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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. on pg. 8 Funes Performance Planetary Japanese »>Article cont. from pg. 1 He recently contributed to the film was incredibly passionate about all scores for “Ali,” “A Beautiful Mind,” Ikebana of the arts and exposing students “Monsters Inc.,” “Austin Powers,” to new ideas and expressions in the “Ocean’s Eleven” and the soon-to- Alignment Demonstration arts. He was like a puppy when he be-released “Spiderman.” This year »>Article cont. from pg. dicted to occur in 2040. By By BRIAN FISHER came to CSUSM; all he wanted to he performed several times on “The 1 see all nineplanets in the then, some of us will be Staff Writer do was play and engage others in Tonight Show” with such artists as solar system in a single facing retirement. the pursuit of the arts,” said Bonnie Jon Bon Jovi, Diana Krall, Char night. Don’t miss out on this Can you just imagine Students and faculty were Biggs, coordinator for the Arts and lotte Church and Bjork. He has also historic planetary event. how precious this moment invited to participate in a Japa Lectures Series. toured with Madonna, Eric Clapton The next “clear lineup” is? Carpe Diem. nese flower arrangement dem Matthew Funes is an active and Barbra Streisand. of Venus, Mars, Mercury, onstration (also called Ikebana) recording studio musician, who Saturn and Jupiter is pre last Wednesday on Founders’ Plaza. 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Suita 107 San Marcos, CA 92078 s-ocated Inside the Ralphs Shopping Center * This is No 'Tea Party' Martin: Poetry Brought Alive CLAUDIA IGNACIO The play ends with the birth of By MICHELLE CONSTANT by the colonial style brick-red Pride Editor his son. “It is a very powerful Pride Staff Writer buildings of the university that poem,” said Haro. He is right; surrounds Harvard Square. Here, Professor Marcos Martinez, there is no easy interpretation of Smell the aroma of fresh you can check out everything Silverio Haro, Dulce Solis, Jeana the play. It touches you indepen clam chowdei, watch leaves from a quaint Mexican food res Reagan, Lydia Tonantzin Contre dently, differently. painted by the colors of a chang taurant to quirky souvenir shops ras, Joe Cordero, Luis Torres and “At first, I did not know how ing season rustling across the - a tourist’s paradise. When Phil Jerge brought to the stage the Martinez was going to bring street or just listen to the distinct you’re done shopping, you can words of Latino poet Jimmy San a poem into stage. It is a accent of the locals, and you’ll walk through the Harvard Uni tiago Baca, in “Martin,” which poem that Martinez and my co know you’ve arrived in the New versity grounds and read about premiered last weekend. The actors brought alive,” said Con England town of Boston, Massa the history of the campus on poetry reading/play was an inspi treras. The presentation began chusetts. This waterfront play engraved stone mantels protected ration of Martinez. The poem is with Polka dance, and led to ground of colonial charm affords by really intimidating looking about an extremely difficult jour the intriguing poetry reading on the tourist plenty of activities. gargoyle statuettes. ney and, at the same time, a Martin, one of the two narra During the day, take a stroll The club scene in Boston is reflection of his life and of our tive poems from Baca’s “Martin A Scene from “Martin” on the cobblestoned streets of not to be missed. Just picture lives as the audience. & Meditations on the South Pride Photo/ Claudia Ignacio Faneuil Hall Marketplace, yourself sipping on an apple mar “This poem is about facing Valley.” (New Directions Paper located in the heart of down tini, listening to the latest Paul your life experiences, whatever back, 1987). New Mexico, in 1952. A winner town Boston. There, you’ll see Oakenfold mix while admiring they may be, and turning negative The play takes place on a of the Pushcart Prize and the the original ‘Cheers’ bar, experi the perfect view of snow slowly experiences into positive results. simple stage with a few candles, Before Columbus Foundation ence ethnic foods like authentic falling to the street from atop an It’s about overcoming adversity, a chair and an altar. The lighting American Book Award, he has Italian ice cream (served by deli exclusive nightclub. In down building a family, and making was created by Bruce Beers, been called an heir to Pablo cious Italian-speaking waiters), town, the music of choice is decisions that move your life for director of operations at the Cali Nemda and one of the best poets and watch live street perform house and techno, and all of ward,” said Martinez. The play fornia Center for the Arts, Escon in America today. But, at the ers practice traditional Irish the clubs’ patrons are dressed starts with Martin’s birth, as he dido, and the photography comes age of 21, he was illiterate dancing. Take a moment to up - East Coast style. Forget was abandoned and abused, and from Patricio Chavez, former and in prison for selling drugs. admire the blend