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Artist sees through his darkness After losing his sight, photographer helps others share his vision By MATT BALLINGER Daily Titan Staff
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Kurt Weston searches through his bag until he finds a film canister. He pops the lid, tilts his head back and in two passes swallows the nearly 20 pills inside. Three times a day, adhering to a strict schedule, Weston swallows the pills that make him fatigued; that give him high blood pressure, cholesterol problems and diarrhea; that keep him alive. The 60 pills and twice-daily injections keep Westonʼs immune system from the ruthless devastation of AIDS. He contracted HIV in the early 1980s, he thinks. “I was really quite healthy until I got sick,” Weston said. But in 1991, he was hospitalized with pneumonia. Doctors told him he had only three T-cells, which are the immune systemʼs fire alarm. When T-cells are severely depleted – a healthy person has between 800 and 1,200 – the body becomes an easy target for infection. By 1995, cytomegalovirus retinitis, an AIDS-related infection, had ravaged his vision. Weston was living in Chicago and had been working as a fashion photographer, but winters in the Windy City were taking their toll. So Weston sold his condominium and moved in with his brother in Southern California. Around that time, AIDS medications were becoming increasingly effective. And so began Westonʼs
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One of Kurt Weston’s goals is to show the world that visually impaired artists can create stunning work like those on display now through next year. Catch-22: a need for a battery of pills that makes him feel terrible, but that keeps him alive. Alive to curate an art exhibit, to be creative with his photography, to work with outreach organizations that teach young people about HIV and AIDS, and to begin a masterʼs degree pro-
gram at Cal State Fullerton. “Personally, thereʼs no one that I have a higher amount of respect for,” said Paul Weston, Kurt Westonʼs younger brother. Kurt Weston is blind in his left eye and mostly blind in his right eye. Out of that right eye, he sees
the world as an impressionistic painting. Faces are a blur of flesh tones. But photography provides focus. Weston can make a print and, using intense magnification, see a personʼs features. When taking photographs, he
relies on his technical knowledge and years of professional experience. Photography is about framing and lighting, he said. “The focus part is the most difficult part for me,” he said. WESTON 3
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American Red Cross asks for help; locals, students respond By MELISSA VALBUENA For The Daily Titan
Millions of people answered the call to donate money for the Hurricane Katrina relief efforts. Now that Hurricane Rita has hit the Gulf Coast region, the need for help has grown. For students whose wallets canʼt handle another donation but still want to help, the answer is volun-
teering. Before jumping on the first plane to the Gulf Coast, officials advise people to sign up with an organization coordinating relief efforts, such as the American Red Cross. The Volunteer & Service Center, in the Titan Student Union Underground, can refer students to several organizations. Amy Mattern, coordinator of the Volunteer & Service Center, said many students have been coming to her looking for ways to help. One eager student wanted to leave right away, but Mattern convinced him to go to the Red Cross first, which has provided assistance to more than
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Training in disaster services consists of two three-hour classes, and being deployed requires a minimum 10day commitment, with the average deployment being 21 days. In recent weeks, Orange County Red Cross has sent more than 1,000 people to the Gulf Coast region, Norton said. They join 163,000 other trained relief workers sent to the area. Registered nurse Marjorie Heintz immediately wanted to go to the area to help. Two days after she contacted the Red Cross, Heintz went to Houston and then to Baton Rouge spending two weeks working graveyard shifts.
“Many [people] were missing family members, not knowing if they were at another shelter, or worse,” Heintz said. “To offer them help and hope was as uplifting for me as it was for them.” Heintz plans to return in the middle of October.The Red Cross also needs local help. Norton helps with clerical work in the Office of Volunteers whenever she has time. People in the program get jobs that best fit their skills, she said. Those with specialized skills, such as Heintzʼs nursing skills, get deployed first. Volunteers can do administrative work, and assist with food, clothing and blood drives.
