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speaking out - Students gathered in front of the Engineering building the morning of Thursday, May 10, to vocalize their opinions against the
war in Iraq. Students who were in favor of the war in Iraq staged a similar demonstration nearby.
Titans voice their concerns over the war in Iraq on campus BY JENNY HOUSER
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nearly two-dozen students marched in protest at the Quad on Thursday while holding anti-war signs and chanting, “We want freedom. We want peace.” as music played in the background, students and passers-by gathered to catch a glimpse of the
demonstration as students and guest speakers spoke out against the war in Iraq. Students supporting the war in Iraq assembled on the grass holding signs of their own. “Freedom isn’t free,” they yelled over the protesting crowd.
“Yes, freedom isn’t free,” said guest speaker DeDe Miller, sister of Cindy Sheehan, an anti-war activist who gained international attention for her SEE PROTEST - PAGE 4
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The last time Urmi Rahman, a senior political science major at Cal State Fullerton, held hands with her fiance, Hussain Subzwari, was on a cool March night in his apartment. now, the closest they come to holding hands is when she stands behind an inch-thick Plexiglas window in the Orange County Jail in Santa ana and they press their palms against its surface. When visiting hours end, Subzwari has no choice but to leave the visitors’ space, which is about the size of a motel bathroom. Rahman slowly places the black phone back in its wall cradle and turns to go back to her cell. Rahman, 23, who is only a few credits shy of graduating with a degree in political science and a minor in communications, was arrested with Subzwari in March when six FBI agents and an Immigration and Customs Enforcement official ac-
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When most people work on their senior project, they settle for cramming their lexis within the confines of 8 1/2” x 11” paper. andrea Calderwood considered that her starting point, but in no way her only outlet. Instead, she opted for something a little more grandiose to do justice to her iconic subject. She performed. as patrons wandered down the streets of Downtown Fullerton, Calderwood stood outside Steamers Jazz Club and Café fiddling with her mint green dress. She was prepping for an interview with a local news station about her senior project and recital paying tribute to Ella Fitzgerald, a jazz vocalist icon and Calderwood’s “favorite singer.” “She is the go-to singer for me,” Calderwood said. “She is everything music should be. I found no other person that I should pay tribute to but her.” Calderwood, a music major with an emphasis in voice at Cal State Fullerton, presented her project in the modern-day speakeasy where muffled voices from patrons could be heard over the schizophrenic jazz melodies serving as background music before she took the stage. Calderwood is no stranger to the café. For the past year and a half she has acted as its server, head host, and bartender, so it was no surprise to Terrance Love, the owner of establishment, that it was the right place for her to showcase her project. “We are honored to have her here,” Love said. “It was kind of a given that she’d do it here. This is her place. Plus, she has an amazing voice.” The project is in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree in Bachelor of arts in Music. Calderwood began the program
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cused them of violating U.S. immigration laws, among other charges. “at the time I was not worried about myself,” Rahman said in a phone interview from the jail. “I was more worried about Hussain.” Rahman’s case illustrates the problems illegal immigrants, no matter how much they may have achieved after arriving in the United States, face in the post-9/11 atmosphere. according to Virginia Kice, Western Regional Communications spokesperson for ICE, Rahman entered the United States on Jan. 29, 1991, with a visitor’s visa. “This visa is designed for shortterm visits,” Kice said. “Working would be a violation of her visa.” although Rahman’s visa permitted her to stay for a matter of months, she lived in the United States for more than 16 years before her arrest. She worked at a Comfort Inn in anaheim and attended public school, both violations of her visa. according to Kice, attending public school is not permitted with a visitation visa, but Rahman did not
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need proof of citizenship when she enrolled at Golden Hill Elementary in Fullerton. Subzwari, a 26-year-old businessman who moved to the U.S. from Pakistan when he was 11, was released on bail after a few days in custody. However, Rahman, who moved to the U.S. from Bangladesh at age 6, has spent the entire time in custody – two days at San Pedro’s Terminal Island facility, followed by six weeks at the Orange County Jail in Santa ana before returning to Terminal Island. The FBI initially searched for Subzwari, who they suspected of terrorist activities when they linked him to a Canadian woman who was dealing fake Social Security cards. after extensive questioning, the FBI and ICE agents dismissed the terrorist allegations. Rahman was denied political asylum when she was a dependent of her father at age 19 and was summoned for a deportation hearing. Rahman said she was constantly on the move, and claimed she never received the
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summons by mail. Judith L. Wood, a lawyer specializing in immigration cases, is representing Rahman. Currently, Wood is working to have Rahman’s case re-opened so that she may appear before a judge and plead her case. according to Subzwari, ICE typically ignores illegal immigrants who live peacefully even if they have warrants for failing to appear. The federal government is focused primarily on illegal criminals who are labeled as dangers to society. at the Orange County Jail, Rahman was detained in an 8-foot-by9-foot cell. “The place was really dirty,” Rahman said. “The worst part about being there is the feeling of not knowing what is going to happen next.” Rahman is hoping to obtain F-1 status, a visa given to those in pursuit of higher education in the United States. Reading and writing helps her pass the time, and while other inmates watch “american SEE RAHMAN - PAGE 4
With graduation fast approaching, many students are struggling with the hardships that come from trying to pass finals while getting ready for graduation. Tassels, caps, and gowns are all necessary items for the graduation process, and the Grad Center, located in the Titan Shops, is aiming to be an easy solution to graduation madness. “Its just easier to get everything done at one place,” said 19-year-old gear associate Todd Yorizane. “Its convenient and we have everything possible they need for the graduation ceremony.” The Grad Center, which opened in april, carries CSUF alumni sweatshirts, graduation invitations, bumper stickers, graduation gifts, diploma frames and the necessary graduation regalia. With Commencement ceremonies starting on May 19, graduates are rushing to finalize everything they need to receive their diplomas, while attempting to survive the last week of classes. “It’s been a hectic last month or so, and I wasn’t looking forward to the hassle of getting ready to graduate, but they made it easy” said ali Bakhshi, a 26-year-old graduating business major. With the average student spending around $40, Yorizane said most students were coming in and only buying the regalia. “It’s been pretty much normal in here…They [students] usually just buy the regalia, which is $36.99 for the bachelors degree, it’s rare for them to buy diploma frames or other higher priced items,” Yorizane said. For those who don’t have time to stop by the Titan Shops for their gear, the Grad Center also provides an online store where students can purchase their necessities up until the week of graduation. The site can be found at www.titanbookstore.com. “I wasn’t really sure where to go for everything,” Bakhshi said, “but I was able to get everything I needed and also got out pretty quickly.”
BY TOM MADDEN/Daily Titan Staff “You are” - Kersaundra Hall performs an original piece entitled “You Are” on her way to winning the Sudent Diversity Program’s annual talent show.
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INteRNatIoNaL NewS al-Qaida Group Claims to Have 5 U.S. Soldiers
BAGHDAD (AP) - an al-Qaida front group announced Sunday it had captured american soldiers in a deadly attack the day before, as thousands of U.S. troops searched insurgent areas south of Baghdad for their three missing comrades. troops surrounded the town of Youssifiyah and told residents over loudspeakers to stay inside, residents said. They then methodically searched the houses, focusing on possible secret chambers under the floors where the soldiers might be hidden, residents said. The soldiers marked each searched house with a white piece of cloth. Soldiers also searched cars entering and leaving the town, writing “searched” on the side of each vehicle they had inspected. Several people were arrested, witnesses said. The Islamic State in Iraq offered no proof for its claim that it was behind the attack Saturday in Mahmoudiya that also killed four U.S. soldiers and an Iraqi translator. But the Sunni area known as the “triangle of death” is a longtime al-Qaida stronghold.
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No Word Yet on Cause of Skydivers’ Crash MARION, Mont. (AP) - a small plane that crashed near a private airstrip, killing its pilot and four skydivers, had made an abrupt turn just before going down, a federal investigator said Sunday. The Cessna 182 had just taken off from Skydive Lost Prairie when it crashed Saturday. tom Little, an investigator for the National transportation Safety Board, said it was too early to tell what caused the crash, but he said it appeared that the plane made a 180-degree turn just after takeoff and was only about 500 feet high before it plummeted to the ground.
LoCaL NewS Pedestrians Struck By Car On Mother’s Day LOS ANGELES (AP) - two people were killed and four injured, two critically, when a car jumped a curb and plowed into a bus stop and a Mother’s Day flower stand in South Los angeles Sunday, authorities said. The six were gathered at west Century Blvd. and Vermont ave. around 7:10 a.m. when the out-of-control vehicle struck a fence next to the bus stop that then hit into the flower stand and people, said officer Mike Lopez. The driver, a 21-year-old man whose identity had not been released, was arrested and charged with vehicular manslaughter, Lopez said. a 57-year-old woman was killed at the scene and a 26-year-old man died after being taken to a local hospital, Lopez said. two other women were also being treated at a hospital, a 41-year-old who suffered broken ribs and had her foot amputated, and a 69-year-old who was in serious condition, Lopez said. Police Capt. Bill Sutton said the driver “apparently fell asleep after working all night.” excessive speed may also have been to blame, Sutton said.
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Duration: 22:32 God bless them, Harvard actually got Seth MacFarlane, creator of “Family Guy” and “American Dad,” to deliver their Class Day speech. I know I join everyone else on this campus in saying congratulations, you son of a bitch. Harvard grads got to enjoy nearly half an hour of comedic gold as Macfarlane riffed on topics ranging from what the students will encounter in the real world to transsexuals having a lack of romantic options. He first greets the class with a short speech in his normal voice, which is the same voice he uses for the character Brian in “Family Guy,” before moving on to his trademark characters from “Family Guy,” including Peter, Stewie and Quagmire. As Stewie, MacFarlane takes the opportunity on stage to attack the creators of “South Park” for their episode about “Family Guy’s” disconnected cutaways scenes that have nothing to do with the story. In a very snarky manner, Stewie says, “they’re just supposed to be funny.” It is amazing to watch the man work and each speech he makes in the different voices of this four part series is funnier than the last. If only we could get someone like MacFarlane at our graduation. If only…
Title: Saved By the Bell Graduation
Duration: 5:01 Let’s all get in the Wayback Machine and set it for 1993. We are back in the times when Bo Jackson ruled sports and “Saved by the Bell” was one of the most popular teen shows on television. In this clip, Jesse takes the stage to deliver the valedictory address to the class of ’93. But, oh no! She’s not the real valedictorian! Fine, so Screech takes over. Oops! He’s no good with words! We finally get to the one person who should be making this speech, Zach. Besides, he’s the best looking one on the show. Zach talks to his fellow graduates about the joys of high school, all the girls he got with and that everyone should take something positive away from their experiences. It’s a little sappy, but it is a graduation speech. Listening to Zach reminisce about the good times he had is a little bit like listening to Vitamin C’s “Friends Forever.” As you sit there, you start to reminisce too and wonder where all the time has gone, wishing you had just a few more moments with your friends before stepping out into the world. SEND US YOUR FAVORITE YOUTUBE VIDEOS; SEND TO NEWS@DAILYTITAN.COM
CaMPUS CaLeNDaR This Week TSU All Night Study: The Titan Student Union will be open 24 hours for finals week Richard Marquis: The Way of the Artist 12 to 4 p.m.: The exhibit includes 64 artworks by glass artist Richard Marquis together with more than 300 objects from his extensive collections of ephemera. Admission is free at the Visual Arts Center Main Art Gallery MONDAY Overview of Alzheimer’s Disease and Strategies for Successful Aging 12 to 1 p.m.: Offers an overview of Alzheimer’s disease including stages and symptoms, treatment and management strategies and issues related to the care giving experience. The role of exercise, education, genetics, nutrition and lifestyle factors will be discussed in CP-700. Pub Monday Karaoke 12 to 1 p.m. at the Titan Student Union Pub TUESDAY Pub Tuesday Open Mic 12 to 1 p.m. at the Titan Student Union Pub Free Billiards Tuesday 3 to 7 p.m. at the Titan Student Union Underground WEDNESDAY Women and Philanthropy Luncheon Speakers’ Series 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.: The event will be held at the Alta Vista Country Club in Placentia. For ticket information, visit https://www.fullerton.edu/supportCSUF/women/event/event. htm Dollar Wednesday Bowling
Nights 6 to 10 p.m. at the Titan Student Union Underground THURSDAY Durable Power of Attorney Workshop 12 to 1 p.m.: Should an accident or illness make you unable to speak for yourself, is there someone who has the knowledge and power to assure that your wishes regarding treatment will be honored? If not, you need an Advanced Health Care Directive. Learn more at CP-700. Free Glow Bowling Thursday 3 to 7 p.m. at the Titan Student Union Underground FRIDAY Convocation at Meng Concert Hall 7 to 9 p.m.: For more information, visit www.fullerton.edu/ commencement SATURDAY Commencement 8 a.m. to 12 p.m.: The following colleges will celebrate commencement: College of the Arts, College of Education, College of Health and Human Development, College of Engineering and Computer Science and the College of Humanities and Social Sciences. SUNDAY Commencement 8 a.m. to 12 p.m.: The following colleges will celebrate commencement: College of Business and Economics, College of Communications, College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics and the College of Humanities and Social Sciences.
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TURNERS FALLS, Mass. (AP) - This nasty rescue is no fish tale. Rescuers cut through a filtration tank of dense fish feces to reach four workers who fell into the sludgy dung Friday while cleaning the 18-foot tank at a western Massachusetts farm. The workers became trapped for 45 minutes after a bracket holding a plastic filtration pad collapsed as workers stood on it to clean the fiberglass tank at the Australis Aquaculture fish farm, said Turners Falls Fire Capt. David Dion and the fish farm’s manager, Josh Goldman. One of the farmhands was submerged in what Dion described as a sand-and-feces mix, while the other three had their heads above the sludge, he said. Dion said rescue workers cut a hole in the side of the tank at the farm, which raises barramundi, a fish farmed as a replacement for grouper. “It was very slimy and it was heavy,” he said. “Never seen anything like it in my life.” One worker who fell under the feces was airlifted to Bay State Medical Center in Springfield, but was talking with paramedics and did not appear to have life-threatening injuries, Dion said. The other three were taken by ambulance to a local hospital with minor injuries. CORTE MADERA, Calif. (AP) - He has flippers instead of feet and certainly no sneakers or hiking boots. But that
didn’t stop a sea lion from joining schoolchildren on a walk-a-thon. The marine mammal apparently noticed children doing laps Friday morning around a course they had set up at the Marin Country Day School next to the shores of the San Francisco Bay. The 185-pound Steller sea lion waddled ashore, shocking students and teachers. “He did a whole lap,” said Kelly Watson, director of constituent relations and web communications at the private school. It was the latest brush with humans for the 1-year-old sea lion, called Astro by staffers at the Marin Headlands-based Marine Mammal Center. Astro’s mother abandoned him at Ano Nuevo Island off the San Mateo coast in June, prompting biologists to bottle-feed the pup. They released the adolescent on April 25 with a radio tag. But Astro keeps returning to civilization. About a week ago, he swam under the Golden Gate Bridge to the shores of Corte Madera. The Marine Mammal Center again picked him up and released him in the Farallons, 27 miles from San Francisco. But returned again Friday, just in time for the walk-a-thon. “They are very intuitive, like dogs, and he was able to find his way back,” said Marine Mammal Center spokesman Jim Oswald. Astro’s run-ins with humans could pose danger to both species, so the center will try to find him a permanent home, possibly the Mystic Aquarium in Connecticut, which keeps threatened Steller sea lions.
