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Tea and sonnets in a child’s memory n FUNDRAISER: Author
reads sonnet in memory of her young nephew at an English tea. By JASON M. TAYLOR Daily Titan Staff Writer
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One man battles fee increase
Philosophy student Andy Goldman leans over a sandwich board protesting the proposed fitness center. He spent $50 to put up the sign.
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One student goes on a personal campaign against the proposed student fee hike. By NATHAN ORME
Daily Titan Executive Editor Andy Goldman paid his mandatory $54 in Associated Students fees when he paid his tuition this semester. But for his views to be accurately represented, he had to spend another $50. When he saw all the “Vote Yes on the fitness center” fee increase paraphernalia around campus that had been sponsored by AS Executive Office—paid for with student fees—he knew his interests had not been represented. “As it is I can hardly afford
school,” said Goldman, a junior philosophy major. “I don’t think it’s fair to charge people a blanket $300 when I don’t think people will be around to use it. Personally, I won’t be around in 2003 when the thing is built.” So Goldman took some action. He just started a new job in the Titan Student Union, part of which included scheduling the advertisements that go on the sandwich board signs outside the main entrance of the Union. But part of the policy stated that only organizations were allowed to rent the signage space, not individuals. To meet policy requirements, Goldman went to the Office of Student Life, picked up an organization sign-up sheet and acquired the required signatures—eight students and one faculty advisor—to start an organization, which he is
Workshops, hypnosis— this conference had it all n CONFERENCE: CSUF hosts
the first Leadership Conference, which the Student Leadership Institute hopes to make an annual event. By JOE FLORKOWSKI Daily Titan Staff Writer
Superman, Rocky Balboa, and Kathy Ireland were in the Titan Student Union on Saturday. Michael Jackson, too. Actually Cal State Fullerton students who had been hypnotized by professional hypnotist Michael Djavahery, were turned into the above individuals for a few minutes. Djavahery wrapped up the first annual campus-wide Leadership Conference by hypnotizing Michelle Bicera, Jessica Abiva, and Jamie Dizon into believing they were the famous characters and people. The students were left somewhat dazed after being hypnotized. They could vaguely remember their actions, but seemed somewhat bewildered after their hypnosis. The campus-wide Leadership Conference was put on by the Stu-
dent Leadership Institute in association with Associated Students. The institute is a campus organization that explores leadership issues and includes many members who are active in other organizations. The organization has 335 members this semester, the most it has ever had. Many of the students at Saturday’s conference were members of the organization. Will Daland, who helped coordinate the event, said that the organization is beneficial to students who participate in it. For example, students who participated in the conference Saturday received a certificate they can put on their resume. “People usually just go to campus and go to school and come back, go to classes and go home. If they do that, they’re not maximizing their college education. That’s not college. They don’t get the experience outside the classroom,” Daland said. At the conference, about 100 students in workshops heard speakers talk about different topics, such as stress management, resume writing and dealing with difficult people. Students at the conference could go to one of four different workshops
calling Students Against the Fitness Center. “I got up in my Social and Political Philosophy class and spoke a bit about it,” Goldman said. “Some of them signed it and then I got the rest of the signatures by finding people around campus who agreed with me.” Ed Maine, a lecturer who teaches the class, signed on as the faculty advisor to help Goldman out. He said he really did not know much about the proposed fitness center or its cost to students, but after hearing about it he did have something to say. “A school like this should deemphasize the athletics,” Maine said. “It might be better off spending its resources on academic stuff like new computers or books for the library or more professors.” “I didn’t know about the vote
until Andy said something in class,” said Casey Dionne, a student in the Social and Political Philosophy class with Goldman. “I had no idea where to vote,” he added. “Now I’ll vote ‘no.’ I’m a graduating senior but it just doesn’t sound fair.” Dionne said that he already goes to a gym called 24-Hour Fitness where he pays $20 per month to exercise. “Chances are if it was already here, I would use it,” Dionne said, “but I still wouldn’t want to pay for it.” Acting AS administrator Harvey McKee said that most of the discussion and debate has centered not on the benefit of the proposed complex but on the cost. “You have to recognize that
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Ceray Swats, left, is hypnotized by Michael Djavahery while Michelle Ha passes out at the Titan Student Union on Saturday. for an hour and subsquently attend another workshop if they wish. There were 16 workshops in all, allowing students to attend at least four. “On Being Your Best,” a work-
shop led by Kevin Colander of the School of Humanities and Social Sciences, was a favorite of many who attended. Sahar Imanabadi, who is on
