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Anonymous pro-gym poster scoots by Student Life n AS: Posters and advertise-
ments purchased by the AS Executive Office were not properly labeled. By STEPHEN RUBIN Daily Titan News Editor
They are bright orange. They scream “Read Me” and they are posted all over campus. Or at least they were until the Office of Student Life began tearing them down on Monday. The Associated Students Executive Office picked a bad time to leave its endorsement off campaign fliers toting the proposed fitness center and recreation complex. The poster urges students to vote yes on the March 24 referendum
to provide an alternative to the existing P.E. building and its “old, filthy, rusty locker room and showers,” as the flier described it. Fine, except nowhere on the flier does it say who is sponsoring the obviously pro-fitness complex poster. That is a clear violation of O.S.L. rules. Student Life policy states that a banner can be hung only if it “legibly identifies its sponsor and/or source.” Despite the rules though, the posters did have the required O.S.L. stamp of approval. That is where the confusion begins. Last Friday, a student complained to O.S.L. that the poster lacked a sponsor, said Gina Orello, student organization area secretary. Orello, who supervises
posting, said a new employee overlooked the absence of a source and stamped away. By Monday, O.S.L. employees began removing the orange fliers, apparently clueless as to where they originated from. Loydene Keith, director of Student Life, said she learned Wednesday morning that the posters came from the AS executive office. Rothman was none too happy his posters were disappearing. “Why are they destroying our property?” Rothman demanded. “Its (O.S.L.’s) job to approve posters. State employees who have nothing better to do are ripping down our fliers. I have a problem with an Office of Student Life that is out of control.” Keith said O.S.L. did not immediately
assume the posters came from Rothman’s office. “We didn’t know who to call. We do the same thing for them that we do for any other organization,” Keith said. Rothman maintains since O.S.L. approved the posters, he did not do anything wrong. But given the nature of the flier, it seems odd the “oversight” came on a flier supporting the proposed complex, which if approved, will cost students $300 more a year in fees. The poster did not mention that a mandated student fee would fund the complex.. Rothman said any appearance of impropriety is coincidental. “We’re not trying to do anything sneaky. Is it ethical? Certainly,” Rothman said.
The flier also ran as a full-page advertisement in the Wednesday and Thursday editions of the Daily Titan. Nowhere did the $680-a-day ad say who was paying for the political endorsement. However, beginning today, the ad will say “paid for by AS. executives.” The advertising money came out of the AS Executive Office budget, Rothman said. The executive office and its money is separate from the AS Board, which has not taken a public stand on the complex. Yvonne Lara, AS Board Chair said the “ambiguity” of the ads can be taken the wrong way by students. “People have a right to know who is supporting it,” but, Lara added, “I don’t think it was done intentionally.”
may face up to a maximum sentence of life in prison if convicted of the charges he faces By JULIE HARDEN Daily Titan Staff Writer
(above) Nathan Vigil plays guitar while Christian Students Group members (l-r)) Mark Allen, Michael Yu, and Tim Hsi sing during lunch in front of Library North. (right) A Bible is held up by two members of the Christian Students Group as they sing hymns in front of Library North. PHOTOS BY RON SOLIMAN
Bribery suspect released on $25,000 bail of trying to fix a basketball game. By NICK BRENNAN Daily Titan Staff Writer
The Cal State Fullerton student accused of bribing a member of the CSUF men’s basketball team into throwing a game was released on bail Thursday and ordered to appear for his preliminary hearing on March 19. Jack Oh was released on his own recognizance after posting bail and is scheduled to return to North Orange County Superior Court for another depo-
sition and restitution date in two weeks. At that time, both lawyers will explain their case to the court, after which the judge will give the defendant an idea of the punishment he will face if convicted, Sonja Muir, public defense attorney explained. The 21-year-old La Verne resident’s family raised the $25,000 needed to release him and was required to prove the money was from a legal bank account. “It is too early to tell about a plea bargain or if a trial will begin,” said John Anderson, deputy district attorney. Muir agreed, saying she needed more time to evaluate the evidence. Oh’s family would not comment about
the case. Muir’s request to lower the bail amount was denied. Anderson argued the bail, set at $25,000, would decrease the chances of Oh from fleeing to Korea, where he was born. Corey Sanders, a center on the basketball team, was propositioned by Oh to throw a game against University of the Pacific. Sanders, a freshman, went straight to men’s basketball coach Bob Hawking, who informed school officials, who in turn informed Public Safety. Sanders was allegedly offered $1,000 to fix the game and an extra $100 for every free throw he missed. Sanders could have made
Hall. Having had an eating disorder herself, she said a person gets a “high” after starving themselves for a certain period of time. Linda Chassman is a marriage, family and child counselor who leads a group in the Women’s Center every semester. She said this addiction is underground and hidden at CSUF. Anorexia and bulimia remain concealed because people feel ashamed to seek help, Rule said. “The youth of today are touched by this addiction in every way,” Rule said. “Everyone knows someone who has dieted in unhealthy ways. Even young girls in grade school are unbelievably preoccupied with dieting. When girls in first, second or third grade are preoccupied with their body, there’s a problem.” She said people are motivated by different reasons for using and abusing food as a drug. “Women see those pictures of skinny women in magazines and they put neg-
ative energy into trying to fit into the mold. What these women aren’t told is that these pictures are airbrushed,” Rule said. From Twiggy in the 1960s to Kate Moss in the 1990s, women’s magazines set the ideal female body shape as a willowy one, Rule said. However, Cass Stringer, a counselor who worked in the Counseling and Psychological Services Center, said a different body shape for women is becoming more acceptable now one that is heavier and more muscular. Chassman said that the vast majority of those who diet in potentially deadly ways are women. There will always be more women with eating disorders, she said, however more and more men are falling prey to constantly trying to measure up to the ideal body shape. Chassman, whose bulimic client first
Group shines light on disorders n DISORDERS: Women of all
ages who become obsessed with dieting may have an eating disorder or addiction to food. By LAURIE SCHULTZ Daily Titan Staff Writer
It is a drug that anyone of any age can obtain. It is everywhere. It is cheap. The people who are addicted to it cannot escape from it. No middle ground, only black and white exists for people addicted to this drug. They must deal with the addiction all day long. Unlike alcoholics, they cannot abstain from this drug by refraining from carousing at bars. The drug is food. Cari Rule, a Theater and Dance major at Cal State Fullerton, has been leading a group for anorexics and bulimics on Mondays, in Langsdorf
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The disputed flier lies beneath a legit flier on the Humanities stairwell Thursday.
