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l Keep track of how much you spend. Remember that incidental and impulse purchases add up fast.
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l That can make it hard to finance a car; rent an apartment, get insurance — even a job.
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Crack-down on solicitors nTITAN SHOPS: The lure of free candy and T-shirts spells possible credit problems for student applicants
By Melanie Bysouth
Daily Titan Staff Writer You see them every semester. They offer you a free T-shirt or a bag of candy in exchange for your most personal information, and possibly your good credit. Applying for a credit card may
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seem harmless but there are hidden dangers involved that many students may not be aware of. Yet Cal State Fullerton, more specifically Titan Shops, say they are enacting specific guidelines in order to better provide for the students. “We’ve tried to protect students by bringing people here [CSUF] that are reputable,” said Jerry Olsen, Director of Titan Shops. “We want to make sure that their information will not be sold on the streets.” But the students must also take responsibility for themselves. “There is a number of students that will fill out the information without looking at what they are
giving,” Olsen said. “They are giving it [personal data] to complete strangers.” Compounding the problem is number of companies throughout the campus. “Prior to fall 2000 they could set up anywhere,” said Chuck Kissel, Titan Shops Senior Manager in charge of Operations and Customer Service. But things have changed. “Any commercial activity must come through the book store and they are limited to the five blue canopies on campus,” Kissel said. “We want to create a better environment for the students.” Although CSUF says it has made
efforts in restricting the number of companies soliciting all who walk by, some students are still frustrated by these unwelcome visitors to the campus. “I think they’re annoying,” sophomore Jeni Koss said. What students say is most annoying is the methods of attack used by the organizations. “They harass you,” said Lindsay Nickerson,a musical theatre major. “I got stopped by a guy who wouldn’t leave me alone.” Sophomore Vicki Wong shares this frustration.
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nMONEY: Redemption Week returns $5 for every $100 spent between Dec. 6 and Feb. 16 By Kelly Mead
Daily Titan Staff Writer This week, Titan Shops is giving students a reason to dig through their junk drawers and find old receipts. Through March 4, students can get money back from the Titan Shops for the blood and tears they shelled out at the beginning of the semester. Redemption Week gives students $5 for every $100 they spent between Dec. 26 and Feb. 16. A student only needs to bring in their stamped receipt from that time period to the second floor of the Titan Shops. “Since book prices have gone up, you might as well get something out of it,” said Gerardo Noria, a senior international business and science major. Noria has been redeeming his receipts since his freshman year at Cal State Fullerton. Since the program began in the fall of 1997, students have received $103,358 in gift certificates from Redemption Week. Chuck Kissel, the customer service manager for the Titan Shops, expects to give out $15,000 by the end of this week. Last semester the Titan Shops gave out $16,386. “It’s a nice way of getting a free meal or two,” Kissel said. The average gift certificate is $5 to $10. Gift certificates from the shop can be used on anything from candy, to clothing, to next semester’s books. The certificates expire in late November of this year. Danielle Duldulao, a sophomore in sociology who has been working
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at the shops for over a year, said the cold weather prompts many students to spend their gift certificates on clothing. She stated that students spend the certificates on miscellaneous items, because the high cost of book buying is a month in the past. “Everyone is buying sweatshirts, because they paid off their credit card bills for their books,” she said. Marlene Munguina, who redeemed her receipt Wednesday night, said she didn’t know about the program until this semester. When she bought her books, she noticed a blue flyer for Redemption Week attached to her receipt. “I spent almost $300,” said the junior human services major. “I paid a lot of attention to my receipt because I couldn’t believe it was that much. I guess the ones that spend a lot of money will.” This semester there has been a steady flow of students climbing the Titan Shops escalator to receive their certificates from the designated register. “It has gone up,” said Kissel when referring to the number of students who take advantage of Redemption Week. “But not as much as I would think.” Titan Shops was planning to post flyers around campus all this week, but rainy weather prohibited it. Titan Shops biggest challenge with the event is getting awareness out to the students, Kissel said. During the beginning of the semester rush, cashiers are required to notify every customer about Redemption Week. “[Students] probably forget because it’s a whole month after they buy their books,” Duldulao said. “I think it’s all
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Brutality an issue 10 years after King nPOLICE: LAPD is still grappling with concerns surrounding excessive force and in-house corruption By Michael Del Muro Daily Titan Staff Writer
