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Woman threatens to jump off buildFullerton, campus police find themselves negotiating with distraught woman pondering taking her life after visiting her psychiatrist across the street

By Kathleen Gutierrez

Daily Titan Detour Editor It is mid-day, mid-week of the fall semester at Cal State Fullerton, and student traffic lines Nutwood Avenue. In that moment, a cell phone call frantically informs that there is a jumper on the roof. Campus life slowed, almost as if inconvenienced, as a woman pondered taking her own life while classes were still in session last Tuesday.

At approximately 3:15 p.m., a contractor for College Park, who asked not to be named, passed the woman as she exited through the tenth floor emergency door. She scurried toward the balcony edge when he spoke to her, and he called for assistance.

For nearly two and a half hours, Fullerton and CSUF police watched her, talked to her, and monitored her emotional state during what they considered a routine suicide call.

Police say the woman had a history of mental problems.

“She was at her psychologist’s office, which is right across the street, and left about 2 p.m.,” Fullerton Police Sergeant Steve Matson said.

“She came immediately to College Park and walked up to the roof.”

The 59-year-old woman from Anaheim taunted onlookers with one leg, then two, swinging from the ledge. Her purse hung from an exposed beam, and she kept her cell phone to her ear as CSUF Detective Tom Gehrls negotiated with her.

Gehrls coerced her into giving

him her cell phone number, and the two talked as she ambivalently threatened to throw herself over the edge.

From her viewpoint, Orange County bustled along with no pretensions toward her grief.

The lanes of the 57 freeway stacked with cars and students poured out of the main campus, all headed for somewhere other than CSUF. She pointed out various sights before her, no doubt a distraction from Gehrls, and she appeared to be crying at times.

Each time she dangled, officers on the tenth floor gasped. Although a routine procedure, it was apparent that her life was still in potential danger.

Gehrls communicated with her

and officers Dan Solario and Tom Olivares army crawled into position just underneath her. She became suspicious at times, but was unaware that two officers were less than six feet from her on the floor.

She eventually stepped down from the ledge for the last time when she dropped her water bottled onto the landing. The officers tackled her to keep her away from the edge, thus saving her life.

The woman is not affiliated with CSUF or any other business in College Park.

She was taken to the hospital where she received a psychological evaluation as well as treatment for the bump she received when officers grabbed her.

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nSPORTS: After three semesters off the team because of a controversial dismissal, athlete lost eligibilty to represent CSUF in official meets

By Magda Liszewska

Daily Titan Managing Editor

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BY MELANIE BYSOUTH At approximately 9 a.m. yesterday, a commercial truck, owned by Alta Dena, skidded down the embankment of the Nutwood Avenue exit off the northbound 57 freeway. The truck then toppled over onto the off-ramp. The driver, Jimmy, a 22-year-old who chose not to disclose

Crackdown on plagiarism begins nETHICS: Students can get a term paper online, but instructors can be just as savvy when it comes to discerning what is original material or borrowed work.

By Heather Blair

Daily Titan Asst. News Editor It’s been passed down, passed on and passed up by college students everywhere. It’s been worn, beaten, added to and taken away from by so many people its origin is not known.

But one thing remains the same — the used research paper is in circulation for the masses to obtain.

Many would never admit to having "borrowed" a research paper and many would never admit to thinking about it either, but most know how easy they are to obtain.

As the semester gets underway,

many people are starting to think about topics or how to find information for their research papers.

For most students the research paper takes a lot of time, a lot of editing and a lot of carefully chosen words.

But there are a few exceptions to the rule.

A former Cal State Fullerton student, who wishes to remain anonymous, decided to purchase a paper from one of many Web sites that sell them.

The student decided to use the paper last fall for his business writ-

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his last name, was uninjured and no other vehicles were involved.

“It’s really frustrating,” Jimmy said. “I got cut off by another truck. I don’t even think he noticed.”

According to Officer G. Torres of the California Highway Patrol, the accident is still under investigation and the cause has yet to be determined.

Leilani Rios is back on the crosscountry team but she did not compete in Cal State Fullerton’s season opening, Jammin’ Invitational, cross country meet Saturday at Carbon Canyon Regional Park in Brea.

Rios was officially reinstated to the CSUF cross country team on June 28 when, facing a threatened lawsuit, the university officials decided that her suspension was a violation of her First Amendment rights and her employment is constitutionally protected as an expression of free speech. However, she is still not eligible to represent the university during competition because the matter of her NCAA eligibility has not yet been resolved.

“We need to discuss the NCAA eligibility matters with Cal State Fullerton,” Rios said.

According to NCAA rules, after three years, a student athlete is supposed to have completed 50 percent of his or her credit requirements.

Since Rios has not been allowed to run with the team, her eligibility slipped.

“In order for her to be eligible, Cal State Fullerton would have to petition NCAA to overlook the fact that she missed her three semesters,” said Wayne Hurtado, Rios’ husband.

Under NCAA rules, Rios cannot petition for herself. The petition

has to come from CSUF athletics department.

CSUF track coach, John Elders and athletics director, John Easterbrook refused to comment on Rios’ situation.

If the case does not get resolved within a few days, Rios will be looking at missing another semester but she is determined not to give up.

“I hope that won’t happen. I hope I’ll be able to run. I don’t want to miss out anymore,” Rios said.

Rios had a meeting at the athletics department on Thursday to try to resolve her remaining problems.

After the meeting, Rios said that if it is not possible to clear everything out this semester, she is already eligible to compete in track in spring.

Satisfied with CSUF cooperation, she gave up the idea of suing the university for violating her rights.

“So far they’re helping me out so I don’t see any need to sue,” she said.

The 21-year-old Fullerton resident, who has been running since she was 12, loves the competitiveness of the sport and being on the team.

“It’s a part of my life,” she said.

While she was suspended, she kept running two to three times a week.

In July, Rios received a packet, which was mailed to all the team

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Police look for two men who withdrew more than $7,000 from bank accounts under false identities

By Amy Rottier

Daily Titan News Editor Two males suspected of forgery in July have not yet been caught, and may be continuing to steal people’s identities.

At least three males and one female have fallen victim to a forgery-committing duo.

On July 5, Cal State Fullerton’s Titan Card Desk issued an Asian male a student identification card under a false identity, according to a Public Safety detective.

Later that day, the suspect went to the Huntington Beach branch of the Orange County Teachers Federal Credit Union and opened an account as an undergraduate student.

The suspect deposited a check for $105, withdrew $60 from an ATM and made other transactions, the report said.

By opening an account, a person can go to a mall, a restaurant or

Suspect 1 anywhere and use the debit card, regardless of how much money is in the account, explains Detective Tom Gerhls. Most stores don’t post transactions until later.

The following day, the suspect was issued another Titan Card under a different alias and opened another

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Suspect 2 account at the Cypress branch of the OCTFCU. This time the teller questioned the suspect when she noticed the age discrepancy between the I.D. card and the suspect, according to the report.

The suspect demanded the teller

open the account for him and she did. The teller then notified the director of the security department, the report said. When the situation was investigated, it was realized that the university issued two different cards with the suspect’s same picture.

A white male was caught on surveillance videos standing by the first suspect. After reviewing the video, police came to the conclusion that the two were together and working as a team. When they checked with the Titan Card Desk, police found that the second male had also been issued two student identification cards under two different false identifications, police said.

The second suspect withdrew $7,000 by using the ATM and pointof-sale purchases on July 6. The OCTFCU was left with the loss.

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BRIEFS Cal State Fullerton hosts “Come to Pieces”

Darkness” featured by the City of Brea

Camille Utterback and A.C. Chapman will have their pieces showcased at CSUF until Sept.

15. Their works deal specifically with self-perception, which will be shown with the help of live video feeds and monitor.

In “Come to Pieces,” subjects can see themselves reflected via a myriad of mirror pieces in a simultaneous manner.

The exhibit “See/Saw” will also be part of the exhibit.

Admission is free. The works will be on display at CSUF’s Grand Central Art Center. For more information, call (714) 278-2434 or log on to www.arts. fullerton.edu/events and www. grandcentralartcenter.com

“Sunshine from Darkness” is a collection of works by artists with mental illnesses. Their pieces offer insights to their imagination and their willingness to strive in spite of their situations.

The National Alliance For Research on Schizophrenia and Depression and the Brea Gallery worked together to bring this project out to the public. This showcase hopes to present the resilience of the human spirit in the face of many obstacles.

The City of Brea Gallery is located in the Brea Civic and Cultural Center at 1 Civic Center Circle, at Plaza Level.

The works can be viewed on Wednesdays, Thursdays and Sundays from noon to 5 p.m. and Friday and Saturday from noon to 8 p.m.

For more information, call (714) 990-7730.

Teen Hotline offers updated activities in Brea

The City of Brea has formulated the Teen Hotline as a way to keep teen-agers informed of any events and opportunities at the Brea Community Center.

Though the summer is coming to its close, the hotline will continue providing dates on Student Advisory Board meetings and tutoring schedules.

Youths can also get a heads up on any employment openings via the Youth Employment office, as well as helpful tips for interviews. There is also the Family Resource Center, a place that offers financial help.

Keeping good accessibility in mind, the City of Brea is issuing free Teen Hotline cards. They can be picked up at the front counter of the Brea Community Center and at “The Zone.”

The hotline number is (714) 990-7225.

For additional inquiries, call (714) 990-7151.

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The PAIR Celebrity Series begins with “Fascinatin’ Rhythmz”

The Professional Artists in Residence Celebrity Series begins with the first of eight shows at 8 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 15.

“Fascinatin’ Rhythmz” celebrates the ‘story and glory of love’ in classic movie musical and Broadway show styles. All shows in the series will be performed at CSUF’s Plummer Auditorium.

“Fascinatin’ Rhythmz” features music by The Gershwins, Irving Berlin, Cole Porter, Rodgers and Hammerstein and others.

Tickets are $20 and $25. A two-dollar discount is offered with advanced sale. For tickets or information on any of the shows log on to www.arts.fullerton.edu/ events/pair.html.

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CALENDAR OF EVENTS Campus A Zen exercise class will be held on Tuesdays and Thursdays in CSUF Titan Student Union, rooms Tuffree A and B. From 5:15 to 6:15 p.m. students can experience an exercise form that combines yoga and Tai Chi. Free to all students enrolled at CSUF. Every Thursday during the fall semester students can bowl for free in the CSUF Titan Student Union. With only $1.50 shoe rental, students can spend their early evenings — 3 to 7 p.m.

— bowling and hanging out with friends.

An exhibit is being held at the Grand Central Art Center through Sept. 30, 2001. CSUF presents an off-campus art exhibit that will feature works from Southern Californian painters. Works by Dan Callis, Stephanie Han Windham and Kebe Fox will be on display in the Project Room. For more information, call (714) 567-7233.

A reception for an exhibit in CSUF’s Main Art Gallery will be held Saturday Sept. 8, 2001.

The event for “Recasting the Past: Beneath the Hollywood Tinsel” starts at 6 p.m. and will end at 8 p.m. Campus and off-

campus communities are both invited to attend. The exhibit will run through Oct. 11. For more information, call (714) 278-7750.

Community Friends of the Fullerton Public Library is hosting a silent Auction through the month of September. A first edition of Charles Dickens’ “The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit” is on display at the library from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.

Monday - Thursday, 10 a.m to 6 p.m. on Friday, with additional hours on the weekend. Minimum bid is $350. For more information, call (714) 738-6326.

The annual Los Angeles County Fair will be visiting the Pomona Fairplex Sept. 7 - 23. On Friday Sept. 7, War will be live in concert at 8 p.m.

