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Nurses learn Internet skills nPREVIEW: Students and professionals come together this Saturday to further their knowledge in an educational setting By Heather Blair
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Construction crews began removing parking spaces in Lot E over spring break in order to make room for the new dorms.
Parking situation aggravatnCAMPUS: The new dormitory will be completed by next fall, but the complex will take 414 spaces By Jonathan Hansen
Daily Titan Staff Writer The hundreds of Cal State Fullerton motorists scouring the lots in search of a parking spot may be idling a bit longer because 500 spaces have been fenced off to make way for additional student housing. The new dormitory, which will be completed in August of 2002, will house 440 students but will eliminate 414 parking spaces. To meet the immediate parking demands, Titan Park n’ Go (stack parking) began on April 2 in lot A and lot G. “Stack parking will help alleviate gridlock and road rage caused by
the students circling the parking lot with nowhere to park,” said Paulette Blumberg, associate director of Parking and Transportation Services. “Stack parking is expensive. It costs $20,000 a week, but it allows us to meet demands and accommodate an additional 800 vehicles. “Our long-term solution is to build a parking structure,” Blumberg said. “We are currently assessing the feasibility of building a $24 million structure. Because parking is self-funded, we receive no federal or state money. Therefore we anticipate some sort of fee rate increase, but are examining the costs right now.” Blumberg also said they are considering short-term options like leasing parking space off campus and shuttling students to campus. “As an alumni, I understand what it is like to try to park on campus,” Blumberg said. “I also think that compared to a few years ago, we have made a difference.” James Tindukasiri a 26-year-old graduate student who is working
toward his second bachelor’s degree is not so sure things are getting better. “It’s always been difficult trying to find parking here,” Tindukasiri said. “It seems like every year it gets a little worse — a little more crowded. “I don’t think there are any easy solutions to the parking problem,” Tindukasiri said. “The stacking thing may be a step in the right direction, but I have never tried it.” Blumberg said that one problem with stack parking is that many people are apprehensive about leaving their keys with the parking attendants, but she said she thinks that this problem will decrease as students become more familiar with the system. “School is stressful enough without having to stress out about finding a parking spot,” Tindukasiri said. “It can be frustrating, especially if you are running late.” Suzanne Adams, a 21-year-old communications major, is frustrated by the parking situation as well. “I purposely schedule my classes
early in the morning to avoid the parking hassles,” Adams said. “I don’t think that is the way it should be considering I pay to go to school and to park. “The school should try to accommodate the students and create more parking options,” Adams said. “If they build a structure, I hope it will be close to school and convenient for the students who use it. I understand that we need more housing, but maybe they could move the housing off-campus and work for more oncampus parking solutions.” With the number of students growing and the number of spaces decreasing, Blumberg balances the challenge of accommodating as many people as possible with limited resources. “Some of the time my job is difficult because it’s impossible to please everybody, but I like to think that Parking Services makes a difference,” Blumberg said. “What makes it a difficult job is everybody wants front row parking.”
Recycling program set up on campus nENVIRONMENT: The new plan is to help alleviate the university’s solid waste by 25 percent By Sara Stanton
Daily Titan Staff Writer A poster hangs in the Titan Student Union displaying a glass bottle looking at itself in the mirror saying its affirmation for the day, “I am not trash.” Beneath it are the words “Please Recycle.” Other posters saying “Your trash is our treasure” and “Throwing away recyclables is a bunch of trash,” are the latest efforts to increase student awareness about recycling. For the past year, Elliot Sacks, the director of statewide affairs for the Associated Students, has been in and out of meetings, made hundreds of phone calls, and lobbied for Cal State Fullerton — all in an attempt to push a strong recycling effort on campus. This week has proven that all of his endeavors have not been in vain. With 11 recycling bins placed in and around the Titan Student Union on Tuesday, Sacks hopes that students will take advantage of the $9,000 spent by the university, the
TSU and AS in an effort to clean up CSUF. “We want to prove to the university that [the program] is feasible, and that students will do it,” said Sacks. The bins have multiple openings for recyclables, collecting paper, aluminum, glass and plastic, and are placed inside the food court, lounges, game rooms and near the graphic services areas within the TSU. On Thursday, Sacks said he was pleased with the campus response. “All of the plastic bins are full,” he said. “That’s not bad for the bins only being out for two days.” Sacks also said that almost all of the paper bins were full as well, showing a strong student response. This project is an effort to comply with the California Assembly Bill 75 signed by Gov.. Gray Davis. According to the bill, the California Waste Management Board states that each state agency and large facility is to implement programs that are designed to encourage the reduction of solid waste within those facilities. The act explains that the Cal State University system is included in the definition of “large state facility.” These facilities are to “divert at least 25 [percent] of the solid waste generated by January 1, 2002,” according to the bill. Kurt Borsting, director of the TSU, said the recycling bins were placed in high traffic areas throughout the
With the second annual conference for the school of nursing, students, professors and professionals can join in the quest for more knowledge about the World Wide Web on Saturday. The National Association of Hispanic Nurses Orange County Chapter (OCNAHN) and Cal State Fullerton’s Department of Nursing are presenting a workshop to teach nurses how to utilize the Web for the benefit of furthering their education or profession. Another group who has been actively involved in the planning of the conference is the Professional Nursing Student Organization. Sylvia Castilla, vice president of the organization, said they are planning meetings, giving some of the classes at the conference and hosting some of the games. “[The conference] encourages nurses to go back to school and get their bachelor’s degree in nursing or become leaders in the community,” Castilla said. Jo-Anne Andre, of the distance nursing education program and a coordinator of the event for CSUF, said the workshop will build upon the foundation that was set by last year’s conference, which taught many nurses how to use the Web. “We are trying to teach nurses how to use technology to enhance the professional nursing practice,” Andre said. “They will also learn how to utilize distance learning and they will actually work on problem-solving over the Internet.” The event, which is titled “Hyperlinks to Success: Connecting Nurses to Their Future,” will take
