Vol. 90 Issue 23
October 11, 2011
Baskin Robbins stores opening Many Baskin Robbins stores are reopening all across California. The new owners are eager to get acquainted with the community and are doing so with fun, grand re-opening events.
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Film reveals bracero life
‘Harvest of Loneliness,’ a documentary, screened at Cal State Fullerton Monday
The event starts Wednesday and will focus on helping family businesses
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More than 80 students walked out of Pine Hall Room 111 Monday knowing more about the Bracero Program and its impact on America after watching a screening of Harvest of Loneliness. Harvest featured the stories of men who were in the Bracero Program, which was a set of laws and diplomatic agreements that allowed temporary contract workers from Mexico to work in the United States. The men spoke about how they struggled to provide for their families. The word “bracero,” which comes from the Spanish word “brazo,” means strong arm, or a man who works with his arms and hands. The film showed how becoming a bracero was not easy, and being a bracero was even more difficult. Upon being selected, the men in the documentary said they were subjected to poor working and living conditions, lousy pay and humiliation. Days were long, hot and hard. Former braceros said they weren’t allowed a water break until they were finished working for the day. When it was time to rest for the day, men said they would rather continue working than try to sleep in the beds they were offered. As for pay, many men said they received as little as a penny to $12 a week. The film also featured how their absence affected their families. Wives, mothers and family members
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WILLIAM CAMARGO / Daily Titan Gilbert Gonzalez, an emeritus professor of Chicano studies at UCI, speaks to attendees at the screening of his film, Harvest of Loneliness. The film was screened at Cal State Fullerton Monday.
of men who were in the Bracero Program expressed on camera how they felt lonely and unsupported while their loved ones were away. “I found the personal statements to be very powerful, and I liked the way the film addresses the men as well as the families they had to leave behind,” said Nancy Fernandez, Ph.D., director of Freshman Programs. Throughout the film, men spoke about how they hoped the Bracero
Program would give their families a better life, but instead met even more hardship once in the United States. Alexandro Gradilla, chair of Chicana and Chicano Studies Alliance, said he hoped the event would expose students to the Chicana and Chicano studies discipline and make them aware of this population’s history. “People are unaware of how it (the Bracero Program) impacted and changed Mexican communities in
America,” said Gradilla. Gilbert Gonzalez, producer of Harvest of Loneliness, said he wanted the film to show the relationship between the United States and Mexico. Gonzalez added that the Bracero Program was one of the essential elements for why thousands immigrated to the United States from Mexico. The film was shown at Cal State Fullerton in recognition of Hispanic Heritage Month. “This film and discussion are de-
signed to enhance understanding of Chicano history and awareness of Chicano-Latino experience and culture,” Fernandez said. The screening and discussion were sponsored by CSUF College of Humanities and Social Sciences, Chicana and Chicano Studies Department, Chicana and Chicano Resource Center, Chicana and Chicano Studies Alliance, Freshman Programs, and Housing and Residence Life.
Senior Leah Maurer leads Titan volleyball this year ANIBAL ORTIZ Daily Titan
CAMILLE TARAZON / Daily Titan Senior outside hitter Leah Maurer is one of the main reasons the Titan women’s volleyball team believes they can make a return trip to the NCAA tournament this year after winning the Big West last year.
Pop. The ball went over the net. One bounce, two bounce, three bounce. Slam. The ball bounced once more as a volleyball player missed and rolled backward on the floor. Blue and white-striped, the ball rolled down the side of the gym and joined the dozens of other balls that sat still on the hardwood floor surrounding the volleyball court. Leah Maurer, number 11, peaked and watched intensely from behind the net’s pole as her teammates practiced. A change in the rotation summoned the 21-year-old to the front of the group. “Maurer,” yelled a few of the girls as she joined the group. At 6’5”, it would be hard for anyone to think of Maurer as shy or timid, but that is exactly how she described herself. See MAURER, page 10
HAYLEY TOLER / For the Daily Titan Ava Towhidian, left, collects a water bottle to promote her sorority’s effort to be more environmentally conscious.
Sorority goes green
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“You can see commercials and buy reusable bags, but it takes action to start. One person can’t change the world, but one person can start the change,” said Mel Vigil, education vice president of Gamma Phi Beta. Clad in fitted tank tops that read “Go Green,” the girls of Gamma Phi Beta will be strutting their stuff on campus to inspire students and staff to educate themselves on their environmental impact and take action by recycling. See GREEN, page 3
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“Preparing the Future Generation for Inheriting the Business and Wealth,” a workshop focused on helping family businesses, will be held at Cal State Fullerton by the Family Business Council Wednesday. “Helping family members passing business and wealth to future generations” is the main focus of the workshop, said Ed Hart, director of the Family Business Council. The workshop’s mission is to assist family businesses by “providing opportunities for education, interaction and information tailored to business needs and concerns,” according to its website. William E. Roberts, business owner and founding member of Benefit Concepts Inc., will be speaking at the event. The event will assist families in dealing with the emotional aspects of family business, utilizing lessons learned from over 20 years of research across over 3,000 families. “To make them aware of how prepared or lack of preparation they have (is important),” he said. Roberts said families whose businesses were inherited by family offspring failed mostly because they “lost the harmony that they had had before.” He mentioned two crucial components for successfully prepping businesses for the future: a clear value and a shared vision, which he called “a lighthouse on the hill” and “the cornerstones” of the lessons being taught at the workshop. According to Roberts, most families fail to pass their business on because “we lost trust, because we lost communication among family members.” And if they did succeed, “there were fights and bitter disputes that arose out of the passage of the assets,” he said. Lissette Bohorquez, 18, a biology major, said most of the problems that arise from dealing with inheritances are “mostly just the siblings’ things.” “Maybe there’s favoritism in who should get it (the family business) or who needs the most help and should have it because they’re financially unstable,” said Bohorquez. She said the workshop would be helpful for students whose families are involved in businesses. Speakers at the event include William E. Roberts and Richard L. Hartman of Benefit Concepts Inc., as well as Roy Williams, one of the two authors of the book Preparing Heirs: Five Steps to a Successful Transition of Family Wealth and Business. “Preparing the Future Generation for Inheriting the Business and Wealth” is taking place Wednesday from 7:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. in Steven G. Mihaylo Hall Room 3230. The event requires reservations and is free for first-time family business attendees who show interest in joining the Family Business Council, according to its website. For more details, visit Calstate. Fullerton.edu/news/2011fall/Preparing-the-Future-Generation.asp. Reservations can be made by calling Robbin Bretzing at 657-278-4182 or by email at fbc@fullerton.edu.