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High tea—the traditional British afternoon meal that often proves the highlight of the day—opened on a sad note Sunday with a sonnet written in memory of a baby who never saw his third week of life. The reading of “Sonnet to Zachary” given by author Kay Stanton, Cal State Fullerton English professor, introduced “High Tea with Hamlet,” a lecture and Englishstyle high tea sponsored by the As You Like Shakespeare Society. The event was dedicated to Stanton’s 12-day-old nephew Zachary, who died in January. Participants engaged in a lecture and discussion session on “Hamlet, Prince of Denmark,” one of William Shakespeare’s most well-known plays. CSUF English professor Sally Romotsky led the discussion, which was followed by an elaborate tea-time meal with traditional British fare. The activity was the first in a series of fundraisers intended to send English students to academic conferences about Shakespeare’s work. Cindy Brady, the club’s president, said it can be difficult for stu-
dents to attend such conferences, which routinely cost up to $1,200. Brady said the club’s intention is to supply the costs for these trips, which are valuable to students interested in Shakespeare. “We’re always discovering new things about Shakespeare,” Brady said. She added that the conferences provide an opportunity to learn about new ideas arising in the field. Romotsky, speaking next to a table laden with scones and cucumber sandwiches and gleaming with silver teapots, also touched on a few slightly-revisionist theories in her lecture about “Hamlet.” Romotsky said the play does not support the conventional reading that Hamlet had a sexual relationship with his love interest Ophelia before her death. This interpretation of the work would require scholars to re-think Shakespeare’s intentions for the characters. The As You Like Shakespeare Society, funded the event. The CSUF English Department-based society also publishes an annual journal in which students can publish poetry and other work related to Shakespeare and the Elizabethan period. Stanton, the club’s advisor, said that students who participate in the club through publication or fundraisers can increase their chances of getting into graduate school or eventually landing a teaching position at a university.
Cultural fashions collide in the Quad
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ion show highlights various ethnic groups on campus. By FRANK C. DIAZ Daily Titan Staff Writer
Using entertainment as a medium, the Association for Intercultural Awareness kicked off Intercultural Week in the quad Monday, highlighting the different world cultures represented by students on campus. Yesterday’s Fashion Show, threatened by rain, featured 28 models dressed in attire from various cultures including Mexico, Asia and Africa. The committee did not just select typical entertainers that would be more recognizable, according to Adrienne Franklin, chair of AICA. The goal was to diversify and attract performers that would represent smaller ethnic groups on campus, Franklin added. “They did not ignore trying to bring in performers like the Caribbean dancers that would cater to the smaller clubs or groups on campus,” Franklin said. “They could have just as easily have catered to the larger clubs.” Senaida Benitez, director of AICA’s cultural affairs committee and the coordinating force behind intercultural week, agreed. “Our theme is moving forward in our culture,” Benitez said. “This year, we’re trying to unite all the clubs and have different performers.” AICA’s goal is to bring representatives from different clubs and organizations on campus to spotlight the ethnic diversity of the student body, Benitez added. Elvira Alarcon, a member of the Spanish Club and a participant in the fashion show, enjoyed both
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Robert Morimoto, a member of the Japanese Student Association, performs on Monday. modeling traditional attire from her family’s native Mexico but also the opportunity to bring attention to her club. “We’re part of AICA,” Alarcon said. “We have our own representatives. We want to promote our own club to everybody on campus.” Another model, Twin Salcedo, a member of the Student Association for Asian American Studies who wore a costume which combined features of traditional Chinese garb blended with American influences, liked seeing emphasis placed on both culture and women in America. “I’m here to represent the AsianAmerican women in the USA and to represent my club,” Salcedo said. Today, also in the Quad at noon, the Filipino American Students working with AICA’s Intercultural
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Celebrating the first decade
Orange County’s only research gerentology center, the Ruby Gerentology Center at Cal State Fullerton, will celebrate its 10th anniversary on Thursday, March 26 from 9 a.m. to 3:45 p.m. The center cost $2.5 million and contains classrooms, offices, meeting rooms, a wellness clinic and an auditorium. It was financed entirely by nonstate funds. The celebration will feature a session on successful aging led by Dr. C. Jessie Jones, director of the LifeSpan Wellness Clinic and professor of kinesiology and health promotion; a slide show on the evolution of the Ruby Gerontology Center; a presentation on Continuing Learning Experience; exhibits and entertainment by CSUF students. The event is free to the public. For more information contact Alicia Jensen, manager of administration for CLE, at 2784274.
Welcome to Fullerton Day
Some 3,000 high school juniors, seniors and their families are expected to attend this year’s Welcome to Fullerton Day on Saturday, March 28, from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The event offers prospective students and family members the chance to discover the many educational opportunities available at the university. Activities include tours of the campus, workshops on financial aid, testing and the University Honors Program. Registration, workshop information and reception tables will be in the quad adjacent to McCarthy Hall and the University Library.
