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Remembering the massacre nSOCIETY: Thousands brave heat and traffic to bring attention to a dark chapter of Armenian hisBy Darleene Barrientos
Daily Titan News Editor ‑ Thousands of Armenians and Armenian-Americans converged on the Thai Town-Little Armenia sec‑ tion of Hollywood early Tuesday morning in commemoration of April 24, the day thousands of Armenians were exiled and massacred by the crumbling Ottoman Empire in the early 20th century. Men, women, teenagers and chil‑ dren of all ages and generations lined Hollywood Boulevard, hold‑ ing banners between them to mark the route of their demonstration. The banners are red, blue and orange — representative of the colors of the Armenian flag. Several of these banner holders also waved signs reading “Genocide never again” and “Turkey Guilty.” Traffic was hopelessly snarled by the closure of heavily traf‑ ficked streets like westbound Sunset Boulevard and eastbound Hollywood Boulevard. However, supporters driving by slowly to pass
out water bottles and signs caused much of the traffic. The arduous route circled Hollywood Boulevard, Normandie Avenue, Sunset Boulevard and Western Avenue. Uneven side‑ walks, rude drivers and the scorch‑ ing sun made the march all the more difficult, creating the need for ambulances to remain present for the elderly who required their services.‑ Ruben Panosian, a Cal State Fullerton student, would have liked to join his friends at the demonstra‑ tion but could not because of an exam he had to take at 11 a.m. “This is an issue that every Armenian is aware of,” Panosian said. “Governments are slowly giving recognition, but the Turkish govern‑ ment is in denial,” he continued. “For them, this is a big hush-hush.” True to Panosian’s words, action has been taken as recently as last year to recognize the genocide of
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Serly Andrias, 5, from Hollywood participates in the march with her dad Andreh Andrias on Tuesday.
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nEVENT: A class gets a taste of real-life marketing with a local dealership By Heather Blair
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nCAMPUS: Three seniors will compete for prizes of up to $10,000 in a national contest this weekend By Dione Bledsoe
Special to the Titan Cal State Fullerton was one of only six teams selected nationwide to compete in the second annual American Express Planning Invitational at American Express Financial Advisors headquarters in Minneapolis, April 26 through 29. A team of three students rose to the challenge by responding to a flyer posted in their class. They submitted their appli‑ cation for a comprehensive financial plan they formulated for a fictitious fam‑ ily with a host of recommendations. Kathlene Baille, Richard Huntington, and Larry Ging compiled a 75-page pro‑ posal in a short and intense four weeks. “This reflects well on their abilities to succeed,” praised Donald Krane, direc‑ tor of certified financial planning, and professor of finance. All three students are members of the Finance Department and are graduating seniors. This will be the first year that CSUF will enter the competition. The previous team backed out at the last minute, leav‑ ing the replacement team a bit unpre‑ pared. “Having learned from the experiences of the first team, this year’s team has benefited [from] knowledge,” Krane said. “Our team is highly regarded by American Express,” Krane explained after students asked questions during a conference call that reflected their excellent grasp on the material. Despite the fact that four of the six teams will be returning to the competition, Krane explains that he and the team are “cau‑ tiously optimistic.” The three member teams from each university will compete to win $10,000 for first prize and $5,000 for second to be awarded to their schools. In addition to scholarship money, students will also
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Students pile into a car to receive a free oil change.
As the sweltering heat scorched Cal State Fullerton’s campus on Tuesday, a marketing class endured the soaring temperatures to host a car show in the quad. A steady stream of people came to see why there were three cars parked in the center of campus. But the main attention grabber came when 20 students crammed into one of the Pontiac Azteks that were there for the promotion. “Everybody come and squish into the car,” said Jessica Slipp, a marketing student, into the microphone. For all 20 people that packed into the black car in the mid-day heat, they each received a free oil change at Hardin GMC for their hard work. The “Survive the Drive” car show was based on the theme of the show “Survivor,” said senior Lisa Pearce. Hardin Pontiac Buick and GMC teamed up with edVenture Partners and CSUF to act as an advertising agency for the car dealership. The dealership loaned two Pontiac Azteks and a Pontiac Sunfire for
the students to use in their event. Professor Mike Trueblood was pleased with the event his Marketing 405 class put together. “Students need to learn about all kinds of advertising,” Trueblood said. “It’s a free event except for all of the time that the students have put into it, so it’s a great way to reach our target audience.” Trueblood said the marketing class passed out a survey to students before the event. The questionnaire was to find out whether students were familiar with the Hardin dealership and their opinions about the Aztek. Allison Yom, a senior in the class, said she hopes to raise awareness about the dealership through the promotion. “Not that many people liked the car, but hopefully that will change after this event,” Yom said. The event was held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and featured a few games where students could win candy. One of the games was to locate the Hardin dealership on a map the students had made. Winners received a stamp on their registration form and a piece of candy.
After the registration sheet was filled with stamps, they received raffle tickets to win prizes. Another enticing marketing tool was the chance to win a free Vegas vacation if they test-drove a car at the Hardin dealer‑ ship. The drawing will be held Saturday at the dealership, and the winner need not be present to receive the trip. Mark Sapien, a 20-year-old business administration major, won a $10 “powercard” to Dave and Buster’s after playing one of the games. “[The event] is cool because I won something and I barely had to do any work,” Sapien said. The union of edVenture Partners, Hardin and CSUF has been in the mak‑ ing since 1995, said Travis Rothman, a representative of edVenture. Rothman said his firm works with the students to make sure they are accom‑ plishing their goals. “I play the devil’s advocate,” Rothman said. “Instead of [the event] being just a party, I make sure there is a program.” They also donate $500 to CSUF for a scholarship fund for marketing students.
