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Cafeteria Gets Cooked at Fullerton’s University Village A grease fire causes minor damages to student apartments BY ALEKSANDrA woJTALEwICZ Daily Titan Staff Writer news@dailytitan.com
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LADDER UP - Brandon Bento and Jeff Grant operated the crane during the grease fire that erupted at University Village Monday afternoon. Firemen had to open the wall of the kitchen when
the fire spread, said fireman Marc Estridgge. The cause of the fire is currently under investigation.
Rec Center Using Hand Scanners BY JAKE KILroY
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Cal State Fullerton is entering the sci-fi age with hand readers in the new Rec Center – no need for keys, keypads or cards. According to flyers available in the Kinesiology building, the HandKey II-Biometric Access Control Reader “uses the unique size and shape of the hand to verify a person’s identity with unparalleled accuracy.” Kurt Borsting, Titan Student Union director, said the reader measures the hand’s geometry. “The measurements are imbedded into the system,” he said. “At first, I didn’t really understand because I’m not technology-savvy,” said Carolina Trisi, a member of the
Board of Directors for the College of Communications. “However, after learning how it would work, I got really stoked.” Associated Students Inc. went on a national tour to see what technologies colleges were using these days. “We visited a lot of college campuses,” Borsting said. After discussions and inspections with their laundry list of possibilities, CSUF settled on what they saw at San Diego State University. “The folks at San Diego State are very happy with their hand readers. They’re very successful there,” said Borsting. The HandKey II captures a threedimensional image of the hand using a 32,000 pixel array. Over 90 measurements including the lengths, widths, thicknesses and surface area of the fingers and hand are taken. The
Police Chief to Speak About Campus Safety BY CAITLIN CLIFT
BY DANIEL SUZUKI/For the Daily Titan
SCAN - With the new biometric hand scanners installed throughout the
kinesiology building, students can be hands-free twhen going to the gym. advanced algorithm determines the process may seem tedious initially, unique aspect of the hand and then ASI promises convenience. generates a nine-byte hand template. “I think it’s convenient, definitely, This template is then stored and used for subsequent comparisons. SEE SCANNEr - PAGE 3 Though the new technology and
Student Filmmakers Participate in Festival BY DArALYN SChoENEwALD Daily Titan Staff Writer news@dailytitan.com
BY DANIEL SUZUKI/For the Daily Titan
RoUND of APPLAUSE - CSUF students and graduates were congratulated on their short films at the Newport Film Festival Sunday.
Ping-Pong, Plato and pregnancy don’t normally have much in common, but on Sunday at the eighth annual newport Beach Film Festival, the common bond was student filmmaking. Fourteen Radio-TV-Film students from Cal State Fullerton screened their short films in a special collegiate showcase at the festival. For several of the student filmmakers, the screening was the first time their work had been shown in a theater. “I screened my film in class on a projector screen, but just to see it on the big screen with more than 20 kids
and your parents in the audience was great … almost surreal,” said neil Sakatani. Sakatani’s short film “Smash Hit” featured an inept hit man named Hank who improves his skills through Ping-Pong. RTVF senior Andy Chinn said he loves screening his films for people because of the instant feedback. “I need outside guidance. I don’t trust myself when I watch my own stuff,” he said, adding that his friends are his biggest and best critics. Chinn premiered “Ramey,” a short film about a middle-aged artist who decides to end his life because he has accomplished everything he can in his art.
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tremely long amount of time, so time is critical. As soon as that clock news@dailytitan.com starts ticking, every second counts,” Gehrls said. Cal State Fullerton’s Police Chief, Working with the police, EnviJudi King, will speak to the Aca- ronmental Health and Instructional demic Senate on Thursday about Safety runs the Building Marshal campus safety in light of the Vir- Program. Building and floor marginia Tech massacre. shals are trained to respond in an Academic Senate Chair Diana emergency. The marshals may help Guerin said that after the Virginia evacuate buildings and act as mesTech shootings, the Academic Sen- sengers, relaying information from ate decided that it should invite police to people in the building, King to update the campus on what King said. steps the police would take in an King said she will also discuss the emergency. Guerin said it is impor- electronic system CSUF has in place tant that faculty and staff be aware to notify faculty, staff and students of what plans are via telephone or in place. e-mail. Part of King’s The system presentation will uses informaThe intent is for us to focus on the pretion that stuhave an ability to noti- dents provide ventative meafy people in the event sures that Uniat the time of versity Police has admission and of an emergency taken. King said the “A big part of goal is to update – Judi King this is making student inforCSUF Chief of Police sure that people mation. have an under“The intent standing of what is for us to have the realities are,” an ability to noKing said. “Peotify people in the ple need to know what systems we event of an emergency and we can’t have in place to help us in having do that if we don’t have their contact these systems work appropriately.” information,” King said. In addition to preventative meaStudents, faculty and staff may sures, King will discuss the plans also be notified by CSUF’s public University Police has in place. address system located at the intePolice officers receive training rior and exterior of buildings. The under the Active Shooter Program. system can send messages from the In most active shooter situations, police dispatch center informing police officers cannot wait for assis- people of an emergency, or if they tance from other agencies, so officers need to evacuate a building or stay receive training on how to respond, inside the building. King said. “Here on campus when someLt. Tom Gehrls of CSUF’s Uni- thing of that magnitude happens, versity Police said in active shooter you want to stop and take a look situations, police must know how to at what you would do,” Guerin quickly respond to a situation. said. “In incidents like this, it’s going Chief King will be speaking at the to be fairly short term for the most Academic Senate meeting on Thurspart. They usually don’t last an ex- day at 12:30 p.m. Daily Titan Staff Writer
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A grease fire burned a small hole inside of the kitchen of the University Village Student Apartments on Monday morning. no one was injured. “It was a small fire,” University Village general manager Jeanine Ciulik said. “It’s not a tragic affair.” The damages were very minor, said Ciulik. The fire was called in at 11:46 a.m., according to Fullerton Fire Department Chief Eric newman. It took about 30 minutes to extinguish the fire. Firefighters had to open the wall to get to the fire. Kitchen and building staff were asked to evacuate the building and returned to work shortly after the fire was contained. A total of five units responded from the Fullerton and the Orange County Fire Departments.
