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Suspect found in shooting of nCRIME: Charges were filed Thursday in connection to the attack on Titan basketball player Rodney Anderson By Fermin Leal
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W. Earl Brown talks to TV/Film Society members about how to network within the industry and recounts of his experiences.
Actor gives advice on film industry nSPEECH: W. Earl Brown has been in ‘Scream’ and ‘There’s Something About Mary’ By Peggy Gomez
Daily Titan Staff Writer The TV/ Film Society enjoyed a presentation by a man known for his love of “beans and franks.” W. Earl Brown spoke to a handful
of students, about becoming a successful actor Wednesday afternoon. Brown opened his presentation in the Humanities Building with a 10-minute film reel of his credits, and continued the presentation on his experience landing jobs. Brown said he remembered his mother comparing his aspirations to be a movie star, to living on mars and making popcorn for a living. Sandra Wilson, a TV/Film major, is interested in learning how to get into the acting business. “I want to find out his take on the industry, and the tricks of the trade from an actors point of view,” Wilson
said. While in college, Brown took advantage of learning the politics of the acting world. “I set out to learn the business,” Brown said. “And that gave me an advantage.” Networking in the business is a great commodity that can lead to work. Brown explained like many professions, it was not how much one knows, it is who and what one knows, and when to use that information. He also indicated that he would take a small role because it was on the “A-List” of films, because that is how people’s names get circulated.
Early on in his career, Brown played a pitcher in the movie “Babe,” a biography of Babe Ruth. He told the students that the three lines he spoke in the film, provided enough financial security not to work again, allowing him to choose the preceding path of his career. “Now I try to do things I like to do,” Brown said. He took the roles in “Scream” and “There’s something About Mary” for the experience and fun. “Those roles were the most fun I’ve ever had, we had no idea they would
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The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department filed charges Thursday against one suspect in connection with the March 2 shooting of Cal State Fullerton basketball player Rodney Anderson. The suspect, whose name is being withheld until more witnesses can be interviewed, was charged with three counts of attempted murder and assault with a deadly weapon as well as other related counts. Already in custody at the Los Angeles County Jail for parole violations in an unrelated case, the suspect has been described by police as a known gang member. A judge has set bail at $1 million. Authorities were able to charge the suspect with the shooting after witnesses identified him in pictures as well as through a line-up. The suspect, according to Sheriff’s Department Detective Louie Aguilera, refused to take part in the line-up that took place earlier this week. By law he had to participate in it so sheriff’s deputies forced him into the line-up room. “It basically took five deputies to hold him down,” Aguilera said.
Once identified, authorities were able to file the charges. The March shooting left the 18-year-old Anderson paralyzed after being shot three times in the neck and back while talking with two friends outside his south Los Angeles home. One of the friends was also shot in the foot. The gunman allegedly approached the group and began shooting for no apparent reason. One of the bullets severed Anderson’s spinal cord, leaving him confined to a wheelchair with little mobility below the neck. Police described the attack as random in an area of the city that is known for high gang activity. Neither Anderson nor his acquaintances had any gang affiliations, said Sgt. Craig Ditch. Titan head basketball coach, Donny Daniels, said he is pleased with the arrest if they have the right person in custody. “I’m happy for the family, happy that this whole ordeal may be coming to an end,” Daniels said. “Hopefully this will bring some closure to such a tragic incident that turned the family upside down.” Anderson remains in his family’s home, recovering from his injuries. Confined to a wheelchair, Anderson, a human services major, is not attending CSUF this semester, but said he plans to attend next semester. The university plans to donate the proceeds from the Titans’ season opener against Simon Frasier on Nov. 8 to the Anderson family to help out with the mounting medical bills.
Students chat with classmates in Peru nTECHNOLOGY: Students can earn a master’s in business administration through video/audio By Jamie K. Ayala
Daily Titan Staff Writer This fall eight Peruvian students are interacting from their homeland via advanced video/audio technology with their economics instructor and 18-20 other classmates. In cooperation with St. Ignasius of Loyola University in Lima, Peru, Cal State Fullerton is offering students
a chance to earn a general master’s degree in business administration. These students are part of the first graduate program abroad. The macroeconomics course is taught on Wednesdays from 4 p.m. to 6:45 p.m. Most classes will be held at this hour to be more accessible for working professionals to take. Office hours are done through e-mail and chat rooms. Morteza Rahmatian, the professor of this course, also has an advanced Internet site where students can download their outlines. “It is like being there, especially if you sit in front [of the class],” said Lima student Patricia Stuart in a press release. “You are even teased by the professor.” Rahmatian found the technology
used in carrying out the class the most interesting part about teaching it. “The participation is much higher because every student can be seen and heard through cameras that zoom in and microphones,” he said. “I challenge the two groups to beat the others in questions for motivation.” As the first professor to teach a course of the nature, Rahmatian said that it took a lot of time to prepare and organize the class. He had to adapt from using such things like a blackboard to using a table that outputs transparencies for an overhead in Peru. After being in session for more than a month, he finds teaching the class easier. “Given the way technology works, this will be a very successful program,” Rahmatian said with optimism.
Some of the classes will be held through the two-way technology and others will be held face to face in both Peru and eventually on campus. Both the curriculum and admission standards are the same as the regular program. The program was implemented so that students and instructors could be exposed to business practices elsewhere. With the impact of technology and globalization, head administration believed this was a way for their faculty to keep up with the competition. “Arizona State University has a similar program,” Johnson said. “We are by no means the first to use this type of technology, but we are part of the few to use it in this way.”
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Computers similar to these allow abroad students to attend CSUF.
Titan Technology expo shows up extras for its fourth consecutive year o n l i n e nINDUSTRY: Convergence of digital and web technology was a new focus for the event By Kelly Mead
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State-of-the-art equipment is abundant at the technology expo.
