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D A IIA ^Student sues Cal Poly for horse riding accident► University is named in $20 million lawsuit; accounts of incident differBy Andrea SvobodaMUSTANG DAILY STAFF WRfTiR

Cal Poly is facing civil action after three profes­sors failed to render assistance when a student fell from a horse and went into a 10-day coma, accord­ing to a $20 million lawsuit filed two weeks ago.

Animal science senior Siobhan McDowell claims she was required to train a dangerous horse, ;md ride the animal at dusk with poor visibility where it walked into a wire fence Nov. 30, 2001, according to court dcKuments. This caused the

horse to take off, throwing her to the ground and then rolling over her. The lawsuit names animal science professors Roger Hunt, Gene Armstrong and Mflce Lund for ignoring McDowell’s concerns tor her own safety.

According to the suit, the instructors failed to render medical aid to the imconscious McDowell and left the scene before medical personal arrived. After the fall, McDowell was comatose for 10 days after being checked into Sierra Vista Hospital as “Jane Doe.”

Armstrong’s wife is also named in the suit.McDowell, according to the suit filed by

Sacramento, Calif., attorney Mathew Evans, claims that two to three weeks prior to the incident she was bucked off a horse and sent to the hospital.

When she tried to tell her teachers about her fears of riding and training the horse, they ignored her concerns for her safety and forced her to ride the allegedly unsafe horse.

Cal Poly Director of Communications and Public Affairs Darlene L. Slack said that no person from Cal Poly can comment on the case until the school has received it.

“(Cal Poly) hasn’t been served with the lawsuit yet,” Slack said Tuesday.

According to the Cal Poly course catalog, the class — advanced equine modification — involves riding young horses.

Before they got on the horses. Cal Poly required that the students sign releases stating the potential risks associated with horses. In bold type at the top

of the dcx:ument, the release states that serious injury may result from the activity and the instruc­tor does not guarantee students’ safety.

McDowell signed the forms, but in the lawsuit she claims that the training level of the horses did not comply with the Riding Instruction Agreement.

Although he could not comment on the case, animal science Department Head Andy Thulin said anyone dealing with livestock assumes a cer­tain amount of risk.

“As long as people, in general, are riding, there is going to be the cKcasional accident,” Tlrulin said. “The horse is an unpredictable animal.”

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Annual ballet brings holiday spirit► The 25th season of the Civic Ballet of San Luis Obispo's 'The Nutcracker" begins Dec 14By Bonnie GuevaraMUSTANG DAILY STAFF WRITER

‘Tis the season the elegant Sugar Plum Fairy, the handsome C avalier and the m agical Nutcracker Prince take the stage at the C al Poly Performing Arts Center.

T his holiday season, the C ivic Ballet of San Luis Obispo presents Lori Lee Silvaggio’s “T h eNutcracker.” T he holiday ballet is back for its 25th S ilv erAnniversary Season.

“T h e N utcracker’ starts off the season and appeals to all ages,”

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k Tickets range P r o d u c e r from $14 to $37. Schultz

said. “W ek For ticket ^ave fiveinformation call c h o r e o g r a - 756 -2 7 8 7 . phers this

year whobring theirown individ­

ual style to the perform ance.”In addition to the newly

designed props, sets, costumes and dancers, the C ivic Ballet will add Heart to Heart — a holiday gift performance o f “T he N utcracker.” T he free dress rehearsal perfor­mance will take place Friday, Dec. 13.

“W e wanted to give back to the com munity,” Schultz said. “We wanted to bring the joy of ‘T he N utcracker’ to people who nor­mally wouldn’t be able to see it .”

Choreographer, M orro Bay High School counselor and C ivic B a lle t’s primary dancer Elana Lorton-Sm ith will dance the part of the Sugar Plum Fairy. San Luis Obispo native Ryan Law rence will dance beside her as the part of the Cavalier.

A t 14, Law rence moved to C oncord , N .H . to study with Richard R ein at S t . Paul’s

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Turkey fears Iraq invasion, hesitant to join U.S. attackBy Louis MeixlerA s s o c ia te d P ress W riter

H A KKA RI, Turkey (A P) - To understand why Turkey is hesitant to back a U .S. attack against Iraq, just l(K)k at Hakkari, a mountain town near the Iraqi border where poverty and unemployment fuel anger at the gov­ernment and support for Kurdish nationalism.

Turkey’s backing is crucial to any U.S. attack on Iraq, but the over­whelmingly Muslim nation fears that Saddam Hussein’s removal could lead to the split-up of Iraq, with Kurds in the north declaring a separate state and providing an example for Turkey’s Kurds.

In Hakkari, poverty forces men to line up in the freezing cold to get free government coal to heat their homes and many people get their food from state kitchens.

Almost half of the town’s population of 60,000 are villagers who fled the countryside, either threatened by guer­rillas of the Kurdistan Workers Party, or

PKK, or more often, by Turkish soldiers. Human rights groups say Turkey burned thousands of villages as part of a strate­gy to clear the countryside and deny the guerrillas local supf>ort.

“If the Iraqis have democracy, we can start pointing to them and saying, ‘Our brothers have democracy, why not us,”’ said a Kurdish activist in a furniture shop in Hakkari. He agreed to speak on condition that he was only identified as Ahmet.

“The Turkish government says there are no Kurdish people. If there is a Kurdish government in Iraq, this idea will fall apart,” he added.

Kurdish guerillas battled Turkey for 15 years, leaving 37,000 dead.

U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz visited Ankara on Tuesday to press for Turkey’s support for an Iraq operation. Turkey, a NATO member, borders Iraq and hosted more than 100 U .S. warplanes during the 1991 Gulf War. U .S. troops would need

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Christmas classic "The Nutcracker" will be performed at the Performing Arts Center on Dec. 14 and Dec. 15. (Above) Dancers Roy Reyes and Elena Lorton Smith dance in the ballet in 1995.