Admission prices vary. For more information, call (909)-623-3111 or visit www.fairplex.com.

The Santa Ana Mainplace Plaza is co-promoting a new exhibit—”MEGA BUGzzzzz.”

There is a registration center in Mainplace where people can enter to win admission tickets.

Weekly drawings will be held through Sept. 9 for four-packs of admission tickets. For more information, go to www.go2dsc.

CALENDAR OF EVENTS COP BLOTTER Monday, Aug. 27 A ‘97 Jeep Wrangler was reported stolen from Lot E at 1:37 p.m.

A non-injury accident in Lot E was reported at 3:49 p.m.

A car was reported as being illegally parked in Lot E at 5:47 p.m. It was blocking the roadway.

A person in a blue Ford SUV driving on Fender Street, east of State College Boulevard was caught driving with a suspended license.

Tuesday, Aug. 28 A vehicle was stopped at 12:12 a.m. near the corner of Revere and State College Boulevard. The driver was caught driving with a

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A blue Chevrolet was stopped on West Campus Drive at 8:33 a.m. and the driver was caught driving without a license.

Wednesday, Aug. 29 The fire alarm went off in the Humanities Building at 9:54 a.m. and the building was evacuated. It was re-entered at 10:10 a.m.

At 3:46 p.m. there was a noninjury accident reported on the third floor of the parking structure.

A Toyota Camry was reported stolen from Lot E at 9:39 p.m.

A white Toyota Camry was reported stolen from Lot E at 10:07 p.m. The car was later recovered.

Thursday, Aug. 30 Police received reports of sexual battery on the second floor of the campus bookstore at 9:28 a.m. The suspect was a male in his twenties who was described as walking around in a daze. He was arrested.

A non-injury accident took place at 10:39 a.m. and a female student was very upset that she had to come into the station to file paperwork.

Vandalism was reported in the men’s restroom in the Arboretum, near the gift shop at 12:35 p.m.

Reports said that someone carved some type of gang marking into a storage container in the restroom.

At 3:38 p.m. a student reported that her purse had been stolen

after she had left it on top of a computer tower on the Library South main floor.

Someone reported at 4:30 p.m. that three boxed CD sets had been stolen from Library North 443.

Sunday, Sept. 2 A man driving a black Mercedes on Nutwood Avenue westbound approaching State College Boulevard was arrested for drunk driving at 1:38 a.m.

The driver of a white SUV was stopped for driving without license plates at 11:15 a.m. Police escorted the passenger home while the driver was arrested.

A vehicle was stopped heading eastbound on Nutwood Avenue from State College Boulevard and

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RIOS n from page 1 members, which resulted in her unscheduled July 30 meeting with the coach to plan her training for the fall semester.

Rios said there is no awkwardness between her and Elders, or between her and her teammates.

“It’s just like any other day practicing on the team,” she said.

So far, Rios participated in an open five-kilometer race, an unofficial intercollegiate competition on Aug. 24.

Rios was asked to leave the team in spring 2000 semester when coach Elders found out she was working part-time as an exotic dancer at Anaheim Flamingo club. She was spotted in the club by the CSUF baseball team players who allegedly came to the club wearing CSUF gear.

Rios received a “U” grade for that semester, indicating she had not met any of the team’s requirements but the grade has since been removed from her academic record.

Elders, who considers himself a Christian, found her occupation to be a violation of the Athlete’s Code of Conduct, which requires athletes to “give everyone who sees them a

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ing class.

Each person was assigned a 10page writing assignment.

The student procrastinated on doing the project until he ran out of time and ideas for his paper. So instead of turning to the teacher for help, he turned to www.schoolsucks. com.

“The paper was really tough, and I couldn’t figure out a good topic to write on, so I thought I would try to buy a research paper,” he said. “I had heard of it being done, so I thought ‘why not?’”

He purchased a paper on Microsoft and the business world for $60.

Once the paper had arrived via e-mail, he immediately e-mailed the

positive image of Titan student-athletes.” However, no baseball players were asked to leave the team.

Rios claims to never have identified herself as a Titan at work and after her dismissal from the team, she and Hurtado hired New Yorkbased attorney, Joseph Tacopina, specializing in civil rights cases. On May 22, Tacopina sent a letter to Easterbrook, asking the university for Rios’ reinstatement and apology.

“We only asked for two things,” Hurtado said. “We asked for an apology and to reinstate Leilani without restrictions. We never heard an apology from anyone within school nor was she reinstated without restrictions.”

The university officials offered Rios help with finding a job oncampus but she expressed no interest, believing she should not be punished for her job, which is legal.

Since the fight for her return to the team is taking so long, at one point Rios considered transferring to another university but decided to stay at CSUF. “She shouldn’t have to run from CSUF to another university,” Hurtado said.

Initial local coverage of the controversy brought national attention to Rios, whose story has been told on numerous TV stations, in newspapers and magazines and resulted paper to his teacher because he had already missed class.

Because of how the paper was set up, he had to cut and paste it onto a new document, but he didn’t forget to include his name, the class day and time.

After he had sent the paper, he printed out a hard copy for himself.

But he had made one fatal mistake — at the bottom of the paper there was a disclaimer that said the paper was not to be reproduced.

“It was almost like there was an intentional glitch in the system,” the student said.

He immediately resent the paper after erasing the message. He prefaced the new paper with a note to disregard the old.

“I don’t know if the teacher ever found out, but I think that is why I flunked the class,” he said.

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Leilani Rios looks at a picture from the time when she was still allowed to compete. in a pictorial in the October issue of Playboy, now on sale. Rios will be signing the issue on Sept. 6 and 8 at Brea Tower Records.

The constant media attention has taken a toll on Rios’ personal life and made her appreciate regular, pre-fame life when she had time to relax.

“Instead, I have to do all these interviews. People calling me 20 hours a day is not that fun especially when defy the school intentionally and get away with it, but I tried and it didn’t work.”

Schoolsucks.com declined to comment.

These Web sites have been part of a growing trend across campuses everywhere, and with this students have more chances to cheat the system.

Matt Aronowitz, head researcher and vice president of business development for www.lazystudents.com, said their Web site receives between 60,000-100,000 visitors per month.

The busiest times are during midterms and finals, and Aronowitz said their custom research and Ultimate Student Hyperlist is what makes their Web site succeed.

Unlike Schoolsucks.com and www.15000papers.com, who also declined to comment, Aronowitz said they state specifically that they will

people are persistent and won’t give up,” she said.

Yet, she keeps picking up the phone.

“I want people to know what’s going on. I don’t want to just give up. I hope that people will stand up for themselves if a similar situation comes up,” she said.

Rios still dances at the club and plans to continue to do so until she receives her bachelor’s degree in kinesiology in 2003. She said the controversy did not affect

not aid in plagiarism.

“Why say to our market that teachers can find their term papers?”

Aronowitz said. “But if they choose to do it, they pay the consequence.”

He said students can subscribe for $24.95 a year, and with that comes a vast array of research papers they can download at anytime. But students are specifically warned not to plagiarize, because what some people don’t realize is that teachers can do a search by sentence over the Internet.

“We don’t care about teachers, but a teacher can theoretically do a search and find the paper if they wanted to,” he said.

Associate Dean of Judicial Affairs Sandy Rhoten said this problem is a cause for concern across campuses everywhere.

“It becomes easier for students to locate, cut and paste papers, and these students are not as prepared

or they don’t have the confidence in their writing skills,” Rhoten said.

Rhoten said CSUF belongs to the Center for Academic Integrity along with about 80-100 other campuses. She has been busy this semester trying to educate students and teachers on the plagiarism policy at CSUF. Rhoten has spoken to a lot of University 101 classes about the consequences.

“We’re not interested in catching anyone, what we ultimately want is for students to be writers and critical thinkers,” Rhoten said.

“Everyone gets hurt from cheating, including the reputation of the university.”

Although Rhoten has only been at CSUF for two years, she has tracked the number of students who were caught plagiarizing during that time period.

In 2000-01 the number of students

who compromised academic integrity was 82. Out of that number 33 were sited for plagiarism, which totaled 40 percent of the overall number.

Rhoten said the results were inconclusive of the statistics because she has only been tracking it for a short time.

But with search engines like www. turnitin.com and readily available policy and procedure manuals, she hopes that the faculty will take the initiative to stop plagiarism.

“Is a paper easy to get? Yes, but it is just as easy for a faculty member to find it,” Rhoten said.

“There are major consequences for those who cheat. Honor students can lose their status, students could lose scholarships, and worst of all students can be expelled from CSUF.”

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Author’s dream continues after his death College students and teachers find their jingle through an inspirational children’s book

By Amy Adams

Daily Titan Staff Writer A court jester wakes one day to find that there is no laughter left in the world. With his head high and his determination unwavering, he helps a young girl with a tumor discover that sadness can be conquered with laughter.

This is a story about a jester who lost his jingle.

It is a children’s story that embodies passion and imagination.

Teachers and students throughout Southern California have been using the children’s book, “The Jester Has Lost His Jingle,” to inspire others. Written by a college student, the story is being used in teacher-education classes, creative writing classes and children’s literature classes.

Teachers also use this story in their educational programs to encourage children to read, write and create. More than 275,000 copies of The Jester are in circulation, with more than 35,000 books donated to literacy programs.

“The Jester Has Lost His Jingle” is an awardwinning picture book, in rhyme about a jester’s search for laughter.

“A Curriculum Supplement is filled with craft ideas and lesson plans that help assist educators in making extensive use of ‘The Jester Has Lost His Jingle’ to stimulate students in a broad range of subjects in a variety of ways,” said Barbara Saltzman, executive director of The Jester & Pharley Phund. “Included are ideas for lessons in language arts, science, character building, the arts and social studies.”

The book was written in 1991, by a cartoonist in his senior year at Yale University. The author, David Saltzman, was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s disease and died before the book was published.

His mother, Barbara, works to continuously advance its mission — to provide educational experiences that give children hope, laughter and a love of learning.

Saltzman is working with a number of school districts and literacy programs, including many in Orange County. She has worked on several literacy programs, especially through the AmeriCorps literacy programs handled by The UCLA BruinCorps and UC Berkeley Cal Corps programs.

Saltzman spends her time visiting colleges to

encourage students and organizations to join the programs and to help raise funds to bring the Jester & Pharley to ill children in their community.

The Phund hopes to enlist CSUF education majors in the Jester & Pharley Literacy & Outreach Programs, such as the use of the Curriculum Supplement in extending the message of the story.

One of their education outreach projects is at Abraham Lincoln Elementary in Long Beach.

Students in the project are reading more than 75,000 pages of voluntary extracurricular reading a week just to be able to donate Jester books and dolls to children in their local hospital.

As a reward to the children who have read for the projects, students from local colleges are invited to the school to hand out awards during an assembly. College students from all over the United States have participated in the assemblies.

“They give out the awards and support and encourage the children in a positive way,” said Barbara. “Many of the students are in school to become teachers themselves, which gives them the opportunity to support a learning program, and the children receive guidance from role models who really care.”

The programs are designed to carry on David’s work to cheer ill children and inspire youngsters to read, care and share.

A few years ago The Jester was one of Barnes & Nobles best sellers, and in honor of that, Saltzman was invited to Cal State Fullerton for the Fullerton Author’s Festival in 1998.

“Whenever I visit college campuses, including my various visits to Cal State Fullerton, I’m always impressed at how profoundly college students are affected by David’s experience,” said Saltzman.

