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Clubs look PRESIDENT BUSH to promote REMEMBERS THE TITANS unity on campus Group of spoken word artists gather to unite divided community By JULIE KIM Daily Titan Staff
With Cal State Fullertonʼs recent surge of cultural disparities – from controversy over Audio-Intifada in March to Norman Finkelsteinʼs presence in the Humanities Building – several organizations wanted to send a different message to the collective campus audience. And on one Friday-the-13th night in CSUFʼs Garden Café, that message seemed to be one of unity. Clubs such as the Afro-Ethnic Student Association, the Middle Eastern Student Society, Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlan, the Alliance for the Preservation for African Consciousness and the Muslim Student Association presented the “EndDependence Spoken Word Tour,” a coalition comprising artists performing poetry and songs about various topics. Dianne Hurtado, a MEChA member and a junior double-majoring in Chican/Chicano studies and political science, said the clubs held the event to “raise awareness and to build bridges.” Although the school and MEChA first sponsored the tour in 2002, Hurtado – who helped coordinate the event – didnʼt want just one organization involved. “Weʼre all part of the same community,” she said. “There needs to be a cross-cultural solidarity.” To aid in solidifying the CSUF campus, several spoken word artists presented their works, ranging from poems about the ʼ80s crack epidemic in blackdominated inner cities to support for bilingualism. Their diverse backgrounds were evident from the start of the show as Skim, a Korean-American rapper, played on the janggoo, a traditional Korean drum, and sang in her native language. Other poets such as Gonzales and Gabriela Garcia Medina, a Cuban born in Moscow and now a theater major at UCLA, alternated between Spanish and English to denote their various heritages. But a more common theme with the EndDependence singers and poets was anger, whether it was directed at the Bush administration, lack of equal rights or racism. For example, in her poem entitled “Requiem for the Odessas,” Medina recited that “people are dying for nationalism that doesnʼt represent them,” commenting on the vast number of minorities in the military. Artist/singer Noni Limar wondered if the United States would “turn every Muslim into a good Christian.” Gonzales, leader and co-coordinator of the EndDependence collective, best summed up what many of the artistsʼ works reflected. “[Itʼs] not about hate; itʼs about rage,” he said. But in spite of some incendiary pieces, such as Skimʼs desire to “shoot the American president” and Limarʼs proclamation that she is not American because she “canʼt liken [herself] with genocide and SPOKEN WORD
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President George W. Bush congratulates P.J. Pilittere representing the 2004 NCAA champion Cal State Fullerton baseball team during an event to celebrate the best in college sports, in the East Room of the White House, in Washington D.C. on Friday. Pilittere, the team’s catcher, presents Bush with a Titans jersey.
Team scores one with White House WASHINGTON – Celebrating the 2004 victories of four teams – the Cal State Fullerton Titans baseball team, Indianaʼs soccer team, Stanford Universityʼs womenʼs volleyball team and Notre Dameʼs womenʼs soccer team – President George W. Bush urged them to be their best on and off the field. The jokes came fast and furious, and were mostly about him, as Bush on Friday hosted one of the White House events he loves most: Bringing in NCAA championship teams. “Youʼll have a full life when youʼre able to say to yourself, Iʼve really helped somebody in need,” he said in an East Room packed with players, coaches and fans. “Frankly, itʼs more important than a sports trophy.” All 25 players on the roster in Omaha, with the exception of minor leaguers Kurt Suzuki and Jason Windsor and reserve outfielder Shawn Scobee, who transferred to Nevada, made the trip, along with the returning coaches and CSUF President Milton A. Gordon. The meeting with Bush took place in the East Room of the White House on Friday, May 13,
which is appropriate since that was the Titansʼ lucky number last June in Omaha. Among many coincidences, it was Fullertonʼs 13th trip to the College World Series; its 13th consecutive trip to the NCAA Tournament and Windsor won his 13th game for the Super Regional on June 13, on the road to the College World Series. The Titans are sure to remind Bush that they beat the University of Texas in the championship game, 3-2. They also beat the Longhorns in the 1984 title game, 3-1. Along with the College World Series-winning Titans, Stanfordʼs womenʼs volleyball team, plus soccer teams from Indiana and Notre Dame were also recognized. While welcoming the Titans to the White House, Bush greeted Gordon and his wife, Margaret Faulwell Gordon, Titans Baseball Head Coach George Horton and Congressman Ed Royce, a CSUF alumnus. Looking at Royce, who was seated in the front row of the audience gathered in the East Room for the occasion, Bush asked, “You like baseball?” “I like that team,” Royce replied, nodding toward
Titan Student Union houses local artwork
Tammy Walker, Ryan Ross and Melanie Donegan show off talent in school galleries By NOURA AL ANBAR Daily Titan Staff
The Titan Student Union at Cal State Fullerton is currently featuring the artwork of three CSUF students and will continue hosting the exhibits until the last week of May. The exhibits located at the TSU Chapman Atrium, Center and Plaza galleries feature artists Tammy Walker, Ryan Ross and Melanie Donegan. Senior artist Tammy Walker is exhibiting her series of pencil rendering drawings at the Center gallery. Walkerʼs “Unnatural Selections” consists of large detailed drawings and paintings of animal and human imagery. An artistʼs reception was held on Friday night at the TSU.
