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March 15, 2012

Vol. 91 Issue 25

AIDS Awareness Day at CSUF The WoMen’s Center at Cal State Fullerton has their second Annual National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day. Students received information, listened to guest speakers and could even get tested for free.

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CAMPUS | Elections approaching

ASI candidates announced Six hopefuls running for president and vice president positions ANDERS HOWMANN Daily Titan

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About 200 people from Placentia, Fullerton and Yorba Linda attended the opening ceremony of the Wall That Heals, a half-scale replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., at Placentia’s Tri-City Park Wednesday morning. The wall is a traveling exhibit that is meant to help troubled veterans make peace

with their experiences overseas. According to officials from the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund, the organization that manages the wall and its exhibition, the wall brings communities across the country and gives veterans, who may not be able to see the monument in Washington, D.C., a chance do so in their own community. Many prominent city officials were in attendance, including Fullerton Mayor Pro Tem Pat McKinley and Placentia Mayor

Jeremy Yamaguchi. The ceremony described the purpose of the wall, its effect on veterans across the country and recognized those who organized the presentation. Veterans and their families also attended the event. Many took the opportunity to pay their respects to their friends who passed away by looking for their names on the wall. The ceremony ended with a 21-gun salute conducted by members of the Fullerton Police Department.

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INTERNET | Megaupload fights back

FEATURES | Adult reentry

US senators accused of illegal downloading

Sometimes life gets in the way of plans

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Not all students at Cal State Fullerton follow a traditional path when pursuing their degree

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Catherine VanRiette decided to go back to school immediately after her son turned his tassel at his UCLA graduation ceremony. She was 42 years old. “Going back to school expanded my knowledge base,” said VanRiette, Adult Reentry Center coordinator. “It’s stimulating and it opens many opportunities. It led me to do what I wanted to do and be well paid for it.” VanRiette was considered a reentry student — someone who doesn’t go straight to college from high school, making them older than a traditional college student. While there are currently no statistics regarding reentry students, VanRiette estimates that there are about 5,000 undergraduate students and 3,000 graduate students who are nontraditional. These students come from different backgrounds.

In early April, Associated Student Inc. will be holding their annual elections for student positions on the Board of Directors and Executive Staff. Starting next week with a hot dog cookout Monday, ASI will be promoting the elections in order to increase student awareness of the candidates and voting participation. A debate between the candidates will be held April 3, the day before voting begins. All 19 candidates for the positions on the ASI Board of Directors and the Executive Staff were officially announced Wednesday and are cleared to begin campaigning. Three pairs of running mates have announced their candidacy for the positions of president and vice president and 13 candidates are running for positions on the Board of Directors. No current executive staff members or six current members of the board of directors will be running again. Also, the amount of candidates running for board positions is sparse. Five colleges only have one candidate running and the College of Education is unrepresented. “This year it’s going to be a brand new wave of candidates. It’s going to be a brand new turning point for ASI,” said Samuel Morales, 21, a political science major and ASI election commissioner. While many of the candidates have already started their campaigns on Facebook, ASI will give all of the candidates an opportunity to interact with students at the ASI cookout. Everyone in the running will be allowed to set up booths at the event. “This is going to be an opportunity for them to go out and about and spread their (platform),” Morales said. The debate will also be an excellent opportunity for students to get to know the candidates and find out what their goals are for the semester. There will be five locations where

students can cast their vote this year. Morales confirmed four of the sites — outside McCarthy Hall facing the Quad, outside Mihaylo Hall, the east library walkway and a new location in the piazza of the new student housing complex. Morales said he hopes the polling site near the dorms will result in a larger turnout of freshman voters. “I really want to get the students involved. Last year was such a close election; it was down to six votes,” he said. “Right now I want to spread that gap more from the winner, and the way we are going to do that is we are trying to get the new population of freshmen in the dorms heavily involved.” Morales is currently working with a group of volunteers in order to reach out to student leaders on campus in order to encourage more student involvement in the election. “Right now I am using some volunteers to spread the word but mainly what I am doing is myself and my assistant are … going out there to various groups and spreading the word to get involved,” he said. “We have been doing that for the past three weeks.” Morales is also working with current ASI leaders to promote the election. “Giving students as many opportunities as possible to really engage the candidates and really get a feel for who these people are and let them know who they are voting for — I think that’s what is really going to make the difference,” said Jay Jefferson, a business major and current ASI executive vice president. Jefferson said ASI will accomplish this by working with groups within ASI, such as ASI Productions, to promote the event. He said all parts of the student government will be involved in the weeks ramping up to the election. ASI President Eric Niu is continuing to try to change the image of Cal State Fullerton as a commuter campus by getting students involved in campus politics and student government.

CAMILLE TARAZON / Daily Titan Students who are older than the traditional 18-to-23-year age range are not a rare sight at Cal State Fullerton. The campus’ Adult Reentry Center is a helpful resource for these particular students.

They generally have more life experience and additional responsibilities — that could be a family, taking care of kids or kids taking care of parents, grandparents or a job,” VanRiette said. In VanRiette’s case, she was working to make sure her son could graduate from UCLA. She took community college classes from time to time, but wasn’t able to really get into it until her son finished college. VanRiette’s drive to return and finish school sprouted from the consistent setbacks she received in her youth.

“When I was in elementary school, I remember learning math and the teachers gave more attention to the boys,” said VanRiette. “They told me, ‘It’s OK. You only need to know cups and ounces,’ so I can cook. But I knew I wanted to do more.” She also wanted the degree to get the job and pay she always wanted. She once asked for a raise while working but was denied because of her sex. See OLDER, page 6

Kim Dotcom (born Schmitz) of the download site Megaupload, which was recently seized by the U.S. Department of Justice, is claiming the site was popular among U.S. government leaders. According to The Register, Dotcom told the Torrentfreak blog, “Guess what — we found a large number of Mega accounts from U.S. government officials, including the Department of Justice and the U.S. Senate,” said Dotcom. “I hope we will soon have permission to give them and the rest of our users access to their files,” he added. Dotcom is fighting extradition from U.S. authorities in the New Zealand court and is currently out on bail. His main concern is making sure the users of the site get their data

back. The Megaupload legal team is negotiating with the U.S Department of Justice to make that happen. Kevin Wortman, assistant professor in computer science, said it’s a complex issue because the current state of the intellectual property law is that there are copyrighted works considered the property of the people who created them. Thus, the government has an obligation to enforce laws that protect those rights. However, that can also be squared against the freedom of speech and the presumed right to privacy that individuals have. “It is a complicated issue and can quickly become somewhat philosophical getting into the nature of what property is, what intellectual property is and whether that should exist, what privacy is and whether that should exist, and what contracts are. It gets somewhat philosophical and complicated quickly,” said Wortman. See PIRACY, page 3

March 15, 2012

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A first-hand look into Fullerton PD Program intended to improve community relationship with police SHEILA DEL CID Daily Titan

