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Freshman proficiency exam scores improve nEDUCATION: While remedial English exam percentages hold steady, math results are up three percent By Peggy Gomez
Daily Titan Staff Writer Administrative concern over the freshmen failure rate is dwindling as freshmen defy lowered expectations.
Javier Ramirez, an intensive learning experience counselor for student academic services, said that less than 100 freshmen were disqualified from entering CSUF as sophomores for the 2000 academic year because of failure to complete or pass remedial math or English level courses. Students that were disqualified from re-entering a CSU in their second year were advised to seek education at community colleges prior to re-entrance. “Historically, students have been putting off these courses until they reached advanced courses where these basic skills were necessary, and they struggle in the advanced courses,” said Ken Swisher, CSU
assistant vice chancellor of access and retention. The primary reason freshmen fail entry-level math placement exams is that Cal State Universities demand much higher test scores than the national average for entry level placement. “The national average is about a 400 where the Cal States require a score in the 550’s on the math portion of the SAT’s,” Swisher said. Swisher added that one explanation for the poor scores on entry-level placement tests is linked to students not taking a math course in their senior year of high school. In most cases that would leave
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nENVIRONMENT: The Ad Hoc Recycling Committee’s program to clean up campus began Tuesday By Sara Stanton Daily Titan Staff Writer
Each year, thousands of pieces of trash are thrown away in campus trash recep-
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Foreign exchange students Javier Guevara of Chile and Clarissa Dri of Brazil savor their freshly prepared food at Fisherman’s Wharf in San Francisco.
Titan Hefty grant to aid nursing program extras expansion by offering online classes online nTECHNOLOGY: The new approach will mainly
out affect nurses already in the industry who find it the Daily difficult to fit school into their schedules Titan online this year at http:// The new approach will mainBy Kelly Mead ly effect registered nurses who are dailytitan.fullerton.edu. Daily Titan Staff Writer
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Distance learning is making it easier for working nurses to achieve a bachelor of science degree. Cal State Fullerton’s Professional Nursing Education Outreach Program n Read about the tenth received $340,554 to further distance anniversary of the learning over the next year. The grant will help further a partRodney King beating in Friday’s issue of the nership that CSUF has developed with the Kaiser Permanente Foundation, a Daily Titan non-profit affiliate of Kaiser hospitals, said Susan Katsaros of Public Affairs. Beginning this fall, CSUF classes will be offered both on the Web and on television at Kaiser hospitals. Four Southern California Kaiser n Need to announce an Permanente facilities will participate in the program: Los Angeles, Bellflower, event? Visit our Web Anaheim Hills and San Diego. site to download our Registered nurses will sign up for NEW events calendar the class through CSUF. Nurses who form. Get your club’s attend classes at Kaiser Permanente facilities do not have to be employed events noticed!! by the hospital.
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already working in the industry. “It’s kind of understood in every field that you have to have a BA to advance,” said Shauna Leach, an administrative assistant for the Distance Nursing Program at CSUF. The partnership was started because many hospitals are now requiring nurses to have a bachelor’s degree in nursing to further their career. Registered nurses who have already developed families as well as careers find it difficult to work school into their schedules, said Diane Wren, the project manager for the Distance Learning Program at Kaiser Permanente. ”We wanted to consider the working adult … because most BSN programs are geared to the full-time student, and are therefore not accessible to working adults,” Wren said Wren added that Kaiser chose CSUF because the tuition is inexpensive and the technology for the
