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Tesoro will run for top AS post
n ELECTIONS: AS Board
member Christian Tesoro looks to become the first new AS president in three years.
oro can win the election in spring. “He is only here to help benefit the students and I think the students will see that,” Archer said. Tesoro’s running mate for vice president will be Christine Buse,
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John F. Reid, director of the CSUF mentor program, stands before a portrait of the late civil rights activist Ralph John.
Ralph Johns was a white man in an era when fighting segrega-
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The late Ralph Johns was the first white vice president for a chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People in North Carolina. His Woolworth’s lunch counter sitins in 1960 were a forerunner to Dr. Martin Luther King’s civil rights movement. He gave a young college student named Jesse Jackson a job at his five-and-dime store when blacks and whites were still separate. John Reid, director of the Teaching Ombudsman Action Program at Cal State Fullerton and a close friend of Johns, is
trying to get his autobiography published so that his legacy can inspire, encourage and teach others. Johns, formerly of La Habra, read a story in the Los Angeles Times in 1994 about low graduation rates for male, African-American athletes at CSUF. He called Reid, who had just begun to coordinate the Black Ombudsman Program, now called T.O.A.P., and insisted on helping with the program in any way. T.O.A.P. mentors students of all ethnic backgrounds on how to build self-esteem and cultural awareness. It also encourages students to intellectually grow in an academic environment.
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Department chair charged with battery
n CRIME: Robert Emry is
accused of striking a secretary last month. By NICK BRENNAN Daily Titan Staff Writer
Robert Emry, chair and professor of Speech Communications, is charged with the battery of a secretary in his department, according to Detective Fred Molina of Public Safety. Emry was arraigned March 6, a pre-trial date has been set for March 26 and a jury trial is scheduled for April 2, according to North Orange County Municipal Court officials. The alleged incident, a misdemeanor, occurred on Feb. 2. Emry allegedly struck Roberta Grayson with the flat part of his hand five times on her right shoulder after
she asked if some drinking glasses sitting on her desk were his, Grayson said. According to Grayson, the incident occurred when she stood up from her Emry desk and almost knocked one of the glasses over. Grayson recalled Emry then saying, “Bobby always notices things that are wrong,” as he struck the top of her shoulder. “I remember it very distinctly because he hit me five times as he said it,” Grayson said. “There is nothing to support this kind of statement with any of the previous working relationships on campus,” Emry said regarding the charges.
However, he would not comment any further on the incident in question. The next day Grayson asked for Emry’s apology. He denied hitting her at first but then said he was only teasing her, she said. Darlene Trostad, another campus employee, witnessed the incident and apology, according to the police report of the incident. She would not comment on Emry’s alleged actions. Grayson said a bruise was left on her shoulder but she did not go to the doctor or take a photo of it. Lt. Jess Lopez of Public Safety said there is no record of Emry ever having been involved in such an incident before. Grayson also said nothing of the sort has occurred between Emry and herself or any other staff member before. “It hasn’t been real positive,” Grayson commented regarding the
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Since the change, emotionally troubled students no longer need to share space with students who are diligently scanning job listings or seeking job leads on the Internet. Charles Buck, vice president of student affairs, said members of his department participated in a selfstudy at the end of the summer and one of the areas they found needed reorganization was the center. Buck said that through the selfstudy, members of the department of student affairs found that students are unaware that they could receive personal counseling from the center. Buck is the acting director of the new office until another psychologist is hired. Psychologist Kenneth Nash, who works in the Psychological
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The Counseling and Psychological Services Center now has its own office in Langsdorf Hall.
dent, Grayson described the office interaction as “very strained.” However, six of Emry’s colleagues spoke favorably about him and his character. “He is one of the most sensitive persons I have ever met in my life,” Ellen Shaw, administrative assistant to the Vice President for Student Affairs, said. “He criticized in a sensitive, caring manner. He would always leave a person with their dignity.” She said the environment she worked in with him was pleasant and lacked hostility. None of the colleagues spoken to said they have ever known Emry to strike another person. They described him as courteous, sensitive and as always putting others before himself.
A student who is determined to stop binge drinking or is an emotional wreck after ending a relationship no longer has to go to the Career Development Center to seek help. They can now receive counseling at the Psychological and Counseling Center, located next door to the Career Development Center in Langsdorf Hall. The Career Center and Counseling Center separated into two different offices at the beginning of this semester.
and Counseling Sevices office, said originally the two departments were separated but they were merged because of budget constraints. “One of the benefits of having a separate area for those who need help with personal problems is that they have a place to cry, to feel bad and to be in distress.” “That they don’t want anyone to know they are seeking help for personal problems was an obvious problem with housing the two offices under the same roof,” Nash said. “A student assistant using the computer to schedule an appointment could find out that a student was coming to the center for a personal problem. The separation of the departments ensures that we can maximize confidentiality.”
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Tesoro
“I feel I have the drive and hunger to make the best of my time here at Cal State Fullerton.” Christian Tesoro, —AS presidential hopeful
the current AS Director of Advancement. Buse said one of her goals, if elected to the position, is to increase student involvement in AS. Buse also said she intends to increase the amount of AS scholarships.
O’Brien lives on
n MEMORIAL: As Kyle
O’Brien’s murderer is brought to justice, memories of the AS officer linger in office environment. Since the incithe hearts of his peers.
A new location to seek counseling
chological and Counseling office finds a home.
