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APRIL 17, 1998
Let computers do the teaching n TECHNOLOGY: CSUF
instructors are making class material available for students on the Internet; reactions to virtual teaching are mixed. By CINDY JIMENEZ Daily Titan Staff Writer
It is the night before your midterm and you suddenly realize you do not have a study guide. You panic until you
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remember the instructor put the study guide online last week. Relieved, you go to your computer, log on to his or her Web site, pull up the study guide and cram. Faculty at Cal State Fullerton are in the process of making class materials available to their students via the World Wide Web. Aside from class study guides and syllabi, supplements, handouts and instructional material that help augment teaching in the classroom are also accessable to students.
More and more faculty are finding the Web an effective tool for giving students more choices in how they receive instructional material. “Right now people like me and others on campus are dipping our toes in the water,” said computer applications instructor Chris Cozby. Students in Cozby's class get their e-mail on a regular basis for announcements and other class related information. Cozby said students can e-mail him any hour of the day if they have
burning questions he can quickly answer. “I try to find ways I can use technology to expand what is available to students to have and to learn from,” Cozby said. Acting Academic Technology Coordinator Sorel Reisman said the Web is a great tool to supplement classroom teaching. He said there are many opportunities for online instruction such as systems analysis and design, remedial
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issues, Eric Pathe and Christian Tesoro agree that the Physical Eduction building needs improvement but disagree on how.
cent of CSUF students fail the English Writing Proficiency test the first time around.
By JOE FLORKOWSKI Daily Titan Staff Writer
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Parking is a bone of contention for many students at Cal State Fullerton.
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It’s been about a month now and you’ve almost forgot about it. While combing through the mail, you notice a Cal State Fullerton envelope. What’s this? You’ve paid your tuition and grades aren’t due for months. Oh yes, it's the dreaded Examination of Writing Proficiency (EWP) results. You tear it open. What the @#%*! This must be a mistake. About 25 percent of CSUF perspective graduates fail their first attempt at the EWP test. Sociology major Gabe Halcovich was shocked when he opened the notice. “I thought I did the best job I could. My introduction was good. My thesis statement had three categories and then I wrote a wrap-up. I wasn’t concerned with commas and perfect grammar,” Halcovich said, “After all, it was a first draft.” CSU graduation candidates must pass a proficiency test proving their writing and grammar skills meet baccalaureate standards. And take an upper division writing course specified for their major. Halcovich spent the last semester writing and rewriting papers for his Sociology of Writing class and he thought the EWP test would be a whiz to get through compared to that. Right? Wrong! John White, director of the English department, advises students to pay close attention to what the question asks. “Think first, take some notes, and brainstorm. Planning is crucial. This paper needs more planning than a class paper, since there is no rewrite. Then proofread it several times,” White said. “Many students who have trouble with the test are transfers from the community college system and not usually students who went through remediation at Cal State Fullerton.” Recent reports state 40 percent of California high school graduates entering college fail English proficiency exams and must take remedial English in college. A recent CSUF study showed that 70 percent of its English remedial students are recent immigrants. Although the study found that freshman needing remedial English are just as likely to graduate as those who don’t require remedial English. Regardless of roadblocks, all graduating students must pass EWP before requirements are complete. Or students may opt to take English 199 in
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Michael Shaffer and Angelique Benson, dressed as the Fool and the Princess, came to campus Thursday to promote the Titan Student Union’s discount ticket sales for the Renaissance Faire. The Faire, held each year at Glen Helen Regional Park in San Bernardino, begins April 25 and continues through June 21.
