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Student money avail‑ nSCHOLARSHIPS: Thousands of dollars in AS funds go unclaimed because of the lack of awareness By Sara Stanton
Daily Titan Staff Writer Even with more than $5,000 of Associated Students scholarship money offered to students, applicants seem few and far between. As the March 16 deadline draws near, AS is hoping that more students will turn in applications to receive this money. Linda Luna, executive vice president for AS, and also the chair of the AS scholarship committee, said that last year, they only received a few hundred applicants for the scholarships. Of a campus with more than 28,000 students, that makes about 0.7 percent of the student population applying. Though Luna does not know how many applications have been received for this semester thus far, she anticipates that the majority of the applications will be turned in on the due date. “We usually get most of the applications the day of,” Luna said. Five of the AS scholarships are for $1,000 each, and will be awarded to only one person. There is also an Associated Students and Titan Shops Book Scholarship that will award 35 CSUF students with a semesters worth of free books for the fall 2001 semester. With one look at the applications, any person can see that recipients will not have to have a 4.0 GPA, because of the emphasis on extra-curricular activities. In fact, these scholarships require cumulative GPAs of 2.5 to 2.8. With realistic grade requirements, many students are eligible to receive money that will help them manage finances. Lizeth Posada, the newly appointed director for the College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics for AS, who also serves on the AS scholarship committee says that students need to be more informed of these scholarships that are offered. “A lot of people that are looking for financial aid don’t know what is available to them,” she said. Posada also said that last year, many of the same people applied for
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Conference highlights women schol‑ nWOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH: The all-day event focuses on female contributions in modern society By Kelly Mead
Daily Titan Staff Writer March is National Women’s History Month. In recognition, 16
campus organizations including the Women’s Center, the American Studies Department and the Anthropology Club are sponsoring a variety of events on campus. “Hejira Women’s Odysseys: Journeys Through Space and Time Celebrating Women’s History Month” will feature over 15 events through March 22. Hejira is Islamic for a sacred journey. Women’s History Month has been celebrated on campus for the past six years, said Barbara McDowell,
the director of the Women’s Center and Adult Reentry Center. “It functions to show women students that they are celebrated on campus,” McDowell said. The month features a diverse group of events that range from normal to obscure. This week the celebration has already featured a Latino lesbian comedian, Monica Palacios, and a film festival on Margaret Mead. The rest of the month will include guest speakers, art exhibits, and musical concerts.
This Friday an anthropologist will speak on women’s issues in Africa and delve in to such controversial topics as genital mutilation. This Wednesday a daylong conference was held in the Pollak Library. The day was held to heighten awareness about Cal State Fullerton scholars who are doing research on women’s issues. “The most important thing for me about this conference, is not only our focus on women, but our focus on scholars,” said Gayle Brunelle the conference organizer.
nSPEAKER: Social activist voices support for multi-culturalism in university and educational environments By Minna Easter
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Daily Titan Staff Writer In some countries, people fight for the freedom that any citizen has right now by holding a newspaper in his or her hands. In the former Soviet state of Belarus, information is a scarce resource. An imperialistic president keeps a tight reign on the national media, realizing that in the ashes of Communism, controlling information is necessary to maintain power. Fear, intimidation and manipulation are all commonplace in President Aliaksandr Lukashenka’s regime, and the Belarussian people are paying the price. Half a world away, Belarussian schol-
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The conference included subjects on research guides, women in popular culture, and women who walk on the edge of social norms. Speakers included Roshanna Sylvester, a professor of history at CSUF, who spoke on the role of women in early 19th century Russian films. Another topic was on Bohemian women in Victorian London by Liberal Studies Professor April Bullock.
ar Sergey Homich is visiting Cal State Fullerton’s College of Communications, hoping that his research here will be a catalyst for change when he returns to Belarus. Homich, a news producer for the only independent television company in Belarus, will spend the next three months with the college as a visiting scholar. As the Foreign Department Editor of the broadcasting company, he produces news for other former Soviet countries in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS). Homich wants to produce local news for Belarus and inspire its own nationalism to combat the loyalism to Russia that the Lukashenka regime encourages in its state-run television news. With constant oppression from the government and ruling elite, accomplishing the task will be difficult. “The only way to change the Lukashenka situation is to change the attitudes of people,” Homich said. “He will not leave on his own. That’s why the media is very important. That’s why I don’t want only theoretical research
while I’m here, but practical research as well.” Homich’s visit to CSUF was coordinated through the International Research and Exchanges Board (IREX), a private non-profit organization dedicated to promoting advanced field research between the United States and Central and Eastern Europe. The program is sponsored by the State Department’s Bureau on Educational and Cultural Affairs. According to IREX ProgramAssociate Sarah Shields, Homich was one of 40 professionals given grants to research in America out of over 1,000 applicants from the 12 CIS countries. Each applicant must submit a proposal, demonstrating a critical need to conduct research in the United States and how their research will make a significant contribution to their fields in their home countries. According to Shields, Homich was chosen “due to the strength and importance of his proposal and his professional