“Since I was a little kid, I never stopped computers to control artwork and he presents drawing,” Walker said. “[For this collection] I his artwork in a unique “interactive” manner. chose domestic animals and pocket pets, they Ross classified “Pre-sense” as an interacare easy to study and the way they interact tive installation, about controlling or affecting with people and mimic peopleʼs social patterns environments from remote locations. He said with todayʼs technology, we is amazing.” achieve this phenomenon all Walker said she uses the the time without even knowanimal and human imagery to ... Even though ing it. describe her thoughts about somebody may “The installation was titled special qualities of social not physically be Pre-Sense because it is a play patterns basic to all humans present, it is still on the word ʻpresence,ʼ” and paralleled by the animal Ross said. “Presence is an world. possible to affect important concept because I “They [animals] are so things or situaam trying to say that even much like us,” she said. tions. though somebody may not “Itʼs superlative art. She Ryan Ross physically be present, it is can render things so large and Featired artist still possible to affect things so accurately. There is a lot or situations.” of attention to detail and lots Ross debuted “Pre-Sense” of expressions in everything at the Chapman Atrium and she does,” said Rick Walker, held his reception during the first weekend Tammyʼs father. On the other hand, graduate student Ryan GALLERIES 5 Ross is one of the first students at CSUF to use
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the players. More on the Titans in Bush drew applause the White House Sports, page 8 when he cited the playersʼ motto: “Think how good itʼs gonna feel.” “It didnʼt feel so good for the Longhorns,” he deadpanned, eliciting laughter from attendees. “But I do want to congratulate you. I love baseball; I was telling the players, thatʼs my favorite sport of all. Itʼs a hard game to play, and itʼs definitely a team game and itʼs really hard to win the national championship …” The Titans were scheduled to fly home Saturday from Dulles International Airport to Long Beach, to arrive during the noon hour. Fullerton currently has a record of 37-12 overall and is in first place in the Big West Conference with a 14-2 record. The Titans are ranked No. 1 in the nation again this week by Baseball America. Compiled from The Associated Press and Cal State Fullerton Public Affairs.
Campus guilty of bad behavior, study says Students, faculty and staff display ʻuncivil, rudeʼ manners at school By ERIKA MEYERS For the Daily Titan
According to the Senate Forum, a spring publication of the Academic Senate at Cal State Fullerton, incivility on campus has created cause for concern. The Senate Forum defines civility as courtesy and politeness; basically a polite act or expression. It is a way people should act when surrounded by people in a community or on a campus. The
concern about rude and uncivil behavior is not limited to students, but also applies to faculty and staff. Some of the concerns the Academic Senate highlighted in the Forum were “students grabbing their essays as they are handed back, faculty taking parking spaces that others are waiting in line to get, phones ringing in class and faculty dressed in class as if they were going to Laguna Beach.” “Teachers are too lax about enforcing rules,” said Jamie Flanagan, a CSUF junior photo communications major. “If I was a teacher I would kick students out.” According to an Indiana University BEHAVIOR
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38 bodies found in Iraq as Rice visits
In the Plaza Gallery of the TSU, the exhibit “37 Truths and 10 Lies” will be on display through May 27. Featured art by Melanie Donegan includes a series of drawings blended with sculpture modeling the Japanese Momoyama Oribe style glazing technique. Check out the exhibit from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m.
