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Wildlife habitats have changed as stateʼs population has grown By BRYAN BARNETT Daily Titan Staff
James Marshall, a construction worker, spotted the first shiny speckles of gold dotting the floor of Californiaʼs American River more than 150 years ago. He bent over the icy waters and reached into its depths, pull-
ing out the future of California, clutching it tightly. For more than 800 animal species it was a dark, foreboding future. The discovery of gold sparked a massive influx of people into the state, and the growth has continued. In the past decade, development of certain areas of California has peaked, and the pollution caused by its new residents has imperiled more than 800 animal species, according to a two-year government study released last week. “We looked at region by region and we found that the main factor
here is development,” said coauthor David Bunn of UC Davis in a report. Bunn, as project manager for the Wildlife Health Center, manages many different conservation jobs for the state. His work deals with animals, such as mountain lions and sea otters, that are on the verge of endangerment. But for Bunn, this particular project was a chance to secure millions of dollars from the state and federal governments to save the California wildlife. More than half of the 800 species in jeop-
ardy cannot be found anywhere else in the world. Bunn and his 12-person team met with conservation experts, water agency workers, farmers and other groups from nine regions of California to compile the nearly 500-page report. The results offer specific goals for each region of the state to help conserve habitat and species, especially in rapidly urbanizing areas. “For example, the Riverside region has a lot of biodiversity but a lot of growth as well,”
Bunn said, adding that growth has already peaked in much of Orange County. In Marshallʼs time, grassland covered 25 percent of Californiaʼs landscape, and hundreds of species of birds used the pristine locales lining the coast as layovers on their annual migratory flights from Canada to South America. Today, less than 1 percent of the original grasslands remain, WILDLIFE 3
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Putting AIDS on radar Changes made to Campaign promotes safe sex, knowledge about sexual diseases By PAUL SAIEDI For the Daily Titan
A campaign to cover safe-sex issues and AIDS prevention is held this year on campus in freshman-level classes and in residence halls. Thursday, CSUFʼs Health Center will host a World AIDS Day celebration to promote abstinence and safe sex in front of the Titan Walkway from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. “During the campaign last year, the slogan we ran was, ʻHey Titan, Cover Your Trunk,ʼ” said Mary Herman, director of health education and promotion at CSUF. The number of low-income black and Latino women infected with AIDS is on the rise in Orange County, Herman said. An increase in the number of people getting tested for HIV and AIDS caused a drop in the number of people tested for other sexually-transmitted diseases such as herpes, syphilis and gonorrhea, she said. This caused the number of sexually-transmitted-disease cases to rise and focused attention
away from HIV and AIDS issues, access HIV care and treatment. Herman said. Minorities may encounter socio“AIDS is not on peopleʼs radar economic and cultural barriers to educational and preventive servicscreen anymore,” she said. State health officials in August es, primary care and treatment and reported 138,198 cases of HIV access to costly drug therapies, and AIDS in California and 6,637 said Dr. Dennis T. Wong, the physician who ran the analysis. in Orange County. “Our objective before and after Orange County has the fifth highest number of HIV and AIDS the analysis is the same, to provide cases, trailing Los Angeles, San the drugs these people need and Francisco, San Diego and Alameda cannot get a hold of,” said Kathy Russell, section counties. chief of the AIDS HIV, human During the camDrug Assistance immunodeficiency paign last year, Program. virus, weakens the There are 17 immune system the slogan was, kinds of antiand can lead to ‘Hey Titan, Cover HIV drugs that AIDS. Your Trunk.’ are given in varyStudents can Mary Herman ing combinations receive an HIV Director of health as standard care, test at Cal State education and promotion Lange said. Fullerton for $16. The AIDS In Orange Drug Assistance County, many facilities provide confidential HIV Program can be accessed at over testing and treatment options, 230 sites offering enrollment, eligibility and screening. Herman said. Every state offers drug-assisThe AIDS Drug Assistance Program provides medication tance services for people with and treatment for 128,078 low- AIDS, but California has one income HIV and AIDS patients in of the most generous, providing help for anyone making less than California. A February analysis of the AIDS $50,000 a year, Russell said. The AIDS Drug Assistance Drug Assistance Program by the California Department of Health Program was established in 1987 Services said it might be more and has an operating budget of difficult for blacks and Latinos to $265 million for 2006.