University School. He also spent summers training at the School of A m erican B allet, A m erican B allet T h eater and Houston Ballet Academy and received a bachelor o f fine arts degree from the Juilliard School in New York.

Lawrence al.so choreographed works presented at A lice Tully Hall and the C lark Studio T heater in New York City. He has performed in works by Paul Taylor and Jose Limon, and can also be seen in the film “C enter Stage."

“1 left San Luis Obispo when 1 was 14 and came back this year to perform ,” Law rence said. “I’m really honored to be part of it.”

C iv ic Ballet dancers perform

all over the world. T hey’ve trav­eled to the Festival de Danza in Spain in 1997 and by special invi­tation from the People’s Republic of C hina in July 1999 and August 2002.

T h e dancers take the stage Saturday, Dec. 14 at 2 p.m. for a m atinee performance. T he second performance of “T he Nutcracker” will take place that evening at 8 and will include a reception for C ivic Ballet contributors.

T he entire cast will be avail­able for autographs and photos after the Sugar Plum performance on Dec. 15 at 2 p.m., and the Nutcrackers will take their final dance that night at 6 p.m.

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About 20 students from ARCH 351 presented designs of their cre­ation of the White House in the CAED Gallery Tuesday. Architecture senior Anthony Bong's design of an underground building showed a contrast of the usual concept of the White House being excess and power. He said he wanted it to show humility.

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Animal science junior Michael Kovach was a student in Mc[\)weU’s equine behavior modification class and was there the day of the accident, but recalls the class procedures leading up to and including Nov. 30 differently than McDowell.

Kovach said the instructors did assign the horses, but it was done through stu­dents’ request. In fact, in the beginning of the quarter, McDowell was assigned to a roan-colored horse, which was her horse of choice, Kovach said, but McDowell did not feel comfortable with this horse and traded horses with anoth­er student. The mustang she received in the trade was the horse she was riding the day of the accident.

Kovach said that this incident wasn’t McDowell’s first fall. If someone had problems in class and felt uncomfortable riding, they could e;isily stop coming, he added.

The accident txrcurred when the class went on a group trail ride on cam­pus grounds.

“It was a Friday aftemixm, we were talking and having a gtxxl time on the last day of school,” Kovach said. “We were up by the sheep pasture when (her horse) spooked.”

Since the riders were enjoying the ride, no one saw what sptxiked her horse, Kovach said. After the horse became frightened, it took off and ran toward a wire fence. The fence was made of six wire strands and temporary

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to cross through Turkey if they were to fight in northern Iraq.

Wolfowitz, in meetings with Prime Minister Abdullah Gul, offered reas­surance for Turkey’s fears for its econ­omy, discussion how U.S. aid could provide a cushion in the event of war. During a July visit, Wolfowitz out­lined Washington’s “firm opposition

to a Kurdish state in northern Iraq.”In the southeast, where half of

Turkey’s 12 million Kurds live, the feelings are different.

Huseyin Umit, the mayor of Hakkari, said Turkey would have nothing to fear from a Kurdish state in Iraq. Umit is from a pro-Kurdish party the courts have been trying to shut down.

“If there is a Kurdistan in Iraq, there would he no problem,” he said. “It would he progress... We would respect and support it.”

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Bush administration maps strategy for researching global warming

WASHINGTON - Bush adminis- tratiiin ofilicials mapped out a strategy Tuesday for researching climate change and its causes over the next five years — studies that critics say are just a means to delay the toughest decisions on global warming until after President Bush leaves office.

The administration strategy calls for more accurate projections of the potential economic impacts tif climate policy changes and gives the White Hoase more control over the research efforts of more than a dozen federal agencies.

John H. Marhurger III, the presi­dent’s science and technology adviser, said at the start of a three-day meeting of climate change expierts that the White House hopes to refocus the 13- year-old research prc>gram on provid­ing data that can he used to shape a “clearly articulated policy ... that does­n’t put the economy at risk.”

For many climate experts, the administration’s latest strategy reopens questions that most scientists consid­ered already fairly settled. It also ignores the Environmental Protection Agency’s published findings in 2000 from a decade-long federal assessment of potential impacts of climate change around the United States.

Bills introduced to revamp state's public education system

SA CRAM EN TO - California’s planned restructuring of its public school system started Tuesday, as law-

makers intaxluced the first two of nine hills that will constitute a proposed master plan for the nation’s largest public education system.

One hill calls for mandatory, full- time kindergarten and would lay the groundwork for universal access to preschcxil, a program that is expected to take two decades to implement fully.

TTie other hill would alter oversight of the public education system, mov­ing respiinsibility for policy decisions to the governor’s office and away from the elected superintendent of public insttuction.

If the hills pass, they would he the first comprehensive overhaul of the immense system. TTie last state master plan was done in the 1960s and cov­ered colleges and universities.

Pop star Michael Jackson's courtroom encore in civil suit

SANTA M ARIA, Calif. Entertainer Michael Jackson, hob­bling into court without a shoe because a spider bite caused his foot to swell, testified Tuesday in a $21 mil­lion breach-of-contract suit that he didn’t recall details about his scrubbed millennium concerts.

Promoter Marcel Avram is suing Jackson for backing out of perfor­mances in Sydney, Australia, and Honolulu on Dec. 31, 1999. The singer maintains that it was Avram who canceled the shows over concerns they would not be profitable.

Before beginning his testimony Tuesday, Jackstin sat down in the wit­ness chair and began htxjting and squeaking “eeeow!” several times into the microphone and made comical

faces at courtrix)m ohsetvers.His arrival earlier in a van with four

Ixxlyguards led to shrieks of delight from faas gathered outside the Santa Barbara Q)unty courthouse.

