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Rosa Parks dies at age 92 Civil rights activist succumbs to natural causes; nation mourns By DIANIKA ABBOTT Daily Titan Copy Editor
Rosa Parks, the seamstress who changed the course of the Civil Rights Movement by refusing to give up her seat on a bus, died
of natural causes Monday at her home in Detroit. Although Parks did not know her act of civil disobedience would be the driving force for a revolutionary change in American history, she is now revered as the “Mother of the Civil Rights Movement.” In the 1950s, when Jim Crow laws enforced segregation in restaurants, hotels, public restrooms, buses and trains, blacks had to pay
their bus fare on the front of the bus, get off and sit in the back of the bus. Jesse Owens Smith, an AfroEthnic studies professor, said that the conditions in the South were harsh. “We couldn’t talk to white girls, go to white schools, or drink from fountains that were [designated] for whites,” Smith said. “As long as you stayed in your place, you
had no problem.” Parks, then 42, was arrested on Dec. 1, 1955 when she refused to give up her seat to a white male on a bus in Montgomery, Ala. Parks was jailed and fined $14. While false reports said Parks deliberately sat in the front of the bus and refused to give up her seat because her feet hurt, Parks said that she was tired of the way blacks were treated.
“I made up my mind that I would not give in any longer to legally imposed racial segregation,” said Parks, according to the Academy of Achievement Web site. Wacira Gethaiga, chair and professor of the Afro-Ethnic Studies Department, said Parks was the catalyst that sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott of 1955. PARKS 3
Local wax museum takes curtain call Buena Parkʼs vintage Movieland to close after four decades
Women’s soccer: high hopes for strong showing in last conference game
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Sports Forward progress: Lady Titan’s leading scorer netted 33 goals in 69 games; NCAA berth, championship next 3
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More than 300 Movieland Wax Museum figurines, such as Judy Garland’s from “The Wizard of Oz” (above), will be moved to the Wax Museum at Fisherman’s Wharf next week. The Buena Park museum, will close Oct. 31, and entrance fees have been reduced to $5 until then.
Cal State Fullerton alumna PNhut deLeon-Cacal has worked with the likes of Michael Jackson, Gloria Estefan, Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Selleck, Julia Roberts and even Greta Garbo – at least the wax figures of them. For the past 20 years, deLeonCacal has called the Movieland Wax Museum her second home. Her 35 co-workers have been a second family. But now, after 43 years, the one-story building – which serves as home to its employees, and more than 300 wax figures placed in 150 sets – will close Oct. 31. “We kind of saw the economy decline and we knew it was a matter of time,” said deLeon-Cacal, the current manager who first started as a cashier. “But the decision was so
SPED teaches self-help Special Education program equips pupils with real life skills By ASHLEY MAJESKI Daily Titan Staff
Beatriz Vega knows the routine well. “First I put on the butter, then the garlic, then the parsley and last I put the cheese,” the special education student said. Making garlic bread for the Titan Grill is one of the first paying jobs for Vega. She and many other special education students are given employment through the Transition Program, which has been at Cal State Fullerton since 1997. The program, which serves students ages 18 to 22, helps give Fullerton Union High School Special Education students vital job and life skills in a college setting. Students also partake in recreational activities, such as bowling, swimming and exercising. “We provide them with training that allows them to function as independently as possible,” said
Charlotte Dobyns, who is in charge learn independence. of the program. “This program is “They need to make money just so incredibly beneficial to these like anyone else, and need to be students.” able to make it on their own,” Dobyns said that most special Dobyns said. “Having a job is great education students stay in high for their self esteem and they’re so school until age 22. proud of themselves.” By participating in the program, Vega, indeed, is proud to be able they are able to interact with non- to take care of herself. disabled students in “I go to my a more age-suitable work independently. Nobody setting. I go to my work has to tell me to “Just like any independently. go to my job. I other high school Nobody has to tell go by myself,” student, they me to go to my she said. don’t want to stay job. I go by myself. Erin Brownon campus for ing, a student four more years,” teacher in the Dobyns said. “This Beatriz Vegan program, said is a continuation of CSUF Student that many of their high school these students do experience but in a very well in their jobs because they college setting.” The students, who range from are happy to be working. Many students involved in the mild to severe handicapped, are taught subjects like grooming, pro- program currently work on camfessionalism and the importance pus, in places such as Round Table of good behavior while on the job. Pizza or Carl’s Jr. Some are even The program also offers training placed off campus in locations on nutrition, community safety and such as Goodwill Retail stores and socialization. The main goal for the PROGRAMS 3 students, however, is for them to
