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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.
DotNets a more tolerant cohort
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
Opening day optimism
Research demonstrates youngest generation is distinct demographic
Grand Central houses grad students; offers studio, gallery space
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.
Silent stance
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Third Wave feminist group stands in silent protest against violence toward women in the Quad on Tuesday. For full story, see page 3