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Wednesday February 21, 2007

The Student Voice of California State University, Fullerton

ECS Wants Food

Training for Philanthropy

By Ellice Soliven

Daily Titan Staff Writer news@dailytitan.com

At the College of Engineering and Computer Science, students spend day and night listening to long lectures, working on labs and projects and doing computer work. Many do not have the time to walk all the way from the Engineering Center to Langsdorf Hall, Carl’s Jr. or the Titan Student Union to eat.

They are going to have to wait until 2008 for convenient food services.

Raman Unnikrishnan, dean of the College of Engineering and Computer Science, Executive Director of Auxiliary Services Bill Dickerson and Director of Food and Vending Services Anthony Lynch have plans for a food service operation to be built near the center in the coming year.

“We have a fairly large graduate population,” Unnikrishnan said.

“These students are all working engineers and computer science majors and they come here in the late afternoon time. They really don’t have a convenient place to grab something to eat and immediately go to class.”

At an Interclub Council Meeting SEE ECS - PAGE 3

Cocaine and marijuana use is prevalent among 18 to 25 year olds

By Aleksandra Wojtalevicz Daily Titan Staff Writer news@dailytitan.com

Scholars is Sean Guthrie, a junior majoring in psychology. Guthrie was a foster child in the Los Angeles County foster care system and once he turned 18, discovered the program and enrolled at CSUF. “The program allows us to focus on school and not worry about housing or tuition,” Guthrie said.

“Which is a huge burden off of our shoulders.”

And since these students get to focus the majority of their time on school without the added pressure of academic costs, LaMar said the success of this program has been remarkable.

Since its inception in 1998, there have been 79 graduates from the program. In Spring 2007 a CSUF student was the first Guardian Scholar

More than 100,000 Americans die of drug or alcohol abuse every year, according to the National Institute of Drug Abuse. A 2004 study from the Bureau of Justice Statistics showed marijuana and cocaine use are most widespread among people between 18 and 25 years old.

“There are many factors why students use drugs,” said Tim Chapman, director of Teen Favors, a teen substance abuse program. “[They think] it’s fun and different and it’s a way of coping with stress and anger.”

Chapman said treating drug and substance abuse problems is important because, aside from influencing the user, it affects other people in a negative way.

This is why a Midwest-based rehabilitation clinic called Narconon Arrowhead has taken a new approach to treating patients of substance abuse.

The clinic is “helping people around the world,” said Ryan Thorpe, senior director of Narconon. “We have had a 70 percent success rate for the past two years.”

Narconon differs from other rehabilitation centers with its therapy methods.

According to Thorpe, most clinics use the 12-step recovery approach, which focuses on substance abusers admitting they have a problem and their hopes for recovery. Narconon’s therapy consists of three steps.

The first step is a physical detoxification from drugs.

This takes place through the use of a sauna and “varies from a month to six weeks, depending on the individual,” Thorpe said.

The second step is cognitive therapy “that addresses all issues and underlying problems, not just alcohol and drug problems. We examine health, relationships and career,” Thorpe said.

The cognitive therapy focuses on teaching patients communication skills and other life skills to handle every day situations and not feel overwhelmed.

“We teach a person to be successful and not to use drugs as a crutch,” Thorpe said.

The third step offers therapy sessions “designed to free a person from the guilt of past actions,” according to the Norconon Web site.

Narconon receives 1,000 calls for help each week worldwide.

“We have a multidimensional approach,” Thorpe said. “We address individuals as a whole – physically, emotionally and spiritually.”

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By Jazzy Graza/Daily Titan Photographer

two wheels- Political Science major Steve Toney, 21, proudly displays his bicycle outside of the Pi Kappa Phi fraternity house in Fullerton as he trains for the Journey of Hope, a 64-day cycling tour for charity.

By MELISSA FITZGERALD

Daily Titan Staff Writer news@dailytitan.com

Steve Toney had just completed the 100-mile Tour de Palm Springs last Saturday when he answered his cell phone.

“I was kind of really nervous this morning,” said Toney, a 21year-old political science major.

He said getting on and off the bike in the middle of the tour proved tough.

“When you get off the bike its hard to get back on,” Toney said. It turns out this race is just a fraction of what Steve will do this summer.

Steve is training for the Journey of Hope, which is a 64-day cycling tour for charity that begins on the West Coast and ends in Washington, D.C. The event raises about

$400,000 from sponsors every year for the benefit of people with disabilities. The cyclists participating in the event will ride anywhere from 85 to 120 miles daily, which will roughly take about eight hours each day, depending on the terrain and the weather.

The charity ride also requires riders like Toney to participate in one-on-one bonding time with disabled people. After being on a bike for eight hours, volunteers will play

games and other activities with people with disabilities ,Toney said, adding that just because a person is disabled does not mean he or she isn’t observant.

“It’s all about facial expressions,” Toney said. “When people are overly nice they recognize that.”

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Professor Gives Unusual Final

Carrubba

CSUF Professor catches students off guard with private inquiries

By Sean belk

Daily Titan Staff Writer news@dailytitan.com

Jose Carrubba came to Cal State Fullerton two years ago with a vision to spark dialogue about some otherwise touchy subjects – sex and love.

“I don’t see how you can go deeply into your life without talking about sex,” said the single 46-year-old philosophy teacher.

Born and raised in New York, he’s not afraid to say what’s on his mind,

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whether it’s creating a life changing experience or asking questions some consider too offensive.

With fast-paced hand gestures and a radio talk-show-host demeanor, Carrubba started class with a discussion about “sex with love versus sex without love.”

After a brief pause of silence, Ashley Powell, a 21-year-old business major, interjected.

“I don’t see how love relates to sex,” she said.

Carrubba gave examples of some disheartening marriages and of the compassion prostitutes have for their clients. He also said the most loving relationships are often between a mother and son, which don’t involve sex at all.

