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Negotiations hung up over part-timers’ status
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association claims parttime instructors are treated unfairly. By JOAN HANSEN Daily Titan Staff Writer
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tion and the CSU Board of Trustees remain at odds in contract negotiations and “a settlement is unlikely by the end of the semester,” said G. Najundappa, CFA president for the Fullerton chapter. Chancellor Charles Reed and the union clash at almost every turn, and negotiations between CSU’s new
chancellor and the union may be an uphill battle. Reed’s previous employer, the Florida State University system, took steps to “dislodge the traditional role of the faculty.” Translated, that means more and more part-time faculty were hired with shorter contract lengths, replacing tenured faculty,
whose contract guarantees them lifetime employment. On his aroundthe-state campus tour, Reed had much to say about his goals for the faculty. He envisions the faculty as “directors of learning” and said that parttime instructors are an “efficient use of resources and can be utilized to
fill in when needed.” Reed is scheduled to speak to Cal State Fullerton’s Academic Senate May 14. Part-time teachers make up 50 percent of CSUF’s faculty, Nanjundappa said, most of whom work on year-to-year contracts. Holding the record at 26 years,
Tom Reins from the History Department has worked full-time at CSUF under part-time status. Part-time faculty member Craig Bowman, who holds a Ph.D, has carried a full-time schedule for 13 years. Bowman, a psychology instructor, cringes at Reed’s analysis of part-
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Jack Faley, founder and executive director of the games, attributed the large number of volunteers to people just wanting to get involved with a good cause. “It’s infectious,” Faley said. “Once they (past volunteers) spread the word, every kid wants to get involved.” Fullerton High School sendt the most volunteers with 180 students. Faley said the turnout shows how much kids want to be involved in something special and that they do not mind spending a day away from school to be involved. “The kids don’t get hurt academically, but it is an academic experience,” Faley said. Vivian Taggart, an instructor at Jorden School of Secondary Learning, said she brought over 50 students to participate in the games,
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ber of volunteers and participants turned up for the annual event for the developmentally disabled. By ANNETTE WELLS
Daily Titan Assistant News Editor This year’s 13th annual Cal State Fullerton Kathleen E. Faley Memorial Special Games delivered just as it was promised Friday, bigger than previous years. Over 1,800 developmentally disabled athletes took part in the annual event which provided a day for children and adults to participate in sporting events ranging from basketball to baseball. It was deemed the biggest because 1,500 volunteers—the highest total in its 12-year history—provided support to the athletes.
drums during Monday’s Aztec dance presentaRight, Elvira Ortega of Tenochtitlan dances
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Belen Ruiz, left, of the Mexican folkloric dance troupe Tenochtitlan, accompanies dancers on
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Top, Brian Urrutla’s head dress is a recreation
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Bill targets higher education preferences version of a bill by Rep. Frank Riggs would overthrow affirmative action in colleges. By Christine Tatum College Press Service
WASHINGTON - A Republican congressman from California who wants to end affirmative action in
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Universities fight computer crime
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college admissions nationwide amended his controversial proposal this week to make it more appealing to people who might have voted against its original version. The House of Representatives has delayed until early next week consideration of Rep. Frank Riggs’ bill, which would bar colleges from giving preferential treatment to applicants based on their gender, race or ethnicity. Riggs’ bill, as originally writ-
ten, would have required private women’s colleges to admit men and private colleges in general to drop their affirmative action programs. In the revised version, Riggs proposes that the legislation affect only public institutions. (There are no more public, single-sex colleges in the United States now that the Citadel in South Carolina and Virginia Military Institute accept women.) The updated version also includes a section stating that it is the “pol-
icy of the United States” to encourage more women and minorities to seek higher education. The amendment does not prohibit schools from aggressively recruiting those students, as long as they do not grant special treatment to those applicants during the admissions process. In a statement, Riggs said the change makes his bill similar to California’s Proposition 209, which “has been tested by the higher courts in
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At the University of Delaware in Newark, 300 student websites were vandalized by a pornographic image, posted by a hacker. A 22-year-old student allegedly used his job in the student life office at Glendale Community College in Arizona to get access to students’ Social Security Numbers—the same numbers they use to log on to school computers. He is accused of posting child pornography on 45 students’ e-mail accounts and has been charged with 16 counts of computer fraud. “When I first noticed it, I just freaked,” said A.J. Wolters, a sophomore at Glendale who received the pornographic transmissions. “I didn’t know what to do.” Faculty privacy at Indiana Univer-
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sity in Bloomington, Ind. was severely compromised after a list of instructors’ names, phone numbers and social security numbers were posted on the Web after a Pennsylvania man found an unsecured university file. Computers are an integral part of university life. As more schools offer online services and become computerdependent, universities are more vulnerable to attacks from people who gain unauthorized access to their computer systems. Many students don’t take hackers as seriously as they should, and underestimating them can be dangerous, computer experts say. Computer crime, in some cases no more than lewd e-mail,
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bers will spend 10 days sharing their music and soaking up the culture. By CHRISTOPHER LAMB Daily Titan Staff Writer
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Christine Houser, a biology major, practices flute with the Wind Ensemble in preparation for the tour to Japan.