Christian Tesoro became the first person to announce his candidacy for Associated Students President at the AS Board meeting on Tuesday. Tesoro delivered a speech to the board emphasizing his plans to improve student parking and ensure student representation on a statewide level. “I feel it is time for me to take a more active role in student government. I feel I have the drive and hunger to make the best of my time here at Cal State Fullerton,” Tesoro said in an interview after the meeting. Tesoro, who has worked in student government for a year and a half, currently holds the position of vice chair on the Board of Directors. During his stint on the board he has served on the Finance and on University Affairs committees. Tesoro is a political science major and represents the School of Humanities. “Christian is definitely qualified to be AS President,” said William Archer, AS director of administration. “He is very comitted and he is very goal oriented. He is definitely an advocate of the students.” Archer said he believes that Tes-
By JULIE HARDEN Daily Titan Staff Writer
Few people leave this world without burning even a few bridges. But Cal State Fullerton’s Kyle O’Brien served his 22 years of life as an incredible bridge builder. “Kyle was such a phenomenal human being that you will never hear anyone tell you differently,” said Kristine Buse, Associated Students director of advancement. Buse enjoys her memory of spending time with O’Brien during a leadership retreat in Laughlin, Nevada last year. “I was too young to go out dancing with everyone else and instead of leaving me behind, Kyle offered to sacrifice his fun to be with me,” Buse said. “We walked the river walk and ate ice cream, talking about every facet of our lives that night. It’s funny because so many people think of Kyle as being shy, but he didn’t shut up for five minutes that entire night.” “When he died, I felt I lost a friend that I had known all my life rather than the year I had,” Buse said. “You won’t find anyone to talk bad about Kyle. He excelled at everything he did and when he was killed, it wasn’t just a loss for his family but for society in general,” said AS President Heith Rothman. Before O’Brien’s tragic death last summer, he served as the AS vice president of finance, which made him responsible for implementing the budget, as well as chairing the finance committee, the IRA committee and the Innovative Projects committee.
In addition, O’Brien served as a student representative on the CSUF Foundation Board and was an officer of Sigma Nu fraternity. He was recognized as a standout fencer and was to serve as captain of the nationally ranked team this year. O’Brien planned to graduate this June with an anthropology degree and was a member of two Greek letter honor societies, Order of Omega and Gamma Sigma Alpha. As many of O’Brien’s friends remember him as a tremendous campus leader, honor student, athlete and fraternity brother, each reacted differently to the recent conviction of his murderer.
O’Brien Buse found consolation in the first degree murder verdict, but said, “I don’t think any of us are used to him being gone still. It’s only been seven months.” Rothman found the verdict “a little disappointing” since the charge that would have automatically sent 21-year-old Gilbert Acosta to life in prison without parole was found untrue. But with a minimum sentence of 25 years to life for Acosta, Rothman added, “I just hope that
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GM offers deal for grads
Eligible graduates and graduate students can recieve a discount under the 1998 General Motors College Grad Program. The program offers a $400 discount on any new Chevrolet, Pontiac or GMC vehicle. Students may qualify if they are about to graduate, have recently graduated from a two or four-year college, or are in a graduate program. The $400 certificate is valid for six months prior to graduation and for up to two years after graduation. To participate in the program eligible students, call (800) 964GRAD or visit their Web site at www.gmgrad.com to recieve the certificate and a complete program guide.
University Wind Ensemble in concert The University Wind Ensemble has been invited to perform throughout the world. This spring the ensemble travels to Japan to perform for the Japan Band Director’s Association. It has also performed at the Fourth of July Celebration in Ribald, Denmark, and was invited to perform in Moscow for the 125th anniversary of the Moscow Conseratoire of Music. The ensemble will be performing here at 8 p.m. on Friday, March 27, at the Little Theatre. Advance sale tickets cost $5 for students and seniors, or $8 for general admission or tickets purchased at the door.
Eurapair Program The EurAupair (pronounced your o pair) Intercultural Child Care Program has au pairs. Local families with children ages
3 months to 12 years interested in hosting an au pair exchange participant from Europe, Japan, South Africa or French-speaking Canada are being sought by this non-profit organization. Au Pairs are young adults between the age of 18 and 26 who have chosen to take a year off between school terms to live with an American family. They help care for the family’s children in exchange for the opportunity to learn more about America’s culture and language in a way that can only happen through home-stay experience. For more information call EurAupair at (800) 713-2002, or visit their Web site at http://www. eraupair.com.
Brea Gallery The Brea Gallery will present Made in California-15th Annual Juried Exhibition, featuring talented artists from across the Golden State. The exhibit will be on display March 21-May 1. The opening will be on Friday, March 20 from 7-9 p.m. which will include a gala reception and awards ceremony. Also in conjunction with the exhibit, the Gallery will sponsor two special lectures, “How to Become an Art Collector” on Friday, April 17 from 6:30-8 p.m. and “Advice for the Emerging Artist” on Wednesday, April 22, from 2-4 p.m. Both lectures will be held at the Gallery. The City of Brea Gallery is located in the Brea Civic & Cultural Center at 1 Civic Center Circle, Plaza level, Brea (adjacent to the Brea Mall). Gallery hours are: Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday, noon to 5 p.m.; Thursday and Friday, noon to 8 p.m. Admission is $1 for adults and free for ages 17 and under. For more information, call
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CALENDAR OF EVENTS “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. Remaining shows are Wednesday-Friday, March 1721 at 8 p.m.; March 14 and 21 at 2:30 p.m.; March 15, and 22 at 5 p.m. For more information (714) 278-3371. Associated Students Productions presents The Cherry Poppin’ Daddies at noon on Thursday in the pub. Admission is free. PRSSA presents a tour of The Rankin Group, Ltd., a high-tech integrated marketing, advertising and public relations agency on Thursday at 5:30 p.m. in Orange. For more information contact Mia at 590-2260
or Megan at 283-0476. CSU Chancellor Charles Reed will be holding a student media teleconference on Friday at 9 a.m. For more information call Ken Swisher in CSU Public Affairs Office at (562) 985-2740. CSUF’s Leadership Conference, sponsored by Student Leadership Institute and Associated Students, will take place on Saturday. For more information and registration materials call 278-3295 or 278-3211. Ladysmith Black Mambazo will be presented by the Irvine Barclay Theatre on Saturday at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 3 p.m. For more information, call 854-4607. The As You Like Shakesphere Society will present High Tea With Hamlet featur-
ing Sally Romatsky on Sunday at 3 p.m. in the U.C. Theater. Admission is $15. For more information call Cindy Brady at 838-7962.
DJ Thee-O will perform on March 19 at noon in the Becker Amphitheater. Admission free.
Women’s Issues Discussion Group by Rose HamiltonGottlieb at 6:30 p.m. on March 17. The group is co-sponsored by the Women’s Center and will be held at Borders Books, Music and Cafe in Brea. For more information call Barbara McDowell at 278-3928.
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 informative group. For more information contact The Women’s Center/Adult Reentry Center at 278-3928.
“Democracy and Self-Interest” is the theme of the 28th annual Philosophy Symposium which will be held March 19-21 in the Titan Student Union. For more information contact James R. Hofmann, chair and associate professor of philosophy, at 278-7049, or Susan MetzlerKatsaros of Public Affairs at 278-4854.
