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October 11, 2010

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Obama’s Progress

SPORTS Women’s volleyball claims weekend over Big West foes ........................................5

President Barack Obama given letter grades on recent policies and promises See REPORT CARD, page 4

FEATURES Day Tripper: Downtown San Diego ........................................6

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A real barbershop, to the Negretes, is one that includes hot towels, palm-held massagers, warmed shaving cream and straight razors. It includes a feeling of brotherhood between the client and stylist and a welcome environment with sports on television and beer kegs kept chilled. Located in Downtown Fullerton amidst the wild weekend bar scene, offering free beers to customers only seems fitting, as does the risk of happy hour goers drunkenly requesting offbeat haircuts. “We’ve actually gotten people in here drunk at nine in the morning,” said Sanchez, no longer fazed by it. What still fazes him, however, are some of the strange hairstyles people want.

The state legislature passed the state budget Friday, 100 days after it’s constitutional deadline of June 15. It is the latest budget in state history in which Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger cut 23 line items from the $87.5 billion general fund budget that had been passed by the legislature, according to the Los Angeles Times. Despite the adoption of a budget, a multibillion-dollar deficit is set to await the next governor to take office. California State Universities will receive the monetary assistance promised, totaling $365 million. Along with this, enrollment will be increased. About 30,000 more students will be enrolled into the CSU system, which places pressure upon every Cal State to meet the quota for the winter and spring terms. According to a press release by Chancellor Charles B. Reed’s office, the allocation of funds the CSU will now receive includes $199 million to restoration and $60.6 million for enrollment growth. This will increase the CSU funds from $2.35 billion to $2.62 billion. “We thank the governor and the legislature for their commitment to reinvest in higher education, and appreciate the increase in state funding support for the CSU,” Reed said. “Like the rest California, the last two years have been extremely challenging for us, but our mission is to educate the future workforce of the state, and despite these ongoing challenges the CSU will continue to provide both access and service to students.”

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No three-day weekend for Columbus FRANCINE RIOS

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While certain parts of the nation are celebrating Columbus Day today with a day off from work, school and city-wide parades, today is just another Monday for Cal State Fullerton students and all other California residents. According to the Pioneer, the newspaper of Pierce College; California, Hawaii and Nevada do not recognize Columbus Day as a public holiday. “I don’t think it’s a big deal,” said Ben Schulze, a 23-year-old business major. “Yeah it’s tradition to celebrate, but it’s so old school. It’s not like people will actually go home and celebrate Columbus Day.” Apparently Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger doesn’t think so either. See COLUMBUS DAY, page 2

Jesse Negrete, manager at Classic Barbers, trims the hair of Mario Martinez, 20, a Disneyland employee, while discussing his favorite UFC fighters with the other barbers. The barbershop caters to men with the goal of providing a small “man’s world” with its atmosphere.

Classic Barbers snip in style KATIE EVANS Asst. Features Editor

Vintage poster-sized photos of men trimming beards and cowlicks hang framed on the walls. Interlaced between these images are pieces of tattoo artwork, family photos and shelves of pomade. The soft whirring of a hair trimmer coincides peaceably with noise from the street. The scent of smoke drifts indoors, but not in a trashy way. Adversely, each of these sensory stimulants at Classic Barbers serves as a throwback to the homey feel of the 1950s, a time of true barbershops, complete with a spinning red, white and blue barber pole. “We wanted to make it a man’s world in here,”

said Jay Sanchez, 21, barber. Throughout the day, men and young boys filter through the doors, most of them familiar faces and repeat clients. A sense of acquaintance and companionship washes over each customer as they realize that not only are they in trained hands, but friendly ones as well. “Some clients are quiet, and we all try to socialize and get them to laugh,” said Jesse Negrete, 26, manager at Classic Barbers. Maria, the shop owner and mother of Jesse and his brother Joe, was once a farm worker when her sons were young. They could not afford a babysitter, so the boys played in the fields as she worked. A strong bond formed between the three of them that is still evident today. They run the business as they feel a real barbershop should be run.

Long Beach State halts CSUF in tournament JOSEPH SZILAGYI Staff Writer

ALLY BORDAS / Staff Writer Professor of history Steve Jobbitt facilitated the Roundtable discussion and recognized the need for business majors but rejected cuts in the humanities, sciences and global arts.

Democracy in humanities ALLY BORDAS Staff Writer

The Fullerton Marriott at Cal State Fullerton hosted the Southern California History Symposium. The lecture “Why Democracy Needs the Humanities” occurred last Friday afternoon with students and professors from CSUF in attendance. The basis of this discussion centered on the book by Martha Nussbaum, Not For Profit: Why Democracy Needs the Humanities, which was just recently published. According to the info packet that each attendee received, the

purpose of the Roundtable discussion was to “address the importance of history and the humanities to the education of a well-rounded, empathetic and critically-engaged citizenry.” The University conference room at the Marriott hotel hosted the Roundtable discussion which was mediated by CSUF history professor Dr. Steve Jobbitt, who has been teaching for two years. Jobbitt opened the discussion by reminding everyone of the work the students, faculty and staff did to fight against the budget over the past two years. See DEMOCRACY, page 3

The Cal State Fullerton women’s tennis team lost in the weekend-long Fall Intercollegiate Tournament after no players made it past the quarterfinals and were eliminated before the last day of competition. The tournament, which CSUF hosted, had a singles and doubles bracket with players from CSUF, Long Beach State, Cal State Northridge, UC Riverside, Cal State Bakersfield, Loyola Marymount University and Portland State. Despite the diversity of players from several schools, only Long Beach State had women competing in Sunday’s championship games for both the singles and doubles draw. Of the nine CSUF women playing singles, only three survived the tournament’s first day. Junior Leslie Bollock, who dominated her opponent in the first round with her backhand and stellar defense, was unable to keep up the momentum in her second-round match, losing to Long Beach State senior Debbie Armstrong 6-1, 6-0. “I had a hard time staying focused,” Bollock said. “I have to keep my head straight next time.” Each player that did advance to the second day had similar results in the tournament by making it to the