Next stop: Nemnosato, Japan. The Cal State Fullerton University Wind Ensemble is leaving for Japan May 6 to perform at the annual AllJapan Directors Clinic. They will be performing with Japanese musicians, touring cultural sites and visiting a music factory. “It’s exciting—a different culture, new foods, new people,” said junior
Art Pacheco. “It’s the other side of the world.” The 46 members of Wind Ensemble and director Mitchell Fennell will be gone for ten days, staying with Japanese families for the first three days, visiting a Japanese high school and cultural points of interests. “I’m a little nervous, we are going to be ambassadors for Cal State Fullerton,” junior Gabriel Cobas said. Fennell said the group will be guests of the Yamaha Corporation and tour its new musical instrument factory. “The excitement grows every day. As part of the trip we are doing a gift exchange at every concert, plaques and things,” said Fennell. “A lot of pressure, a lot of last minute things to get done.”
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Fennell said money from Associated Students and the Music Department was set aside to help pay for the trip. A fundraising event was held last November also to help with the cost. The band performed a concert, featuring the music of John Philip Sousa. Still, members of the ensemble have to pay $1,300 out of their own pocket. “It’s not expensive really. In the long run it’s cheap,” senior LeeAnn Saxton said. “We get to see new standards of music from other countries, share concert with new musicians. In a way I am nervous about how good they are.” The Wind Ensemble will perform four concerts before going to the convention, Fennell said. At the convention they will have two full-length programs.
Fennell said each program runs about one hour and 90 minutes. They will be performing 25 pieces of music on tour. Fennell said it will be a combination of music from composer John Phillips Sousa and requests of popular music such as “When You Wish Upon a Star.” Fennell said two CSUF students will be performing solo accompanied by the rest of the Wind Ensemble. Rob Covacevich will play “Derivations For Clarinet and Band” by Morton Gould; graduate student Nelson Ojeda will play “Rhapsody in Blue” by George Gerswin. “I’m excited not nervous about performing,” said Ojeda. “We have done it before at Cal State, I think our goal is to bring American music to them and having fun on this trip.”
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Europe as one, at least an all in one currency. The new European currency is the buzz for an upcoming lecture given by Deputy Consol of France, Philipe Vinogradoff. He has served as part of France’s Foreign Affairs Department in the French Embassy in numerous countries, including Kenya, Brazil, Panama, Mexico and Chile. The lecture will inform people in America about the history and reasons for a onecurrency Europe. Changing currency in countries across Europe will soon be a frustration of the past, if the plan becomes reality. The lecture is today at 11 a.m. in Titan Student Union-Titan Theater. School of Humanities and Social Science, Foreign Languages and Literatures Department, AIESEC, Phi Beta Delta, French Club and the Program Council for International Business sponsored the new abroad deal. For more information, contact Linda R. AndersenFiala, 278-2137.
All-night study program The Titan Student Union Building will have longer study hours. The building will be opened 24 hours during finals week to help students prepare. The “All Night Study” program has been around for more than 10 years in Titan Student Union. The program will begin May 18 and run through 11 p.m., May 29. During this time, several
lounges and study areas will be available for individuals as well as study groups to work on projects and prepare for finals. The Information and Service Desk, the Mainframe-computer lounge and the Games and Recreation area will also extend their hours for late-night customers. For more information contact Titan Student Union’s Assistant Director for Operations, Kurt Borsting, at 278-7719.
Find out how to get jobs after graduation All those interested in public relations are invited to the last PRSSA speaker meeting on May 12 at 7 p.m. in Titan Student Union Gabrielino Room with Chip Shafer of Shafer Public Relations. He will be discussing “Jobs After Graduation.” The PRSSA Dinner & Awards Ceremony takes place on May 16 at 7 p.m., at Chase Suites Hotel next to CSUF. The dinner celebrates the organization’s efforts in public relations activities in school, work and other projects. Members will be receiving their honorary membership certificate on this night. Many will receive honorable mentions as PRSSA’s gratitude for their hard work. Reservations can be made with Sandy, (909) 394-1834, or Mia, (714) 590-2260 by Sunday, May 10 with checks for $22 each payable to PRSSA. Checks may also be submitted to Mia’s or Sandy’s folders at the Communications Office, second floor
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CALENDAR OF EVENTS The Cinco de Mayo celebration with Brandon Perla Azul takes place at noon today. It is sponsored by MEChA.
Friday at 8 p.m. For more information, call the Performing Arts Box Office, 278-3371. Admission is $8, or $5 with Titan ID.
p.m. For more information call the Performing Arts Box Office, 278-3371. Admission is $20$25, or $2 off with Titan ID.
Los Sabios Del Norte will play dancing tunes on Wednesday at noon in the Quad, sponsored by Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlan.
Los Angeles Times columnist Jerry Hicks will give the keynote address for the Patrons of the Library annual meeting on Friday from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at the Fullerton Arboretum. The cost is $15, and includes lunch. Reservations can be made to Zack Tucker, 2782590.
The Women’s Choir will perform an All-Baltic music concert in the Little Titan Theatre on Sunday. For more information, call the Performing Arts Box Office, 278-3371. Admission $8, or $5 with Titan ID.
Orange County Supervisor Todd Spitzer will be speaking on Wednesday at 6 p.m. in the Titan Student Union, Ontiveros room, sponsored by the College Republican Club. University Singers will perform in the Little Theatre on
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time faculty as filling in occasionally. “I lecture four classes and have directed the Psychology Club for no pay for five years, and the administration calls me part-time,” Bowman said. “We are the best bargain in the system.” Bowman said part-time faculty sacrifice more than money. They are denied representation in the Academic Senate, denied the benefits of tenure, often denied merit raise program rewards—only three CSU parttimers have received merit raises over the last few years, Bowman said—and rarely qualify for research grants.