For more information contact Larry Labrado, event coordinator, at 278-2086, or Dave Reid in Public Affairs at 278-4855.
GM Grad Program
Eligible graduates and graduate students can receive 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 a graduate student. The $400 certificate is valid for six months prior to graduation and for up to two years after graduation. Graduate students may qualify for up to two years after graduation. To participate in the program eligible students should call (800) 964-GRAD or visit the Web site at www.gmgrad.com to recieve the certificate and a complete program guide.
Hugs For Health
Give your friends a hug at the Anaheim Healthcare Center Community Hug-In Event, a project of Hugs for Health Foundation. It is a non-profit organization committed to increase awareness, involvement and support for the elderly. The project gives tender loving care to institutionalized seniors who are often lonely, forgotten and longing for hugs. Invite friends, family and neighbors on March 21 at 2 p.m. to break the facility’s “Group Hug Record” of 80 huggers. Huggers of all ages are invited including families, scout troops, church groups and clubs to volunteer friendship services. For more information call (714) 832HUGS.
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CALENDAR OF EVENTS Women’s Issues Discussion Group by Rose HamiltonGottlieb will meet at 6:30 p.m. today. 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. “Uncle Vanya” by Anton Chekhov is being performed in the Arena Theatre. Tickets are available in the CSUF Performing Arts Center Box office. Remaining shows are today through Saturday at 8 p.m.; Saturday at 2:30 p.m.; Sunday
at 5 p.m. For more information 278-3371. DJ Thee-O will produce the beats on Thursday at noon in the Becker Amphitheater. A moon bounce will be available. The Associated Students presents an Organic Expo“Meat Out Day” on Friday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Becker Amphitheatre. The event will include free vegan food, literature and other fun things. Also the movie “The Ice Storm” will be playing from 7 to 9 p.m. in the TSU Theatre.
Orange County Marshall Mike Carona, Candidate for Orange County Sheriff will speak on March 24 from 66:45 p.m. in Alvarado A and B, located in the Titan Student Union. There will be complimentary pizza and drinks for those in attendance.
Eating Disorders, a confidential discussion group, meets at 5 p.m. every Monday in Langsdorf Hall room 208. The group provides support for the difficult and challenging recovery of anorexia and bulimia. For more information call 278-3040.
“Democracy and Self-Interest” is the theme of the 28th annual Philosophy Symposium, which will be held Thursday through Saturday in the Titan Student Union. For more information contact James R. Hofmann at 278-7049.
CAPS information table will be in the quad on March 24 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Pick up free information and speak to professionals about stress, anxiety and depression. For more information call 2783040.
there would be no noticeable difference. The advantage to using the Socket 7 is that there are millions of computers out using that chip style, and upgrade chips (we will be talking 500MHz and up very soon) are cheap and readily available from a number of manufacturers.
and helpful. Finally for those people who are either new to computers or are switching over to new programs, go visit http://www.learnitonline.com. For this place, you pay one small annual fee and take classes on top software programs. These classes use a multimedia presentation to show you how to use Netscape Communicator or Exchange, for example. They will even let you take a few lessons as samples, so if nothing else, go take what they offer for free and run. This is the key to shopping on the Internet: take the free samples where they exist, then go find more free samples. Why pay for what you can get for free? Steve Muise is the Daily Titan's "tech guy." His column runs every week. Send comments and questions to the Daily Titan c/o Steve Muise, 800 N. State College Blvd., Fullerton, 92834. Or e-mail Steve at: sm008299@student.fullerton.edu.
