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Protesting immigration law
BY ellice soliveN
Daily Titan Staff Writer news@dailytitan.com
after seven years of being off the Cal State Fullerton radar, the Cambodian Student association made its presence felt on Friday night with its first culture night since 2000. To celebrate Cambodian Lunar new Year, the scent of authentic Cambodian food wafted through Titan Student Union Ontiveros room while club members waited with their friends and families for the festivities to start. Decorated with red, white and blue balloons and matching crepe paper streamers, the room filled quickly until every seat was taken. While Cambodian music played in the background, attendees had their names written in Khmer, the Cambodian language, and ate the food that was provided at the back of the room. “I’m surprised at how many people showed up,” said 22-year-old Bernard Lim, who volunteered to man the food tables. The accounting major and member of the club spent all night behind the tables, serving and describing dishes to onlookers. Food included chicken and beef skewers, veggie egg rolls, pickled vegetable toppings and sweet buns filled with pork, egg and Chinese sausage. The most interesting of the selection, though, was the sweet banana rice rolls, Lim said. The rolls were slices of purple baked bananas wrapped with rice and green banana leaves, resembling a sushi roll. “The food was really good,” said accounting major Tony Heng, 23. “This is the first event that I’ve been to, so I’m looking forward to the dances.” The night’s masters of ceremony: Vice President Melinda Ung and Officer JB ngoy, welcomed everyone while people hurried to find a seat. They introduced the club’s board members and recognized the event’s sponsors. To warm the crowd up, Ung and ngoy joked with each other, alternating between Khmer and English. “Dang girl, you put the ‘body’ in Cambodian!” was a highlight of Ung’s English punch lines, in the midst of other Khmer jokes. as laughs from the audience died down, the Blessing Dance began, performed by the club’s president, angelica Keam, and two high school students, amanda and Breeana Men, from the Long Beach dance troupe The Spirit of Khmer angkor. The dancers slowly circulated around the front of the room smiling serenely with petals in their hair. Ung later explained that the three young women, outfitted in jeweled silver, green and gold outfits and ornate crowns, carried small silver trays of yellow and red rose petals as they “blessed the audience.” The Blessing Dance is one of greeting and good wishes of happiness, usually performed at the beginnings of ceremonies, she said. after the dance, members presented a slideshow of past events and meetings, played to Foo Fighters’ “Times Like These.” The audience was comprised of not only friends, family and members of the club, but students from see camBoDiaN - Page 3
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Faculty Votes for new Contract Union members are working to ratify tentative agreement BY YvoNNe villarreal
Daily Titan Staff Writer news@dailytitan.com
BY DaralYN schoeNewalD/Daily Titan staff
ONE VOICE - Protesterrs gathered in downtown Santa Ana on Tuesday, May Day, to support immigration law reform. Marchers chanted in English and Spanish while waving Mexican and American flags and carrying signs. BY DaralYN schoeNewalD Daily Titan Staff Writer news@dailytitan.com
Thousands gathered in Santa ana on Tuesday afternoon for a march supporting a program designed to legalize undocumented immigrants and to end workplace raids. Many marchers waved either american or Mexican flags as
they chanted, “si se puede,” or “yes, we can” in English. In addition to waving flags, many others carried banners and signs with slogans such as “legalization now,” and “stop the raids.” Guadalupe Cazares, a resident of Santa ana, carried a sign that read, “equal rights for all.” Cazares said she wants the same rights as american citizens. “I can’t drive because I can’t get a
license, I can’t have health insurance because I don’t have a social security number,” she said. She wore an american flag draped on her shoulders in support of what she calls her second country. “I want the opportunity to prove that I can be a good citizen,” she said, adding that she is attending classes to get her GED high school equivalency. Cazares, who has lived in the
United States for 18 years, said the only work she can get is cleaning houses because she doesn’t want to use a fake social security card. Kimberly, Crystal and Irene are 12-year-old junior high students who came to the march, their third since last May, in support of their immigrant families. see ProTesT - Page 3
Getting Wired and Getting Political In part three of four, the Daily Titan examines Web use and politics BY krisTi alleN, levi luPercio, vu NguYeN aND kilmeNY DucharDT For the Daily Titan
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When advertising major Erik Ryerson, 23, isn’t occupied with homework or at his internship as an online marketing specialist, he can be found at command central – his bedroom. Complete with three computer screens, an LCD TV and a highspeed Internet connection, Ryerson said he has virtually everything he needs to be informed and express his opinions. He said he feels that MySpace is a forum for blogging to open people’s eyes. “There’s a whole level of consciousness that people don’t see unless you shove it in their face,” Ryerson said. The Internet has not only changed the way people get their news, some think it has changed the face of politics. new ways of campaigning and fundraising have surfaced through the Internet, according to CSUF political science professor Matthew Jarvis. Some presidential hopefuls for the 2008 election are using outlets like MySpace, YouTube and answers. yahoo.com. Some are even blogging. “What they are trying to do is give individuals a sense of advocacy in their campaigns,” Jarvis said. “They
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forum to share his political beliefs with subscribers are trying to up the Internet action.” Jarvis said he believes that politicians are a bit behind when it comes to Internet campaigning. He said online promotion is the only way to reach the growing population because it’s impossible to personally interact with all voters, but the Internet can make this possible. “The job of any politician in any election is to get as many votes,” Jarvis said. “and you can’t get people’s votes if they don’t know who you are.” Ryerson can communicate with his 600 MySpace friends because of the Internet. He said he considers his MySpace page a representation of himself. But not every student at CSUF is on MySpace. Before the Internet age sparked blogging and podcast trends, many students turned to radio, tele-
vision and print to stay informed. now, new technology has allowed for more personalized news that can be accessed quickly. Jordan Hitchcock, a communications graduate student at CSUF, said he likes the convenience of accessing news on the Internet at work. “I’m a news junkie,” Hitchcock said. “I get a lot online, such as Yahoo news or Google.” advertising major David Bradley logs onto Web sites such as asmarena.com through his cell phone to quickly get the news. Ryerson said he is a big believer in a Web site called The Drudge Report. “It’s a funnel of all the big news,” Ryerson said. “They seem to break both sides. It’s just a big strainer for all the bulls--- stories.”
