FIRST COPY FREE ADDITIONAL COPIES 500 each CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY SAN MARCOS INDEPENDENT STUDENT NEWSPAPER www.thecsusmpride.com TUESDAY, AUGUST 26, 2008 VOL. XX NO. 1 Hello from the Welcome Week BY BEN ROFFEE Editor- Pride Staff Writer In an initiative to increase the in-Chief visibility of events on Campus, the Cai State San Marcos Pro- BY VIRIDI ANA PACHECO gramming Council has pub- ISAAC lished a calendar of events Pride Staff Writer for thè first weeks of the. new semester. This newest calendar lists Due to the fact that I have ¿vents up to Sept. 30 and comes been pretty much counting down as the first in a series of calen- the days until school starts, my dars set to be released through- friends have officially classified out the semester. me as a nerd. Many of the events are meant Sure, I measure my life by to introduce students to the semesters rather than months and assortment of campus organi- years, and I begin reading from zations and increase student my semester book list the minute involvement in campus activi- it becomes available. They may ties. or may not be right. The truth is, According to the CSUSM however, the root of my excite- Programming Council, the ment comes from knowing this Welcome Weeks Calendar is year will be a great one. the result of a combined effort We have many developments^ by the following departments: v going on both in our community Alumni Relations, Associated and in the world: our campus Students, Inc., Athletics, The community keeps growing and becoming more diverse while See Welcome, Page 2 Photo by Jackie Carba}al / The Pride many administrative changes have swept out campus, not to mention we have an interesting presidential election ahead of us, CSUSM new faculty, Our Campus marriage in California is granted to anyone regardless of sexual promotions, tenures preference, among many other COMPILED BY JACKIE Department: Biological Sciences things. CARBA JAL By T1leN i im bers More than anything else, it is Pride Staff Writer Paul Stuhr: Assistant Professor an exciting time to be a journal- Department: Kinesiolgy ist. So what does this mean for New Faculty Theresa Suarez: Assistant you? Perhaps not much at first, Professor but as you newcomers become Greig Guthey: Assistant Department: Sociology more acquainted with our campus Professor you will Took for information on Department: Liberal Studies campus events and news, and Faculty Tenures that is where The Pride comes in. Katherine Hijar: Assistant Having been in this organization Professor & Promotions for a year I have gotten to know Department: History Todd Astorino: Associate See EIC, Page 2 ' Joonseong Lee: Assistant Professor Professor Kinesiology Department Department: Communication Scott Greenwood: Associate Jeff Nessler: Assistant Professor Professor Department: Kinesiology Global Studies Program/ Political Science Department. Staff Joely Proudfit: Assistant Professor Judit Hersko: Associate Professor Department: Sociology Visual and Performing Arts Bios Department Kim Pulvers: Assistant Professor Department: Psychology Deborah Kristan: Associate Page 3 Professor Thomas Spady: Assistant i tin i i.i Professor See Faculty, Page 2 Tuesday, August 26, 2008 NEWllij Y Y SkJ THE PRIDE From EIC, page 1 THE CIPRIDE some great people that come Managing Editor's welcome and go, whether through our doing with these opportunities is EDITORIAL STAFF BY BEN ROFFEE pull off one of the most exciting why I love working for our stu- staff, interviews, advertisers, Pride Staff Writer and positive years CSUSM has EDITOR IN CHIEF etcetera. However, the greatest ever seen. dent newspaper so much. VIRI DIANA PACHECO-ISAAC pleasure has come from know- It was right around this time Now in my second semester I find it nothing but a privi- MANAGING EDITOR ing a core group that has always last year when I first stepped as the Managing Editor at The lege to document this college in BEN M. ROEFEE stuck around to make sure The foot into The Pride office a Pride and my third semester its infancy. Instead of walking Pride is constantly improv- tender footed newcomer to total, I can honestly say that I'm into someone else's traditions NEWS EDITOR JACKIE CARBAJAL ing to serve our readers, and journalism. After only a year more excited than ever to be a we have a rare chance to cement that is the group of editors that here it feels as if I have trans- part of this campus. our own college legacy. FEATURES EDITOR week after week—even in the formed into a weathered and I know that summer is not an From