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sudden. Iʼll miss it tremendously. It really just breaks my heart.” With the competition of amusement parks and other attractions in the area, deLeon-Cacal said that people just did not budget or plan on visiting Movieland. Its business has been declining in the past years. DeLeon-Cacal first began working at the Wax Museum at Fishermanʼs Wharf in 1979. When Thomas L. Fong bought the Buena Park Museum from Movielandfounder Allen Parkinson in 1985, deLeon-Cacal moved to Southern California to manage it. “All the other museums donʼt even compare to us. We donʼt just place our statues there for people to see. Instead, we place them in sets that replicate the movies they were in,” deLeon-Cacal said. “Itʼs very much different. You donʼt just look at the figures; itʼs like youʼre entering the movie.” As you turn one corner, you can find Gene Kelly swinging from a lamppost and singing in the rain. At another, you walk down a yel-
low-brick road that leads you to Judy Garland, who is dressed as Dorothy and surrounded by her friends from the “Wizard of Oz.” For Fullerton resident Lorraine Mayes, returning to Movieland after all these years is a reminder of how talented the artists were. “I used to take my grandchildren here when there were artists who sat and drew pictures of you,” Mayes said. “The artists of my day were precise and got every angle of the actors.” Mayes said Tom Selleckʼs wax figure was among the best sheʼs seen. Selleck, like many of the actors, visited Movieland and posed with their look-a-likes. DeLeon-Cacal said Selleck not only took a picture with his twin but also with every fan that was there that day. “The weirdest thing for me in all my years of working here was meeting Michael Jackson at 2 a.m. so he could see his newly unveiled WAX 3
National reporter comes to CSUF Correspondent from Fox News speaks on campus to Titans By MARIE O’NEIL Daily Titan Staff
She started off in Washington, D.C., where she worked under David Brinkley at NBC and began a successful journey to Los Angeles, the city her heart was in. Anita Vogel has worked for ABC in Erie, Pa., NBC in Sacramento and Jacksonville, Fla., where she covered local news as a reporter and fill-in anchor. For the past four years she has been a correspondent for Fox News out of Los Angeles. Vogel spoke to a room filled with Cal State Fullerton students Monday to tell them about her experiences.
It took her nine years to get to her current position with the cable station that competes with CNN cable news. “Itʼs sort of a friendly-spirited competition,” Vogel said. “Not everyone is friendly but most [news people] are.” It was valuable to start off in a small market of news, she said. “I wouldnʼt trade it,” Vogel VOGEL 3
New York Times reporter stirs up controversy Judith Miller revered by some, scrutinized for practices in field By AARON BONK Daily Titan Staff
The controversy surrounding Judith Miller, the indicted, jailed and now freed New York Times reporter, continues to swell as her image shifts, for many, from First Amendment media martyr to journalistic outcast. After publishing a long promised account last week of her run-in with federal prosecutors, investigating the leak of CIA agent Valerie
Plame’s identity, Miller’s first-person analysis has raised more questions than answers. Miller, who was jailed for 85 days because she wouldn’t appear before a grand jury investigating the identity leak, was released in September and has since testified. The CIA agent’s identity was revealed to the media just after her diplomat husband, former Ambassador Joseph Wilson, challenged the Bush administration on the existence of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. The investigation is now largely focused on Karl Rove, President Bush’s top advisor, and I. Lewis Libby, Vice President Dick Cheney’s
chief of staff, and their conver- administration’s attempts to silence sations with reporters regarding Wilson, a vocal critic of the war in Plame. Iraq. Rove may face To Miller legal troubles for critics’ chagrin, the article not confiding in the The Times needs does not offer grand jury about his to review Ms. an apology nor talks regarding Plame Miller’s journalist does it explain with Time Magazine practices as soon why she was not reporter Matt Cooper. as possible ... fired from the Libby’s problems paper, despite stem from inconsistencies between his her unwillingByron Calame ness to share and Miller’s testimoNew York Times editor nies. her grand jury Miller’s story, testimonies published last week in the New or notes with editors. Still, others York Times, outlined the reporter’s believe Miller should have been dealings with Libby, and the Bush fired long before, when her errone-
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ous reporting of the existence of weapons of mass destruction prior to the Iraq war all but shamed the “paper of record.” Critics like Greg Mitchell, editor of Editor and Publisher magazine, argue that Miller should be promptly dismissed for crimes against journalism. Other critics contend that Miller, who had reportedly received a waiver from Libby authorizing her to speak up and avoid jail time, deliberately disregarded the note as ambiguous and coerced, thus welcoming a high-profile jail stint. Media pundit Arianna Huffington argues that Miller’s “faux martyrMILLER 3
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Today thru Oct. 31: The annual haunting of the Queen Mary is back. The Halloween Terror Fest goes through the weekends, from 7 p.m. until midnight. Tickets range from $16-$30. For more information, call (562) 435-3511, or contact the TSU Information & Services for possible discounts.
