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CSUF team a champ By Rachel Cannon Summer Titan Staff Writer news@dailytitan.com
The prevention of underage drinking on the Cal State Fullerton campus is starting to get some recognition. The Campus Community Alcohol Management Project team was awarded the Champions Award from the California State University Alcohol Education Conference. Those awarded were Dean of Students Kandy Mink Salas, Director of Health Education and Promotion Mary Hermann, health educator Brie Roumeliotis and health educator Jackie Gogan. These four women started their work with alcohol issues in a collaboration with UCI and the County of Orange Health Care Agency. “Our goal has been to increase our alcohol education efforts on campus and in particular to reduce underage drinking and underage access to alcohol,” Kandy Mink Salas said in a news release. They received a $435,000 state grant from the Health Care Agency’s Alcohol and Drug Education and Prevention Team. The team puts together events where they serve refreshments and educate students about the dangers of underage drinking and the consequences of providing alcohol to underage students. “What we do is so important, yet I have so much fun doing it,” Gogan said. “Being recognized for having an impact on the school is very meaningful.” Gogan, who has been on the team for a year, became involved with it when she was hired on as a student assistant. After her graduation from CSUF with a bachelor’s in health science, she returned to the program to become the assistant grant coordinator. Currently she is the grant coordinator and the team’s chair. Brie Roumeliotis, who has a bachelor’s in psychology and a master’s of public heath from CSUF, said she was also very excited about the team receiving the award. “I feel this is a great well-deserved accolade,” Roumeliotis said. “This award reflects not only on the programming that has been produced but the administration that have created an environment in which this type of program was so well supported.” While their impact is hard to mea
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Fullerton’s green building wins gold accolades
courtesy of michael smith/CSUF Design and Construction Green building - Above, an artist’s depiction of what the new Cal State Fullerton Recreation Center will look like. Below, the center in its current state. It is still under construction but is slated to open in January 2008.
Recognizing the new Rec center for energy efficiency By Danielle Perry Summer Titan Staff Writer news@dailytitan.com
Right now, it doesn’t look like much with its metal posts sticking out of the ground and a dirt lot for a swimming pool. But the new Rec Center next to the Titan Student Union is already giving students and faculty something to get excited about. The center was recently awarded “Best Overall Sustainable Design” for 2007 as part of the Best Practice Awards from the University of California/California State University Energy Efficiency Partnership Program. The program developed the award to recognize new buildings and facility renovations that employ energy-efficient techniques to reduce the use of
natural resources during construction and throughout the lifetime of the facility. Kurt Borsting, director of TSU, said the two-story 95,000 square-foot Rec Center uses a variety of sustainable features such as low-emitting paints, water-conserving shower heads in locker rooms and a roof which helps deflect heat off the building to lower the energy requirement for cooling. It will feature a variety of spa- and club-like features such as spa-inspired locker rooms; a multi-court basketball gymnasium; an indoor track; a 15,000 square-foot cardio and weight room; a multimedia cardio room; several rooms for fitness classes; a lap and leisure pool; and a rock climbing wall, Borsting said. The center will also feature a system where a hand screener can match students to their campus wide ID number
courtesy of michael smith/CSUF Design and Construction and identify their membership, Borsting said. The center, which competed against many other UC and CSU facilities for the award, was recognized at the sixthannual UC, CSU and CCC Sustainability Conference that was held at University of California Santa Barbara June 25 to 27. Winning the award is an honor for both students and faculty. Michael Smith, director of design and construction at the university, compared the award to “best movie” at the Oscars. “It’s a big award,” he said. “It’s a really green building; we’re really happy about that.” This is the second time CSUF has been recognized for this award at the conference. The first time the campus won the award was in 2005 for its design of the
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Arboretum visitor center. CSUF was also recognized last year for its efficient use and renovation to the TSU central plant, which will supply both the TSU and the new Rec Center with hot and chilled water for heating, ventilation and air conditioning, Smith said. “We are the only campus who won best practices two times,” he said. The center’s environmentally friendly design and construction was no mistake and the image that started the project began with students and faculty. Students involved in the center’s design presented seven core principals that came to be “fundamental to the building,” Borsting said. They were: designing for flexibility, use of open space, commitment to
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British arrests doctors for recent terrorist attacks LONDON (AP) - They had diverse backgrounds and came from countries around the globe, but all shared youth and worked in medicine. They also had a common goal, authorities suspect: to bring havoc and death to Britain. The eight people held Tuesday in the failed car-bomb plot include one doctor from Iraq and two from India, a phy-
sician from Lebanon and a Jordanian doctor and his medical assistant wife. All employees of the United Kingdom’s National Health Service, some worked together as colleagues at hospitals in England and Scotland, and experts and officials say the evidence points to the plot being hatched after they met in Britain, rather than overseas.