The Fullerton Police Department is holding its annual 10-week course, Citizen’s Police Academy, as an outreach to give the community a better understanding of its day-today experiences. According to the City of Fullerton website, Fullerton Police Acting Chief Dan Hughes explained, “the program will expose participants to the many faces of police work in their community.” The course aims to share information and provide insight on the operations of the police department. The program is not intended to train citizens to become police officers but rather to build their communication with the community. “That is our goal — to be more transparent and more open to our community, so they can have a better understanding on what we do and to foster a better working relationship with them,” said Capt. R. Alex Bastreri, Services Division Commander. “We

have gotten a lot of positive feedback. We have citizens that may have been either skeptical or just unaware of what it is we do that have made very positive comments at the completion of the program.” The Citizen’s Police Academy includes topics such as patrol function, investigation procedures, officer involved shootings, use of force, SWAT, gang investigations, Internet crimes, domestic violence investigations, citizen complaint investigations and identity theft investigations. Classes are taught by police officers and civilians, who are experts in the field, said Bastreri. Experienced personnel are able to provide insight into what they do and why they do it. Bastreri said officers adjust their hours if they are not already on duty, and they will stay late to be a part of the program. Either they start their working day later to teach into the night, or they put in the extra hours to teach. Most of the instructors have a passion for what they teach; they like to get out and teach on their own time. For instance, Bastreri has been an instructor annually. “I was part of the SWAT team for many years,” he said. “I talk about my

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ANIBAL ORTIZ / Daily Titan Paul Nass, a 1966 Cal State Fullerton graduate, listens as Sgt. Mike Chlebowski explains investigation procedures to a group of Citizens Police Academy members at the Fullerton Police Department Wednesday.

credentials, how long I’ve been here, my education and my assignment at the police department. I give an overview of how our SWAT team operates, who it is made up of, what types of calls we respond to, what type of training we go through and I show them (students) equipment that we use.” After the overview, the class is open for discussion and questions; responding to questions usually takes a good part of the class, said Bastreri. The classes are held Wednesday evenings from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the police department. Classes typically consist of 15 to 20 students. To attend, students must live, work, or attend school in Fullerton and be at least 21 years old with no felony convictions, outstanding warrants or

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Summer session 2012 at Cal State Fullerton will offer more than 600 classes and will be separated into five different sessions. The earliest session will begin May 29 and the latest session will go until Aug. 3. The summer session, as well as Intersession, classes are run by the Extended Education Department. The program works with each department to determine which classes will be offered. Their goal is to extend access to a variety of classes for students by offering classes that range from five weeks to 10 weeks during the summer. Not only are classes available to CSUF students, but also to others in the community based on available spaces. Karen McKinley, director of Summer Session, Intersession and Special Session Programs, said there will not be much of a difference in the amount of classes offered this year. “While the summer 2012 (schedule) is not yet final, the schedule will be almost identical in number of courses to last year,” said McKinley. “The final schedule will be available on Titan Online on March 26.”

A preliminary class schedule is currently available online for students to start planning the classes they will take during the summer. Summer school gives students the opportunity to take classes they need, but may not have time to fit in their schedule during fall and spring. Online courses will be offered to promote accessibility and convenience to working students. They can be accessed online through Blackboard, located in the Student Portal. The online courses are text-based, requiring more reading and writing than a traditional in-class setting. “More classes will be offered online this summer versus last summer,” McKinley said. Stephanie Perez, 22, a Spanish major, plans to take at least one class during the summer session. “Online classes are seriously so helpful for me,” said Perez. “I work a lot so I’m really busy, and it’s nice to be able to get my work done at my own time without worrying about making my schedule fit around the time I have to be in class. It’s also a plus to not have to come to campus during the summer. The vibe is different because there aren’t as many people around since nobody wants to spend their summer at school. I also feel like I learn a lot from summer classes. Personally, I think summer is easier in general because teachers

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“This is an opportunity to allow people to learn and hopefully change their opinion towards a positive view about a department.” The 10th annual Citizen Police Academy started March 7 and participants will have a graduation ceremony on the last meeting. “We are continuing to reach out to our community to be transparent and communicative with our community,” Bastreri said. “That is our goal here. This is really why we go to the effort to do something like this.” For further information, contact Juarez at the Community Services Department of the Fullerton Police Department at 714738-6836 or by emailing her at JJuarez@fullertonpd.org.

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pending criminal cases, said Officer Juanita Juarez of the Community Service Department. The selection process is run by the Community Services Bureau office. If the applicant meets the criteria and can commit to attend the classes, they will be accepted into the program. If there are more applications than what they can accommodate, the applicant will be put on a waiting list for the next class. Cal State Fullerton graduate Austin Martinez, who works in the police field forces, considers the program to be a good tool to inform and educate community members. “There are many skeptics that unfortunately have a negative view of the police department,” Martinez said.

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“Throughout the years, we have been trying to promote Titan pride by having numerous events in order to get students engaged and involved in campus issues and I believe ASI elections is one of the strongest components of that,” said Niu. “Our role is to stay unbiased as ASI and promote the election and increase the voter participation turnout.” The ASI cookout, where students will be able to meet the candidates, will be held Wednesday in the Quad.

An incident occurred in Afghanistan at Camp Bastion which a military source is calling an attempted attack on Defense Secretary Leon Panetta just before he arrived, according to Fox News. While it isn’t known if the Afghan who allegedly did it knew Panetta would be there, the military is saying it was no accident. The attacker was reportedly an Afghan interpreter carrying gasoline and a lighter in a pickup truck he stole from a British service member. The coalition member suffered an injury, which was possibly caused by being run over by the truck. The Afghan interpreter allegedly drove the stolen car over the ramp where Panetta was going to arrive. He was diverted to another ramp after the attempted attack. The truck then crashed into a ditch. The accused attacker is now in custody. News of the incident arrives amid heightened tensions in Afghanistan. A U.S. soldier allegedly killed 16 Afghan civilians in a shooting spree. Afghans have also recently protested the accidental burning of Qurans at a U.S. base. Brief by Richard Anderson

Game Developer Pledges Millions Double Fine productions, designer of video games such as Psychonauts and Brütal Legend, recently ended its Kickstarter project with more than $3 million in pledges from fans, 833 percent more than its intended goal. The money will go towards making a new game, circumnavigating the normal system of game funding by appealing directly to consumers for money rather than publishers. Double Fine’s goal is to make a point-and-click game, a genre that was popular in the 90s but has since given way to more actionorientated games. Tim Schafer, the founder of Double Fine, got his start in game design creating these kinds of games, and wanted a return to creative roots. Funding less popular game genres is a risk for a big publisher, so Schafer decided to use Kickstarter. This method allowed more creative freedom and fans could contribute to the project directly. The project raised $400,000 in eight hours, and became the second project in Kickstarter history to reach more than $1 million. Brief by Matt Atkinson

Brown Proposes New Tax Plan Gov. Jerry Brown is trying to rewrite his tax plan to include additions made after a compromise with the California Federation of Teachers was made, according to The Orange County Register. The deal with the California Federation of Teachers removes their rival tax measure from appearing on the ballot. However, there are still concerns over another measure sponsored by activist Molly Munger. Brown has repeatedly said that all the tax plans will fail if they all end up on the same ballot in November. A Field Poll revealed recently that the California Federation of Teacher’s tax plan was preferred over the governor’s. Munger’s plan came in third. Brown’s new plan would include a quarter-cent sales tax increase. The personal income tax rate will increase by one percentage point for individuals making $250,000 or couples making $500,000. It will go up two percentage points for individuals making $300,000 or couples making $600,000. Three percentage points will be added for individuals making $500,000 or couples making $1 million. Brief by Jameson Steed