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 noon- 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.
Edwardsville and the University of Illinois at Chicago. To accommodate some of the 54 faculty members who will be displaced by the dental school’s closure, Northwestern’s medical school plans to open a new institute of dental science and engineering.
Jeffrey O’Brien guilty of conspiracy for asking a friend to hide in his closet in the Alpha Epsilon Pi house and tape the 1996 liason with a then-21-year-old woman who was also a student at the university. She testified during the two-day trial that she agreed to meet O’Brien in his room. O’Brien is scheduled for sentencing April 24. He faces up to five years for each crime. He and the cameraman, Jordan Smith, 21, were kicked out of the fraternity and suspended from the university. Smith pleaded no contest in January to conspiracy and wiretapping. He was sentenced to 18 months probation and ordered to pay $900.
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British students protest initiation of tuition fees CHICAGO — University students across Britain walked out of classrooms March 4 to protest their government’s decision to start charging them tuition in the fall. The National Union of Students claimed more than 2 million students responded to its appeal for a walkout, but British news reports could not confirm that figure. Later this year, the British government intends to charge an annual tuition of $1,700 to all but the poorest students, while also phasing out students’ cost-of-living stipends.
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Chicago — Northwestern University’s dental school will close in 2001. The closing, scheduled for next year, has been delayed to allow the school’s 350 dental students to graduate, university officials said during their March 2 announcement. Officials also said Illinois’ only private dental school is closing because it has had a difficult time competing financially with that state’s public dental schools, which get state subsidies of as much as $60,000 per student each year. The state’s two public dental schools are at Southern Illinois University at
Former Rhode Island fraternity brother could face jail time for sex video tape A former student of the University of Rhode Island in Kingston was convicted of breaking the state’s wiretap law when he videotaped himself having sex with a woman in his fraternity house. A jury also found 22-year-old
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Performer roleplays, leaves Legacy of Hope
n SPEAKER: Susie Vanderlip
vents emotion through her portrayal of life experiences. By DEBORAH REGIUS Daily Titan Staff Writer
She was a cheerleader, valedictorian and voted most likely to succeed. She dated a football player. They went to parties but didn’t drink or do drugs. They both went to college and became successful. He
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became a dentist, she specialized in computers. They had a beautiful home, sports cars and went on extravagant vacations. They were the perfect couple and lived the perfect life. Until he began using his prescription drugs to deal with stress. He overdosed and died. Susie Vanderlip, the wife in this sad senario, uses her personal life experiences to generate a dance and drama called Legacy of Hope, which confronts and portays the real problems of today: drug and alco-
hol abuse, gangs and AIDS. “Alcohol is not my friend because it killed my friend,” Vanderlip said. Legacy of Hope is a culmination of different characters that Vanderlip portrayed on the presentation Thursday evening in Pavilion C of the Titan Student Union. With a beanie on her head, dark black sunglasses on her eyes, an oversized shirt, big baggy pants and starched white shoes, Vanderlip portrays her first character—a gangster who doesn’t have a real family turns his energy’s to the streets.
Another character wore a blue terricloth robe as Vanderlip’s mustled hair fell in her face. She is at home alone again with her baby. Her husband has gone to the bar again. The baby is asleep in the crib so she goes to the bar to get the breadwinner. At the bar she sees women hanging on her husband. Tonight he ignored her, which is nothing new. He called me a bitch on our anniversary. She screams “Please don’t hit me again.” The alcohol abuse of her husband leads her to dance to the sounds of
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From 1994 to 1997, Johns made annual motivational speeches at CSUF on the importance of family and community life while advocating and encouraging participation in the struggle for equality. Annabelle Capristo, a graduate student, attended one of Johns’ speeches and was impressed by his dedication to the black community. Johns and Reid are inspirations to her because they looked beyond color lines to bring everyone together. “He was like a father to me and I want to keep his memory alive,” Reid said while looking at a photograph of Johns hanging in his office. In 1960, Johns coordinated lunch counter sit-ins at Woolworth’s in North Carolina. He would give money to black Agriculture and Technology University students and instructed them to sit down at the lunch counter after buying items in the store. The students were handcuffed and arrested because of the “Whites Only” policy at the counter. Johns called for a boycott of Woolworth’s because of the injustice of accepting students’ money at the register while forbidding their presence at the lunch counter. The protests nearly bankrupt the store, according to Reid. Johns lunch counter sit-ins sparked so much controversy that the A & T University was targeted. Bullet holes that pocked its buildings have purposely remained there as historical scars and the same Woolworth’s lunch counter and bar stools stand in the Smithsonian Institute as a reminder of how far the struggle has come. The simple act of hiring black A & T University students at his five-and-dime store enraged the town’s citizens to the point of vandalizing it. Rejection and death threats frightened his first wife so much that she divorced him. “I had for years been witness to the indignities heaped upon Negro men, women, and children in their workaday lives, and it had become a heartfelt campaign for me,” Johns said in his manuscript. “His struggle to help Black-Americans was the same as my struggle living as Black-American,” Reid said about Johns’ lifelong dedication. Johns died this past October and Reid is continuing his search for a publisher in honor of their four-year friendship. Reid would like Johns’ widow, Norma, to see him officially recognized.