Security forces for the Fourth are just a precaution WASHINGTON (AP) - Some of the armed officers with dogs around airports, subways and bus stops this week are part of special Transportation Security Administration teams sent to protect mass-transit sites over the holiday. The “VIPER” teams were sent to guard facilities in the nation’s capital and in Baltimore, New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Houston, Los Angeles and San Francisco, TSA spokeswoman Ellen Howe said Tuesday. “It’s not just because of the attacks in England,” Howe said. “Some were planned this week anyway, but I won’t
deny the English car bombs affected the decision.” She added, though, that there is “no credible, specific threat for the Fourth.”
Hackers tear apart iPhones to find Apple secrets SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - While most iPhone owners couldn’t wait to try out their pricey new gadgets, a few raced to break them apart. The dismantled – and in some cases, permanently busted – iPhones revealed one of Apple Inc.’s closely guarded secrets: The names of the companies that supplied the chips and other electronic components for the device. The findings sent all but a few of the component makers’ stocks higher Monday, the first day of trading since the iPhone – a combination cell phone, music player and wireless Web browsing device – went on sale in the U.S. Friday evening for as much as $600 a pop. The parts makers stand to profit handsomely if the iPhone proves popular over time. Apple itself has set a target
of selling 10 million units worldwide by 2008, gaining roughly a 1 percent share of the cell phone market.
Former Titan sentenced in real estate mortgage scam SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) - A former Cal State Fullerton baseball player who hired one-time Dodgers star Steve Garvey to help promote his business was sentenced to five years in prison for duping more than 200 investors out of $32 million through a real estate scam. Salvatore Favata was ordered on Monday to compensate his victims at a rate of $10,000 a month when he is released from prison and attend drug abuse and gamblers’ anonymous meetings. Favata, of Yorba Linda, was president of Orange-based National Consumer Mortgage, which legitimately funded home loans, when he persuaded clients to refinance their homes and use the cash and other assets to invest in another arm of the company. He promised returns of as much as 60 percent a year.
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CIA working with CSUs to find new blood By Danielle Perry Summer Titan Staff Writer news@dailytitan.com
The CIA better get ready for the new generation of students coming its way. CSU-ACE, short for the California State University Intelligence Community Center for Academic Excellence, will give students at Cal State Fullerton and other CSUs the chance to learn competitive skills for obtaining jobs within intelligence-gathering agencies this fall. Eight students in a program of classes related to the intelligence community, said Director of Political Administration and Justice Valerie O’Regan. Students will fulfill the program’s requirements by taking a total of six courses related to the field. Classes will focus on geography, political science, sociology, international relations, computer engineering, business and critical thinking. Students will learn important abilities such as Geographic Informa-
tion Systems and accounting, O’Regan said. The program was established by Congress in December of 2003 to recruit “21st-century intelligence and national security imperatives” from all around the U.S., according to the program’s Web site. The United States Office of the Director of National Intelligence put it into effect in 2006.The program is currently being offered at six other California State Universities: CSU Bakersfield; CSU Dominguez Hills; CSU Long Beach; CSU Northridge; Cal Poly Pomona and CSU San Bernardino. The program is aimed at creating a “more diverse workforce” and reaches over 160,000 combined students at the seven college campuses, according to the Web site. The program also includes a highschool outreach where high-school students will be taught about terrorism, national security and more from the
program’s administrators. The outreach began last week at CSU Long Beach. The seven campuses were chosen because of several factors, including proximity and interest in the program, O’Regan said. “The chancellor was looking for campuses to work together,” she said. “Another factor is [CSUF] is a diverse student body.” After the Sept. 11 attacks, it was obvious that intelligence-gathering agencies lacked diversity, O’Regan said. “The intelligence agencies were made up mostly of white Anglo persons of privilege, graduates of Ivy League universities, persons who could not blend in among the new groups threatening Western countries,” Dean of Humanities and Social Science Thomas Klammer said in an e-mail. “What we discovered was that in the post-9/11 world, the intelligence agencies are seeking an ethnically and linguistically diverse pool of potential employees.”
