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Monday April 9, 2007
The Student Voice of California State University, Fullerton
ASI Presidency Undetermined By Kristina Junio
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The results of the Associated Students, Inc. spring presidential race prompted a run-off election between the two highest voted pairs because none of the candidates won by a majority, as required by the bylaws. The run-off election will be between ASI President Heather Williams, who is running for re-election with Curtis Schlaufman as her executive vice president, and ASI Execu-
Title IX Provides Equality Law, long used to fund women’s sports, designed to create gender equity By Leyla Alahmad
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It is the 35th anniversary for Title IX, a federal law enacted in 1972 requiring gender equality in educational institutions. Although Title IX is best known for requiring gender equality in athletics, it was initially intended for gender equality across the entire educational realm. Title IX states: “No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving federal financial assistance.” Steve DiTolla, associate athletics director at Cal State Fullerton, said, “The basic principle behind Title IX is to provide equal opportunity for student athletes to participate in athletics.” An article in the Daily Titan on September 23, 1981, almost 10 years after the law was enacted, discussed the possible elimination of the law by the Reagan administration. According to the 1981 article, even if Title IX were to have been eliminated, the fight for fairness would not have stopped. Today, however, the law is still active and required by schools falling under certain categories. “Gender equity in athletic institutions is required for schools that receive federal aid and schools that participate in the NCAA. Since CSUF falls under both those categories, then the school does abide by Title IX,” DiTolla said. “We at CSUF feel very strongly that we abide by the government laws set forth in Title IX.” Allison Rich, senior associate SEE TITLE IX - PAGE 3
tive Vice President Javier Gamboa, who is running for president with Linda Vasquez as his executive vice president. Over 40 people gathered in the Legislative Chambers of the Titan Student Union to hear the election results Thursday night. Gamboa and Vasquez had 1,202 votes while Williams and Schlaufman had 1,132 votes. Kerry Belvill and Cassandra Rehm had 218 votes and would not be participating in the run-off. “In order to win, according to the bylaws, you have to have 50 percent of the votes plus one individual vote,” said Becky Meza, ASI commissioner. “Obviously neither team had 50 percent of the votes.” This year 2,579 students voted, “Which has definitely been the high-
est number we’ve had in the last two years,” Meza said. “This has been the craziest election I’ve ever seen and I’ve been involved with each one for the last three years,” said CSUF student Angela Meyers, who was campaigning for Williams and Schlaufman. After the polls closed, Williams said she was feeling pretty good. “Last year I was out talking to a lot of people, but this year I did not hold back what so ever, every person who walked by I talked to and a lot of people said they voted,” Williams said. “I think the quality of all the candidates this semester drove a lot of students out to vote,” Gamboa SEE ASI - PAGE 3
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waiting for it - Heather Williams and Curtis Kaufman await the results for who will become the next ASI president and vice president Thursday. The election ended in a run-off and another vote will be held later next week.
Demonstration in Los Angeles to Protest Immigration Law Legislation affecting undocumented workers targeted by 15,000 By Peter prengaman Associated Press
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Thousands of people marched through downtown on Saturday, demanding a way for the country’s estimated 12 million illegal immigrants to become citizens and condemning President Bush’s latest proposal. Carrying signs saying “Amnesty Now,” about 15,000 people danced to Mexican ranchera music and passed large American flags over their heads. Organizers said many illegal immigrants were angry about a White House plan that would grant them work visas but require them to return home and pay thousands of
dollars to become U.S. residents. and need it now.” “Charging that much, Bush is The march passed through one going to be even more expensive of most heavily Hispanic districts than the coyotes,” said protester in downtown, collecting people Armando Garcia, 50, referring to who had come to do their weekend smugglers who transport people shopping. At City Hall, protesters across the Mexican border. “He will listened to a number of immigrant become the No. 1 rights speakers. coyote.” Advocates say Garcia said he If they kick me out, many of the area’s was in the U.S. who is going to take illegal immigrants legally but has sevfeel betrayed by eral brothers here care of my daughters? President Bush, illegally. who they had long The government? I Alfredo Gonza- don’t think so. considered an ally. lez, 33, an illegal “People are re– Alfredo Gonzalez immigrant from ally upset,” said Illegal Immigrant from Mexico Mexico, marched Juan Jose Gutierwith his wife and rez, president of daughters, ages 6 Los Angeles-based and 8. He said he Latino Movement fears the stepped-up immigration USA, one of several organizers of raids occurring across the country. the rally. “If they kick me out, who is go“For years, the president spoke in ing to take care of my daughters? no uncertain terms about supportThe government? I don’t think so,” ing immigration reform ... then this he said. “We need full legalization kind of plan comes out and people
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are so frustrated,” he said. The White House’s draft plan, leaked last week, calls for a new “Z” visa that would allow illegal immigrant workers to apply for threeyear work permits. They would be renewable indefinitely, but would cost $3,500 each time. To get a permit and become legal permanent residents, illegal immigrants would have to return to their home country, apply at a U.S. embassy or consulate to re-enter legally and pay a $10,000 fine. The proposal has been sharply criticized by Hispanic advocacy groups, Democrats, the Roman Catholic Church and unions that have many immigrants in their ranks. They argue the costs of work permits and the green card application, which could total more than $20,000, are prohibitive. The plan is far more conservative than the one passed by the Senate last year with bipartisan backing and support from President Bush.