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Using two dimensions to make cultures 3-dimensional
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pology Department uses film to help students explore other cultures. By JASON M. TAYLOR Daily Titan Staff Writer
Cal State Fullerton anthropology professor Jeffrey Himpele had to pay for the film he took with him out of Bolivia. The price was simple: a few dozen small candies, a handful of coca leaves, and a llama fetus wrapped in silver paper. This “price” was part of a ritual offering made in repayment for the images he took filming “Taypi Kala: Six Visions of Tiwanaku,” a docu-
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this person will have time to reflect on what he did.” “I think the verdict signifies justice if there is such a thing,” Christian Tesoro, one of O’Brien’s fraternity brothers and a fellow AS officer, said. “I think the important thing for his family and friends to do is not just accept what has happened and move on, but to also think of the good things he did. We should remember him for that and not necessarily the way he died, even though he died a hero.” Tesoro recalled a classic story from O’Brien’s 21st birthday in May of 1996 with joy in his voice. “Kyle was the type of guy who wouldn’t drink until he turned 21 because he would always say, ‘It’s the law.’ He was a conservative guy but he knew how to have fun. We had a great time at the house that night.” Don Maxey, AS accounting manager, remembers O’Brien for his dedicated and diligent work ethic. “Kyle was one of the finest people I have ever had to work with and I miss him to this day,” he said. “In
mentary shown as part of Saturday’s anthropology symposium, “Visual Representations of Culture.” The sparse crowd of 35 barely occupied an achingly empty Ruby Gerontology Center Lecture Hall at the event, which spotlighted the use of filmmaking techniques in the study of culture. But what the group lacked in size, it made up for with an enthusiasm evidenced by the hour-long question and answer session that capped the day’s seven hours of speeches, discussion and film screenings. According to Susan Parman, professor of anthropology at CSUF, visual anthropology is a medium that ties together anthropology’s four main approaches: cultural,
fact, I keep a picture of him on my office computer so I see him and think of him every day.” Buse similarly said, “I have a report on the memorial service pinned to my office bulletin board along with one of the green ribbons,” which were used at the service to signify nonviolence and O’Brien’s Irish heritage. “I look at them every so often, especially when things are getting tough. It makes me think, what would Kyle do in this situation.” Buse recently faced such a situation when selecting the first recipient of the Kyle S. O’Brien Memorial Scholarship, established in order to recognize O’Brien’s passion for leadership, achievement, and his service to CSUF. “It was exceptionally difficult to award the scholarship the first time because the only reason it was established was because he is gone,” Buse said. “I think it will always be hard, though.” After reviewing 57 applications during the winter break, the AS Scholarship Selection Committee named MehdiReza Hriji, a sophomore accounting major, as the inaugural recipient of the $1000 scholarship.
physical, archaeological, and linguistic. The use of film, she said, can be an indispensable tool both in conducting research and in analyzing data. “(Visual anthropology is) exploring this thing we call culture, whatever it is, visually,” said Himpele, speaking of some of the principles behind “Taypi Kala.” The field has only recently gained acceptance, said speaker Deirdre Evans-Pritchard, a full-time visiting faculty member for USC’s anthropology department. For many years, she said, anthropology was permeated by an attitude that work proved entertaining and popular somehow lost its academic merit. It is a belief that has
only recently begun to recede. “There has been an acknowledgment that it’s OK to be an anthropologist and an artist,” EvansPritchard said during her speech. She worked on a number of projects designed to be both entertaining and academic, including a series of short segments for the Discovery Channel and a documentary on the development of the steel drum in Trinidad, which was also shown during the symposium. “You use the video experience to be there personally,” she said. Later viewing of the film, she said, allows researchers to get as close a look as possible at the subject, even when thousands of miles away. Also speaking at the symposium
O’Brien’s service to student government was also recognized recently on the new second floor conference room in the Titan Student Union. The room was named the Kyle S. O’Brien AS Government Conference Room. In addition, the Titan fencing team dedicated this season to O’Brien and wear green armbands in his memory. “Kyle affected our team by example as a great student, a good fencer and just as a wonderful human being,” Coach Heizaburo Okawa said. “His loss was a serious shock and made the beginning of the season very rough for everyone.” “Kyle loved college and loved Cal State Fullerton,” Tesoro said. “He really came out of his shell once he got involved in Sigma Nu and AS. He became a strong-willed, diplomatic and compassionate leader who was adamant about achieving the goals he set for himself.” No matter how people remember him, as a campus leader, honor student, athlete or fraternity brother, Kyle Shane O’Brien was a truly special character whose contributions to CSUF will not soon be forgotten. Contributions can be made to the Kyle S. O’Brien Memorial Scholarship Fund, CSUF, P.O. Box 6828,
were Marquetta Goodwine-Kennedy, an expert on the Gullah and Geechee cultures of the sea islands off the coast of Carolina, and Ana Argana, who discussed the uses of anthropology in advertising. The symposium was funded by the Departmental Associations Council and organized by the Anthropology Student Association. All 150 anthropology majors automatically belong to ASA. Parman said the symposium, which is completely student-organized, is a good opportunity for networking. Often, she said, students invite speakers they would like to meet, or who are involved in fields of research of interest to the department.
This semester, visual anthropology is very much of interest to the department, which is completing the final stages of construction on a new Visual Anthropology lab. The lab, located on the fourth floor of McCarthy Hall, will include digital video editing equipment allowing students to put together documentaries from raw research footage. However, Parman said the purpose of the lab, and of visual anthropology in general, goes beyond simple technical manipulations. What students learn through the films they can apply to any field. “We want to teach students to see culture more effectively,” she said.
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A student walks by a conference room on the second floor of the Titan Student Union, which was named for the late AS vice president of finance Kyle O’Brien, who was killed last summer.
