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The Tall and Short of It

Voters Will Decide Cigarette Tax

Writers share the ups and downs of being different heights OPINION, p. 5

Proposition 86 could burn a hole in smokers’ wallets NEWS, p. 3

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Wednesday October 4, 2006

The Student Voice of California State University, Fullerton

Mesa Cooperativa Hosts Music and Dancing for Hispanic Heritage Month

Student Adapts To Life After Accident Peter Neal designed his own artificial arm complete with attachments By Kevin Cole

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Heating It Up - Morena Santos (front left) and Maria Elisa (right) brought the Brazilian samba to students and faculty in the Quad on Tuesday in celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month. The half-hour event was hosted by Mesa Cooperativa.

Feathers, Beads and Samba By Florance Chung For the Daily Titan

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Tiffany Kasinger just finished with her class when she heard the loud music in the Quad. She followed the sound and saw two samba dancers twirling to the music from a percussion band. “It was just the music. It was loud, nice,” said Kasinger, a kinesiology major. The sight and sound drew a crowd to the Quad at noon Tuesday. Hosted by Mesa Cooperativa, the half-hour event featured the percussion band and samba dancers as a showcase of Hispanic Heritage Month. Given by Lila Productions, the performance started with the fiveperson band whose loud and fast

beats drew the attention of passersby. Led by Lui Rodriguez, the band played Brazilian instruments known as zurdo, caixa, agogo and repique. “The sound of the drums is so powerful. It captures everyone’s attention. You can hear it through the buildings,” said Berenice Dimas, a political science and Chicano and Chicana studies double major. Dimas is the Chair of Mesa Cooperativa, an umbrella council representing CSUF’s Hispanic organizations. The two samba dancers, Maria Elisa and Morena Santos, came out in traditional Brazilian carnaval costumes in pink and green, respectively. Every part of their bodies was in motion when they came out shaking and swaying to the music. The

intensity of their movements even caused feathers to fly off their outfits. As more and more students came up, some joined the dancers in the center of the Quad. The dancers gently encouraged some of the participants to join while others voluntarily danced right in. Janet Perez, a human services major, was pulled into the dance by Santos. “It’s very exciting. You can see the culture. It was very fun but I was very embarrassed,” Perez said. At the end of the celebration, all the dancers formed a conga line and circled the Quad, eventually ending in a circle around the band. “It was fun. I’m Mexican so it was something different. My legs and hips are sore. It was a good

workout,” Carlos Reyes said, an international business major. With this event, Dimas hopes to gain awareness for the Brazilian community. Though she is not Brazilian, she wants students to know that Brazil is more than “just about mariachi and salsa dancing.” “The culture is really exotic and people are interested in that,” Dimas said. “Students don’t always go out looking for it so we bring it to them.” According to World Music Central, an online resource for music, “samba has come to symbolize racial and social harmony.” Samba came from African slaves who brought the dance with them to Brazil and it is a representative of “the multicultural aspect of Brazil.”

Peter Neal, a senior business major at Cal State Fullerton, sat behind the wheel of his Land Cruiser and examined his altered car. “In order to adapt the car for me, the key is on the left side of the steering wheel, as is the air conditioning,” he said. “The parking brake is between the seat and the door.” Neal said everything was moved to the left except for the gear shift on the floor. An accident in 1993 left Neal without his right arm as well as full use of his left hand. He has had to adjust to more than the location of the controls on his car. He’s had to adjust to life without his right arm. His left wrist was shattered and is full of steel pins, so he can’t fully extend his left hand, either. “He did a lot of volunteer work with the disabled prior to becoming one himself, which says a lot for the man,” said Elisabeth Colcol, coordinator of support services for CSUF Disabled Student Services. Before the accident, he learned sign language at his church and got to the point where he taught sign language classes. He can’t anymore. He was also the activities coordinator for the Oral Deaf of Orange County, worked as a coach for the challenger league of handicapped baseball teams and was involved

with a special kids’ bowling league in Yorba Linda. Neal talked about one little kid on his baseball team that was “pretty much born into a wheelchair.” He was never able to run or play, but he was always positive. He figured if a kid could go through that, survive and come out happy, there was no excuse for him not to be productive after his accident. Neal said he learned about hard work as he grew up in construction, building custom homes. He said people came up with odd things that they wanted him to build. Since they handed him a paycheck to go do it, he would just make it happen. This background of building odd things served him well. Neal designed his own artificial arm and is on his fourth prototype. He came up with a double-back hook design for ease of opening doors, while also making a better pry bar and chisel. Neal added a hammerhead for driving small nails, he said. The California State Department of Rehabilitation has a grant with CSUF and the Workability Program. The program works with the department’s clients in helping them ease into employment. This benefits anybody at CSUF with a disability who is able to work with the department of rehabilitation. “Peter Neal had great success with the program because he put in a lot of effort, that is key because people have to put in the effort,” said Leslie Broyhill, a job developer for the Workability Program. Neal said workability is one of the SEE NEAL - PAGE 2

OC Prostitution Sting Targets ‘Johns’ World’s oldest profession may seem lucrative, but it’s packed with dangers By Amanda Beckman

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Solicitation was the name of the game last month for three female Costa Mesa police officers. In an attempt to battle prostitution in the area, the department had the undercover women entice locals for their annual “John Sting,” according to The Orange County Register.