That plan would have allowed many of the country’s illegal immigrants to stay in the United States, work and apply to become legal residents after learning English, pay small fines and back taxes and clear a background check. Many Senate conservatives opposed that plan, and it failed to gain traction in the then Republican-controlled House, which at the end of 2005 passed the punitive immigration reform bill that angered immigrant communities and led to massive protests. “Last year, we were fighting for legalization, and this year we are fighting for legalization and against all these raids,” said Maria Lopez, 50, an illegal immigrant who works as a seamstress and sends $200 a month home to family in Mexico. “We have no way to come up with that much money, and Bush knows that,” she said. “He is doing this on purpose so we don’t ever become legal residents.”
Tanning Beds Provide Alternatives to Sunlight For less-dangerous bronze skin, sun worshippers can head to an ultraviolet bed BY Natalie DeFay
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As the winter season draws to a close, the pressure to be tan is on the minds of many beach-goers at Cal State Fullerton. The images portrayed by the media often glorify a bronzed body. According to the Food and Drug Administration, 38,000 cases and 7,300 deaths linked to tanning, including malignant melanoma and other related skin cancers, are anticipated this year in America. Even so, there is a large portion of the population that will continue to tan outdoors and indoors either temporarily or on a regular basis. Bart Siggson, owner of Exotic Tan in Brea, said that tanning salons will typically hit their peak of business in the springtime because of vacationers, and that there is always a rush of high school students coming in before prom. However, many tan all
year long simply because they don’t like to look pasty. Business Major Derek Hrubeniuk is well aware of the risks involved with tanning beds as he has experienced some burning before, yet he tans in the regular beds once every couple of weeks. “I only go in because I’m really fair skinned,” he explained. “In the wintertime I get really white and I don’t like it.” As many people want to hit the beach looking as good as possible, it is easy to see why many will ignore the risks and dangers involved with exposure to the harmful ultraviolet rays projected in most tanning beds. Still, there are dangers associated with artificial tanning, as well as with tanning in the natural sunlight. The FDA warns that the ultraviolet rays delivered in both methods are harmful to skin, opening the window of opportunity for many forms of skin cancer and damaging sunburn to take a large toll on the body. Yet tanning in beds does not pose as great a risk as natural tanning. Siggson said there are three keys to absorbing the safest indoor, ultra-
easy tan - Luke Hanna, 21, lies in a tanning bed at Exotic Tans in Brea. violet-initiated tan possible. These keys are tanning in moderation, starting off with a shorter length of tanning time, and using indoor tanning lotion. The lotion is different from sunscreen because it contains no SPF, yet it moisturizes the skin,
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allowing it to hold color for a longer period of time after tanning. Siggson also highly recommended the use of high-pressure beds. These are beds of the most advanced technology that filter out 99.2 percent of all harmful ultravio-
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let B rays, which are the shorter rays that immediately burn your skin and lead to aggressive skin cancers. The ultraviolet A rays emitted by the high pressure beds enhance the coloring agent in the human body; tanning will happen slower, yet with longer-lasting color and less damage done to bather’s skin, Siggson said. The bulbs in these high-pressure beds cost approximately $110 a piece, whereas the regular bulbs merely cost around $15. Siggson said people should be careful when investing in the use of a high-pressure bed; he said another local Fullerton tanning salon claims to offer these expensive beds, but actually uses the regular bulbs. “Check and make sure that you are getting what you pay for,” Siggson said. “If the bulbs appear to be fluorescent, then you aren’t getting a high pressure bed. High pressure will also have a bluish screen which takes part in the filtering process.” Studies on the Web site Tanning-Advisor.com have shown that tanning indoors in a salon is less harmful than tanning outside in the natural sunlight.
