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Bringing it up to the plate nELECTION: The two teams answered questions about their ability to produce results for CSUF By Theresa Salinas
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(From left) L. Matthew Martinez, Alex Lopez, Jeremy Harrison and Melinda Crawford pitched their statements on Thursday.
Jeremy Harrison played his wooden Yamaha guitar with fervor. His blonde, shoulder-length hair shook after each deliberate strum. “Do you like my song?” he asked, looking up at the sparse audience gathered in the Becker Amphitheater Thursday. Harrison, a candidate for Associated Students president, was waiting for the spring 2002 AS presi-
dential debate to begin. Harrison placed the instrument aside as opponents Alex Lopez and L. Matthew Martinez approached the stage, dressed in impeccable black suits. Lopez, Martinez, Harrison and his running mate Melinda Crawford, spent the next hour answering questions about parking, facilities and their plans for AS to a crowd of 20 students. Lopez, the current AS president, is running for re-election. Martinez, who serves on the AS Board of
Directors, is running for vice president. Both have served on various student government committees over the last three years. They’re running for office so they can build on gains they’ve made during 2001-02. If elected, they will continue to expand programs they launched this year, such as the Titan Tusk Force, the Alumni Mentor Program and the revamped AS Web site. “A big part of what we did this year was lay the foundation for next year and for future years,” Lopez
said. “These are programs that have been started, but it takes years to start tradition.” When asked how they would fix campus parking problems, Martinez and Lopez said they would expand the Titan Shuttle service. They also said that they worked to lower the increased parking fee that will go into effect next semester to finance construction of two parking structures. “The biggest concern we have…is
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nEVENT: Boasting the largest turnouts in years, Psychology Day on campus goes off without a hitch By John Paul Gutierrez Daily Titan Staff Writer
Jenifer Rhodes was a little nervous. She spilled water all over the table while she waited with friends before being called up to do “Psychology Jeopardy.” “I don’t think I have a chance,” Rhodes said. She was being teamed up with two of her psychology “We had classmates to take on three faculty members in a game of psychology knowledge. Her teamabout 300 mates, Clay Cook and Enjolie Lafaurie, took their seats and students this then Rhodes was called up. The opposition was professor powerhouses and all around genmorning and eral knowledge “nerds” Eriko Miyahara, John Terrel and Stan the number Woll, as Cook so subtly put during the game. The new and improved high grows each tech Jeopardy display flashed categories and the game began in front of one of the largest year.” Psychology Day turnouts in years. All day Thursday in the Titan Student Union, psycholSarah ogy students attended and parHerbert, ticipated in a variety of lectures and panel discussions during Cal State Fullerton’s 8th Annual Psychology Day. After a strong start, Rhodes’ prediction came true and the student Jeopardy team failed to upset the professors. “This one was closer than previous,” Woll said. “But [the victory] was predictable.” Besides Jeopardy, Psychology Day was filled with useful tools students could use. A panel discussion on get-
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“Umbalaye,” a band featuring former members of “Oingo Boingo” and “Ozomatli” played a free show for students Thursday at The Pub.
Overcoming state of being victimnLECTURE: Discussion taught audience about domestic abuse and its repercussions By Michael Matter
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Linda Chassman discusses the vaious forms of victimization that women may experience.
Victimization comes in many forms– sexual harassment, verbal abuse or domestic violence. Linda Chassman spoke about these topics, Wednesday as the Women’s Center/Adult Reentry “Noontime Programs Series” presented a lecture titled “Women: From Victimization to Power.” Chassman is a professor of human services at Cal State Fullerton and is a registered marriage, family and child therapist with a private practice in Fullerton. “This is the very first talk that I gave here six years ago and the one that got me my job teaching here,” Chassman said. “This issue is very near and dear to my heart.” She said that some forms of victimization are obvious. “People can be victimized and abused as a result of physical violence and assault as well as sexual violence and assault,” Chassman said. She said some types are subtle. Sexual harassment falls into this category. Chassman said the typical response by a woman to sexual harassment is nervous laughter and avoidance rather than confrontation. “Victimization can also occur as the result of
emotional abuse and neglect or psychological and verbal abuse,” she said. In the audience, Pam Guzman, CSUF adjunct professor of sociology questioned why in many cases, women consider an off-color joke told in their presence to be sexual harassment. “I don’t approve of it, I don’t think it’s acceptable but I don’t consider it sexual harassment,” Guzman said. “I never personalized it in my experience in the corporate world.” Chassman said there is a cycle of abuse. “It can begin in childhood and run through adulthood,” she said. “We repeat what we have learned from our families – they are our role models. “Children who witness domestic violence are damaged emotionally and psychologically. They might as well have been physically abused themselves. You have to be taught that your body is worth protecting in order to learn how to protect your body. Children grow into adults who cannot recognize abuse.” Abuse and victimization are about power and control. She said both men and women have a personal, inner power but that men are socialized differently than women. “Most men would not take being abused,” Chassman said. “They do not give up power. We all start off with equal power but men are
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socialized to know how to use it. Men are socialized to fight, women to submit.” The socialization process begins at birth. Chassman said the biggest role models are family but culture reinforces what is learned at home. “People underestimate the power of television,” Chassman said. “Positive men’s traits such as being assertive and in control become negative when applied to women.” Domestic violence is a slow, insidious process as the person being victimized slowly relinquishes control to the perpetrator. “It begins with jealousy, possessiveness, verbal abuse and degradation before it escalates into physical abuse. The physical abuse gets more and more severe over time,” Chassman said. “Victims begin to blame themselves for the abuse and their sense of self-esteem gets smaller and smaller. They must either leave or die.” Chassman cautions that women should never threaten to leave unless they are really ready to do it. Threatening will only increase the perpetrator’s feelings of insecurity and lead to escalating violence. She sees more and more women having the courage to fight for their equality, dignity and respect. “If women don’t stand up for themselves, no one else will,” she said.
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