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Shakespeare upsets parents n THEATER : High school
parents and teachers are outraged by the explicit sexuality in the CSUF “Romeo and Juliet” production. By TRISHA L. SEBASTIAN Special to the Daily Titan
Because of the uproar concerning a Cal State Fullerton production of “Romeo and Juliet,” the Fullerton Union High School district has changed its policy concerning the viewing of future college produc-
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tions. Students from La Habra High School and Troy High School were invited by the university to attend a special matinee performance on April 29 before the play’s opening night. About 300 students participated in the event, staying for the entire three-hour performance. The production of the William Shakespeare play drew criticism from concerned parents and teachers because of several references to male genitalia and masturbation jokes. After the performance, the concerned parents were referred to the
district office to register their complaints. Patty Altig, one of the parents, told the Orange County Register, “This thing was rude and crude. As parents, we are trying to stop sexual promiscuity.” George Giokaris, the assistant to the superintendent, said that future productions would be more closely reviewed to see if the content would be appropriate for high school age students. Giokaris said, “(Right now) we are looking at the regulations again for the selection of plays. We will not change the administrative regulations, but will change the prac-
tice.” Extra-curricular materials used to supplement school instruction are regulated by the district and endorsed by the Board of Trustees. Under the new policy guidelines, either the teacher endorsing the play and a member of the district staff will preview the performance and make assurances that the play is appropriate for the students, or the principal of the school will receive assurances from the producer, director or administrative official affiliated with the production. The purpose is to make certain that there
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Who needs state funds, anyway?
Bright job outlook for ‘98 graduates n EMPLOYMENT : A promis-
ing job market guarantees graduates a stable increase in career opportunities over the next couple of years.
n COURT : A new witness in
the alleged battery involving the chair of the Speech Comm. Department says the incident was not serious.
By STEPHANIE GUERRA Daily Titan Writer
Graduating seniors and graduate students are undoubtedly stressed out and excited about ending their college careers at the end of the month. But what does the future hold for these soon to be ex-students besides a degree in their field? It appears that the 258 students graduating with bachelor’s and master’s degrees in computer science will have no problem finding a relatively high paying job after graduation. According to a 1994 Bureau of Labor Statistics study, computer engineer jobs are expected to skyrocket 90 percent over the next decade with 195,000 new jobs by 2005. On the other hand, nuclear engineers outlook looks stagnant with a 4 percent drop in jobs and 15,000 new jobs by 2005. “We need more (of computer science majors), there’s not enough of them to go around,” said Gretchen Scoles, career development coun-
By NICK BRENNAN Daily Titan Staff Writer
What started out as a case of battery and physical harm may turn out to be nothing more than horseplay, the attorney for chair of the Speech Communication Department Robert Emry said. Dean Hall, Emry’s attorney, appeared in court on his client’s behalf on Thursday. The incident in question occurred Emry Feb. 2 when Emry allegedly struck secretary Roberta Grayson on her right shoulder five times after she questioned Emry about some drinking glasses that were almost knocked over, according to the report Grayson filed with Public Safety. In the original report, Darlene Trostad, another campus employee, said she witnessed the incident, though she would not comment to the Daily Titan about it. Now, Hall reports that a witness, whose name he would not reveal, has said the incident did not happen the way Grayson said it did. “It was all done in jest,” Hall said of the new witness’ account. “There was no ill will towards anyone. The whole behavior was misinterpreted. It was a light-hearted pat on the shoulder, not slapped five times.” Grayson is sticking to her story. “I know what I felt and what I saw,” Grayson said. She would not comment further on the incident. After further investigation, Hall said the staff was horsing around before the incident occurred. After Emry allegedly struck Grayson, the horsing around continued, he said. “It is all pretty stupid,” Emry previously told the Daily Titan regarding the incident. “There is nothing to support this kind of statement with any of the other working relationships on campus.” Grayson claims Emry struck her so hard it left a bruise, though she did not take a photograph of it or go see a doctor. Emry was unavailable for further comments. Hall said he will turn over new information he discovered from investigations to the district attorney. On May 28 Emry is scheduled to return to court. At that time, an agreement between both lawyers will be made, Hall said.
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Christy Zollar and Stephen Ohab star in the CSUF Theatre Department’s controversial adaptation of Romeo and Juliet.”
See related story, Page 2. selor. Scott Townsend, 36, graduating with a B.A. in computer science quoted a popular 1980s song to describe how he feels: “The future’s so bright, I gotta wear shades.” The software company he has been with for four years, Phoenix Technologies, even reimbursed his college tuition. Townsend was initially involved with the music industry but soon became disillusioned. He described his experience as “more about who you know,” whereas his job “let him get his foot in the door” without a college degree. The 40 art students graduating may feel uneasy about their futures because art students are getting fewer job offers unless they have transferable skills, Scoles said. By 2005, it is projected that 256,000 new jobs will be available to musicians, although dancing or acting jobs will be harder to come by, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Graduating business students may find comfort in the fact that of the 1,044 alumni that responded to a poll
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New Job Projections for 2005 Computer Engineering:
195,000
Dancing/Acting:
256,000
Writers/Editors:
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Teachers, librarians, counselors: JEFF CHONG/Daily Titan
Bryan Q., an art student, sells some glasswork on the Performing Arts lawn Monday afternoon. The pieces were donated for sale by art students to be sold to raise money for the department.