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advertising major Jason Horton agreed. “I get all my news from drudgereport.com,” said Horton. “I even have it on my home page. It’s the first thing I see.” But the amount of information on the Internet leads many to question its accuracy, since regulation and accountability for publishers and bloggers does not exist – changing the concept of gatekeeping, according to Jarvis. “More and more individual people have access to publishing on the Internet,” Jarvis said. What is news is decided by what people report, and with so many people who may not have traditional media connections reporting, what is considered news is changing, he said. The best way to receive information is to compare and contrast between national and international news Web sites, according to health science major Shabana Syed. “I prefer to watch Cnn and check on the BBC after I watch Fox 11 news,” Syed said. “The news we watch in our nation is censored and edited because the media are controlled.” Ryerson will be the first to say he does not approach blogging from an objective standpoint. He is a conservative Republican whose MySpace graphic includes the president depicted as a vampire biting the neck of the statue of liberty. “I don’t even know what conservatism means anymore,” Ryerson said, insisting to his subscribers that Bush killed conservatism.
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California Faculty association members of the largest state university system will vote this week on whether to ratify a tentative contract agreement they reached with the CSUs. Union members on the 23 campuses will vote this week on whether they approve the ratification of the tentative agreement reached in april. Results are expected to be released May 7. The vote comes after nearly 2 years of negotiations with the CSU administration. “It’s been a long process,” said the association’s Fullerton chapter President G. nanjundappa. “We are hopeful that the new contract will be ratified.” If the 23,000-member union approves the new contract, faculty will receive raises that would total 20.7 percent, in phases retroactive to July 2006 through 2010. In addition, some faculty will get added raises, based on merit, seniority and new salary steps fashioned in their pay ladders, according to the union’s Web site. “We’re hoping that they’ll ratify the contract,” said CSU spokesman Paul Browning. “Both parties followed the fact finding report in creating a contract very closely to the suggestions offered in the report.” according to a CSU press release, the average salary for a tenure-track faculty member will increase from $74,000 to $90,749, and the average salary for a full-time, full professor with tenure from $86,000 to $105,465 by the end of the contract period. Some faculty members will be eligible to receive more than a 31 percent in raises over the four years, according to the union. “We value our faculty and the hard work they put in,” Browning said. “We hope to reach a resolution.” In the next four months, under the tentative agreement, every CSU faculty member will receive a 7.7 percent raise, with 3 percent retroactive to July 1, 2006. a voter turnout similar to the vote-to-strike, where 81 percent of members participated, is what union leaders are hoping for, nanjundappa said. Rolling strikes were narrowly averted by the april agreement. The previous contract expired in June 2005 and was extended monthly until the fact-finding process began. If ratified, the CSU trustees will put the tentative agreement to a vote, likely by May 15, Browning said. Should the tentative agreement fail to be approved, the series of rolling-strikes will take effect. Precise effective dates of the new contract are still being worked out, Browning said. Voting is being held in the association’s Fullerton Chapter office located in Langsdorf Hall, Room 214 from 10 a.m. until 6 p.m. through Thursday.
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Last Privately Run Oil Fields Taken Over
BARCELONA, Venezuela (AP) - President Hugo Chavez’s government took over Venezuela’s last privately run oil fields tuesday, intensifying a power struggle with international companies over the world’s largest known single petroleum deposit. Newly bought Russian-made fighter jets streaked through the sky as Chavez shouted “Down with the U.S. empire!” to thousands of red-clad oil workers in the orinoco River Basin, calling the state takeover a historic victory for Venezuela after years of U.S.-backed corporate exploitation. “The nationalization of Venezuela’s oil is now for real,” said Chavez, who declared that for Venezuela to be a socialist state it must have control over its natural resources.
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Palestinian Immigrant Avoids Prison ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) - a Palestinian immigrant avoided prison time tuesday for failing to tell the FBI about his brother’s written vow to become a suicide bomber in Israel. Mohammad Subeh, a 43-year-old grocery store owner who pleaded guilty to a felony count of concealing a material fact from the FBI, was placed on probation for a year and fined $250. “The atmosphere is bad,” Subeh said in an interview after drawing a minimum sentence. “This is fear of a terrorist situation. If it wasn’t for Sept. 11, there was no case actually.” Subeh admitted deceiving federal agents at Rochester’s airport in 2003 when he denied seeing a farewell letter in which his brother indicated he was traveling home to the west Bank to join the al aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades, a militant group that has claimed credit for suicide bombings in Israel.