of Neoclassic those tight V-neck’s and Hawai traces his development as he con visual arts curator of the Centro Five years later, he emerged from and Greek-inspired architecture, ian style shirts that the gentlemen tinues to face many challenges. Cultural de la Raza, currently an prison with a passion for reading unique to this area. By nightfall, of San Diego sport. Bostonian instructor and graduate student at and writing poetry. He is the be sure and stop in “The Yan males are dressed for success in the University of California, San author of books of poetry, scripts, kee’s” or “Revere’s Pub” and pressed collared shirts. Little Diego. productions and a memoir of his find out exactly what inspired black or red strappy dresses seem The play lasts an hour and life, “A Place to Stand.” Baca Sam Adams to start his Boston- to be favorites for feminine eve there is a $5 donation that will go conducts writing workshops with based beer business. ning attire there. to the Visual and Performing Arts children and adults at schools, Besides having the opportu There’s nothing like expe program. The next performances universities, reservations, barrio nity to actually hear someone riencing culture shock in your will be on April 25, 26 and 27, community centers, housing proj say they have to “pahk a cahs own country. And there’s no beginning at 8 p.m., at the Cal ects and prisons across the coun in Hahvihd Yahd,” visiting the better way to experience it than State San Marcos Visual* and Per try* historical site of HarvardjSquare to take a trip across die country A Scene from “Martin” forming Arts Annex, located on For more information, call provides an experience all its to Boston. Pride Photo/ Claudia Ignacio 441 La Moree, in San Marcos. 760-750-4137. own. Driving in, you’ll be awed Baca was bom in Santa Fe?
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Pride Staff Writer I was raised on a vision of What sacrifice? OK, it’s not the case, then you should proba Furthermore, as I sit in my college, which included campus like I’m personally financing the bly just stop reading now, put the much-hated poetry class (which housing (maybe it’s not spacious Let’s play a quick number entire expansion effort, but, of paper down and continue on your I take because any class relevant but certainly more cost effective game. 11,05, 4.07, 3.06. Now the course, I contribute financially merry way, because you’re prob to my major is full) and stare than the norm of $1100 for a two object is to guess what these whether I like it or not. Oh, did ably not going to agree with me, out the windows, I can’t help but -bedroom apartment), walking to numbers represent. Are they the I mention that it’s ugly? OK, I and I’m not really trying to con think how the construction vehi classes (the ones you actually answers to some mind-bending said it. Construction is not pretty; vince you. If you feel that the cles resemble insects and dino need) across ample parking lots Mensa test? Close. Are they my I go to an ugly school; I’m so administration is working their saurs. Oh look, there goes a dump and completely finished cause bank account balances for the ashamed. collective keisters off trying to truck that looks like a yellow ways, studying with no distrac past three months? Closer. Are But let’s back up a little make this the best campus pos jacket, and that crane is a bronto tions in a well-equipped library, they the dates that doomsday before I get good and ranting. sible for the bargain price that we saurus. That’s really special; that and knowing, knowing this is the cults have decreed the world will Why do we attend Cal State pay, then fine, great, more power and the incessant boom-boom of best my campus is ever going to end on? They might as well be. San Marcos? to you. That is a fantastic attitude the construction process make be. They are the fictional dates (but Scenario number one - You to have, and I hope it makes you for an environment that’s really Maybe I’m just jealous of are real dates any truer?) of com worked hard in high school, got very happy. However, if you are conducive to learning. Not that those who will come after me and pletion for various improvements fantastic grades, but because of like me (see scenario two), then I’m blaming the noise or the con actually have all the things I only around campus and are so far financial/lifestyle/circumstantial maybe you feel like you have the stant distraction for my inability can wish for. However, there is away they’re about as relevant issues, you decided to forego the right and responsibility to com to appreciate Wordsworth and an attitude, both disturbing and as the impending doom foretold Ivy League and boldly continue plain about the shabby conditions Blake; OK, maybe I am just a oh so prevalent, that we should in “The Weekly World News,” your education at a small, up- that we are immersed in. little. all just accept things as they are or whatever trashy rag you don’t and-coming campus with lots of Of course, I can’t speak for But moreover, it’s aestheti because we don’t pay very much admit to