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Tuesday February 20, 2007
The Student Voice of California State University, Fullerton
Titans Ignore ROTC
Friends of Jazz Have A Ball
Center Earns Award By Colleen Barrett
By Jenny Houser
Daily Titan Staff Writer
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Cal State Fullerton’s Army ROTC program held a recruiting event Thursday on the west side of the Engineering Center. Even with a flat screen TV, an Xbox system and music blaring out from the back of an H2 Hummer, many students ignored the invitation to talk to the ROTC recruiters. “A lot of people just walk by,” said Sgt. 1st Class Darrell Olson, a U.S. Army exhibit specialist. “Students are thinking this is like the Army. This is an opportunity to get a scholarship.” Olson, who travels to many universities with the Hummer, said it is common for students to avoid the display. Olson said he saw the same reaction from students at USC when he visited the campus Wednesday. “There is a misconception that you have to enlist,” said Sgt. 1st Class Arthur Garcia, an on-campus ROTC recruiter. “We approach a lot of students, but a lot of them are intimidated. Maybe it’s the uniform or maybe it’s the program itself.” Olson said it is common for universities to move the recruiting display to areas of the campus where there is a low-traffic of students. Olson said his recruitment team tried to move to the Quad, where there is more student traffic, but Titan Student Union workers would not give them permission to do so because another event was scheduled. Only two students approached the ROTC table within the first two hours. CSUF’s ROTC program has 82 cadets this semester, including 10 new cadets this year. Cadet Cameron Larsueo, 20, a political science major, joined the program his freshman year. After being part of the program for a yearand-a-half, Larsueo said it has taught him invaluable leadership skills. “When I signed the contract I was really nervous, but looking back it was worth it,” Larsueo said. After he graduates, Larsueo said he wants to go active duty and become a special forces officer in the Army. “You should follow your own path,” Larsueo said. “We want students to come to us so we can help them achieve their goals,” said Sgt. 1st Class Roberto Ruiz. “We have many options in life. It’s about choosing the right option.” The ROTC program gives cadets the opportunity for a full-tuition scholarship and federal benefits such as medical, dental and counseling services. “The biggest thing is the experience you will get that’s not being offered anywhere else,” Garcia said. “We take the roll of mentors and coaches. We are grooming these soldiers to take our positions so they can have their turn in the spotlight.” Cadets are required to participate for a minimum of two years in the ROTC program. During that time, cadets will take several leadership and teamwork courses, including hands-on training exercises.
live entertainment and dinner, CSUF swing band performer Sean Macaulay said he appreciates the mission of the Friends of Jazz. “[Friends of Jazz] is great, they’re the best,” said Macaulay, 23. “They promote an art form that’s hard to find these days, and they’re giving money to poor musicians like us.” Key said she agrees that jazz music is hard to come by, but he attributes its unpopularity to
The Center for Children Who Stutter, a program in partnership with Cal State Fullerton, recently won the statewide “Program of the Year” award from the California Speech-Language-Hearing Association, a speech-language pathology organization. The center, which began 12 years ago, will be honored March 9 at the association’s annual awards ceremony in Long Beach. “It’s kind of like the academy awards of the speech pathology field,” said Anne Delfosse, a representative of the association. The center, which is located on the first floor of College Park, was chosen for its innovative and highquality clinical service, along with its research activities and cutting-edge techniques. “Stuttering is a field that has a lot of ongoing research and we are always learning and utilizing the latest treatment methods,” Clinical Director Sherri Wolff said. In 1995, Glyndon and Jeanna Riley, along with human communication studies Professor Robert Emry and community leader Ira Zimmerman, opened the center with huge support from CSUF President Milton Gordon. “I’ve known a lot of people in my life who stutter. We wanted to help
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By Rabecca Hartness/Daily Titan Staff Photographer
Just Playing - Members of the CSUF Swing Band perform during the 6th Annual Mardi Gras event, Sunday night, sponsored by Friends of Jazz. Proceeds of the event go to jazz education programs and scholarships.