BAGHDAD, Iraq – The bodies of 38 men shot execution-style were found dumped around an abandoned chicken farm, a trash-strewn lot and an insurgent stronghold west of the capital, police said on Sunday. The grisly finds were the latest in an endless stream of violence, much of it designed to destabilize Iraqʼs new government and hasten a U.S. retreat. More than 450 people have been killed in just over two weeks since Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafariʼs Cabinet was announced.
11 killed in Uzbekistan border clash
Woo that special person youʼve been eyeing with a personalized version of Telefon Tel Avivʼs “John Thomas On the Inside is Nothing but Foam.” Karaoke in the TSU Underground Pub from noon to 1:30 p.m. Call (714) 278-2144 for more information.
FERGANA, Uzbekistan – Eight Uzbek soldiers and three Islamic militants died in a clash near the Kyrgyz border on Sunday and more than 500 Uzbeks fled to safety across the frontier, witnesses said, in spreading violence that further threatened stability in this Central Asia country, a key American ally and host to an important U.S. military outpost. The explosions of pent-up anger have now hit at least two Uzbek border towns in the volatile Fergana Valley. As many as 500 people reportedly were killed on Friday in Andijan, Uzbekistanʼs fourth-largest city about 30 miles west of the Kyrgyz frontier, when government troops were called in to put down an uprising by alleged Islamic militants and citizens protesting dire economic conditions.
Strap on some used shoes and knock ʻem down at the TSU Underground Family Bowling Night between 5 p.m. and 8 p.m.
New ‘Star Wars’ reflects U.S. foreign policy CANNES, France – Without Michael Moore and “Fahrenheit 9/11” at the Cannes Film Festival this time, it was left to George Lucas and “Star Wars” to pique European ire over the state of world relations and the United Statesʼ role in it. Lucasʼ themes of democracy on the skids and a ruler preaching war to preserve the peace predate “Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith” by almost 30 years. Yet viewers on Sunday, and Lucas himself, noted similarities between the final chapter of his sci-fi saga and our own troubled times. Cannes audiences made blunt comparisons between “Revenge of the Sith” – the story of Anakin Skywalkerʼs fall to the dark side and the rise of an emperor through warmongering – to President Bushʼs war on terrorism and the invasion of Iraq. The film opens on Wednesday in parts of Europe and on Thursday in the United States and many other countries.
Nation Both sides predict win in filibuster fight WASHINGTON – Amid talk of a possible compromise, the Senateʼs second-most powerful Republican and Democrat each claimed on Sunday to have enough support for their sideʼs position as the chamber neared a showdown over the minority partyʼs right to block a presidentʼs judicial nominees. Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, R-Tenn., intends this week to call up for a vote the first of the blocked nominees – Texas judge Priscilla Owen and California judge Janice Rogers Brown. Bush nominated both for federal judgeships during his first term, but they and five others were blocked by Democrats.
Local Quake shakes southern Riverside County PALM SPRINGS – A small earthquake shook southern Riverside County on Sunday morning. There were no immediate reports of injuries or damage. The magnitude-3.2 quake hit at 6:30 a.m. about 26 miles south-southwest of Palm Springs and seven miles south of the community of Anza near the Cahuilla Indian Reservation, according to a preliminary report from the U.S. Geological Survey. There were no reports of injuries or damage, a dispatcher with the county sheriffʼs department said. Reports compiled from The Associated Press
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Sophomore liberal studies major Jessica Fowler and her post-baccalaureate English major friend Ali Zakka sit under what Fowler calls the “the prettiest tree on campus,” on Tuesday afternoon.
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Police responded to a disturbance at the Birch Dorm. Possible drug activity was reported. Police broke up the party.
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A report was made of property vandalism at the Engineering Building. It was reported that there was graffiti that talked about killing President Bush. Everything checked out OK.
