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NEWS: Study shows that an on-campus 6 ndiversity program gives students a greater
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Doubling up on graduaBy Scott Leeds
Daily Titan Staff Writer Graduation rates for students involved in the Cal State Fullerton Student Diversity Program (SDP), formerly known as Teaching Ombudsman Action Program, are twice that of a group of students not involved in the program, according to a recent study. Established in 1994, the program was initially implemented as a pilot program to increase black student athlete retention and graduation rates.
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“You get more one-on-one attention here than other counseling or advisement programs on campus,” Vu said. The Student Diversity Program goals are to increase recruitment, increase the graduation rate and assist with the transition of “at-risk” students from college to the “real world of work.” The SDP defines an “at-risk” student as a university, high school or elementary student from any cultural or ethnic background who experiences academic probation, socio-economic disadvantages and/or educational difficulty. “They set me down, mapped out a time management plan and I’ve been going on that. It’s been all good,” said Brandon Campbell, a sociology major and track and field athlete. They also want to develop a sense of the extended family, provide mentoring support for Kindergarten to 12th grade students and create greater awareness of diversity issues, program coordinator
John Reid said. The SDP just started the Extended Family Concept Program, an outreach program for local elementary schools. Volunteers are needed to tutor the students, promote active learning, raise self-esteem and provide positive role models. The SDP specializes in motivating students by concentrating on their selfefficacy, self-esteem and ability to master skills. Many students choose to join the Student Diversity Program simply to increase their current grade point average and gain valuable life skills. The Journal of College Student Retention: Research Theory & Practice will publish the study done by the Student Affairs Research Center showing that the percentage of students in the program have a higher graduation rate than the comparison students.
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Grade point average of last record for the 39 SDP students was 2.36, sd =.37, compared to the average GPA of 2.28, sd = .30, across the 39 comparison students GPAs. This apparent difference was not statistically reliable by Matched Pairs t (38) = 1.29, p = .11.
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nCLASS: A martial arts course gives students a calming alternative to university stress and everyday occurrences
Imagine reaching total relaxation by moving your arms and body in a slow rhythmic pace with graceful ease. Then picture a slow-motion martial arts fight sequence with each punch and kick broken down to real-time speed. Combine the two scenarios and the end result is T’ai Chi Ch’uan. As part of Associated Students Recreation Sports “Drop-In” fitness program, Tai Chi is one of 10 classes offered for no fee to Cal State Fullerton students. Tomme Ellis, 57, of Long Beach, has studied this ancient art form since 1972, and teaches the class on Saturdays at noon on the second floor of the Titan Gym. “It’s a good way to get some mild exercise and stress relief,” Ellis said. “It’s a moving meditation.” Ellis started work in the aerospace industry developing software and looked for an activity to relieve the stress caused by his job. “I needed something to calm down after work,” Ellis said. “I looked at many things — I thought [about] Zen meditation, but I don’t think I could just sit there. I also looked at yoga, but it dealt with different postures and I wasn’t very flexible. Then I heard about Tai Chi…and I just enjoyed it.” Often compared to yoga, Tai Chi
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nPROGRAM: CSUF diversity group helps twice the number of students finish their college education
The SDP now involves a diverse, multicultural student population and utilizes retention techniques to ensure that all students have the opportunity to succeed. It is a voluntary program and any CSUF student can join, regardless of their academic status. The SDP has a variety of free services including, mentoring, tutoring, time management, referrals, goal setting and networking. Vivien Vu went through the program and is now a mentor helping with the academic part of the program. “The best benefit they taught me was really knowing how to manage my time. They also helped me set goals and accomplish them,” Vu said. Vu had a lot of positive things to say about the program. The SDP sends out mid-term grade reports to the students, unlike any other academic counseling programs at CSUF, she said.
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Pretty Girls Make Grave drummer Nick Dewitt plays Wednesday at Becker Amphitheater.
CBE’s Center for Entrepreneurship, said that through the entrepreneurship concentration, students would learn the operating and leadership skills needed to successfully run small businesses. In January 2001, PR Newswire reported that some four out of every 10 U.S. households are in the small business market, largely due to Americans losing jobs from large corporations By Sabrina Sakaguchi downsizing. Daily Titan Staff Writer Small businesses in Orange County “Mom and Pop” shops once littered are classified as having less than 100 America’s infamous streets of gold. employees, Ames said. Currently, there is an emphasis on Over the years, these family business ventures have slowly been replaced in entrepreneurial management under the management concentralarge numbers by departtion, but with less focus ment stores and corpora“It’s about than the proposed contions. But their entreprecentration would provide neurship and individual innovation has not closed creating an students. “This is great for folks with the doors of those who work in family American dreams. interesting businesses,” Ames said. The College of Business “There are lots of opporand Economics (CBE) tunities to get more foris attempting to further job for mal training.” the pioneering of today’s If the entrepreneurbusiness society by offership concentration is ing a bachelor’s of arts yourself.” approved, six new coursin business administration es will be added to the with a concentration on business administration entrepreneurship. course listing. “Entrepreneurship is Michael According to Ames, about self-employment,” four of the new courses said Michael Ames, manAmes, will offer students handsagement professor. “It’s on experience with entreabout creating an interestManagement preneurship. ing job for yourself.” professor In MGMT 461, CBE recently passed “Entrepreneurial the proposal to offer the Management”, students new concentration. Currently, the campus Academic will study general management of new Senate committees are reviewing the business ventures. According to a flyer announcing the college’s proposal. If the committees approve the proposal, the concentration college’s proposal, MGMT 461 will petition will go to the Academic Senate focus on “setting up systems to better serve the new venture’s customers.” for final approval. Students will also have separate Tom Johnson, Associate Dean of Academic Program for CBE, said that courses focused on accounting, marthe college hopes to have the concen- keting and leadership as they relate to tration approved by late spring, in time entrepreneurship. Ames said that these four preparato offer it to undergraduate students in tory courses would also involve live Fall 2002. Ames, who is also the director of BUSINESS/ 6
First American female astronaut to give lecture at universinSPEAKER: Pioneer Sally Ride will discuss her experience in the space industry at the TSU on Monday By Veronica Hagey
Daily Titan Staff Writer Space pioneer Sally Ride, the first American woman astronaut, will visit Cal State Fullerton on March 25, in celebration of Women’s History Month. Her lecture entitled “Reach for the Stars” headlines the month-long celebration “What Women Make.” Event coordinator Roshanna P.