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Special to the Titan Dr. Joseph White, social activist and pioneer in the field of Black psychology, delivered a keynote address titled “Leadership for a Multi-cultural Society: The Role of Colleges & Universities,” to a group of about 35 faculty and staff at the Titan Theatre on Tuesday.‑‑ Addressing what he called “The Browning of America,” or the increasing number of minorities in the American population, White emphasized his view that universities should incorporate multi-culturalism in its population, its curriculum and its leadership. White also explained some limitations and barriers to achieving multi-culturalism. “The university should look like us,” White said, referring the very diverse audience present in the theatre, “from top to bottom, left to right. ” According to White, there are several departments at Cal State Fullerton that have no ethnic faculty. White sees this as an illustration of the severe incongruity of the university population and California’s general diversity. To alleviate what White sees as a severe problem, he poses a severe solution. “You must develop a file of every ethnic Ph.D. in America,” White said. Recruit ethnic students for faculty positions by their third year of graduate school is also a solution. White also made recommendations to integrate multi-culturalism into the curriculum. Universities should include the stories of the
people who make up America, teach the roots of knowledge, and teach students to “think outside the box,” White said. White believes that meritocracy, the idea that assumes a level playing field for all who pursue higher education or professional careers, is not creative. He feels that meritocracy is actually thinking inside the box. Instead, White challenged, students should question what an ideal university looks like, and if there is indeed equal opportunities to achieve this ideal. As he made these points, White held up a recent copy of Time Magazine, featuring the debate over the SATs on its cover. According to White, admitting every other student who applies to Cal State Fullerton and using the SAT as a tool for admission would result in a similar outcome. “While the SAT may not have prevented all students of color admittance to college campuses, many of these students live in separate quadrants,” White said. To address this issue of separate societies, White called for the development of ethnic leadership at the university level. Citing South African President Nelson Mandela’s policy of constructive engagement and mutual enrichment, White voiced a need for a multi-ethnic, and multi-cultural dialogue. Yet White acknowledged that there are significant barriers to creating this dialogue. Distrust, the projection of blame, and the lack of reflection and empathy within different ethnic groups prevent productive partnerships from real progress. The most serious obstacle to interaction is a perceptual gap, according to White. Because all Americans do not experience the same reality, Americans will not view the same event in the same way. “It reminds me of a dysfunctional
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BRIEFS Fullerton Museum Center starts Education Endowment Fund The Fullerton Museum Center hopes to continue giving quality education programs for students attending area schools. In addition to the fund it started last year, the museum has added the Education Endowment Fund, which seeks to support the expansion of the property’s free education programs. This is the first type of fund to be established in the 30 years that the museum has been open. Its board of trustees have succeeded in raising about $75,000, their goal to meet the $100,000-mark by the end of the year. Cindy Yount, the board president, believes in the positive impact they have on education through these programs. The fund has earned support from big donors, among them the ConAgra Corp., Yokohama Tire Group, the Warren and Katherine Schlinger Foundation and the Eugene Birnbaum Foundation. For more information on the fund, call the Fullerton Museum Center at (714) 738-6545. “Artifacts of Vigilance: The Peace Museum” is being showcased until April 27. The exhibit focuses on the history of peace activism, as conveyed by a collection of vintage protest posters, photos and letters.
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“Youth Expo” on Sunday, March 18. The “Youth Expo” is a daylong activity planned for boys between the ages of eight and 18. It aims to inform youths of the opportunities and assistance that waits them in the areas of careers and character-building. Music, food and entertainment will be part of the festivities. Information on colleges, career opportunities and government employment will be provided by local businesses, schools and organizations. Check-in for the “Youth Expo” begins at 10:30 a.m. The event will begin at 1 p.m. and ends at 5 p.m. It will be taking place at the Santa Ana Stadium, at Flower and Civic Center Drive. For more information, contact Michelle Santana at (714) 571-4230.
Music students get the chance to play alongside masters The Orange County Performing Arts Center is hosting a series of events where young musicians can play alongside professionals. Among the artists who are featured include Sally Kellerman, actress / cabaret artist, classical guitarists Sergio and Odai Assad and jazz vibraphonist Stefon Harris. Each class can have up to 35 students — college and advanced high school students with recommendations from their instructors. Students have the chance to dine with the professional artists, as well as watch them perform. For more information contact The Center’s Education Department at (714) 556-2122.
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CAL E NDAR OF E VE NTS CALENDAR OF EVENTS Campus A 24-hour study hall is now available in the Titan Student Union at the West Food Court. It is open Monday through Thursday. An outdoor concert will be presented in the Becker Amphitheater today at noon. A mandatory manager’s meeting for the Men’s 5-on-5 Basketball League is scheduled for today at 4 p.m. in P.E. 162.
The Student Leadership Institute Workshops are scheduled through April 20. A Guitar Gala Concert is scheduled for Saturday, March 10 at 8 p.m. in the Little Theatre. Tickets are $8. Discounts available. The Pacific Symphony Institute Orchestra will perform on Sunday, March 11 at 5 p.m. in the Little Theatre. Tickets are $ 13. Discounts available.
Community The musical “Jerry’s Girls” will be performed on Saturday, March 10 at 8 p.m. in the Plummer Auditorium in Fullerton. Tickets are available at the CSUF Performing Arts Center Box Office for $20 and $25. Discounts available. For more information call (714) 278-2434.
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Patrick’s Family Festival on Sunday, March 11 on the grounds of The Brother’s of St. Patrick (between the 22 and the 405 freeways at 7820 Bolsa Ave. in Midway City). Tickets are $10 at the gate. A St. Patrick’s Day concert with the Irish-American Group Solas will perform at the Irvine Barclay Theatre on Saturday, March 17 at 8 p.m. For more information call (949) 8544607.
