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Close race goes down to the wire nELECTION: The electoral votes from Florida are too close to call and may require a recount after the initial estimate

By Cindy Bertea, Damian Calhoun, Kelly Mead, and Marlayna Slaughterbeck Daily Titan Staff Writers

A roller coaster of a presidential race that saw leads swing back and forth throughout the night, ended in the early morning hours today.

George W. Bush was the projected winner after Florida’s electoral votes were initially awarded to him.

The projections brought loud screams and cheers from Republican supporters that gathered at the Sutton Place Hotel in Newport Beach Tuesday night.

Holly Novak, a Republican from Fullerton, jumped up and down on a chair and clapped as tears poured down her face last night when she heard the news.

“I am absolutely ecstatic,” she said. “The voters made the right choice.”

Supporters credited pressure mounting on undecided voters to vote for somebody as a contributing

factor in Bush’s win.

“We can still believe that there’s still going to be hope for a moral America,” said businessman Michael McCrory, citing this as a reason why he voted for Bush.

Others in attendance were not as thrilled with Bush winning the presidency, but still said they supported him.

“Bush is the lesser of two evils,” said Josh Hooker, a Cal State Fullerton senior who was in Newport Beach.

Bush’s personality could have dazzled the American voter enough to push him over the edge of the Electoral College. Part of Bush’s image is passed down from the public’s view of his father’s flashy “allAmerican” persona.

“I’m a third generation vet. And I have a real solid pro-United States background,” said Jim Morley, a Santa Anna resident, when asked why he voted for Bush.

At the Orange County Democratic Party headquarters at the Disneyland Hotel in Anaheim, the mood was much more somber.

“The election was so close that it could have gone either way,” said Perry Anthony of Newport Beach.

“I am not terribly upset. I don’t think we are going to go to hell in a hand basket just because Bush is elected.”

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Bush supporters gathered at The Sutton Place Hotel in Newport Beach in celebration of the hopeful presidential victory.

Mayor supported by friends nCOMMUNITY: Brea incumbent Bev Perry watched the results from her campaign manager’s home last night

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A 19-year-old Brea woman was raped at about 8 p.m. Monday night by an assailant in the 700 block of East Alder street, said police officials.

She was taken to Anaheim Memorial Hospital.

Brea police officers and the Quad City Special Response Team set up a perimeter at the location but were unable to locate the suspect, described only as an armed white male.

The American Red Cross assisted the Brea Community Center, which opened its doors for those residents evacuated from their homes during the search.

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Four Cal State Fullerton students will face a judge today on charges stemming from the theft of a rowboat from the play yard of the Children’s Center last month.

“The difference between this crime and any other fraternity crime, is the boys stole from children,” said Detective Tom Gehrls of Public Safety.

Pi Kappa Phi members Joel Helgensen, Mark Hidalgo, Eric Jolivette and Jeremy Portnoff will face misdemeanor vandalism or grand theft charges.

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held in the Orange County North Justice Center, in Fullerton.

The boat was intended to be a prop for a “shipwreck” theme party, hosted by the fraternity. The rowboat was stolen from the Children’s Center at about midnight on Friday, Sept. 1, according to Public Safety.

Jolivette’s Dodge pickup was parked on State College Boulevard while two of the men jumped over the chain-link fence to retrieve the boat.

Once in the pickup, the boat was taken to the Pi Kappa Phi fraternity house on 2100 Teri Place, where the party was going to be held.

Helgensen and Jolivette allegedly cut off the front portion of the boat using a handsaw.

Police said that Helgensen said the boat was cut to look as if it had hit something and broken.

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port youth and families, built a skate park and secured nearly $10 million for a sports park. Perry has also increased street maintenance and organized a regional task force to reduce traffic.

When Perry was asked what positive things she has seen happened in the city of Brea this past year she said, “the community center, the wild life coriander, increase interest of the community and the re-development of downtown.”

Mary Katherine Parker, supporter for Perry, works for the city and expressed some of views if Perry was elected.

“I have worked for the city for many years and have always been an avid supporter of Bev, I have known her for 15 years and she is the right person for the job (city council). Not many past council members have had the experience she has had,” Parker said.