Jackstm’s return to the witness stand followed a two week absence from the trial during which he visited Gennany and sparked worldwide outrage by dangling his infant son Prince Michael II from a fourth-flixir hotel balcony.

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Mexican officials promoting prison factories to U.S. compa­nies looking to cut costs

CIUDAD VICTORIA, Mexico - Prisi:)n officials in northern Mexico say their inmates are manufacturing furni­ture hound for Texas — despite U.S. laws that ban the importation of gotxJs made with prison labor.

And they’d like to contract with more American companies to produce all kinds of gtxxls. One official said prison shops would even label their products to hide their origin.

Prison officials in Mexico’s north­ern states are pointing to inmate work­shops as a way to stem the loss of busi­ness as foreign-owned assembly plants abandon the border zone in search of cheaper labor in Asia. Convicts already dt) work for Mexican compa­nies.

But prison labor is strongly criti­cized around the globe on the grounds it undercuts unions, steals jobs from law-abiding workers and jx>ses risks of human rights abuses. Many countries, like the United States, bar imports of products made by prisoners.

The prison director for Tamaulipas

state, Manuel del Riego, said Clint Hough of Austin, Texas, is the first for­eign businessman to accept the state’s offer of its inmates’ services. I9el Riego said Hough has been buying furniture made by prisoners for more than a year.

Inspectors search palace; Iraq declares 'no weapons of mass destruction'

BAGHDAD, Iraq - International weapons hunters went straight to the heart of Saddam Hussein’s regime on Tuesday, searching the rtx>ms of an opulent presidential palace in a show of U.N. power, just when Washington was openly questioning their ability to do the job.

A senior Iraqi official, meanwhile, said Baghdad will reaffirm in a cmcial upcoming U.N. declaration that it has no weapons of mass destruction despite U.S. and Btitish claims to the contrary.

Melissa Fleming of the U.N. nuclear control agency in Vienna, Austria, said the Iraqis were expected to submit their report to the U.N. office in Baghdad on Saturday — one day before the deadline mandated by the Security Council.

The unannounced visit to the Al- Sajoud palace was the biggest test yet of the arms monitors’ authority under a new U.N. resolution, which led to resumption of inspections here last week after a four-year break.

Seven minutes after the inspectors rolled up to the palace entrance, the towering front gates swung open, allowing them access to the palm- lined compound. Inside, they found a sprawl of ostentation and luxury, but

there was no word they found any­thing else.

Egyptian court orders retrial in case that drew international condemnation

CAIRO, Egypt - Egypt’s highest appeals court ordered a retrial for an Egyptian-American stx:iologist Tuesday, overturning his conviction for tarnishing the nation’s image with his writings on demcxracy ;md human rights.

Human rights groups around the world had condemned Saad Eddin Ibrahim’s conviction and seven-year sentence last year as fxilitically moti­vated. The case also strained ties between Egypt and the United States.

The court did not explain its deci­sion, which cannot he appealed fut- thet Under Egyptian law, the court considers only prcxedural problems in deciding whether to order a retrial.

At least five of the appeals court’s seven judges will preside over the retri­al starting Jan. 7. It will be Ibrahim’s third trial on these charges.

After the ruling, Ibrahim left Cairo’s Tora Prison in a car with his wife and daughter. He did not com­ment.

Ibrahim, a professor at American University in Cairo who turned 64 on Tuesday, was convicted May 21, 2001, and sentenced to seven years for tar­nishing Egypt’s image, accepting fot- eign money without government approval and embezzling funds.

Briefs compiled from The Associated Press wire service by Mustang Daily managing editor Malia Spencer.

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The (not so great) guide to great datesBy Andrea SvobodaMUSTANG DAILY STAFF WRITER

You were having a weak moment. You weren’t thinking clearly. You thought he was the other Bob.

entire book and looking for dates that can be considered freakishly weird or very, very dull. Once inspired, call up your unwanted mate and suggest the

gestion from “Guide to Great Dating” is bird watching, which 1 see as a per­fect excuse to go tromping around the forest dressed in camouflage. Taking

on the adventur-planned event.Let’s say you chose ^ ous persona of

! : H i gravestone tracing, Unfortunately the normal, Steve Itwin theC r o c o d i l e Hunter will only add to your fun.

date from hell. • • iSo before you try to make up alame r „ „ „ dCLtCS W6T6 OUt', , round on page one . i i i i < i

excuse, why not try a new approach j w eighed by the WhO lU

n r ; nli helr right mind would doway can you spend J a t e j .

‘Guide to G reat Dates” by Paul Joannides and Toni Johnson, you can not only scare your unwanted suitor away, but also have a little fun by’ watching him or her suffer.

EWfore we get started, it is impor­tant to remember to only use the guidance of this book in extreme cases.

Although this guide was written to inspire successful dates, I found it to do quite the contrary. Tire guide has about 90 differ­ent date ideas ▼

time with a person that you hardly know than in a graveyard? This set­ting gives you the perfect opportunity to fake some weird fetish or unholy obsession.

The “Guide to Great Dates” gives a mini-tutorial on how to find a ceme­tery, clean a gravestone, make a rub­bing with charcoal and paper and how much it all will cost. This knowl-

------------------------- edge will make

with detailed Or how obout Convincinginiotm ation on prep time, howlong the date will Studying the eating habits take, how much Qf ^he BusH Tit! Ask them

who to contact. COiieCt theUnfortunately, bird's StOol SamplcS.

the normal and exciting dateswere outweighed by the “who in their right mind would do that” dates.

1 suggest thumbing through the

your act more con­vincing. To ensure that you have com­pletely traumatized your date, I highly suggest dropping lines such as “I can’t believe that this is the sixth time 1 have been

here this week,” or quietly whispering “1 see dead pieople.”