The program is funded by a $3-million 5-year grant from the intelligence community, and is open to both undergraduate and graduate students. CSU San Bernardino is home to the program, offering a master’s program in national security studies. Students who participate in the program will have a competitive edge over other students in jobs offered by agencies such as the CIA, Coast Guard Intelligence, Department of Energy, Department of Homeland Security, Department of the Treasury, Drug Enforcement Agency, FBI, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency and the National Reconnaissance Office. CSU-ACE has also collaborated with the CSU Strategic Language Initiative, which CSUF is currently part of, to work with the Intensive Institute in Persian Language and Culture. The language program also allows students to travel and learn about the different languages and cultures they’re
studying, firsthand. “We sent 15 students worldwide to experience a wide range of languages and cultures in the summer,” said Filomeno Batayola, administrative assistant for CSU-ACE. This program will help students learn languages important to working effectively with other countries in the intelligence-gathering field, and other fields such as business, she said. “We encourage students to get into the language program,” O’Regan said. “It makes them extremely competitive.” Mark Clark, director of national security studies at Cal State University San Bernardino, said in an e-mail that the program would help students develop skills required for the field. “I believe we’re on a good path to helping students prepare for careers in intelligence,” he said. “Our goal at our universities … should give students interested in pursuing such careers an advantage.”
Four different stories, but one residency English is the unifying thread for some people living here in the States By Jennifer Caddick Summer Titan Staff Writer news@dailytitan.com
Starting over in a foreign country can mean relearning how to live and even how to speak. Cielo Minerva, Isela Bonilla, Yosania Garcia and Maria Corona could not speak a word of English when they first stepped on to American soil, but they said their determination and love for their families gave them the drive to do whatever it took to learn. Minerva, Bonilla, Garcia and Corona emigrated from Mexico, El Salvador and the Dominican Republic. The four share an English as a Second Language class in Pomona, and said learning the language has helped shape their experience here. “Being in this class has helped me with my regular life, for example, I can communicate with my kids and I can talk to their teachers. When I go to the clinic now I can understand the doctor,” Minerva said. Minerva has been enrolled in the ESL
class for six years now, but said she can still remember being the girl that came to the U.S. 18 years ago. A woman she knew in her town approached her with the idea of going to California and Minerva jumped at the chance. Although moving from Mexico meant leaving her family behind, she knew it was something she had to do in order to have more opportunities in her life. They left at night. She brought with her nothing except 2,000 pesos [about $180] and the clothes on her back. That was all Minerva would be able to fit through the underground tunnels that she crawled through on hands and knees to get across the border. “It was so scary because you couldn’t see what was in front of you. We were pressed against the ground just crawling through the tunnels. We would have to stop sometimes when we heard police and helicopters,” Minerva said. “I was very afraid of the helicopters.” Bonilla can relate to Minerva’s fear. She paid $2,500 to travel by bus from El Salvador for a month to find her mother, who was already living in the U.S. Bonilla trekked through Guatemala and Mexico before arriving in California. The Mexican immigration threw Bonilla in prison three times before she made it past the border. She was one of
the lucky ones. “I cried when I came to the United States. People were killed and raped on the journey. It was bad. I wouldn’t want anyone to go through what I did,” Bonilla said. Bonilla said she knew that she would have a better life in America with her mother and that alone made the voyage worth the risk. Not all the women had to survive such excruciating hardships on their excursion to America. Maria Corona was able to drive across the border without being hassled at all by the border patrol. She and her husband simply packed their bags and made the move. Corona’s sister-in-law had been living in the U.S. for years and they were able to stay with her until they could find their own place. The whole process was uncomplicated, but Corona said leaving her family behind made it difficult to accept that she had abandoned her home in Mexico and would never live there again. “I left my grandma, aunts, uncles, cousins … I would get so homesick some nights,” Corona said. “But I feel like [California] is my home now and I can’t imagine living anywhere else.” Corona said ESL classes gave her the ability to relate to her children, who
were born in the U.S. and have always spoke English fluently. Although Corona and her family consider themselves Americans now, there are times when Corona still feels nostalgic for Mexico. Homesickness plagued Yosania Garcia for months after she landed in Florida from the Dominican Republic. “I was very happy when I got here, but I missed my home. In my country the people are always outside dancing, drinking, playing loud music … I miss
that,” Garcia said. Garcia said her melancholy attitude was eased once she married her husband, whom she actually met on the plane ride over. After four months in Miami her husband’s company transferred him to South Dakota, but the cold weather was too intense for the pair. Southern California’s warm climate was more appealing to Garcia and eventually they settled in Pomona.