World U.S. military deaths reach 2,000
Today thru Nov. 29: Faculty, staff, students and friends will bowl for eight weeks every Tuesday to win cash prizes in the Titan Pride League. Email recgames@fullerton.edu to reserve a spot or call (714) 2782144.
BAGHDAD, Iraq – The American military death toll in the Iraq war reached 2,000 Tuesday with the announcements of three more deaths, including an Army sergeant who died of wounds at a military hospital in Texas and two Marines killed last week in fighting west of Baghdad. The 2,000 mark was reached amid growing doubts among the American public about the Iraq conflict, launched in March 2003 to destroy Saddam Husseinʼs alleged weapons of mass destruction. None was ever found.
Today thru Saturday: “Orphan Muses” is playing at the Grand Central Theater on 125 N. Broadway in Santa Ana. For dates, times and ticket prices, call (714) 278-3371.
Tourists battle to leave Mexico
CANCUN, Mexico – Thousands of haggard tourists, fed up after five days in hot and dirty emergency shelters, battled for airline and bus seats out of Mexicoʼs hurricane-battered Caribbean resorts on Tuesday. Officials said they still had no solid estimate of the damage caused by Hurricane Wilma, which lashed the coastline Friday and Saturday and wiped out the heart of Mexicoʼs $11 billion foreign tourism industry, even washing away Cancunʼs famed white beaches.
Today thru Nov. 4: An exhibition of student artwork is on isplay for the TSU Student Art Show. Titans can find these exhibits at the TSU Center, Atrium, and Plaza galleries. For more information, call (714) 278-3085.
Nation Bush tries to revive war support
Tonight: 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. The cost is $12. For more information, call the Fullerton Museum Center, (714) 738-6545.
WASHINGTON – President Bush tried Tuesday to begin reviving U.S. support for the war in Iraq and reinvigorating his troubled presidency as the U.S. military death toll topped 2,000. “I know this is a trying time for our military spouses,” Bush said at a Joint Armed Forces Officer Wivesʼ luncheon at Bolling Air Force Base. “Weʼve lost some of our nationʼs finest men and women in the war on terror.”
Recovery from Wilma begins
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Repair crews across Florida struggled Tuesday to restore electricity to up to 6 million people, reopen the regionʼs airports and replace countless windows blown out of downtown high-rises during Hurricane Wilmaʼs ruinous dash across the state. Officials said it could take weeks for Floridaʼs most heavily populated region – the Miami, Fort Lauderdale and West Palm Beach area – to return to normal.
Bush Admin. drops ʻBunker-Busterʼ
WASHINGTON – The Bush administration has abandoned research into a nuclear “bunker-buster” warhead, deciding instead to pursue a similar device using conventional weaponry, a key Republican senator said Tuesday. Sen. Pete Domenici, R-N.M., said funding for the nuclear bunker-buster as part of the Energy Departmentʼs fiscal 2006 budget has been dropped at the departmentʼs request.
Local Cityʼs unpaid debt causes work PLACENTIA – Train whistles wonʼt be silenced until the city pays the Burlington Northern Santa Fe railroad up to $200,000 for work on an underpass. The railroad refuses to install improved crossing gates under the “quiet zone” project until the debt is paid. Itʼs the latest in a series of delays dogging the effort launched four years ago when the railroad stopped honoring a voluntary whistle ban. Reports compiled from The Associated Press
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Matt Smith, a junior crafts major, holds a scuplture mold during a process called “lost wax metal casting” during an advanced sculpture class Tuesday afternoon. The metal casting process is used by heating a wax sculpture that is covered with plaster or clay mold, heated, and then flled with metal.