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tacles. Some items don’t even make it into the receptacles, many of which can be recycled. In a conscious effort to clean up Cal State Fullerton, and with concern for the environment, Associated Students, the university and the Titan Student Union are funding a plan to have recycling bins on campus. Elliot Sacks, director of statewide affairs for AS, has been working on this project for the past year. He has formed an “Ad Hoc Recycling Committee,” which includes campus officials, staff and students. An Ad Hoc committee is a nonpermanent committee that is established to serve a certain purpose. Once its purpose has been accomplished, the committee is dissolved. The recycling committee’s mission revolves around cleaning up university grounds around the TSU and surrounding environment, Sacks said. At the AS meeting Tuesday, Sacks said that the Ad Hoc Recycling Committee is “responsible for the education of campus and community in the importance of recycling.” The recycling bins will have multiple openings, allowing recyclables such as papers, plastics and aluminums to be thrown away in one place. Eleven bins have been purchased and will be placed around the TSU. Though the bins will not be on campus until next month, recycling efforts are currently underway with the disposal of cardboard waste from the food court, collected at the south end of the TSU. The first cardboard pick up for recycling was picked up Tuesday, Sacks said. Sacks said that this committee
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BRIEFS Position available for Associate Vice President of Academic Programs Applications and nominations are being accepted for the position of Associate Vice President of Academic Programs (AVP). The AVP reports to the Vice President for Academic Affairs and is a member of the Council of Deans. In consultation with College of Deans, the Academic Senate and appropriate faculty committees, the post is responsible for leadership in undergraduate, graduate and international program development; program performance review; general education; and off-site programs. The position assists in the implementation of university and system policies and in assuring the quality of the curriculum and academic programs. The AVP supervises academic advisement, graduate studies, internship education, scheduling and classroom education and biannual publication of the university catalog. The successful candidate an earned doctorate from an accredited institution and must be a tenured faculty member at Cal State Fullerton; college / university experience; evidence of scholarly and / or creative activities. Other desirable experience and qualities are familiarity with processes associated with academic assessment and strong leadership and interpersonal skills. Applicants should submit a
letter of interest not to exceed two pages summarizing their management philosophy and suitability for the position; a current vitae; and the names, addresses and telephone numbers of three references. Applications , nominations, or requests for a position announcement should be sent to: Dr. Rick Pullen Chair, Search Committee for Associate Vice President, Academic Programs, MH-133 California State University, Fullerton Fullerton, CA 92834 Applications must be received by March 16.
Both professional and student made documentaries on various aspects of anthropology will be shown during the annual film festival hosted by Cal State Fullerton beginning at 6 p.m. Friday, March 2 in the Titan Student Union. The festival will also present screenings at 1 p.m. on Saturday, March 3 and 6 p.m. on Sunday, March 4. The professional documentary films are part of the American Museum of Natural History’s Margaret Mead Travelling Film and Video Festival, which is being presented by the CSUF Visual Anthropology Club. Other films are part of the CSUF Anthropology Student Association’s film festival.
Cal State Fullerton legal counselor Pat Carrell is not representing sociology professor Clarence E. Tygart regarding the civil lawsuit filed against him, as previously reported in The Daily Titan on Feb. 27. Carrell is only representing the CSU Board of Trustees.
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The Society of Professional Journalists, CSUF chapter, will be hosting L.A. Times Sports Columnist T.J. Simmers on March 8 at 4 p.m. in Humanities 223. An Afro-Ethnic Studies Symposium will be presented today at 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Titan Theatre.
The Student Leadership Institute Workshops will be presented through April 20. For more information call (714) 278-4938. A band will play in the Round Table Pizza Pub in TSU on Thursday March 1 at noon.
A band will play in the outdoor Becker Amphitheater today at noon. The music composer Jeremy Beck will be presented in recital Hall on March 2 at 8 p.m. Tickets are $8. Discounts are also available. For more information call (714) 278-3371.
Titan Pride Dinner Night will be held Thursday March 1 at 7 p.m. For more information call (714) 278-4224.
Community “The Diary of Anne Frank” will be presented at Brea’s Curtis Theatre from March 2 through 18. Performance times are at 8 p.m.
on Friday’s and Saturday’s and at 2 p.m. on Sunday’s. For more information call (714) 990-7723. The Brothers of St. Patrick is hosting its twelfth annual Saint Patrick’s Family Festival on Sunday, March 11 on the grounds of the Brothers of St. Patrick (between the 22 and 405 freeways at 7820 Bolsa Ave. in Midway City). Tickets are $10 at the gate. For more information call (714) 897-8181. The exhibition “The World of Reggae,” featuring Bob Marley is at the Queen Mary all Spring. It is open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. For more information call (562) 4991620.