March 15, 2012

NEWS

State-owned house given to incoming president Many CSU presidents are given houses upon taking the high-ranking position EZEKIEL HERNANDEZ Daily Titan

When Mildred Garcia takes over as the new president of Cal State Fullerton in June, she will also occupy the presidential residency that also housed predecessor Milton Gordon during his tenure. According to documents obtained from a CSU Board of Trustees agenda meeting Jan. 24, top administrators have agreed to compensate Garcia with a $324,500 yearly salary, along with housing provided by the state. “Dr. Garcia shall occupy the official presidential residence located in Fullerton as a condition of her employment as president,” according to minutes from an agenda meeting on faculty personnel. The CSU Board will meet again Tuesday

at the Chancellor’s Office in Long Beach to finalize the resolutions. The president’s house is a large estate originally known as the El Dorado Ranch, now the C. Stanley Chapman House. It is nestled in the hills of Fullerton just west of Harbor Boulevard. The house sits on an elevated plane with a large backyard, a tennis court and a guest house. According to Orange County records, the CSU obtained the deed to the estate in 1989 in a donation from the family of C.S. Chapman Jr. to the system, which was later designated as the residence for the president of CSUF. On the City of Fullerton website, the house is listed as an estate of historical significance. It was built in 1919 around a 90-acre ranch that was later owned by the Chapman family, whose namesake is used around many Orange County landmarks. The house now sits on a four-acre lot. The site also serves as a reception facility for the president. According to the

CSU Chancellor’s Office, these houses are intended to optimize a campus president’s ability to handle affairs for the respective university. CSUF’s Office of Design and Construction will be handling the renovation of the house for the incoming president. This office works with the physical plant and manages projects on CSUF property. Steve Chamberlain is the project manager in charge of seeing that the necessary renovations for the house are completed in time for Garcia’s transition into office. “Currently, eleven campus presidents and the CSU chancellor are provided with houses by the system. Where university housing is not available, presidents receive assistance to secure and maintain a residence that is suitable for performing university-related functions,” said Elizabeth Chapman, a CSU public affairs officer. Other presidents receive a housing

stipend of either $50,000 or $60,000, in addition to their base salaries. According to the CSU, “The current two-tiered allowances were approved by the Board of Trustees in October 2005 to reflect the fact that housing costs in California have risen 116 percent since 2000, the last time a comprehensive change was made to the policy.” Former president Gordon told colleagues at his retirement reception that he already has plans for relocation from the El Dorado Ranch. He and his wife are said to have bought another house in Orange County. Beverly Burelli, who works for CSUF’s Office of Design and Construction, said that she visited the property about 10 years ago and noted the size of the property. “The front yard is so big,” said Burelli. “You can have badminton games and still have room to play football too.” The issue of executive compensation and housing allowances has been a

controversial issue among the state’s faculty and student associations. Aside from regular benefits, presidents also receive transportation allowances from the CSU. “Half of the presidents get houses,” said Brian Ferguson, communications specialist for the California Faculty Association. “We’re having concerns that money is going to executives rather than classrooms.” According to the CSU Chancellor’s Office, housing allowances to CSU presidents must be approved by the Board of Trustees and must be a matter of public record. “The CSU chancellor complained to a legislative committee that presidents couldn’t collect equity on their houses,” Ferguson said. “I found that kind of comical. For us, it’s an indication that they are out of touch.” The president’s office was not available to comment.

PIRACY: Illegal downloads of copyrighted material continues to be a problem for the US government ...Continued from page 1 Wortman said he’s not surprised by the government becoming involved with Megaupload because it has an obligation to protect property rights for the content owners. Big-name companies own a lot of media, like music and movies, that are illegally downloaded on sites like Megaupload. He said that in his experience most people would not like the government enforcing this sort of thing. He also said there is a long history of people being jailed for violating these laws and that it’s interesting that Dotcom had a worse sentence than Conrad Murray, who was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter for his involvement in the late pop star Michael Jackson’s death. “So copying Michael Jackson’s music is apparently a more serious infraction than contributing to his death. I think Michael Jackson would care to differ,” Wortman said. The Business Software Alliance

(BSA) is a trade association that has a campaign where any person can anonymously tip-off the organization of anyone who has illegally downloaded software. “It’s really an unfair advantage for those using the pirated material versus those doing the lawful thing and buying the software licenses they need. And it’s also our realm, in the software piracy realm, where people are using intellectual property that are members of the field to be more efficient and be able to communicate with other people themselves, so they should be paying for those tools,” said Peter Beruk, senior director of compliance marketing for BSA. Jesús Noland, 24, member of the Video Game Design Club and computer science major, said it would look hypocritical if members of the government are actually found to have used Megaupload for their convenience and downloaded pirated materials. He also said the government should not shut down piracy sites because if it’s more of an economic or commercial issue, then the private companies should take

care of it. “For the big companies, I don’t see it (piracy) as an actual problem because they will still generate a certain amount of revenue from it. It sucks for the smaller video game developers, sucks for small time movie studios, (and) it sucks for anyone that is a small business. If someone pirates their material, it sucks because they are really hit hard because they don’t generate a lot of revenue,” said Noland. Noland said he no longer downloads pirated material on the Internet. “If I made or designed a video game, especially if I charged money for it, it would kind of suck because I’m trying to pay the bills — I’m trying to eat — so I would really want people to download and pay for it legally. But it would actually help as far as PR (public relations), because when I used to (download illegally), there was all these times when you would see something and you would have never seen it on a regular marketed place, and you thought it was so cool that you bought it or told people about it,” Noland said.

Courtesy of MCT Kim Dotcom, founder of Megaupload, was arrested because the website hosts copyrighted media and allows it to be downloaded.

CAMPUS | Student Opportunity

Communication scholarships go unnoticed by CSUF students Titans are not taking advantage of the scholarships available ANDREA AYALA Daily Titan

Despite the fact that many scholarship opportunities are available for students on campus, very few of them are taken advantage of. A prime example are the scholarships of the College of Communications, which sponsors dozens of scholarship opportunities for communications majors each year. Peggy Bockman, assistant dean of the College of Communications, said the administration discusses every year whether or not enough funding will be available for scholarships for that year. Michael Harg, director of development, works with the community for attaining scholarships. As early as August, a decision is made as to whether or not there is enough funding for scholarships that year. While the college used to offer a publication featuring information about the many scholarship opportunities, today the College of Communications has all the information available on their website. “Every year we’re pleased to offer new scholarships,” said Bockman. “It’s a result of our activity with alumni and donors; people who are interested in helping students and giving back to them.” Although dozens of scholarships become available to communications majors every year, many students don’t take advantage of the opportunity. Bockman said there are no limitations on how many scholarships students can apply for,