MARK SAMALA / Photo Editor Titan senior Kavina Akhmedova swings her racket in response to Roadrunners’ rally during a doubles match.

third round after having first-round byes. Freshman Morgan McIntosh stormed into day two after a 6-0, 6-0 victory over Portland State junior Kylea Gleason. “I felt good out there,” McIntosh said of her performance. Titan sophomore Tiffany Mai

easily overpowered UCR sophomore Jamie Raney 6-1, 6-1, and sophomore Malorie dela Cruz defeated Cal State Bakersfield senior Ashlee Thorneycroft 6-3, 6-0. As the three women returned Saturday to compete in the third round, only McIntosh was able to proceed to the quarterfinals by de-

feating CSUN sophomore Anna Yang in straight sets 6-2, 6-1. McIntosh, who made it the furthest in singles of all CSUF women, eventually fell in her next match to Long Beach State junior Anais Dallara 6-1, 6-1. See TENNIS, page 5

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October 11, 2010

IN OTHER NEWS BUDGET: SOME CLARITY PROVIDED

BEIJING –The wife of China’s Nobel Peace Prize winner said, late Sunday, that Chinese authorities allowed her to visit her husband, Liu Xiaobo, in prison over the weekend, then placed her under house arrest when she returned to Beijing. Liu Xia disappeared from public view for two days after Friday’s award of the Nobel Peace Prize to Liu Xiaobo. According to a Twitter posting on an account that she has used previously, the authorities took her to the prison in the northeast province of Liaoning, where he is being held. After returning to the capital Sunday, Liu wrote in her Twitter note: “I don’t know when I’ll be able to see everybody.” The house arrest had begun on Friday.

NATIONAL Obama, building new staff, also plots new strategy WASHINGTON – As President Barack Obama remakes his senior staff, he is also shaping a new approach for the second half of his term: advancing his agenda through executive actions he can take on his own, rather than pushing plans through an increasingly hostile Congress. A flurry of staff departures and promotions is playing out as the White House ends a nearly two-year period of intense legislative activity. Where the original staff was built to give Obama maximum clout in Congress, the new White House team won’t need the same leverage with lawmakers. “It’s fair to say that the next phase is going to be less about legislative action than it is about managing the change that we’ve brought,” White House senior adviser David Axelrod said in an interview.

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People who shackled Sacramento teen plead guilty STOCKTON – Kelly Layne Lau wiped tears from her eyes Friday as a judge told her she would serve 33 years in state prison for her role in holding captive and abusing a Sacramento teenager. Lau, 32, her husband, Michael Luther Schumacher, 36, and their friend Caren Ramirez, 45, pleaded guilty in San Joaquin Superior Court to a variety of charges, including false imprisonment and inflicting corporal injury on a child.Schumacher received a term of 30 years, and Ramirez 34 years. Ramirez and Schumacher showed little emotion as Judge Terrence Van Oss read horrific details about the crimes to which they were admitting guilt, including burning, beating and choking the youth, known publicly as Kyle Doe. Lau occasionally shook her head and dabbed at her eyes with a tissue.

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tional 30,000 more students the CSU plans to take in. Executive Assistant to the PresiThe past two years have been difficult for the CSU due to the dent, Pat Carroll said that enroll$625 million hit it received re- ment in the spring semester will increase and more sections will be garding funding. In addition to state money, the provided. “We know that we will be open CSU will receive $106 million in one-time ARRA (American Re- for spring admissions and will covery and Re-investment Act) take in probably between 1,500 federal stimulus funding, which to 1,700 for the spring semester,” Carroll said. will be allocated “200 to 300 of to payroll exthose admitted penses accordIt will be beneficial for will be graduing to the press our school because if we let ate and teachreleased issued ing credential by the Chancelmore people attend more students but lor’s Office. will...become leaders... the majorFrom the - Fabricio Jimenez ity, probably money allocatFinance and accounting major around 1,500, ed to the CSU, will be transfer the funds disstudents.” tributed to Cal Student reaction to growing enState Fullerton has yet to be derollment for the spring semester termined. The level of funding to the CSU varies. “I think its a good thing as far still remains below it’s $2.97 billion peak in the 2007-08 academic as admitting more students. People being affected are the transfer year. Although the funding has in- students and it takes longer than creased to $2.62 billion, the en- two years at a community college, rollment and stimulus funding so they’re already behind at least a will be used to pay for the addi- semester,” said Fabricio Jimenez, a

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finance and accounting major. Jimenez continued to state his opinion of enrolling more students. “It will be beneficial for our school because if we let more people attend more people will graduate and become leaders in the community causing our campus to be credible,” Jimenez said. “From a statistic standpoint, it’s good for recruitment into the Greek system and ASI involvement.” Since 2008, enrollment for the CSUs had been reduced by about 40,000 students. CSUF did not accept any transfer students for the 2010 spring term, which will change significantly this coming spring term. “I prefer less students because our resources will be strained,” said Randy Okamoto, a graduate finance major. “I’d rather have the same amount of tuition and ratio of students.” Outside of the public higher education spectrum, the budget passed by the legislature included significant changes for the residents of California and will affect those students entering the California workforce.

