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Strip clubs and team codes clash in morals controvernPOLICY: Allegations of a double standard reflect the conduct of individual male and female players
By Amy Rottier
Daily Titan Staff Writer Double play, double header, double standard. For years women have fought for equal treatment and Leilani Rios’ story of being kicked off the Cal State Fullerton track team because she is a stripper raised the question of gender equity on the campus sports teams. “Maybe it is a double standard, I don’t know,” baseball coach George Horton said. Rios said her night job was kept secret — only her husband and her
sister-in-law knew. One Friday night, a group of males sporting CSUF baseball apparel showed up at her place of work and rumors of Rios’ private life were revealed to her track coach, John Elder. Rios was given the ultimatum of giving up stripping or giving up track. She chose to keep her job so she could continue to pay for her schooling. Since it was never proven that the males clad in CSUF garb were actual baseball players, none were punished. Horton said that if he told the players not do go to strip clubs and they did anyway then they would be punished — just like Rios was given a choice. Horton also said that even though he does not want his players to go to strip clubs, they will not be punished if they go. “I’m not naïve. If I find out that a guy went to a strip club he is
not going to be dismissed from the team,” Horton said. “As far as our team policy goes we do not condone that type of behavior or recreation,” he said. “If they chose to frequent those types of places the right thing to do is to not wear CSUF clothing.” Vice President of Student Affairs Robert Palmer said that fair and equal treatment is given to all students. He said that the baseball players would be given the same option as Rios—to quit the behavior or quit the team. “We are not going to tolerate any double standards,” Palmer said. After speaking with Palmer, Horton said that at the time of the allegations of baseball players going to the strip club there was no code against it. Since then, Horton said that the players were told twice that it was unacceptable behavior and reparations will be taken against any baseball player that disobeys the new
rule. A standard athletics code of conduct exists and each team has its own code as well. In a released statement, Elders said that he dismissed Rios because he determined that her decisions to remain an exotic dancer would detract from the image and accomplishments of her teammates, the athletics department and the university. Associate Athletic Director Mel Franks said that the student athletic code of conduct is up to each coach to interpret the rules. “The university is not endorsing his personal views but someone has to interpret and enforce the rules and that is the head coach,” Franks said. Palmer said that it is not up to coaches to interpret the code. “We do not have a double standard,” Palmer said. “We may have standards that vary from sport to sport.”
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Exotic dancer Leilani Rios was kicked off the track team last year.
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nDEATH: In-home care and counseling provide a more personal level of treatment for dying patients By Terry Jolliffe
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Liv Tyler, star of upcoming movie “One Night at McCool’s,” talks with fans about her experience playing a temptress.
Summer tuition nFEES: The goal of the newly-implemented program is to establish year-round class availability By Peggy Gomez
Daily Titan Staff Writer Students will find some financial relief this summer with the new cost of tuition. “Summer school is not initially part of the academic year,” said Harry Norman, dean of university extended education. “Just like elementary or high school — it is something that became optional.” CSUF has been included in the first wave of 10 Cal State universities, including Long Beach and San Marcos, which will be converted from self-supported summer sessions
to state-supported sessions. ‑ The remainder of the campuses, including Fresno and Northridge will receive partial funding this year and will be fully funded following the two-year transition. The remainder of campuses will be state supported for summer 2002. “Starting this year there is state money available for summer just like fall and spring,” Norman said. Prior to the upcoming summer session, there were four CSU state funded campuses. Any portion of the self-support Hayward, Los Angeles, Pomona or San Luis Obispo contributions will be immediately converted to state-support. According to Norman, one of the reasons the state has decided to fund a summer session is because buildings cannot be made fast enough to meet the increasing number of students that wish to attain a higher education. “We are one of the fastest grow-
ing— if not the fastest growing— CSU,” Norman said. “So to deal with the rapid growth it would be desirable to be part of the first wave.” The principal goal of Year Round Operations is to help students earn a degree within a reasonable time frame. ‑Accessibility is the second concern. It is anticipated that year-round sessions will lessen the demand for more buildings. ‑It is not a goal of the Year Round Operations to have three equal sessions. ‑ “The California State University system would be very pleased if we were ever to hit 40 percent of the enrollment that we have in the fall and spring,” Norman said. Keith Boyum,vice president of university extended education said that financial aid will be a great factor in the success of the year-
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A high school dropout joined the navy and later returned to school to become an electrical engineer. He decided after a few years to enter medical school and was accepted to the University of Chicago on a scholarship. Today, Melvin Sterling, M.D., is an internist in Orange and Director for the Visiting Nurses Association (VNA) Hospice who devotes his life to helping the terminally ill live out their last days with the aid of counseling, pain control — and usually at home surrounded by their loved ones. “I had a patient when I was an intern about 25 years ago on my first day— a woman with breast cancer,” Sterling said. “ She was in a lot of pain in a five-bed ward, socially isolated.” Sterling said he ordered Demerol every four hours for her. “The next day I asked her how she was doing and she said, ‘miserable.’” He said the dose he prescribed was not enough to ease her pain. “After my residency and receiving my medical license, I visited an elderly man who was dying in his home one evening. He was lying in a hospital bed with a bottle of morphine. He had good pain control under his own control and it opened my eyes,” Sterling said. “The difference between the lady with breast cancer and the old man was essentially hospital versus home and the attitude of people caring for the patients,” Sterling said, “The doctor was sensitive to the needs of the old man — a light bulb went off that there was a better way to do it.” VNA Hospice grew out of a movement started by Dame Cicely Saunders of England in the 1940s. Then a social worker, Saunders was caring for David Tasma, a wealthy but dying man. “He donated his money to Saunders and she became a physician and created VNA Hospice,”
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BRIEFS Bill on disclosure of sex offender records meets approval Sex offenders who wish to attend college as students or employees may have to disclose their criminal history. In an Assembly Bill proposed by Laguna Niguel’s Assemblywoman Patricia Bates, sex offenders must register with law-enforcement officials. Campus police officials will have the same information that other law-enforcement agencies have. Bates felt that ensuring safety is equally important in a college atmosphere – not only for the peace of mind of those who attend it, but also for the parents who worry about the conditions their children are exposed to. Right now, law only requires that sex offenders only give information about their criminal records to the local agency where they reside. If the college is not in the same area that the jurisdiction of that local agency covers, campus police may be unaware of the offender’s presence. This proposal is the first for Bates this year. It has received unanimous approval in the Assembly Public Safety earlier this week. Legislation similar to the Bates bill passed at the federal level as well, under HR 3244. States that do not inform campus police about the presence of a sex offender on college grounds are liable to lose federal funding.