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Middle schools compete at CSUF
By Denise Smaldino
Daily Titan Editor in Chief Eggs were dropping from the sixth floor of the Humanities Building yesterday, but it wasn’t from a food fight. Instead, it was an engineering competition between local middle school students participating in Engineering and Computer Science Day. The students design packages holding eggs, which are judged by how well they withstand the long drop. They must be designed specifically to the rules of the competition and the package that best sustains the fall is declared the winner. “The egg drop for us was disappointing,” said Germaine Chen, 12, a seventh-grader at Krammer Middle School in Santa Ana. “They said we got disqualified for having tape touching the egg.” Despite this disappointment, Chen earned third-place honors for her efforts in Brain Power, another on-site competition. “It’s fun competing and seeing other students’ projects when we have time off.” Approximately 400 students participated in the annual competition at Cal State Fullerton in conjunction with the Mathematics, Engineering, Science Achievement (MESA) program. Other events included competitions using air-powered vehicles and mousetrap cars, a speech competition,
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experience in the field.” After a mandatory orientation in Washington, D.C. to familiarize visiting scholars with American culture, Homich arrived at Cal State Fullerton in late February to begin his research. Homich selected CSUF from a list of host schools because of the College of Communications’ professional reputation. “Before coming here, I already knew about the college,” Homich said. “The staff of the college had a good reputation from everything that I had heard about them, and I had read several of their books. I was impressed by what I read.”
a crystal growing competition and a competition on the durability of student-designed straw towers. “It gets students to start thinking early about math, science, engineering and technology as a career they may want to go into,” said Vonna Hammerschmitt, director of CSUF’s MESA program for 16 years. “I think they had a good time. They had great designs in some of the competitions.” Some of the outdoor events were cancelled due to the unstable weather and were judged on previous scores at their respective school competitions where they had to qualify to enter Tuesday’s event. Krammer Middle School seventhgrader Easton Janecek, 13, was supposed to participate in the balsa wood glider competition that ended up being one of the events cancelled. He said that he was bummed that he couldn’t compete after a month of preparation. “Next year I want to compete in the egg drop and the crystal growing,” Janecek said. “It was really fun. The egg drop was really cool.” Besides Krammer Middle School, other participating MESA schools were McFadden Fundamental School, MacArthur Fundamental School, Mendez Fundamental School, Villa Fundamental School, Lathrop Intermediate School and Spurgeon Intermediate School. “It was creative,” said seventhgrader Jose Rivera, 12, who won second place in the math test competition for Villa Fundamental School. “I’ve never done anything like it before. “It’s like a science fair at the beginning because you don’t know how it works, but by the end you figure it out,” Rivera added. All of the awards were announced Tuesday afternoon in the Engineering Quad and the last award is for the Communications Professor Tony Fellow, who will serve as Homich’s mentor during his stay, thinks Homich will benefit the college through his visit. During his stay, Homich will be a guest lecturer in a variety of different courses. “He’s already received a number of requests from journalism faculty to speak in their courses,” Fellow said. Homich will also attend professional conferences such as one hosted by NBC in April. Homich says that he is confident that this experience will prepare him for whatever the future holds when he returns to Belarus. “The Belarussian people are quite talented. It could be a blooming country. There are many problems that still have to be solved though. I will be ready to
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Stephana Mehl, sixth grade teacher at McFadden Middle School, helps determine the winner of MESA’s packaged egg drop event.
school that accumulated the most competition points. The winning school, Krammer Middle School, received a traveling trophy that they keep until next year’s regional event. Krammer Middle School MESA adviser Gemey Clizbe accepted the award on the behalf of her school’s students. “They’ve worked a long time on this to win,” Clizbe said. “The preparation, not the actual events, will help them with their math and science.” According to Clizbe, her students usually work four to five hours a week on MESA and spent about 28
hours last week to finish their preparation. “We do really well in math, but I am a math teacher and emphasize it,” Clizbe said. All of Tuesday’s winners will continue on to the final competition on March 31 at San Diego State University where they will compete against the other regional winners from Irvine, Riverside, Harvey Mudd and San Diego. “MESA targets educationally-disadvantaged areas by providing them hands-on curriculum,” said Amy Pham, MESA counseling coordinator.
These students don’t have advanced placement courses or computer labs like students in Beverly Hills, she added. “By doing hands-on activities helps them spark their interest in math and science,” Pham said. “It’s another view of math and science while educating them.” MESA was established in 1970 to serve educationally disadvantaged students and emphasize participation by students from groups with low eligibility rates for four-year colleges. Besides its competition events, MESA works with more than 22,000
nTESTING: Elimination of the university entry exam may change admission demographics By Terry Joliffe
Daily Titan Staff Writer The elimination of the SAT requirement for admittance to the eighth University of California campuses admitting undergraduate students may be inevitable. But to many observers, UC President Richard C. Atkinson’s goal of abolishing the test looks like a thinly-disguised attempt to circumvent Proposition 209, which prohibits discrimination or preferential treatment based on race, sex, color, ethnicity or national origin. The proposition was voted into law in as an amendment to the California Constitution by 54 percent of the voters in 1996. Although, the SAT has been called racially, culturally, and sexually biased, traditionalists believe the SAT should remain because it assesses academic aptitude, and admittance is based on merit and not on privilege. There are those who believe eliminating it would lower the standards. The UC system however, has long argued that eliminating the require-
ment will lead to a higher enrollment by African-American, Hispanic and lowincome students, who have historically scored lower as a group on the SAT. The SAT has traditionally been a rite of passage for students, many of who have spent thousands of hours and dollars in preparation. According to an article by Barbara Kantrowitz and Donna Foote in the March 5 edition of Newsweek, Ward Connerly, the outspoken black member of the board of Regents who fathered Prop 209, says Atkinson has been under continuous pressure to admit more minorities, especially Hispanics. “There isn’t a day that goes by that he doesn’t have to deal with the pressure,” Connerly said. In fact, he adds, getting rid of the SAT I was about the only plan Atkinson had not already proposed to “get more people in.” Nevertheless, Atkinson believes that test standards are too high, thus eliminating the opportunity for more Latino and African-American students into the UC system. The argument has been made
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that many students don’t perform well under the pressures of testing so their true abilities can’t be measured fairly. In the absence of the SAT I, Atkinson said SAT II, a series of one-hour exams in some form of standardized tests will need to be applied in comparison with the students’ high school grades. So what happens now to the AsianAmerican students who are constant in their high SAT scores? “It’s well known that these tests are problematic because they’re only as good as the thought that went into their construction and design,” said Alison J. Head, a Communications professor at St. Mary’s College in the San Francisco Bay Area. “In the worst cases, items on admission tests only measure someone’s passing acquaintance with a concept, instead of deep knowledge and analytical ability, which are the traits most colleges admission boards are seeking in admittees. It can be a vicious circle,” Head said. Bob Schaeffer, Director of FairTest, a watchdog group based in Cambridge,
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students throughout California from elementary through university levels to help prepare its participants to achieve academic excellence. They provide math tutoring, academic excellence workshops, individual academic plans, study skills workshops and career and college exploration. In 1997, more than 90 percent of MESA programs high school graduates continued on to a college or university. MESA’s high school competition, which is similar to Tuesday’s, took place at Cal State Fullerton on Feb. 22.