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is considered the bible for Brea. It contains crucial information such as zoning.

Glen Parker, former mayor of Brea, was one of the supporters for Perry at the party.

“One of the things Perry brings is a unified force, she can find a solution to many different problems.

She is liked by seniors, parents and kids,” Parker said.

“She’s positive about things, she can take things that aren’t so positive and make them better,” Perry’s husband, Gil Realon said.

Supporters hope for Perry to be elected so she can bring her many years of experience to the table.

“Due to her experience, the people look to her for guidance,” Parker said.

If re-elected she plans on focusing on issues such as hillsides and traffic.

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The hardest part for Mayor Bev Perry is over, the campaigning.

Late last night she had the difficult task of waiting to hear the results of her campaign with close friends and supporters at a party being held for her in Brea.

Rick Morrow, campaign manager and former parks and recreation commissioner, held the election

party for Perry at his home last night.

“I never have election parties thrown for me, just when I run for re-election,” Perry said.

Perry has been the mayor of Brea for the past two years and is now running for a seat on the Brea city council.

If elected, Perry and four others will pick the new mayor of Brea.

In very early results in five out of 35 precincts, Perry was leading her challenger Marty Simonoff by 105 votes.

Perry has been on the city council for eight years straight and expressed hopes to continue her work for the city of Brea.

When Perry was asked what she had in plan for the future if elected to city council she said, “I would like to see the revision of the general plan.”

The general plan, she explained,

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A guide to what’s happening

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Deadline nearing for Governor’s Teaching Fellowship

Students interested in the Governor’s Teaching Fellowship Program, which provides $20,000 year long fellowships for individuals who would like to teach for at least four years in low performing schools, have until Monday, Nov. 20 to turn in applications for the January 2001 awards.

Established by Gov. Gray Davis to address the California’s teacher shortage, the $20 million competitive fellowship program is focused on attracting and retaining high quality teachers.

Beginning Jan. 1, it will award the non-renewable fellowships to the 250 most meritorious students enrolled full-time in a teacher credential program to help pay for education and living expenses.

To be eligible for a fellowship, candidates must be enrolled in a full-time, non-intern teacher preparation program at a CSU, a UC or an independent college or university, and make a four-year commitment to teach in low-performing schools.

Eligibility requirements include: proof of admission to and/or enrollment in a California Commission on Teacher Credentialing accredited teacher education program; bachelor’s degree from a regionally accredited school or university; verified academic and employment record; and documented experience in working with children.

For more information and to download an application, visit www.teacherfellowship.calstate. edu or request an application by e-mail at:www.teacherfellowship @calstate.edu or telephone at (866) 824-7335.

Beginning September 2001, 1,000 fellowships will be awarded

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Leslie Ho Children’s Orchestra concludes On Sunday, Nov. 12 from 3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m., the Muckenthaler Cultural Center in Fullerton present Leslie Ho’s Children’s Orchestra in concert.

The orchestra includes youths from ages 6-14. Directed by Leslie Ho, a native of Taiwan, they perform hits such as “When You Wish Upon A Star,” “Blue Danube,” “Beauty and the Beast” and “New York, New York” in the outdoor amphitheater.

All performances are open and free to the public. For more information about the show, call (714) 738-6595.

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The Proposal Review SubCommittee of the University Curriculum Committee is holding two open hearings to receive campus comment on proposals by the College of Communications to establish a Department of Radio-TV-Film and a Bachelor’s Degree in Radio-TV-Film. Hearings will be on Wednesday Nov. 8 from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. in EC 303 and on Thursday Nov. 9 from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. at EC 45.

Discuss your rights as a faculty member and your entitlements as a member of the California Faculty Association

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Associated Students will be holding mandatory budget orientation meetings for all organizations planning to request funding through AS 20012002. Failing to attend will result in ineligibility for funding. Meetings will be held on Nov. 6 at 11 a.m. at the Titan Student Union Ontiveros B or on Nov. 9 at 3:30 p.m. at the TSU 233. For more information, call (714) 278-3295.

