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Victims Fall in Wake of Killing Spree On July 12, 1976, Edward Charles Allaway walked the library at CSUF and shot nine people, killing seven. This is the story of his gruesome crime.

By Nicole M. Smith

Daily Titan Executive Editor

Phil Gordon/Daily Titan

PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT: It takes lots of practice to move into the upper echelons of archery competition. Archer Veronica Purpura, junior illustration major, takes a steady aim while her teammate Zack Feaselman, perpares for his next shot.

Archery Club Right on Target

Shooting arrows 70 meters at 265 feet per second requires practice, patience

By Laura Lujan

For the Daily Titan

Precision, focus, composure and confidence – all are characteristics that make for success in the classroom as well as the career path; and according to the Archers of Cal State Fullerton, they are also the essentials of the perfect shot.

“An arrow travels 265 feet per

second. The only way you can hit that small of a target with a bow while standing 70 meters away is to be perfectly calm and work through the process,” said archery club coach Karl Karanen, pointing to a tennis ball in the grass as a size reference.

Karanen said archery is similar to golf in that it requires strong mental aptitude, focus and great discipline.

“Imagine what those skills can do for you when you go in to take a test,” Karanen said. Brent Ferguson, a biology major and founder of the club, said his training is a great stress reliever

for him.

“A lot of people think itʼs one of those things where you picture someone youʼre mad at,” he said.

“It really isnʼt.”

Zach Feaselman, a 20-yearold history major and member of the club, said the mental training acquired through practice in archery has helped his thinking process and has proven valuable for class projects and exams.

“When you shoot you have to work through the whole process mentally,” Feaselman said. “It helps you to better plan the structure of how to handle a complex problem.”

Universities Unite for Worthy Cause Fullerton joins forces with rival UCLA to raise money for Children’s Hospital

By Elizabeth Simoes

Daily Titan Staff Writer

Cal State Fullerton may consider UCLA a rival when it comes to sports and academics; however, the two universities can both support a worthy cause.

UCLA is hosting its 7th annual Run/Walk on Sunday.

The 5K race raises money for the Mattel Childrenʼs Hospital at UCLA. “We specifically donate to the Child Life/Child Development program at the hospital,” said Kacie McFarland, a UCLA senior and co-director of the Run/Walk.

“The kids are chronically ill and have to stay in the hospital. They try to help the kids have a normal life.”

Last year the event raised $41,000 for the hospital, McFarland said.

The goal for this yearʼs contribution is $50,000.

Maureen Hagan, a UCLA senior and co-director of the Run/Walk, has been involved with the event for three years. Hagan said she was drawn to the event because it donates directly back to the children.

“Child Life is special because it deals with the social and psychological needs for children in the hospital,” she said. “Itʼs important to have this fundraiser. A lot of kids at Mattel are going through huge ordeals we as adults couldnʼt imagine.”

Hagan added the program provides a therapist for the young patients and their families as well as a playroom.

Although the 5K benefits the hospital and is rewarding to all those involved, it also poses a SEE RUN/WALK= PAGE 5

New entrance offers extra lanes for increased access as campus continues to grow

By Stacy Serna

Daily Titan Staff Writer

A new driveway to Cal State Fullerton opened May 12 on Nutwood Avenue next to the Marriot Hotel and will soon become one of two front entrances to the campus.

The public will no longer be able to enter the campus on Commonwealth Avenue at the end of the summer.

However the new entrance offers four entrance lanes and three exit lanes as opposed to the two-lane entrance and exit currently available.

Michael Smith, director of Design & Construction, said that along with the new driveway, an intersection next to the Marriot will be completed in August. In the mean time however, guests of CSUF may use the current exit and entrance.

“We will get rid of the front entrance and are hoping people will find the signs helpful to getting the new building up,” he said.

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If the public misses the first entrance to the school, another entrance located on Titan Drive can also be used to enter the campus.

The construction is due to the new College of Business and Economics, Steven G. Mihaylo Hall and will begin the first week of June.

The new building will be incorporated with Langsdorf Hall and will be completed in fall 2008, Smith said.

CSUF has experienced many construction issues, but many hope the construction of Mihaylo Hall will go smoothly.

“Itʼs a transition from old to new and with any new construction site there will be the break-in period,” Lt. Will Glen of CSUF field operations said. “It was well designed and planned; it will serve the campus adequately.”

Commencement services are in less than two weeks and the campus expects 25,000 family and friends to arrive on campus. Public Safety said they will have to moderate traffic flow to keep things moving.

“We are working with the city of SEE DRIVEWAY = PAGE 9

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Dwinell hunched down low and quiet behind Jacobsen as the firing continued.

He slumped over into Dwinellʼs trembling arms. She looked to him and called his name, but Jacobsen gave no answer, so she dragged him over to a file cabinet as he gasped for breath. She looked on helplessly and watched him die. He was 32 years old.

In all, seven died during a shooting rampage, which authorities said lasted no more than five minutes in what is now the Pollak Library basement and the first floor lobby.

Allaway, later diagnosed as a paranoid schizophrenic, claimed certain co-workers had driven him to kill. They taunted him about his wife, he said. They forced her to appear in pornographic films, he told a psychiatrist after his arrest.

Next in Allawayʼs path were graphic artist Frank Teplansky, 51, and professor emeritus Seth Fessenden, 72. The two were working in the graphics department.

Pinned on the walls around them were caricature sketches Teplansky had drawn of fellow media center personnel.

Teplansky, described during a campus memorial service as a SEE VICTIMS = PAGE 3

Lot E Drive Open to Through Traffic

SPORTS Titans fall to Aztecs, 9-8, for first time in 11 meetings

Now a sport, archery has come a long way from its beginnings as a means of survival in the form of hunting and warfare.

The earliest known evidence of the use of a bow and arrow dates back 50,000 years, according to Wikipedia.org.

The mass appeal of archery today is largely due to the fact that people of all ages and physiques can practice it.

Karanen, an accountant and a nine-time national champion in a disabled division of archery

On the morning of July 12, 1976, photographer Paul Herzberg was sitting on the edge of a table in an office in what is now the Pollak Library. Across from him Bruce Jacobsen, a media center assistant, leaned against the wall. To his left, secretary Karen Dwinell sat at her desk.

Herzberg was talking to his coworkers about his recent European vacation when a gunman fired one shot and entered the room. Herzberg rose to protect Dwinell, who sat directly in the path of the shooterʼs icy stare.

A bullet penetrated his chest.

A second bullet struck him in the skull. He was 30 years old.

He sank into the floor, the second of nine to be shot on a sunny Monday by a deranged janitor named Edward Charles Allaway.

The first bullet struck Jacobsen in the chest, but it happened so quickly, his co-workers hadnʼt realized.

Jacobsen hit Allaway over the head with a metal statue, which authorities later found clutched in his lifeless fingers. But an unfazed Allaway shot Jacobsen again, this time at point-blank range.

Jacobsen stepped away slowly.

Dwinell followed him as he sought coverage in a conference room at the back of the office.

The gunman fired once more inside.

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POINTS OF ENTRY: The black arrow shows the new permanent entrance to Lot E, near the Marriot Hotel.

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Iran Negotiations Continue

TODAY: A bone marrow drive from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on the Titan Walk that aims to find a match for a Christine Pechera, who is dying of cancer. Filipinos are especially encouraged to be tested and be potential donors for Pechera, a Filipina filmmaker.

VIENNA, Austria – European nations on Tuesday weighed adding a light-water reactor to a package of incentives meant to persuade Tehran to give up uranium enrichment – or face the threat of U.N. Security Council sanctions.

Senior diplomats and European Union officials said the plans were being discussed by France, Britain and Germany as part of a proposal to be presented Friday to representatives of the five permanent U.N. Security Council members. The diplomats and EU government officials spoke on anonymity because of the confidential nature of the information.

TODAY THRU MAY 26: All night study hours. TSU is open 24 hours in preparation for final examinations.

Killing Spree Prompts Hunt

SAO PAULO, Brazil – With guns drawn, plainclothes police in a suburb of South Americaʼs largest city stopped and frisked motorists in a hunt for gang members who set off a five-day wave of violence that left at least 133 dead by Tuesday.

The crime spree showed the strength of organized crime in the financial and industrial heart of Brazil, and it sent fear rippling through the metropolis of 18 million.

THURSDAY: The State of the Student Address from noon to 1 p.m. in the Quad. Listen to ASI President Mona Mohammadi speak about what ASI accomplished with student fees.

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Verizon Disputes Reports

THURSDAY: The band Bird Monster performs from noon to 1 p.m. in the Becker Amphitheatre.

NEW YORK – Verizon Communications Inc. denied Tuesday that it had received a request for customer phone records from the National Security Agency, bringing into question key points of a USA Today story.

“Contrary to the media reports, Verizon was not asked by NSA to provide, nor did Verizon provide, customer phone records,” the New York-based phone company said in an emailed statement.

The statement came a day after BellSouth Corp. also said the NSA had never requested customer call data, nor had the company provided any.

FRIDAY: Last day of classes.

FRIDAY THRU SUNDAY: Titan baseball takes on Cal Poly at 7 p.m. on Friday, 6 p.m. Saturday and 1 p.m. Sunday. Free for students.

Senate Rejects Border Call WASHINGTON – The Senate rejected a call Tuesday to secure the nationʼs borders before tackling other immigrationrelated concerns such as citizenship for millions of men and women in the country illegally, a victory for President Bush and supporters of a comprehensive approach to a volatile election-year issue.

The vote was 55-40 against a proposal by Sen. Johnny Isakson, R-Ga, who said that anything less than a border security-first approach amounted to “a wink and a nod one more time to those who would come here” unlawfully.

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HP Fiscal Profits Increase SAN FRANCISCO – Hewlett-Packard Co.ʼs fiscal secondquarter profit rose 51 percent Tuesday as the printer and computer company benefited from cost cutting, stronger PC demand and a 5 percent jump in revenue.

For the three months ended April 30, HP earned $1.46 billion, or 51 cents a share, compared with $966 million, or 33 cents per share, in the same quarter last year. Sales rose to $22.6 billion from $21.6 billion in the second quarter of last year.

