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College looks to keep up with increasing demand for classes
dents are unable to enroll in the classes they need. Many students are arguing that they are forced to complete their degree in five years By Cindy Tullues due to the poor class availDaily Titan Staff Writer ability and not by choice. “We need more teachers to teach more classes,” said With approximately business student Brandon 8,000 business students and Tarnow. “They should offer six departments, the Cal more night classes so that State Fullerton College of business majors can work Business and Economics is during business hours to get rated as Californiaʼs largest the necessary experience accredited business school. they need.” But the college struggles The beginning of the to keep up with classroom semester set a new spring demand. Professors and stu- enrollment record. Statistics dents are patiently waiting show that over 32,500 stufor the fall 2008 opening of dents were enrolled at CSUF on the first day of school. Mihaylo Hall. Currently the business Nancy Dority, assistant vice college has classrooms and president of enrollment services, said that faculty offices in at least spring enrollBy the numbers: ment numbers four buildings including are still increasStudents ing. Langsdorf Hall, To accommoCollege Park enrolled in College date for increasand McCarthy of Business ing student Hall, forcing CSUF enrollment, business stustudents enrolled on dents to run CSUF has a the first day around campus tentative goal to get to their to hire 16 new Faculty memclasses. full-time facbers expected to be ulty members “One of our hired this year to across the unibiggest issues work at CSUF versity this year, is that we donʼt Norby said. really have a Members expectApproximately home,” said ed to retire this year seven new Joni Norby, the faculty memcollegeʼs assistant dean of administration. bers have been added to “Right now we are all over the CSUF ranks. CSUF has the place.” well over 200 faculty memThe university hopes that bers Norby said. Only two Mihaylo Hall will release members plan to retire this class-size tension and keep year. “We are always looking up with classroom demand. “We definitely need the for more full-time faculty,” space,” said Andrew Gill, she said. “But it is harder to an economics professor. secure full-time faculty.” Norby said that Mihaylo “I would add students but I donʼt have the seats. I Hall will not only centralcanʼt have people sit on the ize the college of business, but will also open up classfloor.” Several other colleges are room and office space for also faced with the same classroom dilemma. Every semester, hundreds of stu- SEE COLLEGE = PAGE 3
U.S. Army recognizes Cal State Fullerton’s program with Gen. Douglas MacArthur Award By Andy Stowers
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Committee – “fringe, extremist [and]hateful,” Khan said. Asking the council to sit in at the forum is like a Jewish or black group being asked to sit in a panel discussion with the Ku Klux Klan, she said. The issue at hand is the intent of the message. “There are three parts to a message: the messenger, the context and the recipient,” and these three add up to the intent of the message – to provoke anger or to promote discussion – Sadullah Khan said. In this case, the College Republicans are working with the United American Committee, a “non-partisan movement
Cadet Rebecca R. Duran was an enlisted reservist in the U.S. Army but thought she could make more of a difference as an officer, so she decided to join the ROTC program at Cal State Fullerton. “The program puts all your fears on the backburner, the more training you receive, the more confidence you get, and you know everything is going to be OK and youʼre not going to get hurt being in the Army,” Duran said. As a junior in the program she said it has been difficult, especially the transition from being enlisted to training to be an officer. Cal State Fullertonʼs ROTC battalion received the Gen. Douglas MacArthur Award in February, with the U.S. Army cadet command recognizing it as 2005ʼs top-performing unit in the western region in the small-schools category. The award was given to the CSUF battalion in recognition of excellence in recruiting, training, retention and graduation rate, said Capt. Robert H. Medina, assistant professor of military science. U.S. Army Col. Michael R. Johnson presented the award to Lt. Col. William L. Howard Jr., coordinator of Cal State Fullertonʼs military science program. “It is a distinguished award that sets us apart and shows the hard work that the cadre and cadets put into the program,” Howard said. The program also has several officers, including Medina, working in the unit that previously went through the program making it easier for the cadets to relate to the cadre, Duran said. The ROTC program at CSUF began in 1982 and is one of 272 units at colleges and universities nationwide. CSUF began its own “stand alone battalion” in 1998, Medina said. The program has 74 cadets and their focus right now is to grow incrementally. Seven out of every 10 officers in the U.S. Army are graduates of an ROTC program. This accounts for more than 500,000 men and women that have become Army officers since the establishment of an ROTC program in 1916. Students in the program are commissioned as second lieutenants upon graduation. Other methods of becoming an officer include attending the U.S. Army Academy at West Point or attending officer candidate school. The military science program at CSUF offers courses for military and civilian leadership, Howard said. Some students still may be hesitant
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TEACHER, I KNOW: Children become restless as they wait to be excused for snack time. Theyʼre answering teacher Brenda Plascencia-Carrizosaʼs question, “Where does milk come from?”