Visit the exhibit “A Salute to Orange County Journalism,” now open through Feb. 25 in the Atrium Gallery of the Pollak Library. Featured is a work-

ing newsroom of the past, a Linotype typesetting machine and Teletype machine. Also see a special collection of photographs by photojournalist Patrick O’Donnell, Cal State Fullerton photographer and Orange Coast College professor. For more information, call Dave Reid at (714) 278-3355 or e-mail dreid@fullerton.edu.

This exhibit is free and open to the public.

Community The Bowers Museum presents “Egyptian Treasures from the British Museum,” open through January 2, 2001. This exhibit will cover a timespan of more than 3,000 years. 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) 5673650 or visit http://www.bowers.org.

“Arnie Hendrickson: Phantom Pain” a series project grown out of Hendrickson’s fascination with the phantom sensation of missing limbs will be open through November 26 at the CSUF Grand Central Art Center on 125 N. Broadway in Santa Ana. 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.

Daily Titan Online Poll Voice your opinion through the Daily Titan’s online poll! Just go to http://dailytitan.fullerton.edu and click on the News or Opinion tabs and vote.

Fourth Annual Turkey Shoot The City of Brea is hosting the fourth Annual Turkey Shoot on Friday, Nov. 24 at the Brea Community Center.

This basketball tournament takes place from 9 a.m. to noon.

Teams for the 3-on-3 basketball tournament will be formed from a blind draw. One player from either A, B, C or D will be drawn from a “hat.” All players must be 18 years or older to participate. Prizes are awarded to both first and second place teams.

The fee for the tournament is $4 for Brea residents (live, work or go to school in the city) and $5 for all others. The tournament is free for all one-year pass holders.

Pre-registration is advised by Nov. 22, but walk-in registration will also be taken on the day of the tournament, as space permits.

For more information, call (714) 990-7734.

at the Lecturer’s Luncheon at 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at Langsdorf Hall 210G. Call CFA at (714) 278-2829 for more information.

Now that the season started, who will win the NBA Championships?

A. Los Angeles Lakers B. Portland Trailblazers C. Utah Jazz D. Miami Heat E. Los Angeles Clippers

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Public takes advantage of touch-screen votnTEST: Voters had the opportunity to select their votes through a new system that looks like an ATM

By Lisa Sleigh

Special to the Titan This year’s election had Los Angeles County voters voting by the touch of a finger at a computer screen that looks like an ATM. Early voting took place from Oct. 16 through Nov. 6 at nine locations, giving voters their choice of days and times most convenient for them.

Voting polls were even open on Saturdays and Sundays.

The new system offers new services for the blind or visually impaired who may now vote in privacy.

The system is also designed for multilingual voters to cast their vote.

Ballots were available in Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Spanish, Tagalog and Vietnamese.

Voter Madeline Sotelo said she liked the new system.

“It’s actually like using a baby shower registration at a department store,” Sotelo said. “I liked it but I didn’t expect the crowd.”

Voter Teri Reid, who voted at the Norwalk/Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk Main Office Building, said he was shocked to see the amount of people waiting to vote.

He said the room was filled with 30 people sitting, waiting for their number to be called, 12 waiting in line

to get a number, five at the counter to get their last instructions and seven voting.

“It’s too much waiting,” Reid said reacting to the crowd of people in the building.

“Basically it works like this, you’re put into one of 263 ballet groups broken down by assembly districts,” Steven Logan, Section Head of Documentation/Receipt of Absentee Voting said. “Then you’re grouped according to your address.”

This information is then burned into a reusable plastic smart card that is inserted into the touch-screen machine.

The voter’s response is then recorded on a floppy disk inside the machine to later be transferred to a computer database.

“It’s cool, I like it,” voter Sherwin

Shorak said.

“Yeah, I voted this morning,” said absentee staff member Dellbert Johnson. “It’s quick, fast, simple and it’s easier for us.”

“The new system has made voter registration go up,” Logan said. “We have nine voter locations with the Touch Screen and each day since Oct 16th we’ve received about 4,500 visitors.”

Logan added that’s an approximate total of 25,000 voters.

People like Marc Robles said they liked the fact that they don’t have to come out and vote on a certain day.