For the first time last semester, Carrubba introduced such issues in the final assignment of his business and professional ethics class.

“What kind of sexual life do you expect to choose? Why?” was one of the questions asked.

A few offended students, including one who said she works for a law office, spoke out during class, claiming the personal questions don’t pertain to the subject of business ethics.

But Carrubba said the purpose of the five-page assignment about one’s personal ethical standards presented an opportunity to analyze the very SEE ETHICS - PAGE 3

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Guardian Scholars - A group photo of the recipients of the guardian scholarships. The guardian scholars is a program aimed at providing foster children with top-notch educational options.

A Scholarly Destination By michelle ascencio

Daily Titan Staff Writer news@dailytitan.com

According to the Cal State Fullerton Guardian Scholars’ Web site, of the 50 percent of foster children who complete high school, 10 percent will continue their education at the college level; and of that 10 percent, only 1 percent will receive a degree.

Through the Guardian Scholars Program, CSUF, along with 15 other colleges and universities in California, is among the institutions offering assistance to former foster children with the desire to receive a college education.

This scholarship program offers young adults who come out of the foster care system different types of aid from Cal State Fuller-

ton and from private donors, which includes complete academic tuition, textbooks and supplies, housing and one-on-one counseling for any personal or academic needs.

Diana LaMar, higher education liaison for the Orangewood Children’s Foundation in Santa Ana, said CSUF is the first campus in the nation to take part in the Guardian Scholars Program. Orangewood is part of the Orange County Social Services Agency and offers support for foster children in the county and funding for the program.

“Ron Davis, a board member here at Orangewood, saw the need for assistance for these children after they leave the system,” LaMar said. “In 1997 he approached CSUF and they jumped at the chance to offer these deserving young adults a chance at an education.”

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opinion Sex, Drugs and DSL It was bound to happen. have to look too far to see a In Pennsylvania this week, bunch of computer-obsessed the first 12-step program has cyber-junkies who can’t go an been instituted for those who hour without being magnetihave to compulsively check cally drawn to the Internet in their e-mail. one way or another.

“Hi, I’m Jack and I’m a You see it in the library.

Goog-a-holic.”

The foot traffic is offset by the It’s funny to think the day line of impatient g-mail crack would come when we would heads waiting for the next speak of such an event, and no available computer to get their one is in the fix. least bit surYou see it prised.

You see it in the li- in the classBut we’re brary. The foot traffic room. The curious. Do instructor is you have to is offset by the line of giving a lecadmit an ad- impatient g-mail crack ture about diction and heads waiting for the K e y n e s i a n then apoloeconomics gize to all for- next available com- or linear somer friends puter lution sysand family tems, and for the cruel that six in and unnecesthe next aisle sary chain letters forwarded in is looking like a 10 in her phoyour sordid past? toshopped My space pics.

The rationale behind the Hell, we see it right up here 12-step program likening in the offices of the Daily Ticompulsive e-mail checking to tan. When not working on an alcohol or drug abuse pro- this award-winning publicagram is driven by the millions tion, we’re knee deep in Youof dollars in lost productiv- Tube skits, real-time fantasy ity due to executives checking scores and anything with an their e-mail accounts, accord- apple on it. ing to the program’s developer In this day and age, comMarsha Egan. puter communications are The students here at CSUF pivotal – just don’t let it take should take heed – are we not over. Manage it instead of letpart of the problem? You don’t ting it manage you.

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Your tax return may give you more grief than green Melissa Fitzgerald

Daily Titan Staff Writer opinion@dailytitan.com

Each year when the tax season descends upon me, I find myself daydreaming about the size of my tax return and the different ways to spend it. I can’t wait to upgrade the contents of my shelves from Top Ramen and generic peanut butter to Campbell’s Select and Skippy.

This year, as soon as I received my tax documents I was on my way to my tax consultant. But to my dismay I found that I wouldn’t receive much from Uncle Sam. My tax consultant told me I owed the state and that I would get only six percent back of what I put into federal taxes last year.

A check for six percent won’t even cover my tuition, let alone books or the alcohol I’ll need to consume to drown my money sorrows.

I, unlike most struggling students, earn a decent living working full-time at a bank. Unfortunately, I have two strikes against me when it comes to taxes.

1. I am single 2. I don’t own a house.

These facts hang over my tax return threatening to shrink it like a cheap cotton shirt thrown in the permanent press cycle.

The anticipation of a large return is a reality for individuals with a spouse, five kids and a house, but for students who only have college loan statements keeping them warm at night, the experience may bring on sleepless nights.

It is not to my credit that I am a responsible citizen who didn’t get pregnant or married

at an early age. In this capitalist society, citizens can only expect a large tax return if they get out there and spend, have a child (who will become a consumer) or buy a house.

But because I am single, without any dependents, somehow that gives the government a green light to tax the hell out of me. I guess if I’m single that should also mean I’m a saver, in which case I’ll be fine without all the extra money they extract from my paycheck every two weeks. And if I’m fine with that, maybe I’ll be OK without a big, meaty tax return.

It’s a slippery slope.

So now I have decided that in order to enhance my tax return next year, I’ll get hitched and have a couple kids. Maybe then I’ll be able to cover tuition.

Whatever happened to rewarding people for not getting knocked up irresponsibly? Whatever happened to helping out poor singles? Don’t they deserve a break too?

The source of all this single bashing must come from the married government officials. That’s the only logical answer to this conundrum.

Don’t get me wrong here. I believe that all working-class Americans deserve to pay fewer taxes because they contribute to society in a responsible way. We work hard for our money, unlike those rich socialites.

In fact the answer lies in one simple concept: Tax the rich. I know this may not be a new idea but it’s still quite valid. Most of the very wealthy don’t know how to spend their money. If you think this may not be the case just look to the celebrities we put on pedestals. One springs to mind, Brittney Spears.

The girl can’t even invest in panties let alone invest her money.