Further changes from 2010-2011 state budget – $43.8 billion for K-12 public education increasing, small increase from last year – $3.8 billion for California’s community colleges. $189 million of that being held till next fiscal year – $900 million cut from Health and Human services – $1.1 billion cut from prisons, most from reduction of cost of inmate health care – $5.4 billion from federal government, Obama has only approved $1.3 billion to date Information provided according to the San Fransisco Chronicle and Department of Finance

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of work we do in the theater department,” Aguirre said. “And it’s According to the Oct. 1 edi- also understandable to not have tion of the Sacramento Bee, the day off considering all that is Judge Timothy Frawley ruled going on with the budget cuts.” The Pioneer also stated that that Schwarzenegger illegally excluded both Columbus Day and in certain parts of the country, Lincoln’s birthday from state paid Columbus is not given credit for the founding of America. While holidays. After presiding over a lawsuit such information would appall brought forth by the California elementary school students, many Association of Psychiatric Tech- chose to recognize that Native nicians, the Service Employees Americans were the first to inhabInternational Union (SEIU) Lo- it North America and should be praised instead. cal 1,000 and In Berkeley, for the California example, IndigAssociation I do think he is totally enous People’s of ProfessionDay is observed al Scientists, important to the Italian in lieu of CoFrawley de- culture but i’m not going to lumbus Day, and termined that South Dakota Schwarzeneg- wave a flag for it... - Briana Gattuso celebrates Native ger’s adminisTheater major American’s Day. tration violat“It does make ed state labor sense that they contract laws. However, Frawley’s decision will would do that, because they were take 60 days to take effect, which the first people here,” said James means the 105,000 workers who Mast, a 19-year-old music educaare part of the three unions that tion major. “But people also have filed suit will have to show up for to think that if it wasn’t for Columbus, most of us wouldn’t be work today. Schwarzenegger’s administra- here right now.” Meanwhile, states like New tion is expected to appeal the deYork take the second Monday of cision. Theater major Kayla Aguirre each October to throw Columbus his own parade - the largest of its agreed. “I would have had to be here kind in the nation, according to anyway, just because of the kind Time magazine. This has mostly

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to do with the large Italian population in New York, as the Italians see Columbus’ achievement as a source of pride. Mast thought such happenings should be more than welcomed. “If we get MLK Day off, then we should get Columbus Day off,” Mast said. Briana Gattuso, a theater major, claims the majority of her

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heritage to be Italian, and thinks that while Columbus should be a source of pride for Italians, it also just depends on how people grow up. “I wasn’t really raised in a straight-up Italian family. I do think he is totally important to the Italian culture, but I’m not going to go wave a flag for it,” Gattuso said.

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DEMOCRACY: EDUCATION USED AS MEANS FOR ECONOMIC PROFIT ... Continued from page 1 “We wrote up a letter addressed to the administration last semester,” Jobbitt said. “This letter asked them to start representing us at state level and to fight for us.” Jobbitt said they gathered 1,000 signatures for the letter in just one week. “We also hosted a conference where the administrators could not answer any of the student questions,” Jobbitt said. “I do not think they expected us to be thinking this way at all.” Jobbitt said that although humanities, sciences and global arts are seeing tremendous cuts, he is not against the business majors at all nor does he believe cuts should be made there either. Jacquelin Bebawi, a history student at CSUF, was one of the three individuals representing California schools, students and faculty at the discussion. “Education has been used as a means to gain economic profit for far too long,” Bebawi said to open up her end of the discussion. Bebawi said that the book by Nussbaum calls all of these problems a “silent crisis,” since no one really acknowledges the deeper meanings behind these problems. “Success is only seen as capital, not as being able to discuss the issues at hand,” Bebawi said. Bebawi agreed with Jobbitt when talking about the importance of international collegiate business programs. “We cannot deny the importance to business, it helps to sustain a society,” Bebawi said. Bebawi made points about how the educational system should focus on the individual potential. “The old paradigm is about producing students to go out into the world and join companies, but companies are made up of individuals, they do not stand alone,” Bebawi said. Chirag Bhakta, a student in the CSUF credential program, spoke after Bebawi. “The fact that we question whether or not a democracy needs humanities in unnerving,” Bhakta said. “They go up together and they go down together.” Bhakta said that people need to provide a more historical analysis to the crisis at hand, because as the saying goes “the past always repeats itself.”

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THIS WEEK AROUND

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Monday Detras de la Cortina: Orange County Artists and the Chicano Movement: GCAC Gallery, Through Oct. 17

Tuesday Chalk Mural Contest: Central Quad, 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Study Abroad Fair: Titan Walk, 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Guest Speaker Jim Green: SGMH 1308, 11:30 a.m. to 12:45 p.m.

Wednesday ASI Cook-Out: Quad, Noon to 1 p.m. Texas Hold em tournament: Titan Bowl and Billiards, 4 p.m.

Thursday ALLY BORDAS / Staff Writer From left to right: Chirag Bhakta, Jacqueline Bebawi, Allison Frickert and Steve Jobbitt. The student and educator panel talked about the importance of humanities in education.

