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Campus department sends ‘fan’ nTECHNOLOGY: Financial Aid now uses e-mail to faster notify applicants of eligibility and award status By Scott Leeds
Daily Titan Staff Writer The Financial Aid Department’s primary source of getting information out is via e-mail. The department is calling this service F.A.N. mail, (financial aid noti-
fication). According to the department, this service will allow for a faster response time regarding student’s eligibility and award status. “This is one of the most exciting projects we have worked on in a long time,” said Deborah McCracken, director of financial aid. McCracken said this service is paving the way for other departments to provide a similar service. Other departments are paying close attention to the work the financial aid department is doing to send out these e-mails. McCracken also said that they have received student comment cards
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that say the students appreciate the enhanced Internet services. “I find this service very helpful. You don’t have to wait in line or for the mail to come,” said biology major Darabvone Laliemthauisay. Through this service, the department wants to cut back on the use of paper and help students get the information faster. “It’s just so easy, I think students will get great information through this service,” said Ann Sciortino, associate director of financial aid. In order for the department to provide this service, they need a student’s valid e-mail address, whether it is the student’s on-campus or off-campus
address. Students can establish an on-campus e-mail address at www.fullerton. edu/titanonline. According to Titan Online, a student can access financial aid information Monday through Friday from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. Sciortino said that by using e-mail, the Financial Aid Department is able to put links to Web sites that will help students find answers to their financial aid questions. Some examples of the links they will post on the e-mails are the I.R.S. (Internal Revenue Service), F.A.F.S.A. (Free Application for Federal Student Aid) and online pre-loan counseling
Web sites. Sciortino also said that through this service they are able to post the necessary forms and documents required for financial aid. Students can then download, print and fill-out the forms they need. According to the department, students must use Adobe Acrobat Reader 5.0 or later versions to download the forms. Laliemthauisay said she did not have Adobe Acrobat Reader 5.0 when she received her first message, but was able to get the program fast and free. “Students are a little confused, but for the most part the response has been good,” said Cynthia Sanchez, a finan-
Martial arts teach focus
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nKUNG FU: The sport is attracting more and more women, which may be attributed to learned confidence By Yvonne Klopping
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nAWARD: The dean of business and economics was presented with a check by Pacific Life Insurance By Ricardo Sanchez, Jr. Daily Titan Staff Writer
The Center of Insurance Studies received a donation of $20,000 in front of more 100 students, mostly business majors, on Wednesday afternoon in the Titan Theater. “We give [the Glenn Schafer, president of Pacific Life Insurance, posed with Anil K. Puri, dean of the College money] to of Business and Economics, as snapped photos the organiza- photographers of the two holding an oversized cardboard check. tion we think Director of the CIS and professor of finance Weili Lu booked is the most Schafer to attend the event nine months before hand. “Having the support of the deserving companies such as Pacific Life is an important component of – you guys why we established the Center of Insurance Studies,” Lu said. deserve it.” Three years ago, the Pacific Life Company donated $10, 000 and the amount has increased Glenn $5, 000 every year for the last Schafer, two years. “We hope it continues to President of Pacific grow,” Lu said. Life Insurance Schafer said his company will continue to donate money to the CIS as long as the students continue to “work a little bit harder” than the competition. “We give to the organization we think is the most deserving—you guys deserve it,” Schafer told the students. Schafer and a group of Pacific Life executives also said
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cial aid adviser. The Financial Aid Department sent out their first batch of e-mails on March 11. There have been some problems, but the department has been working closely with the Information Technology division to make sure that problems are minimal. A peer adviser for the Financial Aid Department said that students are not reading the entire e-mail, and that the messages provide all the information students need. She said students get a message and then come to the Financial Aid Office for information, instead of doing what the e-mail instructs them to do.
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The Souled Out club holds its daily Bible study in front of McCarthy Hall on Wednesday.
When the Indian monk Bodhidharma arrived at the Shaolin Temple to teach Buddhism in China in 525A.D., the thought that women might show interest in Kung Fu would probably have not crossed his mind. The Chinese martial art Kung Fu has historically been a men’s sport. But when the Cal State Fullerton Kung Fu Club opened its doors this spring semester for beginners, the instructors seemed surprised that so many female students were present. The members of the Kung Fu Club gathered in the Physical Education Building at 7 p.m. on Tuesday to prepare for their performances that evening for students new to the class. Among the performances was the “Lion Dance,” which is meant to scare away evil spirits and bring good luck. It takes two people to execute the dance, which takes a lot of strength and flexibility. After stretching and warming up, the new students listened anxiously to head instructor T.J. Johnston, who gave a brief history of Kung Fu and its philosophy. “Kung Fu stresses every part of the mind and body,” Johnston said. “It’s a matter of focus, and one of the biggest problems people have is the ability to focus. Our goal here is to gain control of our body and to focus our energy.” Johnston is the “Sifu,” which means “teacher” in Chinese. He has taught this class as an assistant instructor since 1971 when the club was founded and has been the head instructor since 1986. Johnston said that Kung Fu gains its reputation mainly from movies like those starring Bruce Lee. “People think that Kung Fu is some super technique where you do some magic and press some buttons,” Johnston said. “You touch this and do that and people will fall down in front of you. But the magic lures them and is what keeps them here is the fact that they find they can actually learn beyond their capabilities.” According to Inquilab Magazine, the Shaolin monks lacked women to teach. Yet the most popular style of Kung Fu was created by a woman and improved upon by another woman for whom the style is named. This style is called Wing Chun. Johnston said that even though Kung Fu is traditionally a men’s sport, there were always a few women who practiced martial arts throughout the centuries. “Women seem to become more confident and more aware of their abilities,” Johnston said. “They are realizing that they have
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Opening minds to religion, spiritual After living in different Muslim countries, Deloy Baker left Christianity to be converted into Islam.