Maybe graveyards might be a little too taboo for your taste. Another sug­

rmd any reason you can to get overly excited or loud about self-

named birds.The dating book suggests bringing

binoculars and a field guide. Why not take it one step further by putting shoe polish on the eyepieces of your date’s binoculars? Then see how long it takes him to figure out he has rac- ccxTn eyes. Or how alxTut convincing your date that you are studying the eating habits of the Bush Tit? Then, ask him to find and collect the bird’s stool samples that you will later examine in the lab. Use your imagi­nation and he will be flying the coop in no time.

Another interesting suggestion is molding your date. To do this, you need to make an impression of your date’s head, face, foot or any other body part and then fill it with plaster, chocolate or je ll-O . just imagine your date’s je ll-O mold face on a platter; 1 can’t think of anything more disturb­ing. This date basically speaks for

itself and will scare away even the most persis­tent suitors.

Maybe you don’t want to scare your date, so how about boring him or her to death? Why not jigsaw puzzles? To ensure your own enjoym ent, 1 suggest making a game o f the event. Try tempting your date with dinner if you two finish the puzzle before a set time. T hen, when your date visits the bathroom or gets a drink of water, secretly disassemble the

Among the suggestions for 'great dates': Making tie-dye and attending a planetarium or renaissance fair. Ooh please, can we?

pieces.For added frustration, why not mix

select pieces from three similarly col­ored puzzles? By the end of the night, your date will feel like a failure and beg to go home.

W hile the “Guide to Great Dates” did not provide suggestions for great dates, it is not a complete waste of paper. W ith a little bit of creativity.

this guide can find a secure place in anyone’s home library.

Remember: The recommendations from “Great Dates” are for worst-case situations only.

Overuse of these ideas might get you the reputation of being a sociopath. W ith that reputation, you never know whom you might attract.

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Breaking up may not be so hard to do

: I want to break up with my girlfriend but I don’t know how. She’s Ireally great, but I am just not into the relationship anymore. Help!

A: The honeymoon is over, and so is the relationship. Great. So now what? The breakup - the infamous gut-wrenching, heart-smashing breakup that we all know and love.

When the question is not whether you should break up but how you should break up, you’re already over the hurdle. Now it becomes a dilemma of technique rather than emotions.

When choosing a breakup technique, one should consider what he or she wants after the breakup is complete. Friendship? Total isolation? Banishment of the ex to the Congo? Bcxity call? All of these options raise different preferences as to how a person should go abt)ut severing the ties of the relationship.

The “friendship” breakup: A sure-fire way to make post- breakup friendship impossible is to bust out the line “Can we he just friends T’ Seriously, that phrase is so overused and cxizes with the connotation “1 don’t really like you anymore, but 1 don’t want you to freak out and make a scene.”

The key to maintaining a friendship is complete honesty. Tell the perstm why you can’t have a relationship anymore hut that you really value her or his

friendship. Tell the truth; that’s all there is to it.The “get away from me” breakup: Several techniques can be evoked to por­

tray the message that despite the fact you saw something in that person worthy of devoting your time to, you are just plain annoyed, or worse, repulsed, by them. The classic method consists of making disgusted faces at her or him, never returning phone calls and spewing phrases such as “G et away from me, you freak.” Without a doubt, the relationship will make a fast and ugly end suit­able of ensuring that you never have to talk to that person again.

The “booty call” breakup: This breakup is perhaps the most delicate. You feel like the physical relationship is still there, but the emotional part is spent. Separating the two asjsects of the relationship may prove impossible, depend­ing upon the person. You could always try the line “I think you’re really hot, but could you please not talk ?” The idea here is to make sure that you don’t hurt the other person’s feelings so much that he or she would not be willing to make a late-night trip across town at your beck and call. A gcxxl line to use here is “I love our relationship, but I just don’t have time right now.” Using that line shows that ending the relationship is basically out of your control - but everyone has time to spend on getting some action, right?

The “I’m over it” breakup: After a few weeks or months you realize your significant other isn’t the god or goddess that you once imagined and, although there is nothing wrong with him or her, you just don’t want to be in the relationship any more. Do not, I rep>eat, do not use the aforementioned line “Can we just be friends.^’ Use it and you are dead in the water. Be more creative. Use phrases like “afraid of commitment,” “don’t do well with inti­macy” and “It’s not you, it’s me.” By attributing the problem to yourself, you allow the person you break up with to blame you for the problems and give her or him an escape from feeling rejected.

W hile many more breakup techniques exists, the cardinal rules remain the same: Don’t deliver the news by e-mail, voice mail, U .S. mail or any other form of non-contact communication. Suck it up and be brave. Sure, it’s rough, but by distancing yourself from the actual breakup, you may end up with a psy­cho who doesn’t realize that the relationship is over and spews phrases like “closure” and “You ruined my life.”

Pretty scary thought, isn’t it?Bottom line - breakups are a part of life and they suck. But don’t dance

around the issue any longer than you have to. Decide what is best for you and do it. T hat’s all there is to it.

Sara Howell is a journalism senior and Mustang Daily columnist.

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Some protesters do more harm than good

What do stolen ducks, cow manure and naked women have in common? Answer: They are all part of wacky protesting schemes.

Throughout America’s history, citizens have fought for what they believe in using protesting methods like marches, petitions and sit-ins. Americans’ use of protest is one of the means by which important social changes have been made.

But lately, people have begun to take it ttxj far. Themost recent debacle of a

Commentary protest occurred in ourvery own state. In an

attempt to protest the war in Iraq, 50 Point Reyes Station women gathered together, removed their cloth­ing and, with their bodies, spelled out the word P-E-A- C -E by lying end-to-end in the grass.

