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Columbus Day incites several protests nNATION: Many schools, including CSUF, do not get the day off By Kelly Mead
Daily Titan Staff Writer Years ago Columbus Day was big. Students across the country painted pictures of Indians and sailors happily meeting in the New World. It was celebrated as the seed that ignited modern America. Major protests of the holiday that started in the early ‘90s have put the holiday in a different light. This year Native Americans gathered in Denver to protest a Columbus Day parade.
Despite all the controversy, many citizens have begun to regard the holiday as just another day. Cal State Fullerton didn’t get the holiday off. Both the elementary and high school systems of Fullerton went to school on Monday. Some schools in Los Angeles County had the day off, but the only people who were certain to take a holiday on Monday were government employees. Robin Grabyes, of the Human Resources Department at CSUF, said students didn’t get the day off because the school is allowed only a certain amount of holiday days a year. “There are holidays that other people get off that we don’t,” she said. “A lot of the days we combine together so we can have a whole week off later on.”
Michael Steiner, an American studies professor, said these protests could be the reason Columbus Day is becoming less and less of a holiday. “During the 500th anniversary, there was a lot of protest and people backed off of celebrating it. I think people are getting much more conscious of the horrific consequences of it.” Steiner said that, although he would condemn the actions of Columbus and his sailors, it is not always that simple. “We’ve got to be careful not to oppose our standards on the past,” he said. David Van Deventer, a history professor specializing in early American history, said it is hard to hold Columbus himself completely responsible for mistreatment of Native
Americans. He said that Columbus was in charge of the people who were doing the killing and, in fact, most of the Indians died of diseases the Europeans brought over. News accounts report that some protesters of the Denver Columbus Day Parade were comparing the celebration of the holiday to celebrating the Holocaust. Van Deventer said, though many Indians were killed, the Europeans had no intent of wiping out the Indians. “The Spanish hoped the Indians would be their workers,” he said. “There was no intent on the part of the Europeans to kill the Indians off.” Van Deventer also said that he does not
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nRETAIL: The company had a recent drop in sales of 8 percent By Jamie K. Ayala
Daily Titan Staff Writer Anyone who likes bargain bins of capri pants and stretch work shirts doesn’t need to worry about The Gap’s doors closing permanently. Demonstrators began 24-hour protests at The Gap headquarters in San Francisco on Oct. 1, claiming that the corporation has been operating sweatshops and destroying redwood forests. The recent ‘scare’ prompted by environmental and human rights activists suggests that the retailer will be closing any day now because of bad business practices and a drop in sales by 8 percent last month. This drop is in comparison to last year’s increase of 7 percent. The corporation actually operated 656 more stores, up from 2,807 stores last year. According to the New York Stock Exchange the retail industry has dropped overall. “Our business continues to be challenging in a difficult apparel retail environment,” Millard Drexler, Gap Inc. president and CEO, said. “They’re just typical liberal northern Californians,” Alexandra Murphy said of the protesters. Murphy is a business administration graduate student who works in the retail industry. “The Gap is one of the largest retailers in the country. I’m sure its sales dropped because of competition, not the reasons of the protesters. “ Founder and major shareholder of Gap Inc., the Fisher family is also under fire because they own a lumber company. But the redwood clearings have no relation to the retail busi-
Grade schools seem to be treating the holiday indifferently. Nicole Holsinger, a first-grade teacher for Mango Elementary School in Fontana said that her students were in school on Columbus Day. On the first-grade level, the students are only taught the basics of the history. Holsinger said what older students are told depends on the teacher. “There has never been a change in the school,” she said, referring to how students are taught. “It’s left up to the teacher’s discretion.” The controversy of Columbus Day came to the spotlight in the early ‘90s when Native Americans started voicing their opinions against the status quo.
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t’s a scorching Wednesday night in early September. Hundreds of tourists stroll along the freshly paved Harbor Boulevard. Around 9:30 p.m., minivans and SUVs converge onto the parking lots of local Anaheim businesses. The crowds have huddled together to see Disneyland’s nightly firework show. Minutes later, their vigil is rewarded as the night sky erupts into a radiant spectrum of blue and green hues. Red flares festoon the dark sky as yellows and whites illuminate the redbrick walkway where the tourists ooh and aah from underneath the newly planted rows of swaying palm trees that extend 500 yards to Katella Avenue. When the spectacle ends, the ecstatic revelers walk away in delight. Some to their posh hotels. Others to a late dinner. The minivans and SUVs disappear into the night, like a caravan. But to Alejandro Robles, who lives just two blocks north of “The Happiest Place on Earth,” the show is just beginning.