Ten years ago, George Herbert Walker Bush was president of the United States, Sadaam Hussein was American enemy number one and nightly videos of strategic bomb hits in Iraq shown on CNN made the cable news network a major player in national news. Los Angeles news was filled with another videotape that shocked the world and shook up the base of the Los Angeles Police Department — the police beating of Rodney King. George Holiday stood across the street peering down from his apartment window with his video camera pointed at police officers Laurence Powell, Timothy Wind and Theodore Briseno and recorded the three offi-
cers beating motorist Rodney King nearly to death, after he refused to halt during a routine traffic stop. The officers landed 56 blows to King’s body with nightsticks, pelted him with numerous kicks, and zapped him with a Taser gun, leaving him with fractures to his skull and serious facial nerve damage. The subsequent trial and acquittal of the three officers and Sgt. Stacey Koon, who was the commanding officer during the beating, left many in the black community outraged. Criminal justice Professor Brenda Vogel said the incident shed light on abuses that are often all too familiar to those living in poorer areas. “The Rodney King incident showed the entire country and illustrated the abuses that occur in poor communities,” Vogel said. “When the officers were acquitted, it said to the poor, your suffering is not legitimate,” she added. The aftermath of the acquittal in April 1992 was reminiscent of the anger that enthralled South Central L.A. during the 1960 race riots, as many took to the streets in protest and this eventually led to a full-
throttle riot. While many in the community were outraged by the King verdict, Tom Hall, a retired LAPD officer, said the verdict was just an excuse for many to cause trouble and get free goods Regardless of the motivation behind the riots, its resulting fires darkened the skies for three days and the looters who raided the local stores stole millions of dollars in property. Police Chief Daryl Gates stepped down as the “Top cop” in L.A. and the Christopher Commission took a serious look at police brutality, making several suggestions to curb the violence plaguing the department. Two of the offending officers were eventually punished in the beating of King as violators of King’s civil rights. Powell and Koon were each convicted and sentenced to 30 months in a federal prison. The other two officers were acquitted of all charges. Now, 10 years after King’s beating, a different George Bush is president and Hussein is still America’s number one foreign enemy.
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Meanwhile, the LAPD is on its third chief of police in 10 years, after two chiefs in the previous 30 years, and is struggling to maintain its dignity as a department. Hall said the morale of those working in the department is as low as he can ever remember in his 31 years of service. He added that the loss of Gates as commissioner has hurt the department because those who have followed have not had much success. As one of the Christopher Commission’s recommendations, the police chief must now be reevaluated every five years. Hall said Gates’ first successor, Chief Willie Williams, lasted only one term because of his inactive policy making. However, Hall said the inaction of Williams did not hurt the department as much as poor policy-making of current Police Chief Bernard Parks. A compressed schedule, which would have allowed officers to work as little as three 12-hour days per week, was being experimented with by the LAPD, but Parks eliminated
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the program. Hall also credits a lot of the poor decisions to weak management resulting from the King incident. “Parks is [Mayor Richard] Riordan’s man,” Hall said. “The rest of the upper management of the LAPD are all puppets.”
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BRIEFS Public forum to be held on the election process in Orange County
Damage to California’s State Capitol Building estimated at $16.5 million
A public forum on the election process in Orange County will be held at Cal State Fullerton on Saturday, March 17 from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Orange County Supervisor, 3rd District Todd Spitzer; Orange County Voter Registrar Rosalyn Lever; Professor Mark Petracca of UCI; Professor Barbara Stone of CSUF; Jean O. Pasco of the LA Times; Van Tran, City of Garden Grove council member will be featured in the forum sponsored by the League of Women Voters of Orange County and the CSUF Division of Political Science. The forum, which is free to the public, will examine many of the questions that arose during the recent presidential election as they relate to Orange County. Are all our votes being counted? Is the voting process fair and nonpartisan? Do we need to modernize our voting equipment? Is the voting process standardized and consistent throughout the state of California? If not, why? Does the election system disadvantage or discriminate against any sector or group? Is voter fraud a problem in Orange County? Why don’t more people in Orange County register and vote? These and other questions will be addressed to the speakers and panelists. Audience participants will be afforded an opportunity to ask their own questions as well. The forum will be held in the Ruby Gerontology Center’s Multipurpose Room. For additional information, call the League of Women Voters of Orange County at (714) 6477101.