So this year when you file your taxes and feel like you got screwed just think of Paris Hilton or Nicole Richie buying designer outfits for their dogs and ask yourself where a raise in taxes should come from.

A Course in Self-Advocacy Welcome to the College of cific needs are. The second is to Miscommunications! That is the acknowledge that your employgreeting I have received working ers are not your enemy. They for the Daily Titan. hired you for a reason. They I find myself learning as I go believe you can do the job for along that the ability for any which you applied. So don’t disabled person to communicate be afraid to communicate your their specific needs to their em- specific needs to them or you ployers and co-workers is impor- might just find yourself in the tant for the success and survival scariest place of all: a meeting of the disabled person in the with your bosses where you have job environment. This lack of to defend your job performance dialogue between employer and and explain your needs in detail. employee can cause miscommu- In that case it might be too late, nication and misunderstanding so I would advise you not to between both wait until then. parties.

The third thing The ability is to remind The ability to advo- yourself that to advocate for yourself is as cate for yourself is as you can do the important as it important as it is to job despite any is to advocate challenges you for others, and advocate for others might face. self-advocacy is In other a skill one must words, conlearn before fidence is the speaking up for others. The ad- key to success in life. age that one must keep his own Sometimes I have my own house in order before he tries to doubts that all the work I or maintain another person’s home anyone ever does is ever enough is still true. After all, no one to make the work place better. likes having their lives dictated But sometimes contributions to them by someone who lives can be made by examples and their life in complete disarray encouragement, such as what I and dysfunction. do with this column.

Such disarray can happen Still, as much as I am adwhen people do not advocate for vocating for others, I am still themselves. It can happen when learning to do those things for people quit on life and deny the myself. While I impart my wischallenges to be met. This denial dom in this column, I am concan cause problems in life and in stantly reminded that even those the work place. with sage advice still have a lot Over the past few weeks, I to learn from life. Perhaps the have been thinking about how greatest lesson in this course of to self-advocate. The first thing self-advocacy is that life is the to do is to find the confidence best teacher. to acknowledge what your spe-

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An Open Letter To Britney Spears Dear Britney,

Darling, I think you’d better sit down. We need to have a chat.

Girl, what the hell happened to you?

You used to be the prepubescent pop tart who captured the heart of America. With your not-soconvincing attempt at lip-synching and gyrations across the stage, you sold millions upon millions of CDs and graced the cover of every single magazine in publication. You won us over with the southern drawl of your Louisiana accent and you supplied millions of gay men and teens with the delicious bubblegum pop songs to get down to in the clubs and at prom. And now, look at you!

You’re a baldy … with a bumpy head. I guess you’re finally ready for the world to see your natural hair color, huh?

I guess I should have seen this coming. After your split from Justin Timberlake, your reputation plunged faster than Star Jones’ body fat percentage. Your last album stunk, you cancelled a tour because of a bum knee and I nervously sat back to watch, all the while trying to justify your actions.

In 2004, when the news – by news, I mean Access Hollywood – reported that you got married in Las Vegas to Jason Alexander, I was perplexed: Why would you marry the guy from Seinfeld? I was relieved to discover you didn’t marry George Costanza from the NBC sitcom, but instead married a childhood friend who must live with the mixup for the rest of his life. To top it off, you had a bit of a muffin top in your wedding photos – I guess that’ll teach you not to wear jeans at your

future weddings! But you came to your senses and had the marriage annulled after 55 hours, so I brushed off the incident as a momentary lapse of judgment. We’re all entitled to them, right?

Wrong.

Next thing I know you’re photographed getting a piggy back ride on Kevin Fed erline – Timberlake’s former backup dancer? Seriously?

Things seemed to be getting better for a while … until images surfaced of you walking barefoot across the filthy mildewed floor outside a gas station bathroom. I cringed; but

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I guess I should have seen this coming. After your split from Justin Timberlake, your reputation plunged faster than Star Jones’ body fat percentage.

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BY Robert Moran

then I thought hey, maybe she broke a flip flop or just painted her toenails.

Nine months after your first trailer trash wedding, you married KFed – despite the fact that he had a kid with that chick from Moesha and had another one on the way.

I let it slide because I thought you were done with your crazy antics.

Again, I was wrong (I’m noticing a trend here). You had children with a man who thought a song entitled “PopoZao” would bring him musical success. I mean, really!

But I saw a glimmer of hope after you finally dumped the freeloader by

text message! My optimism would be fleeting, though, after you hit Hollywood night spots with Paris Hilton. Is hanging out with a homemade porn star really the way to win back the respect of your fans? There was still a chance.

Then pictures of your worn out vagina were plastered all over the Internet. Oh, Brit.

I was worried that the Mickey Mouse Club committee would forbid you from using your “Mouseketeer” position on your resume with the whole world knowing what your cha-cha looks like. You’ve got millions of dollars, Brit Brit; invest in some underwear!

I didn’t think things could get any worse.

But here I sit, squinting my eyes in horror as I look at your dome-shaped head with dread in your eyes, just days after checking in – and then out – of rehab. Brit, I know you realiz e you’ve hit rock bottom. How could you not? You look like Gollum from “Lord of the Rings” for goodness sake! You’re making the right decision by going back to rehab – just don’t follow Lindsey Lohan’s example. I’m rooting for you, Brit. Come back to us. I don’t want to see you on COPS roaming the streets, without shoes, smoking a cigarette as you try to remember which dumpster you left little Sean Preston in.

With love,

Yvonne Villarreal P.S.: Put down the Cheetos and Diet Mountain Dew, Sean and Jayden need their mommy.

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ECS: lack of food on northeast of campus From page 1 last year, Unnikrishnan became aware of the need to provide these students with convenient food services. After years of munching on vending machine snacks between classes, engineering and computer science students called for healthier, closer and more substantial options.