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The staff at the Cal State Fullertonʼs Childrenʼs Center will soon have some room to breathe: Plans to construct a new center have finally been approved. The cost of the project has been estimated at $8.4 million, and construction is anticipated to start in the spring of 2007, finishing in early fall of 2008. Betsy Gibbs, director of the center since 1974, said there has almost always been a need for a better building and location to accommodate the children and adults at the center. One of the biggest priorities is childrenʼs safety, Gibbs said. The center is at the corner of State College Boulevard and Gymnasium Campus Drive, a heavily congested area. “There are approximately two car accidents around the area each year, and one of those acci-
dents involved one of our parents,” Gibbs said. The new site is on the northwest side of campus near Lot A. Itʼs more in the center of campus, running alongside but not too close to West Campus Drive. “This area is much safer for the children and will provide easier access for parents to drop off and pick up their children,” Gibbs said. Gibbs said there is also a great need to expand the program because the center reaches full capacity every semester. Currently, the center accommodates 92 children at a time. The new building will be able to serve up to 122 children. The center is expecting to eventually expand the capacity to 150 children by adding 2,000 square feet of classroom space. The center offers six learning environments that cater to each childʼs needs. For instance, infants are put into the Nest, and 2- to 5-year-olds, depending on their level of development, learn in the Garden Room. Jenn MacDonald is anticipat-
ing the improvements the new facility will provide. MacDonald, who has been a master teacher at the center for the past three years, said the configuration of the building has made it difficult for the students as well as the teachers. There is no easy access to get from the classrooms to the yards outside, MacDonald said. The centerʼs cook, Francee Taylor, would also like to see some improvements to the kitchen she considers a second home. “I donʼt stress at this job. I love this job, but I do hope the new kitchen will be a little bigger,” she said. Cooking in the kitchen now is a bit inconvenient because the pantries are down the hallway and the freezer is in another building, she said. The new facility will place all Taylorʼs necessities in the kitchen. Financing for the facility has been in the works for nine years. Since 1997, students have been contributing $8 a semester SEE CENTER = PAGE 3
UCI Group to Display Controversial Cartoons College Republicans plan panel discussion for tonight; Muslim groups see event as inflammatory By Julie Anne Ines
Daily Titan Staff Writer
Despite the objection of Muslim organizations around Orange County and the concern of university officials, the UC Irvine College Republicans student group will host a forum at UCI tonight at 7 oʼclock that will include a showing of the controversial cartoons depicting Islamʼs prophet Muhammad. In response to the forum – titled the Unveiling of the Cartoons and a Discussion to Confront Terror – Islamic
groups from around the county will gather to express their disagreement outside the Crystal Cove Auditorium, said Sadullah Khan, the director of the Islamic Center in Irvine. “The notion of having them ʻunveiled,ʼ despite what has happened [around the world] is almost a provocation,” Sadullah Khan said. Rioting and deaths followed the publication of the cartoons and are “disturbing factors” that were taken into consideration before deciding to show the cartoons, said Kristin Lucero, a senior at UCI and the club president. However, her clubʼs showing them and the publicʼs right to discuss them are granted by the First Amendment, Lucero said. “Freedomʼs here; we have a right to
show them here,” she added. Newspapers overseas that chose to publish the images, which were first featured in a Danish newspaper, cited freedom of the press in their decisions to reprint them. To Orange County Muslims, however, the controversy goes beyond the freedom of speech and of the press in this situation, but that doesnʼt mean the Muslim community ignores them. On the contrary, Islam holds these freedoms dearly, said Sabiha Khan, the spokesperson for the Council on American Islamic Relations in Anaheim, which declined a seat on the forum panel. The council turned down the seat because it considers the group co-hosting the event – the United American
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WEDNESDAY: The Hispanic Family Owned Business Conference – with keynote speakers Monica Lozano, publisher and CEO of La Opinion, and Maria Marin, author of “Secretos de la Mujer Segura” (“Secrets of a Confident Woman”) – runs from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Delhi Center on 505 E. Central Ave. in Santa Ana. The event is free for members or owners of Hispanic family owned businesses. Call (714) 278-4182 for reservations.
