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F U L L E R T O N Titan track and field their season at the Big West Conference Championships

INSIDE NEWS: Anaheim resident Lisa Tucker,13, 3 ncaptivates audiences with her singing voice

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OPINION: Recent terrorist warnings are the 4 nWhite House’s attempt to save its image

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TSU open for all-nightnFINALS: Until May 31, students can take advantage of services to help them relax and study for exams

By Theresa Salinas

Daily Titan Staff Writer The Titan Student Union is being transformed this week into a 24hour study center, complete with group study areas and stress relief amenities.

The TSU kicked off its traditional All-Night Study program Monday.

The event, which lasts until May 31, gives students a chance to hit the books and take advantage of the TSU’s many amenities.

“The nature of the event is to open the building to students around the clock,” said TSU Director Kurt Borsting. “It gives students a last opportunity to study or work on group projects.”

Various TSU departments participate in the all-night study program, offering services to help prepare students, mentally and physically, for finals week.

For those who need extra study time, most student lounges and meeting rooms will be open 24 hours a day. TSU rooms such as Alvardo, Bradford, Gilman, Hetebrink and

Gabrielino will be open until 4 a.m., starting May 26.

Mainframe computer lab also has extended operating hours through May 31. The lab will be open from 8 a.m. to 2 a.m., Mondays through Thursdays. Fridays, it will be open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Students can print items for free May 24, from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. The lab houses more than 30 Dell computers and a large selection of magazines and CDs. Senior Jimmy Lin said he thinks it’s a good idea to have study rooms and computer labs open before and during finals week.

“If I had access to those resources it would help me study for finals,” Lin said.

For students who need a reprieve

All-Night Study events:

from studying, the TSU offers a barrage of distractions.

Associated Students, Inc. Productions sponsors a variety of promotions from May 28 to 31, including prize giveaways and free massages.

Rec Sports is holding the “Exam Jam” today and Wednesday in the gym, from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. Students can participate in basketball, volleyball and badminton games. A free hip-hop dance class will be from 9:45 p.m. to 11:45 p.m. Admission is free with a valid Cal State Fullerton student ID. “It’s an opportunity to take a break,” said Alison Wittwer, assis-

May 21 and 22 “Exam Jam” in the gym, from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. Free basketball, volleyball and badminton games.

Hip-hop dance class from 9:45 to 10:45 p.m.

May 24 Free printing at the Mainframe computer lab, from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.

May 28 to 30 Free bowling and billiards at the TSU Games and Recreation, from 11 p.m. to 6 a.m.

Free massages in the TSU Fireside Lounge,

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Kimonos add to ambiance nART: The exhibit of Japanese costumes in the Atrium Gallery in the Pollak Library was extended until June 2

By Veronica Hagey

Daily Titan Staff Writer

Courtesy of Janice Sheffield

Fifteen 4-to-5-year-olds from the Children’s Center protested Monday to unlock a gate at the corner of Campus and Corporation drives.

Pint-sized protesters prevail nDEMONSTRATION: A group of children learned a valuable lesson in fighting for their rights Monday

By Rita Freeman

Daily Titan News Editor Public Safety responded to a riot call Monday morning expecting to find students protesting.

When they arrived at the corner of

West Campus and Corporation drives Monday morning, they discovered 15 children, between age 4 and 5, from the Children’s Center picketing and shouting “unlock the gate, unlock the gate.”

“They are empowered to take action,” said Betsy Gibbs, director of the Children’s Center. “They don’t have to rely on other people.”

Shortly after 11 a.m., children from the Sunshine Room at the Children’s Center started their protest over a locked gate that prevented them from walking on the sidewalk.

They carried the six signs that stated remarks like “little feet do not belong

in the street,” and “it’s hard to wait, open the gate,” around in a circle.

Every three minutes the children rotated the signs so each could have a turn holding one. After a few minutes with no results, some started to think their efforts failed.

Eight minutes later, two officers appeared and unlocked the gate.

Janice Sheffield, head teacher for the Sunshine Room at the Children’s Center and organizer of the protest, said the children started jumping up and down, screaming and running across the street in celebration of their victory.

“It was like they were free,”

Sheffield said.

Five-year-old Tahshae Catching said her favorite part of the protest was when the children wrote a “thank you” note to the officers for unlocking the gate.

“We were shouting ‘yea’ when they unlocked the gate,” Catching said.

“We were laughing and circling all the way around.”

After the protest, Sheffield suspects the gate might have been locked accidentally. She said the gate shuts the facility off and the children cannot go anywhere unless they cross into the

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Serene, Japanese music greets visitors at the “Kimono: The Wearable Art of Japan” exhibit in the Atrium Gallery, at Cal State Fullerton’s Pollak Library.

Adding to the scene are Japanese flowers and screens.

“The big news is that the exhibit has been extended until June 2,” said JoAnn Carter-Wells, co-producer of the stage presentation and opening reception of the exhibit.

Live models presented the kimonos during the stage presentation March 22.

“They also had children from the community modeling the kimonos, which was fun. It was a big event,” said Ashley Bishop, chair of the reading department, which is one of the exhibit’s sponsors.

The ongoing exhibit in the library features traditional Japanese costumes, including fantasy kimonos adorned with feathers, rhinestones and pearls.

Kimonos representing women at different life stages are part of the traditional costume portion of the exhibit. Casual and formal kimonos, following women from adolescence to adulthood, unmarried to married, line the walls of the Atrium Gallery.

Featured artists are Japanese kimono designers Jane Aiko Yamano and Yumi Katsura. Katsura is a well-known artist who has designed for the Pope, said Veronica Chiang, the exhibit’s curator.

Chiang said Yamano has been groomed from infancy to keep the kimono tradition.

“Yamano was designated by her grandmother to carry on the tradition,” Chiang said.

All kimonos are encased in glass and are displayed on mannequins or special kimono stands, which were provided

by Kimona-Ya, a specialty shop in Los Angeles. “ I tried not to touch the fabrics,” said Hwang Kwang, one of the exhibit’s installers.

“We do the heavy-duty work; there are special people who put the kimonos up. Those fabrics need special care,” he said.

The Japanese wedding kimono, designed by Katsura, includes hand and machine embroidery in metallic gold, silver and copper threads on a black background.

“I liked most of them but I particularly liked the wedding one,” Hwang said.

Yamano’s designs focus on traditional kimonos, but also showcased are two fantasy kimonos.

One of Yamano’s traditional kimonos on display is the Jyuni-hitoe, a 12-layered ceremonial kimono made for court ladies in Japan.

The Jyuni-hitoe stands out with its vibrant green, red and orange layers contrasted against the muted peach, cream and white layers that form a colorful “V” in front of the chest. A gold, Japanese hair ornament crowns the mannequin’s head.

Another kimono that separates itself from the others is the Furisode, which translates to “long sleeves.”

The sleeves are nearly floor length on the outspread kimono, which hangs on a kimono stand. Young, unmarried women wear this particular kimono for formal or festive occasions, according to the exhibit’s information cards. Silver, gold, and copper flowers bloom on the hand-painted kimono, which has also been tie-dyed and hand embroidered with metallic threads.

The two fantasy kimonos are displayed on mannequins. The electric pink and white kimono is layered with sheer fabric, lace, sequins and pearls. The accompanying headpiece with intricate

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Wushu coach brings world-class experience to stunTRAINING: CSUF’s instructor, Philip Chen, practiced with China’s elite national team and Jet Li’s teacher

By Erick Fierro Martinez Daily Titan Staff Writer

It is not every day a young energetic instructor walks into a classroom prepared to teach students an art form that sometimes can appear intimidating.

However, when Wushu instructor Philip Chen walks into the classroom each morning, students immediately identify with him and admire his courage to take on such a difficult task.

The relationship Chen has with his

students is amazing. Maintaining a close relationship with students and earning respect is something he has strived for through the years.

Chen’s love and dedication to Wushu, a 5,000-year-old Chinese martial art, developed when he was a child watching movies and actors such as Jet Li. However, Wushu was more than just pop culture and exercise, “it was an opportunity to learn more about my [family’s] culture,” Chen said.

Through the years, Chen has had many coaches, but he has spent most of his years training with Brian Wang.

Wang practiced Wushu in the Province of Nanjing, China for many years and later served as the head coach for the Province of Nanjing Wushu team.

Chen also had the opportunity to practice the martial art with Jet Li’s instructor Wu Bin, head coach of the Beijing National Wushu Team in China. The

Beijing National Team is No. 1 in the world.

“It served as a booster shot,” Chen said. “The training experience is much different than in the United States. For one month, six hours a day, six days a week you eat breathe and live Wushu.

It gives you a chance to focus on your experience.”

Training with the best athletes in the world is only a part of the experience – the coaches are the other part.

“The coach is much more focused.

Once you are there, you are theirs.

Everything must be precise,” he said.

Chen’s first national competition was in 1995 where he placed second at the Long Beach International Karate Championship. In 1996, he placed first at the National Wushu Competition.