Good Neighbors The same airborne fire flowers that bring so much joy to Disneyland visitors may be bringing something much more ominous to Robles and his low-income neighbors. Depending on how the wind hits, the clear summer sky turns into a dark smoggy haze often 10 stories high and half a mile wide, enveloping his neighborhood. About this time every night, his wife and children are forced indoors because they have a difficult time breathing. Every night for 200 straight days, since February, the stench of eye watering, sulfur-laden black smoke has made living downwind of Disneyland unbearable. The nightly shows run daily through Labor Day and on weekends the rest of the year. “The kids are entertained by the fireworks, but sometimes the smoke does get bad. When it’s windy, the smoke passes by quickly, but when it isn’t, the area gets really smoggy and smoky,” Robles said. “My wife has asthma and I have two kids that have asthma and when the fireworks go off, it really affects them and they have to go inside the house.” The bright lights that shine on Disneyland and its nearby businesses don’t make it into Robles’ neighborhood. The $546 million that Anaheim has plowed into improvements to the city seem to have passed these residents by. No rows of landscaped palm trees and gardens line his
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Hip-hop group performs concert Titan extras at the TSU in front of large crowd nCAMPUS: Ugly Duckling gives a free one-hour concert at the Roundtable Pub By Samantha Gonzaga Daily Titan Staff Writer
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Long Beach-based group Ugly Duckling performed for a crowd this time. “We performed here [Cal State Fullerton] around a year ago,” Andy Cooper, one of the group’s front men, said. “Only about six people showed up to watch us. Of the six, two were
there because they were eating.” On Wednesday at noon, the group gave a free concert at the Titan Student Union’s Round Table Pub. Students from other schools, as well as CSUF students attended the performance. This contrasted to their previous stay on campus, as student spectators quickly filled up the small restaurant. A visible fan following could be detected in the crowd, as some followed along with the lyrics of rappers Cooper and Dizzy Dustin. At the turntables, Young Einstein supplemented the front men’s lyrics with beat variations. Cal Polytechnic Pomona student Ed Filart sat close to the front, one of the many fans familiar with Ugly
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Duckling. “They first started out as being more underground,” Filart said. “They do many hip-hop shows at clubs.” It’s been two years since 19-yearold Filart was first acquainted with their sound. “I like their break-beats,” he said. “It sounds very good.” CSUF student Amir Abghari heard them play at a rave — a venue which, he said, the group does not frequent often. “I heard them in a rave party, and liked them,” Abghari said. Hip-hop has an edge in the music industry and themes that it uses tend to lean toward the harsh qualities of life. Ugly Duckling was formed in
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Actors once again portray historic characters on stories from Santa Ana’s past in the third annual Historic Cemetery Tour, on Saturday Oct. 21. The event is held by the Santa Ana Historical Preservation Society at Fairhaven Memorial Park. Founding fathers William Spurgeon and James McFadden, ranchero Alferez Juan Pablo Grijalva, silent movie star Bebe Daniles and pilot Wrong Way Corrigan entertain crowds with their exploits and encounters. The event features a 90-minute walking tour at 10 a.m. and continues every 20 minutes until 4 p.m. A working stagecoach and horse-drawn buggy also makes an appearance through the tour. Visitors can encounter a variety of early Orange County characters as they meander through the grounds of Fairhaven Memorial Park and Santa Ana Cemetery. Admission for adults is $15, seniors and members of the society are $13. Students are $10 and children 10 and under are free. This year the program includes a booklet entitled “Remember Me,” and will be available for purchase in addition to the tour. The booklet features mini-bios of prominent citizens of the past who are at the park and the cemetery. Reservations for tour are necessary and can be made by phoning or faxing Carol Lescher at (714) 547-9645. Reservations in person can be made at Macres Florist. Department of Theatre and Dance present “Into the Woods,” the musical about familiar fairy tale characters that have wishes come true and their world becomes distorted as they experience life after the “happily ever after” endings,
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makes an appearance at the Little Theatre at the university. The book, written by James Lapine, and music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim look into the darker side of such characters as Cinderella, Rapunzel, Jack and the Beanstalk and Little Red Riding Hood. Performances are at 8 p.m. Oct. 20-21 and Oct. 25-28, 2 p.m. Oct. 21-22 and 28-29 and 6:30 p.m. Oct. 22-29. Advance ticket sales are $15 and $11 with Titan Discount. All tickets at the door are $15. Tickets may be purchased at the Performing Arts Center box office. Hours are 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday and one hour prior to the performance or online at tickets.com. For more information call (714) 278-3371.
DAR OF E VEN CAL EN E NDA R O F E VE NTS Campus The Cal State Fullerton Department of Music presents Guitarist of the World Series, featuring Italian guitarist Andrea Dieci in a recital and masterpiece. His master class will be held on Thursday Oct. 12 at 7 p.m. in Performing Arts Room 117, and his recital will be held on Friday Oct. 13 at 8 p.m. in the Recital Hall. Advance sales for both events are $10; $5 with Titan Discount, and tickets at the door are $10. Tickets are available at the Performing Arts Center box office from 11 a.m. - 4 p.m., Monday through Friday and one hour prior to performance. For more information, call Elizabeth Champion at (714) 278-2434
or visit http://www.arts.fullerton. edu/events/. See “Three Sisters,” a dramatic play, presented by the CSUF Department of Theatre and Dance, by Anton Chekhov and directed by Donn Finn, at 8 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.
Community The Bowers Museum presents “Egyptian Treasures from the British Museum,” open thru January 2, 2001. This exhibit will cover a timespan of
over 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 North Main Street 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 at the CSUF Grand Central Art Center on 125 N. Broadway in Santa Ana. The exhibit will be open thru November 4. The gallery’s hours are Tuesday thru Sunday from 11 a.m. to 4
p.m. For more information, call Marilyn Moore at (714) 2787750. This exhibit is free. “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 thru 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 12 p.m. 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.