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Music. The money will go toward the production of the month’s performance of Weill’s opera “Street Scene.” The additional funds will help alleviate the high cost of paying for a full orchestra, which the opera requires. Although the College of Arts has always provided as much as it can for student production, soaring costs can make it difficult. As a result student vocal performers have the chance to sing with music provided by a live orchestra, while student musical instrumentalists get to play alongside professional musicians. CSUF’s Opera Theatre has been receiving national recognition, and have been ranked as one of the top training programs in the U.S. for aspiring singers. The latest project, “Street Scene,” will begin its run on April 20, and will end on April 29 at CSUF’s Little Theatre. Those interested in attending the performance can buy tickets by calling (714) 278-3371 or logging on to www.tickets.com.
CALENDAR OF S C ALEN DAR O F EVENT EVEN TS Campus A band will perform today in the TSU Round Table Pizza Pub at noon. A.S. Rec Sports is hosting a Men and Women’s 8-ball Billiards Tournament today in the TSU - Underground at noon, register by this time. A free film will be shown today in the TSU — Titan Theater at 5 p.m. and 7 p.m. The Cambodian Student Association will present Year of the Snake Khmer New Year Show on Saturday, April 7 at
6:30 p.m. in the Pavilions. Semiformal Attire preferred – no jeans. Passover begins at sundown on Saturday, April 7. A seminar “Analytical Laser Ionization Mass Spectrometry: Where Do We Stand?” is scheduled for Tuesday, April 10 at 11:45 a.m. in MH-512. For more information call (714) 278-4253. College of the Arts is presenting Street Scene — A Broadway Opera on April 20 through 29 at the Little Theatre, Performing Arts Center, Cal State Fullerton. For more information call (714)
278-2434. College of the Arts is presenting Prints from the Cal State Fullerton Collection on April 21 through May 26 in the Main Art Gallery. The Opening reception is on Saturday, April 21 at 6 p.m.
Community The Fullerton Friends of Music is presenting The Cleveland Duo and James Umble on April 8 at Sunny Hills High School at 3:30 p.m. For more information call (714) 5259504. Easter Sunday is on April 15.
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CSUF Spring Dance Theatre Cal State Fullerton’s Department of Theatre and Dance will be presenting a diverse collection of performances today until April 7. Jazz, modern, hip-hop and rhythm tap will be some of the styles that will be performed by faculty and students. Location will be at the Little Theatre. The event starts at 8 p.m., except for the April 7 performance which starts at 2 p.m. There will also be an April 8 show at 5 p.m. Tickets are available at the Performing Arts Center Box Office for $8, $6 with the Titan Discount. Call (714) 278-3371.
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The 14th Annual HIV/Aids on the Front Line Conference will be held on Wednesday, April 18 at the Hilton Hotel in Costa Mesa. For more information call (714) 456-2249. Holocaust Remembrance Day is on Thursday, April 19. College of the Arts is presenting Sex, Drugs, Rock and Roll by Eric Bogosian on April 19 through 22 at the Grand Central Theatre (125 N. Broadway, Santa Ana) Explore pop culture through riveting, hilarious and often disturbing monologues. (For mature audiences) For more information call (714) 2782434.