6,246,000
Educational administration:
393,000
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics
Juggling a family and a career n RECOGNITION : June
Havlena was told to never expect the Psychology Professor of the Year Award because students hated her required class. BY MELISSA MORRIS Daily Titan Staff Writer
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June Havlena was recently names Psychology Professor of the Year.
Cheez-its, bottled water and a brown paper lunch bag that bears the initial “J” and a heart sits on her desk. “He always makes me exactly what I like,” Psychology Professor of the Year, June Havlena, says of the lunch her husband had made for her.
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Havlena is a juggler. She juggles work with a full-time family life. Her husband, Tom, helps keep their life in balance by sharing responsibilities at home. In reference to Havlena, fellow psychology professor Kay Bathurst says, “She’s a very family-oriented person.” Havlena was awarded Psychology Professor of the Year at the recent Psychology Department Association Banquet which held student elections for the award on April 7-8. The election was a time for psychology majors and minors to vote for their favorite teacher. Years ago Havlena was cautioned by a colleague to never expect the award because, “students hate that class”— referring to Havlena’s psychological test-
ing course which is a class required of all psychology majors. “Havlena decided that if she could make the students like and respect her, they would grow to like the class. “I always smile. I tell jokes. I try to keep it light,” Havlena says, “I try not to intimidate them. The material is intimidating enough.” Her method has paid off. At the banquet, Havlena’s student Trayci Benitez voiced enthusiasm when she presented Havlena the award. “She not only tests her students, she teaches them how to test others.” Havlena always wanted to be in a profession that allowed one-on-one interac-
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All-night studying
The Titan Student Union will extend its hours to help students prepare for upcoming spring semester finals beginning May 18 and continuing until 11 p.m. on May 29. The “All Night Study” program has been around for more than 10 years in the Titan Student Union. The program will begin Monday the week before finals and continue until the last day of final exams. 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 Services Desk, the Mainframe computer lounge and the Games and Recreation areas will also extend their hours for late-night customers. For more information, contact the Titan Student Union’s assistant director for operations, Kurt Borsting, at 278-7719.
Glimpses of Other Realities Linda Moulton Howe, Emmy Award winning journalist and author, will present a lecture on
U.S. intelligence regarding alien beings and UFOs. Howe, who is a graduate of Stanford University with a degree in communications, has devoted her career to the investigation of UFOs and crop circles. She made a name for herself by being the first journalist to investigate and document what are known as ‘Cattle Mutilations.’ While continuing her investigation into other worldwide occurring anomalies, such as crop circles, Howe, in 1991 was contacted by Paramount studios. She then became the originator and Supervising Producer of the Sightings series on the FOX network. Along with her other achievements, she has produced and written over 100 live studio programs, appeared at NASA’s Goddard Flight Center and on CBS, Larry King Live and NBC. Howe is the author of the newly published book, Glimpse of Other Realities-VolumeII. The lecture will be held at the Neighborhood Community Center, May 20 at 7 p.m. The cost is $15. For more information contact MUFON OC at 520-4836.
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CALENDAR OF EVENTS Spanish Cultural Festival tonight at 6:30 in the Titan Student Union Titan Theatre. The performances will include a play in Spanish, “El Burlador de Sevilla” and a folk style musical and dance performances. Admission is free. For more information contact Lydia Velez in the Foreign Languages Department.
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The city of Brea just opened up its new certified Farmer’s Market Wednesday in the parking lot of the Brea Community Center. The freshest fruits, vegetables, and flowers will be sold every Thursday from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tim O’Donnell, assistant city manager for Brea, said the concept of the marketplace came from the city’s residents. About two years ago the
city held an idea fair. The Farmer’s Market was requested by many of the residents. “What the Farmer’s Market does is build community involvement and activity,” O’Donnell said. Connie Oyler, with the community service department, said the Farmer’s Market will be in downtown Brea within the next year. The community center for the time being is the best cite to get it started. The city was expecting between
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at 8. For more information call Performing Arts Box Office 2783371. Admission $8 ($5 with Titan Discount). “The All Night Strut,” a sassy musical with blues, jazz and bebop opens tonight at 8 p.m. Admission is $25 and $20 ($2-with Titan discount).