“The crisis is very multifaceted, we have to take a look at every perspective, analyze it and then attack it from different angles,” Bhakta said. Allison Frickert, a CSUF graduate who has been teaching for four years at Mount San Antonio College, spoke about the crisis from a teacher’s perspective. She discussed how humans are individuals and not a part of a business or a corporation. After the Roundtable, participants had their say. Jobbitt opened up the discussion to the attendees and allowed anyone to make statements or ask questions. “We are so lofty in what we think about people who don’t seem to care… we need to add a human component and a social component to the work we do,” said Jochen Burgtorf, history professor at CSUF. Burgtorf fears that if a human component is not added to all of this effort, then these Roundtable discussions will

remain to be nothing but “hot air.” “If we talk and talk using fluffy words, we won’t relate to anyone,” Burgtorf said. Other comments from the attendees ranged from positive to slightly confused. Florence Baker, one of the attendees, felt that nothing has changed over 30 years. “We have to ask how much has actually been done. What progress has been made?” Baker said. Emily Rader, a professor at El Camino College, commented on the current budget cut crisis. “With our current education decline there are now only a few skills that seem important enough to teach in order to succeed,” Rader said. Bhakta said that although this event was titled a “History Symposium” the topics discussed were aimed at the global crisis. “We need to broaden our horizons about who we talk to about this,” Bhakta said. “That is the next step.”

Table Tennis Tournament: SRC Gym, 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. Jazz Ensambles I & II: Meng Concert Hall, 8 p.m.

Friday TALICH Quartet: Meng Concert Hall, 8 p.m. ACUI tryouts: Titan Bowl and Billiards, Noon

Saturday Men’s Soccer vs. Hope International: Titan Stadium, 7p.m. Symphonic Winds: Meng Concert Hall, 8 p.m.

Sunday Women’s Soccer vs. Long Beach State: Titan Stadium, 6 p.m.

ALLY BORDAS / Staff Writer CSUF student Jacqueline Bebawi and Allison Frickert from Mount San Antonio College

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After unsuccessfully convincing the American people that the economy won’t fix itself overnight, Obama has focused on education. Since today’s students are tomorrow’s leaders, it’s important to give them an education they deserve. It won’t fix today’s problems, but it may prevent them from happening in the future. Keeping his promise, Obama has managed to pull out combat-related troops and bulk-up Iraq’s security. All remaining 50,000 troops are scheduled to be home by the end of 2011. I can only see our country benefiting from the pull out, not only from a moral perspective, but economically as well. As Obama’s health care reform laws passed six months ago, the changes are now seeing the light of day. Children can be covered by parent’s insurance until 25 and companies can no longer deny coverage of preexisting medical problems. It will affect the pocket books of other insurance payers by raising their premiums. Obama urged the world to help support Pakistan because of the destructive floods that affected more than 20 million people and ruthlessly impacted the local agricultural economy. Obama, and the U.S., had $350 million to help feed the hungry and shelter the homeless.

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“Of course you’d warm up faster if you took your clothes off.” – Jacob Black, the Werewolf, to Bella, a pathetic excuse for a human being (Eclipse). Sadomasochism (n.): a form of perversion marked by enjoyment of cruelty and/or humiliation in its received or active and/or dispensed and passive forms, according to WebMD. com. Edward (the sadist) has Bella (the masochist) wondering, “What was so great about mortality?” (New Moon). Meyer (sadist) writes the series and I (masochist) read it. Stalk (v.): if you stalk a person or wild animal, you follow them quietly in order to kill them, catch them or observe them carefully, according to English Collins Dictionary. “‘You spied on me?’ But somehow I couldn’t infuse my voice with the proper outrage. I was flattered.” – Bella (Twilight). Edward admits to watching Bella sleep at night, but Meyer teaches her impressionable readers that being stalked gives a sense of self-worth. It’s not creepy if he’s hot. Am I the only person bothered by the fact Bella is Edward’s food? Let’s put this in a new perspective. Let’s say Edward is a vegetarian, much

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‘Twilight’ is a sick, twisted series

on the part of an adult of engaging in sexual activity with a child or children, according to The Medical Dictionary. According to Twilight, Edward was turned into a vampire in 1918 at the age of 17, making him 100-something years old when he takes interest in 17year-old Bella. Luckily, they happen to live in a state where the age of consent is 16. I’m going to go out on a limb and say that any 100-something year old having a relationship with a teenager is pedophilia. Necrophilia (n.): sexual attraction, contact with or erotic desire for dead bodies, according to The Medical Dictionary. For those of you who live under a rock, Edward Cullen is a vampire. Vampire (n): the reanimated body of a dead person believed to come from the grave and suck people’s blood, according to Merriam-Webster.com. Bella wants Edward. “Bella, would you please stop trying to take your clothes off?” – Edward Cullen (Eclipse). Zoophilia (n.): the fantasy or act of engaging in sexual activity with animals, according to The Medical Dictionary.

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I thought it was cute when my 10year-old cousin asked if I was Team Edward or Team Jacob. I thought it was disturbing when my 23-year-old classmate could describe how every Cullen became a vampire but couldn’t name the presidential candidates. I dove into the Twilight series, expecting the books that bridge the gap between elementary students and adult women would be a literary masterpiece. I thought wrong. I’m going to get the main criticisms out of the way. The Twilight series doesn’t have a plot. Unless “I love you but I’m leaving so I don’t kill you...wait I’m back. I can’t be with you, goodbye. Just kidding,” is a plot. The vampires sparkle, they don’t have fangs and the deepest thought the main character has goes along the lines of, “Edward is so hot. I love him.” I also believe I read the word “chagrin” about 8,043 times. The only thing Meyer doesn’t fail at is corrupting the youth. According to CbsNews.com, the series’ popularity caused a new biting trend among kids and teens. People are now biting each other like vampires to show their love. Let’s ignore the psychologically disturbing part of the trend and skip to the medical issues; doctors are concerned about the spread of bacteria and potential health risks caused by these skin-breaking bites. Way to go, Meyer. While we’re on the topic of medical issues, I’d like to define some sexual perversions Meyer appears to be familiar with. Pedophilia (n.): an abnormal interest in children; the act or fantasy