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Student Organization Spotlight Board of Directors
By Jackie kimmel
Daily Titan News Editor news@dailytitan.com
The Board of Directors approve CSUF policies Cal State Fullerton is home to hundreds of student-run organizations yet the board of directors houses the top student policy makers on campus. “the board of directors is the final say regarding all policy, funding and major issues the board decides to take,” said associaiated Students Inc. Vice-President of Finance, Jill Hanna. there are 26 members who sit on the board, and 16 of those members are represenatives from the eight colleges on campus, two from each college. Six of the members are the aSI executive staff who serve as exofficio members. The remaining four members represent institu-
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Directors and Executive staff listen as someone presents to the group. tions like the dean of students and the academic senate. “The basic function [of the board of directors] is to manage aSI, a non-profit organization,” said aSI Director of administration Paul Rumberger. the board works on passing resolutions, functions of financial aid, most issues concerning
Sheriff’s Deputy Killed in Crash LOS ANGELES (AP) - a sheriff’s deputy conducting surveillance was killed tuesday when an 18-year-old driver slammed into his unmarked van, authorities said. The driver was later arrested. The morning crash killed Deputy Raul gama, 43. tuesday marked the 20th anniversary of his graduation from the Los angeles County Sheriff’s Department academy. “The tragedy of the death of Deputy gama is that he graduated from the sheriff’s academy on May 1, 1987, and today on May 1, 2007, is the end of his watch,” Sheriff Lee Baca told reporters at an afternoon news conference. The crash occurred shortly before 9 a.m. when a green Honda element rammed into the back of gama’s van, which was parked on a residential street in the San Fernando Valley. gama was taken to the hospital, where he died. Deputies are investigating the cause of the crash.
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PITTSBURGH (AP) - Researchers hope a Ct scan will help them understand why a child mummy has an unusually large head. The mummy will be scanned wednesday, fittingly enough, at Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, in collaboration with experts at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. Researchers hope to learn from the Ct scan the child’s sex and the reason for the unusually large cranium, which was revealed in previous X-rays. The mummy dates back to egypt’s Ptolemaic Dynasty, said Sandra olsen, curator of anthropology. The child lived sometime between 380 B.C. and 250 B.C.
SUNBURY, Pa. (AP) - a woman accused of holding police at bay by brandishing poisonous snakes was sentenced to house arrest and probation. “I just wasn’t in the right frame of mind that night,” said terry Jackson, 36, at her sentencing Monday. officers were trying to prevent the despondent woman from harming herself with a hunting knife when the confrontation took place oct. 25, police said. Jackson picked up two western diamondback rattlesnakes, a pygmy rattlesnake and two copperheads to try to keep police from taking her into custody, authorities said.
FReewaY CLoSUReS ALL WEEK Northbound I-5 from SR-91/I5 Connector to Artesia Boulevard. Use: westbound SR-91 to northbound 605, north to I-5. Southbound I-5 from Artesia Boulevard to Beach Boulevard. Use: artesia Boulevard exit, south Knott avenue to east SR-91, east of southbound I-5. Westbound SR-91 to northbound I-5 Connector. Use: westbound SR-91 to northbound 605, north to I-5. Northbound I-5 Orangethorpe Avenue on-ramp. Use: orangethorpe avenue west, north on Dale, west on artesia, north to Firestone, to Valley View northbound I-5 on-ramp. Northbound I-5 Beach Boulevard on-ramp. Use: auto Center Drive, north
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student fees and funding to host events such as the recent Virgina tech vigil and the hate rally Hanna said. according to Rumberger, aSI currently works with an operating budget of 14 million dollars which comes from student tuition fees to serve the many fuctions of the titan Student Union and
aSI. In addition to the current funds there is another 19 million dollars in reserves. any full time student in good academic standing can run for a seat on the board of directors during the aSI elections. However, first semester freshman can not run because a CSUF grade point average is required to serve. also, students with declared majors must run for their respective college’s seat. Undeclaired majors can run for any college seat. The board meets every tuesday in the Legislative Chambers on the second floor of the tSU beginning at 1 p.m. “The board is the right forum where students who have any comments or concerns can address their issues during the public speakers portion at the tuesday meetings,” Hanna said. For more information about becoming a board of director contact the aSI elections commissioner for infomation packets or visit the aSI web site www.asi. fullerton.edu for more details.
CaMPUS CaLeNDaR TODAY Dollar wednesday Bowling Nights 6 to 10 p.m. at the tSU Underground Collegium Musicum 8 to 10:30 p.m.: This early music ensemble specializes in the performance of music composed in the Middle ages, Renaissance and Baroque periods-from about 1300 to about 1650, and performs on replicas of historical instruments. admission is free at the Performing arts Center Recital Hall. THURSDAY Stepping out by Richard Harris 8 to 10:30 p.m. at the Performing arts CenterYoung Theatre. tickets are $8 in advance for students with current CSUF ID and $9 for adult general admission. FRIDAY Baseball vs. UC Santa Barbara 7 to 10 p.m. at goodwin Field. Student with current CSUF identification receive free admission. adult general admission is $7. Jazz ensemble I 8 to 10:30 p.m.: The award-winning ensemble performs with special guest artist. admission is $15 at the Performing arts Center Meng Concert Hall. Spring Dance Theatre 8 to 10 p.m. at the Performing arts Center Little Theatre. adult general admission is $9. Stepping out by Richard Harris 8 to 10:30 p.m. at the Performing arts Center Young Theatre. tickets are $8 in advance for students with current CSUF ID and $9 for adult general admission. SATURDAY Softball vs. Cal Poly SLo (DH) 12 to 5 p.m. at anderson Family Field. Student with current CSUF identification receive free admission. adult general admission is $7. Stepping out by Richard Harris 2 to 4:30 p.m. at the Performing arts Center Young Theatre. tickets are $8 in advance for students with
current CSUF ID and $9 for adult general admission. Baseball vs. UC Santa Barbara 6 to 9 p.m. at goodwin Field. Student with current CSUF identification receive free admission. adult general admission is $7. Spring Dance Theatre 8 to 10 p.m. at the Performing arts Center Little Theatre. adult general admission is $9. Stepping out by Richard Harris 8 to 10:30 p.m. at the Performing arts Center Young Theatre. tickets are $8 in advance for students.
