Summer Mustang, August 8, 1996

CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE U N VERSITY SAN LUIS OBISPO S u m m e rM ustang AUGUST 8, 1996 VOLUME LX, N o. 140 THU-RSDAY Polke notes released from Smart case By Sandro Naughton Flores “is responsible for or has LOC statement for Flores. “At this point the word ‘sus were unavailable for comment. Summer Staff Writer direct knowledge of her disap With the search complete, the pect’ is interpretive,” he said. In the released search war pearance and/or death.” sheriff’s department decided to “There is no doubt that his actions rant, police cited inconsistent Previously confidential infor However, since the search, still release the search warrant and its are highly suspicious and it is statements made by Flores about mation, interviews with a wit no charges against Flores have accompan)dng documents. suspicious that he won’t talk to his eye injury on or around the ness, and results from a dog been filed. “The sheriff’s department no us.” day Smart disappeared and the search from the ongoing investi The police search at Flores’ longer feels any reason to keep Officials have contacted Flores reaction of court certified cadaver house on the 700-block of White gation for missing Cal Poly stu the information from the public,” and his attorney requesting time dogs to Flores’ dorm room as dent Kristin Denise Smart were Court in Arroyo Grande uncovsaid Sgt. Dave F*iotrowski of the to talk with him, but have been grounds for the search warrant. released Tuesday afternoon. ered none of Smart’s belongings sheriffs office, adding that previ refused so far, Piotrowski said. According to police reports, The July 15 affidavit for a or other indications of foul play ously the information may have “We have definite things and a search warrant served to the Cal involving Smart. From the house harmed the planned investiga definite direction we are taking in Flores told Cal Poly police on May Poly sophomore Paul Alex Floresthey took a black police baton, tion. this investigation,” he said, and 30 that he injured his right eye at included several incidents' which copies of the June 24, 27 and July Piotrowski emphasized that was unable to expand due to the a basketball game on May 27 with led San Luis Obispo County 1 Telegram-Tribune newspaper, a Flores was not labeled a suspect case’s ongoing nature. his friend and others, and he told SherifTs Detective Henry Stewart receipt from Cal Poly for room 128 in the investigation, but as a Flores, his family and his district attorney investigators the to claim in the warrant that in Santa Lucia Hall, and a SES- “very important witness.” attorney Melvin de la Motte Jr. See SMART page 3 NEVER FORGET Life on Mars may not be that farfetched, say NASA scientists By Paul Re<er However, scientific critics cal, microscopic and organic tests Associated Press weighed in quickly with caution of tiny golden-colored bits of a ary statements about the inter meteorite show that there must WASHINGTON — NASA pretation of the research. One have been microscopic life on researchers formally presented expert at a crowded news confer Mars some 3.6 billion years ago. their case Wednesday for the exis ence in Washington stated bluntly From the totality of the tests tence of life long ago on Mars and that the NASA researchers had on particles a billionth the size of challenged the scientists of the yet to present a credible case. a pinhead, he said, “the simplest world to prove them wrong. At the news conference attend explanation is that they are the With excitement surging in ed by Goldin and a group of scien remains of early Martian life.” the U.S. scientific community. tists from other government agen McKay said the conclusion is President Clinton announced he cies, David McKay of the Johnson drawn from more than two years will convene a space summit in Space Center, leader of the Mars See MARS page 3 November to “discuss how research team, said that chemi- America should pursue answers” to questions raised by research on a meteorite, apparently from Mars, that was recovered in Antarctica. Daniel Goldin, administrator OBON! of NASA, pledged that his agency would do “whatever is necessary” II Generations/ A participant remembers the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in a to investigate the presence of life lantern memorial ceremony. The event was sponsored by Mothers for Peace on Mars, but he cautioned that A yali cultures at Avila Beach Tuesday night. /Summer photo by Shoshana Hebshi the process “must be driven by science.” ^^mcelebrated the NASA already had planned to Japanese heritage INSIDE. Poly gains send 10 spacecraft to the red planet over the next decade, the through dancing, first in December, and he said eating, and at CAMPUS: Find out experienced some missions might be wKot top high school jour redesigned to try to prove or dis Saturda/s Obon prove whether