The Daily Titan - February 16, 2012

February 16, 2012

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CAMPUS GREENHOUSE EFFECT

CAMPUS | Plant Life

Grant given for green life Plant research done at Biology Greenhouse Complex JUSTIN ENRIQUEZ Daily Titan

Tucked away behind Dan Black Hall and McCarthy Hall sits the Biology Greenhouse Complex.

The 21,000 square foot area contains five greenhouses. Among them are a humid tropical house — a house for potting — a lath house that gives cover to certain plants that thrive in the shade and two houses dedicated to research, student and professional. There is also an outdoor area that students and faculty doing research also use.

Edward Read, greenhouse manager and instructional support technician, said that the greenhouse serves two purposes: to support the courses that deal with plants and to aid in the research of plants. Read supports students and professors with experimental design, setting up and carrying out those experiments.

ANIBAL ORTIZ / Daily Titan Just one of the five greenhouses at Cal State Fullerton that provide the opportunity for hands on experience with real plants to both students and faculty in the course of research dealing with various plants from all over.

INTERNET | Data Mining

Students seek shelter from the rain

Facebook digs for user information Social networking site turns over user data to third parties ANGEL MENDOZA Daily Titan

Facebook is the most frequented social media tool in the world today with more than 845 million active users and counting. There is more to Facebook than connecting with friends; there are steps Facebook takes to ensure that they will continue to be a multi-billion dollar giant. They continue to maximize profit through its users, their personal information and a technique called data mining.

Data mining is a process that analyzes data from different perspectives and summarizes it into useful information. This can be used to increase revenue, cut costs, or both.

Online shopping patterns and websites visited is the type of information that data miners look for. What Facebook has done is get information on its users and made it available to third parties all over the Internet.

The “Pre-Approved Third Party Websites and Applications” section of the Facebook privacy policy states: “In order to provide you with useful social experiences off Facebook, we occasionally need to provide general information about you to pre-approved thirdparty websites and applications that use platform at the time you visit them (If you are still logged in to Facebook).”

“I’m not really comfortable with all the rights Facebook is allowed when it comes to my personal information,” said Ryan Galano, 22, a biochemistry major. “But the thing is, I’ve never thought about dropping my account because it helps me stay in touch with a lot of different people. The good outweighs the bad, I think.”

When it comes to all personal data that’s not set to private, data mining companies are able to dig through it and sell it to any outside website or consumer that is interested.

Those advertisements on the right side of the News Feed have been planted there because of data collected from everything a user has done on Facebook.

Some feel however, that it’s completely up to the user to be careful about what they allow to be seen about them on the website.

“You don’t have to make all of your information public,” said Sarah Nguyen, 22, a sociology major. “Facebook doesn’t invade too much of your privacy because you have the option of hiding what you don’t want to be seen.”

Galano has noticed the ads on the side of his Facebook News Feed and said that’s an obvious sign that there’s something more going on in the website than just social interaction.

“I don’t know if it’s a good thing or a bad thing, so I try not to pay too much attention to it,” Galano said.

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ANIBAL ORTIZ / Daily Titan Students, armed with umbrellas, hurried to class Wednesday while others took refuge from the rain at the Titan Student Union. Even though it may warm up Thursday, forecasters predict there is a slight chance of more rain on bothThursday and Sunday. Don’t forget your umbrellas.

LOCAL | Medical Records

Hospital feels backlash from record breach The health records of 31,800 California medical patients from hospital were leaked LANCE MORGAN Daily Titan

The confidential health records of approximately 20,000 patients treated at two Orange County hospitals were potentially available to find through online search engines, a St. Joseph Health System

official said Wednesday.

The information belonged to patients of St. Jude Medical Center in Fullerton and Mission Hospital locations in the cities of Laguna Beach and Mission Viejo. The medical information of 31,800 patients across six separate hospitals in California was was also available online.

“We regret the situation, and we want to express our apologies that this did happen, and we are working very hard to make sure that this does not happen again,” said Susan Solomon, vice president of marketing and communications

at the hospital. “We know the data is secure at this point.”

St. Jude became aware that the information was leaked when a patient’s attorney contacted officials at the hospital.

“The data did not include social security numbers, addresses or financial data … granted we know this information is absolutely of concern (to) people,” Solomon said.

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NEWS

Affordable health insurance offered Without insurance, surgery for broken bones can cost as much as $10,000 MEC VALLE Daily Titan

Cal State Fullerton’s health insurance plan is the most affordable health plan out of all other insurance plans offered, according to Mary Becerra, director of health education and promotions.

CSUF’s medical insurance is administrated through the Anthem Blue Cross medical insurance company. The health plan is an accident illness policy. The Student Health and Counseling Center (SHCC) acts as the primary care provider for Titans with the student health insurance.

If there is a service SHCC can’t provide to students, they are referred to a capable, nearby hospital, and at that point their insurance kicks in. A student under the health insurance cannot go to an Anthem Blue Cross hospital for a regular checkup; all routine services are done at the SHCC. Surgery for a broken arm and leg or an appendectomy are two procedures protected through the university’s health insurance.

The plan covers many surgeries and other major operations. Regular checkups, physicals and other smaller procedures are handled at the SHCC. The university’s health care coverage is not like a conventional plan. The center is an ambulatory center and not an emergency clinic.

“There are very limited wellness provisions … such as routine checkups and things like that. It is not a comprehensive catastrophic plan,” said Fred Sanchez, Associated Students Inc. executive director.

Catastrophic plans are the more intensive plans that include coverage for both extreme circumstances, like a broken arm, and smaller routine visits.

Sanchez said these comprehensive plans are much more expensive in comparison to the student insurance.

“Catastrophic plans could cost several millions of dollars over the life of the policy,” Sanchez said. “It is a low-cost option to insurance.”

It covers the less extensive procedures like the regular physical exam, treatment of illness and treatment of injuries. Optometry routines and physical therapy are covered as well. It even supplies chiropractic and acupuncture services Other benefits offered through the center which are covered under the student plan are psychiatric services as well as reproductive health services.

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ANIBAL ORTIZ / Daily Titan The Student Health and Counseling Center is a primary care provider for Titans with student health insurance. About 9,000 Cal State Fullerton students do not have any type of health insurance, said a campus health official.

CSUF business student, Cindy Gonzalez, 18, said the plan is still a little expensive for students living on their own, but overall it is a good plan for them.

“If it is more out there than here, and we have it for less … then I think it’s a good plan,” said Gonzalez.

Both Sanchez and Becerra emphasized the importance and how necessary having insurance is.

They said at least some type of coverage is better than no coverage at all.

Becerra said 30 percent of students live without any type of insurance.

That is roughly 9,000 students.

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the student health plan would help in terms of costs as opposed to a student who had no insurance at all.

“You need to make sure that you wouldn’t bankrupt yourself … routine procedures cost thousands and thousands of dollars,” Sanchez said.

Becerra said surgery for a broken arm alone could cost around $10,000.

“We really advise that students don’t go without health insurance,” Becerra said. “The flip side of that is one of the number one reasons why people go into bankruptcy is medical bills.”

Gonzalez said a reason why students do not have insurance has to do with culture.

“I think it’s mostly ‘cause, coming

from wherever they come from like their family, usually if they don’t have it then (the student) doesn’t have it either,” Gonzalez said.

Sanchez also said that a factor as to why students don’t have health insurance can be because they do not know if they have insurance or not, and they are unaware of what other options there are.

Another reason is cost, Sanchez said. Even with the student plan, it can still be expensive for those living on their own.

Although insurance costs a large amount of money, Sanchez still advises having it. “(It is) too dangerous to go without it,” Sanchez said.

Candidates play in new game of campaign financing Mitt Romney’s former company donates to Obama campaign

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Two of the top players in the 2012 presidential campaign field will be in Southern California this week to solicit donations from some of the state’s wealthiest individuals and companies.

