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Friends of Coyote Hills uses two-hour tours to save preserve By NICOLE M. SMITH Daily Titan Executive Editor
Residents of Fullerton are taking a hike while they still can. Coyote Hills, 500-plus acres of “endangered” California Coastal Sage habitat located in the Northwest portion of Fullerton, is home to some 130 species of wildlife and serves as an outdoor recreation haven to mountain bikers, horseback riders and hikers. But this hilly landscape, which is reportedly the last of its kind in the Southeastern Los Angeles region, has become a prime target for development. In an effort to preserve the open space, Friends of Coyote Hills, a grassroots organization devoted to saving Coyote Hills from being bulldozed for development purposes, has invited the public to “take a walk on the wild side,” as one of their bright-yellow, hand-made signs suggests. “People want to see this land saved,” said Annik Ramsey, who has been leading nature hikes for the
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past two years. During the summer months, Fullerton residents have the opportunity to gather as the sun falls behind the hills of the California native landscape for a two-hour nature hike. “We do hikes to get the word out [about Coyote Hills],” Ramsey said. “People turning out [for hikes] says something to City Council.” In 2001, the City Council approved a plan to develop 86 acres of the open space through a 5-0 vote, according to the Friends of Coyote Hills Web site. Now, City Council is awaiting results from a second environmental impact report to decide its next step. Jeff Townsend, who became involved with Friends of Coyote Hills after the first environmental impact report was released last December, said he prefers preservation over development. Coyote Hills is currently zoned for oil and gas, Townsend said. He added that the regionʼs development plan was created almost 40 years ago, and that Fullerton has undergone so many changes since then that City Council should assess these changes and “zone Coyote Hills appropriately.” “We will mortgage Fullertonʼs
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Jeff Townsend, a Fullerton resident since 1996, has been involved with Friends of Coyote Hills since last year. Throught nature hikes like this one at the Nora Kuttner Recreational Trail, the ‘Friends’ hope to educate the public about the endangered California Costal Sage habitat. future if we develop every last piece of zone-able land,” said Townsend, a computer consultant who has lived in Fullerton since 1996. Friends of Coyote Hills has been coordinating public hikes for about three years now, said Helen Higgins,
Satellite facility now identified as CSUF Irvine Campus Cal State Fullertonʼs El Toro campus has got a brand new name. In keeping with the Cal State University custom of naming campuses after their geographic location, university officials announced that the CSUF extension campus will be known as California State University, Fullerton Irvine Campus. “We are proud to be part of the city of Irvineʼs dynamic community and we look forward to a continuing partnership providing high-quality education to south county residents through the Cal State Fullerton Irvine Campus,”
said CSUF President Milton A. Gordon. The decision to rename the CSUF branch campus, which opened its doors in August 2002, is “no indication” of a separate CSU being established, said Clara Potes-Fellow, a spokeswoman for the CSU system. “Rest assured that there is no interest or hope to create a new CSU in the foreseeable future,” Potes-Fellow said. In fact, the CSU system has no intentions of creating a 24th university in the foreseeable future because advances in technology allow students more ways to access an education for less money than it would cost to invest in a new university. In addition to the Irvine campus, located on 11 acres of the former El Toro Marine Corps Air Station, CSUF has satellite campuses located in Santa Ana and Garden
Grove, as well as Internet and televised courses, which enable studentsʼ access to education from all over Orange County. “Weʼre trying to serve a constituency thatʼs some miles away from [the CSUF main] campus,” said Paula Selleck, the director of public affairs at CSUF. “There are more ways to make education more accessible, which is more convenient for the student. Thatʼs what itʼs all about.” Through the Irvine campus, CSUF hopes to expand its educational resources as well as course offerings, including new “academic program clusters” in children; families and older adults; health, social and physical wellbeing; the economy; the environment; and the arts, museum and library, said Ephraim Smith, the vice president for academic
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In addition to parking structure, additional projects underway By KIM ORR Daily Titan Asst. News Editor
Students may need to explore alternative parking options this fall, as the second parking structure will remain under construction for the better half of 2006. The new structure has great potential, said Cal State Fullerton officials, who believe the completion of the over $20 million project will provide a much needed break from the parking problems that CSUF has become famous for. Mike Smith, the director of
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design and construction for CSUF said the project wont be as large as the Nutwood Parking Structure, but it will certainly serve as a necessary addition to the campus; not only as a solution to parking congestion, but also as a major piece in CSUFʼs Master Design Plan. “The new structure will be a little smaller than the first one; the first had about 2,500 spaces but the second will only have 1,500,” Smith said. “But the structure will be adjacent to the future Student Recreation Center and will allow students to walk directly across an open mall [walkway] connecting the two.” Smith also said that the second structure would serve as a PARKING 11
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“This is an educational resource,” said Higgins, who sported a bright yellow “Save Coyote Hills” T-shirt during the most recent hike. Hikes attract a diverse group of
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one of the groupʼs organizers. Higgins said that when the hikes started, the group would be fortunate if five or 10 hikers would show up. Over the past three years, Higgins added, those numbers have more than doubled.
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For senior philosophy major Dominic Kingdamo thereʼs a certain trick to dealing with Cal State Fullerton parking. “On a bad day it takes me 20 to 25 minutes to find a parking space,” Kingdamo said. “As the semester goes on, I get to figure out how long it takes me to get a space.” Last semesterʼs statistics show that Kingdamo was only one of 20,595 students who purchased a parking permit and all are vying for the limited parking spaces. According to the Parking and Transportation Web site, there are only 7,484 general parking spaces – 2,170 of which compose Lot E near the Humanities Building, where Kingdamo says he usually parks. “The numbers seem shocking but I figure that students are here at different time schedules and days,” Kingdamo said. “You wonʼt find all 20,000 on campus at the same time.” Due to the fact that he arrives to school when
classes get out, Kingdamo said that heʼs done it all, including resorting to the tactic of offering people rides back to their cars in exchange for their spaces. University staff, instructors and professors also find themselves in a similar position to Kingdamo. While there are a total of 1,541 spaces designated for faculty parking, there were 2,802 permits sold. The only type of permit sold that has the exact number of parking spaces is the Carpool permit, which require two or more registered CSUF students in each vehicle. “The difference in class schedules along with the historical practice of not capping sales are the reasons why we do not cap permit sales,” said Michael Pruitt, the Parking and Transportation Serviceʼs permit program coordinator. “Throughout the semester, we do counts on available space in the parking lots during different times of the days during the week to monitor parking space demand.” Last year, the Parking and Transportation Services provided an evening parking permit which is now discontinued. According to Pruitt, the permit program coordinator who responded through e-mail, the permit PERMITS 11
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Aug. 22 – Sept. 2: “Fall 2005 Titan Weeks of Welcome.” Held the first two weeks of the fall and spring semesters, Titan WOW is a time for the campus to welcome new and continuing students to a new semester. Introductions to student clubs and organizations, Discoverfest and information stations are some of the activities featured at the annual event. Visit www.fullerton.edu for more information.
KATIF, Gaza Strip – Hundreds of Israeli troops poured into the Jewish settlement of Katif on Sunday after an army bulldozer broke through its locked gates – clearing a fire of hay, tires and wooden planks – for the final phase the Gaza evacuation. Katif is one of at least three Gaza settlements that troops plan to empty throughout the day, as the evacuation of Gaza outpaced even the most optimistic predictions. Forces also entered Slav, where few families remained, and encountered no resistance. Troops began evacuating the 21 Gaza settlements on Wednesday, more than a year after Prime Minister Ariel Sharon concluded that Israel could no longer defend its 38-year-old occupation of the coastal strip, which Palestinians claim as part of a future state. The pullout has provoked widespread opposition within Israel, but the forcible evacuations have proceeded with relatively little violence, and are expected to be concluded by mid-week.
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Army planning four more years in Iraq WASHINGTON – The Army is planning for the possibility of keeping the current number of soldiers in Iraq – well over 100,000 – for four more years, the Armyʼs top general said. In an Associated Press interview Saturday, Gen. Peter Schoomaker said the Army is prepared for the “worst case” in terms of the required level of troops in Iraq. He said the number could be adjusted lower if called for by slowing the force rotation or by shortening tours for soldiers.
Aug. 25: Free “Glow” Bowling Thursdays at the TSU underground from 3–7 p.m. hosted by Associated Students Inc. Aug. 25: The Arboretum will be offering its popular “Summer Evening Walks in the Garden” program. Walks start at 7:00 p.m. and last until 7:45 p.m. and will be led by nature guides. This date featuring the Desert Collection ($5 donation per family requested). Visit www.arboretum.fullerton.edu for more information.
Replacements to hold Northwest fleet? MINNEAPOLIS – Northwest Airlines and its striking mechanics are both watching to see if replacement workers can maintain the fleet of the nationʼs fourth-largest airline. Northwest flew Saturday after replacing unionized mechanics, cleaners and custodians with roughly 1,900 contract workers, vendors and managers. The union workers walked off the job Saturday morning after refusing to take pay cuts and layoffs that would have reduced their ranks almost by half. They said they believe replacement workers will not be able to maintain Northwestʼs fleet, the oldest among domestic airlines.
Campus Budget increase opens campusʼ doors The CSU system will receive a 6.5 percent increase in its budget for the 2005-2006 school year, providing an extra $235.2 million that will allow 10,000 more students to enroll on campus. This is the first increase in funding after three years of reductions in the budget. The budget will include pay increases for university system employees, a $23.3 million increase in financial aid, $560,000 to help expand graduate nursing programs, and $250,000 to help increase the amount of teacher preparation programs to produce additional K-12 science and math teachers. Despite the budget increase undergraduate and credential students will have to pay an additional 8 percent fee increase and graduate students will pay an additional 10 percent increase as part of Gov. Arnold Schwarzeneggerʼs compact for higher education, Reports compiled from The Associated Press
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residents, including some regulars like 86-year-old Gordon Lindberg, who carried a National Audubon Society backpack as he carefully made his way up the steep and sometimes slippery trails, using a red walking stick. “I go for the exercise and the nature,” said Lindberg, who has lived in Fullerton for the past 26 years. Residents who are interested in preserving Coyote Hills are welcome to attend hikes, which will switch to the second Saturday of each month from 8 to 10 a.m. beginning in September, Higgins said. Ramsey, a recent Cal State Fullerton graduate, said students can get involved by spreading petitions and handing out signs and bumper stickers to spread the word. “We donʼt have anything [like Coyote Hills] locally.” Ramsey said. “Thereʼs a value of life out there and itʼs important to hold on to what we have left.”