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onsidering buying a new computer? Depending on how soon you need the computer, and how much you can afford, there will be some real barn-burning computers coming to market soon. Before the end of 1998, we can expect to be looking at computer processors that are running over 400MHz, as well as using high speed connections for the accessories like hard drives and back-up equipment. Do not get trapped into thinking that Intel is the only chip maker, either. Both AMD and Cyrix produce cheaper chips that run just as fast, if not faster. There have
been no problems associated with either of those chips. Then to top it off, these companies are coming out with some pretty cool new chips that will speed up and run 3D graphics supposedly even better than Intel’s chips. You might begin to hear about different socket types this year. When Intel came out with the Pentium II it also introduced a new socket for the processor. What this means is that you cannot buy a Pentium II chip and put it in your old Pentium computer, as it will not fit. This new socket is called Socket 1, while the old type is Socket 7. The other competing chipmakers, AMD and Cyrix, make chips for the Socket 7. The new Socket 7 chips coming out this year will be just as fast as the Socket 1 that Intel uses. The only Socket 1 advantage is it can process multiple transactions at the same time, which is really only helpful if you are running a network server. For personal computers,
U of Windsor offers Americans a bargain
By Molly Abraham Knight-Ridder Newspapers
DETROIT—Only 10 Americans are among the 10,000-strong fulltime undergraduate student body at the University of Windsor, with a handful more in graduate programs. That may change dramatically now that the university—which offers 120 undergraduate programs —has announced it will reduce tuition for U.S. students. Until the province of Ontario deregulated tuition and allowed colleges to set their own fees for nonCanadian students, U.S. students
had been paying $3,500 per semester. That amount will be cut in half. Beginning in September, U.S. students will be able to attend the University of Windsor for $3,500 for a full two-semester school year. The reduction was inspired by the North American Free Trade Agreement, says John Carrington, managing editor of the University News Service. “Because of our location, we’re going to do something fairly radical,” Carrington said. And that is to seek students in southeastern Michigan and Ohio who will be able to
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March 10 • A vehicle was keyed while parked in Lot E. • A white Honda Civic and a black Honda Prelude collided in Lot E. • A forged decal was confiscated from a white Dodge Colt. • Two juveniles were returned to La Vista and Troy High School. One was charged with
possession of marijuana and a minor in possession of tobacco. • Benjamin Moran Perez was arrested for driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol. March 11 • Stacey Davis reported a non-injury-traffic collision in Lot E. • A female juvenile was arrested for possession of
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Affairs Committee, will be hosting Tininkling, a Filipino dance troupe performing traditional dances from the islands. Los Rivales del Norte, a Banda Norte–a, will play “corridas” from northern Mexico on Wednesday. Thursday, the Afro-Caribbean Dance Revue will perform a variety of dances including “broken bottles,” where members of the troupe dance on a bed of broken glass. Throughout the week, a DJ will also perform and various clubs will offer desserts for sale from their respective homelands.
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Andrea Thomas, president of the Afro-Ethnic Student Association, leaves the stage of Monday’s Inter-Cultural Week Fashion Show.
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tobacco and returned to Troy High School. • A male juvenile was arrested for possession of less than one ounce of marijuana and turned over to a relative. March 12 • Shannon Smith reported illegal magazine sales in front of the Humanities Building.
• A vehicle was booted for $180 worth of outstanding citations. The fee was paid and the boot was removed. March 13 • Billie Rael reported an incident occurred in McCarthy Hall. • A forged decal was confiscated and the vehicle’s owner was cited.
• A student reported he lost his cellular phone in the Library. March 15 • An 18-year-old female was reported missing since 9:30 a.m. Saturday. She was found Sunday evening and taken off of the Missing Unidentified Persons System. —compiled by Nick Brennan.
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enroll for about the same tuition they would pay at Wayne State University. “I think it’s long overdue,” said Neil Gold, dean of students. “We are just a mile from Detroit and very accessible to the greater Detroit area, with a fine series of programs. We’ve got something worthwhile at a competitive price.” Letters have gone out to 4,500 high school students in Michigan, Ohio and Indiana who have taken the SAT exams, inviting them to take a look at the campus in the shadow of the Ambassador Bridge, a campus, says Carrington, with no graffiti and only one incidence of crime in the last year. American students enrolled at the University of Windsor are eligible for health benefits through the Ontario Health Plan for $200, said Carrington. In November, MacLean’s, a Canadian newsmagazine, ranked Windsor eighth in the nation on a list that included full-service graduate and undergrad programs but not medical-doctoral schools. Deyone Lane, 22, a senior from Marshall, Texas, had never been to Canada until he arrived in Windsor two months ago to spend his final semester at the university in a reciprocal agreement with the University of Central Florida. He is studying English and creative writing. Comparing the two institutions, he notes, “It’s not a jab on American education, but I did find the classes to be a bit more challenging and engaging.” Lane is living on campus with four roommates, all of whom, he says, are “academically inclined.”
the EMBRACE program tract of the Student Leadership Institute, enjoyed Colander’s seminar. “Kevin, he was so pumped up and energized. He was so passionate and put his heart into it. “Having him as the first workshop really pumped me up,” Imanabadi said. Jeremy Cohen, who is active in many organizations on campus, also enjoyed Colander’s workshop. “He was positive and reaffirming. It didn’t just focus on one subject. He focused on many different things. In a comprehensive way, it gave a way to get things accomplished.”
most AS referendums have been for under $25,” McKee said. “I think when you’re talking about a $150 fee it might generate more interest.” McKee has worked with students at Cal State Fullerton since 1970. In all his years he cannot recall any time when students have organized against a campus referendum. He did recall one instance when some students opposed a referendum, but not until after the vote.