Is it any wonder then that both candidates for AS President have seized upon this issue as part of their platforms? However, how Christian Tesoro and Eric Pathe intend to solve the problem of parking is just one of many issues they disagree upon. Tesoro and Pathe both plan to address these issues as they prepare for the AS presidential elections Wednesday and Thursday. Tesoro proposes two solutions to the parking problem. One of his proposals is to build a multi-level parking structure near parking lot B. The other idea Tesoro has is to bring back the tram service, which was discontinued several years ago. The tram service was discontinued several years ago, due to a combination of reasons. Handicapped access which didn’t prove convenient for the university to fund, as well as low usage among students. At the time, the tram served to transport individuals around the campus and even went as far as local neighborhoods. Pathe has different plans for the parking issue. "If elected president, my job would be to motivate the individuals around me to go out and find the alternatives [to parking]", Pathe said. Pathe sees carpool incentives and ride share programs as two alternatives. "We don't have specifics as to what we're going to do yet, but we want to make sure that this issue is addressed," Josh Kurpies, Pathe's running mate, said about parking. Pathe and Tesoro both think the ath-
letic facilities on campus are below average, but disagree on how to improve upon the facilities. A proposal to build a student fitness center by increasing student fees by $150 a semester failed this semester. Both candidates are against raising student fees to pay for a student fitness center. Tesoro wants to improve the existing facilities without raising student fees. He said he would like to re-do the weight room and work to improve the gym. "Let's build on what we have now," Tesoro said, adding that the university may be more willing to pay for improving current facilities, rather than footing the bill for a new $42 million fitness center. Pathe said he is in favor of using capital outlay programs and other means to raise funds for constructing a fitness center. Tesoro's running mate, Kristine Buse, is looking to raise more money for AS scholarships. AS already provides scholarships such as book scholarships and the Kyle S. O'Brien Memorial Scholarship. Buse also wants to increase the involvement of students in AS. Currently, several positions in AS are open, whether they are specific positions or committee spots. Pathe and Kurpies are also looking at classroom renovation projects. Among issues they are looking at are the elevators in the Humanities and Social Sciences. "They're in and out. They're out of service," Pathe said. "I don't know how they pass inspection each year," Kurpies said. Pathe doesn't want to just address a solitary issue such as the elevators when discussing classroom renovations. He said he wants to make sure students are not being left behind with ancient equipment. "We want to make sure we're not still using Apples, when everybody else is using IBMs," Pathe said. Current AS president Heith Rothman said that the new AS president has to understand that they are limited to what
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L.A. race relations inspire lawyer Angela Oh to act
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Defense attorney Angela Oh has been politically active for 15 years and was recently appointed to the president’s committee on racial issues. By MELINDA GANN Daily Titan Staff Writer
As a Los Angeles defense attorney, Angela Eunjin Oh's success as a litigator has brought her wealth. Her work as a spokesperson for multiculturalism has gained her recognition. Oh has served on advisory panels for corporations such as Merrill Lynch and Southern California Edison. Now, Oh advises the most power-
ful corporation in the world: the White House. Oh is the one Asian American chosen as a member of President Clinton's Advisory Board on Race. Talking at Cal State Fullerton yesterday, Oh defied all stereotypes of Asians and women. "It is a daunting thing to get a call from the White House," said Oh, standing perfectly erect. "Los Angeles was the reason my name came to light. I am the only member west of the Mississippi." Oh said that California has very unique racial diversity compared to other parts of the country. She stated the ease that immigrants who come to Los Angeles have interacting within their ethnic group. According to Oh, 35 ethnic groups exist in Los Angeles with their own economic infrastructures. "We are fighting for a piece of pie that
is classified for minorities only," said Oh. "We need a bigger pie with large enough slices for everyone." Demonstrating her outspoken and confrontational persona, Oh defied her parents wishes for her to enter dentistry, choosing law instead. The eldest of four, Oh was raised in Los Angeles to Korean immigrants. "My dad had a day job, evening job and a third job every other weekend," said Oh. "When people complain about a 40-hour week, I think 70 hours is more of a full-time work week." In addition to being the only Asian American, Oh is also the only attorney on the council of seven. Including the Asian attorney, the board consists of three whites, two blacks and one Latino. The board has found in the last seven
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Angela Oh, a member of President Clinton's committee on racial relations, with professor Kenji Yada, gave a lecture to CSUF students Thursday.
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The Campus Mentor Coalition and the Office of Educational Equity will sponsor a seminar on mastering career essentials such as resume building, dressing for success, dining etiquette and practicing interviews. The seminar will be held at the Fullerton Marriott Hotel today from 8:15 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The cost for the program is $10 per person and will include a continental breakfast, lunch, workshop materials and an individual door prize drawing ticket. Students are encouraged to dress in business attire and bring resumes for critique. For more information contact Ben Hubbard at 278-3452 or Rick Reo at 278-4158.
Faculty Recital “Love Songs from a Tenor” with Mark J. Goodrich, tenor in faculty recital will be presented tonight at 8 p.m. in the Recital Hall. The recital will include a sequence of songs on love by Goodrich, who joined the music faculty in 1992. He previously performed numerous operatic roles including Ernesto in “Don Pasquale” and Fenton in “Falstaff.” He worked with opera director Cynthia Auerbach and performed at the Aspen Music Festival as a soloist. Goodrich received his Doctor of Music Arts Degree at the University of Michigan, his master's degree from Yale and his bachelor's degree from State University of New York at Fredonia. Tickets are available at the Performing Arts Center box office for $8; $5 with Titan Discount. For more information call 278-3371.
Hospice Volunteers Needed VITAS Innovative Hospice Care is seeking volunteers to give a few
hours each week visting people, providing periodic relief for family caregivers and running occassional errands. The next volunteer training class will be held Saturday May 2 and May 9, from 9:30 a.m.5:30 p.m. VITAS is located at 333 South Anita Dr. #950, Orange. For registration or more information call Cathryn Carson at (800) 486-6157.
Low-Income families can become homeowners Habitat for Humanity of Orange County is looking for low-income families in Orange County who want to own their own homes. Applicants are needed for affordable homes in Rancho Santa Margarita, Irvine and Costa Mesa. Families should have a steady source of income and be living in sub-standard housing. Applicants should be able to contribute 600 hours of labor to Habitat. If you would like more information about becoming a Habitat homeowner, please contact Habitat For Humanity of Orange County at 895-4331 x59 or x70(se Habla Espanol).