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Oct. 23 1924: The first radio network broadcast to the West Coast allowed listeners in California, Oregon and Washington to hear then U.S. President Calvin Coolidge dedicate the Chamber of Commerce building in Washington, D.C. 1956: In Budapest, students and workers demonstrated against Soviet domination and Communist rule. Oct. 24 1901: Anna Edson Taylor goes over Niagara Falls in a wooden
barrel, initiating a long running stunt tradition. 1945: The United Nations comes into existence. Oct. 25 1960: The worldʼs first electronic wristwatch goes on sale. 1971: The Peopleʼs Republic of China joined the United Nations, replacing the nationalist government of Taiwan. Oct. 26 1825: The Erie Canal officially opened, providing overland water transportation between the East Coast and the Great Lakes region. Oct. 27 1904: The New York subway system opened for business.
1994: The U.S. prison population tops one million for the first time in American history Oct. 28 1636: The college that would later be known as Harvard University was founded by an act of the General Court of Massachusetts Bay Colony. 1886: The Statue of Liberty was formally dedicated by the then President Grover Cleveland. Oct. 29 1929: The stock market crashed, starting the Great Depression. 1991: The American space probe Galileo took the first closeup photograph of an asteroid in space. --Compiled from Encarta.com
Thursday: ASI, along with Intramural Sports, is sponsoring a 5K Ghost Run/Walk at the intramural fields. Cost is $10. For more information, call (714) 278-5869. Friday: Ground breaking for the Steven G Mihaylo Hall will take place at 3:30 p.m. For more information, call (714) 278-4869. Friday thru Sunday: “Anything Goes” is playing in the Little Theater of the Performing Arts Building. For more information, call (714) 278-3371. Friday thru Sunday: The Arboretum is hosting “Haunted Gardens,” family friendly Halloween themed tours through the arboretum at night. For prices and times, call (714) 278-3579. All events are free and on campus unless otherwise indicated. To have a specific entry added to the calendar section, please send an email to news@dailytitan.com.
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dom” was staged, in part, for an attractive book deal. New York Times public editor, Byron Calame, wrote Sunday, “The Times needs to review Ms. Miller’s journalistic practices as soon as possible, especially because she disputes some accounts of her conduct that have come to light since the leak investigation began.” The paper’s ombudsman went on to say that “an update of the rules for the granting of anonymity in The Times’ ethics guidelines by Allan M. Siegal, the standards editor, may also be a good idea.” But not all are quick to chastise the Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter, who spent nearly three months behind bars. Miller was embraced two weeks ago by the California First Amendment Coalition at Cal State Fullerton where she spoke and presented an award for W. Mark Felt, the former FBI agent better known as “Deep Throat.” Peter Scheer, executive director of the California First Amendment Coalition, said the “attacks” on Miller by fellow journalists are regrettable. The unintended consequences may be Congress’ abandoning efforts to pass the proposed federal shield law – a law designed to protect journalists’ sources in federal judicial proceedings. The legal issue at hand is whether reporters have a special privilege, not shared by civilians, to ignore subpoenas. The current law is based on the 1972 Branzburg v. Hayes decision, which found that the First
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California Pizza Kitchen. Paul Asazadejpakdee, a manager of the California Pizza Kitchen in Brea, said that Transition Program students do well in their jobs. “They’re always smiling and their work ethic is very good,” Asazadejpakdee said. “They contribute a lot for us and help out our team every morning by doing rollups.” Paid employment is not the only option available to the Transition
Amendment affords reporters no such special privilege. Despite the case findings, most courts continue to extend various privileges to reporters. Scheer said it’s time to give Miller the benefit of the doubt; the privilege not to testify belongs to the source and not the reporter. Once freed from confidentiality, Miller had no choice but to testify. “It is a privilege what reporters get,” said CSUF professor Genelle Belmas, an expert in First Amendment rights and media law. “This situation has deluded support for a federal shield law.” “Miller testified because he [Libby] said she could. By doing that, she made the shield law moot. Many were proud when she went to the mat,” Belmas said, referring to Miller’s jail sentence. Now many are stigmatizing Miller as a sellout, Belmas said. “I have trouble saying she sold out though … I’ve never sat in jail for 85 days, but she’s still not the ideal poster child for us,” Belmas said. “There’s a lot of pressure on reporters, but they shouldn’t give up their ethics.” At the national conference of the Society of Professional Journalists last week, Miller said, “Ultimately we protect sources so people will come forth – so people will know.” She received a standing ovation when she was presented with the society’s First Amendment award. During Miller’s speech, she defended her reporting and her decision to go to jail. Miller said she “could not risk a fishing expedition into all my intelligence sources.” Program graduates. They also have the opportunity to attend community college. Though Vega is excited to have a paying job through the program, she hopes one day to have a “regular” job. “I’d like to work at Big Lots,” she said. “I’d like to staple tags and put clothes on hangers.” Like any working, college student, she puts her hard earned money to good use. “I like to go shopping, a lot,” Vega said with excitement. “It’s my favorite thing.”