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Cruise Captain Indicted Ship sinks off the coast of Greece, two French passengers still missing By DEREK GATopoulos Associated Press
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A cruise ship captain indicted on negligence charges after his vessel foundered on a volcanic reef and sank in the Aegean Sea blamed strong currents for the accident, state-run television reported Sunday. Two French tourists have been missing since Thursday when the ship struck rocks and eventually sank off the island of Santorini. All the other people on board,1,154 passengers and 391 crew, were rescued, according to operator Louis Cruise Lines. State-run NET television quoted from what it said were excerpts of his deposition to a public prosecutor on the island of Naxos, blaming currents off the volcanic island for the accident. “I felt the ship, which had been on a normal course, slip to the right because of sea currents,” NET quoted him as saying. “I gave the order for a full turn left. But there was not enough time for the ship to respond.” Authorities have not named the captain or five other crew members charged in the sinking. The captain was indicted along with the other crew members on blanket charges of causing a shipwreck through negligence, breaching international shipping safety regulations and polluting the environment, the Cyclades islands public prosecution office said. All have been released pending further testimony. Most of the ship’s passengers were American, but also included groups from Canada, Britain, Spain, France, Australia, and the Dominican Republic. Most rescued passengers returned home Friday and Saturday and some described the evacuation as poorly organized and chaotic. “It was haphazard. It was makeshift. ... It wasn’t an organized plan,” William Christopher, a Miami firefighter who accompanied a school trip, told The Miami Herald after his return. A group of Raleigh, N.C., high school students who were aboard the ship arrived home Saturday night to tears and hugs from their families. Another 77 students from a middle school in Winston-Salem, N.C., also flew home Saturday. Vallyn Murphy was initially calm when she arrived at Raleigh-Durham International Airport, but burst into tears and ran to her parents when she saw them. She spent her 18th birthday evacuating the ship on Thursday. Once safely on land, her friends gave her a slice of apple pie with a candle stuck in it. “Who else gets shipwrecked on their birthday?” she said. “I’m alive. I only lost my stuff. But it’s just stuff.” The missing French passengers were identified as Frenchman JeanChristophe Allain, 45, and his 16year-old daughter, Maud. The missing man’s wife told authorities she had narrowly escaped from the family’s flooding cabin on a lower deck, near the area where the rocks tore a hole in the hull. Efforts to search the vessel for them were set to resume Tuesday, with the help of a remote controlled undersea probe which will be used to examine the vessel more than 300 feet underwater. The ship’s operator is part of the Cyprus-based Louis Group of tourism businesses, which has been involved in two other accidents in the past year. The cruise ship Calypso caught fire in the English Channel last May and was towed to safety, with all 708 passengers unharmed. Last October, two British children were found dead at a Louis-run hotel on the Greek island of Corfu after inhaling carbon monoxide, believed to have come from a malfunctioning boiler.
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The taxman is going after the medical marijuana man. For the first time since California voters approved the use of medical marijuana more than a decade ago, the state Board of Equalization is telling the estimated 150 to 200 medical marijuana retailers in California to pay sales taxes on pot. “If you sell medical marijuana, your sales in California are generally subject to tax and you are required to hold a seller’s permit,” the board said in notices sent out in February. “If you do not obtain a seller’s permit or fail to report and pay the taxes due, you will be subject to interest and penalty charges.” Proposition 215, the 1996 initiative that decriminalized medical marijuana, did not address how state tax officials should deal with medi-
cal marijuana sales. The sales weren’t covered before Proposition 215 because they were illegal. The board ultimately decided that medical marijuana was not exempt from sales taxes because it was not dispensed by a pharmacist or approved by the Food and Drug Administration as a medication. “For the Board of Equalization, any tangible personal property not exempt from tax is subject to a sales tax,” said Betty Yee, the board’s chairwoman. The board’s action has divided the medical marijuana community, with some sellers saying it helps legitimize their businesses. But others worry that any tax information they report will be used against them by the federal government, which still bars use of medical marijuana. “It’s frustrating,” said Chris Moscone, an attorney who is representing the Hemp Center, a San
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Francisco medical marijuana dispensary that is negotiating with the board on back taxes. “There are basically two camps: Those that want to be treated like legitimate businesses, and the other side, where they’re still rebels and don’t want to be taxed.” The applications for a seller’s permit do not require the retailer to disclose what he or she is selling, which would make it difficult for federal officials to track sales. Kris Hermes, legal campaign director for Americans for Safe Access, a national medical marijuana advocacy group, said the board would get more medical marijuana dealers to come forward and pay taxes if it agreed not to go after back taxes. “If they started collecting taxes when they sign up for seller’s permits, that would reduce anxiety for many of these providers,” Hermes said. “And it would probably increase the level of participation in the state.”
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From Page 1 said. Belvill agreed and thought the high voter turnout was because of the buzz surrounding the candidates. “I think a lot more people are aware of voting and a lot more aware of ASI which is essentially very exciting in itself,” said Belvill. Despite the record breaking voting numbers, the candidates weren’t happy about the results. “I’m very, very, very disappointed and frustrated about the run-off,” Schlaufman said. Vasquez said, “The elections were very competitive and we knew it was going to be very competitive but I didn’t expect a run-off. We
thought we were working 110 percent which means we have to work 150 percent now.” Students can vote online at any on-campus computer, or by using the on-campus voting tents. The tents will be located in front of the TSU from 8 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. and at Langsdorf Hall, McCarthy Hall and the Pollak library from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Students must present a valid Titan ID card to cast their ballot at the tents. The run-off election will be held April 11 and 12. Election results will be announced April 12 between 8:15 and 8:30 p.m. in the Legislative Chambers of the TSU.
From Page 1 athletics director, said Title IX “has played a great role in increasing opportunities for women in education.” Rich chairs the CSUF Gender Equity Committeer, which meets monthly to discuss equity issues. He said the committee aims to provide equitable opportunities for men and women by monitoring everything from lockers, facilities, uniforms, travel and practice space, among other things. The committee creates opportunities for women in athletics without eliminating opportunities for men by creating more spots on the teams for women. “This year there were 36 women on the women’s soccer team,” Rich said. Another of the ways to monitor
equal opportunities in athletics is to make sure that the percentage of women on campus is proportional to the percentage of women in all of the athletics program, Rich also said. CSUF athletics takes Title IX seriously and through these meetings aims to attain specific goals. Assistant softball coach Dee Dee Kingsbury has lobbied for Title IX at Capitol Hill. “I have noticed a lot of athletic departments paying attention to gender equity within our sports, and CSUF is doing a good job of it,” Kingsbury said. However she said she feels there’s still a long ways to go. There are still young athletes who do not know what Title IX really is, she said. “It is our job as coaches to make them aware of Title IX,” Kingsbury said.