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Mass., said during an interview on “Frontline” that a lot of doing well on the SAT is how shrewdly one plays the game. Most of what is taught in the coaching courses has little to do with the skills one needs to succeed in school. Part of the test is a guessing game and the coaching course teaches you how to guess. “That’s not aptitude. That’s not merit. But it’s high scores on the SAT,” Schaeffer said. The demands that schools make on their students vary countrywide. Schools have different resources at their disposal and some educators are more inclined to give a good grade to help bolster a student’s self-esteem. So it should come as no surprise that last year American children ranked last among the major industrial nations in the Third International Mathematics and Science Study. “To me, in a truly competitive situation where you have more applications than spaces, it would be best if they considered a variety of factors,” said Jim Blackburn, Cal State Fullerton’s Admission and Records Director. “There’s been a perception that the SAT counted for too much. Whether that’s true or not, I don’t know. You have to go with what the science of the matter suggests,” Blackburn added. “The highly-regarded UC system has a lot of leverage and it might make more sense to fix the SAT rather than to throw it out altogether,” Blackburn said.
4 Wednesday, March 7, 2001 CONFERENCE n from page 1 “National Women’s History Months has only been celebrated for the past 25 years or so,” said McDowell when talking about the changes society has made on its’ position toward women. McDowell, who has been at CSUF for 17 years, says she has seen the attitudes toward women change over the years. One example is gender representation of women employed on campus. Another is the celebration of Women’s History Month on campus. “We feel women are very, very supported on campus,” McDowell said. Organizers of the month put fliers out on campus walls, staked posters into campus lawns and sent e-mails to every faculty and staff member
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on campus. Despite publicity efforts many of the students who attend the event are there because of word of mouth or class requirements. “Lots of people bring their classes to these events, because it’s an enormous opportunity to learn,” said Women’s Studies professor Renae Bredin, who is the committee chair of the month. Bredin said she feels students aren’t as aware of the event as organizers would like. “We’re not very good at our publicity yet,” she said. Whether students are aware of the month or not, the event is organized to help people break down the barriers of stereotypes and teach people about women’s contribution to history. “Someone’s life gets changed every day because of Women’s History Month,” McDowell said.
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marriage,” White said. “As an Asian American and a minority, I think that it’s really important for us to know about this,” said Carol Vu, an 18-year-old freshman majoring in English, after listening to White’s address. Michele Powell, assistant direc-
tor at the Career Center, thought White “was extremely thought-provoking…I would certainly be part of a multi-cultural, multi-ethnic dialogue.” Dr. White also spoke on “The Value of Mentoring” at a luncheon with the African American Faculty & Staff Association, and also appeared at the Pollak Library.
