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Election results announced
SANDY CORONILLA
S TA F F W R I T E R
The preliminary results are in for the San
Diego State Associated Students General
Election. The Spring 2011 voter turnout was
low at 11.1 percent. Cody Barbo has been
voted the new president and Darin Ruiz was
selected as the executive vice president.
Krista Parker and Mina Azim, who both
ran unopposed, have been chosen to fill the
vice president of external affairs and vice
president of university affairs positions,
respectively. Rob O’Keefe, former College of
Arts and Letters representative, will be the
new vice president of finance.
Current vice president of finance, Amanda
Pascoe, is confident in her replacement’s abilities. “I know Rob well and know that he will
continue to make A.S. funding accessible for
students and student organizations” Pascoe
said. “He has the drive to continue the work
that has been done over the past several years.”
Barbo and Ruiz have been attending A.S.
Council meetings during the past few weeks,
but otherwise their experience with this
council is limited. Next year will be their first
hands-on governing experience with with
A.S. This year’s entire executive council will
be gone in the fall.
Other school representatives include,
from Arts and Letters: Tom Rivera, Channelle
McNutt and Elizabeth MacKinnon; from
Professional Studies and Fine Arts: Bethany
Scribner, Amber Neukum, Nick Warner and
Kristin Sword; from Health and Human
Services: Samantha Morcos and Paul
Contreras; from Engineering: Joshua Bielik
and
Racha
Lwali;
from
Business
Administration: Cord Claffey, Eric Anderberg
and Mitchell Blevins; from Education: Gloria
Morales and Kaley Kent; and from Sciences:
Paulina King, Alana Brooks and Alex Arena.
John McMillan was selected as the Graduate
Student Association president and Jessika
Seekatz is the unclassified studies representative with one write-in vote.
On March 22, Kris Korsgaden, also known
as “Buk Fidy,” was disqualified by the
Elections Committee but still managed to garner 3.3 percent of the presidential vote.
Elections Committee Chair Juliana Todesco
said that because the election code does not
specify what to do in the case of disqualification of a candidate, votes for Korsgaden con-
tinued to be counted even after the committee voted to oust him from the race for multiple code violations. His name was never
removed from the electronic ballot through
Web Portal because once it went up, she said
it couldn’t be taken down.
Todesco was able to get a last minute
email sent out on March 24 to students stating that previous PSFA candidate Jennifer
Simpson withdrew her candidacy. Simpson
withdrew the same day Korsgaden was disqualified but she said the situations were handled differently as there was a chance
Korsgaden could appeal.
According to Todesco, the Elections
Committee will soon meet to revise its
elections code to adopt a procedure for
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Alumni Center.
Professor survives political extermination
Nora Strejilevich shares
her story of survival in
Buenos Aires
SANDY CORONILLA
S TA F F W R I T E R
The men’s voices from above shouted, “We’ll
make soap out of you!”
Blindfolded and thrown to the backseat
floor of a car, then-24-year-old Nora
Strejilevich listened to the words of the men
whose boots dug into her back. On a ride to
what could possibly have ended in her death,
they made it clear that they didn’t care what
she had done. She was Jewish.
Moments before, Strejilevich had been in
her family’s apartment packing her suitcase
in preparation for a year-long study abroad
trip to Israel. It was early afternoon on a
wintery day in July 1977, when the “grupo
de tarea” declared a free zone, stopping all
activity in or out of her busy neighborhood
in Buenos Aires, Argentina and raided her
parents’ home.
The men forced her parents into another
room while they kidnapped her. She
screamed they were taking her. On the street
she screamed her name, hoping someone on
the street would at least hear it.
This is how Strejilevich became, for a short
time, a “ desaparecida” and for a lifetime, a
survivor of political extermination. She
shared her story at San Diego State in an
attempt to give meaning to a particularly dark
point in history.
An entire generation of Argentines, mostly
leftist union workers and students, were targeted by military juntas as subversives, kidnapped, tortured and often killed in
Argentina. They’re called “los desaparecidos”
— the disappeared — because many of them
have never been found.
Horrific stories have been documented by Some human rights groups have estimated
a truth commission about “vuelos de la the number to be as high as 30,000.
muerte” — death flights. The military would
Late last month, Argentina commemorated
sedate prisoners with the short-acting anes- the anniversary of the 1976 military coup d’éthetic Pentothal, tie their hands behind their tat, led by Gen. Jorge Videla, that overthrew
backs and send them up into a small plane the presidency of Isabel Martínez de Perón.
where they were thrown, alive, into the Her attempts to extinguish the increasingly
Atlantic Ocean.
volatile left-wing guerrillas fizzled. Instead, the
“Those flights were every Wednesday,” military junta ignited a decade of state-sponStrejilevich said. “The victims were thrown sored genocide commonly called the “Dirty
War,” also known as
alive but the military
“La Guerra Sucia.”
calculated that the fish
“They considered it
would eat the meat so
a
war
but we call it
that the bodies would“They considered it a
state terror or, rather,
n’t be found.”
genocide,” Strejilevich
war but we call it state
According to a 1984
said. “Dirty War is not
report by the National
terror or, rather,
the right interpretaCommission on the
tion according to us,
Disappearance
of
genocide. Dirty war is
those affected by
Persons, beginning in
crimes against humannot the right
mid-1976, bodies were
ity. That’s why we
found washed ashore
interpretation according don’t use it.”
with
“unmistakable
Her older brother,
signs of violence; the
to us ... That’s why we
Gerardo Strejilevich,
salt water and predatowas kidnapped the
don’t use it.”
ry fish had disfigured
day before she was.
nearly all of them.”