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Waiting - Javier Gamboa and running mate Linda Vasquez are disappointed as the run-off election is announced in the legislative Chambers.
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The Senate will not stop paying for the Iraq war or stop insisting that President Bush keep pressing the Baghdad government for a negotiated end to the violence, a top Democrat said Sunday. Michigan Sen. Carl Levin, the Senate Armed Service Committee chairman, took issue with an effort by Majority Leader Harry Reid to limit war spending after March 2008 to end U.S. involvement. “We’re not going to vote to cut funding, period,” Levin said. “But what we should do, and we’re going to do, is continue to press this president to put some pressure on the Iraqi leaders to reach a political
settlement.” Bush has asked Congress for more than $100 billion to pay for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan this year. The House and Senate have approved the money, but their bills seek to wind down the war by including timelines for troops to come home, something Bush will not accept. The Senate bill would require a U.S. troop exit to begin within 120 days, with a completion goal of March 31, 2008. The House bill would order all combat troops out by Sept. 1, 2008. Democratic leaders have not negotiated a final version to send the president. Bush has made clear he will veto it, which will start the process all over.
“We’re going to fund the troops. We always have,” Levin said. He added, “We’re very strong in supporting the troops, but we’re also strong on putting pressure on the Iraqi leaders to live up to their own commitments without that political settlement on their part, there is no military solution.” Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Pa., said “there have not been sufficient efforts at discussions” between lawmakers and White House. “We cannot leave the troops unfunded in the field. That just can’t be done. And Congress is not in a position to micromanage the war. But we do not have any good alternative. Right now, you can’t see the end of the tunnel, let alone a light at the end of the tunnel.”
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Ugly Mondays BY Jeff
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Commenting on Karma I have been thinking a lot about karma lately. Karma, for those of you who have been living on Mars with your head up your ass, is the notion that the universe creates a sort of cosmic balance within itself. If you beat up old ladies, one day someone is going to beat you up worse, that sort of thing. Karma, being a loosely-based concept with no real presets, has got my noggin twitching lately. I used to manage a couple of porn shops back in the day, and I would occasionally close down the shop slating a death in the family, that kind of thing, so I could go home for three or so hours and watch the Broncos lose. Now here’s the thing I can’t shake: are karma and I square? I would close up the porn shop denying customers access to buy porno, porno that their festering little loins craved. The Broncos went 8-8 that year, I think. They made round one of the playoffs on the wild card, didn’t do anything spectacular and went home. Now, the frustration and annoyance I felt at them losing games – was that karma paying me back? But wait, there’s more. Eventually I got tired of managing porn shops and wanted to attend school down south at good old CSUF, so I hired a guy named Chris to replace me. Chris didn’t ask for the job, he just happened to be shopping when I needed someone to hire, and I asked him if he even thought about managing a porn shop. He flipped out and over
the next few months I trained him to be my successor. So I move down to Fullerton, and all is well until I am informed that some crazy guy walked into the shop one night a few months after I left town and shot my replacement, Chris, in the head and chest, killing him. It wasn’t over a drug deal gone wrong or anything, but over a Jenna Jameson love doll that the legitimate crazy guy shot Chris so he could steal. He then went on to shoot three other people, none of them fatal. Was the guilt I felt over Chris karma for closing up the shop? I also should mention that I stole a large amount of product from that store, partially because it looked cool and partially because my boss, the owner, was stealing money from me. Where is the karma in all of this? Have we all been dealt a dose of karma and can go on resting easy? Is me writing this column still my way of being punished by karma? What if someone finds the stores I used to manage and shows the owner this column? One of the stores is in Hollywood if that helps. Or what if the karma was in the very beginning? What if me closing the shops down, thus depriving customers of their precious porn, was karma’s way of punishing customers for buying porno instead of helping starving children. What if I am karma’s avenging angel, dispensing justice like Pez? We’re through the looking glass now, people‌.
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The Votes Aren’t In Yet Congrats Titans, you means you – is given the reshowed up 2759 strong at the sponsibility of deciding who voting polls last week, total- the best candidate is based on ing the best student turnout intangibles that define quality in the past four semesters. leadership such as their goals, And even better, you added experience, character, integria little drama to the proceed- ty, vision and honesty. Heck, ings – since all of the candi- if that’s too much choose the dates fell short of the requisite person with the better poster, 50 percent of the votes, the so long as you choose someelection will one. be decided It is vital this week that we the What we are here Titans rein a runoff vote, taking to do is encourage an main cogniplace later even bigger turnout zant of that this week. fact and treat D o n ’ t this week at the voting our elections think this polls. Don’t take this seriously, as e d i t o r i a l election lightly. opposed to you’re readthe apathetic ing here is showings going to enthis school dorse either of the remaining has become accustomed to. candidates, we will take a step Just because we are a comback and play the role of the muter college does not mean disinterested observer, letting we cannot demonstrate the democracy take its course patriotic passion a more insuhowever the chips may fall. lated university has. What we are here to do Show up on Wednesday or is encourage an even bigger Thursday and cast your ballot turnout this week at the vot- for who you think will best ing polls. Don’t take this elec- lead this campus this summer tion lightly. and fall. The ASI administration is 2759 is a big number, but a powerful entity with is ac- not in comparison to the countable for important deci- 35,000 plus that have Titan sions, namely the allocation of cards in their wallets – and millions of dollars in student voting privilege in this elecfees. The student body – that tion.
