C A L I F O R N I A
S T A T E
U N I V E R S I T Y ,
F U L L E R T O N
INSIDE n NEWS: CSUF secretaries contend with 3 the challenges on wheelchairs
Softball team defeats Northwestern and Washington at the Titan Softball Complex
PERSPECTIVES: Protesters fill the 5 ndeserted streets of Los Angeles to show support for the Zapatistas
—see Sports page 7
W E D N E S D AY
Vo l u m e 7 2 , I s s u e 2 0
M a rc h 2 1 , 2 0 0 1
Empowerment theme for student votnAWARD: Deserving professors are given recognition for going above and beyond their role as mentor By Sara Stanton Daily Titan Staff Writer
Andrea Drayer, a 24-year-old child development major, not only had the opportunity to thank one of her professors for his hard work, but also had the chance to nominate him for something greater. For her, this professor is Craig Baker, in the child development department, whom she nominated for the Associated Students Outstanding Educator of the Year Award. Drayer, who is visually impaired, found this as an opportunity to recognize someone that has really helped her in her studies. “Because I am visually impaired, he prints out notes for me and helps me in any way that he can,” she said. “He’s really very special.”
CSUF students rarely have the opportunity to pick the most outstanding professor according to them as students. And professors rarely have the opportunity to hear their own students’ praise. Once a year, AS sponsors the award to recognize the student body’s voice in its choice for the best professor. Monday and Tuesday were the days set aside for students to cast their votes. Linda Luna, executive vice president of AS, said that this is an annual award presented by AS and will be awarded to the professor who receives the most votes or who has the most compelling essay written about him or her. “This award is for the professor that has gone above and beyond being a mentor to the students,” Luna said. In addition to nominating their favorite professor, students could register to vote as well. With two life-size cardboard cutouts of President Bush and former President Clinton, students could show their patriotism by having their picture taken with America’s former and present leaders after they had registered.
AS/ 3
LORRAINE DOMINGUEZ/Daily Titan
Former President Clinton and President Bush in life-sized cardboard cutouts hosted the Voter Registration booth Tuesday.
Women discuss philosophy nHISTORY: A speech from UCLA professor touches upon the issues of youth, beauty and goodness By Taylor Goldman
Daily Titan Staff Writer
LESLEY STEVENSON/Special to the Titan
Sandra Harding gives a speech at the Pollak Library.
In one of the last events for Cal State Fullerton’s Women’s History Month, renowned UCLA and University of Delaware professor, Sandra Harding, spoke to a group of students and Professors in the North wing of the Pollak Library yesterday. Prior to her speech, Tom Klammer, the dean of Humanities and Social
Sciences, presented tokens of esteem to the four professors that have coordinated women’s studies since it was founded almost 20 years ago. “We’re at a point in women’s studies where our aspiration is to be the best,” Klammer said. He added that they intended to be the best women’s studies program in the Cal State system and the best anywhere. Klammer said that the women’s studies programs were already excellent because all of their events are always well attended. Mignonne Maille, one of the students in attendance, said that she was at the lecture at the suggestion of her philosophy instructor, Shari Starrett. “But I’m also really here to listen to what [Harding] has to say,” Maille said.
Harding’s presentation was based on an article entitled, “Women and Scientific Knowledge — Multi Cultural and Post Colonial Issues.” She began by explaining that philosophers are supposed to study youth, beauty and goodness, but activism through philosophy is rare because it is so difficult. Harding said that there are few policy-makers in philosophy, but predicted that many people present at her lecture would have the ability to become policy-makers in the future. The first section of Harding’s lecture addressed five key issues that have emerged in conjunction with women’s movements. The first issue involved women’s original difficulties in entering into the scientific or medical fields. There are no longer any formal barriers to
Organizations address violence towards nPREVIEW: Lecture on rape and sexual violence focuses on the resources available on campus By Reena De Asis
Special to the Titan As a college student, she enrolls for classes and is eager to make new friends. She expects long hours of studying and occasional fun outings. She doesn’t realize that she will be
part of a statistic, the one that you read about at the Student Health and Counseling Center on Acquaintance Rape. She is not just another face in the crowd. In fact, “Jane Doe” can easily be your sister, girlfriend, daughter, wife or mother. To know about the stream of violence toward women is one thing, but to understand it is another. These violent acts range from rape, sexual assault and domestic violence. Many resources are available on and off-campus that educate the public about ending violence in relation to women. In honor of Women’s History Month
2001: Women’s Odysseys, Cal State Fullerton will sponsor several events on campus geared for students, faculty, staff and the public on Thursday in Pavilion A and B. William S. Pollack, director of the Center for Men and Young Men and the director of continuing education (Psychology) at McLean Hospital in Massachusetts will speak about the links between male gender socialization and domestic violence. “William Pollack’s research is very solid, current and contemporary,” said Barbara A. McDowell, director of CSUF’s Women’s Center. According to a study on domestic violence con-
ducted in 1993 by the Family Violence Intervention for the Justice System, boys who witness their fathers’ violence are 10 times more likely to abuse their spouses in adulthood than boys from non-violent homes. The half-day conference will provide panelists Jose Cervantes and David Shepard from the CSUF Counseling Department, Alyce LaViolette, marriage and family therapist, Kristian Miccio from Western State University College of Law in support of the CSUF / WSU joint taskforce on domestic violence. Vivian Clecak, marriage and family therapist and executive director of Human Options, a battered women’s