The State Capitol building in Sacramento sustained an estimated $16.5 million in damages when trucker Mike Bowers rammed a truck into its exterior on Jan. 16, according to the representatives of the Department General Services. The Joint Committee on Rules, chaired by Assemblyman Dennis Cardoza (D-Merced) heard testimony from the representatives describing the various areas affected by the accident. The exterior columns of the south portico suffered the most expensive damage, with estimates exceeding $7.4 million to return the outside of the building to its original form. Smoke from the fire caused damage to the building and set off the fire sprinklers. The water damage also caused mold to form in the basement beneath the rotunda. General Services estimates that it will cost more than $2 million to repair the basement. Assemblyman Cardoza pledged to see that the Capitol is repaired. “I am committed to restoring our historic State Capitol to its previous form so that future generations of Californians can visit and appreciate one of the greatest symbols of our state,” Cardoza said. Assembly bill 115, introduced by Cardoza and Senate Pro Tem John Burton will fund the repairs to the landmark, including the $566,000 for the initial cleanup after the wreck. Cardoza is scheduled to present the bill to the Assembly Rules Committee this morning.
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CALENDAR OF CALE NDA R O F EVENTS E VENTS Campus A Racquetball Doubles Tournament will be held today on the racquetball courts. Men must register by noon, and women by 1:00 p.m. For more information call (714) 2783978. The Financial Aid Cal Grant deadline is today. For more information visit www.fafsa. ed.gov. The music composer Jeremy Beck will be presented in Recital Hall today at 8 p.m. Tickets are $8. Discounts are
also available. For more information call (714) 278-3371. 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 Titan Student Union begins its 24-hour study hall on Monday March 5. 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) 278-4938.
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 $10.00 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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n from page 1 Vogel said the police department is receiving exactly what it deserves after years of misconduct. “Ten years later, they are still wrestling with the bed they made,” she said. “Because Rodney King was acquitted, it has made it more difficult for [the police] to do their jobs.” Ten years after the King situation, the LAPD finds itself in another controversial period as the Rampart scandal continues to unfold. After nearly being killed 10 years ago, King received a $3.8 million settlement from the police department, but has been arrested a number of times for various reasons, including spousal abuse. He now lives in Pasadena and owns his own construction company with his brother. The four officers in question are no longer associated with the LAPD.
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“I don’t mind if they’re here,” she said, “But it is annoying when they come up to you and bug you. I just keep going.” While some keep walking, many will approach the booth, but students are becoming less interested in filling out the applications. “I have applied before,” junior Dersa Cyr said. “You get a free football or something but they give you twenty applications at once so I refuse to do it anymore.” Chasing students and surprising them with excessive applications is also something that Titan Shops said should be a thing of the past. “Every company on campus must adhere to the rules and guidelines of the university,” Kissel said. While on campus, company representatives are not allowed to leave the canopy to recruit business and if a student chooses to stop, they must be presented a warning about credit cards along with the application. CSUF may have tried to combat the annoying and deceitful practices of the companies, but many students would not mind if the organizations were eliminated from campus. “I don’t do them [fill out applica-
tions],” Sophomore Jeremy Kovacs said. “I find no interest in them.” Yet the college says it would not have credit card companies on campus if the students did not want them. “We have a number of students come into the bookstore for credit applications,” Kissel said. “We know there is a demand.” Biochemistry major Zaid Hamid would agree. “They’re good,” he said. “I think it’s very convenient for everyone.” Titan Shops suggests that when the booths next appear on campus, students should combine personal financial responsibility with a simple guideline: “If a student gives money [or information] to anyone on campus, they [the company] should be under a blue canopy,” Kissel said. This is the best way to know that the organization has gone through the Titan Shops and has received approval to be at CSUF. Yet for some, blue canopy or not, it is better to just keep walking. “It’s fine they come here,” said kinesiology major Kari Brisco. “I don’t have any problem with them. But I don’t ever stop. I have enough credit cards already.”