news n from page 1 Sterling said. Sterling said patients are usually referred by their physician or a hospital to the care of hospice workers for whatever they need — registered nurses, social workers, counselors, chaplains or home health aides. “When it’s clear the patient is not going to survive, they stop all treatments. Hospitals are expensive and no matter how nice they are — it’s not home. Low tech, high touch is what the patient needs. Often, there are social problems in the family over decision-making and the social workers understand that. Moreover, burnout is very low among our nurses. They usually have years of experience and the reason they do such an excellent job is because they’ve seen it done badly — now they can appreciate when it’s well done. Our staff that cares for dying people all day bring skills and the right attitude,” Sterling said. The requirement is to have a disease that will result in death within six months. “Unfortunately, the average hospice patient is only with us for about two weeks,” Sterling said. Kathy Loer, a Cal State Fullerton alumna, used the services of hospice when her husband Thomas died last year. “After two heart attacks, diabetes, open heart surgery and a stroke, her husband lay in a nursing home in severe pain. “I allowed them to put in a feeding tube but I would never do it again. One of the nurses suggested I call [a hospice service],” Loer said. She said the hospice immediately increased Thomas’ pain medication to make him more comfortable and came in every couple of days to check on him. He had stopped communicating with anyone for weeks, but on the day he died, he was alert, pain-free, visiting with his family, and enjoying his two small granddaughters. “I was so glad I was there at the end because he wasn’t in pain and
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he was so at peace,” Loer said. The hospice took care of the arrangements and called me about attending bereavement meetings. I chose not to attend however. My husband had suffered for so long, it was almost a relief to me when I knew he didn’t have to suffer anymore. “I think I had the wrong impression of the hospice when I first signed up. I felt like I was giving them permission to let my husband die and I felt guilty, but that’s not what a hospice is about. They were wonderful,” she added. Similarly, Dr. Pauline Abbott, director of the Ruby Gerontology Center at CSUF said, “Hospice is a very valuable resource in our society. Death and dying is something that we don’t address openly and takes place behind closed doors, often in sterile hospital environments, often under emergency situations where families turn as a last resort. Hospice has allowed us to bring death and dying back into the home setting with family and friends to accept that palliative care is a humane option with caring individuals. To be pain-free, to be surrounded by those whom you love, and for the families to be supported through a very difficult transitional phase is a very important option. When my own family member was dying, the hospice nurses and the chaplain were there to help all of us as a family. They were our guides through an experience that we had not had before. The most treasured part of the hospice experience are those volunteers who selflessly offer their time to others often because of their own experiences with hospice,” Abbott said. Meanwhile, hospice services provide not only medical care, but medical equipment such as oxygen and other supplies, as well as dieticians, physical and occupational therapy, speech therapists — at no cost to the patient. Services are covered by Medicare and Medi-Cal benefits, as well as many private insurance companies and managed care plans (HMOs). Special funds are available for patients without resources, said Debbie Stoughton, R.N. and
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Labor leader’s life inspires program nCOMMUNITY: To raise cultural awareness, Cesar Chavez Day of Service and Learning will be an annual event
the life of Cesar Chavez and what he believed in.” Cesar Estrada Chavez (1927-1993) was an American labor leader. From 1952 to 1962 he worked for the Community Service Organization, a group dedicated to the rights of migrant workers in California. He then began working to create a farm workers union. Known at first as the National Farm Workers Association, the union By James Reynosa was chartered in 1966 by the American Special to the Titan Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations as the United The Volunteer and Service Center is Farm Organizing Committee, with hosting its first Cesar Chavez Day of Chavez as its president. Service and Learning today at Hetebrink In 1968 Chavez gained much attenA/B. The week-long program allows tion as leader of a nationwide boycott Cal State Fullerton of California students to mentable grapes tor fourth-graders in a drive to throughout the city achieve labor of Anaheim. contracts. The Volunteers will struggle conbe tutoring and mentinued until the toring youths at four 1970s. elementary schools “Because during next week of the society between 2:30 p.m. that we live in to 5:30 p.m. “These today, many children need to see children are the empowerment being forced that a college educato leave their tion can bring,” said culture behind. Dean of Students, I think this Sabrina Sanders. program is a Vo l u n t e e r s chance to allow will also serve as young Latinos Mentors in the “Si to know who Se Puede (Yes We they are and Can), I’m Going to where they College,” on April come from,” 10 for 120 fourth—Sabrina Sanders, said Assistant graders experiencP r o j e c t ing what it feels like to be on campus Director of CHAMP (College Headed as a student for a day. And Mighty Proud), Jenny Cheng. “I think some students need to know “Once they learn where they are that Cesar Chavez day is not just a from, their self-esteem will grow.” holiday,” Sanders said. “It’s a week of community service, reflection on
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The Hospice Care of California center is located in Placentia. Clinical Manager for VNA Hospice in Santa Ana. In addition, the VNA Foundation also sponsors a support group called “Necessary Steps” that provides bereavement counseling to families with young children and adolescents who lose a parent or significant person in their lives. “Necessary Steps” began in 1989 and has assisted over 1,000 children and 600 parents with grief counseling by licensed therapists. “Finally,” Sterling said, “we need to redefine success. For an obstetri-
cian, success is delivering a beautiful baby into the world. But for a hospice, success is helping someone go through the end of their life in comfort — free from pain, nausea and depression. At the end of that case, no depression, no emotional scars — a wonderful feeling of gratification. Failure is when somebody dies in misery.” “‘There’s nothing more I can do for you,’” Sterling said, “should be stricken from the lexicon of medicine.”
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Breast enhancement options quesnHEALTH: Several new breast enlargement products promise consumers a safe alternative to surgery By Rita Freeman
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round program. ‑Because the cost has been set to match a traditional session, the Trustees office is not looking to further lower the price of summer school in the near future. “Financial aid will help a lot, but the program is not focused in that way [lowering prices],” Boyum said. Limited financial aid is available. ‑In most cases, students who have residual funds that were not used during the traditional year, 2000-01, may request to have those funds applied to summer. According to financial aid, summer and the available funds are considered a “trailer” to the preceding year.
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Jennifer, a junior At Cal State Fullerton, hated her small breasts. She wanted to look a little more proportional to her body and thought of plastic surgery to augment her breasts. She hesitated at the expensive price and the risks. After speaking to a friend, who completed a six-month breast enhancement program called Isis, she decided to try it out. This program said it would firm, tone and enhance fuller breasts— up to two sizes bigger. For six months, she swallowed five pills in the morning and five at night. She also rubbed in a cream to increase her breast size. The program warned her that her breasts would become tender and during the first few months,
If students don’t have residual funds available from Pell Grants or student loans, the university has about $300,000 in State University Grants available to students for the summer term. ‑ “This program is not based on unused funds,” said Deborah McCracken, director of financial aid. ‑ “Students can receive this money for all three terms.” Last summer financial aid provided tuition to 204 students. ‑ For the 2001 summer term, financial aid is hoping to service up to 1,300 students with the grants. Money distributed for the summer will cover the cost of summer fees. ‑ “If students take three units, the money goes farther, but if students take more—the money will not go as far,” McCracken said.