Technology is constantly changing and upgrading. The flux of modern solutions for creativity leaves many professionals hungry for answers. Often Seminars and trade shows have the answers to those questions. The fourth annual Digital Video (DV) expo was held this week at the
Long Beach Convention Center. This year, the event added the Web Video expo in order to cover all areas of consumer needs. With an estimated 10,000 people attending, The DV and Web Video expo hit a record attendance this year. This was five times the number that attended when it began in 1997. “DV Expo has really grown immensely,” said office administrator for Artbeats Laura Hollifield. The event included a film festival, a Media Master Awards ceremony, over 110 seminars and a convention room with more than 100 companies exhibiting new technology. “We came here to learn,” said selfproclaimed information junky Roy Al. Rendahl. Roy is the owner of ‘The Faro,’ an entertainment business locat-
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ed in Las Vegas. The seminars took on a school-like atmosphere and ranged all the way from techniques in lighting for digital video to how to make a budget for a Web video. The expo had representatives from such well-known companies as Microsoft, Sony Electronics, Pinnacle Systems and Canon USA. Products ranged from new video editing software, to 360-degree cameras, to libraries of royalty free cartoon backgrounds. “The fixation on film is going to be decreasing,” said Vice president of Comenius Communications John Jackman. While speaking on transforming moviemakers from film to digital
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BRIEFS Volunteer students sought for Internet radio Titan Internet Radio is seeking volunteer students of all majors interested in working for the Internet radio. It is having a volunteer orientation night on Oct. 10. Students wishing to gain experience in broadcasting, Web design, business sales, management and advertising, among other fields, are encouraged to meet at the Titan Internet Radio studio located in Library Studies 52 on the lower floor at 7 p.m. The Titan Internet Radio is an interactive form of media that will eventually feature hip-hop, R&B, dance, and alternative rock that can be streamed live from its Web site. There will also be live afternoon shows, much like popular radio morning shows, with bands, guests and prizes for listeners. For further information, call the Titan Internet Radio studio at (714) 278-5505. — Patrick Vuong
Physics program to develop student entrepreneurs An innovative entrepreneurial program created and funded by alumnus Dan Black. This program is designed to equip physics majors with business skills and resources needed to successfully start their own companies. Launched in the fall, the Dan Black Program in Physics and Business is supported by a yearly $100,000 contribution from a 1967 physics graduate. “I was very fortunate to get a good education in physics, but I was deficient in some ways of business when I went into the business world with my ideas,” Black said. The undergraduate program is a collaboration between the College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics and the College of Business and Economics. The
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program, which is the first of its kind in the nation, is designed to attract students who have a strong interest in physical sciences and who wish to use the technical knowledge acquired in a physics major, either to start a successful new business or to join the management teams of rapidly developing companies, according to Mark Shapiro, chair and professor of physics. Seniors in the program also complete a capstone course taught in collaboration with the College of Business and Economics. Using venture capital provided by Black, students in the course develop business plans for new companies that provide products to the public. The program’s inaugural reception and dinner will be on Wednesday, Oct. 25 at the Golleher Alumni House.
CALE NDAR OF N TS CALENDAR OF EVE EVENTS Campus Faculty, staff and students are invited to participate in “A Tour of Little Saigon: A View From the Inside.” This free tour is sponsored by the Intercultural Development Center and meets on Friday, Oct. 6 at 2 p.m. at the Vietnamese Catholic Center on 1538 N. Century Blvd. (at Westminster and Harbor Boulevard) in Santa Ana. For more information, call (714) 2783400. For one night only, see the “Ballet Gran Folklorico,” all the way from Mexico City, at the Plummer Auditorium on Friday Oct. 6 at 8 p.m. Tickets are available at the Performing Arts Center box office. For more information, call (714) 278-3371 or visit http://www.arts.fullerton. edu/events for more information. See “Three Sisters,” a dramatic play, presented by the
On Saturday Oct. 7, enjoy the Fall Choral Festival Concert, featuring Vance D. Wolverton, coordinator at 8 p.m. Tickets are $8 and $5 with advance Titan Discount. On Sunday, Oct. 8, see Eduarado Delgado and Mark J. Goodrich, a pianist and tenor, respectively, at the Little Theatre at 4 p.m.
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The Bowers Museum presents “Egyptian Treasures from the British Museum,” beginning Saturday Oct. 7 and will be open through Jan. 2, 2001. This exhibit will cover a timespan of more than 3,000 years, and among the items displayed are stone sculptures of pharaohs and dignitaries, bronze statuettes of the gods, and jewelry in gold and other precious materials. The Bowers Museum is located on 2002 N. Main St. in Santa Ana. For more information, call (714) 567-3650 or visit http://www.bowers.org. Attend the opening reception of “Arnie Hendrickson: Phantom Pain,” a series project grown out of Hendrickson’s fascination with the phantom sensation of missing limbs. The opening reception will be on Saturday Oct. 7 from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. at the
CSUF Grand Central Art Center on 125 N. Broadway in Santa Ana. The exhibit will be open through Nov. 4. The gallery’s hours are Tuesday through Sunday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. For more information, call Marilyn Moore at (714) 2787750. This exhibit is free. On Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 7 and 8, participate in seva and meditation at the Shamaz Meditation Retreat, the last scheduled retreat of the year. Call Sally Barickman at (707) 743-1905 for meals, accommodations and directions. Enjoy the Fall Jane Deming Series at the Muckenthaler Cultural Center, presented by the Christian Life Center this Sunday Oct. 8 from 3:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. For more information, call Linda Ruhland at (714) 7386340.
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Fraternity walks to support cause Alpha Chi Omega Fraternity will sponsor the first walk of its kind in Southern California to support awareness of victims of domestic violence Sunday, Oct. 15. A portion of the proceeds from the event will benefit victims of domestic violence through the Alpha Chi Omega Foundation and Human Options. Human Options is a private, nonprofit domestic violence shelter dedicated to providing a safe haven for victims of domestic violence and their children. The walk starts at 10:30 a.m. at the Newport Beach Marriott Hotel and Tennis Club. The cost is $15 per walker and registration is due by Oct. 12. Registration on the event day is also welcome. The registration station opens at 10 a.m. in the Newport North meeting room at the hotel. For more information about Alpha Chi Omega nationwide or the foundation, visit the Web site at www.alphachiomega.org.