BAGHDAD, Iraq – The Iraqi Interior Minister believes kidnapped American journalist Jill Carroll is still alive, his office said on Monday, one day after the deadline set by her captors for killing her. Carroll, 28, is a freelance reporter for the Christian Science Monitor.
Terrorism Suspect Arrested BAGHDAD, Iraq – Iraqi security forces announced on Monday the capture of a senior al-Qaida in Iraq figure, and the U.S. ambassador said the risk of civil war from last weekʼs sectarian violence was over. Violence throughout Iraq killed 36 people Monday, as fierce fighting broke out between Iraqi commandos and insurgents southeast of the capital. But sectarian clashes have declined sharply since the fighting that followed the destruction of a revered Shiite shrine in Samarra, and Baghdad residents returned to their jobs after three days of a government-imposed curfew.
WEDNESDAY: ASI Productions presents a movie under the stars. This weekʼs film is “Aeon Flux,” showing at 8:30 p.m. in the Becker Amphitheatre.
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Warning About Ports Deal WASHINGTON – Citing broad gaps in U.S. intelligence, the Coast Guard cautioned the Bush administration weeks ago that it could not determine whether a United Arab Emirates-based company seeking a stake in some U.S. port operations might support terrorist operations. The disclosure came during a hearing Monday on Dubaiowned DP Worldʼs plans to take over significant operations at six U.S. ports.
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY: “The Philadelphia Story,” the Broadway hit that starred Katharine Hepburn as the inhibited, spoiled daughter of the privileged Philadelphia Lord family, will play at the Young Theatre in the CSUF Performing Arts Center at 8 p.m. Tickets cost $9 ($8 with advance Titan discount).
Many New Homes Unsold WASHINGTON – The backlog of unsold new homes reached a record level last month, as sales slipped despite the warmest January in more than 100 years. The Commerce Department reported Monday that sales of new single-family homes dropped by 5 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of about 1.23 million units last month.
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LOCAL Gay Pastor Marries Partner PASADENA – An openly gay Lutheran pastor who formalized his relationship with another man at a church ceremony Feb. 18 faces disciplinary action ranging from an admonition to dismissal from his ministerial post, church officials said. A five-person panel will meet next month with pastor John Kaufman, 53, and members of his Altadena congregation to decide how to discipline him. Some members of Kaufmanʼs denomination, the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America, said his homosexuality and the same-sex union contradict the churchʼs teachings. Reports compiled from The Associated Press
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Members of Kerusso, a steel pan orchestra from Brazil, play in the Quad on Thursday afternoon: Calebe Gomes on the steel pan, Chris Hewitt dancing behind and Dusty Schroeder shaking to the beat.