Disc jockey shares experiencnSPEAKER: KROQ’s Jed “The Fish” Gould sheds light on the realities of his 20 year career as a radio broadcaster in Los Angeles at the TSU By Alex Douvas
Daily Titan Staff Writer His quirky voice and spastic per‑ sonality are recognizable to millions of people in Southern California. He personifies the same blend of uncon‑ ventional antics and a keen ear for cut‑ ting-edge music that makes his radio station, KROQ 106.7-FM, “World Famous.” Some 20-years-ago he helped break distinctly new ground in radio, and disc jockeys across the country have been trying to duplicate him ever since. But despite the fact that Jed “The Fish” Gould is the most popular afternoon disc jockey in Southern California, few of his listeners even know what he looks like. That changed on Tuesday morning, when Gould made a guest appearance at the Ruby Gerontology Center’s Mackey Auditorium. Gould, clad in a reflective aqua blue and green shirt and bearing an eerie resemblance to French Stewart from TV’s “Third Rock from the Sun,”
fielded questions from several hun‑ dred students on topics ranging from what it takes to make it in radio to what he thinks about certain chart-top‑ ping bands. Gould is one of dozens of celebrities and professionals featured at Comm Week, which runs through Friday. Recalling a time when KROQ, then in its infancy, was struggling to make ends meet, Gould shared about how he got started as a radio DJ. “I started at a time with KROQ when no one wanted to work at KROQ,” Gould said. “I had just graduated from USC, and I took my resume around to KNX, KFWB, and every other station in town. I thought I was going to write news stories or something like that since I was journalism major.” “Basically, KROQ was the only station that would take me, and they wanted me to DJ because all the other DJ’s were quitting because they weren’t getting paid. For better or for worse, that’s how I got started.” When asked what it takes to be a DJ, Gould shared a treacherous reality.
“It’s a Catch-22. To find out if you have talent in radio, you kind of have to be on the radio,” Gould said. “I lucked out with my situation. For you, the answer is a bit more unfortunate. You have to sit down with a tape recorder and talk to people.” “You have to get used to the sound of your voice by talking to people,” he continued. “You have to notice the difference between sounding unnatu‑ ral and like you’re an announcer, and making the most out of the natural cadence of your voice so you don’t sound too boring. Succeeding in radio is being able to bridge the disparity between the two.” Gould was later asked how he man‑ ages to evolve as a DJ with the chang‑ ing fads and styles of popular music he is forced to play. Gould said that even though KROQ was not playing the same music as it did 20-years-ago, his source of misery is running out of things to say that are salient to his audience.
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BRIEFS Outdoor art festival celebrates the history of Orange The Plein Air Art Festival “Paint the Towne 2001,” will take place this Saturday April 28. The event was met with success last year, and as a result, this year’s festival is planned to be bigger, according to its event spokesperson Shari Mildon. More artists are expected to participate as well as more sponsors to attract more attention for the event. Participating artists will get the opportunity to set paint on canvas as they cover Old Town Orange and recreate what is around them. A reception will precede the painting sessions, at one of Orange’s most historic sites: Pitcher Park. Artists, sponsors and members of the community will also get to mingle and get to know each other. A small exhibit will showcase the artists’ previous works. A week later on May 6, those who participated will again meet – this time at Orange’s second oldest park, Depot Park. There, their works will be showcased in another art show. Artists will then be eligible to win prizes: merchandise and cash prizes. After the awards ceremony, the Orange Art Association will offer grants to art teachers throughout Orange and other communities close by. Pitcher Park, where the kick-off reception will be held, is located at 206 S. Cambridge, Orange. It begins at 7 p.m. and ends at 9 p.m. Depot Park, where the exhibit will be held, is located at 284 N. Atchinson St., Orange. That will begin at 10 a.m. and will end at 5 p.m. on May 6. Awards will be
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Digital expo open to students It’s not too late to register to attend the Digital Horizon Conference and Expo next week at April 30. The expo will be at the Los Angeles Airport Hotel. It aims to provide a forum for business owners who wish to get more educated on the technology available for the office. The conference will not just display the most recent electronic devices, but also provide those who attend Web strategies and technology solutions. These approaches can be applied to enhance productivity and streamline business dynamics. There also be a segment on Internet sales, and ways to select the proper supplies for particular businesses. Insights into hiring techniques, as well as new policy developments, will be available. The show will offer more than 25 workshops, a Digital Village Exhibit Hall, luncheons and product giveaways. The workshop topics will range from Web marketing, to legal issues, to software and hardware upgrading. Among the keynote speakers who will be present are Norma Cunanan from Morgan Stanley Dean Witter; Lisa Miller from “Daily Journal”; and Linda SandsNicolai from Redwood Partners. Full conference registration will be at $299. Members of Digital Horizon Conference and Expo Supporting Organizations get the discounted rate of $249. For more information, call (310) 358-5522 or log on to digit-
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CAL E NDAR VE NTS CALEN D AR OF E OF EVENTS Campus The Student Health and Counseling Center’s Peer Health Education Program will be conducting an outreach event for STD (sexually transmitted diseases) Awareness Month today from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in front of the bookstore. For more information call (714) 278-2847. Men’s and Woman’s Golf Tourney registration is due today at 2 p.m. in P.E. room 121. A band will perform in an outdoor concert today in the Becker Amphitheater at noon. A free film will be shown on
Thursday, April 26 at 5 p.m. and 7 p.m. in the TSU Titan Theater. The Woman’s Studies Student Association is hosting a candle light vigil and march against sexual assault on Thursday, April 26 at 7:30 p.m. in the campus quad in front of Mc Carthy Hall. TSU Games and Recreation will host a Billiards Tournament on Friday, April 27 in the TSU Underground at noon. A.S. Rec Sports will host a Men’s and Women’s Tennis Doubles Tournament on Friday April 27 at noon on the tennis courts. Register by noon. College of the Arts is
presenting “Street Scene — A Broadway Opera” 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 through May 26 in the Main Art Gallery. The 10th Annual CSUF Linguistics Symposium will meet on Friday, April 27 from 9 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. in the TSU. The featured guest speakers include Dr. Larry M. Hyman from UC Berkeley and Dr. Russell M. Schuh from UCLA.
