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Colleagues mourn loss of former profesnOBITUARY: Gary Granville, Orange County Clerk/Recorder, past CSUF communications instructor and accomplished journalist, dies at age 72 By Rita Freeman
Daily Titan News Editor He was known for his dedication and caring nature. As an investigative reporter, he made certain his stories were accurate. As a journalism professor at Cal State Fullerton and an adviser for The Daily Titan, he taught his students ethics and fairness. These were some of the traits admired by people who knew Gary Granville, who passed away Wednesday morning at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Orange after suffering a heart attack last week. He was 72. “He was very distinguished,” said
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Larry Welborn, legal affairs reporter for the Orange County Register and friend of 30 years. “He had an incredible knack. He could give everyone his complete attention and make them feel comfortable when he spoke with them.” Before entering journalism, Granville owned an equipment shop. Then in 1971, the businessman-turnedstudent received his bachelor’s degree in communications from CSUF after attending classes as a re-entry student. He taught journalism courses in ethics and investigative reporting part time for 11 years before becoming faculty adviser for The Daily Titan. He ran
the campus newspaper from “Before Gary I was a around 1979 to 1981. decent writer,” said Douglas, Former students, faculty also a former student of and friends said he was a man Granville’s. who had an impact on any“After Gary, I became a one he met. Cathy Douglas, distinctive writer. He helped publications editor for the me find my voice,” she added Public Affairs office, said she in regards to his teaching remembered Granville takstyle. “For a young journaling his students on field trips ism student, he was the real Granville to the Daily Pilot in Costa thing, he was a guy who was Mesa where he served as doing it.” County Bureau Chief. She said she During his stint as a reporter, he remembered hearing stories of when worked for newspapers such as the people would call him at midnight to Fullerton News Tribune and the Daily give him news scoops or how to search Pilot. He became metro editor and public records. special projects editor for the Orange
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So with 23,071 students employed and 3,339 looking for work, the small growth in the economy is enormous Blue Chip Economic Indicators, news for students. reflecting the minds of 52 business Apart from the career center’s economists, forecast that the nation’s forecast, Powell said she is touched economy is expected to grow 1.5 per- by the news of more jobs stimulated cent this year, according to the Wall by the rise in the economy. Street Journal. “My daughters were looking for The slight improvement in the jobs going through the economy can perhaps newspaper. They told already be seen in the me that they noticed change in the number there were a lot more “It’s clear to of jobs available to jobs listed than before,” students through the Powell said. me that the Career Planning & Case recalls that at the Placement Center. peak of the jobs listings “We had an increase job market last year at the center in our listings to 1,200, 2,000 jobs were listed in which is better than a their system, a number is the hardest few months ago, but which dropped in fall still not as good as 2001 to about 800. where we were before in 10 years.” The director attributes in early fall,” said the drop to the dot.com Jim Case, the Career debacle, a falloff in the Jim Case, Center’s director. entertainment industry Career Center Agreeing with revenues and the effects Case, Michele Powell, Director of the Sept. 11. associate director of Case suggests that the Career Planning the increase could be a & Placement Center recovery from the Sept. also believes that the increase in job 11 slowing or pent-up demand after listings is a sign of a transforming the attacks. Now that things may be economy. returning to normal, the demand can “It does seem that the economy is be filled. changing – it’s being reflected in the “It’s clear to me that the job market hiring, and overall jobs are increas- is the hardest in 10 years,” Case said. ing,” Powell said. Powell said the center is marketing The Cal State Fullerton Institutional more than ever to get the word out on Research and Analytical Studies available jobs. Student Profile At-A-Glance is a rep“Things have really opened up. resentative sample of students’ social Take a second look at jobs that we characteristics, which are used to pro- posted before and talk to employers,” mote institutional self-understanding. Powell said. The statistics taken by the group in The center is a sponsor in a lecture the fall of 2001 shows that 76 percent called “Kick Off Your Job Search of students are employed, and 11 per- in a Tight Economy” scheduled for cent are looking for employment. The March 4 in the TSU Theatre from results also say that, overall, 8 percent noon to 1 p.m. of the students work on campus, 65 percent work off-campus and 3 perJOBS/ 5 cent work both on and off campus.