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250,000 people in the Gulf Coast. “Imagine that you are having the worst day of your life, and people keep coming up to you asking what they can do to help, over and over,” Mattern told him. Though most volunteer after a disaster, organizations always need help, Mattern said. As months go on, the desire to help tends to wane. Donna Norton, a volunteer at the Orange County Chapter of the Red Cross, said her organization expects the need for volunteers in the Gulf Coast to last through December, possibly longer. In order to join, people must attend a one-hour orientation.
The American Civil Liberties Union and Zilo Networks Inc., an entertainment hub for young adults, have launched the second annual Stand Up For Freedom contest for two scholarships. “The contest focuses on what the ACLU continues to do for fighting and acquiring rights for everyone,” said Monica Jara, vice president of communications for Zilo Networks Inc. “We want to open the eyes and ears of Americaʼs youth.” The national contest, which began July 4, challenges college students between the ages of 18 and 29 to use their creativity and knowledge of the political system to defend their rights by either writing a 500-word essay or producing a 30-second public service announcement. This yearʼs contest themes are the Patriot Act, censorship and racial injustice. Organizers suggest focusing on only one theme in the essays and public service announcements. But contestants are encouraged to submit multiple entries, focusing on each of the themes.
“Right now, when our values and freedoms are in jeopardy, it is vital that the next generation of civil libertarians stand up for their rights,” said Anthony Romero, executive director of the ACLU. “We want the college students and the young people of America to use their creativity to discuss civil liberties and issues that impact their lives.”
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Panels of three celebrities will judge contestants on creativity, message and effect of the video or essay. Oscar-winning director Ron Howard, Judge Alex Kozinski of the United States Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit, and Grammywinning artist Rob Thomas are just three of the many judges expected for the event. The winner for the public service announcement will receive a $5,000 scholarship and have a chance for his or her video to be shown on
the Zilo Network, which reaches college campuses across the country. The winning essay writer will receive a $1,000 scholarship and have his or her work published on the ACLUʼs Web site, and in future ACLU publications. “Sometimes Americans can take their constitutional rights for granted,” said Edward Fink, chair of the Radio-TV-Film department at Cal State Fullerton. “I think the ACLU competition is a worthy effort to promote studentsʼ deeper understanding of their rights.” The deadline for the contest is Tuesday at 8:59 p.m., and submissions should be made at contestʼs Web site, www.zilo.com/aclu. In addition, a waiver must be signed and submitted through the mail, postmarked no later than Tuesday. “I encourage and have encouraged students to participate. Iʼve already sent an e-mail through the RTVF e-mail server to our students. Hopefully one of them will enter,” Fink said. Entries that do not win will be featured at the Eureka International Film Festival that will be held later in the year. The nonpartisan film festival is dedicated to showing socially conscious political films. The Zilo television network will also show the first and second runner-ups during its programming.
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Today: CSUF bowling team tryouts will take place at the Titan Student Union. For time and information, call (714) 278-5855. Tuesday: CSUF’s chapter of Hip Hop Congress is holding a special meeting with guest lecturer DJ Mark Luv, member of hip-hop’s prestigious Universal Zulu Nation at the Kinesiology and Health Science Building, Room 164 at 7 p.m. For more information, contact Julie Kim at (714) 278-5814.
World Video shows Bali bomber just before blast BALI, Indonesia – Police raised the alert level for Indonesiaʼs capital and the president warned of more attacks Sunday as a video shot the day before showed a suspected bomber clutching a backpack and strolling past diners moments before one of three suicide bombings killed 26 people here. The near-simultaneous bombings on the resort island also injured 101 people, including six Americans.
Tuesday thru Oct 16: The Orange County Performing Arts Center presents “Evita.” Purchase tickets by calling CenterTix at (714) 556-2787 or online at www. ocpac.com.
U.S.: 28 militants die as Iraq fight grows QAIM, Iraq – U.S. troops battled insurgents holed up in houses and driving explosives-laden vehicles in a second town near the Syrian border Sunday, killing 28 in an expansion of their two-day-old offensive chasing al-Qaida fighters along the Euphrates River valley, the military said. Al-Qaida in Iraq claimed to have taken two Marines captive during the fighting and threatened to kill them within 24 hours unless all female Sunni detainees are released from U.S. and Iraqi prisons in the country. The U.S. military said the claim appeared false.
