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Library purchases video collecnCAMPUS: The film collection will include videos relating and showcasing Jewish heritage By Debra Santelli Daily Titan Staff Writer This past spring the Pollack Library gave $2,500 to the Department of Comparative Religion for the acquisition of the historical video collection, the “Jewish Heritage Video Collection” (JHVC), which is worth $12,500. Professor Ben Hubbard, of the Department of Comparative Religion, saw an opportunity to obtain approximately 150 videocassettes showcasing the history of Judaism and related topics from the JHVC group based in New York City. “I jumped right on it, I didn’t want the videos to be passed to another university,” Hubbard said. Hubbard explained that the video collection, which is offered to only one university in a region, would fit well into CSUF’s curriculum. “CSUF, having a minor in Jewish studies, could benefit from the collection greatly,” Hubbard said. American studies, film courses, anthropology, literature, child development and philosophy can all benefit from this collection, Hubbard explained. Floyd Zula, CSUF collection librarian, worked with Hubbard getting the collection into the library. “The JHVC has wonderful films, with actors such as Barbara
Streisand, Bette Midler, and Charlie Chaplain films,” Zula said. Zula explained that it is very interesting to acquire material such as this at such a low rate. “Normally, the university would not have such an elaborate video collection, but this program has made it possible,” Zula said. The Department of Comparative Religion has 40 students in the major and two students in the Jewish studies minor. “The collection will hopefully bring more awareness of the major and in general the history of Jews,” Hubbard said. The history of Jews is an enormous tale with plenty of substance behind it. “Not only is there the Holocaust, but slavery for the Jews dates back thousands of years,” Hubbard said. Hubbard and Zula plan to put together letters for faculty and staff to get them to use the videos as part of their curriculum. Differently directed topics of the JHVC films are children’s stories, comedy, the Holocaust, international Jewry, Israel, the Jewish experience in America, and religion and identity. Some well-recognized films from the collection include, “Blazing Saddles,” which tackles the subject of prejudice in the Old West; “The Diary of Anne Frank,” who was the young girl that was hidden with her family from the Nazis for two years in an attic in Amsterdam; and modern-day classics like “Schindler’s List,” “Dirty Dancing,” “Driving Miss Daisy” and “School Ties.” The JHVC is available at the library’s audiovisual curriculum
Vote on parking delayed nARBORETUM: A commission decided to delay a vote on a contraversial parkingproposal By Fermin Leal Daily Titan Executive Editor
mayra beltran/Daily Titan An Arboretum volunteer loads a supply of mulch from the proposed location that will be turned into additional student parking.
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Daily Titan Staff Writer Enrollment is at its highest number in Cal State Fullerton’s history, according to the fall 2000 Census report put out Thursday by the Office of Admissions and Records. The number of students, 28,403, surpassed the record set in 1999 by 4.5 percent or 1,217 students. “It’s a positive report on all
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Another record is set in total enrollment nCAMPUS: The university will begin to implement programs to deal with the high number of students
Three hours of a heated public hearing, procedural confusion and a debate on possible conflicts of interests, resulted with a vote not to vote. The Fullerton Arboretum Commission concluded to postpone a decision on a controversial proposal on Tuesday that would temporarily allocate four acres of Arboretum land for a student parking lot. The lot is located directly behind the Cobb Hall and would provide an extra 320 spaces to alleviate the university’s already out-of-hand parking situation. The land is currently used to store mulch and other materials used by the property. Arboretum officials said they plan to convert the land into a Mediterranean garden in the future, but await sufficient funding for it. Jay Bond, head of the university’s facilities management, presented the proposal before the committee. Bond outlined the project which will allow the university to pave the property and use it for a period of three years until construction of a proposed multilevel 1,500 to 2,000 space parking structure would be completed. After that time, the university would remove the
accounts,” said James Blackburn, director of Admissions and Records. Among the findings were that numbers for first-time freshmen are up 5 percent and numbers for graduate students are up 8 percent. The only area where enrollment has gone down is among transfer students whose enrollment decreased by 6 percent. Blackburn said this is due to many transfer students being declined. “The biggest reason was that they hadn’t completed their general ed. math requirement,” Blackburn said. Enrollment is up for every class level except sophomores. Of the 28,403 students, the report also found that 60 percent of CSUF’s students are female. One of these female students, Jenny Hartshorne, a junior child and adoles-
cent studies major, said she noticed the rising numbers. “Parking is worse, if that’s possible,” Hartshorne said. To meet the demands of an increasing number of students, CSUF will be expanded through numerous building projects. One of these building projects is the new communications building across the street on Nutwood which will begin holding classes next semester, said Keith Boyum, acting associate vice president for academic programs. CSUF will also be expanding through off-campus centers. “We are in discussions with the South Orange County Community College Districts on expanding our programs that are currently at the Mission Viejo Campus, possibly to Saddleback College and Irvine Valley
College,” Boyum said. The South Orange County Community College District is also anxious to have CSUF as a partner in a high-tech oriented campus to be located at the former Marine Corps Helicopter Base in Tustin, Boyum said. Boyum added that they are discussing which programs might reasonably be relocated there. Along with the building projects, Boyum said CSUF will be expanding its online instruction. Hartshorne said she would not signed up for online courses. “Online instruction is a joke,” Hartshorne said. “Paying the money I am, I expect high-quality, personal instruction. I think all students should
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Rising Numbers For the most part, CSUF’s enrollment has increased steadily each year. Even though the increases have been less than 10% for most classes, the result is that there are more than 2,600 students then there were two years ago. year
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Stack parking program to end Titan extras today after six-week trail period o n l i n e nPARKING: During the trial period, anywhere from 64 to 400 extra spaces became available to students Terry Jolliffe
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Cars stacked as part of parking program that ends today.