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like my friend. So he doesn’t drink human blood and my friend doesn’t eat meat. Edward loves Bella romantically, my friend doesn’t want to bring a cow home to meet his mom. Bella is his food. I love cheeseburgers but I don’t want to have sex with one. My problems with the series go further than Bedward’s “relationship.” Or the fact they’re in “love.” Everyone knows true love is between a girl who smells good and a guy who’s hot. Apparently at Brigham Young University, where Meyer got her English B.A., they forgot to teach her how to write well. At least if she graduated from the Derek Zoolander Center For Kids Who Can’t Read Good And Wanna Learn To Do Other Stuff Good Too, she would’ve learned that there’s more to life than being really, really, ridiculously good looking. “I guess my brain will never work right. At least I’m pretty.” – Bella (Breaking Dawn). Initiate slow clap. Maybe Edward can’t read Bella’s mind because she doesn’t have one. The last person I want my little cousins influenced by is an obsessed, helpless, needy girl who can’t bear to live without a good-for-nothing guy.

It’s Friday night and after a long week of school and work all you can think about is happy hour and a trip to the bars downtown. What most people don’t realize is that all of this alcohol intake can be seriously damaging to your diet. The nutritional value of the alcohol seems to disappear as soon as you catch a buzz. Alcohol isn’t thought of as a way we can gain weight most of the time, although alcohol has seven calories per gram, while carbohydrates and protein only have four calories per gram. The calories you consume on one night of drinking can accumulate, to or exceed the calories in a Big Mac meal at McDonald’s. Instead of ditching your diet for a weekend of binge drinking, here are some ways you can still have a couple of drinks and keep off the extra unwanted pounds. Beer bellies are, in fact, real and no, they are not attractive. Beer is the main culprit when it comes to gaining weight. Here’s the thing, beers with less alcohol in them have fewer calories opposed to beers that have more alcohol in them. Although if you are going to consume twice as many of the beers with less alcohol, that’s defeating the purpose. Choose a beer that has few calories and try not to down over five beers in a couple of hours, it can add up to over 500 calories as most beers range form 150-200 calories. For those of you who can’t possibly bare the thought of having less than five beers in one sitting and want to watch your figure, find a beer that has around 100 calories or less. Twelve ounces of beer has 153 calories and 13.9 grams alcohol. Twelve ounces of light beer has 103 calories and 11 grams alcohol. Health facts are not listed on alcohol bottles. This makes us think there are no calories in a bottle of alcohol. Wrong. Alcohol has plenty of calories to affect your weight. Once you add other drinks the

calories sky rocket. An average mixed drink is about 300 calories for an 8-ounce glass. Three ounces of sake has 117 calories and 14.1 grams alcohol. One-and-a-half ounces of liquor (80 proof or 40 percent alcohol) has 97 calories and 14 grams alcohol If you add six ounces carbonated beverage mix to one and a half ounces of liquor, and calories and carbohydrates increase. If you add cola, you’ll have an additional 68 calories and 18 grams carbohydrates. If you add lemon-lime soda, you’ll have an additional 74 calories and 19 grams carbohydrates. The best way to cut down the calories on mixed drinks is to ask for a low calorie version of the mix that is going into your drink. When I have a margarita instead of using the regular mix – which is packed with calories – I ask for fresh-squeezed lime juice instead and on the rocks with no salt. Once you have consumed all this alcohol what’s the next diet disaster? It’s what I like to call “drunchies” – drunk munchies. After a night of drinking you find your way home (responsibly, with a designated driver or by taking a cab) you head straight to the kitchen and eat every calorie packed snack in sight. Or you might not even wait until you get home, you will head straight over to any fast food drive-thru that is still open and order everything on the menu. Try and stock your kitchen with only healthy snacks so when you do get the drunchies you won’t wake up with a slice of pizza next to your bed. Try these: –Pita chips and hummus –A sandwich on whole wheat bread –Non-fat Greek yogurt with fruit –Pretzels without salt –Brown rice with leftover vegetables I know some of these are the last items you would choose for a drunchie, but if you want to keep your weight down, you need to make some compromises. This weekend try it out, pay more attention to the calories of your drinks. If you continue to watch what you drink you may see a difference in your weight. I’m definitely not saying stop drinking (which would be the best way to cut out all the calories) just be conscious of your choices. Peace, love and recycle!

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SPORTS Titans rise high to top spot in Big West

October 11, 2010

Tigers and Aggies get served as CSUF ties up for first place AARON GILLIAM Asst. Sports Editor

The Cal State Fullerton women’s volleyball team came out on top this weekend as they battled two Big West Conference foes in, Pacific and UC Davis. The first game of the weekend pitted CSUF against Pacific (10-7, 3-3), both of whom received votes in the past weeks’ AVCA top 25 coaches poll. Although the Titans trailed in every set, they were able to tighten up their play and tame the Tigers in three sets (25-19, 25-16, 25-22) and earned their 13th sweep of the season, the Titans 10th win in the last 11 matches. Capping CSUF’s ninth win over the Tigers in their last 12 meetings. Junior outside hitter Torrie Brown lead the Titans in kills with 13 and helped the Titans hit .223 as a team.

