Mustang Daily, April 7, 2003

www.m usta ngdaily.catpoly.edu /CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC-STATE UNIVERSITY, SAN LUIS OBISPO No Place Like Home: Monday, April 7,2003 Mustangs take two of three games from UC Riverside,8 Pranksta's Paradise: A Guide to April’s Fools, 4 VW TODAY'S WEATHER Volume LXVIl, Number 103, 1916-2003 < High; 66® * I Low: 46® C 3A IIY Military-leave students not punished academically By Andy Fahey according to the California State MUSTANG DAILY STATF WWTER University Web site. Title 5, Section 40401 of the California State University stu- California Q xle of Regulatioas pro ilents and employees called to active vides for an extended leave of absence military service will be unaffected with for up to two years for, among other regard to their standing with the insti reasons, military service as a result of tution. mobilization of trtxips. This approved Eighteen Cal Poly students are cur leave of absence guarantees student rently on military leave hut it is catalog rights and allows them to reg unknown where or if they have been ister for classes without reapplying for deployed, said Thomas Zuur, director admission upon their return, accord L>f the Office of Academic Records. In ing to a statement prepared by addition, one C^l Poly employee is on Chancellor Charles Reed. military leave. Students will receive a refund for Student reservists called to active the full amount of tuition and manda- duty will not lose registration priority, academic credit, fees or degree status. see LEAVE, page 2 Middle East series focuses on conflicts By Dale Quinn S)cid. a historian and joumalLst; and MUSTANG DAILY STAFF \MVTTR Tashbih Sayyed, an international KEVIN P. BELL/PHOTO COURTESY OF U.S. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE WEB SITE expert on terrorism. Each will provide The prospects for peace in the a different insight on the Middle East A soldier from the 422nd Civil Affairs Battalion and an Iraqi child meet in a village near Najaf, Iraq, Middle East will be discussed in the conflict. on April 2. The unit is in the town providing humanitarian services. Cal Poly Theatre Tuesday from 7 to 9 The panel is the first of six pro- p.m. at a panel sponsored by the granvs, which will continue thnxigh- Qjllege of Liberal Arts. out April ;md May and cover topics The program, entitled “What Ylhi such as the relationship between the Allies press two urban fronts and reopen Need to Know About The Middle United States and Iran, the Arab- East Gmflict But Won’t Hear in Lsraeli conflict, U.S. media coverage Baghdad airport; friendly fire hits Kurds Class," is intended to provide the audi and its influence on foreign policy in ence with an understanding tif issues the Miildle East and the current situa By Calvin Woodward major resupply effort by air for U.S. tnxips, dependent that affect the peace prcKess in the tion in Afghanistan. A s s o c ia t e P r e s s W rittr until now on a tenuixis line stretching 350 miles to region, said CÀillt'ge of Liberal Arts Each panel is open to the public Kuwait. dean Harry Hellcnbrand. There will and the flixir will be open for questioas Chipping away at the vestiges of Saddam Hussein’s U.S. officials declared Baghdad cut liff from the rest of be a specific ftKus on the Israel- after the panelists talk, Hellenbnind power, U.S. forces encircled Baghdad on Sunday and Iraq. Palestine conflict, said. began flying into the capital’s air- “We do control the highways in and out of the city and “Everything has changed because of The unfolding situation in Iraq piHt. British forces in the sixith do have the capabiliry to interdict, to stop, to attack an the war in Iraq," Hellenhrand said. makes the Miildle East a region of par made their deepest push into Iraq’s Iraqi military forces that m i^ t try to either escape or to The pitnelLsts for Tuesday’s discus ticular significance, Hellcnbrand said. \ second largest city. engage ixir forces,” said Gen. Peter Pace, vice chairman of sion include Q xtkie Liimmel, the The presentations are intended to --------r A hulking U.S. C-130 traas- the joint Chiefs of Staff . founder and executive director of increase aw.ireness of the region and piTTt plane lanikd at the Baghdad Intense fighting tixik a growing toll on combatants <ind Operation Unity; Mark Paredes, press provide the audience with a greater ^0 international airpi>rt, carrying civilians. Injured Russian dipliftnats and a convoy of attache for the Los Angeles Qxvsulate unknown cargo but weighted with General of Israel; Roberta Pollack symbolism and tactical impiYrtance. The arrival presaged a see BAGHDAD, page 2 see SERIES, page 2 Car accident kills Community service students not Poly student Friday STAR-struck by award from CSU