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Honors club cuts a rug nORGANIZATIONS: Students danced the night away to house, trance and alternative rock music By Taylor Goldman
Daily Titan Staff Writer Students danced in a room decorated in shimmering silver and gold as a disc jockey spun popular music for the University Honors Club dance. Set to the theme, “A Night on the Town,” the University Honors Club held a semi-formal dance at the Springfield Banquet and Conference Center on Friday night from 7 p.m. to midnight for students at Cal State Fullerton. Rosaline Hour, the club’s president, said that the dance was held at the request of the club’s members. “It was good times for all,” said Brian Delehoy, a member of the club. Delehoy said that he attended the dance with a group of friends and enjoyed the buffet-style meal catered by the hotel as well as the variety of music that played. Although the University Honors Society was formed five years ago, it just recently became a cohesive unit, Hour said. Only about 30 of the club’s large membership actively participated in the club’s activities until Hour and a few other club members began to aggressively market the club’s existence to the rest of the school. Today, of the club’s 150 members, about 100 are involved in the many events and fundraisers that are held. Over 100 people attended the dance that took place on Friday, Delehoy said.
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The three months of hard work that were put into making this dance a reality accomplished the goal of “bringing the students together so that a lot of great friendships can evolve,” Hour said. The many friends at the dance were able to remember the event with disposable cameras that were placed at each table by the club. Shawna Carson, a junior at CSUF and a member of UHS, said that she went to the dance with a group of friends and stayed the entire evening. Decked out in a short semi-formal
dress, Carson said that her friends loved the music that ranged from rock and roll, house, trance and alternative styles. “We wanted to be sure to avoid the high school romantic dance,” Hour said. The point of the evening was for friends to gather together, not for the club to make a profit, she said. The club doled out about $1,500 for the event, so members of the club were charged $20 each to gain entry to the dance, while non-members paid $25. Hour said that the
club broke even. The dance was the first major social function that the club has put together. “[It was a] red-ribbon breaking thing for the club,” Hour said. Phi Eta Sigma and Phi Alpha Sigma, two other honor clubs at CSUF, were also present at the dance. In addition, Associated Students passed out free AS Cards to all people at the door.
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Club members requested a semi-formal event to socialize with other scholars.
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RECYCLE n from page 1 complies with California Assembly Bill 75, which was signed by Gov. Gray Davis. According to the bill, the California Waste Management Board states that the “act requires the board implement various state programs designed to encourage the reduction of solid waste,” and that “each state agency and large state facility…[is] to divert at least 25 percent of the solid waste generated by January 1, 2002.” The act explains that “large state facility” means each campus of CSU. With this in mind, the Ad Hoc recycling committee has little time to waste in getting the receptacles on campus and to educate the students. There has been no study of how much recyclable material is thrown away in any given period, and these bins will allow the committee to
“monitor the cardboard, paper and aluminum waste that would be thrown away,” Sacks said. “Even though, it still won’t be 100 percent accurate because the percentage will be based on the people that are actually using the bins. At least we’ll have an idea.” These bins are also intended to be a permanent fixture around the TSU, Sacks said. The $9,000 spent on the recycling bins will be split between the TSU, AS and the university. Sacks also estimates an additional $2,000 to $3,000 to be allocated for operating costs, including picking up of the recyclables and taking them to a recycling center. Sacks also mentioned that his committee would be informing students about the recycling bins prior to their arrival on campus. To further educate students, Sacks said that the committee is also looking into putting on some awareness events during Earth Day, April 22.
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students to prepare and encourage a college career. Outreach programs sponsored on campus by various departments n from page 1 provide tutoring and preparatory workshops for college entrance. a 15-month gap between students having Upward Bound is one such program. some sort of math coaching and primary Sponsored by Public Affairs, it targets testing for entry-level college courses. three high school regions and promotes The average grade-point average of college success. seniors applying to CSU is between a High school students with a 2.5 GPA 3.1 and a 3.2. are enrolled into the CSUF program and “We have students that are honor stu- are provided with tutoring by CSUF dents and still need some help in various students, college tours and supplemental areas,” Swisher academic instrucsaid. tion. While no eth“The program nic category propprovides suppleerly represents the mental academics majority of the and gives the stufreshmen popudents more than lation, approxithey are getting in mately 70 percent high school,” said of the population Janet Long, project are of an ethnic director for Upward background other Bound south. than Anglo. TwoThe goals of thirds of the stuUpward Bound dents speak a laninclude promoguage other than tion of high school English as their graduation, as well primary language as enrollment in a at home. four-year academic Student Affairs college institution reported that a — Ken Swisher and encouragement climate survey toward graduation CSU Assistant Vice from a four-year conducted in Chancellor of Access and institution