shelter in Orange County, will mediate the conference. “Rather than looking at men who commit violence as just evil or a sociopath, we are trying to understand how they have become that way,” Shepard said. He anticipates that the conference will explore society’s definition of male gender socialization. For example, socialization of boys through child-rearing techniques and educational practices emphasize what it means to be a man and to be masculine. For example, men are being taught to
WOMEN / 6
Professors honored for their nRESEARCH: Their studies on aging and the role of kinesiology is recognized on a national level By Michael Del Muro
Daily Titan Staff Writer Two kinesiology professors who have dedicated themselves to the health of the aging population were presented with an award two weeks ago as a result of their work with the elderly. At their annual conference two weeks ago, The National Council
on the Aging (NCOA) presented the Molly Metler Award for health promotion to Jessie Jones and Roberta E. Rikli for their contributions to the gerontology field. NCOA gave the award to the two professors to acknowledge their work as having a national impact. Rikli and Jones agreed that the award was extra special for them. “We were especially pleased to get this award because it came from an organization outside the kinesiology field,” said Rikli, the chair of the Kinesiology and Health Promotion Department. “Our work at Cal State Fullerton is being recognized at a national level.” The professors were acknowledged because of their work on
the LifeSpan National Assessment Project, which strives to keep the aging healthy. Rikli has instructed at Cal State Fullerton for 29 years. She specializes in the field of measurement and evaluation as well as elderly fitness. Rikli has published articles in various journals and newspapers and has been given more than $700,000 in grants in order to study the impact of exercise on the aging. Jessie Jones has been at CSUF for eight years, and like Rikli, has had her work published in professional journals. During her eight years at CSUF, Jones has received numerous awards from the school, including
LORRAINE DOMINGUEZ/Daily Titan
Roberta Rikli, gerontology professor wins Molly Metler Award. the Distinguished Faculty Award for Outstanding Research Award, and the College of Human Development KINESIOLOGY/ 3 and Committee Service, the
http://dailytitan.fullerton.edu
women entering into these fields today, although Harding said that anyone who peeks into a medical classroom will see many more males enrolled than females. Harding said that the second issue involved a misuse of science and technology. She explained that women have come very far in matters concerning contraception and abortion. “Birthing used to be viewed as a disease to be treated by doctors,” Harding said, adding that the medical field has reformed its views about the woman’s body. Women also have had to overcome sexism that resulted from biological research. Aristotle argued that women were
PHILOSOPHY/ 6
Longer life span for the elderly nEVENT: Sociologist says people living past the century mark are growing quickly By Heather Blair
Daily Titan Staff Writer A crowd of about 100 gathered together to help kick off the first event of Cal State Fullerton’s Sociology Day on Tuesday. A committee of students and professors coordinated the sixth annual event that was named “My Grandparents, My Parents, And I: Sociological Perspectives On Aging in the 21st Century.” The Dean of Sociology, Thomas Klammer, said topics that would be discussed through out the day would combine three essential themes. The interlocking ideas focused on topics of current interest, everyday life and new areas where students can find jobs in the field of sociology and gerontology. Despite the small group, Dr. Gerald Rosen, a sociology professor, said he was excited about the day. In particular, Rosen mentioned
SOCIOLOGY/ 6
2 Wednesday, March 21 2001
NEWS
two
A GUIDE TO WHAT’S HAPPENING
BRIEFS “Tickets for Tots” by Cal State Fullerton’s Children Center CSUF’s Children Center is organizing “Tickets for Tots,” a fund-raising event. Donations are a dollar and ticket sales for the event will go toward the Children’s Center. Although the prize drawing is not scheduled to take place until Friday April 27, tickets are on sale at the Titan Student Union Information Desk. Tickets will be available until the day of the drawing. Winners need not present to win. Over 20 prizes will be given away at the drawing. Among the prizes are: -two complimentary tickets to Disneyland -complimentary party for 10 people at Fountain Bowl -two tickets for Six Flags Magic Mountain -10 meal certificates at Sophia’s -$30 gift certificate for Mimi’s
MAES hosts Shadow Day at the Computer Science and Engineering Quad The Society for Mexican Engineers and Scientists (MAES) are looking for volunteers to mentor approximately 250 high school students for Shadow Day tomorrow, March 21. The goal of Shadow Day is to give students from four local high schools the chance to see a typical day for a college student. Each mentor will take their high school student mentee to each of his or her classes from 9 a.m. until noon. Following lunch, the high school students will listen to a motivational speaker and participate in various science-related activities. For further information call (714) 278-3879.
Denise Smaldino Vu Nguyen Joel Helgesen Collin Miller Gus Garcia Darleene Barrientos Marlayna Slaughterbeck Samantha Gonzaga Darla Priest Raul Ascencio Damian Calhoun Magda Liszewska Jamie Ayala Lorraine Dominguez David Rivera Lori Anderson Caesar Contreras Rita Freeman Debra Santelli Darleene Barrientos Gus Garcia Kari Wirtz Robert Kelleher Jeffrey Brody Editor in Chief Managing Editor News Sports Main Photo
278-5815 278-5693 278-5813 278-3149 278-2128 278-2991
California Representative challenges high-tech program The Advanced Technology Program Elimination Act seeks to get rid of a program that provides subsidies to big companies. The Advanced Technology Program (ATP) has helped finance research ventures. U.S. Rep. Ed Royce from California has called the ATP a “corporate welfare,” pointing out that the money big companies get often come from tax-payer dollars. According to Royce, if ATP is removed, the amount of money that tax-payers will be able to save can be as high as $146 million a year. It is not only Royce who has displayed wariness on the efficacy of ATP. Some people from the technology field have agreed that political movement in the market –via manipulation of subsidies, for example – can actually lead to the discrepancies in the way it progresses. This year, President George W. Bush has proposed taking out ATP in his budget plans.