This year’s sting reeled in 10 male solicitors, almost a third of the 28 reported by the department at last year’s sting. The issue of prostitution seems to have been cleaned up in this neck of the woods, said Sgt. Linda King, Public Information Officer of the Fullerton Police Department. “We have not arrested anyone for prostitution in the last year. We just cracked down on the massage parlors and that solved the problem,” King said. In the past, the department received complaints that illegal prostitution was occurring in the oncenumerous massage parlors located

within the city of Fullerton. To catch any possible prostitutes, the police department instituted sting-like operations, but they were not as successful as police had hoped, King said. The aim of the department is to catch the prostitutes working as masseuses, not their patrons, King said. To do so, they “cracked down on the testing and certification process” for the masseuses and massage parlors. This, she said, seems to have solved the problem. “We saw a trend that cities with larger numbers of massage parlors had more complaints about illegal prostitution and solicitation,” King

said. Professor of criminal justice Max Dery sees the biggest downfall of prostitution as the potential dangers of the world’s oldest profession. “I see it as more of a social issue where people in a financial situation are risking their health and physical safety,” Dery said. More importantly, these acts do not display favorably on a person’s record. “Certainly you wouldn’t want to have a record with anything involving decency or morality,” Dery said.

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Still Truckin’ - Peter Neal, senior business major, doesn’t let a artificialM arm get in the way of living his life to the fullest. He’s seated on the grill of his 1987 Toyota Land Rover that he loves to get muddy.

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October 4, 2006

In Brief

CAMPUS CALENDAR

Think Before You Drink

TODAY

HAN ZI REINVENTED: The Rhythm of Chinese Script exhibition begins at noon in the main gallery of the Visual Arts building. The collection displays the importance of Chinese character in art. The exhibition is scheduled to run daily through Oct. 13.

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Writing for creativity and healing workshop begins at noon in the Women’s Center UH 205. Attendees will be encouraged to write in journaling, poetry or fiction style to cope with a loss or painful events. “Rally Against Hate” from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Quad. Men’s soccer vs. Cal State Northridge. Game starts at 7 p.m. By David Osborne/Daily Titan

THURSDAY

CSUF jazz performers play the works of Fred Sturm, Thad Jones and George Stone at 8 p.m. in the Meng Concert Hall. Tickets are $15 to the general public, $10 advance purchase for senior citizens and students with a CSUF ID. The theater and dance department presents Anton Chekhov’s “The Sea Gull” at 8 p.m. in the Young Theatre. Performances are scheduled every week on Sunday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday until Oct. 15. Tickets are $9 for the general public, $8 advanced purchase for senior citizens and students with a CSUF ID.

Saturday, October 7

Crash - The MADD prevention program pulled a trailer through the Quad on Monday carrying an old Toyota Camry that had been totaled in a drunk driving accident. The car caught the attention of students passing by.

Escapee from Chino Captured By Aaron Holtsclaw

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Eugene Laverne Vestesen was apprehended in Springfield, Mo., early Monday morning after escaping from a minimum-security work camp in Chino on Saturday. “We were unhappy to have lost him but glad he was caught,” said Lt. Michael D’Arcy of the California

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Prado Conservation in Chino in a telephone interview. Vestesen was tracked to Missouri by a team from the California Department of Corrections and U.S. Marshals. Vestesen, a San Diego native, was serving a five-year sentence for burglary. He walked out of the work camp where he was assigned to a work detail. He was tracked to the point where he entered a vehicle by a

team of bloodhounds brought from the Orange County Sheriffs Office, according to a press release from the Chino Police Department. “We are absolutely happy he was apprehended,” said Michelle Van Der Linden, a representative from the Chino Police Public Information Office, in a telephone interview. The fugitive was taken into custody at a bus station approximately 44 hours after he escaped.

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STING: High Toll For Prostituton

best programs he has seen since he became disabled. He said he always tells people not to worry about memorizing what kind of interview questions they are going to ask and to be prepared to ask the employer questions. It took a while for the right job that was close to home, but Neal said his patience paid off as the final offer was in Anaheim Hills. He ended up working for the Defense Contract Management Agency. At first agency management didn’t really have a job for Neal. He finally went to them and said he came to the agency to work, not to sit and take up space. “Please find me something that is productive, I don’t care how menial it is, just give me something productive,” Neal told his bosses. They put him to work destroying documents with a paper shredder. He finished quickly and moved on to more and more important jobs

and projects. Because he did a good job, they asked him to come back and work permanently. Neal said he doesn’t try to hide his artificial arm at all. He keeps it out for everyone to see. He said there are some other artificial limb wearers on campus that have a detailed hand and they wear long sleeved shirts to cover it up and try to hide it. Neal doesn’t try to hide it, he just puts it out on the table. “I lost my arm, that’s life,” he said bluntly. Neal can go anywhere on campus and people will swing a six- to 10-foot arc around him. They won’t walk near him. At night, it is more extreme. At night, people will cross the street, never crossing his path and never taking their eyes off of him. Afterwards, they’ll cross the street back behind him to avoid him, he said. “I have to associate this with a lot of the movie industry being big on prosthetic slasher killers,” Neal said.

He has found some advantages in being disabled that are unique to having a prosthetic hook. At Disneyland he was with a group of kids from his church and it was so crowded he could hardly move. “I lifted my hook up to nose level and everything cleared about 20 feet back to both sides,” Neal said. “It was like the parting of the waters with Moses.” There are many little things that a person with an artificial arm doesn’t think about until they are up against it, he said. It might be a tiny job like tying a bow on a gift. In class, Neal has to use computers and note takers. “We are all temporarily able-bodied. The reality is that if we live long enough, we are going to end up with a disability of one type or another,” said Paul Miller, director of Disabled Student Services. “The more we make the environment accessible to everyone, the more it’s going to be conducive to people being able to fully participate as they get older.”