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Community Today is Secretaries Day. “Stars of Magic” featuring the best of international magic, comedy and illusions will be presented on Saturday, April 28 in the Plummer Auditorium, Fullerton at 8 p.m. For more information visit www.arts.fullerton.edu/events/ “Joined at the Head” will be performed on May 3 through 5 at the Grand Central Theatre in Santa Ana. For more information visit www.arts.fullerton.edu/events/
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Forensics team hosts event nCOMM WEEK: Speech and debate squad presented showcase Tuesday By Sara Stanton
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Marcus Omari Bowman performing his poem “Ghetto” at the Forensics Showcase on Tuesday.
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the Armenian people. According to the House Resolution 398, “The Armenian Genocide was conceived and carried out by the Ottoman Empire from 1915 to 1923, resulting in the deportation of nearly 2 million Armenians, of whom 1.5 million men, women and children were killed, five hundred thousand survivors were expelled from their homes, and which succeeded in the elimination of the over 2,500-year presence of Armenians in their his‑ toric homeland.” This bill outraged the Turkish government, raising questions about
Turkish-U.S. relations and the future of profitable arms deals between Turkey and the U.S. military. Because of Turkey’s strategic location on the border of north‑ ern Iraq, Iran and Syria and the shared border with Armenia, many Armenians feel that the U.S. has been slow to recognize the destruc‑ tion that was wreaked upon their people. “U.S. doesn’t acknowledge the genocide because of an alliance with Turkey,” said Tina Bastajian, a selfproclaimed activist and Pasadena resident.‑ “They have bases in Turkey.” The Incirlik air base in particu‑ lar has been key in enforcing a “No-Fly” zone over northern Iraq.
When House Resolution 398 was first introduced, one response that Turkey considered was to cancel U.S. rights to use that base. For Panosian, who was born in Iran and immigrated to the U.S. in 1995, raising this issue is something he saw that needed to be done at CSUF – which is far removed from the Armenian communities that occupy Hollywood, Glendale and Pasadena. “There’s not a lot of Armenians at CSUF,” Panosian said.‑ “At a place like Pasadena City College, they would have had banners and signs all over the Quad. This is only the first time I’ve brought this up here.”
When some people hear the word “forensics,” images of scalpels and cut‑ ting tables may come to mind. Some may even invoke a vivid picture of a dead person being dissected by a mad scientist, surrounded by unidentifiable specimens contained in jars. Instead, think of a stage, a micro‑ phone, and people who have nothing to do with lab coats or sharp objects. The Cal State Fullerton Forensics Squad hosted a Forensics Showcase for Comm Week on Tuesday, which featured a series of speakers debating different topics through a variety of different mannerisms and verbal tech‑ niques. “Many people just term [the foren‑ sics squad] the speech and debate team to make it simpler,” said Kasim Alimahomed, a graduate assistant who coaches many of the speakers. The forensics squad has traveled all over the United States as a team and as individuals representing CSUF in numerous debate competitions. The students compete in many differ‑ ent categories such as persuasive speak‑ ing or impromptu speaking, and they must prepare for months in advance in
order to speak clearly and accurately on their topics. “They must learn to think on their feet and speak well, all with limited preparation,” Alimahomed said. Kimberly Pierceall, an 18-year-old journalism major, who has already placed in national competitions, said that this is her first year on the forensics team. Pierceall presented what is called “the after dinner speech,” which was a comical lecture about the history, ingre‑ dients and travels of America’s favorite food – the hot dog. “The speech is usually what follows after dinner and is the one that is full of jokes,” Pierceall said. Light-hearted political commentaries, combined with a detailed history of the hot dog made the audience laugh and allowed Pierceall to utilize her debating skills. “Usually you have to persuade peo‑ ple to do something, “she said. “I tried to persuade [the audience] to eat hot dogs.” Students on the forensics team also submitted personal monologues, recit‑ ing poetry or arguing persuasively on an issue. Marcus Omari Bowman, a 23-yearold speech communications major,
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performed a collaborative poem called simply “Ghetto.” Exploring the emotions that come from the relations between people, Bowman applied sensitivity and emo‑ tion to the 10-minute performance. By using his own writing combined with other authors, Bowman said that he tries to get behind everything he says. “I felt really deeply about [this],” he said. “I like the feeling that I can make a point and that people will understand what it feels like to experience what I am feeling.” Another speaker, Carrie Hyde, pre‑ sented a platform argument for Love Letters, a volunteer-based organization that sends notes of support to terminally ill children. Citing numerous newspaper articles and medical research, she argued for support of the organization that receives no government funding. Hyde, a 31-year-old speech commu‑ nications major, said she has been with the forensics squad for three years. “One thing that I really enjoy is watching other people grow,” she said. “I eventually want to help direct [the forensics squad].” Alimahomed said that most people hear of the forensics program through word-of-mouth.