Spring Craft Boutique The city of Brea will be holding the Spring Craft Boutique on Saturday, March 24 at the Brea Community Center. The event begins at 9 a.m. and will conclude at 4 p.m. At least 200 crafters will be present to sell their merchandises. These items are all hand-made, and range from holiday decorations, jewelry, to food. Admission and parking are free. For those with children, KidWatch will be on the premises to provide baby-sitting services. Rates are at $1.50 per hour for each child. The Brea Community Center
Editor in Chief Managing Editor Business Manager Advertising Sales Manager Advertising Production Manager News Editor News Editor Asst. News Editor Asst. News Editor Sports Editor Asst. Sports Editor Detour Editor Opinion Editor Photo Editor Photo Editor Internet Editor Copy Editor Copy Editor Copy Editor Production Manager Production Manager Production Manager Associate Editor Faculty Adviser Advertising 278-3373 Editorial Fax 278-4473 Advertising Fax 278-2702 DT online: http://dailytitan.fullerton.edu e-mail: dailytitan@yahoo.com
The Daily Titan is a student publication, printed every Tuesday through Friday. The Daily Titan operates independently of Associated Students, College of Communications, CSUF administration and the CSU system. The Daily Titan and its predecessor, the Titan Times, have functioned as a public forum since inception. Unless implied by the advertising party or otherwise stated, advertising in the Daily Titan is inserted by commercial activities or ventures identified in the advertisements themselves and not by the university. Such printing is not to be construed as written or implied sponsorship, endorsement or investigation of such commercial enterprises. The mail subscription price is $45 per semester, $65 per year, payable to the Daily Titan, College Park 670, CSUF, Fullerton, CA 92834. Copyright ©2001 Daily Titan
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. A band will perform in the outdoor Becker Amphitheater on Wednesday, March 21 at noon. Come and see a free movie in the TSU Titan Theater on Thursday, March 22 at 5 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.
As part of Woman’s History
Month, today philosopher Sandra Harding will speak in the Pollak Library 130 at 2:30 p.m. On Thursday, March 22 a discussion on Boys, Bullies, and Batterers will be presented in the TSU Pavilion from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Opportunity Drawing Day is scheduled for Friday, March 23 in the TSU Mainframe Lounge. This is an all-day event. TSU Games and Recreation will host a Billiards Tournament on Friday, March 23 in the TSU-underground at noon.
Recreational Men’s Softball League roster’s are due Tuesday, March 27 by 2 p.m. in P.E. 121.
Community The Cal State Fullerton Department of Theatre and Dance presents Mama Drama on March 22 through 25 at the Grand Central Theatre in Santa Ana (125 N. Broadway). Celebrate all the joys and anxieties of being a mom with this collage of sketches, songs and revelations. For more information call (714) 278-3538.
God’s Favorite will be performed through March 24 at the Garden Grove Playhouse. Tickets are $10. For more information call (714) 8975122. Assad Duo, a Brazilian guitarist group will be performing tonight at the Orange County Performing Arts Center. It is a part of the Concert Series that feature a wide spectrum of arts, from instrument performances to dance pieces. The concert begins at 8 p.m. tonight. Tickets cost $46. For more information call (714) 556-2122.
Daily Titan Online Poll Voice your opinion through the Daily Titan’s online poll! Just go to http://dailytitan.fullerton.edu and click on the News or Opinion tabs and vote.
Who’s going to win the Oscar for Best Picture?
A. “Gladiator” B. “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon” C. “Chocolat” D. “Erin Brockovich” E. “Traffic”
Results will be published in Tuesday’s Daily Titan. Poll is unscientific
online poll R
Last week’s questions: Who will win the NCAA Tournament?
3% 3% 30% 47% 17% 136 people responded with.
Duke
Stanford
Western State 4*5
Cypress College 4*5
Illinois
Michigan State
Arizona
NEWS
Wednesday, March 21, 2001
3
Encountering new obstacles nSTAFF: Two CSUF employees experience the difficulties of the permanently disabled on campus By Elana Pruitt
Daily Titan Staff Writer Two secretaries in Cal State Fullerton’s Finance Department are temporarily in wheelchairs. The coincidental timing of injury has forced these women to experience frustration, understanding and gratitude. Working in the same small office quarters, Verna Shaw and Sandy Goldband bond in their similar experiences. As they discuss the difficulty and changes in their familiar abilities, the fifth floor of Langsdorf Hall echoes with their sincere chatter. “You don’t realize how important things are until you can’t do them anymore,” Shaw said. Shaw’s accident happened on December 22, about a week prior to Christmas. She said she started to slip at the top of the staircase and grabbed for the banister, but holiday decorations were intertwined on the railing. She then lost her grasp and flipped over in the air. Shaw broke her tailbone and her right foot was left hanging by loose skin. Goldband’s handicap is the result of
the surgery she received on February 6, that consisted of a tendon graft and a realignment of her foot bones. The tibial tendon of her left ankle has deteriorated. She is hoping to start physical therapy this week, which will demand three to four months of commitment. Shaw started her therapy last week and was told by her doctor that she will be completely healed in eight to nine months. The light-hearted talk about their inability to complete simple tasks on their own is full of frustration and surprise. They had no idea their conditions would require such an adjustment in their daily lives. Though their situations are temporary, they have both developed an emotional connection to those with permanent handicaps. The doors in their office have become too heavy to open, vacuuming and cleaning the house is performed on their knees, cabinet files are read backward because of minimal space for the wheelchair to fit behind the desk and handicap spaces never seem to be available. While Shaw and Goldband are heavily dependent on their husbands and children, they yearn to get back into their regular routine of errands. Shopping and yard work are now idealized events that seem far off in possibility. “The temporarily disabled notice more of the physical accessibility change,” Lisa Thies, coordinator of CSUF’s Disabled Support Services, said. “If they know it’s a temporary
MAYRA BELTRAN/Daily Titan
Sandy Goldband and Verna Shair, both secretaries in the finance department have difficulties mobilizing in elevators.
situation, they are usually okay with the psychological transition.” Shaw and Goldband received their handicap car decal at Disabled Student Services (DSS). “DSS services, which are generally provided at no cost to all qualified students, are designed to assist students with all aspects of their univer-
sity experience,” according to the DSS general information notice. “We do not want to create a cocoon with DSS,” Thies said. “We encourage disabled students to get involved with the campus and join other groups.” Thies describes DSS as “home base for disabled students,” although there is not an active disabled student organiza-
Train accidents usually human nCOMMUNITY: Rushed motorists compromise safety for a faster daily commute By Alan Jepsen
Special to the Titan Passenger-train derailments often make frontpage news, but it, as well as other types of mass-transit methods, remains safer than private vehicles.