Sylvester, said that this month’s events “celebrate women as creators of ideas, of political movements, of art, literature and music, of social criticism, of desires and dreams.” The University Honors Program and the Faculty Development Center are sponsoring Ride’s visit. “The women’s history group asked us if we would support them and we thought it was a very worthwhile cause,” said Ryan Alcantara, from the University Honors Program. Ride paved the way, not only for future women astronauts, but she became a role model for other women wanting to enter a male dominated industries. Ride studied science and physics at Stanford University where she received a master of science and a doctorate
degree. arm and performed materials Ride was selected for astroand pharmaceutical research. naut training in 1978 and began Mission STS-7 was in orbit in July of that same year. She for six days and returned to was selected to be part of the Earth to land on a lakebed support crew for both the secrunway at Edwards Air Force ond and third space shuttle Base in California on June 24, flights. Ride worked as a cap1983. sule communicator in mission Ride’s second flight control for both missions. into space was aboard the Ride’s first flight was aboard Challenger again, on STSSally Ride 41G, the Challenger space shuttle in in October 1984. The 1983. The historic flight was crew deployed the Earth launched from Kennedy Space Center in Radiation Budget satellite, conducted sciFlorida on June 18. entific observations of Earth and estabThe five-member crew set up com- lished refueling potential of satellites. munications satellites for Canada and In June 1985, Ride was assigned to a Indonesia. third space shuttle flight. Her training for The crew carried out the first deploy- that flight was interrupted by the space ment and retrieval with the shuttle’s robot shuttle Challenger’s tragic accident. http://dailytitan.fullerton.edu
Ride went on to serve for six months as the member of the Presidential Commission investigating the accident. She also worked as an assistant to the administrator for long term planning at NASA headquarters in Washington, D.C. Ride created NASA’s Office of Exploration and produced a report on the future of the space program entitled Leadership and America’s Future in Space. Ride is currently a professor of physics at the University of California, San Diego. She is the co-founder and CEO of Imaginary Lines Inc., a company dedicated to encouraging more young girls of middle school age to pursue math and science.
Ride has received worldwide recognition for her accomplishments. She has served as president of the Internet company SPACE.com, which is an educational and entertainment resource. She is also a former member of the President’s Committee of Advisers on Science and Technology, has received the Jefferson Award for Public Service and was awarded two National Spaceflight Medals. Ride’s lecture, recounting her experience as the first American woman in orbit, will be in the Titan Student Union at 7:30 p.m.
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BRIEFS Artwork of CSUF alumna showcased at the TSU The artwork of Cal State Fullerton alumna Linda R. Ruddy, “A Flight to Freedom – An Art Tale About Rebirth,” is currently on display at the Center Gallery in the Titan Student Union until March 29. The exhibit will feature her abilities in working with oil and acrylic paint, watercolor and mixed media. Ruddy’s work began in June 2000 with a journal entry that wrote of a woman’s journey trying to find her soul. That journal turned into a collection of sketches and paintings that followed the theme of Joseph Campbell’s “Heroic Journey.” Ruddy graduated from CSUF magna cum laude in January with a major in American studies and a minor in art. She has a husband of 25 years, two sons and one daughter. For more information about the exhibit, contact (714) 278-3915.
Artwork of R.T. Pece on exhibit at CSUF Main Gallery The artwork of Southern California artist R.T. Pece, “Definite Ambiguities,” will be on exhibit at the Cal State Fullerton Main Art Gallery from April 6 through May 9. The exhibit will include 31 paintings and three short films that contain mysterious and enigmatic characters painted in a flat comic book style. Pece’s paintings and film are often seen as spoofs. Pece pokes fun at highbrow intellectual positions and the pop culture phenomena with subtle
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criticisms and references that mark his style. His art and films have been noticed to make subtle references to Disney’s “Steam Boat Willie” and Windsor McKay’s 1914 animated classic “Gertie the Dinosaur,” and his narratives and shapes have resembled that of Dr. Seuss. An open reception will be held on the first night of the exhibit and admission is free. DVD catalogues of the exhibit will also be available for purchase after the opening of the exhibit. For more information contact the Main Art Gallery at (714) 2783262 or visit www.arts.fullerton. edu/events/.
Series on nutrition offered at Brea Center Project Connections, a community based health program, is offering a series of classes on nutrition at the Brea Family Resource Center beginning on April 2. Weekly classes will be from 9 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. in Spanish beginning April 2 –23 and English classes will begin on April 3 through 24. Connie Ortiz from the University of California Cooperative Extension will share information about shopping wisely and eating well. Ortiz will also discuss storing food, preventing waste, safe food handling and improving the family’s diet. Childcare is also available for parents with young children through the Kidwatch Program at the center. For more information contact the center at (714) 990-7150.
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CALENDAR OF CALENDA R O F EVENTS EVEN TS Community The Muckenthaler Cultural Center in Fullerton will have a class on designing miniature art and jewelry pieces March 23 from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. For more information, call (714) 738-6595. The musical “Mark and Barbara Frog” plays in Los Angeles through April 29. Admission is $10. For more information, call (310) 5860114 or (323) 653-4848. The Getty Museum will have a free family festival, March 24 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. The event will feature multicultural music, dance and art activities. For more information, call (310) 440-7300. The Placentia Founders Society presents the Da Capo Players at the Bradford House in Placentia, March 24 at 3 p.m. For more information, call (714) 993-2470. The Fairplex in Pomona presents the KM Showerks Doll and Craft Show in Fairplex 4, March 22 to 24. For more information, call (909) 623-3111. The Grand Central Art Gallery in Santa Ana is hosting an exhibit on Auction PortraitsPhotography through April 28. For more information, call (714) 567-7233. The Grand Central Art Gallery is hosting an exhibit on Charting the Paths of Color through April 14. For more information, call (714) 5677233.
The Grand Central Art Center presents the play “How I learned to Drive,” through March 24, at the Grand Central Art Center in Santa Ana. Tickets are $10 for general admission and $5 with advance Titan discount. For more information, call (714) 278-3371. The Pomona Arts Colony presents “Unwearables,” a ceramics exhibit by Nina Jun, through April 6, from 6 to 9 p.m. at the SCA Galleries in Pomona. For more information, log on to www.geocities.com/ scagallery. The Grand Central Art Center in Santa Ana will host the exhibit “Gentlemen’s Club” by Jean Low through April 28. For more information, call (714) 567-7233. The Garden Grove Playhouse presents the comedy “The Nerd,” March 8-30, with performances on Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m. and a Sunday matinee, March 20 at 2 p.m. Ticket prices are $12 for general admission and $11 for students and seniors. For more information, call (714) 897-5122.
a sculpture of Carl Milles. For more information, call (909) 865-4262. The Grand Central Art Center in Santa Ana will host an exhibition of paintings, automobiles and mixed media images by Kenny Scharf through April 28. For more information, call (714) 5677233 or log on to www.arts. fullerton.edu/events.
