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CSUF Alumnus Reshaping U.S. Foreign Relations Congressman Ed Royce will speak at CSUF’s diplomacy summit By Sean McCormick
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Congressman and Cal State Fullerton alumnus Ed Royce will give a speech Wednesday about citizen diplomacy in shaping U.S. foreign relations. Royce, a Fullerton resident, has served in the Committee of Interna-
tional Relations all seven of his terms since his induction in 1992. His speech is part of a Citizens Diplomacy Summit honoring CSUF’s partnership with the National Committee for International Visitors that began last December. According to the mission statement on its Web site, the committee’s goal is to generate strong international communication through faceto-face interaction “one handshake at a time.” The organization’s site also said that the people of the world are interdependent and that volunteering is an inherent quality of being an
American. As part of his job Royce has traveled the world. Royce serves as vice chairman of the subcommitROYCE tees on Africa, Global Human Rights and International Operations. For a long time Royce worked to improve human rights in Vietnam, working on bills to promote democracy and religious freedom. This September he welcomed Cong Thanh Do back to the
U.S. after Cong was in Vietnam for prodemocratic activities. “We are very appreciative that he can take time out of his congressional schedule to talk about a subject that is close to him,” CSUF director of Community Relations Susan Katsaros said. The focus of the speech will be citizen diplomacy, which Royce describes as the right and responsibility of an American citizen to guide U.S. foreign relations. The Department of State-sponsored program aims to increase citizen influence on U.S. foreign
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The Examination in Writing Proficiency is a degree requirement
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Web site. “It will give us an opportunity to showcase our programs internationally,” Katsaros said. Services involve professional meetings, home stay, interpretation services, transportation and tours as well as connecting foreign leaders, specialists and scholars with their U.S. counterparts. International visitors range from business representatives and government officials to students. At last year’s annual meeting the SEE ROYCE - PAGE 2
Media Promotes Unhealthy Images
Deadline Nearing for Writing Exam
The deadline to sign up for the Examination in Writing Proficiency is this Thursday. The test is being administered Nov. 4th. The Cal State University board of trustees requires that all students show they have sufficient writing skills in order to receive a bachelor’s degree, which the EWP tests for. Students are allotted 90 minutes to write about an essay topic. The test is graded on organization, development, appropriate word choice, grammar, punctuation, spelling and logic. It is graded by faculty selected from the university who are trained specifically for the EWP. The readers grade an essay on a scale of one to five. The essays are then read by two faculty members who combine their scores. The two scores added together must equal a six or higher in order to pass. Dictionaries and thesauri are permitted during the test, but electronic spelling devices are not. The essay topic changes from test to test. The testing center offers EWP orientations before every test to let students know what to expect from the test and what materials students will need to bring on the test date. The orientation date for the next EWP test will be Oct. 27 from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. Business major Diana Zablan said the EWP test was easy. “My topic was: What do you think about cheating? Write four pages, and you’ll be fine,” she said. Testing center coordinator Lorrie Harnach assured that quantity is not a factor in determining whether or not one passes. It’s about quality. “The EWP is designed to assess your writing skills,” Harnach said. “They cannot assess your writing
relations said Yong Kim, director of Asian affairs at Royce’s Fullerton office. Other guest speakers at the summit will include students in international programs and co-sponsor of the event Vincent Dropsy, president of the Phi Beta Delta Honor Society for International Students and Scholars. Collaborating with the committee will create a symbiotic relationship, providing CSUF with increased diversity and foreign visitors a chance to work with their U.S. counterparts, according to the committee’s
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In Training- Army cadets maneuver a tarp mimicking a capsized boat as part of the Field Leadership Reaction Course during training at Camp Pendleton.