Cal State Fullerton’s stacked parking program will come to an end today said Joseph Ferrer, Transportation and Parking Services Director. The six-week trial program has cost the school approximately $11,000 a week and hasn’t been proven to be cost effective. “The daily lot counts do not warrant continuing the program,” Ferrer said. Tuesdays and Thursdays are the
peak days for parking. The daily lot count last week showed anywhere from 64 to nearly 400 parking spaces available between the hours of 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. in Lot A, and from 12 to 30 spaces at 1 p.m. in Lot B. Lot B, behind the Titan Student Union Building fills up the fastest, but with the end of stack parking, those cars will more than likely flow over in to Lot A. Throughout the six-week program, lot counts have shown adequate parking availability in both the parking structure and Lot G, as well. However, other universities have tried stack parking as well, but have found them to be successful. Stack parking ended at Cal State San Marcos on Thursday, but the student body has found the program to
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be helpful. “Already, a letter from the Associated Students is forthcoming, asking us to extend the program into the spring semester and I’m going to do that,” said Dora Knoblock, Director of Transportation and Parking for Cal State San Marcos. “The staff for Central Parking Systems was excellent. It’s been a win-win situation all the way around.” Knoblock said. “They did a wonderful job controlling the parking by closing the lots as they filled, minimizing accidents.” Cal State San Marcos has 6,275 students and 2,463 parking spaces. “Our peak days are Monday and Wednesday and peak hours are 10 a.m. to noon and 1 p.m. and to my knowledge, there haven’t been any suits filed
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College Legal Clinic Names New Director
The College Legal Clinic Board of Directors recently announced the appointment of Shannon Harrold as its new executive director. Harold, a full-time student and political science major, said she plans to pursue a career in law. Harrold said she noticed the unique internship opportunities CLC offers for students interested in the fields of law, criminal justice and political science. “I feel the clinic offers an important service for students to receive legal aid which they might otherwise not be able to obtain,” she said. Desiree Luna, a senior political science major as well, was named associate director. Luna will be assisting with daily functions of CLC and assisting interns enrolled at the clinic. CLC was founded in 1971 and is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing legal services to students, faculty and staff. CSUF students receive free initial counseling as a service funded by the Associated Students. Legal aid is available for most situations including, small claims, divorce traffic and bankruptcy. Students can call (714) 2785850 for more information.
University Hosts Global High-tech Conference High-technology business leaders seeking to expand their reach in the global marketplace can get practical information and find opportunities at the Global Partnerships 2000 Conference at the University. From 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Wednesday Nov. 1 in the Portola Pavilion at the Titan Student Union, individuals can explore the different featured panel discussions on telecommunications, E-commerce trading and venture capital funding for international trade. The keynote speaker is Ashwin Rangan, senior vice president and chief information
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officer for Conexant Systems Inc. It is the North American semiconductor supplier and the world’s largest company focused on personal communications electronics. Rangan will be discussing “Accessing the Global Distributions of Technology Sources in an Interconnected Economy.” In addition to Rangan, sessions will focus on matching businesses with representatives from industry service providers and foreign consulates. The event will also feature a job fair and exhibit of products and services. Advance registration is $25 and is due by Oct. 20. Registration at the door is $35. For more information on the conference, call (714) 278-4125.
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Community Visit with more than 300 live animals, shop more than 900 vendors and new products, and check out over 70 rides and attractions at the Los Angeles County Fair, which runs through Oct. 1 at the Fairplex in Pomona. Admission is $10 for adults, $7 for seniors 60 and older
($3.50 on Tuesday, Senior Days), while children 6-12 are free on weekdays on $5 on weekends. Ages 5 and younger are free. For more information, call (909) 623-3111 or visit http:// www.fairplex.com. “Domestic Priorities,” an exhibit brings together three California artists whose work draws parallels between the process of making art and the routine of domestic life, runs through Oct. 22. The Muckenthaler Cultural Center Foundation is located at 1201 W. Malvern Ave., in Fullerton. It is open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Friday, and noon to 4 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday. Admission costs $2 for adults, $1 for students and seniors, and children are free. For more information call (714) 738-6595. The 2nd Annual American Film Marketing Association
(AFMA) presents “Producing for the 21st Century,” a conference that will include four panels to cover a variety of issues related to the influence of new technologies and how they affect production and distribution within the independent filmmaking community. Speakers included are Bill Mechanic, former chairman and CEO of Fox Filmed Entertainment and Stan Lee, founder of Stan Lee Media. This event will take place at the Wyndam Bel Age Hotel, located on 1020 N. San Vicente Blvd. in West Hollywood. Admission is $95 for AFMA members and $145 for the general public, this includes breakfast, lunch, parking and closing cocktail reception. Tickets can be purchased by contacting AFMA at (310) 4461000 or at http://www.afma.com. For more information, call Lynda Dorf at (310) 248-6105 or email ldorf@bwr-la.com.