Campus Counseling & Psychological Services will have a workshop on anger management March 21 at 12 p.m. in LH 210 G. For more information, call (714) 278-3040. The TSU Underground will have free Bowling Thursday March 21 from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. For more information, call (714) 278-2144. The Department of Music presents the University Wind Ensemble March 23 at 8 p.m. in the Little Theatre. Tickets are $8 for general admission and $5 with advance Titan discount. For more information, call (714) 278-3371.
The Bowers Museum in Santa Ana is hosting “The World of the Etruscans” through April. For more information, call (714) 567-3600.
The Visual Anthropology Club will host the 5th annual Margaret Mead Traveling Film and Video Festival in H 123 March 22-24. For more information, call (714) 278-3393.
The Fairplex in Pomona presents a show by the Millard Sheets Gallery Tuesday through Sunday through March 31. This is its second postfair exhibit and it will include
Astronaut Sally Ride, the first American woman in space, will be a guest speaker at the TSU Pavilion March 25 from 7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. For more information, call (714) 278-
2468. The Spanish Student Association will have a friendship dinner-dance April 20 at 6:30 p.m. in the TSU. Tickets are available before March 28 for $22 in H323 on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 5:15 p.m. Guests will participate in a raffle. For more information, call (714) 278-4192. The Pollak Library will host the exhibit “Kimono: The Wearable Art of Japan,” March 22 to May 18 in the Atrium Gallery. The University Leadership Conference will be held March 22 from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. in the TSU. For more information, call (714) 278-3211. The TSU presents the Titan Pride Bowling League every Wednesday night at 6:30 p.m., starting March 20. This event is open for all faculty, staff and students and the cost per week is $9. For more information, call (714) 278-2144. The Performing Arts Center presents “Rosmersholm,” a mystery drama, through March 24 in the Arena Theatre. Tickets are $9 for general admission and $7 with Titan advance discount. For more information, call (714) 2783371. The Arboretum will have a gardening class for children ages 6-9, March 23, from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Fee is $3 per child. For more information, call (714) 278-3579.
Daily Typo CORRECTIONS The March 19 story “Tax courses available at Irvine campus” reported incorrect information. The program gives students an opportunity to earn a MS degree, not a MBA. Also, Tom Johnson is a professor of management and is also associate dean of the College of Business, not a professor of accounting. The March 19 photo caption for “Students take on beach cleanup” was incorrect. The photographer was Laura Kagan, not Laila Derakhshanian. The March 1 story “Officers monitor freeway” contained unverified information about the Yardhouse brewery in Newport Beach. There is no official comparison of alcohol sales and food sales for the restaurant establishment, according to its management.
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Device puts ban on cell phones Mobile/Pager nTECHNOLOGY: Mobile Blocker, which is illegal in the United States, could enforce no-call zones in public By Chris Dunn
Daily Titan Staff Writer Mobile Blocker, a device that can disable a cell phone in a private business, church or school, falls short of Federal Communication Commission (FCC) restrictions because of its possibility to block emergency calls. FCC laws prohibit the use of Mobile Blockers as a method of keeping individuals from using their cell phones in public places. The Internet-based company Image Sensing Systems (ISS) owns Mobile Blocker and is the largest exporter of the image processing technology and the
cell-jammer product. ‑ “The best use for the Mobile Blocker unit is for small restricted businesses and private properties…those who are not subject to FCC regulations are sovereign lands of Native American Tribes with proper authorization,” said Bill Sowell, vice president for business development at ISS.‑ ISS delivers its products across the world to countries like Asia, Mexico, Europe and the Middle East, but they are illegal in the United States. However, the Mobile Blocker is currently used to prevent industrial espionage and enhance security when cell phones are used by criminals in the commission of a crime or to set off an explosive device, according to mobileblocker.com.‑ FCC laws regulate devices that prohibit and manipulate other devices that can interfere with emergency and lifesaving communications. Some Mobile Blockers are restricted to use by federal law enforcement agen-
Snoopy gets eggstravagant nENTERTAINMENT: Knott’s Berry Farm will have Easter attractions aimed at children By Conchita Viado
Daily Titan Staff Writer Children and adults can enjoy activities and entertainment geared for spring at Knott’s Berry Farm. Knott’s will be hosting its seventh annual “Easter EggMAZEMent.” The event will take place from March 23 through April 7. The storydriven attractions are geared for children under age 12 and were created by the designers responsible for the mazes in the annual Halloween Haunt. “We took the expertise [of the designers] and toned it down for young children,” said Dana Hammontree, Knott’s Berry Farm’s Public Relations Manager. “The Halloween Haunt is geared toward teens and adults and we recommend that only children over age 12 attend. By using the same technology [used by the designers when creating the Halloween Haunt’s mazes] we can make it available to young children. That’s the concept that we’ve taken with this event.” EggMAZEMent gives Knott’s the opportunity to reverse the popularity of their events from adults and teens to young children. It also gives them the opportunity to allow children under age 12 to participate. This year’s event will offer children and their parents the opportunity to walk-through themed, threedimensional adventures at locations all around the park. Although the event is geared toward young children, people of all ages are invited to participate in the activities with the exception of the candy-giveaways, which are for children age 11 and
under. “Our focus is a spring type of event or Easter celebration where people of all ages are [welcome],” Hammontree said. The event is included in the park’s admission fee of $40 for adults and $30 for children ages 3-11. Southern California residents may gain admission to the park at a discounted rate. Each paid child’s admission will receive a free “Red, White and Cool” T-shirt. This year’s event features entertainment such as Knott’s Easter Bunny Hop, Woodstock’s Wildlife Wonders, Peanuts’ Easter Playhouse and the Easter Beagle Eggspress. Also featured are two mazes; Snoopy’s Down on the Farm Hay Bale Maze, which includes a variety of activities and a petting zoo, and Snoopy’s Under the Sea Maze, where children can explore over and underwater sea life. The Peanuts’ characters will be in the mazes. They will also be performing in the Camp Snoopy Sidewalk Theatre in an all-new show called “Peanuts’ Hoedown.” In this show, the characters will celebrate spring through song and dance. Snoopy will be in a maze dressed in spring overalls. There will be magicians and jugglers for additional entertainment. Other features include photo props, an assortment of foods and Craft Fair 2002 where more than 30 artisans will display and sell their works of art. Some crafts include tole painting, chainsaw sculptures, handmade pottery and ceramics, dolls and handcrafted jewelry. The event’s hours are 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.
