Vol. 90 Issue 35
November 1, 2011
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Golfers get to putt on campus
CSUF awards most degrees to Hispanics President Milton Gordon receives award of recognition from Hispanic Education Endowment Fund
The $125,000 green includes sand bunker to practice chipping
VANESSA MARTINEZ For the Daily Titan
CLARK PAGADUAN Daily Titan
A brand new golf short-game practice facility was added to the Cal State Fullerton Titan Sports Complex after several weeks of construction. The addition gives the men’s and women’s golf teams an on-campus site to work on their short game. “For us to have this short-game facility on our campus, it puts us on an even playing ground with other competitive Division I schools,” said women’s golf Head Coach Pearl Sinn-Bonanni. Women’s golf assistant coach Neil Walton is glad the golf teams now have their own place on campus. “We don’t have a locker room or a gym or a field like other sports, so it gives them a place that’s their own, which is very cool,” said Walton. The facility, which was added last month, neighbors the softball field and consists of a 6,500-square-foot putting green, 10,000 square feet of GN-1 Bermuda grass sod and one sand bunker. The artificial-turf putting green has seven strategically placed putting holes. The seven different pin placements allow the golfer to create a variety of shots, such as long chips, short chips, down hills, up hills and side hills. The entire facility was specifically constructed with the goal of emulating real-life golf situations. “It was setup between coaches, players and manufacturers to design the best type of shots and putting shots you would see,” said Aaron Tapper, assistant director of Athletics/Facilities at CSUF. “We tried to replicate everything you would see on a real-life golf course.” Tapper says having the course readily available will be a great convenience to the golf programs. “It keeps the golf team on campus instead of going to the local courses where scheduling is very tough,” Tapper said. “The teams now can practice anytime they want.” The cost to build the facility was about $125,000 and took two years to accumulate. The majority of the money was raised by the golf program and private donors. See GREEN, page 2
WILLIAM CAMARGO / Daily Titan Changes in how the computer lab in the library basement operates allows employees to focus on technical help rather than organizing students looking for computers. The lab is now considered to be more self-service oriented.
Library lab modified The computer lab in Pollak Library basement reorganizes and adds new features MARIBEL CASTAÑEDA Daily Titan
The Titan Lab in the basement in the Pollak Library has been striving for efficiency and continual excellence for years, but its recent visible changes, like the relocation of the help desk, elimination of computer tags and the addition of a new testing center has brought its hard work to light. Walking into the lab, students are no longer greeted by the help desk with workers waiting to hand you a computer tag. Now, there is a big monitor that shows the availability of computers, which gives visitors the freedom to sit anywhere they please. “We are making changes constantly; this one is very visible because it is at the entrance of Titan Lab, but since 2006
we started with the concept of information and learning commons, which is a collaborative work between University Library and Campus Information Technology,” said Afsaneh Hamedani, manager of Information & Learning Commons and McCarthy Commons. The concept of trying to improve Titan Lab’s functionality for students was implemented in 2006. Hamedani said it means to provide students their learning needs under the same umbrella. For example, the tutoring center on the second floor did not exist before 2006 and the writing center on the corner of the north-side first floor was not there as well. The screen on the first floor showing the availability in labs throughout the levels of the library, which was implemented a year and a half ago, sparked
Amir Dabirian, vice president for the division of Information Technology, with the idea of installing a similar monitor in the Titan Lab. Hamedani said the monitor at the entrance has eased the transition. “All the workers and staff were a little nervous of if it was going to work, but it did and we passed almost the midterm and we haven’t had any problems with any two students chasing one available computer,” Hamedani said. Also new in the Titan Lab is the testing center, which has seven stations and was established specifically for online programs. CSUF offers online programs, but before last summer there was no testing center dedicated to online programs.