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nIdea: Questioning one’s faith can often lead to learning about different ideologies and even converting to By Yvonne Klopping
Daily Titan Asst. News Editor After living in Muslim countries for two years, a former Marine realized that he preferred Islam over Christianity. When Deloy Baker met his future wife, Meriem Merhari, he was convinced that someday he would convert to Islam. There are many reasons why people want to learn about other religions and why some of them even convert to a newfound faith. Baker, born in Chicago in 1973, said
he never had a very strong feeling toward Christianity. “It didn’t make sense,” he said. “A lot of things were confusing and people couldn’t explain it clear enough for me.” Baker converted to Islam on Dec. 24, 1998 at a Mosque in Irvine, eight months before he was going to marry his wife, whom he met in Morocco in 1997. Although she was Muslim, Baker said his marriage was not the main reason why he decided to convert. “Even if we didn’t get married I would have thought of converting,” Baker said. “After so many years of no religion and doing everything the opposite of religion, I was looking for direction in my life.” He was introduced to Islam in 1995 when he went to Indonesia with the Marine Corps for 15 months. When he went to Morocco in September 1996, he developed a greater interest in the Muslim religion. Through Merhari he learned more
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about Islam. But it took him a while to understand and to realize that he would find the direction he was looking for. When he decided to convert, he said all he had to do was believe that Mohammed was the messenger of God and that there is only one God, Allah. Then the imam, a religious leader, asked him whether he was ready to make that decision. At the end, Baker received a certificate that was written partly in English and partly in Arabic, which certified that he now officially belonged to Islam. His family, however, had mixed feelings about his conversion. While his father only asked Baker a few questions about his son’s new belief, his mother did not react as calmly. “[My] mom totally flipped out and she didn’t talk to me for two years,” he said. Baker’s reason for converting is just one of many reasons people have when they decide to join a religion other than the one they grew up with.
Miki Toda, an international student from Japan, never belonged to any religion. Before she came to the United States in the summer of 1998 to study music at Chapman University, she had never been exposed to Christianity. Toda was introduced to Christianity through her host family who went to church every week. Toda joined them. However, she said she is not sure yet whether she wants to become a Christian. “I don’t know enough about their belief yet to be able to make that decision,” she said. Toda said she started reading the Bible two years ago, and “it’s too early to accept everything it says.” She goes to church every Sunday and attends Bible lesson every Friday. Toda said she has made many friends through her connection to the church, which is important
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BRIEFS “A Night in Fullerton” filled with music The 38th annual “A Night in Fullerton” will be hosted by the Muckenthaler Cultural Center on April 26 at night, featuring a wide array of music. “A Night in Fullerton” is the city’s annual celebration of the arts featuring performances of dance, visual art programs and especially music. Programs will be at various locations throughout the community and the festivities will take place from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. Musical performances will consist of faculty and a special guest from Patrick’s Music School, which has been a part of this annual event for more than 25 years. Special guest performers will include Peter Marsh, director of chamber music at USC. Marsh will perform a Hayden quartet on the viola and violin with his wife Donna, who teaches for Patrick’s Music School. Also performing will be Charles Baker, professor emeritus at Cal State Fullerton, who will play the cello and Joanne Ausmus Baker, a local violinist and teacher. Other performers will include concert pianist Ann PatrickGreen, founder of Patrick’s Music School, performing duet selections from “Slavic Dances” with pianist Marilyn Scranton. The barbershop group “The Spit Tunes” along with brass specialist Gary Lee and tenor Hershel Green will also perform selections by Frank Sinatra. On display in the Muckenthaler’s galleries will be “Vanishing Worlds,” featuring art from indigenous cultures. For more information about “A Night in Fullerton” or loca-
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Active aging program offered The Fullerton Senior MultiService Center is now offering an Active Aging Program to help seniors continue to have a productive lifestyle. The program places an emphasis on educating seniors on how to increase their sense of health satisfaction by encouraging them to be more active, said John Clements, senior center administrator. The aging program will focus on personal wellness, fitness assessments and will offer follow-up counseling. The program will also have classes, speakers, special events, healthy food tasting and nutrition counseling, as well as information on community resources and activities. Participants of the program will also receive “Active-Aging” Tshirts and prizes. Participants will be required to fill out a confidential personal wellness assessment questionnaire sponsored by St. Jude Medical Center. The results will be used as a tool to help participants evaluate how healthy their current lifestyle is. Once all the questionnaires have been collected, St. Jude educators will be available to review individual profiles and provide counseling and strategies to improve or maintain health. Questionnaires will be available at the Senior Center throughout April. For more information about the Active Aging Program, contact the center at (714) 738-