Accidents similar to the Amtrak derailment near Des Moines, Iowa last Saturday may make a dramatic news story, but are usually the result of people driving in a hurry. The more fast-paced society becomes, the more the need to hurry sometimes results in death. Each year, hundreds of people are killed or injured while crossing railroad tracks. The most recent study, conducted in 1998 by the U.S. Department of Transportation, and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, reported that of the 577 reported railroad related deaths, at least 500 occurred at railroad cross-
KIRA HORVATH/Daily Titan
According to studies, commuting by train is safer than driving personal vehicles.
KINESIOLOGY n from page 1 the Outstanding Service Award. Jones was a guest at the White House for the last White House Conference on Aging and was recently appointed as the director
for the Overseas Chinese Institute on Aging. She also directs the LifeSpan Wellness Clinic, which works in conjunction with the gerontology department and offers a combination of research and student training concerning the elderly. Rikli and Jones are co-directors of LifeSpan National Assessment
ings. Most of these accidents occur when drivers ignore flashing warning lights and try to cross the tracks. Some drivers even attempt driving around lowered crossing-gates, many times as a train is within sight. Nearly 80 percent of transportation fatalities involve passenger cars and trucks, a percentage that has increased in recent years as mass-transit transportation continues to become safer. In 1998, only two percent of transportation fatalities occurred using trains, air and subway transportation combined. While statistics may prove mass-transit safer, personal control and convenience continue to make cars popular. “I don’t think planes or trains are dangerous , but I still choose to use my own vehicle, because it’s mine and I’m control,” John Mitchell, a chemistry major said. “I’m from England and I’ve ridden trains a lot and I know they’re pretty safe, and I think planes are too.” Fears of using mass-transit continue to affect some peoples’ choice of transportation. “I think planes and trains are proven safer, it’s just cars are more convenient — but I also know that some people do feel planes and trains are more dangerous,” Natalie Cortez, a businessfinance major said. “I don’t think any type of transportation is more dangerous, but a train would be my last pick,” Shelly Djeloshevic, a philosophy major said. “It’s just the thought of it being on such small track that makes it a little scary.” Although mass-transit is a proven safer means of transportation, its use continues to have little impact in Southern California. As convenience of personal cars remains an important benefit for commuters, traffic-jams and pollution are likely to remain.
Project. “The program detects physical weakness and determines risk for older adults for injuries,” Jones said of the project. Rikli echoed her sentiment and maintained that the health of the elderly is most important. “The main goal is to help the elderly remain active and reduce
their frailty in later years,” she said. As a result of their work, Jones and Rikli have developed a national fitness test in order to evaluate and determine the fitness and mobility of the aging. With their findings, it may be possible to develop programs that would help the elderly remain more
Nat’l Bartending School 2*2 Univ Village 2*5 Planned Parenthood 2*3
tion yet. “People are very nice,” Shaw said. “They’ll ask about help and holding doors.” Shaw pleasantly recalled the time when a stranger pushed her wheelchair from Carl’s Jr. to Langsdorf Hall. She never saw the person’s face but the spiritual embrace will never be forgot-
AS n from page 1 More than five students registered to vote at the booth. The scholarship and statewide affairs committees of AS had representatives working the booths from the hours of 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. each day. “This is an excellent opportunity for students on both committees to come together and work along side of each other,” Luna said. The scholarship committee set a goal as to how many applications that they wanted to receive from students. Gary Arora, a 19-year-old business major and vice chair of the AS scholarship committee, said that the committee had targeted to receive 35-40 applications from students. This number was exceeded.
ten. Now aware of the struggle a permanently handicap person must go through everyday, Shaw and Goldband have gained a greater respect for the disabled. “Being disabled teaches you patience,” Shaw said. “Petty concerns become unimportant.” Over 120 students cast their votes for their favorite professor over the two-day period. “We were really impressed with the numbers we received,” Luna said. “The response was so great,” she said. The criteria for nominating teachers varied for many students. For Drayer, it was the extension of help and understanding from her professor. “Students look at teaching style and who has influenced students as a whole when casting their votes,” said Arora. Students that participated in the nominations were offered free T-shirts and AS discount cards that entitles CSUF students to discounts at local businesses around campus. The outstanding professor will be honored at the AS banquet in May, where they will receive a plaque in recognition.