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CAMBODIAN: FESTIVAL Cambodian associations at Cal State Long Beach, UCLA and UC Irvine who were there for support. “All of our clubs are within one organization called the Khmer Student Coalition,” said Keam, a 20year-old public relations major. “ All the Cambodian clubs come together … we inform each other of events and we help each other out with problems within the community or the club.” After the slideshow, members performed the Coconut Dance, which illustrates the courtship between male and female dancers. Three couples danced circles around each other while clapping each other’s coconut shells. The dance symbolizes youth, fertility and the value of the life-giving coconut fruit, Ung said. The night’s festivities ended with Cambodian games, which led to singing and dancing in the front of the room, while the rest of the crowd socialized for the rest of the night.
“It was more people than we expected,” said 22-year-old secretary Willa Duong, a business marketing major. “We were expecting something really little so I’m proud of everybody involved for their hard work and just getting the word out. We’re just really proud that we got all these people out, and have them notice that our club has spread itself out in Fullerton.” Keam said she felt the same way, especially since this was the first culture event held after she and other members rebuilt the club that was disbanded in 2000. “It was our first time doing this and we had a great turnout,” Keam said. “I’m just very happy that our culture is representing Fullerton once again. For the past few years a lot of people haven’t had the chance to see our culture, and I’m very, very proud that we accomplished this tonight and people are able to see our culture.”
PROTEST: FOR CHANGE
BY ELLICE SOLIVEN/Daily Titan Staff
BLESSING DANCE - Angelica Keam and Breanna Men perform at Cambodian Culture Night
“My parents have been here a long time and they don’t have citizenship. They are constantly worried about raids and being deported. I don’t think that’s right and that’s why I’m here today,” Kimberly said. Other marchers said they just wanted to help support others. “I love the United States. I wanted to help more people, show them that if we join together, we can win this struggle,” said Jose Rodriguez, a march participant, in Spanish, which Crystal translated into English. Jennifer Nunez, a 17-year-old senior at Orange High School, ditched classes to be at the march early. “It’s my first march and it’s very exciting. I wanted to be here to help encourage people not to give up the struggle for legalization,” she said as she waved a large Mexican flag. Traffic in downtown Santa Ana
was blocked off by police as marchers crossed major intersections. Many drivers honked their horns and joined along with the chanting as they passed by. Participants gathered in a downtown courtyard as the march ended, with many playing music and dancing as they carried on their chants. Jesus Guzman carried a large banner that read, “We have the right to be here. We are here to support our families. We have a right to live in America. We have a dream, just like Martin Luther King.” He said he is tired of the struggle he faces to support his family and hopes that the rally will help reform immigration laws. “The immigration laws need to change. It’s time,” he said. Representatives of Cal State Fullerton’s Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlan, or MECha, were present at the march but declined to comment.
Festival of Student-Written Productions Highlights Local Titan Talent BY CAITLYN COLLINS
Daily Titan Staff Writer news@dailytitan.com
Cal State Fullerton’s playwriting students attended “On Your Feet,” the name of the new play festival introducing student-written plays on Friday and Saturday. The festival had three showings – Friday and Saturday night at 8 p.m. and a matinee on Saturday at 2 p.m. – at the CSUF Grand Central Theatre in Santa Ana. Each play is still “in development,” a semester-long culmination of work, said Susan Merson, playwriting teacher and coordinator of the event. Twelve out of the 18 students in her class had plays read during the weekend. Friday night’s performance showcased three short plays under 15 minutes and one 40-minute play. “Mass x Acceleration,” by Caitlin Neiman, is about a male student who
tries to seduce his male teacher. It’s about seduction and power, Merson said. “One of Many,” by Anthony Gomez, tells the story of a Latino man who kidnaps his child after his “gringa” wife divorces him. His feelings as an outsider in the marriage and in society come into play. “Bang Bang,” by Christine Krumme, takes place when two former lovers meet, and the woman reveals that she had his child four years ago. “Fae in the Forrest,” by Marcie Brooks, follows the story of the fairy prince, Darrious, as he falls in love with a human named Fae, who has wandered into the forest after a distressing break-up with her boyfriend. Saturday’s matinee showcased three short plays 10 to 15 minutes in length and a 40-minute musical. “Bad Spoon,” by Hartley Haverty, is a satirical look at two “perfect” children versus a “white-trash” child. One of the children, as they play with
dolls, comments on what their parents did in the bedroom. “Falling in the Woods,” by Matt Capurro, finds a man named Victor, played by Capurro, in the forest one day after two months of separation from civilization. He has fallen in love with a tree named Eden, when his old girlfriend comes to his rescue. “Time,” by Brad Hill, provided a lot of theological commentary as a man talks to his friend on death row. His execution is scheduled for the next morning and finds absolution from the man he respects before he dies. “The Kingdom of Thin Horizons,” a libretto written by Robyn Gleason, music by Daniel Kaplan, is a musical about a weight-loss kingdom, like a fat camp royalty-style. A fat queen, broken hearts, ambition and self-esteem move the play along. On Saturday evening, three 10- to 15-minute plays and a full-length, hour and 30-minute play were showcased.