she felt as though she would start her menstrual cycle every day. But one to two months later— although she was not yet aware of it— her breasts appeared fuller. Several people had already noticed the difference. She realized that many of her bras were becoming tight. Recently, at a lingerie store, Jennifer noticed the change. But it wasn’t until she tried a 34C bra that she really examined herself in the mirror. She had gone from a 34A to a 34C. “I got so excited,” Jennifer said. “It was like I was going through puberty all over again.” Names like Bloussant, Busting Out, Natural Contours, Grobust, and Miracle Bust all claim to increase breast size with their creams, capsules and gels. But the safety of these products have been questioned by many who want to try them. According to a report by the United States Food and Drug Administration, there is no device or system of exercise that will increase breast size. “I think it’s just another version of the latest health scam to part hopeful customers with their hard-earned money,” said CSUF
Nutritionist Ada Schulz. Several of these products contain herbs such as saw palmetto extract, wild yam extract, soybean oil, wheat, barley or wild oats. Because most products are all-natural, they claim to have no harsh side effects. Busting Out, for example, claims that the tablet contains mostly pure grain fibers, .20 grams of vegetable fat and .80 grams of protein. According to the Web site, bustingout. com, because it is an all-natural tablet, no negative side effects have been shown. The herbs such as saw palmetto are said to stimulate the mammary glands. The Funugreek extract stimulates the development of breasts. Schulz said that all breasts are fat, and the only way to increase breast size is to have children. “You increase breast size with breast milk,” Shulz said. “Sometimes after you breast feed, your breasts remain larger, other times they will shrivel up.” These products are said to work in numerous ways. Isis for example, said that it awakens the estrogen receptor sites that have been dormant since puberty. It adds that this is the largest cause for undeveloped breasts.
To take some of these products, women swallow up to 10 pills a day— mostly on an empty stomach— or massage a cream or gel into the breasts. Results vary from person to person, but with most of the products, changes appear in about six to eight weeks. Many of these products are ordered through the Internet and sell for between $79 for a onemonth supply of tablets or cream to $900 for a six-month supply. Schulz said that because many of these products are sold over the Internet, the product reliability is questionable. She added that many times what is said on the label is not what is actually produced in the item itself. Jennifer, who has been off Isis for a little more than a couple months, said that she is satisfied with the results. She added that she never experienced any serious side effects, except for the tenderness. “If a woman is not looking to grow an enormous size, then I recommend she try it,” she said. “I would be disappointed if they went down, but I haven’t seen any reduction yet.”
Students seek to cash in on filthy apartBy Stephen Sharkey TMS Campus
It’s all over but the cleaning. There’s $10,000 on the line for one of three lucky finalists who can boast living in the messiest college apartment in the U.S. Friday was the last day votes were tallied for Apartments.com “Messiest College Apartment” contest, and the competition is getting sticky. Each of the three final contestants is eagerly coveting the grand prize of $10,000, as well as a free house cleaning which may cost Apartments.com another ten grand. “I like to call my apartment Matt’s Dark Pit of Filth,” said Indiana University senior Matt Robinson,
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whose messy living space has now denied him the option of having guests over. “I eat a lot of take-out, the remains of which rot in the collection of paper bags that litter my floor,” said Robinson in his Apartments. com defense case for the messiest apartment. Right now it is clean-up or clearout time for Robinson, who after seven messy months in his apartment is facing eviction by his landlord, making the $10,000 grand prize of particular importance to his future living situation. But Robinson isn’t worried about eviction. He says, “that just gives me the opportunity to move on and start my mess all over again.” The Associated Press reported
Robinson as saying, “I don’t even care about the money, it’s more about the fame I expect to get out of being a slob.” Apartments.com would not release the names of the other college slobs. But their apartment descriptions speak for themselves. “We know that our landfills are filling up fast, so we have done our part to keep our trash inside,” said two University of Wisconsin at Steven’s Point sophomores, who are striving to promote “biodiversity” in their toilet. They claim their porcelain god has more microorganisms growing in it than most biology laboratories. A Harold Washington College sophomore defends her mess by saying
“The best defense is a good offense,” in reference to the smell that permeates her apartment. Pictures on the Apartments.com Web site show filth-ridden clutters of boxes, clothes, books and garbage. All of the finalists seem to have lost site of their floors, and each contestant has grown used to the idea of sleeping on a mattress without sheets and covers. Robinson doesn’t mind living in such mess, though. “I’m just too lazy to care,” he said. The finalist apartments can be viewed online at www.apartments. com/messycontest.htm. Contest winners will be announced on Monday, April 9.
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nTENNIS: Titans look forward to today’s match against LMU as a possible turning point to what has been a struggling season
By John Gutierrez
Daily Titan Staff Writer As the season winds down for the Cal State Fullerton tennis team, the road recently taken has been a lot like driving a Porsche on the 57 during rush hour: a car with potential but stuck behind a bus and low on gas. The Titans’ (3-14) match up today against the 58th ranked team in the nation, Loyola Marymount, in what can be a crucial turning point for the remainder of the season. With five matches left, the Titans are running out of time to prove they’ll be contenders when the Big West Conference Championships arrive. After five consecutive losses, a “big” win over a powerful team could ignite the fire that could carry them the rest of the season. The Loyola Marymount Lions are coming
off a victory over Brown and are 7-7 on the year. “They’re going to be very tough,” CSUF Head Coach Bill Reynolds said of the Lions. LMU has already earned a big win this season when they defeated the Cal State Northridge Matadors, who beat the Titans earlier this year. Losing five in a row has taken its toll on the team. Against Boise State, the matches erupted into yelling matches when Michelle Arndt and Ana Iacob, CSUF’s No. 2 doubles team, lost to a tough Boise State team. “We are trying to overcome personality differences,” Reynolds said. “We are having a hard time opening up to each others differences and opinions. We had a team meeting after the match and everything seems to be OK now.” But team dynamics alone won’t secure a victory for the Titans . “Once again winning the doubles points is critical in gaining momentum and taking the upper-hand against Loyola Marymount,” Reynolds said. “When needing four points to win a match, having the doubles point gives leeway, especially with Loyola’s tough singles players.” Senior Eleanor Luzano understands how important it is for the Titans to perform well in
the doubles portion of the match. “We have to try to win the doubles point to start off on a positive note,” Luzano said, who plays on the Titans’ No. 1doubles team. And if any positivity can come from these trying few weeks it is that the young Titan team, which fields three freshmen among the top six players, is improving. “They’re pretty good about the losses. It’s hard, but they have a good attitude and I don’t let them get down, we just have to get positive things out of our matches,” Reynolds said. The players are also noticing the improvement that the team has made as the season has progressed toward the end. “I know we are improving,” fourth-ranked singles player Arndt said. “The team’s not losing matches because we are giving up.” As for the showdown with Loyola, Arndt summed it up simply. “We need to play with a lot of effort and heart.” And it is this kind of sentiment that keeps this team optimistic. These eight women know that a win today can shift them into fourth gear and get them out of the gridlock they have been in all year.