with December 1999 showed 29 perRetention a baccalaureate cent of first-time degree. freshmen are the The Upward first to attend college in the family. Bound south division has four paid tutors Cal State Fullerton admitted 2,534 from CSUF that have a grade point averfreshmen, in the fall of 1999 who needed ages of at least 2.75, but must have a to complete remedial math, English, or GPA of 3.0 to tutor in a specific area. both. Upon entering the spring semes“Academically [high school students] ter, only 953 students still had remedial do a little bit better,” Long said. classes to complete. While English proficiency remains at “More than half of these students a standstill in the CSU system, students complete their remedial courses by the are responding to the demand to succeed end of their first semester,” Ramirez in math and have increased their scores said. three percent in math proficiency tests. CSUF is reaching out to high school
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Car crash kills 4 UCSB students nCRIME: Driver is charged with four counts of vehicular manslaughter while under the influence
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A UC Santa Barbara student was arraigned on four counts of murder Tuesday, Feb. 27, after he drove his car through the college’s main strip of bars killing four pedestrians, including two fellow UCSB students, prosecutors said. David Attias, 18, was also charged with four counts of vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated and five
NURSING n from page 1 program was already in place. Kaiser hopes to get 250 students participating in the program. The program will be about 50 percent Web-based and 50 percent videoconference. CSUF requires students to take 43 units to receive a bachelor’s of science in nursing, all of which, aside from an internship, can be earned through the program. “As time has gone on the need for a BSN is getting more and more critical,” said Marilyn Stoner, an education specialist in the Distance Learning Department. “Being a nurse is becoming more and more complex.” Stoner stated that growing technology and science could leave nurses unaware of the best avenues for treatment. “The new challenge for nurses is
counts of causing bodily injury while driving under the influence. He is being held in jail without bail. Witnesses told police that Attias drove his black Saab down the street at twice the posted 25 mph speed limit and hit several parked cars before driving into a group of pedestrians. Of the five pedestrians hit, four died before paramedics arrived. Killed in the crash were Nicholas Bourdakis and Christopher Divis, both 20 and UCSB students; Santa Barbara City College student Ruth Dasha Golda Levy, 20; and Elie Israel, 27. Albert Levy, the 27-year-old brother of Ruth, was listed in critical condition Monday. Following the crash, witnesses claim Attias got out of the car and shouted, “I am the angel of death.” Amateur genetic evolution,” Stoner said. The introduction of gene therapy and the care needed after the process has developed so quickly that many nurses are uninformed on the process. The grant, given by the federal Department of Health and Human Services, is part of a three year, $802,937 sum. Since the nursing program received the grant a year ago, it has been experimenting with new technological applications Last year, CSUF offered a nursing class online for the first time. Beginning this August, new classes will be offered to students at Garden Grove and CSUF. Classes will include chat rooms, e-mail, telecourses, Internet courses and face-to-face communication. The program will also present an evaluation of student progress.
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video shows several bystanders tackling Attias as he tries to run off. Attias refused to submit to breath and alcohol tests, and the results of blood tests are pending. Attias is the son of television director Daniel Attias, who has worked on “The Practice,” “Ally McBeal” and “The Sopranos.” On the UCSB campus, flags flew at half-staff and students held a candlelight vigil at the scene of the accidents the Monday following the crash. “Our sense of tragedy is compounded by the fact that the alleged driver of the vehicle involved in this incident is a UCSB freshman,” said UCSB chancellor Henry Yang.
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Wednesday, February 28, 2001 Dharma fashion store is one of many eccentric clothing shops found on Haight Street (below).
Chinatown’s sidewalks illuminate with dozens of shops and restaurants (left). Lorraine Dominguez / Daily Titan
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Trolleys climb the steep streets along San
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Sea lions line the docks around Fisherman’s Wharf at Pier 39 (above).
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Street performers make many different statements for tourists along Pier 39 at Fisherman’s Warf (right). Lorraine Dominguez / Daily Titan
To many in Southern California, San Francisco is an enigma. It’s a city known for its unmistakable broadmindedness on the taboo. But San Francisco is also a metropolis loaded with wonderfully distinct neighborhoods that melt into each other, making it one of the most unique cities on the planet. North Beach — When the Beat writers of the late ‘40s and early ‘50s inundated San Francisco, this was the neighborhood that they would flock to. Writers like Jack Kerouac would sit, drink coffee, and write the next great American novel. Today the area consists of mainly fashionable shops,
dive bars and trendy supper clubs. Chinatown — Unlike the Chinatown in Los Angeles, this neighborhood houses the largest Asian-American community outside of Asia. Wandering through its narrow streets, one can find exotic porcelain statues, bright green jade necklaces and authentic Chinese cuisine. Fisherman’s Wharf — Tens of millions of tourists come to the wharf to find great fresh seafood, fun little trinkets and walk along the boardwalk. But what draws over a million visitors a year to the area is Alcatraz, the most infamous prison in the United States, if not the world.
