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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
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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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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
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U.K. hostage pleads for life on videotape BAGHDAD, Iraq – A British hostage appeared on a video posted on an Islamic Web site Wednesday, weeping and pleading for his life as Iraqʼs leader and U.S. officials crushed reports that a high-profile female Iraqi weapons scientist could be released from jail soon as demanded by the kidnappers. The captive, Kenneth Bigley, pleaded for British Prime Minister Tony Blair to intervene. “I think this is possibly my last chance,” he said. “I donʼt want to die.”
“Going to Mars – The Manned Mars Initiative,” a lecture by Lon Isenberg, retired rocket scientist, begins at 1:15 p.m. today in the Ruby Gerontology Center: Mackey Auditorium. Open to the public.
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JERUSALEM – A Palestinian teenager blew herself up at a busy Jerusalem bus station Wednesday, killing two Israeli policemen who stopped her for a security check and wounding 16 bystanders in an attack that evaded Israelʼs clampdown on the West Bank for the Jewish holidays. Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, meanwhile, dropped a plan to evacuate 21 Jewish settlements in the Gaza Strip simultaneously at the beginning of next year, reverting to an earlier formula – a staged pullout in the summer of 2005.
All day in the TSU, the Perspectives On Democracy series will serve as a kickoff to the universityʼs involvement with the American Democracy Project. For more information, see http://www.aascu.org/programs/ adp/about/default.htm.
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Bush mocks Kerry’s leadership credentials KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa. – President Bush mocked John Kerryʼs fitness to be commander in chief Wednesday, saying the way to bring U.S. troops home from Iraq “is not to wilt or waver.” Kerry suggested that Bush might bring back the military draft and said in an Associated Press interview that the president was “living in a make-believe world.” Answering a question about possible revival of the draft at a forum with voters in West Palm Beach, Fla., Kerry said, “If George Bush were to be re-elected, given the way he has gone about this war and given his avoidance of responsibility in North Korea and Iran and other places, it is possible. I canʼt tell you.”
CBS fined $550,000 for Jackson stunt WASHINGTON – CBS got the bill Wednesday for Janet Jacksonʼs eye-catching flash dance during the Super Bowl halftime show: a record $550,000. The Federal Communications Commission voted unanimously to fine each of the 20 CBS-owned television stations $27,500, which is the maximum penalty for indecency. The singerʼs right breast was briefly exposed to millions of television viewers during the show.
U.S. agrees to release terror suspect WASHINGTON – The Justice Department has agreed to release a U.S. citizen held as an enemy combatant for more than two years, clearing the way for him to return to Saudi Arabia, officials said Wednesday. Under terms of the agreement, Yaser Esam Hamdi must renounce his American citizenship but will not face any criminal charges.
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SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. – Blaming the city of Fontana for not installing sidewalks, a jury awarded $37.5 million to the parents of a teenager struck and killed by a car while walking along a busy roadway after school. The Superior Court jury decided Fontana was 75 percent liable for the death of Karen Medina, 14, who was killed Dec. 3, 2001, by a car driven by a 15year-old unlicensed driver. The driverʼs parents are 25 percent liable.
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person groups, but now with technology, the Internet is now replacing these groups. “People can get help in the convenience of their own home, where itʼs less expensive, less timeconsuming and [more] confidential,” Akers said. The Web site has two components: an interactive program with online community support, and a basic, non-interactive program with a guide to quitting smokeless tobacco.
The participants of the research program are randomly selected to participate in either the interactive or basic component. Their results are studied to determine which site works best for which demographic. There is also a forum where participants can question researchers or get feedback from people who have been successful in quitting. Feverson says he would like to see a 100 percent success rate, adding that he hopes that with time and technology this will be possible.
