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Students peek at career futures Recruiters meet eagerly prepared applicants for jobs and internships By KELLY HICKMAN Daily Titan Staff
Halting the political filmmakerʼs visit causes campus controversy By LAURA GORDON Daily Titan Copy Editor
For the second time, Michael Mooreʼs anticipated visit to Cal State San Marcos has been delayed. Last October, Mooreʼs speaking engagement was postponed due to wildfires spreading across San Diego County, but now his visit has been called off in an effort to prevent any legal or political wildfires from starting. “As a public university, we are prohibited from spending state funds on partisan political activity or direct political advocacy,” wrote CSUSM President Karen S. Haynes in a letter posted on the universityʼs Web site. “After discussion, we concluded that we had two choices — either delay his appearance until after the election, or balance his partisan presentation with an alternative point of view so we would not violate the law.” Tension has risen, however, because neither option is clearly feasible. “Mooreʼs booking agent has told us he wonʼt be [booking] after the election,” said Rick Moore, director of communication at CSUSM, who has no relation to the filmmaker. As for the idea of the university finding a counter-speaker, officials said there is not enough time to secure someone comparable before elections in November. “[Michael Mooreʼs] at a level that is pretty high up there,” Moore said. “We felt to balance fairly was going to require someone more than a week or two to get and would cost a lot of money.” According to Haynesʼ letter, CSUSM does not object to hosting Moore before the election, but the university cannot arrange one speaker without having another “confirmed and funded.” “We couldnʼt agree to do one and not the other,” Moore said. “We determined we probably didnʼt have time [to arrange another speaker] and we certainly didnʼt have the money.” MOORE 4
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Senior Nathan Usher speaks with E!’s internship coordinator Ann Clingan during Wednesday’s Internship and Job Fair.
In the midst of a day with scorching 90-degree weather was a large crowd of students mingling from one table to the next. The questions — “What positions are you hiring for right now?” “Do you have any internships available?” “Would you like to take a look at my resume?” — were heard from every corner of the Quad. Cal State Fullerton students engaged in networking practices at the fall Internship and Job Fair sponsored by the Career Center on Wednesday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Students were able to socialize with industry insiders from more
than 100 companies looking to fill internship and job slots. Jessica Mena, a business management graduate student, summed up the reason she attended the job fair. “Iʼm just here trying to get a job,” she said. Mena was not alone. Thousands of students flocked to the job fair in search of an internship or an entrylevel job at their company of choice. “I heard a lot of good companies were going to be here, like Fed Ex, AAA and Edison,” said Rula Khoury, a business graduate student. The table for the entertainment company Warner Bros. was never unattended as lines continued to form all day. Adrian Yanez of Warner Bros. said he received a really good number of inquiries and resumes from candidates. “There are a few weʼll definitely JOB FAIR 4
Event to highlight challenged texts Yom Kippur brings fasting
Marathon reading of “Fahrenheit 451” for Banned Books Week By ASHLEE ANDRIDGE Daily Titan Staff
Students will have the opportunity to stand up for their First Amendment rights next week in honor of Banned Books Week. The 23rd Annual American Library Association celebration takes place from Sept. 25 to Oct. 2 and gives students a chance to speak out, said Beverly Becker, associate director of the Office for Intellectual Freedom, a
division of the association. “Our right to read is a precious freedom we need to protect,” Becker said. “Academic freedom is important for all college students.” The week involves the reading of books that have been posted on the American Library Associationʼs Web site as “challenged books.” On Oct. 2, students will do a marathon-read of Ray Bradburyʼs “Fahrenheit 451” from noon to 8 p.m. on the Cal State Fullerton campus. The Library and Information Science Students To Encourage Networking association is hosting the event. Marsha Schnirring is the vice presi-
dent of LISSTEN and the event chair for Banned Books Week. Schnirring said it is important for students to participate in the event. “First, it is so very easy to become complacent about our freedoms. Freedom of speech, and by extension, the freedom to choose to read what others have expressed, is central to a democratic society,” Schnirring said. Schnirring said she does not believe in banning books. “I donʼt think that a book that gives instruction for building a bomb should be banned because of what someone might do with that information, nor do I think we should ban
matches and lighters because someone might start a fire, nor should we ban all potentially lethal prescription drugs because someone might take an overdose,” she said. Schnirring said books are often challenged, meaning that someone is attempting to remove that book from a library or reading list. The American Library Association’s Web site said that between 1990 and 2000, 6,364 challenges were reported. Of the challenges, 60 percent were from parents, 15 percent from patrons
and 9 percent from administrators. Schnirring said that in 2003, J.K. BOOKS 4
Dipper’s dilemma: to chew or not to chew Web site seeks to stop tobacco use through education and support By LAURA BEYER Daily Titan Staff