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Titans Showcase Their Star Power Annual talent show allows CSUF students to show off their talents BY TOM MADDEN
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The Student Diversity Program held its annual talent show at the Titan Theatre in the Titan Student Union. The show, which featured six acts of Cal State Fullerton students, showcased everything from a rapper/poet who expressed his societal dislikes to a self-taught pianist. While some acts were interrupted by the loud sounds of drilling taking place from the construction outside the TSU, the show went on without a hitch. Hector Mata-Chavez, who co-coordinated the talent show, said he felt the show was a therapeutic form of entertainment during the final busy days of the semester. “It’s [the talent show] important, especially right now,” Mata-Chavez said. “It’s the end of finals week and the show is a stress reliever for both the performers as well as the audience.” While the Thursday show usually exhibits local high school acts accompanied with CSUF performers, a last
minute cancellation forced the CSUF students to carry on the show by themselves. Cash prizes, with the top act receiving $100, were given to the top three performers who were deemed best in the eyes of the volunteer judges. While contestants competed for cash prizes, the audience was treated to a free pizza lunch courtesy of the Student Diversity Program. In her fifth year of competing in the talent show, 24-year-old Kersaundra Hall took home top prize by playing an original song entitled “You Are”. Hall, a guitar playing singer/songwriter who will be graduating with a degree in business administration this month, said she hopes to have her album out by the end of the year. Hall was excited about her win and pleased with the overall turnout of the show. Hall said she was content with participating in the Student Diversity talent show for the past five years. “I’ve enjoyed every year,” Hall said. “Every year its different people, different judges, and I still manage to place.” Joshua Brown, the contest’s only male performer, used an acapella poetic rap to voice his frustrations about society and exited the stage to a loud ovation. Those who didn’t place in the contest were also honored. One student said she was excited about returning for next year’s show.
Energy Drink Makers to Face Stringent Regulations College students consuming energy drinks may not get desired results BY JENNIFER CHURCH
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BY TOM MADDEN/Daily Titan Staff Got talent? - Finance major Mardiana Hardi performs a rendition of Celine Dion’s “My Heart Will Go On” during the Student Diversity Promgram’s annual talent show.
“You bet I would do it again next year,” said 24-year-old finance major Mardiana Hardi who sang Celine Dion’s “My Heart Will Go On”. The show ended with both the audience and the show’s performers going back to either their classes or jobs,
leaving only empty pizza boxes and one happy winner behind. “This was a wonderful way to end my semester-to come out first place, do my original piece, and to also have the crowd enjoy it as well,” Hall said. “I had a good time.”
Chicano Graduates Celebrate Success BY ERIN TOBIN
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The pavilion of the Titan Student Union provided a venue for a classic fusion of past and future at the 19th annual Chicano/Latino and Native American Graduation Celebration. Though numerous tables covered with green tablecloths stretched from one wall to the other, there still wasn’t enough seating for the over 820 people in attendance at the event that was held on May 12 by the Chicano/Latino Faculty and Staff Association. Additional tables and stray chairs were brought in, but people still lined the walls and found places on the floor. Still the atmosphere in the crowded space was upbeat and excited. “We are having a great time,” said Rosalina Camacho, a co-chair of the event. “Many of these students have struggled to get this far. This event proves the community has pride in this organization.” In addition to sponsorship by the Chevron corporation, the event was made possible by donations from Cal State Fullerton President Milton
Gordon as well as a number of the university’s deans and other members of the administration. “The compassion and commitment of the staff and faculty keep this event happening every year,” Camacho said. “Without the funding it wouldn’t be possible.” In addition to 235 graduates of Chicano and Latino descent, this year the event was also used to recognize Native American graduates. Benjamin Hale, who through his daughter is often involved with events sponsored by the Inter-Tribal Council, delivered the evening’s invocation. Though he led the audience in a Navajo prayer, Hale asked the audience to use the time as a spiritual moment for whatever religion they practiced. “It is very difficult to live in an urban area and try to hold onto your culture,” Hale said. “It doesn’t matter the color of your skin, the language you speak or the amount of money in your pocket, we come here as brothers and sisters.” Indeed, the event was, in every aspect, a family affair.
Graduates were dispersed among the crowd, many donning their caps and gowns. With them were not only their friends, parents and siblings, but in some cases grandparents and children as well. Apple cider was provided at each table, which allowed everyone to participate in the evening’s toast, led by Rosamaria Gomez-Amaro, the CSUF director of diversity. The affect the event had on those who were not yet college students was important to all of those involved. “We hope with all our hearts that the students follow their dreams and inspire others, especially the younger generation,” Gomez-Amaro said. During his speech, Gordon asked for family members in the audience to stand and be recognized for their support over the years. This recognition came in the form of thunderous applause, but it was dwarfed later in the evening when those graduates who were the first in their family to graduate from college were singled out. One of those who took this moment to stand was 25-year-old Angelica Rodirguez, who is graduating with
a bachelor’s degree in Kinesiology. “They’re very proud of me,” Rodirguez said. “They have told me every day as graduation gets closer and closer.” Though her family wasn’t able to attend the celebration, Rodirguez said she felt it was an important part of graduation. “Hispanics hardly attend college and I just thought it was important to show we can do it,” Rodirguez said. While the event certainly was of smaller scale than the official graduation ceremony that takes place next weekend, the number of participants caught a few of the organizers off guard. Each graduate participating in the celebration was presented with a certificate and a graduation sash. Hale and the Native American Resource Center also wanted to present each graduate with a small dream catcher, but as the number of participants rose, He wasn’t able to get enough made in time. Hale said any graduate who wasn’t able to receive a dream catcher at the celebration would be able to pick one up at the Women’s Center.
Consuming energy drinks may not be the best way to get an energy boost, but they certainly are a quick fix around finals time when students are pulling all-nighters. Rock Star, Full Throttle, Monster Energy and Red Bull are some of the popular high-powered energy drinks being marketed to young adults. Aside from caffeine, most of them also contain herbal supplements such as ginseng and gingko biloba. The rest of the ingredients in the labels sound scientific, but may be unfamiliar to consumers, according to the WebMD Web site. Ginseng is said to alleviate stress and promote awareness, while gingko biloba is supposed to enhance memory. “I don’t really like energy drinks,” said finance major Victoria Barajas. “But during finals, I will more than likely drink them.” The benefits of herbal supplements are unproven and because of a law Congress passed in 1994, the Food and Drug Administration is prevented from regulating the $6 billion diet-supplement industry. In 2005, the Salt Lake City-based Deseret News reported that the energy drink market alone had grown to a $3.4 billion industry. “There is scant scientific support for these ingredients to make the kind of claims manufacturers use in hyping their products,” said Suzanne Farrell, a spokeswoman for the American Dietetic Association in a WebMD Web site article. “Most of the energy from these drinks comes from the sugar and caffeine, not from the unnecessary extras.” Perhaps this is why some mothers are wary of these drinks. Anaheim resident, Nedra Rodriguez is a mother of four and said she has told her children to find alternative ways
of getting energy. “I tell my 15-year-old son to eat healthy and take vitamins instead,” Rodriguez said. “I just know that there are some things in those drinks that are bad for you and drinking them over time can’t be good for your health.” Rodriguez isn’t the only adult concerned about the effects of energy drinks. In February, Colorado Springs high school officials banned the caffeine-packed drink, “Spike Shooter,” after some students said it make them nauseated and shaky and caused their hearts to race. Six students became sick and two were hospitalized after consuming “Spike Shooter,” according to an Associated Press article. 7-Eleven ultimately pulled the drink from all 222 of its company-owned stores in Colorado after the school asked nearby stores to limit the sales of “Spike Shooter” to students. As companies compete for consumer attention, other controversies surrounding energy drinks have surfaced. Produced by Redux Beverages LTD, “Cocaine” is an energy drink that was being marketed as “The Legal Alternative” to the illegal drug, according to a Riverside Press-Enterprise article. Opponents claim the provocative name glorifies drug use. In an April 4 warning letter on the FDA Web site, the agency said products claiming to have the same effects of recreational drugs could not be lawfully marketed as dietary supplements. The letter also said that the agency is aware that dietary supplement products are being advertised as alternative to street drugs. “Cocaine” energy drink sales were eventually halted in May. The FDA may issue threats, but Redux may have the last laugh all the way to the bank. As a result of the FDA’s threats, “Cocaine” has been officially re-named “Censored.” “We love the “Censored” name because it has the same rebellious and fun spirit that our original name did,” said founder Jamey Kirby in a Las Vegas press conference.
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ARTIST: PAYING TRIBUTE TO FIRST LADY OF JAZZ with a lecture on “The First Lady of Jazz” that chronicled the jazz songster from her modest beginnings to her eventual contribution to the American songbook. “I thought she did a very good job,” said Chuck Tumlinson, director of the jazz program at CSUF. “The development in her singing has been exceptional. It was very obvious she has a passion for the music of Ella Fitzgerald.” The program consisted of Fitzgerald staples such as “A-Tiskit, ATasket,” “Oh Lady Be Good,” “Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered,” “Blue Skies” and other notables. “I think the audience learned a lot from her lecture and enjoyed the musical aspect,” Tumlinson said. “I have not known of another student who has done a project and a recital. Generally, they do one in lieu of the
other. But she did both and she did them well.” Calderwood’s infatuation with jazz developed when she was 12 years old and her father played bass in a jazz band. But it wasn’t until she was 13 that Calderwood felt an affinity for Fitzgerald as she began learning about the jazz singer’s background. “She is the most influential soloist for me,” Calderwood said. “I relate to her … how she got started musically. She never found the perfect love she sang about … I relate to that.” Fitzgerald’s music also helped Calderwood get through a tough period in her life. At 23, Calderwood was in a car accident that left her paralyzed. It took six months before she got the strength to walk again, and even longer to get her life back
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BY JAZZY GRAZA/Daily Titan Staff Photographer Song Bird - Andrea Calderwood belts her heart out at Steamer’s Jazz Club and Cafe in Downtown Fullerton Wednesday night. She began the night out with “A Tisket A Tasket,” a classic originally sung by her musical inspiration Ella Fitzgerald.
in order. “Jazz helped,” Calderwood said. “Knowing the music would always be there was inspiring.” Calderwood will graduate with a bachelor of arts degree on Saturday, and plans on enrolling in the
jazz master’s program at Cal State Long Beach. She said she eventually hopes to be a professional jazz singer and one day teach vocal jazz. “It’s America’s classical music. I want to continue its tradition.”
criticism of the war after her son, Casey, was killed in Iraq. “What isn’t free is the cost that we paid. It was the ultimate price,” Miller said. “Only 2 percent of the people in the United States are sacrificing anything in this war, and that’s the soldiers and the military families.” Referring to the pro-war demonstrators, Miller said, “I would like to tell these kids that if they support the war, why aren’t they there?” Several student groups were in attendance including Students for Peace and Social Justice and the Green Party of Orange County. Prior to the rally, GPOC leaders congratulated their members in an e-mail. “Due to public outcry, the Army has canceled its plans to hold a big recruiting event at Cal State Fullerton. Thanks to everyone who called the university about this,” the e-mail read. “We had a phone-calling campaign to call the president of the campus because we didn’t want the campus used as a recruiting tool for the Army,” said guest speaker and Veterans against the War member, Jason Lemieux. Lemieux, 24, is a political science major at Fullerton College and was discharged from the U.S. Marine Corp in July 2006. “The war in Iraq is illegal and immoral. That’s why we need to bring the troops home now,” Lemieux said. “It doesn’t matter
how long we stay or how many troops we send. The war is already lost.” Following Lemieux’s speech, a fellow member of Veterans against the War approached the podium and played “Taps” in remembrance of the fallen soldiers who sacrificed their lives in Iraq. One student shouted “God Bless America!” at the end of the performance, and was quickly followed by clapping and cheering from fellow students. “I think it’s a good way for us to exercise our freedom,” said Mena Habeeb, a CSUF student holding a sign to show support for the war. “I’m out here because from the facts I know, we are justified in our war, and in order to protect our country and our people, we have to go to war and take care of business over there.” Habeeb was one of a handful of students counter-protesting at the Quad. While the demonstration was peaceful on both ends, students made sure their opinions were heard. “Get educated,” Habeeb said as a word of advice to his fellow students. “Make sure you know what you are talking about before you start talking. If you are a republican, make sure you know why you are a republican. If you are a democrat, make sure you know why you’re a democrat. I’m for the war because I am for George W. Bush.”