In an Associated Press article, one of the protesters explained her motivation for participating in the display.

“I just thought, what can 1 do?,” said Donna Sheehan, 72. “W hat can we do? It’s a desperate feeling. Well, this is what 1 did. And every other woman who was there felt like they were doing something for peace.”

1 would like to know how exactly this brings about peace. In my mind, the image of naked elderly women is more horrifying than peaceful. It seems to me that these women were more interested in getting nude and mak­ing a spectacle of themselves than making any sort of war statement. This display was disrespectful and belit­tling to the anti-war cause. Shame on these women. They’re old enough to know better.

But these women are not the only ones engaging in stupid acts of protest. Some people will even resort to criminal activity to get their point across. In Long Island, NY, a case of missing ducks has been attributed to an animal rights activist group. In May, 250 ducks were stolen from the Cornell University Duck Research Lab. T he thieves also sprayed painted messages such as “No more animal testing” on bams.

In a New York Post article, a university spokesman

Americans* use o f protest is one of the means by which important social changes have been made. But lately, people have begun to take it too far.said the thievery has left officials distressed.

“We are concerned for (the stolen ducks’) safety and the safety of all the other ducks on the premises that may have been inadvertently exposed to infectious agents by the intruders,” Roger Segelken said.

Although 1 am sure the little duckies will he fine, my concern is for the mental health of the thieves.

Yet another example of odd activism is the case of a Vermont farmer who was angry at the plummeting prices he was paid for his dairy’s milk. Instead of sending a milk shipment to the handler, he sent a bag of cow manure. The farmer, in a statement to The Associated Press, explained his actions.

“If you pay for (manure) you should get (manure),” Gordon Murray said.

W hile I appreciate the man’s feistiness, 1 think he is shooting himself in the foot with his demonstration. Tfre only thing his actions will do is piss-off the handler. A word of advice, Murray - never bite the hand that feeds you (or pays you).

This is not to bash some protestors, however. Many protests are constructive. Take, for example, a recent protest at University of California, Berkeley. O n O ct. 24, 150 students gathered in a “pro-America” rally, wav­ing flags to show their support for the United States to convey the message that students support the country. This is a good example of a tasteful display full of impact.

Now, if only other activists would follow their lead.

Heather Zwaduk is a journalism senior and Mustang Daily staff writer.

Letters to the editorDon't feel sorry for Greek community

Editor,The Greeks deserved it.

Justin Fraga is an electrical engi­neering senior.

Advantaged shouldn't be so quick to judge

Editor,

I want to thank Lauren Chase for her article about third-strike crime violations (“All crimes not created equal,” Dec. 2). 1 think that many of us do not appreciate all the advan­tages that we have had in our own lives. I admit that 1 do not under­stand why a person, knowing that they had committed two previous violations, would even consider stealing “Snow W liite” from K-Mart. I cannot understand what he was thinking, or why he was not think­ing.

T lie irrational act is astonishing in my mind. But I do not understand because 1 have never been in that situation; 1 have no idea what that lifestyle is like. I never plan on even committing my first strike. However, 1 recognize the advantageous life of which 1 have been blessed. I am thankful that I have never had to face the hardships that push individ­uals into those lifestyles. I agree with Chase that with some crimes the offender should be taken off the street. However, I also agree that our efforts would be better channeled into things like education and crime prevention.

Before you jump to condemn the incurable criminal that just commit­ted his third strike, I suggest you think about how lucky you are, and ways that you can help those less for­tunate than yourself. We should all work to provide oppt)rtunity for suc­cess for as many individuals as possi­ble.

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Pheromones can help female householdsThe day hejjan like any other: 6 a.m. newspaper browsing,

coffee and toast.

Usually, reading ahciut world events gave me a sense of being on the brink of breaking news. I relied on this and the cof­fee to give me a nice hlast-off-into-a-husy-day buzz. But that day, 1 opened my newspaper to an article on the drought in Eastern Africa. I left the table in emotional turmoil, practically incapac- A* A, itated by the accounts. 1 couldV iO n i l n i l 0 n I c I r y barely focus enough for an upcom­

ing midterm and went through the whole day feeling guilty for the benefits of our modern society.

1 didn’t understand why the article disrupted the balance of my day until 1 came home and found my roommate beating a limp chicken breast. Her hair was a mess and her eyes darted around the kitchen. Instead of turning her dinner gently in the frying pan as she usually does, she scraped her fork across the pan in a chaotic display of ptipping grease, adding a lot of profanity.

“1 just feel so emotionally off-balance,” she said. “I’m com­pletely frustrated and I don’t know why.”

Then it dawned on me; it was that time of the month. During the couple of months 1 have lived with my two roommates, our Kxlies have become completely and totally in .synch on a hor­monal level. It was a subconscious adjustment, but has added enormous benefits to our conscious day-to-day lives.

Now that my rtxtrnmates and 1 are hormonally and thus emo­tionally in tune, we can go through the upheavals and down- spins of the month together. Sometimes we dance around the

kitchen like cavewomen on the prowl, and other times we cry together over Hallmark commercials on television. We know exactly what the other is going through, so we know whether to confront or joke, to tease or offer a hug. Paying bills, doing dish­es and cleaning in a timely manner are some practical benefits of being in synch with roommates.

To provide an explanation for this phenomenon, my room­mate consulted her Animal Science 401, reproductive physiolo­gy, lecture notes. It seems our unified condition is the result of some sneaky little agents called pheromones, compounds released by the body and subconsciously detected by another person. W hen detected, they cause behavioral and physiological reactions to occur.

For example, a study showed that women wearing old shirts with their subconsciously detectable scent were found more attractive to men than women wearing clean shirts.

I did a little research to see if pheromones had taken over other households.