A professor and chair of the department of counseling at CSUF, Jeffrey Kottler, has experience counseling student prostitutes at UNLV. Kottler has seen the impact it can have on them. “I see it as delusional but they saw it as a short-term solution to a financial problem,” Kottler said. Kottler emphasized the toll that prostitution can take on a person’s self-esteem and future relationships with both sexes. The biggest problem, he said, is that they don’t see the issue of power and exploitation that is at play. The girls that he counseled did not see any trace of exploitation. Rather, they focused on the fact that they were making large amounts of money and justified their actions by thinking of themselves as “selective” in whom they slept with, Kottler said. “Whenever people do things that are illegal, immoral or self-destructive, they delude themselves with excuses so they can sleep at night and deal with their behavior,” he said. One student in particular was happy making $100,000 per year working only 10 hours a week. However, she was unwilling to look at how that colored and affected all of her future relationships, he said. Still, Kottler’s door has remained open to students with all sorts of issues. “It’s not even about the dangers of prostitution itself – the close association with drugs and threat to one’s safety – it’s the exploitation of oneself and the future consequences that are unknown,” Kottler said. There are many places where prostitution is illegal and not highly valued as a profession, he said. Unfortunately, there are also many places where prostitution is forced on a much younger population. Outside of his work in the U.S., Kottler also has a scholarship foundation in Nepal. The area is known for selling and kidnapping young girls for prostitution, he said. The project gives at-risk girls scholarships to stay in school. The reason for this, he said, is that those who are not in school are more likely to be sold for prostitution. The U.S. Department of State released a report in early 2006 that estimated up to 200,000 girls and women were kidnapped or sold and forced into prostitution in Nepal during 2005. In America, the Department of Justice reported 87,900 FBI arrests in relation to prostitution and commercialized vice in 2004.

BALLOT BOX

NEWS

October 4, 2006

BY PAUL SAIEDI/Daily Titan Staff Writer

Proposition 86

Yes on 86 Maria Robles, a registered nurse ing five percent, Robles said. and spokeswoman for the Coalition Detractors say 86 will create new for a Healthy America, became frus- programs that will require additional trated by opponents who said that state tax revenue to survive. Proposition 86 is an unfair tax in“That’s just not true,” Robles said. crease supported by special interests. “What this proposition really does is “That’s bogus,” Robles said in a very significant. It would triple the telephone interview. “When some- funding to current programs that are thing has the support working on preof the The American vention, treatment Heart Association It would triple the and research.” it’s not special inter- funding to current “The money coming from the est. The proposition programs that are initiative also provides for hospiworking on prevenclearly outlines tals and emergency that the Departroom services for tion, treatment and ment of Health the underprivileged, research. – Maria Robles Services must prothat’s the only thing Spokeswoman for the Coalition vide yearly reports special” about the for a Healthy America that detail where initiative. every cent is being The proposition clearly outlines how funding will be spent,” Robles said. What students really need to allocated between multiple state programs. Prevention programs aimed know about Proposition 86 is that at heart disease and tobacco will re- although it may not be a permanent ceive 42.25 percent of the tax reve- solution to stopping smoking, it is a nue, treatment programs in hospitals good start and a short term solution, and nursing education will receive Robles said. “This prop can save 700,000 chil52.75 percent and research into the causes of smoking and non-smoking dren from ever picking up a cigarelated illness will receive the remain- rette,” Robles said.

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becoming smokers, according to a report by the California Department of Health Services in May 2006. Proposition 86 is supported by the American Cancer Society, American Lung Association of California, American Heart Association, California Hospital Association and multiple state hospital emergency room doctors. The proposition, which made the ballot by petition signature support, faces opposition from the California Taxpayers Association, the past president of the San Diego County Medical Society and the president of the Association for Los Angeles Deputy Sheriffs.

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Faculty Perspective Political science professor talks about the logic and history of increasing ‘sin’ taxes Cigarette taxes are a “sin” tax going into the anti-86 groups, and are generally easy to raise, but they run into the problem of Stephen Stambough, a politi- the casual voter seeing ‘cigarette cal science professor at Cal State tax’ and they will likely vote for Fullerton, said in an e-mail inter- it.” view. Based on the “We raise taxlevel of “direct es on people who As funding needs democracy acsmoke, drink (altivism” that increase, it is easier cohol taxes), and Californians gamble (lotter- for people to support participate in, ies),” Stambough taxes on other people. it would not said. “As funding – Stephen Stambough be surprising if needs increase, Political Science Professor California’s tax was higher than it is easier for other states’ cigpeople to support taxes on other people saying arette taxes, Stambough said. What students should questhings like, ‘I don’t smoke, so sure tion before they vote is whether tax the smokers.’” From a campaign perspective, Proposition 86’s tax increase is not that much separates Propo- the best way to find funding to sition 86 from past cigarette support the programs and hospitax propositions, Stambough tals that are covered in the proposed constitutional statute, Stsaid. “There is some serious money ambough said.

