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CSUF student enrollment breaks record Approximately 25,000 freshman applications received for fall 2005 By Nadine Hernandez Daily Titan Staff
This semester there are more than 36,000 students enrolled at Cal State Fullerton, including 3,000 students enrolled at the El Toro campus, setting an all-time record for the university, CSUF Spokeswoman Paula Selleck said.
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CSUF’s enrollment status was recorded four weeks into the semester, which is considered the official census point, she said. Selleck also said CSUF students register for classes at bargain prices, and have friendlier faculty members than those at competing UC schools. More students are on the way, according to numbers from CSUF Admissions and Records. There are approximately 25,000 freshmen applicants for August and around 10,000 upper division transfers, said
Ephraim Smith, the vice president of Academic Affairs. CSUF is the number one school of choice for transfer students because of its good reputation and strong articulation agreements from upper division transfer students, Smith said. Fullerton officials spoke highly of the quality education offered at affordable prices at CSUF. Student monies, Selleck said, pay for less than a quarter of the total cost of tuition. The rest of the cost is covered
by state taxes and private donations with the bulk of the cost burden falling to the state of California. Selleck pointed out the differential between out-of-state students and residents. If a CSUF student is a nonresident, for example, from Texas, the student pays $399 for basic registration fees multiplied by 12 units per semester, which totals at $4,068 for basic registration alone. Aside from state taxes, student fees and donations, CSUF faculty members apply for millions of dollars in grant funding to improve the
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very much a part of the campus,” said Marilyn Moore, an assistant at the CSUF Main Gallery. The center offers many opportunities to the students who live there; in addition to the apartments they rent, students also receive separate workspaces located on the first and basement floors. Rent for the apartments ranges from $700 for a studio to $800 for one bedroom. The rent includes all utilities except for the phone bill. “It’s just a nice place to live. You can see people talking even for five minutes, and it just makes things a lot better,” said resident Savio Alphonso of the sense of community Grand Central affords to the students who live there. Alphonso said he studies graphic design and has been living at Grand Central for the past two years. “This is just a great place to be. This [living at Grand Central] is the best part about the graduate program,” said Jason Ramos, who moved into Grand Central in August. “This is a living experience that won’t ever be duplicated. After this, where am I going to go from here?” Another Grand Central resident, Robbie Miller, who came to Grand Central two years ago from Chicago, agreed. “This building is one of the main
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The El Toro campus is the “lynch pin” that helps to accommodate the many students wanting to attend CSUF, Selleck said. With its 50,000 square-foot facility, 21 classrooms and 50 offices, the El Toro campus does not fall far behind, said George Giacumakis, the El Toro campus director and a CSUF history professor. There are around 3,000 students at El Toro, many of whom are also enrolled at the main campus, he
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Young Americans between 15 and 25, a generation coined “DotNets,” are more inclined to tolerance and open to diversity than older generations, according to a recent study by the Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement. Analysis of research and polls conducted by the organization established that this generation possesses more tolerant attitudes on issues of immigration, gays and lesbians and racial ethnic groups. This comparative U.S. study of DotNets to Generation X (26 to 35year-olds), Baby Boomers (36 to 54year-olds) and Matures (55+), notably separates the youngest group from its older generations. According to the study, DotNets favor equal protection in housing and employment, protection of gays from hate crimes, along with legal partnerships and marriages and the ability to adopt children. CIRCLE is an organization that promotes research on civic and political engagement of young Americans. Based at the University of Maryland’s School of Public Policy, the group is funded by the Pew Charitable Trusts and Carnegie Corporation of New York. Among eligible DotNet voters, 65 percent are white and 16 percent Latino, according to a CIRCLE Youth Demographics study in 2000. In 1972, whites comprised of 80 percent whereas Latinos constituted 5 percent. This change in demographics, among others, indicates a change in ethnic diversity of youth today, and calls attention to their attitudes. “DotNetters are more tolerant because they’ve simply been more exposed to minority and immigrant groups more in their everyday worlds – as well as in the media – than GenXers or Baby Boomers,” said Stanley Woll, a professor of psychology at Cal State Fullerton. CIRCLE studies are intended to serve public and private institutions that use the data for multiple purposes. In 2004, MTV’s “Choose or Lose” campaign to get 21 million young Americans to vote prevailed. MTV, along with CIRCLE, conducted further surveys to understand current trends in youth voting. With the information attained, MTV was able to successfully target and reach young eligible voters to get out and vote in 2004. Participants surveyed by the studies were asked if they thought that immigrants today strengthen our
curriculum because CSUF’s first priority is teaching, Selleck added. In order to satisfy the high demand, more funds must be granted by the state. CSUF received $239 million for the 2004-05 school year, said Clara Potes-Fellow, a Cal State System spokeswoman. “We need so much money for growth,” Selleck said. One more source of revenue comes from parking user fees, which students pay for because the state does not provide funds for parking, Selleck added.
