The Daily Titan - September 27, 2011

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September 27, 2011

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Engineering for speed Formula SAE team prepares its racing car for track success LUKE CHERNEY Daily Titan

Students from the Mechanical Engineering Department are preparing for the biggest competition of their college careers.

The Society of Automotive Engineers has been steadily working on its formula-style car around the clock, often staying long hours in the workshop and classroom. The event, known as the Formula SAE, is the pinnacle for mechanical engineers that takes classroom theories and applies them with a torque wrench.

“Basically it’s a nine-month-long project you design for the first semester, and then you fabricate and put together in the second semester,” said FSAE team leader Ben Lahiji.

The stakes are high for the group as they work toward making a one-of-akind race car.

“You’re not only riding on it to graduate, but also to compete at the event that they organize. A lot is riding on it,” he said.

Kalen Eidenschink, 21, a junior mechanical engineer major and project crew member, said the project is a great way to apply what engineers learn in the classroom.

ALLAN XU / Daily Titan The Formula SAE project takes graduate students nine months to complete and allows them to apply classroom instruction to a real-world project. Participants say that success in the nationwide competition can lead to job opportunities.

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Spring semester open for transfers Partial restoration of funding allows thousands of new students to apply to the university JOEY BECERRA Daily Titan

Daily Titan file photo Panda Express is the most popular restaurant in the TSU. Togo’s and Round Table Pizza trail closely behind as they vie for students’ lunch money.

Panda is king The newest addition to the TSU food court attracts most students during lunch rush SEAN VIELE Daily Titan

Even though it’s the newest addition in the Titan Student Union food court, Panda Express is said to be the most popular restaurant during lunch time with Togo’s following at a close second.

The two are trailed by Fresh Kitchen and Round Table Pizza, and then by the Green Burrito.

“The restaurant lineup at lunch is clearly indicative of the tastes of our diverse campus community— we have regular customers that like to eat at Togo’s daily while others like to change it up and try out the other concepts as well on a daily basis,” said Tony Lynch, director of Campus Dining Services.

Lynch said where students choose to stand in line is more revealing than the amount of money each restaurant, or concept, makes since each differs in prices. Lynch gave the example of the Green

Burrito that gets a lot more traffic than at least two of the other food court concepts, yet makes less than other concepts in the TSU. A lot of the concepts in the food court are successful, but the continued success of Togo’s and the new hype of Panda Express continue to lead the pack with positive feedback from students.

“My experience at Panda Express has been a pleasant one; everything I have gotten has tasted really good. I love Chinese food and I love the variety it has, especially the meat selection,” said Sara Barajas, 20, a criminal justice major and Panda Express regular.

Togo’s continues to be a very popular offering in the food court, said Kurt Borsting, director of the TSU. At one point it may have been one of the busiest Togo’s in Orange County, he said.

The foot traffic and success of the concepts depend on the time of day.

The busiest hours in the food court are lunch time from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., when the lines of Panda Express and Togo’s are the longest.

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The CSU received more than 27,000 applications from students who are looking to be admitted in the spring 2012 semester.

The filing period was open between Aug. 1 and Aug. 31. In just the first three weeks of this period, the CSU received 27,417 applications from hopeful undergraduate, graduate and international students. The total number of applications to the CSU has not yet been released.

This year’s number exceeded the number of applications the CSU received last year for admission to the spring 2011 semester, which was 19,325 applications.

The practice of accepting applications to the CSU for the spring semester, which used to be a routine one, was suspended in 2009 due to budget cuts, but the “CSU was able to enroll students again for spring 2011 following a partial restoration of funding, and enrolled about 25,000 new students,” according to a press release sent out by the CSU’s Public Affairs Department.

Shinping Pao, a third-year undergraduate student at Fullerton College, said she knows the growing pressure of getting into the CSU all too well.

“I want to go to CSUF as soon as I get enough credits, but from what I hear, it’s getting harder and harder to get in because the school doesn’t have any money,” said Pao. Paula Selleck of Public Affairs noted that CSUF was the “number one destination for community college transfers seeking to transfer to a public university in California 12 years in a row.”

“We have a lot more qualified students applying to the university than the campus can accept,” said Selleck.

Some have questioned how the CSU can accept so many students when the state cut $650 million from the school’s budget this year.

Stephanie Thara, a CSU spokesperson, said the CSU takes different approaches every time there are budget cuts in order to “protect classes, programs and services.”

She explains that over the past few years, the CSU has had to brace itself against cuts by raising tuition or cutting enrollment. In July 2011, the CSU Board of Trustees voted to increase tuition by 12 percent to maintain enrollment.

Like others, Selleck said the CSU is “all about access,” so officials strive to find a balance to uphold that access for hopeful students.

Dead man does tell a tale Opening night of “Dead Man’s Cell Phone” JOEY BECERRA Daily Titan

The Department of Theatre and Dance’s production of Dead Man’s Cell Phone opened to a full house Friday.

Set in the black box of the Hallberg Theatre, the play was an intimate presentation. There wasn’t much of a use of technology in the play but it wasn’t lacking in substance. Actors in white coats and umbrellas, talking on cell phones nonetheless, set scene changes subtly as you heard fragments of their sometimes very personal conversations.

Sarah Iversen, 21, from Whittier, watched the play and was surprised by how polished the production was. “I thought it would be amateur but I was surprisingly very entertained. It grabbed my attention the entire time,” said Iversen.

Dead Man’s Cell Phone tells the tale of a young woman named Jean who encounters a ringing cell

phone by her side.

The man next to Jean refuses to answer his phone and her patience is tested. When Jean can no longer stand the ringing, she confronts the man and demands that he answer it. Upon confronting the man, Jean discovers that he is dead and decides to answer his phone for him.

As she begins answering his phone time and time again, she is steadily drawn deeper and deeper into the dead man’s life and learns a lesson about how to live her own life and love to the fullest.

The play, written by Pulitzer Prize finalist Sarah Ruhl and starring Brooke Rogers as Jean, is an exciting venture for the department.

Jim Volz, senior professor and adviser for the Department of Theatre and Dance, described the production of the play as being an unusual situation because a guest director, Mayra Mazor, was hired to put the production together.

Courtesy of the Department of Theatre and Dance Dead Man’s Cell Phone is a dark comedy centering around Jean, who happens upon a cell phone that irrevocably changes her life as she learns about love and life’s meaning.

“We very seldom hire guest directors. We have so many professional directors on our faculty already,” said Volz.

According to Volz, Dead Man’s Cell Phone is a departure from the other productions that Cal State Fullerton has put on over the years.

“We thought this was a perfect blend of a new play because Sarah

Ruhl is one of the hottest playwrights in America today. She’s in the top 10 in America of all playwrights including Shakespeare and Chekhov and Ibsen … in terms of professional theaters producing her plays,” Volz said.

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For the Record: A deck in the Thursday issue stated incorrectly that both Fullerton officers were being charged with second-degree murder. While Officer Manuel Anthony Ramos was charged with second-degree murder, Cpl. Jay Patrick Cicinelli was charged with involuntary manslaughter.

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FSAE: Racing for job opportunities ...Continued from page 1

Obama’s policy allows about 400 immigrant students at CSUF to get a college education SEAN VIELE Daily Titan

As the sun set over Cal State Fullerton, Vincent Rojo was finishing up his day collecting ballot proposal signatures from students on Titan Walk.

Like many young college students, Rojo knew little about the executive order that President Barack Obama made recently, an order that told the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency (ICE) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to ignore low-priority immigrant cases.

About 400 students at CSUF are undocumented according Paula Selleck of CSUF Public Affairs office.

However, Rojo, a Fullerton College student studying philosophy and music, runs into many undocumented students while collecting signatures at different Southern California colleges.

“Out of 100 people, I could easily say a good 20 (students are undocumented),” said Rojo of the students he approaches for signatures. “High population volume colleges–like Fullerton College, Mount Sac, a Cal State–I’m going to run into, out of 100, I’m gonna

run into around 20 (students) who say they’re undocumented.”

Obama has set a new standard for dealing with illegal immigrants–one that has been attacked by some and praised by others. It suspends deportation rules for the immigrants who pose little threat to society. Undocumented college students are part of this group.

According to a memorandum released June 17 by the ICE, the agency is to use “prosecutorial discretion” in all immigration-related cases.