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NO on 86 The California Department of cigarettes make less than $40,000 a Public Health and Services were year, but they are being asked to pay correct when they said that Propo- for med-school loans, that’s nuts.” sition 86 will stop some people Proposition 86 would not be 38 from smoking. But that’s not the pages long if its only goal was helpmain goal of this tax increase, said ing people stop smoking. That is Carla Hess, spokeswoman for the just a marketing ploy by big-money Stop 86 campaign, during a tele- corporations, Hess said. phone interview. Smoking is a habit and people “Sure people will stop smoking, will find a way to get cigarettes elsebut clearly this is all where if Proposiabout big healthtion 86 passes, Hess said. care organizations Sure people will stop taking money smoking, but clearly “There is Nefrom taxpayers,” this is all about big vada, Mexico, InHess said. “This dian reservations healthcare organizaproposition is not and of course the about big tobacco, tions taking money Internet. These people should from taxpayers. people have a hab– Carla Hess it and they will do know that.” Spokeswoman for the what it takes to There are hidStop 86 campaign get cigarettes.” den loopholes in Proposition 86 to “People should fund numerous vote no. Students programs that have nothing to do should know that if they vote yes with smoking, Hess said. then they should worry about “I don’t think that people know which sin will be next on the chopthat part of this funding will go ping block,” Hess said. “If you like to help pay for physician’s medi- fast food, watch out because that’s cal school loans,” Hess said. “Fifty what they are going to go and tax percent of the people who buy next.”

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Seeking to increase cigarette taxes by 13 cents a cigarette – or $2.60 per pack – a new initiative on the November ballot would create a $2.2 billion surplus in state revenue, according to a report by the state legislative analyst. Proposition 86 is the largest excise tax on cigarettes ever proposed by any state. It’s preceded by Proposition 99, which in 1988 resulted in a 25-cent-per-pack increase, and Proposition 10, which in 1999 resulted

in a 50-cent-per-pack increase. If passed, Proposition 86 would become a state constitutional amendment. The initiative creates revenues for tobacco-use-prevention programs; enforcement of tobacco-related laws; and treatment, prevention and research into multiple medical conditions like obesity and heart disease. In addition the proposition would provide funding for nursing education, emergency services and health insurance to children that qualify. The excise tax of $2.60 a pack would stop half a million smokers in California from lighting up and prevent 700,000 children from ever

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October 4, 2006

the student body

‘Invisible Disease’ Affects 2.8 Million Lupus Awareness Month supports those with the incurable disease

PHOTo and story by lauren mendoza For The Daily Titan news@dailytitan.com

Ask any Cal State Fullerton student to tell you about AIDS or cancer, and some of them will give you a standard definition. However, ask them about Lupus and most won’t have an answer, but instead have a confused look. Ironically, according to the lupus International Web site, the disease affects more people than AIDS, sickle-cell anemia, cystic fibrosis, multiple sclerosis and cerebral palsy combined. Lupus is an autoimmune disease that comes in three different forms: systemic lupus erythmatosus, discoid lupus and drug-induced lupus. It can affect various parts of the body including the skin, joints, kidneys, heart, blood, lungs and brain. Lupus International research shows that more than 2.8 million people have been diagnosed with the disease. However, it is difficult to calculate a precise number because many people are unaware they even have it. Because most of the disease’s symptoms can be linked with other illnesses such as the common flu, or arthritis, it can be very difficult to diagnose. According to the American College of Rheumatology, the disease usually develops in people in their 20s and 30s. Of those patients

SUPPORT - CSUF student Grace Bonderov gives two thumbs up as she walks with Christina Rosholt (to her right) in the Lupus Race for Life. diagnosed with lupus, 90 percent are women. Linda Pauwels, a CSUF graduate student in her 40s, has been battling lupus-like symptoms for over 20 years. Due to the consistent negative results of her anti-nuclear antibody blood tests, she has not been diagnosed. Anti-nuclear antibodies are antibodies that attack a cell’s nucleus and are found in people with auto-immune diseases. Her symptoms include joint and muscle pain as well as memory and cognitive issues, at times making studying, memorizing and writing – the simple practices of a student – extremely difficult. “Fatigue is a constant companion,” Pauwels said in a phone interview. Pauwels worked as an airline pilot with American Airlines for 20 years when she lost her Federal Aviation

Administration medical certification due to her autoimmune inflammatory condition. “I am medically disqualified for flight status,” Pauwels said in an email interview. “When I could no longer fly, I went back to school.” Pauwels has a bachelor’s degree in Aeronautical Science and recently completed a Master of Science degree in physical education, specializing in yoga, wellness and lifetime physical fitness from Azusa Pacific University. She is currently taking classes in communications and comparative religion among other courses at CSUF. Stress, a continuous feeling for many college students, happens to be one of the main causes for symptom flare-ups in lupus patients. Pauwels’ symptoms seemed connected to stress and she was able to register with the CSUF Disabled Student Service

Center. These services have allowed her the extra time she may need to study and, in case of her worst joint flare-ups, the option of taking her exams on the computer. “It’s bad enough they have lupus, but to have to prove they have this disease to a professor is very hard,” said Elizabeth Colcol, coordinator of Support Services for Disabled Student Services. Though there may only be five to 10 lupus patients registered with the Disabled Student Services, Colcol said she believes there are many other students who may be affected with it and either don’t feel the need to register or do not even know they have it. “If you are not advanced, it’s an invisible disease,” she said. Researchers continue to search for treatment to prevent and control symptom flare-ups and reduce the chances of harmful organ activity and complications. On Sunday, Lupus International held their seventh annual Lupus Race for Life at La Mirada Regional Park in honor of Lupus Awareness Month. The money raised will not only go to lupus research, but also to educational lectures and “training for doctors to become lupus specialists,” said Christina Kelly, executive director of Lupus International. Lupus is currently an incurable disease. What causes it continues to remain a mystery. Though lupus can be fatal, it is a disease that can be treated and controlled with proper medical care, allowing the majority of lupus patients to live relatively healthy lives.