Industrial technology senior Jonathan Friel lives with two other males and two females. Their house is considerably more hormonally balanced than ours, and they interact as a household only when necessary. Maybe this keeps their pheromones in check.

“I live with roommates that feel that things should be done only when absolutely necessary.” Friel said. “If there are no dish­es to use or the smell from the sink is so horrific, then they load the dishwasher.”

Maybe women today dont have red tents to gather in, but just give our pheromones enough time and well understand each other. Even when everyone else thinks we've gone totally insane.

Apparently, these roommates don’t spend enough time together to know how to take care of each other.

The novel “The Red Tent,” by Anita Diamant, shed further light on the pheromone-induced situation of my female house. Apparently, women of biblical times indulged, as we do, in par­allel estrus cycles. The women of the novel worked hard through the month, then during the week of their period they would enter the red tent. Men were not allowed in the tent, and the women were brought food and water.

This was their vacation together, as they sat and waited for the new moon.

Maybe women today don’t have red tents to gather in, but just give our pheromones enough time and we’ll understand each other. Even when everyone else thinks we’ve gone totally insane.

Abbey Kingdon is a Mustang Daily staff writer and animal sci­ence senior.

Qwik-speak raises concerns about

technologyWh.it light breaks? The east. Juliet the sun. Rise sun. Kill jealous mtxin. Sick,

pale, grieving mixtn. Maid no more. Not her uniform. My lady. My love. If only she knew. She talks. Says nothing. Why? Eyes talk. I answer.

Qwik-Speak. Language of the information age. Short. Like this. To the pttint. Direct. Common for news. Not for Shakespeare.

Like fast ftxxl, e-mail and highways, sentence fragments and abbreviations fulfill aneed. As corny and cliché as this may sound, the need for speed has become a goal that is internalized by many p>eople. Life gets faster, particularly in America.

Attention spans seem to be shrinking, and in trying to p»erform its duty of inform­ing the public, the media has become more creative and concise. All of these factors led to the birth of “qwik-speak” as a form of communication.

The role of this new language phenomenon is much like the role of fast fixxJ. A No. 1 at a drive-thru (actually spelled through, a whole three letters longer in the dictio­nary) may be a saving grace when a n ______ ________________ _ _ __hour-long lunch break becomes 10 ^minutes after just an errand or two, or Q w ik -sp eak w ipes aw ay all fe e l- when there just is not enough time to expression an d im agery,coirle

However, most people have learned l^tiving an im person ai p lot SUm- - from years of reading the frxxl pyra- m ory . T h is brings US b o ck tO the mid on the back of cereal boxes - that disCUSSion o f w hether

the daily recommended levels of nutri- technology is really a blessing OTtion. In the same way a diet of fast fixxJ ^ ^UTSC in disguise.lacks some essential nutrients, a lan­guage of just sentence fragments and abbreviations lacks some essential components as well.

As shown in the first paragraph, “Romeo and Juliet” does not convey the same mes­sage in qwik-speak as in its original form. Qwik-speak wipes away all feeling, expres­sion and imagery, leaving an impersonal plot summary. This brings us back to the age- old discussion of whether technology is really a blessing or just a curse in disguise.

Like the continuing battle between the East Coast and the West Coast as the best place to live, the answer depends on the individual. For most people, balancing fast fcxxl with vegetables and fruits is an easy task. The overweight individual who mis­takenly believes fried fcxxl on a daily basis is healthy is the exception, not the rule. Apply the same rule to technology and the rapid mcxlem lifestyle, and success will be just a .sound bite away.

The Internet, satellites and cell phones make more information available than can be processed in that same time period, making screening news necessary. The short, one-word headlines can be thought of like caller-lD for telephones. Viewers can ignore the story about the tornado in Tucson and watch the news ticker at the bottom of the television screen, reading about the fighting somewhere across the globe.

Recognize, however, that the language digest from the news is the same as C lift’s Notes are for literature. W hile the plot is still there, they are meant as a supporting source, not the only .source of inlormation. A balanced diet of news requires more effort and interest than just a pa.ssive mind that ingests words.

Laura Dietz is a journalism junior and Mustang Daily staff writer.

Letters to the editorEveryone should see'Bowling for Columbine'

Editor,1 know that many Cal Poly students skip the

front pages of the Daily and skip right to the opin­ion and letters to the editor pages, so without fur­ther ado I will get right down to the point: G o see “Bowling for Columbine!” In fact, don’t just see it, but take as many people as you can to go see it with you.

Also, e-mail everyone you know and call every­one you know. Why, you say? Because it is your responsibility as an American citizen. Every American should see this film. It is shocking but truthful. It makes it plain as day why Americans suf­fer from more homicides than any other Western natitin a year.

Hey! All you “peace rally” people, put down the signs and go .see this movie; it will fuel your anger and your drive. This film is playing at the Palm (Theater). Please believe me when I say it is worth the price of admission. It is a relevant, funny movie abtiut our society. It is a must see; more than any bltxkbuster! This movie should be shown in all of our high schools.

If you do fall into it, mayhe you need to reevaluate yourself and ask yourself why these stereotypes exist. There are reasons for stereo­types, not good reasons, but there are reasons nonetheless.

Rachel Brinkerhoff is a landscape architecture senior.

Offended Greeks should lighten up, recognize jokes

Editor,

In respon.se to the sheep display and for the angry member of the Delta Chi Fraternity, all 1 have to say is “get over it.” As a Latin female, I deal with more stereotypes on a regular basis then you could possi­bly imagine - and not by choice. You chose to be a member of an organization, knowing full well of the stereotypes out there.

I, for one, applaud the landscape architecture class for having the guts to make a statement and evoke emotion. Art is supposed to be controversial; that is the whole point of it. Rw the Greek members who were insulted by the sheep display, grow a sense of humor. Joe, don’t be embarrasscil by the College of Architecture, be embarrassed tluit yixi can’t take a joke.