place on April 2 from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at CSUF. Carol Bradley is the keynote speaker for the conference. She is the editor of “Nurseweek” (California Edition), which is a bi-weekly publication for registered nurses. Andre said they hope to have nurses prepared for leadership roles and changing technology in the field. The schedule of events will include a welcome from Chris Latham, the head of CSUF’s nursing department. Bradley is scheduled to speak next. Afterward, the nurses will break off into groups and choose different workshops to go to. Choices include a basic Internet course, a Hispanic nursing course and a course in nursing professionalism. Maria Klein, who is the president of OCNAHN, put together a presentation on how the oral tradition of Hispanics has documented the history of Hispanic nursing. “There was a lot of research involved because there is nothing written down,” Klein said. “It took a lot of time in which I basically called a lot of moms of the organization and asked them how they got started in nursing.” Klein has been president for three years and a member of OCNAHN since 1991. She said it is great to be partnered with CSUF for this project. “Nurses can get good networking from this conference,” Klein said. “It gives nurses a chance to be in a campus atmosphere, learn the computer skills necessary, and will provide a comfortable way to access the Internet. During the lunch break of the conference, OCNAHN will be presenting four scholarships, one of which will be given to a CSUF student. The afternoon is scheduled to switch gears to applications. Participants will be able to use computers and actually do problem solving over the Internet. They will then wrap up the event with a nursing Jeopardy game. Klein will conclude the conference with closing remarks. The event cost is $30 with preregistration or $10 for students. After March 28, the cost went up to $40 or $15 for students.
Golden Key Honor Society ceremony welcomes members nEVENT: Scholarships were handed out to several students for their high GPAs and community service By Alex Douvas
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Eleven recycling bins were placed on campus on Tuesday. TSU, hoping to generate greater student response. “Just in the past few days, there’s been an incredible response,” Borsting said. “It shows that students are willing to take a minute or two to separate the trash.” There are a few problems that could arise if these receptacles are not used properly, added Borsting. He said that if food waste or improper items are placed into the bins that it could contaminate the entire collection within that section. “We’re happy to see the extra effort,” he said. Sacks is the chair of the recycling ad hoc committee, which is a temporary committee established through
AS to implement recycling efforts on campus. This committee is responsible for the bins, signs and posters around campus, which on Thursday received more money to promote its efforts. Associated Students awarded the committee with $470 to promote Earth Day, and Sacks said that this money would be used for raffle prizes, including Razor scooters, gift certificates to local restaurants, and free chips, granola bars and sodas to all participating. The events will take place in the Becker Amphitheater on Friday, April 20 and in the Quad on Monday and Tuesday, April 23 and 24.
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The Golden Key International Honor Society inducted 300 new members, as well as five honorary members at its New Member Induction Ceremony on Wednesday night at the TSU Pavilion A. Membership in the society is offered by invitation to the top 15 percent of juniors and seniors in all fields of study. Since it’s creation in 1977 at Georgia State University, the society has grown to over 285 chapters at colleges and universities around the world, said Joan Nelson, Golden Key Council President. The official purpose of the society is to recognize and encourage scholastic achievement and excellence in all undergraduate fields of study, to unite with collegiate faculties and administrators in developing and maintaining high standards of
education, and to provide economic assistance to outstanding members by means of scholarship. Scholarships were given to an outstanding senior and junior initiate. Senior Denise Heines received a $500 scholarship for her 3.95 GPA as a human services major. Junior Kristy Jarvis was given the other $500 scholarship for maintaining a 3.9 GPA as a Business Administration major. Chapter Vice President Jerry Brian explained that the society is in practice about much more than academics and scholarships. “A large part of what is we do is volunteering our time in the community,” explained Brian. “We visit the Florence Crittendon Home all the time. It’s a home for abused children. It’s really fun, the kids love it, and they know us all by name.” The society also actively volunteers at the Ronald McDonald House, participates in beach clean-ups, graffiti clean-ups and “lunch-box lectures,” which are informative seminars on a variety of topics held on campus once a month at lunchtime. Five honorary members were also inducted, adding to the 12,500 honorary members of the society. The honorary members were
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BRIEFS CSP Sexual Assault Victim Services of Orange County seeks volunteers The CSP Sexual Assault Victim Services currently needs volunteers to provide assistance, on the crisis hotline and at the hospital, to survivors of sexual assault. There is a special need for bilingual and bicultural assistance. Training for the program will feature professionals from Orange County law enforcement, the District Attorney’s office, local therapists and other professionals who specialize in the treatment of sexual abuse. The 48-hour training will feature cultural issues, child sexual abuse, rape trauma syndrome, acquaintance rape, law enforcement, court and hospital procedures, safety awareness, listening skills, hotline response and offender behavior. The training will be conducted in Orange County beginning April 28 through May 22, 2001. For further information, call (949) 975-0244.