They enjoyed the freedom of picking and choosing the day that best works for them.

“I’m busy tomorrow,” Robles said.

“It’s much more flexible, you do it when you can.”

The absentee/touch screen voting is used to show the voter trend outcome of the election.

As far as using the Internet for voting, the technology is there, and it’s being looked into said Logan. One major concern is that everyone doesn’t have a computer.

He said people would ask questions like, How accessible is this? How feasible would this be? Who is that has a computer — the more affluent people?

But concerns of security are great, as well as possible discrimination.

The closing of the polls will firm the percentage but it’s not until the last of the poll absentee ballots, which usually takes about four weeks after the elections, are counted that the exact numbers about the winners are finally known.

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A voter uses new technology for this year’s election.

Worm composting discussed at Arboretum’s gardening nLECTURE: The hourlong session gave tips and guidelines about the process

By Cindy Armijo

Daily Titan Staff Writer They are slimy, skinny and the preferred meal of most birds. But worms do more than cover driveways and sidewalks after it rains.

They can aid in a replication of nature’s recycling system-composting.

Patrick McNelly spoke to about 30 interested residents during Saturday’s gardening class at the Arboretum.

The hour-long discussion was filled with helpful tips and guidelines for worm composting. But McNelly’s shirt, which read “Worms eat my garbage,” summed up the presentation.

“I’ve been doing this [worm composting] for 26 years and it has become an integral part of my life,” said McNelly, who is a management analyst with the Orange County Sanitation Department.

McNelly said that he has had as many as 2 million worms in composting bins at his home, and has

inspired nearly 500 people to start worm composting systems.

“Each of us can turn the composting process around and utilize a great organism — the earth worm,” McNelly said.

McNelly scooped up two hefty handfuls of dark, rich topsoil that began as compost four months ago.

“This is nothing more than grass clippings and leaves,” McNelly said as onlookers peered at the soil.

“Now it’s brown gold.”

McNelly explained that the “brown gold” is an ideal habitat for worms.

By maintaining a controlled environment with adequate temperatures, worms will feed on the compost food sources and breed.

“These worms can double their population every four months,” McNelly said.

Since worms multiply rather quickly, McNelly recommended starting with a 1-by-2-by-3 plastic or wood container.

There should be holes in the bottom of the container for aeration and drainage.

“When you’re starting out, a lot of people tend to over do it,” McNelly said.

Beginners can get started with as few as 100 worms. As long as there is a good compost source, the worms, which are hermaphrodites,

will reproduce McNelly said.

Ideally, the worm’s digestive system will impart a stable crumb structure to the worm compost, which is a nutrient rich material.

McNelly said that the key to it is to maintain the system’s moisture as the worms reproduce and feed.

He advised composters to cover the bin with an old piece of carpet and keep the system in a shady outdoor area.

“Because worms are surface feeders, the carpet will maintain the feeding system,” he said.

McNelly then talked about a particular incident when he allowed the moisture in his own worm composting system to get too warm. He used chicken manure as feeding material and killed nearly half of his 2 million worms.

McNelly concluded his workshop by reading a short essay he wrote.

“Once you see what these little creatures can do, you’ll wonder how you ever lived without them,” read McNelly.

Class participants purchased $5 plastic bags full of worms and composted soil.

Children’s eyes widened as McNelly transported the wiggly critter-filled material with his bare hands from a bin and into the bags.

Jarod Duvall, a 7th grade student at Fairmont Private School, was

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Pat McNelly of the Orange County Sanitation Department shows a larvae that turns into a green beetle at the worm class at the Arboretum on Saturday. among the wide-eyed onlookers.

Duvall attended the class with his parents to learn more about his own worm composting system.

Duvall has cultivated the system for a class project and will be entering it into an upcoming science fair at his school.

“It [the class] is going to help me

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with my composting,” Duvall said.

“There’s some things I was doing wrong, and now I can fix them.”

Duvall wasn’t the only person who enjoyed McNelly’s lecture.

Joe and Betty Jensen attended an Arboretum composting class about three years ago.

Since that composting class, the

Jensen’s have cultivated rich soil through their home composting systems.