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GLSEN Will Hold Conference in Orange County The Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network if Orange County presents its second annual conference “Appreciating Diversity: LGBT Issues in Education,” Saturday, Nov. 4 at Chapman University in Orange. Workshops will be geared toward youths, parents, educators and any concerned citizen on a wide range of topics including advocacy, community organizing and in-school programming. Registration begins at 8 a.m. and will take place in the Beckman Hall. The keynote speaker this year is Kevin Jennings, the GLSEN founder and executive director. OC-GLSEN earned widespread recognition earlier this year for its support of students in their quest to start a gay-straight alliance at El Modena High School. With more than 85 chapters nationwide, GLSEN said it is the largest organization working to ensure that schools are places where all people are respected and valued regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity. For more information, call (949) 515-8545.
Through Oct. 5, the Main Art Gallery presents “Watershed/ Sant Khalsa and Geoff Fricker,” an exhibit of photographs by Geoff Fricker, with a contribution by Sant Khalsa, of human interaction with California’s watersheds — rivers, lakes and streams — as resource, historical influence and life source. The Main Art Gallery is located at 800 N. State College Blvd. in Fullerton, and is open Monday through Thursday, 12 to 4 p.m. & Sunday, 2 to 5 p.m. Admission to this exhibit is free.
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A. No, it’s bad for the environment B. No, we need more than just 320 C. Yes, more parking is needed D. Yes, CSUF is for students, not trees E. What’s an Arboretum?
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Artist with epilepsy works with several different types of nART GALLERY: Corey Stein’s art can be seen at CSUF’s Grand Central Art Center in Santa Ana By Jamie K. Ayala
Daily Titan Staff Writer Ms. Lyons’ high school class giggled and snickered as she loomed over Corey Stein, who appeared to refuse class instructions. Mistaken as defiance, it was really a petit mal seizure, one that disallows movement. To this day, Lyons still doesn’t know that Stein suffered from epilepsy, a seizure disorder. Stein is a conceptual folk artist whose recent art exhibit is featured at the Cal State Fullerton Grand Central Art Center in Santa Ana, running
through Nov. 4. It relates to her experience with the disorder. With the use of puns, symbols and references, she conveys cultural and historical views of epilepsy through paintings, sculptures and mixed media. “I got the ideas from 1960s Time-Life books, the Judeo-Christian Bible and Navajo mythology,” Stein said. Since her childhood, Stein had epilepsy and the passion for art. “It’s the first thing you learn without words,” she said. When art wasn’t a required subject, she opted for the classes. In high school she made moneymaking crafts such as cheerleader pins. Because her seizures caused loss of awareness and she took prescribed drugs at the toxic level, people thought she was stoned or drunk most of the time. Throughout her life she dealt with epilepsy by avoiding it. She didn’t discuss it with anyone, especially her parents. Prior to receiving her master’s
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Above: Corey Stein prepares for her art show. Below: Phenobarbie doll represents medication Stein took to control her seizures from an early age called Phenobarbital.