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cies, the U.S. military and NATO. Export purchases of this product are carefully scrutinized and verified, according to mobileblocker.com. ‑ The way the device is supposed to work is by emitting an encoded signal from a base transmitter at the same frequency of pager and cellular communications. As a result, calls cannot be received or initiated and a message similar to “No Service” or ‘“Out of range” is displayed on most mobile phones and pagers. The power output of the device is minimal, considerably less than that of a standard mobile telephone, and well within established international EMI radiation standards. The high-powered Mobile Blocker can kill cell phone transmission up 2.5 miles.‑ However, there has been a debate on deregulating the Mobile Blocker in the United States. The Mobile Blocker unit is designed to jam cell phones in populated areas like schools, churches and restaurants. If a local business were
to have a Mobile Blocker or a cell jammer unit, these businesses would be permitted to have a mobile or pager-free zone sign.‑ “The situation is close to [the regulatory ban on] smoking, many businesses such as movie theatres, restaurants, boardrooms where confidential meetings take place, and places of worship have policies asking patrons to not use mobile phones,” said marketing administrator Tawnia Vera. “And Mobile Blocker provides an effective way to technologically prevent mobile-phone use by posting a mobile [or] pager free zone sign.” The Mobile Blocker could end the problem of unwarranted cell phone use. Although it is illegal, its service would be best served here at Cal State Fullerton, said Larry Ovall, a senior majoring in business.‑ “This would be a great investment for CSUF,” Ovalle said. “I always see everyone on their cell phones outside and classes… sometimes in class the most annoying thing is a cell phone
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Students spending less on spring By Sandra Pedicini and Rich McKay The Orlando Sentinel
Here come the kegs. The annual spring-break invasion has begun. After the event deteriorated into chaos more than a decade ago, Daytona Beach put a lid on the party by kicking out MTV, cutting back on bar hours and strictly enforcing alcohol laws. But attendance has crept back up in recent years. In this faltering economy, hotel chains and promoters have tried to cash in on Daytona Beach’s bargain-basement reputation with heavy advertising. Last weekend, the strip of beach from Main Street to Seabreeze Boulevard was expected to get about as crowded as the Volkswagen New Beetle into which more than two dozen young women recently stuffed themselves for a springbreak contest. “This year is definitely wall-towall bodies,” said Vanessa Motta, 20, a University of Florida student and Daytona Beach spring-break veteran. But Daytona Beach may be getting the worst of both worlds: a bigger crowd that strains police and annoys beachside residents, while also pumping less money than usual into the city’s economy. Some have expected numbers to swell to at least 200,000, the level reached in 2000 and 1997. That’s still only about half the size the event reached in 1989, when, with college students throwing up on neighborhood lawns, Daytona Beach got fed up with the debauchery and turned out the party lights. Students such as 20-year-old Kristin Wescott of Minnesota State University once turned up their noses at Daytona Beach, opting for trendier spots such as Cancun, Mexico. But this year, they’re choosing cheap over chi-chi. Local hotel personnel said students and their parents are spending less
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Megan King, 18, crams into a Volkswagen during Spring Break. money on spring break this year. Some may still be nervous about flying after the Sept. 11 attacks. Wescott’s first spring break in Daytona Beach is costing her about $1,000 less than Cancun, and she’s having a great time. “It’s wild here,” she said. “Kids everywhere. Lots of making out.” Deputy Beach Chief Joe Wooden of the Volusia County Beach Patrol has been around long enough to see it all and says this is the biggest crowd on the beach in the past few years. But T-shirt and gift shops are nearly deserted, despite having doors open wide to the crowds. Hotels say they see no difference in the amount of bookings. That could be because some breakers, like Motta, are staying with relatives to make ends meet. Officials said there appears to be a significant number of day-trippers in town, too. The sunny weather is expected to lure young locals this weekend, swelling the crowds even more but doing nothing for hotels. It could also attract tourists
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from Orlando, where the local convention and visitors bureau has also been trying to lure spring breakers. Lifeguards in Daytona Beach will work overtime this weekend– staffing 23 lifeguard towers– double the number during a normal weekend at this time of year. Daytona Beach police will work 12-hour shifts. During last year’s spring break, they worked their normal 10-hour schedules. “It’s going to be a zoo, open containers 1/8 of alcohol 3/8, public nudity and just bad behavior,” said Paul Politis, who owns a beachside gift shop and said he hates spring break. “I thought we were going in a different direction. I thought we were doing the nice, upper-end family tourism.” Already the Cardinal Motel evicted about 100 rowdy teen-agers, most from Lake Brantley High School in Seminole County early Thursday morning, calling in the Daytona Beach Police Department to help out. “We’re having all kinds of problems, all kinds of complaints,” said City
Commissioner Darlene Yordon. “Our residents aren’t sleeping.” Even spring breaker Maria Natale complained, “It’s loud at night.” Disappointed that MTV’s cameras aren’t here, she and her friends were contemplating an early return home Thursday. At the Villager Premier Daytona Ocean Sands, hotel employees have already started to see damage. “I think the kids are a little bit more rowdy– throwing beer bottles off balconies and hooting and screaming,” front-desk manager Jennifer Slentz said. “They kicked a lot of doors in. That’s one of their favorite things to do.” Footage of coeds in Daytona Beach in video productions such as the Girls Gone Wild series– featuring young women flashing flesh in party spots around the country– could be reinforcing the area’s image as a wild town and attracting a rowdier group, Mark Soskin said. Soskin is a local economist who has studied special events in Daytona Beach. Daytona Beach officials are struggling to handle special events, which bother residents with their noise and cost the city millions of dollars. So city commissioners were not happy about attempts by the Oceans Resorts chain of hotels and the Daytona Welcome Center to bring in more spring breakers. “We do not welcome an increase in attendance,” City Commissioner Mike Shallow said. But spring break has been good to some businesses, including the Starlite Diner on State Road A1A. The place is packed. The long lines at his lunch counter tell owner Jarrod Moore that spring break is back with a vengeance, plus the fact that he’s already running out of salt shakers. Kids swipe them to use for tequila shots, he said.