Bill Lockyer at 1:30 p.m. on May 13 in Portola Pavilion C. Both candidates will speak on their political platform and take questions from the audience. The event is free to the public.
The All Night Strut, a sassy musical with blues, jazz and bebop, will open on Friday at 8
The Candidate Forum will be held on May 12 and 13. The forum will include two candidates: Republican Senate candidate Darrell Issa at 3 p.m. on May 12 in Titan Student Union’s Portola Pavilion A, and Senator
A Lecture entitled “Becoming Mexican American in the 1990’s,” by George J. Sanchez, will be held in Titan Student Union’s Portola Pavilion C on May 12. The lecture is sponsored by the American Studies Department and Department Associations Council. For more information contact Dr. Michael C. Steiner, chair and professor of American Studies, at 2783640.
The administration is not the only holdout regarding tenure. Many tenured professors are not compelled to open the wings of welcome. “They think we’re the idiot stepchild of academia,” Bowman said. At a recent Academic Senate meeting, one professor questioned whether a part-time instructor is qualified to teach remedial English to struggling freshman. Najundappa said later that the statement was “very unfair.” “The impression by some professors is that part-time faculty by the nature of their work do not stay in one place but serve many campuses, but Bowman is not a special case at all. Most part-time faculty are long term employees at one campus,” Najundappa said.
Bowman said with this new chancellor in place the chances of parttime faculty moving into tenure status are slim to none since Reed intends to increase part-time instructors at CSU as he did in Florida. Bowman said the “divide and conquer,” policy that previous chancellor Barry Munitz began in 1990 will continue with Reed. “Teaching is going to shift, and professors are going to become more like coaches, ‘directors of learning,’” Reed has said. “They’re going to be pointing students in directions to get access to digital information.” This will leave more time for mentoring students, he said. “Faculty have always provided knowledge and mentored students and we intend to keep it that way,”
Najundappa said. Another point of contention is merit pay, which the union has fought, calling it an unfair way to compensate faculty. “I believe that those who are working hard and working more than others need to be rewarded, and if you don’t have some differential pay system, then it’s not fair,” Reed said. The new chancellor also said he was open to suggestions on how to improve the system. Najundappa said merit pay is a “deterioration on union brothership,” and the union would eliminate the merit pay system since faculty are hired on merit, promoted on merit and receive tenure on merit. Negotiations will continue through the semester.
it to get on TV, have fun, whatever.” Loos and Dave LiCalzi, 21, really are roommates at Georgetown University in Washington. And LiCalzi and 19-year-old Caitlin Starr, a Georgetown sophomore, really are boyfriend and girlfriend. But that business about the affair was just a made-for-TV hoax, all three say. Coming on the heels of other allegations by 16 ex-guests who said they faked their appearances, the revelation raises new questions for the “Jerry Springer Show.” Just last week, the show’s distributor, Studios USA Network, said in a statement that it will “eliminate all physical violence” from the show, ending the kind of Matt vs. Dave dustups that viewers expect. Springer, saying that he had been sucker-punched by the suits, vowed not to “buckle to these religious freaks,” a reference to clergy groups that have pressured the network to tone down the show. Springer’s executive producer, Richard Dominick, said that he
would try to take the show in a “sexier” direction, just to keep it fresh. What does he mean by sexier? “I’ll give you a good example ‘Dumped for a One Night Stand,’” said Dominick, recalling a recently taped but yet-to-air show. “We had one of these love triangles, but it was really a quadruple triangle. It was transsexual twins, and they were cheating on each other. Where else are you going to see cheating transsexual twins? “The show is going through changes anyway,” said Dominick, who orchestrated the show’s stunning rise since 1994. Whether Springer can maintain his ratings remains to be seen. What seems likely, however, is that with the show’s renewed focus on sex, hoaxes like the one perpetrated by the Georgetown trio will become more common. Even Dominick conceded as much. “We verify everything that is verifiable,” he said. “But I have to stop at the bedroom door.”
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students test the authenticity of Springer’s performances. By Dave Saltonstall Knight-Ridder Newspapers
The MTV “Springer Break” special featuring talk show titan Jerry Springer in Negril, Jamaica, contained all the juicy subplots that have made his show tops in the daytime ratings war. There was Caitlin, the girlfriend, talking about how much she loved Dave. But then came Matt, Dave’s roommate, boasting that he and Caitlin had a secret affair. She sobbed, Dave punched out Matt, the audience roared. Typical Springer schlock treatment, except for maybe one thing: It was all a lie. “Not a true story,” explained Matt Loos, 21, of Garden City, Long Island, revealing the charade last week for the first time. “We just did
Springer That limitation was immediately obvious to LiCalzi, Loos and Starr, three bright college kids who took about 10 minutes to hatch a phony story. It began while the trio were enjoying spring break in March in Negril. A call went out at a local bar for students interested in appearing on a special Springer-hosted show produced by MTV. Starr quickly learned that the topic of the show was to be roommate secrets, and the rest was easy. “We went up to the producer, said, ‘This is our story,’ and then we just fed off each other,” said the Dallas native.