Florida could be in for another Hurricane Jeanne could loop back to U.S. East Coast The Associated Press
MIAMI — Deadly Hurricane Jeanne could head back toward the United States and threaten the stormbattered Southeast coast, including Florida, as early as this weekend, forecasters said Wednesday. It was too soon to tell where or if Jeanne would hit, but forecasters at the National Hurricane Center in Miami warned residents from Florida to Maryland to watch the storm with 90 mph top sustained winds. Some computer models had Jeanne curving out to sea and missing land, but others had it hitting the United States on Saturday or Sunday, forecasters said. Jeanne was blamed for more than 1,070 deaths in Haiti, where it hit over the weekend as a tropical storm and caused flooding. It had been moving out to sea, but appeared to be looping back toward land, forecasters said. If Jeanne hit Florida, it would follow Hurricanes Charley, Frances
and Ivan, which caused billions of dollars of damage and more than 60 deaths across the state. Meanwhile, remnants of Hurricane Ivan developed into a tropical storm in the Gulf of Mexico, prompting warnings in Louisiana and Texas. The disturbance kicked seas up several feet, posing a threat to fragile barrier islands on the Louisiana coast. Forecasters said it could make landfall Thursday night. Hurricane Karl weakened slightly Wednesday and stayed on an open-ocean course that only threatened ships, while Tropical Storm Lisa moved slowly far out in the Atlantic. Karl, the seventh hurricane this season, had top sustained winds near 110 mph, down from about 120 mph a day earlier. At 11 p.m., Karl was centered about 1,285 miles westsouthwest of the Azores and was moving north at about 22 mph. At 11 p.m., Lisa had top sustained winds near 50 mph, down from about 70 mph a day earlier. The 12th named storm of the season was centered about 1,165 miles west of the Cape Verde islands and was nearly stationary, though forecasters expected it to begin moving west Thursday.
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Gov. clears desk, vetoes bills Schwarzenegger bars driverʼs licences, maternity legislation The Associated Press
SACRAMENTO – Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoed legislation Wednesday that would have allowed illegal immigrants to get California driverʼs licenses and forced health plans to cover maternity care and hearing aids for children. He also turned down bills that would have established charity care policies for hospitals, helped prevent the closing of acute care hospitals and made hospitals use lifting devices or lifting teams to move heavy patients. The driverʼs license veto was not a surprise. Schwarzenegger campaigned against legislation enacted last year to allow illegal immigrants to get the licenses, and lawmakers
later overturned that law. However, Schwarzenegger said he would be willing to sign a new driverʼs license bill that included adequate security requirements. The dispute came down to whether the legislation would require licenses to include some kind of mark identifying the holder as an illegal immigrant. Sen. Gil Cedillo, D-Los Angeles, the author of last yearʼs legislation and the prime mover behind this yearʼs bill, said that could lead to discrimination. “The governor had an opportunity to exercise national leadership on the driverʼs license issue and move California forward,” said Edward Headington, a spokesman for Cedillo. “He vetoed the best driverʼs license bill in America, one that strengthens national security, one that strengthens public safety and holds immigrants to the highest-level standard anywhere in the nation.”
But Schwarzenegger, in a brief veto message, said the bill would not “adequately address the security concerns that my Department of Homeland Security and I have.” The Republican governor cited cost concerns in turning down the health insurance bills. “I am sincerely concerned that enactment of this legislation would force Californians that purchase their own coverage, for themselves and their children, out of the health insurance market altogether,” he said in vetoing the maternity care bill. “Ultimately consumer choice and affordability prevailed in my mind over a mandated benefit which is currently and abundantly available in the market.” But the billʼs author, Sen. Jackie Speier, D-Daly City, said the veto would give “a thumbs up to discrimination against women” and allow insurers to drop maternity coverage
in order to sell stripped-down, lowcost policies. “This bill was essential for lowand middle-income women who cannot afford to pay ever-increasing amounts for maternal care,” she said. The hearing aid bill, by Sen. Jack Scott, D-Altadena, would have required health insurance policies to cover one claim for hearing aids every 36 months for patients under age 18. Schwarzenegger said he was concerned that the bill would increase health care costs and “have the far more serious consequence of leaving some children without health insurance whatsoever.” Supporters said the bill dealing with lifting hospital patients would avoid injuries for nurses and other hospital employees, but Schwarzenegger said he was concerned about the costs the bill would impose on hospitals.