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degree from the California Institute of the Arts, Stein began having frequent grand mal seizures — the worst kind. Because death or permanent brain damage can occur from multiple seizures and their symptoms became difficult to deal with, she decided to have brain surgery. She was 28. Her biggest fear was something a fellow patient told her about losing her visual memory — “a vital sense in producing abstract art!” With a “Least Hair” award from her high school reunion and an unforgettable head scar that resembles a Jewish symbol, she walked away from the operation with the disorder finally under control. After spending her epileptic life behind closed curtains, she now can verbalize what she went through. Entitled “Phenobarbiedoll,” a play on words for the drug, Phenobarbital, the exhibit holds several pieces. With a flutter of the eyelids, Stein admits that the exhibit is cynical with humor. In her paint-spotted overalls, pink tank and eclectic bracelets, Stein said, “I want people to leave wanting to communicate about something. Not wanting to keep everything inside.” At age 37, the artist has held exhibitions at the Merced Art Museum, Laguna Art Museum, Sherry Frumkin Gallery and the Dennis Anderson Gallery. Her work is recognized nationally and collected internationally. After spending five years completing the pieces used in her current show, Stein’s future goals are plenty. She wants to tour a truck full of educational art up the coast from San Diego to Washington. Creating props for a dance group and having her work appear in the Los Angeles County Museum are also future possibilities. In addition to art, she enjoys teaching and square dancing. “Stein is the type of person who is destined to be an artist,” said friend of 10 years and support curator at Juxtapoz Magazine, Greg Escalante. “Her work is different because it is executed skillfully through a schooled artist knowing the historical and current aspects of art, while carrying the innocence of folk art. She has an odd characteristic that sets her apart, maybe it’s because she developed differently. Her new exhibit is an exciting concept.” The exhibition is free of charge and open to the public. An artist reception will be held on October 7, from 7 to 10 p.m. A short film produced by Marcus Bastida, a member of the art center forum, will be played throughout the exhibit. It is a film focused on Stein and her full scope of work, with collector interviews. “It’s an honor to have her through a major sole expedition,” Grand Central Art Center Site Director Andrea Harris said. “She isn’t intimidated and doesn’t limit herself to readily available materials.” Stein tried welding and woodworking this time. “The show is impressive because of all the time, precision and intent put into it. I hope people walk away with a sense of empowerment, as did Corey from her operation,” Harris said.
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“Woman fixing herself”-is Corey Stein’s response to her early readings about epilepsy.
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The artist reviews her work for the art show at the Grand Central Art Center in Santa Ana.
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New long-distance learning program reaches the school’s nursing stunPROGRAM: Kaiser Permanente will work with CSUF to offer online courses in nursing education Magda Liszewska
Daily Titan Staff Writer Starting fall 2001, nursing students will be able to complete their bachelor’s degree without ever coming to campus. Cal State Fullerton is working with Kaiser Permanente on developing a distance education program across the state. It will be the first completely distant-degree program offered by CSUF. “The students in the distance programs will have class via teleconference and do their clinical component in their local facilities. They do not have to relocate to Southern California,” Michael Boytim, assistant director of the master’s program at Kaiser in Pasadena, said. “The hospitals at those sites can now recruit and retain these students after graduation from the program.” Students will be able to complete their degree within seven to nine semesters. Courses will be taught online, through the Kodak two-way interactive television connected to the
n from page 1 expect the best.” Another program in the works is one which will use two-way interactive television and audio loaned from Kaiser Permanente to broadcast seminars to 10 different sites which will be used for nursing majors, Boyum said. “Kaiser Permanente is offering the institution to allow nurses who are on the job but do not have bachelor’s degrees to finish needed course work through two-way interactive communication,” Boyum said. This interactive communication has already been used to transmit classes from CSUF to the Mission Viejo cam-
Kaiser video conferencing network, and a combination of broadcast lectures and online assignments. For classes not offered entirely online, students will have to come to one of the locations once a week from about 5 to 10 p.m. During that time, they will watch the broadcast lecture and do their lab for clinical courses. The classes offered through the program will be mostly writing skills, critical thinking skills, leadership skills and patient teaching. The program was initiated last spring when Kaiser put out a request for proposals from universities interested in a distance education bachelor’s degree. On behalf of CSUF, Christine Latham, Nursing Department chair, put in a proposal, which resulted in implementation of the program at the university. “Kaiser chose CSUF because of the quality of the program, fee structure and prior experience in distance education,” said Jo-Anne Andre, director of nursing distance education. The Nursing Department is already working with Kaiser on a master’s degree. The program will be available at Kaiser facilities in Bellflower, Anaheim Hills, Fontana, Walnut Creek, Sacramento and Oakland. It might be expanded to an additional four locations based on student interest and demand. pus. Boyum said the interactive nursing program will most likely start next fall. Whether CSUF will eventually close its doors and stop expansion is still a matter of debate. Boyum said the trustees as well as California’s legislature will be a part of the decision. “They will help us make a judgment about what the best size should be — the jury’s still out,” Boyum said. Hartshorne said she likes the idea of CSUF allowing only a certain number of students. “Of course having an overcrowded campus is bad,” Hartshorne said. “Harvard doesn’t take all the students