Future Army Leaders Train Hard CSUF ROTC members navigated, shot and climbed during training By Robert Moran
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Cal State Fullerton’s Army Reserve Officer Training Corps marched into its twice-a-year training event, which ran through Friday, Sept. 29 through Sunday, Oct. 1 at Camp Pendleton. Seventy-five cadets in the ROTC gathered at 4 a.m. on Friday morning
to make the drive to the Marine Corps base near Oceanside. The cadets faced several events as part of their training. Cadet Victor Ting said that everything the cadets learn has a practical use in the Army when the cadets become officers or when they come back to the civilian world. “Nothing here that we teach is stupid or for nothing,” Ting said. The first task that the cadets’ faced was the land navigation, or LANDNAV, test. Ting said the purpose of the exercise was to teach the cadets how to navigate
using a map, compass and protractor. “It gets us to basically navigate our terrain” without the use of the Global Positioning System, Ting said. The cadets were required to find at least five points out of eight to pass. The test’s course was path about 3 kilometers long winding through a 2 kilometer by 2 kilometer area. The cadets are normally allotted five hours to complete the test, but because of time constraints only had three and a half.
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Eating disorders have become such a worldwide health concern that a fashion show in Spain recently prevented several models from participating. The presenters of the show cited the model’s weight as the key factor. According to Reuters, all the banned models were nearly 6 feet tall and weighed less than 120 pounds. Health officials in Spain said that their body mass index was too low. All the models who participated in the show were required to maintain an index of at least 18. Colleen Kvaska, a nutrition professor at Cal State Fullerton, explained in an e-mail interview what the body mass index was. It’s a measure of a person’s weight relative to his or her height. An index less than 18.5 is considered to be underweight. An index between 18.5 and 24.9 is a healthy weight. An index between 25 and 29.9 is overweight, while an index over 30 is considered to be obese. According to the Web site for the National Blood and Lung Health Institute, any person over six feet tall and under 140 pounds is considered underweight. Kristy Richardson, a nutrition professor at CSUF, liked the idea that the presenters of the show had set the minimum index at 18. She said it was feasible for the presenters to set it at that level. “This would still be underweight, but since it is barely underweight the models wouldn’t have as high of a health risk,” she said. She said the average model has an index of 14 to 16, depending on the country. “This is very unsafe for the health of the models,” she said. Having a low body weight increases the risk for osteoporosis and can also impair the immune system, she said. “If someone who is underweight becomes ill, they have very little reserves to fall back on,” she said.
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Kvaska also pointed to hair loss, dry skin, anemia, and insomnia as the result of protein and calorie malnutrition. “If young growth ceases, basal metabolic slows. With continued starvation the heart muscle becomes weak, the chambers of the heart begin to shrink, blood pressure falls, body temperature drops,” Kvaska said. “Finally, they may suffer multiple organ failure and die. Many of them of heart failure.” Richardson said the fashion show presenters banned the super-thin models from their shows to try to change the way that the media portrays women and to promote a healthy body image. Genelle Belmas, a professor of communications at CSUF, agreed. Just opening up a magazine, flipping through the channels, or watching a movie demonstrates that women are supposed to be stick-thin, small-pored, big-chested, small-waisted and well-coifed. These images also demonstrate that women are supposed to be elegant, full-haired, tall and pale, she said. “Most women aren’t that ideal, and many women spend their whole lives reaching to achieve that unachievable idea,” Belmas said. The media’s constant bombardment of images enforce the unachievable stereotype and can lead to an obsession with size and weight. When such an obsession occurs, women begin to view normal weight as too fat and take unhealthy actions to lose weight. They have to resort to starvation to achieve and maintain these body weights, Kvaska said. Despite the influx of images leading to the weight obsession, Belmas said there are a few things the media can do to downplay the effect of unrealistic female imagery. She said she loves Dove’s “Real Woman” and Crystal Light ads because the women who are portrayed are not the typical ideal of beauty. More companies should be targeting that demographic, Belmas said. “The more we teach our children [and] consumers of media that the portrayals they see are often not even real or desirable, the more likely they are to be able to reject and challenge those portrayals,” she said.