Call it parity. Call it talent. Or just call it a mess. Whatever way you slice it, the NBA Western Conference race is “Too close to call.” With seven teams within seven and 1/2 games apart and the with the top five teams only four games apart, the final couple of weeks will definitely provide all of the excitement that a basketball fan can handle. But if you can’t wait for all of the drama and intense action to play, I will tell you all you need to know and, free of charge, I will give you the team that will play in the NBA Finals. The top five, the San Antonio Spurs, the Sacramento Kings, the Utah Jazz, your Los Angeles Lakers and the Dallas Mavericks, are all poised for a run to the finals, but what they are not aware is, not all of them are capable. Although, they have become one the league’s most exciting teams with the deadly duo of guard Steve Nash and the “Next Larry Bird” Dirk Nowitzki, the Mavericks have the potential to make run. However, if the playoffs were to begin this very moment, they would have to face the Lakers and since they have not beaten the Lakers this season, not mention that the Lakers own an 18-game winning streak against the Mavericks at home, my opinion is that Dallas will have a short stay in this year’s playoffs. Trust me. Take it to the bank. That brings me to the Utah Jazz, with the old-fashioned duo of Karl Malone and John Stockton. These guys have been around since the Reagan administration, or so it seems. Up until recently, the Jazz was battling for the top spot, but they are fading as fast as the sun and do pose a threat. Unless you’re scared of watching the only team in the league that still insists on wearing those 1980 style tight basketball shorts. The Jazz are gone. Trust me.
Now we move on to the big three. The Spurs, the Kings and the Lakers. The cream of the crop. Each team boasts one, or the Lakers’ case two, of the top five players in the league. Tim Duncan of the Spurs, Chris Webber of the Kings and the Laker tandem of Shaquille O’Neal and Kobe Bryant. The Kings have never ever been in the rarefied air of having people have high expectations for them. The next factor is their seemingly ragged style of play. They are one of the most exciting teams in the league to watch with their ensemble of no-look passes and long range precision arsenal of three-point bombs. However, in the playoffs, the game is slowed down as teams focus more and more on matchups and defense and this could possibly cause the Kings some problems. Maybe it could or maybe it will not. That dwindles the selection down to the two teams that I believe will play in the conference finals, if they do not have to meet in the second round, the Spurs and the Lakers. The Lakers have had major problems this season with their defense. The defensive drive and hunger that powered the team through last season, has not been present this season. The Lakers’ defense this season has as many holes as an old pair of socks. The Spurs are one the league’s best defensive teams, with the seven-foot duo of Duncan and David Robinson anchoring the middle and cleaning up the boards. The key to a successful run in the playoffs is a strong defensive philosophy and as right now, the only the Lakers can stop the opponent is to let them score. That is not going to work once the “real season” begins. So I know you’re wondering, since the Lakers do not play defense and the Spurs do, then the Spurs will most assuredly advance to the NBA Finals. Well….you’re probably right. Or are you? Stay tuned. —Damian Calhoun is the Daily Titan
arts & entertainment April 5, 2001
Living it up In her latest movie, Liv Tyler’s character, Jewel, drives all men crazy. At a press conference, Tyler talked about playing the vixen. By Elana Pruitt
Daily Titan Staff Writer What aspect of Jewel’s character did you relate to the most? When I approach a character I don’t really think about trying to relate to the role, because I try and really separate it from myself. It’s not really about me. One of the great things about being an actor is getting to explore other people’s personalities and the way other people see things. That was one of the things I really like about this character, how incredibly different Jewel and I are in our presence, mentally and physically, in every way. I think there are some really great human elements in the movie, like you never get the story from Jewel’s point of view. It is the male’s fantasies and projections of what she is, how that sort of filled something that was missing in their lives. What was your attraction to the role of Jewel? I really like the idea that everybody is human and has faults- nobody’s perfect. It’s funny because you see all of the characters make mistakes, and that’s funny. Everybody can relate to that. The movie is all about dreams, and that is just what Jewel is doing. In a psychotic, warped way she is trying to fulfill her dream. Who and what are your influences? There are so many people that I couldn’t really make a list. Normal things that happen in life and normal people inspire me a bit more. I find films and movies inspiring, but I also just find the world inspiring. That gives me a lot of my ideas, more than other people’s movies and careers. Are you a fan of the black comedy genre? I do many different sorts of movies. When I did "Cookie’s Fortune" with Robert Altmann, that was a liberating experience. Being a comedy, the actors really didn’t care if I had make-up on or not. I’m not sure if that had anything to do with the comedy part or not, getting to try things on and be funny. That was the main thing that appealed to me. "McCool’s" is so great, because it is an obvious comedy. In past movies, I always had to play really subtle characters and it was so brilliant to do funny scenes like batting my eyelashes. What is hard for you to separate yourself from Jewel? I’m really good at being myself, and am not really a method kind of actor. It’s important for me to have a freshness in order to get into a scene, like making jokes before the take. Some characters are harder to shed than others and will definitely affect you in some way.