while other departments have 80 to 100 applicants per scholarship. “Some of the scholarships have only a handful of applicants,” Bockman said. “We just put the effort to making sure students know about them.” There are currently four scholarships available at the college level for students and 20 at the department level. There are three deadlines for the three separate departments, each with different requirements and criteria, which is chosen by each donor. “I get the emails for a few of them,” said Samantha Moeller, 23, a communications major. “I think I kind of just read them and then don’t think about it later because I have other stuff to do, like work and homework.” One example is the Maxwell Scholarship, which searches for students who are hardworking but don’t necessarily get prime grades. “Sometimes students think all scholarships are for 4.0 students,” Bockman said. “I think that’s a common belief that’s not necessarily on target.” J. William Maxwell, the original founder of the Maxwell Scholarship wanted one of the criteria to be a lower GPA in order to benefit hardworking students who had a low GPA. Maxwell was also passionate about travel journalism, and offers a travel scholarship for study abroad students as well. Last year, 10 Maxwell scholarships were given out, and this year Bockman expects another 10 to be given out. Each of the communications scholarships include the University Standard Application, which is available online and includes general information and six basic questions. Some scholarships may

ask for more information. This additional information might be the reason some students feel discouraged from applying to scholarships like the V.J. Lovero Photojournalism Scholarship, which requires a portfolio, or the Stan Spero Radio Broadcasting Award, which requires a recommendation. Still, with the rising cost of tuition, that extra work could be very useful for students working hard to make ends meet. Sydney Lu, 31, a speech communications major, said the scholarship money would benefit her greatly in paying for tuition. “It would make my life easier so I don’t have to work that much to pay for everything,” she said. More information about how to apply for a communications scholarship can be found at Communications.Fullerton.edu/ scholarships.

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The State of Christendom by DAVID HOOD

“Gimme that old tyme religion”

Even with drama, Christianity is still just a big, happy family In every family there are fights. Some of them ugly, others end smoothly. Within the Christian religion, there are a number of different sects that are all unified by certain core beliefs. I have talked a little bit about some of those core principles before, but as a recap, all Christians believe that a man, Jesus Christ, lived, died and was raised from the dead by God so that we can establish a relationship with Him. These are the basic tenets of Christianity. The implications of these beliefs have been the center of controversy, debate and discussion for the last 2,000 years. Unfortunately, the debate has gone beyond friendly feuds and has turned into bitter disputes. People have been hurt, broken and even died. But some don’t understand why a religion is worth dying for. Some don’t know why this man, Jesus, is even worth debating. Firstly, no serious scholar doubts that Jesus lived. Even the staunchest of atheists don’t doubt that he lived. Or even that he died. Secondly, understand that people who become Christians tend to have their lives completely changed. The testimony of peoples’ lives once they have embraced the aforesaid tenets of Christianity reveal just how dramatic the change is. Some say it changed their lives. Others say that helped them understand what it truly meant to have peace. I say Jesus literally saved mine. Moving along, I believe that God interacts with each person on an individual level because everyone is different. Thus, who God means to each person is, to a degree, relative. But before you go all crazy on the word “relative,” let me stress there is a degree of relativity. That means that there are certain binding parameters in which God interacts with people on an individual level. Those binding parameters are the outlined basic beliefs of Christianity. I wish I could say that “all roads lead to heaven,” but that premise has been denied by my personal experience with God, and my attempt to seriously disprove Christianity years ago has left me in denial.

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That all leads to this point: The differences seen within Christianity from the outside are simply debates on what details are more important than others to emphasize. For some sects (also called denominations), focusing on helping others come to the same understanding is the most important. For other denominations, they believe there is a specific process of how to become part of the Christian community and they focus on that. What frustrates me to no end is when those who profess themselves to be Christians don’t exhibit this attitude of elitism over differentiating beliefs. We all believe the same thing; it is just that God interacts with each of us differently. What’s more, though, is when those who openly profess themselves not to be Christians assume that we’re all screwed up and that we don’t know how to interact with each other peacefully. The state of Christendom is in a place where our beliefs are converging. The so-called Christian left is coming to a place where it tolerates the overbearing Christian right and vice versa. But I think the writer of John said it right: “A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.” This was after Jesus (being God) got down on His hands and knees and washed his friends’ feet. And Jesus said as Christians, we should also proverbially wash each others feet. That way, everyone will know that He is who He says He is. And for those on the outside, the bickering is simple passion. But even more than that, we’re all human, imperfect and we make mistakes too.

ANIBAL ORTIZ / Daily Titan The easiest ways to get the most bang for your buck on gasoline: Drive the speed limit, roll down the windows for airconditioning in stop-and-go traffic, make sure your tires are properly inflated and carry less in your car than what’s necessary.

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There are better ways to cheapen oil other than complaining JOHN SOLLITTO Daily Titan

In case you haven’t noticed, gas prices are always fluctuating, as the $4.37 statewide average painfully reminds you with every wallet-breaking fill-up. Everyone is shaking in their boots over the possibility of hitting that dreaded five-dollar ceiling. Five bucks is a lot of money to pay for a gallon and in this economy, who has that kind of money? But who is to blame for these prices? Is it the president? The speculators on Wall Street? The Washington Post published a poll that said “President (Barack) Obama is singled out by almost one in five people as the person most to blame for rising gas prices.” To blame one person for such a farreaching issue is a little silly because one person can’t do all of that. However, one person may be in a position to do something about it, and in that respect, they might be at some fault.

Supply and demand is a main cause of rising gas prices. What it pretty much comes down to is the consumers are in charge of the prices. They’re the ones really holding the power. If we don’t buy gas, then gas companies don’t make money and they lower their prices. A professor from Texas A&M, Detlef Hallermann, wrote on Investment Business Daily, “Everything that is causing this supply-and-demand imbalance ... is explainable as a rational action,” said Hallermann. “You don’t have five guys in a backroom saying, ‘Let’s run the market.’” How many people would clog the buses and cabs and other forms of transportation if we all just stopped buying gas? Of course it’s easier to say that than it really is in practice. People wouldn’t get to work on time; most of the time spent during the day would be on traveling. Then you’d have the numerous complaints about people not getting on buses or there not being enough taxis or the trains not running on time. Our society depends on a fossil

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Scapegoating someone or a group of people for the entire situation of gas prices is naive. However, it’s also naive to assume everyone is innocent in the game. fuel-driven lifestyle and a big conversion to electric cars would be the killer for gas companies. But who has the money to buy an expensive electric car with the few charging stations there are in cities? Who can pay off their old car quickly enough to switch to the more sustainable automobile? That’s why this is such a slow process. You have to pay off your old car, find the right new electric car for your needs and then figure out how to charge it. Sure, it’s doable, but it also costs money and time. And you don’t have either of those because gas costs so much and you spend all of your time working to buy gas and other necessities to survive. Can Mr. Obama have an effect here? Sure he could. If he gave incentives for people to buy electric cars, people might be inclined to buy them. But then it looks like the government is interfering with the market and people get pissed off, don’t they? Who gets pissed off? People who don’t like government in their free market. Who has the ability to do something about their temperament? People who are in bed with oil companies who can influence how government officials vote. I’m not saying that every politician is corrupt and taking bribes from the oil companies, but some states thrive off of the import/export of oil as well as the mining of it. That would kill some jobs and definitely put some companies out of business. Companies that have been around for a long time have a lot of money to lobby so that the opposite of what they fear happens. Scapegoating someone or a group of people for the entire situation of gas prices is naive. However, it’s also naive to assume that everyone is innocent in the game. What the public needs to remember is that they have the power. That’s the kind of economy and nation we live in. It’s ridiculously easy to blame someone else when you’re having a hard time, but if everyone put in effort to change the way they lived their lives, gas prices would go down. Exercising your civic right to vote for people who have the same interests as you is only one of many options. However, blaming one specific individual or a group of people for how bad things economically are