President Barack Obama arrived in Los Angeles Wednesday to raise money with some of Hollywood and Orange County’s top political donors.

He attended a fundraising party hosted by actor Will Ferrell, and another from a top Hollywood executive, among others.

The Foo Fighters performed at Ferrell’s fundraising function on Wednesday. The show was followed immediately by a dinner hosted by Ferrell.

“Tickets for that event cost $35,800. Proceeds from both events will go to Obama Victory Fund, a joint fundraising committee authorized by Obama for America and the Democratic National Committee.

On Thursday, President Obama will attend a fundraising breakfast with 125 supporters at a private residence in Corona Del Mar, Calif. Tickets for this event start at $2,500,” said Marti Adams, an Obama campaign official, in an email.

The Hollywood community of studio executives and movie stars was a large source of donations for the Obama campaign in 2008, but the Hollywood crowd has become contentious with the Obama camp lately, because of his administration’s refusal to back the anti-piracy laws that were shot down in Congress

earlier this year.

Former House speaker Newt Gingrich’s campaign also came to California earlier in the week, seeking contributions from some of the more wealthy Republican donors in the state. He is scheduled to be making a round of appearances between San Diego and Sacramento.

The landscape of campaign financing has changed for this year’s election, with the creation of some of the massively-funded super political action committees known as “super PACs.” This is because of a 2010 Supreme Court ruling that equated donating money to a political campaign to free speech.

As a result, large corporations and wealthy individual donors can now spend an unlimited amount of money contributing to these new super PAC fundraising groups.

“This is the first presidential election in which we have super PACs as players,” said Viveca Novak, communications director for the Center of Responsive Politics, a research group in Washington D.C. that tracks money in politics. “They can receive practically unlimited amounts of money from any source.

And they have been spending more money, in some cases, than the candidates.”

Since super PAC’s have come into existence, Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney have been the first two presidential candidates able to fully use the new groups for uncapped political spending.

However, Novak said that candidate campaigns can only accept a limited amount from individuals and older conventional political action committees.

“Corporations are not allowed to give directly to candidates,” she said.

“There is a limit to how much they can accept.”

Super PACs can accept any amount, with the only condition being that they cannot directly coordinate with candidate’s campaign staff.

Shelden Adelson, who owns the two Venetian Hotels and Casinos in Las Vegas and Macau, China, gave the Gingrich-backed PAC $5 million, according to a recent report from the New York Times.

That super PAC has launched a set of TV ads attacking Mitt Romney on behalf of Gingrich. But, since Gingrich’s recent losses to Romney in the primaries, Adelson said that he will fund and run a super PAC for Romney if he ends up being the nominee.

“It’s really become a bit of a joke,” said Matthew Jarvis, an assistant professor of political science at Cal State Fullerton. “If you look down the list of who runs these super PACs, they’re all former staff of the people that they’re running ads for.”

Jarvis further expressed his concerns over the super PACs. “This fiction that they’re not coordinating – it really is ridiculous.

This notion that we’re calling them not coordinated when they essentially are,” Jarvis said.

According to an article by Politico, Obama was a former vehement opponent of the formation of super PACs. Now he embraces them as a tool for his re-election. He now advises some of his wealthy backers to divert extra funds to a super PAC he endorses.

Obama has spoken publicly about this reversal, justifying it as a way for him to level the playing field for financing his election.

Bain Capital, the company where Mitt Romney was CEO, has contributed $76,000 to the Obama Victory Fund, according to data from the Center of Responsive Politics.

“That’s what Obama’s super PAC decision was,” Jarvis said. “Think about if you got into a fight, and before the fight you’re going to have ground rules … you see the other guy putting on a pair of brass knuckles and say ‘that’s not fair,’ but once you see the other guy putting on brass knuckles, what are you gonna do?”

CORRECTION For the record, the article “Professor to voice ideas on changing the prison system” published in the Wednesday issue of the Daily Titan, misquoted Professor Brady T. Heiner. It was stated that Heiner’s lecture would describe the “convict league system” though it should read “convict lease system.” Also, the article reported that “Part of Heiner’s philosophical project is trying to pry people’s minds apart between the relationship of crime and punishment.” It should have read “... trying to pry apart the relationship between crime and punishment that exists in most people’s minds.” Professor Heiner was misquoted as saying, “How could we do without prisons? They are a natural part of our lives that democracy cannot do without.” He actually said, “Most people wonder how we could do without prisons. They presuppose that they are a natural part of our lives that democracy cannot do without.” To read the full correction visit the online article at dailytitan.com.

The Food and Drug Administration is warning doctors that a counterfeit version of Avastin, an expensive cancertreating drug, has been circulating in America without the active ingredient, according to NPR. Genentech, the company that makes Avastin, is currently working with the FDA to help resolve the issue. It is unknown how many patients may have been prescribed the drug, or if it is still currently in circulation.

Cancer specialists in California, Illinois and Texas have been notified that they may have purchased the counterfeit drug unknowingly.

The label on the fake Avastin is in a foreign text as well as in English, whereas the legitimate label is only written in English.

Avastin, which treats colorectal, kidney, lung and brain cancer, costs $2,400 and the cost is presumed to be the motive for producing and selling the fake medication.

Brief by Hailey Moran

Obama Approval Rating Rises President Barack Obama’s current approval rating has risen to 50 percent for the first time in eight months, according to a new national survey published in an article on CNN.com.

That is a three-point increase from last month and a six-point increase from last November. The last time Obama’s approval rating was at 50 percent or more was in May following the killing of Osama Bin Laden.

Also, Obama is ahead of any potential Republican candidate for the 2012 presidential election.

Hypothetical matchups show that Obama has an advantage over Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum, Newt Gingrich and Ron Paul among registered voters.

The survey also shows a decreased enthusiasm among Republican voters regarding the emergence of the ideal GOP candidate that can compete for the presidency in the upcoming presidential campaign. Their excitement took a 13-point slide since last October.

Registered voters that were surveyed do seem optimistic when it comes to the direction America is going. Almost 40 percent say things are going well, up 15 points since November.

Brief by Hailey Moran

Chinese Vice President Visits Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping, in an effort to build trust with the United States, met with President Barack Obama and congressional leaders Wednesday, according to CNN. The visit comes after U.S. officials accused China of unfairly manipulating its currency to cheapen the cost of their products.

The Chinese vice president met with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and other important party members to maintain a cordial business relationship with the U.S. Xi, who is presumed to be the next president of China, also met with President Obama and Vice President Joe Biden. While a fair trade flow between countries was of concern to President Obama, one of his top priorities was human rights in China.

The purpose of the trip for Xi was to build a “cooperative partnership based on mutual respect and mutual interests.” It was also reported that Xi hopes the meeting will lead to U.S. opposition of Taiwanese and Tibetan independence in the near future.

Brief by Hailey Moran

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LEAK: St. Jude apologizes for the online intrusion ...Continued from page 1 “Protecting privacy is a priority of our organization and we deeply regret any concerns or inconveniences this situation will cause those we serve,” said Clyde Wesp, M.D., chief medical officer and chief medical information officer of the hospital’s parent organization, St. Joseph Health System, in a press release.

“Patients should know we will continue to work to ensure this situation does not occur again,” he said.

Letters informing patients of the potential security issue were sent to three other affected hospitals in Northern California; Queen of the Valley Medical Center in Napa, Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital and Petaluma Valley Hospital, according to the press release.

Victor Rodriguez, a senior nursing major at Cal State Fullerton, believes privacy is an

important issue when working in the medical field, and CSUF nursing professors are always saying “HIPAA, HIPAA, HIPAA.” The Health Information Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 sets national standards that protects the privacy of individually identifiable health information.

“The HIPAA laws are actually the Health Insurance Portability (and Accountability) Act, and it was established by health care companies to actually send electronic information securely from one hospital to another,” said Rodriguez.