“Punishment,” by Blake Onishi, shows what happens when a hot shot football star makes bad decisions that inadvertently take other peoples’ lives. Those choices come back to haunt him years later when he has significant people to lose in his life. In “Digging Holes,” by Nathan Hayashigawa, a daughter wrestles with the decision to withdraw life support from her father who is suffering in a coma or keep him alive in hopes that he will wake up. “The It Factor,” by Victoria Marcello, is a tongue-twisting philosophical look at being, and being objectified. People are not “You’s” and “I’s” – they are “Its” in this play. The only full-length play in the festival, “Moonburn,” by Eric Czuleger, provides 90 minutes of betrayal, confusion and questions about an estranged relationship between a mother and son. The mother, once a famous author, is losing her mind while her son tries to get answers about his past.
The difference between a play reading and a final performance is where the play is in terms of the writing process. “Seeing your play in front of an audience is the final stage in the process of playwriting,” Merson said. “We’re looking for what’s really there.” Input from the actors and reactions from an audience help in that process. “It’s always nice when you stop writing so much and your characters just tell you what to say,” Capurro said about his play. “You just have to be observant,” Hayashigawa said about finding inspiration. “That’s where you get your ideas from.” This is an annual event in collaboration with Merson’s playwriting class. The only difference from past years is that this year they used student actors instead of the core of professional actors they normally use. They’ll probably go back to using the professional actors next year, Mer-
son said, so that the focus remains on the writers, not on student actors. All of the actors and directors in the event were volunteers and the directors even made the set changes between shows. “It’s neat to get to be the first one to get your hands on the material,” said Stephen Wagner, director of “The Bad Spoon,” “Digging Holes” and “The It Factor.” He said the process allows playwrights the chance to see their work through the eyes of others – the director and the actors. The actors were only allowed three rehearsals before the performance, a total of about six hours of practice. This forced Bruce Goodrich, director of “Falling Into the Woods,” “Time” and “The Kingdom of Thin Horizons,” to “get them on their feet” earlier and focus on the actors’ strengths. “The best director is a guide, nudging them in the right direction,” Goodrich said.
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A Veto is Not a Victory President Bush vetoed porting the war or lacking the Iraq funding bill, as ex- patriotism. pected. Our government chose to Of course this isn’t a vic- make a run on Baghdad over tory for the hawks; they still a cautious advance. have a minority in Congress Now the U.S. is poised to and their man in the White betray our soldiers, the Iraqi House is on his way out. people and what trust the It’s not a victory for the public has left in it by refusdoves, eiing to make ther. They this latest don’t have decision. What’s clear is that The Demthe vetoo v e r - r i d e this country is increas- ocrats are power that ingly disaffected with refusing to they’d need war. What’s also clear is compromise. to put any The Reteeth into that Iraq is in no shape publicans are any bill to stand on its own. refusing to they pass. compromise. W h a t ’s And in the clear is that meantime, this counU.S. soldiers try is increasingly disaffected and Iraqi civilians are still with war. What’s also clear dying. is that Iraq is in no shape to It’s necessary to look outstand on its own. It’s a dif- side the box when handed a ficult place our government damned-if-you-do, damnedfinds itself in – mired in a if-you-don’t decision, but difficult-to-win and unpopu- refusing to do anything does lar war that seems impossible not advance any causes. It to abandon. simply deepens the political But this is just another rhetoric and further conlong line of Devil’s dilemmas vinces Americans that their that we’ve been handed since representatives are untrustthis war began. worthy and more concerned Citizens were forced to with a paycheck than their make the false choice of sup- country.
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‘My Humps’ Satire Not Revolutionary, Just Recycled Alanis Morissette’s parody is just a reaction to oversaturation of pop BY John SAkATA
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From the obscurities of YouTube’s vast vault of video clips, Alanis Morisette’s mock video of the Blackeyed Peas “My Humps� video catapulted to the front page of the L.A. Times Calendar section last week. “My Humps� is a good example of music with an infectious beat but little more. It falls in line with the latest movement that includes The Pussycat Dolls, a group with music laced with sexual provocation that prances around on stage in lingerie. Morisette’s video hits on a chord of the superficial state of pop music. It gains more attention now because it hits on a chord long touchy with Americans: the struggle of women in society. Still, the condition of pop music isn’t any different today than in the past. Pop culture works like a pendulum. It gravitates in one direction to the point of over saturation until it becomes so bloated it weighs itself down and swings off in the opposite direction. In the 1990s, there was the over saturation of grunge music following the genres’ rise into popularity. In the late 90s, there was the boy band craze. Then came the public backlash against the cheesy lyrics and the bomb that hurled the
boy band members off to the four corners of the globe, never to be reunited again. Behind the costumes are industry experts eager to earn a buck, who work behind the stage and control the fate of pop music with puppet strings. The music industry follows pop culture in search of something that sticks and resonates with the public. Once the music industry finds something, it rides the act into superficiality, stripping it down to the bare essence of what makes it sell. Then finally with the act on its last legs, the music industry comes out with bats and clubs to beat the act to death and rides the subsequent wave of public anger off into another direction. It’s the sad fate of pop icons who stick stubbornly to the same path that brought them fame, only to watch the music industry glut the medium with similar acts before it becomes a joke. Britney Spears’ career followed this arc and as she grabbed at the tattered remains of her music career, more and more of her clothes fell off. In the absence of any substance, sex is where all music goes to keep the public’s attention. The fate of today’s pop-music acts are approaching that point now. The radio is oversaturated superficiality, busting at the seams full of acts with little to say. But this is the ebb and flow of pop. It gets burned to the ground only to be born again in a different manifestation.