“The Last Picture Show” opens April 6 at the Hollywood Entertainment Museum Gregory Lukow, historianphotographer, presents “The Last Picture Show,” an eloquent, melancholy photo journey of the American landscape dotted by derelicts of movie houses of a bygone era . This event will open at the Hollywood Entertainment Museum on Friday April 6 and will run through May 29. Lukow has worked as assistant chief of the Library
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CALENDAR EVENTS C ALE NDAR OF OF EVE NTS Campus Today there is a concert scheduled for noon in TSU Pavilions. 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. Semi-formal 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. The Natural Science and Mathematics Inter Club Council is hosting a Clubfest next to McCarthy Hall on Wednesday, April 10 from 11: a.m. to 2 p.m. 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. 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) 278-2434.
Message from your president Hello friends. For those of you who don’t know me (and I know that is a lot of you), I have the wonderful honor of being your Student Body President, Mary Grace Cachuela. It was an interesting fact that, as I was sitting in the food court of the Student Union the other day, I had come to realize that no one knows that I’m their president and no one really cares. Is this unfortunate for me? No, not really. I think it is more sad for the student. This is kind of worries me because I wonder, who do students go to advocate their concerns then? Many people say that the
students are just apathetic on this campus. I completely disagree — I think that they are just uninformed. But that’s the nature of a commuter campus, you come and go and really don’t spend too much time here. That is when I decided to write this article — to really get personal with you for the remaining part of the semester and to really understand what your needs are before I leave office. I think it is important to be aware, as a student, to know who is representing you and speaking on your behalf. I represent all 29,000 students on this campus, and the only way I am truly effective is through the communication between me and you. So this is my attempt to do so, and I hope you come half way. One way you can voice your opinion is at Pizza with
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the Presidents on Thursday, April 19 from noon to 1 p.m. in the Titan Student Union Courtyard This is where the students get the opportunity to meet myself and the University President, Milton Gordon, to discuss issues on your mind over free pizza. Our goals throughout the year have been to increase communication and this is one way that we are trying to effectively do so. If you would like to come, please RSVP at (714) 278-4220 by Thursday, April 12. Remember pizza is limited, so first come, first serve. If you cannot make it but have a concern you wanted to be addressed, you can email me at aspresident@fullerton. edu. See you there. Mary Grace Cachuela
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Percentages up despite absence of quonADMISSIONS: Officials believe new programs have played a role in the increase By Carrie Sturrock Titan Wire Services
WALNUT CREEK, Calif. _ The percentage of minority students admitted to the University of California has nearly reached affirmative action levels, according to figures released Tuesday. In addition, the system admitted 10 percent more Californians than last year. Of the students the UC system admitted for the fall 2001 freshman class, 18.6 percent were black, Latino, Chicano and American Indian. That’s a percentage point increase over last year and just shy of 1997’s 18.8 percent, the last time the university used racial preferences in admissions. UC officials believe outreach efforts and a new program that admitted the top
4 percent of each high school regardless of students’ SAT scores may have played a role in the increase. Asians are not considered underrepresented because of their high numbers. Although admissions and enrollment figures tend to correspond, the makeup of the freshman class won’t be known until classes start in the fall. “We’re especially pleased with the high increase in underrepresented students who were admitted,” said Dennis Galligani, associate vice president for the UC system student academic services. “Certainly we’d like to believe the investment in our outreach efforts is paying off.” Such increases in underrepresented minorities are not true of the university’s most selective campuses. While UC Berkeley saw underrepresented
minorities increase to nearly 16 percent of the total number of admitted freshmen, the percentage lags behind the 1997 level of 22 percent. Overall, the UC system admitted 46,130 students who are Californians, a 10 percent increase over last year. Nine out of every 10 admitted freshmen are Californians. For the first time, the UC system admitted the top 4 percent of each high school in the state regardless of the students’ SAT scores as long as they had taken the required courses. While the program appears to have increased applications 13.6 percent among underrepresented minorities at participating public high schools, UC officials haven’t analyzed whether it impacted admissions increases. “I do believe the (program) is a piece of it,” Galligani said. “I don’t think it’s any one thing but a combination.” In 1995, UC regents banned the
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practice of using racial preferences in college admissions. Voters outlawed it one year later when they approved Proposition 209. Since then, the university has initiated or proposed a number of programs aimed at diversifying its eight undergraduate campuses. It’s beefed up outreach in lowincome high schools. The UC faculty is reviewing a proposal that would admit from the top 4 percent up to the top 12.5 percent of each high school graduating class regardless of students’ standardized test scores, provided they spend the first two years at a community college. Most recently, UC President Richard Atkinson has proposed eliminating the SAT as an admissions requirement, which many believe has hindered black and Latino students who consistently score lower than their white and Asian counterparts. Some call it misguided to analyze
the racial and ethnic breakdown of admitted students. The focus should be on their academic qualifications, said UC Berkeley political science professor Jack Citrin. “We need to admit people for what they are, not who they are.” UC Berkeley officials called their admissions data good news. The campus admitted 8,707 students, 4 percent more than it did last year. Of that total, nearly 16 percent are underrepresented minorities. While the African-American percentage stayed the same at 3.6 percent, the percentage of Latino/Chicano students increased from 10.5 percent to 11.6 percent. More than 36,000 high school seniors filed applications. Approximately 24 percent of those who applied were admitted, with the aim of enrolling a fall freshman class of about 3,880 students.