Group Strives to PROTEST: BOTH SIDES Bridge Gap in Communication Students assist in clinics offered to help those with speech impediments BY CARLA BOUBES
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With approximately 11,000 members and chapters in more than 301 colleges and universities, NSSHLA, the National Student Speech Hearing Language Association, is quietly making a difference at Cal State Fullerton. Founded in 1972, the national organization was originally created for graduate and undergraduate students interested in the study of normal and disordered human communication. “NSSHLA is the only official national student association recognized by the American Speech Language Hearing Association,” said Michelle Soo Hoo, president of the CSUF chapter. “The California State University Fullerton NSSHLA chapter strives to create a community between students, faculty and members of the clinics,” Soo Hoo said. The chapter also raises funds to support its three charities: the Center for Children Who Stutter, the CSUF
Speech and Hearing Clinic and the national campaign NSSHLA Loves. “The Center for Children Who Stutter and the CSUF Speech and Hearing Clinic are both on-campus clinics that support the students in the communicative disorders program, as well as the numerous clients who receive therapy and services,” Soo Hoo said. Located in the College Park building, both clinics help children and adults with speech impediments such as, articulation errors, language disorders, stuttering and poor vocal quality. “These clinics provide our graduate students the opportunity to complete their required hours of clinical experience on campus,” Soo Hoo said. The clinic and the Center for Children Who Stutter provide undergraduate communicative disorder students with the 25 observation hours required by the American Speech Language Hearing Association in order to obtain the ASHA certification upon graduation, Soo Hoo said. “These clinics have done so much for the students in the ComSEE STORY - PAGE XX
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Idol” and “Dancing with the Stars,” Rahman reads her single copy of the Orange County Register. She has also finished “Memoirs of a Geisha,” “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” and “The Time Traveler’s Wife.” The motion to re-open Rahman’s case will be heard by a judge at the end of May, but if the motion is denied she will have to sit for three more months in jail before she can appeal. Rahman’s professors said they have worked to accommodate her while she has been in jail. She is currently enrolled in 12 units. Her professors heard about her situation from Subzwari. Henry Mendoza, who teaches Rahman’s “Reporting for Mass Media” class, is giving her an opportunity to earn a passing grade. He said he would consider the fact that Rahman had no control over her situation. Jeff Brody, who has Rahman in his communications class, said, “I want to give her a chance to complete the course, it’s my pleasure to do this; I’ve arranged for her to get the exams, lecture PowerPoints and the paper.” According to the U.S. Census Bureau, between the year 2000 and 2006, millions of people had legally immigrated to the United States. With this influx of immigrants trying to obtain citizenship, more and more people are finding themselves in situations like Rahman’s. The conflict that surrounds Rahman has not only affected her and her family, but also those who may be in a similar situation. Julian Castillo is one of them. Castillo is a 22-year-old Colombian-born salesman who is struggling to survive in America. He is an illegal immigrant and fears he may be deported to Colombia. Emma Romo, 54, first came to the United States in 1977 from Mexico, and found herself crawling out of an empty barrel as she walked towards a prisoners’ bus. Being rounded up and dropped off at the Mexican border was not enough to stop her. Romo successfully crossed again later that week. Romo is now a legal U.S. citizen. As immigrants scurry to protect their freedoms, they find themselves studying and working in a country where many want them out – regardless of their place of origin or the number of family members they have in America. The issues both Rahman and Subzwari face surfaced after years of falling behind in the immigration process and missing opportunities to correct their status when they were available. It began when Subzwari’s family application for a Green Card was approved, but at the time of approval Subzwari was no longer eligible for the card. He had, as the government acknowledged, “aged-out.” Before the Child Status Protection Act took effect on Aug. 6, 2002, a child’s eligibility for a visa was determined by the child’s age at the time INS approved the family’s petition. It was not based on his age at the time the petition was filed. This meant children who turned 21 before INS approved their family’s status were automatically required to submit their own petition and were no longer considered part of the parents’ application. Being a child under 21 allowed for the visa to be processed without being subject to backlogs of quotas. Once considered an adult, applicants are transferred to a different category, which is subject to the backlogs and quotas under the
Immigration and Nationality Act. Subzwari fell under this category just before his family received their Green cards. Subzwari was released on bail after his arrest and was scheduled for his deportation hearing. Rahman was not. Her immediate detainment and deportation loom because she missed her deportation hearing, which she claimed she never knew had been scheduled. Political asylum may be one of the grounds on which Rahman intends to plead for staying in the United States if her case is reopened. If one is sentenced to deportation, the other will follow, and their family members may also go along with them. Under Canadian law, Rahman and Subzwari can migrate to Canada as skilled workers, which would not be difficult given their education and language skills. Canadian immigration law bases its criteria on work experience, proof of funds, language skills and age. Canada uses a system based on points for each given category when determining applicant’s qualification for legal status. Canadian law also requires people to have at least $9,155 to be able to migrate. Another plus for the couple is that Canadian law favors people between the ages of 21 and 49, making them both eligible for residency. “Every child is able to get an education,” said Rachel Corral, a school worker at Rahman’s former school, Golden Hill Elementary. In order to register for school, a child needs a birth certificate or passport to verify her age, so the school can place them in the correct grade. They do not require proof of citizenship, Corral said. “As long as a student provides a local address, I don’t believe schools routinely question them about their immigration status,” Kice said. At CSUF, the admission process requires documentation of residency, which determines what fees a student pays, according to Betsy Stuck, assistant supervisor at the Application Center. Rahman’s application is confidential and it is unclear what she declared as her citizenship status. However, if applicants claim they are a U.S. citizen, the CSUs do not question the validity of their status. Her March 5 arrest marked over six years since her official order of deportation on April 18, 2001. Rahman has no right to a court hearing with an outstanding order of deportation, Kice said. Mohammed Shah Ahmed Shafi, head of chancery of the Bangladesh Consulate in Los Angeles, said he is sympathetic to Rahman’s situation. Though it appears odds are against Rahman, Shafi has agreed to “talk to ICE whether we could set her free, but I have to see the severity of her case.” As she waits, Rahman said she wants to read one book to pass the time – “The Kite Runner,” by Khaled Hosseni, a novel set in Afghanistan. Rahman said one of its characters captured her hopes when he said, “There is a way to be good again.” Editor’s Note: This story was reported and written by Allison Albertsen, Elizabeth Aldana, Melody Blumberg, Jennifer Caddick, Nikki Clark, Jorge Gonzalez, Tiffany Le, Jade Lehar, Sean McCormick, Daniel Mendoza, Gretchen Peterson , Phillip Radke, Annette Romo, Ericka Santos, Beth Stirnaman, Richard Tinoco, Ashley Weddell, Nathan Wheadon, Kelly Yerkovich and Jennifer Youssef, all members of Mike Tharp’s Feature Writing class.
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New CSUF Journalism Club Focuses on Anthropological Issues Affecting Students BY MICHELLE RAMOS
Daily Titan Staff Writer news@dailytitan.com
A new club just arrived on campus, the Society of Anthropology in Journalism. The club is dedicated to bringing an avenue of awareness to those students interested in current issues related to Anthropology. Club President Mitch Thakran said he saw a need for a club that, like many of the other social clubs on campus, is based on a mutual interest, but provide an arena to discuss issues that affect those interests. “The goal of the club isn’t neces-
sarily to get too caught up in the articles, but just to get a cup of coffee,” Thakran said. The club Web site contains several articles found in professional Anthropological journals. The club members post them to the Web site and discuss them via the Internet or over coffee. “Anthropology is a really broad field and I tried to cover the main viewpoints of anthropology such as medical anthropology, cultural, and evolutionary,” Thakran said. The club plans to meet over summer when all the hustle and bustle of finals is over.
Titan Lift to Help Disabled Students BY MICHELLE RAMOS
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Greg Hertzler is a CSUF alumnus who was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis in 2000. The disease affects the body’s central nervous system and forced Hertzler into an early retirement. Because of his severely impaired mobility, he now uses forearm crutches and a scooter to get around. Over the years, he said he has found that the best therapy for his body and mind is swimming. However, it has become increasingly difficult to get in and out of the pool. Cal State Fullerton’s engineering department is working on making it easier for people like Hertzler to enjoy a swim in the pool. In conjunction with Disabled Students Services, three mechanical engineering seniors have taken on the task of developing
a pool lift that will allow physically handicapped and elderly persons to independently access the pool. “We have about 600 students who are registered as disabled students, maybe about half have physical disabilities,” said Elizabeth Colcol, Disabled Student Services coordinator of support services. “This device would help our wheelchair users, but anybody who is elderly, anybody with Cerebral Palsy, or anybody with balance issues would benefit.” The Titan Lift is a large device that will be anchored at the edge of a pool. The device has a chair that will automatically lower an individual in and out of the pool making accessibility more possible. Other devices like it exist on the market today, but this one is special because it was designed and created by CSUF students for CSUF students, said Paul Miller, Director of
“I know about the international clubs, and they had a bonfire the other weekend,” said Thakran on ideas for summer meetings. Thakran, who will be graduating this month, is excited to see the club grow. The two-month-old club is still in its infant stages, and club President Thakran said he has plans to sustain the club until the proper person comes along to nurture it to maturity. “There is one person who is interested in taking over my position, but I have yet to speak with her about it,” Thakran said. Celina Luna, 27, is currently the
President of the Anthropology Student Association, and is excited to take on the responsibility of leading another club. “I’m hoping to branch out and include hot topic discussions that include all four fields of Anthropology,” Luna said. “I think it’s something o bring to the forefront, I thought [the club] was a really great idea and we saw a lot of interest.” Those will be some big shoes to fill – Thakran walked away with four awards at the Anthropology Awards Banquet. The awards included Organization Leader award, New Lambda Alpha Honors membership award,
“Also, I [started the club] to force myself to stay up to date on Anthropological issues which I think are important.” The club encourages members who study each article to ask themselves questions such as: What does this article say about humanity and how does the writing style impact the tone of the piece? These and other questions are used as a guide to direct group discussion. It is not required that a student be an Anthropology major to be a member, any student interested in such topics can participate.
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condition. “I spent two and half years in bed with the illness,” Matallana said. “It’s been 10 years now and although it’s still with me, I’m able to manage it.” The fundraiser was held in the Titan Gym and people from the community were invited to help the cause. Game tables were located near the entrance of the gym and dining tables were placed in the center of the space. The themed fundraiser was a first for the Association. “We wanted something that would be fun and that the community could come to,” Matallana said. “We wanted to include music, good food and for people to be able to celebrate the opening of the center.” Nancy Just, a health science major, assisted at the event. Just is the graduate assistant to Dr. C. Jessie Jones, a professor who helped organize the event. “I’m here to assist and to help make sure the event goes smoothly,” Just said. The Fibromyalgia Research and Education Center opened Friday and starting in the fall, the center will offer a series of programs to help those who suffer from the disease. The programs offered will include: an energy management class to help control physiology to reduce pain, a mobility training program for treatment of balance-related issues and a specialized exercise program that includes stress management, massage therapy and yoga. There currently is no cure for fibromyalgia but the treatments offered help manage the symptoms. “For us to team with the university and the center is exciting,” Matallana said. For those interested in making a donation to the Fibromyalgia Research and Education Center, please contact Jones through email at jjones@fullerton.edu or by her office phone at (714) 278-7031.
A Visit from Las Vegas Daily Titan Staff Writer news@dailytitan.com
Disabled Student Services. The team initially sat with Hertzler in order to gather information that would create the right pool lift for this campus. The team learned that the ability to independently maneuver the device was essential. “[Hertzler] tries to live as independent a lifestyle as possible, so he wanted to control the device himself
and not have to rely on assistance,” engineering major Jeff Cummins, 42 said. The “Titan Lift” team designed and constructed the device as part of their senior capstone class. The year-long project began as a need that SEE LIFT - PAGE 6
NSSHLA: HELPING THE COMMUNITY TO INTERACT selected over all the other chapters toothbrushes to the CSHA book in the nation due to their previous and toothbrush collection. These achievements. donations were given to children The ASHA conference is an oppor- in need in order to promote littunity for students and profession- eracy and hygiene,” Soo Hoo said. als to connect, “The group had network, and to a great time at fulfill the organithe convention It has been an zation’s goal of as they got to bridging the gap visit representaincredible experience between educaof many and has exceeded all of tives tion and profesemployers. They my expectations. sional practice, also got the opsaid Soo Hoo. portunity to NSSHLA has meet the presi– Michelle San Hoo also participated dents of ASHA NSSHLA President, CSUF Chapter in state and naand CSHA.” tional convenThe CSUF tions. This year chapter recently the CSUF chaphosted its anter attended the nual Songs for California Speech Language Hear- Speech benefit concert. Every year ing Association convention in Long the event is held toward the end of Beach. the spring semester to raise funds “The group was able to donate for the NSSHLA sponsored charinumerous children’s books and ties.
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municative Disorders program that CSUF NSSHLA feels that it is very important support and give back through service and funding.” The NSSHLA Loves campaign distributes funds in the form of scholarships for future speech language pathologists and audiologists who are still in school. Connie Hsu, communicative disorders major, is familiar with NSSHLA. “If I had more time, I would become involved,” Hsu said. “It’s a great organization, I just wish I had the time.” The majority of the club’s members are communicative disorders majors. “Most of these students are studying to be either future speech language pathologists (SLPs) or audiologists.” Last year, NSSHLA was selected as the ambassadors for the American Speech Language Hearing Association Conference in San Diego. The CSUF communicative disorder majors were
and Meritorious Service award and Center for Internships and Services Learning medal. President Gordon personally gave the Service Learning medal to Thakran in recognition of the many hours invested in Anthropological related internships. Unlike many other majors of study, an internship is not required for Anthropology, which exemplifies Thakran’s dedication to his field. “Because this is a commuter campus, and most people work, it seems that there is not enough incentive to be more social in [Anthropology],” Thakran said in an e-mail interview.
Soo Hoo, a communicative disorders major, joined NSSHLA her second year at CSUF. “I was an active member for a year and eventually received the Outstanding Service Award for putting in 15 hours or more of service,” Soo Hoo said. “I wanted to take my involvement with NSSHLA a step further and become an officer.” With the encouragement of former NSSHLA President, Nichole Fivecoat, Soo Hoo became an officer. As Fivecoat prepared for graduation, she and other NSSHLA members insisted Soo Hoo attempt the presidency. This is Soo Hoo’s first semester as president of the organization. “It has been an incredible experience and has exceeded all of my expectations,” Soo Hoo said. “NSSLHA’s officers have really touched my heart through their service and care for the students and charities that we support.”
Vegas made a visit to Cal State Fullerton on May 11, when a Casino Night Gala was held to help fund the new Fibromyalgia Research and Education Center, which is located in the Kinesiology and Health Science complex on campus. Tickets were $125 and proceeds were split between the center and the National Fibromyalgia Association. The fundraiser was held in conjunction with a seminar on managing chronic pain, which occurred on Saturday. “It’s both a celebration of the opening of the Fibromyalgia Research and Education Center and a fundraiser for the National Fibromyalgia Association,” said Elisabeth Deffner, the executive editor of the Fibromyalgia Aware magazine. “It’s also a way to celebrate National Fibromyalgia Awareness Day.” According to the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, fibromyalgia is a chronic disorder characterized by widespread musculoskeletal pain, fatigue and multiple tender points. It also causes sleep disturbance, cognitive difficulties and other somatic difficulties, according to Lynne Matallana, president of the National Fibromyalgia Association. The disease affects ten million Americans and eight out of ten of those affected are women according Matallana. “It’s a chronic pain illness,” Deffner said. “It strikes men, women and children of all ages, cultures and nationalities.” The cause of fibromyalgia is unknown, although, some scientists believe it can be triggered by an accident that causes major trauma. Matallana said she knows firsthand about the devastating affects of the disease as she is afflicted with
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A Look Back at the Biggest Stories of the Spring Semester BY YvONNE vILLARREAL AND KRISTINA JUNIO Daily Titan Staff Writers news@dailytitan.com
Mihaylo Controversy
violated federal fraud and anti-trust violations. The company was forced to pay $9 million in fines and restitutions, though Mihaylo was not personally accused of any illegal wrongdoing. Despite the controversy, CSUF continued with plans to name the building Steven J. Mihaylo Hall. CFA-CSU Negotiations
The namesake of the College of Business and Economics’ new home came under scrutiny this year after it was revealed Steven G. Mihaylo was connected in a financial fraud scandal. Mihaylo, a 1969 Cal State Fullerton graduate who donated some $4.5 million to the construction of the new building set to open in 2008, had his credibility under attack when the Daily Titan reported that Mihaylo’s company, Inter-Tel Inc., was sued for fraud in May 2002 by the then San Francisco School District in connection with bid rigging toward a federal program that provides low-income schools with Internet access. In 2005, Mihaylo pled guilty to the company’s indiscretions, stating that the company’s salesman had
nearly two years of failed negotiations. But the rolling walkout was put on hold on March 25 when the union and the CSU agreed to negotiate for 10 more days in response to the factfinder’s report, which recommended a series of pay raises totaling as much as 24.8 percent by 2010. By April 3, a tentative contract settlement had been reached and the strike was, once again, postponed pending ratification – which happened. What waits to be seen is whether the CSU Board of Trustees approves of the tentative contract during their March 15 meeting. Campus Suicide
Faculty members at the 23 CSUs voted overwhelmingly to approve a four-year labor contract in early May. But the path to agreement hasn’t been without its traffic jams. The settlement is likely to end what has been one of the most controversial faculty contract negotiations the CSU has encountered. The previous faculty contract expired in June 2005 and was extended monthly until talks mired and the required fact-finding by a neutral third party began. The 23,000-member union authorized a strike in late March after
The death of Michael Scott Cyran, a 43-year-old Fullerton resident, on the Cal State Fullerton campus raised many questions. Cyran committed suicide by jumping from the Nutwood parking structure on January 26. Before his death, Cyran was seen pacing the top level of the structure
allegedly shouting when campus police were notified of the disturbance. When police arrived, Cyran was on the ground. Paramedics attempted to revive Cyran and he was officially pronounced dead at 4:29 p.m. A pair of Cyran’s longtime family friends said his medical conditions precipitated his fatal fall. Cyran’s death was ruled a suicide by the Orange County Sheriff’s Coroner. The suicide was not the first on the CSUF campus. The Humanities and Social Sciences building installed barriers after several suicides occurred in the late ’70s and early ’80s. ASI Election This year it took the Associated
Students Inc. 5,318 votes and two presidential elections to re-elect Heather Williams as ASI president with Curtis Schlaufman as her executive vice president for the 20072008 term. Originally three presidential pairs were in the running for presidency during the spring election. ASI
President Heather Williams ran for re-election with Curtis Schlaufman as her executive vice president; ASI Executive Vice President Javier Gamboa ran for president with Linda Vasquez as his executive vice president; and Kerry Belvill ran for president with Cassandra Rehm as her executive vice president. The results of the first election had Gamboa and Vasquez ahead of the competition with 1,202 votes, Williams and Schlaufman had 1,132 votes, and Belvill and Rehm followed with 218 votes. Although Gamboa and Vasquez held the highest number of votes, they didn’t have the majority of votes which is required in the bylaws, according to ASI Commissioner Becky Meza. A run-off election was prompted between the two highest voted pairs. The run-off election took place the following week naming a winner and closing with 2,739 votes. Williams and Schlaufman closed the polls having 53 percent of the votes defeating Gamboa and Vasquez. V-Tech A gunman killed 32 people at Virginia Tech, making it the deadliest school shooting in U.S. history. Cho Seung-Hui, 23, gunned downed his victims in two attacks hours apart.