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AS mentor program offers guidnCAMPUS: Business and economics alumni give students advice on what to look when searching for a job By Theresa Salinas
Daily Titan Staff Writer Angelia Shelat is ready to graduate. She’s completed classes in international business. She’s even interviewed for jobs. But she lacks direction. Shelat, along with 40 other students, sought guidance from local professionals on Wednesday during an open house for the College of Business & Economics Alumni Mentor Program. “I was interested in attending because I felt like I needed some guidance,” Shelat said. “I wanted advice on what to do after school, how to set goals and what to say in an interview.” The mentor program is a collaborative effort between Associated Students, the Cal State Fullerton Alumni Association and the Career Planning & Placement Center. The program pairs CSUF students and alumni for an afternoon of networking. Alumni were introduced to the crowd at the start of the event. Most graduated from CSUF in the 1960s and 1970s. The speakers have expe-
rience in various facets of business, including international consulting, real estate, human relations and accounting. Their advice was as diverse as their areas of expertise. Some suggested that students complete internships before graduating. Others suggested that students set long-term goals for the next 10, 15 or 20 years. Still others suggested that as employees, students should admit and learn from their mistakes. Andrew Johnson, who helps unemployed executives find jobs, spoke about the importance of body language in a job interview. His advice was to look people in the eye. Listen before speaking. Don’t ramble. Tell the interviewer what can be contributed to the company. “When you’re right out of college, you’re not selling your experience,” he said. “You’re selling your potential. If you’re passionate about what you want to do, the employer will see that.” About one hour into the event, participants split into groups. Alumni answered students’ questions about jobs, interviews, school and internships, while the students recorded the replies on notepads provided by the alumni association. Both students and alumni said they benefited from the dialogue. “Sometimes, as you get a little older, you see that you need to reinvest,” said Thomas Johnson, associate dean of the college of business. “You
nEVENT: The Anthropology Department will show three films that portray cultures
By Michael Matza and Daniel Rubin
Knight Ridder Newspapers The United States and Israel offered Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat a new deal Tuesday. Fight terror, and U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney will return to the Middle East soon to meet him, fulfilling Arafat’s ardent wish to confer with a top Bush administration official. End the incitement of violence, and Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon will let him go to Beirut, Lebanon, for the Arab League summit next week, Arafat’s first trip out of the Palestinian territories in four months. Palestinians, who one day earlier complained that Cheney had snubbed them by not meeting with any Palestinian Authority representative in his 11-country tour of the region, sounded more hopeful Tuesday after Cheney and Sharon’s joint press conference. “This is, in a way, a very simple
admission that it is important to listen to the Palestinians,” Arafat spokesman Marawan Kanafani said of the potential meeting, which he said could take place in Turkey. Reiterating President Bush’s stated commitment to the creation of a Palestinian country, Cheney spelled out what Arafat needed to do as a peace partner, starting by immediately implementing CIA Director George Tenet’s June plan to secure a ceasefire. Cheney called on Arafat to “make a 100 percent effort” to end bloodshed and terrorism. The Tenet plan spells out steps for both Israelis and Palestinians. But Cheney fixed his sights on Arafat, a focus that caused some Palestinians to bristle. “He calls for a 100 percent effort from Arafat. Is he sure that he will get a 100 percent effort from Sharon? There was nothing in his remarks about occupation, not a word,” said Ali Jarbawi, director of the Institute for International Studies at Birzeit University, outside the West Bank city of Ramallah. Since 1967, Israeli troops have occupied parts of the West Bank and Gaza Strip, territories Palestinians envision as parts of their future country. “I think that the Americans are treating Arafat as a naughty boy
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The College of Business and Economics offers mentor help. can’t assume that what you have now AS officials, who spearhead the in your life is a result of what you’ve mentor programs, said they hope to done to get it. You start to lose the expand the programs to every college ‘me’ image and reinvest in society.” in the university. Johnson, a 1979 CSUF graduate, “This is an exceptional opportunity agreed. for students,” said Geoffrey Roberts, “I’m here to give back to people,” AS director of administration. “They he said. “It makes me feel good to see how they can get from where they share my experiences with people.” are now, to where they want to be, An open house for the College by talking to someone who’s gone of Communications Alumni Mentor through a similar process.” Program will be held on April 23 from noon to 3 p.m. in the George G. Golleher Alumni House.
and throwing lollipops to him,” said Jarbawi. “It’s not a balanced way of intervening between two sides.” The Tenet plan calls for meetings, at least once a week, between top Israeli and Palestinian security officials. Israelis must not attack Palestinian Authority police or intelligence buildings, must release Palestinian prisoners who have no association with terrorism, and must cease “proactive” security operations, so-called targeted assassinations, and attacks against civilians. The Palestinians must arrest terrorists and stop Palestinian security officials from playing any role in supporting attacks against Israeli targets, including Jewish settlers who live in housing compounds in the Palestinian territories. Later in the process, the Israelis are to reopen roads and checkpoints, allowing Palestinians to move more freely in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Cheney’s swing through the Persian Gulf and the Middle East was designed to gain support from the governments of Arab countries for the continuing U.S. war on global terrorism, which could include a strike on Iraq. Because the Arab leaders he spoke to raised the Palestinian question so fervently and so often, he was forced to speak about it in Israel, although he hadn’t really planned to, officials trav-
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Royston said that Mead studied Samoan culture extensively. “Margaret Mead: Portrait Margaret Mead would have by a Friend” is also playing on been 100 years old this year. That Saturday. According to the site, makes the upcoming film festival the film is a biography of Mead an important event, Chip Royston by ethnographic filmmaker Jean said. Rouch. Royston is the event coordiAt 2:45 p.m., Royston will nator for Cal State Fullerton’s mediate a filmmakers panel that fifth annual Margaret Mead Film includes all the filmmakers from Festival. The CSUF festival is CSUF and SFSU. a traveling version of the same “People don’t often get to ask event hosted by the American student filmmakers about their Museum of Natural History in problems,” Royston said. New York. Since 1977, the fesAfter the filmmakers panel, tival in New York runs for one three films portray different elefull week each year. ments of culture The museum then today. “Up and Over” “People don’t selects several films is a film by Mark that are rented out Tizoc Gonzales and across the country often get to Seth Robert Babb for local versions of that examines graffiti the festival. ask student in the San Francisco The campus fesarea. “Urban Poetry” tival takes place is a short video put filmmakers together by Royston. March 22 through March 24 in The film illustrates Humanities 123. about their Washington, D.C. According to the street entertainment. CSUF anthropology “Saigon USA,” put problems.” department Web site, together by profesanthro.fullerton.edu sor Jeffrey Brody, it consists of a comexamines Vietnamese bination of films American life. Chip from the American “The film explores Museum of Natural the process of being Royston, History and films Vietnamese and Event from students and becoming Vietnamese faculty at CSUF and American,” Brody Coordinator San Francisco State said. University. There On Sunday, will be introductions and discus- the CSUF Women’s Studies sions, as well as a filmmakers Department is showing two films panel on Saturday. and will host a discussion on On Friday, the power of the women’s issues, as part of this people is emphasized with three festival. different films. The first film, The films are “The Team on “The Making of the Revolution,” B-6” which examines “workday gives a people’s perspective of the experiences of a small group last two weeks that Yugoslavia of nurses in a hospital in East was under Slobodan Milosevic’s London” and “Born at Home,” government. The second film, which is a documentary focusing “Scenes of Resistance,” focuses on midwives in India. on the struggles of indigenous Royston said the filmmakers people in Mexico. The third film, often go through much more than “La Linea Chueca” (The Crooked an audience realizes. He hopes Line), is a CSUF film portray- that the festival honoring Mead ing the various complex problems will enlighten them and help them of the U.S./Mexican international see the true meaning of Mead’s border. Each film shows people words: fighting for personal rights. “Never doubt that a small On Saturday, the festival will group of thoughtful, committed focus on Mead. The first film, individuals can change the world. “Islands,” focuses on the Samoan Indeed, that’s the only thing that heritage of the filmmaker, Vincent ever has.” Heimann.