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CALENDAR OF C ALEN DAR O F EVENTS E VEN TS Community The Muckenthaler Cultural Center in Fullerton will have a class on calligraphy April 13 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. There is a $10 fee, which includes cost of supplies. For more information, call (714) 738-6595. The Pomona Fairplex presents the Spring Harvest Gift & Food Festival April 12 through 14 in Fairplex 4. For more information, call (909) 623-3111. The Fairplex in Pomona will have a Home and Garden Show in Fairplex 5 and 8 on April 12 through 14. Admission is free. For more information, call (909) 623-3111. The J. Paul Getty Museum will have an exhibition focusing on the work of a 17th century Holland painter from April 16 through July 7. Admission is free. Parking is $5 per car. For more information, call (310) 4407360. The Newport Beach Film Festival will take place April 11 through April 19. This event is the largest Film Festival in Orange County and a number of Cal State Fullerton students are producing and coordinating spotlight and special events. For
more information, call (949) 2532880. Russia’s Grand State Ballet presents Romeo and Juliet and Cinderella at the Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts April 12 through 14. Student tickets are $17 with valid full-time student I.D. For more information, call (800) 300-4345. The Museum of Latin American Art in Long Beach will host the exhibition “Situaciones Humanas/ Human Conditions” by Dominican artist Jose Garcia Cordero April 13 through July 21. Tickets are $5 for general admission and $3 for seniors and students. Admission is free on Fridays. For more information, call (562) 437-1689. Spring ESL classes will be offered at the Brea Community Center April 8 through June 26. Morning Sessions will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. and evening sessions will be held from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Registration is required. For more information, call (714) 9907150.
Campus The Department of Music presents David Grime’s guitar recital April 12 at 8 p.m. in the
Recital Hall. Tickets are $8 for general admission and $5 for students and seniors with advance Titan discount. For more information, call (714) 2783371. The 9th Annual Welcome to Cal State Fullerton Day will take place April 13 from 9 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. This is a campus wide event that includes campus tours and several workshops. For more information, call (714) 278- 4343. The Department of Music presents Youn Hee Bang, a piano recital, in the Recital Hall at 6 p.m. For more information, call (714) 278-3371. The Performing Arts presents the Spring Dance Theatre April 11 to 14. Tickets are $9 for general admission and $7 with advance Titan discount. For more information, call (714) 2783371. ASI Productions sponsors “Ted & Friends,” a live comedy, April 11 at the Pub at noon. For more information, call (714) 2783501. The Main Art Gallery hosts the exhibit “Definite Ambiguities: Films and Paintings by R.T. Pece” through May 9. Admission
is free. For more information, call (714) 278-3262. The Student Diversity Program is looking for talented students for the upcoming talent show on May 1. Participants can win money. For more information, call (714) 278-7546. A Holocaust Remembrance Event will take place April 11 in the Library North, Room 130 from 1 p.m. to 2:15 p.m. The TSU Center Gallery presents a student art show through April 12. The gallery is open from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. For more information, call (714) 278-2468. The TSU Underground has free bowling every Thursday from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. The shoe rental is $1.50. For more information, call (714) 278-2144. The Titan Tusk Force meets every Tuesday at 5:30 p.m. in TSU 259. For more information, call (714) 278-2468. The Pollak Library will host the exhibit “Kimono: The Wearable Art of Japan” through May 18 in the Atrium Gallery. The TSU presents the Titan Pride Bowling League every Wednesday night at 6:30 p.m.
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UC Berkeley flares with emonCONFLICT: The escalating problems in the Middle East have students protesting on both sides of the issue By Carrie Sturrock
Knight Ridder Newspapers As the Israeli-Palestinian conflict develops into an all-out war, emotions at the UC Berkeley erupt. Talk of the Middle East fighting dominates pockets of UC Berkeley from Sproul Plaza to Eshelman Hall as students grapple with the rapid rise in violence and causalities overseas. Last week a Palestinian television crew roamed the campus and filmed a vitriolic exchange between proPalestinian and pro-Israel students. Tuesday, pro-Palestinian students took over one of the main academic buildings on the UC Berkeley campus in an effort to drive home their point that UC needs to divest itself of its investments in Israel. The student group, Students for Justice in Palestine, occupied Wheeler Hall as part of their planned march to remember a 1948 massacre of Palestinians by Zionist forces in the village of Deir Yassin. At the same time, a group of proIsrael students were gathering at Sproul Plaza in remembrance of victims of the Holocaust.