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mix of strengths and weaknesses Williams Syndrom victims possess is the subject of a film festival. By JASON M. TAYLOR Daily Titan Staff Writer
Culture is usually seen as something far away, a broad category that defines other countries or primitive tribes. On Sunday, 10-year-old Heidi Comfort helped to prove that idea false. Comfort appeared at the Titan Student Union-Titan Theater as part of the Margaret Mead Film Festival, an event sponsored by the Visual Anthroplogy Club. The girl suffers from Williams Syndrome, a rare genetic disorder that affects about one in 20,000 births. Comfort appeared with her mother Carol, an
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can devastate bank accounts, credit histories and any number of personal files stored on computers in others. “The worst and the best things (about schools nationwide going online) are that everybody got connected,” said Indiana University’s lead security engineer, Scott Hutton. Hutton’s job, which was created only a few days after faculty members found their private information posted on the Internet, is to help administrators build secure systems and to handle service abusers. “My job is to think like a hacker,”
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the nation and found to pass constitutional muster.” Despite the revision, many educators say they are still strongly opposed to the measure. “They have tried to talk to us about whether we could come to some mutually satisfying solution, but obviously, that’s just not in the cards,” Becky Timmons, director of Congressional relations for the edu-
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authority on the syndrome. The elder Comfort said that afflicted individuals usually display high levels of language talent and social aptitude, but lack abilities with math and spatial awareness. Individuals with Williams Syndrome have difficulty judging size, counting or even copying simple patterns. They are extremely outgoing, however, and share a strong affinity for music. This unusual mix of strengths and weaknesses have helped to create a sort of culture among Williams-syndrome‑individuals. That culture made Heidi and other Williams patients the subject of “Don’t be Shy, Mr. Sacks,” one of the two films shown at the festival. Both films dealt with the idea of culture as it relates to disabled subgroups in American society. Oliver Sacks, an anthropological researcher and narrator of both films, said in the movie that Williams individuals show a strong sense of group
identity, wanting to marry each other and sharing common interests. Comfort said there is even an all-Williams-Syndrome band. “The Ragin’ Cajun,” Sunday’s other film, explored the culture of patients with Usher’s syndrome. Speaking in the movie, Ursula Bellugi, of the Salk institute in San Diego, said that Usher’s syndrome is a neurological disorder in which a child is born deaf and gradually loses sight through a gradually-narrowing tunnel vision. Over time, patients have developed their own deaf-blind culture which relies a great deal on tactile sign language. The less sight an individual has, the more adjustments are made in communication with that person. Tunnel vision may require that signing be restricted to a smaller area in front of the body, and conversations with more than two participants require an extremely complicated network of interpreters, since suf-
ferers can usually only focus on one person at a time. The Margaret Mead Film Festival is a travelling film festival that is organized by the American Museum of Natural History. The festival features films in the spirit of Mead, the first anthropologist to use filmmaking techniques in her work. Sunday’s event was the last in the three-weekend series. The traveling festival includes anthroplogical films judged to be outstanding by the museum. Most of the pieces are produced by independent filmmakers. Part of the festival’s aim is to increase awareness of the different aspects of culture. Craig Goralski, president of the Anthropology Student Association, said people need to realize that culture is not something far away in Europe or Asia, but something that can be found all around them. “Culture is everywhere,” he said. “If you’re studying culture, you’re studying everything.”
he said. About half of computer security problems reported to Hutton’s office are unwanted e-mail, online harassment, threats and unwanted advertising, also known as Spam. Ten percent of the complaints he receives stem from system break-ins, and one percent are connected to piracy—the act of computer users stealing software. Andy, a freshman at Northwestern University in Illinois who asked that his last name not be used, said getting free software is easy and cheap. “I just grabbed a $2,500 piece of software today for a friend,” he said. “It’s not difficult. You can search for search programs that will just give it to you.
“Yahoo! (a web directory) will find things just like they will find anything else.” Andy justifies his stealing by saying that programs are overpriced and that he doesn’t use them for profit. If caught, hackers like Andy could be punished—by both their colleges and the courts. Hutton calls them “anklebiters” and said they are typically very poorly trained in computer science, making them easy to catch. Once in hand, many universities have technicians who are responsible for turning such hackers in to campus disciplinary boards and the local police. Mark Bruhn, a technology policy representative at IU, said there are sev-
eral things students can do to keep their files secure: Be sure to log off computers when finished using them; choose a secure password, and don’t share it with anyone, including boyfriends or girlfriends. (A secure password does not contain complete words in any language and should include numbers or symbols, he said.) Web users should also know how companies use the information they receive over the web and understand where those companies pass such information, he said. And finally, students should be cautious about what information they put on their personal web pages. “That information can be seen by anyone in the world that is on the web,”
cation council, told the Chronicle of Higher Education. Neither do many legislators. Democrats are expected to vote almost unanimously against the bill; so it will fail if just 10-15 Republicans oppose it. A few key lawmakers do, however, support the Riggs bill, including Speaker Newt Gingrich and Rep. William Goodling, a Republican from Pennsylvania who heads the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
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POLICE BLOTTER APRIL 28 • A blue Ironman mountain bike was stolen from McCarthy Hall. • A blue Pontiac and a black Toyota Corolla were towed from Lot E. • An assault occurred over a 30-minute parking space in Lot F. • A black Volkswagen Jetta was booted while parked in a 30-minute space on West Campus Drive. • Charlene Gordon was cited and released for a suspended license. APRIL 29 • Michael Werner was cited and released for drug violations. • Kristen Sigg’s vehicle was booted due to 10 outstanding citations totaling $320.
