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Financial aid applications due nTUITION: Just over half of the 21,000 applicants from 1999 to 2000 were awarded $65 million in aid
By Sara Stanton
Daily Titan Staff Writer Every year, thousands of students apply for financial aid. Most receive money that will allow them to get through the semester for tuition, housing and food. As the deadline for financial aid
draws near, students are encouraged to complete their applications to maximize their eligibility for the millions of dollars that will be awarded. While Friday’s deadline for applications has some students rushing to complete applications, many students remain uninformed of financial aid requirements or of how to obtain information. Cal State Fullerton’s financial aid program offers a variety of opportunities for students to receive aid from the university and through federally funded grants. The office of financial aid is located in University Hall 146, where students can read pamphlets and
brochures regarding aid, as well as talk with counselors that will advise and answer student questions. Students can also apply for aid at www.fafsa.ed.gov. “Students can still apply after that, but if they turn them in now, [they] maximize [their] eligibility for being awarded,” said Jessica Schutte, assistant director of financial aid for CSUF. To qualify for financial aid, students must be accepted for admission to the university, have good academic standing, have a demonstrated financial need, and a few other basic requirements, such as a social security number. According to the CSUF financial
aid brochure, “[financial] need is the difference between what it costs to attend a college and what you and your family can afford to pay toward the costs (your expected family contribution).” The brochure also states that eligibility for financial aid is determined by family contribution, which is based on “income and assets (and those of your parents, if applicable) and your family size.” Total estimated student fees projected for students applying for financial aid range from $7,000 to over $12,000. The estimation includes tuition,
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Elizabeth Ramos helps students obtain financial aid information.
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nCAMPUS: Students, Faculty and Staff struggle with availability of classes within the Art department By Melanie Bysouth
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Father Pat Donovan, CSUF instructor of Catholicism, distributes alms on Ash Wednesday which marks the beginning of penitential season of Lent.
nCLUB: The Newman club is concerned over the removal of their advertising around the CSUF campus By Terry Jolliffe
Daily Titan Staff Writer Despite the mysterious removal of 150 fliers posted on campus to announce weekly meetings of the California State University Fullerton Newman Catholic Club, over 40 students and members of staff gathered in the Alvarado room at the
Titan Student Union for the Ash Wednesday Mass presented by the club. After a short homily, Father Pat Donovan, CSUF instructor of Catholicism, Comparative Religions Department, offered the “blessing of the ashes” - the ashes symbolizing death in order to remind us of our mortality. “Turn away from sin and be faithful to the gospel,” said Donovan, marking the foreheads of the faithful. Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of penitential season of Lent in the Christian faith. “A week before school began, the fliers were put up,” said criminal justice senior Darcy Frenzel, a member of the club. “We fol-
lowed the rules and had the fliers approved by the Student Organization Area. We never covered up other clubs fliers when posting them but someone came along and removed them.” Father Donovan said the removal of the fliers was not a random act, but a systematic one. “Every single flier was removed,” he said. Erin Smith, Multiple Subjects Credential Student and Service Coordinator of Newman Catholic Club, said it’s frustrating not being able to advertise the club on campus. “We suspect that an antiCatholic group or club is making a concerted effort to prevent us from advertising our club,” Smith
said. “Our numbers have been dropping ever since we have been prevented from advertising on our own campus.” However, Stefanie Williamson of the Student Organization Area, said it was very difficult to monitor who is putting up or taking down posters and fliers on campus. “I vaguely remember someone complaining about their fliers being removed, but we’re dealing with 200 clubs on campus,” Williamson said. “We’ve recently hired a student assistant to keep an eye on things, but we simply don’t have the resources to monitor everything,” she said. Williamson added that they were also very concerned with off-campus clubs illegally posting
fliers on the CSUF campus. “If I know a group or organization is posting on a bulletin board, things they’re not supposed to be posting, I give them a verbal warning,” Williamson said. “If it continues, they’re sent a letter advising they can lose their posting privileges.” She added that she hasn’t had to revoke any club’s privileges within the last year. Christine Do, a business finance senior who attended the Ash Wednesday Mass said she’d heard about the meeting through the Vietnamese Catholic Club. The Catholic Newman Club prides itself as a spiritual and social club.
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Sindi earns national scholar recogninAWARD: CSUF President’s Scholar was given honorable mention in a USA Today compilation By Samantha Gonzaga Daily Titan Copy Editor
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Suzanne Sindi aspires to pursue a master’s in mathematics.
Sandwiched between committee meetings, research studies for Jet Propulsion Laboratory and an 18-unit class workload, senior Suzanne Sindi’s hours on campus can run as late as midnight. Caught in the whirlwind of her daily activities, she was nowhere to be
found when the good news came. And when it did arrive, she had to be told what she was being congratulated for. “Being named one of the nation’s top scholars is a big honor,” Sindi said. “It’s a big honor to be classified with these other people who have done such great things…like the student who raised millions for a cause, or like the student who contributed to studies on autism because her two children are autistic.” Of the 100 students ranked in USA Today’s compilation, only three came from California. Of the three, she is the only one to come from a CSU. That made Sindi the first President’s Scholar — she serves as president — to receive such an honor, and the second student from CSUF bestowed the honorable mention award.