“The competition was won months beforehand – 99 percent of competition is the training the other 1 percent is show-

ing up and performing what you have already know.”

Last fall, Chen had the opportunity to participate in the World Wushu games in Armenia. The event is host to 92 countries and is held every two years. Chen placed fifth in Southern Staff and sixth in Southern Saber— weapons events in the art of Wushu.

Chen says his success is largely because of his parents.

“If it wasn’t for their support, I wouldn’t have been able to compete,” he said. “They also supported me financially, competition is expensive. I’ve been to Armenia, Hong Kong and Brazil and usually a family member travels with me. It’s like having another coach there for me.”

Chen’s father knows what its like to be a competing athlete. He was once a team-

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Philip Chen teaches students the martial art, Wushu, at CSUF.

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A guide to what’s happening

BRIEFS Guitar orchestras to perform at Little Theatre Presented by the Cal State Fullerton Department of Music, the guitar orchestras under the directions of David Grimes and Richard Turner will be performing at the Little Theatre on May 24 at 8 p.m.

The orchestras will perform Roland Dyens’ “Cote Sud,” Annette Kruisbrink’s “The Chippenwyan Naildance,” Nikita Koshkin’s “Moin-Moin,” Fito Olivares’ “El Colestrol” and other works.

The program will also feature duets by Leo Brouwer and Ernesto Cordero.

Tickets are $8 for regular admission and $5 with Titan discount. They are available at the Performing Arts Center Box Office and online at tickets.com.

For more information, contact the box office at (714) 278-3371.

Aviation Photography and Art Show and Sale Presented by the Friends of the Air Museum, the Aviation Photography and Art and Sale will take place on June 1 at the Air Museum Planes of Fame in Chino from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Portions of the proceeds will be donated to the museum.

Paid admission to the event will include the museum’s monthly event called “Women in Aviation.” Members, volunteers and staff members both from the museum and Chino Airport will participate in the event.

Framed photographs, war bird-print clocks, lithographs, war bird note cards and refrigerator magnets will be available at the show and sale.

Admission to the museum is $8.95 for adults, $1.95 for chil-

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dren ages 5-11 and children under five years are free with adult paid admission.

The Air Museum Planes of Fame is located at 7000 Merrill Avenue #17 in Chino.

For more information, call (909) 597-3722.

Paintball Expo to be held at the Fairplex in Pomona Presented by the Fairplex in Pomona, the Paintball Expo will take place June 1 from noon to 5 p.m. and June 2 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

New products, paintball teams and markers and door prizes will be featured at the event.

The Fairplex is located on 1101 West McKinley Avenue in Pomona.

Tickets are $15 for regular admission and $13 for ages 15 and younger.

For more information, contact Revy Samia at (408) 929-6159 or log on to paintballexpo.com.

Museum adds two board members Two people have been added to the Board of Trustees of the Fullerton Museum Center.

They are Clarence O. Hill of Fullerton and Will Nettleship of Placentia. The 21-member board is a non-profit group that works in cooperation with the City of Fullerton. Raising funds is a chief responsibility for the board; it helps finance future museum exhibitions.

Fund-raising also provides the museum staff with recommendations regarding exhibits and programs.

Hill worked as a staff aide to an Assistant Secretary of Defense at the Pentagon.

Nettleship has completed 26 public art commissions and exhib-

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CALENDAR CALEN D AR OF OF EVENTS EVEN TS Community The Pacific Symphony Orchestra presents Broadway and film legend Marvin Hamlisch in an Evening of Broadway Show Tunes and Pop Standards, May 24 and 25 at the Orange County Performing Arts Center in Costa Mesa. The concerts begin at 8 p.m. Ticket prices range from $25 to $77 and can be purchased by either calling the Pacific Symphony Orchestra Ticket Office at (714) 755-5799 or Ticket Master at (714) 740-7878.

The 64th Annual Fullerton Memorial Day Observance will take place May 27 at 10 a.m. at the Loma Vista Memorial Park in Fullerton. The Theme will be “A Salute to Nurses in the Military.”

For more information, call (714) 738-6311.

The Pacific Symphony Orchestra presents the 2001-2002 Hal and Jeanette Segerstrom Family Classics Series “An Alpine Symphony,” May 22 and May 23 at 8 p.m. at the Orange County Performing Arts Center.

Tickets are on sale at the TSU Information and Services Desk.

For more information, call (714) 278-2468.

The Fullerton Civic Light Opera presents the musical “Camelot” through May 26 at the Plummer

Auditorium in Fullerton. Tickets range from $16 to $40. For more information, call (714) 879-1732.

The 44th Annual Garden Grove Strawberry Festival with the theme “A Salute to Those Who Protect and Serve” takes place on Memorial Day weekend, May 2427 at the Village Green, between Main and Euclid in downtown Garden Grove from 1 p.m. to 10p. m. For more information call (714) 638-0981 or visit www.strawberryfestival.org.

Cypress College will host the 13th Annual Juried Student Photography Exhibition, through May 25 at the Anaheim Museum.

For more information, call (714) 778-3301.

The Grand Central Art Center in Santa Ana presents the exhibition “The Nihon Journal,” a collection of images produced

by Rachel Rosenthal in Japan, through May 26 in the Grand Central Art Center Project Room.

For more information, call (714) 567-7233 or (714) 567-7234.

The Department of Theatre and Dance presents “Songs for a New World,” May 23-26. Both productions will be in the Grand Central Art Center in Santa Ana. Tickets are $10 for general admission and $5 in advance with Titan discount. For more information,

call (714) 278-3371.

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The Department of Music presents jazz combos May 21 at 8 p.m. in the Little Theatre of the Performing Arts Center and the Diverse Instrument Ensemble at 8 p.m. in the Minor Hall of the Performing Arts Center. For more information, call (714) 278-3371.

The Asian American Studies Program Brown-Bag Series presents “So are you going to have an arranged marriage?: Marriage in the South Asian American Community,” May 21 at noon in the Pollak Library room 360.

The TSU will have their AllNight Study program May 20 through May 31 and will be open 24 hours. All areas of the building will be open. For more information, call (714) 278-2468.

The Arboretum will have a gardening class for children May 23 from 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.

Parent participation is nor required and the fee is $ per child. For more information, call (714) 2783579.

The Performing Arts Center presents the play ”Rocky and Diego” through May 26 in the Recital Hall of the Performing Arts Center. Ticket prices are $9. For more information, call (714) 278-

3371.

The TSU Center Gallery presents art works by Kozue Imamura through May 24. The Gallery is open from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Admission is free. For more information, call (714) 278-2468.

The TSU Underground has free bowling every Thursday from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. 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 TSU presents the Titan Pride Bowling League every Wednesday night at 6:30 p.m.

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 TSU Underground has a Video Game Extravaganza May 20-31 from 12 p.m. to 7 p.m. Play various videogames to win cool prizes. Must be a CSUF student to participate in the event.

The Department of Music presents student and faculty jazz combos at 8 p.m., May 21, in the Little Theatre. Tickets are $8 and $5 with Titan discount. For more information, call the Performing Arts Center box office at (714)

CALENDAR OF EVENTS COP BLO TTER Monday, May 13 At 4:31 p.m., vandalism was reported to police in Lot E. The driver of a gray 2000 Honda CRV reported the car missing at 5:20 p.m. The person parked the car in the 30-minute zone on South Campus Drive at 1p.m., At 7:20 p.m., police helped a female search for her burgundy Chevy Impala. She parked it in Lot E, Row 22 and it wasn’t there.

Tuesday, May 14 Police responded to a call of people leaving stuff on cars in Lot E, Rows 37 and 38 at 2:36 a.m. It was thought that the VHS tape was used to wrap windshield wipers together on about 10 cars.

Public Safety performed a routine traffic stop east of

Nutwood Avenue, west of Titan Drive on a white Volvo at 11:20 a.m.

Public Safety responded to a call involving disorderly conduct at the Quad at 12:27 p.m. When police arrived, the parties left.

At 12:49 p.m., a hit and run involving a silver BMW in Lot E, Row 11 was reported to police.

A habitual parking offender was cited in Lot D, row 4. The five tickets totaled $200.

Police responded to the Visual Arts Building, Room 122D at 7:49 p.m. A male suffered a deep cut and was shaky. Medics arrived, but friend took him to St. Jude Medical Center.

Wednesday, May 15 At 8:11 a.m., police were called to the bookstore to help a man who fell off his bike and was bleeding from the head.

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He requested to be taken to the Health Center. The physical plant was called to clean up blood.

Vandalism in the bookstore was reported to Public Safety at 12:55 p.m. The stair railing was damaged.

Thursday, May 16 Public Safety responded to an elevator malfunction in Langsdorf Hall at 2:25 p.m.

Friday, May 17 Public Safety performed a routine traffic stop at 3:01 p.m. on State College Boulevard and Bastanchury Road. The driver of a black Honda was violating a restraining order.