Sing O’Brien case a new in jury’s hands song n CRIME: Gilbert Acosta
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$75,000 if he cooperated through the rest of the season, according to a Fullerton Police Department press release. Sanders’ contributions to the investigation helped the FPD acquire enough evidence to arrest Oh. On Feb. 23, Oh was arrested by FPD between classes without incident. This is not Oh’s first run-in with the law. Oh became involved with Jerry Wei Sun, a bookkeeper in 1997. Sun set Oh up with a $10,000 credit line for placing bets. Once he realized he could not pay Sun, Oh turned to Public Safety for help, Det. Tom Gehrls said. Sun is scheduled for trial at the end of March. Anderson is unsure if Oh will testify in that trial.
Gilbert Acosta occasionally looked over to his left at the seven men and five women who will decide Acosta’s degree of guilt for the murder of former Cal State Fullerton student and Associated Students Vice President of Finance Kyle O’Brien. After nearly four hours of closing arguments and two weeks of testimony, the case was sent to the jury late Thursday afternoon. During his final statement, Acosta’s defense attorney, Public Defender Ron Klar, called his client “a liar, a cheat, and a thief.” “You want to hate him. Please hate him. I don’t care,” Klar said, while defending Acosta’s actions leading to the “unintentional homicide” of O’Brien outside the Sears store in the Mall of Orange last summer. Acosta, 21, is charged with murder, great bodily injury, burglary, robbery and the use of a gun for events which stemmed from the August 15, 1997 incident. The charges include an allegation of murder during the commission of a felony, a special circumstance that could make Acosta eligible for the maximum sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole. The slaying occurred about 4 p.m. after a man approached a Sears employee and asked to return a new $152 paint sprayer gun without a sales receipt. The clerk became
suspicious and called the two company loss prevention agents on duty, O’Brien and Randall DePue, who is also a CSUF student. The two unarmed guards proceeded to escort Acosta outside to retrieve a receipt he claimed to have in his car. In the parking lot, a struggle ensued and Acosta allegedly opened fire, hitting O’Brien in the chest and leg and DePue in the wrist. O’Brien died en route to a local hospital. More than 30 individuals testified during the trial that included such evidence as the Sears surveillance camera videotape showing a man shoplifting a paint sprayer, a .25-caliber semiautomatic handgun believed to be the murder weapon and a box of bullets found in the getaway car matching those which injured the victims. Klar asked the jury to consider Acosta’s nonviolent character during previous thefts along with his actions, intentions and the circumstances of the incident when measuring his culpability. In doing so, Klar said the evidence will show Acosta is not guilty of first degree murder, but perhaps guilty of a lesser charge of second degree murder, voluntary or involuntary manslaughter. Deputy District Attorney Lew Rosenblum, on the other hand, told the jury “this defendant is looking for a legal loophole that doesn’t exist.” He described the case as “indefensible,” and said the worst defense witness was Acosta himself, who has admitted to an accidental discharge of his weapon during the struggle although he does not remember pulling the trigger.
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Cari Rule, who is also recovering from an eating disorder, counsels people on their disorders.
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Law School Offers Sample Classes
Western State University College of Law in Fullerton will offer two sample law school classes to give prospective law students a glimpse of what law school is like. The first class will be held at the law school on March 12 from 7 to 9 p.m. in Room 110, and the second on March 21 from 10 a.m. to noon in Room 413. Current law students will make up a panel speaking about experiences while attending law school. Western State is Orange County’s oldest law school founded in 1966. The school has graduated more than 9,700 alumni, who make up one-fourth of the practicing bar in the country. For reservations call 7381000 x2200 or contact Kim Craft at 505-1330 or June Casey at 738-1000 x2694.
CSUF Woman Heads YWCA’s “Chocolate Fantasy” Benefit
Margaret Bennett, a representative of CSUF on the YWCA board, has been named co-chair for the sixth annual “Chocolate Fantasy,” a casino night fundraiser for the North Orange County YWCA featuring chocolate confections and Las Vegasstyle, risk free games. This chocolate lovers fantasy will be held on March 20 from 7-11 p.m. At the Hyatt Regency
Alicante Hotel, corner of Harbor Boulevard and Chapman Avenue in Anaheim. Admission is $30 per person and will include a non-host bar and a buffet offering samplings of cuisines from top restaraunts in the area. The event will also include a silent and live auction and a 50/50 opportunity drawing for cash. Proceeds will help support programs for women and children in the communities of Anaheim, Brea, Buena Park, Fullerton, La Habra, Placentia and Yorba Linda. For tickets or more information, call 871-4488.
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CSU students are eligible for scholarships to work as national interns with Project Vote Smart during the 1998 election year. The Hearst Foundation and Project Vote Smart members provide a $100,000 grant to support participating students who complete 10 weeks of interviewing political candidates. Students and recent graduates with majors in political science, communications and journalism are especially encouraged to apply. Minority students are eligible for additional scholarship support. CSU students can review additional information on Project Vote Smart internships and download scholarship applications from the Vote Smart website: www.vote-smart.org. For more information call (800) 622-SMART.
CORRECTION The advertiser who ran an ad on the back page ofWednesday and Thursday’s issues of the Daily Titan neglected to include the sponsor’s name. The ad, which was an endorsement of the fitness center referendum, should have read “Sponsored by AS Executive Office.” The advertiser wishes to apologize for any confusion caused by the ad.