Democrats lead in state political polls Kerry, Boxer hold wide leads in race for California voters The Associated Press
SAN FRANCISCO – Democrat John Kerry holds a double-digit lead over President Bush among California voters while Democratic Sen. Barbara Boxer continues to maintain a wide lead over her Republican challenger Bill Jones, a new poll found. The nonpartisan survey by the Public Policy Institute of California found that despite a sizable post-convention “bounce” for Bush nationally in many polls, Kerry is still favored in California by a 12-point margin, 51 to 39 percent. In August, Kerry led the president by a 16-point margin, 54 to 38 percent.
The findings were based on a survey of 2,003 California adults from Sept. 12 to 19 and had a margin of error of plus or minus two percentage points. Questions specifically about the 2004 election were posed to a smaller subgroup of 1,151 likely voters, and had a margin of error of plus or minus three percentage points. Fifty-four percent of Californians said they disapproved of Bushʼs job performance, compared to just 43 percent who say heʼs doing a good job. And while a majority — 54 percent — said they believe the country is headed in the wrong direction, a slight plurality — 47 percent — believe things will improve in the next year. PPIC poll director Mark Baldassare said the survey showed the considerable intensity with which voters of both parties are following the presi-
dential election and care about its outcome. Fully 89 percent of voters said they are closely following the election, and 80 percent said it “really matters who wins” in November. “While California is not viewed as battleground state and Democrats are leading in double digits, Iʼm struck by the extent to which Democrats and Republicans in California are closely following this election and feel there are really important differences between the candidates,” Baldassare said. Meanwhile, in a Los Angeles Times poll released late Wednesday, Kerry holds a 15-point lead over Bush in a two-way race and a 13point lead if Ralph Nader is included. The Times poll, which surveyed 1,320 registered voters, also showed that 60 percent of likely voters disapproved of the way Bush is handling
the situation in Iraq and 56 percent believe the U.S. should not have gone to war with Iraq. By a wide margin in the PPIC poll, California voters said they believe Kerry would do a better job than the president in handling domestic issues such the economy and health care. But asked who would better handle the situation in Iraq and the war on terror, voters were roughly split. On Iraq, voters preferred Kerry by a margin of 48-44 percent; on homeland security and the war on terror, 48 percent said they preferred Bush while 43 percent favored Kerry. In the U.S. Senate campaign, the poll found Boxer leading Jones by an 18-point margin, 54 percent to 36 percent. With just under six weeks left until election day, nearly half said they didnʼt know enough about Jones to have an opinion of him.
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Chad Briggs, a political science professor at Cal State Fullerton, said he disagrees with CSUSMʼs decision to delay Mooreʼs speaking engagement. “The university presidentʼs explanation was that Moore is a partisan figure and that state funds cannot be used to support partisan activities,” Briggs said. “That stretches the definition of ʻpartisanʼ far beyond its intended meaning of not supporting someone seeking a partisan office or those who work directly for that person or party.” Student government fund raising and donations by the community are assisting the effort to have Moore brought to the CSUSM campus through independent means. According to an article in the North County Times, the expected price tag for the visit is $37,500. “I donʼt quite agree with the statement that it would be ʻillegalʼ [to use state funds] without a balancing viewpoint,” Briggs said. “Many speakers are brought to campuses singly and without a ʻbalancingʼ viewpoint. In many cases, attempt-
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night before Yom Kippur and during the entire holiday. People will fast for about 25 hours. “Traditionally you need to see three stars in the sky before Yom Kippur is over and you can break the fast,” Perell said. She also said people usually have dinner the night before with family and friends, go to synagogue and then head home. They return to synagogue the next morning for the rest of the day.