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There’s a ‘guitar hero’ in all of us The popular video game is starting to show up everywhere, even in bars By Grant Paulis For the Summer Titan gpaulis@dailytitan.com
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“Guitar Hero” first burst onto the video game scene in November of 2005. Since then it has become more than a simple game, it has become a way of life. Gamers of all ages have embraced this game of skill where you emulate playing a guitar on a controller specifically designed to replicate the guitar-playing experience, but without the hassle of actually learning how to play. This isn’t your older brother’s Nintendo Track and Field game with that lame dance pad, this is a real peripheral that adds a whole new dimension to game play. Some, like CSUF Animation Major Keith Hansen, claim that it is
“inspiring for young people to become musically inclined” and helps foster a love for music. The original controller was modeled after a Gibson SG guitar and had 5 buttons at the top that simulate frets and a button for strumming near the bottom. Also included is a whammy bar and a motion sensor for activating a bonus by “rocking out” just a little bit harder and tilting the guitar toward the sky. As a rule all of the songs that you perform are covers, some better than others. The latest incarnation of “Guitar Hero,” “Guitar Hero II,” was recently released for Xbox 360. Though it was basically a port of the PlayStation 2 version it was still received with much acclaim by fans and publications. With the promise of new songs downloadable from Xbox Live and two-player modes of play this version really ups the ante. There are plans for an expansion pack full of ’80s songs to be released in July as well as new titles planned for Xbox 360, PS3 and Wii. This video game has found a special
place in the hearts of college students. Players would be hard pressed to find a student who owns a PS2 or Xbox 360 and does not have it. The real appeal to this hit game is that someone with little or no musical talent or musical inclination can pick up the guitar and be shredding in moments. Bragging rights are earned when a talented guitarist can wield his axe deftly enough to tackle the most difficult songs on hard mode. CSUF Student Mike Keating claimed to be the greatest “Guitar Hero” in all of the University Village apartment community and has been known to get astounding scores on the song “Get Ready 2 Rokk” by the band Freezepop. Savvy businesses are taking advantage of the “Guitar Hero” craze and cashing in. In Garden Grove at The Azteca from 10 p.m. to midnight every Wednesday they have weekly “Guitar Hero” parties and competitions. They will host a “Guitar Hero” tournament at the Best Buy in Westminster on July 4.