Two of the many factors that are considered by the ICE when deciding if the exercise of prosecutorial discretion is necessary include the length of time a person has been in the U.S and the person’s pursuit of education in the U.S., such as the pursuit of a degree at a legitimate college, the memo says.

For undocumented CSUF students, this comes as good news, lessening the worry of being deported for pursuing a college degree in the country they were born in or brought to at a young age.

“It’s going to affect undocumented students, not only at CSUF, but nationwide,” said Aissa Canchola, chair of the ASI Board of Directors at CSUF. “It’s going to make it so that students that are

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The order separates the low-priority immigrants from those with violent or criminal records, putting the latter cases as first priority in the immigration courts, Canchola said.

An undocumented student facing trial in an immigration court would be classified as a low-priority case, which would likely result in the case being dropped, Canchola said.

Preetom Bhattacharya, 26, teaches high school chemistry in South Central Los Angeles and is currently in the CSUF doctorate program pursuing his doctorate in education.

Teaching mostly juniors and seniors, Bhattacharya works with many students who are trying to apply for college. He has noticed over

the last couple of years that many of his students get the opportunity to attend college in the CSU. Eightyfive percent of his students are Latino, Bhattacharya estimated.

“What I’ve noticed is when these kids graduate from high school, a lot of them are the first of their family to go to college,” said Bhattacharya.

“The colleges that have accepted them and given them enough financial aid so they can go to college are a lot of the Cal States. It’s a great opportunity for them and the reality is that a lot of my students are also undocumented. They are in this country illegally but they’re still getting a chance.”

Bhattacharya hopes Obama’s order will provide CSUs the opportunity to continue to serve undocumented students as well as they do.

“It’s socially conscious. You’re giving kids a chance to learn.

That’s fundamental to our democracy,” Bhattacharya said.

You’re going through every step that the industry would go through so it’s a good eye opener about what to expect.

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Kurosh Jozavi, 22, a senior mechanical engineering major and treasurer for the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, said the program is an endurance test.

“The mechanical engineering program takes so much of your time; it’s hard to manage full-time work and school and extracurricular activities,” he said.

“And if you have a social life, if you can manage that in there too,” he laughs, as he adds, “good luck.”

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“It takes you through the steps of being able to take what you’ve learned in the classroom and apply it: take everything to solid works, a program that you will use in the field, and taking that program and building something, designing it all on AutoCAD. Once you figure out how all this works, then you gotta build it,” said Eidenschink.

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DAVID MUÑOZ / Daily Titan Ashley Carino, 20, psychology major, is among the many students who are covered by the campus wireless network.

own laptops allows us to not have to search for an open computer,” Curiel said.

Wireless outside is covered by signals coming from access points indoors. Some areas on campus have had access points that are specifically made for outdoors. The Quad is covered by indoor access points in Langsdorf Hall, the Performing Arts Building, South Pollak Library and McCarthy Hall.

Chris Lew, 22, a kinesiology major who is a lead consultant with IT in the library, believes campuswide Wi-Fi is convenient.

“Making it available not only in the building but outside as well is a good aspect to have all around,” he said. “Especially when I’m trying to look for a classroom number the first week of class.”

IT is planning to expand Wi-Fi around campus by adding more access points indoors for outdoor quad areas and select areas, such as the Arboretum.

If you visit the website Wireless.Fullerton.edu, there are step-by-step instructions on how to set up a wireless connection for either your laptop or cell phone.

“I think we have a great wireless infrastructure setup on campus,” Hidalgo said. “The team working on it has done a tremendous job ensuring the excellent coverage and constant re-evaluations and upgrades.”

FOOD: Long lines prove Panda is supreme in TSU ...Continued from page 1 The slowest hours are in the early morning from 7 a.m. to 9 a.m. and in the evenings from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.

The entire food court services more than 3,000 customers Mondays through Thursdays and less than 1,000 customers Fridays.

The Auxiliary Services Corporation does all the commercial activ-

ity on campus, like the book store and campus food service.

To find out which restaurant in the TSU is most successful, they monitor customer traffic, track sales and solicit customer feedback.

Maintaining good service so everyone can enjoy the food court is a priority for both auxiliary organizations, which consist of Associated Students Inc. and the TSU, and the Auxiliary Services Corporation.

Borsting said they have their own quality control programs so that, even though the campus is the franchise operator, officials from the national brand come out to make sure they are doing a good job and maintaining quality standards.

Along with Customer Input Surveys around the TSU and online surveys available on the ASI website, ASI also has a Food Advisory Committee that meets monthly,

said Ginny Cheung, the Governing Board’s vice chair for services.

“The Auxiliary Service Corporation is the food service operator, but it is also a partnership. We want to make sure that there is a nice diverse set of offerings, not just food that is all similar to each other. And both our agreement and our working relationship reflect that,” said Borsting.

And while sandwiches, burritos, salads, tangy orange chicken and organic food might be the number one choices for lunch, “The Cup” dominates most mornings, Lynch and Borsting said.

The little coffee shop brews Starbucks coffee.

Hot beverages like its white caffe mocha, iced beverages such as their new frappuccinos and baked goods are popular selections to start off mornings.

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According to the Los Angeles Times, King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia announced that women will have the right to vote for the first time in the country’s history, as well as the right to run for local office and serve on the king’s advisory board (Shura Council).

“Because we refuse to marginalize women in society in all roles that comply with Sharia (Islamic law), we have decided … to involve women in the Shura Council as members, starting from the next term,” said the king. Women will be able to run as candidates in the 2015 municipal election and will even have the right to vote, he said.

The 87-year-old king also built the country’s first coeducational university. He is currently facing harsh criticism from Islamic ultraconservatives.

Women are still not allowed to drive or leave their homes without their faces covered in Saudi Arabia.

Saudis have demanded new rights for women in the recent wave of protests that have swept North Africa and the Middle East.

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Protesters Maced in New York City Up to five people were hit with pepper spray in Manhattan Saturday during a protest, according to the New York Daily News.

Others were arrested in a rally in Zuccotti Park, near Wall Street and Union Square, against social inequality between the rich and the poor.

At least 80 protesters were arrested or ticketed for disorderly conduct, blocking traffic and failure to obey the law. One protester was charged with assaulting a police officer, causing a shoulder injury.

Chelsea Elliott, 25, from Greenpoint, Brooklyn, who claims she was sprayed during the rally, said, “I saw a girl get slammed on the ground. I turned around and started screaming … I turned around and a cop was coming … We were on the sidewalk and we weren’t doing anything illegal.”

Video of the altercation uploaded to YouTube shows police surrounding and enclosing women using an orange net before at least one suddenly sprayed the women.

The NYPD is investigating the use of pepper spray.

Protesters did not have a permit, said officials.

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Pingpong Tourney in Student Union The TSU Underground is hosting a student-only table tennis tournament Monday from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Display your fine pingpong skills and slay your way through the opposition in an intense double elimination tournament. Sign-ups begin at 7 a.m. the day of and it’s free to enter. For more information visit TitanBowl.Fullerton.edu.

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CANDACE RIVERA Having Internet access indoors and outdoors is a luxury Cal State Fullerton has provided for students and faculty.

However, campus-wide Wi-Fi has not been a simple project to implement.

Rommel Hidalgo, assistant vice president of Information Technology, along with Willie Peng, assistant director of IT, Infrastructure Service and Jay Lin, network analyst of IT, Network Infrastructure explained how they were able to get this system up and running efficiently.

Hidalgo said IT started on the wireless network in 2005 with select locations. By 2006, wireless coverage was throughout 50 percent of major buildings.

Currently, 95 percent of the campus, including Irvine Campus, is covered due to the Chancellor’s Office system-wide Infrastructure Terminal Resources Project (ITRP), which improved the wireless network system.

The wireless system is set up in phases. IT needs to coordinate with each college, drop the network data jack to the desired location, install the wireless point and then assess the access point according to user load measurements. Since certain locations on campus are difficult are not conducive to access points, the IT team puts their heads together until they devise a suitable wireless coverage plan.

Software and hardware for Wi-Fi is funded by the Chancellor’s Office, part of the ITRP. The most recent upgrade to the system was $150,000 contributed

by IT for adding additional wireless access points.

