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April 5, 2012

Vol. 91 Issue 33

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STATE | Tech Task Force

EVACUATION DRILLS INTERRUPT CLASSES

Assuring ‘No child left offline’ State’s K-12 schools embrace technology as a teaching tool TIM WORDEN Daily Titan

California State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson created the Education Technology Task Force to update the technology standards in California’s K-12 schools. The task force brings 48 volunteers — teachers, technology directors, school board members and superintendents — from throughout the state together to write a new technology plan. It has four subcommittees: Teaching, learning, assessment and infrastructure. “We were very careful to get a balance so that ... we had everyone’s voice represented,” said Barbara Ross, a special project consultant for the California Department of Education (CDE). The comprehensive, 14 to 15-month-long process will “revise the technology plan for K-12 schools” in the state, Ross said. Torlakson appointed the task force members March 17 and the members had their first meeting March 20 at the CDE. Only four of the volunteers were unable to attend the meeting, Ross said. See TECH, page 3

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Sirens wailed as hundreds of students filled the Quad, participating in evacuation drills Wednesday afternoon. Humanities Building Marshall Dave McKenzie said it was just a drill, reminding

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that everyone must leave their classrooms without using the elevators; no matter what floor people are on, everyone must use the stairs, he said. For safety, students were asked to stand at least 150 feet away from all buildings, which McKenzie said is the most difficult

task while drills are being conducted. The Campus Emergency Preparedness website suggests that before a real evacuation, students and employees should look at the evacuation diagrams in the building and room they are in. The site also advises that students and faculty be familiar with the

location of at least two exits. After the drill, which lasted about 30 minutes, students returned to their classrooms. McKenzie said the evacuation drill was a success, except for students who didn’t keep the proper distance away from buildings as they were instructed.

FEATURES | Barks of Love

NATIONAL | Oil harvesting technique

Saving loved ones from a precarious fate

Keeping the ‘frack’ out of California

An organization based in Southern California offers a small beacon of hope for dogs

Hydraulic fracturing criticized nationwide on questionable effects

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When Ashley Cunningham, Barks of Love (BOL) founder, president and CEO, moved to California for law school, she had no family or friends in the area. She was forced to leave her two dogs behind with her family back home in Arizona. “I’ve had dogs since I was born ... so being without any animals in California got really lonely,” said Cunningham. Cunningham’s search on Craigslist for a family that needed a dog sitter lead her to discover “foster homes” for dogs and, subsequently, the founding of Barks of Love in 2008. BOL is a Fullerton-based nonprofit organization that saves dogs from being euthanized. “I had never heard of an animal rescue before,” Cunningham said. “Thinking this sounded like a great idea, I signed up to be a foster home for a small rescue in San Clemente. For almost a year, fostering dogs came in and out of my home as they were adopted and then another was rescued. It was such a fulfilling experience, not only for myself, but, at the same time, I was responsible for saving these dogs’ lives.” Eventually, the animal rescue Cunningham volunteered for ran out of money and was forced to close down. It was at that time, Cunningham realized that she could probably start her own rescue center. The organization started out small — just Cunningham and three dogs. Over time, more people wanted to volunteer and further opportunities arose.

The use of hydraulic fracturing, also known as “fracking” by oil and gas company workers, has quickly become a hot-button issue. Between a highly publicized case in Dimock, Pa. and public opposition from celebrity activists, the once virtuallyunknown practice has now garnered attention among environmental activists across California. In plain terms, the practice of hydraulic fracturing is used to stimulate the flow of oil and/ or natural gas from existing wells or veins by injecting pressurized water from natural reservoirs and the undisclosed “fracking fluid” back into the ground. Little information about the chemicals in the fluid is available. “Until recently, there hasn’t been much information about the practice (of fracking) in the state because there is no requirements for permitting, monitoring or reporting the activity,” said Jennifer Robinson, conservation program coordinator for the Angeles Chapter of the Sierra Club, in an email. Founded in 1892, the Sierra Club, which is a nationwide activism organization of more than 1.4 million, has, only recently

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Courtesy of Elle Photography The goal of the Barks of Love team members is to save dogs from being euthanized. According to the organization, BOL has saved more than 600 dogs’ lives. They plan on funding a facility that can facilitate more than 200 adoptions a year.

Sylvaine Capron, owner of Dogma Pet Portraits, had a great experience with BOL and became a pet owner within days of taking in an adopted pet. “They made it very easy for us,” she said. BOL supplied Capron with a leash, collar, food, crate and toys. “We never want it to be a financial obligation,” said BOL Marketing Board of Directors member Kristina R. Senft. “If someone has time and the desire, we don’t want them to be put out financially. The vet expenses are covered, the food, bedding, food bowls, leashes, collars. We provide it all.” Capron was also pleased with BOL because the organization made sure the dog was a good fit for her family. Since Capron has a business that does pet photography, she is in position to work with the dog community as well as give back to the nonprofit organization. Dogma Pet Portraits has raised thousands of dollars in support Barks of Love.

“People want to help if you give them the opportunity,” Capron said. BOL’s greatest accomplishment is saving more than 600 animal lives. “We can only save so many with the amazing team we have,” Cunningham said. BOL does not limit who can volunteer. Little Barkies is a new program that teaches children between the ages of 5 and 12 the importance of dog adoption. “Educating and including our children in our rescue organization is the key to meeting our long term goal of zero kill shelters,” Senft said. “Teaching our little ones is the best shot our community has at reducing the amount of dogs being euthanized due to overpopulation. Our Little Barkies have so much passion for what they believe in … Even though their voices are small — they will resonate long after we are gone and will be the change we all dreamed of.” See BARKS, page 6

supported efforts to regulate the increasing use of fracking in California, according to Robinson. This is due mainly to strong environmental concerns associated with the practice in other states. “Part of the concern is that the exact chemicals used in fracking are currently proprietary information,” Robinson said. However, spurred by the case in Dimock where unregulated methane gas release has caused contamination of the local water supply, fracking is facing an increased level of scrutiny. This has been compounded by vocal opposition from celebrities like Rosario Dawson and, more recently, Mark Ruffalo on the March 28 episode of The Colbert Report. As it stands, the Safe Drinking Water Act regulated by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) does not include hydraulic fracturing policies. While more traditional excavation practices for both oil and natural gas face intense scrutiny, fracking is conspicuously absent from the act’s literature. This oversight is referred to as the “Halliburton Loophole.” “That allows fracking to not comply with the requirements of the Safe Drinking Water Act,” said David Hobstetter of the Center for Biological Diversity. See FRACKING, page 2

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FRACKING: Opposed by activists ...Continued from page 1 Hobstetter and the Center are currently taking legal action to challenge leases issued by the Bureau of Land Management on potential fracking in Fresno and Monterey counties. “Beyond that, one of the things that has really caused fracking to take off is a combination of technologies,” Hobstetter said. Hobstetter explained that the explosion of hydraulic fracturing activity in the state and nationwide may be due to increased affordability of the combined with “directional drilling” practices. “(Oil and gas companies) can drill down into the ground and, once down there, they can kind of go any direction,” Hobstetter said. “… It can go kind of like an ant colony.” Though Hobstetter said that the Center for Biological Diversity is not looking into many cases in Southern California, George Watland, conservation program coordinator at the Sierra Club, said they currently have activists monitoring oil fields in Montebello, Whittier and Baldwin Hills for fracking practices. “As the world market keeps oil prices above $70 per barrel, oil producers are able to offset the extra expense of fracking to drill for

oil that has been left underground because it was simply not profitable to pump with available technology until now,” said Watland in an email. Aside from these reactionary practices, California lawmakers are currently attempting to forego future uncertainty involving hydraulic fracturing. Newly introduced state bill AB 591 would help define fracking and ensure tighter regulation by both the EPA and the Division of Oil, Gas and Geothermal Resources. If passed, the bill would go into effect January 2013. Until then, organizations like the Center for Biological Diversity continue to present cases locally. “The ultimate goal in the case that we brought is to force the Bureau of Land Management to go back and look at the effects of hydraulic fracturing,” Hobstetter said. And though California has yet to become as large an area of concern for fracking as Pennsylvania, lawmakers and activist organizations like the Sierra Club and the Center for Biological Diversity are remaining vigilant to help avoid a similar case as Dimock here. “It’s clear that fracking … is really something that is accelerating,” Hobstetter said. “It’s happening more and more and companies are getting more and more interested in it.”