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“There was a group when there was the referendum to expand the Titan Student Union back in spring 1987,” McKee said. “They called themselves the Student Coalition Against the Expansion of the Student Union or something like that. But they didn’t pop up until after the election, after the fee increase was approved.” This referendum was for an increase of $21 that paid for the addition of, on one side, the east portion of the Food Court, the TV Lounge and Billiards area of the Games, and the student organiza-
tion offices on the top floor, and on the other side of the building, the Chapman Atrium, Portola Pavillion. Students passed the referendum by three votes. The 10 or so students who came to McKee’s office to complain about the fee confessed that they had not voted in the election. “They had the election in their pocket,” McKee said. Though Goldman may be far from having the election in his pocket, he said he has gotten favorable responses from those whom he has told about his efforts.
“From people who do know about it, I’ve gotten nothing but kudos,” he said. Goldman said he has done as much as he feels is possible by putting up the sandwich board sign, though he might still put up some fliers. But he says that informing people is just the first obstacle in this process. “It’s just a matter of getting people to go out and vote,” Goldman said.
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Judges’ scores scorned
CSUF in dire need of center If you build it, they will come.
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question marks at meet over the weekend as Titans finish third. By BRIAN DIERIEX
Daily Titan Sports Photo Editor The Titan gymnasts showed their stuff on Saturday night, but the results perplexed and puzzled both them and their coaches. Cal State Fullerton’s 187.525 left them .35 shy of the UC Berkely Bears (187.875) and .7 behind the North Carolina Tar Heels in the meet. “I think (the judging) on floor was fine, but I thought on the other events it was horrendous,” Titan Associate Head Coach Julie Knight said. “We only had to count two falls, and we’ve been scoring around 189. This was one of our best performances all year and we are down at 187. It’s very frustrating.” After a sub par performance last Friday at UC Santa Barbara, Titan Head Coach Lynn Rogers said that he felt his team had fixed the problems. However, the improvement was not reflected in the scores. “We had our problems on bars, but beam and floor did a great job,” Rogers said. “So theoretically we should be one point off one of our highest scores, but that isn’t going to happen. And it’s not going to happen because I can’t figure out where the judges are coming from.” Rogers added “It’s tough on the kids because they know they are trying to qualify for regionals and to go up there and do a good job and get a 9.1 instead of a 9.3 like they’re used to getting.” A normally loud crowd of 817 was
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Tammy De la Cruz performes her balance beam routine in Saturday’s meet. De la Cruz recorded a 9.3 on the event.
They w i l l Erin Whiteside come from all over Southern California, and maybe even from beyond those boundaries. They will come because this University will be viewed as an up and coming institution with an advanced outlook. They will come to be a part of a school that reaches out to its students, athletes and faculty in an attempt to create a better environment. And in one week, students at Cal State Fullerton will be given the opportunity to build what is sorely needed and to vastly improve the quality of this campus by voting in favor of the proposed fitness center. This school wallows in the pit of apathy. Few things tie students to the school, but those that do greatly improve student involvement and enjoyment at CSUF. Just ask those people living in the dorms. Who do you think is getting the most out of their time at CSUF—people who are here two times a week, or those living on campus, and becoming involved with the school? The fitness center would serve the same purpose. It will increase student involvement in activities on campus, like cultural events, speakers and of course, athletic events. And just how bad does the athletic department need this new center? As it stands right now, area high schools have better facilities than what Titan Division I athletes use. The athletic department at CSUF is a quality organization operating on a professional.
silenced at the meet due to the long and drawn out inquiries the coaches had about the judges’ starting values of their gymnasts and the low scores. Michele Lotta started off the Titans with a solid vault of 9.45. Overall CSUF scored a 46.725 on vault, which was much better than last week’s 45.75. Griffen, who had a couple of bad vaults in the last meet, hit her first attempt, but only improved her score by .275, for a 9.275. “That’s about as good as it gets,” Rogers said. “That vault the rest of the season would have scored a 9.4 or 9.5.” The Titans moved on to the uneven bars where Gracie Millard and Cortney
Bogart led the way. Nursing a sore ankle, Millard came through with a 9.45, in her only event. “Even though she could only do one event, she went out there and did it well,” Rogers said. Bogart is beginning to get back into the swing of things after shoulder surgery before the season. She brought in a team high of 9.525 on the uneven bars. Tammy De la Cruz, who missed the last three meets with a wrist injury, returned very aggressive, but fell early in her routine to score an 8.55. Christy Lutz also had troubles on the uneven bars and scored an 8.3. Rogers said, “I can’t remember when she last fell on bars.”