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Even college sports has too much money involved VANDERLIP By Stan Hochman
Knight Ridder Newspapers New York cops busted a bookie joint last month, operating out of Zeta Beta Tau, which is a fraternity house, which is where 18 Columbia University varsity athletes lived. The cops said the sports bets made by students were relayed to a $10 million-a-year gambling ring in Queens. Arrested were 16 people on felony charges of promoting gambling, including a former Columbia football player. They found $200,000 in the guy’s checking account. In Columbia, that’s the Ivy League. Columbia—isn’t that where Jack Molinas played his college hoops? Molinas—isn’t he the guy convicted of masterminding a 1961 scheme to fix pro and college games? That 1961 scandal, involving 37 players from 22 schools, tainted a St. Joseph’s Final Four team. Didn’t that follow the 1951 scandal, the one that walloped a City College team which had won both the NCAA and the NIT in the same year? And didn’t the whole tawdry history repeat itself in 1979 when Boston College’s Rick Kuhn did three years in the jug for conspiracy to commit sports bribery? Yes, yes, yes, and if you can’t see where this is headed, you’re dumber than an ostrich, whose brain is smaller than its eye. T h e r e ’s t o o m u c h m o n e y involved, too many scorpions attracted to that flame. Too much dough wagered legally in Nevada, wagered legally (so far) through cyberspace with bookies located in some hard-scrabble Caribbean town, wagered illegally with bookies in every major city in America, and wagered illegally with students booking bets from other students who think they have an edge because a guy who lives down the hall in the dormitory and plays power forward for Smithers Tech is sniffling with the first stages of
flu and he just busted up with his girlfriend and his ‘86 Chevy just got repossessed . . . It’s happening. Not even the Vegas vigilance can stop it, circling a game, taking it off the board if the betting pattern is suspicious, if guys who ordinarily bet $200 are suddenly showing up to bet $2,000. Maybe that’s why Charley Rosen has written a novel called “Barney Polan’s Game.” Right there, on the jacket, he identifies it as “a novel of the 1951 college basketball scandals.” And maybe he just wanted to beat HBO to the punch. The cable network airs a documentary called “City Dump: The story of the 1951 CCNY basketball scandal” starting March 24. Rosen writes a lot about basketball. His last novel, “The House of Moses All-Stars” was praised here. He also wrote a non-fiction book called “Scandals of ‘51: How the Gamblers Almost Killed College Basketball.” He knows a lot about basketball. I’m not sure how much he knows about gambling. The title was misleading. Gambling implies an element of risk. Gamblers didn’t almost kill college hoops. Gamblers gamble. You risk $110 to win $100, betting that Smithers Tech will beat Wartburg by more than eight points, that’s gambling. Sure, it’s illegal in 49 states, but millions of Americans do it, night after night, after night. Thieves, scoundrels, fixers get involved. Fixers don’t want to gamble, don’t want to take chances. They want to eliminate the risk. They want to guarantee the outcome in advance. So they bribe some key Smithers players to “shave” points, promise a couple of thousand bucks apiece, perhaps some coke, a roundheeled working girl or two, to make sure the margin of victory is seven or less. They tell them it’s a victimless crime. They tell them “everybody is doing it.” And some college kids,
who ought to know better, cave in. Take a clumsy shot here, throw a bad pass there, commit a foolish foul here, doze on defense there. Justify it in their own warped minds by whining about the millions the school is making from the television networks and March Madness while they’ve got nothing but lint in their pockets on a Sunday night when the school cafeteria is closed and they haven’t got the scratch for a double-cheeseburger and a chocolate malt. Rosen did a terrific, painstaking job the first time around, naming names,offering painful details about how the fixers recruited players, listing games, scores, play-byplay. I worry when he writes about the CCNY team riding a train back to New York after a game against Temple, and the District Attorney’s men approach a startled coach Nat Holman as the train passes through Camden. He probably meant Trenton. Or Newark. All those Jersey towns look the same. But he repeats the same mistake in the fictional version, “Barney Polan’s Game.” In the novel, he changes the names of the fixers, the fixees, the New York coaches and sports writers, while tossing around the real names of Kentucky dumpers. He changes the names of the key corrupters, which is too bad, because Salvatore Sollazzo, the key guy, had a Philadelphia connection. He loved the horses, spent time at Garden State Park, dined at the Embassy afterward, met and married a chorus girl named Jeanne. He used her to recruit the college kids. Rosen is downright venomous when it comes to describing the sports writers of the early ‘50s. He sneers at Red Smith as “snooty.” He mocks Jimmy Cannon as “a joke.” Polan, his hero, writes for the Brooklyn Sentinel, an overweight, sloppy guy chewing on cheap cigars, shallow as an ashtray.
His own story about the arrests is pedestrian. Max Kase, of the Journal-American, broke the story on the first major scandal. Is Polan’s love for the game based on Kase’s tortured feelings? Is his prose as heavy-handed as Kase’s? Is Rosen blaming the New York scribes for not recognizing the corruption, for not blowing the whistle sooner? The novel has the shabby feel of a ripoff, recycling his earlier book, one more chance to show how tawdry the whole scene was, one more chance to gossip about St. John’s players getting off unscathed because the Johnnies had friends in the DA’s office. There’s too much in the book about aloof coaches, about skimpy meal money, about culturally deprived recruits, weak alibis for conspiring to fix games, as if nobody really gets hurt when a team arranges to win by six instead of nine. I think it’s still happening. I think the universities have gotten lax about warning the players, careless about supervising them. I think coaches are spending too much time hammering out sneaker deals, too much time chasing down high school blue-chippers to be aware of how much of the student body is gambling on sports events. Desperate people wind up doing desperate, illegal things. The Las Vegas bookmakers want the games to be honest. The bettors want the games to be honest. It’s just a sleazy bunch of snakes, still out there, looking to sink their fangs into vulnerable young guys willing to sell out their teammates, their coach, their school for a fistful of money. Maybe that’s why Charley Rosen wrote “Barney Polan’s Game.” As a warning.
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George Michael. These are two of several characters that Vanderlip used to deliver such deliberate emotions to depict real life experiences. These charcters are real people who Vanderlip has come into contact with. She met Julio, the gangster, in Fresno. Julio turned to the streets because his dad was an alcoholic and he was without a good role model. He is now on the road to success living a drug-free and gang-free life. After she finished the skit she put on a red blazer and spoke to students as the character she is today: happily remarried and coping with the hand that life has dealt her. “She has a natural level of energy she’s been that way all her life because she’s high on life,” said Ken Vanderlip, her husband. “She uses all of her performing background for important vital messages for students.”
Vanderlip Criminal justice student Matt Lagrass said, “I thought the speaker was very inspirational. It was from her heart because it actually happened to her.” Vanderlip concluded by saying, “If you have a heart full of grace and soul generated by love, anything can be accomplished.”
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By Dan Reed
Knight Ridder Newspapers CLOVERDALE, Calif. — A suspected teen-age computer hacker whose Sonoma County, Calif., home was raided by FBI agents last week still has secret access to at least 100 government and private sites and claims his cyber-pals will start hacking them in retaliation for his treatment by the government and media reports, according to interviews he gave to an online security expert. One of those sites—a Santa Rosa Internet service provider whose owner had publicly criticized the boy and his suspected accomplice, known as TooShort—was hacked Tuesday afternoon. In his interview with John Vranesevish of http://www.AntiOnline .com, which was posted Monday, the boy, who goes by the online name Makaveli, also said the computer equipment seized during the FBI raid contained a list of nearly 200 servers that the teen-agers allegedly hacked, including military sites.