He was active in
Usually, they weren’t
“Juventud Peronista,”
found at all. It was as if
— Nora Strejilevich,
a political group that
the kidnapped had vanSDSU Latin American Studies professor
wanted social justice
ished, leaving lasting
and equal treatment
scars upon the hearts of
for the working class.
those who loved them;
causing cicatrices that occupy both the memo- This was one of many branches of the
ry and writings of Strejilevich, who is now a Peronist, whose collective goals were to
achieve economic independence and politLatin American Studies professor at SDSU.
As a liberated prisoner from a secret deten- ical sovereignty from U.S. policies.
“In the ‘70s, there was a wave of revolution center referred to as the “Athletic Club”
in San Telmo, Argentina, Strejilevich’s memo- tionary spirits all over Western countries,”
ry of her torture and her literary testimony is Strejilevich said. “Some groups in the big
preserved in her book “A Single Numberless spectrum of rebellion were pro-guerilla and
Death.” She is also the surviving sister and they used violence against certain targets. At
cousin of three “desaparecidos.” CONADEP the time, violence was accepted. The idea
recorded the forced disappearance of about was simple: When there’s violence from
9,000 Argentines, though it was noted the above, if you don’t respond with violence
actual amount is believed to be much higher. from below at certain moments probably
you’d just lose the game.”
However, Strejilevich said those involved
in “violence from below” didn’t realize how
powerful the “violence from above” was.
According to her, Argentines were experiencing one part of a larger Condor Plan.
“It was a methodology of political control
among Southern Cone dictatorships involving the kidnapping and assassination of
prisoners,” she said. “U.S. involvement in
this plan is not news in Latin America.”
At the time, Strejilevich said she didn’t
expect to be targeted as subversive because
the extent of her involvement in the resistance
was minimal. She attended a few demonstrations and went to meetings in search of likeminded fellowship, but couldn’t find one
group she completely agreed with.
Later, Strejilevich realized that the military’s definition of subversive was broad.
“Anybody who had ideas that were contrary
to what they called ‘Western Christian’ society were enemies,” Strejilevich said. “So I
was an enemy anyway.”
Well-respected journalists disappeared. Women were kidnapped and
killed, their babies given to “good” couples who would envelop the next generation in pro-militia propaganda.
Sitting in her office in the Arts and
Letters building, Strejilevich is a tiny woman
with warm eyes and a deep voice. She calmly and deliberately explained the unimaginable events of her past, interrupting the flow
of questions only to reschedule an appointment with a colleague.
“I wasn’t as involved as others, not
because I didn’t agree with the need for
change; I was just not convinced about the
violence,” she said. “I just cannot support
violence. I never did.”
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SPORTS
Tuesday,
April 5, 2011
SOFTBALL
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BASEBALL
SDSU crushes rival
in huge third inning
Fifteen walks doom
Aztecs in 11-7 loss
Ashley Rose’s grand slam
helps Aztecs to 7-1 win
against crosstown nemesis
ANTONIO MORALES
S TA F F W R I T E R
Sometimes it only takes one inning to turn
a competitive game into a rout, and on Sunday, the San Diego State softball team
showed the University of San Diego how
true that statement is.
Locked in a scoreless tie, SDSU’s offense
exploded for seven runs in the top half of
the third inning and defeated crosstown
rival USD 7-1.
Junior third baseman Ashley Rose dealt
the biggest blow of the inning. With the
Aztecs already up 3-0, Rose launched a
grand slam over the left field wall to extend
SDSU’s lead to seven.
“We got runners on early and got hits
at the right time,” freshman utility Hayley Miles said. “We came up in the clutch
that inning.”
Head coach Kathy Van Wyk noted that
poor Torero defense helped the Aztecs.
“They let us in the game,” Van Wyk
said. “They made some errors which kept
us alive.”
Not to be overlooked was the pitching
performance of senior Samantha Beasley.
She struck out seven Torero batters
while giving up only three hits and one run
on her way to the complete-game victory.
Junior first baseman Justeen Maeva
praised Beasley’s performance after the game.
“She pitched really good today,” Maeva
said. “She was very aggressive and came out
throwing strikes.”
Van Wyk noted that Beasley’s focus was
key coming into Sunday’s game.
“Samantha has been up and down this
season,” Van Wyk said. “So we’ve been
working on focus issues and the mental
games, that really helped her today.”
Jeff Lewis / Staff Photographer
SDSU used eight pitchers who combined to walk 15 Oral Roberts batters in Sunday afternoon’s four-run loss.
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Miles could tell Beasley’s focus was
there from the start.
“She was real focused this game,” Miles
said. “I could tell by looking at her pitches
out there in center field that she was on
her game.”
The 7-1 Aztec victory was the second
win against the Toreros this weekend as
SDSU swept the two-day series with USD.
On Saturday, the Aztecs took down the
Toreros 5-2, as junior pitcher Bailey
Micetich had nine strikeouts in six
shutout innings.