The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services website states: “The HIPAA Privacy Rule provides federal protections for personal health information held by covered entities and gives patients an array of rights with respect to that information. At the same time, the Privacy Rule is balanced so that it permits the disclosure

of personal health information needed for patient care and other important purposes.”

Rodriguez said there is a lot of precaution by hospitals in making sure a patient’s medical information is kept safe.

“There is a whole IT (information technology) department dedicated to this,” he said.

When medical staff access the information of a patient, that information is being sent to an information department to monitor who is looking at patient information — whether it be a doctor, nurse or any other Allied Health professional, Rodriguez said.

In its statement, the St. Joseph Health System said: “Patients who believe their personal information is illegally used are advised to contact their local police department and file a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission (at) ftc.gov/idtheft or at 1-877-ID-THEFT.”

Small businesses for alumni Graduates go on to create their own start-up companies after their years at Cal State Fullerton MARK PAYNE Daily Titan

Everybody at one time or another has had that one big idea — he one that’s going to make them millions, get them to easy street and free them from the burden of having to work.

It makes for a nice dream, but most of the time it doesn’t work that way. An idea is only the first step to business ownership — then the real work begins.

Entrepreneurs are people who accept the organization, management and risk of starting a business. They want to be their own boss and they crave the independence of self-ownership and self-sufficiency.

Cal State Fullerton has sent more than its share of future business owners out into the community — people of different backgrounds, different interests and various majors.

One of the most important organizations on campus that is available to all prospective business owners is the Center for Entrepreneurship. Director John Bradley Jackson and Administrative Coordinator Travis Lindsay help students apply the principles of taking ideas and turning them into a viable, money-making businesses.

Jackson recently told Titan Magazine, “Entrepreneurs have to have the spark and the guts to pursue their ideas.”

The center also helps by finding approximately 60 mentors throughout the community each semester to help students get their ideas off the ground.

“The mentors are a group of professionals that have been working in an industry anywhere from just a couple of years (recent graduates) to some who have been working in an industry for decades … they will work with the students to improve their businesses in areas such as accounting, operations and marketing,” Lindsay said.

CSUF graduate Charles Chudabala feels the mentoring he received was vital to him accomplishing his goals. He put it in the terms of an equation.

“Self-motivated and passionate personality plus listening to your mentors who want you to succeed equals endless possibilities, where the sky is the limit,” said Chudabala.

Jason Kiefer, CSUF alumnus, earned his degree in physics and now owns Real Time Orders, a software

company that provides systems for online ordering, while Chudabala, a 2009 graduate, got his master’s degree in counseling and went on to start his own life coaching practice.

The entrepreneurs from CSUF all agreed that being self-motivated and self-starter were absolutely essential to becoming a success at whatever business you go after.

The drive and determination to see an idea or project all the way through until it becomes a viable enterprise is what entrepreneurship is all about.

Becoming an entrepreneur involves wearing several hats and being prepared to undertake any kind of task, since they must do many things for the organization.

“When you start a business, you don’t realize you become an accountant, a graphic artist, a programmer, an analyst, a salesman … learning all the different aspects of the business because you are the only one who can do it, so you’ve got to go out and do it,” Kiefer said.

Working long and exhausting hours is typical for new business owners, with many of them putting in 120 hours a week or more into getting the business up and running.

Aaron Barkenhagen, a 2007 graduate from CSUF, is the owner of Bootlegger’s Brewery. He followed a more traditional path by earning his bachelor’s degree in business administration. Like many of the Titans who started their own enterprises, he had a full-time job, and also put in full-time hours getting the building ready for his beer business.

“When we were first opening I was working a fulltime day job, and I would put in another 40 or more hours a week here building the brewery … it was just me for the entire first year, so over 100 hours some weeks,” said Barkenhagen.

The cost of opening a new business can vary wildly.

Some can be started with a few thousand dollars, while others may take six-figure amounts to get off the ground.

Mike Anderson, a 2003 graduate with a bachelor of fine arts degree in graphic arts, started a men’s clothing line called Tankfarm Clothing. He said it took about $20,000 to create their sample line and launch it at their first trade show in Las Vegas. Kiefer, on the other hand, only spent about $2,000 to get his on-line ordering business up and running.

Most entrepreneurs have similar ideas about what needs to be done in order to become successful. These include self-motivation, hard work, the willingness to give as much time as needed and the courage and conviction to move forward without certainty of success.

MATT GUSH / Courtesy of Titan Magazine Mike Anderson, a 2003 graduate, owns his own clothing line. Many graduates have learned entrepreneurial skills during their studies at Cal State Fullerton and have applied it to the real world which has resulted in a variety of successful businesses.

DATA: User information turns into good business profits ...Continued from page 1 From a business perspective, people like Vinnie Nguyen, 24, a business entrepreneurship major, feel that the strategies used by Facebook are smart and will maximize their influence and profit in the long run.

“Obviously it’s a good business move. Almost everybody has a Facebook account and they’re on it at

CRU feeds new friends The club formerly known as Campus Crusade for Christ is handing out food on campus to form relationships with students LAUREN DAVIS For the Daily Titan

CRU, formerly known as Campus Crusade for Christ, is a Christian club on the Cal State Fullerton campus that hopes to represent their new slogan, “CRU Hearts CSUF” for the month of February.

During “CRU Hearts CSUF,” CRU members will provide food at both the dorms and parking structures, while hoping to establish relationships with students along the way.

Hot dogs and chips will be given out to students at the dorms and pancakes will be passed out in the parking structures. The handouts will be spontaneous; first come, first serve.

A few of the CRU club members expressed their hope for a positive outcome at the end of the month.

“The purpose of ‘CRU Hearts CSUF’ is just to show the campus that God loves them, and the way we want to do that is by just forming relationships with other groups on campus,” said Elizabeth Worthington, president of CRU and a sociology and criminal justice double major.

Worthington also said the group members hope to develop relationships with five groups in particular: Titans For a Reason, a newly formed Atheist group on campus, Greek Life, which revolves around fraternities and sororities,

Queer-Straight Alliance (QSA), dorm residents and commuter students.

Worthington said that attending the other clubs’ meetings and arranging dinner plans with some of the members helps make these clubs aware of CRU. Because CSUF is largely a commuter campus, a CRU staff member explained why the group chose to target certain spots.

“We thought about groups on campus that make up a significant part of the population — that we can build friendships in — and so students living on campus is one of these groups. And then commuters are a really hard group to target, so we thought probably the best place to really reach out to commuters — the students that come to campus for class and take off right away — would be the parking structures,” said Johnathan Whitmore, 31, a CRU member and Cal Poly San Luis Obispo graduate.

“I think we are at a place where we might see some significant growth within the next couple of years, but we will see … depends on what God wants to do,” he said.

CRU member Tori Rough, 21, a theatre major, said the reasoning behind why “CRU Hearts CSUF” was thought up in the first place is because they wanted to show students that Christianity is a religion that is open to everyone.

“What sets CRU apart from other Christian clubs on campus, is that it’s our focus that Christianity is not an exclusive thing that’s only for some people, or that our club is only for some people. But Christianity is very inclusive — for everybody — so the idea behind ‘CRU Hearts CSUF’ is that God’s love is for everyone. So it’s our job to show that; it’s our job to reflect that love so other people can see it,” she said.

GREEN: Working with plants makes for better research

ANIBALORTIZ / Daily Titan The humid tropical house contains various plants including the carnivorous ones. Different research is concluded in each greenhouse.

...Continued from page 1 “Biology is the study of life and you can’t get any better besides having the actual life form right in front of you and I think that’s of the utmost importance,” said Read.

Read said that students working with living and breathing plants is important in conducting the appropriate research. “(The greenhouse complex) is a gem here on campus. Imagine a campus that has a zoo; we don’t have that but we have the equivalent of that here in a living museum with plants (from) all over the world. I don’t think you can beat that — other than going out there in the field,” Read said.