“I’m not surprised that she got the honor,” said Kevin Colaner, formerly the director of Honors and Scholar Support Services, who now works at USC. “Suzanne’s going to become a great role model.” “She’s exuberant, committed…one of the best CSUF has to offer. She’s an excellent mathematician, and a great example to students.” For Associated Students President Mary Grace Cachuela, Sindi’s contribution extends beyond academics, farther than the leadership roles they served in their respective student organizations. “I appreciate that she’s so down to earth,” Cachuela said. “She thrives on every gift she has. She’s simple and sweet.” “She’s a great president, and I really
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Although a freshman with many different classes to take, Jamie Graden isn’t getting any of the classes she wanted. Senior Teresa Chiang was also disappointed with her registration because a class she looked forward to taking was simply never offered. Yet at least they have art classes — Jeff Steadman, a graphic design sophomore, has none. Although the art department is doing all it can to offer a strong selection of classes, students are still frustrated with the limited sections and the times they are offered. “There’s a lot of classes to take [for a Bachelor of Arts degree] and they are usually full or only offered at weird times,” Graden said. “It’s really hard to get the classes you want.” One of the challenges of obtaining an art degree is that it is a progressive major. The classes must be taken in a specified order allowing for prerequisites to be completed. Yet the lower division classes are the most challenging to obtain. “If you’re a freshman, some prerequisites are only offered once a year so a lot of students have to wait to start the major,” Chiang said. Now a senior, Chiang finds difficulty not in obtaining classes, but in obtaining the ones she wants. “I wanted a class (Modern architecture history) but they never offer it,” she said. She later discovered that the class was not offered simply because no one wants to teach it. Sophomore Chelsea Reynolds acknowledges the challenges yet she seems to understand why they exist.
look up to her. She’s so personable, she will remember your face, remembers where and how you met.” President Milton Gordon’s recollection of Sindi remains sharp. “You could tell she was really dedicated at being the best that she could be,” he said. “Whatever she was going to do, she will do well.” Not too long after Sindi started working as a student assistant in the President’s Office, Gordon and Sindi discovered their mutual love for mathematics. “We teased each other about it,” Sindi said. “He’s always been so nice to me. I always felt like my opinion on things was appreciated.” Her inspiration stems from her
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BRIEFS Cal State offers interactive television science instruction to California elementary school teachers Taking an active role in strengthening the quality and timeliness of science education for elementary school children throughout California, Cal State Fullerton is launching the Growing Minds program. Aimed at K-6th grade teachers, Growing Minds will use a variety of established information-delivery technology to provide life and physical science curriculum program instruction and activities including distance learning through University Extended Education. Developed by the Fullerton Arboretum, a one-unit course, “Teaching Life Science in the K-6 classroom,” begins March 1 and is the program’s first offering. The class will be delivered to teachers gathered at Saddleback College from a studio classroom at CSUF via interactive television, which will allow exchanges between participants and the instructor, a member of the university faculty. In addition, the classroom will be equipped with computers to enhance the interactive and hands-on environment of the course. Outside the classroom, participants can check the Growing Minds page on the Fullerton Arboretum Web site for more information for materials related to the course or for a virtual tour of the Arboretum and elementary school related activities that demonstrate concepts. Elementary school teachers outside Orange County can also take advantage of Growing Minds materials and activities to enhance their science curricu-
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lum by logging onto the Growing Minds Web site. For more information about the program, contact Lenelle Cittaden at (714) 278-4003 or via email at lcittaden@fullerton.edu.
Fullerton Market invites participation Fullerton Market is accepting applications from local farmers, artisans, merchants and community organizations wishing to participate in their weekly outdoor market opening Thursday, April 19. The market, now in its 10th year, will feature imported and handmade crafts and apparel, food booths, live entertainment, activities for young people, and fresh farm produce. “The market’s atmosphere is an open air market, where shoppers meet their neighbors and get to know their community a little better, as well as find lots of bargains,” said Cindi Malvin, special events coordinator for the city. Admission to the market is free. Market hours will be from 4 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. through October 18. The market will be held on Wilshire Avenue, between Harbor Boulevard and Pomona Avenue, in the new Downtown Plaza, next to the Fullerton Museum Center. Wilshire Avenue will be closed to vehicular traffic during market hours. Booth applications and further information may be obtained at the Fullerton Museum Center, 301 N. Pomona Ave. or by calling the city’s Special Events Office at (714) 738-5332. Applications may also be picked up fro 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Thursdays beginning April 19 at the information booth.
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CALENDAR F EVENTS C ALEN DA R O OF EVENTS Campus A band will play in the Round Table Pizza Pub in TSU today at noon. A free film will be shown today in the TSU Titan Theater from 5:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. A Racquetball Doubles Tournament will be held on Friday March 2 on the racquetball courts. Men must register by noon, and women by 1:00 p.m. For more information call (714) 278- 3978. Financial Aid workshops are scheduled through March 2, the Cal Grant deadline. For
more information visit www. fafsa.ed.gov. 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) 2783371. Titan Shops is holding “Redemption Week” through March 4. Students who bring a stamped receipt to the store will receive a $5 gift certificate for every $100 they spend. 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. The Student Leadership Institute Workshops will be presented through April 20. For more information call (714) 2784938.
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 Fridays and Saturdays and at 2 p.m. on Sundays. For more information call (714) 9907723.
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 $10.00 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) 499-1620.