CSUF Department of Theatre and Dance, by Anton Chekhov and directed by Donn Finn, on Friday Oct. 6 and Saturday Oct. 7 at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m., and Sunday Oct. 8 at 2 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. The play will take place at the Arena Theatre. Advance admission is $8 for the general public, $6 with Titan Discount; all tickets at the door are $8. Tickets are available at the Performing Arts Center box office or call (714) 278-3371.
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Students search for housing nDORMS: Students look for alternative housing in apartments and condominiums bordering the campus By Samantha Gonzaga and Jeff Benson Daily Titan Staff Writers
Jocel Magno moved out of her parents’ home during her sophomore year in college. Although the apartment was within walking distance and in a safe, gated community, it was undeniably expensive. Even with three other roommates, it didn’t take long for them to find themselves in tight financial straits. Three months and five mounting credit card debts later, she decided to leave Orange County. “Everything here is too expensive,” Magno, a former Cal State Fullerton marketing major, said. “It’s pretty ironic because you’d think that students all have a lot of money. That’s not always the case. Even students who make decent money will still find it hard to live on their own, unless they get a lot of roommates.” Two years later, Magno said she is still paying off her credit cards, nowhere close to being debt-free. Apartment complexes, condominiums and alternative student housing structures border the university. Location is always a plus, but what makes these properties prime are amenities that appeal to a young college crowd which tends to lean toward luxury. “We’re a very nice property, very large,” said The Homestead apartment complex leaser, Robin Simpson. “We’re reasonably priced, and among the advantages that we have is that we are within walking distance, and have nice amenities to offer.” Apartment communities, for example, have an average of two swimming pools, a Jacuzzi, a clubhouse for study sessions and a state-of-the-art fitness
center. A one-bedroom apartment in Fullerton averages $850, and a twobedroom unit averages $1100. In Los Angeles County’s Rowland Heights area, $950 is the rate for a two-bedroom apartment. Similarly, in Riverside and Inland Valley areas rental prices are noticeably lower. The cost to rent apartments, however, is not always dependent on the extravagance — or lack of it. “Orange County is expensive, more so than Riverside or L.A. counties,” said Associate Professor of economics Rhada Bhattacharya. “There are more jobs in Orange County, better schools, better air quality and a low crime rate.” Orange County’s accessibility to businesses is bolstered by its close proximity to beaches. A rich mecca of culture, sports and arts also contribute to its affluence. “Other inland counties don’t have access to this kind of culture,” Bhattacharya said. “This is the sort that brings about more jobs. There are also the beaches that are part of Orange County. It attracts business, people and opportunities.” The university’s Residence Hall, with a population of 400 students, charge $3382 per semester. To try to fill the need of the students for more on-campus housing, residents are crammed into the dormitories at a rate of six per unit. None of the other Southern California State Universities exceed more than two students per room. For example, Cal State Long Beach charges $4500 for 24 weeks. Adding two meals a day brings the cost up to $4950. Cal State Los Angeles allows two students to stay in a room for $331 per month. Cal State Northridge charges $3785 for two students and $6103 for one-student rooms per year. Cal State Dominguez Hills will let two students stay in a room for $7175 for 50 weeks. The price for one student is $9850. For two students to stay in a room for a year at San Diego State’s El Conquistador Residence Halls, they
Daily Titan Staff Writer “Class, please put away your science projects and pull out your stock portfolios.” This may sound odd and distant, but it is a message that junior high and high school students are hearing lately. America’s youths, growing tired of comic books, in-line skates and the neighborhood ice cream parlor, have crossed the crosswalk on Wall Street and are trading stocks more than ever before, especially online. According to one survey, 31 percent of young investors in grades 8 through 12 now own mutual funds, stocks or bonds, which is a huge lift from the 14 percent reported in 1993. Trading costs are down to $5 to $10 a trade, down 80 percent to 90 percent from what they used to be, according to economics professor Albert Fredman. “It seems a little surprising because these people are drawn to the stock market through the Internet and online trading,”
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It took about 1 1/2 years to approve the program. Costs of it are handled through the Office of Extended Education, though the program is supposed to be self-supporting. Thomas Johnson, associate dean of academic programs for the College of Business and Economics, said that the graduate business education in the United States sets the standard for the rest of the world. “The experience of taking this degree can be helpful in considering
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Jade Tree Garden Apartments offer alternative for dorm living. must pay $5830, which includes seven meals per week. For $1100 more, students receive unlimited meals each week. CSUF’s dormitories are comparable to or cheaper than each of the other CSU dorms, but the lack of adequate housing here forces many students outward to apartment complexes around campus. Enrollment on campus has increased over the last three years, which affects the waiting lists at some area apartments. The list at the University Village Apartments on Yorba Linda Boulevard, approached 30 names in mid-June. None of the surrounding apartments have specified any intent to add more units to accommodate students. “There is not a blanket rule that contractors can’t build around school,”
“penny” stocks online. Due to federal child statutes, teens younger than 18 are only allowed to invest through mutual funds or custodial accounts at brokerages, which would have to be set up by their parents or other adults. Interests children have in the market increase for the same reasons as adults. Both groups enjoy picking winners and taking risks to make large amounts of money, according to Los Angeles Times staff writer Walter Hamilton. Students are beginning to join stock clubs or teams at school. In a student stock-picking contest on the CNBC television network, 13,000 teams entered the competition as opposed to 1998 where the number was only 2,500. Proponents of market education
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Fredman said. The downside to young investors trading online is that even though they may be counseled about longterm investing, experts worry that some are beginning to act more like money-hungry day traders. According to Fredman, the children are using speculative strategies or the “get-rich-quick” method, which is not necessarily a good thing he said. He added that these youths are not thinking about retirement or putting aside small amounts of money to retire at age 60. “These young people tend to become overconfident because they have more access to information than they used to have,” Fredman said. Last month, the youth investing surge took a dramatic turn when federal officials charged a 15-yearold boy with illegally collecting $273,000 from changing prices of
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said Fullerton Public Information Coordinator Silvia Mudrick. Certain types of businesses would not be allowed to build on or near campus, like bars or strip clubs. Besides specific requirements that they must follow, there is nothing preventing these apartment complexes from building more units on their own property, Mudrick said. Virginia Viado, Fullerton associate planner, said that more apartments could be built on their owner’s property as long as they meet city and zoning requirements. “If they couldn’t build on their property, they probably couldn’t meet the zoning, height or density requirements of the city,” Viado said. “Each city has its own requirements of what can be built.”