University Singers will perform in the Little Theatre tonight
Women’s Choir will perform an all-Baltic music concert in the Little Theatre on Sunday. Admission $8 ($5 with Titan Discount). Society of Professional Journalists has invited Jeff Kramer, a humor columnist for the Orange County Register, to speak about his experiences in journalism on Monday at noon in
the University Hall room 204. Candidate Forum will be held on Tuesday and Wednesday. The forum will include two candidates: Republican U.S. Senate candidate Darrell Issa at 3 p.m., Tuesday in Titan Student UnionPortola Pavilion A and State Senator Bill Lockyer at 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday in Portola Pavilion C. Both candidates will speak on their political platforms and take
Sought-after MBAs weight many offers n BUSINESS : Top MBA stu-
dents are getting as many as six competing job offers with bonuses as high as $20,000. By Diana Kunde
Knight-Ridder Newspapers It’s the kind of problem you’d like to have. Recruiting activity at leading graduate schools of business has ratcheted way up, even compared with last year’s hot market. Top MBA students are getting three to six firm job offers, placement officials say. And recruiters pressing for early decisions are offering “exploding” bonuses - extra sign-on money that disappears after a deadline. “I’ve been here 10 years now, and I’ve never seen anything like it,” said Peter Veruki, director of career planning and placement for Vanderbilt University’s Owen Graduate School of Management. “It’s a pretty heady experience.” So what’s the beef? Some students may make poor career choices under
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tion with others. She describes herself as a mediator. Even in elementary school, “the boys would talk to me about the girls and the girls would talk to me about the boys. And I like that,” she said.
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last year, 42 percent have careers in business and industry. Writers and editors have a better chance of landing a higher paying job at a specialized publication than at a newspaper. The growth in jobs remains the same with a projected 272,000 jobs by 2005. Students desiring the roles of teachers, librarians or counselors have a bright and employed future ahead of them. With a prospective 26 per-
the pressure of being wined, dined and romanced with big-money offers from corporate recruiters. “They might tend to take a short-term view and go for the big bucks or the glamorous company instead of cutting through and asking, `Is this where I really belong?”’ Veruki said. Data on starting salaries for May and June MBA grads won’t be available until fall. But JobTrak Corp., an Internet job-posting service, reports a 38 percent increase in jobs listed at MBA schools for the first quarter compared with last year’s first quarter. Jamie King, assistant director for MBA career services at the University of Texas in Austin, compares the frenzied recruiting activity this year to rush at a fraternity or sorority. “They make it emotionally exhausting to say no. We have a student who had several offers but two she was choosing between. A recruiter took her to dinner and asked, `What’s it going to take to get you?’ She told him she didn’t want to live in that area. So he said, How about we put in $20,000 extra?’ She said she just didn’t want to live there. He said, OK, how about
$30,000?”’ The student was able to base her decision on career and life goals, but such clear-headedness can be tough, King said. “The money is so appealing to someone who’s been broke for a couple of years.” There’s nothing wrong with money, of course. If making lots of it is a student’s primary goal, the job choice may be easier. But for those who want to weigh other factors, career experts and MBAs offer some tips: •Don’t be dazzled by the big bucks. “I tell a student, `Let’s throw the money aside, and that’s not always easy to do. Which of these offers looks best to you? Let’s start looking at that, and what it would take to win you over?”’ said Dan Naegeli, MBA career services officer at Texas A&M University. •Scope out the culture. “I would look very carefully at the people you will work with,” said Chris Lackey, who will soon get his MBA from Texas A&M. “Would you enjoy spending all day with these people maybe 12 hours a day? You’d better like them.” Graduate students such as Mihaela Zuckerman at the University of Texas also weigh the effect on spouses.
Zuckerman’s husband will finish graduate school in architecture at Texas more than a year after she graduates with an MBA. Her choice of a San Francisco firm was influenced by the fact he could take a semester at Berkeley. “After that he has to come back here and finish, but it’s only about one semester that we’ll be apart,” she said. •Enjoy the ride. “It’s stressful, but you don’t come to B-school expecting it to be stress-free,” said Travis Armayor, 27, another Vanderbilt student who accepted a job with Chase Texas in Dallas, where he interned last summer. “It’s exhilarating to have these companies look at you. They know you’re valuable, and you do your best to be valuable. If you’re looking at pressure, that’s where it comes from to make sure you’re as good or better than your classmates,” he said. “But it’s fun.”