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INteRNatIoNaL NewS Former Russian President Dies at 76 MOSCOW (AP) - Former Russian President Boris Yeltsin died Monday at age 76. The first freely elected leader of Russia, Yeltsin is credited with the collapse of the Soviet Union by pushing Russia towards democracy and a market economy. The funeral will be held wednesday, according to the Kremlin, and will be a day of national mourning. “Thanks to Boris Yeltsin’s will and direct initiative, a new constitution was adopted which proclaimed human rights as the supreme value,” said President Vladimir Putin. “He gave people a chance to freely express their thoughts, freely elect authorities.” Yeltsin was popular in the western world for his fight against Communism. Yeltsin won Russia’s first popular presidential election in June 1991 when the central government of the Soviet Union began ceding power to the 15 republics. He promised free speech and private property, and launched economic reforms that allowed foreign investment. Yet Russians scorn Yeltsin for not preventing corruption in the country, causing inflation to increase and allowing wages to decrease.
YouTube Picks of the Day Title: The Land Lord
Duration: 2:24 How we found it: Given to us by a fellow editor Summary: Will Ferrell is a funny guy. But in the video “The Landlord,” originally created for funnyordie.com, Ferrell isn’t the person making viewers break into hysterics. This clip features Will Ferrell as a man who is struggling to make ends meet. When his landlord comes by for the rent he resorts to pleading with her for an extension. The funny thing about this video: His landlord is an alcoholic toddler. Her childish voice makes for a hilarious juxtaposition of the words she says. She calls him names, threatens to evict and says she will inflict bodily harm on Ferrell’s character. Watch out – this little girl might be the next big comedian. If you’re having a rough day, this video is a guaranteed pick-me-up. -Jenn Brown
NatIoNaL NewS Congress May Pass Troop Withdrawal WASHINGTON (AP) – The Democratic-controlled Congress will pass legislation within days requiring the withdrawal of U.S. combat troops from Iraq beginning oct. 1. The goal is to complete the pullout six months later, according to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. The legislation “immediately transitions the U.S. military away from policing a civil war,” Reid said. troops that remain in Iraq after next april 1 could only train Iraqi security units, protect U.S forces and conduct “targeted counter-terror operations,” Reid said. Yet Bush said he will veto any legislation the Democrats are trying to pass concerning the withdrawal of troops from Iraq.
State NewS California Schools Getting Threats YUBA CITY, Calif. (AP) - School officials and parents across California are hoping for a calmer Monday after threats canceled classes for tens of thousands of students in the days after the Virginia tech massacre. every public school and community college was closed in Yuba and Sutter counties north of Sacramento on Friday, disrupting more than 30,000 students, even though the subject of an intensive manhunt had turned himself in the night before. Jeffery Thomas Carney, 28, remained jailed Saturday on $1 million bond, awaiting a court appearance Monday on charges of making threats and doing so while he was free on bail on a domestic violence charge. He had called his pastor wednesday night, allegedly saying he was armed with an automatic weapon, poison and explosives and planned to make the Virginia tech slayings “look mild.”
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Duration: 2:18 How we found it: Searching YouTube Saturday Night Live has come up with some pretty funny Celebrity Jeopardy skits panning different personalities. This pick features SNL skits with Will Ferrell as Alex Trebek and Darrell Hammond as Sean Connery playing opposite each other at numerous Jeopardy skits. There is nothing funnier than watching Ferrell over-play Trebek’s deadpan mannerisms and Hammond’s Connery swagger and jeer at Trebeck when he reads the categories wrong. Hammond is spot on with Connery’s patent accent and is hilarious with his juvenile answers and drawings. Ferrell has long moved on with his career but his Jeopardy skits with Hammond deserve to be labeled under classics. Runner-up picks include SNL – Sean Connery Mix and Celebrity Jeopardy Cosby, Osbourne, Connery. -Jennifer Church SEND US YOUR FAVORITE YOUTUBE VIDEOS; SEND TO NEWS@DAILYTITAN.COM
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NEW YORK (AP) - Thirteen-year-old Morgan Pozgar, of Claysburg, Pa., was crowned Lg National texting champion on Saturday after she typed “Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious” from “Mary Poppins” in 15 seconds. “I’m going to go shopping and buy lots of clothes,” the teen said after winning her $25,000 prize from Lg electronics. Morgan defeated nearly 200 other competitors at the Roseland Ballroom in Manhattan. She estimated that she sends more than 8,000 text messages a month to her friends and family.