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have the chance to meet with American Express executives to answer any indi‑ vidual questions. This is an excellent opportunity for students to network. American Express has already contacted CSUF team members for possible job recruitment. At the invitational, teams will engage in a two-part competition. The first will be will be an altered version of the origi‑ nal profile they created. However, this time they will only have three hours to prepare a well-organized oral presenta‑ tion for a panel of industry experts. The final phase of the competition is entitled the “How Do You Know?” challenge that tests student’s knowledge of funda‑ mental planning terms and concepts in a fun TV trivia fashion. “We want to work with the best and the brightest in the industry, and by team‑ ing up with colleges and universities, we’re helping future advisors prepare for a challenging and rewarding career,” said Terri Anderson, an American Express financial advisor. Other finalists included Fort Hays State University, Kansas State University, Minnesota University, Mankato, Western Carolina State University, and University of North Texas.
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Credit card banks under By Joseph N. DiStefano
The Philadelphia Inquirer If credit-card banks have friends any‑ where, they’re in Delaware, home to four of the five biggest credit-card banks. But even there, the industry has been taking heat for its efforts to sell cards to students. Activists at the University of Delaware and legislators upset by credit-card offers to their own teenagers are pushing to restrict card solicitors at public universi‑ ties. Some students “are thousands of dol‑ lars in debt,” said Rachel White, a senior anthropology major who heads a petition drive to push credit-card solicitors off campus. “They’re spending it on every‑ thing — food, clothing, entertainment and vacations.[Students] are encouraged by the free gifts, which I call bribes, and the “buy now, pay later’ idea.” But credit cards are necessary among students, argues David Bakerian, who runs the Delaware Bankers Association. “Some kids use their cards to pay tuition and buy books. These cards help people establish credit.” Efforts to ban card solicitors from campuses in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and other states have fallen short in
recent years — in part because they lack the support of state universities and alumni groups, which have collected millions from lucrative sales partnerships with credit-card banks. Citigroup, the nation’s largest creditcard issuer, is also the top lender to col‑ legians, according to a survey by Student Monitor L.L.C. of Ridgewood, N.J. Virginia-based Capital One Corp. leads in shipping cards to college-bound high school students, said Eric Weil, Student Monitor managing partner. But Wilmington-based MBNA Corp. is the leader in arranging formal endorse‑ ment deals, which give it the right to solicit graduates and students at 600 U.S. colleges and universities — in exchange for a cut of the bank’s profits. MBNA cultivates close college relationships. At Penn State, where MBNA last donated $5 million and got a second campus building named for itself, MBNA “is a major presence,” spokesman Gary Cramer said. The relationship survived the bank’s 1998 decision to reduce the alumni’s cut of the charges incurred by 140,000 Penn State graduates and 20,000 students who hold MBNA cards.
At the University of Delaware, “MBNA is everywhere,” said Eric J.S. Townsend, editor-in-chief of the studentrun biweekly Review. “They have the MBNA America Hall building they built for the business department, they have the MBNA Career Services Center, they hire a lot of grads, they employ a lot of students part time.” MBNA president Charles Cawley is a University of Delaware trustee. The school opposes a legislative proposal to ban card solicitors. MBNA officials did not return calls seeking comment for this story. Even where administrators want to cut back on student card borrowing, it may be too late: More than half of col‑ lege freshmen arrived last fall with credit cards already in hand — up from just a quarter in 1997, according to Student Monitor. Credit-card lenders employ more than 18,000 workers in Wilmington and its suburbs, more than half at MBNA alone. Bank taxes help fill the state treasury, and banks fund local charities, schools and politicians. But Delaware State Sen. David McBride, a member of that chamber’s Democratic majority, laid out what he considers a dangerous side of the busi‑
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Rachel White solicits signatures opposing credit card marketing. ness at a March 21 committee hearing on his bill. “This issue of giving [a credit card] to a young adult just out of high school who has no job, no visible means of payment, stinks. I don’t see how a moral adult can be a party to it,” McBride testified. Bakerian, of the bankers association, said banks were targeted unfairly. Not long ago, he said, “We were criticized roundly because we would only give credit if [a borrower] didn’t need it. Now
we’re getting the reaction that it’s too much.” Despite colleagues’ public encourage‑ ment, McBride lacks cosponsors, and his bills remain in committee. Similar bills failed to pass the Republican-controlled legislatures in Pennsylvania and New Jersey in 1998. “The industry has been very intimidat‑ ing. Banks with their marketing deals have created this national network of