Seniors Al Kepuska and Jack Shah said they feel the same way. Kepuska, a 22-year-old electrical engineering major, said that since a year ago all of his classes have been in the engineering and computer science buildings, so he does not have time to eat anywhere else.

“Fresh sandwiches, something healthy, a coffee shop, would be better than the vending machines,” Kepuska said.

Mechanical engineering major Shah, 23, agreed.

“We don’t have time to walk to Langsdorf Hall or the Student Union, we’re busy students,” Shah said. “Even Humanities has a juice place and MJs.” Students don’t require that a food service building be constructed specifically for them, though. They say they just want something that is more convenient to their busy schedules.

“It’s got to be a location that makes sense traffic-wise and will attract attention,” Dickerson said. “It’s got to be in a location where there are underground utilities – water, electricity, waste, so forth.”

The lawn area between the center and the library has already been set as a possible construction site. Unnikrishnan, Dickerson and Lynch said they believe that this high-traffic area would be successful for a food facility; they are just waiting for ap-

proval from the food consultant, Jim Webb, of Webb Design.

“If the consultant confirms our beliefs that it would be a good risk to spend money to build something there then I don’t envision any difficulty in getting the budget to do it,” Dickerson said.

Dickerson and Unnikrishnan said they are both optimistic about getting a solution to this issue.

“I’m pretty confident we will have some sort of a food operation there sometime in the 2007-08 year,” Dickerson said.

The new food service operation will not only aid the students’ stomachs, but will also help them feel more a part of the campus population.

According to Unnikrishnan, “Students in these majors feel isolated from the rest of the university, so the food facility will definitely dislodge

that isolation and bring other students over here, since our students cannot walk over there. It’s just not a reality because of their busy … very demanding schedules.”

Unnikrishnan said he believes in the “if you build it, they will come” theory.

“If you build something and it is of some quality, and is an alternative to the other student food services, then people might come all the way from Langsdorf Hall to here,” Unnikrishnan said.

Plans have been made to send out a survey to students and faculty later this spring to gage what students and faculty are looking for in food services. The survey would help determine certain factors, such as the best hours of operation for the food service and what kind of food will be served.

Guardians: Succeed From page 1 to graduate Magna Cum Laude and was selected as the commencement speaker for the College of Communications.

“It’s tremendous what just opening a door can do for someone,” LaMar said.

Grace Johnson, interim director for the program, said that in spite of what these students have had to go through, they have not only succeeded, but excelled in both their academic careers and personal obstacles.

“There are so many stereotypes [about foster children] that are not true,” Johnson said. “These students are amazing. They’re very thoughtful and aware and bring a different perspective to every thing they do.”

According to Guthrie, since

these students have had a tougher path than most, the program unites these students and allows them to form bonds with one another. This group of scholars is so close that they affectionately refer to a program coordinator, Giulii Kraemer, as “Gmom.”

The Guardian Scholars Office, located on the first floor in Titan Shops, is a drop-in office, meaning students can come in to do homework, talk to coordinators or simply hang out.

“It’s hard being alone,” Guthrie said. “But it’s like one giant family here. Here, we don’t have to be alone anymore. It just feels like home” Guthrie also said although he knows his situation is unique, he does not want others to pity him or the other scholars participating in the program.

ETHICS: NEW YORK TRANSPLANT RAISES EYEBROWS AT CAL STATE FULLERTON subject that offended the students.

After researching the ethical patterns of professionals, Carrubba said he discovered that sex does play a part in the important decisions made in today’s economic society, citing philosopher Sigmund Freud.

He said some claim to be ethical in the professional world, but lead different lives at home.

“Why do I ask about sex in this [class]?” he asked during class last semester. “Freud said, ‘work and love, those two things make our lives.’”

It was Carrubba’s business ethics class that prompted Powell and her friend Sarah Bentley to sign up for his sex and love class. Now they said they can’t stop chatting about the

subjects.

“We talked about it the whole way home,” said Bentley, a communications major. “We don’t do that with any of our other classes.”

Powell said the questions in the business ethics final were only supposed to be taken as suggestions of how sex influences one’s life.

“I thought it was excellent. What he was trying to get us to think about was conflict in our life,” Powell said.

“I think the people who were offended automatically took that judgment.”

Although the offended students still criticized Carrubba’s practices and said he “took advantage” of them in his end-of-the-semester evaluation, Carrubba said it was not his intention to find out the particulars of one’s personal life.

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the business ethics course, he said.

He has since decided to make revisions to the final term assignment.

“I will write it differently this semester,” Carrubba said. “I respect that I have influence on your future, your soul and your life.”

Carrubba has also spearheaded a sex club on campus, which currently doesn’t have a name, but continues the conversation in a more informal and personal way. Since coming to campus, Carrubba said students feel comfortable talking about their personal lives with him during his office hours.

“I don’t wait for someone to say, ‘you have a class, start teaching,’” he said. “If you think you can do something truly unique then why shouldn’t you do something about it?”

Josh Burton, a communications major who said he considers himself a philosopher, called Carrubba’s business ethics course “a breath of fresh air” on a subject that is often considered taboo.

“He’s very willing to talk about anything,” Burton said. “I think the reason why people are unable to handle the issue of sex in his classes is because, unlike them, [Carrubba] doesn’t compartmentalize falsities of people’s lives. He thinks that they are interrelated.”

Carrubba said he wants to even go further with the subject and create venues outside of the campus.

“I would like to do this in an expanded version of my life,” he said.

“This is so different.”

Art Scattered All Around Campus

By Danielle perry

For the Daily Titan

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If you’ve ever had the urge to rub David’s butt, go ahead.

He won’t mind. He’s made of marble.

Legend has it, rubbing the butt of the “Fallen David” sculpture sprawled in pieces on the lawn near the Library will bring you good luck on finals.

And if you want to graduate with honors, just toss a penny into Richard Turner’s “Wall Gazing Gallery” in the central courtyard of the Visual Arts Center.