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University officials provide student tuition breakdown Money gives access to services such as Health Center, TSU By COURTNEY BACALSO Daily Titan Copy Editor
Itʼs that time of the year again when the line for the Cashierʼs Office winds around like a snake. Youʼll find students ready to sign checks, charge cards or cough-up cash in order to pay their tuition – often times, shocked by the increase in tuition. However, Mary Hermann, the director of health education and promotions, said students should be aware of where their tuition goes so they can reap the services and benefits that it provides, including Health Center fees.
For this fall semester, a student taking more than six units will pay $1,495 in tuition. According to Perez, the biggest chunk of the tuition goes to the state. The $4 for the student I.D. fee covers the reactivation or renewal of the Titan Card for the semester. The $7 paid helps maintain the TITAN Online Web site. “In the case of the Health Center, it is 100 percent student funded,” Hermann said. “And the students need to know that we are here.” The health services fee goes toward expenses such as supplies and programs, while the health facilities fee helps maintain the actual building the Health Center is in, Hermann said. “Often times, we go to student affairs to subsidize us when more
supplies are needed and cost too much,” Hermann said. While a total of $28 goes to the Health Center, $12 for the consolidated campus fee covers the cost of materials used by students in some classes. According to Ephraim Smith, the vice president of academic affairs, that fee is allocated to the college database and supplies. It also covers the expenses such as the studentʼs computer labs, science labs and the College of the Arts. While instructor related fees helps administrators and personnel, the student association fee helps students. Part of the responsibility for the student association is to provide funds for student organizations. The third largest chunk of tuition goes to the student association, Perez said.
Breakdown of tuition • $1,260 for the state university fee • $54 for the student body association fee • $104 for campus union • $12 for consolidated campus fee • $25 for health services • $3 for health facilities • $26 for instructor related fee • $4 for student I.D. • $7 for TITAN Online
After a winter spoiled by small waves and heavy rains, beach-goers arenʼt too stoked about this summerʼs jellyfish invasion. Jellies of every size and color have crowded Southern Californiaʼs coast since late June, making it difficult for beach visitors to enjoy otherwise pristine days at the beach. “I went down to Silver Strand Beach with some of my friends, and one of them stepped on one that was lying on the beach,” said Fullerton resident Renee Smith, who frequents Newport Beach. “There were jellyfish everywhere; the sand was totally covered.” Among the swarms of caustic summer visitors, is one species of jellyfish that is rarely spotted by beach goers or divers, said Michael Howard, senior aquarist for Long Beachʼs Aquarium of the Pacific. “There are two species of jellyfish we are seeing right now along the coast,” Howard said. “The first species we are seeing is the PurpleStriped Jellyfish, which we see every year. The second is the Black Jellies, which I estimate have been seen in coastal waters maybe 10 times in the past century.” Howard said the Black Jellies are no more dangerous than the PurpleStriped Jellies, but strong onshore currents tear them apart, leaving blankets of tentacles that create a hazard for swimmers and surfers. “The jellyfish canʼt sting you through your wetsuit, but if there were tentacles floating in the water and you got one down your neck, it would give you a pretty bad sting,”
Howard said. Even the Purple-Striped Jellies, which are regulars to the Southern California coast, have been hard to avoid this summer simply because there are so many in the water. The reason for the mass invasion is still unclear, but Howard has his own theories. “This winter was very wet and we had a lot of rain and a lot of runoff which brought organic nutrients to the surface,” Howard said. “If there is more organic material in the water, the jellies are going to grow rapidly.” Brett Auer, a Newport Beach lifeguard, said he has treated over 200 stings this summer alone. “When the jellyfish first came in there were hundreds all over the beach. One day I treated 60 or 70 stings,” Auer said. “Tourists by the pier usually get stung the most because they just donʼt know [about the jellyfish].” Howard said the best thing to do in order to avoid getting stung is to simply not touch the creatures, even if they have been dead for a long period of time “The stinging mechanism looks like a little harpoon. It triggers based on mechanical stimulation. So itʼs not the jellies that are causing the harpoon to release itʼs the individual brushing up against it,” Howard said, adding that there is no one reaction to a jellyfish sting. “People have different reactions to jellyfish stings,” Howard said. “For me, itʼs just a mild irritation but I had a mother call in the other day and tell me that her son still has irritation from a sting he received two weeks ago.” Lifeguards, like Auer, suggest treating jellyfish stings with a spray bottle of vinegar, but say the oldfashioned urine treatment will work just fine.
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NASA shuttle returns home “I feel like a family member has come home in one piece and safe, and itʼs just so damn good to see an orbiter whole again on the back of a 747,” Leinbach said. “Itʼs just an emotional time. Itʼs a beautiful sight.” Bad weather in Florida preventThe Associated Press ed Discovery from returning here after two weeks in space. Instead, the first shuttle mission since the CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. Columbia tragedy ended some – Discovery arrived back at its 2,200 miles away in Southern home port Sunday atop a jumbo California, costing NASA an extra jet following a 5.8 million-mile $1 million for the cross-country journey through trek. space - the first by Discovery a shuttle in 2 1/2 and the jetliner I feel like a family years - and then left Californiaʼs member had come a jog across the Edwards Air home in one piece country. Force Base and safe ... It’s a The shuttle, on Friday and bolted to the top had to spend beautiful sight. of the modified an extra night Boeing 747, flew at Barksdale Mike Leinbach from its last pit Air Force Base Launch Director stop in Louisiana in Louisiana to the Kennedy because of poor Space Center and, at midmorn- weather. ing, touched down on the runThe shuttle still is loaded with way where it should have landed the gear and trash it picked up at almost two weeks earlier. the international space station. All One of the seven astronauts that will have to be removed, and who had ridden Discovery into the shuttle thoroughly inspected, orbit, Stephen Robinson, was before NASA can start readying it among the crowd that gathered at for the next flight. the landing strip to welcome the Late last week, Discovery was shuttle home. moved to the start of the launch “As much as a person can love lineup after NASA decided to a machine, I really love that bird delay the next mission until at and look at this magnificent sight least March. Atlantis had been of it,” Robinson said, gazing at scheduled to fly in September, but the shuttle behind him, “out here the loss of an alarming amount of on the runway and back where it foam insulation from Discoveryʼs belongs at home with the people fuel tank resulted in a grounding who take care of her.” of the shuttle fleet. Launch director Mike Leinbach Vehicle manager Stephanie was thrilled to get Discovery back Stilson, who accompanied from California, where it landed Discovery back from California, Aug. 9, but couldnʼt help but said the spacecraft shows remarkthink of Columbiaʼs catastrophic ably little damage, although its return that Saturday morning in DISCOVERY 9 February 2003.
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LOS ANGELES – Nearly 60 Japanese-Americans sent to internment camps during World War II received diplomas Sunday amid tears and grandchildrenʼs shouts of glee, earning belated recognition from the high schools and communities they were forced to leave more than half a century ago. The honorees, wearing colorful leis and sashes with golden cranes, walked down the aisle of Los Angeles Technical Trade Schoolʼs auditorium some using canes, a few in wheelchairs. They are part of a statewide effort to award the diplomas and represented the largest group of former internees to receive their diplomas at one time. Takashi Hoshizaki, who should have graduated from Belmont High School in 1944, was one of two student speakers. He told the crowd how his education and life had detoured when he was sent to the camps in Wyoming. “Some may consider a high school diploma just a piece of paper, but itʼs a symbol to me,” Hoshizaki told a crowd of several hundred at the ceremony. The diploma represents “a guide around the detour....Now when I got by Belmont, I can finally say, ʻI graduated from there.ʼ” INTERNMENT 9
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WOODY CREEK, Colo. – With a deafening boom, the ashes of Hunter S. Thompson were blown into the sky amid fireworks late Saturday as relatives and a starstudded crowd bid an irreverent farewell to the founder of “gonzo journalism.” As the ashes erupted from a tower, red, white, blue and green fireworks lit up the sky over Thompsonʼs home near Aspen. “Iʼll always remember where I was when Hunter was blown into the heavens,” said Thompsonʼs neighbor, Rita Sherman, who watched the spectacle from the deck of her house. The 15-story tower was modeled after Thompsonʼs logo: a clenched fist, made symmetrical with two thumbs, rising from the hilt of a dagger. It was built between his home and a tree-covered canyon wall, not far from a tent filled with merrymakers. “He loved explosions,” explained his wife, Anita Thompson. The private celebration included actors Bill Murray and Johnny Depp, rock bands, blowup dolls and plenty of liquor to honor Thompson, who killed himself six months ago at the age of 67. Security guards kept reporters and the public away from the compound as the 250 invited guests arrived, but Thompsonʼs fans scouted the surrounding hills for the best view of the celebration. “We just threw a gallon of Wild Turkey in the back and headed west,” said Kevin Coy of Chester, W.Va., who drove more than 1,500 miles with a friend in hopes of see-
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ing the celebration. “We came to pay our respects.” Thompson fatally shot himself in his kitchen Feb. 20, apparently despondent over his declining health. The memorial, however, was planned as a party, with readings and scheduled performances by both Lyle Lovett and the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band. The authorʼs longtime illustrator, Ralph Steadman, and actor Sean Penn were on the invitation list, along with Depp, who portrayed Thompson in the 1998 movie version of “Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream,” perhaps the writerʼs best-known work. “Over the last few months Iʼve learned that he really touched people more deeply than I had realized,” said Thompsonʼs son, Juan. Thompsonʼs longtime friend George Stranahan lamented the Hollywood-style production. “I am pretty sure it isnʼt how Hunter would have done it,” he said. “But when your friends make a mistake you support them.” Anita Thompson said Depp funded much of the celebration. “We had talked a couple of times about his last wishes to be shot out of a cannon of his own design,” Depp told The Associated Press last month. “All Iʼm doing is trying to make sure his last wish comes true. I just want to send my pal out the way he wants to go out.” Thompson is credited along with Tom Wolfe and Gay Talese with helping pioneer New Journalism _ he dubbed his version “gonzo journalism” _ in which the writer was an essential component of the story. He often portrayed himself as wildly intoxicated as he reported THOMPSON 9
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Protesters battle against war Anti-Vietnam War activist rallies against U.S. President Bush The Associated Press
CRAWFORD, Texas – Iraq war protesters camping out near President Bushʼs ranch are getting support from a prominent figure in the anti-Vietnam war movement: folk singer Joan Baez. “In the first march I went to (opposing Vietnam) there were 10 of us. This is huge,” Baez told relatives of fallen U.S. soldiers Sunday as she prepared to perform a free evening concert in Bushʼs adopted hometown. The concert was expected to draw more than 1,000 people to a 1-acre lot offered by a landowner
who opposes the war. Not far away, “We said, `We wanted yʼall to protesters continued a camp-out know that there are people from all started by grieving mother Cindy over the United States that careʼ,” Sheehan. Lee said. Meanwhile, more Bush supThe pro-Bush camp is called porters arrived at a “Fort Qualls,” downtown pro-Bush for Marine camp. As of Sunday Lance Cpl. In the first march afternoon, more Louis Wayne I went to [opposthan 150 people had Qualls, 20, ing Vietnam] there visited the large tent killed in were 10 of us. This with “God Bless Fallujah last is huge. Our President!” and fall. His father, “God Bless Our Gary Qualls of Troops” banners and Temple, said Joan Baez Folk Singer/Activist a life-size cardboard the anti-war cutout of Bush. demonstrators “When we are being disresaw this, we said, `Thank God spectful to soldiers. Sheehanʼs 24-year-old son, youʼre hereʼ,” said Frances Lee, who arrived in Crawford with Army Spc. Casey Sheehan, also her Douglasville, Ga., neighbor died last year in Iraq. He is among Brenda Bohanan. They planned to more than 1,800 U.S. soldiers hold pro-Bush banners down the killed since the March 2003 invasion. street from the protesters.