Reports compiled from The Associated Press

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WANDERING THE HALLS

Kevin Rogers/Daily Titan

Itʼs easy for students to get lost in the long, empty hallways of the Kinesiology Building, as these students appear to be on Tuesday.

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MOUNT MERAPI, Indonesia – The sky went black and a thunderlike roar filled the air. Some witnesses remember hearing one or two explosions. But few had time to see the searing hot gas cloud surge from the volcano before it engulfed their village, incinerating 60 people.

That was in 1994. Now, with Indonesiaʼs Mount Merapi again emitting lava and gas clouds, survivors of the last eruption a dozen years ago told of its horrors – and urged people resisting evacuation this time to flee the danger zone.

“The trees caught fire and everything fell down” in 1994, said Maryoto, who sustained massive burns to his face and body. “I was aware of what was happening, but couldnʼt feel anything. It was so hot.” Like many Indonesians, Maryoto uses one name.

The volcano in the middle of Java island continued spewing lava and gas clouds Tuesday, but not as violently or often as a day earlier, which saw the most activity since the peak began erupting again several weeks ago.

The relative lull did not mean the danger was over, scientists cautioned.

“That is Merapi,” said Ratdomopurbo, the regionʼs chief vulcanologist. “She is always fluctuating.”

Scientists monitoring Merapi say the current activity will not result in a massive horizontal explosion, but warn that villagers living high on its slopes are again at risk of pyroclastic flows.

The flows are made up of a lower layer of coarse rock fragment, that bursts forth like a shotgun blast.

The top layer is composed of turbulent ash and volcanic gas. They move together at speeds of 50 to 100 mph, and reach temperatures of up to 1,500 degrees.

Like most victims on the morning of Nov. 22, 1994, Maryoto was at a wedding in Turgo village on the mountainʼs western slopes when the 9,800-foot peak erupted.

He was in the kitchen and was trapped under one of its walls, perhaps shielding him from the heat and saving his life.

Maryoto, 50, lost nine family members, including his younger brother.

The intense heat melted both his ears, and many of his fingers and toes.

His wife, Kasiyem, was selling vegetables in the market when the volcano erupted. She was unharmed. When it was finally safe to return home, she said, she saw bodies that were “black, scorched

– just like pieces of coal.”

The pair now live with 120 other survivor families in a cul-de-sac the government built especially for them. It lies 2 1/2 miles below their old village, far enough from the peak to be considered safe.

Turgo has since been repopulated, but has been off-limits since Saturday, when the government ordered the evacuation of its inhabitants, along with about 5,000 other people closest to the crater.

Officials are manning barricades on the roads leading to the evacuation zone, stopping vehicles from entering. However, they let residents return to their fields and livestock during the day.

A few young men are allowed to stay in the villages overnight to guard against thieves.

But some people are refusing to leave at all, citing mystical beliefs that spirits watch over the volcano and will warn them if there is any danger.

“You can buy possessions, but you canʼt replace lives,” said Kasiyem in an interview on the porch of the coupleʼs tworoom house. “They should come down.”

Other survivors of the 1994 eruption said the mountain showed no sign of increased activity beforehand and that they received no warnings from the governmentʼs volcanology center.

TODAY THRU SUNDAY: The Annual Muckenthaler Motor Car Festival in Downtown Fullerton.

It will host hot rods and other classic cars exhibits along with classic movies, silent auctions, dinner, dancing and more. For more information visit http://www.muckenthalermotorcarfestival.com.

FRIDAY AND SATURDAY: Newport Dunes Waterfront Resort presents the “Movies on the Beach” film series with a sunset showings of “Dumbo” on Friday and Will Ferrellʼs “Kicking and Screaming” on Saturday. For more information visit www.newportdunes.com SATURDAY: The 2006 Doheny Blues Festival takes place at 11 a.m. The annual weekend-long blues festival features headliners B.B. King (Sun.) and Etta James (Sat.), along with James Hunter, Los Lobos, John Hiatt & the Mississippi North All-Stars, James Harman Band, Charlies Musselwhite, Tommy Castro Band, Blue Mama, G Love and Special Sauce, The Electric Kings, Tower of Power, Henry Butler, Lilʼ Ed & the Blues Imperials, The Mannish Boys, and others. Call (949) 3607800 for more information.

SATURDAY: Sample wine vintages hailing from the central coast of California at Bacchusʼ Secret Cellar in Irvine from 2 to 5 p.m. Visit www.bacchussecretcellar.com for more information.

SUNDAY: Libertarian Party of Orange County meeting from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. at the Karl Strauss Brewing Co. in Costa Mesa.

Speakers for the party will include Orange County Treasurer John Moorlach and Orange County Supervisor Chris Norby. Free.

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VICTIMS FROM PAGE 1 “genial, hardworking, cooperative personality,” had a desire “to be an effective person in an effective instructional media center,” according to reports.

Fessenden had been one of the universityʼs 10 founding members in 1959. A slim, soft-spoken man, with thinning white hair and thick-rimmed glasses, Fessenden was conducting research in preparation for a class he planned to teach. Thatʼs when Allaway burst into the room.

Fessenden, sitting closest to the door, died instantly. But Teplansky fell at his workstation, receiving three gun shots to his back and neck. It took him several more hours to die.

Teplanskyʼs daughter Pat Almazan held his hand as he gasped his last breaths at St. Jude Hospital. His hairpiece had fallen off, she said, and he had several tubes coming in and out of his body. But there was no blood.

He squeezed Almazanʼs hand as if he was trying to tell her something, she said. And then he died.

“It was so hard to see my father like that, because he was such a strong man,” Almazan said.

After Allaway left the graphic department, he came across two, who many believed were some of Allawayʼs only friends on the job, fellow custodians Debbie Paulsen, 25, and Donald Karges, 41.

Though several other library employees poked curious heads from their office doorways, Allaway blew past them, his sights set on the man and woman before him.

Other custodians on the job said Allaway was upset that the university hired a MexicanAmerican from the outside as lead custodian when Karges had applied for the same position, according to court testimony.

Karges – described during the campus memorial service that took place days after the slayings as a “serious man interested in bettering himself and others” – died face down after being shot in the back.

He had reportedly left another custodial position for CSUF because custodians had been surrounded by violence at his former job, according to reports.

Some said Paulsen dated Allaway.

He would call her from time to time, though her brother has said his sister only saw Allaway as a friend. She was nice to everyone, according to reports, and Allaway took it the wrong way.

After foot surgery that summer,

Photo Provided by Patricia Almazan

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Photo Provided by Patricia Almazan

DEATHS: (Top from left to right) Frank Teplansky, Seth Fessenden and Stephen Becker were among those killed, while Don Keran survived the killing spree. (Above) Teplansky is attended to by paramedics after the shooting. He died hours later at St. Jude Hospital.

Paulsenʼs co-workers sent a card. Allaway signed “Love, Ed.” But Paulsen refused his advances. At the criminal trial Allawayʼs estranged wife, who filed for divorce shortly after the killings, could not confirm a romantic relationship between her husband and any other women.

Paulsen was the only woman shot that day.

She was beginning the masterʼs program for a degree in American studies. That morning she visited with university secretary Jenny Galvan and griped about running behind schedule after a morning meeting ran long, Galvan said in her court testimony.

Galvan heard running footsteps and

screams in the hallway outside her office, then a sound like firecrackers, she said. She peered from a small window in her door toward some cabinets in the hallway. She saw Paulsen fall slowly to the ground, she said, like slow motion.

“I could see her eyes and they were a little open, and she was gasping,” Galvan said.

“She had blood on her blouse. She had little round circles of blood. She had blood on her arm. She wasnʼt moving.”

After killing Paulsen and Karges, Allaway confronted morning-shift custodial supervisor Maynard Hoffman, 64, on the libraryʼs first floor. He unloaded several rounds into the elevator Hoffman tried to escape in, striking him once in the chest.

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Then library technician Stephen Becker threw a porcelain plate at Allaway and came running up behind him in an attempt to wrestle the gun from Allawayʼs control. The two fought back and forth, firing the gun a few times in the confrontation.

Library supervisor Don Keran, 55, saw the commotion and grabbed Allaway in a bear hug, trying to help Becker wrestle the gun away. Keran wrestled Allaway across tables and chairs and up against a wall in the library, Keran said in his court testimony.

He fell backward. Keranʼs elbows fidgeted as he attempted to get back on his feet.

Allaway dangled the rifle inches over his chest and pulled the trigger.

Keran managed to get to his feet as Allaway ran away. He stammered into a nearby office to call for paramedics, he testified, but the operator said she couldnʼt help him. All the ambulances had been called; no more help was available.

First aid eventually found Keran, and he survived the attack, along with Hoffman, but 32-year-old Becker didnʼt.

Becker chased Allaway, who tried to flee the scene through an emergency exit.

Allaway turned and reportedly shot Becker in the chest as he ran after him.

Becker staggered some 20 feet from the door and fell. He was the son of Ernest Becker, who was the universityʼs director of placement, a one-time CSUF communications dean and a founding faculty member of the university.

The elder Becker reportedly rode in the ambulance with his son who died en route to St. Jude Hospital.

Former Summer Titan editor Stephen Nill, who was 19 at the time, had planned to pick up a video that morning from the younger Becker, he said. He was running late.

Nill reached the library 15 minutes after his scheduled appointment, and emergency personnel had already begun to rope off the area, he said. Near the fire hydrant at the

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southeast corner of the library, Nill saw his friend Becker sprawled out and bleeding on the pavement, paramedics tending to his limp body.

“Iʼve tried to put it out of my mind all these years,” Nill said. “But itʼs the kind of thing that just sears your memory.”

While the library basement has been drastically renovated in the 30 years since Orange Countyʼs bloodiest mass murder, remembrances of the lives Allaway took still remain.

A dedication ceremony in October of 1978 honored each individual who was killed, and seven Italian Stone pine trees were planted in the Memorial Grove, which was erected between the north side of the library and the south side of the Kinesiology Building.

Each of the slain left behind families and friends who wonʼt soon forget the atrocious crimes committed that day.

They are the survivors, victims in their own right, who bear scars not visible to eyes alone.