“This class was very interesting and informative,” said Betty. “I figure that anything that comes out of the ground can go back in.”

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Shortly after the party, the boat was reported as missing.

University police were informed of the party and proceeded to look for the boat.

Authorities said they found pieces in a trash container behind the fraternity house.

“This wasn’t a frat prank,” Mark ElHinn said, Pi Kappa Phi president. “It was something the individuals chose to do themselves.”

The rowboat was only part of the center for one complete semester.

“I found the perfect rowboat for the Children’s Center sandbox,” Betsy Gibbs said, the center coordinator, “after keeping my eye out for one for many, many years.”

She thought the boat would be a great learning tool for the 2 to 5-year-

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“I am very mad at Nader,” said Sandi Ishii from Garden Grove. “I think that he should have backed out.”

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old children.

“It was an opportunity for them [the children] to experience in a real way, as well as for imaginative dramatic play,” Gibbs said.

Gibbs, reimbursed by Associated Students, purchased the boat for $100 from a neighbor, not including current tax and licensing of the “vehicle,” which were also paid.

Gibbs said the boat had about $200 worth of restorations done before she purchased it.

The past-due licensing was another fee paid by her neighbor before Gibbs purchased the boat.

“It was depressing to see it cut into pieces, especially knowing the care that had been put into restoring it,” Gibbs said.

An anonymous Pi Kappa Phi member showed up to the Children’s Center about one month after the incident with a replacement boat.

“They’ve done the most important thing and replaced the boat,” Gibbs said.

Brea city councilman asked to resign

“The Nader vote pulled support from the Democrats,” she said.

Vera Simone, a CSUF political science professor, provided some reasons as to why the race was so close.

“Neither one is particularly attractive personality-wise,” she said. “There isn’t anyone that people can say that ‘I identify with Gore/Bush’s human qualities,’ and there isn’t one issue to distinguish them from each other.”

Nationally, in the most-watched

Senate race, first lady Hillary Clinton defeated her Republican opponent Rick Lazio in her bid to fill the seat left behind by Democrat Daniel Moynihan. The seat became available after Moynihan decided not to seek reelection after 24 years in office.

Also, in the strangest twist of the election night, Missouri U.S. Senate candidate Mel Carnahan, who died earlier this year in a plane crash, won the seat. The state’s governor said that

nCONTROVERSY: Citizens demanded Steve Vargas’ resignation due to last-minute election brochure

By Camille Jones

Daily Titan Staff Writer Joe Sloan attended last night’s city council meeting to congratulate Mayor Bev Perry, and council members Lynn Daucher and Marty Simonoff on their well-run campaigns.

Sloan also attended Tuesday ‘s meeting to call council member, Steve Vargas “a pompous self-promoter.”

Sloan explained that his distrust of Vargas started two years ago when he

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read that Vargas had said that he was a former Brea High School wrestling coach.

Sloan said he did some investigating and discovered that Vargas had never been a coach at the school.

Rick Morrow, campaign manager for Perry, said that Vargas’ “moral and ethical principals are in question. How much lower will you go?”

The principles that Morrow questioned were in relation to a last-minute campaign brochure that the North Orange County Business Alliance Council (NOCBA) sent to Brea residents last Friday.

What Morrow, Sloan and other residents who stood up to speak felt that it was a personal attack on councilman Simonoff that was rooted in falsehoods.

Residents who supported Simonoff interpreted the brochure as Vargas’

personal attack on him. The same residents are also angry that Vargas is the treasurer for NOCBA, who authored the brochure.

Gorge Farias also spoke out against Vargas. He expressed disappointment in his performance while in office and begged for a resignation.

Farias also expressed anger with Mayor Pro Tem Roy Moore because he didn’t sign a letter chastizing the brochure that was sent to voters.

One of the questions raised by residents, concerning the letter, was that if Moore wasn’t a part of (NOCBA), then why didn’t he join Orange County Supervisor Todd Spitzer, Perry and Daucher in denouncing the brochure.

In his defense, Moore said that he couldn’t sign the letter because he didn’t know whether all of the allegations were true or false.