The gunman’s suicide raised the death toll to 33. Seung-Hui wielded two handguns and opened fire in the early hours of April 16 in a coed dormitory, killing two. He then stormed into a classroom building a half-mile away on the other side of campus, killing 31 and leaving more than a dozen people injured. A student captured audio of bullets echoing through a stone building with his cell phone camera. The massacre occurred almost eight years after the Columbine High shooting near Littleton, Colo., on April 20, 1999. NBC News received scrutiny after they aired footage of Seung-Hui that he sent to the agency between his first and second shooting. The package contained 23 QuickTime video files showing Cho talking to the camera about his hatred of the wealthy. CSUF held a Virginia Tech shooting vigil at CSUF’s Memorial Grove, which commemorates the victims of CSUF’s 1976 library shooting.
LIFT: a ‘PracTical, lasTing’ projecT Miller shared with engineering Professor Jesa Kreiner. Kreiner always asked Disabled Student Services if they have any needs, said Miller. Hertzler brought the idea of the pool lift to their attention. Often needs go unnoticed until someone raises an issue, Miller said. In past years, the engineering department has worked with Disabled Student Services to develop a number of projects including a mouthpiece for quadriplegics that allows them to operate a computer or dial a telephone.
“We have a history of projects that are making contributions to society,” Kreiner said. “The mouthpiece was given to a mechanical engineering student from Cal Poly Pomona who went to Acapulco, dived, and broke his neck. His spirits were unaffected and wanted to continue in the profession.” “I like this project because I want to do something to help disabled people, to create something to help,” engineering major Brian Pham, 47, said. “I could apply all my knowledge and I like helping people. We built
a device to offer to our society,” engineering major Kuan-Han Li, 30, said. The students who chose the project agree that they are proud to be a part of a project that is practical and lasting. “Having access to the pool makes a tremendous difference in both my physical and mental health. It’s an important part of my independence,” Hertzler said in an e-mail interview. “Students with special needs now have another barrier removed and an important option available to them.”
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A Perfect Mosquito – Gene Engineers in the OC By JOHn SAkAtA
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take a drive onto the 57 Freeway and the stuff of dreams are turning to reality, but they don’t get off the exit at Disneyland. In laboratories, under the watchful, scrutinizing glare of bioengineers, scientific research that began two decades ago are finally coming into focus. In Irvine, the conditions anthony James faces are a far cry from the situation in Paraguay where residents were facing the worst outbreak of the mosquito-induced dengue fever in the country’s history. The fuzzy stuffed six-legged mosquito dolls sitting atop James’ bookshelf are almost comically different from the mosquitoes that have infected over 15,000 in two months. The dominating 7-foot tall portrait of a mosquito hung opposite his desk can’t infect him with the telltale symptoms of dengue fever: headache, fever and potentially fatal internal bleeding. But at uC Irvine, bioengineer James is working toward a potential cure. He’s not the only one working with genetics, either. up and down the 57 Freeway, 45 minutes away from Cal state Fuller-
ton, in Pasadena and Irvine and on campuses across the u.s., bioengineers are paving the way to potential solutions to problems using complex methods that combine science, biology, medicine and a host of other fields. “Generally, the way at Cal tech we look at bioengineering is engineers trying to apply engineering principles to study biological systems, as well as engineers learning things from biology that they can apply to engineering systems,” Joel Burdick, professor of bioengineering, said. “New ways to develop systems, new materials, new ideas, so it is that kind of cross-fertilization between engineers and biologists.” In 2000, James was able to create a stably altered mosquito that was resistant to dengue fever. James, along with a team of other scientists, built the genes necessary to prevent dengue fever from developing in the mid-’90s. The next giant step would be to develop a means to reproduce these mosquitoes, release them in the wild and crossbreed them with other mosquitoes – thereby diluting the dengue fever gene pool and potentially putting an end to the disease. “We don’t know if this is going to work, but what I can tell you is that everything we have tried to get to
this point has worked,” James said. He has been working on the project since the late ’80s. “so this big plan has a lot of steps to it and it could have failed at any one of them. The point is, that it has not failed at anyone of them yet.” Burdick said he believes he is two years away from potentially taking his bioengineering research to the next level, from applying it to monkeys to humans. The research involves fusing a chip to the human brain to allow severely paralyzed people to regain the ability to perform light tasks. The chip would function like a remote control and would be triggered by thought. “We know we can put something inside of the brain so that people could slowly type out some letters or turn a light bulb off and on,” Burdick said. “We don’t know whether we could reach the point where we could hold enough information on the brain to do some complex tasks like reinvigorate muscles or to get them walking or do many other things – those are very complex tasks.” His research requires understanding computer science algorithms for the processing of neuro signals, material science, mechanical knowledge and the building of electrodes. as many as 20 biologists, engineers
and medical experts from across the country are working on research at any one time, he said. “even when I was studying it, we had such a huge array of classes we had to take. There is just a huge spectrum of classes from biology, electronics,” said Curtis Collins, who studied bioengineering before becoming a professor of mechanical engineering at Cal tech. “so you basically are using the engineering principles from structures and aerodynamics to applying those same principles to study biological tissue. It has gone beyond that now. You not only have to understand the mechanics of the tissue but are actually trying to manipulate those mechanics genetically.” Cal tech bioengineering Professor John Dabiri is using his studies on jellyfish to create breakthroughs in heart research, energy conservation and transportation. “The biggest challenge is taking something as unpredictable as an animal and trying to study it the way we engineers will study mechanical devices,” Dabiri said. “an animal’s behavior can change very rapidly. so there is that lack of predictability or that lack of controllability of the animal that can make it studying from an engineering perspective more difficult.”
By observing the vortices – the rotating currents – jellyfish create when they swim, Dabiri has been able to make a connection between the vortices jellyfish create and the vortices created in the bloodstream by a pumping heart. Private companies are already picking up on his research and trying to create cost-efficient and practical applications for his recordings on jellyfish. right now, the hope is to distinguish a number from the vortices and be able to use that to differentiate a healthy and unhealthy heart. “so what we found is these vortices tell you something about the forces and energy the animal expends when it tries to swim,” Dabiri said. Vortices also exist in the air and in ocean currents and Dabiri is trying to apply this knowledge to extract energy from these everyday mild currents, the way a windmill can generate energy from powerful gusts of winds. Dabiri is also taking practical observations about the way jellyfish move and applying it to transportation design to increase energy efficiency, stealth and maneuverability of transportation vehicles. Burdick said his research has not drawn public ire because it aids a segment of the population that has suffered a great deal. But from his office in Irvine, James said he has
heard the burgeoning concern about the radical changes being laid down by bioengineering research. He said the negative sentiment is not aimed at his research but to other possible applications. “I am not deciding between death and life,” James said. “I am not deciding whatever else people think God does. I don’t do that. so they don’t mind that we are going after the parasite, they don’t mind that we’re going after the mosquito. They are worried about collateral effects.” The importance of bioengineering is being magnified by the current environment, James said. rising temperatures from global warming are being blamed for creating optimal mosquito breeding conditions in Paraguay that resulted in the death of 10 residents last March. The rising price of gasoline has renewed calls for alternative energy sources. The result of bioengineering research is not just expanding its field to incorporate Fullerton students upset about high gas prices, but stretching out to people across the globe with graver problems. The world is very different now, James said. Humans are going to have to adapt to the changes, but there isn’t enough time to do so naturally. The time span is just too short.
DreaM-ing for recognition in the Homeland undocumented residents who came to the u.s. as children watch new bill By LiLiAnA HErnAndEz For the Daily Titan
maneditor@dailytitan.com
They had no say or valid opinion into a decision their parents made years ago. Going back to a country where they were born but never had the chance to visit, because they are undocumented, has never been an option. They grew up as american as any other child in their block. They have attended school like any other student in america, but they lack a social security number. Before aB540, an assembly bill that allows undocumented students to pay in-state tuition, was signed, these students had to pay out-ofstate tuition, which is almost three times more than the in-state tuition because they didn’t posses a social security number. since the law came into effect, tuition rates now are the same for students who lack a social security number, but very few know about it. r. Lopez, a graduate student from uCLa who is currently working on
his master’s at Cal state Fullerton, didn’t want to give his first name because of possible legal repercussions. He said he is an undocumented student who had to pay out-of-state tuition; he didn’t have a social security number and the law didn’t exist when he first went to college. undocumented students are ineligible for federally funded scholarships and can’t apply for grants or loans. This means most of them can’t afford to go to college, but the desire to have a higher education is what keeps them going. Like Lopez, many immigrant students continue with higher education even if they have to pay outof-state tuition and overcome other obstacles. “I was one of the very first ones to graduate from uCLa,” Lopez said, referring to being one of many students who graduate from prestigious universities but can’t put their degrees into practice because they don’t have those special nine digits. H. rodriguez, an alumna from CsuF, finished her career and obtained her teaching credential. she was an undocumented student who came to the u.s. when she was only 10. “How could I know that I had broken the law and was considered an illegal alien,” rodriguez said. undocumented students like ro-
driguez immigrated to the u.s. at an early age, not knowing the challenges they had to face when they wanted to continue with school. a recent Wall street Journal article estimated that about 1.5 million undocumented aliens in the u.s. are children under 18. about 50,000 graduated from u.s. high schools each year. Many don’t attend college because they believe that there is no use since they are undocumented and won’t be able to apply for a professional job. The hope that keeps students who are currently attending and others who have graduated and are continuing with master’s degrees like Lopez is the DreaM act. under current law these young people generally derive their immigration status solely from their parents, and when the parents are undocumented or in immigration limbo their children have no mechanism to obtain legal residency, said an online article on National Immigration Law Center at www.nilc. org. The DreaM act addresses the situation of young people who grew up in the u.s. and graduated from u.s. high schools but whose future is circumscribed by current immigration laws, the site said. The DreaM act, if enacted, would allow students that meet certain criteria such as having gradu-
ated from high school in the u.s. and having good moral character, to apply for legal status. This would be a life-changing experience for those students living in limbo. Many students hope that the DreaM act is enacted so they will be able to obtain better jobs and could drive with a license.
Lopez said those with the privilege of voting should do so to make changes in the legislation. The voices of these students are unheard – their dreams and goals depend on those who can take action and make a change. Lopez said that even if the DreaM act doesn’t come into effect, he is going to continue with his
higher education. “The DreaM act is not going to delay my goals,” he said. Lopez plans to go to medical school. Going back to his homeland Mexico is not an option for him because this is the land that he grew up in and he doesn’t know any other home besides this one, he said.
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By Jenn Brown
Daily Titan Staff Writer maneditor@dailytitan.com
Graduation Must be Genetic
a close mother-daughter bond helped Debra Thiercof and Michelle Gardner complete their bachelor’s degrees at Cal state fullerton. Thiercof, 48, a linguistics major, said she owes her entire college experience to her daughter, Gardner, 27, a history major. “she made me do it,” she said. Thiercof went to work straight from high school and hadn’t considered college until Gardner asked her to join her class at a city college. “I always wanted to go to college, and one class and I was hooked,” Thiercof said. Once they transferred they weren’t able to take many classes together, but the shared experience of college let them support each other. “she’s a huge support,” Gardner said. “I can call her at 10 or 11 at night and say, ‘please proofread this for me.’” Thiercof was accepted into the teaching english to speakers of Other Languages Masters Program
By aline lessner/Daily Titan Photographer family bond - Michelle Gardner, left, and her mother Debra Thiecrof. Both are graduating this year, and both have applied to master’s programs at Cal State Fullerton.
at Csuf and plans to attend parttime while she returns to work. “returning to school has expanded how I think about the world,” she said. Gardner said she knew college was
something her mother would love, and she thought it would be fun for them to do together. “I always try to do as well as her; it’s like a little competition,” Gardner said. “I need to make her proud.”
Gardner applied to the teaching credential program at Csuf and hopes to become a high school history teacher. “Michelle is just a really hard worker. she’s so motivated, she just
kept going and going and going,” said Thiercof. Thiercof “is my inspiration in a lot of things,” Gardner said. “she has qualities I want: she’s patient and easy-going.”
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Partying, but With a Plan
By aline lessner/Daily Titan Photographer Busy man - Dion Bagaporo will graduate after serving as both recruitment chair for Theta Delta Beta and publicity chair for the Pilippine American Student Association.
Dion Bagaporo balances a life of responsibility and partying with several extracurricular activities. Bagaporo, 25, an advertising major, has been attending CsuF for two years, and, “It’s been great,” he said. Bagaporo is the Publicity Chair for the Philippine american student association, as well as the recruitment Chair for the Theta Delta Beta fraternity. When he’s not balancing his studies with those tasks, Bagaporo is interning at spotspro, a nightclub promotion company, as an event coordinator. “I just kind of fell into it,” he said, saying that most of his weekends are spent at clubs in Orange County and Los angeles. He first became interested in club promotion when he had to throw a club party for a project for his fraternity. Theta Delta Beta has been at CsuF for 16 years. Bagaporo participates on the fraternity’s step team. “I’ve watched every organization around me grow,” Bagaporo said. He was interested in the Philipine association because it was a way to get in touch with his history and roots, he said. “The best thing about CsuF is that it’s a really laid-back scene, but there’s always something to do,” he said. He plans to take the lessons he’s learned here on to a career in advertising. “I’ve learned that everything worth having in life is worth earning,” he said.
By aline lessner/Daily Titan Photographer sea change - Erin Seale’s graduation is marked by her participation in the Southern California Ecosystems Research Program. “Not many schools offer hands-on undergraduate research opportunities,” she said.