Chewfree.com makes smokeless tobacco hard to swallow. Researchers at the Oregon Research Institute have been studying smokeless tobacco products such as chewing tobacco and its effects on people for several years. Last May, with funding from the National Cancer Institute, the researchers created Chewfree.com, a Web site designed to help people quit
smokeless tobacco from the convenience of their homes at no cost. “These guys chew or dip and there was previously no help for them,” said Herb Feverson, a researcher with the Oregon Research Institute and author of “Enough Snuff.” Feverson has been studying smokeless tobacco for over 20 years. The demographics of smokeless tobacco users, Feverson, are white males between the ages of 18 and 65, with users between 18 and 35 making up the majority. Feverson said there are also women who use smokeless tobacco, but for different reasons than those of the male users. Feverson said that women usually
use it as an appetite suppressant and for weight control, whereas a peer or relative either persuaded the men or they use it in situations where they cannot smoke, such as the workplace or restaurants. When the site was started last May, 150 people enrolled in the program and now there are over 600, with a 30 to 35 percent success rate. Brandon Young, 31, has been “dipping” since 1988. He said he started because he saw his high school football coach doing it all the time and decided to try. Once he tried it, he said liked it, and he and his friends have been dipping ever since. Young said itʼs hard for him to quit because every time he has tried
he ends up doing it again because all of his friends are still doing it. Feverson said Youngʼs situation is common because there is not only the physiological aspect of the addiction, but there is a psychological side as well. “When, for example, someone has a habit of using tobacco when they drink, it creates a psychological association between the two actions,” he explained. Laura Akers, project coordinator for Chewfree.com, has been working with Feverson for over 10 years researching smokeless tobacco. She said the earlier treatments were in-
Professorʼs recital to benefit talented CSUF music students
in 1995 as a part-time professor and in 1996 he began teaching full-time. “I founded a scholarship under the name of a famous pianist, Alicia de Larrocha,” Delgado said. De Larrocha, 82, is a well-known Spanish pianist who retired a few years ago. Delgado said only a selected few students will benefit from the scholarship. “Only very talented and special students deserve to have a scholarship in her name,” Delgado said. The concert will take place on Sunday at 4 p.m. at the Recital Hall in CSUF’s Performing Arts Center. Delgado will perform works from such well-known composers as Mozart, Bach and Schumann, as well as some lesser-known artists from Delgado’s home country. “I always include music from my country,” Delgado said. “I’m play-
ing three composers from Argentina this year: Pedro Saenz, Taurello and Alica Terzian.” “He’s a superb colleague, a superb teacher and a moving performer,” said Professor Robert Watson of the Music Department. “It’s a tremendous experience having him on board. He brings a bit of a European feel even though he’s from South America.” Gaining praise from both collogues and musicians alike, Delgado won the Vladimir Horowitz Award, and received grants from the Mozarteum Argentino, Martha Baird Rockefeller and the Concert Artists Guild. Delgado also seems to be well liked by his students. “He’s the best professor I’ve ever had,” said Tigranuhi Arakelyan, who has worked with Delgado for the past five years as a graduate student.
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Piano concert funds scholarship
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Professor Eduardo Delgado of the Music Department is working to help students in a unique manner by using his talents as a pianist to help raise funds for the Alicia de Larrocha Scholarship Fund that he started in 1998. This scholarship seeks to help the most talented pianists on Cal State Fullerton’s campus and “all of the money earned from the concert will go toward the scholarship,” Delgado said. Born in Rosario, Argentina, Delgado began his career at CSUF
Holiday is a time for reflection in the Jewish community By VIRGINIA TERZIAN Daily Titan Staff
Yom Kippur, or the “Day of Atonement,” is an essential holiday for the Jewish religion. This yearʼs holiday will begin Friday at sundown. “Yom Kippur is a very solemn and reflective holiday. Jews spend the whole day in synagogue,” said Karen Perell, a kinesiology professor at Cal State Fullerton. “Itʼs the day that people confess their sins against God and repent for them.” Perell Dodger does not play is Jewish during Yom Kippur and is the Sports, page 10 faculty advisor for the CSUF chapter of Hillel, a Jewish student club. She also said most Jews take part in Yom Kippur because it is such a vital day for reflection of past acts and contemplation of future deeds. “Itʼs a day of repentance and the end of the book of life,” said Rachel Schiff, co-president the campus chapter of Hillel. “The book of life is supposed to open on Rosh Hashanah [New Year] and close on Yom Kippur,” she said. Perell said during this time people must also confess their sins against each other. “If you were to sin against someone else you must go to them and repent of your sins to them,” she said. Perell also said that Jews cannot just confess to God, they have to physically go to others. The idea behind these confessions is to start the new year off on the right foot with a clean slate, she said. It is also customary during this holiday for Jews to fast or refrain from eating or drinking from the YOM KIPPUR 4