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Women and the Extreme Man Let’s face it, men don’t have a While Baron-Cohen refers clue about women. We just have to the autistic’s apparent lack no understanding of the other of empathy as mind-blindness, half. But if misunderstanding women would just call it by anwomen is a problem for normal other name: jerkiness. men, just imagine how it is for a Yet despite autistic’s seemingman with Asperger’s. ly emotional obtuseness, women While most men come off as seem in some ways to be drawn insensitive, Aspies come off as to the out-of-the-box mindset of even more so. people with Asperger’s. In fact, Simon Baron-Cohen, a pro- men with Asperger’s do marry fessor of developmental psycho- women who do not have autism. pathology at Trinity College, Psychologist Kathy J. Marshack Cambridge, has conducted re- wrote in her book “Silver In search into the autistic’s inabil- Mind: Loving Those with Asity to connect emotionally with perger’s Syndrome� that Aspies other people. In his research he are attracted to compassionate, discovered that men and wom- strong, intelligent women who en’s brains were wired differ- can deal with the social aspects ently. Women’s brains allowed of life for them. Women who them to express empathy while engage in relationships with men’s brains allowed them to Aspies often are attracted to analyze and systemize. Baron- our unconventional and boyish Cohen referred to the autistic’s charm. These women feel that mind as the extreme male brain we will allow them to be indebecause it was more systematic pendent. and more analytical than that of Like other men, we Aspies a normal male. don’t realize that the ability to If a normal systematic and effectively communicate with analytical mind cannot com- women about their feelings and pletely understand the opposite opinions is part of what makes a sex, how can someone with an relationship work. On the other extreme male brain be expected hand, it is important for women to do so? It can’t. to understand that they need to No matter how much any interpret their body language so man tries, he will never really that it is more apparent to us. understand women. Through The ability to read body lanthe process of socialization, men guage is a deficit that all autistics are taught not to express their have to deal with. emotions and not to talk about It’s already difficult for normal them, but there are biological men to do this, yet normal men factors as well. are able to read body language. I wrote earlier that Aspies do Imagine what it is like to not be experience love, but for men, able to do so. given the extreme maleness of All I can say to the women our brain we don’t always get out there is be kind to us, we are that women love us back. men, albeit extreme men. E-mail Robert at opinion@dailytitan.com
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That text Message may Just be a note for the Illiterate By Laura KLairmont The Daily Iowan (U. Iowa)
(U-WIRE) IOWA CITY, Iowa - University of Iowa junior Nikki Shepard sends them in class, on the way to class, at the bars, as she drives, during work and at home. And the self-proclaimed textmessage fiend isn’t the only one who has joined the craze – people of all ages use cell-phone texts and computer instant messaging to con-
nect with others. But while such technological developments may be useful, a new study suggests that the abbreviated form of communication could harm literary skills. A study from researchers in Ireland released April 25 linked cellphone text messaging to the decline of writing skills among Irish 15-year-olds, noting a growing concern in the frequency of errors in grammar and punctuation, according to the Irish State Examination Commission. The report found that the rise in texting has apparently affected writing standards. The form of communication, with its use of phonetic spelling
and little to no punctuation, could “They have a hard time telling threaten conventional writing what is a complete sentence,” she methods, the study found. said. “They write with run-ons, “Because there sentence fragare so many other ments, often not ways besides writ- they have a hard time following standard ing to communiwriting rules.” cate these days, telling what is a comSome UI textstudents are not plete sentence ... they message users said getting the same write with run-ons, shortcuts like the amount of writing T9 word option, practice as they sentence fragments. which automati– Mary trachsel cally spells out did in the past,” University of Iowa Rhetoric words, have affectsaid Mary TrachDeptartment Head ed their writing. sel, the head of the UI rhetoric depart“It makes you lament. zier when it comes While grading student papers, to grammar,” said UI junior Magshe’s noticed a lack of understand- gie Boyd, who added she sends at ing of basic grammar, she said. least 10 texts a day.