• Edward Charles Allaway gunned down nine co-workers on the morning of July 12, 1976, killing seven. In the months following the spree, two more died – an indirect result of Allawayʼs actions.

• His sister, Shirley Sabo, whom Allaway moved in with when he first came to Southern California killed herself shortly after her brotherʼs trial, according to reports. She had been a secretary in the sociology department at Cal State Fullerton and recommended Allaway for his janitorial position in the library.

• Her grief and guilt were too great, however, and she shot herself in the heart, authorities said.

• Another young employee worked in the CSUF media center where much of the killing took place. (His case did not receive much media coverage at the time and his name was not printed in initial reports.)

• He was not scheduled for work the day the killings, and he claimed to hear the voices of his slain co-workers when he returned to campus telling him he should have been with him, according to reports.

• He told others he felt guilty about being able to help his friends. About eight months after the killings, reportedly handed his wristwatch to a co-worker. Then he climbed to the top of the Humanities Building and jumped.

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Midwife Program Makes Resurgence Nurse midwives aid in the shortage in the medical field, she said.

The program accepts only the most highly qualified students.

“Midwives provide that [obgyn/ gyn] care for women in general

By Natalie Murillo care. We have traditionally provided Daily Titan Staff Writer services for low income and vulnerable populations,” Snell said.

Professor and registered nurse, Cal State Fullertonʼs masterʼs Christine Latham said she thinks degree midwifery program received the midwifery program is a great a $244,477 grant from the federal program. government, which will help pay “Weʼre always trying to enhance the faculty and provide supplies and help for vulnerable populations,” equipment.

Latham said, who has worked with B.J. Snell, director of womenʼs vulnerable populations by better health, wrote the proposal for the informing low-income diabetes grant. She said the funding supports patients about how to manage their the education prodiabetes. gram for midwives.

“From what I see, Snell added the two “Nurse midwives its been going well. Itʼs other schools with a a great need that we tend to serve program are UC San have to educate more Francisco and San more low income nurse midwives,” said families.”

Diego State.

Maryanne Garon, “The first class is nursing graduate proMaryanne Garon gram coordinator. graduating this sumNursing Graduate mer,” Snell said. The Garon said the proProgram Coordinator gram has had some class will be walking in May and their great students this degree will be official in August. past year. She added the students This year seven of eight program have to perform many deliveries and participants will graduate. The one meet the guidelines of the American student who will not be graduating College of Nurse Midwives who is having a baby and will be gradu- accredits the CSUF program. ating next year.

“Nurse midwives tend to serve Snell said the midwifery mas- more low income families,” Garon terʼs program is a two-year pro- said. gram, which also includes clinical “Midwives take a holistic hands-on experience with a certified approach in birth,” Garon said in midwife. The students have clinical regards to criticism about birthing practice after they have undergone becoming too medical. She added training with models and dummies. the midwives have the best of both After finishing the program, the stu- worlds, because they have the medidents graduate with a masterʼs of cal knowledge and know when to science and certification. call in a doctor for help.

“It certainly has helped to estabGaron said the federal funding lish the program, because you need is very beneficial for the midwife to have the funding for the faculty to program. teach,” Snell said.

“We are always hopeful of that She added the request for the [funding],” Garon said. grant was reviewed by the National The American College of Nurse Institute of Health.

Midwives was established in 1967 “The education of nurse mid- and is a nonprofit organization. The wives is very important to provide college also grants scholarships to womenʼs health care,” Snell said. midwifery students and graduates.

Federal grant will help provide salaries, supplies for uncommon degree

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ARCHERY FROM PAGE 1 called AR-Standing, is a testament to this.

Born with many physical disabilities, he practices and teaches archery from his wheelchair and holds 11 national records and all-state records in his division.

Another attractive feature of archery, Feaselman said, is that the sport is open to people of all fitness levels.

“Everyone can do it,” he said. “You donʼt have to be able to run fast or be very strong.”

The archery club was founded last year when Ferguson, a hopeful for the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, enlisted the help of Karanen after searching for an outlet where he and other students could train at a higher level.

The club is not only for serious competitors and Olympians; however, any student who wishes to take up the sport for recreation is welcome.

“Any level is fine,” Karanen said. “Whether you are just beginning and want to shoot some arrows to relax, to enjoy yourself socially or to compete in a championship – anyone can join.”

The club has just wrapped up its first semester of regular meetings and holds practice at 5 p.m. Wednesdays and Fridays at the CSUF track.

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ARCHED FOR VICTORY: Veronica Purpura focuses on her target that is placed some 60 yards away while praticing at Titan field.

Third Wave Players Act for Action ‘Confessions of Women from East LA’ showing one night only in Titan Theatre

By Jessica Escorsia

Daily Titan Staff Writer

Strong women, the ability to succeed against expectations of failure, and everyday stereotypes are themes for the comedic play “Confessions of Women from East LA,” which takes place Friday night at the Titan Theatre.

Cal State Fullertonʼs Third Wave Feminist Group and the Womenʼs Studies Student Association will host the play by Josephina Lopez, with an effort to celebrate Latinas and get the truth out about their lives.

“It portrays real [Latinas] and demystifies the stereotypes of [Latinas],” said Danielle Hunt, an English major and vice president of the association.

She added Latinas face a lot of challenges and stereotypes everyday which include either

being mothers, whores, good little daughters, or religious catholic girls. Hunt said the beginning of the play raises the issue of these stereotypes.

Director Rosy Amaya has been a long time fan of the play, and she thought it would be important to get the message across to all women, Hunt said. It is especially important to inform those in Orange County that these issues are still going on today, she added.

The play tells the story of seven Latino women and their struggles in everyday life.

“Itʼs a lesson to all women that you can succeed even if youʼre put down, if youʼre strong,” co-director Shawn Williams said.

Hunt mentioned the two organizations held open auditions for the play and although they had to overcome the obstacle of not having a large turnout for auditions, they were able to fill up all the parts.

Another obstacle both Third Wave and the association are encountering, is getting students to attend the production which falls on a Friday night and the weekend before finals week.

“Although it is on a Friday night and the

week before finals, it is a really good play and we just hope that a lot of people show up,” Hunt said.

Williams is aware that students might not show up but wants them to know the play is short and students will be pleased with the hard work they have done.

“These people have been working on the play for three months. They have put a lot of time and effort into it,” he said. “Itʼs really funny. The play has a serious tone as well as a comedic one.”

As an English major Hunt said most of the plays we are forced to read are done by old white men and this play, which was written by a Latina, will be a nice change for students.

“We should all try to recognize other ethnicities and cultures,” Hunt said when referring to the stereotypes.

“Thereʼs a good meaning behind it, and I hope students walk away from the play with it,” Williams added.

The two-hour play begins at 7 p.m. and will be free to all students with a valid Titan Card and is $1 for those without one.

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Students Go Above and Abroad Explore outside U.S. by volunteering in English teaching programs

By Cristina Rodriguez

Daily Titan Staff Writer

A

fter graduation many students might consider traveling to an exotic location as an ideal way to spend

summer.

But for some they will be teaching when they get there.

Teaching abroad not only offers the perks of a picturesque getaway but also an opportunity to volunteer and learn about other cultures.

Cal State Fullerton offers the Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages program. The program offers a course during the summer for graduates who are considering teaching abroad.

The summer course catalog describes TESOL 511 as a course that “prepares students to understand the cultural and sociopolitical significance of teaching English outside the U.S. investigates methods, techniques, materials, classroom management and evaluation in programs abroad.”

Janet Eyring, the modern languages and literature department chair, said the course will give

RUN/WALK FROM PAGE 1 challenge to some college students.

“Motivating college students to get up at 7 a.m. to go run is a difficult,” Hagan said.

“Itʼs a big barrier for college students.”

Despite the challenges, many college students participate. Last yearʼs event attracted 2,000 registered participants and Hagan estimated about half were UCLA students.

She added that other participants included nurses at the hospital, UCLA staff and faculty, friends and family of patients in the hospital, community members and running groups from Los Angeles.

McFarland said 1,804 people ran the race last year, and this

students the materials and education they need to teach English abroad.

“Students should keep in mind that if they take TESOL 511 they will already have one elective within TESOL and will be closer to their completion of their TESOL certification,” she said.

“Students will leave the course with materials adapted for a specific country or region, such as Saudi Arabia or China.”

Prerequisites for the course include at least a bachelorʼs degree, completion of TESOL 400 Fundamentals of TESOL or the consent of the instructor.

Program requirements, according to the online catalog, also include: At least a 2.5 GPA, good academic standing, at least two years of one foreign language completed with a 3.0 GPA, proficiency in oral and written English and consent of the admitting committee.

In addition to the TESOL program offered at CSUF, several online programs also offer certification and the opportunity to teach abroad.

Teach for America offers applications to teach abroad on their Web site, http://www.teachforamerica.org.

Teach for America offers intense summer training for potential candidates.

They require that candidates

complete six main courses, ranging from a variety of subjects such as leadership, literacy and learning.

The “corps” of members is spread out around the U.S..

The students receive advisement and continuous training to ensure they will obtain the skills necessary.

“School districts hire Teach for America corps members through state-alternative certification programs, whereby corps members must meet the requirements and demonstrate proficiency in the grades and subject areas they will teach,” according to the Web site.

Cross Cultural Solutions offers students the opportunity to volunteer abroad or intern in a variety of areas including health, education or social services.

Students can choose on thheir Web site, http://www.crossculturalsolutions.org, from 10 different countries ranging from China, Brazil and Ghana.

For graduates interested in teaching English abroad, the Midwest Teacher Training Program offers a TEFL Certificate Program in preparation for studying abroad.

The program is a five-week course, based in Maddison, Wis. Information and registration for the program is available by request at 1-800-765-8577 or via

their Web site at http://www. mttp.com.

Another online program for teaching abroad is offered at http://www.teachabroad.org.

The Teach Abroad Web site allows applicants to browse the countries they want to teach in.

“There are lots of students who study abroad, who after they have returned want to teach abroad,” said CSUFʼs study abroad adviser Matthew Walters.

“I definitely recommend it.”