Monday, UC Berkeley Chancellor Robert Berdhal made an unusual call for peace and restraint among those planning to attend Tuesday’s events. Jewish students have expressed dismay about recent anti-Semitic vandalism at the Berkeley Hillel. Campus leaders sense escalating tension and raw anger. Arguments have become less intellectual, they say, and more personal. A few students have threatened each other. “I have to be quite honest - I don’t recall so many critical issues and things right on the edge . . . of so many bad things happening,” Karen Kenney, dean of students, told the Associated Students of UC. “I am worried about people being physically harmed. We are that close.” During a single day last week at the campus, a broad spectrum of arguments and discussions took place from morning until late into the evening: Wednesday 10:45 a.m. - “Israel is the victim - not the enemy. Educate yourself!” read the light blue fliers that senior Keren Farkas handed to the stream of students flowing in and out of Sather Gate. “It’s pivotal for Bush to stand by Israel,” she said. “It’s a world fight against terrorism.” 11:30 a.m. - Near the Israel Action Committee information table on Sproul Plaza, Daniel Frankenstein, a senator with the ASUC, said the winds on campus have changed in a worrisome way. Feelings of sadness over the deteriorating situation in the Middle East have given way to many students
viewing the Palestinian suicide bombers as fighting the good fight. “It leaves me wondering, `Is this the same Berkeley that became famous for its leaps in free speech?’ . . . No one wants to hear any other opinion.” Moments later, the president of the Muslim Student Association a half dozen tables away, walked up with a television station crew from Palestine, Al-Quds. Accompanied by a representative of the U.S. State Department’s Office of Broadcast Support, the reporters document Muslim life in America post Sept. 11. “These guys are supporters of (Israeli Prime Minister) Ariel Sharon,” senior Basim Elkarra told the crew, and then to the students. “Your leaders are terrorists.” As the camera rolled, senior Randy Barnes with the Israel Action Committee responded, “You support the detonation of Passover Seders. You want to strap bombs to your body.” “Racist Zionists at UC Berkeley,” Basim retorted. After more back and forth he said, “They ask Yasser Arafat to stop terrorists but they bomb all his buildings . . . C’mon, stop making excuses.” 12:30 p.m. - Since Al-Quds producer, Haroun Abuarra, came to the United States, the conflict worsened and he fears for the safety of his seven siblings and parents in Ramallah. Tuesday, Israeli troops began occupying his television station, he said. They can no longer broadcast to the West Bank. Being in the United States, he said, is like a short dream. In Palestine, “it is very
difficult to dream. You don’t know if you will live tomorrow or not.” 2 p.m. - Not far from a gently trickling fountain at the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, vice chair Laurence Michalak said, “Sure, there is more tension on campus. I think that’s what characterizes a university is that it’s a culture where people who don’t agree . . . can talk to each other, exchange opinions and even change their minds. It’s not “Muslims vs. Jews” on the campus. Jews don’t all think the same thing. Muslims don’t all think the same thing.” 4 p.m. - Slides of wounded Palestinian children, bull-dozed Palestinian homes and Israeli checkpoints flashed on the screen in a class on the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. Penny Rosenwasser, a Jewish woman with the Middle East Children’s Alliance, visited the region last year and wanted to convey the plight and desperation of the Palestinian people. “I think both peoples have a right to live there. . . . The next step is for Palestinians to have their own state.” 6 p.m. - After the class ended, senior Meredith Mandell began crying. She fears anti-Semitism on campus and elsewhere. Last weekend during spring break, someone threw a paving stone through the Berkeley Hillel front window on Bancroft Way and wrote “F—the Jews” on a recycling bin. Also, she felt frustrated that not everyone understands why Israel needs to defend itself. “It’s isolating to be on this campus.”
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Pro-Palestinian protesters tussle with police at UC Berkeley. 7 p.m. - The International Socialist Organization opened a meeting in Dwinelle Hall advertised with “Stop Israel’s Reign of Terror” fliers. Graduate student Snehal Shinghavi read e-mails from Palestinians saying they have no water, electricity or telephone service. Israel has rounded up hundreds of Palestinians, he said. Students for Justice in Palestine meet across the way in Wheeler Hall to talk about their April 9 meeting to commemorate the Deir Yassin massacre of Palestinians in 1948. A student senator stood up to apologize to anyone who was offended by an election endorsement he received from Berkeley’s conservative paper, the California Patriot. “I am a Muslim, pro-Palestinian
anti-Zionist,” he said. “Just because they endorse me doesn’t mean I endorse them.” 8 p.m. - Kenney, dean of students, told the ASUC that she worries about the tension on campus, and not just with groups deeply concerned over the Palestinian/Israeli conflict. During the last couple of years, disagreements on campus have become more personal. “We need a dialogue,” said student Bryan Levine. “The Palestinians are feeling oppressed on campus. The Jews are feeling oppressed. We need to stop this stuff before it gets worse, before there is actual violence.”
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to her because she did not know anybody when she first came to the United States. Many people, however, who are strict believers in their particular religion, would never consider converting. Ana Duarte, a 23-year-old student at UCLA, said that almost everybody questions his or her belief system at one point in life. However, Duarte actively practices her religion and considers herself a “liberal Catholic.” “I would never convert, because I have strong faith in my religion, and I learn and grow from it, although I have hard times with it once in a while,” she said. Even though she would not turn her back on her religion, Duarte is open for anything new, and she listens to the view of people of different faith to learn from them. “You don ‘t have to believe in everything, and you don’t have to convert to apply certain aspects of it to your life,” she said. “ But when it comes from the heart, then converting is a good thing.”
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Britain bids farewell to queen mothnFUNERAL: About one million people gathered in respect as Queen Elizabeth was laid to rest Tuesday By Gregory Katz
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the chance to fight off an attacker if they learn the necessary skills.” Cathy Johnston, second-degree black belt staff instructor, said that the percentage of women joining the club has increased dramatically. “Now it is totally reversed to have so many women,” she said.