Linguist teaches English in nCAMPUS: Professor Alan Kaye was asked to instruct Southeast Asian students By Heather Blair
Daily Titan Staff Writer With luggage in tow, Alan Kaye set off for Vietnam to mix business with pleasure. Kaye, a Cal State Fullerton linguistics and English professor, spent one month in Vietnam. It is his second time to return to the country in the past year and a half to give guest lectures to students interested in learning English. The full-time graduate professor was invited to visit the country by the Vietnam University for Technology and Informational Science. He came to be acquainted with people in the Vietnamese community through students at Cal State Fullerton. He was introduced to other Viet Kieu, a term for Vietnamese people who settle in the U.S., who asked Kaye to go to Vietnam and teach their relatives English. Kaye accepted, and in January, set off on his journey across the world. He went through Ho Chi Minh City, Dalat, up the coast of the South China Sea to Hue, and finally to the capital of Vietnam — Hanoi. “Everywhere I traveled, I was constantly asked if I was American, and if I would practice their English with them,” Kaye said. Even bus travels were a teaching opportunity. A woman approached him and asked to practice her English with him. Kaye agreed and was able to practice his Vietnamese, which he is still not fluent in. “Vietnamese is a unique language because it is the only Asian language written in Latin script,” Kaye said. Kaye has been the director of the Phonetics Research Laboratory at CSUF since 1972. Because he is in the field of linguistics, Kaye finds it fun to learn a new language. Last year, Kaye took a sabbatical and traveled to the Middle East and Africa. He said that since
Alan Kaye’s love for languages has taken him around the world. his major interest lies in the Middle East, he spent seven months in Saudi Arabia studying the culture and traveling around for research purposes. His interest in the Middle East has not limited him in getting acquainted with Vietnamese culture. He spent the Vietnamese New Year, Tet, with friends that he made. He said there were many parades and family gatherings. “Tet could be compared to our Christmas,” Kaye said. “It is a time to spend with family.” Kaye also visited Ho Chi Minh’s mausoleum, where he stood in line for an hour just to get into the room where Minh lay. “It was weird because it just looked like he was
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asleep because his body was so well preserved,” Kaye said. During his travels in Vietnam, Kaye became familiar with the country’s cuisine. He said there are many good seafood dishes, and some of those dishes, he couldn’t even explain in English. One of the many intriguing edible items was a fruit, when translated to English, known as the dragon fruit. “There is no way to describe the dragon fruit, except that it is kind of like a kiwi,” Kaye said. Now back in the U.S., Kaye still keeps his connection to the Vietnamese culture. He visits Little
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Professor recognized for biochemistry nAWARD: The honor is particularly special to Dr. Bruce Weber because it is named after a late colleague
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Biochemistry Professor Bruce Weber has taught difficult and controversial subjects, has mentored hundreds of aspiring doctors and received numerous awards during his 30-year stay at Cal State Fullerton. Early in January, Weber reached a career pinnacle and was awarded the
2001 Andreoli Biotechnology Service Award for the contributions he has made throughout his career to biotechnology development. He received the award from the Cal State University Program for Education and Research in Biotechnology for his work. Weber was the third CSUF professor to earn the Andreoli Award, which was special for him because he worked alongside the late Cal State LA professor Anthony Andreoli whom the award was named for. “Each award is special in its own way, but this award was special because Tony Andreoli was my friend,” Weber said. Fellow biochemistry Professor Christopher Meyer nominated Weber for his “truly seminal contributions to the CSU system in the past 30 years
for each scholarship. All applications state that financial need and scholastic achievement will n from page 1 be considered. First semester students are not eliall of the scholarships. “The people that were applying for gible because of lack of campus expethe Titan Book Scholarship were also rience and no prior CSUF academic applying for all the others, so we saw record. For example, the Adult Re-entry a lot of the same applications.” These applications have been avail- Scholarship requires that applicants able since the beginning of the semes- must be a student over the age of 25 ter, and anyone that walks into the and have been away from school for AS office can see that scholarship at least four years. information is posted on the wall next The Virginia McGarvey Memorial to the door. Scholarship, named after a humaniLuna offered tarian resident some advice to of Fullerton students that are states that appliapplying. cants “must have “We really strong commuwant applicants nity and campus to explain what involvement,” they’ve contribwhile the Carol uted in detail to Burke Memorial each of their clubs Scholarship, and organizanamed after the tions,” said Luna. former director of “We also encourthe TSU, requires age students to that applicants get recommenda“participate in tions from their either a recogteachers.” —Lizeth Posada nized on-campus Certain scholAS director for the College sports club or arships offered by intramurals team, of Natural Science and or be a CSUF athAS have different stipulations, though most of these lete.” require a certain amount of campus Interviews for the finalists of these involvement. scholarships will be held during the With all applications, students are week of June 4-8. to submit an autobiographical essay Applications are due Friday, March explaining why they meet the criteria 16, by 5 p.m. in the Associated
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in support of the this program and merging field of teaches one class biotechnology as a per semester. researcher, teacher The program and mentor.” aims to help underSome of Weber’s represented minorgreatest accomities in the health plishments have and science fields. been as a mentor. Weber joined Weber has CSUF in 1970 and been the direcwas the headed the tor of the National chemistry and bioInstitute of Health chemistry departMinority Science ment from 1994 Development prothrough 1997. gram since its birth In 1979, Weber 10 years ago. was presented “I have seen the with the CSUF DR. BRUCE WEBER program grow from Outstanding eight students to 24 Professor Award. students,” Weber said, who administers He was also given the Exceptionally
Meritorious Service and Performance Award on four different occasions: 1984, 85, 87, 90. Author Michael Crichton recognized Weber for his assistance with Crichton’s novel “The Lost World.” Weber teaches general biochemistry and co-teaches evolution and creation with philosophy Professor Jim Hoffman. Curtis Holden, a professor at Hope International University, took the his for fun and learned valuable lessons from Weber. “I have jumped into the creation/evolution dialogue to a much deeper level because of his involvement and his encouragement to me in my studies,” Holden said. “His greatest influence on me has been his attitude in confronting the difficult questions raised by the sci-
ence/religion dialogue.” Holden also said that Weber was willing to make sure that the students understood the class material. “Sometimes it was a little difficult following all he said [in class],” Holden said of Weber. “But, he was always willing to stay after and explain his point again.” Weber’s ability to tackle the issue of evolution and his overall expertise in biotechnology will lead him to Bennington College in Vermont where he will head the Natural Philosophy department. “I think that Dr. Weber is a real asset to CSUF,” Holden said. “Not only because of his talent in research and theory, but because he really seems to enjoy teaching his students.”