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Guitar Recital will feature Elena Papandreou, a guest to the School of Arts today in the Recital Hall, at 8 p.m. Admission: is $8 and $5 with advance Titan discount. For more information call 278-3371. Still undecided about your major? Explore the realm of career opportunities in a free workshop today at noon. The Career Development Center will develop the workshop in the Onteviros A, B, C in the TSU. Caregivers Group meets every Monday at noon in the University Hall Room 205. Participants should bring concerns about aging parents as well as concerns about being a caretaker to this supportive and infor-
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The Visual Arts Center presents “Last Dreams of the Millennium.” The 22-painting exhibit will be on display up until March 12. Gallery hours are 12 -4 p.m., Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays; 3-7 p.m. on Wednesdays and Sunday; 2-5 p.m. For more information call 278-3262 or for a recorded message call 278-2037. Anthropology Students Association is presenting the annual symposium on Saturday from 9 - 5:30 p.m. in the Ruby Gerontology Center. “Visual Representation of Culture,” is
the topic Deidre Evans will be speaking on. “Uncle Vanya,” by Anton Chekhov will be performed in the Arena Theatre. The shattering romance will open Saturday and tickets are available in the CSU Fullerton Performing Arts Center Box office, 800 N. State College. Running times: March 6-7, 10-14, 17-21 at 8 p.m.; March 14 and 21 at 2:30 p.m.; March 8, 15, and 22 at 5 p.m. For more information (714) 2783371. “RNA Editing and Alternative Splicing Generate mRNA Transcript Diversity from the 4f-Rnp Locus in Drosphila.” The Biology Department is host-
Alternative ways to buy books n TEXTBOOKS: Expensive
textbooks on campus force students to explore other options. By JOE FLORKOWSKI Daily Titan Staff Writer
Textbooks do not have to cost an arm and a leg. In fact, they do not even have to cost a leg. Students at Cal State Fullerton have found several ways to pay for their textbooks. Some students find that money is not even an issue. Student athletes often have their books paid for by the school. Students like junior Esteban Martinez, have their school books paid for by the Army through the GI Bill of Rights. Some students depend on financial aid or loans and scholarships. Michael Cheifer, a senior, said that financial aid
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exposed her to eating disorders at her first internship, agreed with Rule that the culture and media drive people to develop eating disorders. The American culture often emphasizes how a person looks on the outside and not their character on the inside, she said. However, Chassman said people primarily eat to deal with their emotions. “A person with an eating disorder eats to relieve discomfort,” Chassman said. “Food used as a drug acts as a buffer, a neutralizer. Instead of dealing with a difficult situation, people numb themselves with food so they don’t have to deal with the situation.” Stringer said eating disorders are related to obsessive compulsive dis-
ing the seminar given by Dr. Jane Petschek of Miami University. It is today at 11 a.m. in MH-463. Legacy of Hope featuring Susie Vaderlip confronting and portraying real problems of today: Alcohol and Drug Abuse, Gangs, Domestic Violence, Teen Pregnacy and AIDS. On March 10, Vaderlip will address these issues in the Titan Student Union, Pavilion C. Family Business Council Workshop, sponsored by the School of Business Administration & Economics will be held March 10 from 7:30 - 11:30 a.m. at The Center Club in Costa Mesa. For reservations and information, please call Dave or Judy Harman at 278-4182.
does not always work out. “I like to say financial aid but somehow the money always ends up being spent,” he said in regards to paying for textbooks. “You always estimate school books cost $200 to $300, but they always cost more.” He said that he has had to get a credit card on campus to pay for textbooks. Other students look for bargains to save a few dollars. Textmart and other bookstores in the area specialize in both new and used textbooks. “I search for used books,” senior Ken Clark said. “Sometimes I have to go to Little Professor. They don’t always have used (books).” Clark said he prefers to buy most of his books on campus. For some classes, CSUF students may not even have to buy their textbooks. The reserve book room, located on the first floor of Library South, is a resource students can use if their professors have
placed required textbooks on reserve. Students can check out material from the room for two hours, two days, or even seven days, depending on what time limit the professor has set. Students who do not bring the material back on time risk stiff fines. Materials limited to a two hour checkout time are subject to a one dollar fine for every hour they are late, up to $25. Students who return a textbook late could spend more money than if they had bought the book in the first place. In the past, students who could not afford certain books for classes have gone to the professors and asked them to put the book on reserve. Students seeking to avoid paying for their textbooks have also resorted to copying the material they need for their classes. Although illegal, some students have copied entire textbooks in order to save a few dollars.
“They write the books and then they charge you an arm and a leg for it,” said junior Damian Calhoun. Calhoun told of a situation where a 50-page handbook cost $15 to $20. “So, I took (the handbook) from a friend and copied it,” Calhoun said, Mario Lomeli, a junior, is angered when he purchases an unnecessary textbook. “There have been some classes where I’ve bought the book, but we only used one chapter,” Lomeli said. He has also borrowed a friend’s book and photocopied the chapter he needed from a friend. The process may be time consuming but he saves money. Some students have perhaps the simplest solution for buying textbooks.. “My parents pay for them,” said freshman David Bojorquez.
orders. She said research has shown that obsessive compulsive disorders are both genetically predisposed and learned from the environment. “The bottom line is if psychotropic drugs help people with obsessive compulsive disorders and depression, the disorder they suffer from is probably biochemical.” Chassman said those who have eating disorders often have been sexually abused in their early years. Rule said as many as 80 percent of bulimics were abused in the past. Because they are used to being abused, they may want to inflict pain on themselves, she said. Chassman said people usually develop eating disorders in their early childhood. Rule said she knew of one 7-year-old girl who would not eat any food with fat in it because her father was afflicted with high cholesterol.
People who are anorexic want to control every aspect of their lives, Rule said. When bulimics binge, they are out of control. They purge to regain control and the vicious cycle begins again, she said. People with eating disorders often have high expectations placed on them and do not want to disappoint others. “They have resentment over these external expectations and rebel by controlling their food intake, sometimes uniquely the only aspect of their own life they can govern,” Chassman said. Chassman said they also put pressure on themselves to live up to their own unrealistic standards. The first step to overcoming an eating disorder is for people to recognize that their eating has become out of control and their eating behaviors now control them, she said. Chassman
advises people to refrain from choosing a compulsive behavior to deal with every emotional problem they encounter. For example, when a person has a conflict with another individual, he or she can choose to address the conflict in an assertive way instead of choosing to eat, a passive way to deal with the conflict. “I will never fully recover from my eating disorder,” Rule said. “I will think about it constantly. My recovery is a slow, long process and is not a straight line. I have good weeks and bad days. As we listen and share experiences in the group, we know that someone has been there before us, that a light shines at the end of a tunnel. I now channel the energy I used to use thinking about food into helping others battle their eating disorders.”
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Lt. Jess Lopez (front), Lupe Briseno, and Officer Tom Higgs display shirts they are selling to raise money for their 120 mile run from Baker to Las Vegas.