Jochen Schenk, associate professor in the Biology Department, uses the greenhouse for his own research, in his classes and students that conduct research in his lab. Schenk currently has eight undergradates and one graduate student in his lab and said that quite a few of them use the greenhouse for research.

“I think it’s a very essential lesson for a biology student to be involved, in some shape or form, in research — just to understand the process of scientific inquiry — so a lot of students take that opportunity to join labs,” Schenk said.

Recently, Schenk received a grant from the National Science Foundation,

which has funded his work since 2006. The grant is the third Schenk has received; his current grant is for $800,000 for the next three years to be used toward research.

He said that the grant benefits students because there will be material resources and opportunities to work in the lab over the next three years.

Not only does it benefit the biology department, but it also benefits the entire school.

“The university gets a big chunk of the grant money, of this $800,000.

A percentage actually goes to the university to pay for what’s called ‘overhead’ or ‘indirect expenses’ to pay for administrative costs and so forth.

Some of that goes to the college and some of that goes to the department,” Schenk said.

Schenk said that there was a period of time where the greenhouse wasn’t used that much because of faculty retiring, however more recently they have ramped up the use. Schenk and his lab work with plant hydraulics utilize the greenhouse for the research it does. He said that the work that they are doing ranks among the best in the nation.

“Our main competitors with a lab that has work similar to ours happens to be at Harvard University. We’re right up there at the forefront of plant hydraulics. My lab is really one of the leading labs in that area right now,” Schenk said.

Sarah Taylor, 25, a biological science major, works in Schenk’s lab. Taylor is currently working on creating a method of measuring plant hydraulics in real time. She is conducting an experiment in the greenhouse outside area.

“Well, it’s extremely convenient and it makes it so that we can work on specific species that we wouldn’t be able to grow say at the arboretum or the lab and being able to utilize that space to work on east coast or tropical species is really important,” said Taylor.

Through his courses he teaches and the lab work, Schenk said that he hopes to change the perception of plants to students at CSUF. “I think a lot of us have this idea that plants are not really alive, and the only way to get students to understand that plants are really alive is to have them actually work with them and see how amazing they are,” Schenk said.

least a couple of times a day whether it be on their phones or laptops,” said Nguyen. “Facebook is selling their users’ information to other companies using that info to find more statistics.

Either way, they’re making a profit.

That’s a smart move by them.”

Currently, Facebook is being valued at around $75-100 billion after filing for its initial public offering (IPO), which would open the company to the stock market. dailytitan.com/news

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OPINION

A talk show a day will keep protests at bay It’s better to have Westboro Baptist Church in the media than at funerals RICHARD ANDERSON Daily Titan

Westboro Baptist Church is well-known for its message against gays and protesting at funerals.

The members protest, going on TV or radio talk shows to share how “God hates fags” or “God hates America,” but Westboro is really a media whore who likes to annoy people.

I can’t say I disagree with their views on homosexuality; however, Westboro goes about broadcasting it in the wrong way. The way the church preaches hatred does more harm to the Christian religion than it does good.

Rather than going on scheduled protests, Westboro prefers to go on talk shows to talk about its beliefs.

If it lands a talk show it tends to cancel a protest.

According to an article published by King 5 News, Westboro church members had scheduled a protest at the funeral of Susan Powell’s children, Charlie and Braden, because their deaths were supposedly “payback from God over the (Washington) State Legislature’s support of gay marriage.”

I’m not sure why God would want to kill a random person’s children for something the state government is doing, but I guess Westboro church members see reasoning behind it.

Occupy Seattle and Washingtonians were asked to help protect the Powell family from Westboro’s message of hate.

However, according to an article published by the Boston Herald, the church canceled

its protest after Fred Phelps Jr. appeared on the “Bobby D Show,” a conservative talk show.

“I researched the group and found out they did interviews instead of coming to picket,” Bobby D wrote on his blog.

“While not everyone will agree with our decision, we think it was the best thing to do. Our thinking was this, we would rather take the hit and have you be mad and frustrated with us than having this group show up and ruin a day that was meant for mourning two kids that were taken far too early.”

That’s what Westboro church members did last year when they scheduled a protest against the funerals of 9-year-old Christina Taylor Green and Judge John M. Roll, who were two of six people

…Westboro is the kind of ‘reallife troll’ that, if it didn’t receive media coverage from every end of the country, it would probably just fade away into nonexistence. shot and killed when Jared Lee Loughner allegedly attempted to kill Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords.

Instead, according to an article published by the Los Angeles Times, Westboro canceled its protests in exchange for airtime, and the townspeople were relieved.

The “Steve Sanchez Show” and the “Mike Gallagher Show” offered Westboro what it considered to be “substantial airtime.”

So did six other stations.

Granted, churches are generally in favor of spreading their message to as many people as possible.

There’s absolutely nothing

wrong with that.

However, Westboro is the kind of “real-life troll” that, if it didn’t receive media coverage from every end of the country, it would probably just fade away into nonexistence.

In 2006, Lance Cpl. Matthew Snyder was killed during a mission in Iraq when a Humvee rolled over on him.

His father, Albert Snyder, sued the church for the intentional infliction of emotional distress.

He initially won the case, but lost when Westboro appealed the ruling.

This is what the church enjoys.

It enjoys lawsuits because it knows it can win since it stays well within the First Amendment.

These lawsuits give Westboro free attention because the media covers them. Don’t sue Westboro and it doesn’t receive media attention.

Now, members of the Westboro Baptist Church have plans to picket Whitney Houston’s funeral Saturday.

According to the church’s website, Houston had “a beautiful singing voice and a worldwide platform, which she should have used to encourage obedience to His Word,” but instead used her talent to glorify herself and waste her life on drugs.

“God killed Whitney Houston and cast her into Hell,” according to a Westboro news release.

Hopefully another radio station offers Westboro a chance to talk about Houston.

Because as much as we’d all like to see the church go away and take their hate speech with them, it’s almost easier for the grieving families to deal with them running their mouths on a talk show than having to deal with them picketing and disrupting the peace at a loved one’s funeral.

Frisk Me

by CHARLOTTE KNIGHT

“Let’s get personal”

‘Not good enough’ is not good at all Trust me, there’s nothing more disheartening than knowing you jumped into a relationship for the first time at 15 years of age, made the relationship last three months, dumped the boyfriend’s butt for reasons you barely remember and then realizing six years later he was probably the best boyfriend you ever had.

Emerson and I met on the set of our high school theatre production “Two on an Island,” also known as the-most-pathetic-piece-of-crapI’ve-ever-been-a-part-of-in-allmy-years-as-a-theatre-buff.

He played an artist with a gimp foot, and I was in charge of making sure the actors had all their props set and ready to go.

He was five inches shorter than me (making pointing, stares, whispers and giggles inevitable between classes) but I was smitten when he impressed me with his theatre knowledge, talent, brand of cologne and thoroughly conditioned jet black hair.

Hashtag, high school girl priorities.

You know how it ended?

It was shortly after he told me he hated my friend Aaron, even though they had never once been introduced to each other.

So I pulled him off to the side a few days before opening night of another show and broke it off with, “I think you like me on a greater level than I like you, which I don’t think is very fair to you in this relationship. It’s not you, it’s me.”

I couldn’t stand the fact that Emerson blatantly admitted he hated a good friend I cared about, but believe me, he had every good reason to.

He knew I had a huge crush on Aaron. I would have gladly cut off my left breast for the opportunity to even hold Aaron’s hand in public, let alone be his girlfriend.

I knew Emerson despised him for reasons that were not necessarily Aaron’s fault.

Nonetheless, my breakup line clearly translated to: “You’re just not good enough for me.”

Did some people view me as a bitch for it? Don’t be stupid, it’s high school; of course they did.