Andre said the department expects 216 to 250 students to enroll in the distance program. “The Nursing Program right now has 102 students and usually adds 45 students each semester, so adding more than 200 students at one time will be a very large undertaking,” she said. Aimee Nelson, coordinator of student advisement and recruitment for the Distance Nursing Program, has been hired to take care of recruiting, marketing and advising of the students prior to their enrollment. “I used to work in enrollment management here on campus, so I’m used to doing recruitment for the campus — but for every single major,” she said. “Now I can focus on just this one.” Nelson said that she intends to aim her marketing at community college nursing students and hospitals other than Kaiser, especially in Northern California. She is currently working on new brochures for the program and, within the next few weeks, she will start visiting community colleges and doing presentations on the program. She also intends to assist interested students individually. Marilyn Stoner, distance education specialist and faculty liaison, will help the faculty put the courses online. She will also work with updating a database of nursing students to allow tracking their progress. The Nursing Department web site is
PARKING n from page 1 for damage,” Knoblock said. “They didn’t even begin stack parking until all the lots were filled,” Knoblock said. “By the fourth week, the students knew to go directly to the more remote lots because the other lots were closed and would not accept cars. Beside, our shuttles run every 15 minutes.” Leadman Lucio Aguilar said that they had been stacking about 375 cars a day during the program. “By 9:30 this morning, Lot A will
also being updated to include information about the program and offer an opportunity for students to ask questions about it. The requirements for the distance education degree are the same as on campus. Students need to meet transfer requirements, have their associate degree and be registered nurses prior to transferring. “We’re hoping to identify a lot of students who plan to enroll early on because we want to make sure they do have all those requirements come fall 2001, because if they don’t they can make it up before,” Nelson said. Tuition is the same as for an oncampus program, with an additional distance education fee of $50 per unit per lecture course and $100 per unit per lab course. Distance learning students are eligible for all types of financial aid available to on-campus students. Nelson said that so far there is no set deadline to apply and just like in other nursing programs, students can apply up to one week before classes start. “We need 250 students and it’s a new program, so we want to make it easy for students to apply,” she said. A deadline might be set if the number of applications exceeds the expected 250. However, Nelson said that in the past, interest in nursing programs has not been that high. The university will start accepting be filled,” Aguilar said. “Tuesday, the lot will be filled much earlier and we will begin stacking. “Wednesday will be our last day here and Thursday we will begin the stack parking program at UCLA,” Aguilar added as he shook his head. Stack parking has been successful at San Diego State as well. “Our stack parking efforts have worked very well,” Michael S. Smoger, Director of Transportation and Parking at San Diego State, said. “During the first three weeks of the new semester, we stack-parked approximately 1,750 vehicles. We have had no complaints, only compliments.”
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materials center on the fourth floor of the new wing. Students can check out the videos and view them at the private rooms on the fourth floor. Faculty can check out videos for two days.
“The collection is still pretty new, so I’m not sure how many people are aware of it,” said Roberta Valentine, the library assistant. Hubbard, Zula and library staff put in five months cataloging the videos. “It’s not just for the school of religion, our hope is to see it widely utilized,” Hubbard said.
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New state bill is aimed to clean the nGOVERNMENT: California will spend $75 million for diesel engines to be cleaned or replaced By Matt Capuano
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Gov. Gray Davis signed a bill limiting diesel truck pollution.
Gov. Gray Davis recently signed a bill aimed to lower the emissions of airpolluting diesel trucks and buses. The bill states that California will spend $75 million to replace or clean up diesel engines to cut pollution in the state. Although diesel trucks and buses make up a small part of all the cars on the road in California, they are
the highest producers of smog on the road. If these diesel vehicles don’t meet the federal requirements for vehicles, the owners and regions could face thousands, if not millions in fines. Besides environmental, other factors relate to the bill and why it might have been signed. Health and social issues, for instance. “It comes down to environmental disparity between poor and rich neighborhoods,” said Joel Weintraub, a biology professor with an emphasis in environmental studies. “There was one story that I remember where residents were suing an Albertsons about their loading docks being so close to their houses,” Weintraub said. “As a result, the residents felt that the fumes were mak-
Chancellor addresses various CSU connEDUCATION: Questions ranged from summer school tuition to the increase in student enrollment By Camille Jones
Daily Titan Staff Writer For the first time this semester, CSU Chancellor Charles B. Reed spoke to reporters from different campuses in California simultaneously. Using a teleconference system, Reed was able to address issues and questions posed to him by reporters statewide. “It’s very important to have [conferences] three or four times a year,” Reed said. “We get the good word out about our institutions and the CSU system.” Some of the good news that was spread was that by summer 2001,
CSU students no longer will have to bear the financial burden of summer school alone. During the regular semester, the state pays 80 percent of a student’s tuition. During summer session, students pay for all of their tuition. By next summer, students will pay the same amount of money for tuition that they pay during the spring and fall sessions. Ken Swisher, of the CSU Public Affairs Office, said that the legislature will no longer require students to pay an extended rate for tuition. In the past, some students expressed interest in attending summer school, but their plans were deterred by the higher summer costs. With the rates going down, more students can take summer classes and help relieve some of the student congestion on campus during the regular school year. As a result, more teachers are
needed since more students will probably be willing to attend less costly summer sessions and with year-round schools coming within a few years. Reed said that teachers will make more money because a lot of them will be teaching a four-term semester as opposed to a two-term semester. If more students will be attending summer school because of lowered costs and more teachers are needed to teach them, then CSUs need more space for everyone. Reed said that his office is working on speeding up construction of campus buildings. Swisher said that with the Cal Grant expansion, the governor can reward those students who worked hard in high school and those that are financially needy. More students will have an opportunity to go to college. According to Swisher, this year’s $334 million budget increase is the largest they have ever seen.
