Celebrating Mother Earth by MELANIE ADDINGTON Were Filled with People Bustling in Arts Editor to Enjoy the Eight Hours of Festivi Ties
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News............... 2 Today isthe tomorrow we were worried about yesterday” Arts... ....... ....3-4 -Unknown Opinion..................5-6 Sports................ .....7 http://www.csusmpride.com TheCalifornia State Pride University San Marcos Vol. X No.l 1/ Tuesday, April 23,2002 Funes Fundraiser Concert Celebrating Mother Earth By MELANIE ADDINGTON were filled with people bustling in Arts Editor to enjoy the eight hours of festivi ties. Even Star Wars fans (dressed Sunday, Apr. 21 marked the out of this World) showed up to 32 annual Earth Day and Balboa celebrate mother earth. Park’s eighth annual Earth Day The event included many celebration. Parking was over informational booths, musicians, flow, the streets and grassy areas dancers and games. Matthew Funes Playing the Violin Pride Photo/Kateri Rogers By KATERI RODGERS Pride Staff Writer Over 100 people gathered together to enjoy the wonder To the Left: Hundreds ofInformational Booths Filled Balboa Parkfor ful sounds of classical music as Earth Day Visitors to Explore. To the Right: In the Children's Section, they observed a quartet of dis Kids Could Learn How to Build With Adobe Bricks. fc o S S tinguished performers playing Pride Photo/Melanie Addington the viola, violin, and cello to ta»» the Italian renditions of Bach, !§Sg] »>Article cont, on pg. 4 Schubert, Mozart and Gardel - music that has been cherished across cultures and across time. The quartet included the musi Planetary Alignment: Something like a Phenomenon cal talent of Matthew Funes, By SHERRITA COBBS “operate like clockwork as they and valleys, the best place might located so near the sun, appears viola; Amy Hershberger and Pride Staff Writer go around the sun, and some be in the comfort of your back at 16 degrees above the horizon. Aimee Kreston, violin; and times they gather together. This yard, or places where sunsets are Saturn, Mars and Venus are Rowena Hammill, cello. Last Monday, the five major is one of those times. Every 20 visibly undisturbed. crammed together. Thursday’s performance planets in our solar system were years or so, Jupiter and Saturn “Usually, planets are spaced May 5: Mars, Venus and not only honored the memory clearly aligned and visible to the are close together in the sky... out where a line is not apparent. Saturn form a perfect equilateral and vision of Matthew Funes’ “naked eye.” This week marked Planetary alignments and con Saturn, for instance, takes 80 triangle. father, Dr. Donald J. Funes the beginning of a rare astro junctions — the forming of lines earth years to circle the sun and May 10-12: Mars and Venus (1939-1999), but also raised nomical phenomenon that will or distinct shapes — occur when Mercury takes 88 days to circle are positioned one in front of the funds for the Funes Funds. The continue for the next four to six the planets gather on the same the sun,” said Thomas Aguilar, other, appearing as one object. Funes Funds was established weeks. During this time period, side of the sun,” explained Kelly staff writer for the skypub.com May 14-15: The planets will by Dr. Funes to assist students Venus, Mars, Saturn and Jupiter Beatty, an astronomist and the newsletter. From our perspec form a kind of necklace. in attending arts events in the will be totally aligned and in executive editor of “Sky and Tele tive, planetary alignment creates May 16-17: A crescent moon region as they followed their plain view. The last time the scope Magazine.” These planets a definite phenomenon because leads a crooked line of planets. passion and broadened their planets were aligned in a linear will become visible 45 minutes of the unusual positioning of the Mercury takes up the rear, barely understanding of the arts. Dr. position was in 1940. after the sun sets. Experts say five planets near each other and visible above the horizon, on the Funes joined Cal State San Our solar system is like a that the best place for viewing on the same side of the sun. verge of disappearing. Marcos in 1990 as a professor disc, in which each planet is set this spectacular phenomenon are Although the alignment of There is a perk for “sky- and architect in the Visual and respectively in the same plane. places where the horizon is planar the planets will occur throughout watchers” with access to tele Performing Arts program. He Mark Sappenfield, staff writer to where you stand. For exam the six-week period, note these scopes and the motivation to get was a trained flutist and spe from The Christian Science Mon ple, for San Diegans who live highlighted dates when experts up in the