Teaching abroad is not only beneficial for graduates wanting to teach but also for teachers.

Andi Stein, professor of communications, participated in a five-week program offered by the Communications Department, whereby professors taught students in Hong Kong.

These students were pursuing their masterʼs degree in communications.

Stein said it was a great chance to work with students from another culture. ”Most were working professionals and very dedicated to their studies,” she said.

Fred Zandpour, CSUF associate dean of communications, described the program as one that was beneficial to faculty who were allowed to apply what they learned in that different environment to their future students.

“I think it is going to be a year they hope for 2,000 runners. good experience, because you Although the race takes place are having fun and at the same on the UCLA campus, everyone time itʼs a good cause,” Garcia is welcome to participate. said. “Knowing that youʼre CSUF student doing something Marianne Garcia that benefits the signed up for children is a really great feeling.”

UCLAʼs Run/ “Knowing that Interested runWalk this year. you’re doing someners can register “Iʼm lookthing that benefits ing forward to for the race online it, because Iʼve the cildren is a real- at www.runwalk. never done anyucla.edu or downly great feeling.” thing like this load the form before,” she said. from the Web site Marianne Garcia Garcia, 22, said and register by Fullerton Student she has always mail. Online registration closes been interested in Friday, but pardoing a run/walk ticipants can regto benefit a charity, but wasnʼt sure how to get ister up to the morning of the involved. event with cash only.

She was encouraged to particThe cost of the Run/Walk is ipate by her friend, Jason Avila, $25 a person or $20 per runner who attends UCLA and helps for a team of six or more. organize the event.

Those interested in support-

ing the cause but donʼt want to participate in the race can make a monetary donation at the Web site.

Sunday morningʼs event will kick off at 7 a.m. with check-in followed by opening ceremonies at 7:30 a.m. The festivities will include a Western-themed skit and speeches from the head of Mattel Childrenʼs Hospital as well as a former patient and her family.

Andrea Bowen from “Desperate Housewives” is also slated to appear.

The race will begin at 8 a.m. followed by performances from local bands, a hip hop competition and a silent auction.

The Run/Walk is organized by a committee of 25 students in the Student Welfare Commission at UCLA, McFarland said.

The commission is part of the Undergraduate Student Association Council.

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Triplett Not Average College Professor

By Kathryn Johnson

For the Daily Titan

As she walks down the halls of the Communications Building at California State Fullerton, one would never guess that she is a new professor on her way to class.

Laura Triplett is 28 years old with a PhD in health communications, with an emphasis in mass media health.

“In college, I would keep my biophysics books in my backseat, so that when people would get in my car, they would notice my books and comment on how smart I was,” Triplett said. “I donʼt care about looks. I want to be considered smart, first and foremost.”

One thing Triplett realized early in life is that school came easy to her. She never had to study too hard to get good grades. She would get her work done and then move on to more interesting thing.

Even though she didnʼt struggle hard to get through high school, college was a challenge.

She was one week away from leaving home and heading to the University of Oklahoma for a meteorology degree, but then realized that she couldnʼt leave everything she knew behind, especially her mother.

Triplett ended up going to UC Irvine with a double major in social cultural anthropology and biophysics. Her guidance counselor suggested another field of study because the science department was predominantly Asian, but she wouldnʼt be persuaded to change because of difficulty or ethnicity.

She said she hated when people told her she couldnʼt do something, because then she had to prove them wrong, no matter what the cost.

After graduating from UCI, she got to know the new man in her life, Greg Callahan.

After one year of rest, Triplett started her masterʼs program at CSUF and then continued her education in Arizona State Universityʼs graduate program.

“Laura went straight through school, and I always knew that she was interested in pursuing a doctoral program. Education is a priority for her and has been for as long as Iʼve known her,” Callahan said.

One year into graduate school, she and Callahan decided to get married. Then, Triplett made the transition from student to teacher after graduation.

Triplett received her doctorate degree in health communications with an emphasis in mass media health.

Becoming a professor was a very different path for Triplett since she always thought that she would work in the communications industry.

She started teaching at Arizona State U n i v e r s i t y, which was a wonderful experience, she said.

Being a professor gave her the opportunity to use Laura the extensive Triplett education she Communications had acquired in a way that Professor would help society.

“I get such a thrill out of curriculum development because students have e-mailed me and told me that my lectures made a difference in their jobs,” Triplett said.

Teaching at CSUF is very fulfilling and satisfying, but Triplett also loves to be challenged by her work.

She is on tenure track, which she said is “insanely” hard right out of school and includes a few published articles, she said. Her challenges come from research, especially those that include media views of female body image.

Triplett will work with fellow CSUF professor Genelle Belmas on a special research assignment on the “Girls Gone Wild” video franchise series, which deals with the perception of body image and aesthetics. This is a six-month to one-year research assignment.

“I really enjoy working with Laura. She is smart, energetic and willing to get her hands dirty,” Belmas said.

Looking toward the future, Triplett said she wants to contribute to the public good by doing research that informs and educates the general public. She eventually wants to be a media expert on body image, lending her expertise to talk shows or news shows.

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Engineering Dean Builds Reputation

By Rory Jurnecka

Daily Titan Staff Writer

Raman Unnikrishnan, dean of the College of Engineering and Computer Science, can add yet another award to his collection after recently being named as the recipient of the 2006 Missouri Honor Award for Distinguished Service in Engineering.

The award, which Unnikrishnan describes as “unexpected,” was a result of the deliberations of an anonymous committee appointed by Jim Thompson, the dean of the College of Engineering at the University of Missouri, Unnikrishnanʼs alma mater.

“This award is bestowed upon only a few outstanding engineers per year in recognition of their achievements in this field,” Thompson said.

The word “mediocrity” does not exist in the vocabulary of Raman Unnikrishnan, dean of the College of Engineering and Computer Science.

“I think if you stand still, you are going backwards in this profession,” Unnikrishnan said. “The profession is advancing at a rapid speed. You have to have continuous improvement or you become obsolete.”

Since settling into the deanʼs office at Cal State Fullerton in 2001, Unnikrishnan has done anything but stand still. His passion for engineering and drive for advancement has helped him lead the development of the new computer engineering major and the online software engineering degree program for the college.

Unnikrishnan is no stranger to great achievements. It was a long road to CSUF from Unnikrishnanʼs native Cochin, located on the southwest coast of India, where

Unnikrishnan was a promising student in many fields.

“I was good in math, and I was good in science. I was good in languages, too,” Unnikrishnan said.

But it was a science project that would provide the pivotal experience that sealed his decision to become an engineer.

“I was trying to build a shortwave radio in high school, and I couldnʼt make it work. People said, ʻIf you become an electrical engineer, you can get that to work,ʼ ” Unnikrishnan said. “So I went into electrical engineering, and I still couldnʼt get the radio to work.”

It was in India that he attended the University of Kerala, where he received his bachelorʼs of science degree in electrical engineering from the university.

He would go on to receive his masterʼs of science and PhD degrees in the same discipline at South Dakota State University and the University of Missouri.

After graduation, Unnikrishnan was a faculty member at Rochester Institute of Technology, serving as head of the Electrical Engineering Department for 10 years as well as associate dean for graduate studies and research in the College of Engineering for three years.

During his years at the helm of the Electrical Engineering Department, Unnikrishnan hired most of the staff, designed the curriculum and watched as his program moved up the ranks among competing universities across the nation.

Just as Unnikrishnan resigned, Rochesterʼs electrical engineering program reached the No. 2 spot in the nation as judged by U.S. and World News magazine.

So why would he pack his bags and move cross-country to California?

Local Businesses Now Hiring for Summer

By Erika Dresser

For the Daily Titan

Photo Provided by Dean Unnikrishnan

AWARDED: Raman Unnikrishnan, dean of the College of Engineering and Computer Sciences, right, receives an award from University of Missouri-Columbia College of Engineering Dean Jim Thompson.

Unnikrishnan jokingly blames a mid-life crisis before offering the real reason.

“I looked at it as an opportunity,” he said.

“I had done it all there. When you are at the top, thatʼs when you do something else.”

Despite Unnikrishnanʼs drive in the engineering and academic worlds, other interests take a hold on him as well.

“If I were not an engineer, I would probably have been doing something with mathematics. And if I were not doing mathematics, I probably would have majored in English literature,” Unnikrishnan said.

Interestingly, he said literature holds equal importance to the sciences in his life. Recently, he has enjoyed Simon Winchesterʼs “The Professor and the Madman,” a novel about the creation of the Oxford English Dictionary.

“Itʼs like a delicious scoop of

ice cream that you savor layer by layer and hope will never end,” Unnikrishnan said of the book.

Meanwhile, many college staff members feel that one of the best things that have happened to the college is Unnikrishnan.

Susamma Barua, director of the computer engineering major, said one secret of Unnikrishnanʼs success is loyalty to his students.

“Heʼs very student oriented,” said Barua. “He emphasizes that quite a lot because he considers the students the most important component of the college. He keeps students as the primary focus.”

Unnikrishnan is enthusiastic about the future of his chosen profession, but is hesitant to speculate about what it may hold.

“I think prediction of technology is not an easy one or an accurate one,” Unnikrishnan said. “Computers are so pervasive … the major boundary that we have not fully conquered, in my opinion, is the human body.”

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The semester is quickly winding down and now is the time to start looking for summer employment.

Storefronts are advertising “Help wanted” signs for multiple positions in food service, retail, clerical work and much more.

The dreaded job hunt can be long and frustrating.

For some, the hardest step is just getting started. To begin the job hunt process, a good resume and cover letter is needed.

The Career Center on campus has walk-in hours where students can have their resumes reviewed by a student employment and internship specialist who can give tips on the good interviewing skills necessary to land the job.

After the first step Jim Case, director of the Career Planning and Placement Center said, “Identify companies youʼd like to work for and take a personal, active approach. Personally call and speak to whomever is in charge of hiring in order to build a relationship so that they know who you are.”

Another resource is www. cbcampus.com powered by careerbuilder.com. This site has jobs aimed specifically toward new graduates and current college students. Visitors can search

by city and state, areas of interest and even by major.