Bruhn said. —Campus Correspondents Ryan Cormier of the University of Delaware,
• A suspicious circumstances report was filed. APRIL 30 •‑Gracie Millard reported a theft to her vehicle while it was parked in Lot B. • Robert Flower reported a theft from Humanities 628A. MAY 1 • Juan Bautista Pieneda was arrested for drunk driving. • Joaquin Perea was arrested for being drunk in public and possessing a controlled substance. • Kristen Sigg paid the outstanding citations in full. MAY 3 • Brian Ward reported his dorm room was burglarized. —compiled by Nick Brennan
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a slightly higher number than past years. She also said that her school is involved in many other activities related to the Special Olympics. “We’re very involved in vocational activities, Special Olympics, 4-H activities,” Taggart said. “We take our students at least one to two weekends a month somewhere to participate in a Special Olympic ceremony or other activity.” The Jorden School of Secondary Learning, which is located in the Garden Grove School District, educates students ranging from 14-yearolds to 21-year-olds. The school can hold up to 80 students. Taggart, who volunteers her time every year to the CSUF Special Games, said along with the teachers, some parents are getting more and more involved. “We feel so honored to be here,” Taggart said. “Anytime we have an opportunity to work with or for the Faleys, we do it because they are wonderful to be in association with.” Alison Ponykata, a student volunteer from Rosary High School, said her school brought 50-60 junior and
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senior volunteers to the Games. She hoped they would individually gain more knowledge about helping others. “I wanted to see a new perspective on life, such as working with kids,” Ponykata said. Ponykata went on to say that none of the students from Rosary who volunteered for the games, received credit for their participation. The games, which originally began in 1986 as part of a class project for Faley’s son, Dan, has turned into an annual event providing hope, laughter and fun for developmentally disabled athletes. In 1988, the games were renamed after Faley’s daughter, Kathleen, a CSUF graduate, who was killed in a car accident. This year ’s Special Games, themed “Salute to Public Safety,” brought representatives from the Fulllerton Police Department, Fullerton Fire department, California Highway Patrol and Orange County Sheriff’s Department. Each department shared a special display for the athletes to view and sit in. Also being honored at the Special Games was former Titan coach, Gene Murphy, for his support of the games from its inception.
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ollywood has a long tradition of ignoring the buried treasures in its vaults. The great films are left to rot in studio vaults. Now the trend in Hollywood is to plunder the classic films to make bad remakes for a quick buck. In 1960 Alfred Hitchcock, the master of suspense, made “Psycho” his greatest masterpiece. This film’s famous shower scene scared audiences
so bad, many people were afraid to take showers movie and changes from the original are rarely at home. Now almost thirty years after Psycho, for the better. Hollywood is planning a remake of it. Maybe Hollywood counts on name recognition Producer Brian Grazer (“Apollo 13”) and to make a successful remake. But think of all the director Gus Van Sant (“Good Will Hunting”) remakes recently: “Miracle on 34th Street,” “The are planning to remake Desperate Hours,” “Born Hollywood insists on remaking Yesterday” . . . all of them Psycho in color, using the original script and adding their best pictures. The remake were bad remakes. They more nudity. My question has no advantages. The audience changed the story to make is why? it more contemporary, already knows the story. What would nudity more politically correct bring to the movie? In and they all bombed. In the original, the audience fact, the only successful never saw a full shot of remake I can think of is Janet Leigh’s body in the shower scene; in fact the “Cape Fear” done by Martin Scorcese in 1991. knife is never shown striking her, but that doesn’t Hollywood should work on preserving and prostop it from being effective. moting its classic films instead of wasting money Hollywood insists on remaking their best pic- and the public’s time with crappy remakes. tures. The remake has no advantages. The audiTwo years ago I saw “Lawrence of Arabia,” ence already knows the story. Everything in the which won six Academy Awards in 1962, includremake is going to be compared to the original ing best picture. I consider it one of the five great-
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nother Cinco de Mayo has passed, that glorious day when millions of Americans go out to their favorite bars to eat nachos and salsa and celebrate the day when some Mexican soldiers defeated some French soldiers in a battle that has no other significance for us Americans except that it gives us an excuse to go out and drink cervezas instead of beer. What good is a holiday like that? Isn’t the very
nature of a holiday supposed to be a day of celebration that has relevance to the people celebrating it? Yes, there are Mexicans here who (hopefully) know and appreciate the significance of this battle, but ask Joe Average American what Cinco de Mayo means to him and his answer is most likely to be a drunken, “Huh?” Heck, we’re better off picking any day at random from our politically correct calendars and elevating that to national holiday status. Oh look! Here’s Canada Day, celebrated on July 1, that proud nation’s principal holiday. Why not get out our Moosehead beers, gather ‘round the TV toasting that great Canadian pastime, hockey, eh? We might not be Canadian, but any excuse will do, right? It’s not upsetting that at the core of the American psyche is the need to party. I personally think we should have more holidays, like le quatorze juillet, or in layman’s terms, Bastille Day. It’s the French equivalent of our Fourth of July, except instead of just declaring their independence on a puny piece of parchment, the French actually stormed a fort,
killed some of the guards inside and freed all of the prisoners in a bold attempt to get their sovereignty from Louis XVI. Try and top that, Thomas Jefferson. What’s upsetting to me is that we Americans are happy and eager to celebrate holidays but have no idea whatsoever what these holidays mean. Halloween? No, not a time to gorge on candy, but the autumn solstice, originally celebrated by the pagans of ancient Briton and the Continent. Mardi Gras? No, not the only time of the year when it’s OK to flash your private parts in New Orleans, but the last day of feasting before the 40day fasting of Lent. Unless we take off our party hats and put down the alcohol, these holidays will never gain the respect they deserve. Until then, Cinco de Mayo will always remain just another excuse to party, and that’s not fair to those soldiers who died so long ago in 1862 protecting their land. TRISHA L. SEBASTIAN is a contributing writer to the Daily Titan.