Public Safety officers throughout the state will be hitting the road in April. However, this trip to Las Vegas will not be a cool, air-conditioned ride. A total of 20 officers from the California State University Police Department will be sweating it out in the 1998 Challenge Cup Baker to Las Vegas Relay April 25 and 26. This is the first time any of the Cal State Universities have competed in the 120 mile foot race. The course stretches along California Highways 127 and 178 and Nevada Highways 372 and 160. In addition to runners, a support staff, a communications team and a medical staff have been assembled. Support staff wil transport runners and follow them throughout the race to insure runners safety. A communications team will maintain contact between the members of the support and medical staffs. “This is really motivating for police,” said Lt. Jess Lopez of CSUF Public Safety. “We get to compete with teams from all over the state and world.” The race is open to any law enforcement agency that can raise the $1,100 entry fee and put a team together. The University team is funded fully on donations. Lopez and Sgt. Will Glen of Cal State Long Beach came up with the
How to take proper care of the windows to your soul n VISION: Optometrists
advise college students on ways to take care of their eyes. By MITCH GREENWOOD
Daily Titan Staff Writer How important is your vision? Most people take their vision for granted and do not have their eyes examined often. Ninety percent of how a person takes in their environment is through vision. According to Dr. Judy Tong, coordinator of Optometry in the CSUF Health Center, eye problems are common among college students. “Students tend to wait until their eyes bother them or an emergency before they have their eyes examine,” Tong said. “Sometimes eye problems can be prevented by an eye examination.” One of the problems Tong has seen among college students is pinkeye, which is caused by a virus. It starts in one eye and goes into the other and can last seven to ten days. “It feels miserable,” Tong said. “Your eyes become itchy and turn red and
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watery. It feels hot and tight around the eye.” Tong said people can guard themselves from catching pinkeye by not rubbing their eyes or touch their face while at school. “If you shake someone’s hand or touch something that they have touched, then put your hands directly to your eyes, you can get it,” Tong said. Tong said people need to wash their hands with soap and warm water before they touch their face. Tong said she has people who complain to her about dry eyes, which can be caused by a variety of different things. One factor is stress. Many students stress their body out during midterms and finals and the eyes can become dry. Tong also said that people with a poor diet, high cholesterol, or who eat lot of fat and drink alcohol heavily can have dry eyes. She said all these types of behavior can affect how stable the tears are. “One way people can avoid dry eyes is by taking everything in moderation,” Tong said. “Watch what you eat and how much you drink.” People who work with computers
also experience frequent eye problems. People normally blink 15 times per minute, but people tend not to blink as much when they are staring at the computer screen. For that reason people’s eyes become dryer and it hurts or stings. Tong also said working with computers can interfere with a person’s ability to focus. When they drive or look far away, everything may seem blurry. This happens because the computer is stationary and people constantly stare at that one place. So if they work long enough their eyes freeze up. When people work too long on the computer and they do not rest their eyes or gaze far away, their focusing system freezes up. So when they go to do other tasks, things look blurry. Tong said the best treatment for thise is short-term vision therapy, which can rehabilitate the eyes. Dr. Eric Borsting, associate professor at Southern California School of Optometry, agreed with Dr. Tong. He said that vision therapy is a good treatment to improve vision. “College students spend a lot of time studying and reading, which can tire the eyes, and cause headaches or blurry
idea of competing in the race when they worked together in the Critical Response Unit, a specialized division of the University Police. The two envisioned the race as a training and team-building exercise. It did not happen, so they decided to form a team with officers from various Public Safety departments of the CSUs. “The course is hellacious,” Lopez said. The most difficult portion of the 20stage race is stage three. It begins with an easy yet steady incline. The last four of seven miles are a steep climb towards Ibex Pass. The course elevation peaks at 5,500 feet, but the elevation is not the only trouble the team faces. “The biggest hurdle is the distance between the campuses,” Lopez said. Officers from Humboldt State to San Diego State will be participating. Despite this being the first Cal State team, Lori Hashim has participated five other times while with the Bakersfield Police Department. Hashim, an officer from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, currently holds the record for the first stage of the race. She completed the 5.8 miles in 38-minutes, 34 seconds. Now she hopes to beat the record for the second stage. “It is relatively an easy and pretty flat course,” Hashim said of the first stage. “The second stage seems to be pretty much the same.” To train for the race, Hashim has been running some hills, flats and sprint intervals on the track. Working in Bakersfield, she was no stranger to heat in the past. But she now wonders about it since she is used
vision,” Borsting said. “Also students who fall asleep while they are reading should look into glasses or vision therapy.” Borsting said that vision therapy amounts to exercises for the eyes. Once a week a person will come in and be given a series of procedures to practice that are designed to help their vision. “I suggest that students check into vision therapy if they are experiencing any headaches or blurriness,” Borsting said. Dr. Tim Edrington, head of the contact lens center at Southern California Optometry School, offered a final suggestion for students to help preserve their vision. Edrington said that students who use contact lenses should meet often with a doctor and make sure they are using the appropriate lenses. Edrington said that people should follow the recommendations of their doctor for lens care and replace the lenses when instructed. “People can avoid many problems if they would check with their doctor regularly and follow directions,” Edrington said.
to running on the beach. “I do not remember a year when someone has not gone down because of the heat,” Hashim said. The heat will not be the only obstacle, Lopez said. Night temperatures can drop into the 30s, and snow may even be present in the higher elevations. Since team members live so far apart, the runners have yet to meet each other and run together, Glen said. Runners have been sending in their times to Lopez and from these records he has planned who will run each stage. “There are no friendly sections or nice friendly places to run,” Lopez said. Other apprehensions he has are running at night and running on an untested course. But not one trace of enthusiasm has been lost, Lopez said. “It is going to be a fun thing,” Glen said. “We will do the best we can. Obviously we will try to win.” Glen is taking the team into Vegas, running the last leg of the race. To help prepare for his six-and-and-a-half mile run he has been working out on a treadmill to ensure he can make it, he said. Glen has also been running in the streets to get used to traffic and road conditions. The teams that finish within the top ten of their category will receive a cup. When Hashim ran on the Bakersfield team, one year the team came home with a cup. She hopes to do it again. “That is a big deal,” Lopez said. “As it seems right now, we will be in the top eight to 10.” “I want to at least come back with a mug,” Glen said.
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Men set for biggest little tourney n MEN’S BASKETBALL: Reno, Nevada,
takes center stage as Titans vow to shave their heads if they win a game at the Big West tournament. By KERRY MURRAY
Assistant Sports Editor The Cal State Fullerton men’s basketball team would like to return home Monday from the Big West Tournament bald. The Titans open in the first round of the tournament against the Eastern Division’s No. 3 seed, Boise State University, today at 2:30 p.m. at Lawlor Center in Reno. If CSUF (11-15) advances to the second round of competition, sophomore Ike Harmon said the Titans will shave their heads and come home bald. “It’s kind of like a team thing to get focused,” Harmon said. “This will be a good
game for us.” TITANS TODAY The proposed ■ WHO: CS Fullerton men’s hair idea came basketball team vs. Boise State up in Santa Bar- ■ WHAT: Big West tournabara when CSUF ment first-round game WHERE: Lawlor Center, learned it had ■ Reno, Nev. earned the No. 2 ■ WHEN: 2:30 p.m spot in the Western ■ ON THE INTERNET: Division, senior Listen to the broadcast at Chris St. Clair http://sports.fullerton.edu said. This week, the blondes on the team decided to dye their hair dark, while the players with dark hair decided to color their hair orange or red. “I’m doing it for the team to show everybody that I am serious and ready to go,” St. Clair said. “I hope to be bald on Saturday.” BSU defeated the Titans earlier this season when the Broncos hit a jumper at the buzzer to clinch a 76-74 victory.