“Being able to have access to a wireless connection is worth what the cost might be,” said Jose Curiel, 24, a business major.

“A lot of professors have switched to online homework, so having wireless Internet widely available allows for us to do our homework. There are simply not enough computers on campus, so bringing our

Eidenschink said the project is more than just building a car from the ground up; it is also about managing a business.

“This project is pretty much running a business. You’re getting investors, you’re getting money, you’re organizing all the engineers. Management is a huge issue on this project.

In all, we have to get at least $20,000 in funding for the year to build this car,” Eidenschink said.

This program is more than just a senior project for these students.

For many in the program, success can lead to opportunities in the real world.

“A lot of automotive people actually look for people, or only give jobs to people that have actually done the formula SAE series. A lot of companies have actually gone through this project, so they know what it takes,” Eidenschink said.

This project pits students not only against one another, but also against their own ideas and conceptions surrounding the mechanical engineering industry.

“You’re going through every step that the industry would go through, so it’s a good eye opener about what to expect,” Eidenschink said. “If you were to give it to someone else, they would be able to manufacture it, faultless,” he said.

“It helps you understand, if I design something here, will someone actually be able to make it?”

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Presentation will address the safety of California’s nuclear power plants in light of a potential earthquake in comparison to what happened to Japan in 2011 JAZMIN SANCHEZ For the Daily Titan

Even though earthquakes in California are a dime a dozen, they still remain a very important topic in conversations.

Cal State Fullerton faculty members David D. Bowman, Greg Childers and Binod Tiwari will collaborate to present “Earthquake Watch 2011: Nuclear Power Plants in Earthquake Country” Tuesday morning at the Colleagues Colloquium.

The event is hosted by the College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics and will inform the public of the details of the 2011 Japan and Virginia earthquakes. The presentation will also cover future earthquakes in California.

Bowman, chairman of the Geological Sciences Department at CSUF and board member of the Southern California Earthquake Center (SCEC), said that as a seismologist, his duty is to communicate what has happened in any earthquake and explain how it affects the community.

After the earthquake and tsunami disaster in Japan, people questioned the safety of the Diablo Canyon and San Onofre nuclear plants in California, said Bowman.

“The good news is that we do know about those hazards, and in fact, a lot better frankly than they did in Japan,”

he said.

He explained further by saying the reactors in Japan were built in 1971, when foundational theory of all geology had only been two years old.

“They didn’t understand what the earthquake risks really were,” he said.

On the other hand, nuclear power plants in California were built in the ‘80s.

“In fact, it’s interesting. The nuclear power plants in the United States with the greatest risks from earthquakes are not in California. They’re in New York, they’re in Virginia, they’re in Tennessee, because they’re not built for earthquakes,” Bowman said.

Amanda Lopez, a geology major, said, “I think California is built for handling earthquakes well. A lot of people are prepared on what to do because we’re taught about earthquakes from a really young age.”

But there are reasons why earthquakes with a magnitude 5 feel much smaller on the West Coast than they do on the East Coast.

“Building structure is part of it. But the magnitude of an earthquake doesn’t say anything about the actual shaking that you have. That’s a misconception that people have. The magnitude of an earthquake tells you how much energy was released,” Bowman said.

Geology is an even bigger factor on the physical effect of an earthquake.

Courtesy of MCT The safety of nuclear power plants, like the one shown here in San Onofre, have been questioned by some. This will be addressed in a presentation Tuesday morning.

“Earthquake waves that travel through the earth on the East Coast maintain their energy for a long distance, much longer and much further,” Bowman explained.

The importance of having these earthquake speeches is to inform and prepare people for the event of a large earthquake in California.

Bowman said preparing for an earthquake is simple: keep more than half a tank of gas in your car, keep dollar bills in your wallet and keep an assortment of non-perishable foods in

your cabinet and the trunk of your car. “(It) protects you in case an earthquake happens when you’re not home,” Bowman said.

Some CSUF students admitted to not being ready for a possible earthquake.

“I’m probably not prepared at all except for all the Top Ramen in my cabinet. But I keep hearing the big one is coming, so I’m sure my family and I will come up with a plan soon,” said Daria Raines, a child development major.

Woman’s death inspires CSUF students to help A fundraiser will raise money for her family DANIELLE EVANS Daily Titan

Fifteen student-teachers from the Multiple Subject Teacher Credential Program at Cal State Fullerton’s Irvine Campus are hosting a fundraising event in memory of Elaine Gjonovich.

After battling liver cancer for a year, Gjonovich died in August.

She was 51.

The student-teachers hope to raise money for her family at a fundraiser Oct. 17 by selling wine and cheese at The Cellar Wine Bar in San Clemente, Gjonovich’s hometown.

The fundraiser, headed by Marie Nielsen and Erica Lyons, started as a service outreach project for the CSUF Block 85 student-teachers’ class project.

Lyons, an aspiring fourth grade teacher in the group, instantly

thought of Gjonovich for the project. Lyons heard through her mother about how Gjonovich had fought cancer while maintaining a familyowned business and raising a family.

“It’s easy to get caught up in our own lives, but if we can help local families, others will do it too,” said Lyons, whose grandmother died from breast cancer.

Gjonovich died two days after the group decided to help her family with medical costs as part of their outreach project. Her passing inspired the group to move forward with the fundraiser. They hope to raise money to help her husband with the struggling business they owned.

“You don’t think about how much money it costs,” Lyons said about the funeral and burial costs.

Proceeds of all wine and cheese sales will go directly to Gjonovich’s family. The event will also feature live entertainment, a 50/50 raffle featuring gift baskets, a silent auction and a booth where people can

get the chance to join the marrow registry with a cheek swab. “Blessing Bracelets,” created in Chicago and brought to Southern California by Nielsen’s neighbor, will also be sold at the event. The event is scheduled to be held from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.

“She (Nielsen’s neighbor) knew Elaine pretty well, and she had a son who passed away from cancer as well. She wants to get more people on the donation list for bone marrow,” said Nielsen.

Many CSUF students seem to be interested in this event and said they are inspired by it.

“I think this is a really good idea.

More people should get involved in this type of community service,” said Kimberly Girard, a senior and math and marketing double major.

Entry fee to the event is a donation of $5 per person. Raffle tickets can be purchased now for $1 each, six for $5 or 13 for $10.

To purchase tickets, or for more information, contact ericajade21@ gmail.com.

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Streaming may become felony Students find bill to be a waste of resources JAMES LUNA

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The sound of the jail cell slamming shut echoes throughout the prison; a large hulk-like man in the corner looks up at the new addition to his humble abode. “I killed five men. What are you in for?” the brute asks the other. “I streamed the first season of House over the Internet,” replies the new cellmate.

There is a bill making its way to become law that will tighten the noose around the necks of online streamers. This bill is called the Commercial Felony Streaming Act (S. 978). If passed, streaming copyrighted content will not just be illegal, but a felony punishable by up to five years in prison.

Cnet reports that the bill was brought to the senate by Amy Klochuchar (D-Minn.) and John Cornyn (R-Texas) in June. The bill was approved by the Senate Judiciary Committee in the same month.

According to the text of the bill, violators can be sentenced to a maximum of five years in prison if “the offense consists of 10 or more public performances by electronic means, during any 180-day period, of one or more copyrighted works; and the total retail value of the performances, or the total economic value of such public performances to the infringer or to the copyright owner, would exceed $2,500; or the total fair market value of licenses to offer performances of those works would exceed $5,000.”

Jasmine Llerenas, a psychology major at Cal State Fullerton, consumes digital media at least 15 times a week with a mix of peer-to-peer downloading and online streaming.

When asked about the bill, Llerenas said it is morally correct. She said that even if the bill is passed, it won’t put a halt on the illegal distribution of copyrighted media. She believes people will still find a way to obtain their media online for free.

Jeremy Fong, a CSUF computer science major, watches at least three streamed movies a day. He also said he firmly believes this will not stop streaming, claiming that it’s currently illegal for peer-to-peer download-

ing, but people continue to do it.

He also believes California would be wasting its resources on enforcing the law if the bill were to pass.

“It’s a waste of money in California because prisons are already stocked with people who have committed larger crimes,” he said.

The MPAA released a statement explaining the reason for the bill and the current issues that our law does not cover. “While existing law provides felony penalties for willful copyright infringement, such penalties only apply to defendants who illegally reproduce or distribute the copyrighted work.” With the advances in technology, the law has not yet been updated to include streaming as illegal.