Body Talk

Just Send Flowers

I’ve been contemplating the current form of correspondence that has become fashionable amongst my generation. Electronic communication. Web cams, e-mails, blogs and text messages have replaced the intimacy of the written letter and late-night phone calls. In thinking about electronic correspondence, I came upon the realization that all of these kinds of communication offer some form of anonymity. We no longer speak to each other but to each other’s electronic representative. Not so long ago, I was in a relationship which met its final blow via text message. Sweet, simple and to the point: “I’m done with you,” he said, and with one push of a button three years of loving, growing, learning and ultimately fighting came to an end. Just like that. It’s humorous to think about now, but back then it was a crushing blow. It was the ultimate sign of disrespect and indifference. He had so little courage and so little respect that he, like his

By Rachel Douglass Daily Titan Staff Writer

many male counterparts, ended something from the comfort of his dimly lit bedroom. He was probably sitting comfortably in his bed – wait, my bed – which like so many other personal items has become a casualty of war. A single gal again, I’ve restarted the dating process. Now I find that my male counterparts prefer to text me rather than call me. In place of flowers I get an email. Stunned, I try to comprehend the change in dating procedures. What has changed so drastically since the beginning of my dating days that we get to know each other via the Internet rather than over a long coffee date or a walk in the park? Is it that the impersonality of electronic communications provides some sort of protection? Rather than revealing our true identity we hide behind a screen. Really, with everything we’re saying, aren’t we saying nothing at all? In the future, whoever you are, please don’t send a text. Send flowers.

Body Talk is a weekly column featuring a variety of writers discussing dating and sexual issues.

Heart Health Starts Early Unhealthy lifestyles puts college students at risk for cardiovascular disease by jaime cárdenas

Daily Titan Asst. News Editor news@dailytitan.com

Cardiovascular disease poses a danger to college students, not only because of the poor eating and exercise habits some students have, but because college students typically won’t develop or notice any symptoms until much later in life. “It has to be severe for those symptoms to appear,” Cal State Fullerton kinesiology Professor William Beam said. “There are no symptoms. You can’t feel it.” Cardiovascular disease is any disease that affects the heart or blood vessels. According to a 2003 report by the World Health Organization, about 29 percent, or 16.7 million, of the deaths in the world were a result of this disease. The report predicted that cardiovascular disease would be the leading cause of death in the world by 2010. The major cardiovascular diseases, according to the organization, are coronary blockage, health attack, stroke, heart failure, rheumatic heart disease and hypertension – the scientific name for high blood pressure. Mary Hermann, director of health education and promotion at the health center, said college students are becoming more at risk of developing cardiovascular disease than before. The health center is seeing more students with high blood pressure, high cholesterol and higher blood glucose levels, she said. “This is largely based on lifestyle choice,” she said in an e-mail interview. Herman said students are not eating properly or exercising enough. Students should be staying within

1,500 to 2,000 calories a day, watching their fat intake, the food they eat and getting at least 30 minutes of physical activity everyday, Hermann said. “This doesn’t have to be hardcore exercising,” she said. “It can be parking further away from their classes and walking. Incorporating physical activity into the day is easy, if it’s made a priority.” According to the organization’s Web site, tobacco consumption, industrialization, urbanization, economic development and food market globalization are largely to blame. “Students often rely on fast food, or campus [food], to get through the day,” Hermann said. “Try healthier options. Small changes in your diet can have huge results.” Hermann suggested using whole wheat bread on sandwiches, using mustard instead of mayonnaise and drinking water instead of soda. CSUF student Monique Morales never had a heart check-up, “but I get my blood pressure checked,” she said. Getting a blood pressure checkup might not be enough, though. “I should do it, [the disease] run[s] in my family,” Morales said. “My grandfather had a heart attack when he was 35.” She added that her other grandfather recently had open-heart surgery and her father has high blood pressure. Beam said there are six signs to watch out for: high blood pressure, high blood cholesterol, high glucose, cigarette smoking, low physically activity and family history of disease. If a student is weak in one of those six, then “try to minimize the other five factors,” he said. “Most of the time, heart disease appears in men about 40 or 50,” Beam said. “College kids can have heart disease starting, but they won’t have the symptoms until much later on.”

October 4, 2006

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Gossip, Gossip Walking across campus can be entertaining. Along the way there are people talking on the phone, on the benches, on the grass, near the bike racks, on the way to the library, inside the cafeteria and while standing in line waiting for coffee. Either all this raucous can bother you to the point of putting ear plugs in your ears, or it can be fodder for those sensitive ears. Overhearing people’s conversations is enlightening for journalists. Why do we thrive on gossip? Because we want to get juicy information that could be the next Watergate scandal? Is it because we want to know what the community is talking about to ensure that we know what our readers want to read about it? There are many reasons, but simply said, it’s a journalist’s

endless source of information, and a source of peoples concerns of the day. Truman Capote once said “All literature is gossip.” While many may consider journalism’s society’s mainstream gossip channel, readers are equally as guilty. Tabloid magazines have become popular reading materials for thousands of people who want to know who Anna Nicole Smith’s baby-daddy is. Gossip tabloids are ubiquitous. People can pick them off the shelves on their way out of the store. They wouldn’t be so handy if there wasn’t a market for it. The way we see it, journalists do not gossip, instead we provide information that is turned into gossip by readers. Whether it be a celebrity paternity dispute, or the questionable interview in Bob Woodward’s recent book.