http://dailytitan.fullerton.edu Models 2*2
ABC Bartending School 2*2
Jones Reading Clinic 2*4
6 Wednesday, March 21, 2001 WOMEN n from page 1 have power and to subdue their emotions, which may influence why men batter women, Shepard said. “Out of this event, people will benefit from the legal field, social services, psychology and any helping profession,” McDowell said. Representatives of the Women’s Center and Women’s Studies Department are part of the task force for this event, as well as CSUF and WSU faculty and staff members and members of the Criminal Law Practice Center in Fullerton and the community. Students may avail themselves to the many resources on campus with regard to women’s issues. The Women’s Center located in Langsdorf Hall-205, for example, is dedicated to issues of gender equity on campus and in the surrounding community. The center offers lectures, workshops and films. For those who are interested in learning more about women’s issues, McDowell suggests attending the free, on-campus domestic violence prevention training day held in October. In addition, she encourages students to intern at the Women’s Center or volunteer for special events to be more involved with women’s issues. The center is closely affiliated with the Women’s Studies Department, and houses a Women Studies library with more than 800 books and files for research purposes. The campus chapter of the Women’s Studies Student Association (WSSA) and numerous publications on women studies related issues are available at the Pollack Library. Other resources on campus are the Counseling and Psychological Services and the Student Health and Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS). For that reason, CAPS has free monthly workshops that range from “Understanding Male & Female Relationships,” “Counseling Skills,” to “Suicide Issues.” Off-campus resources range from walk-in resource centers, women’s transitional living centers, and battered women’s shelters to rape / domestic violence hotlines. The Community
PHILOSOPHY n from page 1 inferior because, “their semen were not cooked,” Harding joked. The claim that women were deficient
NEWS
Service Programs (CSP) Inc.—Victim Assistance Program has rape crisis centers in Orange County and is staffed with certified sexual assault counselors working in affiliation with law enforcement and the criminal justice system. CSP’s Sexual Assault Victim Services / Prevention Program also offers self-defense classes and sexual assault prevention education programs. According to the 1999 National Crime Victimization Survey just released by the U.S. Department of Justice, 69 percent of victims of rape and attempted rape knew their assailants, versus 54 percent for victims of all violent crimes. The entertainment world has also stepped to the plate, educating audiences with a controversial play that stars well-known actors. Another empowering and educational tool is Eve Ensler’s eye-opening play, “The Vagina Monologues.” This year, more than 250 universities across the United States have taken part in the V-Day College Initiative to raise money and awareness to stop violence against women. V-Day was founded by Ensler and a few others to stop violence toward women and celebrated on Valentine’s Day. Emily Marlephansakul, a CSUF student, found “The Vagina Monologues” to be inspiring and rejuvenating. “Even though women are diverse in age, group and culture, we tend to experience the same issues that can bring us closer together,” Marlephansakul said. “The play humorously increased awareness on various issues, while entertaining and educating the equally diverse gender crowd.” College students already know what to expect from the curriculum based on their major. Yet what a lot of students don’t expect is to personally experience a case study on violence towards women. Some people learn by reading about rape, while others prefer to have a discussion with professionals in the field and attend workshops or conferences. Whatever the case may be, there is wealth of information available to stimulate the mind. To increase awareness and understanding that anyone can be a possible victim of violence, a “Jane Doe” can easily be one’s classmate or the person in front of the mirror. in science and math also presented an obstacle to many females. One of the reasons that these topics were more difficult to women, Harding said, was that carburetors and airplane engines were used as examples to teach classes. Harding’s final issue that women
PROTEST n from page 8 “No matter what, it’s about the land,” said Eileen Goodman of the Chiapas Coalition. “Today we have an opportunity to say [to the Mexican government] that the Indigenous are the caretakers of the land. Someday we’d like to see those people be able to own it.” As she speaks, dance troupes begin their ascension to the main arena. They dance in unison. The sheer number of them represents
their power. Each dancer individualizes his or herself with glorious earthtone costumes and majestic feather headdresses. Conjuring the ghosts of their warrior ancestors, the dancers form a ringlet of culture on the city streets. Their image is like the mountain — large, intimidating, and full of strength. Shells shake with seeds. Voices chant into the crisp, cold air. “Zapata Vive!” dancer Judith Cuahltemoc shouts into the microphone. The dancers and supporters respond, “La Lucha Sige!” The dancers raise their heads slowly,
methodically, with all the regality of the indigenous warriors they represent. Drums bellow and echo. The Mexican Consulate building is casting a thick shadow over the entire scene. “We like to think globally and act locally,” Goodman said of the EZLN supporters. “Look at these people. There are more today.” Three hours into the event, the sky twinkles with stars. It’s an unusual sight for the downtown basin, especially amidst the rain clouds that still linger. People bring out zarapés, Mexican blankets with a neckhole, to keep warm, passing extras along to the unprepared.
SOCIOLOGY n from page 1
LORRAINE DOMINGUEZ/Daily Titan
Nina Vasquez introduces Bayla Winters, a poet and essayist. have had to face involved issues of philosophy of science. “There is overt and covert discrimination,” Harding said. However, the worst form of discrimination comes from unintended discrimination that results from social, institutional and philosophic views. Frequently people
Univ. Plan 6*10.5
are unaware that they are discriminating against women, which makes that discrimination much harder to overcome. Harding concluded her presentation by discussing three major problems that have arisen through these issues and three major resources that have
Fernando Torres-Gil who was scheduled to speak first at the event that was held in the Titan Student Union. “[Torres-Gil] is a shaker and a mover in the field of sociology,” Rosen said. Torres-Gil, who addressed the audience with an energetic hello, specializes in the politics and policies of aging. The professor of social welfare and policy studies at UCLA said it is important for students to realize how the aging population will affect them. “Our society is living longer and growing older, and there will be a tremendous amount of opportunities in the years to come,” Torres-Gil said. Since 1971, Torres-Gil has participated in many research projects in the field of aging, and has headed many research projects. As he spoke of his background of being a “pragmatic federalist,” TorresGil said he thinks it is very important for people to pay attention to the changing population. “Our programs that we will see when we are old will be determined in the next three to five years, and it is very crucial for us to figure out what is going on,” Torres-Gil said. According to a chart that he presented, the average life expectancy for people in California is about 76 years of age, but women are typically higher in age than men before they die. The average age of a Caucasian female is 79.5, an Asian / other female is 75.5 and an African-American woman is 73.1, with the exception of Japanese women, who have been found to live longer than Caucasian women. been produced during the last three decades. The last bit of her time was spent answering questions from the audience. One student questioned how to overcome the many challenges that Harding mentioned.
The wind is picking up, making the chilly night air feel like ice against the skin. Many of the supporters are still there. A few volunteers bring out industrial water jugs filled with steaming Chapurrada, a Mexican version of hot chocolate. There is a strong sense of community in the streets. It is as though people are finally aware of the movement and its symbolism. “We are creating more and more awareness. We are creating new traditions for the future,” Goodman said. For men, the average age for a White man is 73.1, an Asian / other man is 67.3 and an African-American man is 64.6. Torres-Gil said the growth of the population of people into their 90’s and older is growing rapidly. “It is not unreasonable for a [Caucasian] baby girl born today to expect to live to be 100 years old,” Torres-Gil said. Torres-Gil then changed his focus to talk about Social Security and how many people fear that there will be no money left when they get older. With President Bush campaigning for the privatization of medical care, Torres-Gil raised the question of whether we should restructure our health care programs now. He said people are now relying on the market and the individual to decide where our health care is going. He also said people all contribute the same amount of money, but they don’t all receive the same benefits, because some of them don’t need the care as much as others. With many older people left in poverty, Torres-Gil said it would be harder for young people to support themselves if they don’t receive a college education or degree. Linda Hua, a senior who is majoring in business, said she didn’t really have a strong opinion on anything that was being discussed. She attended the event for extra credit for her Sociology 101 class, but she said she knows someday the aging population will affect her. Whether students went for extra credit or seeking to learn more on the field of Sociology, Torres-Gil said most of the people in the room would someday end up in the demographics of a study he will be conducting. Harding cautioned that this is sometimes tricky. “You can be smart and good and still end up supporting racist practices because they’re entrenched in the system,” Harding said.