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President Bush presents budget plan to Congress nNATION: The State of the Union address focused on the new administration’s $1.6 trillion tax cut By Bennett Roth
Knight-Ridder Newspapers In his first major policy address, President George W. Bush on Tuesday sought to persuade lawmakers that the projected surplus would cover his budget wish list, including debt education, a large tax cut and a $1 trillion rainy-day fund. The president outlined his budget priorities and other legislative priorities in a nationally televised 49-minute speech to a joint session of Congress. Bush was warmly embraced by Republicans and politely received by Democrats in the packed House chamber as he confidently recited a list of his campaign priorities, from more student testing to restructuring the military and reforming Medicare. The Republican president said his budget was shaped by an overriding philosophy that government was good in moderation. “Too much government crowds out initiative and hard work, private charity and the private economy,” he said. “Our new governing vision says government should be active, but limited; engaged, but not overbearing.” Bush said his new budget will provide hefty increases for education as well as $81 billion more for Social Security and Medicare. And the president told his audience, which included many skeptical Democratic lawmakers, that the federal government could provide all these benefits and still pay down a good chunk of the debt over the next
decade. The president said he could accomplish his goals by curbing the costs of other government programs that he said have grown too fast in recent years. “Unrestrained government spending is a dangerous road to deficits, so we must take a different path,” he said. Bush did not outline which programs he wants to scale back. Bush is expected to propose a $660.7 billion spending plan for 2002, which would represent an average 4 percent increase over the current fiscal year. NASA spending, however, would grow by only about 2 percent under the president’s plan. Already, Democrats have complained that his budget is unrealistic and will result in either exploding debt or cuts in popular programs. “If what we heard tonight sounds too good to be true, it probably is,” said House Minority Leader Dick Gephardt (D-Mo.) who joined Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle (D-S.D.) in a rebuttal. The Democratic leaders also criticized the president’s 10-year, $1.6 trillion tax cut as too big and too skewed to the wealthy. The address was a crucial opportunity for Bush to make the case as a closely divided Congress begins in earnest to consider his programs. Former President Clinton was adept at using his addresses to sway public opinion when he faced hostility from a Republican-controlled Congress. Bush’s aides were quick to point out that for the first time since 1954, a Republican president was addressing a GOP-controlled Congress. However,unlikeDwightEisenhower, a war hero who won by a wide margin in 1952, Bush narrowly captured the White House last year after a contentious post-election contest. Nevertheless, Republican lawmakers treated Bush like a returning war
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President George W. Bush addresses a joint session of the 107th Congress, Tuesday night at the Capitol in Washington D.C. hero by wildly cheering his ideas, particularly his tax proposal. While Democrats responded politely, they frequently refrained from joining their GOP colleagues in applause. As presidents have done in the past, Bush used invited guests seated in the balcony of the chamber to help him highlight themes. He pointed out Steven and Josefina Ramos of West Chester, Pa., a school administrator and teacher who would save $2,000 in taxes under his plan, Bush said. The guests also included the Rev. Kirbyjon Caldwell, pastor of Windsor Village United Methodist Church in Houston, who gave the benediction at Bush’s inauguration. Bush has made a pointed effort to reach out to black voters, the vast majority of whom voted for Al Gore. To underscore his outreach effort, two Democratic black leaders who actively supported Gore — Philadelphia Mayor John Street and Washington Mayor Anthony Williams — were seated with
the first lady in the House balcony. The president said he had asked Attorney General John Ashcroft, who had been criticized during his confirmation hearings for being insensitive to minority needs, to develop recommendations to end racial profiling. “It is wrong, and we must end it,” Bush said of the practice of targeting minorities during vehicle searches and other probes. While the president offered words of reconciliation to his political foes, he gave no hints that he was ready to compromise on his spending and tax plans. He rebuffed criticism that his tax plan would mainly help the wealthy, saying, “People with the smallest incomes will get the highest-percentage reductions.” “Tax relief is right, and tax relief is urgent,” he said. “The surplus is not the government’s money; the surplus is the people’s money.” Bush said the $5.6 trillion in pro-
Agencies protect students from travel nVACATION: In trying to get a better deal, students may become victim to costly spring break fraud By Danielle Hannahan
The Badger Herald The Univ. of Wisconsin As spring break creeps around the corner, many people will be looking forward to tons of sun and of course tons of fun. But what these people won’t see coming is the threat of spring break scams. Every year, thousands of college students escape the stress of exams and cold weather by heading south for spring break. But many students are tricked into
buying deals on spring-break packages and end up being the victims of scams. “Sometimes searching for the best deal can land students far from paradise and cost them more than they bargained for,” said Jack E. Mannix, president of the Institute of Certified Travel Agents. “That’s why it is so important they proceed with caution as an educated consumer.” Student Travel Association, the only full-service travel agency on campus for students, is taking more precautions this year by being more selective with the spring-break companies they do business with. Deanna Schuppel, branch manager for STA travel, assures students that STA is doing its best to prevent potential spring break scams from happening this year. “We are taking more precautions this year so students are informed about what could go wrong,” she said. “We’ve narrowed down the
spring-break companies we are using to eliminate the problems we’ve had in the past.” Schuppel said the biggest issue in spring break scams is charter flights. “Charter flights are a big concern because they are cheaper, so students will buy them, but at the same time these are the same flights that cause students’ trips to be delayed,” she said. According to ICTA, charter flights operate under very different rules than traditional commercial airlines and can change schedules at the last minute with no mandated compensation or alternative transportation. This year, to forewarn the students about the potential risks of charter flight trips, STA is letting them know the precautions ahead of time and requiring students to purchase travel insurance. UW students who have experienced problems during spring break say these scams are a growing concern.
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jected surplus would be enough to fund the tax cut, retroactively, and pay down $2 trillion in debt. That would still leave another $1.2 trillion of debt, which administration officials say should not be paid off immediately because it is held by individuals and businesses in the form of government savings bonds. Bush said the surplus was large enough to provide a $1 trillion contingency fund that could be used for farm aid, Medicare or additional defense spending. On education, the president reiterated his support for a controversial voucher program opposed by many Democrats that would allow poor children in badly performing schools to attend private schools. He also advocated making it easier for religious groups to apply for federal funds to run community programs, a proposal that has been criticized as violating the constitutional separation of church and state.