“I wasn’t aware that these [public]

comments would be made. People could’ve come up to me and asked me what happened,” Moore said. “What I’m telling you is the absolute truth. I do not condone this type of campaigning at all.”

Moore wanted Vargas to confirm that he was not a member of NOCBA stated that he would resign if it were in the city’s best interest. Vargas said that the Mayor Pro Tem had no part in the sending out of the brochure.

Vargas cited his reasons for sending out the mailer against Simonoff as personal. “[Simonoff] has attacked my family, that’s why I don’t get along [him],” Vargas said.

In her response to the letter, Mayor Perry told Vargas, “if you attack Marty, you attack me and the rest of the council,” Perry said.

he plans to appoint Carnahan’s widow to the vacant seat.

The results are still preliminary.

The official results will be announced later this week.

—Fermin Leal contributed to the story.

Early results show professor trailing

By Rita Freeman

Daily Titan Asst. News Editor After a long day of voting, preliminary results showed Cal State Fullerton Sociology Professor and Democratic candidate G. Nanjundappa, or Nanjun as his friends and colleagues know him, was trailing Republican candidate Lynn Daucher in the race for State Assembly for the 72nd District.

“It’s still early and I’m optimistic that the numbers will change,” Nanjundappa said.

As of 11:30 p.m., at the time of press, 63 out of the 308 precincts completed counting their votes.

Nanjundappa received 24 percent of the votes with a count of 9,338 while Daucher got more than 70 percent with 27,546 votes.

Nanjundappa also said that even if he didn’t win, he would still fight for the issues he campaigned for, which included education, promoting access and quality health care and the development of a regional mass transportation system.

“I will continue to speak on the

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Professor G. Nanjundappa waits for the final election results. issues and continue my position as ing pollution and improving safety. a professor at CSUF,” Nanjundappa “While knocking on people’s doors, said. they would tell me their problems,” For Nanjundappa, the experience of Nanjundappa said. “Transportation is campaigning itself was rewarding. up on the list.”

“Regardless of what happens, it was Since only a small percentage a gratifying experience,” Nanjundappa of the precincts were completed, said. “Meeting the different people and Nanjundappa said he was still optimistalking about the issues.” tic the numbers would change.

One of the issues Nanjundappa “I’m feeling very good so far,” he fought for was to improve the pub- said. “The problem is that there are a lic transportation system, especially in lot of absentee ballots that have not Orange County. He wanted to improve been counted yet, and it’s still early, so it by reducing traffic conditions, reduc- I’ll wait a little longer.”

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Dead Man’s Party photo essay by

While often compared to Halloween, Dia de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead, differs from the Celtic holiday.

Observers of the festival remember the departed much like their ancestors did more than 3,000 years ago. The belief is that the dead leave their graves to return their families on the 1st and 2nd of November.

Once reunited with their kin, the dead consume the food left by their relatives as family members sing, dance and decorate the graves.

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Thus Day of the Dead is not a Mexican flavored Celebrators march in a procession through the Halloween. To recognize Day of the Dead one alleys of Olvera Street. does not fear death but embraces it.

People often honor their loved ones by placing ■ ■ ■ photos of the deceased on alters during the festival.

The above pictures are from this year’s celebraPhotos honor the late civil rights leader Cesar tion of Dia de los Muertos: Chavez.

(Clockwise from center) Aracely Vera celebrates Decorative skulls are placed at an alter at Self the Day of the Dead with traditional face paint.

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Wednesday, November 8, 2000 Cal State Fullerton 2000-2001 Men’s Basketball Schedule for November through January Nov. 8 Simon Fraser@7:05 [exhibition] Nov.17 Oregon State@7:05 Nov.25 UC Riverside@7:00 Nov.28 Pepperdine@7:05 Dec.2 College of Notre Dame@7:05 Dec.5 Loyola Marymount@7:05 Dec.9. Wyoming@7:05 Dec.16 Baylor@7:05 Dec.21 Eastern Kentucky@7:30 Dec.23 Valparaiso@7:35 Dec.30 Northern Arizona@7:05 Jan.4 Pacific@7:00* Jan.6 Long Beach State@7:30* Jan.11 UC Santa Barbara@7:05* Jan.13 Idaho@7:07* Jan.20 UC Irvine@7:05* Jan.25 Cal Poly SLO@7:05* Jan.27 UC Santa Barbara@7:05* Jan.31 Boise State@7:30* Note: All home games are in bold and *games are Big West conference games. All games are Pacific Standard Time unless noted otherwise