Wednesday, February 28, 2001 By Damian Calhoun
Rain forces Titans to sit and wait Daily Titan Asst. Sports Editor For the third consecutive game, the Cal State Fullerton Titans’ baseball team has been rained out. Yesterday’s non-conference game against the 22nd ranked UCLA Bruins (10-4) was cancelled due to the constant rain that has pounded the Southern California region. The game will be postponed until a later date. No decision has been made, as of yet, about the rescheduling of the remaining two games of the Arizona State series. The 24th-ranked Titans (6-7) will look ahead to the 2nd Annual Kia Baseball Bash beginning this Friday, March 2 and ending Sunday, March 4. Joining the Titans will be the Tennessee Volunteers, Wichita State Shockers and the Long Beach State 49ers. The tournament is a three-day, six game, round-robin event. The first game is Friday afternoon at 2:30 p.m. between Wichita State and Long Beach State. The Titans’ first game is Friday night at 7 p.m. against Tennessee.
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Babak back a third time in NCAA’s nWRESTLING: Senior Nejadmaghaddam extends his record to 25-4 and grabs a spot in the NCAA championships in Iowa CIty By Mark Villarroel
Daily Titan Staff Writer One Titan emerged a sucess amidst a team plauged by pitfalls at the Pac-10 Championships in Eugene, Oregon. The lone standout was six-foot Senior Babak Nejadmaghaddam, who uplifted his down-trodden teammates with a trio of inspirational bouts. Babak’s efforts in the most competitive weight division in college wrestling (197-pound), proved good enough for third place and a spot in the highly-exclusive NCAA tournament. The wiley senior will make his third appearance in the nation-wide meet and will be among a mere 30 Pac-10 representatives at the championships. Babak joined the elite cast by winning two matches of his three matches in the tournament. Boasting the best record of the season on the Titan Wrestling team at 25-4 overall, Nejadmaghaddam fell behind early and was not able to gain control against Jason Lovell of Oregon State in his first tussle. When the whistle for the final round sounded the scoreboard read 7-0 in favor of Lovell and the Titans’ premiere wrestler found himself with his a loss in his first match of the tournament. The loss would send Nejadmaghaddam to the consolation bracket. With his composure disrupted, Nejadmaghaddam would make a
strong comeback. Using his veteran knowledge and experience Nejadmaghaddam would battle his way back atop the Pac-10 pedastal as he defeated his next two opponents. Brandon Arsenault of Cal State Bakersfield gave Babak a stern scare in his second postseason matchup. But, the resistence over fueled Nejadmaghaddam’s aggression as the 197-pound Titan clung on for a narrow victory of 4-3. His next opponent David Shenck of Cal Poly SLO, would pose a lesser threat. Babak’s slew of takedowns made his third and final match a domineering rout as the score cards read 11-5. With the two wins added to his overall record, Babak will enter the record books as the sixth Titan wrestler to qualify at least three times for the NCAA Championships. The only wrestler from Cal State Fullerton to qualify four times for the post season tournament is Laszlo Molnar. Titan teammates Brian Gilliand at 125-pounds and Josh Ready at 184pounds were the only two Titans to claim wins, but both lost their remaining bouts and were eliminated. Cal State Fullerton as a team accumulated a dismal total of 15.5 points and with a tenth place in the overall standings. The Sun Devils of Arizona State posted an astonshing 123.5 points that in turn catapulted them atop all Pac-10 schools. The triple-digit collective performance not only equated to a Pac-10 title but it also granted five of the ten Sun Devil grapplers an invitation to the NCAA championships. Nejadmaghaddam will join the Arizona quintet for the event to be held on March 15-17 in Iowa City, Iowa. In the meantime, the 197-pound senior will partake in two weeks of intensive workouts protored by Titan Head Coach Adeshir Asgari.