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A mass murderer can never be cured n Edward Allaway murdered seven people in the campus library 26 years ago and may get another chance at life, unlike his victims By Melanie Bysouth Edward Allaway waits patiently for his next hearing. If it goes his way, he will be released from prison into a halfway house where he will have a chance to live a somewhat normal life. Allaway will be able to do things he has not done for over two decades. He will have an opportunity to begin his life again, hoping to make up for the many years he has lost. With the help of his lawyer, Deputy Public Defender John F. Bovee, and his psychiatrists from San Bernardino’s Patton State Hospital,
Allaway has attempted to change his image in the public eye. He wants to be seen as a changed man who deserves a second chance at life. Yet how he is seen is how he is remembered. He is a man who, on July 12, 1976, walked into the Cal State Fullerton library, murdering seven and wounding two with his 22 caliber semi-automatic weapon. With Allaway’s actions he not only ended the lives of those he murdered but he also destroyed the quality of life of countless others. Each victim was not alone in this world. They had family, friends, co-workers and class-
mates, all of whom have been drastically affected by what was essentially a tempertantrum. Now this mass-murderer wants a chance to live a normal life. How dare he ask for something he took from so many. Those seven people will never have a second chance at life and those connected to the victims will forever wonder what might have been. What is most frustrating is that the opportunity for Allaway to transfer should have never been made available. After his arrest and trial, Allaway was found guilty of seven counts of first degree murder and two counts of assault with a deadly weap-
on. Had these verdicts been upheld, he could have received life imprisonment or the death penalty for his vile crime. Yet after four days of deliberations, the jury was unable to reach a verdict in regard to Allaway’s sanity. As a result of the deadlock, Judge Robert P. Kneeland removed the criminal penalties and Allaway was found not guilty by reason of insanity and was sent to Atascadero State Hospital in San Luis Obispo County. So rather than being punished for his crimes, Allaway has been treated as though he too is a victim. Society is supposed to believe that he is a man with an illness that can be cured. Yet it is both ridiculous and pathetic to assume that a drive to gun down nine people can be cured
with a few sessions of therapy and daily dosage of pills. It was only 11 years after the murders that Allaway felt he was cured and began lobbying for release to a halfway house. Yet how can an illness that drives one to mass murder be remedied in just over a decade? It can’t. It is disturbing that a group of psychiatrists and attorneys are mocking the deaths of victims by attempting to prove otherwise. — Bysouth is a Daily Titan Staff Writer To respond to this column send e-mail with with name, major and phone number to
Rapper Grammy winner spurs perspectives on music industry n Eminem’s offensive lyrics are nothing new — so why get offended now? By Kathleen Gutierrez Perhaps you weren’t aware, but a music group named after a dildo won the 2001 Grammy Award for Album of the Year. Mr. Controversy, rapper Eminem, gathered most of the attention after last week’s Grammy Awards, but little attention was given to the band named after a fake penis, Steely Dan. That is, until they beat him in the most celebrated category in the show. “Two Against Nature,” Steely Dan’s latest album, contains a song describing sexual fantasies about an underage cousin. The band’s name comes from the Steely Dan dildo written about in William S. Burrough’s novel, “Naked Lunch.” Not only did they win the Album of the Year Grammy, but they also won an award for the pedophilic song known simply as “Cousin Dupree.” So let me get this right, Saying the word “faggot” is worse than trying to have sex with a teenage relative? I think not. Perhaps this post-politically correct era is a little too highstrung. I do not condone misogyny or gay-bashing. I do not condone pedophyllia or incest. The difference between Eminem and Steely Dan’s lyrics is what they imply. Eminem hates everyone. Steely Dan wants to sleep with you, but only if you’re bloodrelated. What I don’t understand is why Eminem’s songs need to be pointed out over and again. The lyrics are exaggerated, sometimes funny, and used in such ridiculous contexts that a person using common sense to decipher his lyrics, will see that he means none of it. He says it to get attention. Not once does he ever tell listeners to do as he does. His lyrics refer to women as “bitches,” he calls gay people “faggots” and he calls most of his friends “assholes.” Then people get upset and we play the Gloria Allred and GLAAD (The Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation) cards. What about other musicians? The now-defunct band Sublime’s lyrics talk about finding an ex-girlfriend, shooting her new boyfriend and slapping her to death. Punk rock band, The Offspring, has one song about killing the president, another about stalking women from a car, and yet another beheading everyone they know. Politically angst rock/rap band, Rage Against the Machine, screams about hating white people: “…Now I’m rolling down Rodeo with a shotgun. These people ain’t seen a brown skinned man since their grandparents bought one.” Why did these lyrics go unnoticed? They were on the Grammy-nominated album “Evil Empire.” My presumption is that they are ignored because their anger is only in implication. If you take the time to listen to the lyrics, as most music lovers do, it is easy to tell that