But it was the truth. Aaron

obviously had something I wanted, which Emerson didn’t have and couldn’t give me. And if I could go back in time to the high school days (and trust me, I would cut off my right breast to not go back), I would literally tell him, “I’m breaking up with you because you’re not good enough for me.”

Dayyyummm!

But would telling him that really be any worse than sugarcoating my reasoning with the clichéd “Oh, it’s not you, it’s me” escape?

As we all should know, slowly peeling the Band-Aid off hurts like

All I could think about was my dad … telling me he didn’t want me to date anyone because I would never meet a boy that was good enough for me. And when I finally thought I did, I thought Daddy lied because I was the one who had to work to be good enough for Mr. Right.

a bitch.

Four years later, I did end up taking Aaron’s virginity in a motel room with the help of vodka for extra courage and blunt honesty.

And being friends with kickass benefits for the next eight months sent my confidence flying through the roof (I have very fond memories on top of and inside the State College Parking Structure, if you get my drift).

But besides the best orgasms of my life, the only thing the humping ever did for me was make me realize I had been hopelessly in love with Aaron for the past five years of my life.

I could keep both my breasts and still get a taste of what being his girlfriend was like, and I didn’t want to let that go. I didn’t want to be with anyone else but him, and I was determined to keep it that way.

As my rotten luck would have it, Aaron ended up going steady with a gorgeous young woman he met

at UCLA. Knowing that, I came out and threw my heart out there in the open for him to see and walk all over before that chance disappeared forever.

You know how that ended?

We sat in his car talking for what seemed like forever, and he broke it off with, “If we had met another way, things might have been different.”

Translation: “You’re just not good enough for me.”

And I know what you may be thinking: karma for the Emerson fiasco?

On the contrary. Karma came two years prior, when a “boyfriend” of two days told me he wasn’t going to stay in the relationship because he felt God wanted him to be single.

The Aaron issue was merely a fact of life we all have to come to terms with.

I will admit, when Aaron told me in the nicest of ways that I wasn’t good enough for him, I sat around at home, got buzzed off DeKuyper’s Sour Apple Pucker (aren’t I a badass?) and cried my eyes out.

All I could think about was my dad hugging me when I was little and telling me he didn’t want me to date anyone because I would never meet a boy that was good enough for me. And when I finally thought I did, I thought Daddy lied because I was the one who had to work to be good enough for Mr. Right.

It took more than a year for me to see the light, but I soon realized just because you’re not good enough for someone doesn’t mean you’re not good enough.

I broke up with Emerson for stupid, yet personal, reasons, but not because I thought he was a bad person or beneath me in any way.

To this day I still hold him in the highest respect because he didn’t act like white trash, have a criminal record or act like an allaround ass like the other beaus.

And Aaron hasn’t lost touch with me or humiliated me for acting so juvenile when we both agreed on a “friends with benefits” policy, so he must at least value the quality of our seven-year-long friendship.

If you hold yourself in high regard, and someone just can’t see your full potential, then it’s their loss. Someone else most certainly will see that potential as long as you see it. And if you know you have it, “You’re just not good enough for me” won’t phase you in the slightest.

Breakups should not be a setback in your love life. You can take a little time to stare at the hurdle in your path and figure out the best way to leap over it without falling flat on your face. All that matters is you know you have the power to jump.

Putting up with viral daddy issues If we could award a gun-toting father for best parenting skills, the winner would not be Tommy Jordan MAEGAN CASTRO-FLORES Daily Titan

All parents have a different way of disciplining their kids. Some parents make curfew shorter, other parents take gadgets away and one parent takes his .45 caliber handgun and shoots a few rounds into his daughter’s laptop.

A YouTube video making its way around the Internet is creating a viral whirlwind. So far it has generated more than 23 million views. “Facebook Parenting: For the troubled teen” shows father Tommy Jordan reading a post from his 15-year-old daughter Hannah’s Facebook page. Prior to finding the Facebook post, Jordan had spent the previous day upgrading her computer (He works in IT, so it’s obvious what direction that was going). Thinking her parents would never find her Facebook page, Hannah wrote a post dedicated to her parents.

The post begins with, “I’m not your damn slave.”

She goes on to write that it’s not her responsibility to clean up after her family; all she does is clean the floors and countertops, make the beds, do the laundry and the dishes. She also writes that instead of getting a job, like her father insists, her parents should just pay her for everything she does around the house. The letter ends, “Signed, your pissed kid, Hannah.”

After reading the letter, Jordan goes on his own rant about his daughter’s post and the sense of entitlement she has. At the end, he states that he has had enough and empties nine bullets into his daughter’s laptop.

Never in a million years would I think that a parent would pull a gun out and shoot their child’s laptop, but sometimes a lesson needs to be taught when a child crosses the line.

In this case, Jordan thought firing his gun into her Contact Us at dtopinion@gmail.com

laptop would show her he meant business. I wouldn’t even think of destroying something in that manner, especially if I purchased that computer.

There are plenty of ways to get rid of that computer without resorting to a form of violence. For example, if I was the parent I would give it to a relative to hold on to, take it to work and keep it there or, if I really wanted it gone, give it to charity. There are plenty of families that could have benefited from an upgraded laptop.

As adults, we all have moments when we just lose it within seconds and end up doing something completely crazy. We stop thinking logically. I would like to believe that Jordan had this moment, but he had plenty of time to think about what he was about to do.

He knew he was going to post this video, he knew he was going to use his gun because he had to load it to shoot at Hannah’s laptop. It was all thought out.

Jordan was not in the right frame of mind while trying to get back at his daughter for her 15-yearold-poor-me post. He should know better that he is dealing with a teenage girl that is not going to make the wisest decisions at her young age. It seems this family gets more caught up in emotions and blasting each other on the Internet, than dealing with these issues like a family should. Call me crazy, but what about sitting down as a family and really discussing the issues at hand?

This family has used technology, and especially social media as a weapon, along with a .45 caliber handgun.

Jordan should realize that he created Hannah to be the ungracious little teenage girl she is. He said she was recently put on restriction and the father is already upgrading her computer. Come on, when is the father really going to put his foot down and not give into Hannah’s demands as a teenager?

If shooting a .45 caliber handgun into a computer is the only way of getting a child’s attention, then some parenting skills should be reviewed.

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OPINION

Where do the broken hearts go?

Fighting plagiarism is worth the cost we all have to pay

DANIEL ZAMILPA

Fighting plagiarism is worth the cost we all have to… uh, I mean, Turnitin for the win!

For the Daily Titan

It’s often a cliché to say you don’t know what you’re missing until it’s gone. It’s a life lesson we as human beings haven’t quite seemed to have mastered just yet.

Especially when a public icon dies, there’s a massive outcry of grief, disbelief and despair.

We’ve seen this for many deaths recently, such as Etta James, Elizabeth Taylor and Steve Jobs.

The lives of celebrities are sometimes very influential on the masses because of their contributions to their craft and whatever other public impact they’ve had.

There have been notable deaths in our recent history that have affected people in a way that they remember the exact day, time and spot where they found out about a death. We saw this with the deaths of Princess Diana of Wales, Mother Teresa and Latina music mogul Selena. These are figures that have made great contributions to the common good of society.

However, there have been deaths that shook people to their core at what a surprise it was to hear the news, but they didn’t exactly have the best reputation when they were alive.

We saw this especially in the past few years with the deaths of icons such as Joe Paterno, Michael Jackson, Amy Winehouse and Whitney Houston.

There’s no doubt in saying that each of these people, despite their great contributions to society, had controversial histories before their deaths.

Paterno’s name is stapled to the Penn State child molestation scandal. Michael Jackson had his number of odd, and often highly judged, publicized ignominies — often being referred to as “Wacko Jacko.” Both Amy Winehouse and Whitney Houston had highly successful careers, but both succumbed to substance abuse in the later years of their lives.

Icons like these were often the butt of jokes and criticized by the public and the media. They turned into topics that nobody wanted to talk about except to animadvert.