EVENT n from page 1 University Honors and Scholars Director Ryan Alcantara, TV/ Film professor Ed Fink, Cal State University Trustee Fred Pierce, Psychology professor Duana Welch and Titan Communications Director Lee Bentley. Pierce delivered the keynote address and spoke to the new inductees about the importance of being leaders on their campuses and in their communities. “One of the things I love about Golden Key is that it embraces volunteerism and leadership,” Pierce said. “Volunteerism is something that you should embrace throughout your entire life. Companies don’t look for out for good grades, they look for leaders, because leaders become the most productive members in society.”
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Something for something, diploma for volunteer By Melanie Bysouth Community service is something that many of us just don’t have time for. We all know that it is a wonderful thing to give to those who are in need, but most of us are too busy getting an education and working to pay the bills. In support of community service, Venice High School has recently made it a requirement of participating in graduation ceremonies. If students want to walk in the commencement proceedings, they must perform 10 hours of community service for each year they attend the school. I suppose those students who attend classes,
participate in extra-curricular activities and work a part-time job, will have to find the time to volunteer at their local shelter if their parents want to see them don a cap and gown and accept their diploma. Yet in some high schools, the demand for community service is even greater. At Harvard-Westlake High School, a private school in Sherman Oaks, students are required to perform community service in order to graduate. And it is not just California that makes this a condition of graduation. L’Anse Creuse High School, in Macomb, Michigan, requires 40 hours of service in order to receive a diploma. Don’t get me wrong, I am not against community service. I myself donated time in a homeless shelter just after I graduated from high school. The experience of volunteering is
one that can enrich a person. But that is not what high school is for. School is supposed to be a place where students obtain knowledge. It should prepare them for college and establish a foundation that students can use to succeed in college. Focus should be on the basics of education—reading, writing and arithmetic. Community service is a worthwhile and thoughtful pursuit but there is something that high school students need to be doing with all that time — learning. According to recent findings of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), this is definitely the case. The NAEP tests students in various subjects and on a scale of 0 to 300 (0 to 500 for writing), the students are placed into three levels of achievement; basic, proficient and advanced.
The results of the 12th-grade students are disturbing. In Geography, about 70 percent were at or above the basic level, with 27 percent at the proficient level and in mathematics, 69 percent were at or above the basic level. Think these numbers aren’t so bad? They are. And they get worse. In U.S. History, only 11 percent reached the proficient achievement level and fewer than half the students tested were able to reach the basic level. The national testing also discovered that only 44 percent of 12th grade students can write at the basic achievement level, with 22 percent at the proficient and a minuscule 12 percent displayed abilities within the advanced level. What is most alarming are the results of the
tests that examined the skill that is by far the most important in school as well as in general day to day life. In Reading, a mere 31 percent were at the basic level, 40 percent at the proficient achievement level and an embarrassing 6 percent showed reading ability at the advanced level. Improve the quality of education. Produce graduates who can read and write at a collegiate level. Tell me when all who graduate from high school have the ability to read what’s written on their diploma. And then I’ll support mandatory community service. — Bysouth is a Daily Titan Staff writer and any response to this column can be sent via email to dailytitan@yahoo.com
Campus Voices Pushed to the n Jest article, view of stereotypical male Ordinarily, I would not grace such nonsense as is found in the article, “Rhetoric is Useless and Only Causes Mayhem from the Beginning (March 23),” with a reply. To get things out in the open, let me begin by stating that I am not a raging feminist. I disagree with many aspects of the NOW movement, and regard women who choose to be homemakers with the same amount of respect and admiration as those who choose a career, no matter what last name they choose. Many people identify themselves by their last name, not just in the literal sense. It is part of who they are. They can mentally calculate all things they have done as a “Smith” or a “Jones.” Their last name appears on trophies, certificates and diploma. They cannot help but become attached to it. It was stated that to have a husband take his wife’s last name (thus, relinquishing his own) is comparable to cutting off his penis. Something which, I assume, constitutes his self-identification. Did you ever consider that for many women, their last name has just as much meaning? That their identity is just as wrapped up in it as a male’s might be? To shrug it off so lightly is to
insinuate that a woman’s identity is not important. Taking on the name of one’s husband is not so much a sign of being subjugated by the patriarchy (as so many feminists would have one think), but rather a loss of identity and a necessity to start again from scratch and assimilate to a new set of standards, a new self. If “Mary Barishnikov” becomes “Mary Brown,” not only has she lost her old self, but also her cultural history. I imagine it is with a heavy heart that she turns her back on who she once was and starts her new life. I know, I know, this is way too serious of a response to an article that was written in jest. . .but what is that old saying “More truth is spoken in jest”? The attitude toward the tradition of married names is indicative of many insensitive males who do not seem to realize that perhaps there is more than mere sentimentality or feminist propaganda behind a woman’s desire to hyphenate her name (or utilize any of the other “solutions” presented). Perhaps, it is because she dreads the loss of the dear friend who has seen her through many accomplishments. — Nicole M. Neinast
n Rules regarding student conduct Titan stripper awakens Nietzsche from the grave. Events involving the conduct of track and baseball team players exemplifies a difference in expectations of student conduct. I commend campus officials and students who encourage others to live by the student code of conduct, requiring students to act “as mature citizens of the campus community.” Striping is not the only job choice for our school track members. Strip clubs are not the only forms of entertainment available to our school baseball players. Certainly, stripping and attending strip clubs is not a mature activity. Enrollment in CSUF is a privilege, not a right. The rules and regulations for student conduct were established prior to our choosing to attend the university. If someone does not agree with these expecta-