“We played them the first time and we were struggling,” Harmon said. “But I feel like the momentum from our last win (against UC Santa Barbara on Feb. 28) will pick our performance up.” Last season, the University of Nevada eliminated the Titans in the first round of Big West Tournament, 80-55. In 1990, CSUF managed to advance to the second round, but other than that time, the Titans have failed to push themselves past the first round of play in the ‘90s. “We definitely think we can win this first one,” St. Clair said. Titan Head Coach Bob Hawking said CSUF is playing better ball now and ready to do some damage in the Big West. “We weren’t playing good ball the last time we faced Boise,” Hawking said. “We were having problems during that stretch.”
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As exhibited here against UC Irvine, Chris Dade’s pressure defense helped the Titans this year.
BIG WEST MEN’S TOURNAMENT AT-A-GLANCE
FINAL STANDINGS MEN’S BASKETBALL Eastern Division
Utah State (13-3, 22-7) Nevada (11-5, 15-11) Boise State (9-7, 17-12) Idaho (9-7, 15-11) New Mexico State (8-8, 18-12) North Texas (4-12, 5-21)
Western Division Pacific (14-2, 21-8) Cal Poly SLO (7-9, 14-14) Cal State Fullerton (6-10, 11-15) UC Irvine (6-10, 9-17) Long Beach State (5-11, 10-18) UCSB (4-12, 7-19)
TOURNAMENT NOTES Chris Dade and Ike Harmon were named Honorable Mentions to the Big West All-Conference team on Wednesday. The duo ranked first and second on the team in scoring. ... Pacific’s 7-foot-1 center Michael Olowokandi was named Big West Player of the Year. ... Kris Sigg
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Thursday’s Results ■ Boise State 73, Idaho 61 — Stephanie Block and Kelly Lewis scored 16 points each to lead the Broncos. ■ UC Santa Barbara 95, Nevada 88 (OT)— The Gauchos outscored Nevada by 7 points in overtime for the win. Wednesday’s Results ■ Nevada 81, TITANS 45 — CSUF shot 19-for-61 to end its season in a blowout. ■ Idaho 70, UC Irvine 65 — The Anteaters couldn’t convert after pulling within two points in the final minutes. ■ Boise State 65, Pacific 57 — The Broncos used an 8-2 run in the final minute to pull away. ■ UC Santa Barbara 92, North Texas 64 — The Gauchos used a 65-28 rebounding advantage to advance.
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Inconsistency plagues Titan softball team
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COLLEGIATE BASEBALL 1. Stanford 2. Florida 3. Miami 4. Oklahoma 5. Alabama 6. USC 7. Arizona 8. Mississippi State 9. Tennessee 10. Clemson 11. Duke 12. Arizona State 13. Texas A&M 14. CS Fullerton 15. Wichita State 16. South Alabama 17. Auburn 18. Lousiana State 19. Rice 20. South Carolina 21. Washington 22. Texas 23. Hawaii 24. Georgia Tech 25. Florida State
BASEBALL AMERICA 1. Stanford 2. USC 3. Miami 4. Florida 5. Arizona 6. Alabama 7. Auburn 8. Arizona State 9. Oklahoma 10. Lousiana State 11. Rice 12. South Carolina 13. Baylor 14. Washington 15. South Alabama 16. Clemson 17. Texas A&M 18. Georgia Tech 19. Duke 20. Michigan 21. Tennessee 22. Mississippi State 23. Texas Tech 24. Wichita State 25. Vanderbilt
n SOFTBALL: Hitting,
pitching, defense are looking to all pull together this weekend. By JEFF HOWE
Daily Titan Staff Writer
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CSUF’s Steve Chatham safely dives back into first base last weekend. The Titans just missed sweeping Alabama.
Titans will try to gouge Gauchos n BASEBALL: CSUF’s roller
coaster ride continues into this weekend’s series as they host UC Santa Barbara. By BRIAN DIERIEX
Daily Titan Sports Photo Editor You are now entering the dimension between sight and sound, as an up and down baseball team enters Big West Conference play. Every time the Titans (11-6) look like they are for real, opponents come in to surprise them. Last weekend, Cal State Fullerton appeared ready to sweep No. 2 Alabama, but failed to overcome a one-run deficit in the bottom of the ninth. This weekend, the Titans host UC Santa Barbara (5-7-2), which CSUF beat four out of six times last season. The Gauchos are led by Dave Molidor, Chad Peshke, Justin Gemoll and Justin
Lehr, all hitting .340 or above. Gemoll is second on the team with 17 RBI. On the mound, UCSB has only one pitcher with an ERA under five, Steve Cardinalli at 2.70. Cardinalli has yet to start a game and has allowed 17 hits and eight walks in 16 2/3 innings. Next on the Gaucho depth chart are hurlers Troy Kinto (1-0, 5.56), Bing Cain (1-1, 6.19) and David Uris (2-3, 6.82). UCSB lost to USC 15-8 Tuesday and also lost to UNLV and Cal State Northridge, whom the Titans have beat. Erasmo Ramirez will get the nod for CSUF on Friday, Jon Smith is the probable starter on Saturday and Benito Flores will round out the south paw rotation on Sunday. Through 17 games this season the Titans have yet to start a right-handed pitcher. “I don’t think there’s many schools in the nation that could say through 17 games they haven’t thrown a right handed pitcher out to start and we have,” pitching coach
Dave Serrano said. Smith missed his last start due to tenderness in his shoulder, but if he does not start, Serrano will go with Jason Stewart. Serrano will look to go to Adam Johnson to relieve Smith or Stewart. “Right now we want to keep (Johnson) coming out of the bullpen,” Serrano said. Serrano’s confidnce has risen in freshman left hander George Carralejo. After a shaky start against Loyola Marymount University on Feb. 3, Carralejo bounced back to strike out four, allow only one hit and walk none in three innings of work against Cal State Northridge on Tuesday. “He’s been put on the back burner for a while,” Serrano said. “He’s stayed positive in his bullpen work and work on the side. He’s got such good stuff, his command is the only thing that will prevent him from success. If he throws the ball over the plate, with what his pitches do, he’s tough on anybody left or right handed batters, because his curve ball is so sharp.”