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Sheehan, of Vacaville, Calif., started the anti-war demonstration on Aug. 6 and vowed to remain until Bush agreed to meet with her or until his monthlong vacation ends Sept. 3. She flew to Los Angeles last week after her 74year-old mother had a stroke but is expected to return to Texas in a few days. Bush has said he sympathizes with Sheehan but wonʼt change his schedule to meet with her. She and other families met with Bush about two months after Casey died, before she became a vocal opponent of the war. In addition to the “Fort Qualls” camp, a few Bush supporters have stood with signs in the ditch across from the demonstratorsʼ camp. Down the street, another group of about a dozen set up tents and pro-Bush signs on private property over the weekend.
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“When children do not have official papers, they do not officially exist. Estimates are that of one third of all children born every year, about 40 million babies, are not officially registered. This leads to difficulty in registering for school, receiving basic health care and immunizations. Furthermore, this invisibility makes children more vulnerable to exploitation through illegal adoption or abduction, often leading them into illegal activities such as prostitution or other forms of forced and dangerous labor.” – Casa Alianza Worldwide Statistics
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Some children from the Davis Lar orphanage smile for the camera after a session of arts and crafts hosted by a group of American volunteers.
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A summer of volunteering at an orphanage in Brazil reveals gifts of understanding. Photos and story by BRITTANY KUHN
While stepping onto a plane back to America after living two months at an orphanage in Brazil, I looked like a billboard. Every inch of the white t-shirt I was wearing was covered with the child-like signatures of the 61 children I had just left and learned to love. I was covered with colorful beaded jewelry they had made with delicate care. My arms were full of letters and gifts. Yet it was my heart that felt heavy. Before I came to Brazil, poverty, corruption, abuse and child prostitution were merely words. Innocent faces etched with pain were images I recognized only in commercials on TV. Now, as I was boarding a flight that signaled the end of my time teaching English at the Davis Lar, these faces had names, talents, wishes and flaws. They had cried in my arms, laughed in my company and revealed a world that existed beyond the confines of my privileged life. Being at the Lar meant stepping out of comfort and into simplicity. It meant living the life of a child, not day by day, but moment by moment. I first entered this simpler world with complex ideals: the desire to teach kids English, enhance their skills, help them learn the story of a classic novel. What I quickly discovered is that my job consisted more of patience, playing and paying attention.
As a result of abusive pasts, neglect and destructive beginnings, many kids were never asked what they wanted to be. Others donʼt have birth certificates. When I learned that one of my favorite girls used to be prostituted by her grandmother, it occurred to me that birthdays were only one aspect of a molding of identity these kids missed out on. So, I felt this desire to change whatʼs in store for their lives. I wanted to pick them up out of this place, send them back to alternate wombs and bear them into different worlds. Worlds where a boyʼs athletic gait would be encouraged by his parentʼs cheers at a soccer game; where a bright girlʼs intellect would send her to a good school and offer her an array of professional opportunities; where a beautiful child with a flair for the dramatic could one day really be on stage. There are so many of these kids at the Lar, bursting with gifts. It was difficult not to fold them discreetly within my suitcase and throw them into a different sky where they could fly away to meant-for futures. Instead, they were born into families that didnʼt love them, didnʼt want them, or wanted them too much. Their abusive pasts are sexually, physically and emotionally scarring. And is no true escape from the memories locked within their tainted young minds exists. Instead of living their dreams, many
will likely end up learning a manual trade. If they are lucky, they will learn practical skills that will send them to factories, sewing shops or domestic jobs to work for those who were born into more fortunate beginnings. Despite the ways in which my cynicism brought me to tears at times, this experience has made me a greater believer in possibility, in hope and in the things that require faith to live. I have never been hugged more, laughed with harder or loved stronger than I have since I have been in the presence of the transformation of lost children in the process of finding themselves. Reality cannot be changed and I cannot rewrite a single struggle these children have endured, yet, I now know that there are more important things in life than avoiding the unavoidable. Through these kids, I have discovered that a happy life does not depend on perfection. Even out of the worst of crimes, true identity can emerge. I have also dealt with the fact that I cannot take any of these kids back home with me. All I can hope is that they continue to laugh, continue to live and go on to become better parents than their parents were to them. So, as I stepped onto the plane covered in gifts, I realized that history cannot be rewritten, but I now recognize the demand in our lives to birth a new future.
A three-year-old boy looks out from a house at the Lar. He, like many others, came to the orphanage as a result of severe abuse.
Challenges children face living in Brazil • Fourty-two percent of Brazil’s children live in poverty where disease, malnutrition and abuse are rampant. • There are an estimated two million child prostitutes in Brazil ranging between nine and 15 years old, with 27.1 percent male. • Fortaleza is the No. 1 for child prostitution in the Americas. Brazil is competing with Thailand for the No. 1 spot worldwide. • There are no reliable numbers on street children, yet, as Paige Anderson said, they are prolific. Most sniff glue, steal, traffic drugs, etc., to survive. There are over 1,400 murdered every year. • An estimated 90 percent of street kids are addicted to inhalants such as shoe glue and paint thinner, which cause kidney failure, irreversible brain damage and, in some cases, death. • In Brazil, seven million children are abandoned or homeless (WHO 1994). From 1990 to 1994, about 4,600 street children were killed (Los Angeles Times).
Top: Two girls take a break from playing to pose for a picture. Above: Older boys at the Lar show the results of their efforts after milking the cows. The kids at the Lar learn basic manual trades that they can use after they leave the orphanage. Two of these three boys used to live on the streets.
Compiled from the Davis Lar prospectus and the Hilton Foundation.
Right: A sign is displayed at the entrance of the Davis Lar. *The names of the children in these photos have been withheld out of respect for their privacy.
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COLOGNE, Germany – Pope Benedict XVI urged Europe to rediscover its Christian tradition and warned against rising secularism as he concluded his first foreign trip with an open-air Mass for a million people in his native Germany. The four-day trip underlined interfaith relations – also a key theme of John Paul IIʼs papacy. Benedict visited a synagogue in which he won applause for his warning about rising antiSemitism, and he had a frank talk with Muslims about terrorism. The 78-year-old pope on Sunday called on the pilgrims attending the World Youth Day Festival in Cologne to wisely use
the freedom God gave them. “Freedom is not simply about enjoying life in total autonomy, but rather about living by the measure of truth and goodness so that we ourselves can become true and good,” he told the crowd. The throngs from almost 200 countries had been invited to the festival by a different pope, the charismatic John Paul, before his death April 2. But they embraced his more subdued successor with the same huge turnout, shouts and applause on his first foreign trip as pope. “Beeen-e-DET-to, Beeen-eDET-to,” they chanted, using the Italian version of his name. Some 800,000 of them spent the night in the Marienfeld, or Maryʼs Field, outside Cologne, sleeping on the ground so they could attend Sundayʼs mass.Benedict returned to Rome Sunday night. The pope used his trip to make it clear that he intends to continue key parts of John Paulʼs heritage. In particular, he held two important interfaith meetings
with Muslims and Jews. He became only the second pope in history to visit a synagogue when he spoke to Cologneʼs Jewish community, winning a standing ovation for his warning of rising anti-Semitism. He made blunter statements during a meeting with Muslim officials, addressing them as “my dear Muslim friends” but raising the issue of terrorism, which he called “cruel fanaticism.” Yet it was clear he was establishing his own style. There were none of John Paul IIʼs theatrical gestures such as kissing the ground on arrival or shuffling to the music. Instead, he read his speeches slowly in a soft voice and waved and smiled shyly at the loud applause that greeted him every time he came out in public. He expressed serious concern on another of his favorite themes, the need to evangelize a Europe that has become increasingly secular despite its centuries of Christian belief – although the
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The Bush administration, however, wants the communist nation to be nuclear-free. “We donʼt really feel they need to get involved with nuclear energy in the future,” the chief The Associated Press U.S. envoy to the talk, Assistant Secretary of State Christopher WASHINGTON – North Korea Hill, said last week. apparently is willing to abandon The latest round of talks are set its nuclear weapons programs, to resume Aug. 29 in Beijing after with a breakthrough possible in a three-week break. Participants the current round of international include the Koreas, the U.S., talks, South Koreaʼs foreign min- China, Japan and Russia. ister said Sunday. Ban acknowledged the need Ban Ki-moon, in Washington for close discussions, particularly to see Secretary of State with the U.S., over letting the Condoleezza and North pursue other U.S. officials such nuclear this week about the activities. We don’t really nuclear standoff, “At this time, feel they need to raised the possibilwe think that get involved with ity that the North when it comes nuclear energy in might be able to to peaceful pursue “peaceful” uses, like medthe future. ical or indusnuclear activities trial purposes, in the future. Christopher Hill we should have North Korea Asst. Secretary of State no problem in first must dismantle all its nuclear that,” he said. weapons and end its developThe minister contended that ment programs, return to the South Korea and the U.S. “are on Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty the same page” on this issue. “We and comply fully with safeguards do not have that much difference from the United Nationsʼ nucle- on that point.” ar watchdog agency, Ban told North Korean officials, in CNNʼs “Late Edition.” Beijing and Seoul, have said “it “Then the trust will be restored is the legacy” of their countryʼs and the talks for a peaceful use founding president, the late Kim of the nuclear energy should be Il Sung, and “the will of the high opened,” he said. KOREA 9
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MODESTO, Calif. Copyright 2005 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. The city is poised to become the first in the state to shut down a medical marijuana clinic, following the June U.S. Supreme Court ruling that authorities may prosecute sick people whose doctors prescribe marijuana to ease pain. The California Healthcare Collective was licensed by the city in October. But earlier this month, a three-member safety committee recommended closing the dispensary through zoning laws. “Do taxpayers really want to allow a business that is illegal under federal law?” said Councilman Will OʼBryant, a retired sheriffʼs detective and chairman of the safety committee. Medical marijuana user John Bain said closing Modestoʼs
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sole shop would force patients to drive to the Bay Area. “Many of these folks are sick and itʼs hard for them to drive so far,” he said. Modestoʼs council is scheduled to vote on the recommendations Sept. 6.