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Soldiers Come Home By Paolo Andres Daily Titan Staff Writer opinion@dailytitan.com

Earlier this week, the Army extended the combat tours of 4,000 soldiers as a sign of the mounting demands from the insurgency and sectarian violence in Iraq. The 1st Brigade of the 1st Armored Division, which is operating by Ramadi, the capital of Anbar province, will be kept for several extra weeks, well above its scheduled departing time. With escalating violence in a war that was built upon false pretenses, such move to willfully increase the strain of America’s finest should have been expected much earlier. With all the lies that were said and are continually being said about the war, such action should be expected to continue in more future occurrences. In late July, Alaska-based 172nd Stryker Brigade became the first unit to have an extended combat stay. About 300 soldiers from that unit had already returned home, when duty called a little too early and required the soldiers to return to Iraq. In the beginning, the administration lied about Iraq having weapons of mass destruction. And instead of admitting fault and moving on, they simply disacknowledged it and continued to create excuse after excuse about why the war in Iraq is vital to the administration’s war in terror. With unrelenting efforts to deceive the American public, what’s going to stop them from lying to soldiers about their well-deserved dwell

time after active duty? Unfortunately, someone has to deliver for the administration’s lies. Someone has to answer their calls of duty. And in this case it happens to be the 1st Brigade of the 1st Armored Division. And while no one cares about soldier morale, morale does matter and it matters heavily. A demoralized soldier is an ineffective soldier. And an ineffective soldier is a dead soldier. According to Washington Reuters, the U.S. Army is already showing signs of strain as they try to impede insurgent activities and sectarian violence in Iraq. The Army has even warned of the unit’s declining readiness as soldiers face less dwell time for rest and reequipping after a year long combat duty, the report said. Lawrence Korb, assistant secretary of defense for manpower issues under former President Ronald Reagan, said it best, Can the Army do its job? The Army is not going to be what it should be. There are going to be more deaths and longer wars because you’re not at your peak readiness. War is war. And as violent as it may be, it is also as equally unpredictable. It’s sad to hear that the 1st Brigade of 1st Armored Division will not be given their well-deserved rest. When duty calls, someone must answer. A soldier has the responsibility to fulfill his obligations to his country, and many stay true to their promise. It would just be nice if the administration would hold true to theirs.

Being Super-size Not So Super By Benjamin Weiner Daily Titan Copy Editor bweiner@dailytitan.com

About a year ago a friend of similar size told me he shops at Express for Men. Being 6 feet 4 inches tall, I’m always on the lookout for shops that have my size. I began to look through the jeans and realized that there was nothing above a 36-inch waist or a 32-inch inseam. OK, perhaps my friend was wrong. XXL is not an easy size to find. As I ripped through the racks it became fairly evident that this quest was going nowhere, and I had received corrupt information. About this time, as my teakettle began to whistle, the little salesman walked up and asked if I needed any help. If he actually looked at me maybe he would have realized that there was nothing he or his store could offer. My less-than-polite response was “not unless you carry real men sizes,”

and to storm out like an angry infant. It’s not uncommon that I can’t find clothes. With the average male height in the U.S. at about 5 foot 10 inches, I stand a half-foot taller. When you begin to think about business models it’s obvious that there isn’t as much money in making stuff for the few people that are my size or above. It’s much easier for large-scale production and profit to make the most widely used and bought size. It’s called supply and demand. Most shoes don’t come in larger sizes than 12. I wear a 13 or 14 depending on the company. I have had to resort to Internet shopping, but then I can’t try anything on and am stuck with clothes that don’t fit quite right. Then there’s also those annoying back-and-forth shipping problems. Larger-size clothes, including shoes, are usually more expensive. The price difference between a XL

and XXL or a 12 to 13 can be up to 20 percent more. My knees jam under the desk in my classes. Sometimes I feel trapped in my desk and a three-hour class begins to feel even more like torture than it does for other students. Sometimes I even pull up whole rows of desks before class so that I can give myself room to stretch out. Car shopping closely resembles clothes shopping because I never fit. I searched for months before I bought my first car – a Firebird – and was comfortably accommodated. My current Mustang leaves something to be desired as my knees ram the dashboard and the turn signal sticks in my thigh. I hang a “foot” off the end of my sofa and my bed. My full-size bed barely holds me; I usually sleep diagonally to take maximum advantage of the bed’s length. People always say the same things to me.

“How’s the weather up there?” “The bigger they are the harder they fall.” “People ever call you Big Ben?” and “How tall are you?” Well, let me answer them for you: The weather is far superior up here. We do fall harder, but are harder to fall. No, that’s a good one, very original. Taller than you. I don’t ask you how short you are, so quit asking me how tall I am.

Advantages of Being Short By Harmony Treviño Daily Titan Staff Writer opinion@dailytitan.com

I believe I stopped growing at the age of 13. I have been 5 feet 2 inches tall for the better part of my life. The average height for a woman in America is 5 feet 3 inches, so my experiences of being a short woman may be familiar to many others. I may not be the shortest female out there, but I still know what it’s like to have people rest their arms on your head and call you cute when you’re 22 years old. Yes, the short jokes get old, but hey, I humor the tall people who think they’re clever anyway. The disadvantages of being short are few. I have to move when a tall person sits in front of me at the theater. I have to make sure I get to the front at a concert or I miss the whole thing. And standing on my tip-toes to reach the top shelf at the super-

market has become a quest because my toes aren’t enough to get me to the top. But it’s not all neck strains and calf-raises that plague me. There are some positives. A scientific study conducted by Thomas T. Samaras for the past 30 years found several benefits of being short and having a smaller body size. Samaras is the Director and Senior Researcher at Reventropy Associates in San Diego. Shorter people are less likely to break bones when they fall, have faster reaction times, greater ability to accelerate body movements and are less likely to get severely injured in a car accident. Shorter people have a smaller im-

pact on the environment. It was found that people averaging 6 feet and 190 pounds can impact human survival by creating more pollution and depletion of resources, such as water, energy and oil. Shorter people live longer. Bigger bodies need more cells and duplication of cells is limited. Now being short doesn’t excuse people from eating right and exercising. In fact, there is more pressure on short people to stay healthy and fit because their bodies are so small. Even with that precaution, the medical benefits have confirmed my

BY SAFIYA JACKSON

happiness with being short. Yes, my height would never allow me to be a model, but the health benefits and ability to maneuver through big crowds make it all worthwhile.