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The study found that because text messaging relies on short sentences, simple tenses and a limited vocabulary, some Irish youths had adopted those habits in other forms of communication as well, according to Reuters. Trachsel, who regularly grades handwritten Advanced Placement English exams, said he has witnessed this laziness firsthand in exams and e-mails. The widespread use demonstrates how the conventional writing method is no longer preferred among students, he said. “When my students e-mail me, they will often use text-message conventions,” she said. “These students write to me with a complete
absence of punctuation or capitalization.” But some frequent text-messagers counter that when writing formal essays for classes, they work to eliminate texting lingo and compose grammatically correct pieces. “Writing LOL in a formal essay would be obnoxious,” Boyd said. Though Trachsel, who has taught English since 1976, said he has noticed areas of writing in which her students are lacking, she was wary about jumping to conclusions. “I don’t know if it’s accurate to say that writing has declined,” Traschel said. “It’s clear that the way we communicate with each other has changed dramatically with new technology.”
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form, Keranen said they had to go through an extensive safety test that was attended by college administrators and members of the local police force. Keranen and others gave demonstrations on how far the arrow could fly as well as other physics of the sport. “Once we had ironed out the mystery and misconceptions, we were warmly accepted by the faculty,” Keranen said. The school has become more than just warm to the group, they have added another accolade for the group to celebrate. “Archery is one of those sports where no one gets hurt unless someone does something stupid,” Keranen said. “In all my years shooting archery, I’ve only heard of one person being seriously injured.” In 2006, at the Welcome to Cal State Fullerton Day, the group won first place for Titan Sprit Award with the display they set up. The group set up a target against the brick wall by the Pollack Library and allowed visitors to shoot in front of an official judge. Among those who gave it a try were CSUF President Milton Gordon and the CSUF mascot, who shot surprisingly well. “He was actually really good,” Purpura said. “He made it into the gold.”
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Pilot Misjudged a Narrow U-Turn in Plane Crash That Killed Former MLB Pitcher Lidle The Associated Press New York Yankees pitcher Cory Lidle and his flight instructor did not realize their misjudgment of a U-turn until it was too late to avoid their fatal New York City plane crash, investigators said Tuesday. They had several options in how they handled that maneuver, the probe found. In presenting their findings, National Transportation Safety Board members said they still didn’t know whether Lidle or his flight instructor Tyler Stanger was piloting the plane in the Oct. 11, 2006, crash. Both were killed when the Cirrus SR-20, owned by Lidle, slammed into a high-rise apartment building. The NTSB declared Tuesday that the cause was “inadequate judgment, planning and airmanship” by Lidle and Stanger. The Lidle and Stanger families are suing the plane’s manufacturer, and their lawyer criticized the NTSB’s conclusions. “It’s not surprising, the Safety Board always blames the pilot in an accident,” said the lawyer, Todd Macaluso. The families fault the plane’s steering mechanism, though the NTSB found no evidence of system, structure or engine malfunction. Investigator Lorenda Ward told board members that the turn above the East River could have been made safely if the plane had begun the turn further east or banked harder in the turn. NTSB Chairman Mark Rosenker said the pilots had a third option: If
they’d risen briefly into restricted air space above the Manhattan skyline, “they’d be alive today to explain why they had to do that.” NTSB investigators said the pilots apparently did not factor in a 13-knot wind, pushing the plane toward Manhattan as it turned. As the plane drifted toward Manhattan, the pilot sought to correct the turn but instead lost altitude, possibly because the engine stalled,
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the investigator Ward said. “The increase in bank angle was too late,” Ward said. Lidle, a 34-year-old right-hander, died days after finishing the baseball season. Investigators have had surprisingly little hard evidence to go on in reviewing the accident that killed him. The global positioning device and cockpit display unit were too badly damaged to provide any information. There was no cockpit voice recorder because they are not required in small, privately owned planes. The issue of who was at the controls is critical to the ballplayer’s wife and young son, who filed suit against
insurer MetLife Inc., claiming she is owed $1 million under Major League Baseball’s benefit plan. That plan, however, contains an exclusion clause for an aircraft incident in which the player is “acting in any capacity other than as a passenger,” a phrase that would appear to bar Lidle’s family from collecting anything more than the $450,000 basic life insurance benefit. Lidle and Stanger had departed from a New Jersey airport for a midday trip past the Statue of Liberty and north up the East River. The plane ran into trouble attempting to turn around and head back south. After the accident, the Federal Aviation Administration temporarily ordered small, fixed-wing planes not to fly over the river, which runs along Manhattan’s East Side, unless the pilot is in contact with air traffic controllers. The NTSB recommended Tuesday that the ban be made permanent, and the FAA has already indicated its desire to do so. Small planes could previously fly below 1,100 feet along the river without filing flight plans or checking in with air traffic control. Lidle’s plane had flown between 500 and 700 feet above the river. The collision and explosion of the plane destroyed several apartments in the building. One resident, a dentist, filed a $7 million lawsuit against the Lidle estate. At Yankee Stadium, Lidle’s locker will remain unoccupied all season, and his widow and 6-year-old son threw out ceremonial first pitches on Opening Day.