Some call it gallery hopping, while others simply refer to the event as the “First Saturday.” It is a time when galleries throughout downtown Santa Ana’s Artists Village remain open from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m., on the first Saturday of each month. There is live music, and artists can usually be seen milling about the entrances to their open studios, while both the young and old walk up and down Second Street “hopping” from one gallery to the next. In the heart of the Artists Village at 125 N. Broadway, sits Cal State Fullerton’s Grand Central Art Center. A combination of a residential and educational complex, 26 of the university’s visual or performing arts graduate students, plus an artist-inresidence, live and work inside. It is a kind of experimental art colony that transplants the various disciplines from CSUF’s College of the Arts. Few outside of the art community or College of the Arts may realize it is an extension of the university. “Grand Central is not this separate thing down there [in Santa Ana]; it’s
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Founding faculty member Emmett Long dies at 81 Relatives, co-workers laud professor’s sense of purpose, dedication By Joseph santos Daily Titan Staff
Funeral services will be held at the Claremont United Church of Christ on April 16 for Emmett “Shorty” Long, one of the founding faculty
members of Cal State Fullerton. Long died last month at the age of 81. Long’s peers and relatives described him as a hard-working and caring professor who took pride in his job as well as in his relationships. “He was an enthusiastic teacher, he loved what he did,” said his wife Colleen Long. Long obtained his bachelor’s and master’s degrees at the University of California, Berkeley and went on to
receive his doctoral degree at USC. He worked at Cal Poly Pomona and Pepperdine, where he received his tongue-in-cheek nickname. Long’s roommate at Pepperdine nicknamed him “Shorty” because of his “Long” last name, his wife said. During his years at CSUF, Long taught speech communication and was associate dean of students and director of Admissions and Records. He also served as the executive assis-
Students take second place at National MUN competition
Weeks of preparation lead to Model United Nations team success By Nadine Hernandez Daily Titan Staff
Cal State Fullerton’s Model United Nations team won second place for Distinguished Delegation at the National MUN conference in New York, where students practiced proposing resolutions for a better world. “The award is like the Olympic silver medal,” 22-year-old MUN President Garret Bazurto said. “It
went very well and I was happy with how everyone performed as a team.” Bazurto said it was a great experience. “It was a pretty awesome feeling,” Bazurto said, referring to the distinguished award the team won the last week of March. The Model United Nations course, also known as Political Science 361, is a simulation of what the real United Nations is, said Choudhury Shamim, a CSUF political science professor. This course is a program in which hundreds of colleges participate and consists of two trips; one to Boston and another to New York, said Robert
Rogers, who won an Honorable Mention at the Harvard Model UN in Boston in February. The Harvard Model UN is the largest college conference held in the world and run by Harvard University. Over 2,000 students attended the Harvard conference this year, Shamim said. Students must take Political Science 350 as a prerequisite and have some background in war politics because this course is rather difficult, Shamim said. The students are the diplomats MUN 3
tant to William Langsdorf for a time. “He was in the first group of faculty administrators that started the campus in 1959,” said Dr. Kurt Kitselman, department chair and professor of human communication studies.“He really understood [the system].” Long’s career as a professor and administrator reflected his characteristics as a caring and generous person, his fellow professors said. “He was very much a scholar
and had few dogmatic certainties in his life,” said Robert Emry, faculty emeriti. “He was a thoughtful and well-read professional who thought students should have a broad-based, educational experience.” Long donated to charities and remained active following his retirement in various organizations. Long was “somebody you would want to model yourself after,” Kitselman said.
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Learn how to create an image of leadership in the Career Center today. The event will take place in LH-210G from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. If you’re going to be at the El Toro campus today between 2 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. be sure to head to room 146. There will be a workshop on resumes, interviewing and job searching.