SPORTS

October 4, 2006

CSUF Equestrians Searching for More Riding Participants

The Cal State Fullerton equestrian team is looking to capitalize on its strong showing in the Nationals and membership is expected to exceed last season’s total. Team President Laura Piper said she hopes that this year the team will grow in size and will be even more diverse in riding ability. “Each year we learn more and more, so we are always growing as a team,” Piper said through an email interview. “It’s awesome.” After its first season, membership grew from five to eight. Last year the team went to nationals, with Michelle Young placing eighth. Now in its third year, the Equestrian team is more excited and focused than ever before. The team was started in 2004 by Piper and Young. While in class, Young overheard Piper talking about riding. A friendship was born over the love of horses, and the two set out to start CSUF’s first equestrian team. Young, who graduated last year said that she and Piper got all the necessary paperwork needed to start up the club. The next step was getting the

Upcoming Titan Athletics Schedule Men’s soccer - The Titans will play at Titan Stadium tonight against Cal State Northridge at 7 p.m. in a Big West Conference matchup. The Matadors are 3-3-4 overall

There are equestrian clubs all across the country for all age levels. Many universities have teams including Vanderbilt, Penn State, Indiana and Illinois State. Domestication of horses occurred around 2500 B.C. and equestrian was first introduced as an Olympic sport in the 1900 Paris games, with the modern program being introduced in 1912. For Piper, riding for Fullerton is a dream come true. “My dream was to compete in college,” Piper

said in a telephone interview. She first started riding in high school. When Piper went to Mt. San Antonio College, she started it’s first competitive riding team. She found it humorous that upon transferring to a four-year college, her school of choice had no riding program as well. Being on the team is a positive experience for all involved. “This is a really wonderful group of students who have a great time together,” said Cynthia Bruns, faculty adviser for the team in an email interview. She added that meeting times and locations vary. Students who wish to join fill out the club form and pay the required fees. Anyone interested in riding is welcome. No strong background is needed, and horses are provided at the competitions. However, you must be a full time, undergraduate student with four-year eligibility in a five year span. Piper said the competitions include levels for all riders, from the beginner to the experienced. “It is actually more beneficial to have some beginning riders on the team than none at all,” Piper said. The team is looking for new faces to fill the void left by those who graduated. Equesterian show dates start Oct. 21 and continue nearly every weekend until the regional on March 17-18, 2007. For more information, contact the club at csufequestrianteam@ yahoo.com.

and 1-0 in the Big West Conference. This Saturday, the Titans will come back out to Titan Stadium and host UC Riverside [3-6-1 overall, 01-1 in the Big West Conference]. Women’s soccer - Cal State Fullerton [5-5-1 overall, 1-0-0 in the Big West] takes a road trip to Stockton for a Friday night Big West

battle against the Pacific Tigers at 7 p.m. The Titans finish their weekend road trip with another Big West meeting, when they visit Cal State Northridge with a soccer match on Sunday at 2:30 p.m. Volleyball - The Titans will go on the road to play UC Santa Barbara on Friday and Cal Poly San Luis Obispo on Saturday at 7 p.m.

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Each year we learn more and more, so we are always growing as a team. It’s awesome. – Michelle Young Former CSUF Equesterian

By CARLOS DELGADO/For the Daily Titan TOUGH CUSTOMER – CSUF senior Eugene Brooks goes down trying to get possession of the ball during the Titans’ 3-0 win over Maine earlier in the season. He is a co-leader in the Big West Conference, scoring seven goals on the season.

SOCCER: EAGER TO WIN (From Page 8)

the match a bit of an enigma. The Matadors (3-3-4, 1-0-1) started the season with a 1-1 draw against nationally ranked UCLA, but followed that by losing three of their next four matches and then posting impressive victories against Santa Clara, 4-1, Santa Barbara, 5-0. “You look at the result, and the

CROSS COUNTRY: concerns (From Page 8)

This was the third race he has missed this season. “It’s just paperwork the high school has to give to the NCAA,” Elders said. “It’s supposed to be taken care of today.” Elders hopes Tapia’s speed can inject the men’s team with a faster pack time as soon as the next race. “Sergio probably would have run in the low 25’s on the Stanford course,” Elders said. According to Elders the men’s pack time is “terrible” at 2:30. With a good work ethic and Tapia’s speed, Elders believes the men can achieve a realistic pack time of 1:30. “If Jordan and Damien are running well up front and we get those third, fourth and fifth guys up front, that’s when we will have a shot at beating a team like Long Beach,”

results will show that from game to game they are hot and lukewarm,” Ammann said. “They are not running away with it like they were last year.” The Matadors, conference champions in two of the last three seasons, had a 8-1-1 conference record last season. They beat CSUF three out of the last four times they’ve played at Titan Stadium and seven of the last nine times overall.