Piano Scholarship A piano scholarship will be established on May 1 honoring Alicia de Larrocha, one of the world's most admired pianists. The scholarship, the first ever established in Larrocha’s name, will represent a tribute to her by both the Music Department and Eduardo Delgado. Presenting the scholarship is Delgado, an Argentinian-born pianist and long-time friend of de Larrocha. In conjunction with the presentation of the scholarship, there will be a piano recital. A reception will follow the concert in honor of both de Larrocha and Delgado. The concert and scholarship presentation will be held at the Nixon
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CALENDAR OF EVENTS “All Points of the Compass,” a conference hosted by the Geography Department today from 8:30 a.m.-3:20 p.m. in Titan Student Union Ontiveros room. The keynote speaker is Patricia Gober, professor and president of the Association of American Geographers. Gearing up for Greek Week today from 10 a.m-4 p.m. on the Performing Arts lawn, the CBS College Tour will let you ride a ski simulator, act out your
favorite soap and guess punch lines from sitcoms and more.
and Sunday at 5 p.m. are sold out.
“The Odd Couple,” the female version by Neil Simon, will be featured in the Arena Theatre. Running times: today through Sunday at 8 p.m.; additional performances: Saturday at 2:30 p.m. and Sunday at 5 p.m. For more information and to purchase tickets, call 2783371. Tickets are $5-$7. The box office recommends buying tickets in advance. Friday night
Associated Students Productions presents Ice-T tonight at 6 p.m. in Titan Student Union Pavilion C. Admission is free.
Stokes, an assistant professor in the AfroEthnic Studies Department. If they succeed educationally, they may find that they have failed socially. “For Afro-Ethnic women, we see a difference by how much contact they have with a mainstream society,” Stokes said. “In the African community, the more education you get, you become more isolated from the collective community.” Stokes, who teaches classes such as “Black Women in America” and “The History of Racism” at Cal State Fullerton, said black women who aspire to better their lives through education may not be well understood within their community. “People look at them and say, ‘What do you want to do that for? Why don’t you just get a job?’” Stokes said. “That’s a conflict. There’s a perception that
you’re trying to be different from family members.” An unspoken dual standard can create feelings of confusion or futility for black women, Stokes said. “It’s endorsed verbally, but behavior goes against that,” she said. “Underlying innuendoes cause a real sense of alienation. It’s just a no-win situation.” Alatorre, student director of the Chicana Resource Center, has seen similarities within her own culture. Her experiences serve as an example. Male attitudes towards Latinas who decide to stay in school can be very demeaning, she said. Regarding the demeaning insults directed toward women who seek higher education, Alatorre said the negativity expressed by the men made her suddenly consider her own future. “It just got me to thinking,” Alatorre
said. “I want to be a doctor. Is that how they’re going to see me? “It makes me feel like women in my culture just aren’t supposed to excel that way,” Alatorre added. “And if they do, it’s not valid.” Yet, some women from other cultures reported encountering different cultural messages within their respective families. CSUF student Seemi Hasan immigrated from Pakistan when she was about eight years old. Her parents, she said, are extremely supportive of her and her sisters’ educational goals . “We never felt that our parents were really unfair,” Hasan said, about her Muslim upbringing. “Both our parents are really big on education.” Hasan notes that many Pakistani families who have come to the U.S. try to
ity Rick Pullen said of copyright and libel protection of intellectual property. “You can't copy off hard copy or off the Internet.” Pullen admits the Web does bring up new legal concerns, but libel laws are still applicable. There are some issues the courts will have to interpret. “Any new medium poses threats and creates fears. It's all a matter of education,” Pullen said. Reisman said administration at CSUF does not require faculty to put any instructional material online. “Given academic freedom, I don't know how we could enforce Web site information,” he said. Faculty who do want to put course material online find it time and energy consuming, depending on the amount of information they want their students to have. Jay Jimenez, coordinator of the Titan Computer Center, said to put out complete course material would require a lot of work and it is almost like writing and publishing a book. “We're not ready to do that, we're not there yet,” Jimenez said. Physics professor Mark Shapiro plans to be there this summer when his class will be offered solely online for the first
time. Shapiro is offering a class in energy and the environment via the Web. There are no classroom meetings, requiring that all assignments and communication be completed on the class’ private Web site. The class software is designed to allow only registered students to access instructional material. Shapiro said anyone, anywhere can sign up if they are willing to pay the $411 fee. The bulk of the work is performed in groups, with presentations and grading evaluated by peers. To try and keep personal contact with the class, Shapiro will offer online office hours at times when students can log on together to chat and ask questions. Chemistry professor Pat Wegner's general chemistry students are currently experiencing his class primarily through server-based instruction. There are few lectures and all assignments are done online. Every student has their own computer in the classroom, and outside class they can access class work from the computer center in the library. “Everything is activity driven,” Wegner said. “We do a lot of testing and homework via the server.” Psychology major Eddy Naime thinks it is more convenient to take the
class online because he can work at his own pace and can also access programs like “Mastering Chemistry” and a Web site at UCLA. “It's a lot easier to see things like molecular structures moving,” Naime said. Irene Aguilar, a sophomore majoring in mechanical engineering, said having the course online teaches more responsibility. “We get assignments, we read the assignments in the textbook, then do the assignment online.” She said there is some lecture, but everything in the class is mainly online. Psychology freshman Catherine Chang is a little more apprehensive about having class assignments online. “I prefer the old lecture style. To use the online system, you don't get as much instructor feedback. If he lectured more I wouldn't need to raise my hand so much,” Chang said. Faculty agree that online teaching is not a substitute for in-class teaching. “The Web site can be useful for some purposes but shouldn't primarily be relied on,” professor of sociology and faculty union president G Nanjundappa said.