found his true calling was playing the oboe. Timm has a bachelorʼs degree in music from Louisiana State University and two masterʼs degrees – one in music and one in musical arts – and a doctorate in musical arts from Yale University. Even through examinations, thesis papers and instrumental practices, Timm was discovered by one of his professors, Leonard Bernstein, the famous conductor of the New York Philharmonic and composer of “West Side Story.” Bernstein recommended Timm to Nino Rota, the composer of 1972ʼs “The Godfather.” Thatʼs when he received his big break. He worked on movies in and around New York City until an opening on the faculty at CSUF gave him an opportunity to
advance his career in studio work and record for more motion pictures and TV productions. Timmʼs most popular solo can be heard in the television series “Little House on the Prairie” and current Disney movies in theaters today. Some people find keeping up two jobs time consuming and extremely demanding. Timm finds it rewarding. “I enjoy teaching and performing too much to give one of them up,” Timm said. “After all, I have the best of both worlds … performing and teaching and meeting young people who have their whole lives ahead of them. It is very rewarding for me.” Whenever he does get a break from recording and teaching, itʼs usually spent with the two most important girls in his life – his wife of 30 years, Carol, and his daughter, Monique, a psychology student at CSUF. In advice to aspiring college students looking to receive recognition in their studies, Timm said: “Life is full of so many surprises that it is best to keep a positive outlook, knowing that life will toss both good and bad your way. The best thing to realize is that if you have God in your heart, no one can truly ruin your eternal dreams.”
other Islamic nations. The forum panelists will also discuss the issue of “mainstream Islamic organizations who may act as apologists for terror, confront Islamic organizations in America who have questionable motives and post as ʻcivil rights groups, and discuss Islamic militancy [on] U.S. college campuses.” The intent that the messenger, context and recipient of the message add up to is provocation, Sadullah Khan said. “Itʼs not a free speech issue; itʼs a provocation issue because
they know the response [the cartoons] got worldwide,” said Mohammad Harake, a senior at UCI and a board member of the Islamic Center. “You canʼt bring … [the cartoons] on campus and not expect to get a reaction.” Though controversy about the event may exist, Mark Levine, a history professor at UCI, said some good could come of it if it is framed correctly. “It can be a teachable moment, a way for people to express their feelings – exactly what you should be doing at a university,” said
FACULTY FOCUS By Lisa Maiorana
Daily Titan Staff Writer
Professor Lawrence M. Timm grew up in Sioux City, Iowa, with an appreciation and talent for music and teaching and has found a way to combine the two. The son of two Louisiana State College professors, it didnʼt take long for Timm to use the concept of studying, and play it to fine music. “Studio musicians who do nothing but play their instruments all day long donʼt have to worry about responding to hundreds of student e-mails and concerns, grading papers, preparing lesson plans, attending committee meetings and all of the responsibilities in a professorʼs daily life,” he said. “But I am very happy.” Timm, who plays instruments from five families of woodwinds – flute, oboe, clarinet, saxophone, bassoon – started playing in the third grade but didnʼt truly discover his passion for music until the seventh grade. After playing the trumpet for four years, he
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of concerned Americans, promoting awareness of threats which face Americans from within its borders,” according to the committeeʼs Web site. According to the committeeʼs fliers promoting the event, the cartoons will be displayed along with anti-Semitic and anti-western cartoons, which have been printed in Iran, Saudi Arabia and
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NOW THROUGH MARCH 12: Artist Fabrice Gygiʼs exhibit at the Orange County Museum of Art in Santa Ana transforms common civic and military structures (crowd-control barriers, bleachers, podiums and tents) into large-scale sculptures that portray a poignant view of political authority. Itʼs open 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tickets cost $10. TONIGHT: The Sutra Lounge hosts a Mardi Gras dinner and celebration at 7 p.m. A portion of the proceeds will benefit evacuees of Hurricane Katrina through Operation OC and Village of Hope. A Creole and Cajun dinner will be followed by dancing and a bead toss. Tickets cost $20. THURSDAY: The Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles presents an homage to comic strips and comic books that examines 15 key American artists and features approximately 900 original drawings, progressive proofs, vintageprinted Sunday pages and comic books by Winsor McCay (“Little Nemo”), Gould (“Dick Tracy”), Charles Schulz (“Peanuts”) and more. Tickets cost $5 for students. Visit www.moca.org for more information. If you would like to submit an event to Out nʼ About please email news@dailytitan.com
Levine, who authored “Why They Donʼt Hate Us: Lifting the Veil on the Axis of Evil,” which was published in August 2005. Levine, an expert on Islamic history, said the depictions of Muhammad are controversial because Islamic law forbids depictions of the prophet. But there have been instances in Islamic history when they were allowed, Levine said. “Hopefully, it will end up helping people, even Muslims, learn more about Islamic history when this is done,” he said.
