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Arborfest proves fun for the community nEVENT: Features included the Ugly Bug Fair By Cindy Armijo
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(left to right) Carl Gottlieb, actor and producer and John Landis film director discuss current censorship issues.
Protecting our right to nMEDIA: The California First Amendment Coalition held its annual conference at CSUF By Cindy Bertea
Daily Titan Staff Writer What you don’t know can hurt you. The harm in question, the limiting of First Amendment freedom to reporters and citizens alike, was the theme of last weekend’s First Amendment Assembly held at Cal State Fullerton. With access to public information
suppressed at a rate of 75 percent in California, activists, attorneys and a slew of other dignitaries met Saturday at the event hosted by the California First Amendment Coalition to discuss roadblocks they’ve encountered and unearth solutions to this growing problem. At Friday evening’s kickoff to the assembly, a panel of screenwriters and directors discussed censorship in film and television. CFAC Executive Director Kent Pollock stressed the importance of the First Amendment to attendees Friday evening. “As you stay here for the conference, I want you to keep in mind what a cherished right it is,” he said. “It is important not only for newspapers, but for everyone.”
Guy Green, John Landis and Carl Gottlieb provided an animated discourse on the past, present and future of censorship. “The United States was and is, at present, the only country in the world that has no formal censorship system of television and film in place,” Landis said, who directed such films as “Animal House” and “The Blues Brothers.” Despite the lack of such a system, he and fellow panelists agreed that television and studio executives do intervene if they deem the content of a work too controversial. As a writer for “The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour,” Gottlieb remembered that CBS brass would preview the shows before airing to check content. The show was pro-
duced during the late ‘60s, and made humorous but topical observations about the burgeoning civil rights movement and Vietnam War. “It seems recklessly innocent what we were doing,” Gottlieb said. “But it was enough to stimulate local station owners to turn off their transmitters during parts of the show they didn’t like.” Saturday’s events included workshops by local reporters, attorneys and CSUF professors. Also featured were speeches by California Supreme Court Chief Justice Ronald George and Lowell Bergman, a former producer of CBS’s “60 Minutes” and the inspiration for the film “The
The Oktoberfest at Old World Village in Huntington Beach wasn’t the only festive indulgence last weekend. Despite the beer, hearty bratwurst and sauerkraut sandwiches, Arborfest offered more than German food and entertainment. Janet Van Diest, a director at the Arboretum, explained the event was more than just a fund-raiser. It was a chance for the community to get involved with the facility. “This [Arborfest] is for fall family fun and celebration,” Van Diest said. Fun and celebration covered virtually every inch of the 26-acre garden. Families from neighboring communities gathered Saturday and Sunday, for the 15th annual Arborfest and Fall Plant Sale, hosted by the Arboretum. Small hand-pulled red wagons hauled everything from young children, to tropical and exotic plants. Organ music filled the air, causing a few people to dance to the tunes. Ron Wolf, one of many featured organ players, performed a song from the classic movie “My Fair Lady,” starring Audrey Hepburn. Listeners didn’t have to rent the movie to get a glimpse of Hepburn’s attire in the film. Women, clad in complete Victorian attire, including fancy hats and parasols, strutted about the festival.