But at the news of their deaths, their reputations portrayed through word of mouth

JUSTIN ENRIQUEZ Daily Titan

Courtesy of MCT It’s always so much fun to tease a celebrity, such as the late Whitney Houston, for their vices and past mistakes. But it certainly is a shame that all the praise and adornment they deserve and want to hear find them long after they’ve breathed their last breath.

and professional expressions such as the news and official statements completely changed.

According to the general public opinion, Paterno was back to being called “JoePa” and was a coaching superstar again. Jackson was renamed the “King of Pop” and was said to have been a great father. Amy Winehouse was then viewed as the Billie Holiday of our time and Whitney Houston’s albums and singles topped the iTunes charts, something that hasn’t happened for the late singer in years, if ever.

Their stories were filled with happiness and light again in their memory. So where was this admirartion during the remaining time of their lives?

Stories of joy and honor were made in their names and the world went into honored remembrances of the celebrities.

Their stories were filled with happiness and light again in their memory.

So where was this admiration during the remaining time of their lives?

Almost instantly in all of these cases, people changed their attitudes of the situations from negative to positive. Words of hate and disgust turned into cries of sorrow and respect.

I believe all humans have something positive

to be remembered for. To not honor someone in death is to dishonor the fragility of human life.

With that being said, of course it’s in good taste to appreciate a person’s life and what they did for the good of society. I wouldn’t want it any other way.

What irks me about these kind of situations is the abrupt change of viewpoint on an individual just because they died.

If you appreciate a celebrity’s work and accomplishments, stick by them in life and death.

If your opinion is a negative one based on the troubles an icon has had, remember what you originally thought when they’re no longer alive.

It’s a habit of mine to see the best in people and focus on the positives, not the negatives. It is my hope that we honor each other in life and in death, and in sickness and in health.

We’re often told in childhood to think twice about what we say before we do. This also goes for judging people in the public sphere.

This is not at all defending what pop icons have done wrong in their life. This is about calling out those people who either don’t have the confidence to stand by their opinions or didn’t see their wrongdoing in judging a human being so harshly in the beginning.

Sticks and stones may break our bones, but words can kill a soul. Judgments and words are some things that can’t be taken back, so make sure you say what you mean and mean what you say.

Stop asking me for my class notes!

JOEY BECERRA Daily Titan

Oh boy, here it comes again. The unending wave of discussion board emails is on its way.

It’s still the first month of school, but be patient, the bombardment of questions is crouching in the background.

In two weeks time, a steady stream of emails from classmates will begin to fill up your student email account’s inbox, asking inane questions such as, “Does anyone know what tomorrow’s homework assignment is?” and sending the menial plea of, “(For some fake reason) I couldn’t make it to class today (because I actually just decided to say, ‘screw class’ and go to the beach instead.) Can someone please send me today’s class notes?”

In case you can’t tell, I hate getting email requests from students, and these requests need to stop.

It’s not that I don’t like helping people. Believe me, I’m a perfectly nice person. I just find it irritating

that I am forced to come into contact with people who I don’t know, and who I have never spoken to, asking me to send them the fruits of my labor.

The first time I got email requests from my classmates, I was shocked.

I didn’t even know you could pull up your classmates’ email addresses from Blackboard and, recently, Titanium. I felt a little bit violated knowing other people can just pull up my email address on a whim.

Students should have the option to remove their name from the contact rosters on their class online platform.

Over the last four years, there have been three types of requests I have received from students.

The first is from students who don’t take the time to do research of their own. I know the class roster is available to students in order to facilitate communication, but if you can’t take the time to look at the syllabus to find out what day our final is, then I refuse to take the time to answer your emails.

The second type of request I usually receive is from students who claim to have missed class because

they were either “sick” or had “car trouble.” It’s understandable for students to miss class once in a while, but it seems I only get emails from the same set of ditchers.

Research about the interaction between students and faculty through email was discussed in a 2008 article in EDUCAUSE Quarterly by Merideth Weiss, Associate Dean for Administration, Finance and Information Technology in the University of North Carolina School of Law and Dana Hanson-Baldauf, a Ph.D. candidate in the School of Information and Library Science at UNC. Weiss and Hanson found that a common expectation from teachers was that students use email in order to “inform the instructor of valid excuses for missing class/ assignments … (and) setting up appointments (for office hours).”

If a student misses class for a valid reason, it is their responsibility to make up for it by visiting a teacher during office hours.

The last, and worst, way students use class rosters to send spam messages is to ask their classmates to fill out their research surveys. I have never taken a class at CSUF where I need to have a certain amount of students take my survey.

However, If I did have one of those classes the best way to get a survey done is to leave your computer, go outside and ask questions. Using the class roster to spam students is not an appropriate way to complete your research projects.

If you need some help in class, the best and easiest way to get it is in person. So do yourself a favor, turn to the person next to you and ask your question.

Plagiarism is one of the most notorious words in all of academia.

In order to combat plagiarism, campuses like Cal State Fullerton pay for the services of the website Turnitin. Though the service costs the university a pretty penny, it’s well worth the price in order to uphold the institution’s academic integrity.

Turnitin’s website boasts they are “the leading academic plagiarism detector, utilized by teachers and students to avoid plagiarism and ensure academic integrity.” The website has been around since the 1990s. Its purpose is to help high schools and colleges detect plagiarism by comparing a student’s work to countless other web pages, periodicals and books by looking for similar phrasing.

The debate comes to us as news that more than 100 colleges and universities have began to use the database Turnitin for admissions.

Used in mainly graduate divisions, it serves the same purpose but for student applicants. At the beginning of February, UCLA’s MBA program rejected 52 potential students due to plagiarism in just the first and second round of applicants for their Anderson School of Management. So any student thinking of applying to grad school, make sure you keep that in mind.

Though the service does a lot of good, it does cost colleges and universities a good amount of money. According to Jeff Lorton, Turnitin for Admissions product and development manager, each school pays a $1,500 annual fee. In addition, the number increases depending on volume which equals to about a dollar per application. And this is just for Turnitin for Admissions, and not the regular service.

Even if it comes at a hefty price, it definitely is worth it as plagiarism runs rampant in various institutions. The Rutgers Business School conducted surveys of students and faculty and they found that about 33 to 40 percent of high school and college students have admitted to some form

of “cut-and-paste plagiarism.” If the number of those surveyed is this high then we have to believe a significant percentage are guilty of the same at CSUF. I’ve found that CSUF as an institution and its professors are very stern in letting students know of the school’s academic policies. In fact, every syllabus I’ve ever received on the campus has stated in similar phrasing that “plagiarism and cheating will not be tolerated.” Most times it’s written in boldface type or underlined for emphasis. Then it’s usually followed by a suggestion that the student read the university’s policy on “Academic Dishonesty” in UPS 300.021.

It’s obvious that the institution takes academic integrity seriously and the students should follow suit. We have unofficially been dubbed “the cut-and-paste generation” — one that looks for any opportunity to cut corners so we can get back to playing

We have unofficially been dubbed ‘the cut-and-paste generation’ — one that looks for any opportunity to cut corners so we can get back to playing with our iPhones… with our iPhones and catch up on episodes of Breaking Bad. However, upholding the integrity of these institutions that have been around for decades, or even centuries, is of the utmost importance.

I do understand that CSUF is under a tight budget as it is and spending thousands of dollars on Turnitin isn’t exactly what some will consider as utilizing the schools resources wisely. But how will it make the school look if it didn’t take certain measures to keep plagiarism to a minimum? Besides, hundreds of other schools have found it necessary to pay for the service in order to uphold their academic integrity.

Spending thousands of dollars on something not considered a necessity is always rough. However, if the plagiarism rates are as high as some are reporting they are, then something like Turnitin should be considered as a downright necessity.

After all, it’s our academic integrity that hangs in the balance.

