approach her about anything." students who work in the Women’s see AWARDS, page 2 long time. They are part of the com see REFERRAL, page 2 New club addresses Students see light at end of tunnel women's issues By Kristy Charles ptirt,” Myers .said. “This was a sur MUSTANG DAILY STAFF WWTER prise. Siime of my cU>sest relatives and friends told me that nothing like “I want women to he informed; to that would catfh on at Cal Poly, or he confident and stop doubting our basically that it was an empty pursuit selves; to accept and support each and a waste of my time.” other — and I want to stop the detri Myers continued to pursue the mental competition among women idea despite the lack of support, and that leaves us feeling like we don’t she eventually found a place to hold add up,” said Haley Myers, an her meetings — at the Cal Poly English senior and founder of the Cal Women’s Center. There are now Poly Women’s Awareness Club around 15 students who regularly (CPWA). attend meetings, as well as 40 people Myers started CPWA last quarter Myers keeps in touch with via e-mail. with the purpose of providing an out Susanne Kelley, coordinator of let for the discussion of issues con Women’s PriTgrams at Cal Poly, was cerning women, such as nutrition, Myers’ first contact at the Women’s self esteem, self-abusive behavior, C'enter. Kelley said that the purpose racism and sexism. of the club fits perfectly with the mis The idea for the club originated sion statement of the center, which is from a Women’s Studies class, called to create a healthy and safe environ Feminist Theory, taught hy professor ment for women and encourage lead Mary Armstrong. Myers said she ership skills. enrolled in the course to pursue vari “We’ve always had a variety of ety within her English major. C')ften cluhs at the Women’s Center, like she and her cla.ssmates found them Take Back the Night, the Remember ERIC HENDERSON/VIUSTANG DAILY selves wishing to further discuss club, NOW and VOX," Kelley said. issues brought up in class. After ask “We need more awareness on Steve Saude, an architecture Junior, puts together his ARCH 352 design project Wednesday. He is ing around and realizing that no .such women’s issues becau.se we’re a designing a recycling center. The class focuses on a single project in which students design several club existed, Myers made the deci minority on campus and the univer- versions of models that increase in detail and scale throughout the quarter. Toward the end of the sion to start her own. quarter, students begin sleeping in their design labs to make sure their projects get finished. “At first 1 didn’t have a lot of sup- see WOMEN, page 2 2 Friday, March 8,2002 News Mustang Daily It's back to white for symbolic Poly 'P' Weather By Andra Coberly tects the “P," as well as Cal Poly VVATC Hi MUSTANG DAILY STAFF WRITER pride and spirit. The will host “The community has made it through the mourning a ceremony at the base of the “P” stage and it is now time for growth. We came together Two Jays after the attacks on heninninn at 3 p.m., and the event Sept. 11, members of Runnintj will include a free barbecue, music as a nation. Now, we need to focus on who we are as a ThunJer climheJ to the “P,” which 5-DAY FORECAST and an opportunity for prayer or community.'’ overlooks campus, and painted it to meditation. The event will end at 6 Travis Ervin SATURDAY resemble an American Fla^. p.m. with the linhtinn of the 50- High; 64“/ Low: 45® This Sunday, nearly six im)nths foot “P." Associated Students Inc. president of Running Thunder after the national tragedy. Running President Annie Hacker, Cal Poly SUNDAY Thunder will once aj^ain climb the President Warren Baker and San is now time for growth,” he said. an out-pouring of support. People High: 65“/Low: 45“ hill, hut this time to repaint the “P” Luis Ohi.spo Mayor Allen Settle are “We came ttigether as a nation. see it and remember how we Came white and li^ht it at sunset. Scott all scheduled to speak at the cere Now, we need to focus on who we together.

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