Not only is the MPAA a large supporter of this bill, but the Obama administration is a supporter as well.

In March, it released a 20-page document explaining its support, which also addressed its concern for illegal streaming.

In an interview with Emily Erickson, Ph.D., assistant professor of communications at CSUF, she discussed the legal issues with the bill.

Erickson pointed out that the bill is legally problematic since the bill doesn’t specify how to determine the retail value of streamed content or what a public performance exactly is.

She notes that the MPAA has been really aggressive with trying to enhance its copyright powers and what it’s doing is “nuking a whole country to take care of a fly problem.”

In a closing comment, Erickson discussed that the industry’s outcries against this issue are unfounded.

“The big movie studios have failed to prove that (streaming) is really going to kill their industry. They’re still making profits so they need to stop whining and just adapt,” she said.

Currently, the bill has yet to be amended and was placed on the Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders Calendar No. 77.

As Erickson said, for a law to be a good law, the regular person should be able to understand it. If this bill wants to make it further, there will need to be clarifications and the removal of the vagueness.

Promoting pride

NURAN ALTEIR / Daily Titan A man in a fully-body spandex suit passed out fliers Monday to promote Titan Tusk Force’s Spirit Week. The week-long event started Monday with a fashion show in the Central Quad. A social mixer is scheduled for Thursday at 6 p.m. in the TSU Underground Pub.

Titan Tusk Force hopes to promote school pride by hosting events NURAN ALTEIR Daily Titan

It’s not every day you see someone dressed up in a full-body spandex suit at Cal State Fullerton.

This week, however, is an exception to the rule.

In honor of Spirit Week, Titan

Tusk Force is hosting a series of events to promote pride on campus. The events range from fashion shows to mixers.

“We’re celebrating that we’re all Titans and we’re all united and we’re all students at the same school,”said Taylor Delgado, Titan Tusk Force athletics coordinator.

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Technology’s constant evolution is of benefit to all History has shown us how quick technology can advance. Don’t expect any changes soon MYLES CUPP

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Dress to kill, even on the job MARK SAMALA / Daily Titan

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Sweatshirt, jeans and rainbow sandals are all considered a uniform for most students. The thinking behind an outfit selection is, “If I have to go to class, I might as well be comfortable doing it.”

Though the careless student ensemble might work when inside a classroom, it doesn’t quite cut it for the so-called “real world.”

Everyone should care about fashion and how they dress. What people choose to cover themselves with is an expression of themselves. Individuals who never care what they have on give off a vibe that they don’t value themselves.

As graduates start looking for jobs they become more aware of

the importance of looking polished and fashionable when making a first impression.

“Clothes don’t make a man, but clothes have got many a man a good job,” said author Herbert Vreeland, according to FIDM. com. Employers figure that if you can organize yourself and look presentable, then you can keep organized at work.

Dressing well can also give great confidence to someone. Being fashion forward and dressing appropriately for an event gives confidence and a desire to be seen.

“While clothes may not make the woman, they certainly have a strong effect on her self-confidence, which I believe does make the woman,” said Mary Kay Ashe, founder of Mary Kay cosmetics,

according to FIDM.com.

Men exemplify how polished and er workers try much harder to look Being fashionable is not about put together fashion in previous professional. The ‘50s fashion on spending a lot of money either. decades were. In the show, the the show inspires younger people Stores like H&M, Forever 21 and youngest characters are the worst today to dress like them.

Zara make it easier to keep up dressed and the older ones like Jon “A leading fashion expert says with the always-changing trends.

Hamm are dressed to impress. that workplace dress codes and Brands like Fendi and office etiquette have Prada can be used to get been on the decline in ideas from since they set recent years; however, If something as simple as dressing well new trends suggest the trends for the season.

A Chanel cardigan jackcan help people reach their goals, then the vast majority of et possibly featured in employees are sabopeople should take advantage of the tool and their runway show can taging their career be found a few weeks care about their appearance. simply by making later at stores like H&M the wrong wardrobe for a dramatically lower choices,” according to price. the Times of India.

From high couture brand’s ads Nowadays, the opposite could If something as simple as dressor shows, people can get a sense of be found in work places. Accord- ing well can help people reach their what is in for the season and what ing to The New York Times, older goals, then people should take adto pair it with. workers have taken on more re- vantage of the tool and care about Television shows like Mad laxed, “retired” looks as the young- their appearance.

When a need for attention clouds talent The many antics of

Lady Gaga Craziness: one of today’s most June 2009 - Appears on the

cover of Rolling Stone in a bubble-wrap dress

famous pop stars are becoming tiresome

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September 2009 - Dresses

in a Phantom of the Opera mask and is escorted by Kermit the Frog at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards (she also pretended to commit suicide onstage!)

June 2010 - While attend-

ing a Mets game, she is barraged by paparazzi and reacts by stripping down while flipping off Mets fans

September 2010 - She accepts an award at the MTV Video Music Awards wearing a dress made of raw meat

Monsters, eggshells, meat dresses and a second identity are just some of Lady Gaga’s antics on her way to crazy town. Despite the fact that Gaga is a talented musician, her need for media attention has begun to overshadow her music.

When she first hit the music scene, she stood out from her peers with ultra cutting-edge fashion and original music videos, but the more we got to know her the more unoriginal she became. She made people wonder if all this was coming from her or from a room full of money-hungry music executives using her as a puppet to bump record sales and concert tickets.

The entertainment industry has had its share of envelope pushers dating all the way back to Elvis Presley. Madonna, one of the biggest artists of all time, built her whole career on raising eyebrows and constantly creating controversy. Madonna was bringing the conversation of sex into the mainstream media at a time when they didn’t talk about it openly. She took her curiosity public with her documentary Truth or Dare.

Though some might cringe at Madonna’s over-the-top and tasteless sexual talk, there was no confusion about who she was and what she was doing.

The same is not true about Lady Gaga. On numerous occasions she has made the public scratch their heads in pure confusion over certain outfits and messages.

The most puzzling and disgusting outfit was the meat dress she wore to the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards. Gaga was dressed head to toe in raw meat, which is

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enough to make any carnivorous person turn vegetarian. She came under fire by animal rights groups and took to the Ellen Show to explain herself.

“Well, it is certainly no disrespect to anyone that is vegan or vegetarian. As you know, I am the most judgment-free human being on the earth. However, it has many interpretations but for me this evening. If we don’t stand up for what we believe in and if we don’t fight for our rights, pretty soon we’re going to have as much rights as the meat on our own bones. And I am not a piece of meat,” said Gaga, according to USAToday.com Her message seems respectable, but why not write it in a song or put it on the cover of your album?

The message would have reached her fans much better that way, since the next day after her stunt

just about every media outlet was talking about the dress and not the message. She wore the dress to a big award show to draw attention to herself and be the talk of the evening. And now the famous dress, made of Argentinian meat, is preserved in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland.

The 2011 MTV Video Music Awards had Lady Gaga in a different custom, actually a different person. Gaga came as her cigarette-smoking, whiskey-drinking male alter ego Jo Calderone. She stayed in character the whole night even though many people watching the telecast did not recognize who she was at first. The singer’s creative director Laurieann Gibson tried to explain her odd behavior.

“The idea of her being a performance artist and it’s starting the performance on the red carpet

and the idea that the performance never ends for her is the first time I’ve experienced this with an artist.

That’s something that is specific to her, and the whole night was the performance, and it was important that Jo was a part of the whole night,” said Gibson, according to MTV.com.

Last time I checked, Lady Gaga was a musician, not an actress; there is no need for her to be in a character since her fans should like her for her music.

Even Britney Spears seemed uncomfortable when Jo Calderone presented her with a Moon Man, and that girl has certainly seen her share of crazy.

Let the music speak for itself. If an artist is truly talented they will make money and be relevant in the music world for a long time. Please leave the clowns at the circus.

Often it feels like we just can’t stay ahead of the technological curve. As soon as you buy that new smart phone or laptop, there is already a model out with higher processing power and pixel resolution.

In the same vein, we become more connected to the world through social networking technology. Sometimes we throw our hands up and scream, “For the love of God, please stop!” in the hopes that technology would just slow down for a minute or two to let us catch up.