A routine traffic stop was done on Commonwealth and Acacia at 7:20 p.m.

The driver of a blue Chevy was cited for a DUI.

At the 500 block of North Placentia, police performed a routine traffic stop on a white Toyota at 11:33 p.m. A blood tech and Orange County Tow were called.

Saturday, May 18 At 12:47 p.m., police performed a routine traffic stop at the Mobil station on Associated Road and Yorba Linda. The driver of a black Honda was taken to Orange County Jail for driving without plates.

Police responded to a call from Cypress Hall, Room 306 at 7:17 p.m. A 20-year-old male was throwing up consistently and for an unknown reason. He was conscious and breathing.

Sunday, May 19 Public Safety performed a routine traffic stop at 9:40 p.m., and cited the driver of a Honda Prelude for driving with out a license.

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Child performer sings her way to starnACHIEVEMENT: Thirteen-year-old Lisa Tucker appeared as Nala in the production of “The Lion King”

By Shannon Gladys

Daily Titan Staff Writer There are unavoidable forces many have come to rely on everyday. The sun will rise and set. The ocean will ebb and tide.

Another may be the inevitable success of Lisa Tucker, child performer extraordinaire.

Lisa, an Orange County native who turns 13 in June, has a career that rivals performers twice her age.

She has performed as Young Nala in “The Lion King,” held her own concert before a sold out crowd and belted out the National Anthem at the Staples Center and Anaheim Stadium.

But the pint-sized phenomenon, who sings, dances, acts, models and plays piano, makes it sound like a small feat.

“When I was in‘The Lion King,’ I didn’t see it as work, but as fun,” she said. “I wasn’t nervous, I was just there.”

Lisa, with milk chocolate skin and black curls that spiral down her back, has always been vocally gifted. Several years ago, as she unconsciously belted out a tune in her back yard, her father became aware of her talent.

“When I was little, I used to sing all the time,” Lisa said. “One day when I was standing on the diving board singing, my dad really took notice.”

Deciding to follow up on Lisa’s potential, her parents answered an advertisement for the Orange County Children’s Theatre. The theater was holding open auditions for the production, “The Little Princess.”

She auditioned and was immediately awarded a co-lead role in the

production.

After her 11-month run as Nala, In the meantime, the Broadway Lisa stepped down from the part due hit “The Lion King” was making its to contract limitations for minors. way to Los Angeles and they were “I could say there was a little looking for performers to fill an jealousy, but I had my part,” Lisa original cast on the West Coast. The said. “I know someone else needed producers of “The Lion King” con- a chance.” tacted the Orange County Children’s Now she has much more to preTheatre looking for talented young pare for. actors. During that fateful phone That evening, Lisa planned on call, 10-year-old Lisa attending rehearsals for was recommended her upcoming solo for the cast. concert as well as perAfter 12 gruelforming at a fund-raising auditions between “When I was er at a United Methodist February and June Church later that night.

2000, the teen won a Her upcoming concert, in ‘The Lion lead role, the part of her biggest solo event to Young Nala. date, will be in a 1,000King’ I didn’t seat theater on June 2 at “I was bouncing off the wall, scream5 p.m. at Servite High see it as ing, ‘Oh my gosh. I’m School in Anaheim. gonna be in ‘The Lion She has already sold King,’’” Tucker said, work, but as more than 700 tickets. still grinning at the Preparing for the concert, memory. will feature her fun. I wasn’t which “She had the right brothers Billy Tucker, 17 energy and the right and Stanley Tucker, 19, nervous I personality for the choreography and backpart,” said Frank up singers, consumes a Lombardi, resident large portion of Lisa’s was just director of the Los time. She attends voice Angeles company and piano lessons and there.” of “The Lion King.” approaches her craft “She was poised and highly prepared. talented. She emerged “I’m excited, but it’s a as one the best canlot of work,” she said. didates all around Lisa said she gets – dancing, singing, nervous before the personality.” beginning of the show, but relaxes He was involved in selecting Lisa once she starts singing her melodic for the part of Nala. ballads.

“She was one of our original “I just wonder if the crowd is getNala’s. She perfectly epitomized ting into it,” she said. “But, after a the role,” Lombardi said. “There is while I can feel it.” a playfulness about her. The charModeling her style after Whitney acter Nala is tough, but has a lot of Houston, Lisa is more of a ballad heart. In the play, she’s raised to be singer. a queen. She has to have a regal“I’ve always looked up to ness and a tomboy quality. Lisa Whitney Houston, but I’m a little personified that. She’s ahead of her sad about her life now,” she said. time. She just sort of had it. She When discussing her love of embodied the whole spirit of the dressing in gowns during her percharacter.” formances she admits she shares her Lisa rehearsed for the role of mother’s taste in clothes.

Nala for two months and performed “I don’t see myself as a Britney the role nine months during 2000 Spears or Christina Aguilera,” she and 2001. said.

However, Lisa recently signed on with two producers to be in a band featuring four other girls. Although the band doesn’t have a name and she hasn’t met the other girls, Lisa is recording music for a demo.

“Then all the girls will come together for a video and then they’ll name the band,” Lisa said.

She is excited about the project, but prefers being solo.

“You can have a bunch of people who like each other, but working together is another story,” said her father Stan Tucker.

Moving to the family room, Lisa, her parents and her cat Minnie, listen to tracks from her upcoming CD; all are lip-synching the songs.

Although she is her toughest critic, Lisa is pleasantly surprised with the songs she is hearing in completion for the first time.

Stan is highly involved in writing music and lyrics for his daughter.

Her parents were also an influence on the music in her upcoming CD. “I just think it’s a work ethic,” Stan said.

Lisa said she maintains a healthy respect of her parents, a childlike trust and one can sense the harmony in her family. Unlike her many child star predecessors who demanded emancipation at outrageously young ages, Lisa said she would like her parents to remain as her managers for as long as possible.

“If they’ve helped me get this far, they can help me get bigger,” Lisa said.

Her parents may take a more relaxed approach to the partnership.

“Our goal is to get her to a certain point,” said Lisa’s mother, Eleanor Tucker.

Her father calmly states that if another producer came along down the line “that’s fine.”

“I’ve done my job,” Stan said.

“But, as long as she’s a minor, we will be involved. When she’s 18 and 19, I hope we continue to have a great relationship.”

As is typical with many child performers the question ensues over whether or not keeping a robust schedule during the school year is

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Lisa Tucker, 13, has performed at numerous venues in her life. healthy for the child.

During her 11-month involvement with “The Lion King,” Lisa attended her regular private Catholic school once a week on Tuesdays. The rest of the time she was tutored on the set.

“It’s hard to go to school and keep the grades and not be able to play whenever I want,” Lisa said.

This year, however, she will graduate from elementary school at the top of her class.

She thrived on her busy schedule, which is tightly coordinated by her mother who now works part-time after 20 years at an insurance firm to manage Lisa.

Her school is highly supportive of her schedule, Stan said.

“When she sang the National Anthem at Angels Stadium, about 200 students showed up,” he said.

There are steps that young performers can take to retain longevity, Lombardi said.

“I’ve done a lot of shows with children. Some make it, some don’t. Some are destined to do bigger things. I would say to keep training. The key is to work on all aspects of their craft. We encourage all children to study voice, movement and acting. Often some of the habits they may pick up at this point they have a hard time losing. They have to conduct

themselves as a professional. They have to work on their craft.”

He said Lisa was mature in her approach to her career.

“It seemed like Lisa was doing that. She was very prepared. She took notes. She could talk about what she was doing. She could make an intelligent choice which is very rare for a person her age to do.”

Prepared for a famous future, the two-time winner on “Ed McMahon’s Next Big Star” television show is currently signed with the William Morris Agency and is a member of the Screen Actors Guild and Actor’s Equity Association. Lisa’s wants to utilize her dream of becoming a famous singer to benefit society.

“I want to do something that will raise money for poor and sick children,” she said. “The best part is that I’m doing what I want to do.”

Lisa giggles as she tells the story of how she recently got called into the principal’s office.

“The principal had a picture of me and asked if I would autograph it,” she said.

It’s not everyday that a student is pulled from class to sign photographs; but she happily takes it in stride.

After all, she’s on her way to the

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Dance team captain Aubren Blankenship says though stressful, competing on the dance team is worth

Dance team twirls trinCHAMPIONSHIP: The girls worked from the bottom up to win three consecutive Division I competitions

By Michael Matter

Daily Titan Staff Writer There is an athletic team at Cal State Fullerton that has won three straight Division I national championships.

While some may be surprised at this fact, others have watched the team perform at Titan Gym and at national championship competitions on ESPN for the last three years. Some have seen the three national championship trophies. The 2000 trophy is displayed in the lobby at Titan Gym, the 2001 and 2002 trophies are in the lobby of the athletic department at Titan House.

Still others have seen the new threetime national championship banner that drapes from the north side of the gym, sharing hallowed ground with the 11 other CSUF national championship team banners. For the record, this team is the three time consecutive national champion CSUF Dance Team.