Some YouTube shows might be there legally By Amy Robertson Summer Titan Staff Writer news@dailytitan.com
All eyes are on YouTube, but this time they’re not looking at videos of balloons popping in slow motion. YouTube, a Web site that acts as a colossal marketplace for the sharing of videos, was created in 2005. Since its emergence it’s gained a lot of popularity and traffic. Almost anything can now be found on the site, from video footage of Saddam Hussein’s hanging or a bald Britney Spears attacking a photographer with her umbrella to random clips of a hamster running around its exercise wheel. “I watch mostly music stuff and short films or parts of TV shows that I missed. Every now and again, I get hooked into something else. It’s like internet junk food,” said Wendy Karn, 40, Starbucks store manager and avid YouTube user. Although the Web site first emerged as an outlet for people to post and share
original videos, many people have begun using it as a tool to view almost anything. Many times what’s being sought out is portions of TV shows, music videos or even clips of upcoming movies that have somehow found their way onto the site. Of course, there may be some copyright issues with that kind of material. “I don’t think it’s wrong that YouTube posts copyrighted material as long as it says where it’s from. I mean, it’s only a little clip and makes people more aware of things on TV and stuff. There are plenty of SNL clips that I would have no idea about if it wasn’t for YouTube,” said Julie Shuler, third year Intercultural Studies major at Biola University. Although, despite peoples’ opinions, the fact is laws are being broken. “YouTube is infringing on copyright laws by posting even portions of copyrighted programs from network or cable television. They even acknowledge that much posting is copyrighted,” said communications Professor Genelle Belmas in an e-mail interview. However, YouTube, on its Web site, said it doesn’t “control the content” on the site. Furthermore, “messaging on the site make it clear that users must own or have permission from copyright holders
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said it will ask that user to remove the to post any videos.” One way in which YouTube is able video from the site. “If YouTube does what it’s supposed to wash to its hands of the matter is through the agreement users must first to do and takes down infringing conread and accept before creating an ac- tent when it’s told about its existence, count, which says members will not it pretty much eliminates liability for post any copyrighted or trademarked itself,” Belmas said. Yet, YouTube has found one way to material that is not their own. Though there is one loophole when it avoid removing some popular material comes to posting copyrighted material. from its Web site – partnerships. According to its Web site, YouTube If users are able to prove the content to has struck partnerbe fair use, they are ship deals with conallowed to use it. tent providers such In order to be catas CBS, BBC, Uniegorized as fair use, If YouTube does what four factors must be it’s supposed to do and versal Music Group, Sony Music Group, considered regarding Warner Music Group the material, accord- takes down infringing and the NBA. ing to the Copyright content ... it pretty Therefore, dependAct of 1976: the puring on the grounds pose and character of much eliminates the companies dethe use, the nature liability for itself. YouTube of the copyrighted – Genelle Belmas termine, material, the amount Communications Law Professor would be permitted to post content of the portion being owned by their partused and the effect of ners. the use on the market Dana McClintock, spokesman for or value of the copyrighted material. If a piece of copyrighted property is CBS Broadcasting, said as a result of the used without permission and does not partnership between CBS and YouTube, fall into the fair use category – which CBS condones their property to be used often times is hard to prove – YouTube on the YouTube Web site, although
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they can ask to pull something down at times. CBS also has branded channels on YouTube and, at time, clips featured on the front page. NBC, which only a year ago was attacking YouTube and asking for content to be pulled from the site, has now joined the bandwagon and struck a deal with the file-sharing site as well. YouTube now hosts video clips from various NBC shows, such as “Saturday Night Live” and “The Tonight Show.” As YouTube grows in its endeavors, the Internet, too, will be growing in the vast array of information it has to offer. McClintock said CBS realizes that soon programming will be all over the Internet and they embrace that reality. “By and large, we think a lot of it is really promotional and helps generate interest in our programming,” he said. However, with such growth must come regulation. “I think that as Web 2.0 grows, more and more users are going to expect the interactivity that YouTube provides. They are going to want their material available online. If content providers don’t figure out a way to do that, and do it profitably, the same issues that arose around music sharing will arise around video and other content,” Belmas said.
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From page one sure, team members said they realize that their work is important and has the capability of changing CSUF students’ lives. “Success can be monitored by one person being affected,” Gogan said. “That one person can diffuse the information that they learn to the rest of their peers.” The team tries to get students involved in the program in a number of ways. They get students to join focus groups, develop campaign messages and they have the involvement of the Peer Health University Network, the Greek system and designated driver programs. “Student organization has been a
By jocelyn loren/Summer Titan Staff Writer smog check - Above, Romoe De La Cruz, a smog technician at Auto Check in Anaheim, checks a car. If the Environmental Protection Agency allows California’s AB1493 to be implemented, De La Cruz and other techs may fail cars that meet regular federal standards.