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CAMPUS CALENDAR ROTC: Members go to training camp EWP: Two TODAY attempts A recital for students in the Music Department will be “ We try to expose them held from 1 to 3 p.m. in the Recital Hall of the Perto as many challenges as possible for when forming Arts Center. The event is free. allowed they are out there in a (From Page One)
Congressman Ed Royce will speak at the Citizen Diplomacy Summit in Portola Pavillion C of the Titan Student Union. The speech will cover the responsibility of individuals in shaping U.S. foreign relations. The event is free and runs from 10 a.m. to noon. Thomas Fujita-Rony will discuss the myths and realities of Asian-American and Pacific Islander Men at the Women’s Center in University Hall Room 205.
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Registration deadline for the Nov. 4 Examination in Writing Proficiency test. The test is $20 and registration instructions can be found at www.fullerton.edu/ testing. “Seussical: The Musical� will be performed at 8 p.m. in the Little Theatre of the Performing Arts Center. Tickets cost $16 for full-time students with CSUF identification. Performances are Friday at 8 p.m., Saturday at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. as well as Sunday at 2 p.m.
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are out there in a real-world situation as young lieutenants,� he said. ROTC offers several scholarship programs to cadets. The scholarships, which entail active-duty commitments, are available to students at the high school level as well as to those students who are already enrolled in college, Medina said. Among the other tasks the cadets faced was the Field Leadership Reaction Course, which Ting said was an obstacle course for the cadets. The ROTC members were broken up into individual squads and had to complete tasks as a part of the course. One of the tasks each squad had to complete in the course involved moving a tarp without tipping it over. The scenario was that one member of the squad had been blinded
and another had broken legs when the tarp – representing a boat – had capsized and the squad leader had to devise a plan to tip the boat back over without causing the other soldiers to fall off. The cadets also spent time at the firing range where the seniors taught them first aid techniques that may prove useful in the field. The cadets were also given courses in how to properly disassemble and reassemble M-16 rifles, which were placed on cardboard so as not to get dirty. “Don’t get them dirty,� Cadet Rory Patterson said. “They don’t belong to me.� The cadets laughed when they heard this. Despite all of the work the cadets had to do, they still had to complete the last task of the training weekend. The task involved rappelling off of a wall nearly 100 feet in height. Smiles could be seen as the cadets expressed how they felt after somersaulting 100 feet in the air and rappelling to the ground below. “That was fun, a little nerve-racking, but fun,� said Cadet Rae Fenstermaker. Cadet Matt Berne agreed. “Ah man, for the first time it was pretty fun,� he said. However for Berne, the highlight of the trip was something else. “The M-16 made it all worth it,� he said with a laugh.
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U.S. Department of State reported that the committee has 95 community-based organizations. A piece of the organization’s network is the International Visitors Leadership Program that once hosted United Kingdom Prime Minister Tony Blair. The program estimates
that about 4,700 visitors came to the U.S. through their program in 2005. CSUF will now be able to host a variety of international visitors. Royce also serves as chairman on the Subcommittee on International Terrorism and Nonproliferation where he works at the forefront of
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Ting said that today in the Army soldiers have the use of the GPS, but LANDNAV is used when usage of the GPS is unavailable. Cadet Tam Hoang said that the ROTC was divided by class levels into a ranking system like that of the Army. Freshman are corporals; sophomores are specialists; juniors can be sergeants, captains or anything in between; and the seniors can be second lieutenants all the way up to colonels. Despite the physical aspect of the training, the organization stresses that their members excel academically as well. “The cadets are pretty dedicated. They do all the homework of a normal student plus they do all the military stuff that we train them in,� said Cadet Joshua Carlson, a senior in the ROTC. Maj. Robert Medina, who has been with CSUF’s ROTC since 2004, said there are 90 cadets in the campus ROTC. “The majority of them are contracted, but a small portion of them are contracted under scholarship,� Medina said. Being contracted means that the cadets will serve as Army officers with a commission of second lieutenants, he said. “We try to expose them to as many challenges as possible for when they
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skills if you give too brief an answer, but length has nothing to do with it.� Marketing major Sean Casey also said that the test was easy, but that length had nothing to do with him passing. “I used a little over two pages of my blue booklet,� Casey said. “It took me 45 minutes, and I was out.� Students who fail the EWP can contact the English department in UH-233 or call 714-278-3163 to arrange a review and interpretation of the test results with an English instructor and EWP reader. The instructor may be able to suggest ways to improve writing skills. Students who fail twice qualify for enrollment in English 199, an “intense� writing review class. Passing English 199 is equivalent to passing the EWP. Students who have “exceptional circumstances� may be exempt from taking the EWP. Students who have taken the EWP at another CSU campus must submit proof of certification at the Admissions and Records service center in LH-114. Students can register for the EWP through mail by filling out the a registration form and sending payment to Student Financial Services, or they can register in person at student financial services in UH-180. The test costs $20. After students pay, they must check their student portal for test times and dates. Their test score will also be posted in the portal. Another test will be offered Feb. 24. Registration deadline for that test is Feb. 8, and orientation will be Feb. 16.