est films ever made, but this great film was almost lost for all time. A few years ago, the print was discovered in the studio’s vault in crushed, rusty film cans, but a few film historians worked to save it and now future generations can see it. Film preservation is nothing new. “Gone with the Wind” and “Fantasia” were successfully restored. Every year Cal State Long Beach holds the Wide Screen Film Festival, devoted to saving 70mm films. Why doesn’t Hollywood get it? The works of Hitchcock and Charlie Chaplin are as much a part of our heritage as the works of Ernest Hemingway and John Steinbeck. If they want to introduce “Psycho” to a new generation, give them the real thing, not a cheap knock-off. CHRISTOPHER LAMB is a Daily Titan staff writer.
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Letters: student rejects apathy in A.S. election results I would like to respond to the April 28 Letter submitted by Mike Bourdaa entitled, “Apathy wins in CSUF elections.” When I think of the word “pathetic” the opinion of Bourdaa comes to mind. The juvenile and sarcastic effort to make students regret their lack of involvement in the elections leads me to ask the question, would you like a little cheese with that whine? I am sorely disappointed Mr. Bourdaa’s reaction to his recent loss not because of the public display of his graduate level temper tantrum (although that would be a good place to start), but rather because I cast a vote for him. Had I known that the Chemistry graduate could not handle the simple issue of losing graciously I would not have given him my endorsement. I am insulted by Mr. Bourdaa’s assertion that I voted for all of the wrong reasons as I simple cast a “20-second vote.” His refusal to accept the outcome of this election leads me to the conclusion that a course in Character Building 101 is in order prior to his graduation in to the real world where things do not always go your way; unless, of course, you work at Burger King. The only issue that I do confer with is the need for greater voter involvement. Otherwise, in my opinion, the unfortunate wish that we all “get what we deserve” next year may backfire on Mr. Bourdaa as he will eventually face all of the NSM. My only concern is that the students of NSM may indeed return Mr. Bourdaa’s advice to get a life with a few pieces of advice that he may not be able to handle; thereby causing another unnecessary public display of childish behavior. Amy Butler Senior, Spanish
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Oh, those base on balls. Cal Poly San Luis Obispo pitchers racked up a total of nine walks while the Cal State Fullerton batters did the rest in a sweep of the Mustangs Sunday afternoon at Titan Softball Complex. CSUF used timely hits and aggressive baserunning to down Cal Poly SLO 11-3 in the second game, after taking the first contest 5-4. “I’m just really pleased with how everyone played,” said Titan Head Coach Judi Garman. “I just wish we had more games left.” First baseman Kristy Osborne lit up the scoreboard all weekend with a combined 8-for-14 performance, including a home run and a double. “I came out slow in the beginning, but now I thought ‘I can do this,’” Osborne said. The Titans started a very productive weekend with a sweep over UC Santa Barbara on Saturday. CSUF won both games by identical 5-4 scores. While making regional play initially looked impossible, these two sweeps have in fact given the Titans a chance to advance to post-season play. The voting
For Cal State Fullerton’s baseball team, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo turned out to be nothing more than a speed bump. CSUF swept a three-game set with the Mustangs to run its winning streak to 14 consecutive games. In doing so, the Titans—with tiebreaker advantages over Long Beach State—gained the top seed for the Big West tournament, which begins May 14, “We’re on a roll and we’re peaking at the right time,” said starter Erasmo Ramirez, who gained the victory on Saturday night. “We just need to keep it going.” On Sunday, Greg Jacobs (4-2) held the Mustangs (7-18, 16-39) to two runs over six strong innings in a 9-2 victory. The Titans trailed briefly in the second inning (2-0) before scoring once in the bottom of the second and three more times in the third. Sunday was also Senior Day and Titan Head Coach George Horton was able to find playing time for all of his seniors. Backup outfielder Steve Chatham took full advantage of the opportunity by going 3-for-3 with four runs and his third homer of the year.
over Cal Poly SLO on their way to sweeping the threegame series.
UCSB and Cal Poly SLO for four weekend wins.
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Titan Head Coach Judi Garman discusses hitting strategy with second baseman Nikki Hart.