University releases housing study Despite the high median home prices, Orange County remains an attractive location, according to a housing study recently release by the university. “Housing Affordability in the Southland: Will It Stifle the Regional High-Tech Boom?” was conducted by Radha Bhattacharya, associate professor of economics in the university’s College of Business and Economics. Bhattacharya studied the affordability of housing in the region, the reasons for the higher costs and the impact if rising prices on future economic development. Her results said Orange County’s median price of housing surpasses other high-tech clusters such as Atlanta, Phoenix, The Research Triangle in North Carolina and Dallas. Only the Bay Area, Silicon Valley and San Diego were more expensive in terms of housing.
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Children’s Center The Cal State Fullerton facility offers students a chance to attend class while their children are in a safe environment. Children have the opportunity to play, learn and interact with others.
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Maryssa Cha washes her brush after getting dirty (top left). William Dawes follows Maryssa in her wagon during playtime (middle left). Deya Fleming, teacher at the Children Center, feeds Aaron Chung during lunch time (bottom left).
William Dawes rides on a bike during playtime (top right), while Maryssa Cha (bottom right) plays with a basketball net.
7 Thursday, October 12, 2000 FIREWORKS n from page 1 Citron Street home, only two blocks away from Harbor Boulevard. Instead, there is a chain of identical apartment complexes scattered with ill-maintained lawns in the front of the gated entrances. Sidewalks are overgrown by weeds. The freshly paved roads that took Disney and the city of Anaheim more than three years to complete is replaced with cracked streets where dozens of kids run around with shiny metal scooters and skateboards. When the fireworks explode, the neighborhood turns into a wartime movie set. The huge booming explosions are ear shattering to the residents who live less than one mile away from the park. Car alarms whistle and scream as dogs yelp and babies cry in the darkness. When Sue Schneider’s daughter was a baby, the explosions would frighten the child from slumber and send her screaming. “It sounded like bombs going off,” Schneider said. “Like a war zone every night.” People start to run for cover as ashes from the fireworks rain onto their cars and homes. They cover 14-year-old Eduardo Guillen’s head. Guillen has lived on Citron Street since he was eight. “It sucks every time,” he said while hanging out with a few friends. “The smoke is the worst part.” He points to the thin layer of ash that covers his father’s work truck. He explains how his dad constantly grows upset at the fireworks’ fallout, damaging the paint on his truck and forcing him to wash it a few times a week.
HEALTH FEARS Environmental safety technician Bobby Pinkerton is worried that the nightly fireworks display may be more than merely an irritant to unprotected neighbors. He fears that they may pose a hazard to their health. Pinkerton works for Compliance Solutions in Long Beach. His firm has trained thousands of employees from other companies to comply with environmental and safety standards set by OSHA, the EPA and other regulatory government agencies. “Before it wasn’t that bad, but now that [Disneyland has] made the shows bigger, they’re putting more air pollutants into the air itself, more toxins,” Pinkerton said. One of the fireworks' main ingredients, sulfur, presents the biggest health risk, Pinkerton said. “It scars your lungs, causes small skin irritations and may lead to respiratory problems. On a nice night you have a good breeze blowing, and sulfur blows everywhere.”
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agree with protesters stating that Columbus was exacting genocide, but he can understand why they are upset. “It represents a conquest of their culture by the European culture,” he said. Despite the loud protests of many
Pinkerton believes the nightly sulfur showers may be making the Robles family’s asthma problem even worse. “It could actually clog up their respiratory tract,” he said. “If it gets into your lungs then you’ll have respiratory problems.” As far as any damage to the cars, Pinkerton believes the fireworks may also be responsible. Sulfur can cause oxidation to occur. “All [the fireworks] have to do is get airborne and get a little water into it,” he said. “You could have any kind of moisture or rain in the air then sulfur reacts and it turns into a rusting process. It eats away at the coating and paint of the cars and that’s just sulfur alone.” Other experts express different concerns. Cal State Fullerton environmental chemist Harold Rogers’ main problem regarding the fireworks is the chemical fallout. “I’m not worried about the air. All those things that are formed up there are heavier than air. “There are toxic materials in these clouds and that stuff does settle into the ground. It doesn’t stay in the air. It doesn’t disperse infinitely. It settles,” he said. “You can’t create something out of nothing the same way you can’t expect something to become nothing by magic. It has to be accounted for. It’s called material balance.” “So [chemicals] will come down into the soil, but if it gets wet, then it will get leached into the water table,” Rogers added. Rogers would not speculate on what seven straight months of firework fallout has done to the residents, the soil in the neighborhood or the area’s ground water. “It’s one thing to know what the permissible exposure limits are, it’s another to know whether or not the soil and or water table is accumulating at that level,” he said. “To my knowledge, I do not know.” But Rogers warned that the chemicals in the fireworks do pose health risks when a person is exposed to them for a prolonged period of time. Some of the ingredients common in all fireworks include sulfur, iron, boron, copper, zinc, magnesium and barium. “They’re all toxic, and toxicity is a matter of exposure,” Rogers said. According to Rogers, children and the elderly are the most at risk of chemical exposure. “That’s the age group that is most likely to be sensitive.” He explained it could take years, even decades before a body starts to show symptoms of any toxins. “A lot of these [chemicals] are nasty in as much as they bio-accumulate,” he said. “They could be very low level in the soil at any given time, but if you are exposed to it over a long period of time and it gets into the body, it stores into fatty tissues.” Roger said the only way to find out citizens, some members of the general population aren’t considering the matter at all. Samantha Stevens, a liberal studies major, said she didn’t even realize it was Columbus Day until she went into Starbucks. “They were asking for small bills, because all the banks were closed,” she said. To Stevens, Columbus Day is just an excuse for some companies to get
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news if any possible carcinogens are in the body are through very expensive blood tests in which few of the residents in the area can afford. This is not the first time that questions have been raised about Disney fireworks. At Disneyland Hong Kong, scheduled to open in 2005, the proposed fireworks show has run into opposition from environmental groups in recent months. According to an April 7 South China Morning Post article, The Citizens Party argued that Disney’s various calculations on air quality and pollution emissions in their environmental impact assessment were too ambiguous and needed clarifying. They fear that the fireworks may not disperse when air quality is low, polluting the nearby bay.