New Pope announced with bells, smoke VATICAN CITY – Responding to Pope John Paul II’s request, the Vatican will depart from centuries-old tradition by ringing bells in addition to sending up white smoke to signal the election of his successor. Before he died Saturday at age 84, John Paul also made his wish known “to be buried in the ground” and not placed in an aboveground tomb, Archbishop Piero Marini said Tuesday. He will buried in the tomb left vacant after the remains of Pope John XXIII were exhumed from the cramped grotto under St. Peter’s Basilica in 2001 and moved to the main floor following his beatification.
The Marketing Honors Networking Program and the Career Center are presenting “Careers in Professional Selling” today from 2:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. in the TSU Theater. The event will discuss what a typical day for a professional salesperson is like and how to make sales. The program will feature a panel of sales managers from Allergan, Abbott Labs, Compass International and Nestle/ Purina.
Iraq prepares to name new Kurd president BAGHDAD, Iraq – Ousted dictator Saddam Hussein will be able to watch from his Baghdad jail cell as Iraq’s newly elected parliament chooses a new president Wednesday, the next step in building Iraq’s first democratically elected government in 50 years, Iraqi officials said. Lawmakers put the finishing touches Tuesday on an agreement making Kurdish leader Jalal Talabani president and Shiite Adel Abdul-Mahdi and interim President Ghazi al-Yawer, a Sunni Arab, his two vice presidents.
Have problems with memorization or studying for tests? Learn how to enhance and improve your memory today from noon to 1 p.m. Catherine VanRiette of the Women’s Center will be discussing “How to Capitalize on Your Memory” in UH 205.
Nation U.S. to tighten border controls by 2008 WASHINGTON – Americans traveling to Canada and Mexico would need passports to come home to the United States under guidelines proposed Tuesday in the latest effort to deter terrorists from entering the country. The new rules, which would be phased in by 2008, apply to Americans traveling from Canada, Mexico, Bermuda, the Caribbean and Panama. They also apply to citizens from those countries who want to enter the United States – prompting Canadian officials to announce that they might reciprocate.
El Pus will be on campus today from noon to 1 p.m. You can catch their free performance live at the Becker Amphitheater. There will be a table tennis tournament today in the TSU Underground at noon. The event is open to students, faculty and staff. Be sure to sign up by 11:45 a.m.
Officials urge renewal of Patriot Act WASHINGTON – The Bush administration has used the Patriot Act’s powers to listen to cell phone conversations and examine business records 84 times in 3 1/2 years, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales said Tuesday as Congress began considering whether to renew those powers and other sections of the anti-terror law. Gonzales and FBI Director Robert Mueller urged lawmakers to make permanent all 15 expiring provisions of the law, some of which have aroused civil liberties concerns. Mueller also asked lawmakers to expand the bureau’s ability to obtain records in terrorism cases without first asking a judge or grand jury.
Warden’s missing wife found 10 years later OKLAHOMA CITY – A convicted murderer and a deputy warden’s wife who disappeared nearly 11 years ago have been found living together and raising chickens in Texas. The woman said she was held captive the whole time, staying with the killer out of fear her family would be harmed if she fled. Bobbi Parker, 42, was reunited with her husband Tuesday as authorities tried to piece together details of the strange case. “It looked like a husband and wife who hadn’t seen each other in 11 years,” Texas Ranger Tom Davis of the emotional reunion.
State Couple donates $3 million to hospital MISSION VIEJO – A Cota de Caza couple is donating $3 million to Mission Hospital Regional Medical Center to help the hospital’s $50 million expansion. Edward and Susan Gotschall’s donation pushes the hospital fund-raising drive’s total to $26 million. The $50 million campaign is for refurbishing and expanding the Crown Valley Parkway hospital. Reports compiled from The Associated Press
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Water lilies are blooming in the Fullerton Arboretum signaling spring’s arrival. The Arboretum is a picturesque spot to pass time for both students and the public.
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1994: Largest Opening Day crowd at Yankee Stadium, 56,706. 1985: Tulane University cancels its basketball season amidst scandal. 1972: First electric power plant fueled by garbage begins operating. 1969: Denton Cooley gets first temporary artificial heart. 1949: North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) treaty signed in Washington, D.C.