From day care to day trading nFINANCE: Students are trading online more than ever before
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point to the nation’s low personal savings rate and the fact that few adults learned about investing when they were younger. It is said that students who learn the right lessons have a big advantage. “It’s a life skill that will be the difference between whether they’re going to enjoy a comfortable and financially secure life or whether they’re going to have to struggle,” said Don Blandin, president of the American Savings Education Council in Washington. Fredman said he believes that teens are taking tremendous risks with their online trading actions. He said they’re probably very bright kids with a good knowledge of computers. “These young people have their own Web sites and are fascinated with the Internet. Much of the online trading commotion can be attributed to their peers,” he said. The overall market should not be affected dramatically, Fredman said, but the kids themselves may have financial problems. Most of the kids are not well diversified and are acting alone without the help of a broker. “It’s good for the kids to learn their mistakes at an early age so they can learn to be conservative later on,” Fredman said.
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video he also said, “Really good digital projection is just about here.” The increasing interest in digital technology and the web is not only reflected in the number of attendees, but also in their diversity. Professionals and hobbyists from 44 different countries were signed up on the guest list. The cost of digital technology is also an immense benefit to aspiring moviemakers. Within reason one could get enough professional equipment to make a quality movie for about $10,000. Jackman said that many movie theaters are seriously considering converting their film projectors to accommodate digital video. “In the next year, this is going to happen,” he said. Rendahl, who says he gets much of his information about new technology from magazines, said, ”No matter how many magazines you
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do so well,” Brown said. Another question concerned the process of getting jobs. “What do you do in terms of getting jobs?” asked Monica Gutierrez, vice president of the TV/Film Society. As an established actor, Brown said that he rarely auditioned for parts as a guest star for sitcoms. Generally when the parts arise, many directors already have in mind of who they desire for the part. For big production films, he explained that an audition also benefits the actor in terms for getting a feel for the production crew.
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business practice in markets from different cultures,” Johnson said. He also said he hopes that eventually cross-national student teams can be formed to work on projects, develop jointly, and create exciting learning opportunities. “Progressive schools are finding that this is the way to bridge the gap of distance learning and enhanced educational offerings,” Johnson said. Other cooperative ventures are being planned with universities in Taiwan and Vietnam.
read, you always see something new at a trade show.” There was a lot of new technology at the show. Some of the products, like Canon USA’s 3-D camera lens, were not even on the market yet. Rendahl said he attends as many trade shows as possible. In fact, he had to show up to The DV and Web Video expo late in the afternoon since he was attending a different expo in Los Angeles during the morning. “It’s all coming together,” he said when referring to the fact that the expo combined digital video and Web technology. Although Rendahl said it isn’t unusual to combine the two at a trade show, it does represent were technology is going. “It’s called the convergence,” Rendahl said. “One wire will be coming out of your house and it will be everything.”
Preparation is not always necessary when creating a character personality Brown pointed out. One thing Brown didn’t have to prepare for was singing the soundtrack for the lead he played as Meatloaf, the biography. He remembered all of the songs from his childhood. He also attributed much of his preparation to the lessons of life. “I find people infinitely interesting,” Brown said. Although he has a Masters in Fine Arts, Brown said he believes that learning is a constant and at all levels. Brown indicated that the most important thing like any other career, is the final product. Brown said that he had no shame indicating bills must be paid, whatever the part.
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ACROSS 5. “Thank you very much” (Fr.) 6. Sugar found in milk 7. Nothing 8. A reddish brown pigment 10. To move vigorously up and down 11. A resting place for a wild animal 12. Subsequently at a later period 13. From a higher to lower place 14. Chinese parsley 17. To say something that is not true 18. Is capable to conduct enough electricity to knock out a horse 19. The lush campus garden next to the baseball field 20. The joint connecting the foot to the leg
DOWN 1. Ceylon 2. A kind of fish 3. Played Dorothy in “The Wizard of Oz” 4. Admission and Records is located in this building 5. What Yankee Doodle called the feather in his hat 9. To facilitate 10. The language of people of Iran 12. A horn on a deer 15. To move away with force 16. To look for
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Weekly Horoscope: Oct. 6 — Oct. 12 Libra Sept. 23 — Oct. 23 You will be frustrated. You will be irritated. You will be fed up to a degree you did not think possible. Why? Why such a sour outlook on the future? Because you will be getting a taste of your own medicine. You are the one who usually skips around answering someone else’s questions. You are the one who shoots out sarcastic quips faster than your friends can keep up with and reply to. You are the one who criticizes and points out the flaws of others. Well, the tables will be turned, and you won’t be happy. But, luckily for you, the situation won’t last, and you will soon be the perpetrator of annoyance once again.
Aquarius Jan 20 — Feb. 18 You are a party animal by nature. You can’t help it. And nobody is saying there is anything wrong with that. But maybe, just maybe, you should lay off the weekend parties for a while. Staying up until the early morning hours, sleeping until late in the evening, and waking up to a spinning room so you can then stumble into your bathroom to dry heave over the toilet, does get old after a time. How about going out every other weekend? Or two weekends yes, and two no? A system is always good to have. That will give you the time to wash the vomit off of your party clothes in preparation for the next partying extravaganza.
Scorpio Oct. 24 — Nov. 21 In these days the emphasis is on your own self-importance, self-aggrandizement, and self-centeredness. In other words, you will find yourself believing that the universe revolves around you. Unfortunately, nobody shares your belief. As a result, you may find yourself expounding your own virtues and great qualities in front of your bathroom mirror. After you start to get the hint that there is more than one person existing in this universe, you will begin keeping your comments to yourself. But that doesn’t mean that you won’t quietly be thinking about how great you are.