8 Wednesday, March 21, 2001
NEWS
Tests have students floating in the air By Faye Flam
Knight-Ridder Newspapers Having donned olive-green jumpsuits and swallowed motion-sickness capsules, Rowan University seniors Bill McCorkle and D.J. Kephart sat down in the back of NASA’s KC-135 jet and mentally prepared to become weightless. The front of the plane was one big space, covered in white padding. Bolted to the floor were the experiments that had won the Glassboro, N.J., college and six other universities the right to test them at zero gravity on the “Vomit Comet.” Straps crisscrossing the floor secured everything else, including boxes of heavy-duty tissues known as “tech wipes” for those who got sick. McCorkle, 20, an electrical engineering major who volunteers as a firefighter and an ambulance driver, sat with a steely eyed calm as the plane took off over the Gulf of Mexico. “Five minutes,” NASA test director John Yaniec called out shortly after ordering the students to the front of the plane to sit near their experiments. “Three minutes.” Suddenly, everyone was pulled hard against the floor. Then, without warning, the force started to ease, and the students began to levitate, many of them bumping into the padded ceiling and flailing with their arms and legs to fend off walls, experiments and one another. Kephart, 22, stayed focused on the Rowan experiment, grabbing onto it so he wouldn’t float away. McCorkle kept his composure, while many of the others let out involuntary shrieks and squeals. “Feet down!” Yaniec yelled. Within seconds, gravity returned, and then the pull doubled, plastering the students to the floor. For several days before their flight last week, the space agency had trained the students in what to expect. “This is not Disneyland,” Yaniec had warned. The steep climbs and plunges of the KC-135 jet — the same plane used to film the movie “Apollo 13” — would create exhilarating moments of weightlessness, but also times when a force twice that of Earth’s gravity would pin the students to the floor. The plane achieves these distortions of gravity by flying in huge arcs, or parabolas, climbing to about 33,000 feet and then diving to 25,000. The weightless periods, which last about 25 seconds, happen at the top of each arc, in the same way a roller coaster lifts its riders off their seats.
For the students, the challenge would be to stay focused on running the experiments that had won them spots on the flight without resorting to the two airsickness bags zipped into the front of each of their jumpsuits. NASA had also grilled the Rowan students about the possible dangers of their experiment: a 359-pound, 5-foot-tall creation designed to show how bubbles in boiling water form in zero-g, or “microgravity,” conditions. The day before the flight, a gang of seven NASA engineers and safety officers had descended upon the Rowan apparatus: Could it leak scalding water? Could someone adjusting things be electrocuted? Could the sharp edges and protruding switches be covered in case someone fell into the experiment during the weightless periods? Kephart, the team leader, had spent the last six months building the apparatus with McCorkle, junior Jennifer Akers, 20, and senior Mike Burg, 23. Kephart and McCorkle would do the first part of the experiment Tuesday. They would test whether a single large bubble clung to the wire that heated the water. Without gravity, they theorized, bubbles weigh the same as water and don’t rise. One big bubble on the wire could cause it to overheat and break. The next day, Akers and Burg would go up in the KC-135 to see if vibrating the wire would shake off the big bubble. If it worked, it could have applications for cooling electronics in space. For the first six or seven parabolas of their flight, Kephart gradually adjusted the voltage to the wire and worried about McCorkle. “I could see it in his face,” Kephart said. McCorkle braced himself at the side of the experiment, where an anchored camera was videotaping bubbles that formed. His job was to watch a digital timer and, on a clipboard, write down the time and other data at the beginning and end of each of the 30 weightless periods they would experience during the next 90 minutes. To do so, he found he had to turn his head, even though he had been drilled that such a motion during the high g periods could cause the dreaded motion sickness. Meanwhile, he found he didn’t have enough hands to write. “You needed to use your hands to keep yourself level with respect to the plane,” McCorkle said, but he needed both hands to write. “If you didn’t hold one hand on the clipboard, it would start flying away.” It was after the seventh parabola that someone from the back of the plane yelled that a stu-
JAMES BLAIR/Philadelphia Inquirer
Rowan University students Jennifer Akers and Michael Burg float in zero gravity on NASA’s KC-134 jet. dent had thrown up and missed the airsickness bag. A foul smell wafted through the cabin, and McCorkle soon turned pale and got his bag out just in time. Descending upon him like winged angels, the blue-suited flight-crew members escorted him to a seat near the back. Realizing he could not run the experiment alone, Kephart implored an Inquirer reporter accompanying the team to take over with the clipboard. Kephart, a sturdy sailor and lover of roller coasters, knew he wouldn’t get sick, but he said he “expected the worst” — that the experiment would leak. It didn’t happen, but by parabola 23, the wire snapped. That had been expected, but it was too close to the end to put in a replacement. Taking a break to look around the cabin, Kephart saw it appeared much less crowded. Many of the students had moved back to the seats, having become “casualties,” as the flight crew called them. In fact, the flight, according to NASA engineer Drew Nash, 25, was one of the worst ever, with nine severe cases of vomiting among 20 passengers so far. Nash said he and his fellow crew members had placed bets, as they always
Classifieds 6*10.5
