State of the Campus Address
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>r MÈ mfii W S ( wwwxsusm.edu/prìde/ TUESDAY. FEBRUARY 11. 2003 VOL. 10 NO. 18 Creating Military Students the perfect affected by class STATE OF Iraqi Conflict schedule By MEGEPPEL Pride Staff Writer By GABRIEL MARTIN Pride Staff Writer THE CAMPUS The conflict in Iraq has spurred a recent media frenzy. Local news "Scheduling is an art," said has focused on troops leaving for Professor Susie Cassel, chair the Gulf and the nationwide news of the literature and writing has been focused on the words department here at CSUSM. of President George Bush and Professor Patty Seleski, chair of ADDRESS Secretary of State Colin Powell. the history department, compared It is obvious that important it to juggling, as the needs of Tempers Flared as the State of the decisions are being made during students and the budget that has this and the last few months. been allocated by the dean have These decisions are important to be balanced. "It's the curse of Campus Address, turned into a State of to CSUSM students because middle management," she said. they directly involve the young the Parking Address citizens, a large percentage The course scheduling process of whom are members of the is much more complex than most By ADRIAN CUNDIFF needed and fees will continue and ASI Corporate Secretary military. people realize, and thè upcom- Pride Staff Writer to increase. Erik Roper introduced the ing budget crisis has only made panelists then asked the This is especially true with the it more complicated than before. A As President large numberof CSUSM students Several factors must be juggled Before Gonzalez took salivating students to keep /\ Alex Gonzalez took the stage, Associated their questions short and to who are currently enlisted in the when the department chairs Army, Marine Corps, Navy, i V. the stage, students Students Incorporated (ASI) the point. The State of the determine when, where, and how Air Force, and service reserves. started to gather around President Jocelyn Brown Campus Address is set for the many sections of a course will be There are also approximately the microphone, like lions offered. began the "State of the same purpose that the U.S. 600 CSUSM students who stalking their prey, as they Campus Address" with ASI president's State of the Union aire Veterans, according to The needs of both the major anxiously waited their turns announcements ranging Address, yet Cal State San Corkie Lee, veterans affairs and of general education (GE) to ask questions of the from protests on the recent Marcos's State of the Campus representative at CSUSM. Tim requirements are considered. panelists last Monday, Feb. tuition increase, which is Address was very different. Bills, associate dean of students, Every department offers several 3. , " scheduled for next month in Aside from addressing the See IRAQ, page 2 GE courses, which must be taken Sacramento to free movie student body, students were by all students. Enough classes nights sponsored by ASI. for the department's major also About 50 students gathered allowed to ask the president, have to be offered, but these at the Mezzanine Plaza, with as well as panelists, questions classrooms can be hard to fill due the unforgiving sun beating Brown also announced the about CSUSM and its current What's to their specialized nature. An on panelists' heads, in order new Solidarity Fund, which events. in a _ attempt is made to offer major to find out what the school will let teachers and staff who name? courses at a variety of times, president and the panelists feel guilty about the increase but usually only one section of had to say about the current in parking fees donate money Parking CSUSM vs. a particular course is. offered per situation at Cal State/ San. that will benefit students. Cal State semester or year. Marcos. According to Brown, At the opening of the San Marcos President Alex Gonzalez will question and answpr session, Attempts are made to offer By JULIE MYRES Gonzalez began by talking be the first one to donate $100 courses in "a consistent, senior Joshua Goldsmith Pride Staff Writer predictable way," said the chair about the budget, and he said from his personal income. suggested that students of the mathematics department, that the increase in parking According to Keith Speers, should pay parking according Students who attend Cali- professor Linda Holt. If several fees is not related to the ASI's executive director, ASI to their level in education;.. fornia State University, San classes are only available once tuition hike. According to is currently working with seniors should not be paying Marcos, know the university as per year, schedulers will attempt Gonzalez, the California the Financial Aid office in the same as freshmen." CSUSM, Cal State San Marcos,, to