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Senior middle blocker Erin Saddler, who was named Big West Player of the week for the second time this season, contributed by nailing 12 kills, nine digs and one block. Junior right side hitter Jennifer Edmond led the game with her .500 hitting percentage. “It feels good especially to know that I can get that final kill to put the game away after the rest of the team worked so hard,” Edmond said. Seniors Cami Croteau (libero) and Genie Francisco (setter) both finished with 11 digs while junior outside hitter Leah Maurer dominated at the net and collected four blocks, two of which were solo. In the Titans’ final match Saturday against UC Davis (12-6, 4-2), CSUF won the first set, but lost the next two ending their nine-game– home-sweep streak. They ended up finishing strong and pulled out the hard-fought win in set five (25-16, 23-25, 21-25, 2517, 17-15). “It kind of sucks that our streak was broken but the main thing was that we won the match. Davis is a pretty big rival and whether we were ranked 36 or 100, they would’ve

come out strong because they want to kick our butts but we didn’t let it happen,” said Titan sophomore outside hitter Kayla Neto. This win was the Titans fourth win in a row and their 11th match win in the last 12 matches, improving CSUF to a 15-4 overall record, 4-1 in conference play. With the win, the Titans moved into a tie for first place with UC Santa Barbara. “We don’t necessarily play for places, we just play to win, and if the byproduct of our hard work is sitting in first place on top of the Big West, we’re loving it,” said Titan Head Coach Carolyn Zimmerman. Saddler tied her game-high with 22 kills and was one of four Titans with 11 kills or more on the night. Maurer hit .321 and banged out 11 kills, while Brown finished the game with 14 kills and made the game-winning block. Neto also had an outstanding performance, with 18 kills and hit .500 and getting her hands on four blocked shots. Croteau scooped out 16 digs and added a career-high five service aces. Junior setter Andrea Ragan helped the Titans get to just two shy of the

ALAYNA DURAN / Staff Photographer Titan juniors Leah Maurer and Andrea Ragan, leap up to make the play on the ball as UC Davis defenders move up to defend it.

team’s season high in kills by getting 60 of the team’s 64 assists. “We just want to continue the tradition of keeping our home gym ours. There’s more pride here obvi-

ously because it’s our gym and we have to protect it, so we’re going to try our hardest not to let any one come in here and beat us,” Edmond said.

The Titans continue their home stand on Thursday, as the Matadors of Cal State Northridge try to stand in the way of CSUF. First serve is set for 7 p.m. Titan Gym.

Unwritten bylaws still hitting hard For the Daily Titan

Sport is the unique thing in our society that is purposely made harder. Sports are made to challenge us. Is running around a track too easy? Let’s put hurdles in front of us that we have to jump over. Is pitching a baseball too easy? Let’s raise the height of the mound. Sports are unique in more than one way. In order for it to be a sport there must be rules that govern the way the sport is played otherwise there would be no organization and lots of confusion. Unfortunately, not all the rules are well known. In fact, many sports have “unwritten” rules

that seem to show up every once in a while on SportsCenter. Many of the unwritten rules seem to confuse a lot of people. Many of the players involved in violating these rules argue that they either didn’t know about the rule or say it is in fact not a rule at all. Baseball players are one of the major offenders with unwritten rules. For example, in a game earlier this year, New York Yankees’ third baseman Alex Rodriguez ran across the pitchers’ mound during a game on April 22 in which Oakland Athletics’ southpaw Dallas Braden took offense to. Apparently, the mound is the pitcher’s special place and no one can go on it except for other pitchers.

A-Rod argued his case by saying that it was the shortest route back to the dugout. This rule is ridiculous as long as the runner doesn’t interfere with the pitcher’s routine. Another one is, “no bunting for a hit while a pitcher is throwing a no-hitter.” I don’t like this rule at all because the whole purpose of sports is to win. Many no-hit games occur in low-scoring games. With a runner on base, the offense can pull even closer or take the lead with a home run or some other well timed hitting. In my book, trying to get on base to generate offense is exactly what you should be doing. In football, the rules don’t seem to be as much unknown as they are routines for various teams. In

the NFL, teams typically take out the starters some time in the fourth quarter when they are either winning or losing by an insurmountable lead. This makes a whole lot of sense to me. No one wants to see their top players suffer from an injury late in the game (i.e. Tom Brady tearing his ACL during a game with the Chiefs on Sept. 28, 2008, and Sam Bradford of the University of Oklahoma severely spraining his AC joint in his shoulder against Brigham Young University on Sept. 5, 2009). Another thing that teams routinely do is take a knee within the final seconds of the game with lead. This started when the New York Giants were playing against the Philadelphia Eagles on Nov. 19, 1978. Instead of taking a knee and running out the clock, Giants’ quarterback Joe Pisarcik decided to hand the ball off to the running back but, fumbled the ball to Eagles’ corner back Herman Edwards who ran in for the gamewinning touchdown. I guess the Giants didn’t hear the age-old adage, “better safe than sorry.” Last but definitely not least,

Courtesy of Mark Samala Anaheim Duck George Parros fights with Edmonton Oiler Zach Stortini in 2009.

comes hockey which is arguably the least popular of the four major American sports. Hockey is best known for allowing fighting in their sport. Anyone can fight in the NHL as long as you throw away your sticks and gloves in order to keep the fight safer. Also, proper etiquette is to have some sort of verbal or physical exchange before fighting which keeps both players from obtaining an instigator penalty. “Excuse me, do you want to fight?” The only pen-

alty for fighting is a five-minute major penalty. Oh and apparently, your manhood is put into question if you challenge someone to a fight if you’re wearing a visor on your helmet. Who knew sports could be so confusing? Who knew sports had so much going on that some people knew about while others had no idea they existed? That’s why sports are sports. Rules and challenges are the reason why we come back to feed our competitive attitude.

TENNIS: DEFENSIVE FRONT LEAVES TITANS BAFFLED

MARK SAMALA / Photo Editor Titan senior Karina Akhmedova, makes a powerful return on ball in Friday’s doubles match against Cal State Baskersfield.