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1989: David Letterman becomes
first network TV series to use dolby stereo. 1987: FOX TV network premieres showing Married With Children. 1974: Then tallest building, World Trade Center opens in New York City (110 stories). 1955: Winston Churchill resigns as British prime minister, Anthony Eden succeeds him. 1895: Oscar Wilde loses libel case against Marquess of Queensberry, who accused him of homosexual practices.
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1993: Florida Marlins suffer first loss to Los Angeles Dodgers (4-2). 1992: Microsoft announced Windows 3.1, upgrading Windows 3.0. 1980: Post It Notes introduced.
1954: TV Dinner was first put on sale by Swanson and Son. 1930: Delicious dessert, Hostess Twinkies, invented by bakery executive James Dewa.
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1994: Shannen Doherty files for divorce from Ashley Hamilton. 1980: Jimmy Carter breaks relations with Iran during hostage crisis. 1978: Guttenberg Bible sold for $2 million in New York City. 1969: Supreme Court strikes down laws prohibiting private possession of obscene material. 1930: Scholars surmise Jesus was crucified by Roman troops in Jerusalem.
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The first of three Blueprints workshops this month will take place today from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. in TSU Ontiveros BC. Come and learn how to make the most of the facilities and services available to your campus organization. Take part in Bowling Mania today in the TSU. Test your color coordination by knocking down combinations of colored pins to win prizes. Students must have a valid CSUF ID to join in on the fun. The Intramural Sports co-ed softball league begins today. The event will take place at the Intramural fields from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. All events are free and on campus unless otherwise indicated. If you would like to have a specific entry put in the calendar section, please send an e-mail to news@dailytitan.com.
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1994: Smoking banned in Pentagon and all U.S. military bases. 1986: Clint Eastwood elected mayor of Carmel, California. 1968: Baseball’s Opening Day is postponed because of Martin Luther King Jr. assassination. 1879: Milk was sold in glass bottles for first time. 1766: First fire escape patented, wicker basket on a pulley and chain.
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Then later, survivors of violence will tell their stories as a part of therapy, Aghasi said. The Third Wave feminist group represents peace, justice and nonviolence. According to group By Noura Al Anbar members it’s not just a radical Daily Titan Staff group that intends to cause chaos; Once again, the Third Wave they said they believe that by feminist group, students and fac- coming together as one, they can ulty gathered in the Cal State make a difference in the world. Fullerton Quad Tuesday, repre“A lot of times there is a negasenting and mourning all women tive image associated because whose lives have been lost we are a third wave putting on through violence. this event, a negative connotaThe group’s members, all tion that goes with feminism, dressed in black, stood in silence and some have this image that from noon to 1 p.m., displaying we’re loud, radical, crazy and we signs reading: hate men,” said “We stand for Katie Owen, peace” and “We the group treaWe stand in believe in jussurer. silence because tice, we believe “This is a that alone can in peace.” good way to express the Some bystandrepresent femiatrocities [that ers joined the nism; it is very group, as some multicultural. are] going on in shot curious We stand in the world. glances at the silence because Katie Owen silent row of that alone can Third Wave Treasurer protesters and express the accepted fliers atrocities [that from the club’s are] going on president, Brateil Aghasi. in the world.” “Third Wave is more inclusive Students interested in joining and we’re going strong; a lot of the group or interested in receivpeople are just hearing about this ing information can contact the club now because we’ve been president or simply step in and really active and vocal,” Aghasi take a silent stand against viosaid. lence along with the other mem“We’ve done ‘Women in bers. Black’ every semester, and our New member and freshman, next really big event on campus Maria Cortes, said that it’s very is the Clothes Line project and exciting to joining such a strong Take Back the Night rally, which group. will be [held at] night on April “I saw [an event] last month 28,” Aghasi added. when it was going on and I read Aghasi said the event will the article in the Daily Titan and include visual displays and the I was very interested and emailed group will also hold a candle the president. It’s what I believe light vigil and go around the in and stand for and I hope to school and chant. learn more about it,” she said.