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Turning Back Time – The Real OC Looking Back
by daralyn Schoenewald Daily Titan Staff Writer news@dailytitan.com
Orange County, California. Close your eyes and picture it. Not the Orange County depicted in the FOX television series “The OC.” Not the Orange County portrayed in the 2002 movie of the same name or in MTV’s “Laguna Beach.” The real Orange County. Keep your eyes closed and picture the Orange County that broke off from neighboring Los Angeles County in 1889. Picture the newly formed county’s first fair in 1890. Now imagine it’s 1897 and oil was just being discovered in Brea. Think about the land boom it brought to northern Orange County. Squeeze your eyes shut and imagine that there were only three cars in this county in the year 1900. Rich and colorful history is the reality of Orange County, regardless of the representation the county receives on television. Art Hansen, history professor and director of Cal State Fullerton’s Center for Oral and Public History, agreed. “Representation in the media [about Orange County] comes from shows like ‘The OC’ and is far from what the reality really is,” he said. Most residents know there is more to the area than TV producers could ever dream of. The beaches, wealth and perpetual sunshine are all secondary to the county’s history. Orange County history includes Knott’s Berry Farm, started in 1929 by Walter Knott. When it first started, it was just a berry farm, not the theme park we know today. The berry farm sold homemade jellies and jams to help save the Knott family from the Great Depression. Walter’s wife, Cordelia, began serving homemade chicken dinners in a restaurant on the farm. The dinners were a success and Walter began to build attractions on the farm to keep dinner guests entertained while they waited
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BALBOA HISTORY - The Balboa Fun Zone, one of the oldest and last Southern California coastal amusement parks, is now due to become the future home of the Newport Harbor Nautical Museum. Rides and other nostalgic items of the historic Fun Zone are being sold and relocated. The Ferris Wheel will be the only ride to stay put. for their dinners. More attractions followed, including the nation’s only brick replica of Independence Hall and an exact replica of the Liberty Bell, according to information on the Knott’s Berry Farm Web site. Orange County history also includes Disneyland. For 50 years the theme park has attracted visitors from all over the world. And it goes without saying that Orange County history includes oranges – though some local historians will argue that the county wasn’t named after oranges after all, but for Orange County, Va., which was in turn named in honor of the House of Orange in Europe. Right in Fullerton is a piece of Orange
County’s history. Fullerton Municipal Airport is the county’s last general-aviation airport and has a unique history all its own. An airport that was once just dirt used as a landing strip was dubbed the “Fullerton Air Force” by the Federal Aviation Administration because of the large number of planes there during the war, according to information on the city of Fullerton’s Web site. “It was used in 1942 through 1945 by the military for training,” said Shelley Alongi, coordinator for the Fullerton Airport History Project. Alongi is working on the airport history project for CSUF’s Center for Oral and Public History.