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Dodger blues resonating from left fielder’s demand By Damian Calhoun The first bomb has been fired and Spring Training is barely two weeks old. Former happy Los Angeles Dodger outfielder Gary Sheffield has suddenly turned into current disgruntled Dodger outfielder and I can’t see why. Well, everyone knows why and it has everything to do with the “Green Backs”, the “Benjamins”-, the money. Before camp opened, Sheffield demanded that the Dodgers trade him because they insulted his good name, not like he hasn’t had anything to do with that, by mentioning his name in trade rumors doing the winter and not restructuring his contract. He told the front office to trade him because there isn’t any way possible that he could be happy as a Dodger. Well, let me say this: good-bye Mr. Grumpy. When those demands went public, he quickly recanted saying that it was the Dodgers that were starting the trade rumors. Afterward he said that he would honor the last three years of his contract. Real nice. It isn’t like he has any other choice. Where is he going to find a job that pays him $9 million to hit the ball and not catch the ball. But he wasn’t finished. He
quickly singled out some of his teammates and compared his salary to theirs. He chastised the team for paying Kevin Brown $15 million in the back end of his contract. He wasn’t finished. He questioned the team’s decision to pay pitcher Darren Dreifort $55 million, even I would have to agree on this point. Still, he had more wisdom to share. He wondered, too loud, why the team signed Shawn Green to that hefty contract last year worth $13 million a year. He ended his State of the Dodgers address saying that it wasn’t his fault that the team signed pitcher Carlos Perez to that stupid contract. Perez is making $6 million a year, which is absurd. The idea of a team and the sole purpose of Spring Training is to find the best 25 guys that can help the team make a run at winning at least one playoff game, something this once proud franchise hasn’t been able to do since 1988. Sheffield gave the Dodgers a list of teams to trade him to. He wanted to be traded to the New York Mets, the New York Yankees or the Atlanta Braves. These are only the top three teams in baseball and I am pretty sure that they would be willing to tear up the nucleus of their team for a cancer like Sheffield. However, being the shrewd businessman that he is, Dodger G.M. Kevin Malone tried to obliged his chemistry-killing superstar by trying to trade him to those teams. Malone called the Mets and offered Sheffield for Edgardo Alfonzo and Mike Piazza. Permission denied. Piazza and Alfonzo are the Mets’
best players and what made Malone think that G.M. Steve Phillips was going to depart with them is beyond me. At least Malone can say that he tried. Malone then called the Seattle Mariners and reportedly offered Disgruntled-field for Ichiro Suzuki, a former Japanese league batting champion. Permission denied. The best offer that is supposedly out there is Unhappy-field to the Atlanta Braves for catcher Javier Lopez and outfielder Brian Jordan. This certainly isn’t value for value, but this maybe the Dodgers’ best deal. At this point in the process, Malone and the Dodgers are void of any leverage. And the rest of teams understand this. The value of the players that the Dodgers could get in return in a trade is dropping each and every day that Aggravated-field remains in a Dodger uniform. Unless Malone places a call up to the team’s longstanding arch rivals the San Francisco Giants. You see the Giants are going through their own yearly occurrence. All-Star and future Hall of Famer, Barry Bonds is unhappy with both his contract and the direction that the team is headed. Sounds like a perfect match. So I am proposing a Barry Bonds for “Enraged”-field trade. Both teams could satisfy their high-priced angry sluggers and we could get on with the rest of the New York Yankees celebration tour.
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Babak Nejadmaghaddam gazes at a third chance for national glory. With his latest Pac-10 performance Babak became the 6th wrestler in Titan history to acquire three NCAA qualifying positions. David Rivera/DailyTitan
Wednesday, February 28, 2001 Dharma fashion store is one of many eccentric clothing shops found on Haight Street (below).
Chinatown’s sidewalks illuminate with dozens of shops and restaurants (left). Lorraine Dominguez / Daily Titan
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Trolleys climb the steep streets along San
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Sea lions line the docks around Fisherman’s Wharf at Pier 39 (above).