WHAT’S A NEIGHBOR TO DO? Many residents have complained about the inordinate amount of dust falls and how it damages their vehicles, yards and homes. Complaints about the fireworks, according to the Anaheim H.O.M.E. (Home Owners Maintaining their Environment) organization and local residents, have gone unanswered. Jim Anderson of HOME claims that his organization has sent more than 100 complaints to the SCAQMD (Southern California Air Quality Management District) over the past couple of years. Anderson said the complaints were not addressed because they were sent as form letters. “They told me that form letters were not counted,” Anderson said. Officials at the SCAQMD said they have only received only three complaints thus far this year dealing with the fireworks and stated that inspectors will only act if the problem affects a “considerable number of persons.” SCAQMD officials maintain that they have not received sufficient complaints to conduct an investigation. The Anaheim Police Department does not handle complaints regarding the fireworks. “We ask them to deal with Disneyland directly,” said police department spokesman Sgt. Rick Martinez. Martinez said that complaints are uncommon and that literally millions of people come from across the world come to Anaheim to watch the fireworks. He said his department has to take those people into consideration as well. For the one or two complaints the department may get, Martinez said, there are tens of thousands of people enjoying the show every night. As is their standard practice, officials at the theme park would not comment the possible health hazards of their fireworks, how they deal with complaints
or even the number complaints they have received. In the recent years, fatal accidents and serious injuries occurring on some of its rides have tarnished Disneyland’s image. Some visitors and elected officials have bitterly criticized the company’s bunker mentality in responding to incidents within the park. As for the fireworks, there is confusion over where residents should go with their complaints and concerns. An EPA spokesperson explained that they do not handle any area complaints. He also explained that the only way to receive information on the ingredients in fireworks is to either work for Disneyland or to buy the fireworks themselves. Disneyland has refused to let the Titan view the list of firework ingredients. Pyro Spectaculars Incorporated, in Rialto, who manufactures the fireworks for Disney has also refused the Titan access to the ingredients. According to Cal OSHA, who oversees the health of workers that deal with dangerous chemicals, it is not their responsibility to handle complaints or to divulge information to the general population. Their only concern is for workers’ rights. Several former Disneyland employees said the theme park takes several precautions within the property while the firework show goes off. In the past, Toontown, the area of the park closest to where the fireworks are launched, was closed to guests and employees during the show. After the show, employees used special vacuums to suck up all the ashes and other debris before guests were allowed back in. They also describe how access to the park’s northern employee parking structure was restricted during the half-hour span. Signs would be posted, warning against possible car damage to vehicles exposed to the open air at the time of the show. For Pinkerton, the environmental technician, it’s not the Disney employees that are the most affected, but rather the residents in the surrounding neighborhood. “They’re getting more of the contaminants,” he said.
WHY STAY? When Jim Anderson bought his home in 1969, the tract home cost $19,000. Since that time, he has invested a lot of time and effort into building additional rooms himself. For years, it was like his home was his hobby. Anderson never knew that Disney’s expansion would be so intrusive when he first moved in. “The things that I didn’t think about are the ones that are the must important now.” Now after living in Anaheim for the last 31 years, the retiree finds leaving the city, with all of its faults, inconceiv-
Myths about Columbus Myth: Columbus set out to prove the earth was round. Fact: At the end of the 15th century, most everyone knew the earth was a sphere. What was in question was the size--its circumference. Columbus underestimated the size of the earth. Myth: Columbus set foot on North American soil. Fact:Columbus never saw North America. His first landfall was in the Bahamas. There is a dispute as to where he landed exactly. On separate voyages, he touched the northeastern tip of South America and he did get to the eastern coast of Central America, but he never got to North America
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A smokey haze forms after each firework show in one of the Anaheim neighborhoods surrounding the theme park. able. “Some people like venturing into a new place, I never did.” Other residents have similar reasons as to why they choose to stay neighbors with “The Happiest Place on Earth.” Sue Schneider said that due to the excessive noise and construction because of the Disney expansion, the value of her home has plummeted. She would love to mortgage a nicer home in Tustin Hills or other comparable areas, but she isn’t financially able to. “I can’t afford the house I would like to buy. A home worth $350,000 to $400,000 in another area would be worth less in my neighborhood.”