“The Internet is a wonderful resource for anyone looking for job openings because just about all the companies are advertising online,” Case said.

Many of opportunities are available both on and off-campus for the enthusiastic job hunter. Cingular Wireless on Yorba Linda Boulevard in Placentia is currently looking to fill some sales positions.

“Weʼre looking for people with some sales experience, but itʼs not necessary. Our schedule is great for students, because we have flexible hours and most of the work is on the weekends. Plus we have 17 different locations looking to hire new employees right now,” said Hieu Tran, hiring manager at the store.

Because Orange County is a huge tourist area, many job seekers find hotels as a good place to inquire about job openings.

Brian Dawson, 24, a CSUF alumnus, has worked for Disney for four years.

“I started working there while I was in school and it worked out well so after I graduated I came on as a full-time entertainer,” he said.

Case said close to 80 percent of students are working 25 hours a week by the time they graduate so itʼs important that students who are looking for work donʼt procrastinate.

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Polygamist on FBI’s List Associated Press

HILDALE, Utah – Prophet.

Religious zealot. Dangerous extremist.

These are some of the words used to describe Warren Jeffs since the 50-year-old leader of a polygamous sect was put on the FBIʼs Ten Most Wanted list recently alongside such figures as Osama bin Laden.

Jeffs, head of a renegade Mormon splinter group called the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, is accused of arranging marriages between underage girls and older men. He is charged with child sexual abuse in Arizona and being an accomplice to statutory rape in Utah.

Jeffs exercises extraordinary control over 10,000 or so followers who live mostly in the side-by-side towns of Hildale, Utah, and Colorado City, Ariz.

Church dissidents say that during Jeffsʼ four-year rule, the number of underage marriages – some to girls as young as 13 – escalated into the hundreds. Families have been fractured in the process.

According to those expelled from the community, young men are sent away so as not to compete for brides; older men are cast out for alleged disobedience, and their wives and children are reassigned by Jeffs to new husbands and fathers.

“Heʼs committed some horrific crimes against people, and I think he views himself as untouchable,” said Carolyn Jessop, who in 2003 fled an 18-year marriage to a man 32 years her senior.

Insiders are fiercely loyal and will not answer questions from reporters. Jeffs himself has not been seen publicly in nearly two years.

An interview request faxed by The Associated Press to a churchowned ranch in Eldorado, Texas, where some say he has moved church headquarters, elicited no

response.

“I think heʼs a religious pervert, an extreme zealot or a religious extremist and a control freak,” said Richard Holm, who said that he was thrown out in 2003 and that his three wives and 17 children were taken without warning.

“His leadership has totally disrupted whatever was good about the church.”

The sect adheres to the early doctrine of Mormon church founder Joseph Smith, who advocated plural marriage. The mainline Mormon church renounced polygamy in 1890 and denies any connection to such fundamentalist sects.

Polygamists have lived on the Utah-Arizona line since the early 20th century.

A raid on the community – then known as Short Creek – by Arizona and federal authorities in 1953 was a debacle, and law enforcement authorities turned a blind eye to the group for decades.

Jeffs assumed leadership in 2002 after the death of his 98year-old father, Rulon Jeffs, who had 65 children by several women.

Jeffs took nearly all of his fatherʼs widows as his own wives. He is said to have at least 40 wives and nearly 60 children.

The sect has long practiced the custom of arranged marriages, but dissidents say young girls were rarely married off until Jeffs came to power.

Jeffs has prophesied that the world was about to come to an end and that the second coming of Jesus Christ was at hand, only to blame church members for their lack of faith when the events failed to occur, according to excommunicated members.

“Heʼs convinced followers that heʼs the mouthpiece of God,” said Colorado City historian and author Ben Bistline. “We heard a rumor that heʼs claiming to be Jesus Christ.”

Jeffs has demanded church members add $1,000 monthly to

the tithe, or 10 percent, that they already pay, leaving many families living in squalor, while his own family lived well in a blocklong walled compound of mansions in Hildale.

He has also ordered followers to pull their kids out of the public schools and teach them at home; banned athletics, television and all books except Scripture; and enforced a long-standing dress code that requires women to wear long pioneer-style dresses and men to button their shirt collars.

The communityʼs youngsters rarely attend school beyond the eighth grade. Instead they go to work, the boys usually in construction, the girls at home, or in family-run businesses, such as the local dairy or food co-op.

Since the 1940s, a church trust has held all the land and buildings in the two communities. However, last June, after Jeffs failed to answer lawsuits filed against him, the state of Utah took control of the trust.

Jeffs is said to wield great influence with city leaders, police and a local judge, most of whom are members of the church.

Some say close associates, or “Warrenites,” serve as his spies, reporting indiscretions by members of the community back to Jeffs.

He is known to travel with bodyguards in a convoy of sport utility vehicles with tinted windows, slipping in and out of church-owned properties in Colorado, Nevada, South Dakota, Texas and Utah. Authorities also believe he may be moving back and forth across the U.S. border to enclaves in Canada and Mexico. The FBI considers Jeffs armed and dangerous.

“Iʼd say he has a lot of financial resources available to him, heʼs got a wide network of support, and he generally surrounds himself with people who distrust the government,” Salt Lake City FBI spokesman Patrick Kiernan said.

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polygamy?

“I have to say I personally disagree. But if that is your deal, then that is your deal.”

David Petty

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“I think there should be more societies where women have more husbands. I don’t understand why I can’t have that. In some cultures men have seven wives – Heather I want seven husbands!”

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“I like it. I personally think it should not be illegal. If the wives and husbands are cool with it they should be able to do what they want.”

David Rich

Speech communication

“I disagree with polygamy. I think you should stick with one person and that person should be the one you love.”

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Ashley Ellis English

“I think it’s bizarre, because I don’t come from a family that was introduced to it. I think it is more sad for families who partake in polygamy, because there are so many kids and many wives under one roof.”

Students Plan Trips for Summer Vacation

By Lukila Hipa

For the Daily Titan

Cal State Fullertonʼs STA Travel center can help students find ways to travel cheaply and easily.

With a branch located in the Titan Student Union, STA Travel is the largest worldwide travel company for students. The company helps students book accommodations, find discounted airfares and set up travel excursions.

Mexico and Europe are the two most popular destinations to travel for students who are embarking on summer trips, according to STA Travel.

“London is the No. 1 hot spot to travel right now,” said STA employee Jeff Torres, who has been to Europe seven times. “Europe is so popular over the summer, because it is the season for people to backpack.”

STA Travel negotiates prices with airlines to find discounts, and if discounts arenʼt offered, the company will give students other options to book through Expedia.com or other travel services.

STA receives 15 percent off United Airlines tickets, and they offer these discounts to students or people under the age of 26, Torres said.

Last summer college student Rachel Vanessan backpacked through Europe.

“I booked through STA, and I think I saved more money than if I would have purchased my ticket through another travel agency,” Vanessan said.

Tickets to Europe in the summer cost anywhere from $800 to $1,200, Torres said.

STA Travel is a helpful resource when wanting to travel, unlike other airlines, travel booked through STA Travel is refundable.

STA Travel is flexible if clients want to change the dates of their travel, and the penalty is relatively low, Torres added.

STA Travel has offices all over the world so students can be served abroad.

Jeff Smith, an employee at California Travel, agrees that Europe and Mexico are the most popular travel destinations. Traveling in Mexico, Cancun, Puerto Vallarta and Cabo San Lucas are popular with college students, he said.

Mexico is a very popular travel destination during the early summer, but in August travel slows down because of hurricane season, Torres said.

“Tickets to Mexico are cheaper then, but you are taking a risk,” he said.

Students should get a passport at least six weeks before their departure date. The longer students wait to book their tickets the pricier the tickets will be, Torres said.

Students can log on to www.state.gov to receive more information and pricing on passports.

For those students who want to get ahead of the game, Torres said Croatia is the up and coming place to travel.

“Itʼs under the radar, and it hasnʼt become mainstream yet. The beaches are beautiful and it is complemented by the Mediterranean climate,” Torres said. “Ticket prices will jump in the next couple of years.”

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Drinking Games Make Alcohol Consumption More Fun

By Jon Pommier

For the Daily Titan

During an average week many students face the daily pressures of school and work. On the weekends some students like to unwind from the weekʼs stress and enjoy an alcoholic beverage or two.

A social drink has recently evolved into the latest drinking games craze.

Beer pong, kingʼs cup, quarters, drunk driver, buzz, landmines, boat races and caps are a few games some Cal State Fullerton students enjoy playing on their spare time.

“I love to play drinking games because it makes drinking more fun,” said dorm resident Patrick, who withheld his last name for privacy reasons. “My favorite game

is Buzz. Buzz is a counting game where a group of people start counting and every time a number with a seven, a multiple of seven, or any double number [11,22 …] approach in the count, the person must say ʻbuzz.ʼ The best part is the longer the game goes, the more mistakes there are because people are getting drunk. Itʼs so funny.”

Other students who enjoy playing drinking games love it for the challenge and play for the competitive element of it.

“I play drinking games at the University Village apartments because it turns drinking into a challenge,” said Stacy, a CSUF student who withheld her last name for privacy reasons. “My favorite game is kingʼs cup. I love this game because itʼs a challenge, and it makes drinking less boring and more interesting.”

Kingʼs cup is a drinking game that includes a deck of cards and an empty pitcher, she said. Each card represents a different drinking task

a group of people must do. When a king is drawn from the deck, the person that draws it must put their beverage into a pitcher. Whoever draws the fourth king card must drink the whole pitcher of alcohol, she said.

Some students thrive on the competition that comes with drinking games.

“I love to play drinking games because it combines two great things, drinking and sports,” said Mark, another resident at the CSUF dorms who withheld his last name for privacy reasons.

“My favorite game is caps. Caps is where you take a bottle cap and toss it into a cup on the other side of the table.”

While some students attribute drinking games to competitiveness and ice breakers at a party or other social events, others said drinking socially is simply too boring.

“Drinking games add an element of excitement,” said CSUF dorm resident Kristen, who withheld her

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last name for privacy reasons. “I love to play celebrity because when people start to get drunk they make up fake names and itʼs really hilarious.”