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Courtesy of MCT Republican presidential candidates Rick Santorum, Newt Gingrich, Mitt Romney and Ron Paul participate in a debate Jan. 26 at the University North Florida in Jacksonville, Fla. Romney is widely expected to win the Republican primaries.

Romney powers through primaries Sen. John McCain says it’s time for Santorum to give up the race AJAI SPELLMAN Daily Titan

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney won with a clean sweep in Washington, D.C., Maryland and Wisconsin Tuesday, possibly dealing the final blow to his biggest opponent, Rick Santorum. Because Wisconsin is a challenging state to win over, Romney and Santorum’s only choice was to put forth serious campaign efforts there, and their super PAC’s supporters spent significant amounts of money. Santorum’s campaigning efforts consisted of him pulling out the big traditionalist guns with hopes to draw in the conservative, blue-collar voters to support his cause. His plan failed in the Michigan, Ohio and Illinois primaries. Irvin Huerta, an advertising major at Cal State Fullerton, said every outcome to the political races are nothing less than derivatives of advertising. “I feel like everything is pretty much an advertisement for themselves. Candidates constantly state things in regards to so-called help others and they act as supporters of numerous programs, yet the purpose is really only to get their name out there,” said Huerta. Romney was no stranger to utilizing profound advertising techniques. “I dislike (Romney) the most because of his views on Hispanics and Latinos. However, he is doing the best job in utilizing advertising techniques … He uses celebrities like Bush and McCain to back him, and it obviously is a good idea to use public figures to back you because he’s winning the votes,” Huerta said. There were precinct reports that revealed Romney had 44 percent of the vote to Santorum’s 38 percent. “Voters are getting bombarded by Romney’s ads and not really hearing from Santorum,” said Matthew Jarvis, Ph.D., assistant professor of political science.”

The reason for this is because of all of his endorsements, he said. Jarvis also said Romney got all of his endorsements as kind of a reflection of candidate quality and for this reason others lack large portions of endorsements. According to Politico.com, “Romney’s victories in Maryland and the nation’s capital were more imposing: Romney had 48 percent of the Maryland vote with 23 percent of precincts reporting and 69 percent of the D.C. vote with 28 percent of precincts in.” GOP candidates Newt Gingrich and Ron Paul have also managed to stay in the race, but their campaign techniques have fallen short. Gabriella Aldaco, a student at CSUF, said she sporadically hears news in regards to the political primaries, but never about Gingrich or Paul. “I plan on voting, but I’m more interested in being informed about the more important political race, like the one against (President Barack) Obama,” said Aldaco. Even Sen. John McCain feels as if it’s time for Santorum to give it up. “I hope that Rick Santorum would understand that it’s time for a graceful exit,” said McCain on CBS News Wednesday. “Romney was the (Republican) nominee when Perry dropped out; it just turns out that Herman Cain, Michelle Bachman, Newt Gingrich, Rick Santorum and Ron Paul didn’t get the memo ... Romney was the only one who had endorsements and money to possibly to do it,” Jarvis said. To top off his three-state sweep, Romney took the stage Tuesday night in Washington, D.C. at the Newspaper Association of America Conference to disparage Obama, who owned the stage the night before, using the opportunity to make his first attack on Romney. “President Obama came here yesterday and railed against arguments no one is making (by criticizing) policies no one is proposing … It’s one of his favorite strategies, setting up straw men to distract from his record,” said Romney.

A high-speed solution to traffic Public transportation engineer foresees new trains in state’s future ROXANNE TELLES Daily Titan

Cal State Fullerton’s Rick Simon will speak Thursday at the College of Engineering and Computer Science Technology Breakfast. The topic of discussion will be the future of high-speed rail in California and will be held at the Holiday Inn Hotel and Suites in Fullerton from 7:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. Simon is an expert on the subject and has been a part of the industry for more than 30 years. He is knowledgeable on the vision held for high-speed railing in California and will address questions about California moving forward in

developing and implementing high-speed rail systems. “I think our transportation system has focused mostly on freeways in the previous decades and that’s what most civil engineering programs have focused on also,” said Simon. “I think, going forward in the future, we’re going to see more emphasis on rail projects and also projects that combine rail and highway.” Active in the industry, Simon is currently overseeing the Los Angeles to San Diego section of the high-speed rail project. He is a senior project manager with HNTB Corporation, an infrastructure firm and one of several firms preparing engineering and environmental studies for the California High-Speed Rail Authority’s 800-mile program. “We need more investment in our rail systems,” Simon said. “We need a more balanced transportation system that has a good freeway component but also a good rail component and a good airline component. We’ve underinvested in rail over the previous decades and we need to catch up with that. We need more support for rail projects in the population going forward in the future.” The event is presented by the College of Engineering and Computer Science affiliates. Roussel Hart, the ECS director of development, said it’s important for the public, specifically engineers, to understand the key issues related to high-speed rail. “Rick was recommended by the chair of the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department since he is an adjunct with extensive experience in rail and high-speed

rail” said Roussel. “High-speed rail is an important part of the future U.S. infrastructure plan and is currently part of the international infrastructure outlook.” Simon currently teaches a course called “Railroad Engineering and High-Speed Rail,” which is offered through CSUF’s Civil and Environmental Engineering Department. The class was implemented into the curriculum in fall 2012 and 60 students were enrolled in the Saturday morning class. CSUF is the only university in the state and third in the country to offer this course. “The engineers of the future are going to need to understand both highway design and railroad design in order to be able to meet the needs of future projects,” said Simon. Associate professor and Chair of Civil and Environmental Engineering Prasada Rao said that CSUF is lucky to have recruited Rick Simon for the course. “We wanted to introduce this emerging topic to our undergrad and graduate students,” said Rao. “There are not many people in this country who are familiar with designing high-speed rail networks,” Rao said. “When we planned to offer the course we needed a well-qualified instructor.” Rao said Simon is a perfect fit to teach the course with his knowledge of the environmental and construction aspects of engineering. “He knows the high-speed network in different countries and he can identify which technology is needed for California,” Rao said. The event is $10 for community members and free for ECS affiliates, CSUF students, alumni, faculty and staff.

Some 100 college students at Santa Monica College protested outside of a Board of Trustees meeting regarding a plan by the college to raise prices for courses Tuesday night, according to the Los Angeles Times. Protesting students outside of the meeting room during a public comments session were interrupted when campus police attempted to disperse the group by using pepper spray. Some suffered minor injuries. Santa Monica College is investigating the incident. Students showed up Wednesday morning outraged by the use of pepper spray on their fellow students. The campus has one of the highest transfer rates to four-year universities in the state and has an enrollment of 34,000 students. The California State Legislature has set community college unit fees at $36 per unit. That fee is set to change to $46 per unit by summer. Brief by Colin Penkoff

Salmonella Spreads Fear Investigations by federal and state health officials are underway for the source of the salmonella Bareilly outbreak that has already affected 93 people. Louisiana, Rhode Island, Maryland, Illinois, Virginia, Wisconsin, New York and Texas are among the 19 states affected, with a total of 68 cases. According to CNN.com, news of the investigation appeared Tuesday when an internal memo was unintentionally sent to everyone at the FDA about a probable cause of contamination due to sushi. FDA spokesman Curtis Allen said the FDA has yet to discover the cause of the outbreak. The people who were interviewed after becoming ill mainly reported they had consumed sushi, sashimi and similar foods, said the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention spokeswoman Lola Russell. Health officials said 10 people have been hospitalized and no deaths have been reported. A statement from the CDC stated that when the food causing the outbreak is identified, the public will be notified. Brief by Sheila Del Cid