For Alejandro Robles, living in the epicenter of the smoke and ash, it’s just another day living on Citron Street. Leaning on a metal security fence at 9:30 p.m., he is one of the lone souls that still sits outside during the nightly shows. “When someone has lived here for a while, they have to adapt to what is normal, and after living here for three years, the fireworks have become normal to us,” he said. Pausing, the three-year resident quietly sums up the Anaheim dilemma. “On one side it’s really cool because the kids like to see the show, but on the other side, day after day of smoke has to
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1993, a time when gangster rap was becoming popular. “Hip-hop lately is aggressive,” Young Einstein said. “It shouldn’t always be. We try to make it lighter, like a party.” Dustin and Cooper reflect similar beliefs. Tattooed on either side of Dustin’s neck are Chinese characters for “unity” and “peace,” elements he associates with the group’s vibe. “The style of recent hip-hop is saturated with hardcore rap,” Dustin said. “Like all this stuff about coming from the streets, when it shouldn’t necessarily be like that.” “Back then, hip-hop was an escape from a hard life, it’s something that makes you feel good. These days, it’s the other way around,” he added. Ugly Duckling pointed to “goodnatured” artists, particularly A Tribe Called Quest, as their influence. The three were originally playing with their own groups before meeting each other. “We were all in a different group,”
Thursday, October 12, 2000 Cooper said. “But we were the only white guys. By then Long Beach was going g-funk. The three of us didn’t want to go that way, so we stuck with this early hip-hop style.” “It wasn’t vogue,” he continued. “I guess you can say that we went backwards.” Stereotypes are dealt with tact. Color, according to the group, had no relevance to the objective of their music, that objective being unity. “It’s been a goal to bring people together with hip-hop,” Dustin said. “In this chaotic world we have, we offer this sound.” As the crowd thinned inside the pub, several fans came to the stage to have Ugly Duckling compact discs, shirts and albums autographed. Young Einstein was interrupted a few times between photo requests for autographs. The 28-year-old indulged fan after fan, ending each signature with a “2000” and an arrow. “I sign them like this,” he said. “The arrow points forward, like the future. So it’s to show that we’ll keep on moving positively into that future.”
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ness. “The Gap has always been environmentally aware through its recyclable tags and bags,” Murphy said. Human rights activists claim that The Gap runs sweatshops and promotes unfair wages. However, Gap officials and the Cambodian government have rejected reports describing the employment of underage workers in Cambodia producing clothing for Gap Inc. The Gap issued a statement saying that the company “does not tolerate underage labor and if we (The Gap) discover instances of underage labor, we take swift and appropriate action.” According to Bob Jones, Cal State Fullerton marketing professor, The Gap is a private label. Most private labels manufacture their merchandise in other countries to defray purchase costs. “A lot of those countries don’t have the same work standards as the United States,” Jones said. “If the work was performed in-house the prices would increase.”
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Baseball opens camp at top of class nBASEBALL: The Titans open fall camp with the top rated recruiting class in the country
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As one baseball season winds to an end, another is on the verge of beginning. Starting today and running until the end of the month, the Cal State Fullerton baseball program will conduct fall training camp, with an opportunity to welcome back the returnees and initiate the newcomers into the program. “We’re looking for a combination of getting an evaluation of how good the new guys are and if we were right in the recruiting process, and this gives us an idea of what the team needs to work from on when we shut it down until we come back in January,” Titan Head Coach George Horton said. “This gives us, as a coaching staff, a chance to teach some of our system to the newcomers and fundamentals to each individual to work on, on their own.” CSUF’s recruiting class has been rated No. 1 in the country by Collegiate Baseball, which is good because CSUF not only lost key senior contributors like Chris Beck, Craig Patterson, Jake Epstein and Steve Woodward, but the pitching staff, a stable of consistency last year, was ravaged by both the draft and players transferring from the program. Starters Adam Johnson and Ronnie Corona were both drafted by the Minnesota Twins, and Jake Moon,