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Above, Anthony Martinez, left, holds hands with his son, Gabriel Martinez, 6, as a fire burns a few feet away from their Simi Valley home Thursday.
21 die as tour boat capsizes on N.Y. lake LAKE GEORGE, N.Y. – A glass-enclosed boat carrying tourists on a senior citizensʼ cruise overturned Sunday on a calm lake in upstate New York, killing at least 21 people and sending more than two dozen passengers to a hospital. Authorities were investigating whether a large passing tour boat created a wake that caused the accident, Warren County Sheriff Larry Cleveland said.
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WASHINGTON – President Bush is watching his first Supreme Court nominee, Chief Justice John Roberts, take the helm of the high court Monday while weighing his options for nominating a second justice who also could shape the bench for years to come. “Heʼs still working,” White House chief of staff Andy Card said Sunday about the presidentʼs effort to choose a replacement for retiring Justice Sandra Day OʼConnor. “Still considering lots of options.”
9/26 8:48 a.m. A man was arrested during a traffic stop on Balfour Avenue and N. State College Boulevard.
Local Scientology finds way into schools LOS ANGELES – City school officials were surprised to learn that the Church of Scientology was involved in a planned school event, a potential violation of the separation of church and state. On Monday, teenagers from about 25 countries are to meet with students at Jordan High School in Watts for a human rights conference – organized by a group called Youth for Human Rights. In order to solve the issue, a letter was sent to parents notifying them of the event and requiring their permission before children could participate. Last year, the school district issued a warning to campuses after more than a dozen schools used a drug prevention program based partly on Scientologyʼs teachings. In February, a state investigation found that the program, called Narconon, did not “reflect accurate, widely accepted medical and scientific evidence.” Reports compiled from The Associated Press
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9/26 3:14 p.m. Someone tampered with a black Jeep Wrangler in Lot C on North State College Boulevard. No suspect was found. 9/26 5:35 p.m. There was a suspicious person reported at the Birch dorm on State College Boulevard. Possible drug activity. Officers were unable to locate the person. 9/26 9:54 p.m. A suspicious vehicle was parked at Golleher Alumni House on N. State College Boulevard.
The vehicle was parked in 30minute parking since Sept. 19, and multiple citations had been placed on the window. An officer issued a warning. 9/27 12:57 p.m. An unauthorized person was passing out fliers for a rave outside the Performing Arts Center on N. State College Boulevard. An officer issued a warning. 9/30 12:05 p.m. A person was arrested during a traffic stop on Nutwood Avenue and the 57 Freeway in Fullerton. 9/30 9:28 a.m. Officer arrested a person for theft in the Titan Student Union on N. State College Boulevard. 10/01 7:54 p.m. Blue Phone Emergency call was made near the Kinesiology Building on N. State College Boulevard. A child with a disability accidentally pressed the button on the phone, the childʼs mother said.
Wednesday: Take a guided tour through various haunted digs in Fullerton. Explore the Plummer Auditorium, the basement hallways of the Fullerton Police Department and other scary haunts. Cost is $12. For more information, contact the Fullerton Museum Center. Thursday thru Saturday: Arthur Miller’s play “The Crucible” is shwoing at the Fullerton College Campus Theatre. Show starts at 8 p.m. Tickets are $15 general admission, and $12.50 for students and seniors. For more information, call (714) 992-7433. Friday: The CSUF Jazz Ensembles I and II will perform at the Little Theatre in the Performing Arts Building. Show starts at 8 p.m. For more information, call (714) 278-3371. Friday: The city of Fullerton is hosting a reception for local artists, art organizations and supporters from 5-6:30 p.m. in the courtyard of the Villa del Sol on Harbor Boulevard. For more information, call (714) 738-6311. Friday and Saturday: “Some Americans Abroad” by Richard Nelson will be performed at the Arena Theatre in the Performing Arts Center. Show starts at 8 p.m. For more information, call (714) 278-3371. All events are free and on campus unless otherwise noted. To have an entry added to the calendar, e-mail news@dailytitan.com.