March 15, 2012

OPINION

Now you have gone too far, Mr. President LANCE MORGAN Daily Titan

We have all had this conversation. Whether it be around the dinner table with our distant relatives, while pondering politics with close friends or with 200 complete strangers in that introductory political science lecture. Whenever the issue of the Affordable Care Act, or what many refer to as “ObamaCare,” pops up in a conversation, things get nasty. “Barack Obama is a communist who wants to control our every move.” “Is that right? At least I don’t think he was born in the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, or wherever!” Despite the emotional arguments made by both sides, the truth is, the Affordable Care Act stretches the elastic commerce clause much further than ever before. The individual mandate that allows the law to be effective, requires citizens to buy health insurance, or pay a punitive fee that is designed to cost the same amount. Later this month, from March 26-28, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments on the constitutionality of the law. However, the 1971 case of Perez v. United States and the more recent United States v. Lopez in 1995 both made it very clear: The federal government of the United States can only regulate three areas under the interstate commerce clause: The channels of interstate commerce (roadways, airways and railways), the instruments that travel through those channels (cars, planes and trains), and activities that have a substantial affect on interstate commerce. Is the choice not to buy insurance now considered an activity? Is choosing to do nothing, literally making no tangible action, something the government can regulate?

Obama says “yes,” but as citizens that value individual choice and liberty, we should give this idea a second look. The Affordable Care Act, if enacted into law, may possibly be very successful in providing affordable care to millions of Americans. I will go as far as saying it may in some ways be a good thing for the country. However, any professor of law will tell you, in determining whether law sets a good precedent, legal experts never look at the people — they look at the legal precedent being set for future cases. And the precedent that is being set forth is that the federal government can regulate both “activities” and “in-activities.” So, what is next? Where is the line in the sand now? Is there even a line? These are some difficult questions to answer. Proponents of the law will lean heavily on the 1942 Supreme Court case of Wickard v. Filburn, which is a key post-New Deal economic case. In Wickard, the government regulated someone who was already involved in an economic market. In order to drive wheat prices up in the U.S., the government deemed that farmers like Filburn could not produce extra products on their farm because of its affect on the supply. Essentially this decision made farmers buy the extra harvest they needed on the open market. But someone that makes a conscious choice to not buy the service of health care is not akin to a farmer that is actively participating in the farming business. Whether Obamacare will enact positive “change” in the United States is not the issue before the Supreme Court later this month. The “wisdom” and “workability” of a law is not up to the nine justices in robes to decide. That was the job of Congress. The Justice’s job is to determine the constitutionality of the law, particularly the individual mandate that is designed to widen the health care pool and make health care more affordable. Protecting the health of U.S. citizens should be a strong government interest, but there has to be another way besides making a mandate. Of course, today we as Cal State Fullerton students only have the opportunity to voice our opinions in classes, our communities and around the dinner table with our family. But for the women and men in black that take the bench — in the interest of our liberties, let’s strike this one down.

When voting becomes a privilege Our democratic duty should not call for required identification RICARDO GONZALEZ Daily Titan

There has got to be something about the 2012 election that has lawmakers scared out of their poor little minds. Some covert, sinister force must have infiltrated the once grand ol’ proud United States; a force which seeks to destroy this great nation of ours through our own democratic methods. At least that would be the impression given by the number of states that are scrambling to change their current voting ID laws to a stricter policy. According to the National Conference of State Legislatures website, six states since the beginning of 2011 have attempted to have their voting ID laws converted to the “strict photo ID” law, which stipulates all voters must show a photo ID in order to vote. California has no voter ID law to speak of, but about half of the other states in the union have at least some kind of policy regarding identification of voters. As long as such laws are applied to everyone in one of our 50 given states, there is nothing too devious about them. Where things start to become a tad unscrupulous is when one realizes that only two states, Georgia and Indiana, had these “strict photo ID” laws prior to 2011 and suddenly six more came out of the woodwork; six states that are seeking to place more restrictions on basic human rights. And they are rights. The Voting Rights Act of 1965, and its extensions into 1970, 1975, 1982 and 2006, ensure that. If jumping from two states to eight in the span of a year did not prompt at least some kind of investigation from the Justice Department, one would have to wonder what would. Which brings us to Texas where, indeed, the Justice Department has made it clear they are aware of and not happy about the motivations behind that state’s recent passing of strict photo ID laws for voters, going as far to deny pre-clearance for the law as the 2012 general election looms. Reportedly, the implications are that Texas lawmakers seek to

exclude much of the state’s Latino contingent who presumably lack state-issued identification. Again, regardless of how indirect, this would be an attempt to undermine guaranteed voters rights. Texas appears to be making this assertion to help avoid voter fraud. Let us give them the benefit of the doubt and assume there have been some extreme discrepancies that Texas legislature has detected in voting patterns. According to the Census Bureau results for that very election, fewer than 40 percent of Texas citizens reported voting. With that kind of turnout, one would think these lawmakers would be busing any person who even appears to be of the legal voting age or American citizenship to the polls. Let us not mince words for Texas, as with any state that borders our neighbors to the south (that’s Mexico, for those not near a map), illegal immigration is a constant and prevalent concern among lawmakers. While it is not an unreasonable request that we reserve our voting rights to American citizenry, this bit of overreaction does not do anyone favors. It is mainly because the “strict photo ID” laws affect far more than just Latinos.

No, I will stifle my indignation that Latinos would inevitably suffer large amounts of racial profiling at the polls if these laws go into effect. However, state-appointed photo identification is something that we, as college-going Californians, take for granted. Photo identification is indeed an additional expense. It requires a measure of privilege to attain. Requiring such “strict ID” laws would then turn the right to vote into just that — a privilege. It would take it away from the less fortunate and the downtrodden that do not have the means of acquiring photo identification. Correct me if I’m wrong, but aren’t those the people who deserve the right to vote the most? So in the future, let us please discuss matters of voter identification policies for what they truly are: an attempt to limit those who can vote by socioeconomic means. That is, unless, Texas and the other states scrambling to change voter ID laws truly know something that we in the Golden State do not. In that case, please let Americans at large have this knowledge as well so we may combat this invisible enemy alongside you.

Courtesy of MCT Singers Rihanna and Chris Martin performed at the 54th Annual Grammy Awards at the Staples Center in Los Angeles last month. Rihanna has come out strong in her musical talents despite her past domestic hardships with ex-beau Chris Brown.