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Puddle Jumping Students break out the umbrellas and endure soggy socks as weather takes a turn for the wetter.
PHOTOS BY CHRISTINA HOUSE Daily Titan Photo Editor WAITING OUT THE WET: Pedestrians attempt to stay dry while waiting for the city bus on Nutwood Avenue Monday afternoon (left); passing by the Performing Arts Center, students show variety in their umbrella choices (bottom left); a student walks through the wet campus by McCarthy Hall (above left); a student carefully steps through a puddle formed by Mondayʼs rain (above).
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toward the Childrenʼs Center fund. By the time construction begins in 2007, students will have contributed $6 million toward the project. Last week, Associated Students Inc. approved the financing for the remainder cost of $2.4 million. The money will be taken out of the Titan Student Union reserve fund, and will be paid back with interest in six years.
other. However, not all business classes, faculty offices and facilities, including the shared business computer lab in McCarthy Hall, will be moved into Mihaylo Hall. “It is going to be the biggest building on campus,” said Tarnow. “But I do not want it to be the only place where they offer business courses. I hope that they will still continue to offer some classes at El Toro.” Building plans for the first and second floor of Mihaylo Hall
suggest a 250-seat lecture hall, a network lab and about 22 classrooms. A courtyard, a dining area and several study rooms will also be available to students. The third floor will house new faculty offices, Norby said. Many agree that Mihaylo Hall is a great addition to keep up with CSUFʼs expanding student population and are hoping that the new rooms and new staff will eliminate enrollment tensions. “We are not always able to accommodate studentsʼ preference, but something is being done,” Norby said. “Mihaylo Hall will give students the opportunity to get connected.”
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AND THE WINNER IS: Fullertonʼs ROTC receives the General MacArthur award.
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to join because of the pledge they give to the military when you sign up. “There is no commitment if you want to take one of our courses,” Howard said. Cadets receive many incentives including paid tuition and a $900 book allowance at the beginning of each year, among other things, Medina said. The program is divided into two portions. Freshmen and sophomores take courses to learn about a profession in arms. Juniors and seniors receive preparation including
military ethics and problem solving skills. Cadets entering their junior year in the program must sign a contract to commit to military service. Students can also enroll in the program while obtaining a graduate degree. The program is able to do much of its training in and around campus. The ROTC has a full military warehouse in McCarthy Hall. The battalion hopes to continue to grow and is thankful for the award it received. More important, they look to strive toward excellence. “We look for scholars, athletes and leaders. It is a very important time in our nationʼs history for Army officers,” Medina said.
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tʼs the same thing everytime someone is running accros the campus in a hurry. “Hey!” comes the shout from the activist across the Quad. He may be collecting signatures for a new ballot initiative, or names and phone numbers for LaRoucheʼs political action committee, but regardless of the organization he represents, itʼs certain that he had nothing to say. “You know Dick Chaney is going to be on campus later today? Heʼs going to be shooting people,” he said. Youʼre stopping people who are frantically rushing to class, and thatʼs all youʼve got? These “activists” are the scourge of purposeful walking and punctuality. And they generally donʼt have anything to say except for buzzwords like “student movement” or “economic aid for the struggling underclass.” Other activists may use the guilt-trip method, offering zingers like, “Whatʼs the matter? You donʼt care about women who are dying of breast
cancer? Or single mothers who are struggling to provide daycare to their children so that they can better their own lives? Why wonʼt you sign the petition?” But when peppered with thoughtful questions as to how they plan to pay for free daycare for every child, or how raising the cigarette tax another 50 cents is going to cure breast cancer, these activists go silent. How do you plan on providing “economic aid to the struggling underclass?” Silence. Begging the “activists” to leave us well enough alone to allow us ample time to get to class is useless. They are here to sell ideas instead of goods and will latch on to any and all passers-by with a fanatical passion and glassy-eyed stare. They have the First Amendment right to do so. But in the end the joke is on these misguided activists who also fanatically believe that college students care about politics.