VP Cheney’s heart trouble contin‑ nNATION: The former defense secretary is expected to resume his duties after recovering from surgery By Ron Hutcheson
Knight-Ridder Tribune Doctors reopened a clogged artery leading to Vice President Dick Cheney’s heart Monday after Cheney checked himself into a hospital complaining of chest pains. The procedure came about three months after Cheney suffered his fourth heart attack. Doctors said there was no evidence that the vice president had suffered a fifth attack and no sign of any new heart damage. The 60-year-old Cheney is expected to be released in a day or two from George Washington University Hospital. Doctors said he probably would be able to resume normal work this week. Cheney’s latest heart trouble raised new questions about the health of a vice president who wields enormous influence within the new Bush administration, serving virtually as chief operations officer to President Bush’s board chairman. An experienced Washington hand, Cheney is one of Bush’s closest and most trusted advisers, with a reach that goes
well beyond a vice president’s traditional role. The former defense secretary is especially influential on national security and foreign policy questions, and serves as Bush’s chief liaison to Congress. Cheney also is directing the administration’s efforts to develop an energy policy. “He is very much a part, and an influential part, of all the activities here,” said Karen Hughes, a longtime Bush aide. “The president seeks his advice on a lot of matters.” Jonathan Reiner, Cheney’s cardiologist, said the vice president’s blockage was in the same artery that doctors forced open with a stent, a mesh tube-like device, on Nov. 22. About 20 percent of patients who receive stents suffer a renarrowing, or restenosis, in the affected arteries, usually within six months. “He has chronic coronary artery disease. This is what affects millions of people in this country,” Reiner told reporters at the hospital. He said Cheney should be able to resume a full work schedule, but will have to continue to monitor his heart. “I think there’s a very high likelihood that he can finish out his term in his extremely vigorous capacity,” Reiner said. However, he added that there is a 40 percent chance the same artery could become blocked again. Hughes said Cheney told the president on Monday morning that had “felt a couple of twinges” in his chest and
wanted to get them checked out. Bush called the vice president on Monday night to check on his condition. Cheney told Bush he was “feeling fine and looked forward to returning to work,” according to a White House statement. Doctors said the first sign of Cheney’s latest heart trouble came Saturday, when the vice president felt “a very subtle” chest discomfort after exercising. He suffered a similar episode Sunday, then two more serious bouts of discomfort Monday. Cheney’s personal physician, Gary Malakoff, said Cheney’s second bout of chest pain Monday came after he had undergone an electrocardiogram at the White House. The vice president immediately called Reiner on his cell phone, and was advised to come to the hospital. There, doctors used a cardiac catheter to discover the blockage in an artery branching from the left anterior descending artery. Reiner said the artery was about 90 percent blocked in a small area, the same artery that was 90 percent blocked in November. Cardiologists ballooned the artery open again in a procedure known as an angioplasty. The former Wyoming congressman had his first heart attack at age 37 and underwent quadruple heart-bypass surgery in 1988. Cheney’s physicians and other cardiologists downplayed the seriousness of
his most recent difficulties. Blockages often recur in patients who receive stents because of the trauma the procedure inflicts on the artery. “It’s generally not a life-threatening problem. It’s not as dangerous as a heart attack,” said David Moran, an expert on preventative cardiology at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tenn. “It’s a pretty common phenomenon and this is exactly the time for it to happen.” Other doctors said Cheney’s decision to consult his physicians might have prevented more serious problems. “He’s really our poster child for coming in quickly. That’s absolutely the right thing to do,” said Rose Marie Robertson, a cardiologist and the president of the American Heart Association. Malakoff, Cheney’s personal doctor, said, “he is an excellent patient. He knows when to call. He calls early enough that it’s not too late to intervene.” As recently as Sunday, Cheney had declared himself fit. In an interview with CNN, the vice-president said he had improved his diet and stepped up his exercise regime after his November heart attack. “I feel great. I am well behaved. They’ve taken control of my food supply. I’m trying to do all those things you need do to be a responsible individual with a history of coronary artery disease and somebody who’s 60 years old. So far so good.”
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Madonna Convention attendees leaf through the “Material Girl” memorabilia in Hollywood.
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Silhouette silently stands in the corner of the dance floor before her performance. She wears a blonde wig under an off-white cowboy hat. Her perfect, silky hair gives away her masculinity and her jeans are tighter and lower than Madonna’s. Her blue, white, and gray buttoned-up plaid shirt is rolled up to her elbows, and is tucked into her pants completed by a black, stud-
ded large belt. She manages to not only pull it off herself; she has a male back-up dancer towards the end for authenticity. With unbelievable naturally coated make-up her eyes are welcoming and delighted to talk. “I admire Madonna,” Silhouette said. “The way she continuously changes her style and stays focused. She always goes to the extreme.” Silhouette mentions that she has also impersonated Annie Lennox, Selena, and Jennifer Lopez on stage in Riverside County, but this is her first Madonna appearance.
“Her individuality, personality, and confidence has influenced me.” Michelle Mills, a fan about 30-yearsold, whispers during Silhouette’s performance. “I sing and she has inspired me as a performer, because she has such energy.” This rare convention embraced not only the crowd’s interest in Madonna’s music, but it conjured up past memorable moments in their life and various eras that they felt closely connected with the star. Although the presence of the real Madonna was not there, her spirit shined through.
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Avid Madonna fans ‘Silhouette’ (left and right) and ‘Erica’ (center) perform at the convention in Hollywood.
Madonna impersonator ‘Luscious’ performed “Don’t Tell Me” from Madonna’s latest album (left). An Austin Powers look-a-like hosted the evening’s competition and awarded the winner an autographed poster of Madonna (below).