“sea”-ing into the Future The realm of the ocean has fascinated marine biology major erin seale, 23, since she was 10 years old. a field trip to Catalina in high school “set in concrete the fact that I wanted to be a marine biologist,” she said. she has attended CsuF for five years while working for the southern California ecosystems research Program for the last three years. she’s been doing research on oyster settlement in California. “The program enables under-
graduates to do research, it links you with faculty members, and it’s an awesome opportunity,” seale said. The program gives seale a stipend to live on while she studies. she attributes much of her success to the program. “Without sCerP I have no idea where I’d be,” she said. “Not many schools offer hands-on undergraduate research opportunities.” seale plans on using the experience with the program to help her with graduate school, which she is
planning on attending in the spring semester of 2008. This summer, after her graduation, she will intern in Newport, Ore., to do research on Pacific Cod Larvae. she attributes professors Bill Hoese and Danielle Zacherl with her involvement and her success. “Through sCerP I’ve gotten to know the faculty” in the Biology Department, she said. “everyone’s very happy to get you where you need to go and help you with your career.”
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Features Making Millions to Teach
Marcos Vargas hopes to help underprivileged Hispanic youth get into college. Vargas, 21, a history major, plans to eventually get his credential and teach high school history. Before that, he wants to use his real estate license to become a millionaire. “I want to make my millions to set up a scholarship for Hispanic kids,” Vargas said. There is a lot of talent in the Hispanic community that is wasted because parents believe that college will cost too much money, he said. “I fell in love with history when I was a sophomore in high school,” Vargas said. after coming to Cal state Fullerton, the tustin resident said he didn’t get too involved on campus, but that he practically lives here during finals week. Graduation will be a big event for Vargas and his family. He is the first person on his mother’s side of the family to graduate from college, and the third on his father’s side. “We’re going to have a huge family reunion,” he said. “I’ve got aunts and uncles flying in from Mexico to come.” He said the whole family wanted to attend the graduation ceremony, but since they number more than 30, they can only attend the party. travel is also on Vargas’ list of post-graduation goals. He focused on his studies the last four years and is fascinated with other cultures and lifestyles. “everyone seems so much more laid-back in europe,” he said. “I really want to travel the world.”
By aline lessner/Daily Titan Photographer Big Dreams - Marcos Vargas wants to teach high school history with his new degree – after making millions and setting up a scholarship for Hispanic students.
Moving Pictures
By aline lessner/Daily Titan Photographer living art - Joy Johnson’s got her mojo working – her apprenticeship with Nickelodeon will see her working on “Tak and the Power of JuJu,” which is slated to air in September.
“It’s like a puzzle and that’s why I like it so much,” said Joy Johnson, 23, an animation major, of her craft. Johnson transferred to Cal state Fullerton from Cal state Long Beach more than two years ago and said she is happy for the switch. ”I love Fullerton, it’s definitely my campus, definitely my school,” she said. The art department is really like a family, “always there to help each other,” she said. she said she also loves the fun she and her fellow art majors have with the faculty. “Our teachers are great, really supportive and want to help as much as possible,” she said. Johnson joined the Pencil Mileage Club when she transferred and said it helped her adapt to CsuF.
“There’s always someone here [in the art department],” she said. “a lot of people pull all-nighters or are here until 2 or 3 in the morning.” For Johnson, the all-nighters are paying off. she recently was accepted into an apprenticeship program with Nickelodeon, where she will be working on the show “tak and the Power of JuJu,” which may come out in september. she will be working full time, learning how the industry works and discovering if she can apply the skills she learned at CsuF to a career in the industry. animation has been Johnson’s passion since her first semester of CsuF, when she took her first class. “I knew that’s what I wanted to do,” she said. “Bringing something to life is really fun for me.”
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Summer jobs doesn’t just mean flipping burgers and brewing coffee By yvonne villarreal
Daily Titan Staff Writer introspect@dailytitan.com
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ormally, when college students go on the hunt for jobs during the summer break they settle for such occupations as head chef (McDonalds fryer), fashion stylist (shirt folder at Abercrombie & Fitch) or film director (usher at AMC). But where’s the fun in those jobs? College students who have been trained to think the only way to make a buck this summer is by making coffee or flipping burgers are ignoring a plethora of exciting and unusual opportunities. According to www.jobprofiles. org, there are plenty of weird jobs that pay good money, jobs that we don’t even realize people do. Their list includes the following: odor tester, making sure deodorants and anti-perspirants defunk armpit woes; citrus fruit dyer, they make sure citrus fruits look tasty by adding dye to fruit; pet detective, making sure beloved pets are returned to their owners; cheese sprayer, coating popcorn with a layer of cheese; IMAX screen cleaner, ensuring the hefty screen is crystal clear; golf ball diver, finding balls that head into water. Nancy Rica Schiff, a photography veteran, became intrigued with offbeat jobs after encountering the official timekeeper at a horse race track. “I never even considered that
Sand castle teaching. Photos reprinted with permission from “Odder Jobs: More Portraits of Unusual Occupations” by Nancy Rica Schiff. Text and photographs copyright © 2006 by Nancy Rica Schiff, Ten Speed Press, Berkeley, CA. www.tenspeed.com.
Above- Odor testing. Right - Foot modeling. Photos reprinted with permission from “Odd Jobs: Portraits of Unusual Occupations” by Nancy Rica Schiff. Text and photographs copyright © 2002 by Nancy Rica Schiff, Ten Speed Press, Berkeley, CA. www.tenspeed.com.
someone did that,” Schiff said. “It’s a job you take for granted.” Fascinated by atypical occupations, she set out to find those sur-
reptitious people who do what others can’t (or won’t) do and photographed them. “I got ideas doing research, sear-
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JoBS: Unlimited atyPical occUPationS speaking to people I knew,” Schiff said. Her books, “Odd Jobs” and “Odder Jobs,” highlight such occupations as sign painter, sandcastle teacher, beer tester, coin polisher, condom tester, bingo caller, flatulence smellreduction underwear inventor, ball tester and other zany professions. Her advice for students seeking a wacky job: “If you have a particular unusual job in mind, go after it,” Schiff said. “But if you can’t find a job you’ll have fun doing, invent it for yourself.” More than half of 16- to 19-yearolds worked in July 2005, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. July marked the height of youth employment. The 10 industries that employed the most youths were food services and retail stores since those industries often hire temporary or seasonal workers and have few entry requirements. “Sure it’s nice to get a job that can give you extra income, but you want to find a job that gives you relevant experience for your future career,” Laura Neal, industry specialist at CSUF’s career center. “If you want to be a model and can get work as a foot model, then you’re learning about the different aspects of your career.” For some, once they find a summer job they are comfortable with they stick with it, year after year. For Ellen Sirot, featured in Schiff’s book, a part-time job was essential to survival as she pursued a dancing career. Seeking a means of income, Sirot tried her hand at modeling. Actually, she tried her feet at modeling. “I was looking for a way to support myself,” Sirot said. “People began to say that I had nice legs and feet and
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If you have a particular unusual job in mind, go after it. But if you can’t find a job you’ll have fun doing, invent it for yourself.
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suggested I be a ‘parts’ model.” Her feet made their debut in a Dr. Scholl’s ad circa 1990 and they’ve tiptoed there way into ads for Sally Hansen. Her hands are now even super models in the “parts” industry giving her the title of the “most famous parts model in the world.” “Everyone has a nice part of their body. Just take good care of your best part and get an agent at a body parts modeling agency,” Sirot said. Still, however temporary or longterm, a job should enhance your skills to apply to your future career, Neal said. “Any job should be taken seriously,” Neal said. “You want to find work that you’ll enjoy but you also should find a job that enables you to develop marketable skills.” But maybe marketable skills are not only acquired through more reputable occupations. “One has to be very enterprising,” Schiff said. “If you find joy out of an unusual job, never give up. Never, ever, ever, ever give up.”
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Above - Sign painting. Left- Dog Food Testing. Photos reprinted with permission from “Odder Jobs: More Portraits of Unusual Occupations” by Nancy Rica Schiff. Text and photographs copyright © 2006 by Nancy Rica Schiff, Ten Speed Press, Berkeley, CA. www.tenspeed. com.
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Corazon Volunteers Cross Borders By MeliSSa FitzGerald
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hayna Horwitz, a 21-yearold double major in American studies and human studies at Cal State Fullerton, is interested in volunteer work, especially when it involves leaving the U.S. Horwitz decided to volunteer for the Corazon de Vida foundation, a group working to end child homelessness in Baja. Hilda Pacheco-Taylor, who grew up in an orphanage in Mexico, created the program. When she committed to becoming a volunteer for the foundation, the idea of working with children and going to Mexico seemed all the more interesting. “It’s so close to us but seems so far away,� Horwitz said of the trip across the border. Horwitz has experience volunteering abroad, has worked at summer camps for kids and currently works at the CSUF Children’s Center. “I’ve always done work with children,� she said. “I had the experience going in.� Though Horwitz has the knowledge to work with kids, she admits to not having any Spanish language skills. “I felt more comfortable with toddlers. They were teaching me Spanish,� she said. Horwitz also said she was not prepared for what she saw when she arrived at the orphanage. “How poor the conditions were, was eye opening,� she said. After working in the Children’s
Center, she drew the comparison between how finicky some of the kids there can be when it comes to eating, whereas the children in Mexico were just grateful to receive any food at all. “It was an eye opening experience to see the kids during lunch time so excited to eat even if their food consisted of a type of porridge with veggies and meat,� she said. Horwitz said the Corazon de Vida program is giving hope to children who are most likely homeless in Mexico. Horwitz said it was nice to see that now the children have a regular life and that they make future plans whereas before they were liv-
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It was an eye opening experience to see the kids during lunch time so excited to eat, even if their food consisted of a type of porridge with veggies and meat.
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Foundation works to end child homelessness and poverty in Mexico
ing on the streets and did not have any hope. “Now they have a future that’s possible,� Horwitz said of the children who benefit from the program. While the children benefit from the visits, she said that she benefited too, regardless of the minimal $25 fee she paid to go down to Mexico. “The child’s smile and the light in their eyes make it all worth while,�
she said. Amy Mattern, a 31-year-old coordinator for the CSUF Volunteer and Service Center, has volunteered for the Corazon de Vida foundation four times and said that she understands the appeal of the program. “I think that there is a lot of interest in volunteering in other countries and with children,� Mattern said. When students volunteer for Corazon de Vida, she said they see where the kids live and just how many there are, which contributes to the well-rounded experience students receive. “In terms of the organization, I think they provide a really wonderful experience and volunteers have a positive experience, but they also are shown the need that is there as well,� Mattern said. The excitement that the children exhibited to see the volunteers and just to play was inspiring, she said. “It was very overwhelming to see that many kids who just want to play,� Mattern said of her visits to Mexico. Mattern said that there are fewer and fewer teenagers in the orphanages and the reasons for that vary. One reason she said is because the teenagers feel as though they are no longer children and they have grown too much to stay. Mattern said on her trips with Corazon, she learned more about the many orphans in Mexico and about the moving reasons people give to the charity. “There are a lot of stories about good people and the organization has been doing a really good job,� she said of the growing popularity of the organization. Kelly Morrissey, the executive director of Corazon de Vida, volun-
Photos Courtesy of Csuf’s Volunteer & serViCe Center giving CARe - Rachael Lorenzetti, CSUF student volunteer, spends time with a number of children in the Corazon de Vida nursery.
teered for the organization for three years before becoming a part of the staff about eight months ago. “I was very passionate about the cause and kids and I wanted to do more. And they needed somebody,� Morrissey said. Morrissey said it helped that she already knew about the organization and her marketing experience came in handy because of the $30,000 a month Corazon de Vida needs to make to keep the organization afloat. The money raised goes to 14 different homes on different poverty levels, Morrissey said. She also explained that Corazon de Vida has contracts with the electric company in Mexico, which has
made it easier to pay the bills. “We’re very involved,� Morrissey said. Though the orphanages offer stability without a nuclear family, the children still have a somewhat regular life, Morrissey said. “We want these kids to understand there is hope,� she said. What is very different from American policy is the adoption policy in Mexico, she said. If a couple wants to adopt a child, they must also adopt all siblings, regardless of how many there are, Morrissey said. “A family adopted six children a few years back,� she said and added that the family was related to the children, which made the process
easier. The fact that the student volunteers cannot speak Spanish should not be a deterrent, Morrissey said. “I’m embarrassed to tell you that I don’t speak Spanish. The older girls ranging from 10 to 15 years old taught me colors,� she said. Morrissey said she and the girls laugh about her inadequate Spanish language skills, but the children just enjoy having someone to themselves for the day. When volunteers go to Mex-ico with Corazon de Vida, they realize everything they have, she said. “I think you get a sense of just how lucky we are and I think it’s just a great way to spend a day,� Morrissey said.
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it is the end of the 2007 act as the gatekeepers of inSpring semester and it has formation for an audience been a very good year thus of over 35,000. it’s sticking far. We’d like to take this op- your finger in the breeze durportunity to thank our wise ing the Santa Anas and letadviser Tom Clanin, who ting the public know which helped us weather the storm way the wind is blowing. in good times and bad. now that the dust has setAs we sit here inhaling tled and we can look back on the una compremistakable hensive body thick air producing a of work – 52 of an over- newspaper isn’t always issues worth populated, – we can say an assembly line u n d e r with pride ve n t i l a t e d process and we ... have that this senewsroom, learned that firsthand. mester was a producing monumenour final tal success. edition of We got the spring semester, remem- your attention – the Web site brances come creeping back received an unprecedented about the last five months level of readership and has of our lives spent producing exponentially improved with this fine broadsheet publica- our multimedia and public tion you hold in your hands responses to our articles. right now. our opinion page was a Through good times and flame-broiled bastion of pubbad, we banded together lic thought, our news and four times a week to bring sports pages kept you upthe students of this campus a to-date on the comings and fair and accurate account of goings of the campus and the day’s events, written for the introspect section resoand by Cal State Fullerton nated with beautifully woven students. stories and images. And of producing a newspaper course, the Buzz kept your isn’t always an assembly line eyes focused on its pages with process and we at the Daily eye-popping content and imTitan have learned that first- peccable designs. hand. it’s a lot more than Thanks for taking a ganputting words on a page – we der.
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by Jake kilroy
Daily Titan Staff Writer opinion@dailytitan.com
They will tell you that you can’t spend your summer days drunk in the early afternoon off leftover rum, watching reruns of “Cheers” and singing classic rock songs during commercials. But when you’re as white as i am, your options are limited. You see, when you’re pale, the outside world scares you. You find yourself worrying that the sun in the sky will eat your tasty, pasty skin. So you stay safe indoors, consuming whiskey to calm your nerves in nothing but a bathing suit and aviator sunglasses. You also have the fan set on high and haven’t seen your shoes for three days. This is your life as a sickly-looking college student. Your friends will call you to see if
you want to go to the fair but you’ve misplaced your SpF 150 and you don’t know where your only pair of shorts is. You mostly wear pants to hide your office paper-colored legs. Those comrades of yours will hit you up for the beach too, but you’ll make up excuses to lock yourself in your bedroom and make mix tapes, because that sand-and-shore combo is death for you. But they tell you that you won’t get sunburned in the water. You listen. You go. You later find out that your friends are not, in fact, scientists and you most certainly can and did get sunburned. And bad, too. The following day, that sunburn turns into blisters and you have to spend a solid week having your mother or most open-minded roommate spray Solarcane on your back. For that week, you don’t leave the couch. You set up a bed sheet on the living room couch because you’re convinced that the couch design will cut your spine open. Your back is as red as blood, as bumpy as brail and more sensitive than the singer of Dashboard Confessional.