tions, they have the opportunity to attend another university that promotes performing and watching nude dances. Let the Titans keep Nietzsche’s ghost from rearing his ugly head, by not arguing this controversy in the realm of no right, no wrong, it’s all good. Consequences should apply to all students, whether it is removal or probation from the team. I appreciate the Daily Titan for bringing this issue forward for campus discourse. The university needs a full perspective of student life, including the triumphs of students working in Greek organizations, the struggles of unpaid student teachers, and faculty that encourage students to become titans in their own field. — Jesse Bluma Graduate Student, Political Science
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edge of sanity By Sara Stanton Many people don’t realize that their life is in my hands. With a brush of my hair, touch of my face, or if I don’t wash my hands before I deliver your food or drink, I could contaminate the nourishment that you are putting into your body. Have I ever been tempted? Everyday when I walk into work. With this in mind, I think that patrons of restaurants and bars should relax and stop taking my services for granted. A bartender in the food industry is not an easy job, and I feel that people need to put themselves in my shoes for a change. Every time a customer snaps their fingers at me, and with every cheap tip that I receive, I feel like I am getting closer and closer to a psychotic episode. Sure, no one likes to wait for their food or drink, and if they do, they get angry with the person waiting on them. But these tantrums that are often thrown by customers have got to stop. I pride my service on accuracy with taking orders, quality of service and a positive attitude. I expect similar behavior when I go out to eat. However, if my expectations are not met I do not act like the majority of unhappy customers that I have seen. Sometimes I overhear a customer say “I will never come back here again!” or “I am going to tell everyone that I know to never come here!” before they storm out of the
restaurant. Well, let me tell you something. That does not scare us who are in the industry. Business has never slowed. People will still flock to our restaurants and bars. And if you are one of those tantrum throwers, it will make you even angrier to know that we are laughing at you when you walk out of the door. And yes, some people really do give horrible service and deserve to be fired from this profession. It’s not for everyone. But before you complain to the management about something that seems “so horrible” to you, look at the bigger picture. Is what just happened to you really all that bad? Could this person just be having a bad day? How would you feel if you had someone yelling at you? Here’s a little crash course for patrons in Eating Out 101: First, bartenders and waitresses are not mind readers. We do not inadvertently possess a telekinetic ability to know that you don’t like mustard or that you wanted your martini on the rocks. Keep in mind that we are waiting on about 20 to 30 other people in addition to you. The patrons that say “please” and “thank you” are guaranteed to be a priority over someone who shows arrogance or annoyance.
As with any situation, especially in busy bars, it helps if you have patience. Have your money ready and know what you want to drink. When you are competing with everyone else to get served first, make eye contact and you are more than likely next in line. Another thing, tip big on your first round of drinks. When you need a refill, the bartender will more than likely pick you over someone else. You don’t have to be such a “high roller” on the next round of tipping – once is usually enough to keep you in the bartender’s memory. When it comes to serving food, if you’re annoyed with the server, then the server is probably annoyed with you. The only advantage that customers have over those who are working is that the customer can get away with murder.
More Letters to the Editor n Decision spurs questions & removes school as a prime choice I was shocked and very disappointed to read the story on Rios (March 16). The decision to drop Rios from the track and field team because of her occupation as an exotic dancer is absolutely ridiculous. The code of ethics implemented for the athletes is obviously grounded in a misogynistic, right wing, Victorian era, thought process. How you have come to the decision that exotic dancing is inappropriate is an absolute mystery to me. I would like for you to explain to me exactly what criteria you have utilized to determine that this occupation is in fact outside the confines of accept-
able behavior, and what other occupations may fall under this umbrella of moral righteousness. Additionally based upon the previously mentioned criteria, what scale have you created to determine the validity of the aforementioned criteria, and subsequent metrics? Will individuals who work in abortion clinics fall under this umbrella? Or how about people who work in publishing companies who publish pornographic material? Or how about homosexuals? How about the male/female athletes who attend the exotic dancing facilities; Based upon your logic are they also not falling below your moral barom-
eter? I wonder where or when your yardstick of moral fortitude will end? How will this impact you, the school, etc.? The answer of course is funding...My son, and the children of the hundreds of people, myself, and my network of colleagues represent (who are pro-women & pro-personal freedom) will never even consider Cal State Fullerton as a potential college for our children! Thanks for reducing the schools that I might consider having my child attend! — Eric Jaffe Levy President, Clementina Group
Just remember that no one intentionally screws with your food order. No one means you any harm. Many times the cook makes the mistake and customers often want to lash out at the person that delivers the food. There are a few things to be said. First, everyone makes mistakes. Second, people that go out need to loosen up a little. Smiling doesn’t hurt. If someone screws up, there are a few ways a person can react. Blowing up accomplishes nothing because it makes everyone waiting on you more nervous. Whereas a smile will at least let the other person know that you are a human too. — Stanton is a Daily Titan Staff Writer and any response to this column can be sent via e-mail to dailytitan@yahoo.com
n Laughing stalks in the public’s eye I feel it’s quite sad that a whole team of guys can go to watch ‘exotic dancers’, but their coach can’t cope with the fact that he works with a woman who is one. Not only does it sound unprofessional, it seems hypocritical. Perhaps he’s really afraid that Leilani Rios is something he can’t admit he wants? Maybe he’s just embarrassed and can’t look her in the eye anymore because he’ll always be thinking of her naked. Whatever the case, he’s made himself, and his institution, a bit of a fool in public. — Scott Probst Taree, NSW Australia
n Rage against the resolution I have just read the March 16th article on the Leilani Rios case. I am writing to express my complete rage at the coach’s decision. Were the male athletes removed from the team? If I was to research all of the male athletes would I find nothing but eagle scouts? As she is just a young girl trying to pay for her education, she should be commended for the lengths she is willing to go to be able to compete for
your school. Her actions are not illegal or immoral. Yours (John Elders) unfortunately represent all that is wrong with college athletics. By singling her out and punishing her for her choice of employment, you have sent a message that women are not only expendable, but do not have the same rights as their male counterparts. How do you justify the difference between Rios entertaining crowds using a false name and in no way rep-
Letters to the Editor should be brief and are subject to editing. They must include your full name, year, major and telephone number.
