MONDAY, AUGUST 28, 2006
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Volume 5, Issue 247
Santa Monica Daily Press A newspaper with issues
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BY KEVIN HERRERA Daily Press Staff Writer
■ On July 18 (five days after Israel began its retaliatory assault on Hezbollah), swimmer Hilary Bramwill, 30, was picked up by rescuers a mile off a New York beach, despite her insistence that she needed to get to Israel. (2) A veteran Scotland Yard anti-terror detective was arrested in Trafalgar Square in London in July, where he said he was videoing al-Qaida suspects, but according to police, he was merely shooting “upskirt” video of women.
(PATH), Santa Monica Bay Interfaith Council and Rabbis for Human Rights. He is a member of the Board of Rabbis of Southern California and works toward peace in the Middle East. His involvement in Muslim-Jewish dialogue will land him a peacemakers award from the Islamic Center of Southern California in a few weeks. When asked why he gets involved with social issues, he said, “That’s another one of my privileges as rabbi — that I get to spend my whole day involved in these things and to do it on behalf of this incredible community that I’m part of.” A resident of Mar Vista, ComessDaniels has a son who recently graduated from Brandeis and a daughter
SMC BUNDY CAMPUS — With nearly seven hours of serious discussion ahead of them, Santa Monica College trustees and staff decided to kick-off Saturday’s annual retreat with a game as an icebreaker. Each was handed a purple piece of paper. Using a pen, they were instructed to close their eyes and draw an island. With their eyes still closed, they were then asked to draw a boat somewhere off-shore. Next came fish, a sailor, some birds, a palm tree (with coconuts), a hula dancer, and, to top it off, a sun. Each figure drawn was assessed a point value for its location on the page. If the sailor was aboard his ship, 15 points; sun in the right top corner, 10 points; portholes on the ship, 20 points. Chair Nancy Greenstein came out on top, with SMC President Chui Tsang, coming in at a close second. Greenstein’s prize, a hat and other SMC gear from the Main Campus’ bookstore. “Just what I needed,” she said as she held up her new blue baseball cap and banner. The exercise seemed to fit in perfectly with the themes of the retreat, providing an opportunity to let loose, be creative and have some fun, while also foreshadowing some of the difficult challenges facing the trustees as the college enters its 77th year of existence. “Since coming here, there has been a lot of talk about land-use issues, parking facilities and how we can better work with the community surrounding the college,” said Tsang, who began in February after serving as president at San Jose City College for nearly nine years. “Today,
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See RETREAT, page 7
TODAY IN HISTORY Today is the 240th day of 2006. There are 125 days left in the year.
Fabian Lewkowicz/Daily Press A Thai classical music troupe performs at the Art Institute of California–Los Angeles during the Taste of Thailand culinary event.
200,000 people participated in a peaceful civil rights 1963 rally in Washington, where Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech in front of the Lincoln Memorial. Henry Hudson discovered Delaware Bay. Mother Elizabeth Ann Seton, the first American-born saint, was born in New York City.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY “The man who views the world at fifty the same as he did at twenty has wasted thirty years of his life.”
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NORTH OF WILSHIRE — Rabbi Neil Comess-Daniels was destined to be a doctor but divine intervention turned him into a rabbi and an activist in the local community. As a rabbi at Beth Shir Sholom for the past 15 years, ComessDaniels, 55, has thrown himself into the Santa Monica community — tackling such weighty issues as finding solutions to homelessness and pushing for worker’s rights. He has been involved with Clergy United for Economic Justice (CLUE), Americans for Peace Now, Santa Monicans Allied for Responsible Tourism (SMART), People Assisting the Homeless
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