Whitney Houston Autopsy Released The Los Angeles County coroner officially released autopsy results March 4 for singer Whitney Houston. According to a report by CNN.com, Houston — who was found dead Feb. 11— died from an accidental drowning in conjunction with the “effects of atherosclerotic heart disease and cocaine use.” The singer drowned in the tub in her Beverly Hilton hotel room in what was reportedly about 12 inches of “extremely hot water.” Empty Xanax bottles, an antianxiety medication and a “white powdery substance” on the bathroom counter were found in the room by detectives, as well as several other medication bottles in various areas of the hotel room. Chief Coroner Craig Harvey reported cocaine use immediately before the collapse in the bathtub were contributing factors in Houston’s death. Toxicology testings found .58 micrograms of cocaine per milliliter of blood, along with marijuana, Xanax, the allergy medication Benadryl and a muscle relaxant Flexeril. The coroner reports Houston was found unconscious by her personal assistant at 3:35 p.m. and that paramedics concluded about 20 minutes later that the singer had died. Brief by Ricardo Gonzalez

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CSUF alumnus Ed Royce hosts town hall meeting Congressman covers several topics from off-shore drilling to North Korea issues EZEKIEL HERNANDEZ Daily Titan

Photo Illustration by WILLIAM CAMARGO / Daily Titan Thousands of people suffer from varying degrees of insomnia along with other related sleep disorders. Social problems like losing a job, death, divorce and illness can be triggers for disorders like acute insomnia, which is a short term disorder.

Insomnia and OSA leads to life problems and health complications Sleep disorders can have serious harmful effects on the body MEC VALLE Daily Titan

Sleep deprivation has the power to significantly damage one’s life. The consequences of those hours of lost sleep are more than just simply feeling tired the next day. Justine A. Petrie, M.D. of psychiatry and sleep disorders, said that tiredness or sleepiness is very hazardous to a person’s health. “A second or two of sleep when you are driving at 60 miles per hour down the freeway can mean the difference between life and death,” said Petrie. Insomnia is one out of the many sleeping disorders that has played a negative role on people’s health. Those who experience insomnia have trouble falling asleep, or they wake up too early and cannot go back to sleep. Acute insomnia is short term and can be caused by a losing a job, a death, divorce, an illness or discomfort. Chronic insomnia can be caused by depression, anxiety, pain or discomfort. “The biggest enemy to sleep is worry or anxiety,” Petrie said. Not only does insomnia affect one’s health, but also a person’s ability to function normally. Madi Sears, 23, a human services major, said that because she feels so tired all the time due to her insomnia, she has not been able to give to her full potential. “It is so hard (to function during

the day) … Sunday night I couldn’t sleep and Monday I went to school and I’m at school from 6:30 in the morning (until 9 p.m.) at night and then I have to drive half an hour home,” said Sears. “It’s really hard, I feel so sleepy and unmotivated, and I have responsibilities … It’s really hard to feel grounded sometimes when that happens.” Petrie said one of the ways to help deal with insomnia is to stop worrying about it. “One thing about sleep is the harder you try to do it the worse you get at it … worrying about it is the worst thing you can do,” Petrie said. Relaxation, yoga and not watching the clock are just a few tips that Petrie gives when experiencing insomnia. Another serious sleeping disorder is obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). This disorder is associated with snoring. Petrie said although it seems trivial, OSA can be a serious problem. “Snoring is not just an embarrassment, snoring indicates that the upper airway is partially blocked,” Petrie said. Not only does a person who has the disorder have their airway blocked, but they can stop breathing and their sleep is constantly interrupted by their own snoring. OSA presents many health issues. “Lack of oxygen to the body because of an obstruction to the airways impacts all of the major organs and the body responds in the same way (as it would) if it were under stress,” said Maria Liza Laranang, a respiratory therapist.

One thing about sleep is the harder you try to do it the worse you get at it ... worrying about it is the worst thing you can do. Justine A. Petrie M.D. of Psychiatry and Sleep Disorders

For people affected by the disorder, it is very important that they seek help. OSA is also linked to other major health risks such as heart disease, diabetes and strokes, Laranang said. “Treat the sleep apnea and you cure or lessen the other diseases,” she said. Sleep is vital to one’s health and well-being, Petrie said. “You need enough sleep so that you can function without being sleepy the next day,” she said. Not everyone needs the same amount of sleep per night. Petrie said some can sleep a total of seven hours and can function the next day without feeling tired. Some may need nine hours of sleep and others may need more, depending on the person. It has been reported that 20 percent of Americans sleep six hours per night or less. “We live in a society where we are chronically sleep-deprived because of all the things we try to do and have to do,” Petrie said. “And over the last 25 years, we as a country have decreased the amount of sleep by almost an hour.”

U.S. Representative Ed Royce (R-Calif.) held a round of town hall meetings in Buena Park and Placentia Saturday and reported on the state of affairs in Congress. Royce currently holds the seat for the 40th District, which covers Fullerton, Placentia, Buena Park, Cypress and Orange. Royce began the meeting with a large graph which highlighted the federal budget deficit. Recent years were highlighted with a red spike that emphasized government debt incurred under President Barack Obama. Royce said that many nonpartisan economists are in agreement that the current spending path that the government is taking is unsustainable. He added that there is a problem today in Washington in reaching an agreement that will move towards a balanced budget. In 1995, a Republican Congress was able to reach an agreement with President Bill Clinton on a deficit reduction that eventually brought the budget back into a shortterm surplus. Today, Royce said, negotiations have not gone as well. “Getting an agreement to move us back towards a balanced budget is much more difficult now than it was back at the time when President Clinton and the House Republicans reached an agreement,” said Royce. “Not a lot of people liked that agreement, but the bottom line was that we kept pushing for it in the House and Senate and got it to the president’s desk a couple of times, and it got vetoed … Finally we worked out an agreement that brought us back into a balanced budget.” In 2011, Congress was in a stalemate when negotiations got heated as to whether they should raise the debt ceiling or not. Royce said that House Speaker John Boehner and President Obama, along with the president pro tempore, had reached an agreement on how to tackle the budget. However, when Obama went back to Nancy Pelosi in the House,

TECH: Plan focuses on closing gap between current and future technology ...Continued from page 1 The new plan will conform to Obama’s 2010 National Education Technology Plan, which has the goals of raising the proportion of college graduates from 41 percent to 60 percent by 2020 and closing the achievement gap so all students graduating are prepared for life. It will focus on gaps between California’s current technology infrastructure and the desired future infrastructure, equity of Internet access for schools and use of e-readers and tablets in the classroom. “Six years ago we didn’t even have iPads, and so (the education landscape) drastically changed,” said Bill Selak, a music teacher at Covina Valley Unified School District and adjunct professor at Azusa Pacific University and the University of La Verne. Selak, who is in the task force’s teaching subgroup, said he is pleased that the directive for more technology in the classroom came from the top down. There is a divide. Only some teachers are using technology in the classroom today, he said. He is involved in Edcamp, a professional development meeting for teachers to integrate technology into the classroom and recently led a session about using Apple iBooks Author to create class textbooks. Last year, Selak lent his iPad to a student in his band to use Percussive, an app that allows a user to play eight different percussion instruments, during their concerts. “I plugged that into a little keyboard amp for all of our concerts (and) she actually played my iPad and it sounded like a really good marimba,” he said.

Playing the iPad also improved the student’s self-confidence, he said. “So instead of, ‘Oh, you play the xylophone,’ it was, ‘You get to play the iPad! That’s amazing!’” Selak said. Selak uploads music he records on Garage Band to the class website, K5tunes.com, so students can practice outside of class. “They can actually learn it on their own … and then when they come in with me, the conversation isn’t, ‘How does this go?’ The conversation is, ‘I’m stuck on this one part of it.’ We’re able to move a lot quicker,” Selak said. Robert Craven, director of technology and media services at the Fullerton School District (FSD), wants to give students more chances for mobile and online learning. “There’s a great argument to be made that (mobile and online learning) is the future and direction that things are going,” said Craven, who is in the task force’s learning subgroup. One school in the FSD, Robert C. Fisler School, already has a oneto-one laptop program, where every student is given a laptop to use in the classroom. Every classroom at the 2nd-to-8th grade school has a Promethean Board and every building has its own iPod Touch cart, according to the school’s website. Craven said data from classes that used mobile devices in the Saddleback Valley School District found that the classes scored better on California State Testing (CST) tests, had increased attendance and honor rolls and decreased disciplinary issues. “I think once the kids get out of that, ‘Wow’ or, ‘It’s neat’ factor, what you begin to hear from them is … ‘It’s helping me learn better.’”