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Gaming This Week’s Releases
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Yet another sleepy week for games. Some recent announcements worth watching, though.
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Sega will be making a “NiGHTS” sequel for the Wii this fall. For those who don’t know or remember, the first game in the series, “NiGHTS in dreams,” was one of the hottest Sega Saturn games. “Disgaea PSP” is confirmed for a North American launch in August. For once, the PSP is getting a title that’s not a port; initial looks at the Japanese version (released last year) report that the title retains most of the same action and humor from the original PS2 game. Finally, if you’re a gamer and you haven’t heard that a trailer for this little game called “Grand Theft Auto IV” were released last week, welcome back. I hope it was comfortable under your rock.
– Super Paper Mario Nintendo’s RPG version of their banner character has dropped the series’s turn-based battles in favor of real-time platforming while keeping its quirky 2D-3D graphical play. From initial reviews, the massive text overkill wasn’t dropped from the game, though – expect 20-plus minutes of story before the game even starts.
PC – Nancy Drew: Double Dare 4
PS2 – The Red Star – Tokyo Xtreme Racer DRIFT 2
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DS – Cake Mania A port of an online PC game and its expansion-pack-sequel “Back to the Bakery,” this little $19.99 package seems like it may be a good pick for budget-conscious gamers. IGN put the game on its want list for handhelds at the beginning of the year.
PSP – Hard Rock Casino – Hot Wheels Ultimate Racing – ProStroke Golf: World Tour
Local game-store owners survive despite industry problems and online sales By Daralyn Schoenewald Daily Titan Staff Writer
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Throughout Orange County there are specialty stores that are often found tucked innocuously into strip malls. Many of these stores are unknown to those who don’t frequent them; several of the owners don’t advertise in mainstream media, preferring instead to rely on word of mouth spread by faithful customers. Tables fill the back half of each store, waiting for the weekend – and sometimes not even then – when customers will come and spend hours playing games upon them. Brightly colored boxes and packages line the shelf, just waiting to be snapped up by a gaming enthusiast. These gaming stores offer up everything from the latest card games like Magic or World of Warcraft to table-top games like Settlers of Catan. The Orange County gaming scene is fairly robust. From Frank and Son’s, a large trade show in City of Industry with a number of booths catering to games, to the high number of gaming stores in the county, table-
top game players have a number of options open to them. Jonathan Meyer, 39, is the owner of a game store called the Realm, located in Brea. Though he said he realizes that specialty games is very a much a niche market, Meyer doesn’t worry about losing business to other Orange County stores. “Orange County is a pretty populous area and the stores are broad enough apart – at least 7 to 10 miles – so you’re going to get enough of a crowd to support your store,” Meyer said. What Meyer said he does worry about, however, is the high cost of rent in Orange County. “It’s hard to find a cheap enough spot to keep a specialty store open because the rents can be really high,” he said. And as for competition with Frank and Son’s, despite the low cost of merchandise there, Meyer said he
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isn’t worried. “I really only compete with vendors at Frank and Sons on a couple of things, like Magic [a card game], and it’s not really any different than competing with online sales,” Meyer said. The Game Castle, located in Anaheim, is another specialty game store, one that opened 25 years ago selling telescopes and Atari-like games. Tuan Le, 31, has worked at the store for over 11 years and is now the manager, though he said he is often mistaken for the owner. There used to be a lot more competition in the gaming market, which he called a “niche industry,” but now there is none, he said. “If anything, we exchange customers with other stores. If we don’t have something, we refer them to another store,” Le said. Le feels a little differently about the Frank and Sons swap meet. “We all hate them,” he said. Le doesn’t worry about compet-
ing with Frank and Sons either – he knows his store has something the swap meet doesn’t. “The one thing Frank and Sons doesn’t offer is a gaming community. You get a good bargain there, but there’s no place to play,” he said. Shawn Newman, 42, is the owner of Dear Mr. Fantazy, a game store he opened two years ago in the city of Orange. He named his store after the last Grateful Dead song he heard performed live by the band. “Being one of the ’60s songs, Dear Mr. Fantazy was kind of a drug-dealer song. One of the big jokes is that card games are kind of like paper crack,” Newman said. Newman focuses on collectible games, like Magic or Heroclix, a superhero game played with collectible plastic miniatures, in his store. His customers are faithful, he said, so he doesn’t have to worry about losing business to other game stores in the area.