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Senior David Bacani, middle, will look to lead the Titans back to the College World Series. George Carralejo and Matt Sorensen Darric Merrell. If they perform, then with no clear-cut starter at every posiall transferred to other programs, leav- that will play a prominent role in what tion, as was the case last season. ing holes in the rotation. we do with Saarloos and lessening the But on the positive side, Horton However, Horton has a stable of load off of [Jon Smith], (Sean) Martin, again has a squad that has excellent new arms that has this opportunity to Nick Lovato and (Mike) Nunez.” depth, but even he is not so sure that is show what each individual is capable That might be a lot of pressure to as big a plus as it may seem. of. The future role of Titan closer Kirk place on the shoulders of freshmen, “We do have great depth again, Saarloos rests on their performance in but the Titans have had great success meaning that there will be some good the upcoming weeks. with promising arms in their first year players starting the season on the “It’s up in the air,” Horton said in the program. bench,” Horton added. “If you have of the decision of whether to move “With freshmen, you never know cases where the players are close and Saarloos into the rotation or leave him how quickly they will adjust to the col- the player that doesn’t get the job is as the closer. “We might use him like lege game and how quickly they per- unhappy and disgruntled, then that we did Ted Silva in 1995, close him on form at the level that they are capable affects team chemistry. If it was clearFridays and start him on Saturdays. of,” Horton said. “But these guys have cut, then that wouldn’t be a problem, “But that decision lies in the per- the talent and the potential.” but these decisions are in no way formance of the freshmen that we Aside from the goal of re-establish- going to be clear-cut. We do not want are extremely excited about,” Horton ing the pitching rotation, Horton has to go into the season with musical added. an even important goal of coming out lineups like last season.” “We have five freshmen that have of this camp with the hope of having the talent and the potential to be spe- players lock up their positions and cial: Chad Cordero, Travis Esquibel, have a concrete idea of who is playing Travis Ingle, Wes Littlejohn and where, instead of going into the season
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Good pitching. Solid defense. Timely hitting. This is exactly the formula the New York Yankees have used since 1996, in which they’ve won three of the last four World Series’. It’s a formula of success. Equipped with the most dominant postseason starter in recent years and the best October closer ever, the Yankees have the arms to match anyone. Orlando Hernandez, 7-0 in his career in the playoffs after Wednesday’s eightinning, one run performance against the Seattle Mariners, continues to build his legendary status as the pitcher’s version of Mr. October. Despite a sub par regular season (12-13, 4.51 ERA), “El Duque” has been his usual dominant self in the big games. Last week he shut down the explosive Oakland A’s offense, led by probable American League MVP Jason Giambi. He also limited the Mariners, who have three of the best pure hitters in the game in Alex Rodriguez, Edgar Martinez and John Olerud, to a run on six scattered hits, outlasting John Halama in Wednesday’s 7 1/2 inning pitcher’s duel. Like a devastating 1980’s Mike Tyson 1-2 punch, Mariano Rivera relieved Hernandez in the ninth and added one more inning to his 31.2 straight scoreless innings streak in the postseason. Fellow Yankee Whitey Ford holds the record with 33 consecutive scoreless innings. But aren’t the Yankees too old and struggling offensively too much to earn a third straight ring? You can’t look at their seven straight losses to end the regular season as a sign of their tired bodies or hitless bats. Because for the Yankees, the most respected organization in professional sports, October represents an entirely new season. They proved that in their series against Oakland.
Outside of the northeast and the transplanted Yankee fans that swarm Edison Field of Anaheim when the Yanks are in town, everyone picked the A’s to beat the aging Yankees. What’s not to like about them? The team is full of young, exuberant mashers that wouldn’t fear even the 1927 Murderer’s Row. Its young arms like 20-game winner Tim Hudson, nicknamed “Little Pedro” in reference to his physical similarity to Pedro Martinez, and Barry Zito, the 22-yearold rookie that sleeps with a teddy bear, are future superstars. And the club didn’t have to take out a loan to lure overrated multi-million dollar players to win. Despite flashes of greatness, the A’s didn’t exhibit the “three musts” as consistently as the defending champs. Costly defensive miscues and the lack of late inning clutch hits cost Oakland Game 5 and the series. On Tuesday, though, they encountered a club more disciplined. A club that can pitch, field and drive in runs as well, if not better than them. Freddy Garcia and the Mariners’ bullpen followed the Yankees’ formula, baffling great hitters such as Derek Jeter, Bernie Williams and David Justice on their way to a 2-0 win. The Mariners, arguably the hottest team in baseball, continued it superior play over the Yankees on Wednesday. But a defensive blunder in the bottom of the seventh inning led to seven runs and a series-tying win for the Yankees. The series moves to Safeco Field in Seattle on Friday, a pitcher’s park. In order to score runs, each team will have to rely on “little ball.” Bunt. Steal. Hit behind the runners. The team that executes the fundamentals the best will head to the World Series. The Yankees will lose only when someone applies the forumla better than them. Pitch well, catch the ball, and hit in the clutch. Only then will you dethrone the Kings. —Seth Keichline is the Daily Titan Sports Editor
arts & entertainment October 12, 2000
The dance troupe, Gran Folklorico De Mexico, performed their way through the history of Mexican culture on Friday night at the Plummer Auditorium.
M o v i n g Culture Mexican troupe brings their brand of music and dance to campus Story by Kelly Mead
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The 35-member group dances and sings all over the world.