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Five of Westonʼs self-portraits and several of his other works are on display now at the Shared Visions exhibit at the Southern California College of Optometry in Fullerton. The exhibit – a showcase of work by visually impaired artists – lines the halls of the collegeʼs Eye Care Center. “It really focuses on the ability rather than the disability,” Weston said. All the works will be on display there until September 2006, unless someone buys a piece, in which case the artist will have the opportunity to hang another work. The college gave people with visual impairmens a chance to experience the art by providing low-vision optics to people who needed them, Weston said. Weston needs such tools. To see print on a page, he wears a pair of glasses, with a thick lens over his right eye, and holds the page just millimeters from his face. He uses other devices – such as a monocular (a sort of small telescope) and a computer program called ZoomText – to get through a day, to help with his art and to study for tests. This is his first semester at CSUF. He likely has five for his degree. And though it hasnʼt been without challenges, the experience has been rewarding. “Iʼm really impressed by the compassion and concern Iʼve gotten from some of the students in my classes,” Weston said. Not all of Westonʼs time in a classroom is spent sitting at a desk. Heʼs involved in a program called Positively Speaking, which sends people with HIV or AIDS to schools to talk to students. “A lot of kids are very surprised,” Weston said. “And a lot of people are tremendously ignorant.” When giving a speech at a college campus recently, a student asked him if it was possible to contract HIV from the toilet seat of a public restroom, he said. Itʼs not. HIV is transmitted to the bloodstream through direct contact with four bodily fluids – blood, semen, vaginal fluid and breast milk.
“I think in a lot of ways, our education system has failed,” Weston said. Westonʼs work with these outreach organizations, he hopes, will give people a better understanding of the disease, of who is infected and of how to prevent infection. “If you just hide in the closet, the stupid disease keeps festering, and people keep getting infected,” Weston said. Infection rates are rising, he said, and people still donʼt understand what it means to have AIDS. “Unless there are people who are willing to speak openly about this epidemic … thereʼs always going to be this stigmatization of people living with the disease,” he said. And for Weston, the living has become the important part. Westonʼs photography depicts his life and his emotions. “Peering Through the Darkness” is a selfportrait that illustrates his daily life. Weston, wearing an eyepiece, is seen trying to push away a smear of white that represents what he sees. “I think the work Iʼm doing really communicates something important,” he said. A project heʼs working on now deals with spiritual concepts and understanding suffering and pain. His pain and suffering has been source of strength for others too. In 2000, Kurt Westonʼs brother, Paul Weston, was diagnosed with a form of leukemia. He dealt with chemotherapy for over a year. “If he can do what he does, thereʼs no way Iʼm not going to beat what Iʼm going through,” Paul Weston said of his thoughts about his battle with cancer. “What I went through was hell.” But Paul Weston made it out. For his brother, there is only the hope that AIDS can be beaten. Until then, Kurt Weston lives for his art. He concentrates on school. He has found a partner to share joy and grief with. He is an advocate for those who need him. “Not everybody can be strong enough to do what Iʼm doing,” he said. His strength defies his darkness. “I canʼt escape this,” he said. “I can never forget.”