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Street performers make many different statements for tourists along Pier 39 at Fisherman’s Warf (right). Lorraine Dominguez / Daily Titan
To many in Southern California, San Francisco is an enigma. It’s a city known for its unmistakable broadmindedness on the taboo. But San Francisco is also a metropolis loaded with wonderfully distinct neighborhoods that melt into each other, making it one of the most unique cities on the planet. North Beach — When the Beat writers of the late ‘40s and early ‘50s inundated San Francisco, this was the neighborhood that they would flock to. Writers like Jack Kerouac would sit, drink coffee, and write the next great American novel. Today the area consists of mainly fashionable shops,
dive bars and trendy supper clubs. Chinatown — Unlike the Chinatown in Los Angeles, this neighborhood houses the largest Asian-American community outside of Asia. Wandering through its narrow streets, one can find exotic porcelain statues, bright green jade necklaces and authentic Chinese cuisine. Fisherman’s Wharf — Tens of millions of tourists come to the wharf to find great fresh seafood, fun little trinkets and walk along the boardwalk. But what draws over a million visitors a year to the area is Alcatraz, the most infamous prison in the United States, if not the world.
Wednesday, February 28, 2001 By Damian Calhoun
Rain forces Titans to sit and wait Daily Titan Asst. Sports Editor For the third consecutive game, the Cal State Fullerton Titans’ baseball team has been rained out. Yesterday’s non-conference game against the 22nd ranked UCLA Bruins (10-4) was cancelled due to the constant rain that has pounded the Southern California region. The game will be postponed until a later date. No decision has been made, as of yet, about the rescheduling of the remaining two games of the Arizona State series. The 24th-ranked Titans (6-7) will look ahead to the 2nd Annual Kia Baseball Bash beginning this Friday, March 2 and ending Sunday, March 4. Joining the Titans will be the Tennessee Volunteers, Wichita State Shockers and the Long Beach State 49ers. The tournament is a three-day, six game, round-robin event. The first game is Friday afternoon at 2:30 p.m. between Wichita State and Long Beach State. The Titans’ first game is Friday night at 7 p.m. against Tennessee.
BASEBALL AMERICA (Selected Rankings) 1) Georgia Tech (7-1) 2) Louisiana State (9-2) 3) Arizona State (13-2) 4) Miami (12-3) 5) USC (9-4) ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::22) UCLA (10-4) 23) Stetson (9-1) 24) CSUF (6-7) 25) So. Miss. (9-3)
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Babak back a third time in NCAA’s nWRESTLING: Senior Nejadmaghaddam extends his record to 25-4 and grabs a spot in the NCAA championships in Iowa CIty By Mark Villarroel
Daily Titan Staff Writer One Titan emerged a sucess amidst a team plauged by pitfalls at the Pac-10 Championships in Eugene, Oregon. The lone standout was six-foot Senior Babak Nejadmaghaddam, who uplifted his down-trodden teammates with a trio of inspirational bouts. Babak’s efforts in the most competitive weight division in college wrestling (197-pound), proved good enough for third place and a spot in the highly-exclusive NCAA tournament. The wiley senior will make his third appearance in the nation-wide meet and will be among a mere 30 Pac-10 representatives at the championships. Babak joined the elite cast by winning two matches of his three matches in the tournament. Boasting the best record of the season on the Titan Wrestling team at 25-4 overall, Nejadmaghaddam fell behind early and was not able to gain control against Jason Lovell of Oregon State in his first tussle. When the whistle for the final round sounded the scoreboard read 7-0 in favor of Lovell and the Titans’ premiere wrestler found himself with his a loss in his first match of the tournament. The loss would send Nejadmaghaddam to the consolation bracket. With his composure disrupted, Nejadmaghaddam would make a
strong comeback. Using his veteran knowledge and experience Nejadmaghaddam would battle his way back atop the Pac-10 pedastal as he defeated his next two opponents. Brandon Arsenault of Cal State Bakersfield gave Babak a stern scare in his second postseason matchup. But, the resistence over fueled Nejadmaghaddam’s aggression as the 197-pound Titan clung on for a narrow victory of 4-3. His next opponent David Shenck of Cal Poly SLO, would pose a lesser threat. Babak’s slew of takedowns made his third and final match a domineering rout as the score cards read 11-5. With the two wins added to his overall record, Babak will enter the record books as the sixth Titan wrestler to qualify at least three times for the NCAA Championships. The only wrestler from Cal State Fullerton to qualify four times for the post season tournament is Laszlo Molnar. Titan teammates Brian Gilliand at 125-pounds and Josh Ready at 184pounds were the only two Titans to claim wins, but both lost their remaining bouts and were eliminated. Cal State Fullerton as a team accumulated a dismal total of 15.5 points and with a tenth place in the overall standings. The Sun Devils of Arizona State posted an astonshing 123.5 points that in turn catapulted them atop all Pac-10 schools. The triple-digit collective performance not only equated to a Pac-10 title but it also granted five of the ten Sun Devil grapplers an invitation to the NCAA championships. Nejadmaghaddam will join the Arizona quintet for the event to be held on March 15-17 in Iowa City, Iowa. In the meantime, the 197-pound senior will partake in two weeks of intensive workouts protored by Titan Head Coach Adeshir Asgari.