For the record, success did not occur overnight.

Co-coach Sam Shen is a former team member and CSUF alumna. She

credits hard work for the team’s national championships.

“This is obviously a great feeling, but the national championships were built from the ground up,” Shen said. “ It has taken us five years to get to this point. We’ve grown, but it was a huge challenge.”

Co-coach Jennie Moreno, also a former team member and CSUF graduate agreed.

“I think we’ve done a good job building–we started from scratch,” Moreno said. “ I feel like we finally have a home in the athletic department— that they appreciate us and respect us.”

The team won its first two national championships outside the athletic department. They represented CSUF at athletic department events, but they are actually a campus club organization that received funds from Associated Students, Inc. “The CSUF athletic department has come through and helped us out,” Shen said. “We are treated well by the athletic department and by our peers. Even people not involved with us know who we are now.”

Moreno said that being under the athletic department has made a world of difference.

“We can now go to them and get answers to our questions in a day,” Moreno said. “They get things done and we appreciate all the help they’ve given us.”

CSUF Director of Athletics, Marketing and Promotions Steve Ditolla is the team’s athletic department liaison.

“We have in a way inherited the team,” Ditolla said. “ We are moving forward in a transitional stage–the team was assigned to CSUF inter-collegiate athletics on July 1, 2001. The department is very proud of this team; we are glad to have them and hope that they continue their success under our umbrella well into the future.”

The Division I national dance team championships are held during the semester break each January at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Fla. Aubren Blankenship is 2001-2002 dance team captain. She is a secondyear team member and criminal justice major who trains almost year-round to prepare for the competition season. “ It does get stressful at times, but it’s worth it in the end,” Blankenship said. “ We love the travel and the national competition. We receive a lot of support from the athletic department and both of our coaches. They are very inspirational because they give a lot of their time despite having regular jobs.”

Blankenship said she and her teammates do a lot of bonding away from the competitions.

“You cannot dance well together as a team if you don’t get along really well together the rest of the time,” she said.

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Cheney warns attacks on U.S. are inevitanTERRORISM: The vice president said Sunday that harm is “almost certain” but was unable to give the public any specific information

By Tim Johnson

Knight Ridder Newspapers

WASHINGTON - Future terror attacks on the United States “are almost certain,” Vice President Dick Cheney said Sunday, adding that the only question is whether they may occur “tomorrow, or next week, or next year.”

The prospect of another attack against the United States, is “very, very real,” Cheney said.

Cheney and National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice issued the chilling forecasts on several Sunday television news programs as they sought to refocus attention from revelations that several U.S. agencies had information about threats against

the United States before the Sept. 11 attacks blamed on Osama bin Laden.

While Cheney and Rice emphasized that there were no specifics about any future attack, the FBI warned that al-Qaida terrorists might be planning to target large U.S. apartment complexes.

“Stay vigilant,” Cheney said.

“Watch for things that are out of the

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Cheney looks out the window of Marine Two on Sept. 12 after returning from an undisclosed location.

ordinary or unusual.”

“The most important thing is to try to prevent another attack,” Rice said.

For now, the nation remains on “yellow alert,” meaning an elevated risk of terror attack, but below an orange or red alert in the FBI’s fivetier homeland defense warning system. Rice said no change is planned.

Even so, the FBI announced that it had sent a note last week to its 56 field offices across the country asking agents to alert managers of large apartment complexes that their facilities may become terrorist targets.

“It was uncorroborated and nonspecific information that al-Qaida leaders had discussed renting apartment units in the United States and then planting explosives,” said Debbie Weierman, an FBI spokeswoman.

“The only reason we did this was in an abundance of caution to share with the public and to encourage citizens to remain vigilant in their everyday lives,” Weierman said.

In a separate development, a British-based Islamic news agency, Ansaar, released video footage of bin Laden and said the Saudi terrorist may have been filmed just two months ago. The 100-second film clip shows bin Laden seated under a tree against a backdrop of hills.

When the footage was taken remained in dispute. A spokesman for Arab-language al Jazeera said the television news network had seen the footage three or four months ago, and that it might have been filmed as long ago as October.

Washington has been swept up in the past week by news that that President Bush knew of threats to airline security prior to Sept. 11, although the president’s advisors have said the analyses referred only to generalized threats to U.S. interests and the possibility that U.S. planes could be hijacked.

But there was other information that in retrospect looks tantalizing, including a July warning from a Phoenix FBI agent that Arabs were training at U.S. flight schools and the August arrest of a man at a Minnesota flight school.

That man, Zacarias Moussaoui, has since been charged with conspiring with the Sept. 11 hijackers.

The revelations have led to fierce partisan back-and-forth charges over how to fortify U.S. intelligence gathering.

Cheney stepped back from his remarks last Thursday that Democrats were making “incendiary statements” to seek political advantage from the charges.

“We’d all be better off if everybody sort of cooled off and calmed down,” Cheney said.

The vice president said he does not object to a congressional inquiry into how to improve the gathering, sorting and assessing counter-terrorism intelligence.

“The investigation is important because there are lessons to be learned,” Cheney said.

But he said he has “a deep sense of anger” that some Democrats have implied that Bush may have had spe-

cific advance knowledge of the Sept.

11 al-Qaida attacks in New York City, Washington and Pennsylvania and failed to act. “I thought it was beyond the pale,” he said.

President Bush received a daily intelligence compilation, known as a presidential daily briefing, on Aug. 6 that focused on al-Qaida’s intent on striking within U.S. territory, Rice said. She said it contained “no new information . . . nothing actionable.”

Both Rice and Cheney discouraged public hearings on intelligence failures, saying bipartisan efforts within the Senate and House intelligence panels were the best avenue to reassess U.S. capabilities.

But a key Democratic legislator, Sen. Joseph Lieberman, said a broader nonpartisan commission, similar to the one convened after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in December of 1941, was needed to understand why officials did not put together signs of a pending terrorist attack.

“We now . . . see not just dots that should have been connected, but parts of neon signs flashing that nobody put together to present the kind of warning that would have led to action,” said Lieberman, a former vice presidential candidate from Connecticut.

A Republican colleague, Sen. Richard Shelby of Alabama, the ranking minority member of the Senate intelligence committee, said failures to stitch together disparate intelligence reports led to “lost opportunities” to thwart the Sept. 11 attacks.

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Services Desk also has extended hours. It will be open from 7:30 a.m. to 2 a.m. through Friday.

From May 28-31, the information desk will stay open 24 hours a day.

The information desk sells discounted tickets to local attractions such as Disneyland and Knott’s Berry Farm.

The All-Night Study program has become a campus tradition.

It has been held for the last five consecutive years, and sporadically before then. Borsting said the program probably originated in the mid-1970s when the TSU (formerly the University Center) first opened.

The program is funded through the TSU’s operating budget. It is slated to receive $4,400 in the 200203 budget. About $1,400 will go to supplies; $2,900 will go to printing and advertising; $100 will go to contingency funds.

Student Katy Lee said she thinks the TSU should use some of the money to hold study skills classes, where students can learn about time management and memorization techniques.

“Students who struggle during finals should know about time management,” she said.

n from page 1 tant program director for AS Rec Sports. “Your brain functions better when you exercise.”

The TSU is also holding its fifth “Video Game Extravaganza” through May 31. Students can compete in four pre-selected games.

The player who amasses the most points in that game will receive a prize.

The student who racks up the most points overall will also receive a prize. The contest is held in the TSU Underground.

TSU Games and Recreation also has extended hours from May 2831. Students can bowl and play billiards for free from 11 p.m. to 6 a.m.

Billiards Coordinator John Orr said that the event usually draws dozens of students daily.

Most players flock to the facility between 11 p.m. and 2 a.m. The crowd usually subsides after 2 a.m., he said.

“The only players left at that time are hard-core players trying to get in a few extra hours.” he said.

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Summer job market frozen nEMPLOYMENT: The recession has made it hard for students to find work and internships

By Brandon M. Bickerstaff Knight Ridder

WASHINGTON - Last summer, Tyrone McCandies thought he would have it easy. After graduating from Howard University in Washington, D.C., with a degree in radio production, McCandies was sure he’d be able to land at least a summer internship with his new education.

But he was wrong.

“Once I graduated, it was real hard for me to find anything in my field,” said McCandies, 24.

“It was like the job market just closed up instantly.”

This year, many more students will be faced with McCandies’ dilemma: finding something to do for the summer after classes have ended.

With the recession of the U.S. economy, many employers have chosen to pass on hiring summer interns in an attempt to save money. According to a survey conducted by the National Association for Colleges and Employers, job hiring for students in college has dropped 36 percent in 2002 as compared to figures from 2001. As a result, students are faced with the choice of spending the summer relaxing, or finding a job, any job, to occupy them for the summer break.

Tyrone Hurley Jr., a 22-yearold senior at Howard University graduating in May 2003, said he wanted to find an internship in his field of study, computer based information systems, but has had no luck.