Pisces Feb. 19 — March 20 You will seriously consider giving up on what you had in your mind and heart to accomplish. Giving up will make you feel down on yourself. You may feel incompetent, like a loser, a failure … Oh, but don’t let that get to you. Even when your friends put you down and make you feel like you are an insignificant fool incapable of completing even the simplest task, even when they torment you or publicly humiliate you — remember, always remember, “sticks and stones.” Sticks and stones.
Sagittarius Nov. 22 — Dec. 21 Typically one of the most social and energetic in the zodiac, you will be finding yourself withdrawn and apathetic. Friends will have to force you to get up and out of your house. You will prefer to walk around in sweats, and if you wear curlers or face masks, you’ll probably leave them on. The male (and some females) Sagittarius may grow unwanted facial hair. Worse yet, your usually fanatical health-oriented eating habits, may dissipate. Instead of reaching for that granola bar, you may find yourself eating a Snickers. Capricorn Dec. 22 — Jan. 19 People will listen to you and do whatever you ask of them. Maybe they’re mesmerized by your profundity in thought and speech. Or maybe they just want you to shut up and leave them alone. Either way, their services are yours for the taking. But don’t take advantageous of their help and generosity. Many of these people are your friends, and you may want to keep them for future abuse.
Aries March 21 — April 19 For the next few days, try to focus your creative energy, all of your creative energy into the most inane and insignificant details in your daily life. This may sound like bad advice, but trust me, you’ll thank me later. If you attempt any large, complicated tasks, you will most certainly botch them. You will mess them up so badly that it will be almost impossible to fix the mistakes later. So stay away from anything important. Stick to cleaning dirty blenders, washing your gym socks, and removing hair from your hairbrush. Taurus April 20 — May 20 You sit. You wait. Yet you feel nothing. You find yourself with a complete lack of inspiration to do your work. You search, but to now avail. The problem is you have to let it come to you. Let it ooze into your very being. Let it seep into your conscious mind. Let it overtake you. Become one with it. Pardon the drama, but you get the point. Inspiration is not something that will come through force. Try gentle persuasion, and a nap doesn’t hurt either.
Gemini May 21 — June 21 You will be having some problemsolving issues. The issue is not that you don’t attempt to solve the problem, rather it is the way you go about dealing with it. Lately you’ve been going about it slightly — let us say — on the aggressive side. When a friend doesn’t come through with a promised favor, try next time not to throw that 10-pound dumbbell at him. You’re on a tight budget, and can’t afford any more hospital bills. And that restraining order just doesn’t look good during the background check at your next job interview. So why don’t you try talking out hostilities before they turn physical. Cancer June 22 — July 22 The sun is bright and shining. The birds are singing. The flowers are blooming. And you wake up and ask yourself why everyone is so irritatingly happy. Everywhere you go, you are reminded of a “Barney” episode, and you don’t feel like singing, “I love you, you love me. We’re a happy family.” The song you actually feel like singing is best not spoken or written. Just hold on. Slowly but surely, the days will get better. But try not to attack any large, purple, stuffed dinosaurs or related characters in the meantime. It might be a good idea to stay away from Disneyland for a while. Leo July 23 — Aug. 22 You will suddenly become a rich source of knowledge and wisdom. Your solutions are great and your thoughts are deep. You will know all. But that won’t really matter because no one will listen to you. It will be like speaking to dead leaves or your car’s steering wheel. Your sharp insight will not penetrate the ears on your friends’ less-than-competent heads. But you’ll still try and warn them. Not because you are a good friend, but because you’ll want to gloat later when you say, “I told you so.” Virgo Aug. 23 — Sept. 22 You’re patient, sure. But try not to ignore the habits that most annoy you about your friends and loved ones. When they have perpetually bad breath, hand them a breath mint. Tell those constant belchers to please excuse themselves. And let those spit-talkers know that they should keep their distance. It might seem harsh, but it’s actually for their own good. —Jessica Peralta
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Big West showdowns begin today for The time is now for the Cal State Fullerton women’s soccer team. The team is 1-1 in the Big West Conference and will face two conference teams this weekend at Titan Stadium. A split keeps the Titans stacked in the middle of the conference, while two losses will prolong their losing streak to four games and drop them towards the bottom of the conference. Sweeping both games against the University of Idaho and Boise State would be the best outcome for CSUF [5-7]. The Titans need the momentum
change and the 3-1 Big West record the wins would give them. In order to sweep, the Titans will need to change their recent ways. They’ve scored one goal during their three-game losing streak, despite playing quality defense. This doesn’t fare well for the Titans, who offensively live and die on the number two. They are 4-0 when they score at least two goals and 1-7 when they score less than two goals. Tonight’s game against UOI will be the tougher of the two for the Titans this weekend. The Vandals [6-5, 0-1] have won four of their last five, including a four game stretch in which they shut out the opposition 15-0. Despite losing their only Big West game last week against Utah State, the Vandals like their chances against CSUF and UC Irvine this weekend. “We feel good,” Vandal Assistant Coach Steve Crum said. “We’re
healthy and now our focus is back. The intensity level is there. We’re confident going into this weekend.” Freshman Emily Nelson leads the Vandals offensively, having scored 19 points this season on nine goals and an assist. Forwards Christina Anderson and Andrea King follow Nelson with four goals each. Setting everything up is Megan Cummings, who leads the Vandals with six assists. On Sunday, the Titans will be concerned with BSU’s Brittany Zoellner. The menacing sophomore has nine goals on the season, three of which were game-winners. To beat the Broncos [3-5-1], the Titans will need to keep Zoellner’s shots limited. They’ll also need to find a way to score off of the Vandals’ goalkeeper Lindsay Vandenberg. Vandenberg is 2-1 with a 0.80 GAA and will most likely start on Sunday.