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“I pity the folks who were on the wrong end of one of his many investigative reports,” said Wendell Crowe, chairman of the Communications Department. “He was just too nice of a guy to be mad at, no matter what he dug up. I think even they respected him.” In 1985, Granville changed careers again. He was appointed Orange County Clerk and in 1986, he was elected for the position. During the era of the Orange County bankruptcy, Granville eliminated the Clerk of the Court duties. Though it
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nSAFETY: The chance of receiving a DUI has increased whenever a person drives drunk at night on Highway 55
The Yard House bar and restaurant in Costa Mesa is one of Orange County’s most popular drinking spots, located off the 55 Freeway in the Triangle Square shopping center. However, as drinking and driving has become an increasing problem, Costa Mesa Police have implemented a checkpoint program directly across from this bar. “It seems like several times during the month the police are out there,” said Rino Panganiban, a bartender at the Yard House. “We do serve food at our restaurant, but the majority of our sales come from the bar. “A lot of our customers come to party and drink a lot. But then they hop in their cars and get directly on the freeway, which is kind of scary if they’ve had too much alcohol.” The traffic bureau of the Costa Mesa Police Department handles the checkpoints, which also occur on so-called drinking holidays such as St. Patrick’s Day, New Year’s Eve and Cinco de Mayo. The department’s priority is the safety of all drivers. The checkpoint is not only used as a deterrent for those who may see it on their way to a bar, but it also allows the officers to get dangerous drivers off the streets. “Our goal with the checkpoints is to educate people, not make thousands of arrests,” officer Jeff McKan
County Register. He also served as president for the Orange County Press Club. “I remember a time after he fell asleep on his typewriter in this small cubicle after working on a story,” Welborn said. “He was very giving, he expected a lot out of you, but if you were willing to give then he would be a mentor.” As a journalist, he won numerous awards and received the Sigma Delta Chi Watchdog Award for uncovering secrecy in government, the Sky Dunlap Award and the OC Press Club Award twice for his contribution to journalism.
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Safe sex promoted at dorms
nAWARENESS: Residents gather once a month to partake in discussions By John Paul Gutierrez Daily Titan Staff Writer
On the balcony of their second floor dorm room, freshman Goro Valani and his four roommates recalled a Saturday night experience from a couple months ago. During their discussion, they stopped and leaned against the blue rail and exchanged sexual innuendos with two girls holding laundry baskets below. The roommates nudged and pushed each other laughing and going back to what they were talking about as if the scene just witnessed was an everyday thing. “I was in my room, doing our thing,” Valani said, “and Jose told Andy not to walk in, but he did anyway.”
The five of them roar with laughter. Valani’s roommate, junior Andy Prayongrat, put his head down and chuckled about the time he walked in on Valani when he was with a girl. “You have to take advantage [of your privacy] when your roommate’s gone,” Prayongrat said with a smirk. Sex is an ongoing topic in the dorms. The majority of the residents are first-year students and the transition to being away from home is often an overbearing experience. After Sexual Awareness Week, which occurred during the Valentine’s Day holiday, there is no other on-campus community as aware as the dorm residents are. The awareness though is a matter of perspective and a stress put on by the resident director and the resident assistants.
The RA’s put on sex socials in which residents and RA’s gather to talk and listen to speakers. They teach residents about safe sex and the consequences of not being safe. They hand out condoms and answer questions. Residents have a multitude of resources if there were ever problems. There is only so much the RA’s can do. Especially when topics of pregnancy, sexual orientation and rape come up, they are usually referred to the Health Center or the Women’s Center, said resident director Eugene Shang. “We aren’t really the counselors but we dispense the information,” Shang said . “We could refer them to counseling. But it all depends on the
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Dorm residents become more aware of sexual protections.