Yes, there’s more than meets the eye to those crazy sculptures you pass on your way to class each week.

Over 30 sculptures grace the hills and walkways of campus, and each involves a unique story.

Don Laderberg, art professor since 1968, recalls one of his most memorable experiences with “Fallen

David” when a group of blind children took a tour of campus and used their hands rather than their eyes, to see the beauty of the sculpture.

Laderberg who is responsible for bringing “Fallen David to campus, also gave CSUF’s “Double-Scoop Ice Cream Cone” located at the entrance of the Visual Arts Center. Its original flavors were strawberry and mint, said Art Director Mike McGee. “Double Scoop Ice Cream Cone,”which was originally built for and used in front of a local ice cream shop in the 1970s, has featured many flavors over the years. It currently takes the popular classics of chocolate and vanilla, thanks to College of the Arts dean Jerry Samuelson, said McGee. Fraternity boys are well known for vandalizing the popular piece “Lemonade” by artist Jay S. Willis located to the west of the Pollak Library.

Traditionally, fraternities paint it a different color during Rush Week every fall. The sculpture is then re-

painted its original yellow color later in the year.

“I like the traditions with the sculptures that have been here so long,” McGee said. “It seems like they’ve always been here.”

Sculptures like these have been collected through the determined efforts of CSUF’s staff and Art Alliance since the 1960s. Many of the sculptures have been donated by the artists themselves or purchased by the Art Alliance over the years.

From wood to wax to a pyramid of decomposing sandbags, CSUF embodies a wide variety of art. McGee feels they serve an important purpose here. The sculptures “help make [the campus] interesting, engaging and thought provoking.”

There are even four pieces made by CSUF alumni and several by CSUF staff.

One of the latest sculptures added to the collection, “In Direction,” created by alumnis Derek Parker and Jason Chakravarty, was recently

Biker: Riding Around for Charity From page 1 Toney first became involved in charity work for the disabled as a member of the fraternity Pi Kappa Phi, and has since become the president of the Cal State Fullerton chapter of his fraternity. Toney learned of the Journey of Hope through Pi Kappa Phi, which founded the event in 1987.

Participants in the tour must also have the right equipment for the long ride across the country. Toney said he bought a lightweight carbonfiber road bike for the trip.

A lighter bike will physically aid Toney on his mission, he said. When asked what will keep him motivated throughout the 64-day journey, he said, “Really just the fraternity. It does a lot.”

Toney said he became inspired to participate in the Journey of Hope after he volunteered for Build America, another charity-based organization. With Build America, Toney helped build wheelchair ramps and raise money for the disabled. He said one of the most rewarding experiences he had with Build America that prompted him to participate in the Journey of Hope was when he

By Jazzy Graza/Daily Titan Photographer

Spoke Check - Steve Toney bends over to check his bicycle; he is pre-

paring for a cross-country trek.

replaced what he called a “decrepit” deck for senior citizens in Chicago with money he helped raise.

Kyle Thomas, the director of marketing for Push America, who sponsors the Journey of Hope, was a volunteer for the organization before he became an employee.

“It really impacts your life just as much as theirs,” Thomas said, add-

ing that he believed it was important that the charity focused on all ages of people with disabilities.

When it comes to the charity work itself, Toney called it “rewarding,” adding that time he will put into this event is a sacrifice, but “it pales in comparison” to what disabled people go through every day.

installed last year.

A favorite piece among students is the “Wall Gazing Gallery,” where people have even been married, McGee said. Anna Coria, a freshman at CSUF said during her first semester she liked to go to the “Wall Gazing Gallery” on sunny days and listen to the water fall and pretend it was raining. She said she doesn’t know much about these pieces but realizes their importance to students.

“In a way most of them symbolize something,” Coria said. “They can be completely profound to one person and to others, be just pieces of metal sticking out of the ground.”

Next time you rush past the abandoned bow of the Sea Bee sticking straight out of the ground north of the Library, or notice Stanislav Szulkalski’s 1914 sculpture “Imploration,” whose body twists in an almost torturous way at the east entrance to the Visual Arts Center, stop.

Think about it.

By Cameron Pemstein/Daily Titan Photographer

Two, Please - Trinity Schramm buys tickets to the upcoming

piano show, Liederabend Concert with Michael Schutze on Feb. 22 Presale tickets are 5 dollars and 10 dollars at the door.

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INTERNATIONAL NEWS Blair Announces British Troop Withdrawal from Iraq LONDON (AP) - Prime Minister Tony Blair will announce on Wednesday a new timetable for the withdrawal of British troops from Iraq, with 1,500 to return home in several weeks, British media reported.

Blair will also tell the House of Commons during his regular weekly appearance before it that a total of about 3,000 British soldiers will have left southern Iraq by the end of 2007, if the security there is sufficient, the British Broadcasting Corp. and The Sun newspaper said, quoting government officials who weren’t further identified.

The BBC said Blair was not expected to say when the rest of Britain’s forces would leave Iraq. Currently, Britain has about 7,100 soldiers there.

Blair and Bush talked by secure video link Tuesday morning, and Bush views Britain’s troop cutbacks as “a sign of success” in Iraq, said U.S. National Security Council spokesman Gordon Johndroe.

NATIONAL NEWS Merck & Co., Stops Lobbying Mandatory HPV Vaccine TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - Merck & Co., bowing to pressure from parents and medical groups, is immediately suspending its lobbying campaign to persuade state legislatures to mandate that adolescent girls get the company’s new vaccine against cervical cancer as a requirement for school attendance.

The drug maker, which announced the change Tuesday, had been criticized for quietly funding the campaign, via a third party, to require 11- and 12-year-old girls get the three-dose vaccine in order to attend school.

Some had objected because the vaccine protects against a sexually transmitted disease, human papilloma virus, which causes cervical cancer. Vaccines mandated for school attendance usually are for diseases easily spread through casual contact, such as measles and mumps.