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In doubles, three of the four CSUF teams made it to the second round. The only team that did not make it past the first round was the team of seniors Karina Akhmedova and Summer Wallin, but the match was a tightly contested affair against Cal State Bakersfield sophomore Julian Mannix and Thorneycroft. Neither team was able to shake off the other and the match was decided in a gruesome tiebreaker, which Mannix and Thorneycroft won 9-8 (7-4). CSUF wasn’t too upset about the loss.

“It was a close match, Karina and Beach State duo, sophomore Sarah I played hard so I’m glad about that,” Cantlay and junior Julie Luzar 8-3. Wallin said. CSUF womEach of the en’s tennis team teams that will next play in It was a close match, made it past the IntercolleKarina and I played hard so the first round giate Tennis Ashit roadblocks sociation West I’m glad about that... not long after. Regional Tour- Summer Wallin The only team nament in San Senior tennis player to play past the Diego Oct. 21. second round The next was the comhome match bination of singles players Mai and will be when the regular season McIntosh. The two led CSUF to the begins Feb. 4 against Long Beach third round where they lost to Long State.

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Daytripper Searching for deals, fun and night life amusement in San Diego FRANCES LEE For the Daily Titan

A single day in Downtown San Diego makes Orange County hotspots look like an elementary school playground. The train is inexpensive, only $13 for a ticket, and leaves every hour to San Diego. The station is located conveniently in Downtown Fullerton and provides day and overnight parking. My best girlfriend and I shared cocktails and giggled during the entire ride. We were in Downtown San Diego before we knew it. Getting off the train I felt the ocean breeze and was greeted by a “Welcome to the Gaslamp District” sign. Ten years ago Downtown San Diego was a slum, but now it boasts restaurants to fit every taste, hotels for every budget and endless unique shops. It feels like the perfect blend of Downtown Los Angeles and Downtown Fullerton, bars for days and one-way streets but cleaner and right by the ocean.

Soon after we arrived, we headed to the Padres baseball game, located right across the street from the Hard Rock Hotel. The stadium is fairly new and organized. In the far left field sits an old brick building called the Western Metal Supply Co., an old historic building that the stadium built around to preserve and respect the history of the city. Patrons can purchase tickets to sit on the balcony’s to enjoy the game while eating at the restaurant below. After the game, we wandered around. From antique shops, clothing boutiques, art galleries and a street vendor, Downtown San Diego provides inexpensive food and entertainment for days. The best deal in town is at Donavon’s Steakhouse on the corner of 6th and K. Noted as one of the best steakhouses in San Diego, I knew a steak dinner would be out of my budget but the Happy Hour is something to travel for. Every Monday through Friday from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. Donovan’s provides prime cut USDA sirloin steak simmered for hours in a special marinade before being shredded every day for Happy Hour. The nightlife in San Diego is as fun and comparable to that of Las Vegas or Hollywood. With rows of bars and clubs on

every street it is a difficult decision to choose where to spend the evening. The Marriott Hotel boasts the best view of the city from the highest rooftop while the Ivy Hotel presents a contemporary lounge with music and dramatic décor. We chose the hotel club, 207, where we were surprised to see celebrity and musician Nick Cannon as the DJ. The crowd at the Gaslamp District is a mixture of local university students, Marines and young families living in the high-rise condos. Everyone is extremely pet friendly and eager to point you in the right direction. Overall, the trip to San Diego was a great success. We avoided all traffic, paid minimal amounts of money and avoided all the stress of regular travel. For those that need a break from Orange County and don’t know where to travel, San Diego is the perfect getaway.

MATT SUN / For the Daily Titan The TRON-inspired event featured a prominent DJ that kept the crowd moving to radio hits and techno music through the night.

ElecTRONica visits Disney New TRON-themed dance party hits Disney California Adventure STEPHAINE RAYGOZA Assit. News Editor

California Adventure has set itself aside as a park that caters to bigger roller coasters and older generation entertainment. With the debut of ElecTRONica, park fans are transformed to a world that leaves behind the Disney characters and invites them to a one of a kind, electronicfused party. Guests are treated to an adventure that takes them through various stages within the California Adventure Park with the first stop taking place in the Sunshine Plaza. The plaza plays host to a TRONthemed stage where guests and fans receive a music infused video and dance welcome show before entering the world of TRON: Legacy. The show succeeds in getting the crowd pumped to enter the party awaiting them in the Hollywood Pictures Backlot, but not before taking them through the ElecTRONica archway and pathway immersed in a shifting computerized color grid and costumed performers. A bar located just before entering the main event serves up alcoholic

beverages ranging from traditional beers and mixed drinks. Enter the world of TRON: Legacy, filled with light cycles zooming across building facades along with exclusive images from the film panned out on the street. Dancers on raised platforms dressed as “Sirens” and “Programs” from the movie can be seen moving to the beat of the DJ located at the center of the party. It’s the professional DJ spinning the latest in electronic and hit music that provides the heartbeat of the party. A sea of teenagers and adults alike take in the infectious beat in the haze of the fog machine, throwing their hands in the air and singing along to popular radio hits. 20-year-old Judy Hidalgo enjoys Disney’s newest venture away from the traditional kid-themed events and celebrations. “It’s more of an adult atmosphere with the bar and music,” Hidalgo said. “It’s a place where you can get away from the kids. It’s a blast.” For the few that do not fare well with the dance club vibe, ElecTRONica also features the special effects and tricks of Laserman, a performer who incorporates lasers and lights into his various show times. Off to the side of the dance floor is a re-creation of Flynn’s Video Arcade, a key location in the new film. On the outskirts of the arcade entrance, is an area where guests can play the latest TRON: Legacy game