ing to do so would be nonsensical.” Moore said that the student sentiment on campus is “split” with the universityʼs decision. “Many students would like to see him because heʼs an interesting guy,” Moore said. There is still the question as to why it was acceptable for Moore to be invited to speak last October when a visit by Moore now is controversial. “The difference is that there was not an election campaign in process and his film had not come out,” Moore said. “He had not politicized himself.” Haynes wrote that “Mr. Moore was always critical of the Bush administration and he was always liberal. In the past year, though, he has moved from being a controversial filmmaker to being a partisan political figure on the campaign trail.” Briggs said he disagrees with Haynes and Mooreʼs reasoning. “Moore may support the Democrats, but he has his own sources of income and is acting as a private individual,” Briggs said. As for the student government, Haynes wrote that the university would help provide whatever guidAnother aspect of Yom Kippur is that of looking back and remembering those who have died, Perell said. “There is a service to remember those who are deceased so that every year we remember those who have passed on,” she said. “For me personally itʼs my time to talk to God and review what I did and tell him this is what Iʼm going to do,” said Renia Slutske, a senior journalism major and the religious chair of Hillel. Yom Kippur marks an impor-
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be calling back,” he said. Most students came prepared with resumes in hand. “Itʼs been great. Believe it or not, people did listen. They came with a resume which followed up to the [Sept. 15] forum really well,” said Catherine Draganov, community sales manager for Pulte Homes, who was one of the six panelists that spoke at the “Make Your Best Impression” seminar last Wednesday that gave students insider tips on how to prepare for the job fair. “Weʼve received some really good resumes.” Disney, Orange Countyʼs largest employer, was also in attendance. Disney character recruiter Matt Grow said he ran out of flyers to hand out to interested students by 11 a.m. The “Happiest Place on Earth” was in search of the next Mickey Mouse, Goofy and Belle and other characters for the park and auditions are being held in early October, Grow said. He said working at the park would be a good fit for CSUF students because of the campusʼ close location.
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Rowling and John Steinbeck were among the most challenged authors. “All sorts of books have been the target of censors throughout history, including the Bible and the Talmud. More recently, people attempt to censor books on the basis of language, sexual content or political perspective,” she said. Elizabeth Housewright, acting associate university librarian for CSUF, she said doesnʼt feel that
Representatives from health care provider Kaiser Permanente cited the companyʼs flexibility with scheduling as a major factor for potential employees. “A lot of our positions are oncall, which can work around school schedules,” said Caron Moreno, a company recruiter. Some businesses are looking for positions to be filled right away because of an anticipated busy season and upcoming projects. “Weʼre getting ready for our peak season, the holidays,” said Claudia Chinchilla, recruiter for FedEx. Shimmick Construction, a company that specializes in building freeways, dams, bridges and other structures, was responsible for a $120 million project retrofitting the south end of the Golden Gate Bridge and representatives from the company were at the job fair looking for civil engineers. “Weʼre always looking for candidates that want to [undertake] unique and challenging projects,” said Chemene Hooker, an equal employment opportunity officer for the company. Hooker said the companyʼs excellent internship program allows interns
to actually participate in projects. “[While interning,] it gives them the opportunity to see a structure go from nothing to something,” she said. There are also a large number of employers who have recruited CSUF alumni. Mark Winchester, special agent and recruiter for the FBI, said the bureau has a lot of Fullerton alumni now working in the field. “We come here all the time, bringing awareness for students about the current availability [of jobs],” Winchester said. Winchester said the bureau is looking for a wide range of candidates with degrees specializing in computer and physical science, law, finance, law enforcement and general military. He also said that knowing a foreign language is a plus. For businesses, such as Enterprise Rent-a-Car, AVON Products, Raytheon Company, T-Mobile and Robinsonʼs May, the job fair has been such a success that they attend the job fair again and again. “The success weʼve had in the past keeps us coming back,” said Victoria Anderson, human resources representative for The Pepsi Bottling Group.
censorship is an issue among college libraries. “Most librarians, no matter what type of library they work in, believe that the way to learn and to explore is to be exposed to a wide variety of things and then to be able to make up on your own mind,” she said. “Weʼre very fortunate in academic libraries in that the whole purpose of a college is to get people to think on their own and to explore.” Housewright said the library works to collect materials that help students do the work they need to
do. She also said they try to collect information on controversial or current issues because the students want to read on a variety of topics. “I think that you need to see whatʼs out there, see the full spectrum, in order to make up your own mind on things,” Housewright said. Housewright said because Americans live in a country with First Amendment rights, they probably take it for granted because they donʼt know what it is like to live in a system that doesnʼt provide those freedoms.
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