VENTURA, Calif. – A Ventura County worker who managed the finances of elderly residents faces criminal charges for allegedly stealing nearly $100,000. Esther Anaya Torres, 32, of Oxnard has pleaded not guilty to 52 counts of embezzlement, forgery and theft. Authorities said Torres stole money from the residents over a 20 month period beginning in September 2003 while working in the public guardianʼs office. The office administers finances under court order for 1,000 county residents unable to do it themselves. County caseworkers become their legal guardians and oversee their income and bills
through trust accounts. Though many clients suffer from mental illnesses, nearly 30 are elderly people who are mentally or physically unfit to run their affairs, said, TreasurerTax Collector Larry Matheney, who supervises the office. Torres was largely responsible for those people. Matheney accused Torres of cashing her clientʼs income checks for herself and of misusing a county credit card used to buy incidentals for clients. David Follin, an attorney who has represented Torres, did not immediately return a message left Sunday. The finances of Louise Coxʼs mother were overseen by the office. Coxʼs attorneys contend her motherʼs assets dropped from $240,000 to $618. “It makes me mad because my mother didnʼt deserve this kind of thing,” said Cox, 55. “She found the good in everybody and trusted everybody.”
On the Campaign Trail ʻ72.” The Kentucky-born writer also was the model for Garry Trudeauʼs balding “Uncle Duke” in the comic strip “Doonesbury.” In now-chic Aspen, Thompson was an eccentricity: He proudly fired his guns whenever he wanted, let peacocks have the run of the land and ran for sheriff in 1970 under the Freak Power Party banner. Composer David Amram, a friend of Thompson since the early 1960s, said Thompson had never expected to be successful
taking on President Nixon during the Watergate era. “He thought he would be banned or put on an enemiesʼ list,” he said. Thompson made himself the centerpiece of his stories “to show that a regular person could be in the midst of the craziness of the time,” Amram said. “He was our historian.” After his suicide, one close acquaintance suggested Thompson did not want old age to dictate the circumstances of his death. Anita Thompson said no suicide note was left.
talks, Ban said: “We have entered into a stage of real and substantive negotiations. ... I think we are more or less optimistic that weʼll be able to result in substantive resolution of the nuclear weapons program this time.” Ban also discussed a newspaper report Sunday that said North Korea restarted a nuclear reactor before it returned to the multinational talks in July. Japanʼs Asahi Shimbun said that a U.S. reconnaissance satellite detected steam coming from
a boiler connected to a nuclear reactor building. “I havenʼt had confirmed information on this matter,” Ban said, adding that South Korea is closely monitoring and exchanging information with Washington. “However, as we have agreed during the six-party talks the last time, the participating countries, particularly North Korea should not make any measures, actions which may aggravate the ongoing discussion on nuclear issues,” Ban said.
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ROHNERT PARK, Calif. – A motorist drove his pickup truck into the side of a family style restaurant during dinner, scattering diners and sending ten people to hospitals, authorities said. Black Bear Diner patrons were thrown to the ground or pushed into tables as the truck crashed through the restaurant and abruptly stopped in the corner of the dining room before 7 p.m. Saturday. “I just jumped up because I wasnʼt sure if it was a bomb,” said Sal McAbata, a retired Santa Rosa firefighter eating dinner with his family. Six people were treated and released at Petaluma Valley Hospital. Three children and one adult taken to Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital were expected to be released, a hospital spokeswoman said. The names of the victims and the driver werenʼt released. A police spokesman said there was no evidence that the driver had been drinking before the crash.
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nose cap - a particularly vulnerable area - has a ding. Stilson said the chip in the nose capʼs thermal shielding is smaller than the tip of a pinkie finger “very, very minor damage” - and workers should be able to easily repair it. Engineers do not know whether launch debris caused the ding, Stilson said. A preliminary look at Discoveryʼs wings - the place where Columbia was struck by foam - has uncovered no damage. Altogether, just over one pound of foam came off Discoveryʼs tank during liftoff on July 26, most of that in a single 3-foot section.
Toshiko Aiboshi, 77, accepted her diploma while her grandson Nicolas Echevestre, 23, accepted one for Aiboshiʼs husband, Joe, who died in 2001. The Los Angeles resident said she hopes the event gave her grandchildren insight into a chapter that for so long was a source of shame to many of her generation. “It does bring closure,” she said. The diploma project is the result of legislation sponsored by Assemblywoman Sally Lieber, DMountain View, to allow school districts to bestow diplomas on Niseis _ second-generation Americans of Japanese ancestry _ sent to the nationʼs 10 wartime internment camps. The vast majority were from California. The federal government interned more than 120,000 ethnic Japanese, most born in the United States, amid widespread anti-Japanese sentiment, between 1942 and 1945. At the camps they attended makeshift schools with few books and equipment. Since Lieberʼs legislation passed last year, more than 400 people have received diplomas, some posthumously. Aiboshi was 14 and living in Boyle Heights when she and her mother were shipped to a camp in Amache, Colo. “For quite a long time, most of Japanese Americans did not talk about being in the camp. It was as if you were in jail and then released. You didnʼt talk about being released,” Aiboshi said. Even when she did, it was hard for her children to relate to her experiences. “As children, it takes a while to for you to see your parents had some kind of life,” she said. In 1988, the U.S. government officially apologized for the internments and offered $20,000 to eligible survivors, but the diplomas have helped survivors make their experience relevant to the younger
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Children playfully welcome CSUF students to attend a talent show during their three week stay in China.
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For three weeks, 12 Cal State Fullerton students in the “Teach English in Shanghai, China” program were doing just that. From July 15 to Aug. 12, this service-learning internship turned the participating students into teachers. Six days a week, eight hours a day, the small group of CSUF students focused their efforts at the Jin Yuan High School campus, serving as teacher aids to credentialed teachers from the United States in the morning, and then teaching two classes of their own with the assistance of Chinese teacher aids. “The kids overall were amazing,” said program coordinator and history major, Robert Halterman. “At times it could be frustrating, but I had a good time with them. Theyʼre good kids.” The students that participated in the program were required to attend four, five-hour class sessions preparing them for the culture shock of a foreign country and training them to make lesson plans. Participants were also trained to behave in a manner that “promoted understanding and friendship between the Chinese and American people,” a purpose which was stated in the flyer. The students also had to pay a total cost of $2,600 to cover expenses including airline tickets, a place to stay, three meals a day, course units and tours. “Even though I complained a lot, I really liked working with the kids especially in the afternoon when we had our own classrooms,” said Jana Johnson, a child and adolescent major. The children, ranging from grades three through 12, had some English skills but usually
had trouble with grammar and pronunciation. The CSUF student group had to find ways to alter their lesson plans to fit the students, whose actual grade level did not necessarily correlate with their English skills. Behaviorally, the Chinese students were similar to the American students. In their training sessions, the group read articles about how different the students would be in China. They were shocked when they found out that the Chinese students were not so different from the kids back in the United States. “The American stereotype of Chinese students is that theyʼre quiet,” said Johnson. “But theyʼre just as rambunctious as American students.” The experience allowed the students to realize that a lot of their capabilities could be applied in the teaching field while also providing students who have goals of becoming teachers an opportunity to gain some experience. “If I can teach in another country, I am very confident in my future in teaching,” said Brandon Blaikie, also a child and adolescent development major. After returning from their trip with the start of the fall semester only a couple of weeks away, the group of teacher aides had to adjust back to their lives that they left behind before the trip. “Itʼs like I never left,” said Blaikie. “I come back and itʼs back to the daily grind.” The goal of the entire program, aside from teaching, was to leave a positive and lasting impression of Americans on the Chinese people. “I think that this group impacted a small group of Chinese people in a positive way,” said Halterman.