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alumni supporters as a way to suppress any real public policy” changes, said Robert D. Manning, a senior fellow at the University of Houston Law Center and author of Credit Card Nation. Bank supporters say the real reason the bills have failed is that critics haven’t proven more than anecdotal evidence of a student credit-card crisis. Claims that banks are “too aggressive and irrespon‑ sible on campus are garbage. It’s absolute nonsense,” said Student Monitor’s Weil. He called college credit-card restric‑ tions “hypocrisy,” noting that universi‑ ties are jacking up tuition “at five to six times” the average wage. That, Weil said, is “the real student loan crisis.” Still, pressed by worried parents, Republican state legislators are push‑ ing bills mandating borrower-education plans without banning solicitors or dis‑ rupting marketing deals. MBNA officials are comfortable with a student credit-education bill by Pennsylvania state Sen. Jane Earll because it would not alter the bank’s cur‑ rent practices, an Earll aide said. New Jersey state Sen. Peter Inverso
Wednesday, April 25, 2001 has written a similar bill in his state, also with backing of financial institutions. “A credit card [is] an invaluable tool,” said Inverso’s chief of staff, Steve Cook. “If you don’t start allowing access to the use of these tools, how will young people learn to use these tools appropriately?” Alumni groups keep a tiny slice of the money spent on the cards that bear their names. For example, the Rowan University (formerly Glassboro State College) alumni association keeps 40 cents of every $100 spent on their MBNA cards. That earned the group $30,000 last year — and graduates are reminded of their alma mater when they use the card, said Rowan spokesman Joe Cardona. But for larger schools with tens of thousands of cards in circulation, pen‑ nies on the dollar can add up to big bucks. From 1989 to 1998, Penn State’s alumni group kept $1 of every $100 that alumni and students spent on the school’s MBNA card, said Patrick Scholl, alumni planning and development director. That enabled the alumni to donate $10 million to Penn State programs — and raise millions more for other purposes. But in 1998, MBNA demanded a new deal more favorable to the bank,
Keith Seaman stands in front of an exit sign, the last remnant of the perfect place to be on such a beautiful night.” Like Seaman, the two said they enjoy n from page 5 relaxed pace and privacy the drive-in “Drive-ins aren’t like they used to be offers. “It’s nice to watch the movie from — people aren’t like they used to be,” your car,” Maria added. “and the sound Cerecedes said. “The drive-in can be a quality is terrific.” dangerous place.” The Vineland’s sound quality is com‑ Cerecedes said she knows this on a personal level because one night a few paratively superior. Unlike the speak‑ years ago she was followed back to her ers most people remember clamping to car by a couple of rough-looking teenag‑ their window, this drive-in has devised a system whereby the audience tunes its ers. “It was really scary stuff,” she said. radio to a particular station and the sound “I don’t know if they planned to do is delivered via car stereo. The screens anything to me but there was no secu‑ — all four of them — are also in excel‑ rity around and I sure wasn’t taking any lent condition — no signs of impending closure here. Seaman said that by the chances.” Cerecedes said she made it back to the time the Los Altos closed, everything car safely and the boys went away but the was in shameful disrepair. “Your best bet was to see a really memory of it stays with her. Liam Arias and his wife Maria have ‘bright’ movie if you were going to no such negative images of the drive-in the drive-in,” he said, explaining that the chipping paint and crumbling con‑ movie experience. “It’s wonderful,” said Liam, his arms crete screens did not lend themselves to encircling Maria’s waist, a British accent ‘darker’ pictures. The last night he and his wife vis‑ betraying his native English roots. “The
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according to Scholl. The alumni agreed to accept a lower, set annual fee, which Scholl said MBNA would not permit the alumni to disclose. The University of Delaware alum‑ ni group has donated $1.36 million in MBNA-card proceeds to campus pro‑ grams since 1993, said university lob‑ byist Richard Armitage. The cards are in the hands of 17,600 alumni and 3,300 students. At Rutgers University, 38,000 alumni and students have Rutgers MBNA cards. At the University of Pennsylvania, 5,000 graduates and 3,000 graduate, profes‑ sional and undergraduate students have Penn MBNA cards. Private and urban schools are often more restrictive — because they can’t afford to let students fall behind on their bills, according Manning. At Widener University, “We do not allow credit-card companies on our campus at all,” said spokeswoman Julie Purcell. Temple University, which offers an alumni card through First USA Bank of Wilmington, also bans on-campus cred‑ it-card solicitors — “To protect our stu‑ dents,” according to Harriet Goodheart.
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Los Altos Drive-In. ited the Los Altos Drive-In, Seaman said there were speakers and marquee letters strewn on the ground. Intuiting this as a bad omen, he and his wife asked a concession stand employee who confirmed their fears that the drive-in would not be open another season. Seaman said he could scarcely concentrate on the movie, “A Very Brady Sequel,” because he was so overcome by the idea that the Los Altos was only hours away from being just a memory. Recalling the days of his youth, when he reclined in the back of a pick-up truck under a blanket of stars, Seaman is filled with wistful nostal‑ gia. Seaman said he misses the Los Altos Drive-In and that it makes him sad to realize his two-year-old daugh‑ ter, Katie, will never have the chance to experience the happiness the drivein brought him when he was young. “But, on the other hand, I’m glad she won’t be going there on any dates and engaging in the sort of behavior
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Jed “The Fish” Gould and Hazel Warlaumont at the RGC.