“One year, at the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books at UCLA, a college student came by our booth to tell me that he was depressed during his finals and decided to go to the bookstore to see if he could find something to cheer him up. He came across “The Jester Has Lost His Jingle” and bought it. It got him through finals and he keeps it on his coffee table and picks it up and reads it whenever he gets down.”

David was a college student when he wrote and illustrated The Jester. Most students have a lifetime to contribute to the world much past their

college days. David didn’t have that chance, but his work continues to have an impact on students around the country.

On Sept. 22 at Bloomingdale’s in Newport Beach, Saltzman will do a reading and signing of her late son’s New York Times bestseller “The Jester Has Lost His Jingle” accompanied by a live jester.

For every book and/or doll purchased that day, The Jester & Pharley Phund will donate another one to the Children’s Hospital of Orange with the customer’s name acknowledged in a bookplate. Saltzman has also been invited by the California Association of College Bookstores to be the keynote speaker at their convention in Palm Springs on Nov. 16.

Students at CSUF are invited to visit the website at www.thejester.org to find out how they can get involved in local programs.

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Above, author David Saltzman died of Hodgkin’s disease before his book was published. Below, his mother Barbara works to continue the book’s mission.

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President’s Scholars grow in numbers nINCREASE: More students are part of the prestigious university program

By James Reynosa

Daily Titan Staff Writer This year, the President’s Scholar Program participants have increased to 104.

“It use to be hovering around 70-80 people, but the funding has grown so much over the last few years,” said James Mettler, coordinator of the program. “Finally we were able to bring the number of scholars to what we’ve wanted.”

Although the jump to over 100 was a welcome surprise, the program cannot extend much further.

“We would like to keep the number around 100 people,” Mettler said. “The set number is mostly because of quality over quantity. Any more [scholars] and we might lose that personal touch.”

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Starting this year, the President Scholars go wireless thanks to a gift from SMC Networks Inc of Irvine. The gift of 100 local area network (LAN) cards will give networking capability to laptop computers used by the scholars.

“Students will be more productive with a wireless connection to the LAN because it won't be necessary to wait for an open Ethernet port,” Mettler said.

To become a scholar, applicants must go through a process of writing essays, have their transcripts scrutinized and be interviewed by faculty, Cal State Fullerton administrators and past President Scholars.

Launched in 1979, the program recognizes and attracts a distinguished group of academically accomplished students.

Scholars receive a full scholarship that covers all student fees for up to four years, a $750 annual stipend for textbooks, as well as the use of a wireless laptop computer. Scholars are granted automatic admission to the Honors Program, priority registration and complimentary parking permits.

They also have opportunities to attend special seminars and receptions and meet periodically

Campus program makes job hunting easy for gradunCAREER: Seniors and alumni take advantage of the university job placement services offered year-round

By Lisa Sleigh

Daily Titan Staff Writer With graduation months away, seniors along with some alumni at Cal State Fullerton are taking the next step — job placement.

At the Orientation for the Campus Interview program, alumnus of the International Business and MIS program Miguel Perez came hoping for opportunity

for additional exposure to potential employers.

“I came to find out what my options are, Perez said. “I want to broaden my options.”

Perez sees it as an advantage that the employers are looking to hire CSUF graduates.

“Instead of just going blind, it’s a focus target,” he said.

The Campus Interview program put on by the Career Planning & Placement Center is for any senior or graduates interested in obtaining a professional entry-level position.

Participants must have senior status with the expected graduation date of December 2001, May 2002 or August 2002.

Participants must also attend one of the

seven mandatory orientations and complete an online personal profile.

Even though the orientation is mandatory, communications major Pat Vuong said, “It’s good to attend. I’m now informed about the program.”

The purpose of the orientation is to brief students on policy, procedure and center expectations. This is followed by an overview of placing an online personal profile and how to make it best work.

The center has 4,443 student profiles now and 10,000 students who have used the system since it started two years ago, said Jim Case, director of the Career Planning & Placement Center.

“We have 16,000 jobs and internships listed online not just in California but jobs

in other states,” he said.

Supporting services at the center include counselors, practice interviews, a company search list and industry specialists.

After graduating in June 2001, an alumna Laura Tsai is currently employed part-time.

“I need to find a full-time job. This is part of my plan,” Tsai said.

Tsai said she was just trying to get out of school and couldn’t fit the Campus Interviews in her schedule.

“I was too busy with classes to come before graduation,” Tsai said.

Jennifer Cunningham, student employment specialist at the Career Planning & Placement Center said that due to CSUF being a big commuter school the online system works.

Cunningham said, “we find that the online system is best… students can access it when they can.”

A benefit is that positions are targeted to CSUF students, Cunningham said.

Students who might not otherwise make it into the center receive notification with reminders of upcoming upcoming Career Planning & Placement Center events, which include the Internship and Job Fair, Campus Interviews, Academic Major Resource Fair, Industry Night, Grad and Professional School Day and Teacher Recruitment Fair.

For more information contact the Career Center by calling (714) 278-2035 or log on to their Web site at http://www.fullerton. edu/Career.

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nSAFETY: Anger management issues can put students and workers in danger

By Jamie Ayala

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A $500 check was awarded to the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation by Michael Jitosho.

Winner of bake-off helps breast cancer foundation nCHARITY: A boy chooses to donate his prize money to support his mother’s cause

By Trinity Powells

Daily Titan Staff Writer Baking from the heart can have more than its own reward.

After winning the first Los Angeles-area Albertson/Pillsbury Kid’s Bake-off, 11-year-old La Habra resident Michael Jitosho was honored for his award winning “Breakfast Biscuit” at the Albertson’s in Fullerton last Monday.

The largest honor however was not made by Albertson or Pillsbury but by Jitosho himself.

Matching the $500 gift card Jitosho received from Albertson, Pillsbury matched it with $500 for Jitosho to donate to the charity of his choice.

The Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation, an organization with a mission to “eradicate breast cancer as a life-threatening disease by advancing research, education,

screening and treatment” was the charity Jitosho chose.

Having his mother, Merry Jitosho, by his side, Jitosho said he chose the foundation because his mother was a three-year survivor of breast cancer and was donating the money in hopes of helping her.

Among the meticulously stacked fruits and vegetables of the Albertson store, Jitosho, in his blue apron, a white Pillsbury shirt and chef’s hat showcased his breakfast biscuits with mother always by his side.

It was while trying to decide what to cook for dinner with his family that Jitosho saw the entry form for the bake-off and decided to enter, he said.

Cooking since the age of seven, Jitosho enter the contest because of his love for cooking. “[I] just enjoy cooking and the bake-off contest,” he said.

In addition to the $1000 savings bond he won at the bake-off held at the Los Angeles Zoo, the sixthgrader also earned an all expensed paid trip for four to Orlando, Fl. for the national Pillsbury Kid’s bake-off held at Sea World.

In front of family, friends and

of course the Pillsbury Doughboy, Jitosho was presented from Albertson’s Vice President Division Manager Terry Rocheleau the $500 gift card for Albertson’s markets.

Rocheleau said it was obvious how good the bake-off was for kids when you look at how busy it kept Michael. “It involves the entire family,” he said.

Jay Mainthia, director of marketing for Pillsbury said, “It’s great to do this for kids because they bring creativity to in-home baking.”

Receiving the donation for the foundation were resource manager Kristina Carr and volunteer Sue Hill.

Hill said she was pleased with what the bake-off had accomplished.

“This is just fantastic what he has done,” she said. “I think it is a great event to get kids involved.”

Jitosho said he doesn’t know if he wants to be a chef but does plan to continue cooking.

With a smile Jitosho said he plans keep finding recipes he hopes he can use in the future for the Pillsbury’s adult million-dollar bake-off.

An intentional shove, a dirty look, an insult, a tease. It used to be called bullying.

Now, it’s an anger management issue and reported most when it turns into violence.

The Employee Training & Development Department is dedicating this month to personal protection and workplace violence because of reoccurring incidents that making national news more often.

Spurred by suggestions from Secret Service researchers and the Department of Education, the issue of violence is being addressed statewide through discussion and training among students and administrators. This includes promoting awareness, strategies to prevent violence and reporting incidents.

Violence has not erupted at CSUF since 1976 when janitor Edward Allaway opened fire in the school library, killing seven people and injuring two others. He did not condone the library offering films with pornographic nature and claimed that the ridicule he received because of his belief led to the incident.

Elsewhere, Wayne Lo, 18, killed two people and wounded four others at an exclusive college-prep boarding school in Massachusetts in 1992. Most recently, David Attias, an 18-year-old student at UC Santa Barbara ran over four pedestrians in Isla Vista where college students

were known to hang out.

In 1996, CSUF President Milton Gordon approved a zero tolerance university policy regarding violence in the workplace. The policy states that all allegations of violence will be taken seriously, whereas acts and threats of violence will result in disciplinary action up to and including termination or expulsion.

“The university is like a small city. We’ve had the good fortune of not having any serious incidents of violence, but it still exists around us,” said Kenna Schoenherr, safety trainer for Environmental Health and Instructional Safety. “We’re doing everything to make everyone aware and keep our community safe.”

Becoming aware of behavior that can lead to violent situations is a key factor to preventing it.

Rosalina Camacho is the coordinator of the Women of Color Resource Center in the Women’s Center/ Adult Reentry Center. She said most college students aren’t likely to recognize or admit that they have an anger problem.

“Students are still trying to figure things out and acknowledging a problem will mean something is wrong with them,” Camacho said.

People with anger problems usually have low self-esteem, Camacho said.

Some people express their anger verbally, while others do it physically, according to the National School Safety Center. This includes being mean, unfair, humiliating or disrespectful. The acts can feel threatening or unsafe.

“Everyone could use some anger management training,” Camacho said.

Senior Elvira Ojdea, 27, said she

noticed a lot more angry people on the streets, especially in the parking lots during the first weeks of school.

“It’s a scary society. Everyone’s always in a rush with too much to do,” Ojdea said. Everyone has problems and some complain, yell or blame others because of them, she said. Ojdea uses kindness to defuse these types of people.

There are a number of other strategies to prevent violence. Joseph Taylor, 45, is a music post baccalaureate. He burns stress through exercise, takes time to put things in perspective before getting angry and relies on his self-confidence.

“Life has a tendency to temper people,” Taylor said. “But I feel safe because I actually trust people.”

With trust, comes support, said Camacho from the Women’s Center. One way of supporting a friend or co-worker is to let them know that they need help or if they may be reaching a boiling point, let someone else know.

Counseling and Psychological Services offers crisis intervention to help with immediate problems.

Acts or threats of violence can also be reported to the University Police by calling 278-2515.

The Employee Training and Development Department is offering free a workshop on violence defense on Sept. 11 and workshops on verbal strategies for de-escalating emotional charged situations on Sept. 26. All are open to students, faculty and staff. For more information and to register call 714-278-4178.

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Advisement center gives audits to select nGRADUATION: Unofficial academic progress check allows students to stay on

By Kathleen Gutierrez

Daily Titan Detour Editor The trial period is over, but there is still hope. With fees for parking, stopping, driving, and sitting, students need a break from the cash drain and the Academic Advisement Center may be able to help them.

The Degree Audit Reporting Service, also known as the DARS report, tallies a student’s accumulated course work free of charge, unlike the $40 graduation check every senior must submit before receiving their diploma.

There is no way to avoid paying the graduation fee, but this report is a way to check progress without shelling out the cash before reaching senior status.

“The DARS is not an unofficial grad check, it is just an audit of a student’s progress toward a degree,” said Melissa Watley, Associate

Registrar for Cal State Fullerton’s Admissions and Records office.