De la Cruz and Lutz bounced back on the balance beam, scoring a 9.525 and a 9.55 respectively. But, Bogart shined above everyone else as she scored a 9.725, good for first place in the meet. “I’ve been working really hard in practice to fix my series and it’s getting much better,” Bogart said. “I wasn’t as nervous this time. I feel like I’m getting back to my old self.” Natalia Acosta and Griffen, who are among the team’s top performers on the balance beam, struggled early, but finished their routines strong. Acosta’s scores ranged from an 8.7 by one judge and a 9.2 from the other judge, causing Knight to inquire about
the starting value of the routine. “That wasn’t one of Natalia’s better beam routines, and she did a great job of staying on,” Knight said “She’s been struggling a little in practice, so I was pleased with her effort. I thought 9.2 was reasonable and I though 8.7 was ridiculous.” CSUF finished on the floor exercise and tied a season high with a 47.9. Four Titans scored a 9.5 or better: Elizabeth Schneider (9.5), Griffen (9.55), Acosta (9.7) and Lutz (9.725). CSUF will head to Boise State for the Big West Conference Championships on March 21.
Saturday, when freshman Jon Smith was unable to go. Smith was replaced by right-handed pitcher Kirk Saarloos ( 2-2, 4.95 ERA). Saarloos, who has been up and down most of the season, has recently strung together a few good outings. He allowed only one run in No. 10 CSUF’s 12-1 rout of the Mustangs. “We’re trying to find the right role for him right now,” Titan Head Coach George Horton said. “He’s gradually getting more confidence. Jon Smith won’t start this weekend and Saarloos might be our guy on Saturday.”
Adam Johnson and Marco Hanlon followed Saarloos and allowed only one hit with seven strikeouts. On Sunday Reed Johnson extended his hot hitting streak to 12 games. He started off the season slow, but turned it around in the Fresno State series in Feb. “That was the first series where he really seemed to make a conscious effort to not put hitting as his highest priority,” Horton said. “Had he not done that, the way he was swinging the bat his position would have been in jeopardy.” In the past week including the Titans’
12-2 toppling of Pepperdine, Johnson has gone 11-for-20 upping his batting average to .360. He also scored 11 runs and had 15 RBI. He knocked out three home runs over the weekend including a grand slam in the Titans’ 16-2 victory on Friday. “The home runs were not just token home runs, they were critical home runs,” Horton said. Johnson’s efforts earned him Big West Player of the Week honors. With an 8-5 victory on Sunday the winning streak moved to eight games in a row.
Sunday’s match pitted the teams’ two best pitchers Benito Flores (5-0, 1.75) and Mike Zirelli (2-6). The Mustangs took an early 5-1 lead on the Titans. “We’re sitting there facing one of the best pitchers in the league down 5-1,” Horton said. “We took good turns and didn’t panic, we basically broke him down as the game went along and that’s not easy to do. They’re a much better team with Zirelli on the mound.” In the game the Titans did not grab the lead until the eighth inning. The top and bottom of the order did most of the work over the weekend,
Horton said. “For as many runs as we scored, the middle of our order was not a major factor,” Horton said. The pitching staff’s ERA has dropped below three to 2.89. “That’s a credit to all the guys we are running out there,” pitching coach Dave Serrano said. “It’s remarkable to have an ERA under three with the way the college game is being played and the improvement of the aluminum bats.” The Titans head to Cal State Northridge on Wednesday to close out their season series with the Matadors.