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n from page 1 “A lot of people my age are still listening to what they listened to in high school,” Gould said. “But when I get frustrated, it’s usually because I can’t think of anything to say, and not because I’m being forced to play ‘Black’ by Pearl Jam for the 5,000th time or by another band I can’t stand, like Creed. “I absolutely detest them,” he con‑ tinued. “However, I realize the impact they have on their audience and the people that comes to their shows, and that’s what helps me to be enthusiastic about what we play.” Communications major Ryan Hoppe said that at first he didn’t even realize that Gould was Jed “The Fish.” “He’s definitely not how I pic‑ tured him when I listen to him on the radio,” Hoppe said. “I thought it was great to hear him speak in person. He’s definitely an authority on about music in general and how the radio business works, so I thought it was
helpful to listen to what he had to say. It kind of gives you a different per‑ spective about what you hear on the radio every day.” Associate Communications Professor Hazel Warlaumont said that students love speakers like Gould because “someone like him, in the medium he works in, is closest to where students are at right now in their lives. He’s very popular and they’ll listen to what he has to say intently. A good speaker generates a lot of interest and questions and he did that naturally.” Gould said that speaking at Comm Week was a good experience for him as well. “I need to do two things,” Gould said. “I need to find out what students want to know about broadcasting in order to do my job. I have to find out what’s important to them. The other thing I have to do is see if what I have to say is even relevant, and that’s why something like this is a good reality check. I don’t get that when I’m on the air.”
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Administration crafts President Bush as a straight shootBy Naftali Bendavid Chicago Tribune
White House spokesman Ari Fleischer, describing how President Bush expressed himself during the recent U.S.-China crisis, said, “The president spoke out directly, plainly, forthrightly and wisely.” A few weeks earlier, Fleischer was asked what message Bush was sending with the expulsion of 52 Russian diplo‑ mats. Bush was acting “in a realistic and direct way,” Fleischer responded. “He’s a plain-spoken man.” That picture of Bush as a blunt, hon‑ est leader, a straight-shooter whose word can be trusted, is central to the image the White House is trying to craft in the early months of Bush’s administration. The notion of Bush as someone who always tells the truth, a theme heavily promoted during the campaign, has become even more important to Bush now that he is in the White House. One goal is to offset what is thought to be public weariness with the per‑ ceived slickness of former President Bill Clinton and with politicians in general.
Another goal is to turn a potential Bush weakness — his lack of eloquence and oratorical fluidity — into a virtue. “If you have George Bush and you want to package him and present him, what are you going to play to?” said Paul Brace, a political scientist at Houston’s Rice University. “He is not going to be a great orator. He’s just not. You want to keep his comments short. So “Plain-speaking, honest George’ is a good theme.” Jeff Myers, who teaches communica‑ tions at Bryan College in Dayton, Tenn., said the contrast with Clinton is particu‑ larly important. “Saying that President Bush is a straight-talking man is an easy way of making a distinction between this administration and the previous admin‑ istration,” Myers said. “”What you see is what you get’ is the impression, and that plays well with people, especially after eight years of people not ever being sure what they’re getting.” The danger for Bush may be that when he changes positions, as politicians inevitably do, the political consequences could be more serious. Voters accepted
when they elected Clinton that he cut corners in some ways, but Bush was elected on a promise to tell it straight. Bush already has abandoned his cam‑ paign pledge to limit carbon dioxide emissions at power plants. Some mili‑ tary leaders have complained that he has backed off a commitment to give them more money. And Bush will almost certainly have to embrace a tax cut of less than $1.6 trillion despite repeated assertions that nothing else will do. “He has — if not changed positions on issues — has gone from right to left and back to the middle,” said Judith Trent, who teaches political communi‑ cation at the University of Cincinnati. “Maybe that’s why it’s necessary for them to say he always tells it like it is. That is a persona they are trying to give him. We don’t know yet whether it is sticking.” Bush’s aides are trying to make sure it does stick. In a recent interview, White House aide Mary Matalin put it this way: “The operative thing here is that he says what he means and means what he says. That defines the administration.” “That’s who he is,” added Karl Rove,
Bush’s senior adviser. “I think people just instinctively sense that. Being presi‑ dent is sort of like “The Emperor’s New Clothes’ at the end of the day. People see you as you are.” At least in some quarters, the image has taken hold. Questions may persist about Bush’s abilities, but that does not detract from, and may even enhance, a feeling among some of the public that Bush is honest. “I’m a pretty straightforward fellow,” Bush said. “I don’t mind making my case, and it’s important. It’s important for world leaders to know exactly where the United States is coming from. ... A friend is somebody who’s willing to tell the truth.” Bush also emphasizes this theme when praising others. In Chicago on March 6, Bush paid a high compliment to House Speaker Dennis Hastert, R-Ill. “He’s the kind of fellow who when he gives you his word, he means it,” Bush said. “Sometimes that doesn’t hap‑ pen all the time in the political process. Sometimes they’ll look you in the eye and not mean it. The speaker means it when he tells you something.”