LOCAL NEWS Former OC Judge Sentenced for Child Pornography LOS ANGELES (AP) - A former Orange County Superior Court judge collapsed in court Tuesday upon learning he was being sentenced to 27 months in prison for possessing child pornography on his home computer.

Ronald Kline fell into his attorney’s arms as Judge Consuelo B. Marshall was announcing his sentence shortly after noon. Court proceedings were temporarily halted and paramedics summoned.

Kline, 66, was revived and the hearing resumed a short time later.

He was arrested in November 2001 after a Canadian hacker used a computer program to download diary entries and other images from the former judge’s computers. The hacked information was turned over to Pedowatch, a Colorado watchdog group, which notified Irvine authorities. Police searched Kline’s Irvine home and seized his computer.

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Student Organization Spotlight Sistertalk

tions and fundraisers. Sistertalk Treasurer Chanell McMeal said putting the events together innews@dailytitan.com spires camaraderie and personal In the meeting room of the growth.

Women’s Center, the African“It exposes you to a lot,” McAmerican discussion group SisMeal said. tertalk fosters active dialogue McMeal, like many new febetween students and allows male students, initially wanted them to network both academto meet friends in college and ically and socially. ended up attending the week“We come to feel connected ly group and later procuring to each other,” said Stacy Ellis, money from local businesses to president of the club. “It’s a safe support various endeavors. haven to get together and share “You never feel left out or ideas and feelings.” alone,” McMeal said.

Assembling before the meetSistertalk organizes an aning, the signed members of the nual event called Gospel Fest, club dedicate themselves to dean afternoon of gospel music, Photo courtesy of sister talk ciding on issues for discussion, food and ethnic merchandise organizing events and planning Proud women - Sistertalk members dressed for their annual stusales. Gospel Fest features for fundraisers and inter-club dent dinner held in September 2006. choirs, solo musicians, poets forums. and praise dancers and has One of the group’s earlier sexes.

Rosalina Camacho, Sistertalk’s members, Patricia Hymes, now Each fall semester, the organi- vendors that sell ethnic literature, staff advisor, said she has witworks for Cal State Fullerton as zation also hosts a student dinner oils and creams, and puppets and nessed the growth of first-year a program coordinator in the Ca- for the group members and in- clothing. The event will be held students in the group. reer Center. vites guest speakers to lecture on Saturday, Feb. 24 from 1 to 3 p.m.

“Once you know who you are Sistertalk also holds a bi-annual feminine empowerment through at the Titan Student Union. and how you view the world you Cost of attendance for students “Men and Women’s Dialogue” education. become stronger yourself,” Camaopen forum, which focuses on In the past, the dinner has at- is $5 and $7 for non-students. cho said. topics that men and women dif- tracted educators from other Donations are also accepted. All She witnessed Stacy Ellis blosfer on. The event is held to help schools such as last year’s guest proceeds go to the Sistertalk Book som from a shy, quiet member of the sexes of the CSUF African- Christine Wrights, Cal State Scholarship, a financial reward Sistertalk into a confident, takeAmerican community come to Long Beach sociology professor. that is offered through the club charge woman. Ellis is a human an understanding over interracial Wrights lectured on the connec- to students who have attended services major and Camacho is dating, the discrepancy between tion of self-esteem to education CSUF for at least one semester, quick to point out that, like many have a financial need and have a the number of black women who and success. of the club members, Ellis gets to attend college compared to men, All events are organized through 2.5 GPA. apply her focus of study in human The discussion group meets and the willingness to party rather the club’s active members who apservices to the everyday business than study on the part of both propriate money through dona- Wednesdays from 5 to 7 p.m. of Sistertalk.

By Joshua Burton

For the Daily Titan

CAMPUS CALENDAR TODAY Women and Philanthropy Luncheon Speakers’ Series 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.: Guest Speakers, Dr. Dorota Huizinga and Dr. Eileen Walsh, will discuss “The Obstacle Course Leading to a Career in Engineering and Technology: Gender Inequity in Engineering and Computer Science.” The cost is $25 at the Alta Vista Country Club in Placentia.

Career Rush in the Titan student Union Pavilions 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

ASI Productions Concert 12 to 1 p.m. at the Becker Amphitheatre.

Softball vs. Tennessee 6 to 8 p.m. at the Anderson Family Field. CSUF students with current identification receive free admission.

Adult general admission is $7.

Dollar Wednesday Bowling Nights 6 to 10 p.m. at the Titan Student Union Underground.

THURSDAY ASI Productions Concert 12 to 1 p.m. at the Titan Student Union Pub. VITA Tax Workshop 1:30 to 2:30 p.m.: The VITA Pro-

gram offers free tax help for low-tomoderate income people who cannot prepare their own tax returns.

Learn how the VITA Program works at College Park.

Men’s Basketball vs. UC Santa Barbara 7 to 9 p.m. at the Titan Gymnasium.

Free “Glow” Bowling Thursday 3 to 7 p.m. at the Titan Student Union Underground.

FRIDAY Baseball vs. UCLA 7 to 10 p.m. at Goodwin Field.

CSUF students with current identification receive free admission. Adult general admission is $7.

SATURDAY FYI: EWP Test Date Men’s Basketball vs. Cal Poly SLO 1 to 3 p.m. at the Titan Gymnasium. Cal State Fullerton students with current identification receive free admission. Adult general admission is $8.

SUNDAY Women’s Tennis vs. Pacific 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Tennis Sports Complex. Admission is free.

Drugs: Helping adults From page 1 According to Thorpe, there is not a set rehabilitation time period. The therapy is based on a patients needs, he said.

“Some people are here for four months and some are here for 14 months,” Thorpe said.

Narconon also holds therapy sessions for family members.

“Often times, families don’t know what to do [when faced with a substance abuse problem],” Thorpe said.

“But the key is to get help now.”