With the increased budget, CSUs will have more money for technology, maintenance and repair work. As for the ever-growing number of students on Cal State Fullerton’s campus, Reed said that he depends on the president of the university to inform him when enrollment is too high. “Fullerton has one or two years left on capacity,” Reed said. ”They’re getting close. After we determine that, we have to decide on compaction. Year-round would alleviate some of the pressure.” The Chancellor’s Office also had a goal to increase the number of students who enroll in the teacher credential program. Reed said that his office was launching an $11 million media campaign aimed at students that want to become teachers. He, along with his office members wants to encourage them to attend CSUs.
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ing them sick. What it really comes down to is called the Tragedy of the Commons.” The Tragedy of the Commons is an environmental studies term coined by Garrett Hardin, a former professor at the University of Santa Barbara. It concerns a section of land that is public domain, called commons. The situation becomes a tragedy when groups of people start making money off the land and in the process destroy it. Weintraub said in order to stop the destruction or the behavior, a penalty must be instituted that outweighs the profit. “The only way to remedy the situation is to fine the people who are doing wrong more than the amount that they are making,” Weintraub added. Those affected by the bill aren’t all
ARBORETUM n from page 1 pavement and return the property to the Arboretum. Bond described the “stunning” growth of the student population over the past four years and mentioned that the construction of a new residence hall in parking Lot E would subtract 500 current parking spaces, making it necessary for the university to find parking in another location. The plan to have a student parking lot cut into Arboretum property angered several community members, faculty and Arboretum volunteers, who packed the small Arboretum conference room where the public meeting took place. “These grounds are used by the community as a botanical oasis,” said Brea resident Thelma Mallott. The biggest concern among the people opposing the plan was that if the university took control of the property temporarily, it would find ways to keep the property for a longer period of time if not permanently. “If 25 years ago people wouldn’t have made an effort to save these 25 acres, then they wouldn’t be here today,” Mallott said. According to Bond, the only way the three-year period would be extended is if both university officials and Arboretum officials agreed to an extension.“If the university makes a deal that the Arboretum gets the land back, then they get the land back,” he said. Biology Professor Mike Horn raised other concerns that others in attendance
optimistic. “This bill would affect my profits greatly,” Patricia Lancaster, a truck driver for North American Van Lines, said. “If my husband and I are forced to get our trucks fixed, it could cost us thousands of dollars out of our own pockets. This would be worse than the gas prices going up.” “I don’t know if the bill will make a difference at all,” Josh Huezo, a deliveryman for Federal Express, said. “Why do I have to pay for the changes? I already pay enough in taxes as it is. If it makes changes, that is good, but I don’t want to have to pay for it.” However, one student said she does see a bright side. “I feel that once the bill takes effect, it will help the environment,” Stacy Gustin, a biology student, said. “It may not be immediately, but in the long run had. He described the four-acre property as a buffer zone between the 57 freeway and the road that leads cars from Yorba Linda Boulevard to Lot E. Both are adjacent to the four-acre property. Horn also said he worried about what environmental ramifications may occur from paving the soil and then removing the pavement years later. After the public hearing, the commission discussed the matter further when questions arose about how many versions of the proposal existed. Commission Legal Adviser William Knight had one version dated Sept. 20, while commission members had a copy that was dated earlier. The two versions contained some inconsistencies, which prompted several of the commission members to ask for one version of the proposal to be prepared and reviewed by legal council for a later vote. Commission member Richard Foster, who participated in the meeting via telephone from the state of Washington, voiced his concerns about continuing to have Knight serve as legal council because he was appointed by the university and that may present a conflict of interest. The discussion among the commission members then turned to figuring out when to have the next meeting, where one version of the proposal, which had been examined by an independent council, would be presented for a vote. The commission, which was scheduled to meet on Jan. 3, agreed to set a special meeting on Nov. 15, where members will try to come to a final decision.
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Story by Terry Jolliffe
ost adoptees remember where they were and what they were doing when they were told they were adopted. For me, it was during a heated dispute over some pennies that my friend, Lorelei and I had made with our Kool-Aid stand when she was 5-years-old and I was 4. Lorelei’s argument — which was really quite prophetic considering she grew up to be a very successful real estate broker — was that she was entitled to more of the pennies because our Kool-Aid stand was on her property. So, when I threatened to go home and tell my mother, she blurted out, “Go ahead and tell your mother — she’s not your real mother anyway!” My mother then gave me the familiar “adoptee” story — I was chosen out of hundreds of babies because I was the prettiest. “And,” she added, “Lorelei’s mother didn’t have a choice.” I was feeling pretty smug and special for a 4-year-old, and that explanation, although not an original one, satisfied me for many years. As I grew older however, I became acutely aware of my being the only one in my family with dark hair and dark eyes, and quite simply, feeling different. Unlike most children given up for adoption, I was abandoned at birth, so other than the few newspaper articles I found on library microfiche, there were no records to locate or other search avenues available to me when I reached adulthood. But there are an estimated 6 million to 10 million adopted people in this country, many of whom have the same questions that I do; usually concerning lineage and medical history. Ironically, two years ago, our adopted daughter Jill called, and told me she had made contact with her biological family. “Are you okay with that Mom?” she asked. “Would you and Dad go with me to meet them?” I took a deep breath, and mumbled something like, “yes, of course we’ll go with you.”