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Hollywood’s Terrorism By Jamie Quarles
Daily Titan Staff Writer
Blood. Itʼs everywhere in movies these days. “Hostel,” “Saw 2,” and the upcoming “Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning” serve death, torture and mutilation as their central themes. These movies are made to shock, offend and scare people so that the movie lives on in their dreams, or rather, in their nightmares. Even so, these are the movies we buy into. “Hostel,” which gushed out earlier this year, raked in millions at the box office within the first few days of its release. The movie introduced us to a terror-filled world of torture, mayhem and mutilation. Sound enticing? For many, movies like these do. What is going on with the world today? Are we obsessed with death? Not the routine die-of-old-age death, or death by disease, starvation or other sad circumstance. Itʼs the unnatural, torturous forms of death known only in the movies we watch - if weʼre lucky. Every day the news reports
murders, kidnappings and abuse. Every day, somewhere on this earth, people are dying. Donʼt we experience enough death in our own lives? Isnʼt reality itself scary enough? Why do we have to create fear, and immerse ourselves in it through the movies we pay to watch? Maybe weʼre not scared enough of reality?
“Why do we have to create fear and immerse ourselves in it through the movies ...” Jamie Quarles Daily Titan Staff Writer
But it is scary. There is enough terror going on in our lives. Do we really need to go to the movies to watch people die horrible, painful deaths? No. All we have to do is watch the news and see all the real-life terror in the world. A war is going on right now. Why are we so obsessed with
death on the big screen? Who makes these types of movies, anyway? Or maybe the question to ask is this: Who watches these movies, anyway? Most of us watch them so that our minds can be stimulated for a few brief hours, or because we are bored and have nothing else to do. But what about those sickos in the world? Letʼs not give them any ideas, alright? This is not to bash all scary movies. A film is a film. We can indulge in other movies such as “Poltergeist” or “The Grudge.” But hereʼs the difference: Such movies involve supernatural phenomena. They skirt science fiction with just a little impressive stage make-up and animation. These are harmless, just another cheap thrill. Itʼs the movies that can instantly become a reality that are aggravating. They are the ones to worry about. So when Eli Roth made “Hostel,” the question to ask is: Why? Why such a horrible and gruesome film? No matter what is said, these movies are going to keep on coming.
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CSUF Shouldn’t Park It’s Creativity Jeff Cares Despite the fact that I havenʼt paid for a parking permit since the fall of 2001, I still develop a touch of the red ass whenever I park my car Jeff Klima in one of the Humor school parking Columnist lots. Cal State Fullerton, a supposed bastion of creativity and higher learning has elected to name its parking lots, A, B, C, D, etc. This is no damn good. How am I supposed to come up with witty, thought provoking commentary on the ethos of our modern follies when I am parked in Lot F? That sounds more like an obscure STD than any sort of parking division. Frankly, this school has managed to hide
under the veil of, “Well, weʼve been doing it that way since the 60ʼs,” long enough. I say, “The sixties are over, man.” We need some awesome new parking lot names and we need them pronto. Normally, some committee would be formed, questionnaires would be cycled, and higher ups would be consulted. This has never been the style of someone who would unendingly refer to himself in the third person like Jeff Klima would. Nor would Jeff Klima offer some sort of prize to his readers who write in and submit clever names, because most of you chuckleheads (incidentally, I am not calling you a chucklehead. I am referring to everyone else reading this column today.) wouldnʼt bother lifting the finger to flip me off. So instead, I, at great personal expense to my leisure time, have taken on the task of renaming the parking lots. “Lot A” shall hereto forth be
known as “A Lot.” I know that doesnʼt seem like much of a change, but trust me, itʼs A Lot (har har har). Hmm, “Lot B” is an exceptionally sexy piece of real estate (trust me on this one) and as such, it requires a name with smoldering intensity to match. Lot B is now “Acapulco.” Doesnʼt that just pulse with wanton carnal overtones? “I will be spending a lot of time in ʻAcapulcoʼ this winter, ladies.” See how well that works? Lot C shall be known as “Kerry is a Super Girlfriend Who Deserves Way Better Than Me Because I Forgot About A Stupid Little Holiday Called Valentineʼs Day Lot.” Donʼt ask. “Lot D” I had a tough time with, because it is the antithesis of “Lot B” (“Acapulco”). But since I have never met anyone I have liked from there, just like how I donʼt like anyone who parks in “Lot D,” it shall now be called, “West Chino.”