Instead, Hurley plans to stay on campus for the summer.

“There was nothing out there for me, so I decided to just stay here in D.C.,” said the New York native. “There is this work for housing program that lets me stay in the dormitories over the summer in exchange for me working part time as a lobby monitor.”

Gregory Adams of Diversity Service temporary employment agency, says he sees students run into this problem every summer.

“Every year, college students come to us to try and find some summer work at the last minute,” Adams said. “They just would rather not sit at home and do

nothing.

“A lot of times we can find them something paying somewhere around $10 an hour, if they contact us soon enough,” he said.

Adams helped McCandies find a job as an administrative assistant, but McCandies, who plans on attending graduate school in the fall, said the job is temporary.

“This is just to tie me over until grad school starts,” he said.

“I just needed to make some money this summer.” In addition to working, McCandies will also help at a youth basketball camp over the summer.

Dr. Phil Gardner, director of Michigan State University’s Collegiate Employment Research Institute, said that students should be persistent, despite the ailing economy.

“Students should keep knocking on doors,” Gardner said. “If you can’t find an internship, you should pick up activities that will keep you involved in your field. That way, it keeps you in touch with the people in your job field.”

While Gardner said did not list specific companies that have frozen college hiring for 2002, he did say that his office is aware of the decline in job offers for college students. “We just know what’s going on (with the job market),” Gardner said. “We know from the students who come in and tell us about the tough time they are having finding internships.”

Other students are fine with taking the summer to catch up on relaxation missed during the school year.

“I didn’t want to intern,” said Marisa Joy Williams, a 20-yearold early childhood education major at the University of Dayton in Ohio. “I don’t want to work during the summer.

Williams says that instead of working, she will be spending time with her sorority sisters, preparing for the upcoming school year.

“I plan on traveling and handling business for our chapter,” Williams said. “I’m vice president this year, so we are doing a lot of fund-raising this summer to get ready for the school year.”

But for Hurley, any time spent relaxing is purely a result of circumstance. “I would have much rather interned this year,” Hurley said.

“But sometimes you just have to find other things to do.”

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Christina Guerrero wheels herself to class through the crosswalk at the intersection of Nutwood and Commonwealth avenues.

Access for disabled is testnEXPERIENCE: A student spent a day in a wheelchair to gain a different perspective on life on campus

By Christina Guerrero‑ Special to the Titan

As I rolled myself from the Student Health Center to my first class at College Park I realized what a chore this was going to be. My wheelchair was not the fastest set of wheels on campus.

Oh, how I longed to be on a Razor scooter or a skateboard instead. I pushed on anyway as my arms began to shake from fatigue. Maybe someone on campus would offer me a little push? I kept trying to look friendly and make eye contact with the students walking by, but no one noticed my smile.

No one noticed me.

I could not believe this was the same friendly campus that I knew as an ablebodied student.

Disabled Student Director Paul Miller said there are about 700 disabled students on campus, of which 25 to 30 are in wheelchairs. Cal Sate Fullerton is one of the five most accessible universities in the nation for physically disabled students because of its flat property and consciously made design. Wondering how accessible the campus actually is, I decided to spend one day on campus in a wheelchair.

I arrived on campus a half hour early in order to pick up the wheelchair that I had previously arranged to borrow from the Health Center. I figured 30 minutes to get to my first class was appropriate.

However, I was not able to acquire a handicapped parking permit, but temporary handicapped parking is available for pregnant and injured students who have a doctor’s note.

I parked in Lot G and noticed it had ample handicapped parking like the other parking lots on campus. There is also one shuttle with handicapped accessi-

bility, however, it is rarely used since handicap ped parking stalls are the closest available.

On arriving at the Health Center, I noticed the handicapped parking stalls, and a vehicle that did not possess a parking permit occupied each. How dare they take up all of my parking.

The women inside the Health Center helped in assisting me with a wheelchair, and they wished me well as I rolled out the door, which was designed with an automatic door opener for disabled students. As I began to get the feel for the wheelchair I rolled myself down the ramp and thought to myself, “this should be fun.”

Then gravity took over and I realized I didn’t have any brakes. I dropped my feet and grabbed both wheel handles in order to avoid hitting the concrete wall at the bottom of the ramp, which was probably designed by a real genius.

After figuring out how to maneuver, which newly-disabled people usually learn in rehabilitation, I began my downhill journey toward the library.

I noticed there was something wrong with my wheelchair. The front right wheel of this rusty prehistoric contraption began to stick.

“Tough it out,” I thought.

However, after 10 minutes of going nowhere, I started to perspire on my forehead. I immediately stood up and walked the chair back.

I figured that it wouldn’t be cheating if I started back at the same spot. I later learned that had I used a titanium aluminum sports wheelchair it would have been easier for me to maneuver.

While waiting for my new and improved wheelchair I made a quick dash to the restroom and took note that there was no handicapped stall inside.

Later, I found out that using a handicapped restroom was almost impossible.

Refreshed but late, I continued my journey to class with a newer model that would have passed for decent except for the bright pink spray paint on the wheels.

A friend on campus said that I looked like the victim of a tagger drive-by, but at least the wheels worked.

It also was missing leg rests, so I had to

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tuck my two-and-a-half inch thick soled flip-flops under my wheelchair and hold them there all day. If I had worn flat-soled shoes instead of trying to look cute– I could have easily dangled my feet off the chair. I finally reached the diagonal crosswalk on Nutwood Avenue. It usually takes me about 15 seconds to get across the street when I’m strolling and 10 seconds when I’m in a hurry.

Since I had 30 seconds to get across the street, I decided I would need some sort of strategy. I decided to get a rolling start off the sidewalk’s ramp.

“Walk sign is on,” the robotic voice said.

And I was off. I would have made good time, but the one-inch break in the street caused my wheels to tremble, which slowed me down a little. If I hit it any harder I would probably be face down in the street by now. Unfortunately, I didn’t make it in 30 seconds. Luckily there was no car ripping around the corner. I safely crossed the street, but now I needed to enter the College Park building. The newly made ramp on the north side off the building was locked and for emergency use only, so I had to go around to the other side of the building.

As I rolled on, the pavement began to slope and gravity took its toll. I tried with all my might, but it was sucking me into the street. I had no choice, but to use my legs to pull my chair back up the incline and out of the way of a car, whose driver was anxiously waiting.

After getting up the ramp on the southwest side of the building and being stared at by a little boy, I finally arrived at class 30 minutes late. I missed a quiz my instructor said I could not make up.

Thanks a lot. Couldn’t he see I was physically challenged and not just oversleeping? Oh well, at least I made it.

The rest of the day was not as hard because my first two classes are in the same building. I also made a point to cry about how hard my day was so classmates would offer to push me around.

The only problem I had was when I went to get my daily venti iced espresso.

I realized that wheelchairs do not come with cup holders. I placed it between my legs and rolled to class slowly being

careful not to squeeze the cup too hard with my legs.

After getting help back across the street I was on my way to my last class of the day, which is on the third floor.

The first elevator did not have enough room for my wheelchair, so I waited for the second one. I noticed a student with a cane whom I had quickly passed in the hallway a few times. When the elevator stopped, he moved out of my way to let me exit first. After class, I felt guilty when there was no room for him and another wheelchair-bound student in our elevator because of me.

My last trial was to return the wheelchair to the Health Center up the hill.

I was determined. After slowly making my way up the hill, my arms were exhausted. I felt like a girly-girl with no upper body strength. I finally made it to the ramp. As I inched my way up the slope I could hear the song by Queen playing in my head like an anthem to my challenging day.

“We are the champions, my friends.

And we’ll keep on fighting till the end.

We are the champions.”

A woman walking down the ramp asked if I needed any help. She was only the second stranger who offered to help me throughout the entire day. However, I wanted to do this on my own. I did.

I pushed the wheels of the chair up the ramp and through the handicapped automatic door. Like the end of a race, I made it across the finish line. The one lesson that I learned from this experience was not to ignore disabled students on campus. I no longer see them as different from me, but as any other able-bodied student. I think now I would be more willing to start up a conversation instead of just looking the other way. Although the CSUF campus is easily accessible, I wouldn’t consider it as wheelchairfriendly.

The ramps, slopes and inclines are intense. I even have a huge blister on my thumb to prove it.

Next time I’ll ask for an electric wheelchair or a pair of gloves.‑

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encircle the sleeve cuffs and surround the hem of the dress’s train.

The exhibit began as a chance meeting with the designer and it took a lot of planning in a short time to bring it to the college, Chiang said.

Other Japanese works of art including jewelry and hair ornaments are also on display.

“This has been the most incredibly received exhibit in the library,” CarterWells said.

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beading matches the kimono gown and drapes down the back of the mannequin, blending with the gown’s flowing train.