Celebrity is a game that involves naming a celebrity, and whatever the first letter of that celebrityʼs last name, the next person must use that same letter for the first letter of a different celebrityʼs first name, she said.

For example, if one person chose to say Katie Holmes, then an acceptable response could be Heath Ledger, and the next acceptable response could be Leonardo DiCaprio and so on.

With all these drinking games, students who drink shouldnʼt be bored at local parties.

“One thing I like to see when I show up to a party is people playing drinking games,” Mark said. “One thing I love to see at a party is a drinking game I have never seen before because itʼs always great to learn a new drinking game.”

DRIVEWAY FROM PAGE 1 Fullertonʼs Police Department, and we will have adequate signage and people directing traffic to help people know where to go,” Glen said.

Smith said pedestrians will continue to use the sidewalk on the south side of Nutwood Avenue as well as the city crosswalks at the Commonwealth Avenue intersection and the Marriot for access to the campus.

Bicyclists can still use the bike path through the campus between the Commonwealth Avenue intersection to the south and the campus bike path at the Education Classroom Building to the north.

Public Safety has studied the traffic flow patterns, and they have looked at the traffic flow on Yorba Linda Boulevard, State College Boulevard and Nutwood Avenue and said “there are sufficient entrances to the campus” Glen said.

Although Public Safety is confident in the new intersection and driveways, some worry that it will be confusing.

“It sounds good to have the new intersection but what happens when people come back from summer break?”

Henry Esqueda, CSUF geography major, asked.

Smith is confident there will be proper signs around the campus to let both students and staff know about the changes.

As for other construction sites and projects, there are no new plans for another parking structure, Smith said.

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a personal essay of one man’s attraction to online gambling

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LET IT RIDE: Adam Levy finds himself placing high-stakes bets on online gambling sites. Itʼs not winning that satisfies him, itʼs betting itself.

By Adam Levy

For the Daily Titan

M

y palms sweat and my hands tremble as my index finger hovers above the “Enter” key.

Clearing my head of second thoughts, or any thoughts for that matter, I hold my head up high, type the magic letters “Y-E-S” into the text box, and tap the “submit” key with a bold and confident jolt.

No turning back now, as I have just bet $500 – more than a weekʼs pay as a food-server – on the outcome of a baseball game.

Internet casinos made over $10 billion in profits last year, with over 80 percent of their revenues coming from the U.S., according to CBS News.

The advent of online sports books has caused an explosion in a once splintered hobby, as offshore casinos feature wagering options on everything from the results of NFL games to American Idol episodes.

In this fiber optic age, the availability for a high rolling good time is only a credit card number away.

“Gambling on the Internet has changed everything,” said Matt Gassob, a 37-yearold Rancho Cucamonga business owner who wagers an average of $500 weekly online.

“Itʼs so much easier to make bets than it used to be, plus losing credits on a Web site doesnʻt seem like a big deal, kind of like parting with plastic chips in a casino,” he said. “Losing $100 on the net is nothing nowadays.”

No stranger to this concept myself, Iʼve played in countless house games and taken my fair share of trips to local casinos, Indian reservations and of course, fabulous Las Vegas. But my real battle scars have all come from gambling over the Internet.

The modern day rogue Internet gambler like me isnʼt the guy sweating bullets on Superbowl Sunday. Itʼs not akin to the Hollywood renditions of Matthew McConaughey, Matt Damon or any of those B-list poker-playing celebrities.

Itʼs the guy that plunks down cash on a Tuesday night WNBA game because thereʻs nothing else to bet on that night.

“I can no longer watch sports in the same way,” said James Murphy, a 37year-old Buena Park resident who estimates he has gambled on sports regularly in excess of 15 years.

“When I was young, I remember opening up the sports section every day just because I was such a huge fan,” he said.

“Everything changed once I started betting, now itʼs a totally different ballgame, no pun intended.”

The convenience and discretion of

placing a wager online defeats any of the social stigma previously attached to gambling. With the pay-up-front nature of the online casino system, the danger has taken a different tone.

The thug bookie wielding a crowbar has been replaced by the obnoxious, but far safer phone calls from creditors wondering when your delinquent payment is coming.

“I think the risk of being caught doing something illegal is considerably lessened when you donʼt have to go through a bookie,” said Orange County Register sports columnist Randy Youngman in an e-mail interview. “Though it is trying, the U.S. government canʼt regulate the offshore betting agencies and that makes betting online easier. Unless the government can shut down offshore betting, it will continue to escalate exponentially.”

For years I have dabbled in online sports betting; feeding off the nonstop flow of information I consume daily in the form of ticker box scores, talk radio, and sports Web sites.

Placing a wager on the game gives me a sense of interest in the event as if I am one of the athletes myself, putting my skills and accrued knowledge to the test against a system that is challenging, unpredictable with big risk and reward.

Just pressing that “Enter” key makes my heart beat a little faster.

Waiting tables for a living, Iʼll make a few $20 parlays – a single bet that links together two or more wagers – here and there, but have the common sense to stay out of the high stakes waters that so many drown in. But today Iʼm betting a bit over my head for the sake of a story.

“When the stakes are high, itʼs exciting whether you win or lose,” said Gassob.

“Iʼll fall asleep when I try to watch games I didnʼt bet on.”

Itʼs overcast, but pleasant spring afternoon. Today would be a nice day for a trip to the beach, walk in the park or at the very least, a step out the front door.

But my attention is squarely focused on the computer monitor, where a plethora of tasty betting options emanate from the screen laid out like a tray of glazed oldfashioned chocolate crullers and maple bars.

Itʼs just tough to pick. And on this day, there is no shortage of high profile sporting events to choose from, including the Kentucky Derby, the decisive game seven in the Lakers-Suns playoff series, and over a dozen Major League Baseball games. Relying on my preternatural passion for diamonds and dugouts, I turn to the latter as a safe refuge where I can make the best educated guess on a winner.

Sticking out like a sore thumb is the 1:05 p.m. Oakland Athletics vs. Tampa Bay Devil Rays pitting Cy Young winner

Placing a wager on the game gives me a sense of interest in the event as if I am one of the atheletes myself.

Barry Zito against a non descript righthander named Seth McClung. Coming off an upset loss the night before, the Athletics were due to redeem themselves in a game where they have home field advantage, a better overall cast and most importantly, a superior starting pitcher in Zito.

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n a sentimental note, Zito has always been one of my favorite ballplayers for the quirky, scruffy haired, surfer dude mystique that belied his status as one of the most dominant pitchers in the game. In baseball terms, I was betting on Goliath against David and 1-to-2 odds reflected it, as my $500 wager would net a profit of $250 should the Athletics prevail. Better yet, when the Aʼs prevail.

“Since online betting started Iʼve put a lot more money on the games,” said Mike Tockgo, a 33-year-old Riverside loan officer who estimates he antes around $1,000 a week on the outcome of sporting events.

“The easy access allows for a lot of impulsive bets, especially when youʼre chasing losses,” he said.

The computer bellows, “youʼve got mail” with an e-receipt neatly summarizing the terms of the wager with a 10-digit confirmation code. I print up the information, light up a cigarette and slump into the couch as the Athletics take the field in their resplendent green-tinted uniforms, in what I hope to be a harbinger of the dead presidents I will be rewarded for my extreme confidence in their club.

Five minutes have passed since I pushed the big button. In unison with opening of the telecast, I feel a real rush of adrenaline as the broadcast begins. No one could possibly care more about this game than I. Like the anxious anticipation you got when you were a kid as the ride operator strapped you into the roller coaster, there was no turning back.

Almost an hour and three full innings into this scoreless game, and Iʼm bouncing off walls. Pacing back and forth, Iʼm aware my actions past clicking the mouse are negligible, but the nervous energy has to go somewhere nonetheless. Whereʼs a treadmill when you really need one? To my credit, I was right about Zito, who mows down the inferior Tampa Bay lineup like the ace I figured him for. Unfortunately, his much lesser heralded rival McClung must have eaten his Wheaties, matching him zero for zero on the scoreboard. The bottom of the fourth opens up with a single, double and sacrifice fly to put the Aʼs up 1-0. Right now Iʼm thinking I could do this for a living.

Thereʼs no halftime in baseball, but a milestone of progress nonetheless, as the fifth inning has come and gone, with Aʼs holding a tenuous 2-to-1 lead on Tampa Bay. The one run lead is enough to keep my spirits up but too close for comfort nonetheless. I havenʼt eaten, yet my appetite for lunch is nonexistent as I continue through a chimney-like procession through the pack of Marlboros. Still, every passing inning gives me an up tick in optimism, knowing that I am that much closer to winning $250, and more importantly, not losing $500.

The game telecast returns after a commercial, and Zito is out of the game.

Tampa Bay makes a switch of their own; sending in journeyman Greg Norton to bat in place of rookie catchers. Murphyʼs Law fully intact, Norton smacks a lazy fly ball to right field that looks like itʼs going to hook foul. It doesnʼt, landing eight rows deep into the outfield bleachers to even the score of the game at two a piece. A shot into the dugout reveals a nonchalant Zito void of expression about his lost opportunity for victory. I wish I could say the same for myself.

The ninth inning of a tied ballgame and $500 of my hard earned money on the line. This is “action” at itʼs best, the buzz a gambler craves with every bet, even more so than the winning. Akin to the rush some get from sex, drugs or rock ʻnʼ roll, “action” is the pulse that turns a meaningless regular season day game into the seventh game of the World Series.

I have to leave for work in less than 15 minutes, but wild horses could not tear me away from the tube at this point.

Tampa Bayʼs best hitters come up to the plate to start the ninth and live up to their billing with a double and intentional walk to start the inning. With two on and no one out, all I can do is engage in a combination of prayer and mental cognitive dissonance exercises to ward off degenerate depression and justify the unjustifiable loss of $500. An out and a walk later and the bases are now full of Devil Rays, and the excuses are coming in with rapid fire.

“Zito was pitching!”, “They were due for

a win!” and “Itʼs only money, Iʼve still got my looks!” take a backseat to “It was for an article!”