Author calls media war coverage slack Writer says students need a more critical attitude toward news By DOMINIC KINGDAMO For the Daily Titan
Nationally syndicated columnist and author Norman Solomon was in the Titan Student Union on Wednesday giving a speech and promoting his most recent book, “War Made Easy: How Presidents and Pundits Keep Spinning Us to Death.” Solomonʼs speech covered various current events – including the Iraq War and Hurricane Katrina – and social issues. His main theme was the relationship between media and government and how their relationship has benefited both throughout history. Solomon, described as “an investigative reporter and a critic of media, government, and the relationship between the two” by Cal State Fullerton political science professor Jarret Lovell, spoke and answered questions for about two hours. Lovell, co-founder of the Orange County Peace Coalition, was one of the people responsible for inviting Solomon to campus. He, along with the Left Bank – a student organization that meets on campus once a week to talk politics – and the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, sponsored and helped organize the event. “Norman Solomon is teaching us how to watch the news,” Lovell said. “As the audience, we need to know what to look for and not treat the news as just a pastime.” Solomon isnʼt looking to sway people in any direction, Lovell said. He isnʼt setting an agenda. “Objectivity is a myth,” Solomon said. “It is the job of the audience to take anything anyone says, even me, and analyze it critically.” Senior political science major and Left Bank President Denny Kuntz, 24, agrees. What he appreciated
about Solomonʼs speech was his balanced critique of the media. “He attacked Fox News and the New York Times,” said Kuntz. “The fact that he didnʼt just bring up Fox News was especially appealing.” The main argument that Solomon makes in his book is that the government has been able to enter any war it has wished in the past with the support of the public, in large part because of the cooperation of the nationʼs media. In fact, not only has the media helped but the cooperation has also been essential, Solomon said. “To wage a war, besides guns, military, etc., you need the spin of news media. The way media words things oftentimes gives the government a pass,” Solomon said. “I couldnʼt find a single war in the last fifty years that isnʼt fundamentally based on lies,” Solomon said. “Yes, Iraq is not Vietnam,” Solomon said, responding to a comment that many people make about the current war. “But the U.S. is the U.S.”
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Nature meets nonsense The long-established battle, pitting mankind against the forces of Mother Nature, has often found itself depicted in ancient scriptures and classic tales. The people of Pompeii v. Mount Vesuvius. The people of South Asia v. the tsunami. In most stories, if not all, the latter defeats the former. This year is no different – an endless laundry list, cataloging one disaster after another – from the Laguna Beach landslides, to the flooding of New Orleans and now the burning wildfires in Southern California. The same can be said for these raging fires, which have torched 17,000 acres of land in Los Angeles and Ventura counties. We watch homeowners desperately attempt to save their properties by spraying water from garden hoses onto their rooftops, while surrounded by flames. And then we wonder: Why would someone choose to root his largest asset in a location that is especially vulnerable to a highly dangerous, highly destructive disaster? In any case, we recognize that sad pattern bordering on carelessness and confidence has emerged, a pattern that allows Mother Nature to strike so violently. Example after example says this is true. For instance, a popular study in 2001 outlined in detail that
New Orleans would be hit by a powerful hurricane. Still, no one took notice when President Bush slashed funding for levees, which were meant to hold back water from a city built below sea level. Even in California, we are no better. Despite a history of landslides and testimonies by geological experts, wealthy Laguna residents complained about mandatory evacuations and the reconstruction process after the summer landslides. Expensive houses and mansions were lost, even though similar incidents occurred in the 1970s and scholars explained that it would continue to happen. Still, people refuse to live anywhere else but their $1-million hillside or beachfront homes. Sometimes tragedy hits and people do not have the means to save themselves, like the victims of the flooding in New Orleans who couldnʼt afford cars to escape, or poor South Asians living near the ocean when last yearʼs tsunami struck. But being a victim is one issue and victimizing oneself is another. Individuals who choose to build homes near danger-prone areas – amid flammable brush, along cliffs or 30 feet below sea level – donʼt exercise common sense. Whatʼs the moral of this story, mankind? We might win the disasterbattle, but weʼre losing the war.
Editorial Board Julie Kim, Opinion Editor Nicole M. Smith, Executive Editor Kim Orr, Managing Editor In deference to the paradigm established by venerable Swiss philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau, unsigned Titan Editorials strive to represent the general will of the Daily Titan editorial board and do not necessarily reflect the view of the university.