Craven said. Selak said that many people think technology is in the future, but the tools are available today. “(Technology) is becoming mandatory, it’s not going to be a footnote in the classroom (anymore),” he said. The task force’s next meeting is in May and the group will present its findings to Torlakson by July 1. Teachers, parents and students are urged to share their opinions on the group’s public forum, CommetEdTech. myboe.org, Ross said. Esther Wojcicki, a Palo Alto teacher, Creative Commons Board of

They can learn it on their own ... and when they come in with me, the conversation isn’t, ‘How does this go?’ Bill Selak Music Teacher at Covina Valley Unified School District

negotiations stalled again. “Collections are way down because we are in a recession,” Royce said. In order to get back to a more balanced budget, he said, “The economic rate of growth has to be about 2 percent.” Royce said he and his colleagues in Congress are making efforts to draft bills that will spur economic growth. “We’ve got a situation where we’ve got more people out of work by millions of people,” he said. He said a bill currently went through the Senate that will remove restrictions on how start-up companies find new investors and that the bill will make it easier for companies to obtain Initial Public Offerings (IPO), which will help them get listed publicly to attract new investors. “In the ‘90s, half of the IPOs in the world were in the United States — millions in California,” Royce said. Tightening regulation on a company’s finances, such as the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, have been detrimental to getting the U.S. to pick up on economic growth, he said. Sarbanes-Oxley came about as a reaction from Congress to the Enron and Worldcom bankruptcies, in which companies gave false financial reports in order to defraud investors. Recently, a hot debate topic in Washington has been on the Keystone Pipeline, a proposed project that would run oil from Canada to refineries in the U.S. “The biggest fight in the past few weeks has been on the Keystone Pipeline,” Royce said. He said Obama has stalled negotiations on the bill, largely on political grounds. Canada began to lose patience, and instead pushed through an agreement with China to build a pipeline that flows westward to Vancouver that would send oil to Asia. He said that in this political season, everyone is maneuvering their positions on oil drilling. Everyone in Washington is looking to take credit for recent advances in U.S. oil production. “There is 20,000 direct jobs connected with this pipeline project, I’ve held several hearings on this. And indirect jobs, according to the Chamber of Commerce, are 200,000 … If we could lift the ban on offshore drilling, we would have additional jobs.” According to Royce, the president is waiting until after the election season to approve the pipeline so that Republicans won’t score political points in 2012. He said these positions will put the United States at an economic disadvantage against Asian countries. “We will not be able to prevent Alberta or Canada — they are going to pursue getting that product to market. And our withholding at the border, with our traditional ally, which we have really inflamed their passions, does nothing except to

give an advantage to our economic competitors,” he said. Royce also brought up the topic on engagement with uncooperative countries like Iran and North Korea. He said war should not be a primary option that leaders should pursue, because history has proven that tough economic sanctions have been able to topple regimes. He gave a story about a North Korean defector who was involved with the country’s nuclear development. Through him, the U.S. found out that North Korea was bankrolling its nuclear program with fake hundred-dollar bills printed by a bank in North Korea. North Korea had to resort to doing this because its currency, the won, is so devalued that it would be nearly impossible to make transactions on the international market. In response, the U.S. cut off international access to the bank counterfeiting the bills, which effectively stifled North Korea’s nuclear program. He said that past leaders like President Ronald Reagan and former U.K. Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher were good at creating high unemployment in countries like the Communist Bloc that were able to bring about regime change in the region. Royce said that pro-western propaganda broadcasts helped to topple the Soviet Union and similar broadcasts can be effective in Iran. After the town hall meeting, Robert Lauten of Brea was outside greeting people in hopes of winning the Republican primary in June to challenge California’s U.S. Senator, Diane Feinstein. Lauten said he came to the meeting to ask Royce about banking reform because he is on the financial services committee. Lauten’s platform for his Senate run is centered on bringing back the Glass-Steagall Act, a President Franklin D. Roosevelt-era banking reform that was done away with in 1999 by Republicans in Congress. The purpose of this is to eliminate Wall Street derivative bubbles, which can implode the global economy. “Globally, it’s 25 times the gross domestic product of the planet,” Lauten said in reference to derivatives. This year, because of redistricting, Royce will be running for the 39th District rather than the 40th District seat he now holds. “The 39th (District) is three cities in Orange County and the rest are outside of Orange County,” said Gina Zari, a Royce campaign official. Because districts have shifted around since the last election, his constituency has changed drastically. “A considerable amount, about 70 percent actually,” Zari said, “It moves up into LA County and up into San Bernandino County.”

Directors member and journalist, is also one of the task force volunteers. “Motto of the future should be ‘No child left offline in the classroom,’” she posted on Twitter.

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April 5, 2012

OPINION

Islamophobia still alive in the U.S. Anti-Muslim sentiment continues a decade after 9/11 ALEX GROVES For the Daily Titan

The wonderful thing about our cultural identity as Americans is that for the most part, Americans are open-minded and accepting of people from different cultural and ethnic backgrounds. It’s fair to say that most people in this country are quick to overlook where a person came from. Ultimately, Americans want the same things out of life and have similar interests for our children and family members. When all things are weighed, what difference should a people’s faith or skin color make? How does their type of dress make any difference in what kind of people they are? Why then does it seem as though a number of Americans are becoming increasingly hysterical when it comes to people of the Islamic faith? In our post 9/11 world, many Americans have quickly made unfair associations between a relatively peaceful faith and a select group of violent individuals. Such vicious labeling has created a frenzy of fanaticism from very unstable people. Shaima Alawadi, a 32-year-old mother of four, was found brutally beaten March 21 inside her home in El Cajon. A threatening letter was found next to her body, the exact contents of which mostly remain unknown to the public.

According to the woman’s 17-year-old daughter, the note said, “Go back to your country you terrorist.” According to police, a similar note had been left at the residence several months prior to the incident. Her husband, Kassim Alhimidi, is a contractor for the U.S. military. The family had moved into the neighborhood just two months prior. In Iraq, Alawadi’s country of origin, there are factions of Al-Qaeda as well as other groups labeled as terrorist. Being from Iraq or having Iraqi descent does not make someone a terrorist any more than being white and Christian makes someone a member of the Ku Klux Klan or a neo-Nazi. It should be common sense, so why does it seem as though many Americans aren’t able to see it? If the death happened because it was fueled by someone’s misguided conceptions about a woman, solely based upon her religious views and country of origin; then it should be considered a hate crime. It would not be the first time the Muslim community has been affected by such a tragedy. Since the 9/11 attacks, many Muslim-Americans have felt tension in the United States. About 55 percent of the Muslim population in the U.S. said their life has become harder after 9/11, in a 2011 poll by the Pew Research Center. Even more disturbing was that in the same poll more than a quarter of the Muslim population said that a person had acted suspiciously toward them. Such alienation between Americans is unnecessary. There are many Islamic individuals who are just as patriotic as any other group in this country, and

there’s absolutely no reason to be suspicious of them because of their faith. If there was any doubt as to whether the vast majority of Muslims were in fact nonviolent, then it can be seen in the response of many MuslimAmericans the following Friday. In a peaceful gathering in Santee, Shaima’s friends and loved ones held a candlelight vigil in her honor. If anyone thinks this is an isolated incident and we have moved on post-9/11 Islamophobia, take a look at some news stories from the past few years. In 2011, there was outrage over a planned Muslim community center that was to be built near the former site of the World Trade Center. Those in opposition to the Islamic community center saw it as insensitive to the victims of the World Trade Towers attacks, although the creator of the community center reasonably argued that it was meant to bring people together in peace. There was a Baptist preacher who called for an “International Burn a Koran Day” in Florida last year. Also last year, many people in Temecula, Calif. were against a proposed mosque that posed no harm to the surrounding community. In May 2010, a San Diego cab driver was allegedly beaten up by a man after praying in a park. Islamophobia is an extremely real problem within our society. Terrorism is defined as “the use of violence and threats to intimidate or coerce.” If people from a certain background are repeatedly being affected by threatening acts, who then becomes the terrorist? With the brutal beating of Alawadi, that is something worth truly considering.