The Annual Mardi Gras Ball brings fun and money to CSUF By April Valencia
Daily Titan Staff Writer news@dailytitan.com
A dragon burst through the doors of the banquet hall, its mouth open, showing off rows of pointed teeth. Then came a team of jazz musicians followed by a dozen dancing women dressed in glittered gowns and feathered masks.
“Welcome to Mardi Gras!” they shouted. The sixth annual Mardi Gras Ball, sponsored by the Friends of Jazz, was held Sunday evening in Brea to help raise scholarship money for jazz students and jazz education programs at Cal State Fullerton and Fullerton College. Over 150 patrons came to participate in the Mardi Gras activities, which included a parade led by the Mardi Gras dragon, a New Orleansstyle dinner, a silent auction and live music performed by a CSUF swing band and the Dixieland Band. “We only have one major fund-
raiser, and this is it,” said Friends of Jazz President William Klinghoffer. The Friends of Jazz organization began in 2000 to preserve and promote jazz music and teach the facets of jazz to grade-school children and college students, Klinghoffer said. In past years, the Friends of Jazz has raised up to $25,000 in scholarships with each scholarship ranging between $250 and $5,000. “There are a lot of struggling students, and we like to give them a helping hand,” said Anne Key, chairwoman of the ball. “We’re very proud to be able to help them.” While some attended for the
CFA Still Might Strike By Yvonne Villarreal
Daily Titan Staff Writer news@dailytitan.com
What was supposed to be a meeting to rally support for the California Faculty Association turned into a venue for professors to voice their frustrations over conditions they say the union is not addressing. The CFA held a meeting on Feb. 12 to update faculty on contract negotiations with the Cal State University association and to discuss the possibility of a strike vote. Over 50 faculty members attended the gathering held in the Student Academic Chambers where CFA Southern Associate Vice President David Bradfield and CFA Treasurer Kim Geron discussed the current state of negotiations. “Our goal is to get the best contract we possibly can for faculty,” Bradfield said. “Unity is key.” One attendee voiced anger over “grossly unfair” pay differences between colleges; something he felt the CFA wasn’t addressing in their negotiations. A CSUF lecturer of over 20 years voiced her outrage regarding
CFA’s supposed lack of representation for “temporary” faculty. Bradfield attempted to mediate the attendees. “We are doing everything we can because we represent all faculty. We are in this together. If they (CSU) divide us, it will be bad.” Others were unsure whether a two-day rolling strike—a job action CFA is proposing if their requests aren’t met—will be severe enough to get their point across. Instead, some attendees suggested an option for a permanent strike, that could affect student finals and influence whether students graduate in May. Bradfield and Geron also used the meeting to provide members and non-members with cards in which they could vote on whether to permit CFA Board of Directors to call a series of rolling two-day strikes throughout the 23 CSU campuses before the spring semester is over. A vote of “no” would indicate support of the latest offer from the Chancellor; a vote of “yes” would denote a willingness to fight for a contract more inclusive of the demands by the faculty union. The CSU remains hopeful that it won’t reach such extreme measures. “We’re not in patrol of how the CFA strike,” said Paul Browning, a CSU spokesman. “We’re hoping for
a positive outcome. We just entered the fact-finding stage; it’s premature to think of a strike.” Contract negotiations began over a year ago, with CFA wanting fair salaries, better benefits and an improved workload. Less than a month after both parties failed to agree upon a settlement, the fact-finding process—the final stage in contract negotiations—began Feb. 9. The 30-day phase requires a stateappointed third, neutral party to review evidence and issue a report with non-binding suggestions to a representative of the CSU and CFA on ways to settle the contract. If a resolution cannot be reached, the CSU can impose terms and conditions of employment similar to its “last, best offer.” At that point, faculty can legally engage in job actions, including a strike. The phase comes after a settlement could not be reached following the mediation stage in December. Among the issues being negotiated are parking fees. The CSU is proposing that by the end of the fouryear contract, faculty pay the same parking fee as students—a proposal not well received by faculty. Instead, they argue that student-parking fees should be lowered to what faculty currently pays.
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