In 1994, Orange County filed for Chapter 9 bankruptcy, becoming the largest municipality in U.S. history to do so. The bankruptcy was due to investments gone bad, and the county recovered 18 months later. Graduate student Kira Gentry said not enough time is spent learning local history. “We spend so much time learning the history of Europe and Asia. In the U.S. so much is centered around broader themes that we don’t stop to learn more about where we live,” she said. If you are interested in learning more about the real Orange County, CSUF’s history department offers a complete course on the topic.
1889: Orange County sepa- rates from Los Angeles. 1890: Orange County holds its first fair. 1904: Pacific Electric Railway links Orange County to Los Angeles. 1913: Richard Nixon is born in Yorba Linda. 1913: Fullerton Junior Col- lege is established. 1920: Walter Knott starts Knott’s Berry Farm in Buena Park. 1926: The Pacific Coast Highway opens, con- necting Huntington and Newport Beach. 1932: First Laguna Beach Fes- tival of Arts. 1954: Interstate 5, the Santa Ana freeway opens. 1955: Disneyland opens. 1959: Orange County State College, now CSUF, opens. 1971: Placentia is named an “All American City”—the first U.S. city to be named such. 1994: Orange County de- clares Chapter 9 bank- ruptcy. Timeline information courtesy of orangecountyhistory.org
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Flashback Faves What’s old is new again. No, really. Look around these days, and almost everywhere you look you will see “turn back the clock” stuff being sold by the bulk in stores like Hot Topic. Turn on the TV, and you’ll see the Lakers running up and down the court in baby blue Minneapolis jerseys. Go to the mall and witness the shelves of retail establishments stocked with “Rainbow Brite” and “Hulkamania” T-shirts. Think e-Bay. Or if you have ever been to the City of Industry’s Frank and Sons collectibles show, you’ll see that there is still a steady demand for these nostalgic knickknacks. A major reason for the success of these establishments is that they are unique vendors where one can get that nifty Land speeder they lost 25 years ago or where one can replenish their “My Little Pony” collection. And YouTube has gone along with the rush, with episodes of childhood stalwarts such as “The Smurfs,” “Masters of The Uni-
verse” and “G.I. Joe.” So what’s this obsession with all of the old schlock? From our perspective, it is a form of socially acceptable regression. All of the aforementioned bring us back to a time when life was simpler with no worries to be had. No work, no midterms, no STDs, no credit card debt, no alarm clocks, no APRs, no mortgages, no DUIs, no EPTs, no nothing – just 22 minutes of colorful pleasure, complete with action figures. Back then, all we had to do was wake up, eat, sleep, poop and watch cartoons while holding a plastic replica of our favorite hero or heroine – kinda nice to be a kid, eh? In essence, this newfound embracement of popular childhood relics stokes our fire on a subconscious level. And we love the flashbacks to those wistfully carefree days of youth, breaking up the fastpaced world we reside in as adults – flashbacks to days before we knew everything, but knew that “knowing is half the battle.”