Eminem is saying these words out of spite. Teen-agers know this. There have been worse lyrics, just not about gay people. That must be why this is such a huge topic of discussion. We haven’t played all the cards in the deck. Eminem is no more controversial than any other mega star. This generation has just pushed the limits so far that many may fear we can never go back. The Beatles, once condemned for questionable lyrics, had parents forbidding their children to listen to their lyrics. Now they have the fastest selling album in 23 countries. What about campy rock legends Kiss? Parents once considered them devil worshippers. Now they appear so ridiculous that teen-agers refuse to buy the albums or even admit they know who they are, and parents continue to help Kiss sell out concert venues, nearly 25 years after they began. This raises two questions. Whom do you condone, and when do you condemn? It’s difficult to say, but from what I see, it is easier to condone the musicians with the worst marketing department. If the album doesn’t sell two million copies in a week, it’s not worth complaining about. — Gutierrez is a Daily Titan Staff Writer
n The music industry gets itself stuck between a rock and a hard place — tradition and free expression Alex Douvas He is perhaps the most loved man in America… and the most hated, at the exact same time. No, I’m not talking about Bill Clinton. I’m talking about Marshall Mathers, also known as Eminem. His fans adore him with a following that makes the rapper seem more like a Backstreet Boy. However, his critics charge that Eminem’s vulgar lyrics on his 2000 album “The Marshall Mathers LP” have far exceeded the boundaries of decency in music, namely for their depiction of violence against women and homosexuals. In the last several weeks, the most frequent question asked to celebrities and other important people has been how they feel about Eminem and his nomination by the National Association of Recording Arts and Sciences for three Grammys. In fact, I wouldn’t be surprised if they asked the Dalai Lama what he thought. I, however, am not a celebrity or anyone else special enough to weigh in on the controversy, so I will not go there. No, actually, I will. Sort of. Eminem singing about killing his wife is not a good thing. Killing gays and lesbians probably isn’t a good idea either. Neither is raping your mom. As a rule of thumb, I don’t agree with killing or raping anyone, straight or gay — or their mothers for that matter. Killing and
raping is not the issue though… that happens all the time in music lyrics and no one even flinches anymore. What makes this a controversy is WHOM Eminem goes after: homosexuals and women. No one else seems to notice the glaring hypocrisy of the music industry and other Hollywood liberal types over this issue. They are schizophrenic, constantly switching sides between defending artistic expression and championing the plight of the minority groups that Eminem attacks. When “The Marshall Mathers LP” was first released, Rolling Stone magazine called it “loud, wild, dangerous, grotesque, unsettling… and impossible to pull your ears away from.” Months later, after the controversy came to a boil, and public sentiment about Eminem began to shift, Rolling Stone ran a more critical cover story entitled “Eminem’s Hate Rhymes.” This is not a controversy about decency. Musicians, artists, and performers produce all sorts of garbage that is legitimized only by their claim to freedom of expression provided by the First Amendment. Eminem was not the first artist to accomplish this feat, nor should we give him the credit for being the first, because he isn’t that smart. It’s been done before. You want misogyny? Find a copy of 2 Live Crew’s “As Nasty as They Wanna Be.” The lyrics on that album could make Madonna blush. You want violence? Check out IceT’s side project, “Body Count” and their song “Cop Killer.” I’m sure there’s much worse floating around out there right now, it just hasn’t been nominated for a Grammy. The obscenity, violence or Grammy nominations aren’t what make Eminem’s a special case. There is a clear exception for “musicians” and “artists” that allow them to sing about whatever they want to sing about. What Eminem did differently was use his artistic license to lyrically puree homosexuals and women, and in the process infuriate feminist and gay-right organizations. This is like bathing in honey and walking into a bear cave. The real spectacle should be that the very same people who are usually quick to defend free expression, no matter how trashy, happen to also be card-carrying progressive liberals, who are usually sympathetic to feminist and homosexual causes. Thanks to an idiot like Eminem, no longer can they have their cake and eat it too. — Douvas is a Daily Titan Staff Writer To respond to either of these columns send e-mail with name, major, and phone number to dailytitan@yahoo.com
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Seven-time Nascar Winston Cup Champion, Dale Earnhardt in the #3 car, died after a car crash in the last lap of the Daytona 500. He was 49.