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Camera flashes radiate the entry hall as fluorescent purple and blue lights beam through a tight corridor. The glamorously dressed stimulate the potent air with Hollywood drama. Upon entering The Palace, it’s obvious from the blaring music what the fanatics of the most powerful female in the world are sweating to. Madonna is everywhere here. Sometimes her voice is deep, height is varied, and signature mole keeps switching from the left to the right. She’s dancing, gossiping with the curious, and strutting her stuff for the video cameras. One is answering reporter questions as if she’s counted down the days for this event. Tonight the popular three-story nightclub is holding the first ever fan-based, Los Angeles Madonna convention. Streamers hang from the ceiling titled with
countless Madonna songs matching brightly colored self-portraits posted on the backstage wall. Changes of the infamous and iconic pop star blaze through stiff cardboard cutouts. A fashionably young couple’s attention is solely on their grooving own snake-like bodies. Their era of choice is Madonna’s most recent look. Both are in black cowboy hats, tight leather pants, fitted shirts and pointy boots made for dancing. “We heard about the convention back in December,” said Cindy Ramsey, 35, as partner William White, 30, gazed upon her gyrating hips. “We grew up on her and just think she’s great.” A suited guard sits on a stool protecting the roped-off shrine of about five Madonna valuables. Two feature movie posters, “Shanghai Surprise” and “Body of Evidence” lean against three memorable outfits—the black bodysuit
from the “Vogue” tour and two other jackets she supposedly wore. Occasionally, an Austin Powers look-a-like skips across the stage in an authentic blue velvety 1970s suit with a white ruffled collar announcing scheduled dance performances. He performs with “Viva,” an exaggerated and tattooed quasiMadonna host for the evening, lip-synching to the “Beautiful Stranger” video. Off the dance floor, the selling and displaying of Madonna memorabilia keeps the second floor a busy and comfortable chatting arena. Michael Bayer, 25, a fan and collector who says he has “been a fan since the ‘Borderline’ era,” allows people to touch his literally hundreds of Madonna covered magazines lying on the table. “Madonna is amazing, charismatic, incredibly beautiful...multi-talented, bold and controver-
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Michael Bayer’s enormous collection of Madonna cover pages were not for sale, but on display only.
sial,” Bayer said. “She makes people question authority.” Bayer also adds that he doesn’t plan to sell his collection and would rather display it in a museum by the time he’s 50 or 60-years-old. Highlights include a 300-pound man strongly belting out “Nothing Really Matters” from the “Ray of Light” album and a homoerotic performance by two men rubbing more than just shoulders to the mid ‘90s provocative “The Beast Within.” These two guys seem to have more love for Madonna’s boy dancers. A middle-aged man shouts at the duo to “work it girls!” But the most incredible performance and impersonator that even would make Madonna proud is “Silhouette.” At 26-years-old, she must be about a size two, dressing in an almost identical wardrobe from Madonna’s most recent
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Titans set to face UCSB in first round of tournament nBASKETBALL: CSUF to face an uphill battle against the top-seed UCSB Gauchos tonight By Damian Calhoun
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Nikki Lee along with her backcourt teammates Chante Gifford and Tamara Quinn will look to lead CSUF in the first round of the Big West Conference Tournament tonight.
The good news for the Cal State Fullerton women’s basketball team is that they earned a spot in the Big West Conference postseason tournament. The bad news is that they are the eighth seed and will face the top-seed UC Santa Barbara Gauchos (19-8, 12-2). Tonight at the Anaheim Convention Center at 6 p.m., CSUF will stand in front of a hardcharging Gaucho squad, under the direction of Head Coach Mark French, that muscled aside the competition for the entire season. The Gauchos won their sixth consecutive Big West Conference title were prohibitive favorites to win the championship from the
beginning of the season. UCSB enters the tournament with a six-game winning streak and has won 13 of its last 15 games. The previous two meetings this season was dominated by the Gauchos. UCSB defeated the Titans 74-51 Jan.9 at Titan Gym and 79-24 at the Thunderdome. The Titans have lost the last 12 meetings to the Gauchos. “Physically we’re as healthy as we have been all season,” French said Monday during the pre-conference teleconference. The game will match CSUF head coach Barbara Dee Ehardt against her former school. Ehardt coached on French’s staff for seven years from 1988-1995. “We’re excited about opening up against Barbara and her team,” French added. “We have a healthy respect for Fullerton.” Aside from playing CSUF in the Titans’ own backyard, coach French expects to have a healthy-sized Gaucho following. “We expect to have a lot of people wearing blue and white at the convention center for the tournament,” French added. “In a tournament situation, you can be beaten and you can win on any day. That is what makes the tournament
so special.” At UCSB, Ehardt was a part of the staff that turned a conference dormant into a six-time conference champion. “It’s going to be a pleasure to play against coach French and his team,” Ehardt said. “That is where we aspire to be. But we’re going in there with nothing to lose.” CSUF (1-26, 1-13) struggled all season long. The Titans opened the season with a 19-game losing streak before defeating Idaho 57-50, Feb. 4. CSUF followed that up with a season-closing seven-game losing streak. However, not all was lost. Freshman guard Tamara Quinn was named to the Big West All-Freshman team. Quinn led the Titans in scoring for the season, with an 11 point overall average and a 9.9 scoring average in 14 conference games. “Her solid play throughout the year made a likely pick for the freshman team,” Ehardt said. “Her success came as no surprise to us.” “We’ve played her both at the shooting and the point guard spots and she has handled the pressure very well, even though she is only a freshman,” Ehardt added.