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Liv Tyler promoted her latest movie on April 1. What are your feelings in knowing that family members are watching you in seductive scenes? I get so embarrassed. Every time I see the car wash scene, I just blush. It’s one thing to get dressed up and be sexy. It was my job to be outside of that and not think about that. I’m inside the movie doing it and aware of it, but it’s not until I’m on the outside looking that I can imagine their responses. Especially because there are three different versions, I would just give everything I could think of and then Harold would put everything together the way he wanted. Sometimes it would be shocking when I’d watch the playback. I didn’t know I had that in me! So it was really fun, to get to try so many new things. Is it much different doing a more independent film like this than some of your past Blockbuster films, such as "Armageddon"? It’s the same feeling when you are getting ready to play a new character, regardless of the size of the movie. I’m always terrified at first and feel uncomfortable, but then able to get into it. Obviously, there is more of an intimate quality that’s really nice in doing a smaller film than something like "Armageddon" that had so many crew members, you can’t really get to know anybody. So the level of intimacy affects my experience a lot. For me, the bigger budget films are about the extra perks you get, like big trailers and sushi bars. That’s how I notice it, a lot of the money probably went into the effects, the location and helicopters. A lot of it was extravagance, such as 800 types of donuts in the morning. For me, it doesn’t really matter. I like to be in an intimate situation where I feel safe and get to feel good about what I’m working on. What is your emotional experience in doing love scenes at 23 years old with older men like Paul Reassure
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Paul Reiser, Michael Douglas, Johon Goodman and Matt Dillon fall for Liv Tyler’s character in the upcoming movie “One Night at McCool’s.” and John Goodman? Do you think that there was too much violence in the It’s weird to do love scenes with anybody even if they’re movie? my age. I remember my first movie, having to seduce I’m not a big fan of violence and guns, but it’s part of Richard Dreyfus. You can imagine at the age 16, it was just life. I see more violence walking down the street or drivscary! I mean he was so sweet and I love him but why?!?! ing in a car everyday than in movies. We’re surrounded But it wasn’t any more fun for me to do the scenes with by that, so to shelter it away is to act like it doesn’t exist. A Matt than with John. movie is a movie, so sometimes it does glorify violence. But
Diamonds may be girl’s best friend but men long for another No man is safe from Liv Tyler’s charm in the upcoming comedy, “One Night at McCool’s.” The actress is likely to seduce the audiences as well. By Elana Pruitt
Daily Titan Staff Writer Sugar and spice and everything nice. That’s what a vixen is made of. "One Night at McCool’s" stars Liv Tyler as a neverseen-before devilish seductress, who uses sex as a ploy to get exactly what she wants. Told from three distinct points of view, all of which are completely weakened from Jewel’s (Tyler) innocent charm, this movie is hardly a love story. The structure of individual stories about the same situation that will eventually combine into one complete story is not a new formula. If you’ve seen the 1999 movie "Go," which refreshed young America about our drug-infested society, the interest in seeing a story unfold from totally different perspectives can create an effective experience. Also, those in tune with Quentin Tarantino’s style of starting backwards, retelling a story showing the ending first, will probably enjoy first-time feature director Harold Zwart’s ability to create fun and complicated scenarios. The opening scene begins with Randy (Matt Dillon), meeting with a cheesy bingo-playing hitman. Complete with exaggerated pompadorian hair, Mr. Burmeister (Michael Douglas, who also produced the movie) listens to the sorrows of Randy’s relationship with Jewel and tries to solve his problems. Randy is a bartender with only that under his skin for talent. After witnessing Jewel desperately trying to escape from a flashy gold sports car and an angry man after a late night at work, Randy comes to her self-defense and is awestruck by her beautiful presence. At that point, Randy is caught in her web. Things immediately get hot and heavy between the two, and Randy falls into the trap of a woman with dreams too
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Jewel (Tyler) uses her charm to get what she wants from her boyfriend Randy (Dillon).