Lots E, F, and G shall now be known as Earth, Wind, & Fire not because of the band, but because those were my favorite “Captain Planet” characters. If you are wondering what “Captain Planet” has to do with CSUF –everything, chucklehead. Moving on. Lot H will be “H Lot,” but every time you say “H Lot,” you have to smack at the inside crook of your elbow with two fingers, as if searching for a vein to jab. Ooh, I like that. Lot I will remain Lot I, but in keeping with the schoolʼs propensity for “selling out,” it will now be known as “Pepsi Presents ʻLot Iʼ.ʼ” Hmm finally, if only there was an awesome word that started with the letter “J” that I could assign to something as magnificent as “Lot J.” Some word that connotes brilliance and modesty all in one feisty package. Oh well. Iʼm sure something will eventually come to mind….
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Two-time Winter Olympian Apolo Anton Ohno skated his way to win three medals last week, making him the fourth American to earn three medals in a single Winter Games, and single-handedly thrust the world of short track speed skating into the mainstream. Ohno, the 23-year-old short track speed skater, got off to an icy start in the Torino games taking 8th place in his first race. Ohno then stepped up earning a medal in each of his remaining three events. He won his first Torino bronze medal in the menʼs 1,000 meters; his second bronze in the menʼs 5,000 meter team relay, and his second career gold medal in the shortest of the menʼs races, the 500 meters. “For me, it was the perfect race,” Ohno said to an Associated Press reporter after winning gold. All three of Ohnoʼs medals helped the American team reach a record-breaking medal count of 25 medals, the most Americans have ever won in a Winter Games on foreign soil. Ohno is now tied with Eric Heiden, a 1980 long-track speed skater, in the overall menʼs medal count. Heiden and Ohno hold a career total of five medals. Ohno, a Seattle native first turned heads and drew media attention at the Salt Lake City 2002 Games when Ohno took home two medals, one gold and one silver, at the tender age of 19. “Speed skating and winter sports altogether have a tendency to be underemphasized;” Cal State Fullerton kinesiology professor and faculty athletic representative
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OH YES: Apolo Anton Ohno of the United States races ahead of Canadaʼs Francois-Louis Tremblay in the Menʼs 500-meter final in the short track speed skating competition at the 2006 Winter Olympic Games in Turin, Italy on Saturday. Ohno took gold, and Tremblay won silver. Steve Walk said. Short track speed skating is not a sport that focuses on strength or endurance, but rather a sport of strategy. Each race takes place on a hockey sized ice rink with four to six skaters in each heat. A winner is determined by how many heats a skater qualifies for or wins. “It looks really hard,” said CSUF human communications major Nyree Trumble. Skaters begin at the same starting line and race around the ice going anywhere from zero to 35 miles per hour on a blade that is approximately 15 inches long, but no more than a few millimeters in wide. Strategy is important in short track speed skating because the person in front for the entire race can suddenly fall to fourth, or vice
versa, in a matter of seconds if not skating aggressively. Yet, the risk of passing other skaters, or being passed, comes with the chance of being wiped out. “The strategy of speed skating reminds me of cycling,” Walk said. “At any moment, the game could change.” The popularity of short track has been slowly growing since the 2002 games, but it only seems to become a media frenzy just before and slightly after the winter games take place. “A lot of winter sports are like that. If they were national sports like football or basketball, they would be bigger,” Trumble said. “But Apolo Anton Ohnoʼs name comes up every four years without much recognition.” Walk said he believes winter sports have a “class” barrier,
meaning that it is hard to have winter sports in California due to lack of facilities, maintenance, and equipment costs. “Itʼs too expensive to do winter sports in California,” said history major Jonathan Allen. “California has warm to hot weather most of the year and does not offer many avenues for winter sports excluding figure skating and ice hockey rinks.” “[Californians] miss out on many sports because there isnʼt anywhere we can go and watch them,” Trumble said. Although California may not be the best geographic location to look into or train for winter sports, it still allows fans to cheer for American athletes like Ohno. Itʼll be four more years until Ohno and the U.S. Olympians return to the spotlight.