The Aztecs are back in action as they
have a double-header at 1 p.m. today at Cal
State Northridge.
AT A GLANCE
VS.
After the final pitch was thrown, one statistic
stood out in San Diego State’s Sunday afternoon game against Oral Roberts.
It wasn’t the eight pitchers the SDSU baseball team used, it wasn’t the 11 runs Oral
Roberts scored or the two errors it committed against SDSU.
The Aztecs hurt themselves by walking 15
batters en route to an 11-7 loss to the Golden Eagles at Tony Gwynn Stadium.
“(It) was really frustrating,” head coach
Tony Gwynn said. “You’re not going to win
games walking 15 guys. We walked way too
many guys today.”
The day got off to a bumpy start for SDSU,
as starting pitcher Bryan Crabb was roughed
up in his first start since March 13. The
sophomore lasted just one inning, giving up
a pair of runs on two walks and a two-out,
two-run double.
“Crabb got flustered early and from that
point on, we just marched them out there
and everybody who came in walked at least
one guy,” Gwynn said.
The Aztec offense didn’t help much, scoring just one run on six hits after their six-run
first inning.
Next up for SDSU is a non-conference
matchup with Long Beach State at 6:30 p.m.
tonight at Blair Field.
“You turn the page and look forward to
Tuesday,” Gwynn said. “You feel fortunate
that you didn’t get swept because (Saturday’s) game, we basically stole that one late.
Oral Roberts played us really tough and we
were able to salvage one game.”
AT A GLANCE
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W H Y T O W A T C H : SDSU tries to continue its seven-game winning
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W H E N : 6:30 p.m., tonight
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W H Y T O W A T C H : The Aztecs try to get their season back on track
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FOOD & DRINK
Tuesday,
April 5, 2011
Asmara offers authentic African cuisine
ger food, Asmara emulates the “hands on”
method of eating one would use if dining traditionally in the East African city.
Students can accompany their delicious
Eritrean meal with a tasty variety of beverages. A glass of the customer favorite, sweet
honey wine, costs $5 a glass, and a steaming
EMMA SECKER
glass of herbal tea can be enjoyed for less
S TA F F W R I T E R
than $2. Fresh coffee roasted on the spot in
Asmara’s own kitchen is another beverage
For students looking to enjoy an authentic students might find to be a divine compleand traditional Ethiopian dining experience ment to their flavorful feasts. Finally, for
close to home, City Heights offers a restau- those craving a cold, strong brew to chase
down one of the spicier entrées, a fine variety
rant with dining and décor that reflects the
of beer is offered for $4 a glass.
cultural charms of Asmara: the capital city of
Manager and co-owner of Asmara, SamEritrea, Africa and the namesake of this
son, explained that the goal of the restaurant
unique restaurant.
is to provide complete authenticity in food
When first entering Asmara from an unreand atmosphere, so diners can experience
markable street in City Heights, diners will
the culture’s true, exquilikely feel the unassuming
site taste. Although Samexterior is more than compenson succeeds in brilliantly
sated for by the quaint and decSpicy and flavorful in accommodating the
orative ambiance of Asmara’s
we s t e r n to n g u e , t h e y
meat and veggies
interior. One sweeping glance
make it imperative that
reveals cream-colored and
the experience remains
are
heaped
to
...
burnt orange walls framed by
completely authentic.
comprise a
w i n d ow s w i t h e x q u i s i t e ,
“We want customers to
Ethiopian drapery. Authentic
come in so we can learn
scrumptious
meal
paintings and other artwork
from them and help the
festoon the walls and woodthat diners cannot restaurant improve,” one
work, and two large flat-screen
of the owners said. Geswait to dig into,
televisions broadcast song and
turing to a bar with tall,
dance videos filmed along
leather chairs full of
using
their
Eritrea’s countryside.
friends and family, SamAfter being escorted to one
“natural forks.”
son introduced regulars
of Asmara’s elegant tables, vegwho can’t get enough of
etarians and omnivores alike
Asmara’s relaxing atmoscan peruse a menu with several delicious phere and delicious food.
options. Ranging from $10 to $13, Asmara’s
For students who would like to witness
prices are inexpensive and worth every for themselves the food and service that
penny. Served atop a tasty, yeast-risen flat- keeps customers coming back for more,
bread called inerja, spicy and flavorful meat Asmara is open Monday through Sunday
and veggies are heaped to comprise a from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Weekend evenings
scrumptious meal that diners cannot wait to are the busiest at Asmara, but reservations
dig into, using their “natural forks.”
are gladly taken in advance. Smashing
This clever term is how the family-owned reviews on Yelp award Asmara 4.5 stars, and
restaurant describes its eating utensil policy one visit to this restaurant leaves diners with
— or lack thereof. For students who enjoy fin- no questions as to why.
Enjoy the spicy flavors of
Eritrean dining at this
City Heights restaurant
Courtesy of Asmara
Visit Asmara to partake in memorable, exotic food and tranquil ambiance for a more than reasonable price.
