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University Police strive for safety Activists unite to combat AIDS Security works to be proactive in handling crimes, theft on campus By NICHOLAS COOPER For the Daily Titan
Between June 1 and Oct. 31, 49 assorted thefts and 39 assorted incidents of vandalism were reported to University
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ʻReal Worldʼ recruits in Orange County for fresh faces, attitudes By ISAAC FABELA Daily Titan Staff
Over the past two decades, MTV has entertained the youth of the world with original shows that provide a break from regular network television. One of the staples of that programming has been “The Real World,” now entering its 16th season. This Saturday, MTV brings its search for a new set of strangers willing to have their lives taped to Orange County. There will be an open casting call for “The Real World” from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Alcatraz Brewing Company, located at The Block at Orange. Hopefuls must be between the ages of 18 to 24 and be able to provide a current photo and valid ID. Those interested should be prepared to fill out a questionnaire and be interviewed by MTV casting directors. Interviews will be held in groups of 10. Megan Sleeper, a casting director for “The Real World”, always looks forward to the casting calls. “Itʼs a fun process because the people who show up for these calls are usually followers of the show,” Sleeper said. “Theyʼre enthusiastic and excited about the opportunity to try and be on the show.” Sleeper said people who come should stay relaxed and try to act normal. “We always say that we are looking for people who canʼt help but be themselves,” Sleeper said. “During the interview process, itʼs pretty easy to spot the ones acting like somebody else.” Sleeper hopes to see 800 to 1,000 people on Saturday. “Itʼs hard to tell with these events,” Sleeper said. “Weʼve had anywhere from 500 to 2,000 people show before. Whatever the number, weʼre looking forward to meeting everybody.” The Alcatraz Brewing Company will also be open for regular business, but the restaurant plans to do everything they can to provide a great venue to host the casting event. Steve Gostin, the general manger of the restaurant, said he is excited about the opportunity to accommodate Orange Countyʼs youth. “MTV approached us and asked us to participate,” he said. “Weʼve REAL WORLD 4
Police. Currently, there are over 32,000 students enrolled at Cal State Fullerton, according to CSUFʼs Web site. With only 49 cases of reported theft, that averages about one theft per 653 students. “Theft is one of our highest crimes,” said Sgt. John Brockie of University Police. If someone dials 911 from any phone on campus it connects directly to the
campus emergency dispatcher and an officer is sent to the scene immediately. “I feel we have a very safe campus,” Brockie said. “We have a lot of officers here that are proactive. They go out and try to prevent the crimes before they happen as opposed to just responding after they occurred.” Brockie said the two main forms campus theft include grand theft, which involves amounts in excess of $400, and
petty theft, which involves a monetary loss of less than $400. One way University Police helps to prevent crimes from occurring is through the Campus Watch Program, modeled after the neighborhood watch. The objective of the program is to prevent criminal activity and increase the safety of individuals on campus. THEFT
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World recognizes disease, United Nations focuses on helping 39.4 million people infected with HIV The Associated Press
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Visitors to the Ronald Reagan Library can see the former president’s memorial for free. General admission into the library is $7.
Past presidents memorialized Reagan, Nixon libraries commemorate political careers, private lives By LAURA GORDON Daily Titan Copy Editor
During his eight years in office, former President Bill Clinton was all about building a bridge to the 21st century. Now, with the opening of the William J. Clinton Presidential Library and Museum in Little Rock, Ark., Clinton has a grand represen-
tation of what he set out to accomplish while in the White House. The architecture of the newest presidential library creates the illusion of a bridge stretching over the Arkansas River. “What [the library] is to me is a symbol of not only what I tried to do, but what I want to do with the rest of my life; building bridges from yesterday to tomorrow, building bridges across racial and religious and ethnic and income and political divides,” Clinton, 58, said during a broadcast of the rain-soaked dedication ceremony on Nov. 18.