Unfortunately, technology won’t stop or even slow down for us, so we must find ways to adapt.

If you have ever thrown your hands up and screamed, then you have experienced something futurist Alvin Toffler calls “future shock,” which he defines as “a personal perception of too much change in a too short period of time.” Future shock isn’t just a response to rapid technological changes but also to tumultuous social changes. Before getting more into future shock, let’s see why technology cannot slow down for us.

For one thing, humans are incessantly inventive. Our urge to innovate is quite comparable to our urge to procreate except that innovation is precious for one additional reason: innovation is part of what separates us from animals. Forcing the end to innovation is akin to lobotomizing that which makes us human in the first place.

Second, technological growth is exponential by its nature. Consider for a moment how one advancement opens the door to countless more. Each new discovery leads to many others; it is an endless chain.

In the area of electronics, this fact is embodied in Moore’s Law, first stated in 1965 by Gordon Moore, in which he said regarding integrated circuits, “The complexity for minimum component costs has increased at a rate of roughly a factor of two per year ... Certainly over the short term this rate can be expected to continue, if not to increase.”

In other words, the capabilities of our electronics are increasing enormously every year and with these increases comes the ability to invent and discover things at an even faster rate.

This trend has been going on far longer than the invention of electronics in the last 100 years.

Consider the impact of the printing press since 1440 AD and the resulting explosion in literacy as well as scientific and philosophical enlightenment.

Technology comes at us faster by the day, but so too does a renewing spirit of humanity with each new idea we can discover and each new life we are capable of touching.

Given that it will be quite impossible for us to slow the advancement of technology as the 19th century Luddites once tried, we are still faced with the question of how to cope.

The answer starts with an appreciation that technology brings with it a heavy, demanding responsibility.

At all times we should have nothing else but the utmost respect for how much tragedy we can unleash by abusing our privileged status as stewards of the earth. The infamous Gulf oil spill in 2010 is proof enough of that.

This demanding technological responsibility belongs not only to us, but also our leaders.

In 1994, Alvin Toffler remarked words which ring rather true today: “Right now I don’t think there is a clue in the White House as to what the interests of the U.S. are in the emerging world. I think that a vacuum exists because there is an intellectual error being made, a profound error.”

The way technology changes our lives is itself changing. New types of civilization are emerging and we cannot stop it because we are ourselves creating it. Failure to appreciate this is a profound error indeed.

The future is coming fast, but rather than letting it shock us senseless, let’s take hold of our inventions and build the kind of future we want.

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Without enough help, homeless lie in the cold Forced to the street, some individuals can’t get back on their feet without some help VAN JOHNSTONE Daily Titan

A night on the town is not a fun experience for someone who is disabled and looking for a place to sleep. Homelessness is a major problem in America that has been largely ignored for many years.

Many Cal State Fullerton students have noticed the homeless problem in their everyday lives.

“I know when I was coming to school today I saw a homeless guy sitting on the street with a sign asking for money,” said Ron Ortiz, an advertising major at CSUF. “He had lost his job and had three kids to feed. I felt pretty bad for him.”

Homeless shelters such as Mary’s Kitchen in Orange and national organizations like The National Coalition for the Homeless are working to help support and prevent homelessness.

“We serve hot breakfast and give out bagged lunch six days a week,” said Jan Carmichael, a volunteer at Mary’s Kitchen. “We can see anywhere from 100 to 160 people a day here.”

Mary’s Kitchen is just one of seven establishments in the Fullerton area where the homeless can receive food and shelter. But as crucial and helpful as it is, homelessness still exists and it affects everyone.

On an average each year, 1.6 million Americans use transitional or emergency housing. On any given night in America, over 500,000 people experience homelessness.

But what should be done with the homeless? Homeless shelters provide much-needed protection, but with so many people on the street, shelters seem in short supply.

“In LA it’s definitely a problem.

There are a lot of them and it seems like nothing is being done about it.

I know funding is a big problem;

there just isn’t anywhere for them to go,” said Noemi Lopez, a criminal justice major at CSUF. With nowhere else to turn, many of the homeless commit crimes just so they can have a place to sleep.

“I know some homeless people commit crimes on purpose just so they can have a roof over their head at night. It’s sad but it’s a fact,” Lopez said.

Many of these people have mental disorders, substance abuse history or another type of illness that prevents them from obtaining a job or being able to live in a home.

Homeless shelters are very general and provide assistance to everyone.

As noble as this is, there are many different reasons why people are homeless and it is better to provide assistance to each group specifically.

“For the mentally disabled I think the government should really help them out a lot more. I know homeless shelters are overcrowded, so I think the government can have more programs for them,” Ortiz said.

The overall perception of the homeless is also subject to debate.

The volunteers at Mary’s Kitchen see only desperate people looking for help.

“I think there is a prejudice against homeless people. I know a lot of them really need help but for some reason many of them don’t want it. I know enough is not being done,” Carmichael said.

There are currently 3,195 homeless shelters in America. But with unemployment on the rise, this is hardly enough for the growing amount of homeless that are flooding the streets of America.

As it stands now, homeless shelters are the best solution for people in desperate need. But more targeted assistance to each homeless group would be far more effective in protecting and helping these people.

Homelessness remains a very serious and generally overlooked problem in America. With an increase in homeless shelters and volunteers, people wandering the street at night can have some hope.

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The natural benefits of living organically LUKE CHERNEY Daily Titan

Worrying about whether to buy organic or non-organic produce?

Chances are you’re probably not getting enough anyway.

Nothing is more inspiring to a home cook than seasonally rotating fruits and vegetables. The taste, the freshness, color and variety are dramatically noticeable when one starts buying seasonal, local, fresh produce.

The tastes of summer come alive in fresh peaches, berries and watermelon, and in the winter hearty root vegetables become perfect for a satisfying soup or to add much-needed color to the gray days ahead.

And with the rise of Whole Foods, Trader Joe’s and other specialty markets, the availability and convenience of outdoor farmers markets, and the public awareness campaigns regarding organic produce have all shown us we need to try eating organic foods whenever possible because they have greater benefit than non-organic produce,

usually because non-organic produce is grown with pesticides.

According to the Mayo Clinic, “The word ‘organic’ refers to the way farmers grow and process agricultural products, such as fruits, vegetables, grains, dairy products and meat. Organic farming practices are designed to encourage soil and water conservation and reduce pollution. Farmers who grow organic produce and meat don’t use conventional methods to fertilize, control weeds or prevent livestock disease. For example, rather than using chemical weedkillers, organic farmers may conduct more sophisticated crop rotations and spread mulch or manure to keep weeds at bay.”

In turn, these newer methods lead to less pesticide exposure. According to ABC’s Darcy Bonfils, “Studies have linked pesticide exposure to cancers, neurological damage as well as birth defects and even possible early onset of Parkinson’s.”

She also mentions the ancillary benefits of supporting organic farmers. For example, organic farmers do

What constitutes a sellout?

Selling a song to an advertiser doesn’t necessarily mean bands are money-hungry HEATHER HOUGHTON For the Daily Titan

We’re all guilty of accusing artists of being a “sellout,” whether it’s after we hear their songs in a commercial or see their names attached to a massive worldwide tour. There are a few misconceptions about musicians selling out though, and also the stigma attached to the label.

“They’re only in it for the money.” Not exactly. Usually, it is the more popular artists who are labeled as sellouts, and they have more money than they know what to do with. So for them, it’s not about the money, but more about expanding their fan base.

For bands and musicians who aren’t at that level, they may be looking to broaden their fan base to increase record sales, which will increase revenue.

Artists don’t tour for free, nor do they give away albums like candy.

While there are the occasional free shows and singles, they are used to luring in fans to attend more shows or buy albums, at a cost. In a sense, artists are required to sell out to achieve success in their musical endeavors.

There is nothing wrong in this, in fact. Artists deserve to be compensated for their time, effort and talent. The music business is just that, a business first, and the music comes second. Artists are creating a product to be sold.

“It is always the artist’s fault.”

No, it’s not. Many times, corporations approach musicians and record labels about using a certain song or image, in which case it was never the artist’s idea in the first place. Radio, television and the Internet also contribute to the exposure of the artist and the expansion of the fan base.