The Alternative Jazz Lab ensemble Cabana Boys will perform Saturday at 8 p.m. in Fullerton College’s Campus Theatre. Tickets can be purchased at the Fine Arts Box
Office, Monday-Friday from 10:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. for $5-$7. The Campus Theatre is located in the Theatre Complex, 321 E. Chapman Ave., Fullerton. The Anthropology Student Assn. is sponsoring the “Margeret Mead Traveling Film & Video Festival” on Sunday at 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. in Titan Student Union Titan Theater. Call 2783501 for film titles. Illuminate the Night a can-
Women battle cultural stereotypes n MINORITY ISSUES:
Females from different ethnic backgrounds seeking higher eduction have felt different reactions from their families. By FRANK C. DIAZ Daily Titan Staff Writer
“Hot shit.” That’s the phrase Helen Alatorre heard a group of Latino men use in reference to a woman who had earned a doctoral degree. Such comments are not confined to the Latino culture. Conflict and confusion still compete with cooperation when it comes to family and cultural support for minority women seeking an education. Black women may face conflicting messages and ostracization, said Julie
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and tutorial options and students can get individual instruction and interact with their instructors. “It is because students can access (the Web) that makes it worth it for us,” Reisman said. Associate Vice President of Academic Programs Tom Klammer said he would offer a course syllabus or handouts online, but, like other faculty, has concerns about intellectual property rights. Klammer said some faculty have taken the position that course material is their own property and are hesitant to put too much on the Web. “A syllabus and course materials are really in a sense products created for the university, for pay, by the university. They don't belong to faculty,” Klammer said. However, research information and whole courses on the Web are protected under copyright laws just like they are in hard copy. “The laws are in place right now,” dean of the School of Communications and communication law author-
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lieu of the test. Each essay is graded by two English professors for content, grammar and punctuation and scored on a scale from one to five. If the student does not receive a combination of scores that adds to six, the essay fails. If one professor passes an essay with a number score of three and another professor fails an essay with a number score of two, the essay fails. Students who fail may make an appointment with a reviewer from the English department for feedback on their essay. “What gets me mad,” Halcovich
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Gurindor Singh and Dusham Gumasekera try to guess the name of a David Letterman Top 10 List in the CBS College Tour Thursday.
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adapt to the freedom women enjoy in the American culture. “As far as girls raised here,” Hasan said, “there aren’t any limits.” Speaking of her own Filipino family, CSUF student Imogen Sello said she receives a great deal of support and encouragement. “Most Asian families are like that,”
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they can do. “I think that the sooner the people who are in AS realize that, the better off they are,” Rothman said . Rothman, who is not running for president this year after serving for three consecutive terms, said that realistic issues should be addressed. “Parking is an issue, and I know that scholarships are issues, because less and less people are having trouble making
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months that sociological research and statistical analysis of racial issues are not very deep, Oh said. "We need to go beyond the black/ white paradigm," Oh said. "The reality for many of us is we are neither black nor white ... Within what is called Asian American, there are many different cultures with vastly different language bases." Oh urged students to decide upon their own motivations and moral codes. "You are 20 years behind me, and
Sello said. “I think it has to do with being in the United States. Everything you dream of can come true if you work hard.” Sello also added that unlike Alatorre’s experiences, male relatives in her family are usually proud and supportive of her educational goals. “The men at the (family) parties would say, ‘You continue in school, you don’t get married too soon. Always finish school. That’s the one thing they can’t take away.’” ends meet,” Rothman said. President Milton Gordon said technology is an issue that should be looked at by the candidates, among others. “My concern is that many students enter as freshmen that have had a lot of advanced technology in high school and other places, so we have to develop the campus to be able to take that student and continue that development,” Gordon said. “The event center will be back,” Gordon said, referring to the fitness center proposal. “Parking is an issue, and that’s why have a lot of decisions to make," said Oh looking beyond the oak podium. "I am not someone you are going to meet at your parents' home." Indeed, Oh considers herself the opposite of all Asian American stereotypes. At UC Davis, Oh attended an antiapartheid protest. Seizing offices outside the chancellor's suites, Oh and her cohorts demanded that the campus cease its funding of companies with South American ties. "I'm not a frigin' model minority. I don't do math well," said Oh. "I was arrested in an act of civil disobedience, and I am very proud of that."