He also said agents grilling him seemed particularly interested in his suspected break-ins at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories. The Cloverdale High School sophomore also offered an explanation for his forays: “It’s power, dude, you know, power,” he told Vranesevish. In the interview, the boy repeatedly referred to a foreign-based master hacker, who tutored him in the illegal arts and whom the FBI is “really after.” But the teen-ager provided no more information on him. On Tuesday afternoon, Makaveli’s suspected mentor, known as the Analyzer, hacked the Internet homepage of Netdex, a Santa Rosa Internet service provider the Cloverdale boys used at times as a base for their attacks. The owner, Bill Zane, had helped FBI agents track them last month and had been outspoken in condemning their behavior. In his message, Analyzer claimed Makaveli did not hack any of the Department of Defense systems. “If u searching anyone, u should search for me,” said the not-quite-literate message, which was erased within a
couple of hours. So far, no one has been arrested in what Deputy Defense Secretary John Hamre described last week as “the most organized and systematic attack the Pentagon has seen to date.” An FBI source said Tuesday agents are still looking at other suspects, in addition to the two Cloverdale High sophomores whose homes were raided Wednesday. The source declined to say if “Analyzer” was one of them. The break-ins, which had been tracked for about six weeks, and the government attempts to hunt the hackers came at a time the country was edging toward war with Iraq. Even so, some computer security experts downplay their significance, noting they apparently entered only unclassified sections of government and military sites. The teen-agers, who don’t even
have driver’s licenses yet, nonetheless had found themselves with enough clearance to troll through “Army sites, Air Force sites, Pentagon sites,” said Zane. In an brief interview at his Cloverdale home, the boy said he and his classmate worry that the district attorney “is going to make an example out of us.” He declined an interview, “because my mom said I can’t talk about it.” But he also directed the reporter to the AntiOnline site, which posted his boastings on Monday. Vranesevish, who runs the site dedicated to computer security issues, describes Makaveli as “a well respected and active member of the hacking underground.” The boy told Vranesevish that the FBI agents took all his equipment, even the “phone line leading from the wall to the modem.”
“They took all of my CDs, music CDs, data CDs, my printer, speakers, everything,” he said. He also said the Pentagon servers included any sites that included “gov or .mil” But the one site investigators dwelled on was the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories, which was classified. “(It was) the one site they kept asking me about over and over,” he said. “(They) asked me if I read any files on it, or if I gave out any passwords from it to anyone. ... I told them I may have given it to a friend.” Craig Savoye, a spokesman for the lab, declined to comment in detail on any electronic burglaries at their sites. But he said: “After the Pentagon,
we’re probably one of the top targets in the country, being a weapons lab.” The boy also boasts that his computer contained a list of “nearly 200 servers that I had hacked,” including UC Berkeley and MIT. He also referred ominously to the hacker the FBI is “really after,” presumably “Analyzer,” someone from another country who has broken into more than 400 government servers. “If I was asked who the best hacker that ever was, it would be him, without a doubt, man,” the interview says. “There are still over 100 U.S. servers hacked that the FBI doesn’t even know about yet.” The hacker is “so good,” he writes, “they’ll never find him.”
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oes the sight of a black cat make you drive 20 minutes out of your way? Do you actively avoid lad-
ders? Does breaking a mirror give you such a bad case of the heebie jeebies that you feel you must toss salt over your shoulder? Do you walk with your head down when outside, watching where you step, in order to keep from stepping on a crack and breaking your mother’s back? Does living on the 13th floor of a building present serious problems for you? Does the thought of Jason make you thank your lucky stars that sequel number 10 to the Friday the 13th nightmare has yet to be created? If any of the above-mentioned characteristics describes you, you may be one of many people suffering from parakavidekatriaphobia, the fear of Friday the 13th. If you are one of the 21 million people in the United States that suffer from this ailment, 1998 is probably not your year. In fact, you might want to crawl back into bed. The 13th of the month falls on a Friday three times in 1998, the unlucky months being February, March and November. A study done in January by a group of professors at DePauw University in Greencastle, Indiana states that consecutive
Friday the 13ths, as occur in February and March, are a rare occurrence. Back-toback Friday the 13ths have only occurred 11 times in this century, the last time being in 1987. The same study also stated that it is impossible to have a year without a Friday the 13th or a year with more than four Friday the 13ths. In fact, if the unlucky day falls exactly three times in one year, it will always fall in February, March and November, months that some consider extremely unlucky. If it occurs only once in a year, it will fall in either May, June, August or October, months that are not usually thought of as unlucky. But for those who welcome the thought of Friday the 13th only happening once in a year, there is still more bad news. The study states that the 13th of the month is more likely to fall on a Friday than any other day of the week. For many, the fear of Friday the 13th and the superstitions surrounding it date back many years. Jason spooked children and adults from the release of the first Friday the 13th movie in 1980 until he finally went to hell on “the final Friday” in 1993. And who can forget the silly superstitions that go back to elementary school days. Opening an umbrella indoors, a black cat crossing your path, walking under a ladder, breaking a mirror, stepping on a crack in the
sidewalk and knocking over a shaker of salt are all said to bring about bad luck. These superstitions, however, silly they may seem to many people, actually date back hundreds and even thousands of years. One theory dates back to the days of Christ. Jesus and the 12 disciples sat down to the Last Supper. The 13th person, Judas Iscariot, betrayed Jesus and led to His death. Jesus’ death is commemorated on the Friday before Easter. An even older superstition goes back to Norse mythology. One day, 12 major gods were feasting. A lesser god, Loki, the god of strife, mischief and luck, killed another god, Bader. The resulting phrase became known as “bad luck.” Fear of Friday the 13th is also, however egged on by separate superstitions and fears associated with the number 13 and with Friday. Fear of the number 13 relates directly to the popularity of the number 12. Twelve has traditionally represented completeness. Twelve months of the year, 12 gods of Olympus, 12 signs of the zodiac and 12 apostles of Jesus. The number 13 is the first step away from this completeness and the first step toward evil. Judas Iscariot, the disciple who betrayed Jesus and was held responsible for His death, was the 13th disciple. The Apollo 13 mission was launched
from pad 39 (a multiple of 13) at 1313 hours and was aborted on April 13, 1970. In early Rome, when groups of 12 gathered and a 13th arrived, it was thought that the uninvited guest might be the devil in disguise. A hangman’s noose had 13 knots. Traditionally, there were 13 steps to the gallows. In the 19th century, Lloyds of London refused insurance to ships sailing on the 13th. In ancient Rome, execution day fell on a Friday. Many negative events detailed in the Bible occurred on Fridays. Eve gave the apple to Adam on a Friday, the great flood began on a Friday, and the Temple of Solomon was demolished on a Friday. However, bad luck cannot always be associated with Friday the 13th. Friday is a day longed for and celebrated in American culture as the end of the work week. Several actors will sign contracts only on Friday because they assume it brings good luck. The United States began with just 13 colonies. A baker’s dozen of 13 is considered better than the normal 12. There are those who laugh in the face of the superstitions surrounding Friday the 13th. A Greek immigrant to the United States, Nick Matsoukas, organized the National Committee of Thirteen Against Superstition, Prejudice and Fear on a Friday the 13th in 1946. He claimed to have been the 13th child in his family, born on June
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hen Bruce Lee first came to the United States, he probably didn’t expect to change the face of America’s views on self-defense. But he did. Within a dozen years of his first appearances as Kato—arguably the real hero of the popular 1960s action series the Green Hornet—Kung Fu, Karate and all of their myriad relatives had become the movie standard. The day of the John Wayne haymaker ended; it was replaced by the day of the spinning hook kick, the wrist lock, the inward elbow strike. This movement greatly accounts for the popularization of martial arts training across the country. Unfortunately, though training halls have popped up by the hundreds, those interested in participating in the sport are often stymied by schools that are far away, expensive or otherwise inconvenient. Students at Cal State Fullerton, though, are in an ideal position to find convenient, inexpensive martial arts training, participants and instructors say. CSUF has four martial arts clubs, all of which meet on campus and charge significantly less than a commercial studio would. And with class sizes as small as they are—usually ranging between five and eight members—any student with the interest and the time now also has the opportunity to learn.