To quote the author Tom Robbins, your back looks “like the cobblestone streets during the French Revolution.” All you know is the television and the random visitors who take your condition seriously. You start bitching about commercials you see more than twice and how nobody visits you enough. You write bitter poetry that sucks and invent new highfives. You get someone to bring you a marker so you can draw a map on your stomach, figuring out how to get to the nearest bar only using left turns. By the next weekend, you feel like a hospital patient everyone forgot to send flowers to. You start seeing eerie parallels between you and Jimmy Stewart in “Rear Window,” which is on AMC quite often, you’ve learned. The doctor won’t even give you Vicodin for the sunburn. He tells you that you’re just being dramatic. But he says it in scholarly form. once the heat lifts, you have a sense of humor reborn. You even begin to refer to yourself as a candy
cane. But you hate leaving the house more than ever now. Being a frail white boy is a lot like being a xenophobe, except it’s not recognized as a psychological dysfunction. For three months, you fear leaving your house in the middle of the day. And pasties like myself – which is the oxford Dictionary’s proper term – are like the ancient Egyptians. pasties fear the sun god. From it all, you’ve earned yourself a complex. You’re arrogant the rest of the year. You make up for it during the other three seasons as a student of sickly body syndrome. You’re smooth and confident in your autumn dress shirts and sweaters, hip and cool in your winter jackets and hoods and carefree and fun in your polo shirts and jeans. once summer comes though, you wear only your bathing suit because you’re indoors sweating pounds off your once-impressively massive ego. i suppose it’s not all bad. Just wait until years down the line when you’re the only one having a mid-life crisis without skin cancer.
Gasoline Boycott, Nice Idea But it Won’t Work by Harmony Trevino
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Texts and e-mails have been circulating, encouraging consumers to participate in the gasoline boycotts that will be taking place on May 15. The concept is that if vehicle owners do not purchase gasoline on the designated boycott day, oil companies will be negatively impacted and forced to lower gas prices, which have already passed the $3 mark in Southern California. in an attempt to hit the oil companies where it hurts (their deep pockets) and find a feasible solution to the outrageous prices, too many people have failed to see that a one-day boycott of gasoline is the wrong way to do it. The gasoline boycott is severely
flawed. A one-day boycott won’t have the public transportation system in a lasting affect on the oil industry. it America is not on par with Europewouldn’t actually have any affect on an systems, but they serve as alternait at all. it is only encouraging car tives to driving the gas guzzling SUV. owners to shift their date of gasoline Take a walk or bike ride to a destinapurchase instead of tion. if done colencouraging people lectively, with the to use less. ChangChanging the pur- participation of all ing the purchase chase date only extends vehicles owners, usdate only extends ing these substitute the inevitable fill- the inevitable filling of ways of transportaing of the gas tank, the gas tank, leaving oil tion would make leaving oil compa- companies untouched a more significant nies untouched by impact on oil comby this ‘boycott.’ this “boycott.” pany revenues than Gasoline is a a poorly organized commodity and and poorly thought like any commodity, to curb the de- -out boycott that will only make oil mand is to curb the supply. it’s not tycoons laugh. rocket science. it’s economics. To To participate in the boycott is reduce dependency on vehicles and not only a waste of time but a poor gasoline, take the bus or the Metro- message that only tells the oil comlink to work or school. Granted, panies we are so dependent on that
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Titan Editorial
The sun and sand are a nightmare without sunscreen and a body shield
we cannot even demonstrate properly to show our dissatisfaction with gas prices. That not only conveys the message that we are oK with the high gas prices, but also gives oil companies room and reason to continue exploiting consumers. The groans and moans of motorists are common in conversation but action is never taken. one-day boycotts are a way of feeling better about a current concern and a way of feeling self-satisfaction for “sticking it to the man.” But continue driving to the corner liquor store instead of walking there and the status quo will remain. The point: buy gas on the 15th and the day after that and the day after that. one day isn’t going to make a difference. if lower gas prices are what consumers want, be serious about it and just consume less.
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May 14, 2007
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opinion
Fighting the Fight for the F Word
losing My religion By Dave
By Carol roJas
Daily Titan Staff Writer
Bruemmer
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A Final Word i have made it clear that i reject belief in God because i haven’t seen compelling evidence for a God. i opened up my Bible and i do not see this as being plausible evidence of anything. Are we supposed to believe a book written by men who also told us the earth is flat and the sun revolves around it? i read the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. Let me give you an analogy. Somebody came to school and told all of us that there are these books written by Bob, Tom, Dick and Harry. You don’t know who they are or anything about them other than their first name. in these books they describe how they witnessed some guy rise from the dead back in 1942, probably before most of you were born. Wait, it gets worse! it’s not even that they witnessed it, but instead they write about other anonymous people witnessing it, people for which we have no evidence of existence. You might wonder why in the hell you are just now hearing about this for the very first time, if it really happened. Well this is what happened with the Gospels! They began circulating many years after the time during which Jesus supposedly lived and were directed to people who never heard of Jesus or Christianity. We have evidence in 110 A.D. that pliny the Younger, who had served under the Roman Emperor and was as influential a figure in Rome as anybody, heard about Christians in the town he was governing and brought them in for interrogation because he had no idea who they
were or what they believed! This tells you how obscure Christianity was even at that late date. So why would anyone think this is a story that is true? i don’t know, i guess you can pray for me tonight. Many have said that they would but it hasn’t changed anything. You pray for me and i’ll think for you. Speaking of prayer, why do we pray? Jesus gives us a blank check, saying whatever you pray for, believe it in your heart and you will receive it (Mat 21:22). He didn’t say, “you might get it but you might not, and if you don’t it’s because God has a good reason for not granting your request.” Look at the life of any Christian and you will see that Jesus was wrong about this one. What about these claims that salvation comes via a personal relationship with Christ and by loving him with all your heart. These claims have no Biblical basis whatsoever; they are modern ideas. i’ve been told that the penalty for choosing not to love Jesus is burning in hell forever. What if i asked you to love me with all your heart, then threatened to shoot you if you refused. You may tell me that you love me out of self-preservation but how genuine could your love really be when there is a threat behind it? You never thought of it that way before, did you? And yet there are people bumping around thinking their salvation depends upon being in dialogue with an imaginary being. Finally, even if you settle on Christianity, you have to decide which Bible is right, and which
denomination is right. if the Bible is God’s word, why does each version have its own copyright? Why do they differ in so many ways? Each denomination claims it is the one that practices true Christianity, and the others are off in some way. Which version of Christianity is right? one sharp guy said Jesus’ version was. The problem is that everybody says they have Jesus’ version. Each one of them is armed with their own carefully chosen set of scriptures that proves they are right. Every one of them can do this. people have this misconception that Christianity was once one unified church and that we have somehow strayed from the course. Wrong! The new Testament along with other non-canonized writings and historical evidence demonstrates clearly that early Christianity was just as split into factions as it is today. Which church is right? i’ll tell you – none of them. none of them are about truth. They are about long tradition, feeling that you are part of something greater than yourself, wanting to cheat death, having a sense of community, friendships, giving your lives a sense of purpose and direction and feeling like you have a security blanket for the times when things are not going well. if you recognize this and still like going then more power to you and have fun on Sunday. if you think i’m full of it, as long as you don’t encroach on others with your dogmatic beliefs, then i’m fine with that too. otherwise, i’ll tell you to go to hell!
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The “F” word is obscene. i realized this when i was sitting in class the other day chatting it up with a group of fellow students and it rolled off my tongue in the casual manner that has become second nature to me. i could tell from my peers’ reaction that they didn’t know whether to laugh at my seemingly witty repartee or to be genuinely confused about why someone would choose to use that type of language. But i guess when you use the most threatening “F” word of all in calling yourself a feminist, it’s only fitting to expect a little of both. in the last few years my self identification as a feminist has gone from closeted status, to proudly bearing all types of feminist insignia, to being so immersed in all that feminism encompasses that i forget people are still uncomfortable with the word. i guess when men and women unite in solidarity to fight a status quo that oppresses half of human kind, the notion is bound to make some people a little uncomfortable. The first reactions i get when disclosing that i am a feminist are usually the funniest, so i’ll take this opportunity to address them now. i don’t hate men. Just ask my dad, my two brothers and my partner who happens to be a man and happens to be a feminist. i’m pretty sure they will all tell you that i actually
love men very much. i have never burned my bra, but power to those that choose to do so. in terms of sexuality, feminists run the gamut. My personal belief is that there is a spectrum of sexuality, so i would never describe myself in hetero-normative terms just to make someone feel more comfortable. Sometimes i shave my legs, sometimes i don’t. it all depends on how much time i have and whether i’m in the mood to do so. My point is that that there is no uniform umbrella that feminists fall under, just like there is no uniform umbrella that human beings fall under. We come from all walks of life with different beliefs, concerns and priorities. To a lot of people i’ve met over the years, the word feminist is not as much shocking, as it is all but forgotten. Many of these people recount their understanding of feminism as a forgotten chapter in a high school history book they fleetingly skimmed to pass a class. They tend to look at me as nonsensical. in their minds feminism is dead because sexism is dead, so there is nothing left to fight about. others, i’ve learned, simply hate the word. Acting out of fear, they inevitably disregard an entire group of people without a true understanding of what feminism is all about. i remember reading an article in one my women’s studies classes years ago about a professor who asked her students to raise their hands if they considered themselves feminists. The professor recalled two hands
hesitantly making their way toward the ceiling. Then the professor asked her students to raise their hands if they believed that people are entitled to basic human rights regardless of race, class or gender. When all of the students’ hands went up in the air, the professor told them that what they agreed so freely to, without any reservations, were the fundamental principles of feminism. To me that fundamental principle is what feminism is all about. it’s about understanding that in this day and age we still face sexist, racist oppression and that something needs to be done about it. i think the hang-ups that people have with the word feminist has a deeper meaning than what we see on a first interpretation. Feminist journalist paula Kamen described it best in talking about the impact of words. “A natural response is to change the word feminist to a word with fewer stigmas attached, but inevitably the same thing will happen to that magical word,” Kamen said. part of the radical connotation of feminism is not due to the word, but to the action. The act of a woman standing up for herself is radical, whether she calls herself a feminist or not.” in the meantime, i know i will have to continue answering questions about why i am a feminist. But from now on i will ask people why they are not. After all, that seems like the more logical question to me.
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May 14, 2007
opinion
Society is Too Sensitive
TiTAnS TALK BACK
“A good newspaper, I suppose, is a nation talking to itself.” - Arthur Miller
by Melissa FiTzgeralD
Daily Titan Staff Writer
EDiToR:
one member of the Social Justice group had to stop her from continuThis letter is regarding the past ing. anti-war rally last Thursday, May Recently, you got an opinion let10; and the complaints you have re- ter from Alyse Fulbright, angry at ceived from Alyse Fulbright, chair of you and “not afraid to tell you why.” CSUF College Republicans. First, i As a reader of your newspaper, i have would like to say that the rally was read the May 1st article “CSUF poa success, it was well organized and litical Groups Speak out,” and her it accomplished the goal of bring- complaints you published on May ing awareness about the war in iraq. 3rd. The participation from iraq veterans i do not think you should even and military families was very coura- worry about apologizing to that geous and emotional. group. i believe you were doing Because i was there when it start- your job in reporting their unscrued, i saw the opposition group, the pulous acts like an anti-immigraCollege Republicans, ready to make tion bake sale. There was noththeir statements with colorful signs ing disrespectful against them in to support the war and their presi- your article about student groups. dent, George W. Ms. Fulbright and Bush. The members her group had of that group were it coming that The CSUF College somebody, or the very disrespectful to people who tried Republicans are giving M.E.C.H.A stuto talk to them and the rest of the Repub- dents, was going to guest speakers. it to show disconis such a shame that lican community a bad tent. Her so-called a group of college name. “satire” was not a students representmatter. – Roxanne morales laughing ing a serious politiCSUF Junior RTVF Major She says she found cal group acts like proof that those imbullies. i support migrants are costing their right of freeAmerican citizens a dom of speech, as lot of money. it is well as the anti-war rally organizers very possible that her source was a and participants who were exercising study from a special interest or antiit. However, that “pro-war” group immigrant group. was not using the right responsibly The United States would not be a that day, and they do not seem to rich country without the contribucare to do so at all. tions from all immigrants who do This rally was also against mili- pay their taxes by working jobs that tary recruitment targeting Latinos most American citizens don’t. if she on campus, since the U.S. Army and her group want to have another and radio station Latino 96.3 had fundraiser they should go out and cancelled their event that was going sell fruits at State College Boulevard, to take place on that same day. The mop the lawns, clean bathrooms or organizers, Students for Social Jus- paint houses. if that is too much, tice, brought a guest speaker who is then they should sell homemade a Chicano. He was talking about his tamales and tacos. Ms. Albright’s discontent with military recruitment leadership needs to be questioned, toward Latinos, and then about because she and her group are usimmigration. As he was talking ing the wrong approach to point out about the struggles of immigrant their views and values. workers, one of the members of the The CSUF College Republicans College Republicans started inter- are giving the rest of the Republirupting yelling, “You’re all illegals!” can community a bad name. There
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are some republicans that are fair, understanding and willing to listen to the other side. This organization is not doing that, and as for their invitation for liberals like myself to come to their meetings, no thanks. i don’t want to waste time getting bullied. Roxanne Morales CSUF Junior RTVF Major EDiToR: Regarding “Court’s partial Birth Abortion 5/10” i would like to point out to Ms. Rojas that her article, while providing too little information to do other than blur the issue, contains several logical fallacies, one of which i will comment on. The only person with the power of “forcing a woman to have an unwanted pregnancy” is a rapist (that is, of the traditional, forcible variety).in all other cases the condition is the result of voluntary behavior. Robert D. Angus Associate Editor California Linguistic Notes EDiToR: Regarding “Vegan Couple Fails to properly Feed Child, Deserves Sntence 5/10,” it is obvious that this was a case of personal neglect on the part of the parents, and not an issue involving their vegan diet. Countless studies conclude that not only does a vegan diet provide all of the vitamins and nutrients that children need, but also brings with it several long-term health benefits. According to the late Dr. Benjamin Spock, America’s leading authority on child care, “Children who grow up getting their nutrition from plant foods rather than meats have a tre-
mendous health advantage. They are less likely to develop weight problems, diabetes, high blood pressure and some forms of cancer.” Furthermore, the children would not be contributing to the immense amount of suffering involved in modern meat production. on today’s factory farms, chickens have their beaks seared off with a hot blade, pigs are crammed into tiny spaces that don’t even allow them to turn around and cows are often skinned and dismembered while fully conscious. Cruelty like this is standard in an industry that refuses to make even the most basic changes in the way it treats its animals. if these kinds of abuses were done to cats or dogs, they would be grounds for felony cruelty to animals charges. A vegan diet is a healthier choice for people of all ages. in the case of children though, it is ultimately up to the parents to provide a complete diet for their families. Ryan Huling College Campaign Coordinator peta2.com EDiToR: Regarding “Building a Wall, Another Brilliant Bush idea 5/7,” it’s articles like this that keep the antiwar sentiment thriving. A good argument against walls – what they represent and what harm they do. please keep this coming. However, what they need to do in iraq (but won’t) is divide the place into three parts – Shiite south, Sunni central and Kurds north. The Bush administration says this is out of the question but that’s exactly what prevailed the peace in former Yugoslavia, although no walls were built. Brent Waterbury
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There’s a unique dichotomy in the world today. As the world progresses into the millennium, technology has changed our society, now resembling the futuristic Jetsons. And yet, Americans and the world over have not toughened up emotionally. We have become the whimpering shell of ourselves and need to change from being so overly sensitive to a more reasonable reality so that we can be more honest with ourselves and each other. By always being on guard about what we say and feel, we lose our ability to be completely honest for fear of offending someone. With all the interest groups, media and religious organizations that speak out about different issues or even current celebrity news, the fact that their opinions are not the only ones that matter is lost. All groups can and should voice their opinion but they should also listen to one another or nothing will change. When there was no technology cavemen were probably less emotional because they had better things to do than think and overanalyze – they had to feed and house themselves. By becoming so emotional and sensitive, we have shut off the primal part of ourselves, which is good in some ways but damaging in others. We can no longer comfortably speak our minds and be honest with ourselves and each other. As demonstrated in Don imus’ case, what he said was inexcusable, but the apology he made was as well because it was only made to get the media off his back. if he says such things and has a track record of making racist remarks, then the logical explanation is that he is a racist or at the very least a man with very specific and unpopular social views. He shouldn’t have ever made the remarks he did but by making an insincere apology only to get out of hot water is worse. Whatever happened to the phrase “suck it up?”