Skip the burger and try the king of pho
T
Miranda Adler / Staff Writer
Have a mouth-watering good time enjoying the Asian fare and flair at Pho King on El Cajon Boulevard.
hree letters, one word, rhymes
with “duh.” Pho, a traditional
Vietnamese noodle soup, is
quickly becoming a favorite
among students. The soup is
served in a large bowl with rice noodles
and a mélange of beef and chicken bits,
or, for the less brave soul, an assortment
of veggies. As with most Vietnamese dishes, pho is accompanied by plates of
herbs, spices and sprouts, as well as spicy
sauces and pastes to intensify the flavor
as the diner sees fit. Eaten with a wantonlike spoon and chopsticks, pho is a tasty
and quick way to fill your belly on a college budget.
Maybe I’m just new to the pho
lifestyle, but it seems these Vietnamese
restaurants are popping up just about
everywhere. Near my Pacific Beach abode,
I don’t have to walk more than a block in
any direction to fix a craving for pho.
Finding it in the College Area is even easier, but quantity doesn’t always mean
quality, which is why I set out to find
some high-class pho.
I can still remember my first pho.
Apprehensive at first, as I had toyed
with the idea before, deciding it was
time to see what all the hype was
about. I tried it close to home with an
experienced friend and came to find
pho was quite pleasant, something that
should be enjoyed regularly. Since that
experience, I have been open to the
world of pho. Word on the street (and
Yelp) was that City Heights is home to
the most mouth-watering pho. So, after
recruiting my most adventurous friend,
my quest began.
On El Cajon Boulevard, pho restaurants are like Starbucks establishments,
littering street corners and tucked into
every strip mall. But one spot in particular, Pho King, caught my eye.
MIRANDA ADLER
S TA F F C O L U M N I S T
Nestled between Viet Nails Supply and
Nguyen Huu Hung Dentistry, I figured
this place was authentic. On the outside,
Pho King looks generic and blends into
the shopping center. Once inside, however, the spacious restaurant is adorned
with colorful flowerpots, bubbling fish
tanks and flat-screen televisions. The
lunchtime crowd on a weekday keeps the
servers busy, which provided my companion and me an opportunity to decipher
the menu. Prices for appetizers such as
shrimp spring rolls and rice paper wraps
vary from $3.25 to $9.25 and bowls of
pho cost around $5.45 to $7.25. After
about 10 minutes of gesturing and pointing (the language barrier was a challenge), my friend successfully ordered
her chicken pho and to my dismay, I
found there were no vegetarian soups.
What the pho? Begrudgingly, I ordered
the vegetarian stir-fried rice noodles, a
non-soup dish that was mediocre: greasy
noodles, fresh vegetables and fried tofu
with no real flavor except the chile paste
I drowned them with. Suffice it to say, my
friend had better luck at Pho King.
“If you’re looking for good pho, I’d
definitely recommend this place,” she
said, between attempts to use her chopsticks.
In the end, I wasn’t too disappointed
with the $6 I’d spent, but in regards to
Pho King, I’ve had better.
—Miranda Adler is a journalism and French
senior who is getting that, ‘pho sho’.
—This column does not necessarily reflect the
opinion of The Daily Aztec.
Tuesday,
April 5, 2011
ENTERTAINMENT
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Less Than Jake sax player keeps on rockin’
Courtesy of Dennis Ho
The five members of Less Than Jake pose for a picture as they celebrate the re-release of the two classic albums “Losing Streak” and “Hello Rockview,” two albums that may not have been heard by all their newer fans.
DREW SCOGGINS
E N T E R TA I N M E N T E D I T O R
Daily Aztec: So you guys just got back from
Australia, how has that been?
Peter “JR” Wa s i l e w s k i : It was a lot of fun, it
was the weirdest tour ever. You are on tour
with your friends, people younger than you
and then your heroes. For us, we were playing with Primus, Iron Maiden and Slayer, but
then there are bands like Never Shout Never
and Mayday Parade; younger bands like that.
It was just an awesome meld of musicians
and it’s kind of like Warped Tour to the 10th
degree I suppose. And it was a lot of fun.
DA: Speaking of Warped Tour, you guys will be
on it again this year. What has your experience
been with that, in the past?
PW: We’re probably the most experienced
band on Warped Tour especially with the
line-up this year, but we’re psyched. It’s hard
to explain but it’s very much like high school
in a fact that we would be the super seniors,
guys who were like 20, who probably
shouldn’t be going to high school anymore,
but we still show up and hit on the freshmen. So that’s kind of how I’m picturing
Warped Tour this summer for us, but yeah it
is always fun. It’s always a good time and
we’re really excited.
DA : Less Than Jake is rereleasing the albums
“Losing Streak” and “Hello Rockview,” can you
tell me a little bit about what makes those
albums different?
PW: When anyone gets into a band, either
grab pieces. I always describe it as the sum is
seeing them live or hearing a record, there
equal to the parts, sometimes people add
are some sounds that band makes that are
more and sometimes they add a little less. If
like magnets that draw people into it. “Losyou get to know us as people, you would
ing Streak” and “Hello Rockview” were two
know what songs people added to and
of those pretty powerful magnets, so we
which ones they didn’t. We all just try to
started realizing that a lot of our fans didn’t
hold on to this thing that is Less Than Jake,
have these records because the old record
the sound that is our band and we try to
label that we were on had stopped printing
move it forward a bit too.
them. So we thought “Why
DA : So you played for Spring
not take matters into our
“There’s just a lot
Heeled Jack before Less Than
own hands?” and rerelease
Jake, was there a point when
them. So with a little
of static out
you thought “I could really
trudging through the s——
there, but good
do this” in one of the two
storm of the music indusbands or earlier?
try we managed to get the
stuff will rise to
PW: When I was a kid, it
availability of the records
wasn’t
ever a plan, it was
so we could rerelease them
the top and
just the dream. There was a
and let the fans have them
show called “Kids Incorpofor their listening pleasure.
continue to
rated”: This gang of little
influence the
DA: What is your approach
kids would perform in their
to the songwriting process?
hometown pizzeria and all
next
generation
PW: It kind of depends.
these other kids would
Roger Manganelli and
dance and have fun. And I
of bad bands.”