Commentary: A tribute to a classic By Darla Priest The first time I heard a fast car, my mind raced with the power of the engine. It was my dad’s souped up V8. He loved that car with extreme devotion. He constantly tuned the motor and polished the body. It’s such an American attitude – man and his machine. From the workingman’s garage to the open highway, speed is an ultimate thrill. The dramatic death of the working class hero Dale Earnhardt on February 18, sent chills through my soul, as I watched him crash head-on into the wall in the final lap of the Daytona 500. In the final turn his Chevrolet Monte Carlo No. 3, then racing aggressively for third place, is struck by Ken Schrader’s Pontiac as it crashes. Earnhardt dies almost instantly. Earnhardt’s style of racing is 100 percent aggressive and true to the nature of NASCAR. There’s simply no backing off when the checkered flag is within reach. Earnhardt’s team dominated the end of the race with driver Michael Waltrip in the lead and Earnhard’s son, Dale Jr. in second. The family and team wanted it all. Victory. No price was too great to pay, because at a 190 mph, accidents are fatal. However, it is always the fastest car that wins. The fans got quite a show. It’s not everyday that a legend dies in front of your eyes. With shock and pride swelling up in my eyes as I watched the rescue team pull Earnhardt’s body from his car, I couldn’t help feeling satisfied with the ending.
It was truly great. It was a short and bright moment in time that leaves you in a silent state. Like watching a fallen star fall from the heavens, or a tornado knocking down a house – an uncontrolled force in nature. The light blue tarp placed over Earnhardt’s car might as well have been an American flag. He died with honor and passion, grace and precision. He was at the top of his game. NASCAR will never replace him. Elvis has left the building. He died in his race car doing what he loved to do. Racing hard and fast. He’s still the “The Intimidator,” “Ironhead” and “The Man in Black.” NASCAR drivers will never forget his presence on the track or the ideals that he represents. Some families go to church on Sunday, others pull together to win the Winston Cup. In both places people pray and love each other. Not enough can be said about the Earnhardt family – a true American Dream. Earnhardt’s last moment was spent driving behind his son, watching him live up to the family reputation. Earnhardt’s father Ralph, who won the NASCAR late-model sportsman championship in 1958, died while working on his car at home. A simple death and not at all glamorous, yet still right. I still hear my dad working on his car from time to time. Maybe some men would rather die next to their machine. — Priest is a Daily Titan Assistant News Editor To respond to this editorial send e-mail with name, major, and phone
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Weekend, March 2, 2001
Titans look to prove their worth in tough weekend tournSOFTBALL: CSUF continues its rigorous climb up the national polls, but will be put to the test in the Worth Invitational, beginnning tonight By Caesar Contreras
Daily Titan Staff Writer
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Sophomore catcher and home run leader Jenny Topping illustrates where the Titans hope to finish in this weekend’s Worth Invitational.