“She’s always there to help the students,” Psychology Department Chair Daniel W. Kee, says. Kee had Havlena in a graduate course he taught several years ago, and said, “She was always a stand out student.” Havlena attended Cal State Fullerton in the late 1970s, earning a bachelor’s degree in psychology. Havlena returned
to achieve an M.A. in Experimental Psychology from the same department almost 10 years later. “School’s always been real easy for me,” Havlena says. Havlena decided against enrolling in the Ph.D. program, thinking that when her children were older she would be able to leave them but found she “wasn’t
willing to take the time away from (her) family—ever.” Havlena said it requires a lot of energy to keep up with what her children want to do. And though she hasn’t completely eliminated the idea of returning to school for her Ph.D., she is currently too busy juggling her life on campus and her responsibilities as a full-time mother.
cent rise, 6,246,000 new jobs will be available in these fields. However the prognosis for education administrator jobs seems to be dropping 17 percent, with only 393,000 new jobs by 2005. What about those who do not want to move to other parts of the country to find a job? According to the most recent survey report for Cal State Fullerton graduates, 97 percent of the 942 alumni that responded still work in California. About 20 percent of 1,025 alumni respondents have teaching jobs, 5 percent in engineering, and about 6 percent in computer science.
“Fortunately it’s been the best job market in 27 years,” Scoles said. She added that it would be wise for all students to have transferable skills, such as computer knowledge, so that the chances of finding a job in their field are higher. As for Orange County employment rates, construction (up 13.3 percent) and manufacturing (up 6.2 percent) are at the top of the list for most available jobs. According to the State Employment Development Department, 1.23 million people are employed, up 3.8 percent in 1997. All students might want to think about
going to graduate school as it appears to raise salaries. A CSUF alumni survey, states that out of the 132 respondents holding master’s degrees, 10 percent admit having $60,000 salaries and above. Of the 550 B.A. respondents, 3 percent have the same salary. Following the “Seven Steps to the Job You Want” as listed in CSUF’s Career Development and Counseling Job Search Manual might be a stepping stone for underclassmen to consider. Steps go from number one, assessing one’s skills, values, personality and interests, to number seven, re-evaluating one’s career goals.
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200-300 people to show up but the actual turnout at 10 a.m. was around 750, O’Donnell said. Jim Bonsangue, a local merchant, was very happy with the turn-out. His family business sells all sorts of citrus fruits, tangelos, avocados and marmalade. It’s going to be a very good market, the avocados are selling like hot cakes,” O’Donnell said. According to the Southland Farmer’s Market, shoppers get the freshest foods because the produce is picked a day or even hours before they are displayed. “An average grocery item travels 1,300 miles before it gets to your house from where it originated,” said
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the farmer’s report. In just two days broccoli loses 34% of Vitamin C. This can add to many of the other fruits and vegetables that may lose essential vitamins and nutrients. Fruits and vegetables in supermarkets may be waxed which takes a good scrubbing to get to the essence of the peel. Certified Farmer’s Markets are “certified” by the County Agricul-
tural Commissioner. The certificate is given to farmers who grow fresh produce after an inspection which lists exactly the produce items that the farmer is growing. Heather Morris, with the communcations and marketing deparment said, “The Farmer’s Market is a great health benefit to the community. It is the best place to buy the freshest and most nutritious fruits and vegetables.”
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is no excessive nudity, profanity or explicit sexual innuendo in future school-affiliated excursions. Giokaris said that public schools are held accountable to the public for what the district presents to its students. “What may be appropriate (outside school) is inappropriate for high school students,” he said. The CSUF Theater and Dance Department does not feel that the show they produced should have been a surprise to the school officials. Joe Arnold, the associate dean to the School of the Arts, told the Orange County Register, “I don’t know that there is anything radical or unusual about the handling of the play.” Michael Serna, who played the character of Mercutio in the play, said his character’s actions were accurate with Shakespeare’s text and intentions. “I’ve done extensive resarch (having seen) four different productions,” he said. “Most scholars will admit (that it is) the most sexual of all his plays,”
Serna continued. “It is not a pretty little love story.” William H. Koon, an English professor who teaches Shakespeare, said that it was mild compared to other productions. “In traditional productions, there would be a lot more bawdiness,” Koon said. Koon felt that the English teachers at the two high schools should not have been surprised because “anyone who has studied and taught Shakespeare should be aware that (the bawdiness) is a part of it like
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the balcony scene and the deaths. It’s in the words.” Evelyn Case, a theater teacher who has acted in “Romeo and Juliet” in the past, felt that the actors were being overly indulgent in their actions. “There was no need to illustrate it and they would have achieved all the same meanings without having to physicalize it,” Case said, emphasizing that it is the actor’s job to illuminate, not confuse.
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Erin blames boys for failing to commit. She says they are immature.
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Erin Whiteside
hy is it that guys get this insatiable urge to hoot, holler and yelp at any girl walking by? What is this, public mating? Any girl walking by can get the treatment. You girls know what I’m talking about, you’re walking down the street and a car packed with hormonal, sexdeprived males, drives by. “Whoo-hoooo!!” There you have it, the male mating call at its finest. I was in just that situation a couple weeks ago. I was sitting shotgun in a car packed full of guys, including the “Ladies Man,” Mr. Keith Mason himself (I guess that was their attempt at a little chivalry), when two college girls walked by. As if, on cue, all the guys in my car rolled down the window, stuck their heads out into the wind, and with tongues lagging, they whistled and yelled out to the girls. I didn’t have time to watch them run away or burst out laughing because I was too busy trying to crunch down under the dashboard to avoid being seen. What do guys think they are going to get out of this? Not a date, I know that. It must be a trip down memory lane where acting childish and doing things like throwing things like crayons at girls was the way to let her know that he liked her. Now, I know the biggest complaint I hear about girls is that we try and control the guys we go out with. It’s not control; rather, I call it supervising.