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UW juniors Brittany Klaus and Andrea Spaetti went through STA travel for their trip to Negril, Jamaica, last spring break and experienced problems that took up a day and a half of their vacation time. “The company STA was using fell through the day before we left and they didn’t even know where our tickets were,” Klaus said. “The best advice I have for students is to do your homework before you go.” Spaetti said the biggest problem with spring break is that college students are so naive. “I think this is a big problem because we are vulnerable and therefore are easy targets for spring-break companies,” she said. UW junior Jim Weber, another victim of spring-break scams, is preparing for yet another tropical getaway; he did his homework this year. “I would never have even thought of going through another spring-break mess, but after talking to several
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loans and scholarships as alternatives to financial aid. Judy Billedeaux, a counselor in the office of financial aid said that she often meets with students that usually just want to know more about financial aid. Billedeaux said that the most frequently asked questions about aid are usually about eligibility criteria and how to find out about scholarships. “The best suggestion that I give [students] is to read the information that is given to them [students],” she said. “I also usually recommend that students go to the new student information center, where there is so much information given out,” she added. The office of financial aid takes walk-in appointments on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Applications can be picked up 24 hours a day, outside of the office of financial aid.
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books, supplies, room and board, transportation, and miscellaneous expenses. The estimation varies because of different lifestyles that are found among the student population. These lifestyle categories include the commuter student, the on-campus student and a student living in an apartment. Schutte said that between 1999 and 2000, the financial aid department of CSUF received over 21,000 applications for student financial assistance. Of the applicants, 11,480 students were awarded over $65 million. All students applying for financial aid must complete the FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid). If students do not qualify for financial aid, the office of financial aid still offers a variety of different
However, the president did not appear ready to tackle immediately one of his more controversial proposals — allowing Americans to invest a portion of their Social Security taxes in the stock market. Instead, the president said he would recommend that a commission be created to come up with a solution by next fall that includes private accounts. The president also spoke of the need to develop more energy sources at home but did not mention his controversial plan to allow drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Bush faces serious legislative obstacles, particularly in the evenly divided Senate. Bush also does not enjoy the same public mandate as President Reagan, the last president to muscle a large tax cut through Congress.
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n from page 1 “The classes are not lecture, but handson. So they try to keep them small,” she said. “The art department is just not big enough.” Some students think the problem is that simple — yet the danger in simplifying the problem is that by doing so, many factors that contribute to the challenges of registration are ignored. But faculty and staff say they are doing all they can and are most certainly not ignoring the students or their concerns. The art department faculty is one of the largest on campus with 28 full-time and 59 part-time instructors. Yet each is limited to the amount of classes they can teach, usually three for full time and two for part time, and since the art department makes efforts to hire the best teachers possible, getting new instructors is not an easy task. “You don’t want to hire just anybody off the street,” said Cliff Cramp, professor of illustration. “Our classes are
news highly specialized and you want good instructors.” The department is also limited by the number of students permitted into each section of a class. “Our computer labs only have 24 stations and every graphic design class is held in a computer lab,” Cramp said. Solving this problem is also challenging since the department has no desire to alter the one-on-one attention these smaller classes allow. Yet there is a possibility that more classes can be added, and the art department has done that. “We add classes when it [curriculum data] shows we should,” Cramp said. “I had 42 students show up for the first day of a class with 24 spots and although this is the first semester that this has happened they [department chair] are thinking of offering that course every semester.” For spring, the department added 15 classes to the schedule and the school of arts would never prevent or delay graduation of a student due to complications with class availability. “There are a few classes that are hard to take but if they need it to graduate we can make substitutions with other
classes,” Cramp said. Along with limited space in the classrooms is the loss of rooms all together but efforts are being made to remedy this also. “There are two studio classrooms that are used for lecture purposes [by other departments],” said Jerry Samuelson, dean of the College of the Arts. “We are in the process of trying to get one of those spaces back for next fall.” Efforts have also been made with the computer labs. “We added another computer facility this year,” Samuelson said. “By adding the new computer lab, we freed up more space in the other labs and we can offer more graphic design sections.” The department is also attempting to allow students more time in the lab since the six-hour classes often keep the labs full throughout the day. “We now keep the labs open until midnight so they can work outside of class,” Samuelson said. But with all these efforts, Jeff Steadman, a sophomore, has yet to feel the effects. “I didn’t get any art classes and I tried on the first day.”