The Dallas Morning News More than one million people lined the streets of London Tuesday to bid farewell to Queen Elizabeth, the queen mother, in a vivid display of the enduring bond between the British people and the monarchy. After a solemn funeral in the splendor of Westminster Abbey, the queen mother’s casket was placed in a special hearse and driven to Windsor Castle for burial alongside her husband, King George VI. It was fitting that the service was held in the venerable 13th century abbey, where the queen mother was married and where she attended the coronation of her husband as king and, later, the coronation of her daughter as queen. The 23-mile route to Windsor Castle was filled with mourners determined to show their respect for a stout-hearted woman who was one of the last surviving links to the glory days of World War II, when Britons united as never before to beat back the Nazi threat. Some were crying. Others were more composed, perhaps heeding Queen Elizabeth II’s suggestion that the funeral be seen as a celebration of her mother’s long and happy life.
Johnston said she is not sure what caused this increase in interest. Many of the new students said they were just curious and they were here for the exercise. “I was never into exercise and I wanted to gain flexibility,” said Norma Lopez, a senior majoring in biology. “Basically it’s just the exercise, but I became more confident in my skills,” she said. Kung Fu is not based on size and strength and that’s why women may find studying this fighting art as more benefi-
Again and again, mourners said it was the queen mother’s role in World War II that gave her a special place in history, particularly among those who lived through the desperate days when the nation’s survival was uncertain. “I think the British people are proud of her,” said David Walker, who came into central London from Essex with his wife, Peggy, to pay his respects. “After all, she stayed in London during the war, during the blitz, when she could have gone anywhere to be safe. She mixed with the people. This is a historic day, and we want to be part of it.” He said the British people never forgot that the queen mother refused to evacuate London when the bombs were falling, even though she was urged to do so for her own safety and to protect her two daughters, the heirs to the throne. “That meant a lot to us,” Walker said. “I think the monarchy will survive without her. We need the monarchy. I think it was a merciful end for her. It was sad but expected.” The crowd outside Westminster Abbey grew all morning as the hour of the funeral neared. The square outside the abbey was dominated by a largerthan-life statue of Sir Winston Churchill, whose glowering presence served to highlight the World War II theme that permeated the day. Many wore their battle medals one more time to honor her memory - and their own distant youth. “She symbolized the nation, and we’re here to thank her for her service,” said one man, fighting back tears. “I always
said there were two people whose funeral I wanted to attend - Winston Churchill, and the queen mother. So here I am.” Others in the vast crowd said they admired the queen mother for her ability to enjoy life even as she entered her 102nd year. They spoke of her fondness for cocktails, laughter and horse racing. “I liked her lifestyle,” said Barbara Schofield of West Cumbria in the Lake District. “I wish I could have it. This is a celebration of 101 years of splendid life. It’s more a celebration than a sadness, as the queen said.” Some commented that no one in the modern era would be able to spend money with the abandon of the queen mother. Her casket was draped in the royal flag, adorned with a bouquet of flowers and a note from her daughter, Queen Elizabeth II, which said: “In Loving Memory, Lilibet,” her childhood nickname. The coffin was placed on the same gun carriage that was used to carry the coffin of her husband, King George VI, at his funeral in 1952. Six black horses drew the carriage. As it entered the abbey, Prince Charles and his father, Prince Philip, in full dress military uniforms, followed the casket. Prince Harry and Prince William, the queen mother’s great-grandsons and other members of the royal family, followed them. As the funeral service neared, some 25 members of other European royal families arrived to take their places inside the abbey, as did First Lady Laura Bush. The queen arrived in a black dress with a
black hat - she kept her composure as she walked into the historic church. The hymns and the eulogy were carried on loudspeakers placed outside the church so the crowd could listen, and the sound of the abbey’s tenor bell ringing 101 times - once for each year of the queen mother’s life - was clearly heard in the streets. Archbishop of Canterbury George Carey said in his eulogy that the queen mother’s courage, forged in wartime, stayed with her through her final days. “Like the sun, she bathed us in her warm glow,” he said in a service broadcast live throughout Britain and many other countries. “Now that the sun has set and the cool of the evening has come, some of the warmth we absorbed is flowing back toward her.” Outside the abbey, the skies alternated between overcast and sunny, as did the mood of the crowd. “This is the end of an era,” said Jim Cleaver, a businessman from Wales. “I think she was a grand old lady who played a huge role in the life of the nation. She was loved here and all over the world. When people saw her, they thought of the war, and they remembered that she wouldn’t leave us.” Cleaver said he was not saddened by her death because she lived such a full life and did not suffer at the end. “One has to be grateful that she lived so long and enjoyed it until the last six months,” he said. “She had all her faculties, she could still go out and do things almost to the end.”