See, girls have no problem with commitment. But college boys have that Freudian dependency problem. Just like they can’t let go of those torn up boxers their mothers bought them back in high school that they’ve come to love, they can’t seem to let go of their beloved life of singlehood. Once a guy gets to a party and sees all those drunk, openly-available women, he seems to forget about his commitments. Men need chaperones, and who else is going to watch over our straying boys better than us? Without our supervision, our (drunk) boyfriends would surely wander. But some people never stop wandering long enough to pick up a girl. Take our “Ladies Man” for example; he’s still wandering, in fact, from the Opinion Page to the personal ads, waiting for a response. Now, anyone that has at least opened up this newspaper at least one time this year, must have caught at least one of Mr. Mason’s self-pity trips—he wrote one practically every other day. Hey, Mr. “Ladies Man,” there is a reason you are currently dating the playboy mag under your bed. My advice to you: girls are not going to bite your head off (although you should be careful in certain situations). I know you are never short of words, at least in this newsroom. So, going up to a girl is no different. And doing it sober? Well that is just an added bonus. Any guy that can ask out a girl without doing a keg stand first has to be worthy of consideration. And any guy that actually considers a girl not dressed in a black halter top two sizes too small, with a black skirt that wouldn’t fit a 12-year-old girl is even better. I never thought of myself as a conservative dresser until I came to college. I admit, I am a professed “Gap Girl” but sometimes I think just because I’m not decked out in the latest hoochie fashion means chances of meeting any boys is between slim and none. But then again, this is Southern California, the land of the plastic materialistic ideals (which is an entirely different story in itself.) And Keith, one more tip for ya—after girls see that fake orgasm routine of yours, they may start thinking that that is all they have to look forward to. And if that is the case, you may have an solution for all those lonely Saturday nights.
Boys v. Girls
Stop smacking your gum, grads
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luorescent green gum clung to the ridges of her upper and lower teeth, pulling against itself with each smack of her lips. I cringed. How could anyone smack their gum? It’s so disgusting! Besides, didn’t her parents ever tell her it is bad manners to chew with
Letters:
In my defense...
Predictably, I am writing this letter in response to Ms. Amy Butler’s response on May 5 to my April 28 letter. Ms. Butler asserts that my original letter was a “graduate level temper tantrum.” In fact, although there was a good deal of venting involved as I typed that letter, my frustration with the results of the election is secondary to the frustration with regards to the low voter turnout. The fact theat I lost the election came with neither shock nor anger at my opponent. Rather,
her mouth open? I’ll never know who the girl sitting across from me two weeks ago in the Titan Student Union was, but I will forever remember her green glowing gum and the way it made me gush with disgust. It’s difficult not to be appalled at people’s manners. I wasn’t raised in a barn; then again, I wasn’t raised with a silver spoon, either. I find it makes little difference. There are just certain things a person should inherently know, like good manners for instance. There are certain occasions when a person’s bad manners should be forgiven. For example, when traveling in a foreign place where manners and customs are unfamiliar, an occasional oversight is to be expected. To act incorrectly once, maybe twice - forgivable. Beyond that however is just plain classless. when the sum total did not exceed 200, it came with disapointment. Would I have written that letter had I won? Honesty demands that I reply in the negative ... perhaps that is the biggest shame of all. Those who win have no incentive to point out the flaws in the system, while those who lose have little footing to do so. Could I have said what I said in a more polite manner? Perhaps, but my experience has been that polite never wakes people up. My only regret is that I spent any of my money on the campaign. I should have known better. In any case, I stand by my original statement. Mike Bourdaa,
Okay, correct me here if my German has gone awry, but as my uncle used to say, “Geraden oben und fleigen recht.” Translated it basically means, “Get your act together.” I highly recommend that to the young lady smacking her gum. Yes, you know who you are. Anyway, I have one more complaint to launch at all the gum chewers - and smackers - of the world: quit flopping your gum onto the pavement. It’s quite messy. That’s something else your parents should have told you, never share your gum. A bragging point to our campus is that there are trash cans located around just about every bend of the corner. Utilize them. Please.
MELISSA MORRIS is a Daily Titan staff writer. Graduate student, Chemistry
Grow up, guys
Re: “Spring brings out ‘lust monster’ men,” Mitch Greenwood, May 1. The column, beginning “What do women expect?” sounds just like a defendant’s statement in a rape trial. What the hell? I realize the whole column was an attempt at humor, but it’s not very funny. You all seriously need to grow up. Gina Alexander, English
voices: should California kill bilingual education?