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Right, De La Cruz tests a Honda Accord on a smog analyzer. If the EPA allows California to implement its smog law, other states with similar laws may seek similar powers. sions. It’s like saying by 2050 cars need to run on water.” “They’re so clean right now,” said Thome. Thome said he believes lowering the emissions beyond federal standards “will be hitting more people than industry.” De La Cruz said with new, lower emissions regulations in California, the prime beneficiary will be air quality “but for the customer it will not be beneficial.” De La Cruz said he estimates his customers will be spending “$400 to $500 per smog.” Robert Camargo, an Auto Chek customer whose 1988 Nissan Sentra recently failed a “visual inspection” of California’s smog test, said he’s an advo-
Avoiding Alzheimer’s may be as simple as playing Sudoku. About 50 members of the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute attended a lecture on Alzheimer’s Thursday. They received information about causes of the disease and some lifestyle factors that can help accelerate or slow down the chances of getting Alzheimer’s. Nilay Patel, assistant professor of biological science, presented the lecture. More than 20 percent of elderly citizens above age 75 suffer from Alzheimer’s, Patel said. Currently, in the U.S., 4.5 million people suffer from Alzheimer’s. Researchers predicted that by 2050 that number would increase to 13.2 million. The risk of getting Alzheimer’s doubles every five years after age 65, Patel told the audience. In the early stages of Alzheimer’s, people will begin to lose their recent memory. They will also begin to have hostility and agitation for their caretakers and soon depression, he added. In the intermediate stages, patients will think less clearly; they will get lost in their own environments, like their neighborhoods and homes; and will need assistance with daily activities. In the later stages, they lose their language abilities and mental capacity. They will need constant assistance. Jeanne Randall, 82, attended the event because she said there’s a potential for her getting the disease and she’s concerned for herself. Attending the event and learning
about Alzheimer’s “soothes” her she said, but she does get worried. “You tend to lose your memory as you get older … It’s very frustrating and you get angry at yourself when you can’t remember things like the date or the names of your kids,” Randall said. To diagnose someone with Alzheimer’s, doctors use the Mini-Mental State Exam, which assesses current information that a person is able to retain. Doctors will ask patients questions to determine their level of cognition, like what day of the week it is or where they are. Signs of Alzheimer’s may not always be linked to a decrease in mental capacity, Patel said. Some noncognitive medical diagnoses include depression, anxiety, agitation, delusions and insomnia. More than 90 percent of Alzheimer’s cases are caused by genetics or environmental factors, Patel said. Risk factors, like high cholesterol, increase chances of Alzheimer’s, he added. He told the audience that caloric restriction also increases one’s lifespan by weakening age-related impairments.
The university has high hopes that the center will earn its next big achievequality materials and equipment, use of ment, a silver or better rating from the natural lighting and materials, quality U.S. Green Building Council, Leaderchanging rooms, gathering spaces and a ship in Energy and Environmental Delarge fitness room. sign, Borsting said. “Students drove this whole thing,” he Council certification is the highsaid. est achievement for environmentally Smith also noted the importance of friendly buildings. the planning team’s involvement in the The building’s design has already design. been submitted for the council’s review, “You really own Borsting said. that building,” he The rating system said. “We transfocuses on five key lated what students concepts: sustainable wanted into sustain- We’re not trying to site development, ability.” water savings, energy build a health club, Stephanie Rosales, efficiency, materials a junior liberal stud- we’re trying to build a selection and indoor ies major, said she community. environmental qualwill probably utilize ity. the new center and Borsting said he – Kurt Borsting looks forward to its Director of TSU hopes students will opening. utilize the facility and “It sounds really said the TSU and the cool,” she said. “I new Rec Center will probably will use it compliment each when I have breaks on campus since other. there’s so much to do there.” “We’re committed to creating a Rosales also said its important to have healthy environment for students,” he students facilities on campus like the said. “We’re not trying to build a health Rec Center. club, we’re trying to build a commu“It’s cool that we have places like that nity.” to go and hang out on campus,” she The Rec Center is scheduled to open said. in January 2008. From page one
cate for clean air but questions the motives behind California’s new bill. “My car passes those strict emissions tests easily, but it failed because my check engine light is on for some reason,” said Camargo. “With all these sensors, it could just be a small part that has nothing to do with emissions. Now I don’t know how much I’m going to spend in repairs just to have that light off. It seems less about actual clean air and more about revenue for the state.”