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Cheney to meet Arafat in Middle East nWORLD: New deals will be negotiated between Israel and Palestine to end the 17 months of violence
Margaret Mead Film Festival comes to campus
eling with his entourage said, speaking on condition their names not be used. While the Palestinians cannot easily ignore U.S. entreaties, they are not powerless, said this Israeli official, who spoke on condition of anonymity. He said the Palestinians in effect were saying: “If you don’t deal with us we’ll blow the Arab world apart and then you won’t be able to deal with Iraq.” “So they aren’t exactly cardless in this poker game,” the official said. Sharon was asked at the news conference whether Arafat, whom Sharon had declared was “irrelevant,” was once again a potential peace partner. “If Mr. Arafat will be accomplishing what we’ve demanded from him - first to stop terror, violence and incitement and to take all necessary actions against terrorism in order to reach a cease-fire in accordance with Tenet, then I think we will be happy about it.” The prime minister said he hoped Arafat would make a speech in Beirut committing himself to peace and stability. However, if “there will be severe terror attacks here and his speech is inciting,” Sharon said he would not rule out any possibility, including barring Arafat from returning to the country.
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The SDP is hosting a talent show on May 1 and students have the opportunity to win scholarship money. Money will be awarded to the first, second and third place winners for high school students and CSUF students. They are still looking to fill the show. They will be holding auditions on March 29 and April 19 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the TSU Gabrielino Room. Students can register with Nicole McCoy at the Student Diversity
casework with local companies so students can see entrepreneurship in action. The final two courses of the new concentration are focused on teamwork and application. MGMT 465 A and B will put students in teams to first develop a product or service and then later launch a new business venture based on this new product or service or in conjunction with an existing business owner. Ames said that the Center of Entrepreneurship, which has an existing database of sources for research,
financing and other services, would assist students with their casework and new business ventures. A similar concentration for graduate students is also on the proposal table. “There really wasn’t anything available at the master’s level,” Johnson said. He said that at the bachelor’s level, undergraduates had the entrepreneurial management courses to study and experience entrepreneurship. The master’s concentration has also been passed by CBE and is in review by Academic Senate committees. Johnson said they hope it will be available to graduate students by Fall 2002.
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Campaign finance reform passes nPOLITICS: The Senate passed a new bill that will ban party donations that were once unregulated By Jackie Koszczuk
Knight Ridder Newspapers After years of struggle, the Senate approved landmark legislation Wednesday that would ban the huge, unregulated campaign donations that long have tainted American politics with an air of scandal and corruption. The Senate voted 60-40 for the most sweeping overhaul of campaignfinance law since the post-Watergate reforms of 1974, capping a six-year struggle by advocates of change and clearing the legislation for President George W. Bush to sign. The House of Representatives passed the measure last month. Though Bush has long opposed the bill, he is expected to sign it in a bow to public concern about the influence of big money in Washington. The legislation would outlaw the large, unregulated contributions to national parties known as “soft money.” Such donations from corporations and labor unions once were used to boost party activities such as getting out the vote, but in recent years parties channeled the money to finance waves of “attack” television ads in candidates’ campaigns. The bill also would restrict campaign TV ads by big donors.
The legislation’s champions argued that big-money gifts to parties won their donors unfair access to politicians and excessive influence over public policy. “Every senator knows this system stinks,” said Sen. Russell Feingold, D-Wis., who co-sponsored the bill with Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz. “And the American people are right when they distrust the system. “This bill won’t fix every problem. It won’t completely end the primacy of money in politics. But the bill is a step in the right direction.” Opponents scoffed that the changes would not curb the power of big donors, but only induce them to find other ways to press their influence. They predicted that money would continue to flow into the system through new channels. “One thing we know about politics,” said leading opponent Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky. “If mischief is possible, mischief will occur.” Foes vowed to continue the fight in court. They say that several terms of the legislation restrict free speech in violation of the Constitution’s First Amendment. McConnell and others, including the American Civil Liberties Union, plan to challenge the law all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court. “It is patently unconstitutional,” said Sen. Phil Gramm, R-Texas. Critics also say the restrictions on money and TV ads would make it harder for challengers to topple incumbents. They argue that the new law might have the unintended consequence of weakening the two major political parties and strengthening special interest
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Politicians shake hands as they celebrate the new bill. groups, which could become the new ties helped drive lawmakers this year favored vehicles for big donors to to vote for change, if only to avoid spread their political views. political attack in this congressional Political parties tend to help forge year. majorities across America’s diverse In addition to banning soft money, democracy, while special interest the legislation would prohibit so-called groups appeal to narrow, focused “issue ads” just before an election that constituencies. The result could be to are paid for by corporations, special splinter political opinion and make interest groups or unions. Such televinational consensus more difficult. sion ads, usually attacks on certain “This bill doesn’t take the money candidates, would be banned 30 days out of politics, it just takes the parties before a primary election and 60 days out of politics,” McConnell said. before a general election. The bill’s Foes of the measure such as foes say that provision is the most McConnell had blocked the bill since likely to be struck down as unconstiits debut in 1995, but subsequent scan- tutional. dals involving big donors - such as The bill would raise current limits President Bill Clinton’s opening of on “hard money,” the direct contributhe Lincoln Bedroom to favored con- tions to campaigns that must meet tributors - kept the issue alive. Recent legal regulations. Donors could give revelations that bankrupt energy giant candidates for the White House and Enron donated generously to both par- Congress $2,000 each - up from
Fullerton will host “Spring Fling” festinCELEBRATION: The event will offer various activities for children of all ages, including an egg hunt and games By Conchita Viado
Daily Titan Staff Writer In celebration of spring, the Community Services Department of the City of Fullerton will be hosting their third annual “Spring Fling”