CONOVER, N.C. (AP) - a store clerk’s slip-up at the cash register has paid off big time. wadburn allen on tuesday accidentally rang up two duplicate Powerball tickets for a customer in this western North Carolina town. at the end of the day, after she was unable to sell the second ticket, allen paid for it herself. The next day, allen returned to the store and found the ticket matched all five numbers _ earning her a $200,000 jackpot. when allen went to Raleigh to claim her prize, she met the customer who purchased the original ticket.
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American Advertising Federation Team to Compete BY mIChELLE ASCENCIo
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The men and women of Cal State Fullerton’s Advertising Team are looking to smash their current regional competitors at Chapman University, on their own turf. This year, the students of the American Advertising Federation national competition class will be participating in the district competition of the Federation’s National Student Advertising Competition at Chapman University. Other schools competing include USC, UCLA, UC Irvine and Pepperdine University. The winning team from each of the 15 districts of
the competition will compete in the national competition in June, where the corporate sponsor could use the winning campaign. This year’s sponsor is The Coca-Cola Co. Every year, advertising teams from around the country enter the competition in which they are in charge of creating an entire advertising campaign for the determined corporation. This includes recommending the type of media to use (Internet, television, etc.), proposing strategies, outlining budgets, among other things, and presenting it to a panel of judges in a 20-minute presentation. Gerald Wright, adviser for the team, said students involved in the competition offer an extremely thorough campaign for the corporate
sponsor. “The competition itself is an exciting environment,” Wright said. “Most of the schools present projects that are more professional than the real world.” This is why in order to enroll in the class, students must go through an intensive interview process to make sure they meet the requirements and demands that this class involves. Maria Kahre, advertising major and member of the team, said that this class puts everything an advertising student learns in the classroom into a real world context. “It’s the application of all the [advertising] classes,” Kahre said. Wright said this competition not only offers a nice addition to a re-
sume, but gives advertising students a glimpse of what their career might entail. “This is the closest to the real world without a paycheck,” Wright said. “This class is the capstone class of the advertising sequence.” Kahre said that when she’s ready to start her career, everything she applied in the class will help. “After taking this class, you’re more prepared when you get a job in a real [advertising] agency,” she said. Team member Diana Nguyen said that when she told people about the project, they were intimidated. “I’ve talked to some people about what we do in the Ad Club and they think the experience is intimidating,” Nguyen said. “But I remind them
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Newbery Wi n n e r at CSUF Writer of children’s literature visits campus to share life experiences BY SArAh GAmmILL
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Newbery Award winner Cynthia Kadohata came to Cal Sate Fullerton Sunday to share her heritage, books and life experiences about being a Japanese-American in Southern California. In a lecture series for the Nikkei Heritage Museum to highlight its current exhibit, “Sowing Dreams, Cultivating Lives: Nikkei Farmers in Pre-WWII Orange County,” Kadohata’s lecture was hosted by Phi Alpha Theta, The History Student Association and the Southwest Oral History Association. Arthur Hansen, professor emeritus of history at CSUF, said he formed his relationship with Cynthia through e-mail, since Cynthia is a “road warrior.” “A lot of our closest relationships have been formed through e-mail, and that’s true of my relationship with Cynthia,” Hansen said. Being the daughter and granddaughter of Orange County farmers, Kadohata has been able to relate her history, along with fictional aspects, to create many children’s books. Kadohata’s career as a writer though, had rough beginnings. After dropping out of high school, her mother told her she needed to get a job, and she did as a waitress at Bob’s Big Boy. Soon after Kadohata returned to school and went on to receive her bachelor’s degree in journalism at USC. While attending USC she said she made her living as a writer from insurance money she received from a car that went over a curb, and landed on top of her. “First things went well, and things SEE NEWBErY - PAGE 4
two hours of screening time that was shared between the RTVF and art departments. Selbo said the film festival is an unbelievable opportunity for students. “They edit the films on a computer, where they get to see them this big,” said Selbo, making a gesture with her fingers to demonstrate the size of a monitor. “Then they get to show them in class where the screen is a little bit bigger, and here they get to show them on a big screen.” “It was definitely a cool experience to be able to see your film on a screen where real features are shown,” said Michel Makins, who directed “Wake Up,” the first film shown. Filmmaker Sean Nietschmann said seeing his work on the big screen was overwhelming because he kept picking out the imperfections. “I heard a quote from I forget which director, but he said a film is never completed, it’s abandoned. I don’t like to think I abandoned my film, but you do the best you can,” he said. Other films featured in the CSUF showcase included several short works by Chris Allison, and longer shorts by Marie Sanyas, Brett Meyer, Raymond Fero, Alice Herring, Jason Apalit, Hayden Mills and John Martinez.
