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Gallery shows world culture TSU exhibit displays student-made glass work, headdresses By JENNY STAR LOR Daily Titan Staff
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Glasswork, headdresses and jewelry exhibits are featured in the Center and Plaza galleries until Dec. 15 in the Titan Student Union. Edanna Politoske – who has 16 pieces, including exquisite headdresses and jewelry, in the Center gallery – said she spent about a year working on the project. Titled “Form, Function, and Ascetic,” the exhibit stems from Politoskeʼs fascination with cultures from all over the world. “Flipping through cultural books, Iʼll see a headdress that strikes me, and Iʼll go from there,” the anthropology and crafts major said. Politoske said creating the headdresses and jewelry were strenuous work. “Because the work required a lot of hammering, my hands would get swollen,” she said. “Iʼd work on about three pieces at a time, and it took me a couple months to complete.” According to Politoskeʼs artist statement, she uses fabrics from silver sheet or wire along with handmade paper or rubber tubing to create her pieces. Following the techniques of other cultures, Politoske looks to incorporate contemporary themes in traditional jewelry and crafts. “Some of the pieces are created by using traditional design motifs but fabricating the item out of nontraditional materials,” Politoske said in her artist statement. Hoping to get viewers to think beyond themselves, Politoske wants people to visit her exhibit and to leave with what they see. “The work is a hint of culture in a modern stance,” Politoske said. “I want viewers to take part in what theyʼve learned, to see the culture in a contemporary view.” Professor John Leighton will exhibit glasswork of his undergraduate and graduate students in the Plaza Gallery of the TSU. “Group Glass Show” features about 20 pieces of cast glasswork from undergraduate and graduate students of Leightonʼs class. According to the Web site of Schott in North America, a special glass and glass-related sysEXHIBIT 3
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Christina House disguises herself similarly to a fake ID. Using fake identification is common among underage people trying to get into bars.
Little card, big price: Titans emptying wallets for fakes
Underage students ready to pay high cost for new identity By DANICA HART Daily Titan Staff
For many students, turning 21 doesnʼt come quickly enough. Having a fake identification card these days is like having a student ID – pretty common. The resources for getting a fake ID are all around. There are various Web sites, and thereʼs usually a booth at local swap meets that makes IDs for “fun.”
Most of the time, getting a fake ID happens through the people you know. “I got my ID through a friend of a friend of a friend,” said communications major Jessica. The last names of students with fake IDs are being withheld. According to Jessica, thereʼs a guy who attends USC who makes “awesome fake IDs.” He also allegedly specializes in making USC parking permits as well. The average waiting list for his services is about a month. When Jessica got in line for her ID, there were already six people ahead of her.
TV providers urged to allow purchase of individual channels By AARON BONK Daily Titan Staff
The Federal Communications Commission sided with consumers last week, stating that both cable and satellite television providers should offer more “familyfriendly” programming and allow customers the option to purchase
channels separately instead of in bundles. For nearly seven hours on Nov. 29, cable, satellite, network and family organization representatives met with congressional and FCC officials in hopes of resolving indecency problems with television. Although most cable and satellite television systems allow parents the option of blocking out unwanted channels, at the hearing, FCC Chairman Kevin Martin said, “You can always turn the television off, and of course block the channels you donʼt want, but why should
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you have to?” Senate Commerce Committee Co-Chairman Daniel K. Inouye also warned providers at the hearing, “If you donʼt come up with an answer, we will.” In addition to warning entertainment providers to clean up their acts, Martin, who took over as head of the FCC in March, also suggested cable and satellite retailers offer channels “a la carte.” A variation upon what Congress has already recommended in the past, Martin proposed allowing consumers the option to build their own bundles
of channels. “This is how it should be,” said Jon Spackman, a Cal State Fullerton psychology student and home theater installation professional. “I donʼt think the cable and satellite providers realize it, but they would probably sell more channels if they just let their customers choose and build their own packages.” Spackman, who installs and maintains satellite equipment, compared the current system of
High costs of Orange County homes scares off first-time buyers
the price increase, he said. However, it still is not too late for students or new graduates to think about buying homes. He advises first-time homebuyers to purchase a home with one or two other people, just to get in the market. By purchasing a home with someone, it would make it more affordable. Willie Staten, a Cal State Fullerton psychology student who is also a real estate agent, said he bought a triplex in Tulare County. “I bought the property for $237,000,” Staten said. “ I plan on renting it out.” Staten said he bought the property in Tulare County because the
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Orange County home buyers are often intimidated by the high prices of the real estate market in the area.
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clubs. After one whole year of effortless entry into bars, 20 year-old Jessica finally got her ID taken away at Back Alley in downtown Fullerton. The ID scanned and passed the black-light test, but the bouncer wasnʼt satisfied. After refusing to let her in the bar, he told her that if the ID was real, they would mail it back to her. Much to Jessicaʼs dismay the bouncer called her bluff. He told her that if she wanted it back right then, she would have to
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His asking price for the finished product was $300. The customers would provide $150 up front and pay the rest when they got the card. Jessica says that he works out of his parentsʼ house in Moreno Valley and has all the latest hightech equipment. He had the blue background set up to take photos; he also had customers sign a piece of paper with a ballpoint pen and he would then scan it onto the ID so it matched perfectly, she said. Jessicaʼs ID scanned just like a normal ID and passed the blacklight test at all of the bars and
The Orange County real estate market is still on the move, said Bruce Greenberg, a realtor at First Team Real Estate in Fullerton who specializes in North Orange County. “Our demand is increasing every year, and the supply of homes is low,” Greenberg said. The median home price in Orange County in October was $701,000, Greenberg said. The market has lost some first-time buyers because of
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