“There should be limited bilingual classes, but to just throw students who don’t know English into English-only classes is wrong.” -Khaled Atlar, History
“I think it’s a good idea. Fostering two languages puts them at a disadvantage.”
“Don’t eliminate it because it’s another form of enrichment.”
“I’m against it because it will create a gap between native speakers and those who don’t speak English.
-Edward Caudill, History
-Cheryl Esperanza, Communications
-Gary Nguyen, Marketing
Friday, May 8, 1998
Keith blames Eve. Women just don’t understand.
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Keith Mason
dam may have eaten the apple, but it was Eve who seduced him to do so. And even before the serpent and the tree of forbidden fruit, it was Adam who gave up a rib so that Eve might be well endowed . . . er, with life. We may be cunning and deceptive, but at least we know how to tie up loose ends. When we get caught red-handed with women that are not our current significant others, we wiggle our way out of it. And it’s all because of “girls.” If blonde-haired, air-headed sorority chicks weren’t so darn naive and forgiving, we men would not destroy our relationships like we do. Speaking of which, let me express my displeasure with the double standard which encompasses relationships. Take ladies. They coo and blush and call their boyfriends “boys.” They refer to their friends as “guys” and their elders as men. Lovely. If I walk down the halls at school today and pull a cute lady aside but call her a “girl,” I would be slapped and accused of being condescending. I won’t mention any names; we’ll just use his initials: A.J. A.J. is a boy by my colleague Erin Whiteside’s standards. That makes him more than a friend but less than a roommate, if you catch my drift. I’m told women have a different perspective on things. Men are accused of using courage in a bottle
(getting drunk to meet ladies they would never normally approach). Supposedly we can’t stand commitments and pick waist-less, busty models as our “object of affection.” At parties, men are expected to make the first move. When we get enough alcohol in our bodies, we wander over and start shallow conversation. If received well, we try to move to first base. I went to a club last weekend with a couple of female co-workers. I noticed several guys dancing provocatively with their female counterparts, toward the end of the evening I don’t think women know how difficult the initial approach is. It takes a great deal of initiative to make that first step; when we are shut down without further review, we get angry. We cuss. Some of us puke. Pretty soon, if we are shut down often enough, we just stop asking altogether and remove our potential from the gene pool. Great. First we’re jerks for ‘coming on’ to women, then by golly, we must be homosexual for not coming on at all. I’m a nice guy. I don’t drink or choose my girlfriends by the size of their chests or the color of their hair. The campus knows me; I’ve written enough of my personal life for any interested women to make her advances. If a girl ‘puts out’ (and don’t confuse that with coming out) she is a slut by female standards; if a man puts out he is a stud by female standards. Men, at least the ones I know, do not consider sexual prowess a sign of maturity. I’ll be the first to label a woman a slut for sleeping around, and I’ll cuss out guys for being unfaithful to their girlfriends. Men are not the collective Anti-Christ that the National Organization for Women would have you believe. Most of us don’t beat our girlfriends. Most of us are not violent rapists. And most of us don’t consider women to be in the minority in America. Females are 51% of the population; how can anyone argue that women are the minority? To treat them as such would be sinful at best, and I suggest men who mistreat their women should have their manhood removed.
KEITH MASON is the Daily Titan
Some smokers really stink but cigarettes are the real problem cup o’ joe
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have come to the realization that I don’t hate smokers. I hate smoke, but I certainly don’t hate the smoker. I hate the tobacco companies, but I don’t hate the people who work for them. I may hate R.J. Reynolds, but I certainly don’t hate Burt Reynolds. No, wait, strike that; I really hate Burt Reynolds. I’ve never liked smoking. My reason being: If I wanted to breathe in noxious fumes that cause cancer, I’d move to Los Angeles. Oddly enough, I don’t have a problem eating at Taco Bell or Burger King. Taco Bell may be unhealthy for you, but at least it tastes kind of like something reminding me of food. My reasons for disliking smoking stems from my childhood experience. As I grew up, my father smoked constantly. Sometimes, my father would ask me to buy cigarettes for him. Since I was underage, he’d give me his driver’s license. I only bought cigarettes for him once. The time I went to buy cigarettes for my dad, I was embarrassed. I handed the license and the money to the clerk and said, in a timid voice, “Ummmmm..... my dad said that it was all right for me to buy these. You can call him if you want.” I felt that I was taking part in some illicit drug deal. The clerk sold the cigarettes to me that day but said that he would never sell them to me again. So my dad sent my brother the next time. Experiences like this made me feel bad about smoking. Being in a house full of smoke also did not help matters. I would tell my dad, “I’m going
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to go and get some fresh air.” “You’re going outside?” he’d say. “No, I’m just going to the next room,” I’d reply. My mom doesn’t smoke anymore. She started again a few summers ago, while I was on vacation with her. Throughout the trip, my mom would light a cigarette, and I would, throughout the trip, stick my entire head out the window. My mom doesn’t smoke anymore, which means that someone else in my family had to start smoking. So did my little brother. Somehow I think someone placed the curse of the Marlboro Man on my family. That’s my personal experience with smoking. Others in California have also had negative experiences with smoking; hence, the smoking ban in bars throughout the state. I think that the no smoking ban in bars is a really good idea. I mean, why have people smoke and develop lung cancer in a bar when they can do it at home? I also think that bars should ban drinking and thereby prevent liver cancer, as well. However, this plan might cause a few bars to be shut down. I think that banning smoking in bars may not have been the best solution to the problem. If someone really did have a problem with smoking in a bar, then they would just go to another bar that doesn’t allow smoking. Most people don’t go to a bar for health reasons, anyway. A man passed out on a stool won’t suddenly wake up and say to himself, “What have I been doing here, in all this smoke? This could kill me. I’m going home. Just as soon as I have another drink.” People who smoke don’t bother me. If they blow smoke in my face, then they would probably be bothering me. However, I don’t care if they do smoke, as long as it’s away from me. Several miles away from me, preferably. I’m not that much different from smokers, though. In a sense, with my family, I’ve been smoking for almost 20 years now.