The State of Christendom by DAVID HOOD

“Gimme that old tyme religion”

Love ‘em or hate ‘em, it’s their right to speak This week, my wonderful and avid readers, I must deviate from attempting to articulate “the state of Christendom,” because something happened two weeks ago that I think all should be aware of. The state of freedom, so to say. Two provisions of the First Amendment are the rights to peaceably assemble and to essentially say whatever we’d like — even if that means an intense disagreement. Being in Washington, D.C. this semester has taught me the importance of these principles. Almost every day there are protesters somewhere saying something that someone else does not like. Two weeks ago, a friend and I had the opportunity of attending the Reason Rally, the so-called largest gathering of atheists in the world. The Washington Times reported about 30,000 people were expected to attend, with Richard Dawkins as the keynote speaker. They made quite an uproar along the National Mall with banners and signs. Interestingly, they also invited 17 Christian groups to attend, including Westboro Baptist Church. Unlike Westboro Baptist, who were literally sectioned off by police officers and their barricades from the main group 1,000 feet away, the other groups who attended roamed around freely with signs commonly seen around CSUF like “Repent or Perish,” “All Have Sinned,” among others. Around every sign holder was a group of people debating, arguing and yelling at each other over religion

and philosophy. Other groups chose to engage in dialogue one-on-one on matters of presuppositions and philosophy. But whenever Westboro Baptist Church shows up there is always a spectacle. Dozens of people were screaming, chanting and jawing at them, and all five of them held their ground in the middle of wooden police barricades reinforced by squad cars and D.C. police. As soon as I arrived at the circus of things, I wanted to cry. I’ve seen a lot of sad things over the course of my life, but the overwhelming feeling that seemed to permeate the air with a foul stench was hate. There was hate from Westboro Baptist with their “YOU HATE GOD,” “GOD HATES YOU,” “GOD H8S FAGNOSTICS,” “GOD H8S GAYTHEISTS,” “FAGS ARE BEASTS” signs. However, paralleled on the other side of the barricade were equally disgusting signs like “F*** THIS GUY” with an arrow pointing to the protesters. I kept on repeating the words of the First Amendment to myself over and over again, so as to not forget that each party’s rights were protected the same way, “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; abridging the freedom of speech...” The moment that really got me was when a little girl, no older than 10 years old came to my side and watched in horror as Westboro Baptist held their messages proudly and the crowd spat, screamed and

DAVID HOOD / For the Daily Titan A demonstration was held by the Westboro Baptist Church in Washington D.C. March 24. The Kansas congregation protests against homosexuality, most notably at military funerals.

swore at them. I turned to the little girl and asked her what she thought of it all. She said that her father said, “It’s just a circus.” I then pressed her for her own opinion. With a gulp she looked at Westboro Baptist, then at me, and shook her head, “I don’t know.” I asked her if she knew the First Amendment. She responded with a “no.” I told her that it gave the people on both sides the right to do what they were doing. Obviously disturbed and confused, she told me to have a nice day and scuttled off to see her father, who, to my despair, was wearing a derogatory T-shirt. The American poet Billy Collins once said that babies were born with an innate sense of poetry (or the ability to recognize beauty) because the mother’s heart beats in iambic pentameter and slowly diminishes with age. I think what he was trying to explain was the intrinsic nature of innocence that is lost over time as we mature. To the poor girl standing next to me, it was happening all at once. And when it was all over and Westboro Baptist left, my colleague and I just stood there silent, contemplating what had just happened. And that brought me back to memories at CSUF where people fight and bicker over things said in public or published in the op-ed pages of The Orange County Register or Daily Titan. And I was again saddened. Traditionally attributed to Voltaire,

the saying “I may not agree with what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it” should apply when we all hear things that we don’t necessarily agree with. To my surprise and extreme joy, I witnessed someone doing this a block from my apartment building (eight blocks from the Capitol). A very strong black man was being harassed by an older Caucasian man. He was upset for some unknown reason and was calling the black man very pejorative terms. In other situations where I’ve witnessed this, fights broke out and people went to jail. Not this time. The black man just kept walking away, shaking his head and (seemingly) quivering with rage. But he kept walking away, defying all passes of logic that the other man was directly insulting everything he stood for, at 9 p.m. on an open street, where he could have easily silenced him — and me if he wanted to. The experience deeply saddened me to witness the hate, but on the other hand, I was happy that everyone was able to express themselves, however unfavorable the way it was conveyed. The singular thing I would have changed in the minds of all the people there was the concept of respect. I wish the crowd had enough understanding to respect Westboro Baptist Church. And although I hate what they stand for, I deeply cherish their right to stand for it.

Frisk Me by CHARLOTTE KNIGHT

“Let’s get personal”

Jealousy has no place in dating What would all the single ladies do if I told you there were four million more women than men in this country as of 2010? I would hope that action would be to shout from the highest rooftop in the city that you don’t give a damn. Or maybe instead you’ll just develop an outrageous paranoia about becoming an old maid and insist your “girlfriend” resume gets a major update. Personally, my girlfriend resume does a pretty good job at putting the other four million competitors to shame. I don’t believe PMS-ing is a valid excuse for being a bitch, I hate being in a retail store longer than 15 minutes and I won’t blow up one’s phone with lovey-dovey mushy-gushy text messages all day. Oh, and I’m not the jealous type. When it comes to dating and committed relationships, jealousy is one of the bigger pet peeves I have. Is that on your resume, too? ‘Cause that’s something people of both sexes look at. The men I choose to be with are free to ogle at whatever woman they please, just as I reserve the right to observe different males scoring a solid 10 on the hominahomina-homina scale. What many people fail to see, for reasons that baffle the hell out of me, is that man is only monogamous by implemented moral and/or religious standards. But looking at multiple human beings and thinking to ourselves, “Wow, he’s attractive,” or, “Her pants would look so much better at the foot of my bed,” whether we’re single or taken, makes us polygamous by nature. If I am allowing myself to exercise my animal instinct and find a man other than Boyfriend attractive, then he is more than welcome to do the same. Honestly, if he’s insisting all other women are hideous and I’m the only one he finds to be beautiful, then he’s a freak on top of being a liar. But this matter goes far beyond mere reciprocation. In the world of romance, “jealousy” is another synonym for “insecurity.” I mean, let’s face it, if you’re the jealous type solely because you don’t trust your partner, you can be as secure as Air Force One. But, if that is the case, then you’re still a dumbass for being with your partner. Or, if you really do just have that outrageous paranoid persona, then your partner could be the dumbass for sticking around with you. Maybe it’s that you don’t trust women who wear low-cut tops and short skirts and hang all over Boyfriend. I guess that’s a decent excuse… until I point out that it always takes two to tango. If Boyfriend really has the balls to be unfaithful, pull his mistress off to the side, shake her hand or give her a genuine hug, and tell her “Thank you.” The burden’s officially off your shoulders; the little man-whore is her problem now. Jealousy has absolutely nothing to do with trust. It all comes back to self-worth and confidence in yourself and the relationship. Once upon a time, I had a boyfriend. Prince Charming was mediocre-looking, chubby,