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and he teaches his students how to speak, how to write speeches, how to write resolution and position papers. Students must also know their topics thoroughly, Shamim said. Afterwards, the students attend these conferences and put their work to the test. Students in Shamim’s class form life-long friendships through exhausting and sometimes frustrating conferences, each giving their proposals in less than a minute, 30 seconds at a time, he said. They debated over the advancement of communications technology and the necessity for equality affecting education. The students were very serious as they tried to adhere to the code of conduct or “proper decorum.” Only during a caucus could the students say anything without raising their hand to comment on another student’s proposal. The class as a whole focused on teamwork in a diplomatic manner in order to resolve issues. In a spontaneous burst from order to bedlam, the students huddled together for caucusing and discussed what their next argument would be. Shamim, at times, had to explain to his students that the term ‘point of order’ could only be uttered in order to bring a point to the procedure, in other words, a student’s speech, not to ask an ordinary question like, ‘what did he or she say.’ However, at the NMUN, students seem to be able to mingle with fellow delegates, Shamim said, because there is no moderated caucusing as opposed to the HMUN where there is moderated caucusing and decorum is a must. He holds an extra meeting every week for two hours, separate from the class, so students can get to know each other better, he said. Lucas Carreras, a 21-year-old MUN student, said he had heard of the course through a friend and that the class is about cooperation. “It’s a team effort,” he said. “And it would show all the hard work to win an award.” Carreras said there was definitely an aggression coming from international students at the HMUN, though it did bring different viewpoints to the conference. It made him a little nervous at first
to be competing against other students but it went well, he said. There is a belief that students from elite schools such as Yale are better than students from state schools, Shamim said, yet a student who presents his or her speeches well can win as CSUF students already have. Ivy League students seem to feel like they are on top of the world but his students have been able to prove that they are just as good as the elite, Shamim said. Each school is designated a coun-
Wednesday, April 6, 2005 3 dents from different schools, each representing European Nations, the Russian Federation and the United States. He said he realized there was a heirarchy of colleges at the HMUN, and after getting over the butterflies, it became clear to him that cliques were forming. The process in which it took him to prepare his speech was composed of meetings of over eight hours a day, staying up late and getting up early, he said.
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The CSUF Model United Nations team won second place for Distinguished Delegation at the National MUN conference in New York. try to represent in a mock attempt to reenact what takes place in the UN, Rogers said. Rogers won his award representing Romania, a former Soviet Republic, in the Economic Commission for Europe in a negotiation process during which a delegate such as himself, furthered the interest of his country in simulation, Rogers said. The activities included are giving formal speeches in front of fellow delegates, informal caucusing and resolution writing, he said. Rogers said he did not win his award for his resolution writing nor for his informal caucusing but for the way in which he delivered his speech and its content. He was surprised to win against UC Irvine and Berkely, where most of the MUN veterans were from, he added. He presented his speech in front of 55 delegates, who were all stu-
The purpose of the conferences like HMUN and NMUN is to instill in students the power of cooperation and togetherness, he said. “I speak for all of my classmates when I say I am very confident about our prospects at the NMUN,” he had said before the class trip to New York. Some students may become addicted because it is so competitive and they want to win, but the emphasis is on competing with other schools not with each other, Shamim said. When Shamim was chosen by the president of Bangladesh to be a delegate to the UN in 1979 and began his association with the UN, he was hooked, he said. “It’s very addictive,” he said. So he went on to teach MUN. Students must also follow each conference’s code of ethics. The NMUN’s policies and pro-
cedures include sexual harassment and discrimination policies, a code of conduct and an NMUN dress code, according to the NMUN program book. Students are required to keep “excessive bare skin” and underwear concealed. Clothing must show modesty and professionalism, according to the book. The code of conduct suggests that delegates, being the students in competition, remain in character and remain diplomatic in all instances, which entails no alcohol or drug consumption, even in their own [hotel] rooms. Michael Eaton, executive director of the NMUN, said they always welcome CSUF to the largest MUN in the world. And in awarding a committee, students are judged on their overall performance as a group on how well they represent the interests of the country they are repesenting, Eaton said. In addition, committees can range in size, from 15 to roughly 450 people per committee, he said. About 3,200 people from five different continents attended the NMUN this year, he said. Last year, the NMUN welcomed more female students than males, at 55 percent to 45 percent he said. Every year, the amount of females and males stays about the same, he said. Sara Montes, a 22-year-old MUN student, said that it would be good to have an equal amount of females and males in the MUN class. “I think that as a woman, our school is not gender biased,” Montes said. She said she is passionate about the course and it is not a burden to work so hard. The class is very united and gives her a better understanding of how the UN really works. She also said she would definitely like to see more female politicians and hopes Hilary Clinton runs for president. Bazurto hopes to broaden his horizons by getting his master’s degree in political science, thanks to the MUN course, he said. From fighting for the “peaceful uses of outer space,” to discussingworld conservation, Shamim said these students may be on their way to becoming members of America’s future politicians.