resenting the school, with a group of athletes wearing school athletic gear, being entertained and then bragging about it all over campus. If anyone in this situation has made the school look bad, it is the men. They are the ones who made the “adult entertainment” an issue. It had been kept very quiet and private by Rios. I have been in adult establishments and seen groups of young athletes and how they behave. That is something that
should be addressed, not the professional actions of one lady. I read the crime statistics of the university, and I have a very hard time believing that they are truly that low. If they are in fact true, then obviously one girl who chooses to dance for a living is not disrupting the campus. It is my hope that you will reconsider your decision and allow her to run again.
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Weekend, April 6, 2001
Regionals on the horizon for the Titans nGYMNASTICS: CSUF heads to regionals, ready to face challenge of top ranked competitors By Melanie Bysouth
Daily Titan Staff Writer Looking forward to the challenge that awaits them, Cal State Fullerton prepares for their final meet of the 2001 season. Ranked 34th nationally, the Titans will join No. 33 Boise State, No. 28 California, No. 13 Oregon State, No. 11 Brigham Young University and No. 1 UCLA at Pauley Pavilion on Saturday for the NCAA West regional championships. “We are excited,” CSUF Head Coach Julie Knight said. Before facing the excitement of the competition at regionals, the Titans must contend with the loss of sophomore Jamie Moody. Moody, who competes on balance beam, uneven bars and vault, recently sprained her ankle. Uneven bars are still a possibility for Moody, as of Thursday, the beam and vault remained questionable. Yet Knight remains confident about the meet. “We are doing great,” she said. “We have very strong back-ups on every event.” With only the top two teams moving on to nationals, CSUF is not looking to go as a team but it is a possibility for sophomore Kelly Mathiasen to go as an individual all-arounder. “Kelly has a very strong chance,”
Knight said. “Her scores are right up there.” Although individual success is the focus for nationals, it will be the team effort that will drive CSUF at regionals. Such dominant competitors as UCLA, OSU and BYU are out of reach for the Titans. For CSUF, beating these teams is not what the meet is about. “We want to hit every event, go 24 for 24 (four events x six competitors with no falls),” Knight said. “If we hit, we can come in fourth.” As the number one team in the country and the number one seed for the meet, host UCLA seems a virtual lock for first place. In addition to scoring 20 perfect tens this season, the Bruins are ranked first nationally on bars and floor and are second on vault and sixth on beam. UCLA also boasts a record of 11 regional championships, including the last two and seven of the last eight. With two new school records in the last two weeks, BYU, ranked 11th nationally, is entering the meet with high confidence as the second seeded team. The Cougars enter the meet after a record-breaking season and feature three nationally ranked gymnasts. OSU will attend regionals for the second year in a row and will do so as the third seed, ranked 13th nationally. The Beavers feature a team with at least one gymnast ranked nationally on every apparatus, including a gymnast ranked on all three of her events (vault, floor and beam). Working against OSU is the realization that they have yet to go 24 for 24 this season, something that
Big West play is next in focus nBASEBALL: Titans begin the defense of their conference title with series against the Pacific Tigers By Damian Calhoun
Daily Titan Asst. Sports Editor
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Senior Stephanie Vittorio prepares for the the final meet of the season and her last appearance on the balance beam as a Titan. CSUF has done more than once. Seeded fourth will be the California Bears, ranked 28th nationally, who return to regionals as a team after a two-year absence. This season, Cal has faced four of the five opponents it will face at UCLA, with a record of 1-3, including a loss to CSUF. Another point of frustration for the Bears is that, unlike UCLA, OSU, BYU and CSUF, they feature no nationally ranked gymnasts. Also without a nationally ranked team member is fifth seeded Boise State. Ranked 33rd nationally, the Broncos will compete in their 15th consecutive NCAA regional competition. Although seeded sixth, the Titans will go to regionals fresh from a strong performance at the Big West conference,
where they took second place as a team and earned first place on three events (beam, vault and all-around). Not without strong individual competitors, CSUF features junior Joanna Hughes, ranked 22nd in the nation on uneven bars and sophomore Kelly Mathiasen who is ranked eighth in the region in the all-around. With the goal of regionals finally realized, although the Titans are not focused on team nationals, there is still a challenge they confidently wait to face at UCLA. “One, two and three are not realistic for us, but we could be fourth” Knight said. “We’ve beaten Cal and Boise before and I know we can do it again.”
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Quincy Sims, a member of the reknown Titan jumping squad sinks his spikes into the sand at Stanford.