he Gran Folklorico De Mexico performed their way through the history of Mexican culture on Friday night at the Plummer Auditorium. The 35-member group, based in Mexico, dances, sings, and plays instruments around the world in celebration of Mexican culture. The Fullerton performance was presented by Cal State Fullerton’s PAIR Celebrity series, a campus organization that helps bring professional artists to the community. The show started off with a slow ritualistic dance called “Azteca.” During this exotic dance, nearly a dozen dancers covered in sparkling gold, slowly move in a fire lighting ceremony that ends with a virgin sacrifice. Next, the troupe performed the colorful “Dance of Quetzal.” The dance celebrates a multi-colored bird as a symbol of movement and creation. Four men dance around the stage with bright semicircle hats that are roughly half the height of their own bodies. The dance mainly consists of the men moving into positions that best displayed their visually grand headgear. The primitive isn’t revisited again until the show is almost over, in the pre-Hispanic “Dance of the Deer.” During this heart-pounding dance, a battle is enacted between four hunters and a single deer. The deer violently races around the stage, only occasionally stopping to show the audience its rapidly rising and falling chest. After repeated attempts to escape the hunters’ bows, it makes one last stand. The hunters then circle the deer and riddle it with arrows until the deer lies lifeless. Aside from these three dances, most of the performances consist of folk-like displays of music and dancing. Yadira Tenorio, a guest performer, sang four Hispanic melodies to the audience. Tenorio’s voice, which was backed by a mariachi, hypnotized the viewers. She sang with such passion that it left onlookers grasping for the answer to the mystery of the songs subjects. Her last song slightly quenched the audience’s wonder when she continuously repeats the lyrics “Viva Mexico, viva America,” during its chorus. Most of the dances and musical pieces had the atmosphere of a remote Mexican village in a time long passed. The dancers had a wide range of wardrobe. During the show, the dancers changed from women in simple frilled white shirts and men in white peasant costumes,
The show is infused with bright costumes and color-changing sets. to brightly colored skirts and blue cowboy style suits. Two of the most skillfully impressive pieces were a Hispanic tap and a rope dance. During the rope dance a man twirls a rope around the stage while occasionally weaving in and out of the circle. The suspenseful performance left many on edge, repeating the question, “Can he keep it up? Will he drop it?” The show also had more familiar music and dancing. During the “Fiesta in Veracruz” the audience cheerfully sings along to “La Bamba” as a couple
ties a knot with their feet. The performance ended with the ”Jarab Tapatio,” better known as the “Mexican Hat Dance.” At the closing of the curtain, the audience gave the group a standing ovation. The performance blended a wide spectrum of emotions and traditions, while still keeping the performance fluid. The bright costumes and color-changing background were visually stunning and helped keep the audience entertained for two hours of fun fast-paced Hispanic culture.
The performance was presented by CSUF’s PAIR Celebrity series.
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The Color Red may be one of the last remaining alternative bands The Riverside band’s debut album “Below the Under” may have a while before the band savors its deserved recognition. By Samantha Gonzaga Daily Titan Staff Writer
B-Real rocking out a recent show in Los Angeles in late August.
Cypress Hill burns it up at the third annual Smokeout By Caesar Contreras
Daily Titan Sports Editor Smoke, music, smoke and some more music. These were just some of the things that brought close to over 60,000 people to the San Bernardino Orange Show this past Saturday for the Cypress Hill Third Annual Smokeout. While I won’t try to speculate about what type of smoke was in the air (I’m sure you could figure that out), I can say the Smokeout brought a diverse mix of musical acts and fans, all for the unity of a certain green leaf. This year’s Smokeout promised to be better then ever and from taking one look at the lineup, it would be hard to dispute. A main stage featuring Cypress Hill, Limp Bizkit and 311 among others, a second stage billed “Indonesia” that boasted acts such as Slum Village, Taproot and Aztlan Underground. There was even the “Massive Stoned Garden Stadium” that offered a variety of musical DJ’s spinning techno, jungle and trance music from 10:00 a.m. on a Saturday morning to 2:00 a.m. on a Sunday morning. Yes that’s 16 hours of music and I dare anyone to tell me they were there the whole time. Anyways, I wasn’t one of the early mornings arrivals, I showed up just in time to catch the LA hip-hop outfit Dilated Peoples. The underground hip-hop group has earned much praise through fans and with the release of their first major label release “The Platform,” the group is on the verge of bigger and better things. On Saturday they were up to the task as lead mc Evidence and DJ Babu, worked an impressive set that featured several songs of their new album including “Work the Angles.” Next up came The Long Beach Dub All-stars, the group is a Smokeout constant, having played the previous two Smokeouts shows. On Saturday it seemed that this may be their last appearance as they showed up 30 minutes late and played a rushed 20 minute set that disappointed the audience and left some confused, The late arrival forced the delay of the much-anticipated 4:20 musical act, which was supposed to be Limp Bizkit but that surprise was given