For the Bush team, part of the mes‑ sage means demonstrating that Bush honors his campaign promises. Rove, Bush’s top political strategist, said such follow-through is crucial. “It’s absolutely vital,” Rove said. “To do otherwise undermines confidence in the system. These elections have to stand for not just a popularity contest, but people have to have confidence that if they vote for someone based on something they, say that they’re actually committed to doing it.” It also sends a politically useful mes‑ sage about Bush. Americans cherish the notion that their presidents are men of truth, from George Washington’s “I can‑ not tell a lie” to “Honest Abe” Lincoln to “Give-’em-hell Harry” Truman. The less attractive side of this crusade has been aides’ willingness to deride Bush’s opponents as hypocrites and liars in contrast. As Bush began his presidential cam‑ paign, supporters contrasted his blunt‑ ness with Clinton — who claimed that oral sex was not sex and quibbled over the meaning of the word “is.” But Bush was not running against Clinton, and his
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aides soon started attacking other rivals on their integrity. Shortly after Sen. John McCain, RAriz., surged in the New Hampshire primary, the Bush campaign accused him of being someone who “says one thing and does another.” Once Bush won the Republican nom‑ ination, one of his campaign’s principal messages was that his rival, Democratic Vice President Al Gore, was untruthful. The Bush team issued a perpetual stream of press releases headlined, “The Gore Detector: A Regular Report on Al Gore’s Adventures With the Truth.” Now Bush is not in a political race, but like all presidents, he is constantly shap‑ ing his image with a view to approval ratings and ultimately to re-election. And the image he wants is clear. “Bush is trying to capitalize on per‑ haps an image problem that Clinton had, which was that he was manipulative,” said Brace, who studies presidential images. “Bush needs to have extraor‑ dinary credibility right now, given the close margins in Congress. He needs to speak with authority, and he has to be believed.”
Wednesday, April 25, 2001
story by Marlayna Slaughterbeck | photos by Lorraine Dominguez
Drive-in movie theaters are quickly disappearing from the American landscape
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ehind Cal Worthington’s car dealership on Bellflower Boulevard in Long Beach is a Kmart. Not intrinsically special, it is like most Kmarts — bustling with anonymous shoppers on a weekday afternoon, the parking lot dotted with abandoned candy wrappers and empty fast-food containers. It is special to Keith Seaman, however — or rather what used to be there is special. Seaman stares in the direction of the crowded asphalt parking lot and sees not shopping carts and litter, but a grass-covered mound with playground equipment dwarfed by what used to seem like a mountain-sized movie screen. Seaman has fond memories of what, until 1996, was known as the Los Altos Drive-In. Like roller skating rinks and other cultural dinosaurs, however, the drive-in movie experience is quickly disappearing from the American landscape. But for some, there is no comparison between the multiplex theaters of today and the drive-in movie experience of the past. “It’s like fast food versus a nice sit-down restaurant,” Seaman said. “There’s no comparison.” Multi-plexes make a lot of money, however, and Seaman said he believes economics is at the heart of the problem that
drive-in operators face today. “It’s really a land issue,” Seaman said, explaining that drive-ins require a lot of expensive space, leaving owners unable to pay rent and still make a profit, particularly in recently gentrified areas where the real estate prices have skyrocketed. Nostalgia
Seaman first began going to the drive-in as a child in the 1970s with his parents. He remembers playing on the swings and monkey bars at twilight, the luminous white screen wall towering above — the excitement he felt was palpable. Seaman’s parents usually went a little early and Seaman said he could barely contain myself until he made it to the playground. “The movie itself was almost beside the point,” he said. Around dusk, Seaman and most the other children would reluctantly make their way back through the sea of cars where parents inevitably waited with a bevy of fountain drinks, candy and popcorn. “It was heady stuff,” he recalled. “The speakers blaring commercials for the concession stand at you as you passed. As a teenager in the ‘80s, the drive-in continued to be a mainstay for Seaman and other area teens. It was relatively inexpensive and a great place to take his dates. It also served as the perfect backdrop for a common rite-ofpassage shared by teenagers throughout America. “The drive-in was one of the few places you could go and get extremely drunk and not have to
worry about the police,” Seaman said. “All they had were a couple of security guys on bicycles who would leave you alone if you weren’t causing any trouble.” Seaman said he and his friends frequented the Los Altos Drive-In — which, accommodating over two thousand cars, was one of the largest in the country— as well as other Long Beach area drive-ins regularly throughout his teens. Among them was the Circle Drive-In where “Bally’s Health and Fitness Club” now stands. Seaman said the nearby Long Beach Community Hospital had rooms that were wired for sound so that patients could watch the movies from their windows. Seaman said he and his friends also used to go to what is now a “Ralph’s” grocery store, but used to be the Lakewood Drive-In on Lakewood Boulevard. “They played every movie twice and we’d stay until the end — usually about 2:30 or 3 in the morning,” he said. “There would only be five or six cars left, all with their windows fogged up.” The last movie Seaman saw there was with his wife Tara nearly seven years ago. History
Invented in 1933 by Richard Hollingshead, the drive-in movie concept was first actualized in the backyard of his New Jersey home. Hollingshead mounted a 1928 Kodak projector onto the hood of his car and projected images onto a screen he had nailed to trees. With a radio in place behind the screen, Hollingshead knew he was on to something. The idea took further shape with a test in which the budding inventor used his lawn sprinkler system to simulate a rainstorm. Making the necessary adjustments, Hollingshead embarked on the next ‘bug’ in his concept—visibility. It seemed that when cars were lined up directly behind one another, the theoretical passenger no longer had a clear view of the screen. Ever the innovator, Hollingshead devised a
system of ramps, placing concrete blocks under the front wheels of the vehicles he lined up in his New Jersey driveway as a means to determine spacing and the necessary height of each car.