West’s best convene for the Big West Challenge at CSUF nTrack & Field: Titans hope to bring home Challenge Cup for the first time in 6 years. By Raul Ascencio
Daily Titan Sports Editor After nearly a month of Northern California road trips, the Titans will venture home Saturday, where their accommodating abode will be transformed into the ninth annual athletic assembly called the Big West Challenge. The quad-meet event, hosted by CSUF will feature 80 of the conference’s elite athletes from local conference squads, all of whom will be competing for points. “The challenge is a scoring meet, which means that we will be focusing on gathering team points and not on individual performances. ” said Titan Head Coach John Elders. “We
need to put forth a solid collective effort if we want to have a shot at the cup.” The “cup”, referred to by Elders is the heralded, perpetual trophy, The Challenge Cup, and it is presented to the team with the top point-production. Last year both the women’s and men’s cups were awarded to the speed-savvy 49ers of Long Beach State, who have seized and exhibited the honor in their “Pyramid” trophy case a total of nine times out of the 16 it was bestowed. “LBSU has dominated the event, winning the men’s competition seven out of the eight years and the women’s a total of two times in the eight years,” said coach Elders. The 49ers lone defeat in men’s contention, came in 1994 and it was Coach Elders and his Titan fleet that rendered the upset. “Having been the only team to beat them is a great confidence booster for our guys,” said Elders. “We beat them once, and with this year’s
strong, talented squad we are aiming to do it again.” Heavy prospective contributors to the cause are the Titan tandem of stellar speedsters, sophomore Richard Adams and junior Nick McMurray. Adams, a formidable 400-meter hurdler has set and broke the school record three times this season, while McMurray has acquired personal bests in his last two 100-meter and 200-meter contests. Female Titans with the potential to be hefty point-getters include CSUF record holders, senior Amber Reardon, who boasts both the discus and hammer throw bests and junior Ana Doty, who continues to rewrite her name in the triple jump category. The team according to Elders has nearly reached its “peak” as and they have attained a new aggressive demeanor, which they will showcase in front of Saturday’s home crowd. “We are fired up,” said Elders. “Our team is prepared to pull out all the stops to win the meet and return the cup to its home here in Fullerton.”
After playing some of the best teams that the nation has to offer, the Cal State Fullerton Titans now turn their attention toward a different task: defending their Big West Conference Championship. Tonight is the first step on that path. CSUF (19-10) opens conference play against the Pacific Tigers (1915) at Goodwin Field. The Tigers head down the coast on the strength of a four-game winning streak, including a three-game sweep last weekend over UC Riverside. The Titans have won four straight games and 13 of their last 16 games, all while playing a schedule that has been rated as one of the toughest in the nation. It doesn’t appear to get much easier because the Big West Conference enters the week rated as the second toughest conference in nation. All seven teams are over .500. The Big West Conference has undergone a revamping this season. Gone are the New Mexico State Aggies and the Nevada Wolf Pack. This season, the Cal State Northridge Matadors have joined the conference and next season UC Irvine and UC Riverside will join, but that’s down the road and this conference season proves to be tough. “There are two intriguing facts about the start of conference,” CSUF Head Coach George Horton said. “One fact, is that us and Long
Beach (State) are not as strong as we have usually been and two, the rest of the conference, — especially Santa Barbara and the fact that it is only an 18-game schedule instead of 25 or 30 — makes every game and series that much more crucial toward the race.” Pacific will bring three of the conference’s top 10 hitters in Rick Morton (.385 11 HR 43 RBI), Richard Hackett (.366 8HR) and Jason Walker (.394). The Titans will use their customary weekend rotation of Jon Smith (6-0, 1.72) tonight, Darric Merrell (22, 1.99) tomorrow and Kirk Saarloos (7-2, 1.40) in the series finale on Sunday. Pacific will counter with righthander D.J. Houlton (5-2, 3.62) tonight, Walker (5-3, 4.80) and Todd Bergthold (1-1, 6-00). The Tigers have played only one game against a ranked opponent, whereas the Titans’ schedule has been full of nationally-ranked teams, a fact that Horton knows has prepared his team for this final stretch of the season. Following the Pacific series, CSUF will play the 10th-ranked Arizona State Sun Devils, Monday at 3 p.m. at Goodwin Field. The game is a makeup for the two games that were cancelled due to rain back in late February. “I believed that our non-conference schedule has served its purpose,” Horton said. “Like the old saying in goes, that which doesn’t kill you, makes you stronger. “There was a chance when we were not playing well, where our inadequacies could have torn the team apart,” Horton continued. “But what it has done is bring the team closer and now we are competing at a high level.”
6 Weekend, April 6, 2001
SPORTS
Titans remain positive despite latest setback nTENNIS: CSUF loses match, but displays more heart and fire which has team excited
By John Gutierrez
Daily Titan Staff Writer The women’s tennis team dropped to 3-15 Thursday, when the Loyola Marymount Lions (9-7) fell early, but mounted a strike to sweep in singles and take the match 6-1. After taking the doubles point and advantage of the match, the Titans struggled in the singles matches. “In doubles it’s easy to gain momentum from your partner, it’s hard to get that in singles. They just have to play with the same kind of emotion they do in doubles,” CSUF Head Coach Bill Reynolds said. Freshman Ana Iacob and junior Michelle Arndt took the first doubles match when they handedly defeated Julie Hladik and Milica Cukulic, Loyola’s No. 3 team 8-3. Playing tight and solid,
everything seemed in sync. The same team that had communication problems last week came out positive with energy and played flawlessly. “Didn’t I say we were going to win!” the charged Arndt yelled after the match. Following Iacob and Arndt’s win, Joanne Cruz and Ioana Sisoe lost to Loyola’s Penka Fileva and Angellina Zdorovitska 2-8 in the No. 2 doubles match. This dropped the Titans and Lions into a 1-1 tie for the doubles point. The doubles point lay on the shoulders of the Titans No. 1 doubles team, Eleanor Luzano and Adriana Hockicko. Luzano and Hockicko played the tough Loyola team of Andrea Lord and Holli Freudenberg. Luzano and Hockicko came out strong and won the first two games. In the second game they dominated taking it 40-love. But that didn’t stop the Lions who came back to tie at 2-2 with a love-40 win in the fourth game. From then on it was all Luzano and Hockicko. After some quick games the Titans took the lead 7-4.