did, on which students would need the barf bags. But he had pegged the wrong people. Still standing was Kephart, his wide eyes glued to the experiment, as was a young man from North Carolina State University who had exclaimed, “This is awesome!” with each arc, and a hulking 32-year-old from the University of Alabama who, having finished his experiment, set his attention to getting his picture snapped with a “Hi Mom!” sign he had sneaked aboard. After completing the 30 arcs, the plane did bonus loops at the request of some researchers. Five smaller ones were designed to simulate the gravity — one-tenth of Earth’s — that astronaut Neil Armstrong felt when bounding over the moon. Five more simulated the gravity on Mars — about a third of Earth’s. Kephart became a minor casualty on the next-to-last “Martian” arc. After the flight, he and the recovered McCorkle talked over their results with Akers and Burg, and their professor, Anthony Marchese, who oversaw the experiment. The good news was that the water had bubbled and that the computer had recorded data. The bad news was that they had forgotten
to turn on their video recorder until the second half of the flight; they wouldn’t know until more analysis of the videotape whether a big bubble had formed. The students decided that writing on the clipboard was too hard, and for Wednesday’s flight, they opted to speak the numbers into a handheld tape recorder. By parabola 10, Burg was using his airsickness bag, leaving Akers scrambling to run the whole experiment. About two parabolas later, their wire broke. Akers asked the flight crew for a few minutes of level flight to install a replacement wire, but a wrench had vanished from their tool kit. “I tried to use someone’s pliers,” she said, but with only three minutes to finish the job, she sought help from a crewman, who accidentally broke the second wire. They never got to try the vibrating-wire part of the experiment. “I feel we did all right,” Akers said back on the ground. “I’m disappointed we didn’t get better data.” Next time, she would skip the clipboard altogether and use better wire — something she might get a chance to do, since she is only a junior. “I’d definitely do it again,” Akers said.
Wednesday, March 21, 2001
Softball streak upped to nNONCONFERENCE: CSUF defeats Northwestern and Washington at the Titan Softball Complex By Caesar Contreras
Daily Titan Copy Editor After an enthralling Kia Klassic tournament championship win on Sunday, the Cal State Fullerton softball team continued its hot streak as they defeated Northwestern and Washington on Tuesday night at the Titan Softball Complex. The Titans beat the Wildcats 5-1 and came back to defeat the 12th ranked Huskies in a 10-1 five-inning mercy rule victory. “Were playing well and I feel were prepared for conference,” Titan Head
Coach Michelle Gromacki said. CSUF (26-8) will begin Big West play this weekend on a seven-game winning streak as they travel to Sacramento State. But before the series with the Hornets, the ninth-ranked Titans had to take care of business on Tuesday and they started with the Wildcats. Behind a five-run third inning, the Titans gave sophomore right-hander Gina Oaks all the support she needed as they got the 5-1 win. Sophomore infielder/catcher Jenny Topping went 3-for-3 with a triple and three RBI. Oaks improved to 12-5 as she struck out seven and pitched the complete game. Wildcat pitcher Brie Brown fell to 6-9 while striking out five. The Wildcats fell to 6-9 on the season. In game two, CSUF played against the Huskies in a rematch from Saturday’s
Kia quarterfinal game which the Titans won 8-1. This time the Huskies would take a bigger beating as three Titan home runs from Amanda Hockett (4), Yasmin Mossadeghi (10) and Jenny Topping (10) powered CSUF to victory. The Titans used a six-run fourth inning as the game ended in five innings. Hockett, Mossadeghi and Topping all finished the game with three RBIs each and right fielder Jodie Cox went 3-for-3 with a triple and two runs scored. The win over the Huskies was CSUF’s second consecutive over a team that had a 10-3 advantage in the all-time series including a 9-0 victory last season at CSUF. Topping, a transfer from Washington was especially pleased with the victory. “It’s good to win every time but the wins against Washington have an extra benefit to them,” Topping said. Titan junior right-hander Christy
Robitaille pitched the full five innings as she allowed four hits, one earned run and improved to a perfect 4-0 on the year. Shannon Walsh took the loss (2-7) while her team dropped to 21-10 on the season. Despite the start of league play this upcoming weekend, CSUF has one more nonconference series on March 27 at Fresno State. But until then, CSUF should have an easy time against the Hornets, a team that is currently 9-14. “I’m very optimistic about our team heading into conference,” Gromacki said. And she should be as CSUF is on a seven-game streak and should receive a high national ranking when the USA Today/National Fastpitch Coaches Association poll comes out on Wednesday. Gromacki put it simply: “The team’s hot.”
DAVID RIVERA/Daily Titan
Jenny Topping peers intently as a refracted ball heads for the wall.
CSUF’s late-match rally slams Amherst into backnTENNIS: Ana Iacob triumphs in her tie-breaking match to give the Titans a win over Amherst By John Gutierrez
Daily Titan Staff Writer
MAYRA BELTRAN/Daily Titan
Freshman standout Ana Iacob unloads with a rapid forehand return.
There were no beer bottles or boo’s hurled inside the “tennis garden” at Cal State Fullerton Tuesday afternoon, as the Titan tennis team (3-9) beat Amherst College 4-3. After dropping three in a row, the women bounced back to beat Amherst College (7-2) in a marathon match that came down to CSUF’s number one singles player, freshman Ana Iacob. Fullerton claimed the first point of the day by taking two out of the three doubles matches, a facet of the meet which proved to be a decisive factor in the teams victory, according to Titan Head Coach Bill Reynolds. “If we didn’t win the doubles point we wouldn’t have won the match,” Reynolds said. Competing in the first of the crucial doubles matches were junior Michelle Arndt and the stalwart Iacob. The duo dominated their match 8-3. Next up in the doubles’ play were underclassmen Joanne Cruz and Ioana Sisoe who lost their match 1-8.