With gas at three bucks a gallon, the Santa Ana (57) Freeway at a stand still and on-campus parking at a premium, bicycling to work or school might not be such a bad idea. Bill Neal, a mechanical engineer from Corona, rides a bike to his job in Santa Ana a couple times a week. He commutes two hours in each direction along the Santa Ana River Trail Bikeway, which flows along man-made channels, some concrete and some bulldozed dirt. The wildlife – including squirrels, rabbits, ducks, cranes, herons and the usual crows and sparrows – donʼt seem to mind the engineered river. “Itʼs just a nice trail; you canʼt beat it,” Neal said. “Thereʼs no cars on it, which is the best part.” Besides commuting to work, Neal also rides to prepare for the California Coast Classic, an upcoming eight-day bike trip from San Francisco to Los Angeles that will raise money for the Arthritis Foundation. He rides an expensive looking Trek road bike, which probably helps get him along the trail a bit faster than most. Other riders on the river trail sport average mountain bikes, beach cruisers and plain old-fashioned 10-speed bikes. Some of the cyclists even tow their kids along
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Peter Chang of Anahiem, and two friends, ride the Santa Ana River Trail bikeway in near Angel Stadium on Saturday. The bikeway extends from Huntington Beach to the Riverside-San Bernardino County line. in tiny covered trailers. The river trail is part of an extensive network that includes paved bikeways and off-road trails for cyclists, joggers, walkers and horseback riders. A combination of city governments and county agencies maintain the existing trails and build new ones too, said Jeff Dickman, chief of Orange Countyʼs Trail Planning and Implementation. He said the current network of trails came about during the 1950s and ʻ60s — when Americans made recreation a top priority, partly due to the idealism after World War II of the possibility of a fourday workweek.
Orange County responded to that idealism with parks and trails, Dickman said. He estimated that the public makes 750,000 to one million “user trips” per year along the Orange Countyʼs roughly 230 miles of trails. Dickman said “user trips” included all visitors – from those on long bike rides to people walking their dogs a short distance. Michael Whetham, general manager of Jax Bicycle Center in Fullerton, spends several days a week on various county trails and bikeways. His favorite place to ride is Carbon Canyon Regional Park because of its off-road trails, jumps and scenery. Whetham also
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was approved by Cal State Fullerton President Milton Gordon, is a voluntary practice among faculty and staff who must state in the syllabus, whether they will use the new grading system. “I have not used the plus or minus [system] nor do I intend on using it,” said Donald Matthewson, a political science professor. “Iʼm not sure I understand the purpose. I polled all my classes last semester and students were almost unanimously opposed to the plus and minus [system].” One student who opposes the new system, Tien Nguyen, a 4th
year radio-TV-film student believes the system is unfair. “A ʻBʼ should be a ʻBʼ and an ʻAʼ should be an ʻAʼ,” Nguyen said. “Iʼm trying to raise my GPA, but I got a couple of minuses.” On the other side of the scale, philosophy professor Heather Battaly supports the new system. “I wholly support the plus/minus system because it enables faculty to assign grades that more accurately reflect studentsʼ abilities,” Battaly said. “I think that the new system will help guard against grade inflation. This is a good thing. Students should be assigned the grades that
they earn.” There is a difference between an 80 and an 89 percent, and the new system allows teachers to precisely record the grade earned by the students, Battaly said. The new system helps enable faculty to assign the 89 percent a ʻB+ʼ and the 80 percent a ʻB-ʻ, grades that better reflect the studentʼs abilities in the class. But student opinions of the new system still vastly differ from those of Battalyʼs. “The new system is unfair,” Nguyen said. “If you get a B average you shouldnʼt be docked for minuses.”
travels the Santa Ana River Trail about once a week from Placentia to Huntington Beach – a roundtrip he estimates takes about two and a half hours to cover 42 miles. Besides these long rides, Whetham also bikes to work. “Itʼs only three miles ... it takes like 15 minutes,” he said.
Pros and cons of plus/minus system Students, professors still on the fence with new grading program By NICK COOPER Daily Titan Asst. News Editor
Last semester, students were faced with a new grading system. No longer was an A-minus still worth a 4.0, no longer was a Cminus a passing grade and no longer did a B-plus translate into the same grade-point average as a normal B. The new grading system, which
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affairs. To support this expansion, CSUF hopes to develop an additional 275 acres of the defunct air stationʼs nearly 4,000 acres of land. Discussions are underway between the university and Lennar Corp., the nationʼs third largest housing
developer, which reportedly paid $649.5 million for the land during a federal auction last February and plans to build 3,400 new homes on the property. The university has signed an “initial proposal,” a one-year lease with Lennar for continued usage of current Irvine facilities, but will go ahead with plans for continued development of the campus, said George Giacumakis, the site director of the El Toro campus. “Just because we have a oneyear lease, weʼre not threatened,” Giacumakis said, adding that the site was zoned in quadrants by the U.S. Navy when the property was sold. Subsequently, one quadrant will be sectioned for educational facilities, while the other three will be sectioned for houses, commercial development and park facilities, Giacumakis said.
What’s in a name • Known as Orange County State College, the Fullerton campus became the 12th state college in California to be authorized by the state legislature in 1957. • In July 1962, the campus became Orange State College. • The name changed again in July 1964 to California State College at Fullerton. • In July 1968, the name changed once again, this time to California State College, Fullerton. • The campus settled on California State University, Fullerton in June 1972. Name history compiled from CSUF course catalogue.
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convenient location for students venturing to the Titan Student Union, bookstore and Health and Kinesiology Building. “There will be a new plaza behind the bookstore connecting to the second parking structure,” Smith said. “It should open things up so it will be a lot more friendly for students.” While the second parking structure will not include some of the more unique design aspects of the first, the structure will house a number of mature pine trees that were cut down and saved during the initial construction period, but will be replanted along the north and west parameters. But the biggest question still remains unanswered: Will the new structure solve the parking problem once and for all? “I donʼt know the magic number, but itʼs going to make a big difference,” said Smith, who spends his days overseeing a campus design plan that he believes will make a huge difference not only for parking but also for the overall accessibility of campus. The Parking and Transportation Office has already organized several projects to alleviate congestion during construction, but some students simply want to see the parking hassle end. “I know people who have a lot of problems with parking,” said sophomore Kate Stone who lives in the University Village apartments. “I personally donʼt drive [to school], but I have to pass the [construction] on my way home and there is a lot of noise and dust.” Lupe Briseno Jara, the transportation programs manager for the Parking and Transportation
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is no longer being offered because of the second bond the department has taken for the construction for the new parking structure. However, in attempts to alleviate
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Mihaylo Hall
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Fences surround the nearly completed Performing Arts Center, one of several projects to be completed this fall. An official inauguration is scheduled for January.
Among all the construction projects being done at Cal State Fullerton, another one is on the way. In October, construction starts on a new five-story, $50 million building for the College of Business and Economics, said Ginny Pace, director of community affairs. In 2000, the college began a feasibility survey asking alumni if it would mean something to them if a building were built for the college, said Maria Caicedo of the Development Office for the college. She also said that a second survey was made to ensure that the site chosen for the actual building could sustain such a building. Construction of the building, which will be beside Langsdorf Hall, includes the re-surfacing of
the street at the Nutwood Avenue entrance. The building will be named after alumnus Steven Mihaylo, class of 1969. Mihaylo – chairman, president and CEO of InterTel Inc. – pledged $4.5 million for the construction, Pace said. “It really is wonderful,” Pace said. “He had been thinking of giving back to the university for some time now. So when he got involved, it really helped out.” Pace added that the new Mihaylo Hall couldnʼt have come at a better time. With 7,500 students enrolled in the college, its classes and staff offices are spread throughout the campus. “We had faculty in University Hall, College Park and Langsdof Hall,” Pace said. “It is not ideal for academic collegiality.” The ceremonial groundbreaking will take place Oct. 26.
State College Parking Structure
Office, suggests that students find a convenient alternative to their normal parking routines in order to avoid the parking jam. Among the alternatives are carpool programs and assisted parking. “Students can apply for a free carpool permit. Itʼs only required that there be two or more CSUF students and at least one must own a parking pass,” said Jara, adding that students have the option of parking in any of the first six rows of lot E with a valid
carpool pass. “We havenʼt sold out [of carpool passes] yet and we donʼt want to. We donʼt want to give away too many permits.” From Aug. 22 through Sept. 15, the transportation office has also decided to reinstitute its assisted parking program. The program was originally instituted during the construction phase of the Nutwood Parking Structure in order to give students a break from searching hours upon hours for parking spaces, said Jara.
“Lot B will be available for assisted parking,” Jara said. “Itʼs almost like a valet service. We basically contract out attendants who park students cars behind each other to save space.” Even in light of parking alternatives, some students find the parking situation a hassle, construction or not. “People will follow you to your car; itʼs kind of creepy,” Stone said. “Itʼs just funny how ruthless people are about parking.”
parking problems, the new State College Parking Structure is being built. It will provide an additional 1,400 parking spaces once it opens next year. In addition, the parking permit fee increased to $144. According to Pruitt, 47 percent goes to parking operating expenses, 41 percent goes
to general fund reimbursement and 12 percent goes to debt service. Pruitt also said Parking and Transportation is considered an auxiliary department on the campus. Auxiliary departments do not receive funds that are given to the university from the state general fund budget each year. As an aux-
iliary department, any services they Transportation receives a report on receive from campus departments the amount of time spent and reimthat are “general fund” departments burses the costs they attribute to the services they provided. It works must be reimbursed. For example, University Police that way across the campus for is a general fund department. other departments. Parking is a self-supporting deUniversity police officers patrol the parking lots and provide a service partment and all expenses must P56687BB_EB_V1-6x10.5 8/10/05 6:43 PM Page 1 to our department. Parking and come from the fees that are col-
Before the keys to the newly remodeled Performing Arts Center are handed to the dean in the next few weeks, there is still minor work to be done, said Milly Heaton, the College of the Artsʼ director of development. “Just about everything is done,” Heaton said. “Carpet and linoleum has been laid down, the music halls stage and the balcony. It will definitely be
ready for our January inauguration.” Despite the buildingʼs completion, classes will still not be held in the new center until after the inauguration. “We are right on schedule,” Heaton said. “We determined that the completion would be in fall and planned all the galas in January, so we have time to get the kinks out.”
lected. The debt service helps pay the costs of the bonds — including the interest and principal — that are taken out to build the two parking structures. “Itʼs nice to know that the money we pay helps fund the new building,” Kingdamo said, “too bad we wonʼt get to use it.”
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Where to Park
Parking At CSU Fullerton Welcome to CSUF! This brochure provides basic information about parking. Detailed information is available at the campus parking website www.parking.fullerton.edu. The parking program is a self-supporting enterprise that is funded entirely by user permit fees and the collection of parking fines. The parking program receives no state support. Revenues generated enable the University to build, maintain and monitor all parking facilities. A parking permit is required to park at CSUF during enforcement hours. Parking is authorized in designated spaces only.