‘Cheers,’ Rihanna and Chris The R&B singer’s talent will do all the explaining for her ROXANNE TELLES Daily Titan

It has been three years since the jaw-dropping photos of the badlybeaten Rihanna surfaced after an altercation occurred between the singer and her boyfriend at the time, singer Chris Brown. Recently two songs were released featuring collaborations between the former couple. Brown sings on the remix of Rihanna’s explicit song, “Birthday Cake,” and she’s featured on the remix of his tune, “Turn Up the Music.” Apparently time really does heal all wounds. Whether Brown, who pleaded guilty to felony assault against Rihanna and is currently still on probation, has learned from his mistakes is debatable. He has undoubtedly been ridiculed to the fullest extent by the media and the public, and his actions are in no way justifiable. However, change — though uncommon — is possible. He is human and is capable of mistakes, just like the rest of us. Rihanna, on the other hand, has suffered very publicly. According to the D.C.-based National Network

to End Domestic Violence, “approximately one billion women worldwide will be beaten, coerced into sex or otherwise abused by an intimate partner in the course of her lifetime.” With statistics like these, it’s understandable that the two reuniting would spark controversy. She would make a strong advocate to speak out against abuse and some feel that she has a responsibility to do so. Many are disappointed with her decision and feel she owes the public an explanation because she’s setting a bad example for young girls. The reality is she has built a career based on her talent, not on her personal life. She’s in the music industry and she’s doing exactly what an artist does, which is make music. Her issues with Brown are personal and she has no reason to address her decisions to anyone. Nobody, no matter who he or she are or what his or her social status may be, deserves to be involved in an abusive relationship, but because of her celebrity status, the issue of domestic violence has been brought to light and has given the public the opportunity to learn. This past summer, we learned about the domestic abuse Taylor Armstrong, from the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills,

experienced during her marriage. Armstrong addressed the public with countless interviews and a tell-all book, hoping to educate more women on the issue. Public figures can bring awareness to serious issues and whether or not we agree with their decisions, our awareness is increased and our ability to communicate about the issue is enhanced. The difference between these two public figures is Armstrong is a reality star whose career is based on her personal life, while her income is based on sharing her story with the public. Although we have a tendency to hold celebrities to a higher standard, it’s still a personal choice for an artist like Rihanna, and we need to respect that. The decision to have a professional relationship with Brown is Rihanna’s decision to make. Because we have no monarchy here in the U.S., our focus is on the lives of the people we’ve placed into the category of Hollywood royalty. Regardless of this status Rihanna has been given, she has proven her credibility as an artist in a highly competitive industry, and the focus needs to continue to remain on her talent rather than her personal decisions.

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FEATURES

Not just committed to class Getting married young is a peculiar lifestyle choice on Cal State Fullerton’s campus

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Juggling responsibilities is inevitable in college but not all students have to deal with the pressure of planning the rest of their lives and their school schedule. Between group meetings and class projects, some CSUF brides-to-be squeeze in time for bridesmaids fittings, wedding recitals and planning the details of their dream weddings. These women have learned that planning a wedding is more than just fun and games. Jessie Douglas, 21, an American studies major, relates waiting for her wedding in October to waiting for Christmas “when you were 10.” Coincidentally, that is the same age she met her fiancee. “It’s a little distracting,” said Douglas, “... school kind of becomes second because you don’t care that much about it.” Jodie Galleher — formerly Jodie Strickland, 22, a child and adolescent development major,

knows the pressures of planning a wedding while attending school. She had only three months to plan her wedding. “Planning a wedding is very time consuming and very stressful,” Galleher said. “I have done many assignments last-minute because of planning the wedding and the week before I got married, I missed a few classes so I could finish wedding stuff.“ As these women have learned, being in college and engaged at the same time can lead to more problems than just timemanagement crises. Dealing with books on one hand, and wedding magazines on the other, only gets tougher when finances are involved. “It’s hard to balance all of life’s normal expenses as a student and factor in the cost of a marriage at the same time.” said Galleher. Galleher, who got married less than two weeks ago, has had a difficult time catching up in all of her classes after the stress of planning a wedding ended. Despite having such a unique lifestyle, these married students and brides-to-be do not feel estranged from fellow students. “I still feel like even though (my fiancee

and I are) getting married, we’re still young and we still like to go hang out with people,” said Douglas. In fact, being young and engaged is not a huge deal for them. Most of the responses they’ve received from students have been supportive. “There’s been a lot of people saying, ‘Wow that’s awesome, I wish I was getting married,’”said Douglas. Megan Scholz, 21, a kinesiology major, said she’s received endless support from fellow students and friends, who found out about her engagement via Facebook. “Everyone seems to be very happy for me, and it makes me blush every time someone says, ‘Congratulations!’” said Scholz. Galleher said she found unexpected support from a professor who learned about her engagement late in the semester and commended her for keeping up with her studies despite being so busy. “She had no idea I was planning a wedding,” said Galleher. “I didn’t allow it to mess with any of my schooling except for missing one class.” Not all support has been positive. “Many students have been shocked

CAMILLE TARAZON / Daily Titan Spotting a Cal State Fullerton student wearing a wedding ring is a rare occurence. Engaged students find juggling responsibilities with wedding plans to be a struggle.

when they heard I was getting married and didn’t discourage it, but didn’t support it either,” said Galleher. “One student tried to talk me out of it, mostly because my husband is in the military, but I’ve heard

PROFILE | Synchronized figure skaters

Graceful on the ice and during class Amy Bailey and Eve Traylor must balance school and their lifelong passion DANNY CHAU Daily Titan

Waking up at 4 a.m. is tough. Waking up at 4 a.m. three days a week teeters on impossible. For Cal State Fullerton students Amy Bailey and Eve Traylor, life has been that way for more than a decade. Bailey and Traylor are synchronized skaters — two of the nation’s best. As major competitions draw near, sleep becomes more of a luxury. The number of 4 a.m. practices increases from three days a week, to four, then to five. It’s a labor of love — one that has brought home much success. Bailey, Traylor and their synchronized skating team, the ICE’Kateers, recently competed in the U.S. Synchronized Skating Championships held in Worcester, Mass. where they were awarded pewter medals. The accolade cemented their status as one of the top four teams in the nation. They are the only West Coast team in the top four. Synchronized skating puts 16 skaters on the ice at once. There, they execute key elements of figure skating, set to music, in complete unison. Though less acclaimed than singles figure skating, “synchro,” as the sport is commonly referred to, has a unique spirit all its own. Traylor, 21, a business major at CSUF, understands the change in dynamics. She started her career as a singles skater, but moved to synchro 10 years ago. “It’s a huge adjustment, and people don’t even realize it,” says Traylor. “In a singles program, if you don’t like something, you can usually change it or take it out in the middle of competition. In synchro, you have to know exactly where your steps are.”