of some of these competitions, I might want to watch more of the Winter Olympics.” According to the Nielsen Media By Jon Pommier Ratings, Foxʼs “American Idol” outdrew the Olympics in ratings For the Daily Titan by over 10 million viewers on Feb. 15. The fact that the Games The 2006 Winter Olympic have to compete against popular Games in Torino, Italy came, to television shows hurts their rata close Sunday with the United ings, especially since the NBC States taking home 25 total med- broadcasts are usually delayed als, including nine gold. tapings and interested fans usuEven though the Winter ally know the results of the events Olympics are an international ahead of time by searching on the sporting event that draws audi- Internet. ences from around the world, the The Olympics also took a devgeneral popuastating defeat lation seemed in the ratings to not have by ABCʼs “If we had more snow been all too “Dancing with here ... maybe there interested in the Stars” on the 20th Winter would be more interest Sunday durO l y m p i c ing the Winter in the Winter Games.” Games. Games closing Why was it ceremony. Orlando Alvarez that a sportThe lack of ing event that publicity the Fullerton Student received praise Olympic events and recogniget on a regular tion around the basis may have world seemed so disinteresting been a factor in the apathy. to the student body of Cal State For example, in the Summer Fullerton? Olympics, there are events such “Maybe students here donʼt as swimming, basketball, softfind the Winter Olympics all that ball, and track and field that interesting because all the events Americans view regularly due to deal with either snow or ice,” said the constant coverage these sports Orlando Alvarez, a third-year receive from the media. kinesiology major at Cal State Viewers are rarely exposed to Fullerton. “After all, the only real the winter sports, if ever at all in experience we have with snow Southern California. here in Southern California is Natalie Alvidrez, a crimiBig Bear, and that is not exactly nal justice major from Cal Poly around the block. If we had snow Pomona, doesnʼt think there is on a yearly basis or even a sea- much anyone can do to improve sonal basis, maybe there would the interest level for the Winter be more interest in the Winter Olympics. Games.” “I watch the Olympics because Despite their geographic loca- I love figure skating. That is tion, which leaves Southern the only sport I really watch,” Californians all but deprived of Alvidrez said. “I grew up skating, snow, others feel the lack of inter- and that is a sport I can identify est was due to other reasons. with.” “I like to watch only one Though it seems that there sport — snowboarding — and I are people around the world donʼt think I am the only person whoeagerly watched the Winter that feels that way,” said Chris Olympics, local students were Sullivan, a business marketing not all that concerned with the major. “That sport is a sport I Games in Italy. can relate to, and I feel others “The problem with some of my age can relate to as well. The the other sports [in the Winter other sports in the Winter Games Olympics] is many students, as seem old fashioned and not inter- well as the rest of America, canʼt esting. If the Winter Olympic identify with these events because Committee would come up with theyʼre not pertinent to our lifenewer, more youthful versions style,” Alvidrez said.
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