Vertical, silver sequins form stripes on the second gown which has a white background. White feathers and clear crystals cover the headpiece. Sheer ruffles cascade down the back of the gown,

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Palestinian bomber kills nCONFLICT: Suicide attacker in Netanya injures 58 and draws swift response from Israeli forces Sunday

By Alfonso Chardy and Cliff Churgin

Knight Ridder Newspapers

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Crews clean a market in Netanya, Israel from a suicide bomber.

NETANYA, Israel - Shortly after Israel security forces were warned of an impending attack, a Palestinian militant disguised as an Israeli soldier slipped through several police checkpoints Sunday afternoon, then walked to a fruit and vegetable market where he blew himself up, killing three bystanders and injuring 58 other people.

The attack on Netanya, the seaside city where dozens of Israelis were killed by a suicide bomber at a hotel restaurant during a Passover Seder, drew a swift response from Israeli forces, which entered the nearby Palestinian town of Tulkarm Sunday evening.

Tanks and military jeeps also rolled into Ramallah, but withdrew a short time later, Palestinian officials reported.

“Anyone who thought that the Palestinian terror campaign against Israelis is over is completely mistaken,” said David Baker of the Israeli Prime Minister’s office shortly after the blast. “The Palestinian terror campaign continues unabated, as does Israel’s battle against terror.”

But unlike the previous bombing, which launched the controversial, five-and-a-half week Israeli incursions into virtually all West Bank towns, the military response to this attack was expected to remain lim-

ited. destroy the peace process.”

Callers to Arab and Israeli media According to Israeli radio, secuoutlets claiming credit for the attack rity forces received a warning shortly said they were from two Palestinian before the bombing that an attack was opposition groups, the fundamen- about to take place somewhere in the talist Hamas and Popular Front for region, placing them on high alert. the Liberation of Palestine. In Gaza, Hours earlier in Jerusalem, solpolitical leaders of each group said diers were also on higher than usual last night they could not confirm alert, peering into trunks of cars at those claims. checkpoints and stopPalestinian ping numerous drivers President Yasser in Arab East Jerusalem Arafat did not immeto check identifications.

“What the diately comment, but Eyewitnesses said the a written Palestinian suicide bomber was able Authority statement government to avoid detection at sevissued on Sunday eveeral police checkpoints ning condemned the should do is because he was wearing bombing. an Israeli military uniThat did not appear form. take all the to placate attack-weary He stepped out of a residents of this town, taxi and walked a half Arabs and less than 10 miles from block into the market the Palestinian city of entrance just before the Tulkarm that Israeli throw them 4:20 p.m. explosion that officials insist is rife buried victims in debris with terrorists. from stalls and goods. out to sea, About 50 people Police were searching gathered outside the for the taxi driver Sunday just like the night. marketplace chanted “Death to Arafat” in One person died at the Hebrew hours after the scene and another two Arabs say bombing. died later at a nearby hosAfter the Passover to throw the pital. bombing, the Bush The remaining victims administration renewed were taken to at least Israelis out three area hospitals with demands that Arafat rein in Palestinian militants wounds ranging from to sea.” but acknowledged that light to critical. he may not succeed.

Inside the market, “I think there clearly covered by a fiberglass is a class of bombings ceiling installed to resist that he can’t rein in,” shattering in the event of Vice President Dick terrorist attacks, special Cheney said Sunday cleanup crews painstakfollowing the attack. He cited militant ingly mopped up the bloody debris. groups such as Hezbollah and Hamas, Bits of flesh and body parts were which he said have indicated “they’re carefully placed into plastic bags and prepared to do everything they can to carried away.

The owner of one demolished stall, Ami Mihal, said he wished the Israeli military would do more to protect citizens.

“What the government should do is take all the Arabs and throw them out to sea, just like the Arabs say to throw the Israelis out to sea.”

Shopper Anatoly Copenco was saved by his cell phone, which took the brunt of a flying nail headed for his chest. He suggested Israel bomb Palestinians “like Afghanistan.”

“It’s the only solution,” the Ukrainian immigrant said, recuperating in a hospital bed from shrapnel wounds to his arm and leg.

But Netanya officials, including city engineer Paul Vital and Mayor Miriam Fierberg said they supported Israeli government efforts to curb attacks on Israeli civilians.

“These attacks are very difficult to prevent,” Fierberg said. “You cannot stop everyone at checkpoints.

“In the last two weeks there were twenty-one suicide bombers who tried to come to Israel … One succeeds (but) you have to remember that twenty did not succeed,” she said.

In other developments Sunday, Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres outlined a peace plan that calls for a Palestinian state made up of areas already under Palestinian control.

Those areas include two-thirds of the Gaza Strip and about 40 percent of the West Bank.

Hours after his proposal, the suicide bomber struck.

Also Sunday, Jordan’s Prime Minister Ali Abul-Ragheb and Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher met Arafat in the West Bank city of Ramallah to discuss the stalled peace process.

(Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson contributed to this story. Alfonso Chardy reports for The Miami Herald).

ciate for the Public Affairs office, said that this incident taught the children a good lesson.

“The children saw something that was not effective and they were letting administration know the problem,” McLaren said. “It was good for the officers because it got to give them a chance to interact with the children. The children in turn got to deal with Public Safety officers in

a positive way.”

Sheffield said the children are currently learning about the civil rights movement, Rosa Parks and the protests of the 60s. She added that this was a hands-on way of learning about fighting for rights.

“I liked it when we were protesting,” said 5-year-old Hana Gallego. “I liked the police officers too, I just wanted the gate to be unlocked.”

the two professors it has become a very valuable experience,” Philip Chen said.

David Chen now serves as a sponsor of the class and instructs students in Tai Chi while Philip Chen instructs the Wushu part of the course. “ The main goal of the class is to come together and have fun. It’s important for Cal State Fullerton students to understand Wushu. It’s becoming another fabric in American culture, and much more mainstream,” Philip Chen said.

In Chen’s personal opinion, the martial art “is a chance to better understand the mind-body connection, which is the highest level of Wushu.”

Chen offered a couple of reasons as to why one should practice Wushu, “Why? In my opinion, it’s not to kill, hurt, or

even maim, but to live and be happy.”

He also said that everyone who takes the class can appreciate Wushu despite creed, ethnicity and religion, different people can come together for training to better one’s self.

After he graduates, Chen says he will continue teaching. Students of Chen’s class admire the style and teaching techniques that he brings to class each day.

“A lot of the steps are hard to get; the movements are difficult,” said student Stephen Igwe. “The best part is that he is patient.”

Wushu is most likely to become an Olympic sport in the 2008 games in China, but Chen cites his age for reason not to compete.

“I will watch from the stands.”

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street and walk to the sidewalk around the corner.

“We usually have not had a problem like this, but this semester it never did get unlocked,” Sheffield said.

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mate on the Taiwanese National Karate Team. Chen thought of bringing Wushu to Cal State Fullerton after thumbing through the course catalog and recognizing the various other martial arts offered in kinesiology.

In China, Wushu is widespread and university students can get as high as a master’s degree in Wushu. Chen turned to kinesiology professor David Chen to assist him with bringing Wushu to campus. The two then went to the dean of kinesiology, Roberta Rikli, who assisted them further in achieving their goal.

“It wasn’t easy, but with support from

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The Daily Titan Our Voice U.S. government saves How does one go about salvaging American trust after revealing that President George W. Bush was warned about the WTC attacks while vacationing on his Crawford, Texas ranch in August? Make the American public paranoid!

In the past few days, Vice President Dick Cheney and FBI Director Robert Mueller have rushed to news outlets to warn Americans they may be in “imminent danger” of terrorist attacks.

Time to stock up on distilled water and SPAM and snuggle up in your concrete bunker.

Cheney said that with future terrorist attacks, “it’s not a matter of if, but when.” Unfortunately, Cheney has no idea when the attacks will be or where they will occur – not even a rough estimate – just that they will, eventually, happen. We’ve been officially warned by the White House; no more complaining that the administration hasn’t prevented hor-

rible tragedies from occurring.

Mueller and Cheney have also said that walk-in suicide bombers, the likes of which have inflicted bloody damage in the Middle East on nearly a daily basis, may become a mainstay in America.

If only cement bunkers could be equipped with a Starbucks.

Warning citizens that these terrorist actions are likely, neither prevents the deadly actions or informs Americans. It only reaffirms the fears we held close immediately following that unforgettable day in September.

With more than eight months since Sept.11, Americans have come to the rationalized conclusion that something may or will happen and there isn’t much we can do about it. Listening to repeated ambiguous warnings from government leaders only makes the population more paranoid; and a paranoid America is not going to solve the War on Terror.

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By Christine Zwaagstra Special to the Titan

The treaty designed to cut nuclear arsenals in the United States and Russia by two-thirds over the next ten years is worth more politically than realistically. The pact, which President Goerge W. Bush said, “will liquidate the legacy of the Cold War,” stands more as a symbol of improved relations with Russia than a solution to the threat of nuclear destruction.

Just a few months ago, the United States did not want any kind of legallybinding agreement to reduce warheads.

The legally-binding treaty comes as a change in policy that is a surprising and decisive victory for Russia.