reading. potential where, gosh dam it, you anyone but myself, and all I know cally unappealing. When I drive in tuition and fees. I think that’s The gargantuan new library, just might make a difference. is that I have 38.5 units left. I have to school or as I sit in my classes crap. Nobody wants or deserves a the bountiful parking structures Scenario number two - You two semesters and a summer ses or walk around campus being bargain basement education just and the luxurious new dorms piddled around in high school sion to do it in. At registration accosted at all turns by the dust, because they can’t afford a school have been pitched to us, the and didn’t get the best possible time, I am competing with what dirt and discarded remnants of with more established prestige. hard-working students, in terms grades all the time; well, maybe seems like hundreds of other stu progress, I sort of long for the CSUSM has more than just that bring to mind Xanadu-esque you did. You were unsure of dents (so I know some of you are erstwhile days of sprinklers and spatial potential. We have the vistas but deliver naught but a the road you wanted to head in the same boat) for a limited recesses, if only for a brief respite potential to be a school known for “Beyond Thunder Dome” reality. down and couldn’t see subjecting amount of classes. And when we from the tedium of construction, its resourcefulness and refusal to All of these things that we are yourself to a lifetime of student sit shoulder to shoulder (those of construction, construction. Con settle for anything but the best. currently paying good money to loan paybacks for the privilege us who get in), squished in to struction of structures, I might Raise your voices, cats and kit construct, all of these things that of changing your major three the very back walls, I wonder add, that I will not be able to tens. If you don’t like things, let’s would be really great to have, all times at a university where you if maybe I should have chosen enjoy. change them. Let’s get what we of these things that most of us are paying more for the landscap a less popular major. I guess I This is the part that some of deserve instead of only what we will not be around to enjoy. ing than for the Pulitzer/Nobel/ should be tolerant, because plans you might find annoying. I don’t are paying for. I’d certainly love I’m sorry if I sound a little whatever prize-winning profes are in the works to expand the have any (read that as zip, zero, to hear any suggestions. Let’s bitter, but when I show up on sors, who are teaching you the course schedule and offer more not a single one) suggestions on make it so we can actually find a campus, a half an hour early to saitie crap (if they Ye teaching you classes at a time and so forth. how to fix this. Buildings take parking spot, get the classes we find parking, and arrive at my anything at all) that you could This will be really great in five time to erect. Plans are in the need, and not feel guilty because 10:00 a.m. class 15 minutes learn at CSUSM. years when it happens, and, as an works, and it’s not like I was we are asking for too much. Wel late because I couldn’t, I get a Are you the former or some added bonus, the people who are Shanghaied and forced to attend come back, youthful angst. little twinge of jealousy for the thing like it? I understand that trying to enroll then will have school here. I knew what I was next generation of CSUSM stu this is a gross generalization and one less person to compete with getting into, but the reality of it is dents who will reap the benefits that the CSUSM student body is because I will already have grad just a bit much.
Making Everyday Earthday: What You Can In Response to Do On Campus To Make A Difference David Yanagi By RAY HINES in our area and provided infor then recycle it. Letter to Editor for The Pride mation, insight, and a chance to 4. Bring your own lunch These 10 simple steps can The expression and beliefs get involved. If getting involved in a reusable container. The fast make quite a difference if fol held in the article addressing the Have you ever wondered how directly with these and other food here and off campus is lowed by everyone here on issues of 9-11 and the Israeli- you alone can make a difference organizations isn’t your bag, don’t unhealthy anyway and creates campus, and better yet, around Palestinian conflict (from the in our environment? Often times feel alienated. There is still plenty tons of trash. the world. It doesn’t take much April 16 issue) perpetuate the in the news, we hear about uncon that you can do to help. 5. Walk, ride your bike, more energy to reduce, reuse, and absurdly one-sided media in trolled population growth, global What can I do? take public transportation, or car- recycle. It just takes a little bit this country. However, it was warming, air and water pollution, To be an environmentally- pool to school. If you find this more consideration, something worse to see such a travesty and solid waste depicted as over minded individual doesn’t take difficult, pressure school repre we all could