For the eighth game and doubles point, Luzano and Hockicko fell behind love-30. Strong and determined play brought them back 30-30 on a hard backhand by Hockicko that fell between Lord and Zdorovitska. For the final point Luzano dropped a volley just inside the line to win 8-4. “They came out fired up with the goal to take the doubles point,” Reynolds said. The singles matches were a different story. The Lions marched in and showed their strength sweeping the Titans. First to go down in the torrent of Lion fire was Luzano who lost her set to Lord 3-6, 4-6. Two more fell quickly. Hockicko lost in straight sets 2-6, 3-6 to Zdorovitska. Jessica Martin also lost her match to Hladik. But in what has become a Titan trait, Martin was optimistic. “We played really well today. We achieved our first goal (winning the doubles point), but we have to carry out the second (winning three singles matches).” The next match was a close one between the No. 1 singles players, Iacob
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Sophomore Joanne Cruz prepares to send a returning volley for the Titans in a recent match. and Fileva. Iacob carried on the doubles intensity by taking a 3-2 lead in the first set. In the second set, Iacob once again came out scorching to take a 2-0 lead, but a total of four double faults led to Iacob’s demise. She lost the set and match 3-6, 4-6. “I did all my double faults at the wrong time.” Iacob said.
Arndt took her match into a third set but she eventually lost to Cukulic 2-6, 6-3, 2-6. The last match was a long battle between Sisoe and Freudenberg. After tying 5-5 in the first set, Sisoe won the tiebreaker and the set 7-6. The next two sets were all Freudenberg leading to victory 7-6,
2-6, 3-6. “I wasn’t concentrating, I wasn’t on the court. I have to learn not to give up that easy.” Sisoe said. Despite the loss, the Titans are still able to maintain a positive outlook. “There is no quit in them,” Reynolds said. “ Losing becomes a habit and it’s
Conference bragging rights on the nSOFTBALL: CSUF and Long Beach State begin showdown for first place in Big West Conference
By Caesar Contreras
Daily Titan Copy Editor
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Monica Lucatero unfurls a mighty swing for CSUF.
In a battle of conference and cross-town rivals, it’s only fitting that the Cal State Fullerton and Long Beach State softball teams come into this weekend’s series at LBSU with perfect 6-0 Big West records. But while the 33-10 Titans have played over .500 ball throughout the season. It’s the surging 49ers (17-19) that have gotten off to unexpected conference start as they have swept Cal Poly SLO and Utah State on the road to get off to a perfect Big West mark. Despite the 49ers’ recent success, LBSU did have losing streaks of four and six games
earlier in the season. The six-game streak tied the longest streak for the 49ers under head coach Pete Manarino. “I expected Long Beach to fight hard like they normally do, “ Titan Head Coach Michelle Gromacki said. While the 10th ranked Titans enter the series with a better record, it’s the 49ers that may enjoy a slight edge due to their threegame sweep of the Titans at CSUF last season. In the three-game series, the 49ers beat CSUF by scores of 10-0, 7-5 and 1-0. The 10-0 loss was the team’s worst setback of the entire 2000 season. “There’s definitely revenge on our mind,” Gromacki noted. Titan first baseman Monica Lucatero added: “We have a whole different team now, we just have to learn from the mistakes we made last year and play our game.”
Some of the mistakes CSUF will have to avoid are letting the bats of Nicole Spencer and Erin Tucker get off to a great start. Spencer comes into the series with a .287 batting average and 14 RBI. Tucker follows with a .265 batting average and six RBI while Jessica Smith leads the team with two home runs and a .400 slugging percentage. On the mound, the 49ers are led by Kelly Nasrawi, the senior right-hander is 9-6 overall with a 1.42 earned run average and three shutouts. Nasrawi and the rest of the 49ers pitching staff will have to deal with a Titan offense that has smashed 35 home runs this season and has outscored its opponents by a total of 237100. Five Titan players have more home runs than the entire LBSU team has combined. Junior outfielder Yasmin Mossadeghi has hit a team-leading 11 home runs this season. Her 31 career home runs have placed her as the career leader in home runs for the Titans
and the total also gives Mossadeghi the Big West career leader mark. Following Mossadeghi is sophomore Jenny Topping who has 10 home runs on the year and is nearing the top of several singleseason Titan records in doubles, home runs, RBIs and walks. Topping only needs three home runs to enter the top 10 in the career category, 31 more RBI to break into the top 10 career run producers of CSUF and eight more walks to enter the top 10 in that category. On the pitching side, the 49ers can expect to see the trio of Cox (13-4, 2.01 ERA), Oaks (15-6, 1.57 ERA) and Robitaille (5-0, 1.60 ERA). In six conference games the trio has a 0.36 ERA and has yet to trail in any of those contests. Game times are set for tomorrow at the 49er Softball Complex with the doubleheader starting at 1 p.m. while Sunday’s game is also