New approach in DARE program may work on teen-age students By Lisa Shafer
Knight-Ridder Newspapers In a rite of passage for American schoolchildren, James Fester and his fifth-grade classmates ceremoniously vowed to forever avoid alcohol, tobacco and controlled substances. Now, eight years after teachers, parents and the school’s beloved police officer cheered the DARE graduates on to a drug-free life, Fester wonders how many of his classmates kept their fifthgrade promises. “Less than 20 percent,” reckoned Fester, now a first-year Diablo Valley College student,. National statistics on drug and alcohol use show his estimate is likely on the mark. Last year, 80 percent of 12thgrade students questioned by University of Michigan researchers said they had tried alcohol at least once in their lifetime; 62 percent had smoked cigarettes; and 49 percent had used marijuana. To improve the long-term effects of the hugely popular DARE program, the 18-year-old organization is trying a new approach. This month, DARE America leaders announced plans to overhaul the program with a new curriculum designed by prevention researchers at the University of Akron in Ohio. Before changes take place nationwide, DARE will pilot the program until 2006 in six cities and their suburbs. The revised curriculum is designed for middle school students, rather than elementary children, and will be reinforced by a new ninth-grade unit. Students will spend more time in group discussions and problem-solving activities. DARE officers, in turn, will act more like coaches, encouraging students to challenge social norms on their own. The idea is to adjust students’ perceptions of normal behavior. Students often start using alcohol and drugs to join what they think is the crowd — a sort of self-fulfilling prophesy. If they realize the norm isn’t to drink, smoke, inhale or inject, they might be less willing to experiment, say researchers. The proposed changes sound good to Fester, who gives himself only a C for his adherence to the fifth-grade DARE pledge. “If students draw their own conclusions, the (lesson) is more likely to stick with them,” he said. “And I’m all for group learning.”
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They offer Mass every Wednesday at noon, usually in Gilman AB in the TSU. The club includes both social and philanthropic activities and fellowship. For more information, go to their web site, www.newman-csuf.com.
Fester recalls his DARE officer describing a person who might someday offer him drugs. It was always a stranger. “He didn’t tell you it would be one of your friends,” said Fester. The DARE lion, DARE song and DARE essay were all part of the drugprevention fervor, recalled other Diablo Valley students. The lessons, they said, might have had more staying power if they hadn’t stopped in fifth grade, before peer pressure kicked in. “I’m real disappointed in my co-graduates from DARE,” said Jamar Keene, 19, who attended elementary school in Benicia. “They forgot.” Keene declined to speak about his own post-DARE experience, but suggested he would have benefited from small-group discussions or one-on-one drug prevention chats. Both he and Fester said guest appearances by former drug users might have jolted the students with real-life consequences. Others are less optimistic that a revised DARE — or any school-based drug-prevention program — would do much to curtail the problem. What would work best to keep kids drug free? “Strong connections with parents,” said Brett Penney, 21, of Benicia. “Absolutely,” said DARE officer Terry Foreman of the Pleasant Hill Police Department. “Some people think DARE is a cure-all — I’m not that type of person.” He is convinced that DARE works, but only when parents, educators and police act in concert as designed. It’s unfair that DARE has received a bad rap by the media, says the police officer whom one school administrator described as “a guy who could wear a Superman cape and get away with it.” In four years as a DARE officer, Foreman said he’s seen communities and schools strengthened. He’s seen children build self-esteem. He’s even had parents come to him for help with their own drug problems after hearing their children talk about DARE. More than anything, he says, DARE has helped build better police officers. He can see now how much family background can affect a child’s behavior. DARE, Foreman said, has evolved and improved since current community college students were in school. That the approach is changing again is a good
thing, he added. The new curriculum, already tested in Ohio for the last two years, is underwritten by a $13.7 million grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, based in Princeton, N.J. It’s the first major change since the organization added more student interaction and roleplaying in 1994 — a response to studies that showed DARE had minimal, and even negative, long-term effects on student drug use. The latest changes come after U.S. Department of Education officials said schools would only be able to use federal money for drug prevention programs with scientifically proven methods. A spokeswoman for the national organization said the pilot schools and cities won’t be identified for a few weeks. “DARE is very good and they shouldn’t do away with it in fifth grade,” said fifth-grade teacher Debbie Birnbaum of Concord’s Sun Terrace Elementary. “The downside is it stops in fifth grade.” Rather than abolish the elementary experience, DARE more likely will make that program a stepping stone, said officials at the group’s national office. The Pleasanton Unified School District is among a minority of school systems nationwide that offer DARE in both elementary and middle schools. But it’s the younger students who get the most attention now. The reverse would likely work better, said Kathy Master, one of Pleasanton’s two DARE officers. Though Mt. Diablo Unified wants to keep the popular DARE program no matter what the featured grade level, it isn’t about to rely on the police program alone. Last week, Ken Duckert, student services director at Mt. Diablo Unified, spent several days in workshops to train teachers in one of the district’s many other drug prevention programs. They were learning how to use “Here’s Looking at You 2000” — a program from an Illinois-based company that covers a lot of the same ideas as DARE. But the package has two major differences: It is a K-12 program and is taught by the classroom teacher without a uniformed officer. If all goes as DARE officials plan, the program could end up saving Fester from a lot of disciplinary problems. He plans to teach high school.
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Brett Woodhall, Judy Durr and Melissa Garchen work on projects for their ceramic art class.
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family, who emigrated from Saudi Arabia to the United States. The constraining situation for women there clinched the decision to raise her in the United States, where the opportunities to nurture her gifts would be more favorable. The move served as the foundation for Sindi’s desire to excel. “They sacrificed a lot to get to this country,” she said. “And that just drives me forward.” Sindi’s involvement with CSUF runs deep. In addition to her duties as a President’s Scholar, she belongs to the student board that assists in the selection of new members. Her interests gave rise to “Dimensions,” a research journal produced by undergraduate students specializing in natural sciences and mathematics. “I think CSUF gets short-changed on its reputation,” she said. “It’s a
wonderful university that provides academic structure, and enabled me to be aware of opportunities outside. This is the best place I could have gone to.” On top of a full schedule, Sindi has also taken part in the student team working with JPL in designing a mathematical model of a telecommunications network. The team aims to find design it in such a way that it can be applied to diverse functions. “It is a gratifying experience,” Sindi said. “This is something that affects and will mean a lot to other people.” This project is an example of the inherent dynamics she sees in mathematics. While she understands why most tend to see it as a cumbersome subject, she maintains that it is very much alive. Rather than sufficing with formulas and its memorization, Sindi’s sights rest on the people who constructed theorems – a human touch. “There is something unsettling
about the world. It is unstable at times, and there is chaos,” she said. “Math puts an underlying logic to it. So, when I do it, I feel a kind of comfort that there is a structure to the world. It’s amazing and beautiful. I see elegance in its structure,” she added. Slated to graduate this semester with a bachelor of arts degree in mathematics and minor in computer science, Sindi has been readying herself for graduate school. Her father keeps a small box for the acceptance letters from graduate schools; but so far, no decision has been made. “I feel lucky because everything I do, I love doing,” she said. “But even more important is the satisfaction of knowing that a job has been done well. And that comes about when you recognize yourself; it’s not an ego thing. It’s more like supporting yourself, and making sure that you have left a positive mark on everything.”