use. published in The Pride as we whelming issues that can seem anything more than considering sentatives to establish a rideshare Additional information about should base our thoughts on way too big to pursue alone. That what you do, and finding out program. campus programs, events, and logic and knowledge. Our con is why it will be a comfort to if there is anything about your 6. Guys, use the urinal environmental awareness can be cern as an American society read this article and share it with behavior that adversely affects instead of the toilet if you are found by contacting the Envi and college students should be friends who may feel like you the environment around you. Can only going to pee. It uses only ronmental Club on campus. The focused on the protection of do. you change those behaviors to half as much water per flush. Environmental Club invites you civil liberties within our own Each spring, we are reminded try and mutually benefit yourself 7. Gals, don’t believe that to get involved - Thursdays in nation and the end of the ‘blame about the most pressing environ and the environment? The ques ANY sanitary products can be UNIV 460 from 4:00-5:00 p.m. game.’ It is truly sad to see a mental concerns with the coming tion echoes the familiar “Think safely flushed down the toilet. student pointing the finger at a of Earthday. Earthday began in Globally, Act Locally” quote, They contain chemicals (bleach particular ethnic group in such April of 1970 and has since been which supports action here on the and other contaminants) and can an accusatory manner to defend a successful tool in drawing the campus of CSUSM and around clog waste treatment facilities, their freedom of speech. As public’s attention to environmen the world. cause blockages, and end up pol ‘Americans’ we should embrace tal problems, both locally and Here are 10 suggestions to luting our waterways and coast diversity, not stress the possi globally. The response to Earth “Think Globally, Act Locally.” lines. ble enemy, which may reside day has sent a message to 1. Don’t throw recyclable 8. After washing your with our citizenry. It is a time policymakers that environmen materials in the trash. Recycle hands, use an air hand dryer if to forget who is at fault and tal issues are of real public your cans, plastic bottles, and available, if not, use ONE paper to achieve some higher level of concern and definitely worthy used paper in the proper bins, towel. morality. May the powerful one of political consideration. With which are located conveniently 9. Carry a refillable water bless us all in these times we the current administration in the next to the trashcans around bottle with you and fill it from the face. White House, it is, now more campus. drinking fountain or the “water” than ever, important to show 2. If you do not have recy tab on the Coca-Cola machine in Carol Stem your support for the environmen cling services at home, bring your the Dome. tal movement. The recent “4-1-1” recyclable materials to school and 10. Carry a refillable coffee/ event here on campus gave stu use the bins here. soda mug; you will get a discount dents and staff access to some of 3. Reuse paper that has and reduce the amount of Styro the environmental organizations only been printed on one side and foam that ends up in landfills. Letter to the Editor Organizations such as Amnesty who are interested in the forma those 18-19-year-old Israeli sol where they can live peacefully. International or Human Rights tion of the State of Israel, please diers from becoming killers? I would like to conclude with I was simply stunned when Watch and read reports on Israel, write these names down: Irgun, Every human life is very impor a passage from an interview I read David Yanagi’s article you would conclude that Muslim Hagana and the Stern Gang. Then tant, and there is no justification in with a commander in the Israeli entitled, “DidMuslim-Americans Americans do have a point to go do your research in the library, the killing of innocent people, army, which was conducted by Pay Lip Service to 9-11?” which mark Israel as terrorist. and you will come to interesting no matter what the cause. How the Israeli journalist Amos Oz was published in The Pride on Israel is the only democracy conclusions concerning whether ever, Yanagi’s article chooses and published in the Israeli daily April 16. Not only was the arti in the world which practices tor or not the use of terrorism by to label Muslim Americans as newspaper, Davar, on December cle annoyingly biased, but it was ture on a regular basis; Israel is the Israeli’s during the 40s and potential terrorists, and his 17, 1982. “Even today I am will based on assumptions and stereo the only democracy in the world 50s contributed to the formation remarks that “President Bush’s ing to volunteer to do the dirty types, offered no facts or credible who assassinates suspected ter of Israel or not. (I am not draw statement should be directed work for Israel, to kill as many evidence and went as far as mark rorists without due process while ing any connections; make