“It’s exciting when [the project] becomes something tangible. It’s cool,” Eat said. “And you can quote me on this: we will win.” Aleman mentioned that last year, Chapman students arrived to cheer for their team and wore t-shirts to show their support. She wants to see the CSUF student body show up and cheer for the CSUF Ad Team. “We want to walk on their turf with our student body and show that we’re more than just a great project,” she said. “Who needs a football team when there’s the AAF team?” The 2007 NSAC competition is on May 4, 2007 at Chapman University. Admission is free for students with identification.
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because students don’t carry their Ti- they can catch a cold from the last tan Cards at all times. It’ll be conve- person who used the reader,” Borstnient for them to use the facilities,” ing said. To put concerns at ease, Trisi said. Borsting assures that there will be “[The hand readers are] rather a bottle of hand sanitizer next to all futuristic but it hand readers. could be helpful. However, There have been there are more times where I serious concerns. A few people have have forgotten “One thing this idea that they can my card, but I that people need don’t think I’ll to know is that catch a cold from the forget my hand,” we’re not taking last person who used said Karen Bardsfingerprints, no the reader. ley, a 22-year-old personal infor– Kurt Borsting athlete on both mation. It’s just TSU Director the soccer and not the nature of track teams. the technology,” “The whole Borsting said. ‘you know me’ “We’ll find thing” that arises out in the long if a student forgets their Titan Card run whether or not [the hand readgoes away, Borsting said. ers were] worth it, but I’m sure there Some exercise facilities in the Ki- might have been other things that nesiology building have already been needed tending to first. Perhaps stationed with hand readers. more equipment, field maintenance, The HandKey II will not only be etc.,” said Bardsley, a graphic design used for student and other partici- major. pant access, but for employee access Still, the curiosity is there. and employee time clocks as well. “I was very excited to use the thumb There are some basic concerns scanners at the DMV. I hope the hand from students, though. scanners will be an even more pleasur“A few people have this idea that able experience,” Bardsley said.
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“Everybody should watch it,” Chinn jokingly said about his film. For other student filmmakers, the screening experience was more intimidating. “This was the first time I’d seen my own work projected on such a big screen. It was a scary experience,” said Michael Castaneda, whose film “Void” featured a young woman “breaking free from her lover’s barriers” after she becomes pregnant by him. Other films featured in the CSUF showcase included “Allegory of the Cave,” directed by Fahmi Farahat. “Allegory of the Cave” is a visual interpretation of Plato’s cave, featured in his book, “The Republic.” “I felt this allegory had something really important to say, and it’s a story that’s over 3,000 years old. When it came time to make a movie, I knew it would be perfect,” Farahat told the audience of more than 30. In addition to screening “Allegory of the Cave,” Farahat also screened a second film, “Beyond the Fence,” in the second half of the CSUF showcase. RTVF professor Jule Selbo said the quality of student work was so good this year that the festival committee decided to give CSUF an additional
that you don’t know how good you are until you try.” Not only do students get the experience, team member Jasmin Aleman said they just might get offered a career opportunity. “Winning the title is prestigious,” she said. “Recruiters go to the competition, so it’s a chance to get started with a career after graduation.” Although the team could not share any details about the project, Aleman insisted that their project will be the one to beat. “Chapman did a great job last year,” Aleman said. “But our campaign is innovative and fresh. No one else will think of it.” Team member Socheat Eat is confident in the final product of the team.
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Adam Sandler at the Newport Film Festival on Sunday. Sandler helped to promote the event where CSUF students displayed their films.
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eighty-five percent of rapes and sexual assaults are committed by someone the victim knows. Noah Aleshire said he didn’t believe the statistics when he first heard them when he was in college. When he heard one in four women in their lifetime is or will be a victim of a completed or attempted rape and one in eight men experience some form of sexual assault, he doubted it because the number seemed too high. Those numbers got to him, and he started to research them. That is how he got involved. he volunteered for rape crisis and started to educate himself. Now he educates others. Aleshire was animated and full of energy when he began his outreach presentation about sexual assault and rape for Mark McMann’s highschool health class. The students giggled and fidgeted as he started his introductions. Aleshire’s job is prevention education. he works for Sexual Assault Victim Services/Prevention Pro-
gram, a division under Community Service Programs. he said he spends all of his time talking to junior high, high school and college students – “talking about what rape is and what sexual assault is. Talking about how it happens and focusing on ways we can prevent it,” Aleshire said. McMann has been a health-education teacher for 33 years. he said he brings in guest speakers like Aleshire because having someone come in who specializes in the field is more dynamic. Plus, students recall the information better in later discussions, he said. During the presentation, Aleshire asked the class to give examples of violence. After the students gave a few, he defined violence as an act of aggression with the intention or affect of causing harm, not just physically, but mentally. Violence can occur without any touching. Aleshire said an act of violence is about power. Rape is an act of violence, though most people think rape is about sex. “Sex is not the motivation. Sex is the weapon,” Aleshire said. “Rape is about power, it’s about taking control away from someone else.” Aleshire gave the legal definition of rape as forced sexual penetration at any degree without consent using