March 23. Sponsored by the city, the event is open to children of all ages and will take place from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. An Easter bunny character will not be attending the festival. However, the event will offer a variety of activities for children. There will be a Moon Bounce available for all children to enjoy. There will also be an egg hunt. In the egg hunt, children will be grouped by age and sectioned off from other age groups in order to ensure fairness. “[The children will be searching for] plastic eggs with surprises in them,” said Melissa Larkin of the Community
Services Department. In addition to the egg hunt and Moon Bounce, the event will offer various crafts geared for children at different age levels. There will also be carnival-style games including a flying disk throw, ring toss and a football throw. These games are available for children of all ages. Tickets, which cost 25 cents each or five tickets for $1 will pay for the cost of the activities and games, which each cost between zero and two tickets. Tickets may be purchased on the day of the event. The spring festival will take place
at the Brea Dam Recreational Area, which is located at 1600 North Harbor Blvd. Parking will be available at the Fullerton Towers parking lots and structure, located south of the park, on Harbor Boulevard. There is no cost to park. Larkin said the past festivals have boasted a turnout of about 75 people. She hopes that all who attend this year’s festival will “just have fun.” For more information, contact Larkin at (714) 738-6581. Parents of children who require special accommodations who would like to participate in this year’s “Spring Fling” are asked to contact Larkin prior to March
Students practice T’ai Chi Ch’uan at free classes on campus. said. One round of movements can take 20 minutes to one hour depending n from page 1 on the speed a student carries out originated in China as a martial the form. But don’t let the lethargic art. It then was transformed in the time count be misleading, the exerUnited States and Europe because cise is a challenge, Vuong said. of its slow pace, into a form of “The main long form has more exercise that focuses than 120 moves, so it’s on mental and physitough to remember all of cal relaxation. This it,” Vuong said. “Also, “It is very form is referred to because you’re doing as Tai Chi. However, useful trying everything slow, your many are attracted to muscles are constantly the art form’s comcontracting and you to restore bat aspects, known as don’t have time to relax T’ai Chi Ch’uan. them, so you can cramp health, as “It’s fantastic for up if you’re not used to stress relief,” said it. Slow doesn’t always Patrick Vuong, a mean easy.” well as CSUF graduate. Although a challenge, “Once I’m in there the exercise can be permaintaining formed doing it, I totally forby anyone. get about everything “We have people tryit.” else in my life. It ing to comeback from challenges both my surgery or cancer,” Ellis mind and my body said. “I’ve literally seen and it’s a form of selfTomme Ellis, people (in an other Tai defense too.” Class) that are dragging Long Beach Tai Chi is made oxygen around. It’s very up of a number of useful trying to restore Resident so-called forms conhealth, as well as mainsisting of a sequence taining it.” of movements. Many Many students haven’t of these movements are original- heard of the program despite a ly derived from the martial arts. strong push to advertise it. However, in Tai Chi they are perHowever, Micle Alfaro, a psyformed slowly and softly with even chology major, said the class transitions as a meditative exercise sounded interesting because he for the body. needs a break after long hours of “T’ai Chi Ch’uan is really the school and work. study of pure movement and the “I would try it,” Alfaro said. “I study of coordination itself and the believe in relaxation exercises. If it fact that the postures have martial relaxes your mind, why not?” implications is secondary up to a fairly high level of training,” Ellis
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‘E.T.’ phones home after 20 years nMOVIE: A version never seen before is back for those who may have missed it on the big screen the first time around By Katie Cumper
Daily Titan Photo Editor When the movie first opened, it cast a spell like no other in history. Now two decades later Steven Spielberg re-charms with an updated “E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial” It is hard to imagine that a character with blue eyes the size of saucers and a squashy body made of foam rubber polyurethane could appeal to anyone. But 20 years ago this little creature named E.T. immediately mesmerized audiences around the world. The never-before-seen footage nor the state-of-the-art computer-generated enhancements of today’s version have the ability to embellish the pleasure of watching a well- written and musically scored movie.
The story line of “E.T.” came to Spielberg while shooting “Raiders of the Lost Ark.” It took writer Melissa Matheson eight weeks to complete the first draft of the screenplay. The best thing about the re-release, is that anyone born around 1978, who was probably too young to remember “E.T.” in the theaters and now has the chance to see the movie in full effect on the big screen, rather than on video. “E.T.” explores the wonders and bonds of friendship— an experience that almost everyone can relate to— and takes it beyond what any “earthling” might imagine. A 10-year-old boy named Elliott (Henry Thomas) befriends a lost alien (E.T.) who has landed in a Northern California forest to gather samples of plant life. He was now left behind
without his crew because they had to leave him after government agents spotted him and his glowing chest. They chased him back to his ship just in time to see it take off. Elliott lures E.T. to his house by leaving a trail of Reese’s Pieces (a newly marketed candy in 1982 that later became popular after the movies release). Thus begins a now classic tale that generated famous lines kids and adults of all ages still recall. The most famous line from the movie is “E.T. phone home.” This was a small, but powerful line that sparked marketing of everything from lunch pails to key chains with pictures of E.T. holding a phone. E..T.’s scream is another memorable part of the movie. This was actually an otter’s shriek. The movie grossed about $200 million during
the first 66 days and made millions on video sales over the past 20 years. Michael Jackson narrated an album about “E.T.” produced by Quincy Jones. He used the original music in the movie, composed and conducted by John Williams. Later, the album was released by MCA Records, Inc. and purchased by over a million consumers. In 1982 “E.T.” won eight Oscars for sound and visual editing effects, original score (John Williams composer) and best sound. It was also nominated for nine other Oscars including Best Cinematography and Director (Steven Spielberg), Film Editing and Writing for a Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen and Picture. The Golden Globe awards acknowledged its appeal and voted it Best Picture
Motion Picture of the year. “E.T.” is a movie for all ages, it is just as compelling today as it was 20 years ago. The impact left in 1982 continues and cannot be changed by some of today’s technical trickery.
Learning life by snapshots nEXHIBIT: An adventure documented on film illustrates the culture and spirit of China By Beth J. Passarella
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“Army of Genghis Khan–last campaign” is presented in “Hues & Tones of China.”