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Hitting and strong pitching will be paramount this weekend as the Titans face off with New Mexico State on Saturday, then battle the tough Cal State Northridge Matadors on Sunday. The game against NMSU will pit former Titan JoAnn Ferrieri, a member of the 1986 CSUF National Champion team, against her former coach Garman. Ferrieri is now the head coach for the Roadrunners. “That will certainly be a little emotional,” said Titan Head Coach Judi Garman said. “But it also makes it kind of special.” So far this season, the Cal State Fullerton softball team has found itself hovering around the .500 mark. After winning the first two games of the season, then dropping the next two, the Titans fell into a pattern of winning the first game of the day while losing the second. But after being swept in two games by Cal Poly San Luis Obispo last Wednesday, CSUF is mired at 68 and looking for consistency. “We’re just not playing well mentally,” Garman said. “We’re pressing and not playing sharp.” Garman can be encouraged, though, that each aspect of her team—offense, defense and pitch-
ing—has been solid at times. They just have not always shown up at the same time. During the CSF Showcase Tournament, Titan pitching slammed the door in the early games, allowing the offense to take over. During secondday action, CSUF bats exploded for 11 runs and 14 hits in a beating of San Jose State University. But in each of the night games, with the exception of a 6-5 loss to Eastern Michigan University, CSUF couldn’t get a run across the plate. It suffered two consecutive shutouts to San Diego State University and Stanford. After Titan pitching allowed six runs against the Cardinal, Donna Coombes came in and stopped the bleeding. “Donna needs to keep the ball down,” Garman said. “When her change-up is on, she is very tough.” The pitching of Jana Oetgen has been solid as well. “With Jana, she throws hard so she needs to hit her spots and have good momentum,” Garman said. But hitting still remains a question. The Titan lineup cannot be expected to stay slow for long, since they have an added advantage: twotime All-American pitcher and current assistant coach Susie Parra, who challenges the Titans in batting practice every day. “We get to face tough pitching every day in practice,” said outfielder Kate Degener. “The coaches study the other pitchers for us and then we work on that in the cages.”
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nicked by nagging injuries heading into six-team meet at Southern California. By KERRY MURRAY
Assistant Sports Editor
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The Titans may only have 11 competitors this weekend.
Fencing ready to battle top team in Stanford n FENCING: Titans face one
of best teams in region this weekend with Cardinal. By KEITH MASON
Daily Titan Staff Writer Cal State Fullerton’s fencing team travels to Stanford this weekend for what could be its toughest competition yet. Stanford, which has one of the best fencing programs in the nation, plays host to the NCAA Western Regionals on Saturday. UC San Diego, Cal Tech and the Air Force will also vie for points in the tournament. Coach Heizaburo Okawa is optimistic about the weekend. “Men’s epee can compete well as a team,” Okawa said. Okawa said the Air Force team might prove difficult as CSUF has not yet faced that team this season. “We don’t know if we can beat them,” he said. CSUF’s men’s epee, which as a team sits comfortably in first place in the Southern California Conference, took first, second and third in individual scoring. Ariel Reyes placed third in the conference. Reyes said the team has dedicated this season to slain CSUF fencer Kyle O’Brien. Throughout the season, the team has worn green armbands in O’Brien’s memory. The conference firstplace trophy will be donated to his family. “This season has been completely dedicated to him,” Reyes said. Reyes added that the team figures to do well at regionals, continuing the tear it has been on all season. “The men’s epee team has really been
on the ball,” Reyes said. “When we fence as a team we really excel.” Charles Jang, despite fencing as the sole member of the CSUF saber team, has landed himself in sixth place in conference scoring. Theresa Lock, in her first season on the women’s foil team, said she is excited about regionals. She said she expects some good competition this weekend. “I heard that Air Force is going to be tough,” Lock said. But Lock also said she prefers tough competition to weak. “I think it’s better facing teams that are tough,” Lock said. Christina Castorena, also on the women’s foil team, said she is confident the team will perform well at Stanford. This will be her first effort at a regional. Castorena agreed that the team benefits by fencing against tougher teams. “It helps the rest of the team to be able to fence tough teams,” she said. “It helps us a lot.” CSUF’s women’s foil ranks second in their conference. “We did really well this season, I think, it’s a great experience,” Castorena said. Margaret McCarthy is having a great experience in her final season on the epee team with a shot at making the NCAA championships later this month. “As a team we are training hard to get ready for competition,” McCarthy said. McCarthy explained the competition the fencers will face this weekend. First the team faces “ground zero,” during which team members must fence one another. “You’re so used to fencing with that person. You know their tricks,” she said.
While the track and field team may not have their full squad this weekend at USC, Cal State Fullerton Head Coach John Elders believes several Titans will turn in solid, individual performances. “It’s always nice to go to USC because it gives our athletes the opportunity to run against some of the best athletes,”
Elders said. The Titans will face USC, San Diego State, UC Berkeley, UC Irvine and Cal State Bakersfield. The six-team competition will be scored as five separate dual meets, but the events will all be run at the same time. Elders said he is unsure on whether or not the women will be scored as a team since only 11 of them will be competing. They will instead be scored individually. Deanna Mendibles, who has been nursing a nagging back pain for the past few days, is expected to be a top competitor in the high jump. Last weekend, Mendibles finished second with a 5-4 1/4
jump against Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, UCSB and CSUB. Freshman Stephanie Wettlin will also provide help in the high jump event, coming off a fifth-place finish last week. Elders said that several of his distance runners will not be racing this weekend due to previous engagements and illness. Senior stand-out Sarah MacDougall has had the flu and senior Erin Remy will be out of town. Junior Carrie Garritson and senior Alison Livermore will be expected to pick up the slack and perform in the 3000m. On the men’s side, Elders said the relay teams should have strong per-
formances, led by sophomore Quincy Simms, senior Jason Pfaff, junior Omar Anderson and junior Gary Charles. Charles will also be competing in the 100m. “We really feel like Gary has a chance at breaking the school records in both the 100m and 200m sometime this year,” Elders said. In the distance events, senior Phil Sitner and Francisco Vasquez will lead the Titans in the 1500m and 3000m respectively. “I think our athletes our excited for this meet,” Elders said. “It’s an opportunity to run in a nice environment.”
Gymnasts try to catch some luck up coast n GYMNSATICS: A healthier Griffen and Bogart
aim to help put the Titans over the top at UC Santa Barbara’s five-team meet today. By BRIAN DIERIEX
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Christy Lutz seen here in her Jan. 10 performance on the balance beam, one of many that earned her a scoring average of 9.63 points per beam performance.