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Time running out on track
regular season series will be against UCSB. By BRIAN DIERIEX
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compete in last meet of the year. By KERRY MURRAY
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For some Titan track athletes, this weekend’s meet will be their last for the 1998 season. The Cal State Fullerton track season is winding down. On Saturday, the Titans will compete at Occidental College and the following weekend they will head to the Los Angeles Invitational for the Reebok Distance Classic. Then the worthy Titan competitors will have their day, as Titan Head Coach
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The Titans are currently ranked 8th in the nation and will finish out their regular season this weekend against UC Santa Barbara.
The Titans keep on reeling off wins and they have the opportunity for three more this weekend when they face UC Santa Barbara. Cal State Fullerton baseball has won 21 out of its last 23 games, and has strung together a 14-game winning streak. As the Titans (40-12, 23-4) have piled up the wins, they have also started to climb up in the national rankings. They are currently No. 8 in the Collegiate Baseball Poll and No. 10 in the USA Today/ESPN Poll. “Santa Barbara is going to be a tougher team on their field, they always are,” pitching coach Dave Serrano. “It will be tough to win three games. They have nothing to lose, and those are
always the tougher teams to play.” Serrano will stick with the same starting rotation this weekend starting with Benito Flores (11-0, 3.13) on Friday, Erasmo Ramirez (8-5, 3.77) on Saturday, and Greg Jacobs (4-2, 3.30) on Sunday to close out the series. He will also try to give the bullpen more work this weekend, as the regular season comes to a close. “The score will dictate what we do,” Serrano said. “If we have a lead after five innings we’ll probably get the starters out and let some other guys get some innings, since this is our last tune-up before the Big West Conference Tournament.” Assistant coach Rick Vanderhook also said he expects to use players like Steve Chatham, Chris Beck and Ryan Fullerton off the bench and in starting roles. “Those guys have been around and they’ve started to get a feel for how they do in those situations,” Vanderhook said. “They have done a good job of preparing on the bench to take good at bats, it is not
an accident they are hitting well.” Chatham is coming off a 3-for-3 performance on Sunday against Cal Poly SLO, and is currently fifth on the team in batting with a .333 average. Beck is fourth with a .355 average and Fullerton is 11-for-35 in 22 games. As the bench has picked up, the starters also have stepped up a notch. “They’re playing with more confidence, and they’re feeding off each others success,” Vanderhook said. Pete Fukuhara leads the Titans with a .400 batting average followed by Greg Jacobs’ .391 and Aaron Rowand at .384. Defense, however, has been CSUF’s problem. If there’s an Achilles’ heal to this team it’s the infield defense,” Titan Head Coach George Horton said after Sunday’s game against Cal Poly SLO. “It is a glaring concern. That’s one thing that we are going to work on. Our mission is to get it as good as it can be.”
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Softball wrapped up its season last night against Long Beach State. The Titans split with the 49ers, in a series that also honored the seniors in their last games in a Titan uniform.The Titans finished with a 32-29 record.