primitive life ever nalists ore doing this Festival at the SLO library leader existed there. week at Cal Poly Goldin said that a robot mis Wet's Hall. By IWidioei KovfiwM sion to return samples from Mars Summer Staff Writer will not be mounted before 2005. Clinton said, “I am determined After searching for more than the American space program will a year. Cal Poly has filled the put its full intellectual power and -I position of dean of library services technological prowess behind the OPINION: Former at Kennedy Library. search for further evidence of life editor in chief Jason D. Turning a new page is Hiram on Mars.” Plemons thinks Flores has Logan Davis, Senior Adviser to Some scientists hailed the the Librarian for Staff findings as having far-reaching already been found guilty Development and former Deputy significance, perhaps reshaping by local media. Librarian of Congress, will begin the way that humans view them his duties in September. selves, their world and the uni “I am pleased to have the verse beyond. opportunity to return to the acad “This is the most provocative emic environment,” Davis said. and evocative piece of evidence for “And I am especially enthusiastic life beyond Earth,” said Carl about becoming associated with Sagan, a Cornell University scien ARTS: Check out what Cal Poly.” tist and a leading figure in the excellent concerts you Davis brings a wealth of edu search for extraterrestrial life. “If missed at the Mid-State cation and experience to the the results are verified, it is a Robert E. Kennedy Library. He turning point in human history, Fair this week. spent 20 years involved in acade suggesting that life exists not on mic library administration, just two planets in one paltry Summer photos by Michael Troxell including specialized experience solar system, but throughout this See NEW DEAN page 2 magnificent universe.” 2 THURSDAY, AUGUST 8 , 1996 SUMMER MUSTANG Top high school journalists invade Cal Poly By Trad Roach the university coordinator for the Summer Staff Writer workshop. Professional media and com Cal Poly opened its doors this munication instructors volunteer week to twenty-seven top high for the CSPA/Cal Poly workshop. school journalism students from Among those is Los Angeles Central and Southern California Times columnist Steve Harvey, for the 45th California Scholastic who attended the workshop in Press Association Workshop. 1962 and began instructing in The two-week workshop is co 1974. sponsored by the university’s Harvey teaches news, feature College of Liberal Arts and and hupior writing. Journalism Department. “The instructors are very The students will receive prac informative,” said Santa Ana high tical journalism instruction in school student, Emily Edwards. several various media fields. “They’re reachable although “It’s cool because it’s not only they’re professionals.” print media, but we also learn Another long time participant about television, screenplays, and is Cal Poly’s journalism support photography,” said 17-year-old technician Dean Klitgaard. Christina Almeida. “These kids are very brilliant,” Students reside in Shasta Hall Klitgaard said. “This will add to and spend six to eight hours a day their experience and hopefully brushing up their journalism they will want to pursue journal skills. They are required to pro ism.” duce a television news segment, The workshop, originally held shoot and develop still pho in Southern California, was tographs, and complete a variety founded by journalist Ralph of writing assignments in dead Alexander and his wife Millie. Stan Kelton teaches a libel law class to a group of enthusiastic future journalists. /Sum m er photo by Shoshana line situations said Don McCaleb, See CSPA page 7 Hebshi NEW DEAN: Davis is currently developing the “internal university’’ SLO tourist survey sheds From page 1 of Congress, Davis spent five Academic Affairs Paul Zingg is in fund-raising, facilities con years at Michigan State pleased to have Davis as a part of struction and staff reorganiza University as director of libraries. the Cal Poly team. tion. During his stay, the libraries of “We are delighted that he will light on local industry MSU received an All University He has worked at the be joining the University at this University of Kansas and at the Excellence in Diversity Award for By Katnno Ritchie The visitors survey will be time in our history as we move University of Oklahoma before their role in promoting multicul Summer Staff Writer very beneficial to SLO county forward to meet the educational taking the head position at the tural programs. because tourism is the county’s undergraduate library at the In Washington, Davis man and informational challenges of The San Luis Obispo County number one industry, said Joe University of California at Los aged internal operations as the 21st century,” Zingg said.

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