Several years ago we had given Jill the information we had received when she was born, hoping it would satisfy her. But, alas, her quest was an easy and inexpensive search over the Internet, giving her the information she was seeking within days. All my life, I had empathized with other adoptees struggling with their questions. But now, I felt like a hypocrite. The very quest I was unable to fulfill in my life, I was now begrudging her. I was happy for Jill that she had finally located that piece of her that she felt was missing, and yet I felt a sense of betrayal that no matter what a good mother I thought I had been, it wasn’t enough. So for a short time, I experienced what I perceived to be rejection from my child. So, weeks later, we were off to Arizona to meet the family that had wondered about Jill for many years and were so anxious to meet with her. She had already been informed that her biological mother had died during childbirth a few years earlier. I don’t mind saying that a huge wave of relief swept over me when I realized I would not have to sit and make small talk with a stranger that I too, had wondered about each year around the time of Jill’s birthday. The family was very gracious to us, and genuinely attempted to establish a relationship with Jill in the short time we were there, but I had a visceral feeling it would be the last time she would see them, and it was. It didn’t take Jill long to recognize how dysfunctional the family was. Drugs and alcohol had plagued the family for years and it had taken its toll. The striking resemblance between Jill and her grandmother were remarkable and the mounds of pictures the
Design by Denise Smaldino family brought out of the biological mother were even more so. And, there I sat, with a fatuous and unnatural smile on my face, watching the clock, wanting to be any place but there. I managed to gulp down an entire bottle of red wine by myself, yet remaining stone sober while the family members sat comparing facial features and mannerisms of my daughter to the biological mother. I had the feeling they were attempting to replace someone who had died, with the person who looked most like her, the daughter she’d given up at birth. The whole situation seemed very unhealthy to me. That reunion was a disappointment for Jill — not an uncommon occurrence, since most adoptees have unrealistic expectations of what a reunion will turn out like. Fortunately, her curiosity was satisfied, although disappointing, and she received some very valuable family medical information. My father, shortly before he died, told my brother Ed, who is also adopted, who his biological mother was. “It was something he felt he had to do; not something that I wanted,” Ed said. As it turned out, it was a family friend, someone I have known and loved all my life. Someone I do not love any less, now that I know. I don’t know what genetics has to do with it, other than health. Probably something, but I think what we are today is because of the parents who raised us,” he added. Ed’s wife, Janice, is also adopted and said she’d never wondered who her birth mother was. “I feel my mother gave me up for a good reason and I admire her for that,” she said. “It takes a lot of guts to give up a child. My adoptive parents are my parents as far as I’m concerned.” “But,” she said, “I do believe you inherit traits from your birth parents. My adoptive sister and I were brought
up the same way and turned out very different.” But social ecologist and Cal State Fullerton Criminal Justice professor Kevin Meehan said, “I strongly believe that multiple factors including genetics, the family, local environment, early education opportunities, siblings, peers, etc., as well at the interaction of these and other variables, combine to play an important role in each child’s uniquely individual development.” “I think all adoptees have the right to know not only who gave them up at birth, but also have access to all medical records,” Jennifer Campbell of Fountain Valley, another adoptee, said. “The feelings that I encountered growing up, varied from feeling nothing, to anger, to feeling loved and fortunate,” she said. Campbell said she plans to do a search for her biological parents. “This decision is not an easy one to make, but with my parents support, I will eventually go through with it,” she said. As the “nature vs. nurture” debate continues among experts, modern medicine’s understanding of the relevance of genetics and heredity should make closed adoption record laws obsolete. Surely, sensible people can reconcile the differences of opinion to accommodate the privacy vs. rights issues. While it is true that young women are promised confidentiality when they give up a child, today, there are numerous registries available to both the birth parent and the child, as long as both parties desire a reunion. That said, wouldn’t it be both prudent and wise for biological parents, who truly seek permanent anonymity when giving up a child, to leave behind the family medical history and other useful information? It just might cut down a large number of stressful, awkward searches and many inevitable unhappy reunions for those wanting and needing answers. Over Labor Day weekend, we flew to Washington for Jill’s wedding. She was a beautiful bride. My friend, Lorelei and her husband were there too. Rod McKuen, poet and songwriter, once wrote while searching for his natural father, “I’ll be satisfied to touch
Wednesday, September 27, 2000
Sweet revenge for volleyball in win over UCR By Scott Brown
Daily Titan Staff Writer It made two weeks seem like two years. Barely 16 days ago, in the throes of a six-match losing streak, the Ca; State Fullerton women’s volleyball team fell in four games to UC Riverside in the Fresno State Invitational Tournament. But Tuesday night, Fullerton [4-9] welcomed the Highlanders to Titan Gym and planted a thorough 15-10, 15-8, 15-7 nonconference defeat on them that left CSUF Head Coach Mary Ellen Murchison beaming. “It was a solid performance,” Murchison said afterward. “We came out tonight and gave a much better showing. Jamie Ivers and Leilani Williamsen, the only seniors on the Titan roster, led the way against UCR (2-12). Ivers had 16 kills and Williamsen added 13 kills and five blocks Williamsen, in particular, left Murchison happy with her hustle and leadership. “Leilani is one of the hardest workers I’ve seen,” the coach said. “To be an outside hitter, she covers so much ground. She was all over the place.” Juniors Megan Sabo and Be Holcombe, added 14 and 10 digs, respectively, while setter Kim Levey had 41 assists. “I was pleased with Be tonight,” Murchison said. “And [Levey] means a great deal to this team, running things from the back.” The match left Murchison optimistic about the upcoming weekend. CSUF, 0-2 in conference play, travels to Stockton to play Pacific - a Final Four team last season - this Thursday night, then visits Idaho Saturday. Both teams are Big West opponents. “I think tonight should give us confidence going up north, especially playing a quality program like Pacific.”