a body part or foreign object. volving teens drinking at a party, Most of the victims are assaulted Aleshire said choice plays a key facby someone they had a relationship tor in prevention. with, intimate or otherwise. he told students they have a he defined this as acquaintance choice in what happens to their bodrape. ies. The girl in the film was drunk, “This is what we see day in and but Aleshire pointed out that if a day out,” he said. person is drunk or under the influWhen he started looking into ence of any substance, he or she cansexual violence, he didn’t know a not legally consent to sex. single victim. As he learned about “Seventy to eighty percent of it he shared what he found with his the cases include alcohol,” Aleshire family and friends. said. “Alcohol is the No. 1 date-rape “Since I’ve been doing this work drug.” I’ve had famhe ended his ily members, very presentation with very close friends, safety tips and emIn regards to sexual women I’ve dated, phasized that men all tell me they’ve harassment, the earlier have to respect what been a victim of you begin to establish a woman chooses this crime,” Aleshire her body. boundaries with chil- about said. he said it’s cruhe added that dren, the better. cial to involve men – Diane Robles with prevention benot a single one of Child and Adolescent Professor cause 99 percent of these people would have shared unless rapes are committhey trusted him. ted by men. Many of those “Men can truly who confided with him didn’t report stop rape,” he said. the crime. he said the best way to do that he asked the students why rape is for men to stop and ask if their and sexual assault are the most un- partner is comfortable. reported violent crimes in the u.S. “People like it when you respect They responded that fear and em- them,” he said. barrassment were the reasons, which he said individuals are always Aleshire confirmed. in control of their actions and can After watching a five-minute make this a lot less common. video depicting a rape scenario inFreshman student Mary, 15,
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thought it was very helpful and said she learned a lot about rape. her classmate Alisha, 14, said she thought the presentation was pretty informative and that she liked it. She said students should become aware that sexual assault happens. “If they don’t know what happened and it’s against the law they won’t tell anyone about it,” Alisha said. Amber, 15, said she feels more protected and that she learned a lot more about the topic. She said she will be more alert from now on. McMann said this topic is very important because it happens often and is unreported. he said prevention is better because it’s better than reacting to a problem. Alcohol, drugs, sexually transmitted diseases and relationships are other topics discussed in his health class. “I have students who parents tell me all the time this opens further discussion at home,” he said. Cal State Fullerton Alumna Dawn Foor, supervisor for the Sexual Assault Victim Services/Prevention Program, said she hired Aleshire a little over a year ago. “I started hiring males about four years ago. Males can say things to boys a female can’t and it’s extremely effective,” she said. Foor and Aleshire’s job is to provide prevention information on
sexual assault and related topics throughout Orange County. Foor said outreach is important because many parents don’t have time or are too embarrassed to educate their kids about it. In addition to education prevention, the program offers self-defense classes and sponsors community events like the Clothesline project, Foor said. The program also offers a full service rape crisis center, including a 24-hour crisis hotline, counseling groups for victims and 12 advocates to assist with paperwork provide support at court if there is a trial, Foor said. Foor said it’s good to start in junior highs and talk about sexual harassment. “That’s where it begins, grabbing each other and crude comments,” Foor said. “Sixty percent of most rapes and sexual assault begin with some form of sexual harassment.” Foor said teachers always invite her program’s speakers back after they hear their presentation. The teachers usually ask them to speak three to four times a year. “In regards to sexual harassment, the earlier you begin to establish boundaries with children, the better,” said CSuF child and adolescent Professor Diane Robles. To that end, outreach and prevention is necessary, Robles said.
newBeRy: books about history and vietnamese dogs named ‘cracker’ From Page 3 went badly, and I literally could not afford a new a pair of glasses,” Kadohata said. They consisted of Kleenex, scotch tape and dental floss, she added. “I loved to write, but I didn’t know what to write about,” Kadohata said. “One reason I didn’t know what to write about was because
people kept telling me write about what you know and love, but they also said don’t write about Japanese Americans because no one will be interested.” Soon afterward Kadohata began to write stories for popular magazines, but was rejected every month for four years until The New Yorker finally began accepting some of her stories.
Kadohata decided she would write about Japanese Americans. She then began her first children’s novel, titled “Kira-Kira,” which pulled from portions of her childhood. From this novel, she won her first Newbery medal in 2004 for writing children’s historical fiction. She got the call at home at 4 a.m. that she had won and woke everyone
up by screaming. Kadohata went on to write other children’s novels, one of which came out of her love for dogs, titled “Cracker! The best Dog in Vietnam.” It tells of the heroic dogs that helped save some 10,000 lives in the Vietnam War. She also added that there are 3,000 dogs in Iraq right now as well.
her other novel, titled “Weedflower,” was partly written for seven weeks in Kazakhstan while she was adopting her son Sammy. “I think what she does is incredible,” said Melanie Sturgeon, attendee. “Many people don’t read those types of books, so for someone to take historical things and make them into a novel, especially for children, that they not only can read but iden-
tify with, is wonderful.” Since then Kadohata has been working on three other books that will be coming out soon. hansen jokingly urged attendees leaving the lecture to buy her books so that she didn’t have to wear her makeshift glasses again. “To me my life has come full circle and I am still writing about what I know and love,” Kadohata said.