Realistically, the treaty fails to eliminate the dangers of Russian nuclear weapons.‑ The treaty will cut stockpiles from 5,000 to 6,000 warheads to 1,700 to 2,000 and does not require the destruction of the warheads. It does not give specifics as to how many will be dismantled or how many will just

go into “deep storage.” If could be stolen, sold to only put into storage, terrorists or hostile these weapons nation states and could be reacused against tivated with American little notice. t r o o p s The largabroad or est standcitizens at ing threat home.” that the As these treaty fails weapons to address are dismanis the potentled, plutotial of loosenium could lyguarded possibly be Russian weapsold to the same ons falling into the terrorists that Bush hands of terrorist orgais trying to destroy.

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This problem needs Nuclear nations A task force chaired to be addressed and by former Senate majorwritten into the agreeity leader, Howard Baker, and former ment.‑ The brief three-page treaty lacks counsel to the president, Lloyd Cutler, specifics as to how weapons reduction found in 2001 that “the most urgent will be monitored and sets no timeunmet national security threat to the table except for the 2012 deadline.

United States today is the danger that There must be an agreement on the weapons of mass destruction in Russia part of Russia not to sell warheads

or materials to terrorist-linked states or groups. Russia also needs to agree to raise its security levels to reduce the chance of theft. Additionally, the United States should have access to an inventory of the uranium and plutonium in Russia and awareness of transactions concerning these materials. These things can only be verified with a direct United States presence in Russia.

The U.S.-Russia treaty is a sure sign of the end of the Cold War, but it is not a solution to the threat of the nuclear weapons.‑ The treaty, as it stands right now, leaves the door to nuclear terrorism wide open. The pact must include high-security guidelines for both countries.

The resulting improvement in U.S. relations with Russia is an exciting step in the political world. However, if it is not improved before it is signed next week, it may also increase terrorist access to weapons.

Carter and Castro come to conclusions in Cuba

By Michael Matter

Daily Titan Staff Writer If you had bet which president of the United States would be the first to visit Fidel Castro’s communist Cuba in more than 40 years, this would have been a sure thing.

It made sense that former President Jimmy Carter spent last week in Cuba. The only surprise was that it took him so long.

When Carter was president from 1977 to 1981, he took it upon himself (at great personal political risk) to re-establish diplomatic missions in the country. He negotiated the release of thousands of Cuban political prisoners, made it possible for Cuban exiles to visit relatives still in Cuba and allowed Americans to travel there freely.

Castro did not forget.

Carter and his wife Rosalynn were given the red- carpet treatment, literally and figuratively, when they arrived at the Cuban airport last week.

Carter was given unprecedented access to any location or person in Cuba, including any politically-sensitive scientific facility (which U.S. officials recently suggested could be working toward making biological weapons) and any political dis-

sidents currently pushing for democratic reforms within Cuba. Most Cuban citizens know nothing about the reforms because both print and broadcast media are controlled by the communist, state-run government.

Castro told a national audience on Carter’s arrival that it was no secret that relations between the United States and Cuba in the 20th century were not ideal. “However, I wish to state that in the four years of your tenure as president, you had the courage to make efforts to change the course of those relations. That is why those of us who were witnesses to that attitude see you with respect,” Castro said.

Carter spent his lifetime in politics going against the flow. He was never able to go along to get along. He was in every way, shape and form, politically incorrect.

The Carter presidency was a fish out of water.

Without attempting to explain how the sun, the moon and the stars had to align themselves perfectly in order for this man to have made it to the pinnacle of U.S. political power, allow me to say that the democratic political-power system in this country failed miserably when it dropped the Carters into the White House. Picture Sheriff Andy Taylor of Mayberry, Jed Clampett of the

Beverly Hillbillies or Peter Sellers in the film “Being There.”

He was a brutally honest man of high moral character that arrived in Washington owing no one, which made him very dangerous politically.

Because he answered to no one, he paralyzed the two-party, checks-and-balances democratic process.

Despite his best intentions to do the right thing, he was able to accomplish very little because he would not play the game the way it was supposed to be played.

As a negotiator and mediator, a peacemaker perhaps, Carter has always excelled. He is best known while in office for brokering the Camp David peace accord between Israel and Egypt. It is his sincere desire to help people in this world to get along with each other.

When questioned about who had gained more from the visit, he or Castro, Carter smiled his trademark toothy grin.

“I don’t have any fear about whether President Castro looks better after my visit or whether I look better,” he said.

He does not care how he looks to other people any more today than he did back then. That is why he is able to do what he does.

Tuesday, May 21, 2002

Earning his front row Titan sophomore pitcher Wes Littleton may not have gone to Omaha last season but this year his ticket is ready and waitDaily Titan Staff Writer

On an early Wednesday morning last June, players from the Cal State Fullerton baseball team boarded a plane headed for Omaha and the College World Series.

Excited, the team awaited takeoff to the mecca of every collegiate baseball player.

But right-handed pitcher Wes Littleton, a freshman at the time, wasn’t on the flight.

He missed, but not by accident or because he was late.

Littleton missed the flight because he wasn’t supposed to be on it.

The team’s coaching staff decided he would stay behind. And while teammates, Chad Cordero and Darric Merrell enjoyed the feeling of pitching in their first CWS as freshmen, Littleton was at home – sulking.

“I was mad,” he said. “But you can’t get mad at the coaches’ decision.”

A decision that made him one of 10 players not selected to the 2001 traveling roster.

And instead of cheering for his team from the bench, he would witness their run for the championship on television, just like he did back in 1995 as a 12 year old.

At that age, he made up his mind to attend CSUF, because he always dreamed about the College World Series, and he knew playing for the Titans would give him the opportunity.

But even as a member of the team, with his dream so close, it was still out of his reach; it was still just a dream.

Littleton vowed this wouldn’t happen again. He would assure himself that if the Titans made the CWS this year, he would not be looked over.

With the whole summer and the fall to prepare, he dug up old tape of his high-school days. He studied his technique and noticed how his mechanics and windup had changed. Littleton realized he had steered away from the form that landed him a spot on the Titans roster.

He had strayed from the technique that earned him three varsity letters at Vista High School and a selection by the Montreal Expos in the seventh round of the 2000 MLB draft.

So he made an adjustment, a slight fix. He would go back to his old pitching style and try not to tense up.

In his sophomore season, Littleton, without the

early recognition his counterparts Cordero and Merrell received, started to win. He jumped out to a 9-3 record – second best on the team. He did it not only with offensive support from his teammates, but by shutting people down with his stuff.

“I’m surprised how I turned it around,” Littleton said.

“I’m like a new person.”

It took one game for the “new” person to emerge because his first trip to the mound in 2002 started a little rough.

On Feb. 1, at Stanford, the Titans faced the Cardinal in a rivalry that has been recently dominated by the team from up north.

It was the Cardinal who eliminated the Titans from the World Series last June.

Now it was the Cardinal, again, in the first game of the season and Littleton, although with a year of experience, was still virtually a rookie.

Chris O’Riordan and Sam Fuld exposed it when they opened the bottom of the first inning with back-to-back singles off Littleton. Then he gave up a blast to Carlos Quentin that bounced off the scoreboard in left field.

After that, Littleton allowed two RBI-singles and an RBI double giving the Cardinal a 7-2 lead and sending him to the showers.

“I was nervous,” Littleton recalled. ”Real nervous.”

But in his very next start, all that nervousness was gone.

His masterful performance in the home opener against Fresno State, which lasted a mere two hours, made some people begin to raise their eyebrows with curiosity and ask “Who is this kid?”

Not even Littleton was prepared for the ride he was about to embark on, and he remains somewhat boggled.

“I’m shocked ­ – just the way I’m pitching,” Littleton said. “How come I wasn’t like this last year?”

Maybe he didn’t blast the energetic beats of rap artists Busta Rhymes and Jay-Z from the locker room sound system before games last year – something he does now to get his adrenaline pumping. It’s a ritual he probably performed prior to the Long Beach State game on March 22 where his accuracy was deadly.

Littleton said it was the best outing of his career, and the numbers back it up.

He recorded his first career shutout and complete game, in a 6-0 win, that sparked a sweep of the 49ers for

the first time since 1998.

Littleton retired the final five batters of the game and recorded the final two outs by way of strikeout.

“I was in the zone,” Littleton said. He has pitched flawlessly, even in his three defeats this season.

Catcher P.J. Pilittere knows him best, since he has caught Littleton all season long.

“When he’s in the zone, his fastball has life to it,” he said. “It’s fun to catch him. That’s why he’s our guy.”

Now he leads the Big West Conference with an ERA of 1.88, the lowest among all pitchers.

“I’m a control guy, but sometimes I can blow people away,” Littleton said.

Using his fastball to get ahead of a batter, Littleton then sets them up for the slider.

“That is my strike-out pitch,” he said.

Looking back on the decision to keep Littleton off the CWS roster, pitching coach Dave Serrano wishes he could take it back.