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CSUFAikido Emphasizing grace and fluidity, Aikido probably comprises one of the most nonviolent martial arts available today. Aikido’s aim is not to meet an opponent’s force and turn it aside or stop it, but rather to blend with the force with as little contact as possible. The CSUF Aikido club practices the Seidokan school of Aikido, one of the softest versions of the art. The development of aiki, or harmonizing force, is emphasized, while goki, hard, damaging force, is downplayed. As a result, students learn from a curriculum overwhelmingly made up of non-striking techniques: wrist, arm or other joint locks, throws, takedowns and defenses against common wrestling holds. According to Paul Lin, a brown belt and assistant instructor for the club, one of Aikido’s primary philosophies is the idea of controlling the first movement. “Aikido always solves the problem before the fight,” he said, adding that the principle goes far beyond an actual physical confrontation. Avoiding the danger
of a fight—for example by staying away from rough bars—is one way of controlling the first movement. Roderick Kobayashi, the founder of the Seidokan school of Aikido, brought the club to CSUF, and instructed there up until his death in the summer of 1995. Currently club instruction is being handled by Lee Broadbent, one of Kobayashi’s students. Membership in the club costs $20 per semester and may include training through the summer, depending on participation levels and instruction schedules. Class meets every Friday from 11 am to 1 pm in Physical Education room 230. Shotokan Karate Shotokan karate was first demonstrated in this country in 1921 by Master Gichin Funokoshi, and has since grown into one of the most widespread martial arts in the United States. The movements of Shotokan are deeply rooted in Japanese tradition, and concentrate almost exclusively on punching and kicking techniques. Students train to maximize their striking power using principles of body leverage. A kiai, or loud yell, accompanies each blow. Vince Soun, president of the karate club, said the purpose of the kiai is to bring out subconscious power. “You focus a lot on the mental aspect,” he said. “The real purpose behind orthodox styles like Shotokan, he added, is the
Story by Jason M. Taylor Photo by Jeff Chong perfection of the individual and the development of inner resources. “Inside is the true strength,” he said. Samir Abboud, the club’s head instructor, has taught Shotokan for 25 years. The karate club meets in Physical Education room 232 Tuesdays and Thursdays from noon to 1 pm and Fridays from noon to 2 pm. Membership costs $40 per semester, but as the club is affiliated with Shotokan Karate of America, this fee includes the privilege to practice free at any other SKAaffiliated school. The CSUF Kung Fu Club The history of the CSUF Kung Fu club dates back to March of 1971, when Master Ted Lai, disillusioned by the expense and commercialism of setting up a private
school, set up teaching through the experimental college program. The program was an attempt to diversify class offerings at the then-Orange County State College. According to head instructor T.J. Johnston, the school began by teaching a Southern Chinese style of Kung Fu known as Hung Gar, which emphasized infighting, upper-body strength and extremely low stances. In 1984, however, Lai blended his style with another Southern style called Choy Li Fut, which relied less on strength and keep further away from opponents. The result was the art that is still being taught at the CSUF Kung Fu Club, a study of close-range and long-range fighting technique meant to be effective for people of any body style. Johnston, who has studied the martial arts for 32 years, likened his classes to a
buffet, saying that his job is to offer a wide selection of knowledge to students, who can then pick and choose what they find useful. Training includes striking and grappling, weapon training, contact work with a punching bag and—for those interested in it—full-contact sparring. Class meets every Saturday from 9 am to noon and every Tuesday at 7 pm to 8:30 pm in room 228 in the Physical Education building. Cost is $2 per session for CSUF students and $3 for non-students. CSUF Tae Kwon Do Tae Kwon Do, an art coming out of Korea, has enjoyed a great popularity fueled by its dynamic kicking style and acrobatic maneuvers. Andrew Fuentes, head instructor for
CSUF’s Tae Kwon Do school, described his style as “the mecca of kicking.” He said that Tae Kwon Do—which translates loosely to “the way of the foot and hand”—is about 60 percent kicking and 40 percent hand techniques. Fuentes said that, aside from the selfdefense aspects of his style, increased flexibility and general fitness are common benefits. Aside from punching and kicking, students learn self-defense techniques and sparring. Classes cost $45 monthly ($50 for non-CSUF members) with a $10 onetime sign up fee. New students receive a free uniform upon sign-up, and the first session is free, allowing new students to get a feel for the class before paying.