We have replaced it with “why me?” and other self-important, emotional dialogue. But we are not only concerned about ourselves, we have an emotional obsession with public figures too. putting on appearances has become an American epidemic that usually ends with someone in rehab, someone trying to fix a problem but in a very public way. As the list of celebrities and politicians lengthens, almost half of Hollywood and Washington D.C. has succumbed to an addiction problem or at least that’s what they want you to think. Americans deeply care about celebrities and politicians going to rehab when they should care about more pressing problems such as the environment and the war we have found ourselves in. Britney Spears leads this group as the most talked about, and for good reason. The girl has cracked and it’s unfortunate, but she has all the help in the world. We should get over our own emotional investment in the tragedy that is her life and get back to our own. Another factor, however, is that with the advent of new technology, news travels fast. With updates delivered straight to cell phones, people are more connected to the media then ever. But with the good comes the bad. All this technology is allowing for people to get caught in awkward situations. Just ask Alec Baldwin. He leaves a nasty, private message for his daughter and the world is suddenly on his back. For one thing, it is not the business of the media or anyone except for the family whom it affects. But again, to get emotional over a celebrity’s dirty laundry is not only moot but an example of people’s emotions doing no good. instead, our emotions would be better served by focusing on something we can change for the good, like our own lives or the world. But society is more dishonest than ever because the price of honesty is too high whereas stretching the truth may go a long way.
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SPORTS
May 14-21, 2007
Track and Field Freshman Sensation Emerges
WILSON: HARD WORK PAYS OFF (From Page 18)
Coach Kenny McDaniel knows just how good Wilson is. His first impression of her before they met was that she must be mentally tough and talented because of the level she competed at in two sports. McDaniel coached Wilson in track and field and said although the talent has always been there, she still needed to do some work to be come a superior competitor, including the mechanics of running and her running style. “She ran like she was chasing a soccer ball,” he said of her performance at the beginning. But the work has paid off for WilCSUF AtHLetICS MeDIA ReLAtIONS son in track and field. A TITAN GREAT – Kandace Wil“Kandace’s main event is the 400 son competed in soccer as well as track meter race and she just happened and field as a Titan. to break the record for the 100 meter race too,” McDaniel said. “That “She looks lean and like a runmakes her unique and special.” ner,” Elders said of her post-soccer There’s also the competition that physique. drives her. Elders said that it is a demon“Don’t tell her you can’t do somestration of thing because W i l s o n’s she’ll go out ability that there and do she broke her best to She is one of the most the 100-meprove you accomplished CSUF track ter record wrong,” Mcwhen that is and field runners ever. She Daniel said. not her main “She thrives could leave here with quite event. off competia legacy. “She comtion.” petes in five Wilson – John Elders events with competes Titan Track and Field Head Coach an emphasis well in the on 400 and 100-meter 200 meter and the 400races which meter even makes her though the record breaking 100 meter dash all qualities needed to do well in both are completely different McDaniel the more remarkable,” he said. Elders also spoke of how competisaid of Wilson’s strengths. McDaniel conceded that most tive she is and how not all athletes athletes are not blessed enough to do have that. “She’s really just a fierce comboth which made her record breakpetitor. Not everyone has that coming moment all the more exciting. “It was amazing watching her petitive edge and unlike others she break the 100-meter record. She had thrives on meet day,” Elders said. As for her personality and what this blank look in her eyes and she acted as though she expected to do she is like as a person, Elders said her leadership abilities and the example what she did,” McDaniels said. CSUF Track and Field Head she sets makes people around her Coach John Elders said that it has better. “This was her last opportunity been interesting seeing the transforand she met her potential,” Elders mation of Wilson each semester. Elders said soccer players have said. “She is one of the most accommore muscle whereas track runners plished CSUF track and field runare leaner and have more endur- ners ever. She could leave here with quite a legacy.” ance.
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BY ALeKSANDRA WOJtALeWICZ Daily Titan Staff Writer sports@dailytitan.com
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he steps away from the throwing ring and walks towards an isolated part of the area – away from her teammates and the other athletes. She sits down and puts on her headphones, the soothing voice of India Arie relaxing her mind as she visualizes her throwing technique. Finally, it is her turn to throw, and Jameena Hunt picks up the smooth shot put. She takes a breath and throws. She looks up and waits for her mark to be announced. “Forty-three feet, and nine inches,” the announcer said. Hunt’s eyes open wide and she beams. She has just beaten the school record. Again. This year’s season has been the 18year-old freshman’s first track season at Cal State Fullerton. Yet she has managed to “make a school record practically every week,” Hunt said. This is odd since she said she never really intended to throw. In high school, Hunt was supposed to run but decided she did not want to. “Discus looked easy and I picked it up easily,” Hunt said. From there, she learned the other throws of track and field. Fast forward to her first year of college and Hunt holds the school records in the hammer throw with a mark of 159 feet, 10 inches, the dis-
LIM: BIG tIMe AtHLete (From Page 18)
comes from her precision.” This year was a turning point for Lim. Not only has she assumed leadership of the team, she also added difficulty to her routine, Hicks said. Her signature move is two doubles in her floor routine, and she had to amp up her training to add it in. “She really dedicated herself to the training,” said Mace Patterson, women’s gymnastics assistant coach. “She got as fit as she’s ever been,”
cus with a mark of 159 feet, 4 inches and the shot put, with a mark of 43 feet, 9 inches. “It’s so weird,” Hunt said. “It wasn’t my intention to be this good so fast.” What is more surprising is that she has a school record in the hammer throw, the event that she did not like in the beginning. Although she is astonished with her own success, Hunt said she went through some downfalls this season Towards the middle of the season she struggled with the shot put. “I had to adjust to the spin technique,” Hunt said. “It took me about a month and a week to get it right.” Yet despite the difficulties, Hunt qualified for the Junior Nationals in the discus and hammer throw and for the NCAA Regional Championships in the discus throw. For the amount of success, the 18-year-old is not stressed. Yet she does worry about her future track career. “Every time I get a school record I think, ‘Wow, I’m a freshman. What am I going to do my senior year?’” Hunt said. “My biggest fear is hitting a plateau.” She also said that her biggest weakness is getting “really bummed” when she does not perform as well as she intended to. Yet Hunt said that it is the help of her coach that keeps her track career grounded. “My coach never gets mad. He’ll get disappointed but he won’t yell like other coaches. Even when I PR, he tells me ‘good job,’ we’ll high five and he’ll go, but there’s always room for improvement,” Hunt said. “He
also records me and goes over it between throws. He puts in that extra effort.” She also said that her parents are very supportive. “They come to every track meet,” Hunt said. Even if her success continues until she is a senior, “I don’t think I’m going to do track after college,” Hunt said. “But if I make it to Olympic trials, then I might go,” Hunt said. She enjoys being on the track team and said that her teammates are glad she is on the team. “I often get ‘Can you teach me how to get a school record?’ from my teammates,” Hunt said. “But I have no idea [how I do it].” Although the track season is coming to an end and summer vacation is approaching, Hunt does not get a vacation. “During summer I plan on hitting the weights as much as possible,” Hunt said. “My goal is to get a stronger lower body.” Although she spends most of her time on campus – “My life is school, study hall, eat, track, and sleep. Repeat,” Hunt said with a laugh – Hunt makes time for her family and her nephew Jason. As if she was not busy enough, Hunt makes time to spend with her boyfriend, and that’s “extra drama,” Hunt said jokingly, her eyes lighting up with laughter. The thrower says that she is at CSUF for her job, “to do track and go to school,” she says she enjoys the social aspects of being a student. “I’m not going to say that I don’t party,” Hunt said with a mischievous
Hicks said. I’m proud of her.” “Nicole’s intense. She gets angry with herself but that just shows that she cares,” Patterson said. Out of the gym, Lim is an Oakland Warriors fan, scrap booker, and avid student, graduating Cum Laude this year. She hopes to continue on to a career in geriatric therapy, working in a skilled nursing facility with elderly people. “I also want to go back to school for my masters in Physical Therapy,” she said. As for gymnastics, Lim said it
won’t be playing such a significant role in her life after graduation. ”I might coach after college, but as far as a career, I’m done,” she said. Socially, Lim tends to spend time with her teammates. “We’re tight as a team,” said Kawada. The team goes bowling, has barbecues, and goes to the movies together all the time, Lim said. They are also friendly with the coaches, and this past Halloween two of the girls on the team decided to dress as them. When she’s not out with the team,
CSUF AtHLetICS MeDIA ReLAtIONS A SHINING STAR – Cal State Fullerton freshman track and field athlete Jameena Hunt. grin, “but I make sure that when I do, I studied before and did my homework.” Far from her San Diego home, Hunt said she misses her family. She lives off campus with her three teammates, sprinter Brenetta Wallace, hurdler Dinah Clark and jumper Desaree Black. “We’re like a whole track team,” Hunt said. As she prepares for practice, Hunt eats her packed lunch and thinks about what she needs to accomplish. She is working on consistency, to make sure she can beat her personal record at the upcoming conferences. “‘Practice is just like a meet,’ my coach always says,” Hunt said. “And I’m ready to place.” Lim is with her boyfriend, Mark Guevarra. He is her best friend’s cousin who she met in high school, and the two of them have been dating for the last two and a half years. Lim appreciates what gymnastics has done for her. She said that her meticulousness comes from the precision that gymnastics requires. “Gymnastics has provided me with a sense of discipline from the get go,” Lim said. “It’s a sport where you want to keep improving, and that carries over into my life.”
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SPORTS
May 14-21, 2007
One Titan’s Athletic Career Comes Full Circle The Tiniest of Titans A soccer player at heart, Kandace Wilson made strides in track and field BY MeLISSA FItZGeRALD Daily Titan Staff Writer sports@dailytitan.com
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occer and track and field have been a constant in Kandace Wilson’s life since the age of five and as a senior in high school it paid off when she received a full scholarship to Cal State Fullerton to play soccer. Soon, Wilson, a 22-year-old criminal justice major, will graduate and move on after being a two-sport athlete at CSUF in soccer and track and field. Last Saturday, she help lead the Titan women’s track and field team to a fifth place finish at the Big West Track and Field championships. She place first in the women’s 400meter with a time of 54.64 seconds and was part of the Titan women’s 4x100 squad that finished with a winning time of 3:39.18. Wilson said she has competed in soccer, track and field, basketball and volleyball for years but her first love has always been soccer even though it is the most physical sport she plays. “Just the aggression that comes from soccer and the competition,” Wilson said of why she favors soccer. Wilson also contends in soccer because it is a contact sport which only fuels the aggression and competition that she and her teammates feel while playing. But with playing such sports, injuries are routine. “With soccer, you get banged around a lot and with track your muscles just become more fragile,” she said. Wilson has not escaped playing sports for most of her life without being injured several times. She has sustained multiple sprained ankles and, in one case, she believed that she had suffered yet another sprain, but when she had it looked at, she was told it was actually a fracture. The fracture was dealt to Wilson
CSUF AtHLetICS MeDIA ReLAtIONS SOCCER IN THE BRAIN – Cal State Fullerton’s Kandace Wilson wants soccer in her life, but can’t foresee coaching. “being out there and not being able to play would be rough. I would want to be out there playing,” Wilson said. when she was in high school and she underwent surgery to correct it which also made the injury her most painful to date. “I was just tackled from behind when my leg got caught between the other player’s legs,” she said nonchalantly. Wilson also said that because of her dedication and years of playing sports, she was not surprised when she was offered the scholarship. As a testament to that dedication, Wilson has won several awards throughout the years.