Last year the DARS report was available to any student who requested it through the Academic Advisement Center. The trial period for that program, “DARS On Demand,” has since concluded.

Another program will begin in October.

Watley said that students who entered CSUF as freshmen have first priority over the upcoming DARS program. She said CSUF would not discourage a transfer student from requesting a DARS report, they are just not ready to handle the entire campus.

“It will not be available to all students,” Watley said. “We couldn’t print 30,000 of them by tomorrow.”

The student information is hand-entered by an Admissions and Records staff member, which can make the wait time extensive.

Watley said the new program will start with what she calls “native students” of CSUF because all of their information is already in the computer.

There is no need to hand-enter any transfer information.

Aside from the graduation check and the DARS report, the Academic Advisement Center still offers a review of course work taken at CSUF. Printed transcripts are required so that a more accurate assessment of student progress may be obtained.

“My guess is that the DARS will replace some of that academic advisement information but it is good to look at it and cross-check it anyway,” Watley said.

Letters will be sent to students that qualify for the October phase of the DARS report, but until then, the DARS will only be used as an advising tool for major advisers and the Academic Advisement Center.

The DARS is a type of software program for mainframe computers. It originated at the Miami University of Ohio an estimated 20 years ago and was designed to review a student’s records at their university only.

Since that time, the university has sold the program to many other campuses across the nation and also offers training programs on how to successfully utilize the software.

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Journalism club looks for memBy Amy Adams

Daily Titan Staff Writer With the fall semester already in progress, the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) is seeking students who feel strongly about the First Amendment to join the Cal State Fulllerton campus chapter.

The chapter is seeking officers for vice president, secretary, treasurer and ethics chair.

The last two elections have been through the Internet, with nominations and the election handled

through e-mail. Jamie Ayala plans on running for president and Lori Anderson will continue a second semester as a Student Organization Access Resources representative, and a fourth year as Web master.

Ayala’s plan to run for office was inspired by her experience receiving a scholarship from the Freedom Forum. The scholarship allowed her to go to Washington D.C., where she was reminded by professionals of the importance of the First Amendment.

“SPJ is the perfect avenue to share everything that I have learned and share the excitement and opportunities of this field,” Ayala said.

“I want to inform the public about who journalists are and their right to the practice as well as how we can commit ourselves to high ethical standards.”

SPJ takes education beyond the

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classroom. Its goal is to bring practicing journalists to the campus to offer career and personal advice, teach about the challenges of making ethical decisions, and what to do when denied access to public information necessary for a story.

SPJ is the largest and most broad-based journalism organization.

It is dedicated to free press, free speech and the ethical practice of journalism.

Founded in 1909 as a Sigma

Delta Chi fraternity, SPJ consists of professional journalists from all media, including journalism educators, and students interested in a journalism career.

Its network of almost 300 chapters strives to improve and protect journalism.

SPJ fights battles, nationally and locally, for freedom of information and First Amendment rights.

SPJ’s 50-state grassroots Sunshine Network identifies threats to public access and government and monitors the flow

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of information across the country.

The organization’s Code of Ethics was adopted in 1926. The code instructs journalists to seek truth and report it, act independently, minimize harm and to be accountable.

Throughout the semester the chapter is encouraged to put together eight meetings with journalism professionals, conduct a program dealing with diversity, a service project, and a watchdog program discussing the issues of the First Amendment.

To fulfill the service project requirement, last year’s chapter helped a local elementary school put together their own campus newspaper.

On Oct. 4 through 6, SPJ plans to attend its national convention in Seattle, where aspiring journalists will have an opportunity to participate in more than 50 educational sessions designed to teach new

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skills, refine techniques, and meet other professionals with common interests and concerns.

“Being a part of SPJ is a great way for students to network. Guest speakers at our meetings are usually professional journalists who share their experience with us,” said Anderson.

The program gets students in touch with the real world.

“SPJ gives journalism students a chance to talk with professionals in the community to find out what the job is really like and what the opportunities are,” said campus adviser Tom Clanin.

“The club also gets them involved in discussions of some of the tenets of journalism such as ethics, freedom of the press and open government.”

For more information e-mail Clanin at tclanin@fullerton.edu.

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FRAUD n from page 1 in order to receive a student identification card, the student must show valid picture identification, such as a driver’s license.

The student also has to fill out a form and their student identification number is check in the computer.

The Titan Card Desk could not answer questions about how these two males each received two different cards under two different names using information of people not affiliated with the campus.

One of the accounts was also opened using a female’s identity.

The OCTFU could only say that the tellers were presented with identification and Cal State Fullerton identification cards stating that they were undergraduates.

Police are asking anyone with information about the suspects to contact them at 714-278-2515.

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Chemicals pollute local shores

Beach closures have increased by almost 2,000 in the past two years Surfers brave the possible presence of sewage at the local beaches.

By Michael Del Muro

Daily Titan Opinion Editor Beachgoers and surfers were frustrated last year as “Beach closed” and “beach advisory” signs became a regular occurrence.

Beach closures and advisories in California and across the nation were more commonplace last year than they were ever before.

According to a report released in early August by the National Resources Defense Council (NRDC), the number of closures and advisories doubled

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nationwide since1999.

In California, the number of closures and advisories, which are mainly due to sewage leaks and other chemical leaks, increased from 3,547 in 1999 to 5,780 last year.

The dramatic rise in these occurrences in California can be almost directly attributed to California Assembly Bill 411, which increased testing of major beaches to once a week throughout the summer and increased the standards that the water needs to meet.

This does not mean the numbers are inflated though, says the NRDC report. It is a more comprehensive view of the situation.

“The staggering number of closures and advisories confirms that when it comes to beach pollution, the more you look, the more you find,” said David Beckman, a senior attorney who directs the Coastal Water Project at the NRDC’s Los Angeles office.

The largest numbers of beach advisories occur after rain of more that .05 inches. This is because water washes off pesticide and fertilizers from lawns and gardens as well as the oil from the streets into sewer drains, which eventually runs-off into the ocean.

So the gardeners at Cal State Fullerton are polluting the beaches by over-watering the lawn and allowing the pesticide and fertilizer-soaked water run into the storm drains that will eventually carry the water to the Pacific Ocean, said Mark Rauscher, the National Programs Manager of the Surfrider Foundation.

“It’s not just the coastal cities that are part of the problem,” he said. “Orange County needs to get the inland cities to become involved in the solution [to beach water pollution].”

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in the state. Orange County had the fourth most.

But Rauscher said Orange County has taken the lead in trying to clean up the beaches.

The NRDC report said that the Orange County monitored 27 beaches in 2000. Fourteen beaches were monitored once a week, six were monitored twice a week and seven were monitored three times a week.

Among the most stringently monitored was Huntington Beach.

Perhaps the most infamous, Huntington Beach officials are being investigated by the Environmental Protection Agency for allowing more than 70,000 gallons of sewage to flow into the beach because of antiquated sewer systems in the 1990’s.

The city officials have said they are already working to solve the problem.

County supervisors recently approved $3 million to go to a system designed to divert runoff away from the ocean while cleaning the water.

Santa Monica Bay officials just had a sewage treatment plant built to handle most dry-weather sewage and some wet-weather sewage in order to clean up the bay, notoriously one of the dirtiest coastal areas.

Rauscher said that solutions like these are just “band-aid” solutions and the state’s increased testing is just a start.

“They need to work on changing peoples’ habits,” he said. “There can be no more dumping oil into sewers, over-watering lawns and using excessive amounts of pesticides and fertilizers.

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Musical mixture appeals to some fans, but not all nREVIEW: New rock band “Jaya the Cat” scratches its way on to local radio airwaves

By Patrick Vuong

Daily Titan Staff Writer Aside from having one of the worst band names in recent history, “Jaya the Cat’s” musical mash sets them apart from the hordes of other “Linkin’ Park” clones out there today.

With its debut CD “Basement Style,” this Boston product attempts to create a Heinz 57 musical style, borrowing liberally from established ska, punk, and reggae acts.

Perhaps that’s what sets them up to be one of the fastest up-and-coming bands in the industry.

Their label, Gold Circle Records, signed them to a recording deal without hearing them play live — a rare occurrence in the industry.

Their single “Are You With Me?” is among the top five most added radio singles in the nation, according to “R&R,” a recording industry newspaper.

But does growing popularity equal musical talent? As the recent rash of boy bands have proved, not always.

First off, front man Geoff Lagadec’s vocal range consists of screaming... to screaming at the top of his lungs.

His voice is like a mixture of fingernails scratching a blackboard and a gravel road crushed under a moving car. And the backing vocals of guitarist Dave Smith does nothing to improve the situation.

The worst part is when the Caribbean-influenced music overpowers the hard-rock jams and Lagadec suddenly thinks he’s Bob Marley.

Then in the next verse Lagadec’s tone will suddenly switch to an almost raplike delivery, but unfortunately, never once sounding interesting.

Imagine a Henry Rollins wannabe

trying to rap.

It should surprise no one that Lagadec’s writing is no better.

Having written or co-written all but two of the 18 tracks on the CD, Lagadec shows a literary sophistication that’s about as versatile as his singing.

While Rage Against the Machine’s “Wake Up” is about the historical atrocities committed by WASPs, Jaya the Cat’s “Cultifornia” is about waking up hung over after a party.

While Linkin’ Park’s “Crawling” is about the fears and paralysis brought on by mental insecurity, Jaya the Cat’s “Basement Style” is about the band jamming in their basement while drunk.

Perhaps one song that deserves some radio play is “Painful Memory.” Not surprisingly, it’s one of the two tracks Lagadec did not write.

Penned by guitarist Dave Smith, “Painful Memory” is a catchy tune, with some decent lyrics, a ska bass line without the horns, and a Green Day tempo.

Of course, most of the credit must go to the instrumental talents of Smith and bassist Ben Murphy, whose exceptional play evokes thoughts of Nikki Sixx.

Like most other groups, Murphy, Smith and Lagadec started out as a garage band playing for their own amusement. They graduated to gigs at college parties, all over western Massachusetts, getting paid with beer.

Jaya the Cat eventually became local award-winners in Boston and, after a failed attempt to make it big in San Francisco, they eventually landed with Gold Circle Records through contacts and networking.

For this CD they are joined by drummer J.J. O’Connell and DJ Ian Kelly on the turntables, but even these two additions don’t do much to improve on Lagadec’s voice.

Smith and Murphy should leave Lagadec and his basement style behind and move on up to the penthouse if they really want Jaya the Cat to succeed.

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The Torquays, part of the surf rock movement sparked by local legend Dick Dale, played Becker Ampitheatre Tuesday.

Surf Rockers coast in on new concert series nCONCERT: 1960s surf rockers perform and reminisce about vintage CSUF

By Heather Baer

Daily Titan Staff Writer Sounds of classic 1960s surf rock drew a large crowd of students last Tuesday, when the Torquays played at Cal State Fullerton.

Characterized by their vintage equipment, Hawaiian shirts and strong guitar sound, the band attracted some new listeners who were not familiar with surf rock along with those who are long-time fans of the music

genre.

“What I like about surf rock is the strong guitar style, which is different from other types of music,” communications major Chad Sengstock said. “This kind of music is energetic but still has a relaxing feel to it.”

Other fans of the Torquays cited the band’s ability to be consistent with their performance.

“I play both the drums and the guitar, so I wanted to check these guys out to see their style of rock,” geography major Braulio Mendez said. “They have a rhythm with every song they play. I would love to be able to play the way they do.”

Robert Castellon books bands for AS and he said he wanted a band to play surf rock because

it is something which is rarely heard by students.