Jealousy has absolutely nothing to do with trust. It all comes back to self-worth and confidence in yourself and the relationship. uneducated and unemployed. Our romantic pastimes consisted of watching TV or watching him play video games in his cramped little room for hours on end, and occasionally he would try to see how far he could get his hands down my pants against my wishes. One day he insisted I not get lunch with a friend I used to have a crush on. I guffawed vociferously at his ridiculous request and went anyway. I was having a wonderful lunch with my friend who had just joined the Marines, was strong, handsome and well on his way to getting his bachelor’s in political science from UCLA… until Prince Charming interrupted it with a text. He said he was going out to see a movie with an old girlfriend and hoped I was OK with it. When I told him to have fun, a fight ensued because I refused to be brought down to his level of jealousy, which in turn, made him look rather foolish. He was actually pissed because I wasn’t jealous, if that makes any logical sense at all. After the dust settled, he eventually admitted to feeling inferior to many of my other male friends because (in my words) he was a loser by comparison. When his own opinion of himself confirmed my suspicions that he was indeed a loser, I knew what we had wasn’t going to last. That’s the long and short of it. Sometimes our self-esteem hits a low point — not being as financially capable as desired, having been cheated on before, being a horrible lover, not feeling beautiful, etc. — and we start fearing that it is something our partners will also sense and agree with. “The Love Doctor” Terri Orbuch, Ph.D., wrote in a Psychology Today article that maintaining independence outside the relationship is also crucial: “Jealousy … can occur when partners are too dependent on the relationship to determine how they feel about themselves and their self-worth … The more their definition of self is tied to their own accomplishments and experiences apart from the relationship, the less jealousy.” Instead of spending my time worrying about what Boyfriend thinks of me in comparison to other women, I try to focus more on what other women might think of Boyfriend. After dating plenty of frogs, there’s no better feeling than having a girlfriend approach you and say, “He’s such a wonderful guy! I’m so jealous; I wish I could find someone like him!” That is not a sign that you should feel threatened — that’s a sign that you might have snagged a good one. So by all means, update those girlfriend resumes and hand them out to someone that will make the other four million chicks green with envy.

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April 5, 2012

FEATURES

TRAVEL | Spending spring break discovering the bounties offered by Chicago

Volunteering to save lives CSUF will raise funds for cancer research through Relay For Life LOREN MANNING For the Daily Titan

WILLIAM CAMARGO / Daily Titan The Chicago skyline during the afternoon is a beautiful sight, but to witness the city’s true beauty, one must wait until nightfall.

Chicago’s four surprises The Windy City turns out to be much more welcoming than most travelers expect of the Midwest ANDREA AYALA Daily Titan

I’ll be honest, before I visited Chicago, I knew nothing about the city. I never spent time dreaming of what it would be like to climb up Sears Tower and look down below at the shining lights of the city. I never set aside time to imagine what the crispy-crusted, oozing cheese pizza would taste like, and I definitely never wondered what people in the Midwest were like. Big mistake. Chicago isn’t New York; let’s get that out in the open. The streets are wider, the lights darker and I wasn’t shoved once in a subway station. Anyone searching for that restless energy New Yorkers are so proud of can scour every tunnel, corner and crevice of Chicago and never find it. Originally, I went to Chicago to visit a friend and I ended up finding a place that I love. My primary intention was never travel. Here are four surprises that I found on my visit to the windy city. Surprise No. 1: Chicago isn’t as cold as people make it out to be. I’d been to Paris and New York in the spring. As a proud Californian, I did what I was supposed to do — I froze. Before I went to Chicago I heard horror stories about the raging airs of the windy city and I had a colossal fear that the cold would swallow me whole. I prepared for this trouble and pulled out heaps of scarves, tights and sweaters I’d had stowed away in my room from previous travels. “In the winter, we wear jackets that go to our ankles,” my friend had once told me on a glittery, cold night in Paris while my teeth were chattering and all I wanted to do was make it to the metro station. That phrase kept repeating in my head as I packed away all my layers. To my surprise Chicago was not that bad. And while walking the streets of the city, I discovered something I’d never experienced before — cold weather tangled with humidity. As a Californian, I’m used to dryness, but I found the humidity made it much easier to deal with any cold weather we had to deal with. It made my layers stick on more easily, if anything.

Surprise No. 2: Art in the Midwest? I had no idea that some of the world’s greatest works of art are in Chicago. Call me ignorant, call me misinformed, call me more often because, apparently, I am pretty secluded from civilization. If you like art — any art — go to Chicago. The museums there have Picassos, Van Goghs and even a few Cezannes. Surprise No. 3: The food is...delicious? If anybody tells me again that New York has the best hot dogs in the world, I will never believe any further word that comes out of their mouth. We’ve all been lied to! Sure, there’s nothing like a juicy dog from the streets of Manhattan, but no one has had a real hot-dog until they’ve tried it Chicago style — relish, pickles, mustard, celery salt, poppy seeds on the bun and absolutely NO ketchup. They don’t have them in carts, either. Hollywood, with its constant glorification of the Big Apple, has hidden the deliciousness that is a Chicago hot dog. Luckily, there’s a Portillo’s in Buena Park. Also, don’t forget — oh sweet Jesus! — the pizza. I won’t lie, New York has amazing pizza. Before visiting Chicago, I never thought there’d be a challenger to my devotion to New York pizza but I found it. With its crispy crust, sweet, delicious tomato sauce, and a thick layer of cheese and toppings inside the pizza, the Chicago deep dish is like a lasagna of pizza heaven. One slice of this whopping pizza will knock you back a few hundred calories, but it’s worth it. BJ’s imitation-style pizza has nothing on the real Chicago deep dish. Surprise No. 4: Chicago’s nights. The best surprise of my Chicago trip was the beauty of the nights. Chicago is primarily a business city so the buildings are dark and, the city in general has a serious atmosphere to it. Notwithstanding, with its caramel-colored lamp posts and the calm, oozing fog that surrounded the city while I was spent time there, Chicago had an immense beauty. Sincerely, the Chicago is one of the most beautiful places I’ve seen at night. Its alleyways give it an air of mystique and its lack of street vendors gives it a more solitary feel — like one could get lost forever in its streets or walking alongside Lake Michigan.

The Big C. For many, cancer is a threatening monster that tears away at hopes and spirits without any sort of discrimination of age, race, ethnicity or gender. For others, it’s simply an obstacle in life that can be overcome by those who dare to look in its eyes and refuse to show mercy. But for all, cancer provides an opportunity to come together and unite with the best intentions under the worst circumstances. Sean Lanternier, 21, a criminal justice major, lost his father to cancer of the esophagus. “Losing my father three years ago was an experience I can’t even begin to put in words, but the Relay For Life is an awesome organization that gives my family something to commemorate him by,” said Lanternier. The Relay For Life is a fundraising event that takes place throughout the world. It is a chance for cancer victims, survivors and even those who have not been in its path, to come together and fight for a cause. The 24-hour event is a beacon of hope for some, and a motivational tool for others. CSUF plans to host a Relay For Life Event on April 20. Several hundred students are expected to participate in the walk. Luis Alba, 21, a human services major, will be one of the generous volunteers participating, devoting his entire day to what he believes is a worthy cause. “It’s great, supporting those who have cancer. I value every opportunity I get to either volunteer or participate in any sort of event that involves helping others,” said Alba. Some students will show up just for the cause, while others, such

as Lanternier, will participate to respect a lost loved one. When Lanternier lost his father to cancer, he said his life took a turn for the worst. Lanternier’s schoolwork suffered and his enrollment in CSUF was threatened by his low GPA. Normal everyday activities, much less his duties at work, seemed to take too much effort to complete. Now almost three years later, Lanternier has recovered, although he finds himself troubled quite often. He disagrees with the cliché saying that “time heals everything.” “I lost my best friend. The pain never really goes away,” he said. Lanternier is not alone. The American Cancer Society estimates that one and a half million new cases of cancer will be diagnosed this year. Of those cases, only 65 percent will recover with a possibility of the cancer returning. Many students have already responded to these statistics by signing up for the Relay For Life. Danielle Riniolo, CSUF Relay event chair, said, “We expect an average of about 600 participants throughout the 24 hours, and we expect to have raised at least $25,000.”