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A survey by the National Education Association revealed that the Web site is the least preferred mode of instruction, Nanjundappa said. “We need to keep that one-on-one contact,” he said. Jimenez expressed the sentiments of the majority of instructors and students about online classes. (the administration) is looking at it, too,” Gordon said. All have experience working in AS. Tesoro is on the AS Board of Directors, serving as vice-chair while representing the School of Humanities and Social Sciences. Buse serves as the director of AS Advancement. Pathe has served as the assistant director of public relations for AS and also on the AS Academic Standards Committee. Kurpies has served on the Titan Student Union Governing Board as an AS Board of Directors representative.
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said, “When I went to talk to my essay reviewer she said that she thought it was good enough to pass. I don’t agree with the results and I believe it should have passed.” Advice from the English department for students preparing for their test dates: •Attend the workshop scheduled one week ahead of your test day. •Once you commit to a thesis statement, support it in your essay. Do not sway from your thesis statement. • Grammar and punctuation and spelling do count, don’t be careless in these areas. •Proofread your essay at least three times, once for grammar, once for content and then for punctuation.
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Daily Titan Assistant Sports Editor It’s time to start dropping some bombs. In Titan track lingo that equals lower times, higher jumps, further throws and longer jumps. “We’re expecting some big things this weekend,” Titan Head Coach John Elders said. “We’re at that point in the season when we should start to see some peak performances.” The Cal State Fullerton track team heads in two different directions this weekend. Several of the teams’ top distance runners will compete on Friday night at the Mt. Sac Relays, while the rest of the Titan athletes will compete on Saturday at the Long Beach Invitational.
Elders said he entered only six CSUF athletes for the Mt. Sac meet because the entry standards are very high. “Many of the schools that are traveling from all over the country can’t get all of their athletes into Mt. Sac, so their remaining athletes will go to Long Beach,” Elders said. “So Long Beach typically has some very strong competitors as well.” At Mt. Sac, Sarah MacDougall, Erin Remy and Alison Livermore will compete in the 5000-meter. Carrie Garritson, Amy DesPalmes and Francisco Vasquez will race the 10000m, an event that is only run in certain meets across the country a few times a year. “Mt. Sac is one of the best places to run this event,” Elders said. “The conditions are good and the competition is strong.” Elders said he also expects some solid performances at Long Beach.
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Track will get the opportunity to face some of the best athletes in the country this weekend at Mt. SAC. Gary Charles will compete in the 200m and the 4x400m relay, Phil Sitner will run the 800m, and TreShawn Banford will triple jump. Elders said he expects all to turn out competitive performances.
Deanna Mendibles, Loren Gualco, Dominick Sturz and Jason Pfaff will lead the Titans in high jumping. “Everything is really going well for the high jumpers,” Elders said. “They’re really busting through.”
Titans try to make up ground against Aggies By BRIAN DIERIEX n BASEBALL: CSUF faces
crucial three-game series against NMSU. Daily Titan Sports Photo Editor With Long Beach State looming in the distance, Cal State Fullerton is looking to take care of business and sweep New Mexico State this weekend. The Titans are two games behind the
49ers, who have been unstoppable in Big West Conference play. As CSUF heads to play the Aggies, the 49ers will travel to the University of Nevada this weekend. “If there’s any place you’d rather have them be accept against yourself, in my opinion Nevada is the next best team in the league,” Titan Head Coach George Horton said. “Playing on their turf will be a difficult assignment.” Horton expects to see a lot of hitting this weekend at Presley Askew Field.
“It’s a real offensive environment, so we’re going to need to score some runs to be successful,” Horton said. “It’s the most offensive park I’ve ever played in.” Pitching coach Dave Serrano switched around his starting rotation because usual Friday starter Erasmo Ramirez (5-5) pitched against the University on San Diego on Wednesday. Ramirez is now set to start on Sunday. Benito Flores (8-0, 2.73) will get the nod for the Titans on Friday and Greg Jacobs will start on Saturday to complete
the all left-handed starting rotation. Horton’s decision on who to play in the outfield grew a little tougher after Steve Chatham and Chris Beck had two hits each in the Titans 10-1 win over the University of San Diego after starting sporadically in the last few weeks. “We gave them an opportunity to keep them sharp,” Horton said. “Chatham had a nice day and looked like his old self, that makes it more difficult to keep him out of the lineup.
hil Zantos lost more in one day than most people would in a month. The 15-year-old Loara High School golf team member used to come out to Imperial Golf Course in Fullerton with his father Phil and practice the finerpoints of the game. “He comes out here and teaches me things I don’t get at school,” the younger Zantos said. But now the moments he spent with his father on those local links trying to perfect his still budding game will be relegated to memory as the 28-year-old course closed its doors March 29. On a cool morning, the last day of battle, it seemed hundreds of golfers, surely more than the course could handle, lined up outside the pro shop waiting for a tee-time. Stories abounded about a beautiful course, one of the few which catered to the weekend players and those of moderate skill. Those who cared to comment expressed emptiness and an uncertain future. “It’s one of the few courses around here that is the cheapest,” said Sean Redwine, 19, an employee in the pro shop who says he will most likely transfer to the private Alta Vista County Club in Placentia. “There’s not too many courses around here that’s this nice that’s regulation.”