When Are Parking Permits Required? Permits are required 7 a.m. to 10 p.m., Monday through Thursday and 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Friday. Visitor 30 minute time zones (green curbs) are enforced during the time periods when permits are required. The following parking areas are enforced 24 hours daily: red curbs/fire lanes, 15 minute time zones, Physical Plant service/maintenance spaces, white and yellow curb loading zones, spaces posted for special permits and disabled persons. Permits are not required on weekends and holidays when University offices are closed. Permits are required during Intersession and Summer Session. Parking tickets are issued the first day of the academic semesters for all parking and traffic violations.
Rules & Regulations
Semester permit holders may park in the following student lots: A, E, G, S, and all parking structures. After 6 p.m., student permits are valid in Faculty/Staff lots E-West, I, J, and College Park.
A parking ticket may be issued to any vehicle parked on University property in violation of the University’s Parking & Transportation Rules & Regulations which can be viewed at:
Visitors and students purchasing daily permits may park in student lots A, E, G, S, and the housing structure in lot E. After 6 p.m., daily permits are valid in the Nutwood Parking Structure, and Faculty/Staff lots, E-West, I, J, and College Park. Daily permits are sold at the Yellow Permit Dispenser Machines located in lots A, E, and G.
http://parking.fullerton.edu/parking/RulesAndRegs.pdf
If I arrive on campus late in the morning, where is the best place to park?
Common violations include:
If you arrive on campus after 9:00 a.m., you will find it easier to locate a space at the north end of campus in lots A & G. Exit the 57 freeway using the Yorba Linda Blvd. off ramp for direct access.
Permit Types and Fees • A Student Fall or Spring Semester Permit is $144. • A Summer Session Permit is $96. • Student permits may be purchased at Student Financial Services located in UH-180. • A Daily Permit is $5 and may be purchased at the Yellow Permit Dispenser Machines in student lots A, E, or G. • Dispenser machines accept $1 and $5 bills only.
Buy Future Permits the Easy Way! BY PASS long lines and purchase your parking permit in conjunction with registration at www.fullerton.edu/titanonline. Choose Student Fees --> Make a Payment. Hurry! On-line permit sales end two weeks before the first day of instruction each semester.
Vehicle Service Assistance
Keys Locked In Car or Car Won’t Start? Call University Police (714) 278-2515 or use any blue campus emergency phone. The dispatcher will send an officer to your vehicle location to help you get your keys or jump start your vehicle. You must have a valid CSUF parking permit and your vehicle must be parked on campus and registered to you. Officers DO NOT repair flat tires, provide gas or assist with mechanical problems.
Penalties Parking penalties range from $40 to $325 per violation. Delinquent fees may apply if parking tickets are not paid by the due date. • Parking without a parking permit. • Parking beyond the time limit in a time-controlled zone. • Parking at any time in an undesignated area (i.e. curbs, sidewalks, roadways, crosswalks, landscaped areas). • *Parking with a permit that has been reported lost or stolen. • *Parking with a permit that is forged or altered. *The parking penalties for these violations is $200. Incidents are reported to the Dean of Student, Judicial Affairs for disciplinary action.
The vehicle operator is responsible for finding a parking space and knowing where and when a parking permit is valid. Purchasing a parking permit does not guarantee a space to park and the inability to locate a parking space is not considered justification for the violation of University parking regulations. Notes or explanations left on vehicles are not valid. Forgot Your Permit? No Problem! If you forgot your permit, call Parking & Transportation (714) 278-3082 and request an exemption of the permit requirement for the day. You will need to provide your parking permit number, vehicle license plate number and the exact description and location of your parked vehicle. After your information is verified, your vehicle will be placed on the “omit list” for that day. Please note: Only two (2) requests will be honored each month.
Lot A � Hangtag or Daily Permit Required
Lot E � Hangtag or Daily Permit Required
Lot G � Hangtag or Daily Permit Required Lot S
Hangtag or Daily Permit Required
NPS*
Hangtag Permit Required
� Daily Permit Machines—$5.00 Machines accept $1 and $5 ONLY.
Faculty/Staff Lots KHS
Lot A South
Faculty/Staff Hangtag Permit Required
Lot C
30 Minute
Faculty/Staff Hangtag Permit Required
Lot E West*
Faculty/Staff Hangtag Permit Required
Lot F
Faculty/Staff Hangtag Permit Required
Lot H
Faculty/Staff Hangtag Permit Required
Lot I*
Faculty/Staff Hangtag Permit Required
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College Park*
Addition
Faculty/Staff Hangtag Permit Required MH
* Student and Daily Permits valid after 6 p.m.
NPS
Lot J: Faculty/Staff, Student and Daily Permits valid after 6 p.m.
LOT C
Disabled Parking in Lots F, I, and NPS. DMV DP Plate or Placard and CSUF Permit Required.
KHS Kinesiology and Health Science
Vehicles parked overnight must display a valid CSUF parking permit and are restricted to the following parking areas on campus between 1 am and 6 am. • Lot E, row 30-40 and the parking structure adjacent to housing in lot E only • Lot A • Lot A (faculty/staff) • Lot G • Visitor Lot West – 30 minute spaces adjacent to the Golleher House.
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OVERNIGHT PARKING
You must respond to your parking ticket within 21 calendar days of issue by (1) paying the amount due, or (2) contesting the parking ticket. You may send payment by check or money order by mail, in person at the CSUF Parking and Transportation Office M-F 7am-5pm (cash, check, or charge accepted), over the phone or pay online.
CONTESTING THE TICKET You may submit a statement of facts including copies of permits, placards, or other information relevant to evaluate the circumstances surrounding the issuance of the parking ticket. Contest your parking ticket online, by mail or in person. Detailed information can be found on the reverse side of the ticket or by visiting the Parking & Transportation website at: www.parking.fullerton.edu.
FIRST TICKET? GREAT NEWS! As a courtesy to the University community, it is our policy to dismiss one ticket per semester if a "NO semester parking permit" ticket was issued to an individual and they own a current semester parking permit/daily permit and parked in a valid area. Upon verification and completion of the proper paperwork, the ticket will be dismissed. The appeal must be made within 21 days.
ALTERNATIVE TRANSPORTATION Avoid the parking crunch! There are alternatives to driving
your car to campus! Visit the Parking & Transportation Website at www.parking.fullerton.edu for details on programs designed for CSUF students, faculty and staff.
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Titan season ends in defeat, not repeat Fullertonʼs long campaign for second-straight championship comes one run short of Omaha, CSUF loses 9-8 to Arizona State Sun Devils in pivotal Super Regional game
Right: Overcome with emotion, Fullerton pitcher Ricky Romero crouches on the pitcher’s mound after watching Arizona State celebrate a 9-8 victory on the infield of Goodwin Field as hopes of a third-consecutive College World Series berth vanish.
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Lower Right: A Titan fan sitting down the third baseline stands to lead a crowd of 2,169 as the Titans defeat University of Arizona 7-2 on July 5th in a Regional game. A record number 21,612 fans came out to Goodwin Field for Fullerton’s five Regional and three Super Regional contests. DAVID PARDO/ For the Daily Titan
Far Right: A Titan player rubs the dirt from his eyes after sliding in a Regional game against the University of Arizona on June 4. The Titans lost the contest 6-5, forcing them into the losers’ bracket to play three straight elimination games. Below: Fullerton pitcher Wes Roemer hugs #53 Vinnie Pestano and celebrates with teammates after a hard-fought 6-3 win over Arizona on June 6 to advance to the Super Regionals. The freshman starter went 8 innings, allowing just eight hits and three runs.
In-Depth, Drawn Out An update on Titans drafted by MLB • Ricky Romero started his
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professional career this summer after being picked sixth overall in the 2005 amateur draft by the Toronto Blue Jays. After pitching two innings in his only start for short season class-a, Auburn Doubledays, he was promoted to the Dunedin Blue Jays (high class-a). He has started five games with a 0-0 record and a 4.08 ERA, allowing 22 hits in 17.2 innings, striking out 11 batters and walking four.
• Scott Sarver, drafted by the Houston Astros with the 644 overall pick has a 4.50 ERA in his three starts for the TriCity Valley Cats class- a (shortseason), pitching in only eight innings, while allowing seven hits and striking out seven. • Bobby Andrews, the 213th overall pick by the Baltimore Orioles is hitting .218 with the Aberdeen Iron Birds classa (short season) after starting out his professional career at Bluefield (rookie), hitting .276 with three home runs and 15 RBI to go along with 9 steals.
Ryan Schreppel, who was selected 231 overall by the Arizona Diamondbacks is currently pitching for Yakima classa (short season) and has pitched in 11 games (with four starts). He has a 1-2 record with a 5.19 ERA in 26 innings pitched.
• Neil Walton,who was selected 478th overall by Tampa Bay Devil Rays, has played in 41 games for the Hudson Valley Renegades class-a, has recorded a .168 batting average with nine walks and 51 strikeouts in 143 at-bats.
• Sergio Pedroza, drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers 106th overall, started his professional career with the Ogden Raptors (rookie) with a bang as he had 23 hits in his first 46 at-bats before being promoted to classa ball. While playing for the Columbus Catfish, the outfielder has slugged nine home runs in 123 at-bats.
• Felipe Garcia, picked 1031th overall by the New York Yankees is playing in Staten Island class-a (short season). In 33 games, he has hit .224 with a home run and eight RBI in 107 at-bats. He has a .339 onbase percentage.
• Ronnie Prettyman (3B) is hitting .275 with four homeruns for the Everett Aqua Sox (Seattle Mariners).
• Trevor Mortensen, the 997th overall pick by the Cleveland Indians has been playing for the Mahoning Valley Scrappers Stats accurate as of Aug. 18, compiled by Laurens Ong
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Sports
IN SHORT
Coaches pick women to finish in second
SOCCER- The Cal State Fullerton womenʼs soccer team was picked to finish second in the Big West Conference in 2005 according to a vote of the leagueʼs coaches released by the conference office on Monday afternoon. The Titans, who clinched a share of the conference championship last season with a 7-1-1 mark, finished three points behind preseason favorite Cal Poly despite receiving a league-high four first-place votes.
Menʼs team projected for third in Big West SOCCER- Defending champion UC Santa Barbara has been picked to repeat as champion of the Big West Conference for the fourth time in the past five seasons in a pre-seasonn poll of the six head coaches. Cal State Fullerton, which placed fourth in 2004, has been projected to for third place.