your domestically” is nothing but a Arabs as necessary, to deport ing millions of Muslim-Ameri- the government has the chance own judg- statement of hate, a statement of them, to expel and bum them, to cans as “terrorist sympathizers.” to arrest them, and Israel is the intentional provocation and also have everyone hate us, to pull First of all, Mr. Yanagi seems only democracy in the world who " S . . i l e t t e r an invitation to hate crimes. I the mg from underneath the feet to forget that he lives in Amer intentionally targets civilians on has occupied the Palestinian ter sincerely cannot believe that such of the Diaspora Jews, so that ica, the land of free speech. Mus- a ratio of killing 3 Palestinians ritories of West Bank and Gaza an article was published to brain they will be forced to run to us lim-Americans have every right for every 1 Israeli killed by the since 1967, and despite the UN wash a few thousand college crying. Even if it means blowing to favor whomever they want in Palestinian terror attacks. Or do resolution 242, which explicitly students who are already being up one or two synagogues here the ongoing conflict between the you want me to mention the mas calls for the withdrawal of Israel fed by the biased American and there, I don’t care. And I Israelis and the Palestinians. I sacre of Palestinian civilians in from occupied territories, Israel media. The problem is unfortu don’t mind if, after the job is have not heard any Muslim orga Qilya village in 1953 by the unit has been occupying the land of nate because it is only Israeli done, you put me in front of a nization in the U.S. mentioning 101 of the Israeli Army? Or do Palestinian people, which was lives, which are valuable. I Nuremberg Trial and then jail me that suicide bombings are not ter you want me to mention the Sabra granted to them by the United wonder why you would not stress for life. Hang me if you want, rorist attacks. Many leaders of and Shattila massacres of 1982 in Nations in 1947. Moreover, Israel the fact that hundreds of Pales as a war criminal. Then you can Muslim communities often con Lebanon, led by the units under colonizes the Palestinian lands by tinians were killed in the last few spruce up your Jewish conscience demned any actions resulting in the command of Ariel Sharon? establishing settlements, which weeks. and enter the respectable club of the deaths of civilians no matter Or do you want me to mention today reached a population of What I would like to under civilized nations, nations that are what the justification. I don’t that on April 18, 2002, world 700,000 to 1,000,000 Jews living line is that it kills me everyday large and healthy. What your lots know about your personal expe famous CNN reporter Christiane on Palestinian land. Is this enough to see innocent people dying don’t understand is that the dirty riences, but most Muslim Ameri Amanpour reported interviewing “inside” information to make you no matter if they are Jewish or work of Zionism is not finished cans around me have not offered Israeli soldiers who mentioned to sympathize with the Palestinian Muslim. I have many friends who yet, far from it.” Amos Oz has any sympathy to suicide bomb her “What we did in Jenin was cause? Yes, suicide bombing is are Muslim and Jewish, not to never revealed the true identity ings because they resulted in Vietnam” while they were talk an act of terror, but don’t you mention that my personal hero is of the speaker, but he is pre the killings of innocent civil ing about the Israeli operation in ever think, “What pushes 15, 18 the Israeli soccer star Haim M. sumed to be Ariel Sharon by ians. (Of course there are a few Palestinian Jenin refugee camp? and 24-year -old youngsters to go Revivo, and I am tired of hear many sources. exceptions, so to speak, Timothy Or do you want me to mention blow themselves up?” ing the same crap over and over It is very important to note, McVeighs, among Muslim Amer that Israeli Prime Minister Ariel The conclusion is, both the about who is to blame, who is to that although the media may icans.) Therefore, you cannot Sharon cannot travel to some hands of Israelis and the Palestin pressure or who is to condemn. not relay it to the American assume just because 80 percent European countries without the ians are not clean, and we can go I think it is about time that public, the leader of the Palestin of Palestinians see suicide bomb fear of being arrested because on arguing for years about who we stop these blame games; we ian people, Arafat, is actually a ers as martyrs that most Muslim there is a search warrant for his to blame. Don’t you think instead should stop arguing about which Christian. Hence, it would be a Americans feel the same way. name by European War Crimes of playing a cheap blafrie game, is the right definitibh (is it sui veiy uneducated assumption to However, if you only went to the Tribunal Court, and if he is we should focus on what we cide or homicide bombers?), and think of this dilemma as a con websites of the U.S. State Depart caught he would be tried with can do to prevent these people we should do everything we can flict between Judaism and Islam. ment, the UN Human Rights charges of “War Crimes ^gainst from blowing themselves up and to provide an environment for Sincerely, Commission, thimari * Rights ' Humanity?”