Musicians are constantly evolving and experimenting with their image and sound, sometimes to become more appealing to their audience. There is a line, however.

I believe the true definition of a

sellout is when an artist compromises his or her artistic integrity and moral values to create a manufactured product to please the public. This is where an artist does not want to end up.

Next time you hear your favorite song on the radio or television, don’t automatically label the artist as a sellout. Think about how hard that artist worked to get to that point...

Andrew Capra is the vocalist for the Brave Citizens, an unsigned band who has played at Cal State Fullerton and has had songs featured on KROQ, AOL Music and MTV’s The Real World. His experience in the music industry fuels his positive opinion on selling out.

“Having my song on a major TV network helped put me in the studio to record new material and fund a national tour which people

showed up to … and to keep the lights on,” said Capra.

He adds, “To be upset that your favorite band was on a soundtrack or in the background for an ad is ridiculous considering music has been used to sell products before any of us were born.”

Capra also agrees with the notion that there is a limit. “Selling out is not in the availability or distribution of art, it’s in the making of it. You can have someone paying you for your creativity, but when you lose what makes you a unique artist ... that’s when you can question it. When you don’t make it yours anymore, I believe you’ve sold out. It’s the mark of a weak artist.”

Next time you hear your favorite song on the radio or television, don’t automatically label the artist as a sellout.

Think about how hard that artist worked to get to that point, and determine your own definition of selling out. Capra concludes, “A great song is just that.

Be thankful it’s in that Honda ad because your artist can keep doing what they do best.”

Billboard’s Top 6 Money Makers of 2011

6.

$20,730,431

3.

$24,489,675

5.

$22,492,565

2.

$30,441,776

4.

$23,942,353

1.

$30,556,342

Taylor Swift

Justin Bieber

Dave Matthews Band

5

SOURCE: Billboard

Roger Watters

Bon Jovi

Lady Gaga

not add pesticides to our water supply, which protects our wildlife, and farmers’ smaller production methods help to curb global warming. Non-organic produce, on the other hand, can alter our hormones because bisphenol A and phthalate levels are doubled.

But while all this emphasis is being put on buying locally, supporting farmers markets and having a smaller environmental impact, most do not even eat the recommended amount of servings to begin with.

According to the Los Angeles Times’ Shari Roan, “Over the last five years, fruit intake for adults has risen only slightly while the percentage of adults who eat the recommended servings per day of vegetables has dropped.

Teens are even worse. Compared with five years ago, fruit and vegetable consumption among this group has fallen from an average of 1.84 cups a day to an average of 1.76 cups a day.”

While it would be advantageous for consumers to buy and eat organic produce all the time, it is sometimes

financially out of reach, especially for students on a budget. Organic produce can cost 40 to 50 percent more than traditional non-organic produce, according to Bonfils.

According to Bonfils, the foods to avoid buying non-organic are apples, bell peppers, carrots, celery and strawberries. These foods with soft, porous skins are susceptible to pesticides and thus may stay inside, even after washing. Foods with hard or removable skins such as onions, avocado, sweet corn, pineapple and mangoes are better candidates for non-organic.

So it becomes best to use both knowledge and common sense to determine which produce can be eaten without worrying about developing some horrible disease along the road.

But regardless of whether you buy organic or non-organic, it is best to try adding fresh produce to your diet, because if worrying about whether or not to buy organic is preventing you from adding produce to your diet, chances are you won’t make it long enough to worry about the long-term effects.

High schoolers lack the necessary college skills KATELYNN DAVENPORT For the Daily Titan

In asking yourself how prepared you were when starting college, you may have to think back to quite some time ago. Or if you’re like me, you don’t have to think back far at all. As a freshman at Cal State Fullerton, I am discovering just how prepared for college I really am.

Now, I don’t mean prepared as in “Did I pack enough clothes?” or “Should I buy my textbooks now or wait until after my professors dictate whether or not they are necessary?”

What I mean is how intellectually prepared I feel I am for college and how prepared other students feel as freshmen, as well as how upperclassmen feel looking back.

Personally, during my junior and senior years of high school I loaded up on AP classes, which I felt were challenging and helped prepare me for college. If I hadn’t taken these AP classes, I don’t think I would have felt anywhere near as prepared for college as I currently do.

This raises the question of whether high school students who don’t take AP classes are truly, intellectually prepared for what lies ahead of them on college campuses.

Shelby Frye, 19, a sophomore criminal justice major, took six AP classes during her high school career but didn’t think they prepared her well enough for college.

“I feel that AP classes were still not as helpful because (the class) was only to pass the test. Yes, I passed the tests, but there were a lot of things that were still missing, like how to write a 10page paper,” said Frye. “I went from writing two pages (in high school) to 10 (in college). There was a lot of stuff missing. You were just kind of thrown to the sharks.”

So if AP classes only help accumulate college credits but don’t help students feel more prepared for collegelevel courses—which, essentially, they should do—then what should be changed?

Everybody (students, parents and faculty alike) has their own opinions on what needs to be done in order to better prepare high school students for the sometimes comfortable, sometimes harrowing transition to college.

Rachel Holmes, 20, a junior sociology major, knows what ultimately helped prepare her for college and what was lacking.

“The best thing that helped me was trying to learn how to take notes in an organized fashion; having everything together, clearly, is a good way to study. Students need to learn how to work at a fast pace in college, unlike high school,” said Holmes. “I wish that they would have pushed more (in high school) how to research and use actual sources, because it’s a serious thing in college. In high school you can get away with not knowing what to do.”

Maybe that’s just it. In high school, students are able to slide on by and, even if they cram in schedules full of AP classes, graduate at the top of their class. That doesn’t necessarily mean they are prepared, though. When it comes down to it, effort, awareness and extraordinary high school teachers are what students really need in order to be intellectually prepared for college.

Whether or not you packed enough clothes or bought the correct books, well, that is another story.

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Album Blink 182 grows out of the Neighborhoods

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MIKE WHITE Daily Titan

The boys from Blink 182 are back with their first new studio album in eight years. Neighborhoods is a transcendence of every Blink 182 album and side project the group has been a part of to date.

The album opens with drummer Travis Barker’s steady percussion beat followed by a synthesizer that carries in slowly. Soon after, the familiar pop hooks and guitars that are the signature sound of Mark Hoppus and Tom Delonge follow.

Blink 182 is back.

Neighborhoods carries with it the ghost of the last eight years since the band’s self-titled release in November 2003. Neighborhoods caught many fans off guard with its lack of toilet bowl humor and mature lyrics. iTunes reviewed the album as a “post-punk stab at maturity,” claiming the band had used this album as an opportunity to redefine itself.

Neighborhoods brings with it a darker, more complex Blink 182 that reminisces on lost love, growing up and the problems faced in adult life. The band revealed in an interview with MTV that breaking up brought them close together.

“It’s really strange because somehow breaking up for five years and going through all this heartache and animosity and everything else somehow was the best thing that

Courtesy of Geffen Records Blink 182 return with their latest album, Neighborhoods, a mature record in which the band has set aside their differences to garner new fans and delight old ones.

ever happened to our band,” said Hoppus in the interview in July.

The new album allows the trio to take the best parts of every Blink 182 album as well as each respective side project, including Boxcar Racer, Angel & Airwaves and +44, and blend those albums into an ambitious record.

Neighborhoods explains that life is not all fun and games as it was during the late ‘90s for the band. They are all grown up and have lived, loved and lost.

A new generation of Blink 182 fans will enjoy the ups and downs of Neighborhoods, but they may

never know what it was like to see grown men playing their instruments onstage in nothing but their boxer shorts while telling jokes about turds and sex with a dog.

The immaturity that has made the group famous has subsided with Neighborhoods.

Blink 182 will be playing the Honda Center in Anaheim Saturday and the Hollywood Bowl Oct. 8. The band is working on a documentary titled Blinkumentary to be released soon in hopes of preserving the band’s history and garner new fans with their newest album release.

DEAD: Dark comedy on culture’s technological addiction ...Continued from page 1 The premise of the play makes it sound like a thriller, but it is technically a comedy disguised as commentary on the technological age we live in.

According to the program notes, Mazor said, “All of us are in a hurry, a mad race to answer the phone, text, email, Facebook message, to check voicemail on cell, home, work.