“This is a great band and there are very few surf rock bands around,” Castellon said.

“These guys have been great to work with. They are very professional and they have a very good, distinct sound to them.”

The Torquays played a collection of cover songs as well as some originals.

Steve Soest, band leader, said as a former alumnus of Cal State Fullerton, he was especially excited to be back playing.

“It’s so exciting to be back here. The last time I was here was back in 1981 with Dick Dale’s band when the Pub here on campus first opened,” Soest said. “I remember back in ’71

when I played here and these concerts were held on the grass near the library. It’s great to be back here.”

Soest explained that although surf rock originally started in the 1960s, there is still a demand for it today.

“Surf rock had its first run from 1961-1965,” Soest said.

“Since then it has made three comebacks, People hear it in movies like Pulp Fiction and they get interested in it. It’s got a great sound to it.”

When asked if the Torquays would consider coming back to Cal State Fullerton to play again, Soest said he would love it.

“If they would have us back, we would love to come.”

Host of Fear Factor performs at Improv nPERFORMANCE: Television personality will bring his raw brand of humor to Irvine this weekend

By Patrick Vuong

Daily Titan Staff Writer

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Rogan is a television staple, but thinks of himself as a comedian.

Joe Rogan, the host of NBC’s “Fear Factor,” will be performing his harsh style of stand-up comedy at the Irvine Improv this Thursday through Sunday.

Some may ask why this game show host and former sitcom star of “News Radio” would be taking a step down from the small screen to the stage.

But the truth is, Rogan’s home is the comedy stage.

“I’ve been doing stand-up comedy for 13 years now,” Rogan said.

“I’ve taken the reverse path. All these comedians do stand-up so they can get on television. I get on TV shows just so I can do more stand-up.”

Rogan, 34, described his comic routine as rough and warns people to beware.

“If you’re easily offended you will certainly be offended,” Rogan said.

“The comedy I do is the comedy I like — it’s like, here’s the world through my eyes. This is how I see (stuff). And I’m not going to censor it ... It’s wild stand-up, dude!”

Rogan’s comedic roots started in the early ‘90s when he tried his Richard Pryor-influenced humor at local Boston comedy clubs.

After landing a talent manager who watched one of his acts, he appeared on the “MTV Half Hour Comedy Hour” then on the short-lived TV series “Hardball.”

In 1995, he was cast in “News Radio,” where for five seasons he played Joe Garelli, a character Rogan described as a “very dumbed down, censored version” of himself.

The show’s cast included Maura Tierney (“ER”), Dave Foley (“The Kids in the Hall”), Andy Dick (“Inspector Gadget”) and Phil

Hartman, the “Saturday Night Live” alumnus who was shot to death by his wife in 1998.

Rogan called Hartman a professional and a great friend. Rogan still marvels at how genuinely funny his former castmates were.

“There are some people there who are trying to be freaks like the Tom Greens ... and then there’s a dude like Andy Dick who’s a ... real, live, bona fide freak,” Rogan said, with a laugh.

“That’s the real deal, you don’t get those every day ... He’s funny as hell.”

Being on a successful NBC sitcom brought Rogan to the attention of executives who asked him to host “Fear Factor.” Rogan said the choice to do the show was simple.

“For the money,” Rogan said. “I thought it would be fun, and (I did it) for the money. Not necessarily in that order.”

In “Fear Factor” Rogan hosts contestants as they perform stunts at a chance to win $50,000.

In the past, participants have had to

leap out of a building and free fall 100 feet, climb onto moving helicopters, and even eat buffalo testicles!

Though Rogan never tasted the testicles, he has, on dares, eaten three sheep eyes and two worms.

“It’s a big psychological game,” Rogan said.

“The taste (of the sheep’s eye) is pretty rough but no rougher than other things I’ve actually eaten. The super worms were another story. The first one was okay ... but the second one I ate had a big load in its pants that squirted in my mouth and that was it for me. I said, ‘Alright, this is stupid.’”

As host of his own show, Rogan would like to distinguish between reality-based TV shows and game shows.

“The bottom line is that ‘Fear Factor’ is a ridiculous, over-the-top game show, but it’s still a game show,” Rogan said.

“A real reality show is something like (MTV’s) ‘The Real World.’ There are no stunts, no gimmicks, no tricks,

Singer/songwriter returns to CSUF Pub for another nCONCERT: Musician will perform at the Pub at the Titan Student Union next week and is looking to gain fans

By Kathleen Gutierrez

Daily Titan Detour Editor Jeremy Toback wants to feed your soul.

He wants to generate a buzz, a chant — build a rapport with new fans. He wants to reach out to you.

Although he is playing at a bar in the basement of Cal State Fullerton, he laughs and says, “No gig is insignificant.”

Back for his second run at CSUF’s Pub concert series, having played back in 1995, Toback says he is a different person since his last visit, both personally and musically.

He predicts that pop music is about to make a transition and that he may be a part of the new pop uprising.

“There is a big fire underneath me,

in a good way,” he says about his latest album and upcoming tour schedule. “I feel empowered to take more chances.

What I do now is more integrated,” he says.

The Toback musical genre is radiofriendly; they are the kinds of songs that float in the back of your head for hours and you have no idea how they got there.

Think of the Replacements. Think Paul Westerburg. Think Jeremy Toback.

He makes brief reference to Ben Harper and David Gray, but says he only fits in that category because they are all men, they are sensitive and they have guitars.

“I think I most resemble Cat Stevens,” he says laughing at himself.

“My music resembles more of him than it does, of say, Led Zeppelin or something like that.”

His existence in the music world is humble lately, but this is not the way it used to be. Toback was signed to RCA and delivered two albums under their label before he was dropped this past April.

He says that his music was huge in San Francisco and other radio mar-

kets, but never quite made it to the Los Angeles market.

He was, and still is, a client of William-Morris, one of the largest talent agencies in the nation. Yet he tours the local colleges and does all his own promotion.

“I figure that spending eight hours on the phone is buying my artistic freedom,” he says of his self-promoting tactics. “Some of the larger organizations just aren’t good at this grass roots stuff.”

Going back to basics was easier than expected for Toback, and he is gathering a fresh crop of fans with this low-base and simplistic tour schedule.

When he plays at noon at the Pub on Sept. 13, he wants to show attendees that music with thought and intellectual expression is on the pop music horizon.

“This stuff goes in waves,” he says of the Top 40 radio play lists.

“There is this post Emo-Korn movement and everybody knows the Britneys and Christinas and all the hard stuff is at its last gasp. You listen to it and you think about the lyrics and wonder, ‘is this stuff really gonna feed your soul?’”

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Toback gathered a following in other California radio markets and is looking to tap into SoCal.

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Touch of Tinseltown sparkles at CSUF’s main campus gallery — Hollywood Hits Orange County nGALLERY: CSUF students display their respect to vintage Hollywood culBy Elana Pruitt

Daily Titan Copy Editor “Recasting the Past: Beneath the Hollywood Tinsel” is coming to an art show near you.

Starting Sept. 8, The Main Arts Gallery will feature a mixed media exhibit on underlying messages behind Hollywood’s gloss and glam.

Two Cal State Fullerton graduate students knew that they wanted to introduce social, political, gender, religious, and ethnic issues through

the use of Hollywood imagery, two years prior to the execution of their project. Juliet Rosati, 26, and Michele Cairella, 33, are completing the master’s program in exhibition design and museum studies on campus.

Entering the doors of the gallery, a marquee with the show’s “recasting the past” theme will be highlighted, production lights will flash from wall-to-wall, and music will sporadically echo Hollywood.

They have internationally recognized artists’ works from countries like Japan, Croatia, Mexico, Germany, France, South Africa, England, and Austria contributed to making the show a multi-sensory experience.

“We want to show that art is

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Collage paintings are used to depict various Hollywood films.

more than just photos and paintings,” Cairella said. Examples of issues presented at the show are the battle of power between men and women, adulthood versus childhood behavior, western assimilation of the ethnic character, technological advances, and society’s interest in violent entertainment.

“To look at Hollywood with a bigger sense of reality and how it relates to them,” Rosati said, examining what she would like to see visitors get out of the show.

Rosati and Cairella said it is important to ask ourselves: Where do we draw the line as viewers from actors? Are we beyond old films or do they just bore us?

She gave background to a painting with the recognizable face of Terminator II’s powerful woman — Linda Hamilton. The actress stares out to the world with a heavy glare and exaggerated muscular arms, lifting an enormous weight. As many may think it is just a painting, Cairella points out its significance.

“The artist, Roberto Parada is trying to show the masculinity of the female,” she said. “Showing the evolution of a woman in a powerful role also puts in mind the femininity of the male.”

John Waters, also known as filmmaker of comedic movies like, “Hairspray” and “Cry Baby,” ridicules religion in a series of photo illustrations. Waters uses crucifix scenes from cartoons and photographing TV to “create the redundancy about crucification and how we idealize religious films.”

An exciting aspect of the show that Rosati and Cairella agree will strongly impact the show, is installation art.

“Installation art is to convert space into artwork,” she said. “This is so the person viewing it becomes part of it.”

Croatian artist, Dalibor Martinis, traveled to CSUF in order to set up his video installation in the gallery. He describes his art piece as a refracting image of two projectors.

Highlighted on a rotating prism, the movie “Casablanca” will combine with an infra-red image of Martinis’

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Paintings include an ode to Italian-American actors in the Godfather, Goodfellas, and the Sopranos. sleeping.

“Installation art is more open to work with,” Martinis said. “I enjoy choosing which media works best, and I think it is more interesting.”

As curators, Cairella and Rosati control every aspect of the event.

They designed the architecture, advertised through fliers and the gallery’s web site, and networked with other departments to create a powerful show.

The duo received financial aid from the school’s Art Alliance, Cairella’s parents, and their nowempty pockets. But as they see their vision unfold, anxiety and excitement fills the time until the opening night.

And while Rosati and Cairella continue to hang artwork, adjust the sound system, and be the business minds behind the entire project, they are not ready to revel in their accomplishments just yet.

The Main Arts Gallery is located in the Visual Arts Center, with the opening reception from 6 p.m -8 p.m. on Saturday. The exhibition will last through Oct. 11.

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This artist uses western film to explain contemporary society.

Local historic gallery conjures up artistic spirits nGALLERY: The largest Native American art show in Orange County is at a Fullerton gallery

By Kathleen Gutierrez

Daily Titan Detour Editor Thick and layered in his brush strokes, artist Albert Abeyta creates the illusion of concrete and adobe brick, bringing a nostalgic style to his painting “Dragonfly Constellation,” that is currently on display at the Muckenthaler Cultural Center in Fullerton.

He draws from his Navajo roots and the paintings of his father, Ha-

So-De (Narciso Abeyta), who was a student of Dorothy Dunn of the Old Indian School in Santa Fe, New Mexico, circa 1930.

His father’s artistry is also on display, adjacent to his son’s featured artwork, crossing the bridge between native styling and contemporary Native American culture.

Abeyta’s painting is the marquee icon for the Muckenthaler’s latest gallery show, “Traditions and Vision: American Indian Art” that runs through Oct. 31.

There are 20 different artists on display, making this the largest Native American art show in Orange County history.

The artwork ranges from old style musings of the Old Indian School, to contemporary designers,

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Images of Frieda Kahlo are pressed into this aluminum cross.

sculptors, and painters from at least nine different tribes.

Contemporary artists include David Bradley, a Minnesota Chippewa, who created multiple pieces on display at the Muckenthaler.