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A Tale of Two Quarterbacks If you happened to be watching the first round of the NFL Draft like I was on Sunday, then you were probably in as much shock as I was when Notre Dame quarterback Brady Quinn fell not only out of the Top 5, but out of the Top 20. He eventually went to the Cleveland Browns – a team that also passed him – at the 22nd spot, after Cleveland traded picks with Dallas to get their quarterback. Before the Sugar Bowl was played, Quinn was easily the consensus No. 1 pick. He didn’t play well in that game, and opposing LSU quarterback – and the actual No. 1 pick of the 2007 draft – JaMarcus Russell used the same platform to boost his stock above Quinn’s. A lot was made about Russell’s physical skills and his ability to throw a ball from his knee a distance of 60 yards. But he also was reported at a chubby 265 pounds for his 6foot-6 frame. Can anyone say Daunte Culpepper? As far as Quinn goes, he checked in at the NFL Combines at a chiseled 6-foot-4, 230 pounds. And while he didn’t perform in many of the individual workouts, he did participate in the bench press. The results? 24 repetitions of 225 pounds. That also happened to be the average amount of reps of the offensive linemen at the combine. The one word that screams out to me when I hear about all that strength? Durability. Quinn also had the benefit of receiving tutelage from former New England Patriots offensive
coordinator and current Notre Dame Head Coach Charlie Weis. Quinn’s growth at the hands of Weis helped make Quinn into a Heisman candidate in each of the two years he played under the offensive guru. Another word comes to mind. Coachability. The NFL is always about the potential upside of players, but for some reason Quinn’s potential was overlooked. Yes, overlooked. Quinn is going to make a lot of teams shake their heads when he’s throwing for multiple touchdowns against the teams that passed on him. Take note Detroit, Miami, and Minnesota. You passed on a franchise quarterback. The single most important position in the game of football, and you passed on it. As far as Russell goes, it’s nothing personal that I have against him. I’m sure he is a talented quarterback and will likely have a decent career – if he can stay healthy. Take a look at the successful quarterbacks in the NFL today and they are leaner and in much better shape. My biggest worry for Russell is if he can stay in shape and not become complacent as a result of being the No. 1 pick. And as for Quinn, well, someone is going to need to get him bigger shoulder pads to accommodate the enormous chip on his shoulder that he will be playing with when he takes his first NFL snap.
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Titan Archers Aiming for Olympic Glory One Step at a Time Club on campus allows individuals to hone their skills in order to compete BY ERIN TOBIN
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A few members of the Cal State Fullerton Archery Club are aiming for more than the rings painted on the target in front of them. They are also aiming for the blue, yellow, black, green and red rings that represent the Olympic games. “They are a very high quality of athlete and individual,” said Karl Keranen, the club’s coach. Keranen holds a national title from the indoor championships held last year in Colorado, adding to nine other national wins. “Its just kind of cool. We have [Karl] and other schools don’t. He’s really helped this club stay afloat,” said the club treasurer, 21-year-old Veronica Purpura, a fine arts major. Both Keranen and CSUF student Brent Ferguson, who has gained his own national recognition, are hoping to earn a spot on the American men’s teams for the 2012 Olympic games held in London, England. They also meet alongside those who have never shot an arrow before. “It is really a diverse sport, it’s something everyone can do,” said the club’s advisor, Wilbur Tate. “Short, tall or even disabled, anyone can participate.” The club started two years ago. Keranen said it was Ferguson who brought up the idea of the club after the two started training together. Ferguson circulated sign-ups for interested individuals, but then the club hit a wall. “We had pages of signatures, but were unable to secure a field time,” Purpura said. “After awhile people
BY RAQUEL STRATTON/Daily Titan ALL BUSINESS – Cal State Fullerton student Brent Ferguson, Collin Ito, Biola University student Jeremy McMahan and UC Irvine student Will Southard. started to lose interest.” The club returned with vigor and now has developed a place not only at school, but with other college archery clubs. Currently around 20 people show up for meetings. “We are one of the biggest college archery groups,” Purpura said. Keranen described the club as
having three levels. The first level consists of members who had never picked up a bow before. Keranen said he assesses each member’s ability when they show up to their first practice. For someone who has never experienced the activity before, Keranen said he usually gives them two or
three practices before allowing them to shoot. “I want to make sure they don’t hurt themselves, but waiting also allows them to develop a good foundation for progression,” Keranen said. Next Keranen said he has a group of students with experience who have started to attend tournaments, not primarily for the competitive at-
mosphere, but more as a social activity. “A lot of members are just recreational,” Keranen said. “Now they want to start going to tournaments.” Finally, there are members like Purpura and Ferguson, who not only compete, but compete to win. “They want to go head to head
with people and they want to win,” Keranen said. This assortment of athletes meets on the sports field every Friday around 6 p.m. but sometimes it takes awhile for things to get started. Every meeting, the first agenda for the group is to make sure the field is clear of people. By 6:30 p.m., they usually have a space to themselves. “Sometimes the teams want to squeeze a few extra seconds into their practice,” Purpura said. “We are usually pretty tolerant until it gets out of hand.” From then on, the group works on perfecting their technique. Most members shoot the common recurve bow, but there are also people working with compound and even long bows. Those who are just starting don’t have to worry about equipments. Keranen said he was able to secure some after applying for a grant. “The Easton Sports Development Foundation gave us six bows, five targets and everything we needed to get started,” Keranen said. Purpura said the group’s biggest advantage is the fact that Keranen teaches them the Korean hybrid technique. “We have one of only a few people in the United States that know it,” Purpura said. Purpura explained that while Western schools used to focus on having the arms do all the work, the Korean technique utilizes the back muscles. “There’s a lot of flaws with using your arms, because there’s a lot of tension that way,” Purpura said. “The Korean technique relieves that tension and the arrow just flies.” And the group is strongly concerned that that arrow flies safely. Before the club was allowed to SEE ARCHERS - PAGE 8