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TRACK: Records fall at meet last weekend. —See Sports, page 6.
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MARCH 17, 1998
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
n DIVERSITY: Monday’s fash-
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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