Hollingshead soon after obtained a patent for the concept — although it was later declared invalid by a Delaware court — and the first drive-in theater debuted in New Jersey in 1933. California’s first drive-in opened just a year later on Whittier Blvd. in Pico Rivera. That one bit the dust at the end of last summer. The parking lot was packed for its swan song showing of “Gladiators.” In the late 1960s, at the peak of their popularity in California, there were nearly 250 theaters throughout the state. Today, there are two still operating in Los Angeles County and only a scant handful remaining scattered throughout the rest of the state. Today
Covina resident Margaret Cerecedes, taking in a showing of “Josie and the Pussy Cats” at the Vineland Drive-In in La Puente on a mild Thursday night, said she believes
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Maria and Liam Arias get romantic at the Vineland Drive-in in La Puente (top).
Wednesday, April 25, 2001
Titans seek Big West redempnTENNIS: CSUF enters the conference championships fresh off last week’s sweep of the UC Riverside Highlanders
nTrack: The allure of academic opportunity and a star-studded supporting cast brings high school standout to Fullerton
By John Paul Gutierrez Daily Titan Staff Writer
If it’s retribution the Cal State Fullerton tennis team wants, the clock is ticking on its deliverance. This will be their last chance at showing their Big West opponents that records and wins don't mean a thing when it’s tournament time. Last Friday, CSUF Head Coach Bill Reynolds sat in his office waiting for a conference call. The day before, preliminary rankings came out that had the Titans in the ninth spot for the Big West Championships. But at 11 a.m. that would all change with that conference call. An hour of pleading their case, the Titans were awarded the eighth seed over Utah State (6-9). Mainly for the reason that Utah State only played one conference match and lost. So it comes down to this: No. 8 seed CSUF must beat No. 9 seed Utah State to advance to the quarter-final round where the winner will play the No. 1 seed Long Beach State (20-2) who is also the 53rd ranked team in the nation. This is where the retribution comes in. On April 16 the Titans played host to CSULB who beat them 6-1. If the Titans beat Utah State they will get another shot at rival Long Beach. And a win over Long Beach would be the equivalent to Florida recounting all the votes today and giving Al Gore a call and saying, "were sorry but you actually won, and W. will be going back to Texas." Yes, it would be that fantastic, as fantastic as Greek Week without the fighting. A scenario like this is not out of reach. The Titans will have momentum going into tomorrow's match-up. In the last match of the season the Titans swept UC Riverside 7-0. And freshman Adriana Hockicko is lighting
Prep jumper signs intent with CSUF By Raul Ascencio
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Freshman Ana Iacob, CSUF’s top singles player, unleashes a lacerating jump-serve at Monday’s Titan practice. up the court with her brilliant play. Going into the match with Utah, Hockicko has won four straight singles matches. But Hockicko can't do it alone. Just like the last match against UCR all the Titans will have to step up and play with confidence. Do all the little things and be aggressive. The doubles point will be a definite help. To be one point up going into singles means that only three singles players have to win. This has been a goal all season for the Titans and in this match it couldn't mean more.
Hockicko and Eleanor Luzano have been a staple of consistency during doubles. The duo is 12-9 on the year in doubles play, and the only Titan tandem to play over .500. But not to be overlooked is the team of Michelle Arndt and Ana Iacob. They are 9-11 when teamed up, but have won their last two doubles matches, one being an upset over Long Beach State. Singles will have to carry that doubles intensity. And usually someone does.
In the last five matches at least one player has won a singles match. Whether it is Hockicko or freshman Ioana Sisoe, Arndt or No. 6 singles player Jessica Martin, sophomore Joanne Cruz or Iacob, someone has brought respectability to the Titan line-up. To beat Utah and face Long Beach all of the singles players have to play at the top of their game. And if everything falls in place at the end of the match with Utah State, hopefully the people in Ojai will hear the winning yell of Cruz, "Go Titaans, with two 'a's' John."
Joi Webber, one of California’s premiere prep track and field athletes applied her autograph on a national letter of intent to attend Cal State Fullerton, becoming the second high school prospect in 10 days to make the Titan commitment. “The success that we have experienced lately with our two recent recruits is a reflection of our ever-improving squads,” said Head Coach John Elders, who commanded his CSUF brigade to a championship triumph at the team’s last quad-meet, the Big West Challenge. Webber, the Titans’ latest acquisition is an adept triple jump technician, hailing from Inland Empire powerhouse — Riverside Poly high school. Last season as a Riverside Poly Bear, Webber leapt to a 2000’ Ivy League Championship title and is well on her way to defending her title this year. Her personal best in the event, acquired earlier this season, is 38 feet, 3 inches. “Joi’s triple jump feats speak for themselves,” Elders said. “We will work to develop her into a top triple jumper here at the collegiate level.” Easing the high school-university transition will be a highly qualified cast of coaches and athletes. “Under the guidance of [Olympic legend] Coach Mike Powell, Joi will join a seasoned crew of veterans, including the current school-record holder in the triple jump, Anna Doty,” said Assistant Coach Ron Kamaka. However, the world-renown status of Powell, and the possibility of striding alongside the current CSUF record-holder, were only secondary factors influencing Webber’s decision to continue her career as a Titan. “She wants to be a teacher,” Elders said. “She was ultimately drawn to CSUF by the excellent credential program we have here on campus.” With the addition of Webber, Titan track enthusiasts one year from now, will have even greater incentive to flood the stadiums at meets and invitationals. “Joi is a positive, quality person, both on and off the track and we are excited about the prospective impact she will have on the team.”