After an extended journey away from home, the Cal State Fullerton softball team returns to its stomping grounds as they host the 10-team Worth Invitational over the weekend. The action gets under way today as round robin play begins this morning and concludes on March 4 at 5:00 p.m. Playing in their first home game since a pair of home losses to UCLA on Feb 7, the Titans (14-5) are joined by California, Harvard, Long Beach State, Minnesota, Oregon, Pacific, Portland State, New Mexico and San Jose State in the Invitational. Several of the teams in the tournament are nationally-ranked
by the USA Today/National Fastpitch Coaches Association with the California Golden Bears coming in ranked fourth, the Oregon Ducks ranked 22nd and the Titans coming in ranked 10th, up one spot from last week’s poll. CSUF begins action tonight at 4:00 p.m. against the San Jose State Spartans and then at 6:00 against the Ducks. SJSU comes into the tournament with a 5-8 record and have lost four of its last six games. Offensively, sophomore infielder Amy Walter leads the Spartan attack with a .333 batting average, two home runs and 11 runs batted in. Junior Candice Akin is the team’s top pitcher with a 2-1 record and a 1.69 earned run average in seven appearances (two starts).
The Ducks have a 15-8 record and just came off an impressive performance in the New Mexico State Tournament, where they went 5-1. On Saturday, the Titans will face their toughest competition of the weekend as they face the Minnesota Golden Gophers at 12 p.m. and the Golden Bears at 4:00 p.m. The Gophers currently have a 103-1 overall mark and are led by senior infielder Angel Braden, who has a .425 batting average, five home runs and 21 RBI. Cal comes into the tournament as the favorite and deservedly so, the undefeated Golden Bears are led by the standout hitting of Veronica Nelson, who is hitting .520 on the season with four home runs and 12 RBI. Jocelyn Forest leads the pitching attack for the Bears with a 6-0 record and a 0.68 ERA. In the final day of action on Sunday, CSUF will face the Harvard Crimson at 3:00 p.m. and the Portland State Vikings
at 5:00 p.m. The Crimson have yet to play a game this season due to all the snow in New England while the Vikings come into the game with a 2-4 record. Currently, the Titans rank at the top of almost every major offensive category in the Big West including batting average, hits, slugging percentage and home runs. Sophomore Jenny Topping leads the conference in batting average, hits and RBI while fellow teammate Yasmin Mossadeghi leads in home runs, runs and slugging percentage. This weekend should also find junior pitcher Christy Robitaille seeing more action. Last weekend at the Texas Invitational, Robitaille pitched in two games and earned a relief victory in CSUF’s 4-3 win over Texas. It was the first action for the pitcher, who was out for 17 games due to injury. The Worth Invitational will be the first of two tournaments hosted by the Titans with the 16-team Kia Classic being played March 14-18 at the Titan Softball
Old-time friends and foes gather for Kia Bash nBASEBALL: After three straight rainouts, 24th-ranked Titans host four-team tournement By Damian Calhoun
Daily Titan Asst. Sports Editor Traditional collegiate baseball powers will collide this weekend at Goodwin Field for the 2nd annual Kia Baseball Bash Tournament. Beginning today and running until Sunday, the 24th -ranked Titans will be joined by the Tennessee Volunteers, the Wichita State Shockers and the Long Beach State 49ers in a three-day, sixgame, round-robin action. The first game is today at 2:30 p.m. with the 49ers play-
ing the Shockers. CSUF (6-7) opens play tonight against the Volunteers with freshman Darric Merrell (0-1, 0.98) facing right-hander Brian Gates (2-0, 2.50). Gates is the younger brother of former Titan catcher Jeff Gates. Also, the meeting will reunite Titan pitching coach Dave Serrano with his former team, the Volunteers. Serrano served as the pitching coach and recruiting coordinator for the Volunteers in 1995 and 1996 before the coaching staff here at CSUF, to assume the say duties. “I am little excited about seeing the guys that I worked with,” Serrano said. “Seeing (Head Coach Rod) Delmonico, (assistant coach Larry) Simcox and the people from the university will bring back some good memories.” Tennessee (10-1) is off to its best start in four years led by the offensive exploits