large to afford. That same night, after the bar is closed, Randy’s cousin Carl (Paul Reiser) is sitting in his car in the parking lot. He slightly remembers the struggle between Jewel and an angry man, but dozes off from a little too much alcohol. Despite his understanding of the relationship between Randy and Jewel, Carl eventually feels wanted by this woman according to his perspective. He is another weak heart mesmerized by Jewel. Reiser is hilarious throughout the whole movie. From
talking to a shrink (stale cameo appearance by country singer Reba McIntyre) to hosting a family barbecue, Carl’s point of view is always different than Randy’s. Reiser naturally fits into his character with dry humor in playing a lonely man who is willing to destruct his marriage and family life just for some sexy action with Jewel. Dillon plays a brooding man not needy of a romantic partner and is in it more for the fun. As things turn unexpectedly for him, Dillon remains in character of a simple
guy who just wants to remember his mother through old memoirs. A snow globe that his mother once gave him featuring a miniature house, is symbolic in the movie. His real house is eye candy for Jewel. Even though her point of view is never featured, it is obvious that she has dreamt of living in a large house since her childhood. For Jewel, obtaining her goal is more important than the means to get to it. The third point of view is from Detective Dehling (John Goodman). His involvement with Jewel comes from all of the crime that she causes but which no one except Randy has a clue she is behind. The minute that Dehling set his eyes on Jewel, just as the other men do, he was under her control. She knew what she was doing, but all he could think of was that she was a gift from God. Just as Randy confesses to a hitman, and Carl to a shrink, Dehling confesses to his brother who is a priest. In Dehling’s eyes, Jewel is a mere angel. She has come to rid him of pain and Dehling sees her as his wife reborn from the dead. His need to be with Jewel is a pious protection, because she is so angelic and living with a creep. Again, this is from Dehling’s point of view. Goodman is not surprising in his humorous yet serious role. His acting and authoritative position sets off his sincere personality in the movie. One may definitely have sympathy for his character because he seems to be the only one with healthy intentions in getting to know Jewel. Although the theme of the movie revolves around the ethical decisions that Jewel is incapable of making, there is more to that. Every key person involved and trapped by Jewel’s power has a different perspective, as each view is in favor of each individual need. Each person has the intention to score her love, but In Randy’s case, he wants to score freedom from her. The others just wanted to discover her mystery. While Randy tested his morality and lost, Carl and Detective Dehling are trying to fill a void in their life that only Jewel can change. Fans of Tyler will enjoy this movie because it is so unlike her usual sincere characters. Her acting is awesome, as you still get her pouty lips and soft voice only sounding of good intentions. Her style is even innocently displayed in the warm colors of purple, pink, and blue to
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Orange County film festival attracts Hollywood pros
If these vaginas could talk
By Patrick Vuong
By Peggy Gomez
Orange County got a taste of Hollywood this past weekend. The second annual Newport Beach Film Festival, which opened on March 29 and runs through April 5, attracted hundreds of domestic and international film entries, several Hollywood players, and an unexpected amount of patrons. By the end of tonight‘s closing gala, 157 short and feature length films will be screened at the Edwards Island Cinemas at 999 Newport Center Drive and more than 20,000 people will have been in attendance — an increase of about 5,000 from last year’s event. A large reason for the boost was generated by a free two-day seminar series that the festival sponsored at the Newport Beach Public Library on March 31 and April 1. The seminars covered many aspects of filmmaking, from directing to writing to music composing, and attracted dozens of well-known industry professionals. Among the guest speakers were Newport Coast resident and screenwriter David McKenna ("American History X," "Get Carter," and the upcoming Johnny Depp movie, "Blow"); composers Don Davis ("The Matrix") and Mark Snow ("The X Files"); and director Irvin Kershner ("The Empire Strikes Back"). "When I pulled up to the library and saw all those people lining up for the seminar, I was like, Yes!" said Todd Quartararo, the festival’s director of marketing. "There‘s just a tremendous response, both from the public and the industry. I just got off the phone with more Hollywood pros who want to be here next year because they heard it was so fun." The screenwriting seminar was so popular that it reached its 200-person capacity, forcing many of the aspiring writers waiting in line to be turned away at the door. McKenna, 32, a graduate of Newport Harbor High School, explained his own attraction to the festival. "I live in Orange County and I know that I can help the festival just by being here," McKenna said. "It’s a fun event to be at, and I know that it creates opportunities for those who don’t live in Los Angeles. Besides, it’s no skin off my nose." Other seminar speakers included Oscar-winner David S. Ward, who was nominated for "Sleepless in Seattle" and won for "The Sting," and Canadian writer/director Kevin Speckmaier, who was just as thrilled to meet his fellow panelists as the audience. "I saw ‘The Sting’ with my mom when it was first released [in 1973]," said Speckmaier, whose award-winning film "The Middlemen" was an entry in the festival. "I can’t help but have David’s stories influence and impassion my own. It was so great to be sitting beside him." With this year’s Academy Awards still fresh in their minds, the screenwriters also talked about their involvement with the Oscar-voting process. "I stopped voting when the Academy gave ‘Titanic’ the Best Picture Oscar," said Bernard Gordon, who was blacklisted in the ‘50s thanks to the McCarthyism-era Communist witch-hunts. "I think 20 to 30 years from now many of the recent winners won’t be considered among the best films. Just look at this year’s — "Gordon stopped and turned to the other panelists. "Did any of you write ‘Gladiator?’" The audience erupted into laughter at Gordon implying that this year’s Best Picture-winner wasn’t deserved. Gordon was safe though, because the writer and producer of "Gladiator," David Franzoni, who was scheduled to appear, did not attend because he was still celebrating the film’s Oscar win. From Oscar winners to independent filmmakers, the Newport Beach Film Festival’s goal was to bring together as many diverse filmmakers as possible. Visitors from nations like Poland got the chance to meet Hollywood players like Gordon and McKenna. "The point of the festival is to make everything accessible and low-key," Quartararo said. "It’s a chance to let people from all over meet and it’s really just to make networking and enjoying films easier for the community." Unlike the ill-fated Newport Beach International Film Festival, which went bankrupt two years ago, the Newport Beach Film Festival is a growing success thanks largely in part to the local support. "Orange County is the largest consumer of films per capita," Quartararo said. "There are more movie screens per capita here than anywhere else in the world, and there are more than 350 film festivals nation-wide, so it’s hard to believe that there can’t be at least
What can one say about a coochie snorcher? Eve Ensler was worried about this very topic. She interviewed women, all types of women and created her playwright "The Vagina Monologues." Presently, at the Cannon Theater, in Beverly Hills the off-Broadway show has a three-woman cast that changes every three weeks. Maria Conchita Alonso, Linda Gray and Lynn Whitfield spend one-hour and forty minutes dramatizing a series of short monologues based on the thoughts and emotions of the vagina. It seems that the vagina may have a mind of its own. Sitting on red velvet stools, the women casually dressed in black frankly tell what the vagina is called, what it smells like what it would wear. A monkey box that smells like cheese and would wear combat boots and lace, were very popular responses. Educational as well as hilariously entertaining the three bare foot women collectively told the audience how the vagina wants to be treated and why it deserves everything. Lynn Whitfield told one story of a young lesbian
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girl that had various memories of her coochie snorcher being punched, raped and eventually turned into a beautiful place for her sexuality to be explored. Linda Gray recited a monologue of an angry woman that is tired of having things shoved into her vagina. "My vagina is pissed off," ranted Gray. The woman Gray portrays has a deep contempt for cold duck lips, tampons and thong underwear. Maria Conchita Alonso reclaimed the female anatomy as cunt in one of her monologues. Based on an explanation given by a woman in Pennsylvania, an orgasm comes easier and much better from a c-u-n-t rather than a plain old vagina. All of the monologues stand for something deeper. Angry vaginas misunderstood vaginas, innocent vaginas, each narration of the vagina stood for what "down there" represents in the whole woman. Many women forget the vagina is there, many women think it is a cellar that should stay cold and alone, but Ensler's monologues change that. As a result of the show's popularity, in 1998 Ensler and many celebrity supporters dubbed Valentine's Day as V-Day. The day is dedicated to awareness and termination of rape, incest, domestic battery and genital mutilation toward women through out the world.