Although getting help is fundamental, some former drug abusers, like Ramzi Ibrahim, 19, believe that pressure to get help is not the best way to go about treatment.

“Give them time to think it through. Don’t be pushy,” Ibrahim said.

The role of loved ones is also important.

“I told [Ibrahim] that I really don’t approve and he got the hint,” said Ibrahim’s girlfriend, 20-year-old RTVF major Diana Kirkley.

Narconon was founded in 1966

by William Benitez while in the Arizona State Prison for drug-related crimes. Benitez wanted to quit his drug habit and got inspiration from the “Fundamentals of Thought,” written by Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard. Through the principals learned in the book, Benitez founded Narconon and received aid from Hubbard.

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HAMPTON BAYS, N.Y. (AP) The partially mummified body of a man dead for more than a year has been found in a chair in front of his television, which was still on, authorities said.

Vincenzo Ricardo, 70, apparently died of natural causes, said Dr. Stuart Dawson, Suffolk County’s deputy chief medical examiner.

Police found Ricardo’s body this week when they investigated a report of burst pipes.

The home’s dry air had preserved his features, morgue assistant Jeff Bacchus said.

“You could see his face. He still had hair on his head,” Bacchus said.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Instead of a gun, convenience store clerks have been attacked with fiery hot drinks in a series of recent robberies, police said.

Typically, one of the robbers buys a coffee or hot chocolate and throws the drink in the cashier’s face while his accomplice scoops the money from the till, city police Sgt. D.F. Pace said Monday.

At least one cashier has suffered third-degree burns in the splashand-grab robberies, Pace said.

The pair, repeatedly caught on surveillance cameras, have robbed six convenience stores in New Jersey, three in Philadelphia, five in Delaware County and one in Wilmington, Del., police said.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Lincoln police said a 50-year-old woman was charged Tuesday with child abuse and criminal mischief after having her 12-year-old granddaughter drive her to her niece’s house, where the grandma broke five windows.

A neighbor told police that Vickie Britton picked up a chair from the front yard of a duplex Monday night and used it to smash five windows, said Lincoln Police spokeswoman Katherine Finnell.

Finnell said police arrested Britton when she came back to the neighborhood more than an hour later. Police found Britton drunk and belligerent in the car with the 12-year-old driving.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A Haight-Ashbury man returning home from an extended vacation tripped and fell on a corpse in his bedroom after finding his apartment had been ransacked.

Authorities have not released the name of the resident or the victim, identified only as a white male, but are treating the death as suspicious, said Sgt. Neville Gittens.

The resident had just come back from a two-week visit in Humboldt County when he made the grisly discovery Monday, Gittens said.

“That is really sad, just terrible,” said Kiersten Frey, who has lived on the block for more than 10 years.

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Men’s Basketball Looks Towards the The A List ALVIN ANOL Big Picture as Schedule Winds Down BY

Phil Mickelson Chokes Once Again

Titans hope they bounce back from a pair of tough losses suffered last week

BY JASON KORNFELD

Daily Titan Staff Writer sports@dailytitan.com

With only three games left in the regular season, Cal State Fullerton men’s basketball team is getting ready to host Santa Barbara on Thursday and Cal Poly on Saturday at the Titan Gym. It hasn’t been a good week for the Titans, as they fell to 18-7 overall, while losing consecutive games for the first time this season.

The disappointing losses were handed to the Titans by rival Long Beach State last Wednesday and against Wright State in Ohio for the O’Reilly ESPNU Bracket Buster.

The Saturday loss at Wright State was particularly disheartening because the Titans had to travel all the way to Ohio just to play the game.

Winning the Bracket Buster game would have given Fullerton more exposure and increased their chances of making it to the NCAA tournament.

Injuries are a concern for the Titans as the season is winding down.

Guard Frank Robinson has been bothered by a nagging hamstring and forward Scott Cutley is suffering from a bone bruise in his leg.

Both have continued to play and show no signs of sitting out.

Cutley said it is important for the Titans to stay positive and was hopeful that the Titans could pick up the win at Wright State.

Ohio is special to Cutley because he played at Kent State before transferring to Fullerton.

By CAMERON PEMSTEIN/Daily Titan Staff Photographer SLAM DUNK – Cal State Fullerton men’s basketball player Justin Burns dunks over a UC Davis opponent in a 84-77 win at Titan Gym. Before the Long Beach State game, Titan Head Coach Bob Burton was contemplating whether he

should even play Cutley.

“He had no lift but he just gave us a gutsy performance,” Burton said

Fans Hoping To Get Their Fill As Spring Training Starts Spectators in Arizona travel from camp to camp looking for autographs

BY LAURENS ONG

Daily Titan Sports Editor long@dailytitan.com

It begins when pitchers and catchers report.

It is a ritual played out at the many Major League Baseball complexes in Arizona and Florida. People ranging in age from young kids to senior citizens begin to camp out at entrances, exits and anywhere else they are allowed access to in order see a variety of baseball players going through their motions for the upcoming season. While fans go out mostly to get reacquainted with the game of baseball, they also do it as collectors expecting their items to be signed, including baseball cards, photos, bats and other novelties.

Autographs in Arizona are signed as early as 6:38 a.m., when people are able to hound San Francisco Giants’ bullpen coach Mark Gardner to come over to a makeshift railing at their camp in Phoenix.

If some fans aren’t so sure who the player or coach is, they have to wait a few moments to see whose autograph someone else had gotten on a card or on a baseball and hope to identify the player that way.

One prized catch in the Giants’ camp was $126 million dollar man

Cal State Fullerton Softball

The 2007 Titans will host the No. 1 Tennessee at Anderson Family Field for a single game beginning at 6 p.m. tonight.

A correction:

Cal State Fullerton outfielder Clark Hardman is actually pictured in the feature profile on Joe Scott in Tuesday’s paper.