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Record labels express dismay with
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Napster co-founder Shawn Fanning reacts to the ruling that Napster should have to cease operations while a lawsuit is heard.
nTECHNOLOGY: The Internet music exchange site proposes a $1 billion negotiation By Dawn C. Chmielewski Knight-Ridder Tribune
When Napster unveiled its $1 billion peace offering to the recording industry
Tuesday, it portrayed the guaranteed royalty payments as pure profit for the labels — licensing fees that would go directly to the bottom line. The major record labels see the offer as a Faustian bargain — one that would
deprive them of $40 billion a year in global CD sales in exchange for $150 million in fees, split among five companies. “That money is peanuts,” said Adam Sexton, a former vice president of product management for Arista Records. “In Clive Davis’ last year at Arista, it had several times the dollar volume. We had over $500 million in revenue
— just from Arista. Forget RCA. Forget International.” Napster made public the details of its offer at a press conference in San Francisco, after six months of private negotiations with the record labels failed to resolve the ongoing copyright dispute or sideline the industry’s efforts to shut down the popular music swapping service. It also unveiled its business model,
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which it said would generate enough revenue to pay royalties to record labels, songwriters and artists over the next five years. The new version of Napster, to launch in July, would charge monthly subscription fees ranging from $3 to $5 for a basic membership plan that restricts the number of file transfers, and an all-youcan-eat premium plan, costing from $6 to $10. Users would pay an additional fee to burn CDs or transfer their music to portable devices. “We assume people will pay,” said Hank Barry, Napster’s interim chief executive. “We put a conscientious offer on the table with respect to the labels. What we’re saying is this community should be allowed to stay together. We all ought to sit down and settle this case as fast as we can.” Record company giants like Vivendi Universal’s Universal Music and AOL Time Warner’s Warner Music wasted no time in expressing dissatisfaction with Napster’s proposal. EMI Recorded Music said it would be interested — but only if there were a compelling business model. Privately, the record label executives are even more pointed. “We do $40 billion in sales. Subtract $150 million from $40 billion, and that’s what we could lose,” said one industry executive, who asked not to be named. That’s because the bulk of the industry’s proceeds come from CD sales, not licensing fees. The typical label reaps about $10 on the sale of an album. A multi-platinum album — say Carlos Santana’s mega-hit “Supernatural” — sold 14 million disks world wide, generating $140 million in revenue for Arista. That’s enough money to subsidize the 90 percent of albums that never break even. “That model changes dramatically if you go to a per-track fee,” said Sexton, the former Arista executive who now works as chief marketing officer for Supertracks, a Portland, Ore., company that markets BridgePort, a low-cost method for streaming music over the Internet. Record labels would have to sell 10 times the volume of singles — at the 99-
cent rate an online music service such as eMusic charges — just to break even. The Napster licensing offer is patterned after MP3.com’s agreement with the record labels, in which it reportedly sets aside $1 million each month for royalty payments. The Internet music site allocates payments to each label based on the popularity of each artist’s work. The average payment to the artist is about $14 a month — hardly a big pay day. Worse yet, from the record label’s perspective: Digital downloads of music could cannibalize CD sales, said Bob Ohlweiler, senior vice president of business development for MusicMatch, an Internet radio service. Other industry observers dismiss such talk from the record labels as posturing. Online distribution could cut their costs tremendously. Labels spend enormous amounts of money recording, packaging and distributing CDs though traditional channels. Then they absorb the cost of returns if the record doesn’t sell. “With Napster, you’ve got no physical merchandise to worry about,” said Phil Leigh, a digital media analyst for the brokerage firm of Raymond James Associates. “All you have to do is make one master copy of the new Eminem hit and for every copy sold, they just replicate it. So, $1 billion on top of the $16 billion (record labels) do in revenue doesn’t sound like much, but when you can throw it straight to the bottom line, that’s significant.” Leigh said the record labels may be unwilling to negotiate licensing fees because they feel they’ve got Napster on the ropes, following back-to-back victories in federal court that could result in a court-ordered shutdown. But failing to deal seriously with digital music distribution could have larger, more damaging consequences for the labels. “They’ve got a very narrow window of opportunity here in which they can control the Napster users,” said Leigh. “Once the Napster user is gone and scatters to the four winds, the big unanswered question is what will the record labels do next?”
arts & entertainment March 1, 2001
A taste of El
Salvadorian chef and a librarian from Szechuwan cater to Western eating habits while satisfying authentic food enthusiasts.
Santos Romero cooks Mongolian beef at Jing-Han restaurant.