His painting, “Yaqui: Woman at San Xavier,” is a mixed medium, crafted on linen unlike many other works around him created on canvas.

His circular style rounds the edges of the woman’s face, highlights her cheekbones as if the sun were shining down on just her.

The roundness of her eyes, even the wrap that shrouds her face is a stark contrast to the San Xavier mission in the background, showing that the mission is not an extension of this woman.

There is separation in her. Bradley’s overuse of blue brings thoughts of cornflower, a commonly used item in the Native American culture.

The browns are varied. He uses rust, maize, clay, and straw tones, mimicking the colors of items once used to create such artistry.

Bradley has several pieces on display, including “The Memories of a Hopi,” “Postcard from a Longhouse,” and “On the shores of Gitchi Gamy,” all of which were created within the past two years.

Not every artist is as established as the rest yet, even the youngest artist exudes talent beyond the natural realm.

The Muckenthaler is planning many upcoming events in reference to the American Indian Art exhibit, including three weekends of artists in residence for anyone wishing to attend.

It will also be the focus for “Art Smart,” a program geared toward elementary school children.

Unlike any other art in the room, an 11-year-old Navajo boy’s work gleams. Benjamin Nelson, who is now an 18-year-old, created his

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“Indian Cowboy” is just one of many sculptures at the Muckenthaler center through Oct. 31 designs with watercolor on paper. The contrast is astounding, especially for someone as young as he was at the time.

Tiny warriors hunting for dinner, which consists of miniature wild deer, capture the glance of every passerby. He boldly uses primary colors to define his subjects, making them pop right off the paper.

His background element resembles glittered sandpaper and appears to be stained by the earth, then washed out with the river.

The alteration of the paper is reminiscent of mountains and rocks along the highways of Arizona.

He layered pinks, peaches, slate blues and granite greens to create such a realistic effect.

The reason this boy’s artwork was chosen for display is obvious. He is a natural.

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This bowl is hand-painted with near perfect symmetrical butterflies.

Tuesday, September 4, 2001

President prepares to get back to work Standardized testing will not solve public schools’ ills

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eorge Bush and his cohorts in Opinion Washington want the Federal government to spend $1 billion on education, more specifically testing.

The president is willing to put the success of our education system on standardized tests.

A very poor idea.

The results will be obvious: the students in middle/upper-class neighborhoods will do better than those in poorer urban neighborhoods.

The schools in poorer neighborhoods will be depicted as failures, while those in richer areas will be successes.

Teachers in Beverly Hillslike area will be given pay raises. Teachers in areas similar to Compton will be put on probation.

Failing schools will be taken over by the state and will continue to fail. The succeeding schools will be given money as a reward and will continue to succeed.

Sounds like the maintenance of the status quo, doesn’t it?

This is what standardized testing will tell us.

“What do we do now?” George Bush will ask two or three years from now. “Standardized testing didn’t work and our children still isn’t learning.” (Our president once asked, “Is our children learning?”)

There are many practical reasons why those in more affluent neighborhoods do better than those in poor urban areas.

Those in wealthier areas can afford better test-prep materials.

They can send their children to tutoring or other test preparation classes. And the parents in a wealthier neighborhood have more time to spend studying with their children and preparing them to take the test.

Standardized tests are the easy way out – the politically sufficient way out.

BY Michael Del Muro

We who live in the United States like solutions nice and easy – test the kids, punish the bad schools, reward the good.

However, the problem is not the schools. There is a deep social problem that is not allowing these children in poorer neighborhoods to thrive.

Except we don’t want to hear that. We want to hear that the reason why these schools are failing is because of unmotivated teachers and inefficient material.

The fact is in poorer areas children and their parents have more to deal with than those in suburbia.

Chances are that a child growing up in an area with failing schools is growing up in a single-parent family.

Mom or dad is working more than 40 hours a week just to put enough food on the table.

The children are not receiving enough positive attention at home, so they go to school and act up. The parent gets a call from the principal saying that the child could not behave in class.

Instead of spending time going over homework, the exhausted (and frustrated) parent spends his/ her time disciplining the child.

When the score comes in for the child, chances are the student came in the bottom 20th percentile for the state. He failed the test. So did the school.

Parents in poorer communities cannot afford to send the child to a test-prep class. So they are forced to count on the school to prepare the child properly for the test.

The classroom becomes a testpreparation class.

What will get cut out of school to prepare for tests? Art, music, physical education? Will the teacher be forced to spend less time on writing and grammar in order to focus on analogies and fill in the blanks?

This is where Bush and other congressmen and women are taking our schools. And it is a bad idea.

Bush can switch the teachers from succeeding schools to those that are failing. It would make no difference.

There needs to be a significant step to make it easier for the child to be able to do well outside of school such as free tutoring for every child in an underprivileged neighborhood.

Spend $1 billion on improving these peoples’ way of life. If not, then the children will continue to fail and so will the schools.

Write or e-mail your congressman or senator and tell them not to support Bush’s education bill that focuses on standardized testing.

Bush failed to convince Americans of productive vacation

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s Dick C h e n e y President Staff Writer yet? There must be some kind of Constitutional provision (or at least a plot on the West Wing) that hands over the presidency to the second in command if the President decides to escape his job for an entire month.

Not that I would ever want Cheney getting comfortable in the Oval Office, but who was housesitting while Bush was in Texas? Cheney. And who hasn’t taken a vacation since the election night(mare)? Cheney (if

BY Kimberly Pearceall

ASSOCIATED PRESS

George Bush is back in the White House after a month-long “working vacation” at his ranch in Crawford, Texas.

Parking frustrations rise with populathat will correct the parking congestion.

Yes, it is true that they do offer special carpool parking, stacked parking and Titan Shuttles on campus (that are too far away from the main campus).

But please, what are the chances of student carpooling with one another?

Just be realistic, the class schedule, the work hours, and not to mention where you live.

Unless you have a brother or sister that also goes to CSUF then you probably won’t have much luck finding a carpool buddy.

Many students are now looking elsewhere for parking spaces.

They park in the business office parking on Nutwood St., next to College Park. I also saw some others that park inside the Nutwood Apartment complex.

Now, doesn’t that create problems for the tenants in the apartment or the people who actually works in the office? The parking issue in our school has created headaches for our surrounding

neighbors.

I saw a vehicle with CSUF decal getting towed last week in front of the Indian restaurant on Nutwood. The owner of the Indian restaurant had every right to call the tow truck and tow the violator’s car away.

But is it really out of the car driver’s will to park in front of the restaurant? The driver probably didn’t have a choice at that time. It was either risk parking in an un-authorized area or being extremely late to class.

The school’s neighbors might get mad at the students, but who is supposed to be held responsible? Is it really the students?

I think the school’s Parking and Transportation Service should have the main responsibility on the parking issue.

Alternative ways to solving this parking problem can be first, open-up more faculty parking spaces for students during daytime school hours. Why assign so many faculty parking spaces when there aren’t that many faculty that come on cam-

pus everyday?

Everyday I see empty parking spaces in the faculty lot but no students are allowed to park there. Some faculty parking does open up after 6pm, but less than one-third of the sections are offered nighttime. This is like correcting something that does not have any problem but avoiding the part that does have major problem.

Another alternative is to eliminate the 30-minute parking space, this way it’ll open-up at least 300-400 more spaces for students to park.

Instead of spending $50,000 on shuttle service and stack parking, why not just build parking structures.

I really hope to see the school do something that will actually correct the parking problem instead of announcing how much money they spend on “trying” to make it better.

to make it through your entire list of classes, when the computer tells you the class you requested is “closed.”

Staff Writer this morning and So you think, “Oh it’s okay” I will the $300 you just just go the first day of class and ask spent at the book- the instructor if I can add. It will be store, there are worse things to be easy. Yeah, right! irritated about, like adding a class.

You show up the first day of class Adding a class can be a night- and ask the instructor if you can add, mare. the instructor might just straight out It is supposed to be really simple. say “No” and then you are just out of You call the Titan registration tele- luck. But you may have hope if the phone number the day of your official instructor says “Maybe” and tells you appointment to add the classes you to stick around. need. But like usual you never seem The instructors that do add people all have their own special technique on to add students.

Some teachers raffle names, some make you pick a number, some go by your student level, some make you bring proof of units, and others make you bring your own chair to class, because there isn’t enough.

This is crazy! These unusual methods don’t stop students – especialCHRIS TENNYSON / DAILY TITAN ly seniors – from doing Full classrooms like this one have caused about anything (or at a headache for students trying to add. least almost anything) to get into a class.

So there I am trying to add a class along with fifteen other people. Of course when I show up all the chairs are taken which then left me two options: stand or sit on the floor.

I chose to sit on the floor along with five other people, not to mention the other 10 people that had to stand the entire time. And believe me sitting on the floor is not fun.

In this particular class the teacher was only adding the students that were seniors. The instructor wanted proof of units. So I then had to go to admissions and records to get a units verification.

I waited in line for 25 minutes and finally got the verification slip.

Once the instructor looked it over he signed me in the class.

Then I had to turn in my add slip to the admissions and records office.

It took me two long frustrating weeks to add this class. All I kept thinking was, “This is ridiculous!”

There are some things students can do to make adding a class a little less irritating.

- Call or e-mail the instructor whose class you want to add before the semester even starts, sometimes the instructor will give you priority over others trying to add.

- Show up to class early and talk to

the instructor before class starts - Make sure you have an add slip filled out and ready to give to the instructor.

- Be polite to the instructor, no one wants a big jerk in their class.

- Hang in there, stay with the class if the instructor allows you to even if they can’t guarantee you a seat.

Sooner or later someone will drop the class and the instructor-may notice your dedication when to coming to class and add you.

So what’s going on here? Is someone trying to take care of this ongoing problem? If the administration at CSUF knows that our campus has increased by six percent, why aren’t more classes being added? Especially general education and core classes that everyone needs. If the administration doesn’t want to add more classes, then why don’t they put the GE and core classes in lecture halls that can accommodate one hundred or more students?

I am not saying that new sections should be added for one or two students, but when there is at least 10 to 15 people trying to add one class that’s a problem.

Maybe it’s just me, but adding a class sucks.

W hat’s the point

By Michelle of spending $54 to Wang buy a parking per-

Staff Writer mit when there is no space to park?

This is the question I raise to myself every morning when I get to the school parking lot.

Many students share the same experience there is just no place to park.

While the school has 14 parking lots available, only six are actually open to students during daytime school hours. That means less than half of the 9,000 spaces are available for this year’s 30,000 students.

According to Parking and Transportation services, students are not guaranteed a parking space when they buy a parking permit. The permit simply authorizes permission to park in designated parking lots.

I strongly disagree with this.

If there are not enough spaces on campus, then the school should consider alternative ways

Adding a class? Bring a sleeping bag Forget about the

BY Adriana 45 minutes it took Escobedo you to find parking

you don’t count the hospital trips).

Ah, but President Bush was “working on a lot of issues,” while in Texas. Issues like: what kind of jeans shall I wear to today’s photo-op? And why must the secret service follow me everywhere?

There is no such thing as a “working vacation.” Regardless of how many times President Bush and his roving army of spinsters conveniently mention “work” and “vacation” in the same sentence to defend his month-long retreat, it’s still an oxymoron.

If you spent your summer chained to a cubicle or dressed as an over-sized animated character, you were not vacationing.

If you spent your summer playing golf, giving folks tours of your ranch, and reading the John Adams biography, you were not working.

Pick one or the other.

Choosing both defeats the purpose of both. Bush chose to vacation.

No point to staying in Washington if Congress is gone. No point to staying in Washington, period, if after seven months of alienating everyone except for senators Trent Lott and Dennis Hastert, you’re already feeling rundown.