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CPR guidelines Methods ʻimprove victimsʼ chancesʼ of surviving heart attacks By CARMELLIA MUNGUIA Daily Titan Staff
The American Heart Association on Monday released new guidelines and recommendations for medical personnel to perform CPR. Implementing new guidelines will not occur overnight, but with the changes, medical professionals will have to learn new skills. Sergio Islas, a communications director at the American Heart Association in Los Angeles, said there is no need for the layperson to update his or her existing certification. However, once the person is up for renewal, he or she should receive training based on the new guidelines. The new regulations are mainly for medical personnel and professionals. The changes are to “improve the victimsʼ chances of recovery and to simplify teaching CPR skills.”
At the Cal State Fullerton Childrenʼs Center all master teachers and major staffers are certified to perform CPR, cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Betsy Gibbs, director of the Childrenʼs Center, said all certified personnel will update their CPR certificates in January, when new staffers and parents are trained. According to the heart associationʼs Web site, abnormal heart rhythm is the most common cause of cardiac arrest. Tom Mercier, a registered nurse and regional faculty member for the association, said there are two types of CPR, one that is performed by the layman and one performed by the medical professional. The layman is sometimes uncomfortable with mouth-to-mouth resuscitation, but it is better to compress the chest than nothing at all. The Associated Press reported that about 75 percent to 80 percent of all cardiac arrests outside a hospital happen at home, and effective CPR can double a victimʼs chance of survival. CPR 4
Students can get ahead with leadership program Classes offer campus involvement, career training, diversity By VALERIE SWAYNE Daily Titan Staff
While most Cal State Fullerton students are looking forward to a break at the end of the semester, others are planning for spring internships and extracurricular activities. “Thereʼs a lot of competitiveness out there,” said Cynthia Viramontes, a fourth-year communications major. “The more prepared you are,
the less stress youʼll have.” With help from the Student Leadership Institute, students can breathe a bit easier. The Student Leadership Institute started at CSUF in 1992 as an introductory skill-building program. Originally part of Greek Life activities, its success allowed it to expand to serve the entire campus community. Each semester, 40 CSUF faculty and staff members volunteer their time to give students presentations on various self-development topics such as time management. There were 227 applicants in the beginning of the fall semester, but only 170 completed the programʼs
orientation. “One of our challenges is to find ways for students to commit to the workshops,” said Kevin McGinnis, coordinator of the leadership program. The program recruits students from New Student Orientation, classroom presentations and table displays at different colleges on campus. Looking for a way to get involved on campus, Viramontes signed up for the Student Leadership Institute after seeing it on the Dean of Students Web site. In her first year at CSUF, she completed the certificate tracks in Peer Education and University
Leadership. “SLI motivated me even more to seek more leadership roles on campus and be involved in school,” Viramontes said. After completing the Public Service and Non-Profit and Career Leadership tracks in her second year, she worked as the marketing coordinator for the program and founded a club in the fall of 2004 as a way to bring fellow and former leadership students together. Since her involvement in the program, Viramontes feels the leadership skills she learned will benefit her when sheʼs job hunting in the future. “One thing I learned in SLI is
how to present myself to employers in interviews,” she said. “Also, handling conflict is important because you have to deal with different people in the workforce.” Director of the Student Leadership Institute Susan Amdahl first became involved with the program as a participant in Educating Myself for Better Racial Awareness and Cultural Enrichment. “That was really eye opening. It allowed me to become familiar with other cultures and identify with my own culture,” she said. The program offers a “safe environment where people can dive into LEADERSHIP 4