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On-Campus Confrontation Does Not Help Word of God Harmony in Conflict BY Andrew SnYder
Daily Titan Staff Writer opinion@dailytitan.com
i had a recent encounter with the people that annoy me the most on the campus of Cal State Fullerton, the “pushers� or “preachers� of God. i may sound insensitive, but i have my beliefs and don’t need someone to tell me what God really wants or doesn’t want. When i am sitting alone on campus, it isn’t always because something is wrong. i’m not depressed, i’m not sad and i’m definitely not looking for someone to talk to. i don’t need a pep talk and i’m not searching for God. i’ve already found him. Why do people insist on fixing other people? More importantly, why do they feel they need to fix me? Why do they feel it is necessary to spread the word even when i am giving them hints that i want them to leave? Listening to my ipod, talking on the phone, reading and staring in the other direction are all strategies i’ve used and, to my amazement, have seen fail. You would think they would catch on, but they don’t. They stand in my face reciting verses from the bible yet tell me that they aren’t spreading religion. Seriously, what the hell are they doing then? i really doubt that they want to sell me a newspaper subscription or Girl Scout cookies. Last time, it was the same two guys that talked to me about the
same crap a year ago. When i brought this to their attention, they laughed and asked me if i was sure it was them, and proceeded to keep talking. This was another one of my attempts to get them to leave me alone and again it failed. They asked me if i had a relationship with the Lord, why i felt that my relationship was good enough and even tried relating to me by asking what my plans were for spring break. You’ve got to be kidding me. it’s not that i’m a mean person, i’m actually a really nice guy. i just don’t like being told what to think. i don’t like listening to people tell me what i need in my life. i didn’t ask them to be my shrink. i didn’t ask for their advice. i didn’t say to them, “help me, i’m searching for the meaning of life and i’m really sad about mine. please tell me what i need.� The truth is, most people take what they hand out because they are being the nice person. Do they really care to read what they’ve been handed? i know that i don’t and i’m pretty sure i don’t stand alone. Thank you for the help but if i don’t want it, don’t give it. i didn’t come to college to find God, i came for a degree and education. please don’t hand out those little green cards with the word of God on them and don’t come talk to me when i’m alone. i just want to enjoy my pop tarts, my music and the college atmosphere. Thanks for understanding.
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BY Harmony Trevino
Making a Difference has Never Been Easier Advocates for the homeless have been trying to pass hate crime legislation that would amend the existing California statute to include the homeless along with disability, nationality, race, ethnicity, religion and sexual orientation. For many years there have been reports of abuse towards the homeless. Some individuals have willingly participated in the abuse, including beatings that have even left some homeless dead. This treatment is a crime and such actions should be classified as hate crimes. When i heard about this bill, i wanted to do anything i could to help it pass. Should i conduct a demonstration? Knock on Sacramento’s door? To my surprise, when i asked how i might get involved, i was only asked to write a letter and make a call. That was it. often times when a senate bill is being considered, a big persuasion is how much the issue matters to the people it will affect. More often than not, the homeless do not report these assaults, and remain quiet and defenseless. Just imagine, taking a brief minute of your busy day can give a voice to the voiceless, and let these crimes be punished justly. it’s time for us to speak up. in this age of advanced technology, making a difference has become easier than ever to accommodate the busy and lethargic American. To make a huge difference in the life of someone less privi-
leged can take a small portion of your time. Letters are typed up with a few blank lines left to fill in the Senators’ name and your own. phone numbers are made available by organizations to contact the appropriate people who are directly concerned with the matter at hand. Thousands of Web sites can be accessed by a simple word search on Google and thousands of organizers and leaders are more than willing to give any information they can on the subject. There is so much information available at the touch of a button and will cost only a few minutes of your time. Some people choose to dedicate their lives to causes by immersing themselves in government, allowing them to make changes from the inside. Some people start grassroots organizations, or join them, talking to people about their cause. But a simple change in lifestyle, or something as small as filling in the blanks in a letter or a phone call can make a huge difference. These actions can pave way for change. They are not only relevant for this hate crime amendment, but for any injustice. Some may feel frustrated with the American government (i know i am), but there are other people with different backgrounds than mine that want the same thing for the homeless and other social issues. Change has to be made and we can accomplish great things with collective, proactive activism. So get up. Do something. This time, no excuses.