middle of the night. At cialized in indigenous Andean itor, explained that, “from earth, in coastal areas surrounded by predict this spectacle of light about 4 a.m., the rest of the plan musical instruments. the sun, the moon, and every water, the ocean would be the will produce the most brilliant ets in the solar system— Nep “I knew Dr. Funes very planet follow the same track best place to view this “festival of results. tune, Uranus and Pluto, will also well; he was a very close friend. through the sky, called ecliptic.” lights.” For those who are more April 27-29: Mercury, usu appear. Then you can »>Article cont. on pg. 2 The configuration of planets inland, surrounded by mountains ally hard to spot because it’s »>Article cont. on pg. 2 The Library Responds to Your Suggestions: April 2002 Compiled by BONNIE BIGGS, tions. Thursday nights.’ ria to find a Spanish video, such of the most frequent suggestions assistant to the dean and coordi “I would like to see RCO stu Thanks for the positive feed as author, title, or subject, click we receive. We recognize the nator of Public Services. dent assistants helping students back. Staff in the Public Services on the blue “Limit this Search” demand for additional hours, but out on the floor. A cubby outside and Reference Services areas are button, which will be at both the staffing and budget do not allow The university library appre the RCO would be helpful. RCO committed to providing student- top and bottom of your search us to add hours beyond the addi ciates the time students have assistants could work closely with centered service every single results. Click on the pull-down tional hours. We do provide more taken during the last year to students if they were on a com day. menu and highlight “video” under hours, at the end of each semes offer their suggestions, ideas and puter outside of the RCO.” “Please change your data Material Type, then click on ter, when we extend our open complaints regarding the library We agree that our informa system. During the semester I the gray bar at the bottom that hours from 68.5 hours to 76.5 collections and services. We tion assistants should be out on was here four times looking for reads “Limit/sort items retrieved (eight extra hours.) The extended hope the following responses the floor, roving about, to assist videos in Spanish. We couldn’t using above data.” This will pull hours have been: Sat. and Sun., shed some light on our continu researchers. Space and comput find them. This is a serious prob only the videos from your initial 11 a.m. - 5 p.m., and Mon. - ing effort to serve your informa ers are at a high premium in lem. Students can’t find materi search. If you have further ques Thurs. 8 a.m. -10 p.m. tion needs. our temporary library quarters. als.” tions, please ask library staff for We did set our hours after “The Research Consultation In the new building (Fall, 2003), We are sorry to hear about assistance. consultation with the Palomar Office (RCO) is clearly marked there will be a Reference Desk your frustrating experience. Here “Library hours are NOT con College Library and try to com “help desk.” Please remove the where information assistants will are some suggestions on how to venient for students. Study group plement our hours with theirs so flowers from the RCO window; be much more approachable and find a Spanish video in the Media rooms are a necessity, and you do that students have a place to study they only serves as a barrier accessible. Library: Using the library cata not have them available. Please on weekends. We will do our between students and getting “People that work here are log, click on the “Genre/Form” try to extend hours to stay open best to maintain current hours help.” very nice. They all deserve raises. link and type in “Spanish foreign until 10:00 p.m. Mon-Thurs and when we move to the new library, We have added a large sign I enjoy being able to come to the language films” (or any other lan till 6:00 p.m. Fridays and from where our existing staff will be over the office that reads: “Ref library and receive excellent help guage you’re looking for) and you 11:00 until 6:00 p.m. on week covering more than five times as erence & Information Services” when doing research.” should get an alphabetical listing ends. Even college campuses much square footage as we have to help direct students to the “Everyone here is doing a of all the titles in that language stay open till 10:00!” now. office. We removed the flowers great job! Especially those who that the library owns. Or, if you Additional hours: Asking that Study rooms: We regret there and thank you for your sugges work Tuesday, Wednesday and use any of the other search crite the library be open longer is one »>Article cont.