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early in the season,” said Assistant Coach Ron Kamaka. “All the hard work and the efforts in training paid off, hard work is the key.” Alison Livermore also finished second on the Women’s 5000-meter with a time of 17 minutes, 55.53 seconds. “I concentrated hard for this race,” Livermore said. “I didn’t want to lose but JoJo Yaba (who placed first) had a really good kick from the start, I just did what I could do and got second.” Adam Loo finished fourth in the Men’s 3000m Steeplechase, and he also established his personal season best at 9:43.9 in this category. Quincy Sims triple jumped his seasonal best at 47:11-3/4. Deunka Langford participated on her first meet of the year and established her personal best in the 100m at 12:72 and won her section in the 200m. Home meets are a little more difficult on the athletes because the coaches are concerned with managing the meet. The athletes are left more on their own than they may normally be at road competitions where their coach can see and advice in every situation and give more feedback. At home, coaches are not as attentive to their athletes as they normally would be. “We are really pleased overall,” Head Coach John Elders said. “We had a
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Red-hot Titans keep on rolling with sweep over Mustangs n BASEBALL: Titans led
by Reed Johnson, who is named Big West Player of the Week. By BRIAN DIERIEX
Daily Titan Sports Photo Editor One streak ended and two others continued as Titan baseball swept the 620 Cal Poly San Luis Obispo Mustangs over the weekend. Cal State Fullerton, (18-6) had started a lefty on the mound every game except
Titans grab doubledigit duo of victories n SOFTBALL: Titans score
25 runs on 27 hits in two easy wins over Lehigh. By JEFF HOWE
Daily Titan Staff Writer Last night was the first time in each school’s history that Lehigh and Cal State Fullerton squared off in softball. And after exploding for 25 total runs on 27 hits, the Titans are now wishing the Mountain Hawks would stop by every week. CSUF decimated Lehigh to sweep the doubleheader 11-3 and 14-0 and will go into this week’s Kia Klassic Tournament with some momentum. “Those runs weren’t the result of errors,” Titan Head Coach Judi Garman said. “We scored in each inning because we hit the ball.” In fact, the Titans (12-12) scored in every inning for a total of 10 in a row, the first time ever the team has done that. In the first game, CSUF built on a one-run lead in the second by sending nine batters to the plate and knocking in three runs, two of which came on a
Stacy Pierson home run, her second of the season. The Titans added single tallies in the third, fourth and fifth innings, and then just to show the attack was not done, four more runs crossed the plate, including a solo homer by Brenda Iglesias in the sixth — her fifth of the season. “She hits the hard stuff over the fence, she hits the soft stuff over the fence,” Garman said. Chrissy Hartman started for the Titans and allowed only three earned runs and eight hits. “(Chrissy and I) know that we have to stay up at all times,” pitcher Donna Combes said. “With Jana (Oetgen) out, there is not much depth.” The Titans were even more dominating in the second game, driving 14 runs across the plate. CSUF was led by second baseman Nikki Hart, who had two doubles and a three-run homer to drive in six runs. The game was essentially put away in the third inning when the Titans again sent nine batters to the plate and banged out six runs on six hits — including Hart’s homer.
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Track records pile up in meet honoring their late coach, Ben Brown. By EDGARD AGUILAR Daily Titan Staff Writer
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CSUF’s Nikki Hart kneels down to pick up a ground ball while a Lehigh runner waits to advance. CSUF won/lost, 8-6.
Late U.S. 1976 Olympic gold medalist, collegiate NCAA champion and former track and field coach Ben Brown would be pleased on the accomplishes of the Titan team at the event named on his honor. In preparation for what some consider the main event next month at Long Beach State several athletes improved their personal and season bests at the Ben Brown Invitational held at CSUF on Saturday. Deanna Mendibles finished in second place and established a new CSUF record on the women’s high jump at 5 feet 6 inches, breaking her own personal best of 5’5” which she held for the past year. “Concentrating too much in a jump didn’t help,” Mendibles said. “I switched and cleared my head and when it was time to jump everything came together and I got the 5’6.” Freshman Stephanie Wettlin captured third place behind Mendibles with a 5’2” jump. “She’s jumped a lifetime best this
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ered by the hot bat of Brenda Iglesias. By JEFF HOWE
Daily Titan Staff Writer It is still an up and down battle for the Cal State Fullerton softball team. The Titans split a doubleheader at the University of Pacific this past Friday, then did the same at Sacramento State on Saturday during two Big West Conference match-ups. “Our players are coming to the ballpark ready to play,” Titan Head Coach
Judi Garman said. “We just need to get a couple of our key players healthy and our pitching needs to step it up a notch.” The Titans are without pitcher Jana Oetgen, who is nursing some tendonitis in her pitching (right) shoulder. She is listed as day to day. Catcher Dara Marzolo is also out with a groin pull. In Stockton, the Tigers opened an early lead with one run in the bottom of the first. They added another in the fourth and held a 4-1 lead after the sixth inning before CSUF exploded. After a single and a double, designated player Brenda Iglesias stepped in and belted a three-run homer over the left field
fence to give CSUF a 5-4 lead. The team added three more for an 8-4 win. “The key is that we’re hitting and having more than one successful inning,” Garman said. The second game contrasted with the first, as only three total runs were scored — two by UOP. The Tigers strung five hits together to take a 2-0 lead after one inning. Shortstop Christa Saindon’s double accounted for the lone Titan score. UOP pitcher Melissa Bautista scattered three hits over seven innings and struck out five. Against Sacramento State, the Titan offense again started strong.