Chris Demakes will bring
always thought “How do I
— Peter “JR” Wasilewski
an idea, a basic idea,
do that?” Then I got a little
Saxophonist for Less than Jake
chords and maybe a
older and a friend invited
melody idea, and then we
me to play in a local band
volley it back and forth like a game of tennis
and we played in one show and that was it. I
to get something to the point that we are
was like “I gotta do this.” The fact that I’m
comfortable with. And then everyone grabs
now almost 35 and we’re still talking about
their instruments and f—-s around with some this thing that I started doing because of this
stuff. Vinnie Fiorello will write the glut of the idea I had as a child is mind boggling. I don’t
lyrics and then take the lyrics and mold
take anything away from that, I try not to
them into the song. It’s an all-hands-in-thecomplain too much. And when I hear guys
middle type of project; it’s like putting
that complain I’m like, “What’s so tough
together a huge jigsaw puzzle — we all just
about your life? Awww you had to get up at 6
o’clock in the morning to get on a plane?”
Like c’mon dude, get the f—- out of here. It’d
be worse if you had to get up at 6 o’clock in
the morning and go sit in a cubicle all day
and want to die. There’s way worse things in
life that people can be handed. I’ve seen it, I
have friends that live it and it sucks. I also try
to flaunt it in people’s faces. That’s the other
thing too, some people take it to that nth
degree and they just become these
douchebags. And like, who the f—- wants to
hang out with a bunch of (people like that)?
Not me, no thank you. But there was never a
plan, it was just a lot of trial and error and a
lot of failure and a lot of “F—- I shouldn’t
have done that but I did it anyways.” But if it
wasn’t for those failures I wouldn’t be where
I am right now.
DA: Considering the state of the music industry
now, what advice would you give to bands just
starting out?
P W : Quit. I mean in an evil dark sense, but
in a real sense I would tell them to take
control now, know what you want to be.
Know how you want to be perceived and if
it sounds like something already out there
you should do something different. There’s
just a lot of static out there right now, but
good stuff will rise to the top and continue
on to influence the next generation of bad
bands. But I can’t hate too much because
when I was coming up there was a lot of s—
- there too, but it will all balance itself out
in the end. I just wish everyone good luck
and my advice would be just hold on and
see what happens.
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OPINION
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Tuesday,
April 5, 2011
Obama oversteps With low acceptance rates,
US role in Libya SDSU enters new chapter
O
n March 19, 112 tomahawk cruise missiles
hit surface-to-air missiles in Libya, sparking yet another U.S.
conflict on foreign soil. For the
past few months, we’ve experienced somewhat of a revolutionary
roller coaster. With uprisings in
Egypt, Yemen, Bahrain and Jordan,
it’s no wonder some are scratching
their heads with the simple question: How did we end up in Libya?
In a speech given on March 18,
President Barack Obama didn’t
shed much light on the subject.
Focusing mainly on America’s
“responsibility as a global leader,”
he assured the people intervention
in Libya would be quick. What he
failed to address was why we went
there in the first place. There is no
section in the U.S. Constitution
titled “America’s Responsibility as
a Global Leader.” There is, however, a section that specifically grants
Congress the ability to declare war,
a section that even George W.
Bush got around to reading.
“The economy is
falling apart. Our
cities are starved.
People are
without health
care. All we’re
getting is war.”
— Dennis Kucinich,
U.S. Congressman
I personally have trouble wrapping my head around the concept
of U.S. military intervention in
Libya. I’ve asked time and time
again, why are we there when we
have so many other pressing
issues at hand? None of Obama’s
responses seem to add up. How
will imposing a no-fly zone stop
revolution from spreading to other
countries? How will imposing a
no-fly zone protect Libyan civilians? And please, can someone tell
me how intervention in Libya will
keep America safe?
If we were concerned about
U.S. security, why didn’t we begin
a conflict with Iran? If we wanted
to promote freedom, why didn’t
we intervene in Egypt, Bahrain or
Jordan? If we are in Libya for
humanitarian reasons — as
Obama claims — why didn’t we go
to Sudan? For years we’ve know
about genocide in Darfur. Maybe
the fact that Libya contributes
more than three times the
amount of oil to the world market
than Yemen, Jordan and Sudan
combined has something to do
with it. Maybe Obama hopes to
divert the nation’s attention from
his failure to revive the economy.
Whatever the motive, there are
more than “humanitarian reasons” behind the event.
Whether the government
admits it or not, we have undeniably taken sides in a civil war.
Obama wants MuammarGaddafi
removed from office, but he doesn’t want it done by American
hands. The U.S. is dangerously
close to supplying the rebel forces
with funding in hopes they will
overthrow Gaddafi from the
African coliseum we’ve created
with our no-fly zone.