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A Jewish association linked to terrorist acts was allowed at Cal State Fullerton By RASHAD ALDABBAGH For the Daily Titan
Imagine welcoming a terrorist organization to Cal State Fullerton. Now think of what happened on May 9, 2005 when author Norman Finkelstein gave a presentation about the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. Those who attended the controversial event should know what Iʼm talking about. At that event, Shelley Rubin, a member of the Jewish Defense League (JDL) and the widow of its former leader, was screaming from
the bottom of her lungs in order to disrupt the event and put an early end to it. Although campus security was present, its presence did not stop her from behaving the way she did. On Sept. 22 of this year, Earl Krugel, the current leader of the League was sentenced to 20 years in prison for his role in a plot to blow up the King Fahd Mosque in Culver City, the office of Arab-American Congressman Darrell Issa and the office of the Muslim Public Affairs Council, a Los Angeles-based advocacy group. The FBI said that the JDL was responsible for more than 40 terrorist acts since its inception in 1968. Yet, members of the JDL were allowed to freely disturb the audience and the speaker of an event that took place on our campus a few
months ago. When I tried to explain to the campus security that the JDLʼs presence is dangerous because of its previous involvement with terrorism, the answer I got was this: “This is their right; we canʼt do anything about it.” Imagine having a terrorist organization operating freely at our own campus. In fact, this was the reality on May 9. However, not everyone recognized that danger for some odd reason. Campus security should have been more concerned with the safety of the students and community members who attended the event rather than pleasing a group whose aim, besides publicity, was to disrupt the event. Fortunately, Finkelstein and the audience were brave enough to tol-
erate Rubinʼs endless attempts to disrupt the event. But that does not mean that the presence of terrorist organizations should be tolerated at our campus in the future. Campus events cannot take place under the threat of terrorism, and it is not an exaggeration to call the JDL a terrorist organization – an organization responsible for the 1985 assassination of Alex Odeh, the regional director of the American-Arab AntiDiscrimination Committee. For more than two decades, the Muslim and Arab-American communities lived under the fear of JDLʼs terrorism. Finally, a decision was made to put an end to Krugelʼs crimes. The Muslim and Arab-American communities and all those who would stand up against hate, injustice and terror are relieved.
Letter to the Editor: Helping one Titan at a time On grad checks: Dear Editor, I wanted to thank the person who wrote about filing for graduation [“Graduation check intensifies studentsʼ graduation woes” published Sept. 22, 2005]. Something drove me to
pick up the paper that day and when I read that article, it enticed me to look into the process. I am going to have 94
units after this semester and I would never have known that I should file an application and pay the fee so early. I can thank you guys when I graduate on time!
Stephanie Mullen, CSUF junior Child and adolescent studies major
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From one Running over the competition sports guy to another Point Made In my public affairs class, I recently had the chance to meet Ryan Blystone, a former Daily Titan sports editor from Laurens Ong 1991-92. Now Daily Titan a sports copy Asst. Sports Editor editor at the LA Daily News, Blystone has had a lot of experience in the newspaper industry and, being an aspiring sports reporter myself, was someone I was intent on listening to. He talked about starting his career, working at various newspapers and how sports reporting has evolved over past decades. One thing he stressed was to look beyond what you may know. He spent the past 16 years working in the professional journalism ranks until he returned to school in 2001, graduating with a bachelors degree in journalism in 2002. After spending all of his time in sports, Blystone became more interested in writing about other subjects, particularly during the time Sept. 11 hit. Blystone says the events that occured that day really changed his outlook on journalism. He credits part-time, Cal State Fullerton instructor Mike Tharp for expanding his outlook. “A lot of things happened in 2001,” Blystone said. “I was taking his class when two or three weeks later, Sept. 11 happened. For the past 16 years all I had done was sports and what Mike taught me was to think beyond what I had been doing for all this time.” Hurricane Katrina was another tragedy that he said in one small way may have helped the journalism profession as a whole. “The media gets reenergized and you see the real good journalists [come out],” Blystone said. Blystone said sports reporting has changed. Fans are more inclined to know more about professional athletesʼ lives off the field. “Sports reporting is [now about] steroids, law and contracts, besides scores and great plays,” Blystone said. “Now it moves more into the other things that reflect society.