Titans head to Northridge for battle with Matadors tonight By Seth Keichline
Daily Titan Sports Editor Memo to friends, family and roommates of the Cal State Fullerton women’s soccer team: goals may be hard to come by today. The Titans, who have scored almost as often with their heads as much with their feet, travel to Cal State Northridge tonight to face a team struggling offensively more than the Titans. Each team’s strength so far in 2000 is its defense, which leads one to wonder: Who will draw first blood? The Matadors, who managed to score more than one goal for the first time this season when they beat Hawaii 2-1 on Sunday, have been held scoreless five times this season, including four consecutive shutouts earlier this month. The Titans [5-5, 1-0 Big West] were shutout for the first time in 2000 by Idaho State’s Chrissy Nelson on Sunday. If these trends continue into tonight’s
match, the Titans may have to spend the night in Northridge. CSUF Head Coach Al Mistri said last week that he wouldn’t have a problem playing beyond the match’s regulation link, as long as the opponent didn’t score. “If worse comes to worse, we play for five years and the score is 00,” said Mistri after an overtime win against Long Beach State. The Titan offense, still looking to gel, will face CSUN’s goalkeeper Jenny Willemse, who has played a solid first half in 2000. The junior allows less than one goal per game [0.86 GAA] and has 55 saves to go with four shutouts. Leading the offense for the Matadors [3-4-3, 0-1 in Big Sky Conference] is midfielder Melissa Cleal. Cleal has scored three of the team’s six goals. She also has an assist and leads CSUN with seven points. The Matadors snapped a winless streak, spanning six games and three weeks, on Sept. 17 when they defeated
UC Santa Barbara, a Big West team. They opened the season with three ties, one at home and two at the Falcon Invitational in Colorado Springs, Co. However, CSUN has reversed its fortune since their first win over a week ago, including its victory over UCSB, CSUN has won three of their last four matches. The Titans, meanwhile, have yet to win or lose more than two matches in a row. This will be their last tune up before they play four straight Big West matches. The Titans haven’t had a problem in their few road matches, going 2-1. At the same time, CSUN is 2-1-1 at home. CSUF defender Leah Sims, who scored last year against the Matadors, is still looking for her first goal of the season. The sophomore scored six goals last season. With five wins thus far, the Titans are much better in the win column than last year’s total of six.
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Titan defender Leah Sims will be looking for her first goal of the season tonight against the Cal State Northridge Matadors. The game will be played at Northridge.
Daily Titan NFL Poll 1.St. Louis (4-0, four first place votes) last wk 2 More weapons than a G.I. Joe figure 2.New York Jets (4-0) last wk 4 Green Lantern Chrebet saves the day 3.Tampa Bay (3-1) last wk 2 Hey Keyshawn, get some damn receptions! 4..Miami (3-1) last wk nr Top-ranked defense gets a rest, play Bengals this Sunday 5.Oakland (3-1) last wk 9 Silver and Black attacks Brown QB Tim Couch 6.Baltimore (3-1) last wk nr Rookie RB Jamal Lewis has breakthrough game in win over Cincinnati 7.Minnesota (3-0) last wk 3 Sorry but bye week hurts Moss and co. 8.Indianapolis (2-1) last wk 8 Peyton Manning was good on Monday, really good 9.New York Giants (3-1) last wk 5 Tough game this week against Tennessee 10.Denver (2-2) last wk 6 No shame in loss to feisty Chiefs
Note:The Daily Titan Football Rankings are strictly the views of the DT sports staff and members of the DT editorial staff. First place votes are the views of the sports editors and selected DT staff writers