Humanitarian aid is a ridiculous reason to use military force,
and all too often a weak cover-up
for underlying reasons. Apparently
JACOB CLARK
S TA F F C O L U M N I S T
no one remembers that Bush
named our invasion of Iraq
“Operation Iraqi Freedom.”
We also need to be cautious of
who we are supporting and ultimately handing the reins to. We
have no idea who is leading this
rebellion or what their political
alignments are. Not to get caught
up in speculation or conspiracy
theories, but the simple fact is that
al-Qaida is a serious political threat
in that part of the world.
Supporting a group of people we
know nothing about could potentially lead to a lengthy regime
change that could eventually turn
against us. Let’s keep in mind the
last regime change, in Iraq, has
taken about eight years, so far.
Since the Korean War, presidents of the U.S. have been smearing the lines between military
intervention and war. Both democrats and republicans have spilled
their shares of blood, but neither
has admitted to their mistakes.
Even before the dust settled in
Iraq, Obama has blurred the line
further by attacking Libya without
the consent of Congress.
When will the presidential seat
be put into check by the
Constitution? Time after time we
are assured military action will be
quick and that it is necessary, but
these promises seem to echo
almost word for word what was
said by their predecessors. The
idea that war is needed to bring
peace has been ingrained into the
minds of our generation. Let’s be
honest. Justifying military action
has become a mere formality.
With so many pressing issues
at hand, Congressman Dennis
Kucinich said it best: “The economy is falling apart. Our cities are
starved. People are without
healthcare. All we’re getting is
war.” Recently, Obama seems to
be more of a reincarnation of the
ever-popular Bush than the
charismatic leader we saw on the
campaign trail.
We long to hear the refreshing
words of Vice President Joe Biden
during the elections: “I want it on
the record, and I want to make it
clear, if (Bush attacks Iran without
congressional approval), as chairman of the foreign relations committee and former chair of the
judiciary committee, I will move to
impeach him.”
No one is going to be
impeached, but we must put an
end to this vicious cycle of military
conquest. The president of the
U.S. can no longer act as the judge,
jury and executioner in cases of
conflict in the Middle East. We
have to remember the consequences associated with interventionism. To indirectly fight the
expansion of the Soviet Union, we
gave al-Qaida the very weapons
and training it uses against us
today. How do we know Libyan
rebels will not follow the same
path toward American hatred?
Our nation became a world
power because we stayed out of
international conflict until
absolutely necessary. We, as a
nation, need to turn back to our
principles. After all, we have a
country of our own to run.
—Jacob Clark is a biology and
Spanish junior.
—The views expressed in this column
do not necessarily reflect the opinion
of The Daily Aztec.
Artwork courtesy of staff artist Melodie Lapot
M
ontezuma Mesa is
in the midst of a
drastic change.
San Diego State is
overhauling its
reputation as a perpetual spring
break school, a mere mainstay on
the Playboy Magazine party radar
and a basketball-crazed campus.
SDSU is challenging many Ivy
League schools with a paltry
acceptance rate near 10 percent,
and the academic standing of its
incoming students only continues to bloom. Being an Aztec has
a new meaning in the eyes of the
public and every student —
whether past, present or future —
stands to benefit.
Last fall, SDSU received nearly
60,000 undergraduate applications for the fall semester.
Counting both transfers and
incoming freshman, only 6,174
undergraduate students were
admitted, which puts the acceptance rate at just more than 10
percent. Moreover, the GPA and
SAT scores for the incoming
class, 3.78 and 1148 respectively,
are the highest in SDSU history.
The class starting in Fall 2009
had an average incoming GPA of
3.47, and an SAT score of 1039.
Scores are continuing to
increase, which is inevitably
making admission into SDSU a
more highly valued achievement. This upward trend is a
direct consequence of receiving
more and more applications for
fewer available spots, which
only bolsters the competition.
The result? A radical improvement among SDSU’s future
pools of applicants.
There’s a stark reality with
these statistics. Ivy League
schools such as Cornell,
Dartmouth and the University of
Pennsylvania all reported higher
acceptance rates than SDSU last
year. Even notable public universities had higher acceptance rates
than SDSU — University of North
Carolina-Chapel Hill (29.9 percent), UT-Austin (45.9 percent),
the University of WisconsinMadison (54.62 percent) and the
University of Iowa (78 percent).
BRODY BURNS
S TA F F C O L U M N I S T
Acceptance rates alone do not
measure the prestige of a university, but they are indicative of the
type of students who are seeking
an education there. This plays
directly into the public’s perception of the value a degree from a
particular university.
These acceptance statistics are
directly related to larger systemic
factors. Prevailing economic conditions, the cost of pursuing
higher education, budget cuts,
overall increases in educational
scores and the number of applicants for these schools are all elements of the bigger picture.
At SDSU specifically, the
incoming student body is much
different than in recent history.
The quality of education among
incoming students is clearly
improving. This fact alone will
inevitably result in an improvement of the educational value of
a degree from SDSU, which
thereby enhances the value of
every Aztec’s education.
“I think this is a
great university
and ... in recent
years ... we’ve
begun to get the
recognition it
deserves and that
is very gratifying.