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Heavy Mideast fighting continnWORLD: Ongoing violence complicates Secretary of State Colin Powell’s peace mission for Israel and Palestine By Martin Merzer and Elise Ackerman Knight Ridder Newspapers
A heavy barrage of rockets pounded Israel’s northern border with Lebanon Wednesday and suicide bombing resumed, one day before Secretary of State Colin Powell arrives in Israel on a difficult peace mission. Further complicating Powell’s mission, Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon stiffened his resolve and said the military offensive on the West Bank would continue, despite mounting U.S. and other international pressure for a swift withdrawal. “We have to accomplish our mission,” Sharon told cheering soldiers at an Israeli base near the embattled West Bank city of Jenin. Even before his arrival, Powell urged both sides to stand down. The secretary of state is expected to offer to send U.S. observers to the West Bank after Israel withdraws its troops, as part of a ceasefire plan. “Violence of whatever form, whether one could call it an act of terrorism or an act of resistance, at this point is counterproductive,” Powell said in Spain. He plans to arrive in Israel Thursday night and to meet with Israeli officials Friday. Palestinian officials said they expected Powell to visit Yasser Arafat in his besieged headquarters in Ramallah on Saturday, and Powell seemed deter-
mined to do so. “I believe it is important for me to meet with Mr. Arafat,” Powell said. “He is the leader of the Palestinian people.” Along the increasingly active northern border between Israel and Lebanon, guerrillas from the radical Hezbollah movement fired more than two dozen rockets at Israeli positions on the disputed Golan Heights and elsewhere. At least one Israeli soldier at a border post was wounded. In response, Israeli warplanes repeatedly blasted suspected guerrilla positions. The guerrilla attack was the most vigorous along the border since Israel withdrew from Lebanon nearly two years ago, and it ignited new concerns that an Israeli response could reach into Syria, which Israeli leaders hold responsible for the barrages. U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan said the leaders of Syria and Lebanon have assured him that they would try to stop the attacks. “They will do everything they can,” Annan said in Spain, where he met with Powell. In the West Bank, Israeli troops declared partial victory in their costly battle for Jenin after the surrender of 300 Palestinians. Some were women, some were children and some were fighters out of ammunition and flushed by bulldozers from hiding places in a refugee camp. But small-arms fire still sounded from the camp and the battle was not over yet. Day 13 of Israel’s Operation Defensive Shield, which came in response to a wave of terror attacks on Israeli civilians, also saw renewed fighting near Nablus, where Israeli tanks and helicopters shelled a refugee camp, and the continued standoff at the Church of the
Nativity in Bethlehem. Late Wednesday, the Israeli military announced that its troops would leave the West Bank villages of Yatta, Qabatya and Samua, where the army had a relatively minor presence. It also said that its soldiers killed alleged terrorist leader Akram al Atrash during a gun battle in the town of Dura, near Hebron. They said al Atrash was a local leader of the Hamas terror network, responsible for the shooting deaths of two Israelis. For the first time in nine days, the nation was jolted by the reappearance of the Palestinians’ most awful and deadly weapon - the suicide bomber. Eight Israelis and the bomber died and 20 people were injured during the morning rush hour near the town of Nesher when a Palestinian wearing an explosive belt detonated the bomb aboard a crowded bus traveling from Haifa to Jerusalem. The blast propelled the bus several feet into the air, witnesses said, and transformed it into a twisted, crumpled ruin. Dead and injured passengers were strewn across the asphalt. Dr. Zvi Ben-Ishai, deputy director of the Rambam Medical Center, which treated five of the victims, called the weapon a “hardware store in a bomb.” He said it was packed with nails, screws and bolts - designed to inflict as many casualties as possible. Israeli officials said the fatalities included two female border officers, both 18, and Noa Shlomo, the teen-age niece of Yehuda Lancry, Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations. Four border officers were wounded. Hamas claimed responsibility and identified the bomber as Ayman Abu al Haija, 22, of Jenin. It was not known when he left that
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city, which has been surrounded by Israeli troops for days. Israeli officials said they believed the attack was planned in Tulkarem, a city that sits close to Israel and was occupied by Israeli forces until they withdrew Tuesday in the first stage of their pullback from the West Bank. Israeli officials have warned that, as their troops leave Palestinian cities, the danger of suicide bombings and other attacks on Israeli civilians will increase. For the first time in nearly a week, Israeli police and intelligence officials said Wednesday that they received large numbers of warnings of new terrorist attacks. Extra officers were deployed along the long border between the West Bank and Israel. Samir Rantisi, a spokesman for the Palestinian Authority, expressed conditional regret over the latest suicide bombing. “We have repeatedly condemned any attack on civilians,” he said. “From what we understand, there were a lot of military personnel on the bus, but that doesn’t condone any attack on civilians.” In Israel, Powell was expected to meet first with Sharon and ask him to announce a freeze on the construction of new Jewish settlements in the West Bank and move more swiftly to withdraw Israeli troops. Later, Powell is likely to ask Arafat to declare, publicly and in Arabic, that it is time for a cease-fire. Neither party is likely to acquiesce easily. A day before Powell’s arrival, Israeli newspapers were filled with reports that Sharon had called Powell’s willingness to meet Arafat “a tragic mistake.” “Any meeting like this would only encourage him and has never brought him to stop the terror,” Sharon told
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they were pleased with the amount of students from Cal State Fullerton currently working for their company. About 100 students work for Pacific Life. Schafer, who started his career as a dairy farmer, said he appreciates a strong work ethic and said he believes CSUF students have a similar drive. “I like Cal State Fullerton because people here actually want to work,” Schafer said. “We stopped hiring guys from Harvard because they wanted my job the next day. You’ve got to get your hands dirty.”