Titans face Simon Fraser in Anderson benefit game nBENEFIT GAME: Exhibition game will see return of Rodney Anderson to Titan Gym since fatal shooting in March

By Damian Calhoun

Daily Titan Staff Writer The action in the first half of tonight’s Cal State Fullerton exhibition basketball game against Simon Fraser will not be as important and poignant as the activities at halftime.

For the first time since he was wounded in a drive-by shooting last March, CSUF guard Rodney Anderson will return to Titan Gym and during the intermission, will be presented with the title of honorary captain.

On the basketball court, the Titans are playing the Clan of Simon Fraser [4-3], in a game that will have no meaning on the Titans’ season record.

The NCAA ruled games by U.S.

colleges and universities against foreign institutions have been classified as either exhibitions or games and the NCAA has ruled tonight’s game an exhibition.

Exhibition or not, CSUF will look to build on last Friday’s 63-60 exhibition victory over the Los Angeles Stars.

Junior guard/forward Brandon Campbell led the Titans with 14 points and freshman guard Ryan Dillon scored 13 in last week’s victory.

It’s uncertain whether or not senior Ike Harmon will return to action for tonight’s game. Harmon suffered a stress fracture in his left foot on Oct. 17 in practice and should be healthy by opening night.

CSUF’s guards will be faced with the task of stopping the Clan’s top scorer, sophomore guard Jordan Mason. Mason enters the game with a 29 point-per-game average and he leads the Clan in free throw shooting at 92 percent and in three-point percent shooting at 51 percent.

Guard/forward Brent Charleton is second with a 12.3 scoring average and junior guard Jeremy Neufeld is

third with an 11.6 scoring average.

The Clan competed as a Division II school last season, but this year they are a part of the Canadian Intercollegiate Athletic Union.

CSUF is the third U.S school that the Clan will play this season, Portland State and Seattle Pacific being the other two.

Even though this is an exhibition game, CSUF has the incentive in the fact that last season, the Titans lost to Simon Fraser 80-77.

Unlike this season, last season’s game counted against the Titans’ record because they were ineligible to play exhibition games due to NCAA sanctions leveled against the program in 1992.

Tip-off for tonight’s game is set for 7:05 p.m. and all gate receipts will go to the Rodney Anderson Assistance Fund. This is the final tune-up game for the Titans with the season beginning Nov. 17 at Oregon State and the home opener 11 days later, Nov. 28 against Pepperdine

Daily Titan NFL Poll

1.Tennessee (8-1 three first place votes) last wk 1 Titans hold onto firstin DT top 10 in tight win against Steelers 2.Oakland(8-1 one first place vote) last wk 3 Raiders whip Chiefs as big Monday night game against Broncos looms 3.St.Louis (7-1) last wk 2 No Faulk or no Warner equals a tough future for defending Super Bowl champs 4.Miami (7-2) last wk 6 In the tough AFC East Dolphins hold one game lead and get San Diego this Sunday 5.Minnesota (7-2) last wk 4 Miracle catch does in Vikes, should get back on track this Sunday against Arizona 6.New York Giants (7-2) last wk 8 Doing it the quiet way as Giants could rub in Rams’ injury wounds with win this Sunday 7.New York Jets (6-3) last wk 7 Key AFC East battle with Colts may determine if Jets are a true playoff contender or pretender 8.Indianapolis (6-3) last wk 5 Embarrassing loss to Bears, but chance for redemption against Jets this weekend 9.Tampa Bay (5-4) last wk nr Bucs get back in the DT top 10 and NFC playoff battle 10.Washington (6-4) last wk Should be banished from NFL with loss to Cardinals, fortunately no one’s quite better or deserving for this spot

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Titan guard/forward Brandon Campbell dribbles down the lane in a CSUF game last season. The Titans face Simon Fraser tonight.

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