After Saindon singled in the second, a fielder’s choice and a walk were added to the mix to load the bases for second baseman Nikki Hart. Hart doubled to left, clearing the bases and putting the Titans up for good, 3-1. The Hornets added one in the third and the Titans countered with two more in the fifth on an Iglesias homer to left-center. “I like the way we’re hitting the ball,” Garman said. “When someone scores a
run, we can come back.” But in the second game, the defense faltered. In the fourth, a Saindon triple started off a three-run attack to put CSUF up 4-2. The Hornets countered with a single tally in the bottom half of the inning, but then in the bottom of the sixth, it all collapsed. Three costly CSUF errors allowed three runs to score and the Titans lost, 6-4.
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Six of the nine starters in the second game — CSUF’s largest run-producing game — had hits. “When we all work together, we do well,” left fielder Wendi Griffin said. The defense proved this by not committing an error in either game. “We had one bad inning in Sacramento, but that was on two quick plays,” Garman said. “The players are working well as a unit.”
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However, it contrasts starkly with what it functions in. The Titan Gym, sadly, is an embarrassment to the athletic department. The tiny Titan Gym accommodates the entire athletic department, the physical education department, the recreation department and the students who use it in their free time. It is simply too small and inadequate for a 25,000 plus student body. Athletes deserve better. This school deserves better. The two Universities comparable to CSUF in this area are Long Beach State and UC Irvine. Both boast fine athletic and recreational facilities in the Pyramid and the Bren Center. CSUF needs this center to compete and stay on the same level. People actively use those facilities, and they are commuter campuses just like we are. In 1987, students passed the expansion of the University Center by an excruciatingly slim margin of three votes. The dissenting voice at the time was that no one would use the expanded area. Look at it now. At lunch time, you are lucky to even find a seat, and that is if you get your lunch in time after waiting in the long lines. This fitness center is what this campus needs. It will fulfill the needs around the athletic and physical education departments and of course, the student body. It will create a sense of unity for this school and hopefully begin the process of turning this University from an apathetic collection of buildings into an institution to take pride in and care about.
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lot of people improve on their marks and their personal bests, they’ll have a chance to improve some more at our next big meet, the Big West Challenge at Long Beach State.” Titan track and field athletes will
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Tuesday, March 17, 1998
Give him a kiss and a blarney stone Keith Mason all it the luck of the Irish. I do have some Irish in me, you know. So I thought I would take this opportunity to share with the world an amazingly lucky experience I had recently: a date. For those of you who read this section with any regularity, you may recall a column I wrote last month headlined, “Valentines, schmalentines: get a life.” For those of you who don’t read the opinion page or don’t recall that article, SHAME ON YOU! Anyway, I wrote my opinion about Valentine’s Day, and suffice it to say, I don’t hold that particular holiday in any high regard. It’s too commercial and refuse to spend so much money for one day. So I put out a call via the paper for all available women on campus to send me a photo and a brief description of themselves. And you responded with the same apathy with which this campus regards any public call to arms. Still, according to the advisor of the Daily Titan, rumor has it that I benefited from my column in the following ways: •Myself and some beautiful lady enjoyed a candle-lit dinner at a seaside restaurant overlooking Newport Harbor. •I drew the adoring guffaws of the campus. •A job in relationship counseling has opened up and I will be writing an advice column here at Cal State Fullerton. Okay, let’s review: date, adoration, new advice
column. Hmm. Not bad for a day’s work, eh? Damn the truth, for it’s all a lie. Sure, you’ll soon see an advice column in the paper, but it won’t be mine (except, of course, for the occasional letter signed, “lonely in Fullerton”). And who knows, maybe I’ll end up dining at a ritzy restaurant in the near future, but again, unlikely; I’m far too cheap. I’m not sure exactly how such rumors begin, but I have a sneaking suspicion someone on the staff of the Daily Titan has a job waiting for them at the National Enquirer. If only she had snapped some photos. So I got to thinking about this notreally-a-date that I participated in. It sounded so good and I hated to admit how long it had been since I went on a real date with a woman. Not counting that Playboy calendar under my mattress. Uh...did I just write that? Anyway, I got so involved with this not-a-date that I almost began to believe it myself. I could taste the steak and potato...scratch that. I still savor the salmon and
broccoli. Yeah, and the pecans. And there just isn’t anything like white wine to cap an evening of bliss. Except I don’t drink, so maybe scratch that part, too. I can distinctly remember the smell of her perfume, the rosy smell of White Diamonds. Not
to mention the Herbal Essence in her salon-styled hair, a sweet deserty aroma like none other. My heart still beats with unmistakable excitement, like the Mojave after a long drought. My hands begin to sweat at the sight of such beauty. And the view across the harbor reeks of
romance. Top it all off with luscious red lipstick... yessir, that was a date to remember. I think next time I should be told about the date ahead of time; it’s so much more exciting to participate than to hear about it second-hand.