of junior second baseman Chris Burke (.413 4HR, 18RBI) senior first baseman Jeff Christensen (.389) and junior shortstop Stevie Daniel (.383, with an 11-game-hitting streak). The trio has combined to Even though the Volunteers haven’t played a tough schedule, CSUF Head Coach George Horton knows of the danger that Tennessee possess. “They’re off to a great start, even though they haven’t played a particularly tough schedule,” Horton said of the Volunteers. “They’re looking at this tournament as an opportunity to play some tougher competition.” CSUF and Tennessee have played only twice prior to this weekend. In the 1995 College World Series, the Titans defeated the Volunteers twice, en route to their third NCAA Championship. The Titans second game of the tournament is against the Shockers (4-2)
Men suffer close loss to UCI By Mark Villarroel
Daily Titan Staff Writer Throughout the night the Cal State Fullerton Titans managed to keep the score close but fell to the UC Irvine Anteaters 58-53 Thursday night. In the first half the game began apprehensively as turnovers and missed field goals plagued both teams. For the first five minutes the Anteaters were scoreless until guard Jerry Green managed to get to the free-throw line
and give his team the initial push to gain momentum. Green would finish with a total of 19 points. With careless turnovers, converted to points the Titans negated their first half lead, although they were able to rival the Anteaters momentum as David Castleton evened the score as he converted a foul and a lay-up before the end of the half. Castleton led CSUF in scoring with 16 points. Starting guard Kevin Richardson kept his team close in the closing minutes of
the second half. CSUF drew closer as he hit two crucial baskets down the stretch to cut the defect. The Titans turned up their defense trying to make UCI turn the ball over, but the Anteaters passed the ball to Sean Jackson who hit a three-pointer.. The Anteaters (22-3, 14-1) have won 18 of their last 19 games are guaranteed the top seed in the Big West tournament. CSUF ( 4-22, 3-13) next game is against UC Riverside March 3 it Titan Gym..
from the Missouri Valley Conference, Saturday at 7 p.m. The Shockers, under the direction of legendary Head Coach Gene Stephenson, have a pitching staff that has a staff ERA of 2.08 and boasts a pitching staff that has seven pitchers with an ERA of 2.70 and under. “They have a tradition like ours,” Horton said of the Shockers. “They have a very successful baseball heritage. They have a lot of new faces on their team, but they will only get better. I have a lot of respect for Gene and his staff.” With Merrell starting Friday for the Titans, the usual Friday night starter Jon Smith (2-0, 1.48) will face the Shockers on Saturday against left-hander Justin Maureau (1-0, 2.70). Kirk Saarloos (22 1.41) will remain in his customary Sunday starting spot against the Long Beach State 49ers in the tournament finale at 5:30 p.m.
Rounding out the competition are the Titans’ Big West nemesis, the Long Beach State 49ers (5-4). Long Beach State, ranked 26th by Collegiate Baseball, started the season with a crushing threegame sweep of the Arizona Wildcats, but has faded lately, losing four of its last six games. Preseason All-American candidate junior shortstop Bobby Crosby has suffered this season through a horrendous slump. Crosby, a teammate of Saarloos on the 2000 USA National Team, is hitting only .152 and has struck out 13 times. “He’s a targeted guy in our lineup and the opposition is pitching around him,” LBSU Head Coach Dave Snow said of Crosby. “Once he learns that he has to stay within the strike zone, then he will bounce out of this slump.” Whereas Crosby has struggled mightily, senior outfielder Jeff Jones has not.
Jones is hitting a team-leading .355 and has an on-base percentage of .487. “Jones has been fantastic to start the season and as soon as Crosby gets going, then they will form a good combination, Snow said. “This is an opportunity for us to be tested and serves as a gauge of where we are as a team,” Snow added. The tournament is the start of an extended period where the Titans will be without their starting catcher, junior Brett Kay. Kay, who underwent surgery on his right hand Tuesday, will be out anywhere from 4 to 6 weeks. Kay was hitting .304 and was establishing himself as the team’s on-field leader. “Last year, I had two seniors in front of me and I would worry about who would play and that affected me,” Kay said. “This season, I knew that I was going to be ‘the guy’ and that boosted my confidence.”
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