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wax figure,” deLeon-Cacal said. “He actually gave us his own clothes to use for his statue. He was very nice.” Many of the wax figures wear clothes either worn by the actual actors in the movies or replicated from the same pattern and materials. For instance, Garbo wears a blue ball gown from her 1933 movie “Queen Christina.” The dress cost $35,000 and took 125 hours to make. “Ever since the closing, we have been so busy with [locals] coming in to see the place,” deLeon-Cacal said. “People have been coming in and apologizing for not visiting us.” Mayes son-in-law – Lauri Buch, a 1975 CSUF alumnus – decided to bring his 20-year-old son to see the
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“Blacks had been fighting for civil rights since they were brought to America,” Gathaiga said. “They just needed a place to unite all the elements that [would] peg the actions for the beginning of the Civil Rights Movement.” With the help of E. D. Nixon of the Alabama chapter of the National Association for the
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said. “When you get to a bigger market itʼs easier because you have the tools.” It takes a lot of practice and mistakes in broadcast journalism, she said, and itʼs better to make mistakes at a smaller market. Fox News in Los Angeles mostly covers the western region unless there is a major story with a national angle like Hurricane Katrina, Vogel said. Vogel was in New Orleans covering Hurricane Katrina during the aftermath of the storm. She interviewed evacuees that were waiting to eat and get treated for varying medical conditions by the
place before it goes. “Itʼs one of those things that you have to see,” Mayes said. Mayes said it is a shame that Movieland is closing, but agrees that it just may not be an attraction for young people today. “People like new things and getting them done fast with computers and all,” Mayes said. “That is just the way things are going and this just might not be part of it anymore.” That may be the case, at least here in Southern California. After Movielandʼs final day on Halloween, the figurines will be sent to the San Francisco museum. As for deLeon-Cacal, she gets a chance to take time and pursue studying law. “I will miss this place tremendously and all my experiences in it,” she said with a sigh, “but it gives me a chance to focus on my law career.”
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In 1962 Mary Pickford, silent film “sweetheart,” helped open the Movieland Wax Museum in Buena Park. After 43 years, the museum is closing due to a decline in business in the recent years.
Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and Jo Anne Robinson of the Women’s Political Council, Parks launched a one-day bus boycott. As a result of the immediate support of the community, Parks, Martin Luther King Jr, Nixon, and other black leaders formed the Montgomery Improvement Association, which formally organized the Montgomery Bus Boycott of 1955-1956.
In an e-mailed statement released by Republican House Speaker Dennis Hastert, he said that Parks stood up for what was right by refusing to physically stand up for what was wrong. “Like American heroes before her, she created a lasting legacy as the first lady of the civil rights movement and the mother of the freedom movement,” Hastert said. While many only remember Parks for her courageous stance
against segregation, she was also a philanthropist. She formed the Rosa and Raymond Parks Institution for Self Development, an organization that encourages youth to reach their highest potential. While Parks – an activist, philanthropist and a great humanitarian – will be missed, her contribution to American history will never be forgotten.
Salvation Army and local medical specialists. The conditions after the storm were hard to believe, Vogel said, adding later that as a reporter her job is to tell the story and she must try to remain uninvolved emotionally. “Itʼs hard to do, but you have a job to do so you remain professional,” Vogel said. “As insensitive as that may seem, thatʼs the reality of news.” Incidentally there were no bathrooms where Vogel was covering the story on Hurricane Katrina so she had to make sure she didnʼt eat or drink much while on location. She would go to the bathroom hours before she got there. “[The job] is hard, but you donʼt
have a choice,” she said, adding that she lost about 5 or 6 pounds while reporting in New Orleans. Everyday as a correspondent Vogel attends meetings each morning for 45 minutes, where everyone on staff pitches stories, she said. The rest of her day is filled with searching Web sites for a good news story and news in general. “Weʼre looking for stories with a national angle,” she said. Live shots and satellite interviews are also a big part of her daily routine at Fox News. The aspect of TV news that Vogel doesnʼt enjoy is that it may become too much like a news show. “Part of television is entertain-
ment,” she said. “Youʼll find that you will do things that are sensationalized … thatʼs sort of the nature of the beast.” Vogel stressed the importance of writing skills and added that a reporter must be determined and definitely not shy. “You have to able to talk to people,” she said. “You have to be able to write and process the story quickly.” Keeping up with the news is a never-ending job and her weekends are filled with watching the news and reading the newspaper. “Itʼs really hard to be a journalist. Youʼre working long hours. You have to admire these journalists churning out stories,” Vogel said.