That commitment to precision trickles into daily life, where time is managed by the minute, and skaters like Traylor and Bailey juggle school, skating and work. While most people get their sleep in blocks of several hours, being a competitive skater means finding sleep wherever there is an available moment. “I know both of our planners have nap times in them,” says Bailey, 20, a political science major. With a wry smile, Traylor adds, “There’s a lot of sleep to be found throughout the day.” However, there is little room for social time. “You can make it work,” says Bailey. “But it really sucks that everyone wants go out at night, and we’re like, ‘You don’t understand what it’s like to get up at 4 a.m.’” For synchronized skaters who travel nationally and internationally for competition, the social experience is found within the team. “They seem to love to travel together,” said Kathi Pargee, an ICE’Kateers coach since the team’s inception in 2000. “It is a time for them to be able to focus on nothing but their skating, and we make some great memories together both on and off the ice.” Bailey and Traylor both teach ice skating to young, aspiring skaters, and understand the kind of isolation kids face in their early years. For young, individual competitors, synchro can help reintroduce the social elements of childhood back into the sport. “(Synchro) can also be very welcoming when you’re a single skater,” says Bailey. “You’re usually home-schooled, and you’re at the rink constantly. When you’re not at the rink, you’re … with your parents or your coach. That’s all you get. So we are huge advocates of the team, especially for younger kids. We try to get them an outlet; something they can compete with their friends (while) still doing skills they need to know for their individuals.” In a sport where youth reigns supreme, 23 is old by skating standards and Traylor and Bailey see the twilight of their skating careers approaching quickly. Still, they’ve left an indelible impact in the two years they’ve skated competitively with the ICE’Kateers. “Eve is one of the most emotional and expressive skaters I know,” said John Saitta, an ICE’Kateers coach and skating

that argument from many people so it wasn’t news to me.” A lack of support of getting married so young is not a cause of concern for these women. They know they are ready for that step in their life.

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Courtesy of Allison Bailey Amy Bailey (left) and Eve Traylor celebrate their recent fourth place medals.

manager of The Rinks in Anaheim and Westminster. “We are constantly using her as the example for her facial expressions and music interpretation. If you ever get a chance to watch Eve skate, you can actually see a sparkle in her eye as she skates past you.” “As for Amy, I have never seen anyone as tough,” said Pargee. “Last season she broke her foot the week of our competition, but she refused to sit out. She said, ‘I can do it,’ and she sure did — never once complaining or asking for special treatment. She had a job to do and she was going to do it.” In a year, Bailey will be leaving her skates behind to focus on law school. Traylor has already started looking at dance classes to fill the void that she’ll have with skating out of the picture. Skating is still a large part of their identities, no matter what path the future may hold for them. “It’s been my whole life,” said Bailey. “It’s everything, and it’s going to be weird when I go to law school and I don’t do it anymore, but … it’s something that (defines) who I am. It’s a big deal.”

“They said, ‘we can’t pay you that. That’s what we pay the men. They have families,’” she said. “Well I had a husband and a mortgage.” Besides women who couldn’t complete their degree because of family responsibilities, veterans are also among reentry students. Patrick Jamison, 28, a criminal justice major, came back to school after serving in the U.S. Army right after high school. However, Jamison did not jump right into school the first chance he got. He took a year off to adjust to civilian life — a normal routine for combat veterans. “Most veterans feel like they’re outside of the social realm,” said Jamison. “They have more life experiences, they see things differently, and they value things differently.” However, the military gave him many skills that he uses in the classroom on a daily basis. Jamison attributes his leadership and communication skills, and the “confidence to speak in class when no else has the courage to do so” to being in the army. Jamison was 23 years old when he started his college career. “I was nervous about what I was able to retain from high school,” Jamison said. Jamison admitted that he had trouble asking for help at first. “You don’t really want to ask for help. I don’t know what the word is — it’s almost looked down upon,” he said. “The military teaches you to figure things out on your own.” After a bad first year, Jamison knew something had to change. He started to work with professors and got help at a tutoring center. His grades turned around the next year. Jamison also had to learn how to balance his work and student life — he was working full time as a mechanic while attending classes at night. “I was tired of being tired — tired

of coming to school in my mechanic outfit with grease on my hands, then coming home to do homework and projects,” he said. He decided to take fewer classes. “One day it dawned on me — I’m never going to finish school if I keep putting work first,” said Jamison, who is also the communications and outreach officer for Veteran Student Services. At that point, he changed his priorities. He worked less and began to take more classes. There are many reentry students like Jamison who deal with responsibilities other than school. Rosa Heckenberg, 58, was one of those students. A wife, mother of two and an avid volunteer, Heckenberg has held many titles in her life. Her latest — CSUF alumna. She received her M.A. in education with an emphasis in student affairs this last spring. Her passion for education stems from her volunteer work with her children’s schools from kindergarten to university. “If I wanted to help students, then I couldn’t do it with the education I had,” said Heckenberg. She started pursuing her bachelor’s at CSUF in 2003 while working, helping her husband with his business, volunteering at her daughter’s high school and serving on the advisory board at San Diego State University, where her son was attending at the time. Heckenberg managed to finish her master’s degree by 2011. The most difficult thing was starting over. Before going back, the last time Heckenberg was in school was in 1979. “Nobody my age will admit this, but we think, ‘they (younger students) might be smarter than me, so I’m going to have to compete,” VanRiette said. “And (we) can with skills (we) get through the Reentry Center … Younger students will say, ‘Oh they can compete alright.”

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March 15, 2012

SPORTS

A quick guide to the Madness The NCAA tourney will be full of surprises, drama and cinderellas ANGEL MENDOZA Daily Titan

Every March, the sports world stops and pays attention to the madness that is the NCAA Tournament. It is arguably the best postseason of any sport — be it collegiate or professional — due to the sheer excitement and unpredictability that it consistently brings. Who could have predicted that Butler University would have made it to the championship game two years ago? Butler squared off against Duke and came within a half-court heave of becoming the most unlikely champion in history. Just a year later they were shockingly back in the Final Four and faced off against another virtual unknown, VCU. This year’s tournament looks to be just as unpredictable and will at some point have fans asking themselves, “How did this team make it this far?” In the South region, Kentucky deservedly holds the No. 1 seed. Its only two losses came to two formidable teams in Indiana and Vanderbilt. Kentucky is unselfish and plays great defense, only allowing 59 points per game. If it looks to ultimately land in New Orleans for the Final Four, it will have to get superb play from 6-foot-10 freshman Anthony Davis, regarded as the nation’s top defender. He averaged 14 points, 10 rebounds and nearly five blocks per game during the regular season. Baylor and Duke also have a chance in the South, but their inconsistent play in the regular season doesn’t bode well for them in the tournament. Baylor started off the season 17-1, but went 10-6 in their last 10 games. Duke lost at home to its archrival North Carolina by 18 points earlier in the season, a game where UNC dominated from start to finish. Against Florida State, it lost in

the ACC tournament semifinal, a tournament Duke had won three years in a row. Michigan State holds the No. 1 seed in the West Region due to the stellar coaching of Tom Izzo. He may not always have the most talented guys, but he always manages to get the most out of each and every one of his players. Draymond Green, senior forward for the Spartans, will have to keep up his consistent play for Michigan State. He averaged 16 points, 10 rebounds and nearly four assists per game during the regular season and always seemed to come up big when his team needed him the most. Louisville’s chances in the West lay in the play of junior Peyton Siva and senior Kyle Kuric. Siva is a crafty point guard who commands the offense and Kuric is a knockdown shooter who makes defenders pay if left open. Two possible “Cinderellas” in this region are Long Beach State and Murray State. If Long Beach State can get some momentum, anything can happen. Led by star point guard Casper Ware, this senior-rich team played one of the toughest schedules in the country and beat established teams like Pittsburgh and Creighton. The experience this team has may be just enough to possibly get them to the Final Four. Murray State only lost once in the regular season, due mostly to the play of its backcourt. Point guard Isaiah Canaan averaged 19 points a game in the regular season and can get it going at anytime. Syracuse is the No. 1 seed in the East Region, coming in with a record of 31-2. Its most crushing loss didn’t come at the hands of an opponent, but one of its players. Starting center Fab Melo had been ruled ineligible by the school to play in the tournament. The seven-footer is the team’s backbone for its renowned zone defense. As a team that has been outrebounded all season, this will spell disaster for Syracuse in March. Kansas State is another possible

Courtesy of MCT Syracuse’s sophomore center Fab Melo was recently declared academically ineligible, which makes him unable to participate in the NCAA Tournament. The loss hurts the top-seeded Orangemen in the East bracket in their quest for a national title.