So many, in fact, that she could not name each one. “I can’t even remember them all,” she said. Awards that Wilson could easily recall were being named the best offensive player at a soccer tournament, being given the women’s soccer athlete of the week a few times, and breaking three records in track and field, including the 100 meter record. Even though Wilson has been honored with awards and a full scholarship, she does not think of
her self as a role model. “I don’t see myself in that way,” Wilson said. Although she has had to balance sports and school, Wilson said that it was not hard to juggle both because of her support system. “You get a lot more help. There’s a study hall room that athletes use to study in,” Wilson said. This particular semester is much easier for Wilson because she is taking just one class, courtroom evidence, since she is graduating. With graduation looming before her, Wilson said she is dreaming of becoming a professional in the soccer arena. She said that she plays soccer because the love of the game came naturally to her and if she was offered the chance to go professional, she would take it. “I always play every game as it could be my last because you never know what’s going to happen,” Wilson said. After Wilson graduates, she plans to continue to play soccer either professionally or with an outside team but she said that she does not want to coach. “Being out there and not being able to play would be rough. I would want to be out there playing,” Wilson said. Over the years, the fun of soccer and the competition is what has drawn Wilson back. She has learned her competitive advantage from sports but on the field is the only time she uses it. “Everybody pushing themselves; it’s supposed to be that way,” Wilson said. Wilson also said that her mother was very encouraging and she was consistently at every game, whether it was a home or away game. “She just wanted to keep me active. I could’ve stopped whenever I wanted to but I didn’t want to. And she always told me I was good,” Wilson said. Wilson admits to not fully believing her mother when she would remark on Wilson’s talents. “Every mother tells her child how good they are,” she said. Titan track and field Assistant See WILSON - PAGe 17
Gives Biggest Efforts BY JeNN BROWN
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er teammates call her Squirt, a fitting moniker for Nicole Lim, the pint-sized powerhouse who leads Cal State Fullerton’s women’s gymnastics team. Only 4 feet 9 inches tall, Lim, the smallest on the team, has mastered a balancing act on and off the beam. Lim, 20, a senior kinesiology major, got involved in gymnastics almost by accident. “I wanted to do ice skating and we couldn’t find lessons at a reasonable price, so gymnastics was the next best thing,” Lim said. She began practicing at Bay Island Gymnastics in Alameda when she was 8 years old, and within a year she was at a competitive level. “It was something I had to commit my whole life to,” Lim said, adding that a strict daily routine of school, gym and homework left little time for much else. She switched from Bay Island to Cal West Gymnastics, and “that’s where I really excelled,” she said. Gymnastics was an unusual choice for Lim. “I come from a bowling family, and I was the oddball that couldn’t bowl,” she said. “A social life was something you found time for” if you were lucky, she said. Lim was required to devote 20 – 25 hours each week to gymnastics from the time she began through high school. The hours paid off. Lim graduated from high school at 16 and decided to compete on a college level rather than an elite level, which is the level most Olympic gymnasts compete on. “To commit was a last minute thing, and college was the next best thing,” she said. She joined the CSUF team in Fall 2003 as a 16-year-old freshman, and said the transition was effortless because of the routine she established in previous years. “I grew into my adult stages as a gymnast,” said Lim. Jill Hicks, Head Coach of wom-
CSUF AtHLetICS MeDIA ReLAtIONS NO LIMITS – Cal State Fullerton’ gymnast Nicole Lim is described as a team leader and someone to lean on. en’s gymnastics, noticed Lim’s maturity, and said she would have selected her as an official team leader if she had known how naturally it would come to Lim. “She isn’t the designated team captain but she became the unofficial one, leading the girls,” Hicks said. Hicks said Lim’s enthusiasm and excitement as part of the reason why she is an effective leader. “She motivates us and tells us there’s nothing we can’t do,” said Shannon Kawada, 18, a freshman child and adolescent development major and Lim’s teammate. “She’s super small in stature but super big in personality,” said Hicks. Lim is described as hard working, meticulous, fun, bright and encouraging. “The things she’s taught me are things I can help freshmen with next year,” Kawada said. Lim competes in two events: the balance beam and the floor. She has scored a high of 9.9 out of 10.0 on the floor and a high of 9.875 on the balance beam. “She’s very clean, which is important in gymnastics,” Hicks said. “It See LIM - PAGe 17
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May 14-21, 2007
Pro Surfer Balances Priorities as a Cal State Fullerton Student BY ANDREW SNYDER
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ow many times have you sat in class thinking about how you would rather be somewhere else, doing something
else? Maybe daydreaming about laying out on the beach, tanning with your friends and relaxing to the sound of crashing waves. Or maybe you were wishing that you were actually in the water, body boarding or surfing. To many of us, these hopes are all too familiar while sitting through an hour long lecture of a general education class we care nothing about. But to Cal State Fullerton student Adam Popp, those boring general education classes have brought him a few steps closer to his college degree. He is graduating this May and he welcomes these classes with open arms, even if it means giving up those daydreams that he has made a reality. Popp is a pro surfer. He has sponsors like RVCA clothing and Von Zipper, he has competed and won multiple surfing competitions and he takes photo trips and is featured in surf films. Yet Popp decided to put his career and these incredible opportunities on hold (still competing in occasional Pro Events) for the sake of getting a degree and having some insurance to fall back on. Giving up a chance to see the world while doing something that you love? Spending your days in the sun, in the water, hanging out with good friends and getting paid to do it? Some may call him crazy. However, Popp had his reasons. Some of them being that the money isn’t as good as people think and the nature of surfing is risky. “The main reason why I chose school over pursuing strictly a surfing career was because there is not nearly enough money to be made as in other sports or careers,” Popp said. “[And] like any other sport, there is the possibility of getting injured and I would want to have a degree to fall back on.”
BY DANIEL SUZUKI/For the Daily Titan A CHARMED LIFE – Cal State Fullerton student Adam Popp has been a professional surfer for the last 12 years. He will graduate from CSUF with a degree. Popp began surfing in the ninth grade at 28th Street in Newport Beach and received his first sponsorship a year and a half after that. “He took to surfing naturally, as if he were born on a surfboard, as he has in all athletics he was involved with,” said Rich Popp, Adam’s dad. “He concentrated mostly on surfing through the years as more sponsors came on board to support his career.” He began competing while he attended Newport Harbor High School, winning amateur events and becoming the overall points leader of a local competition series. After high school, Popp attended Orange Coast College part time but was all about the photo trips and shooting film for surf videos.
He was living the dream and doing it with the support of his friends and family. But then CSUF entered the picture when Popp decided to make school a priority and advertising his major. “Advertising seemed like a realistic field to enter since I and my surfboard were used as advertising and marketing techniques by my sponsors,” Popp said. When he is in the water, the stickers on his board display the many sponsors Popp has. He earns them money every time he is photographed and displayed in magazines. Readers of surf magazines see these photos and are reminded about RVCA, Von Zipper or Vestal Watches every time they see him and
his board, influencing them to buy and wear their products. Advertising seemed like a perfect fit and school seemed even better. Cal State Fullerton was a school that Popp saw as being a perfect fit for his major in advertising. But friends like 26-year-old Jeff Barnett, who is a fellow surfer and stuntman, can explain other more “realistic” reasons why Fullerton became so attractive. “[Fullerton] is about a 20-minute drive from his home in Santa Ana, so its not too far and its not too close to run into the same people and scene he grew up with in his beloved beach town, Newport,” Barnett said. “He was stoked on Fullerton from day one so he had every reason to pursue the school in full force and that’s
what he did.” He goes to school, works hard and knows that although he loves the sport of surfing, a degree from a university has the potential to make him greater in the long run. Opportunities in the business world will be open to him and the risks that he will take will be a little less life-threatening as compared to surfing. Making a living will be safer. But Popp said he is a surfer at heart and loves what he does. While in school, he has continued to surf as much as possible and still keeps an interest in being a professional surfer. “He’s in the coolest situation because he can still complete his classes as he makes pro finals up and down the California coast,” Barnett
said. “He knows his responsibility is school, but he can’t help crave some extra prize money and win free gear in the meantime.” Popp is a pro surfer who will soon have a degree. He is a pro surfer who has had the encouragement of his sponsors and fellow surfers in going to school. As long as he was able to stay in the water, compete a little and shoot photos, he said everyone was happy. But giving up surfing trips around the world to study and read books in Fullerton? CSUF really made an impression and education has made an even bigger one. Popp is proud of what he has accomplished, going to school everyday and preparing himself for the “real and everyday” world. And although he takes pride in what he has done, he is excited for graduation. Well actually, he is more excited about the day after graduation. Because this is when he can, once again, live out those daydreams that many of us have while sitting in a classroom. Popp is planning to pick up where he left off and surf as much as possible. “I have a big opportunity to do stunt work with a best friend and his father so that is definitely a road I would like to travel when I graduate this May,” Popp said. His friends share his enthusiasm for his return and have nothing but confidence in speaking about Popp’s future in surfing. “The ability that Adam contrives will no doubt keep him in the pro spotlight for years to come,” Barnett said. “Once you achieve that level of status, it will never dissipate. He will keep the continuity of making finals in contests and pop up in the magazines when he chooses to. The ability is there forever.” That is exactly what Popp wants to hear. Although he said he came to CSUF for a degree and will be leaving with a degree, he will undoubtedly continue to make the best out of his pro career and the possibilities that are made available. Surfing is what he loves to do and surfing in what he is going to do.
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ask of a player?” Not too much really. Except that Hardman is willing to give more. He is a player that works hard and takes pride in everything he does. He said he works especially hard on his defense, believing in himself and his abilities with a glove. When watching Hardman in the outfield, it is easy to see the results of his hard work. He gets good jumps on the ball, takes good angles to the ball and makes it all look easy. “I like to think of myself as one of the best defensive center fielders in the country,” Hardman said. “I like to pride myself on defense and I think to this point, I have done that.” He has seen successful results offensively as well. The new confidence that he possesses is largely due to the fact that he has been around and faced better pitching. He has gone toe to toe against guys that are pitching or have had experience pitching in the major leagues
SPORTS whether in actual games or exhibitions, like the Angels’ Jered Weaver, the former Long Beach State ace and Jason Windsor, a Cal State Fullerton alum who made his Major League debut last year. For Hardman, facing better opponents in the past equal success against lesser ones in the future. “I have this new confidence as to ‘what do you have that those guys don’t?’” Hardman said. But it isn’t just the athletic plays that Hardman makes that impresses people in the Titan community. Hardman’s success at the plate andability to rundown a ball in the outfield is only half of what makes him a special player. Despite coming back from an injury that has hindered his ability to play in the past, Hardman isn’t a selfish player. Many times, injuries leave players coming back with chips on their shoulders, acting like someone owes them something. Clark isn’t that type of player. He said he is having fun with the chance to play everyday and isn’t the type of guy that takes everything he has received for granted. With Hardman having the year he
is having and outperforming many expectations, it is amazing to see that its not all about him. He said he is happy with the year he is having, but that is all secondary to the team, in every aspect of what a team is. Listed as one of the captains for the CSUF baseball team, Hardman takes opportunities to help the younger guys with dimensions of the game. He knows what it is like to be the new guy, a freshman. He has pulled younger guys aside to teach and tutor the way others have done for him. He has taken the knowledge that he was given by past players and coaches and passed it down to younger Titans like Chris Jones and Josh Fellhauer, two players he said he is excited to watch in the coming years. But he does it in a manner that is less vocal and more visual. “I would consider myself more of a lead-by-example type of leader rather than a vocal leader,” Hardman said. “And I would definitely say that I’ve taken more of a leadership role this year than in past years.” Horton agrees and said he hoped his team would take an attitude
more like Hardman’s. “He leads by example everyday. He is smart, good and passionate about competing,” Horton said. “I wish our whole squad had his makeup.” Though injuries have plagued him in the past, Hardman’s future looks positive. He continues to work hard at the game he loves and his drive and passion are easily viewable from the orange seats at Goodwin Field. Getting the chance to be a Titan, getting the chance to play as a Titan for the entire year, is something that Clark and his family feel very blessed about. They hope the blessings continue into the future and not just the staying healthy part. But either way, Hardman has supporters that believe in him and think he is capable of becoming a professional player. “I honestly believe that in the future he will play professional baseball. He works hard everyday and it has been his dream to be in the big leagues ever since he was young,” Kyle Hardman said. “I don’t see how anything can keep him from his goals. Its just not his personality.”
May 14-21, 2007
CSUF Baseball Loses Rubber Match
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Andy Dirk’s three run home run capped a four-run second inning as No. 9 Wichita State salvaged a game in the three-game series with a 7-0 shutout of Cal State Fullerton Sunday afternoon at Eck Stadium. The Shocker win came on the heels of two straight Titan victories on Friday and Saturday, as they improve to 43-16 on the year. Fullerton drops to 31-19 and snap a brief three-game winning streak. Michael Morrison, making his third weekend start, pitched just two innings allowing all four earned runs in the second frame and was tagged with the loss dropping his record to 5-3 on the year. Conner Gillaspie doubled to lead off the bottom of the second, and Tyler hill drove him home with a single back up the middle. Tyler Weber then single off the glove of
Evan McArthur for the third of four Shocker hits in the frame setting up Dirks’ 390-foot long-ball. The Shox added another run in the third, this time off reliever Dustin Biorsak, who had his 13.1inning consecutive inning scoreless streak snapped with an RBI-single by Josh Workman. Workman’s knock brought home Matt Brown with the fifth run, after Brown doubled to lead off the inning. Birosak loaded the bases with another single and an intentional walk, but got out of the inning with a fly ball to right by Dusty Coleman. Cal State Fullerton returns to Big West Conference play next weekend at Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo, Calif. Fullerton is down to six remaining regular-season game, all of which are conference match-ups against the Mustangs on the road, and Long Beach State at home the following week.
Softball Travels to Ohio for Regionals CSUF Athletics Media Relations The Cal State Fullerton softball team will be making its third consecutive NCAA Tournament appearance and the program’s 23rd overall as the Titans are headed to Columbus, Ohio, for the 2007 NCAA Regionals hosted by Ohio State it was announced on Sunday afternoon. The Titans (34-20 overall, 13-5 in the Big West Conference for second place) are the No. 4 seed and will meet No. 16 national seed Virginia Tech (48-14) in their first game on Friday (May 18) at 3 p.m. Pacific time. They will be joined by the host and No. 2 seeded Buckeyes (38-16) and No. 3 seed Canisus (27-19) in the four-team bracket that runs through Sunday (May 20).
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May 14-21, 2007
Titans’ Hardman Makes Up for Some Lost Time Centerfielder is finally able to enjoy the long road back to the field BY ANDREW SNYDER
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very time Titan center fielder Clark Hardman steps to the plate, familiar words ring out from the speakers at Goodwin Field. “If you want some, come get some.” Taken from the song “Lets Go” by Trick Daddy, you can sense that these lyrics have meaning to a player who has seen hard times and injuries while being a member of the Cal State Fullerton Titans baseball team. If you know who he is then you know what he’s about. You can understand why these words raise eyebrows and make you wonder if he is out to prove something. But if you have never seen him play, Hardman is a player that lays it all out there and plays like its his last chance, and with good reason. As a freshman in 2004, Hardman was named a freshman All-American, playing in 61 of 69 games and starting in 36 of the last 37. His .341 batting average was good enough for fourth on the 2004 NCAA national championship Titans and he was a first-team All-Big West selection. But the next two seasons were nothing like Hardman’s first year as a Titan. In 2005, Hardman played in only seven games before a season-ending shoulder injury would require sur-
gery and keep him from playing the remainder of the season. He didn’t play much in 2006 either, only starting in 36 games for the Titans. But this season has been a resurgence of attitude and confidence for the junior from Mission Viejo. He has played in all but one game this year and has seen success in almost every aspect of the game. He is playing good defense, he is producing offensively, leading the team in average at .371, and perhaps more importantly, he is having fun playing baseball again. Although it may come off sounding a little cliche, there is nothing fake or cheesy about the way he explains it. Hardman said that being able to play on a consistent basis has been very special. “It’s amazing to finally play a whole season and to finally be healthy,” Hardman said. “In 2005, I’ve never had something taken away from me like that. Especially my passion, my dream.” His parents have supported him through the rough times and are enjoying their son’s success with him. They attend every game and every tailgate party. They love to travel with the team and are not shy about showing their support. “My parents love every second of it. They are my biggest supporters,” Hardman said. “They’re there whether we win or lose and even if we did or didn’t do well.” But unlike the so-called “traditional” support system of having mom, dad and maybe a sibling in the stands cheering for your number, Hardman has support that is a little more special and a little more in his face.
Clark’s younger brother Kyle is on the team, both representing Titan baseball. Kyle is a redshirt freshman this season meaning that he is on the team and he practices with the team, but he doesn’t play in the games. Still Hardman said having his brother on the practice field and in the dugout is a little better than seeing him in the stands with his parents. “Not everyone gets to play college baseball with their brother,” Hardman said. “He’s red-shirting this year so I get to see him everyday and work with him. Its just fun to be out on the baseball field with him.” And Kyle, being one of his brother’s biggest fans, said he and the family have prayed for Clark to have a comeback season such as this one. He told his brother to keep pushing through because in the end, he will make a difference. “When he was hurt and saw the team doing as good as they were, he was kicking himself because he loves to be out there,” Kyle Hardman said. “We just kept saying not to worry. You will be back to a hundred percent and you can be part of the reason why they get there next year.” And so far, Clark has filled the shoes and shown the promise he did in 2004. Titan Head Coach George Horton has praised Hardman for the player he is and holds him in high regard. “Clark is having a great year. He leads our team in RBI’s from the leadoff spot. Enough said about his value,” Horton said. “He also plays great defense and plays really hard everyday. What more could a coach SEE HARDMAN - PAGE 20
BY CARLOS DELGADO/Daily Titan Staff Photographer A CANNON OF AN ARM – Cal State Fullerton centerfielder Clark Hardman prides himself on not only being a hitter but also a defender. “I like to think of myself as one of the best defensive center fielders in the country,” Hardman said.