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Word on the street What was your best Halloween costume?
“I was a crash test dummy in fifth or sixth grade.”
“Iʼve never really dressed up for Halloween before.”
–Rory Wright, sophomore, business management
–Joanna Yang, sophomore, business
“I was a mammogram booth last year. This year, Iʼm going to be a Hooterʼs application.”
–Steve Nelson, sophomore, kinesiology
“When I was 10, I was a lion. I had the face paint and everything.”
–Karen Bardsley, junior, art
Photos and quotes compiled by Ashley Majeski, Daily Titan Staff
Cannibalism cures world hunger cravings Jeff cares
N o r m a l l y, I confine my humble perspective to the far reaches of whatever county I happen to inhabit, and that has Jeff Klima been all well Daily Titan and good for Humor Columnist Orange County. But today, Iʼm thinking and acting globally. The word of the day, week, month and year is cannibalism. It might not seem like much, a mere five-syllable word, but let me tell you: This word is the answer to at least one major world problem, maybe two. World hunger, especially in “developing nations,” is a serious problem. I know this because they interrupt my television programming to tell me that “just 70 cents a day” will save a starving boy or girl of my choice. And then they parade the little malnourished buggers out like it was Disneyland or something.
I tell you, that sort of suffering cracks my big heart right open, but Iʼll be damned if I send in my “70 cents a day” because Iʼve got a nasty gut feeling that my money will just go towards making more TV commercials that interrupt my non-malnourished lifestyle. Of course, I canʼt just leave the starving punks out in the dark, can I? Why should they eat flies when I eat filet mignon? Of course being in college, I can tell you Iʼve eaten my share of flies in lieu of filet mignon. So as I said, I thought globally. And I came up with cannibalism. At first, people will roll their eyes, shudder or smile and say, “Oh, that Klima.” But I am dead serious on this one, folks. If you were living out in the middle of nowhere with nothing but disease, death, famine and war (yes, the four horsemen and not just a Metallica tune, dude), would you eat pretty much whatever you could to stay alive? It isnʼt like they have the option of Funyuns or spleen, Jack. Theyʼve got a choice between nothing and crickets. Hopefully, I have stressed enough in this short space the
value of some good meat, no matter where it comes from. If not, let me put it this way: We would never eat a cat, but Asian cultures do it regularly. Indian cultures would never eat a cow, but guess what Iʼm eating right now? It is all a matter of perspective. You would eat human, too, if given the choice between leg or death. But who or what should these starving children of the world eat? Two words: Old people. Iʼm not talking about grabbing old people off the street. No, that would be weird. What I am talking about are voluntary death donors. Some of you have stickers on your driverʼs license that effectively mean, “When I die, do what you will with my body.” Hell, they can use your ears to balance out the morgue oven. Obviously, you can specify where you want the goods to go, but that is a limiting waste. With my scenario, needy donor people can still get your organs, but all your muscle mass and tissue and what not can belong to the good people of the world. It is going to cost money for me to grind up old people into toler-
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able shapes (you didnʼt think I was just going to send over a bunch of freeze-dried hands, did you?), keep them frozen during transport across the world, and serve them up to the starving children of wherever. This is where you, the students of the California University System, come in. If every student in California sends me just 70 cents a day – that is less than $30 a month, people – we can eliminate the fear of world hunger forever. Our slogan? “Bite the hand to feed you.” That or “Give a healthy hand to a hungry man.” Whatever. Make your checks payable to J-E-F-F K-L-I-M-A. Jeff Klima is a Cal State Fullerton senior majoring in communications and radio-TV-film. His column appears every Wednesday in the Daily Titan. To contact him, e-mail opinion@dailytitan.com
It has been almost 50 years since Rosa Louise McCauley, better known as Rosa Parks, stood up for equality and humanity by sitting down. Because by now, the story of what happened that fateful December day has been ingrained into the minds of all American students who have studied history. However, some historians have incorrectly stated that the Alabaman seamstress refused to move out of her seat and give it to a white bus passenger because her feet hurt, not because she was a revolutionary. This prompted her to correct the misconceptions in 1992: “The real reason of my not standing up was I felt that I had a right to be treated as any other passenger. We had endured that kind of treatment for too long.” Others have also complained that if Parks didnʼt rebel, someone else wouldʼve stood up for black rights, a statement that completely demeans her struggles and efforts. Though many people in the five decades since Rosa Parkʼs famous arrest have spread rumors and speculated about her actual contribution to the Civil Rights Movement, we at the Daily Titan recognize the true legendary figure that Parks really was. Parks, who passed away from natural causes on
Monday evening, wasnʼt called the “mother of the civil rights movement” because of one fateful incident on a Montgomery bus. Even before, after and throughout the famous oneyear bus boycott - sparked in thanks to Parksʼ courage - she did more than her part for the movement. For example, she was the secretary for the local chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People; a mentor to Detroitʼs youth with her Rosa and Raymond Parks Institute for Self Development; a speaker at the Million Man March; and a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the Congressional Gold Medal and an NAACP Image Award. For a woman whoʼs done so much for all Americans whether black, white or whatever color - Parks and her legacy have not been treated very well. Parks also didnʼt have an easy life even after making headlines and fueling the fire for the Civil Rights Movement. She had to move to Detroit from Alabama after constantly being threatened and harassed. And most recently, she was engaged in a battle with hiphop group OutKast for a song using her name. To taint her legacy with doubts and speculations is wrong on so many levels.