* Tor those of you becoming terrorists and prevent Israeli and Palestinian people Civan Erman Gokcimen On Behalf of the Filthy Smoke-Wielding Monsters of CSUSM By GEORGE BURGESS JR don’t like where the ashtrays are where smokers and non-smokers Why is it that people get about polluting the air, do the Pride Staff Writer placed, take it up with Student cross paths and decide for your so outraged about second-hand world a favor and focus on Services. I’m sure they would self. If you really want to have smoke, yet most people don’t something bigger than the trace If you were annoyed with love to hear from you. fun, invite a friend and together think twice about filling their amounts of toxins you may be last week’s rant, titled “Choking Are readers really expected identify FC’s, then score them tank with gas or burning oil and receiving from second-hand in the Stairwell,” you were not to believe this quote: “Every in Olympic fashion. Remember coal? Isn’t the use of fossil fuel smoke on campus. If you are alone. If you missed the article, I Tuesday and Thursday, as I walk to consider intensity, volume and more harmful to the environment really concerned about litter, pick can sum it up quickly because it to my final class in University overall believability. and our health? To the people something up. Chances are, you had only one valid point. Smok Hall, I find myself taking the Anti-smokers isolate ciga complaining about second hand- just don’t like smoke. Until I am ing in front of building entrance- stairs and choking on the clouds rette butts as the only form of smoke, how important was the informed otherwise, I am within ways is not fair to “non-smokers of cigarette smoke that fill the litter on campus. Cigarette butts air to you when you voted? my rights to smoke in the desig and smokers alike.” stairwell”? This sounds fairly should never be thrown any It will be interesting to see nated areas. To answer the question posed, dramatic and exaggerated to me. where except in an ashtray; how how involved the second-hand It’s my luck that someone “Why is it people smoke in the It is more likely that, occasion ever, cigarette butts are not the smoke Nazis get with the three reading this is severely asth most absurd places, like right in ally, on Tuesdays and Thursdays only form of garbage needlessly major power plants tentatively matic, vegan, always considerate front of the entrance to a restau on your way to University Hall, thrown on the ground. Over the scheduled for construction in of others, voted green, has never rant or in a busy stairwell?” let after smelling smoke, you fake course of a semester, how many Mexico. I’ll give you three littered, obeys every law, con me state that, quite simply, this a slight cough. To let nearby flyers are thrown on the ground guesses to figure out why these sciously strives to think objec is where the ashtrays are gen smokers know that you do not in the parking lot? I can hear the plants are going to be built south tively and is rightfully offended. erally located. Smokers do not like smoke. I call this move the responses already. “Flyers don’t of the border, but I bet you’ll To you, I offer my apologies. determine the locations of the “FC,” or fake cough. If you don’t harm anyone, but second-hand need only one. designated smoking areas. If you believe me, hang around a place smoke does.” Right? If you are really concerned
To the lefty Old HAVEAN OPINION? Logo, To the right. SUBMIT A LETTER TO New Logos THE EDITORS TO Courtesy photo [email protected] by Jocelyn Brown Letters should be submitted via electronic Cal State San Ivlarcos ^0*8% jh Vm*c2JL OLuLC OdLLJL JLVJLClJLLUb mail to The Pride electronic mail account. Deadline For submissions is noon the Thursday COUGARb prior to publication. Letters to the editors should include an address, telephone number, e-mail and identification. It is The Pride policy to not print anonymous letters. Letters may be The university has decided to change the sports logo without the students’ input edited for, and only for, grammar and length. Email Jocelyn Brown to give your input: [email protected] Editors reserve the right not to publish letters. Please contact The Pride if you are interested in writing news articles. Lacrosse Team Ends the Season By JESSICA KRONE performing as well as they would in need of a coach. Srustulka has determined practice schedule. “In win. Pride Staff Writer have liked to. Toward the end an abundance of lacrosse expe order to secure the sport, the team Srustulka plans to promote of the game, a fight broke out rience and decided to take the needs to have some sort of disci the sport in an entertaining fash Cal State San Marcos’ Men’s because one of the Triton players position of head coach for the pline,” said Srustulka. Neverthe ion in order to get fans to come La Crosse team understood that jabbed a Cougar in the ribs with Cougars. less, positive signs were shown as out and support the team. “We its inaugural season would be a his stick, forcing him to retaliate Srustulka explained that he “many players stepped up when would really appreciate more struggle. In spite of the fact that by hitting that same Triton in the “put the team together I could the captain and other players school spirit to any one who will the team posted no victories this face. After they both were called with what I had.” Associated had conflicting schedules, which come out and give us support,” season, optimism abounded. “We out for a few minutes, the Triton Students, Inc.