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Dodger blues resonating from left fielder’s demand By Damian Calhoun The first bomb has been fired and Spring Training is barely two weeks old. Former happy Los Angeles Dodger outfielder Gary Sheffield has suddenly turned into current disgruntled Dodger outfielder and I can’t see why. Well, everyone knows why and it has everything to do with the “Green Backs”, the “Benjamins”-, the money. Before camp opened, Sheffield demanded that the Dodgers trade him because they insulted his good name, not like he hasn’t had anything to do with that, by mentioning his name in trade rumors doing the winter and not restructuring his contract. He told the front office to trade him because there isn’t any way possible that he could be happy as a Dodger. Well, let me say this: good-bye Mr. Grumpy. When those demands went public, he quickly recanted saying that it was the Dodgers that were starting the trade rumors. Afterward he said that he would honor the last three years of his contract. Real nice. It isn’t like he has any other choice. Where is he going to find a job that pays him $9 million to hit the ball and not catch the ball. But he wasn’t finished. He
quickly singled out some of his teammates and compared his salary to theirs. He chastised the team for paying Kevin Brown $15 million in the back end of his contract. He wasn’t finished. He questioned the team’s decision to pay pitcher Darren Dreifort $55 million, even I would have to agree on this point. Still, he had more wisdom to share. He wondered, too loud, why the team signed Shawn Green to that hefty contract last year worth $13 million a year. He ended his State of the Dodgers address saying that it wasn’t his fault that the team signed pitcher Carlos Perez to that stupid contract. Perez is making $6 million a year, which is absurd. The idea of a team and the sole purpose of Spring Training is to find the best 25 guys that can help the team make a run at winning at least one playoff game, something this once proud franchise hasn’t been able to do since 1988. Sheffield gave the Dodgers a list of teams to trade him to. He wanted to be traded to the New York Mets, the New York Yankees or the Atlanta Braves. These are only the top three teams in baseball and I am pretty sure that they would be willing to tear up the nucleus of their team for a cancer like Sheffield. However, being the shrewd businessman that he is, Dodger G.M. Kevin Malone tried to obliged his chemistry-killing superstar by trying to trade him to those teams. Malone called the Mets and offered Sheffield for Edgardo Alfonzo and Mike Piazza. Permission denied. Piazza and Alfonzo are the Mets’
best players and what made Malone think that G.M. Steve Phillips was going to depart with them is beyond me. At least Malone can say that he tried. Malone then called the Seattle Mariners and reportedly offered Disgruntled-field for Ichiro Suzuki, a former Japanese league batting champion. Permission denied. The best offer that is supposedly out there is Unhappy-field to the Atlanta Braves for catcher Javier Lopez and outfielder Brian Jordan. This certainly isn’t value for value, but this maybe the Dodgers’ best deal. At this point in the process, Malone and the Dodgers are void of any leverage. And the rest of teams understand this. The value of the players that the Dodgers could get in return in a trade is dropping each and every day that Aggravated-field remains in a Dodger uniform. Unless Malone places a call up to the team’s longstanding arch rivals the San Francisco Giants. You see the Giants are going through their own yearly occurrence. All-Star and future Hall of Famer, Barry Bonds is unhappy with both his contract and the direction that the team is headed. Sounds like a perfect match. So I am proposing a Barry Bonds for “Enraged”-field trade. Both teams could satisfy their high-priced angry sluggers and we could get on with the rest of the New York Yankees celebration tour.
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Babak Nejadmaghaddam gazes at a third chance for national glory. With his latest Pac-10 performance Babak became the 6th wrestler in Titan history to acquire three NCAA qualifying positions. David Rivera/DailyTitan