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“Pasma did a great job and kept us off balance all night,” Horton said. “Last night the runs came easy and (From Page 8) tonight it was a struggle.” double if we don’t run that down,” The Tigers again made noise in Titan Head Coach George Horton the top of the sixth inning, but the said. “I’m proud of Nick, he’s really Titans held them in check. improved in the outfield and earlier After Baum led off the inning of in the year he doesn’t catch that ball, with a single, Curtis and Wallach it’s probably the biggest play of the picked him off. game.” Chamberlin singled and then KaThe Titans jumped on the Tigers plan balked, advancing Chamberlin early in the to second. game. In the M i k e bottom of Wa l k e r the second, As long as he keeps doing singled and John Curtis advanced that and we play D behind singled to C h a m him, there is no one that left to start berlain to the inning. can beat him in my mind. third. Nick MaKaplan hin singled – Nick Mahin maintained past the CSUF outfielder on Jeff Kaplan his composhortstop sure though and Coand got rey Jones Joines to reached base groundout on an error, allowing Curtis to score. to end the threat and the inning. Mahin went to third and then Pasma Hardman led off the bottom of balked for the Tigers, allowing Ma- the sixth inning with a single, but hin to score. was left on second as the Titans “We got lucky at the error at first failed to pick him up. and that balk, it could have been a Both Kaplan and Pasma contin0-0 game,” Curtis said. ued to be effective in the seventh The Tigers threatened in the top and eighth innings, as both starters of the fifth inning, but were unable sat down the side in order. to capitalize. Kaplan retired the side again Fuson reached base on an error by in the ninth inning to shutout the McArthur. game. Fuson was sacrificed over to sec“He [Kaplan] has been doing that ond and then third, but went no all year,” Mahin said. “As long as he further as Manning flied out to end keeps doing that and we play D bethe inning. hind him there is no one that can In the bottom of the fifth, Pasma beat him in my mind.” had the Titan offense off balance as The Titans face USC tonight at he stuck out the side. Dedeaux Field.
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Titan Bats Explode in Win A staff writer weighs in what was going right for the CSUF baseball team BY ANDREW SNYDER
Daily Titan Staff Writer sports@dailytitan.com
It is often said that pitching wins you games. But it can lose you games as well and the Pacific Tigers baseball team displayed just how true it can be. In a game that featured the Titans ace pitcher Wes Roemer, it could have been expected to see pitching brilliance, but Friday night was no ordinary game. The Titans beat the Pacific Tigers 18-1 in front of 787 fans on a wet and soggy night at Goodwin field. From its beginning, with the conditions as they were, any fan could tell that the game was going to be unusual, and it was. Roemer, who would get his sixth win of the season (6-4), struck out the first batter of the game and all looked good for the Titans. He pitched six innings, allowing three hits and an unearned run. The start would continue to favor CSUF as they would put up two runs in the second inning without acquiring a single hit. Two walks and two hit-by-pitches pushed the two runs across, giving the Titans the early lead and giving Roemer something to work with. The offense and the run support never slowed down as the Titans posted runs in six straight innings (from the second to the seventh)
and having three innings where they scored four or more runs. Fullerton center fielder Clark Hardman, who leads the team in overall batting average (.366), had three singles and four RBIs in the onslaught. The four RBIs would tie Hardman’s career high of 31 which he surpassed over the weekend. The Titans’ Khris Davis added three singles of his own, extending
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his hitting streak to nine games, and reached base safely in five of his six at-bats. Davis has 28 hits in 84 at-bats for a .333 batting average. The freshman has scored 21 runs and driven in 10. Senior third baseman Evan McArthur blasted his first home run of the season, added a two RBI double in the seventh and was only a triple away from the cycle when the night was done. McArthur would finish the series hitting .545 and hitting his first two home runs of the year.
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The senior would pick up his first Big West Conference Player of the Week Honors. But the real story was horrific pitching from the Pacific Tigers who hold a 10-31 record after being swept by the Titans. There were 11 hit-by-pitches in the game, eight by Pacific and three by the Titans’ Roemer. That total was only one shy of the all-time NCAA record for hit-bypitches at 12. Tigers’ starting pitcher Jake Wild was wild, going a short 2 1/3 innings, having four of those eight hitby-pitches and giving up six runs to the Titans. He also walked three hitters while only striking out one. Pacific’s four relievers were not much better, hitting four more batters and giving up 13 more runs which added to a performance that Pacific would like to forget. For Titan fans, these are the games that put smiles on their faces. Taking advantage of a poor team and playing the way they are supposed to is what is expected from a team of the Titans’ caliber. This multi-national championship program that has run into hard times of late, mainly due to lack of experience and being defined as a “young” team, has been waiting for an offensive production like this one to build on. Scoring 18 runs on 16 hits is considered production and something that every team would gladly take. With the win over the Tigers, Fullerton extends its winning streak to 14 games and are now 12-0 against Pacific’s current Head Coach Ed Sprague.
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Strong Finish for CSUF Wrestlers Titan squad competes in Akron, Ohio and pick up 12 All-American awards CSUF Athletics Media Relations Cal State Fullerton’s Ian Murphy won the national freestyle championship and the Titans picked up a total of 12 All-American awards over the weekend at the University Greco and Freestyle Wrestling Championships in Akron, Ohio. Murphy beat Dave Bertolino of NCAA national runnerup Iowa State in the 185-pound finals and finished ahead of NCAA All-Americans Matt Pell from Missouri and James Yonushanis of Penn State. Murphy also placed third in Greco. Murphy, from Santiago High School in Corona, in December won the 184-pound title at the Tournament of Champions in Reno and was ranked No. 1 in the Pac-10 but became academically ineligible at the semester. The Titan junior also won the National Collegiate Open. Heavyweight Wade Sauer, who won All-American honors at the NCAA championships in March by finishing sixth, won two more AllAmerican awards by placing fifth in the 264 1/2-pound division of Greco and eighth in freestyle. Other Titan All-Americans are Morgan Atkinson, third at 154 1/4 in Greco and fourth in freestyle; T. J. Dillashaw, sixth at 132 1/4 Greco; Adin Duenas, fourth at 138 3/4 Greco; Nick Blackshaw, fourth at 145 1/2 Greco; Brian Stills, sixth at 154 1/4 Greco; Matt Methling, sixth at 211 1/2 Greco; and Kurt Klimek, seventh at 264 1/2 Greco. Atkinson lost in Greco to only Harry Lester, the eventual champion, who was ranked second in the world. Atkinson reinjured rib cartilage and had to default to a fourthplace finish in freestyle.