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John Elders grants them entrance into the Big West Conference Championships. To qualify for the Big West final meet, athletes must be selected by their respective coaches, but Elders said that will change. At a Big West coach’s meeting to be held this season, the coaches will establish specific times and marks to be eligible to compete in the championship meet. This year, Elders has selected 15 of his 18 competing women to head to Boise, Id. and 17 of the 25 men also made the cut. Elders said the final weeks of competition should result in several positive performances. “We’ve had really good practices this past week,” Elders said. “The facilities are good at Occidental, the competition will be good, all of which should amount to good things.” The CSUF team heads to Occidental every year, a meet which Elders describes as pretty competitive because it limits the number of sections in every event. Because the meet does not begin until 4 p.m., time allows only the best athletes to compete. “The meet caters to a more elite field,” Elders said. The Titans will feature their normal competitors in the usual events. Elders decided to keep Gary Charles and Omar Anderson out of their individual events for the Occidental meet and allow them to focus solely on their 4x400-meter performance. The men’s relay team set a seasonal best at the Steve Scott Invitational last weekend, a time which Elders said can drop even further. TreShawn Banford will also attempt to improve her triple jump mark, gearing up for the Big West Championship meet where she is currently ranked second. Sarah MacDougall, Erin Remy and Alison Livermore will lead the women’s distance team.
Softball game by game results Date 2/13 2/13 2/14 2/14 2/15 2/15 2/26 2/26 2/28 2/28 3/01 3/01 3/04 3/04 3/07 3/07 3/08 3/08 3/13 3/13 3/14 3/14 3/16 3/16 3/18 3/19 3/20 3/20 3/21 3/23 3/23 3/27 3/27 3/28 3/28 4/02 4/02 4/04 4/04 4/08 4/08 4/10 4/10 4/15 4/15 4/18 4/18 4/22 4/22 4/25 4/25 4/28 4/28 4/29 4/29 5/02 5/02 5/03 5/03 5/06 5/06
Opponent UMass. ! Purdue! Washingtion ! Ohio State ! Oregon ! Arizona State ! Virginia & Eastern Michigan & San Jose State & San Diego State & Virginia & Stanford & Cal Poly SLO* Cal Poly SLO* New Mexico State* New Mexico State* Northridge* Northridge* Pacific* Pacific* Sacramento State* Sacramento State Lehigh Lehigh Canisius K Arizona K Oklahoma State K San Diego State K UNLV K Utah State* Utah State* Maine % Georgia Southern % Butler % North Carolina % New Mexico State* New Mexico State* Northridge* Northridge* UNLV UNLV Sacramento State* Sacramento State* UC Santa Barbara* UC Santa Barbara* Utah State* Utah State* Loyola Marymount Loyola Marymount Long Beach State* Long Beach State* Fresno State Fresno State Pacific* Pacific* UC Santa Barbara* UC Santa Barbara* Cal Poly SLO* Cal Poly SLO* Long Beach State* Long Beach State*
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Score 7-3 2-0 0-8 0-4 2-1 1-3 1-0 5-6 11-3 0-3 2-0 0-6 1-3 4-5 8-0 2-1 5-6 1-11 7-4 1-2 5-2 4-6 11-3 14-0 14-0 3-8 1-0 0-3 2-4 4-3 10-2 12-10 5-0 0-4 5-6 1-2 2-4 2-3 0-11 1-0 3-0 3-6 4-3 8-5 2-3 11-2 10-2 5-4 11-3 0-1 2-0 0-3 1-11 3-4 2-6 5-4 5-4 7-2 11-3 0-2 3-0
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Overall 1-0-0 2-0-0 2-1-0 2-2-0 3-2-0 3-3-0 4-3-0 4-4-0 5-4-0 5-5-0 6-5-0 6-6-0 6-7-0 6-8-0 7-8-0 8-8-0 8-9-0 8-10-0 9-10-0 9-11-0 10-11-0 10-12-0 11-12-0 12-12-0 13-12-0 13-13-0 14-13-0 14-14-0 14-15-0 15-15-0 16-15-0 17-15-0 18-15-0 18-16-0 18-17-0 18-18-0 18-19-0 18-20-0 18-21-0 19-21-0 20-21-0 20-22-0 21-22-0 22-22-0 22-23-0 23-23-0 24-23-0 25-23-0 26-23-0 26-24-0 27-24-0 27-25-0 27-26-0 27-27-0 27-28-0 28-28-0 29-28-0 30-28-0 31-28-0 31-29-0 32-29-0
Division 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-1-0 0-2-0 1-2-0 2-2-0 2-3-0 2-4-0 3-4-0 3-5-0 4-5-0 4-6-0 4-6-0 4-6-0 4-6-0 4-6-0 4-6-0 4-6-0 4-6-0 5-6-0 6-6-0 6-6-0 6-6-0 6-6-0 6-6-0 6-7-0 6-8-0 6-9-0 6-10-0 6-10-0 6-10-0 6-11-0 7-11-0 8-11-0 8-12-0 9-12-0 10-12-0 10-12-0 10-12-0 10-13-0 11-13-0 11-13-0 11-13-0 11-14-0 11-15-0 12-15-0 13-15-0 14-15-0 15-15-0 15-16-0 16-16-0
* - Big West Conference game; ! - ASU Tournament; & - CSF Showcase Tournament; K - Kia Klassic Tournament; % - Buzz Classic Tournament.
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