Back then, all we had to do was wake up, eat, sleep, poop and watch cartoons
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Opinion has caused more trouble on this little earth than plagues or earthquakes. Voltaire A French Enlightenment Writer
Constructive Opinions Preferred By Ian Hamilton
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Your opinion is dirty, put it away. In a society where gay marriage is either the root of all evil or a necessary freedom and the war in Iraq is either the ultimate expression of American heroism or of our unquenchable greed, it has become far too easy for everyone to muddy the water with their extremist points of view. Instead, people should keep their most deep-rooted opinions to themselves in everyday discussion. It’s obscene and an insult to spread them around. Don’t make the mistake of believing that this means people should not have or share opinions. Rather, people should be smarter about when they choose to get enraged and be careful picking the time to let the rest of the world know. O.J. Simpson, Terri Schiavo, Scott Peterson and Jon Benet Ramsey are a few examples from a long list of stories that people become instantly opin-
sleeves can be easily aggravated by ionated about. In these situations, people take a single comment from any one sides when they do not have all the of these sources. It happens all the facts and have not been asked to pass time. Opinion begets opinion. judgment. It serves no function to What begins as one comment argue about Schiavo’s feeding tube or Scott Peterson’s guilt because you about faith, life, or behavior always seems to end up have absolutely in a loud battle nothing to do of righteousness. with the situaOur democracy would Disagreeing on tion. Don’t share your opinion if it function much more topics should has nothing to do efficiently if Americans lead to comproand soluwith the outcome would just slow down, mises tions in a perfect of the situation. calm down and think democracy. Our democracy before sharing their People are too would function stuck in their much more effiopinion. ways to change, ciently if Ameriand the issues cans would just are too black and slow down, calm down and think white. Is there before sharing any gray area in their opinion. Maybe consider dis- abortion or the war in Iraq? cussing only the topics you have an In a civilized discussion, yes. In expertise on. America, no. Parents, politicians, peers and So the solution is to stop the popular culture all fight to per- cycle of opinion-sharing – to suade you. The problem is, people back off, hold your tongue and who wear their core values on their listen. The most important things
should still be said and shared in a civilized and intelligent manner. Since this may be a bit unclear to some people, I offer a simple rule for you to remember. I propose that people should use their opinions the same as their genitals – in private. If you are truly comfortable, let some people see your opinion. If you’re really close to a person and feel you should take another step, share your opinion with them. Don’t ever share your opinions with your children. Instead, let them develop on their own. Above all, don’t force your opinion on anyone. It does not escape me that I just showed you mine, now I have to be ready for you to show me yours.
Opinions Balance Our Democracy By Joe Simmons Daily Titan Copy Chief
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Modern reporters have what is often referred to as a sacred trust. That trust is to gather information and relay it to the public in the most honest and unbiased way possible. What that essentially means is that we, as journalists, are supposed to avoid analysis. We are not supposed to tell you, the reader, what facts mean; we are only supposed to write an honest and representative account of the facts of the matter. It is your job to analyze those facts and come to a conclusion. It’s one of the tenets of democracy. Citizens should be informed. Still, journalists have access to a lot of information. It’s our stock and trade, gathering information. We are in a unique position to provide informed opinions. In a world where opinions are constantly thrown at everyone in handfuls, it seems irresponsible for journalists to not offer their thoughts and ideas.
A quick Web search will reveal mediated and tempered by facts that the average American is bom- gathered from several different barded with 600 to over 3,000 sources. Unlike other sources of advertisements each day. Ads, of information, journalists do not course, are a form of opinion. Next stand to make money or gain poto that is persuasive programming litical clout by convincing others designed to support and rally cer- of their point of view. tain political ideologies; Fox News In short, the columns printed Channel is the most famous ex- in the opinion page provide a ample, but there are also networks rational balance to the advertislike Sundance and Link TV that ing and emotional rhetoric that is serve similar functions. found in nearly every other form of Then there are communication. the opinions and These opinions ideas – sometimes will not always be loudly proclaimed popular, of course. The idea that – of friends, relafact, a good opinions shouldn’t In tives, co-workers opinion should stir offend public sen- some controversy. If and people who sibilities is simply an opinion doesn’t just happen to be around. evoke discussion, it not sound. None of these was pointless. sources have the If no one cares same ethical reenough about an straints that jouropinion to discuss nalists are supposed to adhere to. it, why publish it? Similarly, few of these sources have Opinions should be visceral. They the broad access to information that should force people to confront their journalists enjoy. After all, few peo- reasoning and to evaluate where they ple have the time to compile and sift stand on an issue. through information from several The idea that opinions shouldn’t sources. Reporters are paid to do just offend public sensibilities is simply that. not sound. There have been, and In contrast to other sources of will always be, injustices that simply information, the opinion of a well- cannot be addressed by reciting versed professional journalist is facts.