Dynia Valdovinos is a theatre arts senior.

Stereotypes exist for a reason

Editor,1 am writing in regard to the landscape archi­

tecture installation on Dexter Lawn that involved the use of sheep to represent the Greek system. I am a landscape architecture major and have taken that class. T he landscape architecture class that did the installation got their point across.

They are not attacking the Greek system. They simply found a graphic way to represent what the Greek system means to the non-Greek public. The topic is design theory. You are given a subject and you have to figure out a graphic way to represent it, so that the public can understand it. Many under- stixxJ what the installation meant, and probably felt that it represented what the Greek system is about.

Stereotypes are a part of our society; everyone has them. I’m sure most of those involved with the G reek system are well aware of what those stereotypes are. So why were you so offended by .something that you know many people think is true about your organization, even though it may not be? You may know that you do or do not fall into the stereotype, and if you do not fall into it then do not be offended; it was not aimed at you.

Sandy Munio is a journalism senior.

Democrats don't stand a chance

Editor,

Considering I disagree with John Holbus’ politi­cal views in general, 1 am surprised that 1 agree with his column (“Why the Democrats will fail in 2(X)4,” Dec. 3). The 2CX)4 presidential campaign will be filled with Democratic candidates that I have heard of only recently (John Kerry) or do not want to see running again (A1 Gore). The likes of Gray Davis have tarnished the image of the Democratic party, and Tom Daschle and other Democratic leaders have been too soft on issues central to the Democratic platform.

W hile it would be nice for the winner of the next presidential election to be more intelligent in for­eign affairs, more concerned with domestic issues, less eiger to slaughter foreigners in the name of war, and more respectful of the public’s right to privacy than George W. Bush, I am not holding my breath in anticipation of this happening. (I wi.sh John M cCain would run in 2004...) Hopefully, I3em(xrats will regroup and be successful in future elections, particularly the presidential election of 2008.

David Davenport is a city and regional planning sophomore.

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Since the class was away from the main road, Armstrong’s wife went to a more visible area to meet the para­medics, Kovach said.

Cal Poly police were the first to arrive at the scene, Kovach said. He said they all waited until after the para­medics left. Everyone was extremely conscientious; they even took care of McDowell’s dog that was in the back of her tnick, he said.

“The horse unit resident ttxik her dog, put it in a stall and made sure it was safe and fed,” Kovach said.

After the accident, Kovach said another student worked withMcDowell’s horse and that it gave her no problems.

According to the lawsuit,McDowell’s fall resulted in a serious subdural hematoma, a collection of bkxxl in the space between the outer layer and middle layers of the covering of the brain, and had to have emer­gency surgery preformed to relieve pres­sure on her brain. She suffered from a bruised heart, and on March 5, 2002 she had a second surgery to have a pro­tective plate installed in her skull.

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(U -W IR E ) SAN D IEG O - To control enrollm ent at campuses across the state, the C alifornia S ta te U niversity system created ceilings in 1972 to limit the number of full-time equivalent students.

However, the ceilings are close to overflowing.

Currently, enrollm ent at each C SU campus is limited to 25 ,000 full-time equivalent students. FTES on campuses relate to the number of students whose credits make up 15 units. One student taking 15 units is an FTE or two students whose combined units equal 15 is an FTE.

T he C SU Board of Trustees dis­cussed the possibility of lifting the enrollm ent ceilings at its meeting in m id-Novem ber so that C SU schools can continue to grow. No decision was reached, and the trustees will take the issue up again in January.

Because o f the current limits, campuses with enrollm ents approaching the ceiling have estab­lished programs such as campus impaction to make admissions more difficult.

W hile the total FTES enrolled at San Diego S ta te rests at about 27 ,000 , some of those students are at off-campus sites or programs.

According to Ethan Singer, asso­ciate vice president for academic affairs, SD SU is just below the enrollm ent ceiling once the FTES who are not on campus are subtract­ed. T he university does not expect to surpass the lim it until 2004 or 2005.

If SD SU is not allowed to enroll more than 25 ,000 FTES, and appli­cations continue to increase, the percentage of new applicants admit­ted would have to decrease. Singer said.

He said the enrollment ceiling

was an arbitrary number that the hoard of trustees picked at the time. T he trustees are reviewing the limit now to see if it makes sense to keep the current maximum with the enrollm ent pressure that the C SU system is under.

“We think it’s our responsibility to continue to grow beyond the 25 ,000 ,” Singer said. “But how we do that, we haven’t really come to grips w ith.”

T he university is aggressively try­ing to move some enrollm ent into the state-supported Summer Session and has plans to add more off-campus sites. Singer said. The university also would have to con ­sider how much it could increase enrollm ent on the main campus.

“O btain ing more funding to allow campuses to grow is one of the most serious challenges o f the C S U ,” the system’s spokeswoman, Clara Potes-Fellow, said. “O ne of the most important priorities for the C SU is providing access to stu­dents. T h at is a difficult challenge at a time (when) we experience budget cuts combined with increas­ing numbers of students who want to obtain higher education at the C S U .”

W hile the state budget funded a system-wide increase of 15,000 stu­dents this year, 18,291 new students actually enrolled. Expanding cam ­pus size and programs also requires more money.

“T he C SU has to absorb the cost of the education of the students not funded,” Potes-Fellow said. “That means sm aller budgets for all departments and smaller compensa­tion increases for faculty and sta^.”

Janet Tsai, an undeclared sopho­more, said she worries that increas­ing the amount of students enrolled without enough funding from the state will damage the schcxil.