Clearly, our need to connect to each other is great! We can’t seem to help ourselves. And yet, so many of us feel as if the tools that are meant to connect us only serve to push us fur-

ther apart.”

Mazor’s ingenuity is evident in the last, breathtaking scene right before the intermission. There is a tender kiss and at that moment, shredded paper rains from the rafters and houses made of paper, origami swans and dimly lit light bulbs descend on strings. The audience can’t help but lose itself in the moment.

Dead Man’s Cell Phone is playing at the Hallberg Theatre and runs through Oct. 16. Single tickets are $11 ($10 with advance Titan discount).

For more information including a complete schedule, visit Fullerton.edu/arts/theatredance/events2011-2012.html.

Gears of War 3 ends with a bang ANDERS HOWMANN Daily Titan

Chain-sawing a dude in half never gets old.

Gears of War 3 proves this in its closing chapter of the Epic Games’ ultra-violent, third-person shooter trilogy. While the monsters are bigger, the battles are more desperate, the gameplay mechanics are finetuned and the storyline is a notable improvement over its predecessors, Gears of War 3 follows the mantra, “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” The result is the most complete and polished installment to the franchise yet.

Gears 3 starts two years after the events of the second game on the Coalition of Ordered Governments’ (COG) aircraft carrier, Raven’s Nest.

Humanity is on the brink of extinction and the Locusts, a race of lizardlike humanoids who were the main enemies in the first two games, have abandoned their caves underground due to the Lambent pandemic. The Lambent, a horde of infected zombie-like locusts, have all but taken over the planet Sera.

Gears 3 disregards most of the plotline laid by the first two games.

Marcus Fenix, the main protagonist, quickly finds out that his father is still alive (he “died” in the first game) and Chairman Prescott, the COG leader, has also returned from a stint with

death. While Epic fills in all of the plot holes neatly, it feels as though they have altered the universe to create a better story.

Regardless of continuity with the first two games, Gears 3 delivers a satisfying conclusion to one of the most critically acclaimed and influential games of this console generation. The B-movie one-liners entertain while the players blast through waves of Locust and Lambent, and a couple of emotionally potent scenes give the plot substance. The game also develops some of the secondary characters, most notably Cole Train and Anya Stroud.

For those who couldn’t care less about the story, Gears 3 more than delivers on its main selling point: blowing shit up... and in the goriest, most visceral way possible.

While using the barrel-mounted chainsaw on the Lancer assault rifle to dismantle Locusts and Lambent into piles of fleshy, red bits is still a guilty pleasure, there are tons of new weapons at the player’s disposal.

The Retro-Lancer is equipped with a two-foot bayonet that is used to charge and impale enemies and the One-Shot heavy sniper rifle dismembers them from afar. If you would rather keep it simple, you can always rip off the arm of an injured enemy and beat them to death with it.

Best of all, you can decimate and dismantle all your buddies in Gears 3’s greatly improved, 10-player online versus mode. Fine-tuned weap-

on balancing, dedicated servers and the addition of a team deathmatch mode makes the game’s multiplayer much more accessible to new players and more enjoyable as a whole.

If players would rather cooperate with their buddies, Gears 3’s campaign allows up to four players to play through the entire storyline.

The fan-favorite Horde mode is also back and better than ever. A new currency system that allows players to buy upgraded weapons and defenses adds an entirely new level of addiction to the tower-defense game mode.

A new cooperative game type called Beast Mode has also been added to the game. In Beast Mode, players can assume the role of the Locusts and cooperate in order to defeat a group of computer-controlled humans.

As players kill enemies across all of the game modes, they receive points toward their overall ranking. As players level up, they receive unlocks such as new weapon skins, character models and executions that can be used in multiplayer. Combine all of these elements, and you get a game that Gears fans wont be able to put down for the next couple years.

Gears of War 3 is the most complete package in the franchise to date. While it doesn’t reinvent the Gears wheel, it perfects the formula that Epic Games laid five years ago and provides a satisfying ending to the science-fiction saga.

RACHEL MASOCOL / Daily Titan Jennifer Takeda’s Kids With Candy exhibit features paintings that explore the rave culture, drawing influence from Electric Daisy Carnival, Beyond Wonderland and Perish Parties at Vanguard. A DJ played opening night to reflect the booming music in raves.

Rave scene alive in“Kids With Candy” RACHEL MASOCOL Daily Titan

Art show Kids With Candy opened Friday with house and electro music booming with surrounding vivid portraits of today’s rave scene.

Jennifer Takeda, 23, a drawing and painting major, opened her eclectic show to music that inspired her days in the rave scene growing up.

DJs Jake Liu and Mike Good were on hand spinning tunes that kept attendees entertained. Liu exclaimed that he “loved Jen’s art show.” With bright colors and animated subjects in her work, it was clear that many observers enjoyed her gallery as well.

Takeda explained that these paintings were “portraits of people in the rave scene and the candy bracelets signify the culture.” Raves that Takeda attended and drew creativity from were the Electric Daisy Carnival, Beyond Wonderland and Perish Parties at Vanguard.

“Her artwork was very expressive and intriguing,” said Good. Showcasing attention to detail and dazzling hues, Takeda displayed to the crowd how exciting the raves were.

“This is my story, a nocturnal adventure filled with dancing, lights and effervescent sounds,” Takeda cited in her artist statement. The congregated art crowd couldn’t help but admire her lust for the rave scene.

She also talked about how raves have assembled bits and pieces of who she is today.

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lection illustrates my journey through this world and the people who have shaped it into what it is,” Takeda said.

The powerful and realistic paintings of people having fun amid the glowing lights and deep house beats is what enticed spectators to examine the vibrant images at Kids With Candy.

Some of Takeda’s favorite artists are Takashi Murakami, Banksy and Caravaggio. These three artists stimulate her originality to paint representations of people she encounters. Her art is reminiscent of an urbanized style, along with techniques of incorporating flat color as well as blending. The media used were oil paints and acrylics.

Stephanie Santos, another childhood friend of Takeda’s since junior high, said, “Her artwork is really detailed.” Takeda’s reproduction of lifelike portraits of rave participants were striking and impressive. As an accomplished artist, she portrayed the rave scene with exceptional precision.

Many spectators were taken on a journey to some of the biggest raves with an inside look by Takeda’s passion of lights and music. In her statement, Takeda summed up her gallery by stating that raves are a “place where peace, love, unity and respect reign supreme and for one night, we all can come together, be best friends and care for nothing but the fantastic moment we are immersed in.”

Kids With Candy will be displayed until Sept. 29 at the Exit Gallery located in Room VA 188 from noon to 7 p.m. Also check out her website at JenTakeda. com/ for more information on Takeda and her work.

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September 27, 2011

Intramural dodgeball ready to take the campus by storm PATRICK GARRITY For the Daily Titan

Courtesy of MCT Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford has been a stud this year. After being hurt much of the last two seasons, Stafford is looking to lead the much-improved Lions to the playoffs for the first time since 1999 when they were led by Hall of Fame running back Barry Sanders.

Lions and Bills, oh my Both teams are off to a 3-0 start after being cellar dwellers the last few seasons ALEX APODACA Daily Titan

Week three in the National Football League may be the most important week of each season.

The first two weeks are used to solidify the team and adjust to strengths and weaknesses.

Week three pushes the predictions aside and the playoff-bound teams begin to peek through. After next week, the season will be a quarter of the way over. It’s a time for heroes and goats, fantasy football strategies and playoff bets.

The Detroit Lions and the Green Bay Packers are undefeated.

The defending champions haven’t been much of a surprise, but even typing that the Detroit Lions are undefeated feels horribly wrong to my fingers.

A team that has been buried in the bottom half of the NFC North Division since its beginning is now just one of only three teams to finish Sunday 3-0.

Although they have had an easier opening schedule than the division rival Packers, the Lions were able to come back from a

20-0 halftime deficit and pull off a 26-23 win against the Vikings in Minnesota for the first time since 1997.

The next big shocker is the 0-3 Indianapolis Colts. The best football analysts would have a hard time arguing that Peyton Manning does not carry the Colts’ offense.

The same team that has made playoff appearances in the last nine years does not look like it will be able to make it to double digits, as it fell 23-20 to the Steelers.

Although offensively they did look better than their previous two weeks, the game will ultimately count in the L column after a field goal with eight seconds left in the fourth quarter won the game for the Steelers.