opponents, perhaps too strong. Looking at the latest Soccer America poll shows that Portland ranks fifth, Furman at sixth and Clemson at eighth. “Our position for an at-large bid is not good but were not giving up on that because we have UCLA at home, we beat SMU and are losses have been close and away from home,” Mistri said. Coincidentally, SMU ranks seventh in the nation while the mighty Bruins are ranked first. So CSUF’s chances to prove themselves are still there but while all these speculations are played about. All the Titans really need is a strong showing in MPSF play and that begins tonight with the Aztecs. Due to a new alignment in the MPSF, the league has been separated in two divisions, the Pacific and Mountain Divisions. The champion and runner-up in
each division will then compete in a four-game tournament with the winner claiming an automatic berth into the NCAA Tournament, something that wasn’t available to the Titans in past seasons. “Were the favorites in the Pacific Division while Fresno State and San Jose State are the better teams in the Pacific Division,” Mistri acknowledges. SDSU is currently 4-7 and on a twogame losing streak. Out of the team’s seven losses, three have come to opponents that CSUF has faced this season. The Aztecs lost to Portland, Washington, and Loyola Marymount. CSUF defeated LMU this season 3-1 on Sept. 17. Midfielder Enrique Tovar leads the Aztec attack with eight points [two goals, four assists] on the season. Three other Aztecs follow Tovar with five points each.
Including Tovar, six Aztec players have two goals on the year. In the nets for SDSU is Brian Barnes, the sophomore has a 4-6 record with a 1.90 goals against average and 55 saves on the year. After Friday’s game against SDSU, the Titans then will travel a short distance to face UC Irvine on Sunday. “It’s a big game, UCI is a very good team,” Mistri said. The Anteaters have a 7-3 record [not including a Thursday night game against UC San Diego] and all three losses have been by one goal, with two of the games being decided in overtime including a 2-1 setback against UCLA. Leading the Anteaters is a trio of players that include forward Roger Davanger [six goals, two assists], midfielder Jon Spencer [four goals, four assists] and forward Eric Monterastelli [four goals, two assists]. UCI goalkeeper Tyler Reid has a
nWOMEN’S SOCCER: Struggling Titans face Idaho and Boise State By Seth Keichline
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MPSF play starts tonight as men face San Diego nMEN’S SOCCER: Despite slump Titans could see NCAA Playoffs with strong league showing By Caesar Contreras
Daily Titan Sports Editor Stuck in their worst-losing streak in almost three years, the Cal State Fullerton men’s soccer team will look to rebound tonight as they travel to San Diego State for the team’s first Mountain Pacific Sports Federation match of the season. The Titans [6-4] are currently in the midst of a four-game losing streak that has included three 2-1 overtime defeats and one walloping at the hands of the Clemson Tigers. “The team’s in a funk,” Titan Head
Coach Al Mistri said. But while Mistri clearly acknowledges his team’s sudden slide in past weeks, he’s quick to point out that his team’s played well throughout the losing streak. “We played very well in three of those games, in Portland we lost because of two consecutive defensive mistakes that hurt us, Washington won on a shot that should have been a cross and Furman won due to a goalkeeper error, where our keeper could have made a better judgement.” Despite the setbacks, some positives can be taken into account. Last season the Titans with a 14-5 record were denied an at-large playoff berth due to the fact that CSUF didn’t play enough quality ranked teams while the University of Virginia made the tournament with a 12-8-1 record due to its strength of schedule. Mistri made sure this season would be different as he scheduled strong
slim 0.89 GAA and five shutouts on the year. Going into tonight’s action some changes will be in order for CSUF as Sean Rockwell will get the full-time starting job at goalkeeper. Rockwell has been splitting time with Josh Saunders on a game to game basis but will now resume his role as starter. Midfielder Walter Carmago is not expected to play this weekend due to a hip flexor while forward Brent Whitfield, who made his first career start of the season against Clemson may be out due to a leg bruise. The Titans have won eight straight against the Anteaters, including a 2-0 victory last season at Titan Stadium.
Friday, October 06, 2000
The new abortion pill gets approved in the U.S. women will now be able to conduct their own at home abortions but will still have to make doctor visits to ensure the safetyness of use By Magda Liszewska T h u r s d a y ’s Food and Drug Administration approval of the abortion pill RU486 is a major victory for women, comparable with Roe v. Wade decision and the arrival of the birth control pill nearly 40 years ago. Mifeprex, which is the pill’s brand name, offers women the option of terminating early pregnancy up to the seventh week with drugs instead of intrusive surgery using suction equipment. The pill is a two-drug regimen causing a miscarriage during the first seven weeks of pregnancy. A woman takes two tablets of mifepristone which
blocks progesterone, a hormone necessary for pregnancy. Two days later she takes two more tablets of misoprostol causing the expulsion of fetal tissue. Later she returns to the doctor’s office for a follow-up check-up. Side effects usually last from 9 to 16 days and include abdominal pain, bleeding and cramping and occasionally nausea, diarrhea and headache. Mifeprex makes it easier for doctors to provide abortion services although they would still have to follow state abortion laws. The drug will be distributed through doctors not through pharmacists, which will make it more discrete for both doctors and patients. It may also prevent women from overusing the drug. Mifeprex will make abortions more private, away from the clinic where women and doctors are targets of protests and judgments by anti-abortion
activists. For whatever reason, abortion is a very difficult, agonizing decision for a woman and the last thing she needs on her way to the clinic is to be judged by protesters. RU-486 will cause women to have abortions at an earlier stage in the pregnancy rather than have more abortions. In spite of some opposition portrayal, women will not go after it like it is a piece of candy that magically solves problems. Nowadays, the pregnancy tests available in pharmacies allow determining if a woman is in the early stages of her pregnancy. With the discretion provided by the drug, women can take care of an unwanted pregnancy quickly without dreading and procrastinating a visit to the clinic. Pro-life supporters call women and doctors who choose abortion murderers. RU-486 has been called a chemi-