There were few stories of rounds past, little discussion of that great tee shot from years ago or that perfect round. Instead, those who putted and played just seemed to enjoy the last day of their favorite course, taking in the pristine nature of this sport. But pristine areas unfortunately are too often bulldozed to make room for progress, and Imperial will soon be covered over with less-than-poetic tract homes. What is even more of a shame is that the wildlife in the area, already having to adapt to the forever-encroaching arm of man, will have to find new places to live. Among them are hawks, which use the trees for their nests. With the shutdown, the Men’s Club - the largest group of members at Imperial -will have to move. Some may pay the hefty fee to join Alta Vista ($12,000 to be a member, plus $200 a month in green fees and $550 a year in assessment fees), but the club undoubtedly is not looking forward to a mass influx of members. Most members have already decided to venture up to Royal Vista in Los Angeles. But losing a course with $22 green fees - and losing it to homes - just seems to add insult to injury. “It’s our home course; we don’t understand how they can do this,” said Chris Molina of Anaheim Hills. “How can they tear down a golf course when the land is contaminated?” What Molina is referring to is that the ground under the fairways and greens sits on top of an oil field. Union Oil owns the land and pumps oil out, but in order to put homes on the site, the land will have to be cleaned up. But many echo the sentiments that the
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Utah State this weekend. By JEFF HOWE
Daily Titan Staff Writer Softball is a sport dependent on weather, and Cal State Fullerton may get a chilly response tomorrow night at Utah State. “It might get up to 50 degrees,” said Titan Head Coach Judi Garman. “We’ll be taking long pants — we’ve learned to expect everything.” While snow flurries or rain may not be a factor, it is the unpredictability of the Big West Conference that could have the biggest effect on the Titans. Despite residing at the bottom of conference standings, USU is not a team to be overlooked, Garman said. The Aggies are coming off a split with No. 25-ranked Cal State Northridge, tak-
ing the first game 2-0 behind a strong pitching performance by Tara Thompson. However, USU dropped the second game, 4-0. “There’s no team anyone can take for granted — ever,” Garman said. CSUF will have to battle through some injuries and a little sickness. While pitcher Donna Coombes has recovered from the flu, the same bug bit shortstop Christa Saindon and Linda Anderson. Saindon, in fact, did not make the trip to Santa Barbara on Wednesday. Besides the flu bug, other nagging injures are plaguing the Titans. Left fielder Wendi Griffin took a bunt off a finger in the first game against UCSB and catcher Stephenie Little has an extremely sore neck. “That has really defined our lineup,” Garman said. Against the lower-ranked Aggies — the only team under the Titans in the standings — CSUF is looking to get all
aspects of the team working together. In the doubleheader with the Gauchos, the Titan offense struck hard with Brenda Iglesias smashing two doubles and a grand slam, pushing her average to .324 and tying her with Nikki Hart for the team lead with 24 RBI. At this point, a post-season berth for the Titans looks in doubt, but Garman says that her team has a good chance of disrupting other teams’ seasons. “We can be a spoiler and get some credibility by beating a ranked team,” Garman said. The only ranked team left for the Titans is Long Beach State. CSUF will face the 49ers at Long Beach on April 25 and home on May 6. The 49ers are ranked 17th in the nation. But getting past ranked teams is not the major hurdle for Garman. She wants her team to get all aspects of the game to come together.
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Pitcher Jana Oetgen (#10) talks with her infield in a recent game. The Titans will face Utah State tomorrow night in a Big West Conference matchup.
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course should be left alone, if not for the reasonable prices and moderate difficulty rating, but for the beauty as well. “From the eighth hole, you could see the snow-capped mountains,” said Richard Ngemanze. “That was a spectacular view.” When those who played on this last day lined up at 18, they knew it was all over. Staring down the fairway, seeing the surrounding hills, undoubtedly most of the players thought not of the history or the sadness. No - they thought about avoiding trees and the bunkers around the green, leaving themselves enough room for par. They looked back down at the ball, concentrated… …then teed off.