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Titan shortstop Ryan Owens makes a diving stop in the Titans’ 9-2 victory in Sunday’s game at Titan Field. The Titans swept the Mustangs in the three-game series. “It was good to see guys like Chatham and Gaby (Halcovich) play well,” said Ramirez, who is also a senior. “Especially for Steve. He’s been here for four years. I’m sure it was pretty special for him.” On Saturday, Aaron Rowand went 3-for-4 with his 13th home run of the season and Pete Fukuhara added a 4-for4 performance as the Titans scored 12
runs in the fourth, fifth and sixth innings en route to a 17-9 win. Ramirez gave up four runs in seven innings for the win. On Friday night, the Titans scored three times in the bottom of the eighth and Adam Johnson struck out four batters in 1 2/3 innings for his seventh save. Benito Flores pitches 5 2/3 innings for his eleventh win without a loss. Pete Fukuhara, who now leads the
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giant. Hart’s consistency at the plate vaulted her amongst the offensive leaders in the conference and provided solid support for the rest of the Titan hitters. “When she hits well and plays well, we win,” said Titan Head Coach Judi Garman. “As our leadoff batter, she gets stuff started for us.” While she provides the spark for the Titans, softball did not immediately ignite any passions in Hart. “When I was little, I played soccer,” Hart said. “My parents wanted me to play softball.” Hart played soccer until she was eight, then switched to softball and started playing on a travel team at age 10, which prepared her for her next step. “When players come in as a freshman, they’re a little intimidated by the older kids,” Schaner said. “She came in with a lot of talent and even some of the umpires remarked how good she was.” Hart played on the varsity soccer, volleyball and softball team, a feat which earned her the El Dorado High School Ironman award. It
Nikki Hart is proving that a small stature has nothing to do with how big your heart is. Story by Jeff Howe Photo by Edgard Aguilar
was here, under Schaner, that Hart started to develop her strength as a softball player. “I was a slapper (hitter) and hit from the left side,” Hart said. “My coach got me hitting from the right side and the power came. I got a lot of confidence when I started doing well.” Schaner recognized immediately the potential Hart had to succeed. “She was hitting third or fourth but we were a little sluggish at the top so we moved her up,” Schaner said. “In 16 hits at one point, she scored 16 runs. “She got on and we were able to move her around,” Schaner continued. “She was a great base runner.” But Schaner knew he would eventually lose her and Hart moved on after graduation. “I wanted to go to a university and have it paid for to help my parents out,” Hart said. She received offers from Oregon State, Iowa State, University of Iowa, Miami of Ohio and Ohio State University. Having a scholarship was extremely important to Hart and the Oregon State Beavers proved to be the best choice. But with the distance still great and the weather not so great, Hart longed for the familiar confines of Southern California and returned
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fod places seventh in triple jump at UC Irvine Inivational. By KERRY MURRAY
Daily Titan Assistant Sports Editor Titan Track Head Coach John Elders is hoping several of his top athletes are getting closer to making the jump into championship form with the Big West Championships only weeks away. “I really feel like people are coming around,” Elders said. “We’re very excited about what we’re seeing.” Over the weekend, Cal State Fullerton traveled right down the freeway to crosstown rival UC Irvine’s facilities to com-
pete in the Steve Scott Invitational. Because the meet was run as an invitational, CSUF did not earn scores as a team, but several individuals earned respectable place finishes. In field events, the Titans once again fared well. CSUF triple jump record holder TreShawn Banford placed seventh in her main event with a leap of 37-11.2, setting a new school record and also a grabbed a 14th place finish in the long jump. Elders expects to see Banford place high in the Big West, considering she is currently ranked second in the conference behind Tricia Schmidt, a junior from Utah State who has jumped 39-7 3/4 this season. Loren Gualco placed fifth in the high
jump, clearing the 5-5 barrier. Elders said she also had several attempts at the 5-8 mark, which would set a new CSUF record and personal best for Gualco. Jason Pfaff earned a seasonal best in the javelin throw with a 173-1 mark. In women’s distance, Erin Remy and Sarah MacDougall turned out solid third place performances in the 5000m and 3000m respectably. Elders said the conditions for distance running were very poor with high humidity and extremely muggy weather. He said Remy’s and MacDougall’s times were not that fast, but he was happy with the way they competed. Remy is currently ranked second in the Big West Conference in the 10000m
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Track continues to try and leap over the competition during Saturday’s meet at UC Irvine.
team with a .400 batting average, went 2-for-4 with four RBI. Aaron Rowand, Reed Johnson and Ryan Owens each added two hits in the victory. The Titans have three conference games left against UC Santa Barbara this weekend, in what could be a preview of the first round of the Big West Conference Tournament.
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Bowler finsihes second in nation
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second in national tournament in Omaha. By KEITH MASON
Daily Titan Opinion Editor The Cal State Fullerton women’s bowling team traveled to Omaha, Neb. over the weekend for its final national tournament of the inaugural season. The team took home second place in its division and Titan Sharon Galaviz nabbed second overall in total points. The team placed seventh of 18 overall. Galaviz, whose season average has floated around 190, shot 208 across the tournament and averaged two pins shy of the leader. Although she bowled well throughout the tournament, Galaviz said she did not realize how high her pin count was during the tournament because she was focused more on the lanes. “I did not know I was doing that well,” she said. “I was just bowling. I don’t look at the score very much.” Still, after the games were done, Galaviz said she was pleased with her own bowling. “I’m very proud of myself,” she said. Before the weekend got underway, Galaviz said the team met and determined the focus of the games before them. “We sat down and set goals for ourselves,” she said. “That helped a lot. “Everyone averaged really well. We had a great time.” Galaviz’ performance, as well as the team’s, should only improve next year as Galaviz plans to be back and the team is only losing one player. Nikki Hosozawa is the lone team member graduating this semester, but she went out with a bang. She placed 24 of 96. “I’m quite proud of our team,” she said. Hosozawa said the competition was fierce, some of the matches going down to the 10th frame. “It was memorable,” she said. Coach Scott Poddig, who could not travel with the women, said he was pleased with the performance of the team.
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for positions in regional play will occur next Sunday at 3 p.m. CSUF has put in a bid to host regional play, and no team is allowed to host any regional action if they are not also going to compete. But the Titans will still have to win their remaining games this Wednesday against Long Beach State. Against Cal Poly SLO, the first game was a back and forth contest until the fifth inning. With the score tied at two, Osborne led off with a single and was moved to third on a Brenda Iglesias double—her third of the game. Stacy Pierson drove Osborne in with a sacrifice fly, and Dara Marzolo brought in another run with a double. A fielder’s choice and four straight singles pushed across two more runs, vaulting the Titans to a 6-2 lead. CSUF tacked on another run in the sixth for the 7-2 win.