cal assault weapon aimed at the tiniest babies in the media. However, while pro-life activists seem to believe that every conceived child should be delivered into this world, they rarely offer ideas as to how to support and raise the children after they are born. Anti-abortion advocates see the issue as completely black or completely white while omitting the entire gray section, known as the quality of life. A woman who really does not want a baby or is not ready for it is not likely to be a good mother. When looking at her child she will see all the things in life she missed because she gave birth. A teenager who was thrown out of the house with her baby, dropped out of school and is unable to work is not likely to provide a good home or raising environment for her baby. Of course giving the baby up for adoption is always an option but it
Letters to the Help for depression is everyEditor By Cindy Bertea
Campus cuisine can stand some improvements With regard to Sept. 26 opinion column on the terrible food at CSUF entitled “Food not worth the wait”, I have to agree that it has become impossible for me to find anything to eat here that is even remotely healthy and/or tasty. The Green Burrito food is microwaved in Styrofoam. I don’t think we can actually call this Busy Bee place “Chinese” food, as I don’t think a Chinese person would ever set foot near that stuff. Isn’t it time to get rid of the pseudo-food and bring in some good sandwiches and salads made with fresh ingredients? I’d kill for a good salad on campus, instead of heavy, greasy mush. After living in England for a semester and noting the obvious difference in food there, I have to say even their colleges have better food than ours. And that’s saying a lot. —Shelley Trask Parking situation to become desperate soon if nothing is done According to your newspaper, the parking problem can be understood by anybody who knows a thing about basic economics. The supply of spaces is remaining the same, while the demand for them is increasing in record numbers. This situation is commonly solved by raising prices (in this case, our already high parking fees) in order to get people to find other means of getting to school. Unless new parking arrangements are made, there is going to be a truly desperate situation on campus, within a relatively short time frame. I am not a proponent of disturbing the arboretum. But I feel compelled to point out that the land in question is not currently being used. It’s just a lot of dirt that has been sitting there not being use to it’s potential. If it is such valuable land, why have they made use of it? Parking is obviously needed, somewhere, and at the rate the school is growing, it’s need for more than 320 spaces. —K. S. The sexist implications that the ‘Topless’ story raises I can’t believe your Oct. 3 cover! And just because a woman wrote it and took the photo doesn’t mean it’s still not sexist. Add to that the suggestive title “Topless and raising money,” how sexist can you get? Is this the way to push papers that are free? Women beware— your minds are not wanted, just your young nubile bodies. —Helena Dobrski-Street
The total price tag of mental illnesses in this country is $81 billion, and I’ve lost my share of wages to a debilitating bout with manic depression. This high price includes direct costs – hospitalizations, medications – and indirect costs like lost wages, family care-giving, and losses due to suicide. But I could care less about the monetary deficit I experienced while battling my illness. I hope that others experiencing similar roadblocks will seek help to reclaim their lives, something I should have done from the start. My first psychotic episode is burned into my brain, never to be forgotten. I was 18, and attending college in Northern California where I experimented with drugs and alcohol to fit in. While home for spring break, I was away from my party lifestyle and all hell broke loose. After staying the week at home I attempted to leave, but my erratic behavior forced my friends and family to intervene, keeping me in the area. I paced back and forth, emptied and filled my pockets repeatedly with inconsequential
items, and spewed nonsense about a nonexistent wedding where I was to be the bride. I was experiencing withdrawal from my drug of choice which put my brain into overdrive and triggered the episode. My family checked me into a rehabilitation center, where after a week’s stay and more psychotic outbursts, I was diagnosed with manic depression, also known as bipolar disorder. I wish I had known then about the wealth of information available for mental illness sufferers, including "Mental Illness Awareness Week" during the first full week of October, which is National Mental Health Month. People who are having a difficult time coping with life should listen to their instincts and seek help. After dropping out of school, I thought cutting out the drugs and drinking would make the alternating feelings of intense euphoria and crippling bouts of despair that had plagued me since my early teens, magically disappear. They didn’t. A year-long depression set in where I didn’t hold a job, never spoke to friends, and languished in bed all day. Manic depression’s well-known cousin, depression will afflict nearly 18 million in America alone, according to the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill. NAMI estimates that the No. 1 reason for hospital admissions nationwide is a biologi-
seems like there are already enough babies and children in the world waiting to find a home. Unfortunately, with only several weeks left until the elections, RU-486 has become a matter of where the candidates stand on the abortion issue rather than a matter of a woman’s health and choice. Should the next president be prolife, FDA’s approval may be a short victory. However, banning abortion is like prohibition, it will never work. The fact is that abortions have always been and always will be performed, legally or not, one way or another. Therefore, it is better for women to have the option of terminating the unwanted pregnancy early, under a doctor’s care and with a less invasive method rather than trying to find a way on her own and endangering her life, which is something determined desperate women do.
Traffic on Orange County freeways just gets By Matt Capuano It’s a common practice. You get dressed to go to school or work, get in your car and get on the freeway. But there is only one hitch-traffic is backed up. So you stay on the freeway hoping that it’ll clear up and you find that the reason that traffic is backed up is because there was an accident and everyone is watching the aftermath. You can’t avoid it! Traffic has become such normality that the news has given it a name: "Rush Hour." So, the biggest thing to do is to avoid being on the freeway during rush hour. The problem is that sometimes you can’t avoid it, so you have to leave for your destination hours ahead of usual just to get there on time. I have to drive to Fullerton from Montclair everyday for school and I’m sick and tired of traffic and other drivers who can’t drive. Nowadays, it seems that the state gives a driver’s license to anyone. No matter where I’m going, at any time, it seems the whole world is going there with me, and it seems like it is getting worse. A normal trip turns into a mind-numbing experience. If you are like me, then driving through the endless starts and stops of rush hour traffic transforms your normally calm demeanor and attitude into one of a raging lunatic. There is nothing more annoying than a
person who drives in the fast lane going less than the speed limit. I feel like yelling at them, and I sometimes do, and telling them to get
Traffic just keeps getting worse.