away weeks before and the audience had to settle for Xzibit. The west coast rapper’s appearance wasn’t a surprise at all, considering he was one of the original acts slated to perform. With not much of a surprise and the fact that it was 4:30 when Xzibit rushed the stage, the man had a tough act ahead of him. Aided by a his fellow friends The Alkaholiks, Xzibit ripped the mic and songs such as “Only When I’m Drunk,” “3 Card Molly” and “What You See Is What You Get. Overall, Xzibit did a decent job of maintaining the audience but you couldn’t help but be disappointed by his late arrival and the fact that there was really no surprise, to the surprise 4:20 act. What followed after Xzibit was a short lesson in hip hop 101 as Brooklyn based duo Gangstarr performed hits over a career that has spanned since the late 80’s and then the funk doctor himself Redman appeared in a brief set that featured Erick Sermon of EPMD. Orange County punk veterans Pennywise appeared next and played an hour-long set that could delight any punk head. After their set, the road was paved for perhaps the most anticipated performance of the night. Limp Bizkit. The group which has drawn circles of criticism mainly concerning lead singer Fred Durst’s attitude, has a new album entitled “Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water,” set for release on Oct. 17. With that in mind you would think the Bizkit would have something ready to blow away the audience. It didn’t happen. The group started with “Hot Dog,” a tune off the new album that basically blasts Nine Inch Nails mastermind Trent Reznor. Incorporating the chorus of NIN’s “Closer,” Durst has just developed another feud and more hatred. After the opening song the group charged into a set that featured the usual Bizkit cover songs in House of Pain’s “Jump Around” and George Michael’s “Faith.” After finally gathering the crowd into a frenzy with the group’s smash hit “Break Stuff.’ Limp
closed with “Take A Look Around” off the Mission Impossible 2 soundtrack. After the closing song, Mr.Durst offered a nice F—- You to all those in attendance. While fans may be apologetic and view Durst’s tirades as fun, the fact that the band played a 25minute set when they were slated for an hour, shouldn’t have sat well with the fans but considering their state of mind, I guess it didn’t matter. Maybe Durst expected Christina Aguliera to fill the extra 30 minutes. After the disappointment of Bizkit’s performance, only three bands remained. System of A Down offered a rocking set that featured the hits “Spiders” and “Sugar.” System’s frontman Serj Tankian’s kooky dancing and haunting vocals aided the group’s performance. 311 next took the stage as the group provided the night’s most consistent performance as their mix of rock, ska and rap delighted the fans. A high point (excuse the pun) of the set was a drum performance as the four members of the group along with drummer Chad Sexton played in unison. It was the type of creativeness that was often missed throughout the night For a finale, tour founders, Cypress Hill closed the show at 1:00 a.m. The group’s offered typical Cypress favorites such as How I Could Just Kill A Man,” “I Wanna Get High,” “Throw Your Set In the Air” and the recent hit “ Rap Superstar.” By the time they were done, it was close to the 2:00 a.m. and time to go home. For anyone who made it through the whole thing, I advise you to try out for the next casting of Survivor. There is talk of the Smoke Out being taken out as a national tour, well let me offer Cypress Hill’s B-Real some advice. Please prevent the show from lasting 16 hours, it’s just too long with all that damn smoke in the air. Please have the bands show up on time and play the amount of time as advertised, it makes us less impatient and please expand the Massive Munchie Gardens next time. Because for some reason people get hungry at these Smoke Out shows.
“Sure is good candy,” The Color Red’s lead vocalist Jon Zamora rumbles slowly at the beginning of a track for the album “Below the Under,” as though savoring the roll of each word. In a music arena where bubble-gum pop’s feel-good flavor lingers, where hip-hop haute couture thrives and rock’s survival is a surrender to hybridization, The Color Red’s debut album “Below the Under” may have a while before the band savors its deserved recognition. The Riverside local’s sound is reminiscent of the music that dominated the early to mid-90s, when alternative rock enjoyed the spotlight. Even the very few slower tracks are infused with heavy guitar and thick drumbeats. One thing that can’t be overlooked, however, is how similar they sound to the more established bands like, The Foo Fighters, Radiohead and Jeff Buckley. The Color Red does not hesitate to show these influences in their sound, but it works well for the band. Indeed, Jon Zamora’s voice has a smoothness that can be held at bay by furious guitar thrums and drumming. The track, “Dangerous” hints at what sounds like an unexpected twang: His melodic voice seems out of place in an album that frequently touches upon the desire for stability, and ultimately, security. That notion is soon dispelled, as Zamora shows how well he can contend with the guitars and drumming that threaten to drown out his lyrics. The same thing can be said about “So Cool” and “Beginning to Fly.” A blend of Metallica’s “I Disappear” and the Foo Fighter’s “Learning to Fly” can be subtly detected. And that’s not necessarily bad, although after “Tiny Places,” listeners may prefer to listen to a piece that is wholly more original. The sweet spot of the album won’t be hit until halfway through the album. The fifth track — “Tiny Places” — introduces a signature sound that TRC has yet to fulfill . And it will be worth the wait too: lead singer Zamora gets the chance to display the softer and melodic capacities of his voice. “Tiny Places” is about quiet indecision, the search for a singular source of warmth only an old flame can provide. “There is no other way I want to see/I tried so hard with you/ and me to you meant nothing/let’s go inside/ I
Frontman for TCR, Jon Zamora want to feel my arms around you.” Also notable in this album is the nebulous presence of an almost-absent female figure. The disregard of this old love, from her impatience to deal with the insecurities of her man, to the confirmation of her femme-fatale habits leaves its mark on each song. Each song swings on a limbo, between reclaiming her, or “showing” how much better off things are without her. It makes for an interesting emotional loop, and it’s not unimaginable to find any of TRC’s songs playing a spot in television shows where emotions run high. Dawson’s Creek, or the racier Roswell series, no doubt, will not be reluctant to include songs like “Tiny Places” or “Beginning to Fly” on their play list. Equally noteworthy is the vehicle through which the band is promoted: the Web. The band’s official Web site www.thecolorred.com, contains predictable tidbits like biographies, but does not get stingy with samples of their music. Their first album can be downloaded in its entirety, as well as clips of their live performances. The site’s boasting intro is one step short of braggadocio. The Color Red has yet to discover their signature sound, as hinted by “Tiny Places.” Only then, will it sure be pretty good candy.