Barry Zito. Fans wait in anticipation as he parks his Range Rover infront of the team complex. Wearing shades and talking through an earpiece, he wasn’t so obliging early in the morning and walks on through the clubhouse doors.

At the Oakland Athletics camp in Papago Park, people don’t just watch the teams work out, they wait to get their autographs.

Among the most popular players in the A’s camp was former Texas closer Huston Street. He always has a horde of fans around him as he walks back to the A’s offices. He makes sure to sign for everyone, though there is a lot of pushing and shoving involved.

“I’m only going to sign one a piece to get through everyone,” Street said as he took his time to sign for fans.

He took time to put special inscriptions like “Rookie of the Year” for his accomplishments in the 2005 season.

On Sunday it was time for a visit to the San Diego Padres/Seattle Mariners complex in Peoria.

San Diego Padres’ ace Jake Peavy took the time to sign, while indicating he was in a hurry.

“I’ll only do one per, so that I can get to a team meeting [for a mass] at 8:15 a.m.,” Peavy said.

In Surprise, the Texas Rangers were holding camp. The Japanese media were focused on pitcher Akinori Otsuka who took pictures and signed autographs for anyone.

The Rangers’ new closer Eric Gagne had only a pair of people film his

spring training exploits.

A stop at Seattle Mariners’ camp was just in time. Mariners’ Kenji Johjima took the time to roll down the window and sign autographs from the passenger side.

On Monday morning, Barry Bonds, who didn’t arrive to San Francisco Giants camp until Tuesday, was nowhere to be found.

While it had been a lighter crowd on Friday, fans had built up in anticipation of seeing Bonds. The slugger, who is 22 home runs shy of breaking Hank Aaron’s home run mark, wasn’t likely to sign autographs anyway, but there had been an acute awareness that the spectre of Bonds would soon make itself present.

Things got better in the Milwaukee Brewers’ camp in Maryvale, though the rain put a damper on some of the fun. Players worked through the rain, throwing in the bullpen, hitting in the batting cages, running through pitchers’ fielding drills that would prepare them for the upcoming season.

“It’s not fair, why are you guys here [in the shade], while we have to work out in the rain?” Milwaukee Brewers infielder Craig Counsell deadpanned as he signed autographs going into the Brewers’ offices.

A final trip to the Angels’ camp in Tempe would be a pleasant surprise for fans waiting as Bartolo Colon signed along with some others.

In particular, former Angel hurler Jim Abbott was very accomodating when he was spotted and approached for autograph requests.

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following the Long Beach loss.

Catching Long Beach to gain first place in the Big West is an all but impossible challenge for the Titans.

Long Beach State would have to lose both of their conference games and the Titans would have to win their three remaining conference games.

“Its going to be hard to catch them, they [Long Beach State] are playing great,” Burton said. “I want to give them all the credit.”

The Titans have lost six consecutive games to Long Beach, and there is a possibility they could face off against them in order to win the Big West tournament.

“I’d give anything to play them [Long Beach State] because that mean’s we’re playing for the championship,” Burton said.

It is important for Fullerton to beat Santa Barbara because it will be a battle for second place and a much desired No. 2 tournament seed, which includes a pair of byes.

With the Titans experiencing injury problems, Burton wants to make sure point guard Bobby Brown keeps his team intact as they roll through their final stretch.

Brown is one of the 13 finalists for the Div. I version of the Bob Cousy Award, which is given to the nation’s top point guard by the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.

Brown has been having an impressive season with a 19.8 pointsper-game scoring average this season and is on Leon Wood’s tail for most points scored by a CSUF men’s basketball player.

“It’s about your point guard leading your team to a win and playing great defense,” Burton said. “But the things we need from him are tremendous defense and that leadership of getting everybody involved.”

Phil Mickelson, you suck.

Your recent performance at the Nissan Open this past weekend has cemented your place in my book that you are the ultimate choke-job, and should never be mentioned in the same sentence with Tiger Woods unless it has to do with how your knees buckle before him.

As the player who has drawn the most attention as the potential rival to Tiger Woods, you didn’t even falter before your so-called rival.

You choked in front of a kid, Charles Howell III, who isn’t even reminiscent of Woods.

Phil, you failed to make par on the final hole of the Nissan Open, much like you failed to show up during the final round of the 2006 U.S. Open at Winged Foot.

You even had a chance to redeem yourself in the playoff against Howell. You couldn’t even get up and down to make par.

Getting up and down is one of the better parts of your golf game!

If you can’t execute one of the better parts of your game in the clutch, when will you do it?

Then your putter failed you.

Putt after putt sailed past the cup, and I could almost feel your agony from my TV set at home.

I can only imagine the things that began to run through your mind.

They probably sounded a lot like, “I can’t lose to this kid, he’s not even wearing red,” or, “Maybe if I had another In–N–Out burger.” There were probably too many things running through your mind, but I’m sure not one of them had anything to do with

winning.

The only good thing that came from yet another one of your meltdowns was this: You only help add to just how good a golfer Tiger Woods is.

Tiger is cool as a cat when it’s clutch time, and his calm demeanor in pressure situations often deflects the pressure to his opponents, most usually his playing partner for the day.

Philly, I think you are very close to joining another golfing chokejob, Greg Norman, in the Hall of Shame.

I am scared I will have nothing short of a heart attack if I ever hear your name associated with “Tiger’s rival.”

Keep up the poor performances, Philly, and you might just find yourself in a greater scope than golf.

Soon you will be mentioned among the Nick Anderson’s, the Alex Rodriguez’s, and the Marty Schottenheimer’s of the world.

Your title shall forever be, “Tiger’s bitch,” because that’s what you become when you play with him.

It’s become so bad that I think it’s even starting to affect your play when he’s not even there.

But thanks, Phil. You gave me enough fodder for this week, so I didn’t have to mention how terrible the NBA All-Star game was.

You might suck, but at least you’re good for something.

Alvin Anol’s columns appear every Wednesday. sports@dailytitan.com