“bracket buster.” It’s a well-coached and disciplined team who beat three top-10 teams in the regular season. If it faces off against a Melo-less Syracuse, the Wildcats can win and possibly keep on winning all the way to New Orleans. Coming off two straight wins against Duke and North Carolina to win the ACC Tournament, Florida State comes into the East Region with a lot of momentum. It is only allowing 62.9 points a game to their opponents and is led by junior guard Michael Snaer. He’s been clutch for the Seminoles all season. In the Midwest Region, North

Carolina is the No. 1 seed due in large part to its NBA-ready frontcourt of John Henson and Tyler Zeller. The Tar Heels led the nation in rebounding and are second in scoring, thanks to their playmakers Kendall Marshall and Harrison Barnes. Behind potential Player of the Year Thomas Robinson, Kansas could pose a challenge to UNC, but it is highly unlikely. Besides Robinson and point guard Tyshawn Taylor, Kansas does not have enough depth to keep up with the Tar Heels. The beauty of this tournament is that no analysis can account for what will actually happen. Let the madness begin.

DTBRIEFS BASKETBALL Titans Fall in CIT

SOFTBALL Titans Lose Two

Coming off of an early exit in the Big West Tournament, the Cal State Fullerton men’s basketball team lost to Loyola Marymount University Lions, 88-79, in the first round of the CIT Tournament Wednesday. Titans junior guard D.J. Seeley led with a game-high 32 points to go with eight rebounds while Lions sophomore guard Anthony Ireland was the high scorer for LMU with 26 points. LMU redshirt senior forward Drew Viney added 19 points, eight rebounds and two assists in the victory. Titans junior guard Kwame Vaughn and senior forward Orane Chin also scored in double figures. Vaughn dropped in 21 points on 6-of-15 shooting from the field while Chin had 10 points on 4-of-13 from the floor. CSUF shot 35.5 percent from the field in the loss, making only 27 of the 76 shots it attempted, while LMU shot 42.4 percent from the floor going 25-of-59 shooting. The Titans jumped out to an early lead in the first half only to go into the break trailing the Lions 45-41. CSUF cut the Lions’ deficit to one, 47-46, at the 17:39 mark of the second half, but that was the closest it would get. LMU then went on a 10-4 run over the next 5:34 to push the lead to 57-50 and would not look back from that point on. The Titans finished the season with an overall record of 21-10. The Titans were without starting point guard Isiah Umipig. He missed due to personal reasons.

The Cal State University Fullerton softball team opened up play in the Judi Garman Classic at Anderson Family Field Wednesday, losing both games of a doubleheader to the University of Notre Dame Fighting Irish and Purdue University Boilermakers. Game one saw the Fighting Irish defeat the Titans 16-0 in five innings. Notre Dame put together 17 hits in the victory, while CSUF was only able to manage two hits in the game off the bats of sophomore Lauren Mario and freshman Emily Vizcarra, who had one each. Notre Dame’s junior pitcher Brittany O’Donnell got the win in the circle in two innings pitched, allowing one hit and striking out three. Titans freshman pitcher Desiree Ybarra got the loss in 1.1 innings of work, giving up nine earned runs. The Fighting Irish scored 10 runs in the first two innings, two in the third and four in the fifth in the shutout victory. In game two of the doubleheader, Purdue defeated CSUF, 8-6, in a game that saw 30 hits between the two teams. Purdue freshman pitcher Lexy Moore got the win while Ybarra took the loss. The Titans jumped out to an early 1-0 lead in the bottom of the first inning when redshirt freshman Eliza Carter’s RBI single plated senior Adri Martinez. The Boilermakers would go on to score two in the top of the second and one in the third to take a 3-1 lead. The Titans would tie the game 3-3 in the bottom half of the third on a Crawford two-RBI single. Purdue would go on to score five in the fourth to put them back on top, 8-3. CSUF would score two in the fourth and one in the fifth, but were shut out in the final two innings of the game. Briefs by Greg Woodson

Women’s soccer club on the rise The club has made move to more competitive division CYNTHIA WASHICKO For the Daily Titan

Despite only being together one full semester, the members of the Cal State Fullerton women’s club soccer team have quickly capitalized on team potential. After finishing third place in their inaugural season, the team moved from the open division of the West Coast Soccer Association to a more competitive division. With an early season 2-0 win over last season’s division winners San Diego State, the team has wasted no time demonstrating its drive to improve last season’s record. According to junior captain Alli Carivau, a large portion of that improvement will come from better team chemistry. “We have good team camaraderie

right now, and we’ve been playing with each other for more months and practicing more and working harder and just wanting to do well,” said Carivau. The improved camaraderie this season comes from both playing together on the field and team activities off the field. “We were able to do a lot of things off the field that helped (the team) bond,” said senior Coach Kyle Gough. “The closer they are off the field, I think it helps with their ability to play and anticipate their style of play on the field.” The club’s off-the-field activities included philanthropic work, and the team has also begun planning the first “Tuffy Tourney.” The tournament, set to take place April 14 and 15, will bring various teams from several states, including California, to CSUF. Some of the possible teams participating in the tournament

include UC Santa Barbara, USC, Loyola Marymount and Northern Arizona University. The tournament will provide playing time and exposure to teams outside the club soccer team’s normal range of play. “The way the club soccer league is set up is that only the top-two teams advance to any kind of playoff scenario,” Gough said. “In lieu of not really having anything, we just decided to create one.” Even with the high caliber of teams joining the tournament, Carivau is confident that the team will perform well. “We have more of a drive to win this season … we want it more this season, so we’re working harder at practice and in games you can really tell that we’re determined to win,” Carivau said. Looking ahead to this season, and the more competitive fall season, club president and founder Tara Connell echoes a similar confidence in the team. “We’re willing to go out hard and push ourselves … I think as long as we keep going out like that, we’ll be okay,” said Connell. Strong motivation and drive has brought the team to where it is today, and it’s carried them from a beginning club to a competitive team to watch. “I think our team has definitely grown,” Connell said. “We’ve given teams a run for their money, and we could definitely end up in the top, as long as we don’t get too cocky.” Gough shares the same confidence in the team’s abilities, and after using last season’s losses to improve this season’s team, a first-place finish is not out of reach. “I want (the team) to play at the potential that they have. And the potential that they have is that we could go legitimately undefeated. We could legitimately win the league. The trick is going to be for us to stay focused throughout that,” Gough said.