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Fullerton City Police requested assistance to aid in a suicide threat of a 14-year-old boy who had barricaded himself in his apartment on Quartz Lane. University Police responded to the call and assisted.
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University Police log for the week of May 7-May 13 a suspicious person in University Hall. It was reported that staff was stalling the suspect who they believed had committed a petty theft. When police arrived the suspect said she had no identification and was escorted by police to her car to retrieve it. An arrest was made.
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An arrest was made of a suspicious woman carrying a grocery bag and a purse. The woman was on Associated Road acting disoriented.
A woman was found passed out on the floor of a womenʼs restroom in the Humanities Building. There were no further details of the situation. A report was taken.
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A traffic accident occurred at the Titan House on State College Boulevard. There were two vehicles involved, but no injuries were reported.
Police were unable to locate two men who were reported as causing a disturbance in the Nutwood Parking Structure. It was reported that the two men were standing outside of a womanʼs car yelling at her to get out of the vehicle and banging on her window.
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A faculty member requested police presence in a classroom of the Kinesiology Building because a student was to be permanently removed from a class. An officer stood by to assist.
Need a break from studying? Fitness and Wellness Programs in the Kinesiology and Health Services Center might be the answer. KHS, room 203 will host “Gutts, Butts and Thighs” from 12:10 p.m. to 12:55 p.m., “Freestyle Aerobics” from 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. and “Cardio Dance” from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. “Reebok Spinning” will be in KHS, room 264 between 7:30 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. Grad students Ryan Ross and Anita Sinclair will have some of their sculpture pieces on display in the Atrium Gallery. The display will be up until the end of May and for more information, please call (714) 278-3915. The “Fall of the Empire” exhibit will be on display today in the Main Art Gallery of the Visual Arts Building from noon to 4 p.m. The exhibit features a glass installation by Einar and Jamex de la Torre. CSUFʼs Grand Central Art Center presents “Raw, Boiled and Cooked: Comics on the Verge” through May 22. The work of 40 comics artists is available for viewing from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays, and from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays. The center is located at 125 N. Broadway, in Santa Ana.
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A disturbance was reported of a man yelling at passerbys in the Quad and throwing his fists in the air. Police responded and assisted the man. A woman called police to report a disturbance in the Nutwood Parking Structure. She claimed that a man came at her with a pen and was possibly taking air out of tires. Everything checked out OK.
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Sorority members on Balfour Avenue reported suspicious people in a car, one of whom had urinated on the sororityʼs lawn. Police were unable to locate the car or the suspects.
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Putting for profit: Golfers play to support YWCA Local charity hosts tournament to raise scholarship funds By JAIMEE FLETCHER Daily Titan Staff
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Robert Barragan, 3, of Fullerton goes for the ball Saturday at the YWCA fundrasier held at Camelot Golfland.
Golf enthusiasts from all over Orange County came to participate in Saturdayʼs golf tournament to show their support for the YWCA. But this was not a typical golf tournament. Instead of extravagant courses with lavish grass, a well-groomed putting green and a simple flag marking the hole, quirky windmills and castles on synthetic blue, green and red grass blocked the way to the pin. Both children and adults were invited to test their skills on Camelot Golfland courses to raise money for the YWCAʼs Tuition for Tots in the Tee off for Tots Mini Golf Open. “We give scholarships for families in crisis,” said Kelly Finely, a YWCA board member. “Itʼs for people who have lost their jobs or their spouse and canʼt find work.” This was the second year this event has taken place but only the first year there was a competition involved. Professionals were encouraged to play in the tournament in which the top three won cash prizes while others played in the “family fun” tournament, which included friends and family golfing for a good cause. Finley said she is sure this event will grow over the next few years
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canʼt rape [her] own body,” human services senior Lourdes Landeros thought it was beautiful that everyone was “communicating with each other.” Rocio Mendoza, also a human services and sociology senior and vice-chairperson of MEChA, agreed. “This is all entertaining, but it also has deep meaning,” she said. “[The event] asks you if you question what they feed you in the media.” In fact, despite past heated debate