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From left: Reed Martin, Austin Tichenor and Adam Long perform a scene from a Shakespeare play.
Quick lesson in Shakespeare The Reduced Shakespeare Company brings the Bard’s plays to Fullerton
By Melanie Bysouth
Daily Titan Staff Writer Have you always wanted to see all of Shakespeare’s plays but just don’t have 130 hours to spare? Now is your chance to watch all of the Bard’s histories, tragedies and comedies in less than two hours. In "The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged)", The Reduced Shakespeare Company will present all 37 plays in 97 minutes at the Plummer Auditorium this Sunday. "This is great entertainment," said Director of Cultural Events Wallace Farelly. "It’s one of the funniest shows I’ve ever seen. I can’t imagine anyone not enjoying it." From the well-known “Romeo and Juliet” and “Hamlet” to the lesser known “Henry IV” and Titus Andronicus, William Shakespeare’s complete catalogue of plays will be abbreviated and performed. The show, which is currently
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London’s longest running comedy, features the three man cast of Reed Martin, David Razowsky and Matt Rippy who present the condensed plays in a fast-paced, comical and physical style. For those not familiar with Shakespeare’s works, the show is a wonderful opportunity to experience the wit and the brilliance of the plays. And for those of you who know him well, the performance will be like no Shakespeare you have ever seen before. The Reduced Shakespeare Company has performed in 14 countries including New Zealand, Singapore and Israel and has entertained audiences at the White House, the Kennedy Center and Montreal’s "Just for Laughs Festival". The performance will be held at the Plummer Auditorium, on Sunday, April 8 at 3pm. Tickets for the event are $20 and $25, with a $2 student/senior discount on advance ticket purchases. For information, contact the Performing Arts Center box office at (714) 278-3371.
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Matt Taul, Jesse Vest, Todd Whitener and Hugo Ferreira of Tantric
Grunge rock recycled
Tantric unsuccessfully blends early 90s’ music By Elana Pruitt
Daily Titan Staff Writer Even if I went back about seven years to the popularity of grunge and the height of Pearl Jam’s career, rock band Tantric probably wouldn’t last long in my tape deck. However, there is one interesting quality to this album. Each song resembles various been-there-donethat bands so much that it could be a tribute album dedicated to past and present talent. Front man Hugo Ferreira plays with his vocals differently in each song, which will leave a true rock fan confused. Which style is really his? Toby Wright, the same producer for awesome bands Korn and Alice in Chains, produces Tantric. Sounds of Scott Weiland, Chris Cornell, Marilyn Manson, Rob Zombie, Dave Matthews, Axl Rose and lead singer from Crash Test Dummies ("Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm") imitation bounce from track to track. Nice blend, eh? With so-so lyrics, not one song really stands apart as unique that contributes to a musical revolution. The first song starts off with guitarist Todd Whitener proving his versatile style. He brings in acoustic guitar before and during the heavy sounding chorus of "Breakdown." "I know the breakdown/everything is gonna shake now someday/I know the breakdown/Tell me again am I awake now baby." But don’t get me wrong, some of these songs are catchy. So don’t be surprised if they live inside your head for days at a time — really. In "Live your Life (Down)" the lead begins with an instrumental take-off of Alice in Chains’ "Angry Chair." The lyrics begin with the song’s chorus "If
you live your life this way, it’s gonna change." Matt Taul is working the drums with nice rhythm almost overpowering Ferreira’s voice. But we’re not that lucky. In the contradictory "I Don’t Care," these boys are expressing their distaste for actually dealing with pain and recognizing that there could be a light at the end of the tunnel. "I don’t really care about it/nothing stays the same/I don’t really care about it/nothing seems to change." Because Ferreira’s voice too closely resembles some of my favorite past lead singers, I can’t help but still have some conflicting feelings towards this band’s most current self-titled album. He may just be singing as himself, while having utmost respect for our past grunge gods. Good soul-driven rock makes you forget the world around you, but I seem to be spending more time trying to figure what the heck these guys are about instead of actually enjoying the music. The album’s fifth song "Revillusion" just cracks me up. It is obvious that the late 80s and early 90s was the band’s complete inspiration to sound like angry metal-heads. Ferreira takes on Axl’s screeching and Manson-like growling that is equivalent to a headache. Mixing these two completely separate genres with loud music does not have genius appeal. Only makeme-turn-it-off appeal. "Mourning" follows that track, which is much mellower and makes me want to go out and buy the most recent Creed album. "There’s something that you’re trying to say/but I can’t take it." My sentiments exactly. If this album does anything for you, it will remind you how great grunge used to be as well as the blessed reason for its extinction.