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FEATURES TRAVEL STORY | Kona, Hawaii

A winter trip under the sun A holiday visit to Kona, Hawaii turns out to be less of a paradise and more of an unending factory tour JAMESON STEED Daily Titan

Courtesy of MCT Kona, Hawaii, considered a tropical paridise by most, is often pictured with pristine beaches and lush vegetation. Few know that it is also home to many bustling industries and plays home to factories where goods such as chocolate and coffee are produced.

Over the past winter break, I was invited by an old family friend to visit her house in Kona, Hawaii. Since it was a state I had never visited, and I had nothing better to do, I jumped at the chance to go.

The first full day in Hawaii was spent on tours.

It’s better to get the tours out of the way early so the rest of the time on the trip can be spent lounging around on the beach.

The tour day began at the Original Kona Chocolate Factory, which is a small chocolate factory hidden up in the hills. For such a small

factory, the 40-minute tour seemed to last forever. The humidity gets to you when you’re cramped together with about 20 other people in a tree grove. After about five minutes I nearly passed out.

We only spent about three minutes inside the factory where we had a vat or two of chocolate.

Needless to say, it was as opposite of how I imaged it would be like to be in Willy Wonka’s chocolate factory.

The chocolate itself was far too rich for my liking and I couldn’t handle a second piece.

However, since the pieces were free samples, I couldn’t resist myself.

The Greenwell Coffee Farm was the next stop.

I don’t drink coffee, but a 20-minute tour in an open space was a tremendous relief compared to the chocolate factory. There were also free samples, including chocolate-covered coffee beans, which were far better than actual chocolate.

Most of my days in Kona involved jogging

to the nearest beach. However, it became more walking than jogging after two days. The house I was staying at was on a hill so steep that the car I drove could barely make it up. A retired couple, who owned a house a few houses down from where I was staying, could not help but point and laugh as I tried to walk the hill.

During my stay in Kona, I drove 100 miles to Volcano National Park.

The biggest surprise of the day was that I got a better tan sitting in a convertible than lounging on the beach. The park is great fun once you find your way to the crater, vents and the lava from the path.

The days went by and soon it was time to return. However, the adventure did not end at the airport.

The ride back from the airport was a wideawake nightmare that lasted an hour. When I arrived home, I couldn’t help but spring from the car, grab my luggage and kiss the ground.

Obscure music gets all the love In an effort to bring change to the music industry, independent artists are recognized MEC VALLE Daily Titan

People from different parts of the world visited the Key Club in West Hollywood Friday for the Artists in Music Awards.

The reason — to support and celebrate independent music.

At the beginning of the night, a small red carpet was laid out where guests got their pictures taken and were interviewed.

The doors opened, and people started packing into the club — with the bar getting ready for a busy night.

Everyone, excited to see their favorite independent artists, was caught up in conversation. In the audience, there were family members, close friends and fans waiting for the awards show to begin.

Eventually, Mikey Jayy, founder of Artists in Music Awards, walked on stage. With a few words, Jayy welcomed everyone to the show and gave thanks to the audience for

their support of independent music.

Without independent music, he said, there would be no mainstream music.

The first band of the evening to perform was Nobody Gets Killed. As though the band’s performance was some sort of marker, the show had begun.

All types of genres and musicians came together and showcased their passion and love for music. The best phrase to describe the awards show was “melting pot.”

At one point, the audience was cheering and grooving with the hiphop performers, Twin Towers. Later in the show, Best Indie Rock Artists, the Australian band Monks of Mellonwah took the stage.

A few other key performances were given by female pop group, Breaking Bad, and towards the end of the night, Donny B. Lord, a dance music artist, who performed along with his team of dancers.

Best Solo Artist of the Year winner, Monte Pittman, concluded the evening with his rock-heavy set.

Although the night consisted of many technical difficulties, they could not stop the people from enjoying a night of music and celebrating

Determined to take down radio Jared Kotoff, a CSUF student, plans to launch music unknowns with his Death by Radio project MICHAEL MUNOZ Daily Titan

It’s crunch time for Cal State Fullerton student Jared Kotoff.

The computer science major will launch his most ambitious project in mere weeks.

Kotoff is launching Death By Radio, a 24-hour Internet radio station that challenges conventional broadcasting and serves as a launch pad for undiscovered bands and amateur DJs trying to build a name for themselves.

independent music.

Musician and winner of Six Chambers Rock Artist of the Year, Katie Cole, described the show as amazing.

“Any sort of awards show where there are indie artists and whole different genres in one room — it’s rare … Even as musicians, you don’t really get to see that,” said Cole.

For music artists like Cole, anytime independent music is being distinguished, there is a call for celebration.

“It’s exciting. This is where the real music industry is because by the time it actually makes it out to radio the music is already established,” Cole said. “This is where the fans go. This is where they find new music.”

Cole said that devotion is what fuels her.

“Independent artists — we do it for the love of music,” she said.

Best Punk Artist winners, The Bots, enjoyed the recognition they received for their work.

According to them, the best part of the night was the fact that they won.

“It feels amazing. I love it,” said Anaiah Lei, from The Bots. “Just hearing my name of the band being

“Basically the idea of it is … taking the idea of what works for (a) conventional FM broadcast radio station and merging it with today’s newer Internet-based radio stations,” said Kotoff. “I’m merging the two ideas into one. It’s still live music and I’m giving (people) the ability to find new bands using a control stream.”

Kotoff said the basis of developing the radio show is to counter commercial broadcasting, hence the name Death By Radio.

“Death By Radio is a play on the idea of … trying to kill broadcast radio,” Kotoff said, “It’s become a closed market and new bands can’t get into (it), so I’m actually trying to attack them — to put things loosely.”

Kotoff said it is hard for new bands to get their big break, “I notice that a lot of radio stations, specifically KROQ … keep playing the same songs over and over and I feel it’s really, really biased.”

Kotoff said he’s giving power back to the bands based on their music, not on the money or label.

He wants the radio show to blend various platforms for diverse topics such as politics, sports and exercise.

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ANIBAL ORTIZ / Daily Titan Monte Pittman (left), captivated the audience when he performed at the Artists in Music Awards, Friday, in West Hollywood, Calif.

called … I’m just so happy.”

According to Jayy, recognition is the reason the awards show was created.

“The reason why I started …

was to educate other people about independent music. I’ve always been a huge advocate of independent music, ever since I discovered it (for myself),” said Jayy. “I would always get mad.

“The more diverse you become, the more credible it becomes,” said Professor Jack Mierop, who is launching a self-help show on the radio program.

Meirop is a former professor of Kotoff’s.

“I had mentioned that I’m embarking on a motivational speaking career and life coaching. I just finished a book that I’ve written, and I mentioned how I would like to have my own radio show one day.”

According to Mierop, Kotoff came into his office and offered Mierop a slot on his program.

The opportunity to become a local outlet also attracted DJ Amber Brown, 18, to join the Internet radio show. Brown admits she was on the bandwagon as soon as Kotoff pitched her the idea of having her own segment.

“I’m all for music. I plan on getting local bands to help get them more exposure,” said Brown. “Nothing locally has its own radio show for us to demonstrate music.”

Kotoff is hoping that word of mouth will bring Death By Radio fans, and the program will eventually snowball into something greater.

Why am I not hearing these people on the radio?”

For advocates like Jayy, who support independent musicians, the goal is to change the music industry.

For Kotoff, launching this ambitious project has always been a dream of his, and although he has faced numerous hardships he has never been deterred.

Death By Radio is undergoing it’s fifth attempt to launch an Internet-based radio show.

Although his prior attempts were unsuccessful, Kotoff’s errors have encouraged him to move forward and try harder.

Mierop admires Kotoff’s determination to succeed.

“I think he’s brilliant. I think he’s really done his homework in terms of what he wants to do and how he going to make that happen … God bless him for using the first few attempts as learning experience and growth,” Mierop said.