How could a segregationist have found the “separate but equal” Jim Crow laws offensive? Simple, neutral reporting cannot change the mind of anyone embedded on one side of the issue or the other. That same reporting cannot incite a neutral populace for or against an issue. It takes analysis to do that. Only by pointing out the inherent unfairness of segregation, the basic unAmerican nature of the laws and the crushing long-term psychological effects of the arrangement, could change be affected. Journalism is supposed to act as a watchdog for citizens, acting to counter the encroachments on people’s rights by government, business or even popular opinion. If journalists are denied the ability to analyze events and come to a conclusion, they lose one of their most powerful tools to help fulfill their role in society.
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Transportation 3600 3700 3800 3900
Auto Accessories/Repair Auto Insurance Miscellaneous Vehicles For sale/Rent
Travel 4000 4100 4200 4300
Resorts/Hotels Rides Offered/Wanted Travel Tickets Vacation Packages
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Apartments for Rent Apartments to Share Houses for Rent/Sale Guest House for Rent Room for Rent Roommates - Private Room Roommates - Shared Room Vacation Rentals
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Offering behind-the-wheel training for a class C driver’s license. Ask for student discount. Lic. #I4027008. Ask for Glen (714) 595-1541.
6400 Childcare Offered/Wanted Child care 2 kids. Get to/ from school, homework, laundry, lite cleaning Trabuco Canyon/ RSM area. Call Larry @ (949) 2333140. (949) 233-3140
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October 17, 2006
SPORTS
Detroit Tigers Looking Forward to World Series Motown team has a week to prepare for first appearance since 1984 Asociated Press It was past midnight when Curtis Granderson, his dad and several of their family members finished dinner at a popular Greektown restaurant and headed out to a celebration in full swing. “Sweet,” the Detroit Tigers’ leadoff man said. Horns honking and brooms poking through moon roofs, downtown was alive into early Sunday. Spotlights swirled in the sky, people on the street slapped high-fives with strangers. When the sun rose above Woodward Avenue across the street from Comerica Park, it lit up the State Theatre’s marquee “Let’s Party Like It’s 1984” in what might become the Motor City’s new catch phrase. Going to the World Series will make a city go a little crazy. Especially one that’s been starved for a winner for 22 years. “Nobody could have expected this. It’s unreal,” said Tigers Hall of Famer Al Kaline, now working in the club’s front office. The Tigers continued their remarkable journey from farce to force by sweeping Oakland in the AL championship series, beating the Athletics 6-3 Saturday when Magglio Ordonez hit a three-run homer with two outs in the ninth inning. Ordonez raised one arm, then both after connecting for his second home run in Game 4. From all corners of the stadium and beyond, Tigers fans cheered a pennant that seemed impossible back in spring training. While the party was in progress on the field, Ordonez wandered around asking, “Where’s my family? Where’s my family?” At the same time, the stadium announcer neatly let everyone know the date of the Tigers’ next home game: next Saturday, for the World Series opener against either the St. Louis Cardinals or New York Mets. The losingest team in baseball over the past 13 seasons, the club that suffered through 119 defeats only three years ago, will make its first Series appearance since 1984. Manager Jim Leyland and these
Upcoming Titan Athletics Schedule Softball
- Today the Titans will host Mt. San Antonio College at Anderson Family Field at 2:30 p.m. as part of the team’s six–game fall scrimmage schedule, which concludes Nov. 1 at Mt. Sac.
Men’s Soccer
- Cal State Fullerton [5-8-1 overall, 1-4-0 in the Big West] is looking to finish the last part of their season with six Big West Conference matches, including five on the road. Their last home match will be on Nov. 4 at 7 p.m. against Cal Poly San Luis Obispo.
Women’s soccer
- Cal State Fullerton [7-6-2 overall, 3-11 in the Big West] takes a road trip to play UC Davis in non conference battle on Sunday at 1 p.m. The Titans finish their home schedule with a Big West showdown against conference rival Long Beach State on Oct. 25 at 8 p.m.
Fencing
- On Oct. 28, the fencing team will have a face off against the alumni beginning at 10 a.m. and ending at noon. The event will take place in KHS 202.