According to Riniolo, the event will start at 5 p.m. and will be hosted primarily by CSUF’s own students and faculty. Riniolo said survivors will be recognized in the first portion of the event, and lost loved ones will be honored after dark with a special lighting of Luminaria decorated with cancer victims’ names placed around the track. Live bands and other forms of entertainment will be showcased throughout the 24 hours of the event. Students are encouraged to bring friends and family members because the event is for people of all ages. Registration with varying fees are required for a substantial portion of the event. For those who are suffering in its path, or know someone who is suffering, Lanternier offered them a token of advice he wishes he had received three years ago. “Cherish as much time as you can and appreciate every new day. Never take any minute for granted,” he said. For more information, visit the Titan Student Union Room 271 Monday through Thursday from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

WILLIAM CAMARGO / Daily Titan The CSUF Relay for Life committee displayed premade Luminaria bags at their kickoff event February. They are placed around the track during the event’s Luminaria ceremony.

In order to bring nature closer urban development must occur A new public bike trail was opened in Fullerton last month KRISTEN HAACK For the Daily Titan

Imagine riding your bike on a 770-foot-wide trail and overlooking a golf course. Not a cyclist? Then imagine taking in the beautiful landscape of tall green trees and shrubs with every stride as you walk briskly along the trail. Imagine being at peace with nature and enjoying the beautiful scenery with your much furrier friend as you amble the lengthy, scenic path. Better yet, quit imagining. This beautiful scene is now possible with the Puente Street Bike Trail in Fullerton. Last month, Fullerton and Brea community members gathered at the mouth of a cul-de-sac on the north side of Puente Street to welcome the newest addition to their city. With a long red satin ribbon stretched across a balloon arch, a tent set up with chairs and a table full of baked goods, the event was a celebration of the new trail. Members of the community were enthusiastic about the recent construction. At the opening, they were all smiles because its creation had been a long-time struggle.

The idea of the bike trail began about six years ago when residents wanted a trail in their community to promote activity. They also desired a way to connect to other trails in the area. After a very generous grant just shy of $1 million in 2006 and the grant’s approval from the city of Fullerton in summer 2009, construction on the project was finally underway in the summer of 2011. Overall, the community is pleased with the outcome of the bike trail. Community members said they hope more residents engage in physical activity now. Lisa Bronson, a Puente Street resident, said, “I like it because I feel like it will attract more attention and make people more active.” The 26-year-old added that she rides bikes and has already used the bike trail. The trail provides bike riders a quick route to another part of the city and easy access to other bike trails, while avoiding busy streets and the need for cars. Richard Alvarez, 56, owner of Nova Security Systems Inc. and a regular bicycle rider, said, “This trail gives us an opportunity to get to North Fullerton … We’ve already used it a lot.” But cyclists aren’t the only demographic this new bike trail caters to. Walkers, joggers, rollerbladers and scooter riders benefit from the trail as well.

I like it because I feel like will attract more attention and make people more active. Lisa Bronson Puente Street Resident

Besides recreation, the trail is also intended to deliver a quick path to educational and career facilities. The path acts as a shortcut for people to and from schools and jobs. This long-awaited “missing link” has been welcomed with open arms from both the Fullerton and Brea communities, who are optimistic about the new trail. The area’s residents are grateful the city of Fullerton listened to their pleas and that the Puente Street Bike Trail is now a reality. “It is wonderful that the city has done this. Everyone I meet is so thrilled the trail has been built,” said Gerri McNenny, an associate professor of English at Chapman University. Good news is, the trail isn’t exclusive to community members — it’s open to people of other communities as well. So put the imagining on hold and take a journey to the northernmost side of Puente Street in Fullerton to experience the recently constructed Puente Street Bike Trail. dailytitan.com/features

April 5, 2012

FEATURES

BARKS: Community program benefits animals in Southern California ...Continued from page 1 The biggest hurdle for BOL is finding foster families for larger dogs. Because many apartments and homeowners associations have weight restrictions, the rescue is usually restricted to smaller dogs. “It’s because they are easier to place; we can move the smaller dogs faster …” Senft said. “We had a St. Bernard for four-to-six months. Right now, we also have a larger dog, and he is about 50 to 60 pounds.” According to Senft, the organization has tackled just the tip of the iceberg. “There are hundreds of dogs being euthanized every day. We could keep building our empire in Southern California and not even be close to filling that humongous gap,” she said. BOL’s main goal for 2012 is to start working on grants that could sponsor a facility for the organization to work out of and facilitate more than 200 adoptions per year. They would also like to have more successful fundraisers.

FASHION COLUMN | Trench coats

Out of the warzones and into wardrobes Military is a popular trend and trench coats are at the forefront

AJAI SPELLMAN Daily Titan

Courtesy of Elle Photography According to members of the Barks of Love program, it is easier to facilitate adoptions of smaller dogs because of restrictions by apartment complexes and homeowners associations. The organization said hundreds of dogs are euthanized every day,

Spreading like ink across arms on campus As tattoos are more widely accepted into mainstream culture, students lead the way MEGAN POWERS For the Daily Titan

A wave of colors, designs, styles and meanings has washed over the Cal State Fullerton campus as students display what is important to them through body art. Tattoos are no longer considered a destructive form of body mutilation reserved for criminals, gang members and bikers. They are no longer seen as rebellious, radical or taboo. In fact, they are becoming increasingly popular and people of all ages are jumping on board with the trend. People have found that getting art permanently

tattooed onto their body has become almost an addiction. They crave the excitement and pain it takes to get something so meaningful engraved into their body as a constant reminder. According to a report conducted by the Food and Drug Administration, more than 45 million Americans have at least one tattoo. The tattoo industry is one that has not been negatively affected by the poor economy. Currently, there are more than 20,000 tattoo shops in the United States, and new ones are always opening. According to a survey from the American Academy of Dermatology, 36 percent of Americans between the ages of 18 to 25 have a tattoo. College students fall into that age group. Subrina Orlando, a biology major, 20, has five tattoos and she does not plan on stopping there. “Getting a new tattoo is constantly on my mind, and my next one will be for my dad,” said Orlando.

WILLIAM CAMARGO / Daily Titan According to the American Academy of Dermatology, 36 percent of Americans aged between 18 and 25 have a tattoo.

Getting a new tattoo is constantly on my mind, and my next one will be for my dad. Subrina Orlando 20/Biology

The tattoos remind Orlando of good times with her friends and how important her family has been in her life. Religion is one of the more popular reasons people choose to get tattoos. Dalton Harbaugh, 21, a kinesiology major, has two tattoos and a half-sleeve on his right arm. He has been piecing his sleeve together for the past three years. “My tattoo is based upon my religion and having faith. It reminds me to keep a positive attitude as well as to continue believing in God and heaven,” said Harbaugh. Some students fear that having tattoos might prevent them from getting jobs in the future because of stereotypes that older people hold with tattoos. Others are less concerned because body art is becoming mainstream and more widely accepted in today’s society. In general, as long as tattoos are covered during work hours, they are not a problem. Jose Hidalgo, a kinesiology major, 28, likes Japanese-style tattoos because they are often bright and colorful. He has three tattoos and is designing the rest of his sleeve. Hidalgo draws out his own tattoos and enjoys decorating his body with his own work. “I want to be completely covered in tattoos because it is a good way to express myself and it helps accent the body parts I want by making them stand out,” said Hidalgo. Although tattoos are permanent, there is a way to remove them through laser treatments if the person regrets the decision and no longer wants the art on their body. The treatment, which can cost thousands of dollars, is much more painful and expensive than getting tattoos in the first place. It is important to put a decent amount of time and thought into what is going to be tattooed onto your body for years to come.