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I Love Pam Beesly asking if she has a sister. She’s lowmaintenance and isn’t too awkwardDaily Titan Staff Writer ly tomboyish when in the presence opinion@dailytitan.com of your friends. Her mouth is never The new “it girl” isn’t some blonde foul and her smile is cute. She has ethics but participates in with skyscraper legs or some Europranks. She paints but isn’t pretenpean import. She’s not on the party circuit and tious. She types 90 words a minute she isn’t known for wearing low-cut but isn’t much of a nerd. She rarely dresses. She’s the character Pam Bee- drinks but when she does, it’s adorable. sly from NBC’s “The Office.” She brags of being a Sudoku buff Since her debut in 2005, Pam Beesly, perfectly played by Jenna Fischer, and her top-five films in the “stuck has become one of the most realistic on a deserted island” game are pretty legit: “Fargo,” “dream girl” char“Edwards Scisacters written for sorhands,” “Dazed television. and Confused,” Pam Beesly dress- For the normal man, “The Breakfast es conservatively, Pam Beesly is the girl Club” and “The sits behind a desk Princess Bride.” accessorized with you’d love to come She dislikes frisa computer and home to while all your bee golf, country phone, and looks friends keep asking if music, hunting, Pig adorable despite Latin and Six Flags fluorescent light- she has a sister. commercials. ing. The directors And yet, I haven’t and producers of the faintest clue as “The Office” aren’t to how our generagoing out of their way to make Pam the hot fictional girl on the market. tion managed to score realism in a But that hasn’t stopped any guy with dream girl. We’re the generation of Laguna a functioning television and beating Beach and MTV’s (hectic) Spring heart from longing for her. For the normal man (one who Break. How is it that the character isn’t boldly striving to date one of of a soft-spoken and quirky office the girls grinding another girl in ad- receptionist captured our attention vertisements for Club Glam), Pam and hearts? Can you imagine the same sitcom Beesly is the girl you’d love to come home to while all your friends keep junkies loving Chrissy Snow (SuBy Jake Kilroy
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zanne Somers from “Three’s Company”) as much as they adore Pam? It’s uncertain if we should expect more strong female leads that capture our hearts as real women in a not-so-real world. Are sitcom writers today vying for women that modern men can actually relate to? Should I expect to start falling in love with more women come the new fall season? “Scrubs” has Elliot, the attractive blonde doctor who has emotional hang-ups and serious neurotic tendencies. She exists with real personal problems and some awkward social skills. She’s not perfect, but she’s more real than others. But she’s no Pam. Pam was the girl next door that the jocks noticed. And now she’s the hold-steady your mother spoke of years ago. Armies of modern men have sworn their allegiance to her cute sweaters. Women have prayed for more Pams in the world for their brothers to marry. To see why she’s the one, watch the “Office” episode “Cocktails” for the following line: “I’m going to be more honest. I’m going to start asking people what I want directly. So, look out world, ’cause old Pammy is getting what she wants,” Pam said with a smile before making a de mand. “And don’t call me Pammy.” I couldn’t imagine a Thursday night without her.
Walk This Way for Graduation Skipping graduation may sound like a good idea, but think about it again By Jason Kornfeld
Daily Titan Staff Writer opinion@dailytitan.com
With graduation around the corner, some seniors around Cal State Fullerton seem to be in a world of their own. But as graduation announcements are being made and cap and gowns are being ordered, you have to ask yourself, what is all this for? Whether you have slept through college, studied yourself to death or taken the more scenic route of attending a few junior colleges and transferring at your own pace, there is one more test you have to take. This one is more of a short answer though, and it is only one question: Should you walk at graduation? For some this answer is simple: Yes. You want to have a day all to yourself to prove to your family that you have accomplished something in your life. While that is understandable and logical, I have to ask you if it is worth it to sit through a arduous commencement ceremony. Odds are you will scalp as many tickets as you can, have members of your family you didn’t know existed come out and, maybe, be ad-
venturous and try to say something witty into the microphone after your name is read to make it all the more memorable. Can you feel the excitement mounting? As you get up at the crack of dawn and wish your family luck in finding a parking spot, you put a creative graphic on your cap to try to feel unique and are set to go. While you sit in the blistering heat, you listen to the hours of speeches about how this day is why you put in all that hard work for all those years. Really? You’ve partied and dealt with those hangovers while still sitting through class and pulled allnighters, all so you could sweat to death listening to someone you know nothing about tell you about your future is now? Let me save you the trouble. The future is now and you are all so beautifully gifted and are the leaders of tomorrow, today. If the torture is too much to bear for yourself, think about how your family will feel. Think about your little brothers and sisters who have shorter attention spans then you (yes, that is possible). By the end of it everyone is so tired
and drained they almost forget why they were there in the first place. If you’re lucky, your family is really energetic and brings signs and confetti. They bring out the air horns and start cheering as if you had just completed the winning pass in the Super Bowl. As your name is read, the air horns are blown and now the equally annoyed and equally tired audience members next to your family want to commit homicide. As for me, despite everything I know, I will probably still attend commencement. I have two older sisters and I have been tortured through multiple graduations and they haven’t been to many of mine. I wasn’t at my high school graduation. I had tickets to the Lakers vs. Nets in the NBA finals, and was in the second row with a sign that said, “I’m missing my graduation to be here, Go Lakers!” I was put up on the screen hanging over half court, and fans kept high-fiving me after the game and telling me I made the right choice. So despite all the overwhelming evidence to not attend graduation and celebrate early, I say suck it up. Unless, of course, you have tickets to an amazing sports event.