In game two, CSUF fell behind 3-0 quickly in the first, but exploded back to tie in the bottom half of the inning, then steamrolled over the Mustangs with three runs in the second and four in the fourth to pound Cal Poly SLO 11-3. The weekend started the same way it finished with the Titans taking two off UC Santa Barbara on Saturday. With the score tied 4-4 in the seventh Marzolo stepped up and blasted a leadoff homer over the left-center field wall for the game winner. Game two featured a little different style. Down 1-0, UCSB used two Titan errors to go up 3-1. CSUF countered in the bottom of the fourth with three singles and two doubles for four runs, taking over the lead 5-3. The Gauchos added one more but it wasn’t enough. CSUF has guaranteed itself a winning season with the two sweeps, but the Titans can solidify an above-.500 conference record with a sweep over LBSU Wednesday night.
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The top teams in the North and South Division of the conference qualify for the tourney, as do the next two teams with the best records. CSUF (23-4 in conference, 40-12 overall) will likely draw UCSB in the first game. The tournament’s winning team receives an automatic bid into the NCAA Regionals. “You can sum it up this way,” explained Ramirez. “As long as you’re winning, you’re happy.”
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Titan pitcher Donna Coombes warms up in the bullpen in Saturday’s game versus Cal Ply San Luis Obispo. The Titans won both games over the Mustangs.
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home after one year. “I missed my family and my boyfriend,” Hart said. “It was always raining. It was depressing.” Back to Orange County she came and Hart began to look for a new start. Hart was still at OSU at the time and was prohibited from calling other schools looking for offers. That is where her mom came in who helped her contact CSUF, but Hart was still unsure of her future as a Titan. “I wanted to play but I didn’t know if I could play,” Hart said. “I thought I would walk on and then (Garman) gave me some money... I was surprised.” Garman had heard of this young player but had never seen her play. “Other coaches were congratulating me about signing her, but I was saying ‘Great, I’ve never even seen her play,’” Garman said. “I saw she had a homer at the Pony Tournament versus UNLV so I knew she could hit.”
Last year, her first as a Titan, Hart definitely showed her ability to hit, posting a .312 average with 58 total hits including 15 doubles, three home runs and 19 RBI. But just to prove that her offense was not a fluke, Hart picked up right where she left off and currently holds a .347 average, second in the conference. Her 60 hits places her in the top two and 13 doubles leads all other Big West hitters. In fact, her 15 doubles last season and 13 so far this year place her among the all-time Titan leaders. “I am just more relaxed,” Hart said. “I have more confidence and the coaches have more confidence in me.” Confidence is earned, and Hart had to endure a rocky start. “She was very defensive last year and now we’re past that,” Garman said. “Nikki is much more confident now and she believes she can do anything.” Doing anything does not seem to be a problem for Hart or her family. This sociology-turned-criminal justice major is looking to work with children as a juvenile probation counselor.
But athletics almost seem to come genetically in the Hart family. Nikki and her parents (D.J. and father David) leave every summer for camping, hiking, fishing or other outdoor activities. All of this has given Hart a strong foundation to build upon in both school, sports and life. “I have always looked up to my parents and now my boyfriend,” Hart said. “They’re always there for me and are positive and reward me for doing well.” Hart’s parents, who were at all her games in high school, followed her up to OSU for some games and have been at every home game this year and last. All the confidence has spilled over to the field, where Hart’s defense has been stellar. And it hasn’t gone unnoticed to her coach. “She has gone from a player who thought she couldn’t make plays to now expecting to make some great ones,” Garman said. “She’s a solid player,” Garman added. “She comes ready to play. You never have to worry about that.”
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and MacDougall and Remy are ranked third and fourth respectively in the 3000m. Alison Livermore is ranked sixth in the 3000m. Gary Charles, the CSUF prized sprinter, still is not in top-notch form since his comeback from his hamstring injury. Charles helped the men’s 4x100m relay team run its best time of the season, but ran a mediocre time in his own
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Nikki Hart, second from the right along with her teammates, hopes for a strong end to her season. 100m competition and withdrew from the 200m race with a sore hamstring. Elders also said Andrew VanNote, who typically runs the 5000m, ran a 2:00 in the 800m on Saturday. VanNote had no prior training in the event, but Elders said VanNote’s performance has made him think about re-evaluating VanNote’s event schedule for next season. All in all, Elders said he believes several of his elite runners should be able to carry the CSUF team in Big West Championships.“We’ve got some spots where we can get some points,” Elders said. “I think we should do well.”
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“I’m really proud of Sharon,” he said. “She’s done this before,” Poddig said, referring to Galaviz’ high scores that led the Titans to the top of tournaments. CSUF’s Krischna Howard placed 18 of 96 bowlers in the tournament. Weber State topped CSUF by less than three points in the Classic division; and the University of Utah won the Masters division. The Utes also clinched the overall competition, winning by more
than 16 points. The final tournament of the season for the men’s and women’s bowling teams is Friday in the Junior College Invitational at Fountain Bowl. CSUF will enter its women’s team along with two different men’s teams. Poddig said the tournament serves as a recruitment tool for the university as many of the bowlers from local community colleges will be moving on to four-year schools next year. Already, CSUF expects to gain a student from Saddleback College.
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