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Cal Poly Lacrosse

Alumni war

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► Past and present Mustangs square off at annual three-game eventBy William ReitzMUSTANG DAILY STAFF WRITER

A young blonde woman is wearing athletic shorts and a T-shirt running with a stick that has a small basket on the end of it. In the basket is a little yellow ball. There are other similarly clad women chasing her and chop­ping at her ankles with their own bas­ket-sticks. This thumping looks painful, but does not even faze the woman as she runs.

There is an assortment of hollering and cheering as the woman is knocked off her feet. The ball springs free and is picked up in a stick-basket by another young woman, who then runs the opposite direction and the ankle-whacking continues.

This is how a lacrosse game may appear to somebody who has no familiarity with the sport.

But knowledge of the game was not necessary to enjoy the action when many Cal Poly lacrosse alumni, new and old, came to San Luis Obispo, put on their helmets and totik to the field Nov. 23 for the 2002 Alumni Games.

“For some of the players, it is their first chance at seeing an actual game,” said Jill Marshall, kinesiology senior and current lacrosse player.

These “exhibition games” launched the lacrosse teams’ seasons while doubling as fund-raisers with the past players donating money to the current programs.

The alumni women played the cur­rent Cal Poly team and defending national champs for college club teams Saturday morning, followed by two men’s games Saturday afternoon.

“The guys played two games this year,” said Rob Schwiers, 1998 Cai Poly graduate. “There were so many alumni men that wanted to come

back and play.”TTe first men’s game pitted alumni

from the 1995 through 1999 teams against half of the current team.

In the second game, the older play­ers teamed up with the most recent grads and faced the other half of this year’s roster.

There were no official scorekeepers and no one seemed to know the final scores in any of the games. And no one seemed to care. It was just a group of men and women that like to gear up, whack each other with sticks and “take each other out” as they maneuver up and down the playing field.

“We were ahead 6-5 at halftime and then we just lost,” said Heidi Salzbury, 1999 Cal Poly graduate and former lacrosse team member. “1 don’t even know what the final score was.”

This was one of those times that winning wasn’t everything and hav­ing fun, seeing old friends and carry­ing on tradition was.

“Alumni weekend happens every year,” said Brooke Manchester, 1999 Cai Poly graduate. “It is a lot of fun. It is gcxxi practice for the current team and a nice reunion for the alumni.”

Manchester, who has been coach­ing lacrosse at Miramonte High School in the Bay Area for two years, said the focus for this year’s alumni team was more social than anything.

“W hile more college players are continuing on after school to play with community club teams, many of our alumni only play this one time each year,” Manchester said. “But that didn’t stop us from trying.”

The emphasis was on laughter, beginning Friday night at Firestone Grill. Saturday morning before the competition, many of the participants met for a bagel social. After the games, the women met at The Grad for dinner and the men had a bar- beque.

Cal Poly Women's Basketball

Mustangs hand Sac State 40th loss in a row► Henke pours in 15 points in 60-49 road winMUSTANG DAILY STAFF REPORT

SA CRA M EN TO — Losses for the Sacramento State women’s basketball team are becoming as certain as death and taxes.

Cal Poly was the latest beneficiary of the woeful Hornets, who dropped their 40th consecutive game.

Sophomore guard Michelle Henke scored 15 points to lead Cal Poly to a 60-49 victory over Sacramento State in a non-conference game Monday night in Hornet Gym.

Anetero Uiagalelei came off the bench to add nine points while Heather journey, Heidi Wittstrom and Holly Richards each scored eight points as the Mustangs (2-2) handed the Hornets their 40th consecutive

defeat over three seasons.Sarah Craig scored 18 points for

Sacramento State (0-3) and Dolores Olivarez added 13 points.

Cal Poly won de.spite turning the ball over 25 times. The Mustangs are averaging 24.3 turnovers a game.

Sacramento State committed 28 turnovers, made just 31 percent of its floor shots and was outrebounded 49- 36 by the Mustangs. Kari Superron had eight rebounds for Cal Poly and Journey grabbed seven.

The Mustangs, who led 38-24 at halftime, made 37 percent of their floLir shots.

Cal Poly remains in Northern California for another non-confer­ence game Wednesday against California at 7 p.m. in Haas Pavilion before returning home to host Air Force on Friday at 7 p.m. in Mott Gym.

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M EN 'S BASKETBALL mon., dec. 2, 7 p.m. Oregon state ©Oregonstate

W BASKETBALL mon., dec 2, 7 p.m. ''•sac state ©sacstate

W. BASKETBALL wed., dec. 4,7 p.m. ' '• c a l ©berkeley

VOLLEYBAÜ thurs., dec. 5,7 p.m.''•pepperdine ©pepperdme

thurs -sat., dec 5-7SW IMM ING''• speedo cup ©calpoly

w r e st l in g fri -sat., dec. 6-7''•vegas tourn. ©pnmm nev

W .B^ETBALL''•airforce

fri., dec 6,7 p m ©cal poly

RUGBV sat., dec 7,8 a m.''•seahawks tourn.© san jose

M EN 'S BASKETBALL sat., dec 7.7 p m''• s a c state ©calpoly

STATS I

By the numbers

I TCal Poly fall sports teams that made it

to the NCAA tourna­ment. Both the

women's soccer and volleyball teams

advanced to 64-team Division I playoffs.

1More game that the

men's basketball team will be without trans­fers Shane Schilling and Diaby Kamara.

TRIVIAtoday's question

Michael Jordan holds the record for points in a

playoff game. How many dic he score?

Submit answers to:iljeckso&calpoly.edu

Tuesday's question

Which M LB team holds the record for regular season wins

in a single year? SEATTLE MARINERS

Congratulabons, Jeff Swisher, Nicholas Pullano and Kyle Rutanbarll

Sports editor Jacob Jackson can be reached at 756-1796 or jljack- so@calpoly.edu.