“In retrospect, if I had to do it all over again knowing where he’s at today, I would have for sure taking him just for him to get that experience,” Serrano said.

Even though no one saw this phenomenal season coming, Serrano knew Littleton possessed the skill necessary to excel.

“I don’t think [Littleton’s season] has been a surprise,” Serrano said. “He has a feel for pitching and is just a winner-type guy. The potential is there not just for now but for the future.”

Not quite good

By Katie Cumper

Daily Titan Photo Editor

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The 4x400 team took first at the Big West Championships for the third year in a row.

Satisfaction doesn’t seem to be part of the personality make-up of a Titan track athlete.

No amount of instant gratification after an improved mark can sustain them for long.

Even competing along side some of the best athletes on the West Coast at Saturday’s final conference meet held at UC Irvine’s Anteater Stadium wasn’t enough.

“I wanted more,” Estelle Naito said of her 8 foot 10 2/25 inch personal-record pole vault jump.

“I’d have liked 15,” men’s track captain Matt Dunbar said of his 14-8 3/4 vault.

“I know I could have done better,” triple jumper Ian Jennings said of his third place finish.

Second place conference finisher in the triple jump, Anna Doty, is graduating this year with a degree in kineseology and plans to enter the teaching credential program at Cal State Fullerton. She leaves behind three Titan track records in the long jump, triple jump and heptathlon.

“I’m going,” she said. “But I am still ready for more track competition. I’ve got more in me and I have to try.”

Senior Brandon Campbell might find some contentment in Baton Rouge, LA if he qualifies for the NCAA finals in the long jump.

Wednesday his eligibility to compete will officially be announced by the NCAA. He will most likely make the trip at the end of this month, said coach John Elders.

Campbell’s third place finish at the Big West Championships, after a leap of 24-9 3/4, put

him in the 15th position within the nations best Division-I jumpers.

He also defended his title in the high jump with a backward leap of 7-21/2 at the championship meet.

On the Titan track, he has set four school records in the last two years in the 400, long jump, high jump and decathlon.

Derek Brown, Fred Williams, Nick McCullom and David Ortega had everyone in Anteater Stadium on their feet during the 1600meter-relay.

Three smooth baton passes allowed Ortega, who ran the last leg of the race, to show his speed – the fastest time in the 400 on the Titan team this season. _________________________________

Big West Championships Final Men’s Team Results Utah State, 180; 2. Cal Poly, 135; 3. Idaho, 121; 4. CS Northridge 95; 5. Long Beach State, 94; 6. UC Santa Barbara, 87; 7.

Fullerton, 63; 8. UC Riverside, 29; 9. UCI, 14.

Final Women’s Team Results 1. CSN, 193; 2. Cal Poly, 124; 3. UCI, 116; 4. Utah 92; 5. Idaho, 90; 6. Long Beach, 78; 7.

UCSB, 62; 8. Fullerton, 37; 9. UC Riverside, 23.

Titan Men’s Individual Results 100 meters – 7, Fred Williams, 10.79 200 – 6, Williams, 20.89 400 – 5, Derek Brown, 48.03 High jump – 1, Campbell, 7-02 1/2, 14, Jonathan Martin

Season over for CSUF softnREGIONALS: The Titans finally overtake Stanford but lose twice to Cal as their storybook year

By Brian Thatcher

Daily Titan Asst. Sports Editor To say the Cal State Fullerton softball team had a successful 2002 season would be an understatement.

The Titans, who finished the season with a 53-12 overall record, were named Big West champions for the third consecutive year.

Seven Titans were named to the Big West Conference team and a national-best five Fullerton players were named to the All-West region team. Among those who were honored locally, four more were selected to tryout for the USA National Team at the end of the month.

But despite all of those individual honors, the team came up short in the most important category.

The Titans, who were the No. 1 seed at the Fresno regional last weekend, were eliminated from the double elimination tournament and failed to make the Women’s College World Series.

The region’s berth went to the No. 3 seed, Cal, who handed CSUF both of their weekend losses. The Golden Bears advanced to their fourth consecutive World Series after beating Fullerton 1-0 in the championship game Sunday.

The game’s lone run came off an RBI single in the top of the third from Cal first baseman, Veronica Nelson.

Junior Gina Oaks (22-4) picked up the loss, allowing the one run while giving up three hits in the complete game loss.

Nelson became the NCAA’s career walks leader for softball when she walked in her first at bat against CSUF at the Worth Invitational on March 2. The Titans went on to win that game in eight innings, 1-0.

But the Bears would get the last laugh, twice.

Cal also beat Fullerton 4-2 in the winner’s bracket final on Saturday.

With Saturday’s loss, CSUF was pitted against No. 2 seed Stanford in

a do-or-die match up. The Cardinal faced elimination after their 1-0 loss at the hands of Cal Friday.

It was the fourth meeting of the season between Stanford and CSUF, with the Cardinal winning all three of their previous match-ups.

But that was before the Titans truly hit their season form. At one point, CSUF had a 32-game winning streak, which was the best in the nation this season.

Fullerton finally overcame their nemesis on their fourth try in the form of a 4-1 victory. With the exception of a first inning run by the Cardinal, the Titans were in control for much of the game.

CSUF took the lead and then some when they scored three runs in the third inning off RBI singles from left fielder Yasmin Mossadeghi and third baseman Amy LaRocque and an RBI double from right fielder Jodie Cox later in the inning.

Monica Lucatero would add the final Fullerton run as she

led off the fifth inning with her 10th home run of the season.

Oaks, who just 24 hours later would suffer her loss to Cal, picked up the win by allowing just the one run off four hits and six strikeouts.

Earlier in the tournament, the Titans eliminated host school Fresno State by beating them for the third time this season, 1-0, Friday. CSUF’s opened the tournament with a 3-0 shutout over the Missouri Valley Conference champs, Evansville, Thursday.

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2002 Women’s College World Series Participants UCLA Arizona Arizona State Cal Nebraska Michigan Oklahoma Florida State

Photo by Katie

By Ricardo Sanchez, Jr.

Long jump – 3, Campbell, 24-9 3/4, 4, Aaron Williams, 24-02 1/4 Triple jump – 3, Ian Jennings, 49-07, 4, Cody Jones, 49.06 1/2, 9, Williams 46-8 3/4 Pole vault – 10, Dunbar, 14-2/25 Hammer – 10, Edmund Pula, 171-7, 12, Sean Shull, 163-00 Discus – 7, Randy Billingsley Javelin – Taylor Wheeldin, 137-9 5000m – 15, Bryce Lighthall, 18, Vic Mahan, 19, Daniel Cobian 10,000m – 8, Bryce Lighthall, 17, Eric Loudon, 21, Eseban Hernandez, 22, Marcos Campos 3000 Steeple chase – 6, Evan Geisert, 14, Chris Monachelli, 17, Sean Abeyta 400-meter-relay – 1, Idaho, 40.36 2, Fullerton, 40.44 1600-meter-relay – 1, Fullerton 3:11.72, 2, Cal Poly, 3, Idaho Titan Women’s Individual Results 200m – 6, Orenda Talton, 24.79 800m – 1, Maggie Vessey, Cal Poly, 2:06.53, 2, Marily Smith CSNorthridge, 3, Lakeysha McClenton, 2:10.59 10,000m – 12, Silvia Sin, 41:17.32 3000 Steeple chase – 15, Nicole Distefano, 18, Kara Walker Long jump – 3, Anna Doty, 7, Montiqua Sargent Triple jump – 2, Doty, 15, Sargent, 16, Joi Webber Discus –8, Natyna Vidato, 110-4 400-meter-relay - 7, Fullerton 1600-meter relay – 5, Fullerton Pole vault – 4, Jennifer Clarke, 8, Estelle Naito, 9, Valerie Biggs

Bruins’ baseball protest upheld The Southern California Collegiate Baseball Umpires Association has upheld UCLA's protest of an apparent Cal State Fullerton batting order infraction during the ninth inning of Fullerton's 8-7 win at Jackie Robinson Stadium April 23.

Based on the recommendation of Dick Flaherty, commissioner of the umpires association, the teams will replay the game from the point of the protest (with the Titans leading, 7-6, in the top of the ninth) at Goodwin Field at 5:30 p.m. on May 21.

The regularly scheduled game between the two teams will still start at 7 p.m., with a special pregame ceremony to recognize the Titans' seven seniors.

UCLA coach Gary Adams protested the April 23 game in the

top of the ninth after Sean Martin completed his plate appearance in the designated hitter spot. A letter from Flaherty to both head coaches stated, "When Martin batted in the DH spot, he was batting out of order, and when UCLA appealed correctly, the proper batter (Chad Cordero) should have been declared out."

The appealed game will resume in the top of the ninth, with one out and pinch-runner Kyle Boyer on first base.

Chris Stringfellow is the scheduled batter against UCLA pitcher Mike Kunes.

The Titans' adjusted overall record is 34-17.

– Information courtesy of CSUF Athletic Media Relations