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Pitching is the Name of the Game
CSUF righty picks up Big West honors after throwing a shutout win BY JASON KORNFELD
Daily Titan Staff Writer sports@dailytitan.com
Cal State Fullerton baseball starting pitcher Jeff Kaplan picked up Co-Pitcher Big West Player of the Week honors after throwing a complete game shutout to beat the Tigers 2-0 on Saturday night. Titan third baseman Evan McArthur also picked up Big West Player of the Week honors. Against Pacific, Kaplan threw 115 pitches, while giving up five hits and striking out seven batters. Kaplan went to 7-2 on the year to beat Curtis Pasma of Pacific who fell to 0-4. Both pitchers finished the game in a gritty pitchers duel at Goodwin Field in front of 2,075 fans. Kaplan was not hittable early, sitting down the first seven batters he faced. Kaplan didn’t face any real trouble until the top of third inning. After walking Brett Manning, Kaplan got Justin Baum to fly out to left field to end the inning as Nick Mahin made a terrific diving catch for the Titans. Titan fans applauded Mahin and he received high-fives from teammates. “Baum, their best guy, got into a ball and that’s a three run triple or a SEE KAPLAN - PAgE 6
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NO DICE - Pacific’s Mike Walker reacts in disappointment after being tagged out by Cal State Fullerton catcher John Curris in the third inning during the Titans’ 12-1 win over Pacific Sunday at Goodwin Field. The No. 17 ranked Titans are 23-12 overall after a 4-0 won-loss record last week. They will look to improve on that record with a non-conference game tonight at USC and a Big West Conference three-game weekend series at UC Riverside. In Big West Conference play, the Titans are 7-2 overall. CSUF Third baseman Evan McArthur and starting pitcher Jeff Kaplan received Big West Weekly honors after their efforts last week. Kaplan threw his second complete game shutout of the season against Pacific on Saturday, while McArthur slugged his first two home runs of the year against Pacific. The Titans’ next home series will start on May 4 against UC Santa Barbara.
Hopefully your fantasy team is deep enough that you didn’t do the wrong thing and start New York Yankees’ rookie left-hander, Chase Wright who surrendered back-to-back-to-back-to-back home runs to the Boston Red Sox Sunday night. As incredible as it sounds, Wright wasn’t the first pitcher to deal out such a dreaded performance. Paul Foytack did it in 1963 as an Angel pitching against the Cleveland Indians. To add irony to the horrendous, the third homer came from the bat of Tito Francona, the father of current Red Sox manager Terry Francona. If your fantasy squad is in need of some pitching, look to Colorado Rockies’ starting pitcher Jason Hirsh. I’d usually be scared to take any pitcher pitching in Colorado, but so far Hirsh is 2-1 with a 3.16 ERA and has 23 strikeouts. Pittsburgh’s Tom Gorzelanny is worth having as well. He’s yet to lose a game (3-0) with his 2.05 ERA and 17 Ks. He has more than just a funny surname. Philadelphia Phillies’ lefty Cole Hamels may be gone in leagues with experienced, serious, wellversed fantasy owners, so if he’s there jump on this guy quick. Phillies’ general manager Pat Gillick recently claimed that Hamels has the best changeup he’s seen on a left-hander. Hamels is 20 on the season with a 2.57 ERA and 33 strikeouts. If finding a solid closer is your teams’ concern look to Baltimore Orioles’ closer Chris Ray. After giving up a game-ending grand
salami to red-hot A-Rod, Ray has yet to give up an earned run and has converted five out of six saves. Kansas City Royals’ closer Joakim Soria is also doing well in place of injured Octavio Dotel. He’s 1-0 with a 2.89 ERA and has two saves. Henry Owens will likely be named the Florida Marlins’ closer so keep an eye on him. Arizona Diamondbacks’ closer Jose Valverde is tied with the Major League lead with seven saves and is off to a strong start. In seven innings he’s only given up one earned run and has nine strikeouts. He’s been up and down in recent years, so I’d grab him while he’s up at the moment. Injuries Frequent visitors such as Texas Rangers’ Eric Gagne is back on the 15-day DL with a hip injury. Oakland’s ace Rich Harden is out with a strained right shoulder. Angels’ pitcher Bartolo Colon is back after being sidelined with a torn rotator cuff, so you may want to snag him if he isn’t gone yet. In his first start for the Angels in nine months, the burly righthander came through in a 7-6 win against the Seattle Mariners on Saturday. While he only struck out one batter, he didn’t walk any either and pitched seven innings, allowing only one hit and one earned run. Till next week my fellow geeks.
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