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“I don’t believe in color—it’s distracting,” said Helen Montgomery-Drysdale, photographer at the Anaheim Museum’s latest exhibit, “Hues and Tones of China.” “Babies don’t see color when they’re born. Maybe that’s the way we should look at the world.” Through her black and white photographs, Montgomery-Drysdale captured the unique spirit and culture of China and its people. Montgomery-Drysdale and her two curators, Kim Holland and Dayna Carroll, traveled to Beijing and Inner Mongolia over a two-week excursion exploring and documenting the land and people of the artistic nation. “My goddaughter Kim is fluent in Mandarin Chinese, so we had an incredible advantage,” Montgomery-Drysdale said. “The Chinese culture is one of the oldest civilizations in the world. They are always uncovering fascinating things. It’s simply wonderful.” Montgomery-Drysdale was invited to China to photograph black and white still
pictures on the set of Genghis Khan, a television series in China. Montgomery-Drysdale’s exhibit includes powerful photographs of actors as historical figures, rather than simple pictures as actors on a set. The exhibit also displays photographs from Inner Mongolia. Poignant moments fascinate the eye such as lean cattle grazing on the rocky fields while children play in the background. Curiosity attracts viewers to a photograph of young women with rice bowls balanced on their heads and pinkie fingers delicately pointed outward as they dance. Beads dangle from the sleeves of their exotic dresses and appear to sway in the still photograph. Montgomery-Drysdale has found exceptional moments of life and frozen them to share with the world. These daily aspects of Chinese life are not complex, but instead are clear enough to let the mind wander about the story behind them. The museum’s exhibit will be on display through April 27 with over 80 of Montgomery-Drysdale’s images. Joyce Franklin, executive director of the
Anaheim Museum, said she hopes the photos will conjure up questions and a new understanding of the Chinese society. Montgomery-Drysdale photographed several other issues from AIDS and intra-family relationships to celebrity photos of Zsa Zsa Gabor and Ginger Rogers. “Just like we find such a difference between New York and California, there is a great difference between Beijing and Inner Mongolia,” said Montgomery-Drysdale. “As you travel the land, cultures vary.” Some of the most amazing images are captured in the series of photographs of the Great Wall of China. It is one of the few identifiable landmarks on earth that can be seen from space. “The Great Wall is an amazing piece of history,” Holland said. “We need to learn so much more about the world. Documenting it is a way of teaching.” Holland and Montgomery-Drysdale agree China was the highlight of the journey. “The personal aspect was very rewarding, both professionally and personally,” Holland said. “Taking Helen to China was a great step in my path. I’m so pleased with how she captured it on film.”
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Fullerton overwhelmed by nTENNIS: A doubles win by Michelle Arndt and Ioana Sisoe was not enough as the Cornhuskers swept CSUF in singles play and nabbed two of three doubles matches en route to a 7-0 victory By Deborah Germinaro Daily Titan Staff Writer
The Huskers peeled another win away from the Cal State Fullerton women’s tennis team beating them 7-0 Wednesday and dropping them to 6-9 for the season. “They played pretty good doubles and then I think they just ran out of gas,” Titan coach Bill Reynolds said. “I think they just used so much emotional energy on Monday and [the University of] Nebraska is a really good team.” Nebraska is 67th in the country and the International Tennis Association only ranks 100 college teams.
“We had [Nebraska] a little worried in the doubles, and it would have been nice to get that point, but we couldn’t quite pull it off,” Reynolds said. Nebraska won the match, but their No. 1 player Katarina Balan still gave credit to CSUF and to her No. 1 Titan opponent Carla Rocha. “I think [Fullerton] is a good school,” Balan said. I just played really well today. No matter what team you play the competition is always going to be good at No. 1 , that’s why you play at No. 1.” The Titans were swept by the score but their minds were steady
and focused until the bitter end. “I always try and think positive. I thought the whole time ‘I can come back,’ said CSUF’s Caroline Freeman. “Especially in the beginning when it was real close. It was one and two and then two and three, but she started to serve and volley and I’m not used to that. I went for the shots too early and I was missing a lot.” One Titan agreed with Reynolds that Monday’s match was intense. “Monday I played out of my mind,” said CSUF’s Jessica Martin. “I played good on Monday. Today I don’t know what happened. I was off. The second [singles] set
I thought I was going to get a better start, but [my opponent] was hitting a lot of winners right on the line. I kept feeding her easy shots. I just couldn’t keep the ball in play today.” CSUF needs to regroup before their upcoming matches. The Titans will face Portland Friday at 1 p.m. and Boise State Sunday at 10 a.m. and Tuesday they will take on Saint Mary’s at 2 p.m. “Even though I was playing bad I still thought I could come back,” Rocha said. “But nothing was working for me today. It was just one of those days.”
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Jessica Martin (right) and Adriana Hockicko fell short at home.
CSUF pool is going to nCOMMENTARY: A Titans’ love for water sports and competition cannot be pursued at Fullerton By Laura L. Gaghan Special to the Titan
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The CSUF pool has been without a team for more than 15 years.
Six years with a club team, four years with a high school team and one year with an intercollegiate community college team and what does that add up to? Many laps swam, many games played and 11 years of water sports experience. As a junior here at Cal State Fullerton, all I long for is to continue to gain more water experience and to use it competitively. You would think this wouldn’t be a problem since CSUF built a wonderful pool facility back in the mid 1960s. Unfortunately, it is. The pool facility has not been used for intercollegiate water sports since about 1986. I am a swimmer. My family refers to me as a “fish out of water.” My mom put me in swim lessons when I was six years old and from then on the water was magnetizing to me. During the summers as a kid, I would stay with my grandparents and compete on the community’s club team
where they lived. At that time, just getting to go to big meets, swimming in my favorite events and winning colorful ribbons was so exciting. Back in the 1970s, CSUF did have a competitive college swim program under the college’s division ranking. The program was dropped around 1975, but reasons why are difficult to determine since many records have been lost. Going into high school I thought I might try other avenues for extra curricular activities, but all roads led me back to the glimmering, chlorinated, blue water. In high school swimming, I set goals for myself – race times I wanted to achieve. I even took on a second water sport – water polo – which included more teamwork. Swimming and water polo got me through the high school years. I enjoyed classroom time but all I could look forward to at the end of the day was swimming. I couldn’t wait to walk out of that locker room and jump into the water for my typical 500-yard warm-up or my workout. I couldn’t wait to get on a school bus,
travel to another high school and compete against someone in my favorite events. CSUF took on a water polo program around 1980 but in 1986 it was dropped. Among possible reasons cited, the pool facility did not meet NCAA regulations. I believe this is a minor set back but not a satisfactory reason to cut an intercollegiate sport. Regulations can be met or worked around. In 1996, I graduated from high school and entered the community college level of competition on the first ever women’s water polo team. It was one of the best moments of my life and I have to say it was a major factor in my earning an excellent academic record during my freshman semester at college. I suppose though, all good things must come to an end. But do they have to? Due to transportation difficulties, I was forced to move to a closer college. It had no pool facility and, as a college student, personally paying for club teams was almost impossible.
I let my sport go, for the time being. I continued with my education. I pecked away slowly and got distracted with full time jobs. About five years later, I have come full circle and arrived at CSUF. Taking my tour of the campus, I noticed a pool facility and asked if the university sponsors intercollegiate teams. I was given an unsure answer. I did eventually find out we have no teams, but that swim classes are offered each semester. This puzzled me and made me wonder why there are not intercollegiate teams. I joined a swim class and have continued with them into my second semester at CSUF. But I am still puzzled as to why there are no teams. Perhaps I will never get an answer and maybe I’m the only one who is confused about this. With less then a year-and-a-half to go until graduation, it is hard to imagine the situation changing. Someday I hope there will be intercollegiate water sport teams at CSUF and I look
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