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discuss the Holocaust and Harran’s speech. The faculty members will be Hilla K. Israely, associate profesFollowing the national day of sor of sociology; Jesa H. Kreiner, a remembrance April 9, Cal State holocaust survivor; and professor of Fullerton commemomechanical engineerrates the Holocaust ing and Seymour in a presentation Scheinberg, a history called “Never Forget professor. “We hope to Remember.” After the panel disThe event, which cussion there will be will be in the Pollak to stimulate a question and answer Library, will be the session and a short first of what is hoped faculty and reception afterward. to become an annual “We hope to stimuformal commemoralate faculty and stustudents to dents to remember tion at the university. The event will the event and what begin with opening remember it meant,” said Mark remarks from Peggy Shapiro, a physics proAtwell, the associfessor and co-organizer the event ate vice president of of the event. Academic Affairs. “It will also give and what it faculty Holocaust scholar background Marilyn J. Harran will information about the meant.” give a brief speech Holocaust to incorentitled “Never Forget porate into what they to Remember,” which teach.” Mark is also the theme of “[The importance of Shapiro, the event. the event is] to reflect Harran is the direcPhysics professor on events such as the tor of the Barry and and co-organizer of destruction of European Phyllis Rodgers Jewry, which helps us Center for the remember the imporHolocaust Education tance of resisting evil at Chapman University so that this sort of evil in Orange and also is the holder won’t happen again,” said Benjamin of the Stern Chair in Holocaust Hubbard, chair and professor of Education. She is also the co-author comparative religion and event coof “The Holocaust Chronicle.” organizer , in a news release. Following Harran, a panel with The event is open to the public three CSUF faculty members will and free of charge. All funding is
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There were 611 students involved in the CIS last year and the center has raised $112,000 since its inception during the 1997-1998 academic year. The money donated will go mainly to the CIS, who co-sponsored the symposium, which plans to budget the money to help further develop the center and fund scholarships, administrative assistants salaries and internships. Last year alone, the center placed about 200 graduating students with different companies, Lu said. According to the Center for Insurance Studies Web site, the center was created to emphasize careers in actual analysis, claims, financial planning, marketing, risk management, portfolio management, sales, technol-
ogy and underwriting. Executives of Pacific Life made it clear they did not attend the symposium to sell life insurance. However, they were looking to promote their company to students who would be interested in committed professional careers in the industry including property, life, benefits, risk management and health care components. Brian Cargile, senior finance major, attended the symposium hoping to make contacts. “I came for my class and it’s a good opportunity to seek out career options with Pacific Life,” Cargile said. “I wanted to see if the company was a good fit for me.”
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Musical wisdom is Merchant’s strength on solo concert tour The former lead singer of 10,000 Maniacs gives the Cerritos Performing Arts Center an introspective, lyrically enlightening show
By Laila Derakhshanian Daily Titan Staff Writer.
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wiveling her hips like a belly dancer and parading sensuously on stage as a bar lounge singer toting a boa, Natalie Merchant brought her new album, “Motherland,” to life. She performed in front of a full house last Thursday at the Cerritos Performing Arts Center. The concert, like her new album, opened with an Arabic-influenced musical arrangement. It quickly began an evolution of Merchant’s music from “Tigerlily,” Merchants first solo album, to “Ophelia,” done in 1997. Fragments from some of her songs were a mirror description of the way Merchant sounds, a voice like, “milk and honey” and “cool rolling waters moving gracefully and slow.” After stage jitters seemed to wear off, Merchant sat down at her piano and acknowledged the crowd. With her sardonic humor and quick wit she drew the audience in and seemed to lighten the tension from her fans. It was an intense performance. “It was really a captivating performance. It
seems like she has good chemistry with all her band mates,” said Lauren Mooney, an English major. “I’ve seen her before when she was at the Lilith Fair. It’s more interesting to see her on her own.” Merchant began her career as a singer and lyricist for the group 10,000 Maniacs. She soon gained acclaim with songs like “Eat for two” and “Because the Night.” Her lyrics were recognized as stylistic and thought provoking. A little more than a decade later, Merchant began her solo career. “Creating a sequence for the songs on this album was a big challenge and I hope that I performed a successful balancing act. I’ve never written songs more overtly political or so intimately personal before,” said Merchant in a press release. During the two hour performance, Merchant vividly brought character to each song. With her honest voice, Merchant sang “Golden Boy,” a riveting song that she said addresses the unhealthy tendency as a culture to turn our attention toward deviant and violent outcasts such as in the case of the infamous boys from Columbine. Other songs included in Merchants performance were: “Life is sweet,” “Kind and gener-