— Stephen L. Weber,
SDSU president
SDSU President Stephen L.
Weber has watched this perception change, and said, “I think
this is a great university and I
don’t think it was perceived to be
as good as it is, and in recent
years, thanks to a lot of people
working very hard, we’ve begun
to get the recognition it deserves
and that is very gratifying.”
Many of these admissions limitations are a result of California’s
budgetary cuts to the California
StateUniversity system, which
will likely slash an additional
$500 million this year.
There may, however, be a small
silver lining in the massive budget
cuts: Heightened competition
means only the most deserving
students, as decided by an established admissions criterion, will
be admitted to pursue a degree.
Then, as these graduates impact
the post-college world, they will
reinforce this overriding perception of what it means to be an
Aztec. A mutual dependence
exists — the education validates
the student, and the student
reflects the educational offering of
the school. As the quality of
incoming students improves, naturally these other values do as well.
SDSU has long been perceived
as a party haven, a perception
supported by drug busts, “undie”
runs and a hungover student
body after weekends of ceaseless
parties. But change is happening.
As the incoming classes improve,
so does SDSU as a whole. In last
year’s All-University Convocation
Weber said, “The reputation of
and respect for San Diego State
has grown.”
Aztecs, the days of the lazy
SDSU student are dead. With the
budget crisis and the evolving
admissions standards of this university, we have inherited the
responsibility to meet heightened
expectations. Each incoming
class adds prestige to our
degrees, but we must take it
upon ourselves to improve the
worth of our diplomas from within. It’s time to trash old habits
and make being an Aztec something to take pride in.
—Brody Burns is seeking a master’s
in business administration.
—The views expressed in this column do not necessarily reflect the
opinion of The Daily Aztec.
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HUMOR
DAILY HOROSCOPE
Y o u p u t my b e d o u t s i d e . . .
I
t was not a dark and
stormy night; in fact, it
was quite nice outside. I
was sitting on my couch,
probably playing video
games and downloading movies
(legally, of course), when a roommate, Tasha,* went outside to
smoke a cigarette.
She turned to me and said,
“Hey, Bill … come here and take a
look at this.”
I won’t reveal exactly what I
saw, but suffice it to say there were
two phrases written in ketchup on
a car owned by another roommate,
Rick.* One end of his car kindly
suggested he have sex with himself,
and the other — well, I can’t think
of a publishable way to say it, but it
involved his mouth and an ass —
you do the math.
Rick had just driven home
with this on the hood and trunk
of his car, without noticing. I, of
course, found it hilarious. Him,
less so. I had no part in that one,
but eventually we discovered my
third roommate, Andrew,* was
the conspirator there.
After the ketchup, we literally
sat down and outlined basic rules
and regulations for pranks,
because we already had a wellestablished history of going too
far with our shenanigans. The
rules of the game? No permanent
damage done without replacement. Everything else was fair
game, as long as we didn’t get
each other fired or expelled. Thus
began the epic Prank Wars.
Most people think of pranks as
light, innocent, good-hearted acts
everyone can share a laugh about.
The people I have lived with are
so far from “most people” that I
sometimes forget our tomfoolery
is uncommon. Have you ever
woken up temporarily deaf from
an M-80 going off in your room?
How about being barricaded in
your room by a fridge blocking
the door? I have — it was kind of
funny, and admittedly convenient
when I got hungry.
Although we laugh about these
events now, the war that raged in
my house for the better part of a
year was as innocent as that “Friday” song is brilliant, (albeit far
less destructive and brain-damaging). However, we deemed ourselves better than other pranks
such as hallways full of little cups
of water or writing on someone
who passes out with their shoes
C O N T AC T
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BILL CROTTY
MANAGING EDITOR
on. We were the Robin Hoods of
prankmanship — conniving,
underhanded and downright awesome at our duties of damage.
To be fair, Andrew did not
throw the first punch with the
ketchup. I may or may not have
melted his toothbrush into a Ushape, welded his deodorant lid
shut and permanently closed the
opening of his toothpaste dispenser a month earlier. Maybe.
The ketchup on the car was
the least destructive battle in the
war, and was followed shortly
thereafter by more creative and
cutthroat escapades, the likes of
which few have seen (other than
our neighbors). It was not very
long before retaliatory strikes
commenced, which was obviously
Andrew’s fault for going out of
town. He returned to find the pillows on his bed being more fit for
a penguin. (We froze them). As a
result of sitting in the freezer for
days after being repeatedly soaked
in water, he had a nice set of pillow-sized ice cubes. It wasn’t my
fault we misunderstood his desire
to always wear jeans and a jacket,
he prefers the cold, so we were
doing the guy a favor, right?
Andrew did not take this sitting down. In fact, he wouldn’t let
our roommate Rick sit down at
all. On one of those glorious
nights when Rick had to serve a
bunch of people he really didn’t
like (he was a waiter), I heard
Andrew call me from Rick’s room
with a fully disassembled bed and
a request to help move it outside.
Rick took this bullet without
seeming to care, and honestly, I
couldn’t think of anything that
would be better without really
destroying anything. Apparently he
didn’t care because he had already
thought of something better.