By Debra Santelli
Daily Titan Copy Editor What do you get when you take an El Salvadorian chef, a librarian from the Szechwan province and an Anaheim mechanic and put them together? Would you believe the most authentic Mandarin Chinese cuisine in Placentia? When most Americans think of Chinese food they associate fluorescent orange sweet and sour dishes, breaded egg rolls and wonton soups when in reality these are Chinese-American foods that have adopted themselves into every menu in the United States. But according to Dan Wang, or as she refers to herself in the U.S., Diana, these dishes are thinly based on traditional Chinese food, especially in Mandarin cuisine. Wang came to the U.S. six years ago to reunite with her husband, an accomplished photographer from Szechwan, who took work as a mechanic in Anaheim. When she joined him in 1995, she left behind her profession as a state librarian in Szechwan to waitress in Placentia, Calif. Soon after, Wang bought the restaurant when the owners put it up for sale. Hidden in a typical suburban strip mall, the only thing that’s typical about Jing-Hang is the external setting. Keeping most of the staff, and above all the chef that had been cooking for the restaurant for over a decade, Diana explained to us that she was going to try to keep the origin of the restaurant the same, especially the food. Changing only very minimal amount on the menu she has done just that. Walls are decorated with colorful
prints of warrior tribes, farmers, and scenes of families cooking traditional Chinese foods. The rest of the wall space is covered in woven baskets and hanging plants. The small dining room is jammed with tables and bustling with people. If you’re looking for intimate quiet dining, look elsewhere. This restaurant is about the food and service. On our visit we opted to order from the menu rather than the lunch specials. We began with one of their family style soups. The soups are served in large bowls and are traditionally shared between each other at the table. We had the vegetable soup ($4.25) and requested the homemade noodles. Most Chinese restaurants serve packaged noodles, not only for convenience but because that’s what most people are accustomed to. The homemade noodles were outstanding. They sent me back to childhood when my grandmother would spend hours making her famous chicken noodle soup. The noodles are a must. Your taste buds will thank you. The next soup we tried was the sweet and sour Szechwan soup with shrimp ($4.85). The presentation was gorgeous. The seafood broth had a glassy light orange gleam to it and there were piles of shredded cabbage in the center of the bowl. The soup was full of vegetables, noodles and fresh shrimp and the flavor of the broth was compelling. Upon first taste, a peppery spice hits your tongue but then is rescued a few seconds later by a mild citrus flavor, making for an addictive combination. Although sautéed spinach with garlic is not offered on the menu, many Chinese restaurants have this dish. Wang brought out beautifully sautéed fresh spinach, lightly sprinkled with garlic that created a beautiful side dish to our main course. We felt like eating healthy, so we decided on bean curd with black mushrooms for our main course ($6.25). Tofu by itself is generally a bland food that needs sauces and seasoning to wake up its potential. The problem cooking with tofu it is either a hit or
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a miss. Tofu has the infamous tendency of tasting like a rubbery sponge. Unfortunately, the tofu at Jing-Hang was a miss. It was mushy which made it fall apart. The brown sauce that accompanied this dish was nothing special and there wasn’t enough flavors or enough mushrooms to win me over. My favorite dish was the vegetarian dumplings ($4.55). This dish takes a little while to cook but is well worth the wait. The dumplings are steamed in cabbage and served in a Chinese steam pan. Diced mushrooms, tofu and hidden ingredients are wrapped inside. The soy sauce and vinegar served with the dish really enhanced the dumplings’ flavor. We also opted for the eggplant with the chef’s special sauce ($6.25). Chinese eggplant is vastly different from what most Americans associate as eggplant. Chinese eggplant is a bright purple color and tiny in comparison to Italian eggplant. It is much sweeter as well. The eggplant was sliced with the skin on so the bright purple color gleamed through the rich brown sauce, contrasting with the green pea pods. Between the onions, garlic, eggplant and pea pods this dish is a mouth-pleaser. Wang recognizes that 80 percent of her customers are Westerners and is more than happy to cater to their eating habits. Lunch specials encompassing Chinese-American dishes are the most popular but the traditional dishes are kept for the brave. She says that running a Chinese restaurant in the U.S. is oddly beautiful, but then again having an El Salvadorian chef and a librarian from China working together in Placentia is just that—oddly beautiful. Jing-Hang Restaurant 1448 N. Kraemer Blvd., Placentia, CA, 92870. In the Village Plaza Phone: (714) 993-9230 Hours: Mon. to Thur. – 11:00 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. Fri. to Sat. – 11:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. Sunday -- 11:30 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. Closed daily from 3:00 p.m. to 4:30
Group breaks through the mold of Miami style Iconz look to tap into the southern hip-hop explosion with the release of their debut album, “Street Money.” By Damian Calhoun
Daily Titan Asst. Sports Editor The Miami hip-hop scene has been associated with the booty-shaking and jiggling videos of Luther Campbell and the world famous Two Live Crew, but with the recent success of upcoming stars like Trina and Trick Daddy paving the way, Miami is about to blow up. Busting through the door is the group Iconz with their first release "Street Money." Iconz are out to turn around the image of Miami being all about the sexy videos and scandalous lyrics. The first single “Get Crunked Up” or “Get F****d Up,” depending on whether you’re listening to the CD or watching the video, depicts a rougher and edgier side of the Miami scene. No matter which title you pick up, this track will certainly set blaze to your ears. But there are other banging tracks on the album. Tracks like “Home Vade,” “I Represent,” “Laughin’ At Ya,” “You’re A Trick,” and
“Representin’ Da South” are some of the tightest on the album. The production and beats are solid. The album has a party feel, but it is not like that jiggy crap of Will Smith, but the gangsta’ aspect of kicking back with the drinks and the homies. Iconz continue the trend of groups infiltrating the hip-hop scene. From the start, hip-hop’s greatest acts have been more than one person. Acts like the Wu-Tang Clan and N.W.A, just to name a few, have left an indelible mark on the world, not just hip-hop. In no way should Iconz be compared to these groups, but having a foundation helps. This is their first album and the rough areas are surely evident, but each moving moment brings experience in the rap game and that will season the group to one day, possibly, be mentioned as one of hip-hop’s tighest clicks. Iconz consists of Chapter, Stage McCloud, Luc Duc, Tony Manshino, Supastarr and Bulldog. The spotlight grabber is the sexy Supastarr, and not only because she’s sexy. She
appears on only three tracks, but her rough, yet soulful lyrics add a different dimension to the group. The six-member group got their start from The Committee. The Committee is the hottest producers in the Miami area, producing such Miami hip-hop stalwarts like the aforementioned Trina and Trick Daddy. Street Money is stocked with 19 tracks with four skits or interludes, and not every track is worth being on the album. There aren’t many wack tracks on the album. I can think of only two that could have been left off of the album: “Doggy Style” and “Ignorance.” Before I listened to this album, I wasn’t too big on the Miami rap game. However, Iconz definitely woke me up to it and they will wake you up too. So, don’t sleep on Iconz. The southern hip-hop scene has really exploded in the recent years and Iconz are looking to tap into the wealth that is being generated down south. This isn’t the best album, but it’s not too bad.