By Katie Schiller Create.” the world and .see immigration, dis By Andy Fahey the California Highway Patrol. MUSTANG DAILY STAFF WRITER “1 wanted to fill the needs of the crimination and poverty, and thiTse MUSTANG DAILY STAFF WRITER Brownlee was apparently hidden homeless population that were inter Issues become unavoidable,” Hanley from the view of the other driver Cal Poly has some new STARS on ested in arts, and I knew that art could said. A Cal Poly sophomore died in a due to the big rig in the eastbound campus. have a healing potential,” Hanley said. Styles designed “Healthy Helpers," car accident Friday afternoon while lane and neither driver was able to Two students have been honored as The Saturday program allows home which provides health and dentistry on her way to visit her family in react in time to avoid one another. California State University STA RS for less individuals to use the mediums services ftir all walks of life. TTie pro Yucaipa for her mother’s birthday. The accident tiKik place at around their dedication to community service. they like and to experiment. Many gram includes classes for the elderly Nineteen-year-old Nicole 2:05 p.m. Recent psychology graduate Erin homeless peirple who suffer from Post and di.sabled and presentations for chil Brownlee was traveling east on Brownlee was pronounced dead Hanley and kinesiology senior Melissa Traumatic Stre.ss Distirder use art to dren. Highway 166 about six miles west Styles were presented with the award at the scene. help them cope, Hanley said. “People of all ages, from the 3-year- of Cottonwixid Canyon Road when in March, along with 43 other CSU Two of the four passengers in the “A lot of people are artists,” she said. olds to the 97-year-olds we serve, need she collided with an oncoming students. STARS, or “Students That Acura suffered major injuries and “They just need a little encourage to be inspireil to live happy healthy vehicle. Brownlee was driving a Are Recognized for Service," acknowl were taken to Marian Medical ment." lives,” Styles said. 1999 Ford Escort and was attempt edges thiYse who show dedication to Center in Santa Maria. Driver Lisa Hanley began her .service work as a Healthy Helpers teaches nutrition ing to pass a big rig on a curve in CLTmmunity .service or service-learning Velvick, 40, of Bakersfield, broke volunteer at the Newman Catholic and meal preparation, along with orga the road. She crossed a solid yellow activities. her right knee and ankle and Lori Center with Americorps. She said she nizing a stress-reducing retreat for pro line, an illegal maneuver, and col Hanley, an active leader with the Nishimori, also 40, suffered a bro- knew she wanted to bring something fessors at Cal Poly. lided with a westbound 1994 Acura homeless, created an art priYgram for more to her role. youth and adults called “Space to Legend, according to a report from see BROWNLEE, page 2 “As a psychology major, you lixik at see STAR, page 2 2 Monday, April 7,2003 News Mustang Daily r\ up to a year, said Cal Poly human LEAVE resources mimager Gwen Chavarria. continued from page 1 The “difference in pay” statute was intrcxluced in January 2002 in resfx:)nse to the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks at the tory tees in the event that they are acti World Trade Center and the Pentagon. vated tor immediate military service. In Under this policy, employees called to addition, thcise receiving federal educa 5-Day Forecast active duty were to receive the “differ tion loans will not be expected to make payments while on active duty. ence in pay” for 180 calendar days, but TUESDAY There are currently more than 300 Chancellor Reed doubled that time- High: 74*>/Low: 470 e S U students on military leave, said frame in May of last year. Coming up this week e S U media relations manager Clara “(The policies) benefit them,” Potes- WEDNESDAY Potes-Fellow in an e-mail interview. Fellow said. “The students can with High: 720/Low: 48<> e S U employees can earn up to 30 draw to go on military duty without *Town Meetings- There will be a series of days of regular pay while on military penalty, even if they need to leave the town meetings to provide community THURSDAY leave. TTie CSU pcilicy also provides a last day of class. For the employees, (it’s) a benefit tcx). The CSU pays the differ members and students to speak about the High: 710/Low: 470 “difference in pay” salary supplement. Tliis provision allows eligible employees ence between their pay and their CSU war. On Tuesday, the forum will take place to receive the difference in pay between pay, so they don’t suffer any financial FRIDAY their military pay and their CSU pay for hardships.” in UU220 at 11 a.m.

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