because pro-minigolf is a new sport sweeping the nation. “This is the first year weʼve had this at a professional level,” Finely said. “On the East Coast mini-golf is really popular and weʼre hoping the West Coast will catch up.” Finely said for next yearʼs tournament she wants to target college students to make the event a bigger success. “We really hope that more col-
lege students will come out to play,” Finely said. “We want to make them aware that we have programs at the YWCA for college women too.” Diane Masseth-Jones, executive director of the YWCA, said this year they attracted about 15 professional minigolfers and they view the game as more than just a fun way to spend an afternoon. “They are in a whole different
psyche,” Masseth-Jones said. “They sit there and study each course, trying to determine the velocity of the windmill or the incline of the ramp. They take it pretty seriously.” Some of the participants in the tournament were Tuition for Tots scholarship recipients who came to support the program. Ginger Gallegos received the scholarship from Tuition for Tots about two years ago. She said she and her husband had separated and he was not paying child support. “[Tuition for Tots] helped pay for my daughterʼs daycare at Color Our World,” Gallegos said. “We came as kind of a big thank you [to the YWCA].” Gallegos said she found out about the program when a worker at Color Our World approached her about the program. The Tuition for Tots program paid for three months of daycare for the Gallegos family. Gallegos said receiving the scholarship made a huge difference in her life. “Receiving something like that shows that someone really cares,” Gallegos said. “A daycare offers a more stable environment when maybe the home is not as stable.” Gallegos is now back together with her husband and together they have two children with another one on the way. She said she has not been on the program for the last 11 months due to maternity leave but she still likes to show her gratitude for the YWCAʼs support through events like the minigolf tournament.
from Jewish student group Hillel over Gonzalesʼ view on the IsraelPalestine conflict, “there was no opposition to [this] event,” said Victor Phipps, a junior political science major. “I think it was because of the nature of the event bringing different communities together, not targeting a specific issue,” said Phipps, also a representative for MEChA in the Association for Inter-Cultural Awareness, which sponsored the event. The “End-Dependence Spoken Word Tour,” which occurs every year and has already happened at other schools, might have had
a bigger turnout if it happened on a Thursday night, said Rashad Aldabbagh, president of the Middle Eastern Student Society and a political science graduate student. “Still, we had good attendance,” he said. “The Alliance for the Preservation for African Consciousness, the Afro-Ethnic Student Association … all these different clubs have some things in common.” Landeros echoed the same sentiment. “Maybe younger kids will see this one day and realize that weʼre all going through the same thing, the same struggles,” she said.
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Arboretum cultivates personality, community with individual plots By APRIL MILLER Daily Titan Staff
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Michael McManamy plants petunias in his newly acquired plot at the Fullerton Arboretum. Each plot reflects the owners’ personality.
Deciding to have a garden is easy. Finding a place to plant it can be hard. The Fullerton Arboretum offers 32 Community Garden plots, 15 by 15 feet for $100 a year, but the wait can be 18 to 24 months to secure one. With two spots available, the current list has 45 names. The two people lucky enough to acquire a gardening plot at the Arboretum must cart in top-soil, fertilizers, plants and tools, and they must be ready to put a lot of time into their garden. They must also come back to water and weed on a regular basis during the Arboretumʼs hours. “The gardening plots are very much a part of the Arboretum,” said Diane Wilkinson, receptionist and horticultural enthusiast. “Some people have had them eight to 10 years.” Many people work on their plots on the weekends or come during their lunch hour, she said. “Families bring their small children, who play with Tonka trucks while Mom is [removing dead blooms],” Wilkinson said. Each plot reveals the personality
of the gardeners tending them. Two people were gardening mid-week in the heat of the day. “The raspberry plant came from my 102-year-old grandmother in Idaho. She gave a shoot to my father and he gave me one from his plant,” said Teri Siciliano, who with her husband Mark, comes often to maintain their plot. “This is a labor of love.” A couple of plots over, several gnomes watch as Michael McManamy builds a planter for petunias in the center of his plot. He has had his garden only three months and it is a work in progress. “My kids like gnomes,” he said. “They are a little too big for the kidsʼ garden [at the Arboretum], but they can plant things here” he said. His family has planted hollyhocks to attract butterflies and soon they will have watermelons, pumpkins and cantaloupe. Some of the gardeners get a little eager and plant things too closely, Wilkenson said. “Crowding compromises the yield,” she said referring to one of the other plots, where zucchini is infringing on a bell pepperʼs growing space. “Gardeners, who neglect their plots are sent letters,” she said. “If they donʼt keep their weeds in check, or if their plot becomes an eyesore, the Arboretum will send them a letter asking them to clean it up or give someone else a chance.”