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Bird population makes a comeback with help from local friends By Eric Tom Daily Titan Staff
Above our heads, barely out of reach, birds are trying to give life to their young this spring. If we just stopped and looked up for a moment, we might catch a glimpse of the birds struggling to make a home among the urban sprawl of Orange County. That’s just what Dick Purvis did more than 20 years ago during a picnic with his family. He said that as he looked up, he saw a site he hadn’t seen since he was a boy growing up on a farm in north Georgia – a wild Western Bluebird. At that time a wild bird was a rare site in Orange County where urban sprawl had destroyed natural nesting spots for the bluebirds. Without holes in trees and plants, bluebirds will not build nests. Because of this loss of habitat, there were virtually no Western Bluebirds in Orange County 20 years ago. After researching the plight of the animals, Purvis built two birdhouses and set them in trees near his home. To his amazement, within about two weeks he had a nesting pair in each one, he said. Each year for the last two decades, Purvis has expanded the number of boxes a few miles at a time, adding them to parks, cemeteries, golf courses, or any sizeable area of trees and grass.
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Purvis said he has recruited volun- boxes throughout Orange County, teers to help him out with his ever- and has been adopted by others in growing population of bluebirds. the country. In 1996, Purvis said he put a want Beyond predators, one of the bigad in Sunset Magazine, and Bob gest threats the nesting birds face Franz, a retired engineer, respond- has been tree-trimmers, said Croom, ed. That year, the three volunteers of what he’s seen in Yorba Regional working on the project were able Park. Although not consistently, he to fledge or bring life to over 1,000 said he has seen trimmers cut down baby bluebirds, Franz said. branches with bluebird houses on Unlike other birds common to them, destroying a home for a pair Orange County, Western Bluebirds birds. will only make nests in enclosed This year, a new company hired dark cavities – such to trim the trees as those that wood at Yorba Regional peckers make in Park was only tak[It’s] amazing how trees, said Tom ing 10 percent to different [each Croom, the Orange 15 percent of the County’s Audubon branches, said Larry of the Western Society chapter DeLorto, a ground Bluebirds’] president. In the supervisor for Tree personalities are urban environment Smith Enterprises, of Orange County, Inc. Dick Purvis these cavities are To avoid destrucVolunteer/Program Founder rarely created by tion of the birdnature. In building houses, Croom said birdhouses, Purvis he makes efforts to has created a chance for bluebirds educate park employees about the to return to Orange County that they plight of the birds. Instead of throwmight not have gotten any other ing away fallen birdhouses, park way. employees are now saving them so Initially, Purvis nailed the bird- Croom can set them back in the houses to the sides of trees, he trees. said. He found, however, that the The program has grown considerpowerful sprinklers found in parks ably over the years, with 2004 fledgwould often drown the baby birds. ing over 5,000 birds across Orange Modifying his original design, he County, Croom said. Each spring, added a hook and built a tool at the the volunteers bring down the boxes end of a swimming pool rod to hang from the trees, clean them out if the boxes off a high branch. This necessary, and make notes of any got them not only out of reach of nests, eggs or hatchlings they see. sprinklers, but cats, raccoons and Undoubtedly, Purvis still monitors vandals, he said. This innovation has the largest share of boxes with over become the standard for bluebird 350 that he is able to check within a
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reasons I came out here. There’s always energy and a vibe, so you know that something’s going on,” Miller said. Fullerton students also have access to the artist-in-residence, who occupies the 27th apartment, and usually stays at Grand Central for a period of two weeks to four months, depending on the artist’s needs. The current artists occupying the
two-week time period. Franz said he has been trying to take some the load off of Purvis, and currently checks 215 boxes each week. Despite their efforts, the 41 volunteers can’t reach the entire county. Many places across Orange County need volunteers to either setup and monitor new birdhouses or take over some of the existing ones. Purvis said he always welcomes new volunteers – no matter how small or big the number of birdhouses they want to take care of. On the Cal State Fullerton campus, 27 bluebirds were fledged last year. These came from birdhouses along Nutwood Avenue, between Langsdorf Hall and the parking structure, near the Titan Student Union and the Alumni House and in the Arboretum. This year, Croom said he has already found one nest with an egg at Yorba Regional Park. Purvis seemed surprised to hear of one so soon in the season, and cited the heavy rains as a possible cause for the early start. The birds aren’t always pleased with the visits they are paid by Croom and his volunteers. “I have them dive at me quite regularly when they have eggs,” he said. Bluebird personalities vary quite significantly, Franz said. Some will be very aggressive and dive bomb at him as he approaches their birdhouse. Others will just sit there and not make a sound. It’s “amazing how different their personalities are,” Franz said.