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Daily Titan Sports Photo Editor On the mend, the Titan gymnastics team heads to UC Santa Barbara for a five team meet which includes Bowling Green, the University of North Carolina and San Jose State. “We still have a few nagging injuries that we are dealing with, but nothing major,” Titan Associate Head Coach Julie Knight said. “Little nagging injuries are very common in gymnastics.” Cal State Fullerton despite not scoring a season high in any of the events at San Jose State last Friday brought in its highest total of the season with 189.5. The victory was also marked by Marianne Griffen’s school record on the balance beam of a 9.9, it was only her fourth meet after returning from an elbow injury. Cortney Bogart, like Griffen, is recapturing her form. She had shoulder surgery before the season, and Knight is confident that she will perform well this weekend. “She’s had a good week of training,” Knight said. “We’ve been working on and correcting her landing positions.” The Titans, however, are still missing sophomore Tammy De la Cruz, who returned to practice on Wednesday after injuring her wrist. De la Cruz holds the team high score on the uneven bars, which has been CSUF’s lowest scoring event. “We are going to take it slowly with her,” Knight said. “I doubt very much that she will compete in Santa Barbara.” Even with the absence of De la Cruz, the Titans have become more consistant on the unevenbars averaging over 46 in the last three meets. Knight believes the team can potentially score 191 or above, if the team hits on all the events. “I don’t see why not, we seem to be heading in the right direction”” Knight said. “The key is to get all of those things to happen in one meet, and that’s tough. Our ultimate goal is to do that at conference championships.”
Opinion
The Titan Speaks: No-vote will cost students $300 each
School costs money. Not just a few bucks now and then, but a large sum of money twice a year for probably five or six years. And the amount students pay is not just for tuition. Only $792 out of the approximately $970 students pay, goes directly towards their education. Students also pay for a few luxuries each semester: •$84 for the Titan Student Union •$25 for the Student Health Center •$2 for student ID cards •$3 for a registration fee •$10 for an instruction related activities fee and last, but certainly not least
•$54 to Associated Student-
Do students get their money’s worth for what these mandatory fees pay for? There are always lots of people in the Union. Everybody uses the Titan Card, not that they had much choice in the matter. Paying a few bucks for registration isn’t too bad for the ability to call in on the phone and get classes (some of the time at least). The $10 for instruction related activities goes into a budget of, this year, $539,500 that goes straight back to the students in the form of funding for non-classroom stuff like athletics, supplies for the music and art departments, Model United Nations and the debate team. Even the Daily Titan gets some funds from IRA. If not for these fees, attending Cal State Fullerton would cost nothing more than the $792 for the state university fee. If that was all we paid
so generous state of California decides our $792 was worth. To get these extras, students have had to agree to fork over the extra cash to pay for them. Isn’t the public university system great? At some point in time, students voted for these extra fees—well, those who found the time to actually care where their money went, voted for those fees. A pathetic number of students have historically shown up to vote. Last spring 2,261 students voted. A small majority elected current AS President Heith Rothman to reign for a third glorious term. In spring 1996, 1,681 students approved $10 more each semester to build a new Children’s Center. $150 per semester for the fitness complex is a bit more than $10. In each of the past two spring elections, only 10 percent of the students bothered to vote. Those notable few exercised their democratic right and have rightly decided (it’s a free election) how
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much the 24,000 students at CSUF pay for their education and added amenities. Not to mention the $1.3 million that funds Associated Students. If this trend continues, less than 10 percent of the students will tell the other 90 percent to pay for an on-campus gym (let’s face it, that’s what it is). We hope that the construction of this complex will be determined by everyone at CSUF so it can be voted in and used enthusiastically or rejected just as fanatically. But if history repeats itself, those who want a gym on campus, probably the Greeks and the athletes, will get it at everyone else’s expense. If students care one way or the other, they will take 10 seconds on March 24 to vote so that this “fitness center” will be built because everyone wants it or not because no one wants it. Either way, the true majority needs to win. As in, $300 a year should be enough to kill the apathy.
Gays in the Boy Scouts deemed a must cup o’ joe
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n Monday, an appeals court in New Jersey ruled that it is illegal for the Boy Scouts of America to ban homosexuals. In California, we are still awaiting a decision on Timothy Curran, an Eagle Scout in Berkeley, who was told he could no longer be a scout because of an article he was in about young gay people. The Boy Scouts’ spokesman responded to the decision in New Jersey with this quote, “... A person who engages in homosexual conduct is not a role model for [traditional] values, and, accordingly, we don’t offer leadership or membership in the Boy Scouts of America to avowed homosexuals.” The Boy Scouts of America also have adopted a policy in which they will no longer walk little old ladies across the street; now they intend to just push little old ladies into oncoming traffic. I’m kidding about pushing the ladies into the street, but I think that the scouts are being a little hypersensitive about the idea of gays in their organization. Having never been in the Boy Scouts myself, I don’t know what kind of “values” and “role models” they seek, but I feel that the acceptance of others, even the attempt to accept others, no matter what they do in private, is a pretty good value. Maybe the Boy Scouts don’t believe that they have to include everyone, but it does make them seem old-fashioned. I don’t know what the Boy Scouts are afraid of. From what I’ve garnered through my observances of the Boy Scout way of life and what I’ve seen in the world, Boy Scouts
Letters On Thursday, I witnessed a large number of flyers posted all over campus, which were flyers endorsing a "yes" vote on the $300/year mandatory fee increase proposal. After a brief review of the Official University Posting policy, via the OSL web page, I found that rule number 1 stated that the full name of the organization sponsoring any flyer must appear on that flyer. This was not the case with this anonymous flyer - whoever had made it had done so without the guts to sign their organization's name to it. I went to the Office of Student Life, which is the agency that must approve all flyers posted. It turned out that the flyer was sponsored by none other than the Associated Students, Inc. In other words, our student government is using our mandatory fees to endorse specific results in an election that would, if approved, increase their own budget. Delicious irony, indeed. However, these flyers are in violation of the official posting policy, regardless of having been erroneously approved by OSL. Not only that, however, it is unethical for AS to anonymously advocate an increase in student fees in this manner. Being technically illegal, but morally responsible, would be fine. But being morally reprehensible, regardless of the law, is simply wrong. Why is it that AS tried to anonymously endorse this position? Is it perhaps because they are the ones who will benefit most from it? Gee, I wonder. Somehow, I get the feeling that "forgetting to put the old AS stamp" on the flyer was absolutely intentional. After all, consider how it appears politically. So AS has simply decided to sneak by an illegal flyer, without having the guts to sign their names to it, as it were. Why is AS using student funds to advocate an increase in these same student funds? This would
then we would get nothing more than what the oh-
are people of good moral character. They become civic leaders, firemen, police officers, i.e. good people. You never hear stories of Boy Scouts making a gun, and also earning a craftsmanship merit badge for the gun, and taking that gun and shooting the rest of their troop mates. Which they also earned a marksmanship merit badge for, by the way. Having gay members would not alter the moral character and values of the scouts. The Boy Scouts might even learn to accept someone of a different sexual orientation than them. God forbid! (Oops. That’s another issue.) I think there is fear among the higher ups in the Boy Scout organization that with gay members or leaders, some of the boys might be turned gay, almost as if the gay members had a magic wand, and by waving the wand, and saying, “Poof!”, the boys would become gay. The boys are not going to be led astray by someone who is gay. I think that, in the case of gays leading the scouts, the best person for the job should do it. Plus, there are many added benefits if the scout leader is gay. Reasons why a gay scout leader is better than a straight scout leader: 1. Not to say that some gay men have some, well, feminine characteristics, but should the troop happen to get lost, I’m pretty sure the gay scout leader would stop to ask for directions. 2. Boy Scout uniforms are so boring; a gay scout leader would liven those clothes up in no time! 3. A pink triangle would be a lot easier to spot than any other color flag if the troop were to get lost. Perhaps there are drawbacks to having gay scout leaders. Traditional weenie roasts would probably just make everyone feel a teensy bit uncomfortable. Stereotypes aside, many organizations across the nation have grown up and accepted people they once would never have accepted. Maybe the “Boys” could grow up, as well. The Boy Scouts may think of ways to get themselves out of this situation. They may turn to
be like Congress paying for commercials that endorse higher income tax rates. Of course, fortunately, AS can't raise the fees on its own.. if they could, we'd probably be paying $500/semester already. Don't let AS tell you how you can spend your own money! Vote no on the $150 per semester mandatory fee hike!!