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Reporter groped in Tijuana strip clubs cup o’ joe Joe Florkowski exico. When I visited recently, I got a slight taste of the culture there; primarily crime. When I left readers hanging, I had just spent eight dollars for a Pepsi in a strip club, because of the aforementioned crime. My friend and I left that strip club and, disgusted with the entire strip club experience, promptly went into another strip club. There, my friend and I were targeted by women who came up and started groping my friend and I. As a woman started to grope me, and encouraging me to pay for a lap dance, she started to reach down into my crotch. At the same time the woman’s hand was reaching for “manhood,” her other hand started digging and grabbing for my wallet. Now contrary to a commonly held belief among women, not all men think with their “manhood”, so I was acutely aware of what her other hand was doing. I tried to get her off of me, but she was persistent. She was a bit like Godzilla (only not as attractive); an unstoppable force intent on wreaking havoc with my body, only to lose interest after she grew tired of me. We stayed in this club, though, despite the attempts of Godzilla to ravage my peninsula. The rest of the time in the strip club didn’t go as bad, except when Godzilla lit up a cigarette and
tried to use my hand as an ash tray. After my friend returned from another trip with his lap and dancing, we left that club. We next ventured forth into Burger King, where I prepared for any more strip clubs by blowing my nose on several napkins. With the wadded up makeshift Kleenex, I placed them in my pocket. The next time someone reached into my pocket, I was going to make sure that they got what was coming to them. After Burger King, my friend and I made the acquaintance of a man who had fled the United States because of drug possession. He explained that he had come to Mexico to hide for awhile and make money while hiding. He also explained that he had developed the ability to spot United States federal agents and policemen and could avoid the police rather easily. My friend, the cop, thought this was quite interesting. This man led us through the streets of Tijuana, explaining that the Mexican Mafia owned many of the clubs we frequented. He led us into a club where no one tried to pick our pockets or try to take our money. We paid him five dollars for showing us this location. I decided at this time I didn’t much like Tijuana. My friend took me into one more strip club, where we stayed at the bar and watched the dancer on the television screen. Other television screens in the club played what I believe was a Mexican soap opera. I was much more
I learned that Tijuana is bad, but it doesn’t necessarily represent the rest of Mexico
they turned it off and instead put on Disney’s “Pinnochio.” Anytime you go to another country, and they start to play “Pinnochio,” then you know it’s time to go. We were out of there before you could say, “When you wish upon a star.” My friend couldn’t understand why I wanted to leave. I mean, I had only had spent eight bucks for a Pepsi, had my pocket almost picked, and my hand used as an ashtray. What did I learn in Mexico? I learned that Tijuana is bad, but it doesn’t necessarily represent the rest of Mexico. You wouldn’t go into Los Angeles and think that represents the rest of America, for the same reason. In Tijuana, I saw a society run strictly for money. You pay money to the guys who take you into the places, you pay money to the guys who sit you down, you pay money to guys who are just standing there, etc. On street corners oral sex is offered for ten dollars. (They didn’t indicate who or what would be performing the oral sex, by the way.) My friend pointed out to me a homeless man who had been in the same position since my friend had last been to Mexico. In Mexico, the homeless aren’t even considered a social problem, which is a bit like America. However, in America musicians record songs about the homeless, thinking they’ve done their part to solve the homeless problem. I would go to Mexico, again, despite all my negative experiences. Some people are just not meant to go to Tijuana. I will probably never visit Tijuana again; this may also have something to do with being broke.
JOE FLORKOWSKI is a Daily Titan staff writer. Get your fix every Friday.
Three reasons to catch the flu so people will feel sorry for you
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Jason Taylor
he last three weeks have been restful. I’ve spent my time in seclusion, reposing before my gently-glowing TV set, following a day-to-day schedule of mindless cartoons and the occasional talk show, drinking plenty of lovely beverages, and being waited on hand and foot by my loving family. Sounds like a pretty nice, long vacation, huh? In fact, it was almost perfect. If you discounted the agonizing sore throat, incessant postnasal drip, and body-wracking, feverish chills. But hey, I’m not complaining. Oh yes, I was a little irritated at first. How dare you come to school with your hacking cough and your runny nose and spew your contagion all over me, I thought. Arrogant bastard. But then, the admixture of Benadryl and the NyQuil clone I’d been guzzling brought my epiphany to me like a native shaman at the height of his peyote rush. I saw the light. No longer did I see myself as the victim, but as the beneficiary of some kind-hearted soul who decided, at great risk to himself, to spread the joy of his socalled “affliction” to the rest of us. So I’m here to enlighten the ignorant masses, with the happy news that came to me under my
interested in the soap opera than the dancer, but