You are indeed only the President.

The Washington Post published a poll that said 55 percent of Americans felt 30 days was much too long for the President to be on vacation. In a related story 55 percent of Americans actually believe that Bush is still President.

Again, who was left to watch the White House?

Let me bring President Bush up to speed on what he missed during his sabbatical.

Palestinians are still angry, this time because Israel seized

their “symbolic headquarters” in Jerusalem. When the deputy assistant secretary of state was sent to talk to Palestinians, leader Yasser Arafat, the military leader scoffed. He called the deputy a “babysitter” while “Momma” (President Bush) was vacationing at “a ranch somewhere.”

Bill Clinton, former President and the Republican Party’s moral scourge, received a $12 million advance for his memoirs.

The Congressional Budgeting Office (they didn’t go on vacation) discovered that the government, Bush’s government, will need to take $9 billion out of social security funds because of his overestimated tax-cut and an economic slow-down. Ouch.

No, Clinton will not lend you a couple million to lessen the pain.

But a month to refocus and really think must have given Bush a few plans for attack now that he is back in the White House.

An $18 billion increase in military spending? Hmmm, could be wise since he has managed to anger almost every nation including Britain. And the multi-billion dollar protective bubble that will cover America thanks to his missile defense shield just isn’t enough.

A $1 billion increase for education? Translation: $1 billion goes to Yale, Bush gets his name on a building.

Medicare coverage of prescription drugs? Not a bad idea – as long as Medicare hasn’t already been sucked dry for defense.

Welcome back, Mr. President.

I hope he rested in between his Habitat for Humanity photo-op and psuedo-decision on stemcell research. He has plenty of “work” ahead of him.

Campus Voices Unhappy about sexual harassment story When Amy Rottier’s position got changed from News Editor to Opinion Editor, you forgot to change her byline in the paper. -I’m referring to the “Harassment Suit...” article in August 28th’s edition.

-Where to start? Gee, I don’t know...how about the first sentence? -“...

Cal State Fullerton decided to retaliate against the assistant biology professor with an appeal rather than stop the harassment.” -Oh, is THAT what happened? It couldn’t be that...say...instead of retaliation, CSUF’s position is that ummm...they were in the right? They had a valid legal claim to appeal?-They’re spending thousands upon thousands in legal fees without even thinking they have justification, but rather as an act if retaliation?-Which school official gave up THAT quote?

“Out of fear for her job, Sandra Banack filed suit...for several years of sexual harassment that created a hostile working environment.”

-Not “alleged,” -“claimed,” or anything else...that’s just the way it was. -Was an attempt made to reach Vickie Langille, who allegedly said to Banack’s face, “The other IACUC members and I plan to treat you differently than the male professors, so you had better watch out.”

I’m presuming “Vickie” is female. Does such a quote REALLY sound plausible to anyone in your news department?

University officials were “unable to comment,” which is the norm for pending litigation, but in my experience as a professional journalist, ATTORNEYS for those parties are almost invariably THRILLED to comment, especially when their positions are a matter of public record, with the first trial concluded. -Nowhere do I see reference to an attempt to reach the attorney(s) who represented CSUF. My position is not that Ms. Banack is in the wrong. -I know nothing about the case.-Unfortunately, after reading a page one news story, I STILL know essentially nothing about the case. I seem to remember from journalism days something about both sides of the issue, quotes from people with opposing parts of view...yes, I’m almost sure I read something like that.

I have a cost-saving suggestion for The Daily Titan in these days of trouble for the print media: If you’re going to put crap like this on the front page, save some ink and don’t bother designating a separate page for “opinions.”

Opinion Page Policy for the Daily Titan Letters to the Editor should be brief and are subject to editing. They should also include a signature and telephone number.

Editorials are the opinion of the editorial board, comprised of the Executive Editor, News Editors and section editors.

Columns are the personal opinion of the writer. They do not reflect those of the university, the faculty, or the student

E-mail your responses to: dailytitan@yahoo.com Please Include your name and name or association to CSUF.

Tuesday, September 4, 2001

Colors here’s something about Melissa.

Student Melissa Basica expresses her artistic flair through henna painting, clothing, and jewelry.

Stories and Photos

by Elana Pruitt

Above and to the lower right, Basica participates in an Upland art fair by henna painting. To the upper right, she enjoys art and aesthetics.

She sits across from me, her elbows on the coffee table and her hands clasping a hot, Starbucks favorite.

Her gaze is unflinching, but not harsh. It eases the threat of nervousness and shows only her eagerness to share her story to the world.

“Confident, honest and very independent,” she says, describing herself in cool confident tones.

Melissa Basica, a fourth-year student at Cal State Fullerton, could be described as doing too much but keeping her cool. For the first time in her college years, the child development major is not taking a full load of courses.

She describes the fond experiences she has working with children in a mentoring position, then smiles as she speaks of her inherent attraction to the world of art.

“I’m the most creative person my friends know,” Basica says. With more than one job in her hometown of Upland, all revolving around aesthetics, Basica says transitioning to an alternative career choice naturally coincides with her lifestyle.

Her full-time position is at The Garden of Beaden, a make-it-yourself bead shop, where she assists customers with designing jewelry. In-andout of Nordstrom, peeking at the mass-produced trendy designs sold at extravagant prices, she is influenced to create unique versions of popular styles. Nordstrom has made offers to the shop to sell its hand-crafted designs at the retail chain. The offer does not appeal to Basica, despite the possibility of an income increase. She prefers having control over the pieces that she makes.

The art of one-of-a-kind design is what fuels her individual style.

“She was one of my first customers,” says Irene Sanchez, owner of The Garden of Beaden and Basica’s friend. “She was here all the time. I noticed that when she started helping customers, she knew exactly what she was doing.”

Sanchez opened the shop on 2nd Street in Upland two-and-a-half years ago. As a beginning business, she originally couldn’t afford to pay Basica, so she welcomed her as a volunteer. But now, as regulars and new designers frequently visit the shop with needs that range from casual and unique jewelry to fancy, wedding accesso-

ries, a paycheck has definitely earned its way into Basica’s pockets.

In The Garden of Beaden, talent adorns its walls. Brightly-colored necklaces and bracelets hang against a cushioned frame, many of which Basica can call her own.

Sanchez smiles and recalls how many customers look at Basica’s designs, wanting imitations of her style.

And although Sanchez and Basica encourage customers to create their own style rather than request a commonly seen piece of jewelry, she is comfortable in recreating her designs. But each item has its own twist of personality influenced by sizes, colors, texture and relationship.

Praising her accomplishments, Sanchez proudly recognizes that this student is different.

“Doing what I enjoy was my goal,” Sanchez says, on getting started with her independent business later in life, in her late 30s.

“Here, Melissa is already doing what she wants to do, and I see how she juggles school and work. She handles everything really well.”

Right down the street in Old Town Upland,

Basica can walk down to The RigoBeagle and peek in on more of her creations decorating its interior. A vintage shop, stocked with collectibles and clothing favorites, Basica’s product fits right in.

A blend of renaissance, antique, modern and weird trends influence her handcrafted purses made from cigar boxes. Materials are unlimited in her creations and so are the thematic interpretations of her interests. The Beatles, Marilyn Monroe, James Dean, and Betty Paige star in her show of art.

But her interest lies with making specialized bags, and just as her satisfaction comes from seeing customers wear jewelry that she helped design, knowing that someone is clutching onto her unusual bags is a sense of accomplishment.

“It’s cool, people walking around with a piece of my art,” Basica said.

Her friend, Rigo, owner of The Rigobeagle encouraged her to start showing off her artistic capabilities.

“Melissa does so much as an artist, and she’s really creative,” said Christian Ureno, manager of The Rigobeagle. “Everyone is attracted to her work.

There is no age limit.”

Of her third creative, work outlet, Basica has designed henna tattoos since the age of 16.

Once a week, at a booth outside The Rigobeagle during the Upland fairs, she paints away. An annual summer spectacle, the fair is held every

Thursday starting in the scorching, June weather until the chilly days of October.

As Downtown Upland caters to various independent shops, Basica takes advantage of that ideal, because she chooses to keep her artwork on a personal level.

She originally wanted to be just like her older sister, with dancing and singing as a beginning love.

Her mother, Roxanne Basica, laughingly remembers how 6-year-old Crystal could sing an incredible tune, and 3-year-old Melissa only thought she could. Basica hid behind her mother’s dress as they entered Carly Moultrie’s performance studio in Upland.

Basica’s confidence surfaced at 7-years-old, and by then many recognized her for her solo performance in a “The Little Mermaid” production during a one-week stay in Dallas, TX. Now Basica speaks of singing as a past-time activity. But her mother remembers what the importance of carrying a note meant to her daughter. Unfortunately, a negative experience with the high school music teacher left Basica discouraged from continuing with performing.

So Basica found a new love, a creative release through her hands.

“I wanted to build my daughters’ self-confidence,” her mother genuinely remembers. “I entered Melissa into the performing program to build her self-esteem. I wanted her to try everything, in order for her to find what she truly enjoys.”

Basica occasionally performs, accompanying her father’s guitar playing and sister’s vocals in a jazz session at local coffee shops, like Nicks’s in Claremont and Pacific Juice and Java in Upland.

But it is the craft of making art that makes Basica proud: molding materials on an old box, gluing bits and pieces together, holding a person’s hand still while depicting their personality with henna, and stringing together lines of sparkling jewelry. She is a student living on her own, already rooted in a future career as an artist.

“I’m making money off of everything I love to do,” Basica says, finishing her mocha. Then we start to make our way to work – I toward the mall and she to The Garden of Beaden.

Tuesday, September 4, 2001

Players satisfied despite lossnSOCCER: Denver and third-ranked Portland prove to be too much as Titan Women open season

By Jeff Benson

Daily Titan Staff Writer

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Freshman Defender Tawnie Pedrin receives ball from out of bounds at Saturday’s game vs. Denver.

Offensive production had been a nonfactor for Fullerton’s women’s soccer team in last week’s scrimmages.

In the FILA Classic at Titan Stadium, the focus shifted to defense, as the Titans lost a pair of tense games, 1-0 to the University of Denver, and 3-2 to the University of Portland.

Fullerton came into the weekend as heavy underdogs. Denver finished the season 11-6-3, fourth in the Sun Belt Conference. Portland, ranked third nationally in the preseason, finished last season 18-4.

Titans head coach Ali Khosroshahin said that, despite the losses, he was very pleased with the team’s effort.

“We’re still trying to figure out how to organize ourselves better defensively,” Khosroshahin said. “The last twenty minutes of the game, the ladies showed a lot of character. That’s gonna mean a lot later in the year.”

Denver midfielder Camile Flenniken scored the only goal in Saturday’s game, when the Titans stepped in too late to provide pressure. She made a quick move around two Fullerton defenders and walked the ball into the net.

The crowd held its breath as the Titans’ best scoring chances came soon afterward and were denied. Forward Deena Miller launched a free kick from about 100 feet out that sailed over the crossbar, and forward Danielle Turnquist’s breakaway opportunity was nullified when she was called offsides.

“Really, I thought we did an awesome job,” Miller said. “We made one mistake and we’ll just learn from it and move on. We played much better in the second half.”

With the final minutes ticking off the clock, players from the Portland Pilots squad scouted their next opponents from the sidelines, an ominous reminder of the juggernaut that awaited them on Monday.

During Monday’s pre-game warmups, the Titans worked on two-player offensive sets, centering passes, and headers, trying to rejuvenate an offense which failed to score two days earlier.