Cox, Topping named to 2005 All-Star team SOFTBALL- Former Cal State Fullerton All-Americans Jodie Cox and Jenny Topping were named to the 2005 National Pro Fastpitch East All-Star team the league announced on Wednesday (Aug. 10).
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Angels dropping the ball in AL West Point Made If the Angels can only dominate their opponents like they did Thursday night, 13-4 against the Boston Red Sox ... Laurens Ong They did Daily Titan so without an Asst. Sports Editor ailing Garret Anderson in the lineup and with the Red Sox walking Vladimir Guerrero twice and rendering him hitless in three official at-bats. Fourth outfielder Juan Rivera hit two three-run home runs and rookie Casey Kotchman added another blast of his own. The way the Angels got production from their depth off the bench and the way their bullpen clicked is how they got to and won their first championship in 2002. Having made no moves at the deadline to acquire another bat or at least help for their bullpen, the Angels need to find help from unexpected sources. The team has one alpha hitter in Guerrero. Bengie Molina and Adam Kennedy are having career years, while Chone Figgins and Darin Erstad have somewhat maintained their top-of-the-lineup presence. Unfortunately, the lineup leaves a lot to be desired. Steady and reliable Anderson has been out of the lineup with back problems. He missed much of the first half of last season due to arthritis. If the Angels are once again forced to go without him for a significant period of time, where
are they going to get another bat that is going to command the same respect? Steve Finley and Orlando Cabrera - the Angels two significant signings the past off-season - have not been able to put together consistent offensive years. While making most of the plays defensively, Cabrera has hit around .250, which isnʼt great at all, considering his mediocre on-base/slugging percentage. Finleyʼs slugging percentage has been on a downward spiral, since his last good month in May. At best Finley and Cabrera are streaky hitters and are struggling to find prolonged success that is going to carry the team. The problem is that the lineup is like swiss cheese - full of holes. They have had no pop, or even guys in the lineup who are going to pile up hits. If it is not the lineup, the Angels have been handcuffed at times by a reliance on a once dominant relief corps. Unlike in previous years, the Angels bullpen has been vulnerable. Brendan Donnelly has come back to earth perhaps and isnʼt the guy who made the All-Star team back in 2003 with a 0.38 earned run average in the first half. Frankie Rodriguez has experienced some growing pains, irking some opponents with his emotional displays, yet imploding in August - most notably failing to catch a ball thrown back towards him after disagreeing with the umpire on a pitch that wasnʼt called a strike in a 5-4 loss against the Oakland Aʼs on Aug. 11. Hindsight is 20/20, but imagine if they had held onto a guy by the name of Bobby Jenks. Their one-
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Angels right fielder Jeff DaVanon makes a shoestring catch on a sinking liner hit by John Olerud in a game last season against the Yankees. DeVanon is hitting just .235 with 14 RBIs this season for Los Angeles. time pitching prospect with a ʻbigʼ arm and even bigger baggage in his personal history has emerged as a viable bullpen option for the Chicago White Sox this season. He would be a huge asset in an Angels bullpen that has ridden Scot Shields all season but has not quite been able to find magic with Esteban Yan and rookie Joel Peralta. You work through things in a long season, you donʼt just make problems go away. The Aʼs have cooled off somewhat, but in order to hold them off, guys like Rivera and Kotchman need to continue to step up.
They donʼt have to be the stars, but even if the Angels make the playoffs by winning the A.L. West or the Wild Card, it is going to be an uphill battle with their glaring lack of pop in the lineup and depth in the bullpen. The Angels need to find some of the magic that helped them win in 2002. Last Thursday was a night where they showed an ability to find help from unexpected sources. Laurens Ongʼs column appears every Monday. Contact him at: Long@dailytitan.com
A top college pitcher reduced to tears kneeling on the mound. His coachʼs eyes dry with exhaustion from a gruelKevin Metz ing regimen of Daily Titan playoff games Sports Editor against teams from Arizona. The pitcher became a top pick in the 2005 MLB Amateur draft, the coach a top pick for an enticing job offer at Texas A&M. Ricky Romero took a plane to Toronto and the $2.4 million signing bonus from the Blue Jays that came with it. George Horton, to the relief of Titan fans, turned down the money that would have seperated him from the ineptitude of Fullerton Athletics but, more importantly, both the life in California and the team he has grown so fond of. Lifetime dreams were both realized and shattered on that night in July. Arizona State had come from a three-run deficit to steal both the deciding game in a Super Regional series and the Titanʼs glass slipper. The Devils became the Cinderella story of the College World Series, while Fullerton saw its season burn out quicker than Kevin Costner could enter and exit Goodwin Field with a security escort. Another chapter of Fullerton baseball, while not nearly the poetic prose of last year, was written. The Titans have since yielded their field – but not their winning ways – to a new minor league team in the Golden Baseball League. With a last-place record of 31-51, the Fullerton Flyers are far from taking the gold in their division, but they have sustained the pulse of a baseball community still feeling the effects of shock. That season, like summer, will soon end, silencing the bright lights of Goodwin Field until next spring. Like fleeting memories, the events that happened there will fade into the shadows on the pitching mound - where freshman Wes Roemer pitched the game of his life with his team staring elimination in the face - and along the center field warning track - where Bobby Andrews made his diving catch to save the Titanʼs ninth-inning lead and the deciding game of the Regional series against Arizona. Many students will pass by obliviously in their fervrent trek over the hill from Lot G to their class in Langsdorf Hall that started 10 minutes ago. A few may stop, even for a moment, to remember the echo of cheering; the surge of Titan pride now tucked away until basketball season. For us in the newsroom, it is time to take the “Summer” away from “Titan” and go “Daily.” Well, weekly for now, but we are counting the days. Sports, like life, goes on. Storylines will change, as will the writers who bring them to you on these pages. A reporter reduced to tears kneeling at his sports desk. His managing editorʼs eyes dry with exhaustion at 1 a.m. with a grueling deadline looming … some things never change. Now if I can just work out that $2.4 million signing bonus with the Daily Titan Iʼll be fine. Kevin Metzʼ column appears every Tuesday. Contact him at: Kmetz@dailytitan.com
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Thomas Herrion dies following exibition game, cause unclear
on the 6-foot-3, 310-pound player before an ambulance took him to a Denver hospital. “We didnʼt see anything happen,” 49ers defensive lineman Marques Douglas said. “I sat by my locker and prayed for him.” The coronerʼs office said it would be no earlier than Sunday afternoon before any information is released on the cause of Herrionʼs death. “Our thoughts are with the Herrion family and the 49ers,” NFL spokesman Greg Aiello said Sunday. “We will be in contact with the 49ers to see what happened.” Herrion, who played in college at Utah, was on the field for San
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Shaken San Francisco 49ers teammates awaited word Sunday on what caused offensive lineman Thomas Herrion to collapse in the locker room and die shortly after an exhibition game against the Denver Broncos. The 23-year-old guard collapsed after coach Mike Nolan spoke to his team following the game on a relatively cool Saturday night. Medics administered CPR
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Franciscoʼs 14-play, 91-yard drive that ended with a touchdown with 2 seconds left in the game. About three hours after he collapsed, the team confirmed his death. “This is a colossal tragedy for the 49ers and the entire NFL community,” 49ers spokesman Aaron Salkin said. Salkin said coaches notified players of the death at the airport, where the team was awaiting a flight back to California. Nolan made no comments about San Franciscoʼs 26-21 loss to the Broncos. “There are more important things on our mind than the game,” he said. The death comes a little more
than four years after offensive lineman Korey Stringer of the Minnesota Vikings died of heatstroke during a training camp practice when the heat index soared to 110. NFL teams since have increased efforts to teach players about how to manage the heat. On Saturday night, temperatures in Denverʼs thin air were in the mid-60s with 50 percent humidity, although experts say heatstroke can happen even in cool weather. In 1979, St. Louis Cardinals tight end J.V. Cain died of a heart attack during training camp. Chuck Hughes, a Detroit Lions wide receiver, died of a heart attack during a 1971 game in
Detroit against the Chicago Bears. In April, Arena Football League player Al Lucas of the Los Angeles Avengers died of a spinal-cord injury after making a tackle. Herrion, a first-year player with the 49ers, spent part of last season on the San Francisco and Dallas practice squads. He also played this season with the Hamburg Sea Devils of NFL Europe. Herrion played in junior college at Kilgore College in East Texas. Travis Fox, the offensive coordinator at Kilgore, said Sunday he shared an apartment with Herrion for two weeks this summer. Herrion had returned to the school to get in shape before reporting to the 49ers.
Fox said Herrion never struggled during intense drills in 97-degree heat. He added that the lineman had no injuries or health problems while playing at Kilgore. “The young man was in shape,” he said. Herrionʼs nicknames at Kilgore were “Train” and “Big T.” Fox said he was called “Thunder” in Germany because his head was too big for a regular helmet. Fox said Herrion always talked about his niece, and family was a big motivation for playing. “When he got here,” Fox recalled, “the first thing he told me was, ʻIʼm going to make this team and buy my mom a nice house.ʼ”
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Chan Chong Ming and Koo Kien Keat from Malaysia, 15-9, 15-11. In the womenʼs doubles final, Olympic champions Yang Wei and Zhang Jiewen of China rallied in both games to take the world title away from Chinaʼs Gao Ling and Huang Sui with a 17-16, 15-7 victory. Top-seeded Yang and Zhang recovered from a 7-4 deficit in the first game and a 7-1 deficit in the second against second-seeded Gao and Huang, who won the two previous world championships. In menʼs singles, top-seeded Lin Dan of China will face Olympic champion Taufik Hidayat of Indonesia in the final. Lin earned a 15-9, 13-15, 1511 semifinal victory over No. 3 Peter Gade of Denmark, and No. 6 Hidayat swept No. 5 Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia, 15-3, 15-12. The womenʼs singles final will match second-seeded Xie Xingfang of China against top-seeded teammate Zhang Ning, the defending Olympic and world champion.