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This 1951 MG TD was one of many classic cars displayed on Sunday.
Fullerton hosts classic car show T-Birds top Motor Car Festival at the Muckenthaler Center By RORY JURNECKA For the Daily Titan
The usually green lawns at the Muckenthaler Cultural Center in Downtown Fullerton were dotted with every color of the rainbow Sunday, as nearly 200 classic cars were on display. The 11th annual Muckenthaler Motor Car Show honored “50 Years of the Thunderbird,” resulting in over 25 Ford Thunderbirds sitting side by side, including at least one example for every decade of production. Notable entries included the actual Thunderbird used in the classic 1973 movie “American Graffiti.” Richard Bjorklund of Costa Mesa brought his red 1955 Thunderbird, made in the first year of production for the model. Upon arriving, Bjorklund was impressed by the “really good” turnout, but had already been expecting a large number of cars. “A lot of us are members of a club called ʻThe Early Birds,ʼ” Bjorklund said, referring to the car club for owners of 1955, ʼ56 and ʼ57 Thunderbirds. The club is particularly active in shows and other social, car-related gatherings. The showʼs attendance was not limited to Thunderbirds, resulting in multiple examples from popular makers like Chevrolet, Jaguar, Porsche, Mercedes and Ferrari, including a 1958 Ferrari 250 Tour de France worth nearly $1 million. Event Master of Ceremonies, Jim Freiburger, said this yearʼs turnout was possibly the largest ever. “I think itʼs a little bit better this year,” Freiburger said. “Itʼs a bigger show with more publicity.” Attendance was estimated midday at around 2,000 spectators arriving to see the cars, shop the various vendor booths and eat a barbeque lunch provided by local restaurant, Heroes Bar and Grill. The show is not only a casual event, but a judged competition to determine various degrees of
excellence among different makes of automobile. Judging lasted the majority of the morning and early afternoon, with awards handed out at the end of the show. The Jaguar Owners Club also used the event to hold a separate judged competition that included Jaguar model cars only. Many spectators and participants have been coming to the Muckenthaler Motor Car Show since its inception in 1994, but not all. Gene Adams, a car enthusiast, parked his red 1969 Chevrolet Corvette convertible on the Muckenthalerʼs grass for the first time this year. “This is my first year and this is a wonderful show,” Adams said. “I donʼt think Iʼve been to such a high quality show as this one is with so many vehicles in such good condition.” Adams said an invitation by Muckenthaler officials is required to be a part of the show, resulting in a display of only the finest classic automobiles. Adamsʼ Corvette has a rare 427 cubic inch engine that boasts nearly 600 horsepower. “One of the judges had seen my car at another show last year and invited me to come out this year,” Adams said. Adams said that unlike many cars being shown at the event, he drives his car regularly. “I put 10,000 miles on this car last year,” Adams said. The Muckenthaler Motor Car Show is the closing event of the Muckenthaler Motor Car Festival, a weeklong event that includes a classic car cruise, dinner reception, movie night and fine art exhibition. This year, an additional “Young Visionaries” art exhibit was displayed, showcasing automotive-inspired art by local Fullerton students. Many of the proceeds for the Muckenthaler Motor Car Festival help support the Muckenthaler Cultural Centerʼs programs and shows, including many visual and performing arts experiences. The center is based on a mansion built in 1924 and donated to the City of Fullerton in 1965 by Harold Muckenthaler for use as a public cultural center.
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There’s more to magic than smoke and mirrors Illusionist Gabriel ʻredefinesʼ the art with personal stories, jokes By JASON KEHLER Daily Titan Staff
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Illusionist John Gabriel performs “Through You,” one of his illusions at Fullerton College on Sunday.