“ According to Blystone, reporting opened his eyes to things that he may not have thought about before. “It either [reflects] a sad state [in sports] or more evolved reporting,” Blystone said. As an up-and-coming journalist, Blystone fulfilled his dream of meeting his athletic hero, Nolan Ryan, only for the experience to be tempered by reality. “It was the late 80s,” Blystone said. “I was able to get a press pass so that I could go to Dodger Stadium. [I] got 20 minutes to talk with [Ryan] and just ask him the most random of questions.” He then wrote a story about his meeting with the National Baseball Hall of Fame member. “Afterwards, I thought Iʼd written a pretty good story on him. Unfortunately, when I showed my story to my editor, he was moving things around and by the end, my story was all marked up,” Blystone said. His experience illustrates the simple but crucial advice he gave to the class. “Read your copy after you write it and spell well,” Blystone says. “Know the difference between theyʼre, there and their.” Some student writers with sports beats face anxiety over negative coverage of giving teams, anxiety that teams will turn their backs on the reporter. Blystone offered advice on how to deal with the potential conflict that may exist. “Tell the truth and be fair,” Blystone said. “Do this without trying to be a friend.” As a student, Iʼm looking to grow, evolve and do a better job. Listening to Blystone keeps me in touch with what I have to do to become a journalist. Hopefully I will be able to make him proud. Laurens Ongʼs column appears weekly. Contact him at Long@dailytitan.com
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Bardsley shuts down Hawaii for milestone Goalkeeper captures 25th win of career in Thursdayʼs 3-0 win By ANDY STOWERS For the Daily Titan
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The Cal State Fullerton women’s cross country team poses with their team championship plaque after winning the woman’s 5K race at the 25th Annual UC Riverside Invitational on Saturday morning. Senior Maria Blazquez finished ninth overall with a time of 18:11 to lead the top five Fullerton runners, who all placed in the top 30. Senior Damien Nieves placed seventh in the 6K with a time of 25:10 for the men’s team, which finished in seventh place overall.
Titans kick Rebels in overtime Barraganʼs goal seals teamʼs 2-1 comeback victory over UNLV By JENNIFER BELLENDIR Daily Titan Staff
After a slow start against University of Nevada, Las Vegas Sunday afternoon, the Titans brought fans to their feet, wanting more, as the intensity heightened in the last minutes of a close game. The first half ended with a tie-score of 0-0. The Titans had several scoring opportunities, but never capitalized on their shots. Senior Yaron Shlomi stood out in the first half with several attempts at the goal, as did Eugene Brooks, who noticeably improved Fullertonʼs offensive attack. Junior goalkeeper Bobby Armstrong fought off the Rebels with his impressive saves. UNLVʼs Deshawn Woolery and Jon Dunning both received yellow cards before half-time. At the beginning of the second half, the Titans had a scare, but an offsides call discredited a UNLV goal. The scare became reality in the 66th minute when UNLVʼs Lamar Neagle broke the scoreless tie with a header into the net. After the score by UNLV, the Titans went into full-attack mode on the offensive end of the field. With only nine minutes left in regulation, Brooks missed a close scoring opportunity on the goal by inches. The fans were on edge, but