personal Bodhi tree. The walking sick among us aren’t the irresponsible, callous jerks we’ve all come to see them as. They are servants of society, sacrificing personal comforts and suffering ostracization to make our lives better. I know, I know. I can almost hear the scoffing now, echoing to me from a thousand unbelieving lips. How can somebody making us sick ever lead to a better life, you ask? In anticipation of that question I have developed a triad of noble truths that I believe will prove beyond doubt the good intentions of our friends. • Promotion of the Public Health • The main goal of the disease carrier is actually to protect us from disease. How? Think about it. Where would we be if we were never exposed to new germs? (Don’t say “healthy.” That’s too easy). We’d be in sad shape, that’s where. If we weren’t exposed to diseases on a regular basis, our immune systems would atrophy; we’d never build up a resistance to anything. The common cold would become fatal to our defenseless bodies. Scary, isn’t it? But thanks to our plague-carrying pals, this apocalyptic scenario will never happen. • Promotion of the Public Morale • We all work too much—and we could all use a break, too. I’m sure everyone knows the feeling of slaving away over a hot keyboard when that thought comes: “Gee, I sure wish I could catch the flu. Then I’d get to stay home from work and nurse my 104 degree fever, take it easy. A break like that is just what I need.” Well, thanks to your local zealous flu carrier, your wish can come true. Without him or her, everything would be work, work, work. But a nice relaxing bout of the flu, and I’m ready to take on
the world again. • The Preservation of Mankind As We Know It • By now, my readers are likely agog with excitement. But hold on, there’s one more thing our selfless co-workers and co-students can do for us. They aid our beleaguered society in no less an aim than the preservation of Earth itself. Didn’t know it was threatened, you say? Well, be forewarned: right now, disease may be the only thing standing between us and myriad would-be alien conquerors. Extraterrestrials can easily take human form—just watch some late-night scifi—but they lack our natural immunity factors. The slightest infection kills them instantly, so it’s probably a good idea to screen every new person you meet with a good dose of contagion. Under this plan, if your new friend is human, he or she gets sick and reaps the benefits I listed above. But alien imposters will immediately shrivel into small balls of screeching otherworldly flesh—possibly tipping their hand to the more astute observers. So the next cold I catch, I’m going to march proudly into class with the self-assured step of the righteous, and pick a seat next to as many people as possible. I’m going to cough profusely. I’m going to litter my area with used Kleenexes, borrow pens, and lean in real close when I talk. If possible, I will sneeze on people. My efforts will not be appreciated; this I know already. But to those who persecute me, I will turn the other feverish cheek, secure in the knowledge that I’m doing the right thing. Anything for the war effort.
JASON TAYLOR is a Daily Titan
voices: how do you like the food at CSUF? I think it’s pretty good (except for) that Chinese place.
I don’t eat here. I bring my own food. -Heather Amundson, Business
It’s better than it used to be. -Dan Walsh, Geography teacher
Togos rocks. Busy Bee is horrible. Rock ‘n Roll Pasta is the best. -Carl Sharamitaro, Comm. (left) I like the pasta downstairs. -Hector Estrada, Comm. (right)
-Alyssa Marie Callendars and Round Table (are good). -Martha Guzman, Int’l Business
Cal State Fullerton students find campus food best left avoided
the fare at the food court. Gail, the young lady at the table, smiled at the exchange and informed me she rarely eats there herself, preferring the Healthy Choice options at the Langsdorf Express. But she immediately added she only does that when she just has to eat something on campus. Smiling to show my thanks, I continued my quest. The next person I asked, one of two guys sitting Frank C. Diaz at a table munching food from the Court, told me he prefers fast food and likes eating at the Food really wish that they’d invent a portable Court. But when I, the ever probing reporter that I microwave. Something I could fold-up, put am, asked him how often he eats there he grudgin my hip pocket and cook stuff from home. ingly conceded that this is only the second time he’s eaten at the court. Lucky him, I thought. Leftovers, TV dinners, anything. His buddy said he eats there sometimes because Usually I get desperate — really desperate he thinks the pricing is okay. He added, how— and eat something from one of the joints in the ever, that he thinks the food places could afford Food Court. to charge less, making it up in volume since they Sometimes, hunger pangs seem the better have captive customers to begin with. option. I’m cheap. I agreed. It’s not that I think the food is rotten there, I started to go to another table mind you. It’s just that I don’t think then but the two people eating Usually I get desperit’s that great either. Besides that, looked up at me and glared. I there’s only so much my stomach ate - really desperate wondered if they knew I was a can take of the same things day- - and eat something reporter or if they thought I was after-day. from one of the joints one of those guys always wanI started thinking about this the in the food court. dering around asking for money. other day — whether anyone else Maybe it was the food. Anyway, might share the same view — so I I changed direction and walked wandered around the Court while it past them. was packed with students, barging After that I walked around in on them at their tables and asking and counted heads, another thing what they thought about the place. reporters are encouraged to do. The responses were remarkable. I quickly disIt makes us look busy and authoritative and also covered that I shouldn’t feel lonely in my negativmakes our editors happy when we can say “There ity. were 159 people there.” Don’t ask me why this I had barely started to talk to one person, a should make editors happy. I just know that it young lady sitting at a table with an obvious does. lunch bag next to her, when someone walking by By then I was starting to get hungry so I conoverheard my question and decided to give me sidered my options, since I was standing in the her answer. middle of the Food Court. “It sucks,” was the loud and vehement response Luckily, as I stood there racked with hunger from Tammi, the passerby. She proceeded to tell pains, I remembered I was on a writing deadline me that she dislikes the food here so much that and didn’t have time to eat at the court. she won’t even eat at the same chains off-campus I left the building and grabbed a pack of cookanymore. ies from the vending machines on my way to the “If Marie Calendar’s knew what they sold here Daily Titan office. they’d die,” she added.
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I politely agreed with Tammi, since I’ve noticed that I’ve stopped eating at Carl’s or the Green Burrito ever since I found myself forced to rely on
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