Not many articles of clothing hold the honor of being created for battle have remained relevant more than one century later. The trench coat, while holding a reputation for being worn by famous investigative figures like Sherlock Holmes and Inspector Gadget, was first invented to serve functional purposes. The coat was originally designed in 1895 for British officers fighting in the Boer War, and its current form was developed in 1914 for soldiers in World War I. The features of the trench coat served specifically as items that would make it easier for soldiers who fought in battle. Trench coats were originally distinguished by their military details such as epaulettes, throat latches, hook and bar closures, rain shields, D-ring belts, cuff straps and storm flaps. The most common material used to construct the coat was gabardine, a waterproof fabric developed by Thomas Burberry in the 1870s. This highly useful fabric has managed to persevere throughout

the 20th century and is used to construct almost every designer trench coat nowadays. When anthropology major Natalie Guzman, 19, thinks of trench coats, she immediately begins to think of popular characters associated with them. “The first thing that comes to my mind when I think of trench coats, (is) symbolic figures or characters like Sherlock Holmes. I begin to think of things like detectives with cigars or something like that,” said Guzman. According to Guzman, the trench coat is made distinguishable by its characteristics. “(The trench coat) is known for its length and buttons and buckles everywhere ... and I know that it was basically used as a rain jacket. It was worn by like detectives back in the day, but nowadays you really only see people in high fashion wearing them ... like ones with a high status. I imagine that only people in New York wear them now,” said Guzman. The trench coat has managed to attract men, especially when it comes to public figures. Among its wearers are famous political leaders, actors and fictional characters. Some men who have famously worn trenchcoats include Winston Churchill, Ronald Reagan and Humphrey Bogart.

Illustration by AJAI SPELLMAN / Daily Titan Trenchcoats are a must-have fashion statement that can be worn in both spring and summer. They are set apart from other coats by their military-influenced details.

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REVIVING THE TITANS Alumni and ASI candidates attempt to bring back football MARK PAYNE Daily Titan

A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step. That’s the approach being taken by a committee of alumni football players as they attempt to tackle the titansized project of bringing football back to Cal State Fullerton after a 19-year absence. A group of ex-football players and alumni, led by Dave Lamm and Danny Pasquil, formed the “Bring Back Titan Football” committee in November of 2007 along with members Robert Perez, Joel Thayer, Henry Tran, Norm Bergstrom, Eloy Lopez, Darrin Luke and Tim Holland. Their dream is to bring America’s biggest college sport back to the students, the alumni, the faculty and the local fans of CSUF. They believe this dream is possible, but not without the support of the most important people behind them, the CSUF students. They all agree that without the students’ support, the dream will die. Perez, a graduate student, said they have solutions to the problems of bringing back football to CSUF, and even have blueprints to follow from other programs that have started from scratch, such as Georgia State. He said there has been 11 other football programs that have been started in the last seven years as well. “Athletics is the front porch of the

university. Do we really want to be at the bottom in funding? Doesn’t it require a bigger commitment from all of us? We need to think about what we can do for the university,” said Perez. Perez is running for vice president along with Jeff Benson, who is running for president, in the Associated Students, Inc. elections. Part of their platform is to help fund the entire athletic program with a referendum to be voted on by the students. That would increase fees for incoming freshman by $10 a semester, with a gradual increase over seven years that would top out at $100 a semester. Perez points out there are two programs in the Big West Conference that currently play Division I-AA football: University of California Davis and Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, so the dream is possible. The group envisions tailgating on Saturdays during the cool, crisp fall afternoons in the parking lot of Titan Stadium, filled with 15,000 fans roaring in unison as the Fightin’ Titans run through the tunnel and onto the new turf field for the kickoff. They have been meeting and communicating since 2007 with the goal of finding solutions to the problems and barriers that must be solved before they can achieve their dream. They have created the Bring Back Titan Football website, and a Facebook page with the same name. On these sites, people can find just about everything they would want to know about the possible return of

football to CSUF. The sites include pictures of past teams, the history of Titan Football and links to many related subjects. The members of the committee became friends during their gridiron experience at CSUF, and remained close after their playing days were behind them. They were devastated by the news that football would be suspended after the 1992 season because of budgetary concerns. There was talk of suspending the program in 1991 after Long Beach State dropped its program, but the Titans were allowed to complete the 1992 season. Former President Milton Gordon suspended the program after the completion of the ‘92 season. The committee claims the way it was explained to the players at the time was that the program would be suspended for the 1993 season and then reinstated for the 1994 season, but at a lower level division-wise. They were supposed to come back in 1994 and play in the Great West Football Conference. But the program had already been lost. Several players went on to other colleges because they didn’t have to sit out a year due to penalties, and the infrastructure of coaches, trainers and support personnel was no longer in place. During the time football was part of the CSUF athletic program (1970-

1992), it produced some teams and several players who were good enough to play at the professional level even though the program was severely underfunded when compared to other Division I programs. The 1984 team, with Damon Allen (brother of Marcus Allen), a quarterback, posted an 11-1 record (12-0 with forfeit), and was ranked in the top 20 at the end of the year. In 1983, the team went 7-4 and was invited to the California Bowl. The program produced players such as Mark Collins, Mike Pringle and Allen. Collins was a defensive back at CSUF and went on to play for the New York Giants and Green Bay Packers and won two Super Bowl rings, one with each team. “I think the return of football would be fantastic if it could happen,” said Collins. “I think Orange County needs a major college football team like Cal State Fullerton … and I think it can be done.” Both Pringle, a running back, and Allen went on to be superstars in the Canadian Football League, and still hold some of the all-time records for their positions. For many years Allen held the record for most career passing yards until he was recently passed by Anthony Calvillo. Pringle still holds the record for most touchdowns in a season at 19, and he and Allen are second and

third in career rushing touchdowns, Pringle with 125 and Allen with 93. “I think it is a great idea (bringing football back) and long overdue,” said Pringle. “I never fully understood why it left to begin with, but any talk of bringing it back is a definite plus for the university.” The program had success despite having to play the majority of their games on the road (an average of only four home games a year), despite having no home stadium and despite having to play vastly superior programs such as LSU, Georgia and Florida. The coaches and players called these games “body bag games.” In a bizarre twist of fate, the team played only one season in the stadium that was built on campus for the football program, only to have the program suspended the following year. “You build a stadium and then cancel the program, that didn’t make a whole lot of sense to me” added Pringle. Bring back football? When did it leave? These were some of the typical responses from most of the current CSUF students, many of whom were surprised to learn that there had ever been a football team at the school. When junior transfer student Mark Katigvak, a marketing major, was asked whether he would like to

I think Orange County needs a major college football team like Cal State Fullerton ... and I think it can be done. Mark Collins Former Defensive Back

see football return to CSUF, he was a little confused by the question at first — like a lot of other students. After being informed that the team last played in 1992, he was enthusiastic about bringing football back to CSUF. He said it would be like a new team that would create a new spirit on campus. “Oh yeah, I mean definitely. With this college atmosphere here, I think since baseball is our big thing, why not have football as well,” said Katigvak. “Football would definitely play a big role amongst students participating in sports events.” When told of the possible return of football to CSUF, junior health science major Robert Devaney was intrigued by the possibility. “Yeah, I would start going to the games,” Devaney said. “I think most people prefer football over baseball or other sports, and I think it would draw more people.”

DTBRIEFS BASEBALL Titans Beat SDSU The No. 14 Cal State Fullerton baseball team defeated the San Diego State Aztecs 7-1 Tuesday at Tony Gwynn Stadium to sweep the two-game season series. The Titans improved its record to 18-10 overall. CSUF has now won 19 of the last 21 meetings against the Aztecs.

Richy Pedroza had three hits, two RBIs and scored two runs to lead the Titans. Austin Kingsolver added two hits of his own, one RBI and also scored two runs as the Titans put together eight hits in the victory. Ivory Thomas, Michael Lorenzen and Anthony Trajano also had one hit apiece. Koby Gauna (3-2) got the win for the Titans in five innings of work on the mound, allowing only two hits and one unearned run. Four CSUF pitchers combined on the seven

hit, nine-strikeout victory. Philip Walby (01) got the loss for the Aztecs. SDSU committed five errors in the game, leading to four unearned runs for the Titans. Lorenzen was 1-4 at the plate on the night, but his RBI single in the top of the eighth inning extended his hitting streak to 10 games. The Titans will host UC Davis Thursday at Goodwin Field at 6 p.m. in the first game of a three-game conference series. Brief by Greg Woodson

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