There are 11 other presidential libraries spotted across the United States, including buildings that honor former presidents Herbert Hoover, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman, Dwight D. Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, Gerald R. Ford, Jimmy Carter, and George Bush. Two of the twelve presidential libraries are located in Southern California. Less than five miles away from Cal State Fullerton is the Richard Nixon Library MUSEUMS
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GENEVA — From Armenia to Zambia, thousands of activists turned out to sing in mighty cathedrals, light candles in city squares and march and hold dance-athons on World AIDS Day as the United Nations focused on protecting women and girls, often sidelined in the fight against the disease. Nearly half the 39.4 million people infected with HIV worldwide are female. U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan said three-quarters of all HIV-positive women live in sub-Saharan Africa. About 57 percent of the adults with HIV are women, he said. “The number of women living with HIV is on the rise in every region. Today the face of AIDS is increasingly young and female,” said Peter Piot, head of UNAIDS. “Prevention methods such as the ABC approach — Abstinence, Be faithful and use Condoms — are good, but not enough to protect women where gender inequality is pervasive,” he said. Laws must be passed against domestic abuse and rape and to make sure women have property rights because that will make them more secure and “far less vulnerable to HIV,” Piot said. “We must be able to ensure that women can choose marriage, to decide when and with whom they have sex and to successfully negotiate condom use.” In Asia, where the disease claimed 540,000 lives this year, campaigners in Japan and South Korea handed out condoms. Thailand, Vietnam, and Bangladesh had marches, and the Philippines promoted HIV testing. AIDS
Scholarship honors Japanese-American history Recipient will have opportunity to author book for Arboretum By ERIC GOMEZ Daily Titan Staff
Tom and Chiz Miyawaki were farmers in Orange County before World War II forced them, like many Japanese-Americans, into detention camps. They were sent to the Gila River Relocation Camp in Gila River, Ariz. They entered into the strawberry business in 1953 while enduring the hardships that came along with being small agricultural farmers of the day. Kurtis Nakagawa, a nephew of Tom and Chiz Miyawaki, wanted
to honor his aunt and uncle by setting up a scholarship that would not only honor their memories, but also allow a Cal State Fullerton student to author a book. Along with Nakagawa, Miyawakiʼs surviving brothers Tom and Frank Matsuoka have created the Tom and Chiz Miyawaki Legacy Fund as a way to honor their relatives and to promote the CSUF Center for Oral and Public History and the Arboretumʻs Orange County Agricultural and Nikkei Heritage Museum. In addition to receiving a $5,000 scholarship, the winner will also have the opportunity to contribute to not only Japanese-American history, but to the museum being built at the Arboretum as well. The winner of the scholarship will
also get a chance to publish a book that is related to Japanese-American or Nikkei culture and the history of Orange County agriculture. After the book is published, it will be sold at the Arboretum. The winner will not be able to keep the proceeds from book sales, but will still get the scholarship money, said Michael Paul Wong, the assistant dean of student affairs for the College of Humanities and Social Sciences. “You get the fame piece and you get the fortune piece,” Wong said. Profits from the book will benefit the Orange County Agricultural and Nikkei Heritage Museum, the focal point of the new $2.7 million visitor and educational center scheduled for an August 2005 opening. “Weʼre getting a lot of interest
generated already,” said Art Hansen, the director of the Center for Oral and Public History. Hansen said scholarships of this type are uncommon. “There are very few scholarships that are like this,” Hansen said. After submitting an application, potential authors will have to provide a project design and a sample of their work, Hansen said. The scholarship is only opened to full-time students in the Humanities and Social Sciences who hold a minimum 3.0 GPA. Hansen said that studentsʼ work can be fiction or non-fiction, a childrenʼs book, or even a play. He said that the imagination that students provide is essential to the project. “Weʼre not looking for something thatʼs going to sit on the shelf,”
Hansen said. “Itʼs got to have public appeal and be attractive to readers.” The college is also awarding six $500 scholarships to students accepted to travel abroad programs starting this summer as a way to help with expenses, Wong said. In September, the Alumni Association hosted the Jerry Goodman Alumni Association Golf Tournament as a way for CSUF alumni and community supporters to help raise scholarship money for the university. Carlos Leija, the executive director of alumni relations, said the money raised went to all eight colleges and athletics. “It was a way for us to show the colleges that the Alumni Association is here to support them,” Leija said.
E! network promotes internships Just beachy Students receive tips from entertainment industry professional By KELLY HICKMAN Daily Titan Staff
In a highly competitive world, scoring the perfect job can be hard to come by. It is often said that itʼs not what you know, itʼs who you know. On Wednesday night, members from the Entertainment and Tourism Club and other Cal State Fullerton students had the opportunity to meet face to face with the person who could possibly grant them their
dream job at one of the worldʼs largest network for entertainment news. “Iʼm the middle man between you and the department,” said Ann Clingan, the human resources and internship coordinator for E! Entertainment who spoke to students interested in attaining an entry-level position or internship at E! “Even if all the internship positions are filled, if you have a great resume and had a stellar interview, I could possibly create an internship for you.” Clingan said internships are a great way of getting a foot in the door. “The purpose of internships is to try and figure out what you do or donʼt like and if you donʼt like it you
can try something else,” Clingan said. She is currently scouting for winter and spring interns which caused a lot of buzz from the thirty or so students in attendance. “I want to know what I can do in order to apply and what type of people theyʼre looking for,” said Michele Singleton, a junior radioTV-film major who attended the meeting. “I want to get as much information as I can.” Clingan provided the inquiring students with a Powerpoint presentation on the logistics of the company, including all of the different departINTERNSHIP 3
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A beach lover braves the winter chill while sitting close to the breaking waves at Huntington Beach on Wednesday. Check out this weekend’s weather forecast on Page 2.