consistently offer courses state government does not an attempt to find out how "There was nothing done to San Marcos State, and CSU San during the same semesters. fund parking facilities; the money that is received pro-rate parking," Goldsmith Marcos. What most students Class A is always available in money that is used to from staff members will do not know is that the popular the spring, class B is always in said. There was nothing done finance a parking structure be distributed among the brand name of the school has the fall. These major classes to pro-rate parking for seniors must come directly through students. been changed from CSUSM to are arranged like this to avoid who will not benefit from the Cal State San Marcos. conflict. parking fees, therefore the parking structure they are increase in parking fees was Senior CSUSM student See SCHEDULE, page 5 financing and student input Cal State San Marcos is the See ADDRESS, page 5 trademark that students, prospec- tive students, faculty, staff, and off-campus community members see on official letterhead, busi- Recycling at CSUSM: Marcos' recycling program. ness cards, and banners along Helping you to help the planet The Green Team is made up of Craven Drive and Campus View facilities services administrative Way. Markings on university By ERIK ROPER a 100-watt bulb for four hours." These are the sorts of Tun analyst Mui Sullivan, facilities vehicles as of a year and a half Pride Staff Writer "Producing à soda can from Facts' that Cai State San Marcos' services account technician ago have also been changed, recycled aluminum uses 96% self-proclaimed 'Green Team' Vieki Graff, and the facilities based on a decision made by the ^'Americans use four million less energy than manufacturing was passing out to students services lead recycling custodial Academic Program Committee plastic bottles every hour, yet a can from ore and produces at winter break orientation maintenance and * events and by recommendation of the only one out of four is recycled/' 95% less air pollution and 97% sessions. The Green learn is the coordinator, Carl Hanson. Academic Program Marketing "Recycling one glass bottle less water pollution/' group responsible for the winter Task Force. saves enough electricity to light 2003 upgrades to Cal State San See RECYCLING, page 3 See NAME, page 5 2 Tuesday, February 11, 2003 NEWS JBTRIDE was ignored, Goldsmith said. addressed the parking issue state government doesn't give the question about the curb "A 50$ rebate with a diploma was set up in order to get universities the necessary "We don't have to rely on parking Williams said that, will alleviate students that paid input from students, said money to build parking the university to solve our "Parking services knew there for the increased parking fees," Linda Leiter, associate vice structures, the increase in problems," said Shawn Harris, would be a tight crunch last Goldsmith said sarcastically. president for human relations parking fees was needed to history major, "Why pay $150 semester therefore curb parking and campus enterprises. meet the needs of the growing for parking permits when there was allowed. Curb parking A town hall meeting that Leiter also said that since the campus. is plenty of parking in the was ultimately suspended surrounding communities. because "the risk outweighed We can park our cars on top the benefit." According to of the hill and skateboard Williams, "This semester there Iraqi Conflict our way to school. I is ample parking, even during know they (surrounding the busiest times." communities) will love from page 1 that." explained that knowing the largely based in Miramar and CSUSM. Diversity definite number of students on Camp Pendleton received active duty is difficult because deployment orders. Recently, Nick Roost, a biology major Shuttles and Curb As her voice cracked with they may not always inform the 17,000 reservists were called into and senior, is a part of the Parking intense emotion, President of school about their military status. duty, bringing the total number Marine Enlisted Commissioning the Black Student Union and He did, however, explain th#t of National Guard and reservists Program (MECP). As a member Amanda Davenport, student Honee Folk stated, during this semester, the school is to over 110,000. With so many of MECP he plans to get his experiencing the largest number young people leaving on duty and degree and become an officer Liberal Studies, asked "We lost a Black staff member of students than ever before in San Diego's large military role, it in the Marines. Roost remains about the shuttles that and two students recently [who CSUSM history who have not brings the conflict close to home active duty enlisted, but due to ran last spring and were moved to other campuses]. enrolled or dropped their classes at CSUSM.