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COP BLOTTER: Small Fire, Property Vandalism, Reservation Disagreements, and a fight inside a local Denny’s. March 1 12:20 a.m. Disturbance A disturbance from music or a party was reportedly coming from Dorm Sycamore on North State College Boulevard. 12:58 Suspicious Person The odor of marijuana was reported at the Nutwood Parking Structure on North State College. A lighter was also seen being used. 11:11 a.m. Medical Aid Call A male in his 30s was experiencing pain in his lower legs at the second floor of the basketball court in the Gymnasium. A report was taken. March 2 9:37 a.m. Property Vandalism The sidewalk in the area of Willow and Cypress Dorms was vandalized. Graffiti was reported on the sidewalk on the north side of Willow. 12:38 p.m. Disturbance A leader of an anti-abortion group was reportedly being uncooperative. The reporting party asked the male leader to leave the room in the Titan Student Union, but the man refused to leave. March 3 1:12 p.m. Fire A small fire was seen on the west side of the road at the SB 57 freeway
exit to Nutwood. 8:29 p.m. Disturbance The ultimate Frisbee team reported that they had reserved the track and field at the Track Sports Complex, but when they got to the field, Greek students were at the field and would not leave. March 4 8:59 p.m. Medical Aid Call A male was injured after receiving a cut on his head at the Gymnasium. March 5 3:11 p.m. Disturbance The reporting party stated that a male was pushing a female into a gray, late model minivan in the parking lot of the Irvine Campus. When the female told the reporting party that she was fine, the male became hostile towards the reporting party. 10:01 p.m. Fire The smell of burning rubber was reported as coming from the Engineering building. Officers were unable to locate the source of the odor. March 6 2:17 a.m. Agency Assist People were fighting inside Denny’s restaurant on East Nutwood Avenue.
CAMPUS CALENDAR THIS WEEK Greek Week 8 a.m. to 7 p.m.: A week-long event to raise money for children to attend Camp Titan. MONDAY Pub Monday Karoake 12 to 1 p.m. at the Titan Student Union Underground TUESDAY Home Buying Essentials 12 to 1 p.m.: This seminar provides a concise, comprehensive overview of the home buying process. Sponsored by ETD and OCTFU at College Park.
Pub Tuesday Open Mic 12 to 1 p.m. at the Titan Student Union Pub Know the Score of the Big Four 2 to 3 p.m.: Join St. Jude Medical Center and learn about Colon, Lung, Prostate and Breast Cancer. Lifestyle awareness, early detection and treatment are key components in the fight against cancer. Hosted at College Park. Free Billiards Tuesday 3 to 7 p.m. at the Titan Student Union Underground Baseball vs. USC 6 to 9 p.m. at Goodwin Field. CSUF students with current ID receive free admission.
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SPORTS
Titan Softball Taking Care of Business Sweep against Cal State Northridge improves CSUF’s record to 6-0 BY CHRIS RAMIREZ
Daily Titan Staff Writer sports@dailytitan.com
Despite struggling offensively the host Cal State Fullerton Titans softball team was able to take advantage of Northridge mistakes and capitalize on timely hits to win, 6-4 and complete a weekend series sweep in a Big West showdown. With the win on Saturday at Anderson Field, the Titans improved to 24-15 overall, and 6-0 in Big West Conference play. In the bottom of the sixth inning with the score tied at four and runners at second and third, Titan Katie Gollhardt, who had been 0-for-8 in the series, picked an opportune time to get her first hit of the series bringing in the eventual game-winning runs on a double to right center. “It was stress off my back,” Gollhardt said. “All the hard work was worth it.” The game started off as a pitchers’ duel between Titan starting pitcher Candice Baker and Matador starter Samantha Schroeder. Through the first three innings the Titans scored one run without the benefit of a hit. The Matadors scored one run on just three hits, with that run coming on a solo home run by Megan Smith. Baker was able to shut down the Matadors in the top half of the fourth inning, before the Titans gave her the lead again in the bottom half of the fourth.
By Karl thunman/Daily Titan Photo Editor LOOKING UP – Cal State Fullerton senior outfielder Ashley Van Boxmeer. Ashley Van Boxmeer and Lauren Lupinetti started the inning with back-to-back singles, which broke up Schroeder’s no hit bid. Kiki Munoz hit a sacrifice fly, which moved both runners over. A run came across
on a passed ball. Crystal Vieyra was up with a runner on third with one out. Vieyra bunted into a squeeze play, the run came across and Martinez reached first on an error by the Northridge catcher.
The lead didn’t last long as in the top half of the fifth Northridge responded scoring three runs in the fifth. With one out Kelly Zakosek homered to left, cutting the Northridge deficit to one. Jackie Duree then followed with a single. With two outs and a runner on first Amanda Peek hit a line drive that went over the left field fence for a two-run home run, which gave the Matadors their first lead of the game. It was the third home run of the game given up by Baker. “When you leave pitches flat, you expect them to get hit,” Baker said. “I felt off from the beginning.” The Titans came back to tie the game in their half of the fifth. With two outs Courtney Martinez singled to deep short. Martinez scored on the third of three wild pitches by Schroeder while facing Van Boxmeer, moving to the next base after each. Titan pitcher Brooke Weekley came in to relieve Baker in the sixth. Immediately faced with a jam with runners on second and third and two outs, she was able to get out of the inning thanks to a diving catch in right by Lupinetti. “That play was huge. She put everything she had into that play,” Weekley said. “I stuck to my game and threw pitches that would be successful.” In the seventh Weekley pitched a perfect inning, getting her sixth win on the year. The Titans now take their undefeated conference record to Long Beach next weekend. “It’s huge – we’re excited about it,” Titan Head Coach Michelle Gromacki said. “We have to play tough because people are after us.”