On Thursday night Karen Bardsley put herself in the Cal State Fullerton record books by recording her 25th victory, making her the winningest goalkeeper in Cal State Fullerton womenʼs soccer history. The win put her past Laura Janke and Suzy Strazulla, who each recorded 24 wins in their collegiate PHIL GORDON/For the Daily Titan career, on the all-time list. The victory came courtesy of Junior Lauryn Welch (right) cela 3-0 shutout against the Hawaii ebrates with her teammates after Rainbow Wahines (3-5-2). The scoring the final goal in a 3-0 win shutout marked Bardsleyʼs fourth of at home on Thursday. the season and 12th of her career. Senior forward Rebekah Patrick Before an enthusiastic crowd of 652 at Titan Stadium, the No. 19 scored the second goal for the Titans, ranked Titans (8-2) came out strik- her third of the season. Patrick was ing, taking 13 shots in the first half. assisted on the play by Kellie Cox. The shot came The first goal at the 50th was recorded at minute, rolling the 17th minute by It was amazing off the Hawaii senior midfielder to be back home. g o a l k e e p e r ʼs Lisa Kosena. After To have all ... the fingertips and a failed attempt to noise. The home landing in the clear the ball by crowd makes the left corner of Hawaii, Kosena the goal. struck the ball game so much The Titans about 25 yards out more exciting. put the game and placed it in the Karen Bardsley out of reach in upper left post of Fullerton goalkeeper the 86th minute the goal. with an assist Kosenaʼs third of by sophomore the season was the Lauren Cram to first for the Titans in the first half since Sept. 4 against the junior Lauryn Welch, who hit the back of the net with a shot off her University of South Carolina. “We came out and controlled left foot. The goal was the first point the game,” Fullerton Head Coach of the year for Cram and the second Ali Khosroshahin said. “We just goal for Welch. “It was amazing to be back werenʼt able to finish the way I home,” said Bardsley, remarking would have liked.” The game went into halftime with on their first home game in over a the Titans clinging to their 1-0 lead. month. “To have all the kids and the The second half started exactly noise. The home crowd makes the where the first left off. The Titans game so much more exciting.” A humble Bardsley, who was took shots from the inside and outside, keeping the Hawaii defenders unaware of her record setting night, said that she was “speechless” when guessing. “We fell into what [Hawaii] gave she found out that she broke the record. us,” Khosroshahin said.
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Sports IN SHORT Own score on goal sinks No. 19 Titans
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Junior defender Taylor Sheldrick (left) collides in the air with Rebel’s defender Keegan Uderitz after clearing the ball in Fullerton’s 2-1 overtime win at Titan Stadium against University of Las Vegas on Sunday. “We had missed several chances finally bellowed their cheers when Craggs scored his third goal of the at the beginning and itʼs very easy season to tie the game in the last to get discouraged,” Mistri said. “But we stayed with it and fought four minutes. all the way along, Barely into and the guys put overtime, senior their hearts into Jose Barragan We had missed it.” scored in the Craggs, who 90th minute to several chances at also scored two win the game the beginning and goals in the Titanʼs 2-1. it’s very easy to get overtime victory Titan soccer discouraged. But ... against the Air alumnus Sean the guys put their Force Academy Gallinger was a last Friday, sees spectator at the hearts into it. room for further game and was Al Mistri improvement. impressed with Fullerton Coach “We tightened the Titansʼ performance. up defensively, “They finally but I feel like we got some good could have won attacking movement,” Gallinger the game before [the Rebels] even said. “They got some goals and scored that goal,” Craggs said. they got the crowd into it.” “The Santa Barbara game could Fullerton Head Coach Al Mistri be our season right there. We have commented on Craggsʼ “brilliant” to put everything into that game.” goal that put the Titans back into The Titans will face UC Santa the game. Barbara Wednesday at 7 p.m.
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WOMENʼS SOCCER – UC Riverside made a successful start to the 2005 Big West Conference schedule, defeating 25th-ranked Cal State Fullerton 1-0 in front of 300 fans Sunday afternoon at the UCR Soccer Stadium. The Highlanders (7-3-1, 1-00) won their second consecutive game while the Titans (8-3-0, 01-0) four-game winning streak came to an end. UCR scored the gameʼs only goal against the run
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Senior forward Jose Barragan expresses his elation with teammate Arron Craggs (left) after scoring the game-winning goal against UNLV in overtime, Sunday.
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of play. The Highlanders went ahead 1-0 when forward Jenna Leonti thundered a header past CSUF goalie Karen Bardsley. The referee ruled that Titan Jenesa Bradshaw got the final touch, resulting in an own goal.
Morrison leads rally in 3-1 comeback win VOLLEYBALL – Sarah Morrisonʼs 23 kills led the Titan attack as Cal State Fullerton (115) rallied back after a game one loss to defeat UC Davis (2-14), 3-1 (25-30, 30-19, 30-26, 30-18), in a non-conference volleyball match at the ARC Pavilion in Davis, Calif. on Friday night.