Volunteers help to monitor Western Bluebird houses around Orange County in order to preserve the livelihood of the struggling species. Program founder Dick Purvis is always seeking new volunteers.
artist-in-residence position are the de la Torre brothers, Einar and Jamex. The two have a show opening April 16 at the campus Main Gallery titled “Fall of Empire.” “We try to concentrate on new and emerging artists. It focuses on a lot of different people in the area and just all over the place,” said Dennis Cubbage, a curator of the Rental and Sales Gallery. Applicants for the student residency program must first be accepted into the Master of Arts or Master of Fine Arts programs in visual or performing arts at CSUF in order to apply to live and work at Grand Central. A faculty committee then reviews applicants’
portfolios and looks for quality in workmanship, according to Grand Central Facilitator and Director Mike McGee. “In terms of Cal State Fullerton being a commuter school, [Grand Central] gives students the opportunity to create a community,” McGee said. “The biggest opportunity beyond that is students get to live in a building with international artists and professors. A lot of energy is generated at the art center.” McGee, along with Don Cribb, came up with the concept of Grand Central in 1994. Housed in a building that was the former home of KFAW, Orange County’s first radio station,
Grand Central opened to the public and students in 1999. Aside from the studio apartments and work spaces allotted to students, the complex houses a variety of art. There is a Black Box Theater that holds productions by CSUF’s dance and theater departments along with lectures and films. Galleries, classes in graphic design, photography, sculpture, painting and drawing are offered as well. “The idea is that we’re showing good art, but then there’s also this community outreach going on to the people of the area,” Cubbage said. “So Grand Central runs pretty full circle.”
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“Since the [surveys conducted by CIRCLE in 1972], young adults’ attitudes indicate consistency in their feelings toward gays and lesbians,” said Emily Kirby, an assistant researcher at CIRCLE. “They have become increasingly supportive throughout the years.” According to the study, 60 percent of DotNetters felt that homosexuality should be accepted. “Shows on television like ‘Will and Grace’ and ‘Queer Eye for the Straight Guy’ target youth groups creating awareness and acceptance of human sexuality,” Rivas said. Amrita Sheokand, a 28-year-old public relations major at CSUF, said that on diverse campuses like CSUF, there is more tolerance toward gays and lesbians compared to more demographically conservative schools. “Students with stringent religious rules were openly against gays and lesbians and were very vocal about it,” Sheokand said. According to the 2004 Census Bureau, 18- to 29-year-olds in the United States, make up 21 percent of the eligible voting population.
“There has been a cycle of neglect toward this generation,” said Kirby. “The 2004 election reached out to them.” Melanie Lomibao, a 21-year-old biology major and Student Leadership Institute intro team member coordinator for CSUF, said she believes that students have become much more politically interested since the 2004 elections. “My family is both Democrat and Republican,” Lomibao said. “Political conversations are a norm in our household, which is why I am definitely politically interested. I also feel that the youth today is more interested politically, because Arnold Schwarzenegger reaches out to this age group.” Generational changes in attitude, according to CIRCLE, do not happen overnight. According to a General Social Survey conducted continually since 1972, there has been a steady shift in attitudes towards racial intermarriage among all generations. The most supportive of racial intermarriage, however, are DotNets.
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country because of their hard work and talents. Participants were asked how they felt about laws that protect homosexuals from hate crimes, and whether gay couples should be allowed to marry. They were also asked if they thought there should be a ban on interracial marriage. Sixty percent of the DotNets polled said immigrants today do strengthen our country because of their hard work and talents. “Historically, immigrants have always been used as scapegoats,” said Reuben Rivas, the Fullerton chapter club president of the American Civil Rights Union. “Their burden on the country depends on where the question is asked and where the person is located on the political map.”
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