off the road. The topic of road rage seems to be given more and more attention recently. What happens when a normal person gets behind a wheel and has to deal with the everyday traffic of the freeway? I’ve heard news reports of people even being driven to the point of murder over a situation. Perhaps a car gives people a shield to hide behind, and use it to vent the frustrations of their daily lives. Most people who exhibit road rage wouldn’t make a scene if someone bumped or cut them off it’s them getting on the defensive. Any invasion of their space or lane triggers something in him or her, resulting in tailgating or more. Whatever results from road rage one point is true: Road rage can lead to accidents, which means more traffic for drivers to deal with. During that time of Tennille hopper/Daily Titan rush hour, I am so tempted to head on over to the
carpool lane and gun it. I know that I am not the only person who feels that way or has done it. What usually stops you? Was it the fear of a ticket? Or are you just a natured law abiding citizen? Whatever it is that stopped you, the one thought in the back of our heads is that you will be the one who gets caught and has to pay the $271 fine. One of the worst causes of accidents and traffic has to deal with the use of cell phones on the road. It seems that more and more people have cell phones and are using them while driving. I guess that some people are just too busy and too important to wait until they get home to make a call. I’m not overlooking the convenience and importance of cell phones today. In fact, in emergencies they are a necessity, but if you can’t function without talking on the phone while driving then you are overworked or overstressed. Put the phone down and pay attention to what is more important: the road. So what can you do to improve traffic? The answer is simple. You can drive the best you can and pay more attention to the road but traffic will always exist. As long as there is someone talking on the phone, driving too fast or slow or watching the wreckage of an accident rather than the road, there will always be traffic. It’s just a fact of life. —Matt Capuano is a Daily Titan Staff Writer
The reason people really say “I’m sorry” may be due to manners taught a long time ago instead of a sincere comment
As far back as I can remember I was always told to say ‘I’m sorry’. Sorry if you bump into someone, sorry if you say something that upsets someone, sorry if a random freakish gust of wind comes swooshing by you and you’re plummeted into someone else, to say "I’m sorry" for just about anything and everything that comes up in life. But does the word ‘sorry’ have any attachment to what it is suppose to truly mean anymore? How many times have you bumped into someone and said, "I’m sorry"? When this word floated off your tongue did you look at the person, or
—Magda Liszewska is a Daily Titan Staff Writer
cal psychiatric condition. At any moment, almost 21 percent of all hospital beds are filled with people that have a mental illnesses. Long understood, the stigma of mental illness often keeps people from seeking treatment. On campus counseling and psychological services are provided in Langsdorf Hall 205. The Internet holds a bounty of information and resources – two especially detailed sites are mental help.net, or www.nami.org. Once I passed through my denial of having a "problem," I started seeing a counselor and was prescribed medication to regulate my brain chemistry. But I still can’t replace the time I lost while hiding from facing my Mayra beltran/Daily Titan feelings. Depression is never easy to cope with. I no longer take the medicine or see a therapist. It’s comI know that these changes haven’t eliminatmon for mental illness sufferers to retreat to ed the possibility of another manic-depressive, their old habits once they think they’ve been or even psychotic episode. "cured." But I do rest easy knowing that there are Laziness on my part, lack of insurance, and concerned organizations and people willing a whopping belief that "I’ll never be that bad to help and listen. Please consult them if you again," drives me to continue, though. need to talk, don’t suffer needlessly. I’ve quit my unsavory party lifestyle, and instead eat healthy, and exercise more. —Cindy Bertea is a Daily Titan Staff
Another word used in the world with no real meaning to By Debra Santelli
According to the US sponsors of the drug, Mifeprex has been approved in 18 countries and has been used by more than 500,000 European women. The drug was created in the early 1980s by the French firm Groupe Roussel Uclaf. France was also the first country to approve it. The pill is used in 70 percent of early-stage abortions and one-third of all abortions in France but it has not increased the total number of abortions in the country. Encouraged by the Clinton encouragement in 1994, Rousse Uclaf donated US rights to the drug to a New York nonprofit group, The Population Council, which licensed Danco to bring it to the US market. Mifeprex is expected to reach US doctors in about a month.
did you just say it in the same motion of walking away from them. I asked a few friends if they meant it when they say, "I’m sorry." The guys said that if it was a woman they generally meant it and if it was I guy not really. The women I asked said they never really thought about it. When they bumped into someone or something to that extent, they just simply say, "I’m sorry" and go about their business. I also asked all of them if they look at the person when saying sorry, only the guys responded that if it was a good looking woman, they actually look at the person. I decided to put my notion to the test. I randomly bumped into people the other week at different locations. The first site chosen was Target. After "accidentally" bumping into a women next to me I turned to her, looked
directly into her eyes and said, " I’m sorry" with as much compassion as I could muster. She was definitely taken back at the tentativeness I put into my comment, looked to the floor, as if a bit nervous, and scurried away. I repeated the following experiment at the supermarket, on-campus, at the mall, the Movie Theater, and a bar. All except the bar pretty much got the same response as the incident at Target. All the individuals I encountered were taken a bit back that I "truly" seemed to be sorry. At the bar I got a hug by the person I bumped into (I’m still not sure if that was the person being responsive to my sorry or the numerous beers hugging me). Maybe this notion of people saying they’re sorry and not really meaning it is completely off the wall. However, I poise this topic not to discredit the
ones that say I’m sorry and mean it but to recognize a fact of our modern day society. We live in a fast paced, technology run, stock market driven, cell-phone carrying, westernized society. We can go days and communicate with dozens of people and not physically seeing them. The fewer people have to physically deal with each other too communicate the less we practice to interaction with and acknowledge those around us. I read an article last week written by a fellow classmate about smiling. She stated in her article that when she smiles at someone that they are sometimes uncomfortable with it and that they actually look away. I completely believe this. It goes with my notion of saying I’m sorry. My grandfather tells me stories of when he was growing up, how every-
one knew each other, greeted one another, and you were really kind to each other, even strangers. I comprehend the fact that in a world such as today this is entirely to "Little House on the Prairie" and things just aren’t this way anymore. But what is happening to all the kindness, the manners, and the basic people interaction skills? I pose this thought, the next time you fling the words, "I’m sorry" at someone, to stop, pause and look at them and tell them you’re sorry, not the air around them and take notice of the difference. Who knows, maybe you’ll get a smile and a thank-you in return? —Debra Santelli is a Daily Titan Staff Writer
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