Stay sharp: eat less and play By Juliette Funes Summer Titan Staff Writer news@dailytitan.com
huge asset to our team,” Roumeliotis said. “They have taken this message into classrooms, plastered the posters all over campus, and have acted as advocates in other organizations.” The team also uses past experiences to try and relate to the students they try and help. “Yes, I did” used to party, Roumeliotis said. “And I was a student here so my experience is especially relevant.” She said she puts this perspective to use by sharing with students that it’s OK to “party”, but it’s not fine to take it to the extremes. “Our goal is to minimize the risks related to alcohol use by teaching people to be smart about their use of alcohol and practice ‘responsible drinking,’” Roumeliotis said.
The prevalence of Alzheimer’s is correlated consumption of food. Highercalories are linked with the risk of having Alzheimer’s, Patel said. “Having caloric restriction aggressively attacks Alzheimer’s,” he said. Reducing calorie intake would also reduce cholesterol and glucose and insulin levels. Until better drugs are available, being healthy and exercising the mind helps, Patel said. To not compromise their health, Patel told the audience to avoid things that would cause diabetes, heart disease and stress. He also recommended that they take part in doing more “scholarly” activities, such as puzzles, reading and creative writing. Increasing blood flow to the brain with exercise, a good diet and mental engagement can help prevent Alzheimer’s, as well as having plenty of sleep to relax the body and mind, Patel said. “One of the best things we can do is pay attention … and engage in mental activities,” Patel told the audience. “Don’t be idle,” he added.
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The Environmental Protection Agency said last month it will rule by the end of the year on California’s petition to implement a law that will restrict emissions of greenhouse gases blamed for global warming. California passed AB1493 in 2002, which will reduce combined greenhouse gas emissions from all light-duty vehicles starting in model year 2009. But the law cannot take effect unless California receives a federal waiver from the EPA, according to GreenCarCongress.com, a Web site that watches federal emissions regulations. California filed the waiver in 2005 but the EPA put off its decision until the Supreme Court ruled the agency is responsible for regulating greenhouse gasses. Eleven other states that have adopted California’s measure are ready to implement the measure if it gets the waiver. Those states are Connecticut, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont and Washington. Romeo De La Cruz, a smog technician for Auto Chek in Anaheim, said any changes that will lower emissions is a “welcomed one” and will have a positive effect on his business as well as ensure California’s vehicles are kept in “tip-top shape.” “The effects are positive,” said De La Cruz. “Every shop will be selling more stuff, like catalytic converters, spark plugs, wires, and all that. So it will obviously make more money.” Critics, however, cite financial revenue as the motivating factor for tougher emissions regulations. “They need to be more reasonable as far as the feasibility of what they’re proposing to do,” said Thomas Thome, a smog technician at Smog World in Riverside and 22-year veteran in the smog testing industry. “With current technology you can’t suddenly drop CO2 emis-
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By Cindy Cafferty/Summer Titan Photo Editor Face off - Kids participating in Titan Youth Camp enjoy a pickup game of floor hockey at a gymnasium in the Kinsiology Building Tuesday afternoon.