ous,” “Break your heart,” “This house is on fire,” “San Andreas Fault” and “River and Carnival.” She also performed two blues inspired songs, “Build a levee” and “I’m not gunna beg.” “It’s a style of music I love passionately and has existed in my music for years in a very covert form,” said Merchant about her blues-style songs. Merchant, after singing “I want to thank you” (her closing song), returned on stage to a crowd that stood in ovation. The audience lifted out of their seats and began to swamp toward the stage. “There’s no order,” Merchant said exasperated by the outpour of energy from the audience. But Merchant played anyway. At the end of the encore a few fans began to leave, some stopped to take care of business in the bathrooms but as they heard her voice whispering through the cracks of the restroom doors, they rushed to listen to Merchant’s second encore. Merchant’s voice resonated through the Cerritos Performing Arts Center just long enough to gratify the audience’s lust but not long enough to kill its craving for more of Merchant’s eccentric songs. Merchants “Motherland” tour is headed to
Two guys, one job, ‘Nine Queens’ nMOVIE: Comedy and mystery abound in this dramedy about two unlikely partners in an crime-spree mystery By Alma Castillo
Daily Titan Staff Writer In its first U.S. screening, the Argentinean mystery, “Nine Queens” opened in a tiny theater in Los Angeles last week. The film is less of a who-done-it and more of a who-didn’t — the Argentinean version of the 1980s comedy “Clue.” Early one morning, Marcos (Ricardo Darin) observes Juan (Gaston Pauls, “The Sleepwalker,” “Beauty”) successfully pulling off a bill-changing scam on a cashier and then getting caught as he attempts to pull the same trick on the next work shift. Marcos steps in, claiming to be a policeman and drags Juan out of the store. Once they are on the street, Marcos reveals himself to be a fel-
low swindler with a higher-stakes game in mind and invites Juan to be his partner in crime. Darin won the 2001 Argentinean Film Critic’s association’s best actor award for his performance in “Nine Queens.” “ I thought it was decent. I like the visual style,” moviegoer Warren Curry said. There were other people that had their own opinion about this movie. “I like it, it was well done. It was too close with other movies,” Ryan Kugler said. With this movie, people had the opportunity to laugh but more than anything, it gave the audience a chance to think — even guess the ending. The film’s director said most of the information to create “Nine Queens” came from the victims of the swindlers. “Everyone had something to tell me, almost everyone had in their experience (or in that of their friends or relatives) an anecdote or story in which someone attempted to swindle them,” said director Fabian Bielinsky in a press release. “ I loved it, I thought it was well done,” Mary Ann Lobo said.
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nCOMMENTARY: It may have once belonged to a pro-ball player, but it shouldn’t be for sale By Deborah Germinaro Daily Titan Staff Writer
People have gone…gone… Gonzo, as the term fanatical just became a little freakier. Arizona Diamondback’s out fielder and star hitter Luis “Gonzo” Gonzalez’ used chewing gum is up for bid on nocontraction.com Yes, it is true and people, many people, actually want to own it. After starting at just $20, a Tucson disc jockey announced that an unidentified bidder promised to pay $2,000 for Gonzalez’ alleged piece of used gum. On Monday, New York-based The Topps Co. bid $3,200 but they were soon edged by Dave Pierce, a student at Indiana University of Pennsylvania and his $3,725 bid. After Gonzalez hit a single in the first inning of a spring training game on March 7 against the Oakland Athletics at Tucson Electric Park he got rid of the gum he had been chewing by throwing it down on the field. Jason Gabbert, who had been sitting in the first row behind first base, witnessed the disposal and asked a park security guard to retrieve the gum that he then put into a golf ball
collector’s case. Although the proceeds from the auction are going to be donated to the athletics program at Lakeview High School in Cottonwood, Minn. the concept is still inherently wrong. People are crazy, or at least a little weird, Gonzalez said. But who is to say whether the gum was even chewed by Gonzalez’ in the first place? And speaking of freaky fanatics, Gabbert was previously convicted of forgery in North Dakota after opening a bank account in major league pitcher Aaron Sele’s name. Now, if there is any logic left in this world, someone, somewhere, has got to make sure that nobody ever finds, picks up, sells, bids on or actually purchases a used piece of anyone’s chewing gum ever, ever again. Please let the baseball Gods hear this desperate plea and make haste. It is the same kind of thing as searching through trash cans hoping to find famous athlete’s half eaten apples, used tissue and old toothbrushes. Regardless of who did the chewing, when you buy a used piece of gum on the Internet it is not suddenly elevated into something
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Forget baseball cards, signed jerseys and one-of-a-kind photographs, for only a few thousand dollars this piece of used gum can more than a mere article of trash When I think about Luis Gonzalez, that somebody simply picked up off I would rather think about last seathe ground. son. When parents see their children I would rather think about how touching, or even trying to touch, he boasted a .325 batting averused chewing gum they immediate- age and how he banged out 57 ly snatch their precious little hands homeruns and hit the RBI single away for a reason. with one out in the bottom of the Used chewing gum is disgusting. ninth inning that earned Arizona the There is no question that Luis game seven victory over the New Gonzalez is a sensational athlete York Yankees and the 2001 World who plays for an amazing ball club, Series Championship. but he is still a human being with the Baseball was dubbed America’s same things inside of him that are favorite past time long ago. inside all of us, germs. Let us not desecrate the sanctity I could have gone the rest of and virtue of the game by collecting my life and been perfectly happy the player’s trash. without ever thinking about Luis Let some of the players do the Gonzalez’ germs, but when some- desecrating, as they refuse to play one does something like sell a piece for less money than might be needed of his used chewing gum on the to purchase a small country. Internet, it cannot be helped.
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