(ASI) helped out shows good leadership,” Nguyen said Nguyen. always want to build a positive player apologized and they shook with some of the funding, which said. As a team, the Cougars hang foundation for the team and take hands. Throughout the game, the included “league dues, referees, CSUSM is “a commuter out together outside of school, as out the negative,” said Michael team would huddle. The hud and insurance for the players,” school, so it is hard to build unity, well. They had a bonfire in the Nguyen. dles included positive and moti Srustulka said. In order to fully but it has definitely improved beginning of the season. Team The Cougars had one of their vational words from all of the finance the team, the players held from the beginning in compari members often get together for last games of the season on players. fundraisers like car washes. In son to the end. Sacraficing a little dinners and parties to promote April 18 at UCSD, against the Tri The majority of the team is addition, they also took dona bit of time, money and personal team unity. During the summer, tons. The game was aggressively entirely new to lacrosse. Captain tions and even used their own interest is vital for the school’s some of the team members will played by both squads. The Tri Cory Barnhart talked many play money to pay for the necessary success,” said, maintaing that his join summer men’s lacrosse tons scored six goals in the first ers into joining the team, includ equipment and uniforms. goal for next season is simply “to teams. half and the Cougars scored two ing Erik Roper and Michael The team endured practice goals in the second, courtesy of Nguyen. “He bugged me into three times a week for two The Women’s Golf Team Ends Jason Walton and Brad Goodwill. playing and I cracked out and fell hours. Coach Srustulka was During the second half of the in love with it” said Nguyen. not too adamant about the play the Regular Season game, the Cougar defense held At the beginning of the ers attending every practice UCSD scoreless during the third season, their first coach stopped this year because he stepped CLAUDIA IGNACIO due to snow conditions. This quarter. At one point, a time -out attending shortly after the first in at mid-season. “Practice is Pride Editor was to be the final tournament was called by a referee in order game for unknown reasons. Scott an example of how you play. of the regular season. Within the to ask both teams to “play clean Srustulka was a spectator at one Despite the losses, the morale On April 16, members of next few weeks, members of the and let us call the game.” The of their games early in the season. was always there,” said Coach the women’s golf team returned Cal State San Marcos women’s Tritons at times appeared to be He began speaking with Barnhart Srustulka. Next year, there from Pocatello, Idaho, where team will compete to qualify frustrated because they were not and became aware that they were will be an even more strict, they were supposed to compete. for the National Association of Nonetheless, the Bengal Classic Intercollegiate Athletics Nation tournament at Junipler Hills als, which will take place May Women’s Soccer Team Begins Practicing Country Club was suspended 13-18 in Palm Resort, Florida. By MARTHA SARABIA play it,” said Devendorf. to have an “active involvement Men’s Golf Team Finishes in 11th News Editor The practices are very infor in school,” according to Burke, mal, according to the co-cap- and to have “unity and a good Place at Stanislaus As semesters continue to tains. “It is to get back in shape time,” according to Devendorf. pass by, Cal State San Marcos’ and to remember how to play “We don’t want to lose, people in CLAUDIA IGNACIO Higley finished in 12th overall, sports teams continue tp grow. soccer again .. ..we don’t want to the middle of the league because Pride Editor with a score of 223 (77-72-74); The newest addition is the wom intimidate anybody,” said Deven they get bored; we want them Nick Micheli shot 232 (70-81-81); en’s soccer team, which practices dorf. Burke added, “It’s very to be interested in it ” added The men’s golf team finished Ryan Axlund shot 235 every Sunday morning at 9:30 easy-going.” Burke. in 11th place on April 16 at (77-78-80), and freshman Ryan a.m. on Mangrum Field. The captains also said that Although the team practices the 31st Annual George Buzzini Rancatore shot 239 (85-77-77). Although the team