Portland, which lost 1-0 to UCLA on Friday, came into Monday’s game fired up. The first twenty minutes of the game were spent almost exclusively in the Fullerton zone, and the Pilots relentlessly held the ball in. Goalkeeper Laura Janke made several key stops for Fullerton, but the momentum strongly favored the Portland side.

Miller immediately contributed as a spark plug off the bench. She made a surprising pass halfway downfield, forcing the helpless defender to dump the ball out of bounds. Hustling all the way up to take the ensuing throw-in, she boomed a high centering pass, which was snatched away by the leaping goalkeeper before it could be headed in.

Portland midfielder Erin Misaki eventually slipped past two defenders to tap in the game’s first goal.

At the outset of the second half, Fullerton appeared to play with more intensity, as the passes began to hit their targets and the team began to retain possession of the ball. Fullerton’s first goal of the season tied up the game at one.

Midfielder Erica Jacalone lifted a ball right in front of forward Kelli Cox, who banged in an unreachable goal from the left corner of the penalty area.

With a 3-1 Pilots lead and only minutes left in the game, Khosroshahin refused to lay down. He began yell-

ing, “Just get one!” Soon, other players were screaming that as well. The team responded with a flurry of last-minute swipes in front of the goal. With the opposing goalkeeper midfielder Deanna Plascencia hit a defender standing over the goal line. After some debate, it was ruled a goal.

Misaki and forward Christine Sinclair had one goal and one assist apiece for the visiting Pilots, and forward Emily Patterson added a goal of her own.

Starting goalkeeper Laura Janke stopped six shots for the home squad against Denver, en route to being named the tournament’s Best Defensive Player.

“I think it’s pretty cool,” Janke said.

“There’s more pressure because they’re ranked and we’re not. I just went out and tried to play my best.”

Assistant coach Dana Mariotti was impressed with the team’s determination.

“We had a couple lapses, but most of these girls haven’t played a team of this caliber,” Mariotti said. “We’ll work on keeping better possession of the ball at midfield. We have different solutions for the different problems we face.”

Khosroshahin said that during halftime, he told the team to fight.

“A lot of our players did a lot of growing up this weekend,” he said. “I’m very proud of their effort, but we still have to post our first win.”

Besides Janke winning the Best Defensive Player award for the tournament, UCLA’s MaryFrances Monroe was selected as the Best Offensive player, partly due to her game-winning goal against Portland. The Most Valuable Player of the tournament went to Portland’s Sinclair.

The Titans will look for their first regular season win in this weekend’s UC Irvine tournament. They will face Northern Arizona Friday at 6 p.m. and Stonybrook (New York) Sunday at 11 a.m.

Titans fall short in Four Points Classic nVOLLEYBALL: In spite of strong start, CSUF takes second following loss in final game of tournament

By Mark Villarroel

Daily Titan Staff Writer Despite a determined and focused effort early on, the Cal State Fullerton Women’s Volleyball team lacked consistency in the final game as Southwest Missouri State won the Four Points Titan Classic.

The Titans began the tournament using their dominance to take out opposing teams.

Their first match was against Manhattan, who was swept away without winning a single game.

Senior Be Holcombe had 17 kills coupled with Megan Sabo’s 16 to lead the Titans to a 22-30,18-30,1930 one-sided win over Manhattan in

their first match Friday afternoon.

It was evident that the Titans were riding on the momentum from their first win, exhibiting their dominance by controlling the match early in the second contest versus Iowa.

The Hawkeyes proved to be a more competitive opponent, tying the score 28-28 late in the first game.

The Titans lost their grip on the game when Petty Kassie smashed a kill, ending the first period 28-30 in favor of the Hawkeyes.

The Titans regained their composure and avenged their first game loss by crushing Iowa’s momentum, submissively taking out the Hawkeyes in the three subsequent games 30-16,30-27,30-26, led by Sabo’s game high 24 kills.

As the night progressed the two undefeated teams, Cal State Fullerton and Southwest Missouri State, were scheduled to contend in the championship game.

Cal State Fullerton would gain control taking an early lead with

solid defense coupled with an array of uncontested serves. The Titans impressively took the first game 30-25.

With the score at 25-27, Sabo’s pair of kills helped the Titans cut the deficit late in the second game, tying at 29-29.

SMS was able to pull away by offsetting the Titans offense with crucial defensive stops, ending the second period 29-31.

The momentum that carried the Titans throughout the tournament would turn against them and lay with the opposition as the game evolved.

“We could not be consistent against SMS, which created a lack of confidence,” said Assistant Head Coach Carolyn Zimmerman. “SMS picked up the win because we lost our drive.”

After a 30-23 win in game three, the Bears built an early 5-2 lead on the Titans in the fourth game and sustained a small advantage through out the rest of the match.

The Titans were able to mount a late courageous comeback and closed to within 27-23, but got no closer.

The awards ceremony, which followed the tournament, named the All-Tournament team.

Reese Mcnatt of SMS was named tournament MVP. While teammate Linette White, Sara Meyermann of Iowa, and Bridgett Geddes of Manhattan made the team. Three Titans also made the list- hardhitting seniors Be Holcombe and Meagan Sabo and premiere setter Sophomore Kim Levey.

“Be and Meg are a critical part in our drive for a winning record,” Zimmerman said. “By being physically sound, mentally strong and by creating pressure situations in practice we should be ready for the Nevada Tournament.”

The Titans will next do battle against Saint Mary’s and longtime rival Weber State in the twoday tournament that will occur on September 7 and 8.

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Sophomore Kim Levy earned a spot on the All-Tournament Team.

CSUF spends Saturday morning in park nCROSS COUNTRY: Titans fifth place finish at Jammin Invitational in Brea leaves Head Coach John Elders excited about season ahead

By Jonathan Hansen

Daily Titan Asst. Sports Editor

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Amy Burton looks to improve her position in the 5000 meters at Carbon Canyon Regional Park.

In the season opener, the Cal State Fullerton men’s and women’s cross-country team came out strong Saturday in the CSUF “Jammin Invitational.”

Both the Titan men and women placed fifth in the team events, which were held at picturesque Carbon Canyon Regional Park in Brea and featured 15 top colleges and universities.

Stanford swept the men’s and women’s competition, finishing first in each.

“We were missing some of our men runners due to injuries but we performed well,” said CSUF head coach John Elders.

Sophomore Bryce Lighthall led the way for the men finishing 15th overall, running the 8,000 meter course that circled a pond and weaved in an out of the tree line of the 124 acre park in 25:41.2. Lighthall is coming off a strong performance in the pre-season as well as at the annual varsity-alumni cross-country race.

Daniel Cobian was the next highest Fullerton finisher in 21st place, with a time of 25:47.0.

Stanford Cardinal Sean Knapp was the top runner and completed the 8K course in 24:32.6 — a personal best.

In the team scoring, the Fullerton men scored 153 to Stanford’s winning score of just 25 points, which put them easily ahead of second place finisher, Team Cal Baptist University who had 64.

Other CSUF men to score were Marcos Campos (34th, 26:39.8), Darius Bastani (39th, 26:46.6), Evan Geisert (44th, 26:54.5), Chris Monachelli (45th, 26:57.5) and Eric Loudon (47th, 26:59.6).

“The men’s team is more highly touted due to some top recruits but the women looked strong too, Elders said.

“The women did great and I am excited about the season.”

A pair of sophomores led the way for the CSUF women.

Sophomore Danielle Hernandez was the highest Titan women finisher in the 5,000 meters with a time of 19:09.01. Hernandez finished in the 23rd spot.

Not far off of Hernadez’s pace was fellow Titan sophomore Lakysha McClenton, who finished with a time of 19:27.1 and was the next highest CSUF women finisher in 26th place.

The Cardinal dominated the women’s competition. The top four times were all recorded by Stanford runners and Stanford occupied six of the top ten spots.

Stanford’s Mariel Ettinger won her first race of the year for the second consecutive time. Ettinger finished the 5K course in 17:33.1.

Cardinal Caroline Annis in a time of 17:34.4 and teammate Laura Turner in 17:42.9 rounded out the top three for Stanford.

The Titan women scored 190 in the team competition. Top performing Stanford scored just18 points followed by second place finisher UCLA with 51 points.

Other contributors for the Fullerton women were Karen Lotich (48th, 20:12.2), Kara Walker (51st, 20:23.0), Amy Burton (56th, 20:30.6) and Jean Garcia (64th, 20:42.7).

The CSUF men’s and women’s team will continue to train until Sept.

15, when they travel to Fresno to compete in the Fresno Invitational.

The Titan’s will continue to be on the road until October 19, when they return home for the Titan Invitational.

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Titan men survive double overtime in FILA Classic nSOCCER: CSUF slips past Loyola and Clemson to claim first place win in season opening tournament

By Ricardo Sanchez Jr. Special to the Titan

It took a sudden death goal on Friday and a tie after double overtime on Sunday to give the men’s soccer team its second consecutive FILA Classic championship at Titan Stadium.

The Titans, who are now 1-0-1 on the season, beat the Clemson Tigers 2-1 and tied Loyola (MD) at 2-2, finishing the tournament in first place.

The other team participating was Cal Berkeley who finished in second place at 1-1 above Clemson, also 1-1, and Loyola at 0-1-1.

“Overall we did a good job in the tournament,” said Head Coach Al Mistri. “In the beginning I said that by the end of the tournament we should be wiser and have learned a lot. We did.”

Forward Brent Whitfield started things off on Sunday when he put Fullerton on top with a goal off Loyola goalkeeper Reb Beatty at the 53-minute mark.The lead did not last long before the Greyhounds tied the match a few minutes later when a shot by Peter Kebis deflected off the leg of a teammate and past Titan goalkeeper Jeff McKeever. Then Loyola took a 2-1 lead a few minutes later with a shot that went through the hands of McKeever for the score.

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Strong individual perfomances led to a cohesive team effort and victory in the final game vs Loyola Mid-fielder Cameron McKinnon tied the game in 71st minute when he knocked in a goal after a headed pass by Sean Giudice.

Guidice received a red card in the 88th minute forcing the Titans to play a man short for the remainder of regulation and both overtimes.

In Friday’s thrilling overtime win, Fullerton gave Clemson, who is ranked eighth by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America, its first season-opener loss in six years.

It also showed that Fullerton could bounce back after being down and not feel intimidated amongst a nationally ranked club.

“My team grew five years with the win tonight,” said Mistri after the game. “They deserved to win.”

Titan mid-fielder David Dischner scored the game winner on a breakaway through two defenders at 95:59 in overtime avenging a 5-1 loss last season at Clemson.

“They played me the ball and that was it, my guy was pretty slow,” said Dischner who did not play against Loyola due to a swollen ankle.

The Titans had a chance to win the game in regulation on a penalty kick with under four minutes left but failed to convert as Hector Orellana’s shot went far right and hit the post.

After giving up the opening goal to the Tigers in the first two minutes of the match, the Titans struggled throughout the first half but hung tight defensively and with 36 seconds remaining before the break,

McKinnon kicked in the equalizer tying the game at 1-1.

Most Valuable Player of the tournament went to freshman defender Brent Hamilton who did not expect to receive the award.

“I didn’t think that, but its cool.

You can’t beat it,” Hamilton said.

“I thought I’d be defensive player (MVP).”

That honor went to mid-fielder Jason Clifford, who is a crowd favorite because of his small size and big play.

“I just played hard and I got it, you know,” said Clifford.

The Titans will travel north this weekend to Cal Berkeley’s tournament where they will face Stanford and the host Bears.