“I think it’s going to be a different team what we’ve seen in the past, which is good,” Shafii said. “We need to take advantage of that.” UC Riverside, like the Titans are winless in the Big West Conference. The Tigers (3-6-1, 0-1-1) are on a five-game winless streak. UC Riverside last won a game on Sept. 28. In conference, they lost to UC Irvine 0-4 and had a 1-1 draw with the Matadors.

Elders said. The women’s side had senior Luz Valdez, junior Juliane Masciana, sophomore Mandy Eichmann and

that outlined the course. Elders said he feels Estrada’s focus was thrown off by the fall. “We probably would have finished three or four places higher as a team if she didn’t fall,” Elders said. Masciana and Eichmann ran at last year’s NCAA regional championship that was also held at Stanford. This year Masciana ran 38 seconds faster than last year, and Eichmann improved her time by 45 seconds. The women’s team improved their overall times by 19 seconds per runner. The women also gained ground on Long Beach with their strong finish. “They [Long Beach State] still beat us,” Elders said. “But we were much closer to them this time than we were in San Diego. That shows improvement. Andrea was with the top five for the first thousand meters running with the top girls in the nation.”

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I think we can catch a couple of teams in the conference that maybe a few people didn’t expect us to beat. – John Elders Cross Country Head Coach

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BY TRAVIS TAYLOR

For the Daily Titan sports@dailytitan.com

team together. “We gradually found people through the industry I grew up with and that I knew were going to CSUF,” Young said in a telephone interview. The team has participated in Discoverfest, an event held in the fall and spring semesters that gives clubs and organizations the opportunity to meet and greet students for potential membership. There are also plans to hold an on-campus demonstration.

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In its third year, the team made it to nationals and enjoyed some successes

freshman Andrea Aguilar ran their best race this year with a differential of only 13 seconds. Fifth runner, freshman Erika Estrada, tripped early on in the race while trying to jump over some flags

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SPORTS

Titans Shooting for First Conference Win Men’s soccer team looks to get its first Big West victory at home this week

players don’t get too discouraged. “We just have to forget the last two games and move onto the next one,” Shafii said. “We’re not even worried about Riverside, we have to keep it one game at a time.” Already the Titans have done BY JAIME CÁRDENAS a couple of things last year’s team Daily Titan Asst. News Editor never did. jcardenas@dailytitan.com The Titans already have two road Cal State Fullerton men’s soccer victories this season, which are two team has played two Big West Con- more than last year, and with four ference games this season – and they wins this year they’ve matched last lost both in overtime, 3-2. year’s total. How badly do they want a conferSenior forward Eugene Brooks ence victory? has scored six goals in the last four “Oh geez, if games. Brooks I can buy it I is the conwould,” Titan ference coHead Coach Bob leader with There’s still a lot of Ammann said. seven goals “The players are – the team has soccer left, still a lot of extremely hungames to be played and scored 16 goals gry.” overall, they points to be taken. The Titans (4scored 20 all of 5-1, 0-2-0) will last year. get two more The team shots at winning is better than – Bob Ammann a conference game last year, Shafii Titan Head Coach this week. said, they just The Titans host haven’t gotten defending conferthe result they ence champion wanted. Cal State North“It’s eating ridge tonight at 7 away at us,” p.m. and then UC Riverside on Sat- Shafii said about the close calls. “We urday, also at 7 p.m. feel like our turn is coming. The Both games are at Titan Stadi- next two games are big for us, one um where the Titans are 1-2. They for confidence and because we can opened their home schedule with a get back into it.” 3-0 victory against Maine, but have Ammann said that it’s too early to lost to UC Santa Barbara and UC enter the panic zone. Irvine, the last two times they played “There’s still a lot of soccer left, at Titan Stadium. still a lot of games to be played and Ammann said the Titans have re- points to be taken,” Ammann said. sponded to the losses well in practice. “We can still win this league and He said the team has kept a good make a lot of news.” outlook and have a good chemistry. Cal State Northridge comes into Defender Amir Shafii said the veterans have been trying to keep pracSEE SOCCER - PAGE 6 tices positive and fun so the younger

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Runners Coming Together Progress made by CSUF runners at the Stanford Invitational last weekend

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October 4, 2006

By CARLOS DELGADO/For the Daily Titan PAINFUL REACTION – CSUF senior Taylor Sheldrick gets kicked by a University of Maine player on Sunday,, Sept. 17, at Titan Stadium. The Titans ended up doing the kicking as they defeated Maine, 3-0. The Titans will look to get their first Big West Conference win, playing Cal State Northridge at 7 p.m. and UC Riverside on Saturday.

Struggling with setbacks early in the season Cal State Fullerton’s cross country runners are adapting as pieces fall into place. Titan Head Coach John Elders thinks the team has the “right mindset right now,” and that the “potential is there” after their weekend at the Stanford Invitational. Despite the absence of top runner, freshman Sergio Tapia the men’s team was strong up front and finished eighth with senior Jordan Horn running a 24:04 and finished 13th in the men’s 8K. Senior Damien Nieves also ran a personal best of 24:35 and senior Daniel Alvarez ran a personal best of 25:42. These personal performances have more than given the team confidence. The men’s performance put them in running pursuit of Long Beach State. “We are making progress now,” Elders said. “I think we can catch a couple of teams in the conference that maybe a few people didn’t expect us to beat.” The men’s team is still missing a key piece of their puzzle. The NCAA clearinghouse has still not cleared Tapia. SEE CROSS COUNTRY - PAGE 6