Children eagerly pointed at the fancy clothing as they struggled to eat melting chocolate-covered ice cream bars from Clark’s Ice Cream and Desserts. With chocolate mustaches, the children found the time to make candles out of beeswax, aid in the process of butter making and run tirelessly through a Scarecrow maze. If that wasn’t enough to send the ice cream eaters to nap in their parent’s arms, there were still the bugs. The children proved that there is always time for bugs. The Ugly Bug Fair displayed a variety of booths, including Dr. Sue’s Traveling Insect and Arthropod Zoo. Marlene Brady, a volunteer at Dr. Sue’s booth, held out a woven plate. Onlookers peered at the plate, which held two hissing cockroaches, one live and one dead. Brave fingers stroked the top of the living two-inch long critter, which felt like leather. “Do you want to know how they make their noise?” Brady asked two curious children. With wide eyes, children listened as Brady explained that the insect has vent-like structures on the sides of its body. When the cockroach feels threatened, Brady said the bug pushes its body toward the ground and air escapes from the vents, creating a hissing sound. The cockroaches weren’t the only things that could create a hissing sound. There was an old-fashioned spinning wheel being run by the hands and feet of Mary Frances Eves of Buena
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Vice president says modesty nPERSONALITY: Luna sees her position as inclusive and prefers not to micro-manage her staff By Marlayna Slaughterbeck Daily Titan Staff Writer
Being part of the only team of women elected to head the Associated Students in Cal State Fullerton’s history might easily over-inflate Vice
President Linda Luna’s Luna was first learning the ego. ropes at AS, she quickly Instead, she remains gained his respect with her modest. ability to put aside her ego. “I consider myself really Sacks said that Luna worked lucky to be in this position,” hard to learn exactly what she said. “I’m working with other AS members’ responsireally great people and this bilities were and how she fit is such a learning experiinto the overall scheme. ence for me.” “Linda really impressed Fellow students on the me with how willing she was AS executive staff are quick Linda Luna to learn from other people, to point out that humility is and how dedicated she was an obvious element in Luna’s char- to researching things she wasn’t sure acter. about,” Sacks said. “She was genuDirector of Statewide Affairs Elliot inely interested in what I did.” Sacks said that in the beginning when Like AS President Mary Grace
Cachuela, Luna sees her leadership style as inclusive and although she handles each situation differently, she prefers not to micromanage her staff. “I like to give people their professional freedom,” she said. “By doing this, I empower myself. I’d never get anything done if I was always worried about what the rest of the staff was doing.” Director of Public Relations Adeline Kim said that Luna is a team player who is dedicated and hardworking. Kim added that Luna also knows how to kick back and relax.
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Marlene Brady displays a Madagascar Hissing Cockroach.
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Money raised for domestic vionCHARITY: Alpha Chi Omega’s walk to support victims raised more than $2,000 By Kelly Mead
Daily Titan Staff Writer One hundred and twenty-five Alpha Chi Omega’s gathered in front of the Marriott Hotel and Tennis Club in Newport Beach Sunday morning. The women met at 10:30 a.m. to raise money for the Alpha Chi Omega Foundation and Human Options. The sorority’s charity, Human Options, is a non-profit shelter that offers victims of domestic violence and their children a place to stay. Alpha Chi Omega, founded in 1885, was the first women’s Greek group at Cal State Fullerton. They adopted domestic violence as their cause in 1992.
The mile walk titled “The Carnation Challenge” was the first of its kind for the sorority. The sorority members were sponsored by community supporters who donated a minimum $15 for each walker. However, many of the sorority members got up to $100 in sponsor money. Overall, the sorority collected more than $2,400 for Sunday’s event. Alpha Chi Omega members are expecting more pledge forms to come in throughout this week from sponsors who hadn’t yet paid for the national event. “Everywhere across the United States, Alpha Chi [members] are walking today,” said Alpha Chi Omega National Officer Marie Botvinick. The walk coincided with the sorority’s founding day 115 years ago. After the walk, alumna and members were invited to a $30 luncheon that commemorated the beginning of the sorority.
Jessica Love, a one-year member of Alpha Chi Omega, said she particularly liked Sunday’s event because of its variety. “It’s not just the members from our chapter,” she said. Most of the Southern Californian chapters, including UC Riverside and UC Santa Barbara, were present for the event. Love said that many of the charities and the events that the sorority participates in only include members from their Fullerton chapter. Botvinick, who organized “The Carnation Challenge,” said that the event was planned because they thought the new idea would bring in more money for the charity. “It’s a lot of effort to do a fund-raiser and only make $1000,” Botvinick said. Alpha Chi Omega does an average of two charities a year. Brook Lavin, a senior member,
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Volunteers walking at the “Walk Against Domestic Violence” said that the Alpha Chi Omega spring eight Alpha Chi Omega chapters in Charity Golf Classic is one of her Southern California by earning $7,000 favorite events. during the tournament. “We raised the most money out of The Fullerton chapter’s next charall the other sororities around CSUF,” ity event will occur this semester as a she said when talking about the first volleyball tournament between other tournament in 1998. Greek groups. CSUF’s chapter beat out the other
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