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Hockey fans get iced Flyers land crowd for last homestand again by TV contract Fullertonʼs minor-league team wraps up final home series with fan appreciation, wins Just as hockey fans began to recover from the blow that the cancellation of the 20042005 hockey season gave them, ESPN Virginia Terzian has checked Daily Titan fans into the Asst. Production Editor boards by dropping hockey from its broadcasts. The NHL reported Thursday, Aug. 18 that ABCʼs ESPN canceled the last two years of the five-year contract with the NHL, choosing to instead broadcast more popular sports such as poker and trout fishing, rather than buy into the multi-million dollar franchise. If I sound bitter by this decision, sorry, but I am. As a thirdgeneration hockey fan, the news of ESPNʼs decision to drop the NHL caused me more then a little tossing and turning. Nightmares of missing the NHL All-Star Game danced in my head along with questions like, “Where will I get my NHL?” and, “How am I going to watch my favorite East and Midwest teams games if ESPN doesnʼt play them?” and most importantly, “Who will broadcast the NHL Finals if ESPN dropped the sport?” Thankfully for my fellow NHL supporters out there, the sport was picked up by Comcastʼs Outdoor Life Network, which will be the new national cable TV partner for the NHL in the United States. If you have never heard of OLN youʼre not alone. Unlike ESPN, which is offered on most basic cable providers, the channel is not offered on most basic cable services. Instead, it is available through Digital Cable, in-demand cable services, and Dish services, meaning that unless you have the cash to shell out anywhere between $20 and $60 a month for cable or satellite services you are in a world of hurt come NHL Finals time. NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman said in an official statement on the NHL website, “This multifaceted partnership with
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NEW YORK - NHL games will air on Outdoor Life Network for at least the next two seasons. The league finalized a two-year deal with Comcast Corp. – the owner of OLN – late Wednesday night after ESPN declined to match the agreement that will pay the NHL $65 million this season and $70 million in 2006-07. The agreement between Comcast and the NHL was approved by the leagueʼs board of governors last week. ESPN, which resumed regular broadcast of NHL games in 1992, had until Wednesday night to match the contract but decided to pass. “Over the years, thousands of great NHL moments were presented
to our fans through the lenses of exception of some weekend winESPN cameras,” NHL commission- dows that could move games to er Gary Bettman said. “ESPN was NBC in both playoff rounds. a supportive partner, and both the OLN will show Games 1 and 2 of National Hockey League and ESPN the Stanley Cup finals before NBC enjoyed a mutually beneficial rela- takes over for the remainder of the tionship. We wish series. ESPN continued The deal with Given the prolonged Comcast goes success.” work stoppage and The new deal beyond just telethe league’s TV vision rights. can be extended Comcast will bring up to six years. rating history, no the NHL Network For the 2007-08 financial model... to cable systems in season, Comcast supports the the United States, would pay the contract terms and provide onNHL $72.5 miloffered. lion but that demand game George number could go broadcasts and Bodenhelmet higher based on computer streamESPN/ABC Sports President ing of live games. contingencies. This is the secOLN, best ond time in recent known for providing live coverage of the Tour de months that ESPN has declined a France, will show between 58 and deal with the NHL. In June, ESPN 78 regular-season games, as well passed on a $60 million option as conference quarterfinals and the under the previous contract. The entire conference finals - with the network tried to retain the rights for
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Beauty fallacy complicates, confuses women
Such is the needless dilemma imposed on todayʼs modern “beautiful” women. Amidst the veritable sea of Many women may be on opposite mass media, the same story always sides of the spectrum – from being emerges. completely self-assured and in full The tale begins when a face out knowledge of their potential to feelof the largest female demographic, ing physically undesirable – but just 18 – 35 years old, begins to look like a bell curve, the largest number at the world around her and real- falls in between. izes something: True beauty rarely These women deal with the conemerges from the faceless models fusing need to feel beautiful in even that are staring up from the pages the most objectifying terms, turning of couture magazines and romance to measures as simple as wearing novels. revealing clothing and as drastic as What she realizes, instead, is that getting plastic surgery, all to feel beauty comes from within. worthwhile. Itʼs the same story – repeated This need for beauty is perpetuin response to materialistic culture ated by the mediaʼs beauty myth – with the same positive ending, and where the skinny girl with the bigevery other woman in the demo- gest chest gets the man/promotion/ graphic has heard it all before. attention. So why does the self-serving Confusing? modern woman still struggle with Of course it is. Imagine how bad an internal conflict between her it is for her. self-worth and In order to her need to be in become the girl a light similar to who wakes up This need for the flawless faces and realizes the beauty is perof women in the more important petuated by the media? side of the balmedia’s beauty Out of this ance between true myth.” conflict comes beauty and the the completely beauty emanating natural and altofrom television, gether confusing hypocrisy of the itʼs important for everyone to undermodern womanʼs self-worth. stand the fragility of a womanʼs Take this, for instance. A woman, self-worth. Its easily influenced aware of societyʼs beauty fallacy and broken by bad experiences and but still victim to these standards, overbearing expectations. will walk into a situation involving After all, women donʼt live on a group of men she may be inter- Venus – they live amongst other ested in. women and men – and in order to What is her response? operate. theyʼve realized that they If they hit on her, sheʼs likely to have to play along with societyʼs act self-righteous, brush them off game. Naturally, women feel the with a “who-do-you-think-I-am?” innate emotional need to see beauty attitude. If they donʼt, sheʼs likely and to feel beautiful themselves. to feel unwanted and lonely, obsess But society would benefit tenfold over her size, other physical attri- without the overpowering influence butes, and feel even more confused. of commercialized beauty.
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You know we have gone too far when our nation has reached the level of useless bumper sticker patriotism. Yes, we showed our support after Sept. 11 with our little flags, but that fad faded over time. Evidently, the presidential tag lines on the back of run-down cars were not enough. Now, we need to yell out to the world where our support lies, which seems to be right next to the license plate. You know exactly what I am talking about because you really canʼt miss those “Support Our Troops” magnets and stickers stuck to the back of every other car in every which way. Sure, some people that have those bumper stickers might have a relative fighting overseas But there are also a lot of people who are just bumper sticker posers. From your 20-something male gangster to your older, conservative neighbor, who would have thought the next automobile trend would be these marketing tokens? Yes, I support my troops.
I support my country. I support the people fighting for a better life for all of us. But putting that message on the back of your dirty bumper makes it all seem trashy, does it not? I mean, I am all for free speech because as a journalist, I support the freedom to act on things that I believe in. But I also think actions speak louder than words. Yes, support our troops but do it in a way that makes a real difference. The troops need support through prayers, as do the innocent people in the war-torn countries. Volunteer. Be there for loved ones. But do not think a $2-magnet on your shiny Beamer is going to show your support for the men and women overseas. There are a lot of other ways you can put that money to use because sometimes, it takes more than a symbol to represent what things mean to you. So the next time youʼre sitting in rush-hour traffic and the car in front of you carries the “Support Our Troops” message, let the driver know you have his back. But you are, instead, doing it quietly – in other forms – without degrading the bravery of soldiers through a cheap sticker.
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This is the end of the line. Summer is over and classes are back in session. As if it isnʼt bad enough having to wave goodbye to three months void of Scantrons and term papers, Cal State Fullerton students have to embrace the fall semester with open arms and empty wallets. Tuition hikes are here again. We at The Daily Titan can vaguely remember registering for courses years ago as incoming freshmen, the way we stared at our computers in disbelief before exclaiming, “Can you believe tuition is almost a $1,000?” Now, full-time tuition for undergraduates runs just below $1,500 per semester – an increase even communications majors could calculate. Every year tuition costs a little bit more than the year before, and at a campus like CSUF thatʼs constantly growing in size and population, donʼt count on a price break coming anytime soon. But on the other hand, it could always be worse. The University of California system estimates tuition for the upcoming school year will average over $3,300 per quarter. And the State University of New York system reports on its Web site that in-state tuition for undergraduates exceeds $4,000 per semester, while out-of-state students can expect to pay well over $10,000. And what about private uni-
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1. Donʼt show up 10 minutes before your first class and think youʼre going to find parking. Ladies and gentlemen, this is a commuter college. Itʼs never as easy as it seems. Just because you have a $144-permit to park doesnʼt mean you are guaranteed a spot; it means you are guaranteed the right to drive around parking lots and search desperately for a spot. If youʼre really late, go for Lot A. Itʼs close to the campus police station, and so itʼs a bit of a hike. But it is bound to put you out of temporary 30-minute parking torment.
2. Do remember that the 57 Santa Ana Freeway was named after Cal State Fullerton. Why, you might ask? Itʼs because a good chunk of our student body spends at least an hour or so stuck on that very freeway each morning and each afternoon. So be prepared to deal with the traffic - especially around 7 a.m. and 4 p.m. - and leave at a reasonable hour.
3. Donʼt worry if you havenʼt declared your major yet, but donʼt choose a major based on what will make you the most money. Thatʼs just asking for it. Choose a major (or two or three) based on what you like because why study something you hate when you can study something that inspires you? Itʼs OK to change your mind, though the school does charge you $10 every time you change your major. So make up your mind first and then declare. 4. Do make sure you set your alarm clock or cell phone alarm option. Cal State Fullerton professors donʼt like it when you show up late to class. Actually there are several professors who will yell at you for it. Set your alarm for 20 minutes earlier than you think you need for those oh-so-enjoyable snooze
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the last minute, unless you thrive under pressure like this reporter and even then itʼs usually a close call.
8. Do eat something healthy - preferably fruit or vegetables every once in a while. The “Freshman 15” is not a figment of your imagination, so go easy on the fast food, drink lots of water and stay away from sodas, and try to find time to hit the gym. You would be surprised what a good workout does to better your mood. 9. Donʼt overwhelm your life with too many classes and extracurricular activities. It wonʼt help you to take 18 units if you only pass 12 of them, so figure out what you can handle and work from there. 10. Overall, do enjoy your time at CSUF. It goes by faster than you think. Virginia Terzian is a senior communications major at Cal State Fullerton and Asst. Production Editor for The Daily Titan. E-mail her at vterzian@dailytitan.com
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Taiwanʼs Cheng Shao-Chieh. No. 11 Xie Zhongbo and Zhang Yawen of China kept No. 15 Daniel Shirley and Sara Runesten-Petersen from making New Zealandʼs first appearance in a final with a 15-8, 15-8, semifinal victory in mixed doubles.
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