Even if Death By Radio isn’t a hit, don’t count Kotoff out. Like his prior attempts, he plans on trying again if it fails. Until he sees that it isn’t a good idea, Kotoff vows to keep trying.

Death By Radio launches in early March.

Go to DeathByCone.com to learn more about the station, stream shows, see DJ set lists and learn how bands can sign up to be on the program.

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SPORTS

DTBRIEF Men’s Golf Wins Tourney in Utah The Cal State Fullerton men’s golf team pulled off a comefrom-behind victory at the Pat Hicks Thunderbird Invitational in St. George, Utah on Tuesday, beating 13 other teams including host Southern Utah University, who was playing on their home course.

On the first day of the tourney, the team found themselves in second place due to Mark Anguiano’s excellent play.

He shot 2-under-par 70 and was tied for second overall at the end of Monday.

Teammate Dakota Duerr shot par 72. Other Titans in the fold include Corey Gard and Ryan Tetrault, who each carded a 73 on Monday.

After the first day, the Titans totaled 288 strokes to trail host Southern Utah, who totaled 284.

On the second day, CSUF’s Scott Rubzin shot a 5-under par 67 on Tuesday to boost himself into the top 10 golfers in the tournament and give the Titans a 2-stroke victory over Southern Utah.

Mark Anguiano tied for second overall among individual golfers.

The Titans ended the tournament with a 1-under par 575, just enough to bring home a Titan win. Southern Utah finished at 577 after leading by four strokes to begin the day.

This is the second time since the Firestone Grill Invitational in San Luis Obispo, Calif. that men’s golf brought home a firstplace victory.

This Sunday through Tuesday, Fullerton plays host to nine men’s teams at the Second Annual Folino Invitational at the Industry Hills Golf Club.

Brief by Hailey Moran

“Linsanity” goes far beyond the numbers DANNY CHAU Daily Titan

With more than 16 seconds left in Tuesday’s fourth quarter against the Toronto Raptors, New York Knicks point guard and cultural phenomenon Jeremy Lin looks over to the Knicks’ Head Coach Mike D’Antoni. He was asking for permission.

Permission to take the game into his own hands.

Knicks center Tyson Chandler motions forward from the mid block. He’s ready to set a screen for Lin to exploit. Lin gestures firmly.

“No,” his hands say. “Stay back. I’m taking this.”

Eleven seconds slide down to eight. He’s standing still. Down to six. Casual dribbles, casual crossovers. It’s down to four, down to three. Lin pulls up and rises. Two seconds, one second. “What in the hell does he think he’s doing?”

Swish.

There is half a second left on the game clock as Lin saunters into the backcourt. The legend continues.

And the crowd at the Air Canada Centre is uproarious – for a player who took 14 seconds to take a dagger out, stab them in their collective hearts and twist, no less.

An improbable six-game winning streak that then included numerous acrobatic and-one plays, a 38-point onslaught against the Los Angeles Lakers and now, a last-second game winner.

The Jeremy Lin legend continues, making most fairy tales sound like Edgar Allan Poe poems. Lin is forevermore.

His game-winning jump shot was a remarkable feat, but Lin’s scoring might not be the most amazing development of “Linsanity”. In Wednesday’s home game against the Sacramento Kings, Lin was not the scoring dynamo unleashed upon the league in the six games prior. He only scored 10 points —

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albeit efficiently, shooting 4-of-6 from the field — against the Kings, a steep drop from his 26.8 average over the six games before.

But Lin’s improvement as a player hasn’t solely been about scoring.

He’s a much more confident playmaker, averaging 9.1 assists in his last seven games and 12 assists per game over the last two.

He is quick, savvy and has shown the ability to probe the lanes without picking up his dribble, a playmaking technique mastered by guards like Steve Nash of the Phoenix Suns and Chris Paul of the Los Angeles Clippers.

Lin is reaping the benefits of freedom that inherently comes with being Coach D’Antoni’s lead point guard.

Lin has the freedom to keep the ball in his hands, and is trusted to make the right decision — a trust that wasn’t there with Lin’s last two NBA rest stops in the Golden State Warriors and the Houston Rockets.

It’s easy to temper excitement over his assist numbers when he turns the ball over so often (he’s averaging six turnovers in the last six games), but eternal optimists can find hope in Lin’s ingenuity and willingness to make the outstanding play.

Great playmakers thrive on taking chances, taking risks. Lin is on his way there, even if his skill hasn’t yet caught up to his ambition.

Lin is taking those risks, and he’s trying to find more precise angles on his passes. If anything, we have to admire the guy’s gusto. He’s got it in droves.

So after the most recent game, has the Jeremy Lin narrative changed?

Amazingly, no. Lin is still playing phenomenal basketball, even if he isn’t scoring in bunches.

He’s a lot of things: A cultural phenomenon, an unlikely clutch scorer, a growing point guard. The latter should be what the Knicks are most thankful for.

Sports & Eggs

by CLARK PAGADUAN

“What makes a good coach? A good writer.”

At night, as free as a Titan Cal State Fullerton’s pageantry lies in the dead of night. Like a pristine rainforest after a rainstorm, the campus breathes a new life.

I know this after many evening jogs through CSUF. There is a warming taste of elegance existing within the heart of the university.

It seemingly goes unnoticed under the rays of the Southern California sun.

During the day, the campus feels like a campus.

Trees are trees. The Pollak Library is the Pollak Library. CSUF is CSUF. But at night, the campus walkways illuminate a portal to a different world. I no longer have to pretend being on my cell phone as I walk by organizations tabling on the Titan Walkway.

Instead of ninja-stepping through hordes of students while attempting to avoid a collision with a careless skateboarder, I’m as free as a Titan.

Even my perceived flaws are hidden by the darkness. Areas of the body considered “jigglewiggle” by day can be mistaken for symmetrical, chiseled muscles by night.

In those moments when unwelcome snot decides to rear its ugly head, it’s nice to know that spectators have a lesser chance of associating my face to the ugly head.

With most of my personal worries aside, I can fully enjoy CSUF at its best.

The night lights accentuate the harmonious architecture of the buildings. Pollak Library isn’t just Pollak Library anymore. From certain spots, I feel as if I’m staring at the Starship Enterprise.

Even run-down McCarthy Hall looks like it’s gone through an episode of a fictional Extreme Makeover: University Edition.

The statues, lifeless in the day, act as if they have a pulse in the evening.

Without the noise of bustling students, the campus can be heard in its most primitive state.

The gentle swaying sound of the water pools near the Visual Arts Buildings serve as an ideal background to the gentle song of the crickets.

The night crowds are also more welcoming.

The fencing team, which practices outside in the evening, sometimes waves their swords at me when I gallantly dart passed them. Even the other night runners exchange friendly salutes with me, a gesture that I rarely experience in the day.

Instead of being a wild student running in the day, I’m a kindred spirit running in the night. I’m

one with the university and it’s one with me. It’s as if the campus beneath me better appreciates my existence while rewarding me back with its calm serenity.

Everything about CSUF at night, including the air resistance that cools my skin as I run, feels more magnificent. It’s too good not to want to feel it.

For years, I’ve been running in the morning.

Many nights I’ve crawled under my comforter, committing my alarm clock to ring in the early a.m., while promising myself a good run when summoned to rise. But that’s no longer the case.

Just as I find gratification snuggled in a warm and cozy bed, I find gratification in running at night. The evening offers perspective away from the glaring light of an invasive world.

Instead of sharing my run with crowds of fellow students and hurrying skateboarders, I float among the evening shadows and share it with myself.

For me, escaping into the pitch of the night prepares me for reentry into the luminescence and chaos of a new day.

Cal State Fullerton at night is when all the grandeur comes together. It’s when it all works together.

Other people can have the day. I’m a more graceful Titan at night.

ANIBAL ORTIZ / Daily Titan Cal State Fullerton’s Pollak Library shines brightly in the evening, making it a welcoming sight to passers-by.