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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“Iʼve been here for four years now and weʼve never been there. from page 8 I want to get a new experi“I wasnʼt doing well during the ence different from the Big West beginning of this season because Tour,” Wilson said. “I want I wasnʼt scoring as many goals to make it further than that. I as I should,” Wilson said. “I want to go to the NCAA tournawas missing lots of shots, but ment.” Off the field, Wilson is known by getting the award, it got my for having a great sense of confidence up a bit.” Khosroshahin said she has humor. “Kandace loves to dance, even played consistently this year and has been looking for her team- at practice and warm up. When mates on the field. Wilson has thereʼs music, youʼll see her four assists on the season. dancing,” Dokulil said. “Sheʼs “The more a good friend, she looks for very loyal and I don’t like getting her teammates[she] doesnʼt the more opporlike drama.” pushed around. If I tunity sheʼs She may get pushed around, going to have,” not like I’ll push harder. Khosroshahin drama, but said. donʼt mess With a backwith her durKandace Wilson ground running ing a game. Fullerton Forward track, Wilson Her physical play on said her speed the field has is the quality earned her a career-high five yelthat helps her most in games. “Itʼs always really good to low cards this season. “I donʼt like getting pushed have someone who has her speed up top. That really helps around. If I get pushed around, a lot and as a player,” said junior Iʼll push harder,” said Wilson, teammate Emmy Dokulil, who who sat out the first regular seahas played soccer with Wilson son game of her career Sunday against UC Davis to atone for since they were young. “Her speed is something that her penalties. Even without Wilson or senior helps our team so much. We have a lot of fast girls on our defensive standout Marlene team but no one can even stay Sandoval in the lineup, the with Kandace, “ Dokulil said. Titans still came away with a 4-1 “Sheʼs one of the most athletic victory, improving their overall record to 13-3-0 on the season. people I know.” Wilson understandably didnʼt Wilson has played in the Big West Conference Tournament score any goals on Sunday, but each of her four years at Fullerton, the win brought the senior one but her wish is to make it to the step closer to her ultimate goal – an NCAA title for the team. NCAA College Cup.
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Junior defender Erica Janke breaks away from UC Davis freshman Stephanie Schmidt during the Titan’s 4-1 win over the Aggies last Sunday at Titan Stadium. Currently in second place in the Big West Conference, the Titans (13-3-0) play Long Beach State on Friday and UC Irvine on Sunday.
Titans prepare to ‘take care of business’ Fullerton focused on strong finish against Long Beach, Irvine By JUAN ACEVES Daily Titan Staff
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Kandace Wilson watches intently as the Titans take down UC Davis, 4-1, on Sunday at Titan Stadium.