It could be worse though. The Colts could be the 0-3 Kansas City Chiefs or the 0-3 St. Louis Rams.

Representing the state of Missouri, the Chiefs and Rams have been outscored 205-63 combined.

The Chiefs had a chance to beat the division rival Chargers in their last drive, but Chief quarterback Matt Cassell was picked off in the final minute of play to solidify the 20-17 loss.

The AFC East will be the division to watch this season. Last year’s 4-12 Buffalo Bills are alone in first over the New England Patriots and New York Jets, both of

which had playoff appearances last season.

The Bills were able to contain the magical arm of Patriots quarterback Tom Brady long enough to come back from a 21-0 secondquarter deficit.

They sealed the 34-31 win with a 28-yard field goal to snap a 15game losing streak against the Patriots. Security had to guard the goal posts to ensure that celebrating Bills fans didn’t rip them down.

The Philadelphia Eagles fans haven’t had much to celebrate.

Last week, the big moneymaker, Michael Vick, suffered a concussion against his former team, the Atlanta Falcons.

This week against the Giants he suffered an injury to his right hand (his non-throwing hand) early in the fourth quarter. Vick took personal offense to the injuries and ranted about the NFL officials.

His claim is that the referees don’t throw roughing-the-quarterback flags for him as much as they do for other quarterbacks.

All whining aside, the third week of the NFL season was full of surprises. Expect to see a bigger separation in the standings next week and a clearer picture of who will most likely be in the playoff race and who will suffer a losing season.

‘Campus Huddle’ and Les Miles defense LSU is the new top dog in the nation after beating West Virginia on the road ALEX JAICH

For the Daily Titan

If you didn’t catch the first four weeks of the college football season, then you may be feeling the effects that are similar to information overload of studying right before a midterm. Midterm season is here as well as conference play and a better picture of the 2011 season.

It’s a race to be undefeated, but there will be a log jam in the polls at the end of the year. The picture could look like numerous one-loss power houses and some questionable national title teams with undefeated records.

Alabama and Oklahoma, the “Campus Huddle” national title picks, are still looking strong. Oklahoma opened conference play with a nice win over Missouri while Alabama took care of a nationally ranked Arkansas team to give both teams their first conference wins at home. Both teams still sit in the top three but it is Louisiana State University who now holds the No. 1 spot in the AP and USA Today

Coaches Poll.

LSU has beat two ranked opponents on the road in two straight weeks, and it was Saturday night’s 4721 over West Virginia that puts the Tigers into the one-slot.

It is a scary thought but this defense may be better than the Tigers’ 2007 title team. Since that game it has been a successful effort of reloading rosters. Cornerback Patrick Peterson, who is now a rookie sensation, was the star of the Tiger defense last year.

Even with Peterson’s absence the Tigers have Tyrann Mathieu and Morris Claiborne, the nation’s best cornerback tandem. Mathieu and Claiborne were game breakers Saturday. Mathieu’s tipped ball and interception, which he returned to the one-yard line just before halftime, allowed the Tigers to open up a 20-point lead and Claiborne’s 99-yard kick return score to reclaim momentum in the second half after West Virginia had closed the gap to 27-21.

It was a bad assumption to see Oregon beat LSU in week one. I have learned that the spread offense that throws over 50 passes is popular but is not always effective. See Arizona.

Instead of turning your attention to the Oregon versus Stanford matchup, wait until Nov. 5 when Alabama visits Baton Rouge for an unofficial ticket to

Basketball Loses Scholarship The Cal State Fullerton men’s basketball team lost two scholarships for the upcoming season following the NCAA’s Academic Progress Rate report released in May. Coach Bob Burton will now have 11 scholarships available. The Titans have the option to defer the penalty.

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the title game.

Something not first on the mind of college football brains but something you should know: The Big Ten gets its first highlight game Saturday when Nebraska goes on the road to Wisconsin. Wisconsin gets its first test and continues to enjoy the comforts of home for the Badgers’ fourth home game. I like the play of Nebraska Taylor Martinez in his second year but Madison will be rocking, causing the run first quarterback to make some errant throws. The Wisconsin run game will also be too much to handle.

In Big 12 play, Oklahoma State squeaked by 30-29 over Texas A&M in College Station. The Cowboys had a huge comeback in them to end the Aggies’ Big 12 title hopes. Oklahoma State only needs to get by a little-aboveaverage Texas and Baylor squad on the road to face Oklahoma in its final game of the year for a true late-season test.

ASU proved they can take over as Pac-12 favorites, winning the second half against the Trojans. The Sun Devils manhandled USC on defense, picking off Matt Barkley multiple times. Stanford needed a bye week after getting banged up with injuries. The Cardinals lose Shane Scov, their star linebacker, the whole year, but Stanford still looks like the West’s best, mostly because of Boise State’s weak schedule.

when eligible athletes transfer or turn professional.

CSUF registered a multi-year APR of 909 for the academic years running 2006 through 2010. For the 200910 year, the Titans posted a 784 APR, dragging down the four-year average. The national multi-year average for Division I men’s basketball was 949.

Teams with a multi-year APR under 925 have faced penalties such as loss of scholarship. However, the NCAA Board of Directors voted earlier this month to hand out postseason bans to all teams below a 930 APR in the future.

Brief by Patrick Corbet

The brand of dodgeball played at the Student Recreation Center isn’t the same as the slow-paced kid’s game played on schoolyard blacktops. The intramural squads that began a fiveweek series of matches Sunday have transformed the game into an athletic, high-velocity showdown.

Each match begins with six players side-sprinting toward mid-court for possession of four brightly colored balls, and seconds later the first volleys fly. Streaks of green, yellow, blue and orange curve through the air and don’t stop flying until one team has eliminated all six players on the other side.

After the victors share a quick round of high-fives, the battle begins anew.

The matches consist of two 15-minute halves and the teams must squeeze in as many games as they can. Sometimes a team can’t dodge the onslaught of spherical lasers flying its way, and the team finds itself eliminated in just a few minutes. Other times, one pesky player can hold off the opponent for minutes at a time before either bringing his team back from brink or finally taking a curveball to the shoulder. A win’s a win, though, and the team that can rack up the most in 30 minutes meets the final buzzer with fist bumps and shouts of joy.

Dodgeball is a new addition to the fall semester intramural lineup at the SRC, so it has little time to draw the attention of potential players. The sport has only been offered for about a year, according to Xavier Sequeira, a kinesiology student who worked the intramural sign-in desk Sunday night.

“There’s far more people for basketball and volleyball,” said Sequeira.

He went on to note that only three teams have signed up for Sunday night action.

Some players think the small turnout could be a good thing, however.

“We’re going to be pretty close with other teams,” said Ryan Cabrillos, a third-year business major who is playing intramural dodgeball for the first time. He sat with his team—which won the inaugural match—laughing with guys he’s only known for a few

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days while listening to his team captain analyze the playing style of the team they were to face next.

If there’s a lack of enthusiasm for dodgeball at CSUF, you wouldn’t be able to tell by talking to Cabrillos and his teammates.

There’s a lot more camaraderie.

You get to know your teammates personally.

Clyde Hill Senior Business Major

Clyde Hill, a senior business and information systems major, is a selfdescribed “dodgeball enthusiast” and takes the game seriously. He, like Cabrillos, met his comrades on the “Coconut Wombats” Sunday, but has already noticed a level of teamwork that was missing from the dodgeball of his youth. On the court, when he wasn’t making one-handed grabs and hurl-

ing lasers of his own, he worked with teammates to coordinate their attacks.

The strategy played a big part in their opening victory.

“There’s a lot more camaraderie,” said Hill when describing how the game differs from blacktop dodgeball.

“You get to know your teammates personally.”

In such a small league, establishing the kind of personal relationships that Cabrillos and Hill spoke of can go a long way in ensuring that the league stays not only competitive, but fun as well.

The games tend to get tense as players fight to win, but any tension or fleeting animosity dissipates after the final buzzer. The young men and women of each team respectfully shake hands. One team may have won that round, but they will inevitably battle again.

Though the Sunday night league is closed to new entrants, it’s not too late to get in on the action this semester. After the current session ends Oct. 23, a new one commences its five-week run Monday, Nov. 1. Entry forms are due at the SRC by Oct. 28.