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Stanford to compete in the NCAA Western Regionals over the weekend. By KEITH MASON Opinion Editor
Cal State Fullerton lunged and perried its way through the NCAA Western Regional at Stanford on Saturday. Stanford counterattacked and swept all but two spots. CSUF Titan Head Coach Heizaburo Okawa said the Stanford team fenced extremely well, as he anticipated before the match. “Stanford was so strong,” Okawa said. “They were way ahead.” Except for the Titan’s epee fencer Jesse Carlson, who tied for third, and one of the Air Force Academy’s sabre fencers, Stanford took home all the medals in the meet which featured team’s from the western region of the United States. In the end, only Carlson walked away with a definite berth to the NCAA Championships which will be held March 18-21. Margaret McCarthy, who placed fifth overall in the women’s epee, earned an at-large invitation. McCarthy also earned a spot as an alternate last year, but did not get to fence at the championships. McCarthy’s future will be decided on Thursday when she finds out whether or not she will travel to Notre Dame next week. As for the regional, McCarthy said the team did well overall, but she could have placed higher in the tournament. “I was disappointed with the way I fenced,” McCarthy said. “I didn’t move
enough ... I let them get the jump on me.” Perhaps part of the challenge came from the unknown team, the Air Force Academy. “Air Force has a good team that we’ve never fenced before,” McCarthy said. “The competition was very tough.” Ellen Mao, women’s foil, managed to get squeaked out of a possible championship invitation due to the tough fencers from Stanford. “The competition was hard,” Mao said. “All in all, I didn’t perform as well as I hoped to.” Mao cited the Titans’ relative inexperience as a factor in the overall scores. “I think we did well for the amount of new fencers on the team,” she said. “It was a good experience for them.” Theresa Lock fences on the women’s foil team, which took third out of five schools. Cal Tech did not send a foil team and therefore was forced to forfeit all of its matches. Lock, in her first appearance at a regional tournament, said the number of
matches was tiring. Among those matches, Lock agreed that Stanford was overwhelming. She also said the AFA team demonstrated some good technique. “I heard they were not as aggressive as before, but they had technique,” Lock said. Still, Lock said she enjoyed the matches and fenced fine. “I did better than I expected,” Lock said. Men’s epee fencer Deric Clarke, whose team took third place, said he was not feeling well for the regional, but still enjoyed the trip to Stanford. “I had a lot of fun this weekend,” Clarke said. The sole Titan fencer for the sabre weapon, Charles Jang placed tenth in a field of 13. “I expected myself to do a little better,” Jang said. Jang lost three matches against both the Air Force and Stanford, although he previously boasted a winning record against those teams.
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The Titan fencers fought their way through the NCAA Western Regionals over the weekend at the Stanford event. The Titans qualified one fencer for the NCAA Championships.
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coach, women’s basketball surges forward. By JEFF HOWE
Daily Titan Staff Writer With change comes questions and the women’s basketball team had several of them going into this season. Would Cal State Fullerton make the Big West Tournament? With the loss of former key players, would the team be able to compete? And most importantly, how will a new head coach affect team chemistry? “The coach just told us what our jobs were for the year and we did a good job filling our spots,” said junior forward Justine McMahan. The addition of first-year Titan Head Coach Denise Curry brought international experience and the insight of a hall of fame player to the women’s team. “I was concerned with the lack of our size and experience,” Curry said. The Titans were forced to start the year minus two of last season’s leading offensive weapons: Dee Braxton and Jackie Bucher. Braxton, a first-team All-Big West Conference selection, left the Titan squad after being a two-year starter, averaging 12.7 points and 10.1 rebounds per game. Bucher averaged 8.5 points and 6.6
rebounds and played in all 26 games. “We knew it was a loss,” McMahan said. “But we could have done a little better with them.” CSUF took some comfort in the fact that the team had seven returning players, including three of the top four scorers: McMahan, senior guard Kris Sigg and junior guard Andrea Thieme. McMahan averaged 10 points per game and 4.9 rebounds last season, while Sigg averaged 13.2 and 3.6, respectively. All-Big West team member Thieme weighed in with 14.8 points per game, along with 134 total assists. The Titans made it to the Big West Tournament for the first time since 19941995, yet the road was not easy. “Every time you come in, you want to go as far as you can,” Sigg said. “We did lose in the first round, so (the team) will be looking to beat that next season.” The new season called for a new system. “We were struggling with the old and new system,” Sigg said. “We tried to find a place to fit in and had to adjust to that.” The adjustment period showed in their 3-8 non-conference record. “I was pretty disappointed with nonconference play,” Curry said. “We hadn’t figured out how to win the close games.” Bad luck started at UC Irvine when guard Nashira Shaw suffered a shattered nose and was sidelined for the season. Later, versus Nevada, McMahan strained
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Pepperdine’s baseball team may not be well-known, but Cal State Fullerton should know well what it is in for tonight. After a slow start, the Waves are riding a current seven-game winning streak, and at Titan Field they face CSUF, a team on its own run of success with eight wins in the last nine games. “They have a lot of the same guys from last year,” said Titan Assistant Coach Rick Vanderhook. “They started slow, but they’ve turned it up a notch as of late. They’re not as highly-touted as some other teams, but no matter what, they always play us tough.” Pepperdine (12-9-1) returned 17 starters from a team that finished second in the West Coast Conference last year. It is currently undefeated in conference, with the last loss coming in extra innings to No. 4 USC on Feb. 25. Coming off a sweep of UC Santa Barbara, the Titans (14-6) — who are ranked 16th in the latest USA Today / ESPN Coaches poll — have turned it up a notch themselves. “We’ve been playing better defensively, especially on the infield side,”
Vanderhook said. But first and foremost, the Titans must deal with injuries. Outfielder Aaron Rowand suffered a strained ligament in his right elbow after colliding with second baseman David Bacani on Friday night. Rowand is doubtful for tonight’s game. “We don’t know yet for sure whether he’ll play,” Vanderhook said. “What I can say is that if he doesn’t feel 100 percent, he won’t play.” Catcher David Trentine’s is still not at full strength but Craig Patterson has not exactly been a slouch in his place as he had five hits over the weekend including a 3-3 performance on Saturday night. Kevin Duck (.297 batting average, 5HR, 24 RBI) has continued on his personal tear, going 3-for-6 in the first two games of the Santa Barbara series. He also homered last Wednesday night against Cal State Northridge. “He’s been a clutch guy for us,” Titan Head Coach George Horton said. “Kevin’s hits have come at the right time, and he’s also played well for us defensively.” Pepperdine’s offense is led by third baseman G.J. Raymundo, who has six home runs and 14 RBI. Three Wave batters have more than 15 RBI in Josh Oder (19), Steve Zorn (19) and Jared Pitney (20). George Carralejo (1-0, 8.53 ERA) will make his second start of the season for the Titans tonight.
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