Iconz are in the house. Top row: Chapter, Stage McCloud, Luc Duc. Bottom row: Tony Manshino, Supastarr, Bulldog Courtesy of Elektra Entertainment
Thursday, March 1, 2001
CREATINE:
A Hazardous Enhancer ?
Creatine Cancerous?
nNUTRITION: Study finds possible connection between supplement and cancer, reinforcing doubts By Michael DelMuro
Daily Titan Staff Writer One of the most popular overthe-counter dietary supplements may be seriously harming and may in fact be killing its users. A French study reported that Creatine, which is supplement used to increase muscle mass and has been previously linked to liver and kidney disorders, may be a carcinogen. The report was published by the French Agency of Medical Security for Food and stated that the use of the drug “constitutes a risk that has not been sufficiently evaluated, particularly in the long term.” Prior to the stark findings that Creatine could potentially cause cancer, France had already outlawed sales of the supplement. Cal State Fullerton Kinesiology professor and athletic trainer Robert Kersey, does not dismiss that some health problems may arise from its usage including side effects such as liver and kidney problems and dehydration.
Other problems associated with the supplement are uncomfortable reactions such as bloating, cramping, and constant urination because of the amount of water intake needed when using Creatine. It is claimed that Creatine helps athletes in explosive sports such as football and non-distance running track and field events such as sprints, jumps, and strength events. Cal State Fullerton Track and Field Head Coach John Elders views Creatine as more of a detriment than a catalyst for physical superiority. “The drug certainly does more harm than good, the only results that I have seen from its usage have been negative,” Elders said. “One athlete had hamstring problems because of the dehydration factor associated with Creatine and we suspected that it was because of his use of Creatine.” The uncertainty of Creatine’s short and long-term effects has prompted the coach to discourage its usage among his athletes. “I don’t recommend it,” he said. “There is so little known about it and its long term side effects.”
College coaches like Elders can only offer their stern objections to the usage of the orally-administered muscle enhancer because the NCAA has yet to ban the substance. The NCAA has yet to heed to the fatal French findings and has taken no action to ban Creatine a n d similar dietary supplements.
Creatine is readily available to the collegiate athletes and the rest of the U.S. population at any vitamin store. General Nutrition Center (GNC) the most popular retail vitamin outlet with 40,000 stores nation-wide, keeps their shelves stocked with over 100 varieties of Creatine. Daisy Rojas, a saleswoman at a GNC in West Covina admits that the sale of Creatine makes good business for her store. “Creatine is the store’s top selling supplement, we have a huge selection of Creatine from a number of different makers.” Nutritional stores like GNC carry such an expansive array of the muscle enhancer to meet the heavy demands of consumers, who range from collegiate athletes to 13-year old high school freshmen. Kersey said to be careful of what kind of Creatine the customer buys. He warned that many brands of Creatine might be falsely representing their product because the Food and Drug Administration or the Federal Trade Commission in general does not regulate dietary supplements. But Kersey said to not be fooled by the misconception that the sup-
plement is a “wonder pill” that will give a person a great physique. “Creatine makes the body retain water,” he said. “It is the water retention, that helps athletes build up their muscles, not necessarily the Creatine.” Kersey added that the water retention in the muscle tissues when combined with exercise is what gives the athlete an extra boost, which will in turn make the athlete stronger. Usage of the performance enchancer is not, however, a $20 token to muscular magnificence and it must be coupled with a rigorous fitness regiment according to Kersey. “Do not believe that the supplement will work immediate wonders,” said Kersey. “Creatine was formulated work with a personalized well-designed, fitness program- something that already should be implemented in the lives of those who use [Creatine] and those who don’t.” Until stern, conclusive findings are erected from the mounds of ongoing scientific research, Kersey offers some advice for healthy living. “We’re in the dark, as far as the long-term effects go,” said Kersey. “All we know for sure is that all the Creatine in the world might not help people if they do not perform the two imperative elements that have proven to translate into a lengthy and healthy life — proper diet and workouts.”