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of May. “Itʼs an interesting statement about how with technology one person can affect another environment without being physically there,” said junior
fine arts major Brigid Burke. TSU Gallery coordinator Kallie Clark said the exhibitions reach two different types of audiences, people who go to the TSU to appreciate artwork and those who visit the TSU for non-art related reasons. The third exhibit located on
the lower level of the TSU features senior Melanie Doneganʼs “37 Truths & 10 Lies,” a series of drawings and ceramic sculptures. The pieces exhibited consist of drawings blended with sculptures that follow the Japanese Momoyama Oribe style glazing techniques. Some of them
Smoke, mirrors and audience participation were all a part of the “Magic Redefined” show Sunday night at Fullerton College. John Gabriel, whose magic has been featured on the television show “Worldʼs Greatest Magic”, performed a number of different illusions. Along with card tricks performed with audience members, Gabriel also created the illusion of a woman pulling her body through Gabrielʼs midsection. During another illusion, called the “double levitation,” Gabriel levitated his assistant about 12 feet into the air and then also levitated himself up to her level where he passed a metal ring around her body. This illusion, along with some of the others, was accompanied by stoare autobiographical pieces. Clark said Donegan took a lot of time with the pieces and that each piece represents a different memory. “Hopefully the artwork will be interesting and engaging to make it more accessable to a wide variety of people,” she said.
ries that helped explain the trick. The double levitation story was a tale of romance where Gabriel reminisced about a girl who he loved once but had lost. His love comes back to him and they are reunited 12 feet in the air. Another illusion performed through a story involved a little boy writing to Gabriel about how he has to choose between two of his dogs, a white one and a black one. Gabrielʼs solution is to combine the two dogs into one and make a Dalmatian. “The show involves a lot of stories,” Gabriel said. “Everything that I do on stage pertains to a story.” The tricks, Gabriel said, are all different variations of tricks that have already been performed. The true part of his show is “selling” the tricks. “Anybody can really learn magic,” Gabriel said. “But itʼs actually selling the show [thatʼs] important to me and relating to my audience.” Along with the stories, the act also consisted of Gabriel telling jokes and engaging in conversation with the audience.
“It was excellent,” said Alice Babajian of Fullerton. “It was very entertaining, every magic act you look, you try to figure it out but you just canʼt get it.” Gabriel has been performing magic since he was 7 years old and did his first show in front of his high school when he was in ninth grade. Gabriel said that he has been performing magic day and night ever since, always trying to learn new illusions. The show at Fullerton College ended with Gabriel locking himself in a trunk under 2,000 pounds of water, combining two of Harry Houdiniʼs tricks, one where the magician instantly switches places with an assistant inside the trunk, the other where he escapes from the trunk. “The last was really excellent,” said Rosalie Sherman of Fullerton. “It was a lot of fun and it was real dynamic.” Sherman said she could not figure out any of the tricks and as she sat in her chair she thought, “How did he do that?”
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said. One observation he made for the students in his class acting in a civil manner was that he was in upper-division classes and these are the people who actually want to be there. “I have been surprised this semester by the nonchalant attitude students have had about walking into class late and such actions as making doctorsʼ appointments during class time,” said Tony Fellow, a professor of communications and journalism at CSUF. As a professor, he feels that students should respect faculty as they would other professionals. “I consider absence the worst form of rudeness,” Fellow said. He said he works hard and puts a lot of time and effort into his classes to make them interesting, as many other teachers on campus do. “And since I work hard, I expect my students to do the same,” Fellow said. “That means being in class, being there on time and staying the whole time.”
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survey on academic civility in the classroom published in the Forum, several behaviors considered rude and uncivil included sarcastic remarks or gestures, not paying attention in class and sleeping in class. Rude behavior becomes an even bigger problem when it becomes disruptive in the classroom. Not paying attention in class does not interfere with the ability to learn, but some rude behaviors do affect the learning process. Several behaviors students at CSUF thought to be rude and uncivil were students not showing up for class, students talking during a lecture and text messaging during class. Going to the bathroom during class was considered acceptable behavior. Edgar Rodriguez, a junior history major, had no complaints of uncivil behavior by students or any of his professors. “My teachers so far have all been chill [and] easy going,” Rodriquez