for the Wii system. In a press release, Disney revealed that, “The new video games feature the iconic light cycles and light discs in the stories bridging the gap between the two TRON films.” Once inside the arcade, guests can get their fix of nostalgic arcade games from Pac-Man to Centipede and play a couple games of air hockey or Foosball. At the end of the arcade game is the original TRON game where gamers can get the best of both TRON worlds. “We really tried to strive to make it an event for everybody,” said senior show director Denny Newell. “We started planning in August. I have to give props to all the crew. There’s no way it would’ve happened without them.” A specialty-themed food truck is on hand for the hungry dancers and nonalcoholic beverages at the End of the Line Club to quench the thirst of die hard playing gamers. Visitors can then cap off their night by catching a special 3-D sneak preview of TRON: Legacy, which has special exclusive effects that can be seen nowhere else. ElecTRONica will be running every Friday, Saturday and Sunday night starting at 6 p.m. along with all of Thanksgiving week and nightly during the Christmas vacation period of Friday, Dec. 17 through Sunday, Jan. 2. The event is expected to continue through April 2011.

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Fullerton days

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JONATHAN GIBBY / Graphics Editor Flirtatious and tittilating entertainment such as exotic pole dancing was provided as the evening progressed. Many guests considered the dance one of the highlights of the night. Between dance routines, movie and sports memoribilia was auctioned off amongst other collectors items.

CAROLINA VELAZQUEZ Features Editor

It’s Friday night in Los Angeles, celebrities are arriving in shuttles to a Gothic Tudor mansion, motorcycles are spread along the front lawn and women are seen in either lingerie or in nothing at all. The Playboy Mansion isn’t typically a place where nine Cal State Fullerton students would find themselves cavorting around. Amidst Playboy Playmates, showgirls and celebrity guests, CSUF’s Titan Public Relations Group help organize the 4th annual “Leather Meets Lace” Red Carpet Charity Event held at the Playboy Mansion. Titan Public Relations Group is a

student run public relations firm and an arm of the Public Relations Student Society of America, PRSSA. “We actually got involved with them in a kind of very interesting way,” said Samantha Loyola, the 20-year old director of Titan Public Relations. “I’m in charge of client relations so I started calling places ... and then all of a sudden (Titan PR) is going to the Playboy Mansion.” With only a span of two weeks to plan it, this is the first major event for Titan Public Relations of the semester. Throughout the evening, Loyola and the interns were frantically making sure that celebrities were constantly arriving and walking down the red carpet. With this event occurring at the last minute, a few members might have felt rushed but were ecstatic with the results.

JONATHAN GIBBY / Graphics Editor Titan Public Relations Project Manager Kristina Bello escorted several celebrities and guests across the red carpet throughout the evening.

“It was like we were just thrown in there,” said Tori Robillard, 22. “We went to the meeting and (Loyola) told us about this event, but it came together really good.” The morning started off with a VIP motorcycle ride in which other Titan Public Relation members organized and partook in. Cynthia Figueroa, Kerry Hoang, Natalee Vincencia and Monica Zepeda were all present and accounted for. For 25-year-old Titan Public Relations member Gabe Medeiros, he admits that it was a “high stress environment,” however he walked out of the event with four letters of recommendation. Ryan Romeos, 25, agreed that the event was able to benefit the interns by helping them network. “In PR you just don’t get a job, you have to have something to show for it,” Loyola said. The charities involved such as the Motorcycle Charity Associates, Iraq Star Foundation and Heroes Night Out, all supported the United States Military which many of the guests and interns could relate to. “I’m the guy for this,” said Medeiros, who is also a Marine. “It comes to heart on a personal level with the charities.” With the event wrapping up around 2 a.m., Loyola couldn’t help but give her group a big hug. Considering most of the members are newly changed public relation majors, Loyola confesses that she is proud of their work. “I feel so lucky that we have been able to have this experience and we just wanted to help a charity,” Loyola said. “It’s a nice payback for us for being altruistic and going out there and trying to help out.”

BARBER: SHOP BRINGS CLASSIC AMBIANCE

JONATHAN GIBBY / Graphics Editor The close-knit atmosphere of Classic Barbers allows its regulars to feel at home, swapping stories amongst one another.

... Continued from page 1 “Mullets are weird,” Joe Negrete said, laughing quietly and shaking his head as Sanchez howled, “Mullets!” After this, a man struggled into the shop, suffering from an injury that forced him to walk using crutches.

Maria looked up from her client, a child no older than eight years old, with a welcoming smile in familiarity and teased him. “What happened this time?” Maria asked. The whole staff had a chuckle and he was seated immediately to rest his body and regale the story of his accident. The clientele find comfort not only physically, but also in the assurance of quality. Ken Draper, 61, schedules appointments once a month since the store opened a little over a year ago. “I like the appeal of the shop. The service is excellent. It’s beyond my standards and it’s beyond what you would normally find,” Draper said. “I come here for the attention to detail.” As he waited for Jesse Negrete to finish a client, Draper watched

television with Joe and Sanchez, a documentary about UFC fighters. Joe’s quietude slipped away as he discussed something he was passionate about. “That guy is just a big bully! He’s nothing but muscle and dead weight. I’m glad he has dead weight, hell yeah,” Joe said of a fighter he was cheering against, rubbing his hands together. He debated with his brother and Sanchez over who would win the fight and the setting of the cozy room became less of a place of business and more of a male’s hub to hang out with friends, have a beer and shoot the breeze while getting a trim. “I love my job. The main thing is that I love the clients. The clients are what make me come back everyday,” Jesse said. “I come in early and I stay late and I love every minute of it.”