Volleyball - The Titans [13-6
overall, 2-4 in the Big West] hosts rival Long Beach State on Friday at 7 p.m., followed by another match against UC Irvine on Saturday at 7 p.m.
Tigers will go in with a seven-game postseason winning streak, suddenly they’re looking a lot like the 2004 Boston Red Sox and 2005 Chicago White Sox, teams that got on a roll in October and stampeded to the championship. Catcher Ivan Rodriguez and pitcher Kenny Rogers are the only players on Detroit’s roster with Series experience. General manager Dave Dombrowski and Leyland were together when the Florida Marlins won the 1997 crown. “This is an amazing moment. Not just for us, but for this whole city,” Rodriguez said. And with a week to rest up, the Tigers figure to be in good shape. Leyland can set up the rotation any way he wants, picking Rogers, Justin Verlander, Nate Robertson or Jeremy Bonderman to pitch Game 1. Plus, first baseman Sean Casey and hard-throwing reliever Joel Zumaya will get extra time to recover from injuries that sidelined them for most of the ALCS. Casey, who batted third in the order, injured his left calf in the opener against Oakland. He expects to return to the lineup Saturday. “This week off is going to be huge for me,” Casey said. “There’s no doubt I can play in Game 1.” Zumaya figures he’ll bounce back from problems with his right forearm and wrist. “Everything is falling into place,” he said. For Leyland, too. He sat in his office, feet up on the desk and sipping champagne while savoring this latest victory. And if St. Louis wins the NLCS, it could set up quite a reunion for Leyland with Cardinals manager Tony La Russa. Leyland left managing for six years before taking over the Tigers this season. Yet while he was out of the dugout, he wasn’t out of baseball. Instead, he was on the Cardinals’ side. “I worked for them for five years. I was around that ballclub in spring training. I helped out,” he said. “I was around Tony La Russa. I helped his veteran players, bought into the program. I never had a finer boss. “They kind of inspired me to get back in, and I kept getting closer to it and closer to it,” he said. “I think probably the reason I got back in is because of the St. Louis Cardinals.”
Munoz and Tapia Make Titan Debuts
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CSUF finishes fourth overall at the Santa Clara Invitational last weekend Titan Media Relations
By karl thunman/Daily Titan
FEISTY PLAY - Cal State Fullerton’s Casey Schostag fights Cal Poly San Luis Obispo’s Morgan Miller for the ball during the women’s soccer match on Sunday. After two overtimes, the match ended with a tied score of 0-0. Goalkeeper Karen Bardsley was sharp for the Titans as she notched her sixth shutout of the year. CSUF is currently 7-6-2 overall and 3-1-1 in the Big West Conference. They travel to UC Davis this weekend for a nonconference match, looking to get back on the winning track before returning to conference play and hosting rival Long Beach State on Oct. 25.
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Freshmen Gail Munoz and Sergio Tapia made their long-awaited Titan debuts Saturday and helped Cal State Fullerton to a pair of fourthplace finishes at the Santa Clara Invitational Cross Country Meet at Baylands Park in Sunnyvale. Munoz finished 23rd overall in the women’s 5K as Fullerton tied for fourth with the host Broncos behind Stanford, University of San Francisco and UC Davis. Tapia ran 27th for the men, who finished fourth behind Stanford, UC Davis and Sacramento State. Jordan Horn was the top finisher for Fullerton, running third in the men’s 8K race in 24:10. Teammate Damien Nieves was closed behind in sixth place in 24:40. Daniel Alvarez (19th) and Coryi Vaselenko (46th) were the other Titan scorers. Juliane Masciana paced the Titan women, finishing 14th in 18:03 over a 5K course. Andrea Aguilar was 18th, Mandyi Ecihmann was 25th and Kirsten Drake was 40th.
Titan Invitational - Cal State
Fullerton will host the Titan Invitational at the Titan Sports Complex this Friday beginning at 4:30 p.m.