The Titans then sandwiched the loss with their second win in doubles match-ups, when Eleanor Luzano and Adriana Hockicko beat Amherst’s number one team 8-2. The win earned CSUF the lone doubles point and the advantage going into the singles round. The first of the singles matches was won when Hockicko made quick work of Amherst’s Suz Burke 6-0, 6-0. “I played more focused, more consistent,” Hockicko said of her two set sweep. Now with a 2-0 team lead, the tides turned on the Titans, and they dropped three, including a heartbreaking match involving newcomer Sisoe, and Amherst’s Caroyln Pastel. Sisoe, who lost her first set 2-6,came back in the second to post a 7-6 win. She fought hard, but in the final set succumbed 3-6 in the last set. The loss put the Titans behind 2-3 when teammate Luzano, equipped with a scathing serve, tied it for CSUF at three points apiece. Luzano swept in two sets, 6-2, 6-4. The last match was the tiebreaker featuring the two number one singles players, Iacob and Amherst’s Jamie Cohen to decide the victor of the six-match marathon. Cohen took the first set 6-3. Iacob then bounced back and won 6-4 to send the match to a tiebreaker. Iacob and Cohen split games to tie the set at four all. Iacob lost on a double fault and dropped to 5-4. She then rallied back to win the next two and pulled
ahead 6-5. Amherst’s Cohen countered to win the next game, bringing the score to six all, which forced a critical seventh game. As the seventh game progressed, Iacob found herself with an anemic 4-3 lead. Iacob in command of the serve, brought herself to game point after a long rally that Cohen put into the net. Cohen then served and inched her way to bring the set to 6-5. Iacob regained the serve and blasted one just out for her first fault. She turned around and spoke to herself, regaining her composure. She served and Cohen returned. Iacob’s forehand proved to be overpowering , causing Cohen to hit wide left and the match was Iacob’s, 3-6, 6-4, 7-6. “I said to myself not to try to win, but work on the process,” said Iacob. Iacob’s focus on technique couldn’t have come at a better time according to coach Reynolds. “We needed that,” said Reynold. “It was pretty close but my top players fought all the way and pulled through.” Reynolds and his squad of eight will revisit the Titan Tennis Courts tomorrow afternoon, where they will play host to the University of Cincinnati at 2 p.m.
Wednesday, March 21, 2001
Six-year-old Netzcuri attends the Zapatista demonstration in Los Angeles with his family members to support the indigenous population in Mexico.
The ornate Aztec dresses decorate the bodies of the Danzas Aztecas Cuahltemoc dance troupe who opened the demonstration with dancing and music.
rebel the
t
alliance
oday is an important day. Looking at the deserted streets and watching for the impending rain shower, it seems as though no one in Los Angeles is aware of March 11 or its significance to Mexico. Today is just another cloudy Sunday at MacArthur Park to its visitors, but today is an important day.
The indigenous people of Mexico live in the jungle. Those who fight for them demonstrate in the streets of Los Angeles. story by
Kathleen Gutierrez photos by
Mayra Beltrán
This young boy is one of four children who participated in the opening ceremony of the demonstration. He is wearing a traditional Aztec headdress.
Families gather for picnics on the lawn and merchants cart their handmade piñatas around hoping to turn a profit for the afternoon. However, no one seems to notice. They walk past the carts, as they do every Sunday, and still do not hear the drums slowly thumping and bravely pounding their political messages from the end of the block. They still do not hear the importance of the day. The sun hides underneath treacherous gray clouds but this doesn’t stop the movement in the street below. More than 200 demonstrators assemble near the corner of Sixth Avenue and Parkview Street to show support for the Zapatista National Liberation Army known as EZLN. They are commonly reffered to as the Zapatistas, a reference to historic Mexican war veteran Emiliano Zapata. Zapata fought in the Mexican Revolution in 1910. In 1911 he rallied for his Plan of Ayala, which essentially was a fight for indigenous rights of land ownership. He was murdered before he could complete his task. Nearly 100 years later, his struggle continues. The EZLN, like Zapata, fight for the rights of indigenous people living in the jungles of Chiapas, Mexico. They fought against the 70-year, oneparty rule of Mexican government. They now fight against Mexico’s current president, Vicente Fox. They also fight against the North American Free Trade Agreement, an open door tariff policy between all of North America, that many Mexicans feel takes advantage of their blue collar working class. NAFTA, which went into effect on Jan. 1, 1994, shares the same anniversary as the EZLN. It’s the same day the group began its public uprising.
Subcommandante Marcos and his followers are entering San Cristobal de las Casas’ main square in Chiapas at approximately 4 p.m., just as the Los Angeles supporters begin their demonstration. The Zapatistas in Chiapas are asking for an open forum with Fox to discuss the rights of indigenous people of Mexico. “Viva Zapata!” the crowd members shout as they thrust their fists into the air. Their voices rise and fall like ocean waves, rolling with the tide of politics, falling often, yet always on the rise again. Continuous, like the tide, their chanting persists. Many of them wear black ski masks that cover all but their eyes, a common symbol of support for the Zapatistas, who wear the mask as part of their rebellious costume. School-age children wander around with bandannas covering their faces, or carrying signs just as their parents do. They enjoy a luxury that indigenous children cannot experience. Freedom to speak their mind. “Those of us who are lucky enough to be here have to struggle for those people over there,” says Guillermo Suarez, a member of Movmiento de Liberacion Nacional. “They are also political prisoners,” he shouts into the microphone. Today in Chiapas, Subcommandante Marcos and tens of thousands of his supporters demonstrate their intense anger against the treatment of the indigenous families still populating the country. Although the people work the land, making it plentiful and rich enough to cultivate vegetation, EZLN supporters do not believe this is enough. They believe the indigenous should have a right to own the land, rather than have the government take it away.
PROTEST/ 6
Gustodio Camacho, a native of Guerrero, Mexico lights a candle in support of the Zapatista Liberation Army movement (above). Protesters perform a skit featuring Mexican President Vicente Fox. Although Fox has publicly stated his willingness to help and compromise with the indigenous people, actors demonstrate otherwise.