has not the team is working on basic on Sunday mornings, Burke said Sr./Stanislaus Invitational Golf The Turlock Golf Course is a begun its regular season league skills and strengthening abili this could change. Tournament at Turlock Golf and par-72,6,673-yard championship play, which will begin next fall, ties. Those interested in joining Country Club, with a final score course. The team’s next compe Associated Students Incorpo Devendorf and Burke are the team are encouraged to attend of 929 (309-308-312). Matt tition will be on April 21-23. rated (ASI) has recognized it both very enthusiastic about find practices and to contact ASI for as an official club sports team, ing new players to join next more information, or to email according to the co-captains. semester’s league. “We are look [email protected] or The team, co-captained by ing for competitive players, of all burke@013 @csusm.edu. tina’sdeli Carol Devendorf, a sophomore ages,” said Devendorf. The team had a bake sale majoring in Liberal Studies, and Another team player, Brit fundraising event today during 760 D. Twin Oaks Valley Rd. Casie Burke, a sophomore major tany Jones, sophomore and Lib the job fair and also recruited ing in Human Development, was eral Studies major, said, “I think new players. San Marcos, CA 92069 established because they “played more people should come [to While the team is not playing One mile north of 78. Always 10% student discount soccer for years, and there are practices.] It’s been fun (being in a CSUSM league this semes with valid ID not many sports, neither many on the women’s soccer team).” ter, it is playing in a San Marcos women’s sports, in school. We Next semester’s goals for the indoor league outside of school, yyyyyyyyyyyy all just love the sport and want to team’s first CSUSM league are and looking for sponsors.
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»>Article cont. from pg. 1 are I ask every day how to work are trying to help more students have found the new machines to inconvenience! no group study room opportu the computer to locate or find with the same number of staff. be far superior! “I think it would be a great nities in our existing location. journals or books. I’ve made However, our number one pri “This library needs a copy idea to have hand baskets like There are simply not enough an appointment with a reference ority is helping students with machine that collates copies.” the ones at the grocery store or study spaces in our 28,000 square librarian, but she didn’t stay long their information needs. We hope Our new machines are so some other libraries, so that stu feet in Craven Hall. When we enough to help me. On the phone that your next experience with sensitive to paper that is anything dents who are looking for sev move into the new building she told me that I had an hour research assistance is more posi but perfect, we are having to refer eral books” Will have something (which will have more than with her, but it was quite differ tive. students needing collation to the to hold them in other than their 150,000 square feet for library ent because it was only 15 min “I rarely complain or fill out campus Copy Center. Otherwise, arms. Thanks for the suggestion! functions), we will have 35 group utes - and still I wasn’t sure how comment cards, but I must report the machines jam, continuously See the green plastic baskets we study rooms. to use the computer. So I con on the uselessness of the copy when students try to collate, and purchased and placed near the “Place more signs in the tinue to ask every day. Everyone machines in the library. Libraries machines are out of service for circulation desk for your conve library to remind students to is too busy to help. I wish they need good copy machines. These a period of time. Sorry for the nience! be considerate by not using cell had access to these databases in machines are cheap and produce phones.” public libraries. Reference librar awful reproductions and copies. We checked on our signage ians there are less hectic, less in a If this is going to be considered A + S U B S and find them on both floors near hurry. Please change!” a competitive university the stu study areas. We simply do not We are sorry to hear that dents need capable resources! ” have enough staff to ‘police’ the you’ve had this experience. Your In December the university Preschool Substitutes, aides, & library for cell phone and food comments have been forwarded changed its copy service from teachers. All areas, full time, flexible offenders but have found that to the Research Services Group IKON to an in-house service pro fellow students are very effective (RSG) for discussion. We do vided by Campus Enterprises. part time hours. when they ask other students to acknowledge that we are very While there are still some bugs be more considerate. busy! The tremendous growth in to work out on service and main $6.75-$9.50 houdy “It is very frustrating when our student population means we tenance logistics, we hope you CaU Jacki 358-565-2144
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