CSUF reaches new highs at USC meet nTRACK: Ana Doty shatters triple jump school record, leaping to a mark of 42 ft 2 in
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Daily Titan Sports Editor After showers curtailed the previous week’s quad-meet competition, the contest-famished Titan track and field squad trudged into L.A., where they collected a school record and a slew of top field finishes in the Trojan Invitational on Saturday. The Titans wasted little time dismissing concerns that the week-long layoff would impact marks. In the opening event, the hammer-throw, Amber Reardon set the performance precedence for the early-morning
affair by winning her flight. The senior, billed as the Big West favorite flung the hammer a colossal 149.3 ft., nearly spanning half a football field. Reardon’s success in the hammer throw seemed to be contagious as CSUF’s Corey Mathias seized the third placed spot among male competitors with a 42.23 m toss. Also prospering in the rink was shotputter Tosha Thomas who cast the steel-sphere 37 ft., 6.5 in. in the first flight of the women’s shot put. Thomas’ performance earned her second place as she squeaked past Suzzane Bach of Cal Poly Pomona by a meager one-inch margin. Next to stake a claim to a top spot in front of the Cromwell Field congregation was junior javelin-thrower Ryan Gill. Gill earned a second place with his 60.13 m throw.
Titan Randy Billingsley further solidified CSUF’s field event dominance as his 41.42 m mark in the discus earned him the top finish. As the morn wore on, the throwers headed to the bleachers and the jumpers arose to take center stage. In the men’s high jump, it was senior Steve Reh who nabbed the most note worthy leap as he raised then cleared the 6 ft. 4 in. high bar. The leap was third best among the 11-man field. The meet’s most mezmorizing moment featured junior Ana Doty and her trio of jumps. With her hovering 40 ft. 21/4 in. effort Doty hopped, skipped, and jumped her way into the Titan record books. “I was pleased with Ana’s performance,” Titan Head Coach. “Her progression will make her a likely candidate for a national qualifying
position.” Contributing with CSUF’s most prominent track performance was Titan standout Kevin Howard. Howard held pace with USC’s nationally ranked speedsters (Kareem Kelly and Darrell Rideaux) and posted a pair of third place finishes in the 100 (10.63) and 200 m (21.38). “Howard has excelled when confronted with the fierce competition in the west,” Elders said. “We have high hopes for him and believe he is one of the top sprinters in the conference.” Big West hopeful, Howard and his Titan teammates will return home, barring any interference by the elements, where they will host the Ben Brown Invitational on March 9-10. KIRA HORVATH/Daily Titan
Steve Reh clears the 6 ft. 4 in. beam and claims third at USC.
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Softball pounds Rams nSOFTBALL: Oaks gets the win and Cox and Lucatero hit home runs as CSUF beats Colorado State for third time this year By Caesar Contreras
Daily Titan Staff Writer A nationally ranked team against a team with only three wins. You do the math. It only took five innings for the Cal State Fullerton softball team to win its 20th game of the season as they pounded the Colorado State Rams on Tuesday night at the Titan Softball Complex by a score of 12-1. It was the third time this season
that the USA Today/National Fastpitch Coaches Association 10th ranked Titans have defeated the Rams. They beat CSU by scores of 14-1 and 7-0 in early February in the New Mexico Tournament. On Tuesday night, the Titans wasted no time as they loaded the bases in the first inning by way of a pair of walks and a single, giving Jodie Cox the opportunity to do some damage. The sophomore right fielder responded by sending Rams’ pitcher Erin Murray’s (0-4) pitch over the right centerfield fence for her first home run of the season and the first grand slam of her career. CSUF added three more runs in the inning on an RBI double by sophomore Amanda Hockett, an RBI single by sophomore Kristy Halagarda and a CSU error. The Titans tacked on runs in the second, third and fourth innings on
their way to the five-inning mercy rule victory. Junior Monica Lucatero went 2-for3 on the night hitting her third home run of the season in the fourth inning while Cox finished the night with two hits. Sophomore Gina Oaks got the win and improved to 9-4 on the year. Oaks went the distance and allowed only three hits while striking out seven and walking four. CSU shortstop Holly Schmillen went 2-for-2 in the game with a walk. Next up for the Titans is a road trip to the SDSU Softball Field to face the San Diego State Aztecs and 19th ranked Florida State Seminoles on March 10. Game times are set for 11:30 a.m. and 2 p.m.
Great Soto returns home By Caesar Contreras
Daily Titan Staff Writer One of Cal State Fullerton’s most prolific soccer greats, Eddie Soto, will make his return to Titan Stadium as an assistant coach for the men’s soccer program in 2001. Soto’s well-anticipated appointment was announced on Wednesday and will fill the void left by former assistant coach Ali Khosroshahin, who was promoted to interim head coach of the women’s program in January. Bob Ammann will remain as the Titans other assistant for the men’s team alongside head coach Al Mistri.
“I am delighted that Eddie has accepted our position,” Mistri said. “I am confident he will have the same impact on our program as a coach that he had as a player.” Soto’s has had a professional career that has seen him in various places with various teams. He began his career with the East Los Angeles Cobras of the USISL and he recently played with the Orange County Zodiac and Waves. As a Titan, Soto played impeccably for Mistri from 1992 to 1994 before graduating in 1996 with a degree in kinesiology. He scored 38 goals and totaled 96 points, both of which were Titan records until recent Titan Duncan
Oughton finished his CSUF career with 41 goals and 97 points. Soto still holds the mark of most goals scored in a season with 18 in 1994. Also topping Soto’s abundance of accolades is an All-American honor, which he earned in 1992, awarded by the National Soccer Coaches Association. In 1993, Soto was a pivotal part of the only CSUF team that made it into the “Final Four” of the NCAA tournament. With a total of five coaches working in the Titans’ soccer programs all of them with the exception of Mistri (Cal Poly Pomona) have played for CSUF.
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