Cal State Fullerton remains the No. 1 university in the state of California, and No. 5 in the nation, to award the most undergraduate degrees to Hispanic students. This finding is according to the Hispanic Outlook in Higher Education Magazine, which is based on the number of bachelor’s degrees awarded in 2010. CSUF President Milton Gordon’s continuous support of Hispanic students’ higher education is responsible for such an honor, said Esiquio Uballe, associate dean of Student Life. “I would say that it’s not just because we happen to live in an area with high numbers of Latino students,” said Uballe. “It has more to do with the commitment and the efforts that have taken place here on campus by our faculty, our staff, who work directly with our students in terms of their retention, and certainly the leadership from the top—beginning from the president on down. That is the key to our success in graduating Latino students at the rate that we’re in.” Gordon received an award at the Hispanic Education Endowment Fund’s 18th annual awards banquet Oct. 20, in recognition for his support of higher education for underrepresented students. According to Janette L. Hyder, Gordon “definitely deserves this and so much more,” for his vision and dedication in improving CSUF and offering all students a welcoming environment. “He has really brought diversity to the campus,” said Hyder, program coordinator for scholarships and LINKS Mentoring, and an EOP counselor. Gordon’s recognition was well-received at the banquet by attendees, Hyder said. “I think it was nice to have students there from Cal State Fullerton,” Hyder said. “To have faculty, staff there to support, not only HEEF, but to support President Gordon in his recognition.” Of the fall 2011 student body, 32 percent are considered Hispanic, according to Institutional Research and Analytical Studies found on the CSUF website.
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See HISPANIC, page 3
Getting students into the game SC-ICC host festivities to bring awarness to club sports YVETTE QUINTERO For the Daily Titan
ALLAN XU / Daily Titan Students gather at the Titan Walk for food and drinks from the sports clubs on campus.
The Sports Club Inter-Club Council (SCICC) Fest brought a little bit of Halloween frights and a whole lot of sports to the Cal State Fullerton Quad Monday. The SC-ICC Fest was aimed at promoting sports clubs on campus and to raise awareness of their existence to the student community. “This SC-ICC Fest is an event that is for advertising all of our sports on the sports coun-
cil,” said Nasreen Chehabi, a fencing team member and biology major. “Every competing sport that represents Cal State Fullerton is here representing their sport and trying to get the word out there, trying to get people involved so they can be aware of what’s happening.” The event had club members organizing a variety of games for students, giving them insight into their club. While the fencing team had a practice dummy that students could practice their fencing skills on, the Salsa Club showed off its rhythmic moves for all to see. “This is a club sports day. We have a bunch of booths set up playing games, just getting all the clubs integrated together,” said Kristen
Fright night at Dark Realms: American Haunt ANIBAL ORTIZ Daily Titan
ANIBAL ORTIZ / Daily Titan A patron walked into the haunted house of Dark Realms: An American Haunt in Brea, and was terrified by one of the monsters who perched above and scared him unexpectedly. Contact Us at dtnewsdesk@gmail.com
A tall brown fence covered in cobwebs served as a divider between reality and a realm of monsters and scares. Above the fence, clips of old horror films played for guests as they were welcomed by volunteers at Dark Realms: An American Haunt in Brea. A monster outside sent sparks flying across the floor, scaring unsuspecting guests as he slid down the pavement. Guests were slow to arrive on Halloween weekend. The haunted house that started in 2001 took a two-year break in 2009 and 2010. “People were probably coming back in 2009 just to check it out, and unfortunately, because we stopped, people kind of gave up,” said Jon Urbano, 31, from behind his mask.
Urbano is a volunteer for the event. A line would form down the block in years past, said volunteers at the haunt. Haunt owner Marty Styliano starts the layout for the haunted house the weekend of July 4 every year, putting walls up the following week. “I like Halloween better than I like Christmas,” said Styliano. “It’s my holiday.” The haunted house on South Palm Drive in Brea donates its proceeds to the Children’s Hospital of Orange County and wanted to make a generous donation with its reopening. A small opening on the tall fence served as a ticket booth for costumers who were asked for a $10 donation at the door. See FEAR, page 6
Bopp, a women’s club soccer member and kinesiology major. “It’s all about unity and supporting each other, and knowing other clubs.” The common purpose for all the clubs involved was to reach out to the students who want to join these clubs but aren’t aware of their existence. “Most people don’t know about any of our teams. We have lacrosse and hockey and Ultimate Frisbee,” Chehabi said. “There’s a list of sports that are available at school and nobody knows about them.” See ICC-FEST, page 8
A Look Back at the 1976 CSUF massacre
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Charles Edward Allaway walked into the Pollak Library with a gun July 12, 1976, killing seven people and injuring two others.
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