If you haven’t looked at the
picture above this story yet, do so
now. That’s most of Andrew’s old
room in the middle there. That’s
our house right below it. Unfortunately, that picture is the only
record of this attack that I have,
and it was taken prematurely. A
few minutes later, I had gotten
back on the roof and had Rick
push the desk and chair up there
too, so I could anchor it with
Andrew’s Internet cable. His room
stayed like that for the better part
of a week. It was fine — our neighbors hated us anyway.
Sadly, I am running out of
room and still have attacks involving rooms full of sticky notes,
hordes of crickets being released
and flour on fan blades to discuss,
but, c’est la vie.
But I will end with one prank I
have wanted to perform for a
while. Consider, ladies, if someone filled your blow dryer with
flour. I’m not saying anyone
should do this, but I’m not saying
I wouldn’t enjoy a picture or video
of this happening.
—Bill Crotty is an interdisciplinary
studies senior.
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reflect the opinion of The Daily
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TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (04/05/11) Challenge
what you know about yourself. It may
require enlisting the help of others. New
knowledge will bring new opportunities in
your love life and career.Treat yourself
with respect, and others will too.
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ARIES (March 21 - April 19) - Today is an 8
- New profits become available. Shopping
for household items becomes a top priority. Pay attention to your creative drive, and
act on it. Follow a stronger leader. Beat
your old best time.You're a champion.
TAURUS (April 20 - May 20) - Today is an 8
- Enjoy your social media buzz.
Nevertheless, face-to-face works best
today. Exceed expectations. Let folks know
what you want and need. Give away stuff
that you're not using.
GEMINI (May 21 - June 21) - Today is an 8 A lucky revelation brings sought-after
information. Don't be afraid to bribe a
friend with something they love to take
action on your behalf. Keep it short, sweet
and delicious.
CANCER (June 22 - July 22) - Today is an 8
- Profitable opportunities beckon (if you
do the work).Your creativity is in demand,
and they're willing to pay for it. Balance
work with play, and add chocolate.
LEO (July 23 - Aug. 22) - Today is an 8 Connect long distance without travel. It's a
good time to get the word out.
Remember that love's the most important
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energy to take you to the next level.
LIBRA (Sept. 23 - Oct. 22) - Today is a 6 You're magnetically drawn to socializing.
Find beauty in the most unlikely places,
and surround yourself with it today: flowers, art, people ... your choice.Your theory
works!
SCORPIO (Oct. 23 - Nov. 21) - Today is a 7
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You love the way things work out. Find
new business opportunities with old partnerships.You work well together.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 - Dec. 21) - Today
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spot and spend some time for relaxation.
A female needs extra money.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 - Jan. 19) - Today is
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your own by adding a personal touch.
Today, make art, not war. Build something.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 - Feb. 18) - Today is a 7
- Find new ways to balance work and
family.They say you've reached true
enlightenment when you can't tell work
from play. Focus on creating something of
beauty.
PISCES (Feb. 19 - March 20) - Today is a 7 Change is in the air, and it's coming
straight at you.The windmill doesn't resist
the storm. Instead it feeds from the energy. Add flair to the flurry.
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CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Shoppers’ aids
5 Chantilly product
9 Religious subgroups
14 Kareem’s alma
mater, briefly
15 Airline with
famously tight
security
16 Hackneyed
17 Custardy Spanish
dessert
18 O’Hara homestead
19 Nattered away
20 Chocolate-ribboned ice cream
flavor
23 Two-outs-in-a-single-AB stats
24 Mai __
25 Asian cat breed
27 One setting a
new high
32 Windsor Castle
initials
33 Fabled fiddler
34 “All By __”:
Celine Dion hit
37 Spread in a dairy
case
39 Spots on a
screen?
41 Inter or et follower
42 Setting where a
medium isn’t rare
45 Nepal’s continent
48 Pioneered
49 Salon treatment
52 Aptly named
boss at the quarry where Fred
Flintstone works
54 Livy’s “I love”
55 Mouse spotter’s
shriek
56 “Nifty, huh?”
62 Stockpile
64 __’acte
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65 Thought
66 Capone henchman
67 Vaulted cathedral
part
68 Sask. neighbor
69 Isaac with a bow
70 Inner Hebrides
isle
71 “... the slithy toves
/ Did __ and
gimble ...”:
“Jabberwocky”
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1 Fit and muscular
2 Bill of Rightsdefending org.
3 Pleased
4 Serenaded
5 Leave on the
casino table
6 Jai __
7 Kvetch
8 Pass by
9 Like poorly
cleaned windows
10 Important time
11 Gal with a fairy
godmother
12 Sporty car roofs
13 Good judgment
21 Merit
22 Jodie’s co-star in
“Nell”
26 Big butte
27 P-like Greek letters
28 Perry’s creator
29 Tightwad
30 Bikini part
31 Sometime ally of
Godzilla
35 Actor Schreiber
36 Tire near the finish
38 Turow’s Harvardbased story
40 Atlanta-to-Miami
dir.
43 Dried Ocean
Spray treat
44 CPR providers
46 Where Alice saw
the Cheshire Cat
47 Bank foyer conveniences, for
short
50 Virgil’s epic hero
51 Knocking the
socks off
52 Ways partner
53 Send payment
57 Toll rd.
58 Part of a spoutclimbing spider’s
description
59 Whirlpool
60 Father of
Cordelia
61 Dam site
63 Orch. section