... And One BY Jonathan Saavedra
Lakers’ Turiaf Not Lacking Heart Ronny Turiaf is the type of basketball player who is not afraid to wear his surgically repaired heart on his sleeve. The regular season is coming to an end and the Los Angeles Lakers are sputtering into the playoffs needing Turiaf ’s heart more than ever. The very same heart that could’ve ended his professional career before it even began less than two years ago. While Kobe Bryant is obviously the most valuable player for the Lakers, Turiaf brings a different kind of value to the team – a style of play that a stat line could never fully describe. There’s something contagious about the self-proclaimed “junkyard dog” of the Lakers. With every garbage rebound chased after, shot swatted away, or offensive rebound turned into an easy two points, there is electricity in the air of the Staples Center. Energy, heart and passion radiate from Turiaf during these stretches of hard work. Soon enough the home crowd shows its appreciation in the form of a standing ovation and the Lakers suddenly get the Ronny Turiaf Syndrome, playing with a sense of urgency rarely seen by the team. And when he’s not playing the enforcer role on the court, it’s easy to confuse him as an animated fan on the bench as he spastically
Track and Field Athletes Set New Titan Records Titan Athletics Media Relations Seniors Jordan Horn and Scott Hutchison and freshman Jameena Hunt continued the assault on the Cal State Fullerton track and field record book as they led the Titans to a second-place showing by the men and a third-place effort for the women at the Big West Conference Challenge at UC Santa Barbara. Horn won both the 1500 and 3000 meter runs, the latter in a school record time of 8:17.13 and the former in a personal best of 3:52.11. Hunt bested the school record again in the discus with a mark of 149 feet, 8 inches and then beat her personal best by 10 feet in the hamme throw with a toss of 144 feet, 6 inches. Hutchison set a school record in the hammer with a mark of 189 feet, 9 inches.
dances after a teammate succeeds on a play. He is the consummate teammate usually being the first to greet the players off the bench with enthusiastic secret handshakes and a smile after a timeout is called. “Some of his enthuasiam, I think, is because he’s been given kind of a new life as an NBA player,” Lakers Head Coach Phil Jackson said in an interview last year. Turiaf was drafted 37th overall in the second round of the 2005 draft. After a physical uncovered a heart-related problem, it was later revealed that he had an enlarged aortic root. He successfully underwent surgery in July 2005 although the future of his professional career was still in jeopardy considering the magnitude of his near-fatal diagnosis. Fast-forward to today. The blue-collar brand of basketball he brings to the Lakers is exactly what the team needs to squeeze out victories and shove itself into a secure playoff spot. While you may not see Turiaf in the headlines or on an All-Star ballot, he and his heart for the game are the true pacemakers of the Lakers as they look ahead to a possible uphill battle in the playoffs.
Jonathan Saavedra’s columns appear every Monday. sports@dailytitan.com
Baseball Stumbles Against Anteaters BY SHAWN TRONDSEN
Daily Titan Staff Writer sports@dailytitan.com
An eight-run second inning helped the UC Irvine Anteaters on their way to a 12-6 victory over the Cal State Fullerton Titans baseball team Saturday afternoon at Goodwin Field. The Anteaters, ranked No. 23 in the nation, took the series two games to one and improved their record to 22-8-1 overall, and their Big West Conference record to 4-2. CSUF, ranked No. 1212 in the nation, fell to 19-12 overall, and 4-2 in the conference. It was the first time the Titans lost a series to Irvine in 27 years. Saturday’s loss was charged to the Titans’ Sean Urena (4-4), who lasted only an inning and a third. The freshman allowed five runs on five hits, and left the game with the bases loaded. The usually stingy Adam Jorgenson relieved the battered Urena, but did not fair any better than his predecessor. In the next four innings, Jorgenson allowed six runs on six hits and walked three Anteaters before being pulled. The Titans were able to cut into Irvine’s lead in the bottom half of the second when Nick Mahin hit a two-run home run off UC Irvine starter Christian Bergman, making the score 8-3 in favor of the Anteaters. CSUF mounted a second comeback attempt in the bottom of the seventh. With the bases loaded, reliever Gary Nakashima handed the ball off to senior closer Dylan Axelrod. John Curtis hit Axelrod’s first pitch into right field to score two Titans. Evan McCarthur also chipped in with a sacrifice fly to left field, scoring Josh Fellhauer on the play, making the score 11-6 Irvine. That was all the Titans could muster, however, as Axelrod retired Matt Wallach and Khris Davis to end the inning. The Anteater closer then shut down the Titans over the next two innings to receive his second save of the series and third of the season.