where I sit, I am able to ASSISTANT LAYOUT EDITOR CRYSTAL EVANS summer— have worked really battle-seasoned newshound. easy thing to let go of, but like survey the changes and growth hard to improve this medium of By most standards we are all things that obligate us to be of a campus bristling with unri- ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT information. considered a small campus, but unwillingly optimistic, there is valed potential. My only hope is EDITOR KATHRYN MCBRAYER As an organization, we are we still seem to find a way to a bright side. The good thing that the Pride can keep up with dedicated to the coverage of shake things up in a big way. about the end of summer—if all of it. OPINION EDITOR campus events and news in a Our campus and much of the there is such a thing at all—is that To our newest classmates, the AMY SALISBURY way that is fair and unbiased. rest of the county almost burned it offers up to us an unmarked class of 2012: Venture a little SPORTS EDITOR & We strive to cover as much to the ground. Religious fanat- chance to create a college expe- bit. Seize the limitless possibili- ONLINE MANAGER as the campus community as ics trumpeted damnations in rience that is our own. ties that our campus has to offer. TIM MOORE we can in each issue while our walkways. Like hitting the reset button, It will make college infinitely COPY EDITOR at the same time celebrating Our Spring Fling ended early those of us that are returning get better. TLFFANJE HOANG diversity and bringing . light because somebody jumped a renewed chance do the things To CSUSM as a whole: Bring LAYOUT EDITOR to issues seldom talked about. off the boat. And even with we wished we had done the year it. We at the Pride are only as NICKSTRIZVER As The Pride's leader, I expect all of the crazy happenings on before. Knowing the amazing good as the things you make and promote ethical behav- campus we still managed to things that people are capable of ASSISTANT LAYOUT EDITOR happen. RUDY MARTINEZ ior, learning and growth from our staff. Prior to The Pride, ONLINE EDITOR I dedicated my energy to cov- From WELCOME, page 1 Life & Leadership, University and will be the first in a series of JACKIE CARBAJAL ering issues mainly impacting Events Scheduling Office, Uni- similar collaborations aimed at BUSINESS MANAGERS the Latino Community and Clarke Field House/University versity Tribal Liaison, and Uni- increasing the visibility of events SALES REPRESENTATIVE border and immigration con- Student Union, Office of Global versity Village Apartments. around campus. More informa- KRISTINA FR!DEAX>S#€SU5M.ED LAWLEUR troversies. I was also editor Education, Student Health & The Welcome Weeks calendar tion on Welcome Week can be DISTRIBUTION MANAGER of an award-winning college Counseling Services, Student features events up to Sept. 30 found at www.csusm.edu/sll. NICKSTRIZVER newspaper prior to transferring ADVISOR to CSUSM, so journalism has From FACULTY, page 1 Dreama Moon: Professor Professor JOAN ANDERSON been my religion and political Communication Department Political Science Department affiliation for some years now. Biological Sciences Department I look forward to interacting Radhika Ramamurthi: Associate Jill Weigt: Associate Professor with our campus and surround- Anne Lombard: Associate Professor Sociology Department ing community as we work Professor Mathematics Department toward serving whom we are History Department Xiaoyu Zhang: Associate here to serve: you. Our read- Cyras Masroori: Assistant Fernando Soriano: Professor Professor ers. Professor Human Development Program Computer Science and Let this be the beginning of a Political Science Department Information Systems wonderful year. Pamela Strieker: Associate All opinions and letters to die editor, published in The Pride, represent the opinions of the author, and do not necessar- ily represent the views of The Pride, or of California State Uni- versity San Marcos. Unsigned editorials represent the majority opinion of The Pride editorial board. Letters to the editor should include an address, téléphoné number, e-mail and identifi- Tuesday, August 26 Thursday, August 28 Photo Scavenger Hunt cation. Letters may be edited for grammar and length. Picnic with the Presidents 9:00-11:00 PM Letters should be under 300 12:00-1:00 PM Student Organization Fair words and submitted via elec- tronic mail to pride@csusm. 11:00-2:00 PM Monday, September 1 edu, rather than to the indi- Orientation Reunion with vidual editors. 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