a more “traditional” role model to lead the scouts. They could get a priest or a clergyman to watch over the boys. The young boys would be in good hands then! So to speak.
How one day in traffic school helped save one drinker’s life
Michael Bourdaa Graduate student, Chemistry
EDITORIAL POLICY Columns are the personal opinion of the authors. They do not reflect the views of the Daily Titan or CSU Fullerton faculty, staff or student body. Editorials are the opinion of the Executive Board, which consists of the Executive editor, the News Editor, the Opinion Editor and the Managing Editor. Editorials serve as the official opinion of the Daily Titan newspaper staff. Letters should not exceed 350 words, and must include the author’s legal name, major and class standing or staff position (if any.) Letters are subject to editing or omission by the editor. Send letters to: Letters to the Editor The Daily Titan 800 North State College Blvd. Fullerton, CA 92834 Or e-mail us at:
JOE FLORKOWSKI is a Daily Titan staff writer. Get your fix every Friday.
Nick Brennan es Szelinski and his daughter do not know it but I am thankful for them. During the drunken driving portion of traffic school taught by Szelinski, he and Angelina helped convince me to stop drinking. To get his point across to the room full of traffic violators, he showed us a picture of a little girl. He did not tell us he was related to her at first. My stomach knotted as I sat in the courtroom listening to him describe a drunken driver turning a corner and hitting the girl as she ran into the street. The whole room was silent as he continued. Tears filled his eyes as he spoke. Szelinski then mentioned the girl in the picture was his daughter. My stomach tightened even more thinking she was dead. The driver could have been my father or stepfather driving home after a night out with the boys. Granted both of them have been sober for a few years. Even worse, I could have been the driver, still buzzed after partying with friends. It turns out Angelina was never in an accident, Szelinski said. But he said it hurts to think it could happen to her or any other child. Looking back at how drunk my father was when he got home, it
amazes me how he made it safely. I have found that I come from a family with alcohol problems. My grandfather was enticed by the drink. So much so, in fact, that when I saw “Leaving Las Vegas” with my dad, he commented that his dad was almost as bad as Nicholas Cage’s character. For those who have not seen the movie, Cage goes to Las Vegas to drink himself to death and succeeds. Upon watching the credits of the film, I could not move. The same feeling of a tightened stomach and numbness came across me. I sat there until the screen went blank and the house lights came back on. Watching the movie, made me thankful my father realized his addiction in time. He never got to that point in his life. It also made me never want to have a drink. As much as the movie effected me, it did not stop me from drinking. I recently travelled to Chico with some friends. After driving from Lake Tahoe with some friends to visit a friend in Chico, we decided to hit the local bars. The bummer is all I had to eat the whole day was Chex Mix. Not a good idea. After four drinks, hours of dancing and Taco Bell, nothing settled well and decided to come back up. It is not fun being a passenger from Chico to Fullerton with a hang over. Don’t just take my experiences as examples. Look at what drinking has done to Tau Kappa Epsilon on campus. The fraternity is in the midst of a battle with the city of Fullerton regarding its behavior during parties. As far-fetched as it may sound, drinking has come to an end for me. Thank you Szelinski, Angelina and Cage. And most importantly, thank you dad, grandpa and Frank (my stepfather).
NICK BRENNAN is a Daily Titan
Set alarms and ignore the police
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aybe it was my growing up in an extremely middle class neighborhood, but I remember when I felt safe walking around wherever I was. I am not stupid in thinking that I should go wherever I please and act any way I want. People used to be able to lock their car doors and feel secure that their car would be there when they returned from their adventure. I think that attitude changed in the late 1980’s as car alarms were introduced to auto buyers. When car alarms were first introduced it seems only high-cost luxury cars included the option. Today, regardless the model, it seems every car has an alarm. I understand the need for car alarms; I admit I have one myself. At times I find it hard to walk two feet away from my car without setting my alarm in case a sinister criminal is lurking in the shadows. When I arrive home I set the alarm too. I don’t set the alarm to wake the neighborhood, but to make sure those snotty kids across the street don’t fling rocks at it like I caught them doing last summer. Some people have gone too far with their alarms and I think they should have their alarm privileges revoked. If your car is 15 years old, missing a head light and has been smashed in on the left side, chances are your car is safe from Joe Criminal. I am not kidding--there is a guy with a red Ford Festiva on campus who knows what I’m talking about. I was at a 7-11 around 11 p.m. last week. Two cars pulled up right in front of the brightly-lit store. The drivers stepped out and set their alarms. The people bought their bottled water or whatever and were out in five minutes. Now this might cause some onlookers to scratch their heads and wonder what the big deal was. The fact is that both people parked their cars right next to police officers sitting in their cars and drinking coffee. When I park in front of “men in blue” I do not expect anyone to steal my car. If the criminal succeeds in stealing my car then they deserve it and like everyone else in today’s society I would sue the police for negligence.
JEREMY SCHERER is a Daily Titan staff writer. Welcome to our newest feature: voices. Each Friday, our team of crack reporters will ask the campus a question. This week we asked, “What do you think about El Nino?”
“It’s time for it to go. I’m tired of seeing that s**t on the news.” -Xavier Boynton, communicationstv/film
“I hate it when it rains. Anything that happens, it’s El Nino.” -Roxana Borrego, international business
“I love it. I enjoy it. The worst part about it is standing in the rain.” -Rod Forsch, kinesiology; roof repairman.
“I think it’s too played out.” -Jeff Lin, business