The Big West Conference is within No. 21-ranked Fullertonʼs grip after UC Irvine played spoiler this past weekend. The Anteaters beat No. 25-ranked Long Beach State, 2-0, and tied UC Riverside (10-3-3), 1-1. Now, the Anteaters (5-11-1, 1-4-1) have a chance to spoil the Titansʼ chance for the title this Friday when they visit Titan Stadium for the final regular season home game. Not that the Titans are worried. Titans Head Coach Ali Khosroshahin said consistency is a factor for the upcoming games. “We are going to do what weʼve been doing all year long,” Khosroshahin said. “Weʼve been real consistent with whatʼs been going on in training.” The Titans are coming off a 41 victory against non-conference opponent UC Davis, a match that
showcased the depth of Fullertonʼs goal against Long Beach State and bench in the absence of three start- the tying goal against UCR. ers: Defender Marlene Sandoval, While the Anteaters prepare for forward Kandace Wilson and their final game of the season, goalkeeper Karen Bardsley. the Titans are looking ahead to a “We have so much depth in our possible postseason run at the Big team,” said forward Erin Shelton, West Conference Tournament and who scored her third goal of the possibly the NCAA Tournament. season on Sunday. “Everybody on “We are looking at [these our team is stepping up and doing games] the same way, one game what they need to do.” at a time,” Shelton said. “We have One of the Titans that stepped Irvine, and then we have Long up was Erica Beach. Weʼve Peschken. The prepared the freshman scored same way for We have so much the first two goals every game depth in our team. of her career durthis year.” Everybody on our ing the contest. Long Beach team is stepping F o r w a r d State is considered to be Lauryn Welch up and doing what in the race for also added a goal they need to do. the Big West and an assist in title, but the the victory. Erin Shelton loss against the Overall, the Fullerton Forward Anteaters on Titans lead the Friday makes series against the their road a Anteaters, 5-4-2, a team lead primarily by freshmen little bumpier. Although it was only the 49erʼs and sophomores. Three of UC Irvineʼs five lead- second conference loss of the seaing scorers are freshmen, includ- son, it has them sitting on nine ing freshman forward Megan conference points, three behind Ortiz, who has six goals and three Fullerton (12) and five behind the assists this season. Highlanders (14). Ortiz scored the second Anteater Mathematically, Long Beach
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State still has a chance to take first place, but must win both of its final regular season games against UCR and Fullerton and hope one of those teams loses at least one game. The winner of the Big West title earns home-field advantage during the conference tournament, which runs from Nov. 4-6. “The games are important,” Titan defender Erica Janke said. “Every game is important, no matter the team.” “Hopefully, we put those games away, we take first [place] and keep it going,” Janke said. The 49ers have the second best winning percentage (.735) of the conference behind Fullerton (.813), but the Big West standings are based on conference play, not on overall play. Long Beach State is led by forward Kim Solis who has scored 10 goals this season. She is one of only four 49ers to reach the feat. The 49er defense has also recorded a school-record nine shutouts this season. “We need to care of business,” Shelton said. “Our goal is to get into the NCAA tournament.”
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With her blend of mental maturity and physical prowess, Kandace Wilson is used to leading her team in scoring. When the senior forward needed to step up as a leader of the team, she embraced it as a the first step to reaching her ultimate goal: An NCAA championship. By LISAJOYCE VERGARA Daily Titan Staff
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On most afternoons, senior forward Kandace Wilson can be seen dribbling the ball with a few of her teammates from the Cal State Fullerton womenʼs soccer team on the grass of Titan Stadium. With the wind in her hair and the sun beaming down, she is determined to score. The same determination has led her to a successful four-year career with the Titans. “I was never a follower and I always try to do my own thing, and if it works, it works,” Wilson said of her playing style on the field. The senior has been the leading scorer for Head Coach Ali Khosroshahin each of the four years she has played for him. This season, the Khosroshahin has watched Wilson mature into a leader of his No. 21ranked team. “I think thereʼs never been a question about Kandaceʼs talent. Her work ethic, discipline and her desire to help her teammates look better is what is setting her apart now,” Khosroshahin said. Wilson said she didnʼt understand what the
coaches expected from her during her freshman season. Khoroshahin remembers a practice this season when Wilson yelled at the freshmen to pay attention and work hard. “To me, that is the most memorable thing from her because thatʼs what weʼve been yelling at her for three years,” Khoroshahin said. “Itʼs good. It shows her maturity and growth this year being concerned with what is happening with the game and in practices.” Wilson has always been an offensive asset to the Titans. She has scored 33 goals in 69 games for Fullerton and is a fixture among the leaders of various offensive categories in the Big West Conference. “It feels good that Iʼve been helping out,” Wilson said. “Soccer is not just an individual sport, itʼs a team sport. With me, being able to score a lot of goals for the team and helping them out feels good.” Last month, she was named Big West Most Valuable Offensive Player, an award she also received for her play senior year at Walnut High School. WILSON
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