The Athletics somehow get out of the ninth unscathed and quickly lead off their half of the inning with a hit and a walk putting two runners on with no outs. And the excuses have been silenced, replaced with a headstrong confidence that I knew what I was doing all along. A big bet can make you bipolar.

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p to the plate comes Marco Scutaro, a weak-hitting infielder with a knack for clutch hits, something of a modern day Bucky Dent. And with the action packed excitement of your life flashing before your eyes in an instant, Scutaro pokes the ball into the air onto the grass just beyond second base. The Tampa Bay shortstop strategically fields it as the Athletics base runners look like confused little leaguers. The dust clears and the play ends with two Athletics claiming second base. Neither of them gets it, as the Umpire signals both running are out causing the manager to storm out onto the field for a heated but predictably futile argument.

Showing my poise and maturity for high stakes wagering, I launch into a diatribe of expletives that would make a long shore man blush. Just my luck to lose $500 on a controversial botched call no one will even remember tomorrow. The window of opportunity has considerably shrunk as Athletics catcher Jason Kendall stands in the box with two out and a runner on. I am still trying to compose myself from the foul mouthed tantrum when Kendall hits a weak ground ball to the left side of the infield that takes a hop through the legs of the third baseman to come to a stop an unmanned spot of shallow left field, enabling the base runner to dash around the base paths and score the winning run. Shit, why didnʼt I bet more?!

A fleeting, yet exhilarating rush paralyzes me as the forlorn ball in the grass signifies I am $250 richer and a winner on the day. Even better, I didnʼt lose the original ante and the rent check is sure to be in the mail on time. And as the bet ends, so does the fun.

The fleeting high of the thrill of victory or agony of defeat is replaced by a numb, back to the grind mentality that is underscored by the conclusion of the bet, ending the exciting chance high I have been coasting on the past three hours. Still, it was a memorable afternoon and lost in all of the greed, a great game. I grab my tie and apron and head out the door for work, a great paper on the way and the thrill of victory putting some pep in my step. Itʼs good to be king, if only for a night.

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PREJUDICIAL ACTIVISM

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tʼs not particularly fashionable these days to be intolerant of others because of their race, their religion or their sexual orientation.

This social development has, more or less, rendered the various assortments of racially based hate groups in the United States as socially antiquated institutions of a distant past. A past where people didnʼt understand that every human being deserves respect and tolerance based solely on the qualifier that they are human beings.

The Southern Poverty Law Center isnʼt so sure that we live in such a racially enlightened age. They claim that hate groups are using the current immigration debate for their own destructive ends. They said that the debate has been “the single most important factor” in encouraging hate activities and fueling the hate movement.

The law center uses statistics citing the existence of 803 active hate groups in the United States this year, which is up from 762 in 2004.

They also said that hatedriven crime has risen 5 per-

cent in the same time period.

The centerʼs main concern, however, is the use of particularly aggressive immigration groups cooperating with neoNazi groups in an effort to intimidate illegal immigrants.

It is obvious that there are many social and political reasons why there is such a widespread movement in the United States to abolish illegal immigration. None of these necessarily have anything to do with the propagation of racial hatred.

But itʼs easy to see how a group could use the fervor over illegal immigration to further its racist cause.

In this case itʼs important for immigration activists to remember what theyʼre fighting.

They arenʼt fighting Hispanics, as there are illegal immigrants in the U.S. from all over the world. They arenʼt fighting with Mexico. They arenʼt fighting any particular country or people of origin.

They are fighting only to stop those who want to enter the U.S. illegally.

Anything else would encourage hate, which is, after all, particularly unfashionable.

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Philip Fuller, 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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Promoting Knowledge or Prejudice

By Michael Ocampo

For The Daily Titan

A study released last week found that young Americans are blissfully ignorant of the world and events around them.

The study, conducted by the National Geographic Society, surveyed 18- to 24-year-olds across the country and discovered that three out of four donʼt know where Indonesia is. Half canʼt locate the state of Mississippi on a map of the United States. And despite more than 2,400 U.S. troops killed and constant media coverage, 60 percent still canʼt find Iraq. Whatʼs worse, most (about 70 percent) donʼt seem to care.

For some, the news comes as an embarrassing shock. For others, the results confirm private suspicions that American ignorance is the rule rather than the exception.

But underlying both positions is the idea that young Americans should know and care about what happens in the vast world outside of cell phones and Sidekicks. But why?

“Even if an accepted opinion is the truth, the public tends to hold it not on rational grounds, but as a prejudice unless forced to defend it.” Those were the words of English philosopher John Stuart Mill, concisely phrased by Cal State Fullerton media law professor Wayne Overbeck.

Though Mill was arguing against censorship in England in 1892, illustrations of such prejudice can still be found today.

In a syndicated political cartoon published shortly after the study, a university professor points to a map of Europe and asks, “Can you locate Paris?” To which his female student, clutching a copy of US Weekly, replies, “I think sheʼs in,

like, Malibu right now.”

For most 18-to 24-year-olds, only information that is practical, imminent or entertaining is worth knowing. The reward for such knowledge is immediate: A problem is solved, a relevant matter is made known, an intellect is amused. Any other type of information—world geography and its affairs included—is considered interesting at best and unnecessary at worst.

Case in point, the earthquake of 2005 that killed 70,000 in Pakistan.

Two-thirds of the studyʼs young respondents didnʼt know that it happened in Pakistan – they must have confused it with some other country populated with brownskinned people.

For them, knowing that Pakistan is just to the west of India isnʼt amusing. Its location solves none of their problems. And unless they have kin in the country, the mas-

sive death-toll is of little concern.

As for Iraq, though disrespectful, the same principles apply.

Without friends or family directly involved in the war, there is little gain for young people in knowing the bordering countries of the state where civilization began.

For many, the self-interest and blissful ignorance of young adults has rallied proponents to educate 18-to 24-year-olds on whey they should know and care about the locations and events of the world.

But when a person suggests another should do something, that person is trying to make someone do something he otherwise wouldnʼt do.

Something we should consider before we argue is whether weʼre persuading because thereʼs good reason for young adults to be knowledgeable of geography, or if weʼre just promoting our own prejudices.

Drug Education Programs Fail Children

By Jessica Horn

Daily Titan Staff Writer

I remember one of my proudest moments in elementary school: D.A.R.E. graduation. You remember yours right? Well, that is if you attended elementary school after 1983, when D.A.R.E. was beginning to be implemented into school systems around the country. Drug Abuse Resistance Education, is an anti-drug program used in schools from kindergarten to seniors in high school.

Police officers teach D.A.R.E. lessons to students in the hopes that children will develop a sense of cops as not only authority figures but also as friends and mentors.

Children are also taught that bad things happen and life goes downhill when they use drugs.

As much as I enjoyed receiving my certificate and T-shirt at that age, if you asked me what I had learned, even just a few years after

being involved in the program, I wouldnʼt be able to tell you.

Wow, what an impact.

Letʼs be honest: Drug use will happen, children will be curious and officers are not your buddies.

Officers and school officials often use scare tactics as a way to keep children away from drugs. By telling children (who, in elementary school, which is the time when most students are still very receptive to their environments and authorities) that using drugs will make you uncool (remember being force fed the lines “Crack is whack” and “Dope is a joke”) because being cool is all that matters at that stage in your life. You donʼt want to be labeled as a “loser” or “dork” or whatever term children are using to point out the not-so-popular.

There is always a big debate on whether anti-drug programs actually have any effect on the choices made by students. While school officials tend to say “yes, of course” many others say “no way,

no how.”

New programs still being studied, such as “Keepin it REAL” (Refuse, Explain, Avoid and Leave) use videos shot by high school students talking about how anti-drug programs helped them pass on drug offers from their peers and how they got through rough times with peer pressure. These videos are then shown to children in middle school.

Well, thatʼs all sweet and dandy, but is it responsible to believe that a high school student will have a permanent impact on a childʼs life with the issue of drugs? Sure, that middle school student may look up to the high school student, but the effects will be short-term. When those middle school students get to high school they will learn to think for themselves – for the most part at least.

Just because children are perceptive at a young age doesnʼt meant they wonʼt eventually become curious and change their no-drug policies, which were adopted before

they really knew peer pressure.

Some communities around the country are trying different campaigns, with themes such as “Be Under Your Own Influence.” While itʼs nice to positively show children how to think for themselves, that doesnʼt really give them enough self-assurance to go against the crowd. Itʼs a nice thought though.

My point is that children are going to want to experiment. While most drugs (like the chemicallyinduced, unnatural ones) are bad for you and can really screw up your life, maybe children and teens need to find out for themselves. They canʼt have a cop telling them no-no, or a teacher, but find out on their own. While itʼs a risky and touchy subject, it might be the only way, because itʼs doubtful that the words “Just Say No” will ever make an impact on even just one child.

Drug use may be life abuse but these programs alone wonʼt cure the problem. Life never makes things quite that easy.

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No. 2 Titans Come Up Short in Wild 9-8 Slugfest in San Diego ing 8-6.

Swaydan then hit a bases clearing double, putting his team up 9-8 with only one inning left for the Titans to make a comeback. They just couldnʼt come through.

By christen d’alessandro “We didnʼt play catch or throw Daily Titan Asst. Sports Editor strikes,” Titan Head Coach George Horton said about the bottom of the eighth inning.

Starting off the game down 6-0 The Cal State Fullerton base- after an inning and a half, Senior ball team was defeated, 9-8, by Aztec right fielder Curt Mendoza San Diego State Tuesday at Tony hit a solo home run in the bottom Gwynn Field. of the second to get his team on In the last 11 meetings between the board. the two teams dating back to 1984, The following inning, SDSU Fullerton has scored four more won them all, runs, capped by “It was senior day and Mendozaʼs secbut not this one. ond home run The Aztecs it was [our] day to in the game - a were celebrating come up big.” three-run shot to their senior night bring the Aztecs for the departing Jordan Swayden within one run. players and the Aztecs senior catcher “ C u r t seniors are the Mendoza almost ones who came single handedly kept us in it,” through to win the game.

“It was senior day and it was Aztec Head Coach Tony Gwynn [our] day to come up big,” senior said. “Two homers and the second one was huge because it got us Aztec Jordan Swaydan said.

After a walk and a base hit off back within a run.”

Mendoza finished up hitting 2Titan pitcher Justin Klipp and an error from Titan relief pitcher Ryan for-4 with three runs batted in, Paul, the Aztecs had the bases while Swaydan went 3-for- 4 with loaded and no outs in the bottom two singles and the game-winning of the eighth with the Titans lead- double. He finished the game with

Titan pitchers challenged as Aztecs comes out swinging with hot bats

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MOWING THEM DOWN

Pitcher Marissa Marzan was one of four Titan softball players on the ʻ06 All-Big West Conference First Team.

four RBIs. “Not only was that my last home game, but that was my last at bat here at this stadium, and I couldnʼt have a better one to end on,” Swaydan said.

In the bottom of the fourth, San Diego scored another run to tie the game.

After scoring three runs in both the first and second innings, the

Titan bats came alive again in the sixth when Titan left fielder Danny Dorn hit a two-run single to give CSUF the lead back. Dorn finished the night 3-for-5 with five RBIs. Relief pitcher Ryan Paul ended up getting the loss for the Titans,

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LEAP FROG: In a game against UC Riverside, Titan shortstop Blake Davis steals the base as Jaime Pedroza leaps to catch the ball.

Lack of Offense, Pitching and Health Compound Angels’ Poor Start With high expectations still unfulfilled in ‘06, fans’ impatience grows By jon pommier

For the Daily Titan

During their recent six-game homestand, the Angels have been visited by some familiar faces.

When the Seattle Mariners came to town over the weekend, it was pitcher Jarrod Washburn and to a lesser extent, long reliever Jake Woods, who pitched for the Angels last year.

Now they face a Toronto Blue Jays team featuring two former Angelsʼ cornerstones in Troy Glaus and Bengie Molina.

In some ways, Washburn, Woods, Glaus and Molina could help the Angels right now as the team languishes in last place in the

American League West with a 1622 record entering Tuesday nightʼs game.

In the month of May, the Angels have lost nine of their last 13 games. Even though its early, the lack of productivity has been a major reason for the Angels slumping ways.

The lack of productivity plaguing the Angels is a result of an inconsistent batting lineup, lack of pitching depth and early season injuries.

“There is no excuse for the Angels to be hitting like they are,” said Brad Gerhardt, a junior kinesiology major at Cal State Fullerton and Angels fan. “They have all of the necessary toolʼs that makes up a great lineup.”

Before the season opener, the Angels appeared to be one of the favorites to win the American League West. Now, there are many issues that the Angels must address if they want to turn it around.

“The problem is they do not

seem to be clicking well offensively,” Gerhardt said. “It seems like every game there are only one or two guys out of nine that are getting hits whereas past seasons there were like five or six guys getting hits every game.”

According to a recent article on the Angels official web site, Angels beat writer Mike Scarr feels the lack of run production is one of the main reason for the Angels slumping ways. According to this article, the Angels have scored three or

fewer runs in 12 of their last 22 games, and despite scoring 24 runs in posting a modest two-game winning streak recently, they managed just eight runs in the succeeding two games as they were out slugged by the Mariners.

As a team the Angels batting average is .247, which is the 24th out of 30 MLB teams. More tell-

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dropping his record to 1-1.

Paul was one of the six Titan pitchers on the night. Senior Aztec closer Adam Simon picked up his seventh save on the season when he struck out two of the final three Titan batters to put the game away.

Aztec reliever Brett Douglas (2-2) picked up the win despite allowing a hit and walking three batters in the only inning he worked in.

Titan shortstop Blake Davis was 1-for-3 with a RBI, walk and three runs scored.

His single in the top of the sixth inning, extended his hitting streak to 18 games, the longest streak for a Titan this season.

Titan second baseman Justin Turner and rightfielder Brandon Tripp each had three hits.

Titan first baseman Brett Pill was 1-for-2 with a double, RBI, two walks and a run scored.

For the season, Pill leads the Titans and the Big West Conference in doubles.

For the Aztecs, senior Tim OʼBrien was 2-for-4.

The Titans look to come back and play a three-game conference series this weekend against Cal Poly San Luis Obispo at Goodwin Field.

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ing is that they are tied with the Chicago Cubs for last in baseball with a .301 team on-base percentage. As a result of their offensive ineptitude, the Angels are barely averaging four runs scored per game, scoring only 164 runs, which is 25th out of the 30 MLB teams.

Unlike the batting lineup, early on the pitching staff has performed okay. They are sixth in the American League in ERA, but an injury that sidelined reigning American League Cy Young Award winner Bartolo Colon have left the Angels longing for some stability.

While Kelvim Escobar and John

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Suns Win 125-118 in Double Overtime The Associated Press

A long, long night for Shawn Marion and a dramatic 3-pointer

by Raja Bell have the Phoenix Suns one victory away from a second straight trip to the Western Conference finals.

Marion had 36 points and a career playoff-high 20 rebounds in 54 grueling minutes, and the Suns blew a 19-point third-quarter lead before coming back to beat the Los Angeles Clippers 125-118 in two overtimes Tuesday night.

The Suns took a 3-2 lead in the series and can advance with a victory in Game 6 Thursday night in Los Angeles.

Bell added 22 points, including a 3-pointer from the corner with 1.1 seconds left to tie it in the first overtime. Leandro Barbosa scored five of his 15 points in the second overtime for Phoenix.

Elton Brand had 33 points and 15 rebounds in 54 minutes, and Sam Cassell scored 32, 27 in the second half and two overtimes, but the Clippers never led in the Lackey have performed well so far, some fans feels the pitching staff has no true ace with Colon on the disabled list.

“There doesnʼt seem to be any go-to guys on the pitching staff,” said Milton Vidaurre, a senior business major at CSUF and an Angels fan his whole life. “Last year Colon pitched great all year and as a result of this, other pitchers were motivated to succeed.

Because of his good pitching, he was able to lead by example and motivate other pitchers. This year they havenʼt had that leadership.”

Pitcher Jeff Weaver, a free agent the Angels signed in the off-season has been smacked around by hitters to the tune of a 7.40 ERA. He has surrendered a team high 12 home runs in only 45 innings pitched.

The Angelsʼ bullpen has round-

second extra session.

Marionʼs rebound stuff with 3:17 to play put Phoenix ahead 115-113.

He landed awkwardly in traffic and limped off the floor with an apparent left ankle injury. But he was back less than a minute later.

Barbosaʼs first 3-pointer of the game gave Phoenix a 119-115 lead, then Brandʼs rebound and three-point play cut it to 119-118 with 1:22 left. After a timeout, Steve Nash fed Marion for a layup 1:05 from the end. Barbosaʼs two free throws made it 123-118 with 52.3 seconds to play.

Nash sealed it with two free throws 19.5 seconds from the end.

Nash had 17 points and 13 assists but was 0-for-5 on 3-pointers. He hasnʼt made a 3 since the series opener, going 0-for-13 since. Tim Thomas had 25 points for Phoenix, including 5-of-8 on 3-pointers, but fouled out with 1:12 to play in the first overtime.

Cassell sent the game into overtime with a 3-pointer with 39.8 seconds to play in regulation, then sank a 16-footer to put Los Angeles ahead 109-106 with 39.8 seconds left in the first overtime. ed into shape with Francisco Rodriguez, Scot Shields and Brendan Donnelly - but newcomer J.C. Romero needs to straighten

“There doesn’t seem to be any go-to guys on the pitching staff.”

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himself out. So far he has a 6.60 ERA. When you compare how many runs the Angels are scoring versus the amount of runs theyʼre giving up, it is no wonder the Angels are sitting in last place.

Another reason for the Angelsʼ mediocre start is the disabled list.

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Softball Titans Honored for Excellence

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Titan Candice Baker was named on the ʻ06 All-Big West First Team as a pitcher and utility player.

Centerfielder Darin Erstad hasnʼt played since the end of April, out with a right ankle irritation and first baseman Casey Kotchman was hindered by a viral infection that finally put him on the disabled list.

Marcus Cunningham, a senior year communications major at CSUF, is not surprised that the disabled list has affected the Angelsʼ season so far.

“You canʼt expect much out of a team when guys get hurt, and you have to call up young inexperienced minor league players to play against veteran major league players.”

Among the youngsters that have been called up include top second base prospect Howie Kendrick, who was 3-for-18 in his first stint with the Angels, catcher Mike

Napoli and outfielder Tommy Murphy.

Jeff Mathis was expected to share the catching duties with Jose Molina, but was sent down to AAA Salt Lake after not playing up to early expectations.

As the two-month marker for the season approaches, the Angels are clearly not where they hoped they would be. In order for them to get back into championship form, the Angels must click offensively, someone must step up on the pitching staff, and the players have to stay healthy.

“Last year the Dodgers had so many players on the disabled list and as a result of this they werenʼt even in contention towards the end of the year. This year the same thing is happening to the Angels,” Cunningham said.

Cal State Fullerton Head Coach Michelle Gromacki and junior outfielder Ashley Van Boxmeer were honored as Big West Coach of the Year and Co-Player of the Year as the league office announced the 2006 all-conference teams on Tuesday.

Gromacki, who led the Titans to their eighth Big West title with a 36-22 overall record and a 14-4 mark in league play in 2006, was honored as the conferenceʼs top coach for the second time in her career.

Van Boxmeer continued a tradition of Titan Players of the Year as she becomes the sixth Fullerton player to earn the honor in the last eight years. Fullerton placed a league-best four players on the All-Big West First Team as Van Boxmeer was joined by senior Marissa Marzan, sophomore Amanda Kamekona, and junior Candice Baker, who became the first Titan since Gina Oaks and Jodie Cox in 2003 to earn a berth on the first team at two different positions (pitcher and utility player).

Sophomores Katie Gollhardt and Crystal Vieyra also earned their first career berths on the all-conference squads, named to the second team at first base and third base, respectively. Redshirt sophomore Jenna Wheeler earned her second All-Big West Honorable Mention honor after sitting out all of last year due to injury.

Cal State Fullerton opens postseason play this weekend in Fresno, as the No. 2-seeded Titans face the host and No. 3-seeded Bulldogs at 5 p.m.

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