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his summer children can join the six-week session of the Titan Youth Sports Camp that is held at the Cal State Fullerton campus every year. Camp Director Ken Maxey said the camp offers sport-related activities to children in kindergarten through eighth grade. The camp starts at 9 a.m. and ends at 5 p.m. Children can enroll in the all-day program, the 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. morning session or the 1 to 5p.m. afternoon session. The camp has been going on for 20 years now, and this is Maxey’s third summer working for the camp, he said. “On a typical day from 9 a.m. through 5 p.m. there are 135 children that attend daily. Depending on the weather I will decide what to do for the day, whether it is swimming, basketball, hockey, flag football or wiffle ball,” Maxey said. “My favorite activity is bowling, because I get to play with my best friend,” said Devon Jenkins, 6, a camp student. “All the activities are really fun, but ultimate Frisbee is the best,” said Nick Nguyen, 12, a camp student. The morning session includes three
sport activities, a morning snack and come old enough,” said Maxey. “It is the perfect summer job, I have lunch. The afternoon session includes three activities, a swimming option fun and play with fun people and the kids,” said Mandy Regan, 23, graduate and an afternoon snack. The full-day program has seven ac- of CSUF and camp counselor. “The children stand out in their own tivities including a swimming option, morning snack, lunch and afternoon individual way, they are all very unique,” said Michael Underwood, 20, business snack. The camp staff is comprised of major and camp counselor. “I get to CSUF students, certified teachers and play all day, you get paid to play.” “I love being around the kids, it’s instructional specialists. an absolute blast,” All employees are Maxey said. “If the screened through a child is here for a criminal background one-week session, I check, are first-aid want to make sure it and CPR certified, Depending on the the best time they and participate in weather I will decide ishad.” camp-specific trainwhat to do for the Maxey said he ing, Maxey said. has fun and is only “All the coun- day, whether it is in his office for only selors are put in a weekend orientation swimming, basketball, two hours a day from through and they learn every hockey, flag football or Monday Wednesday each aspect of camp. I week; it gives him a want everyone to be wiffle ball. –Ken Maxey chance to get out of on the same page, Camp Director the office and be with because after orienthe kids. tation the counselMaxey said the ors are pretty much camp’s priority is to independent after ensure a safe environment for all the the training,” Maxey said. There are some volunteers that are kids to develop physically, mentally, called counselors in training. They emotionally and socially at their own consist of freshman and sophomore pace. Respect and sportsmanship are students and they become CPR certi- things Maxey said he wants the chilfied by the end of the program. The dren to learn. “My No.1 goal for the children is experience is more of a mentoring and community service program for the safety; I want the kids to have a fantastic time during the summer. I want students, Maxey said. Some volunteers then become coun- the parents to trust us and the college when they drop their child off, so they selors. “Some kids have attended the camp can bring them back every summer,” and become a counselor when they be- Maxey said.
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Children’s Center offers relief to student parents
The Cal State Fullerton Children’s Center has been in operation since 1967, providing day care for the community By Belinda Hurtado Summer Titan Staff Writer news@dailytitan.com
“Our philosophy is: build self-esteem through play and interaction with one another,” said Jessica Ballenger, 22, a CSUF alumnus. Basic math, and identifying shapes and colors aby Titans all over Fullerton have been are taught at the center. The children’s day are coming to the Children’s Center since packed with activities such as reading, walks and 1967. The center provides parents, in on-campus field trips take part of the children’s day. the Fullerton comThe children visit different munity, with reliable and afdepartment buildings regufordable day care. larly to view exhibitions or sitAlthough the center is in on classes that will capture open to the public; chil- Our philosophy is: their attention. dren of CSUF staff and stuLast year the tiny Titans, took dents have first priority. The build self-esteem a trip to Performing Arts CenChildren’s Center allows through play and ter where they watched a dance such people as Department interaction with one class. of Information Systems and The center welcomes inDecision Sciences professor, another. fants, toddlers, and pre-school Nimer Alrushiedat, to teach – Jessica Ballenger children up to the age of and offer office hours to his CSUF Alumnus five. students. Ballenger said that by the Alrushiedat said that time the children are ready in observing his chilto leave the center they have dren’s development, he completed pre-school. has noticed an increase “I consider it high quality day care. The in their motor skills, math vast majority of parents give us high praise,” skills, social skills and computer skills. “I have a peace of mind. I’m relaxed knowing Rachel Aparacio, 22, a women studies major, that they are here,” Alrushiedat said. Alrushiedat said. Aparacio said being a student and a parent has two children in the program; Sophia, 5 and have become easier because of the Children’s Zaid, 3. Alrushiedat said his children are excited about Center. “If they hadn’t had the day care available to what they do in class and they hold their teachers in high regards. “It’s a fantastic program and them, they wouldn’t have been able to finish their degree,” Aparacio said. excellent,” Alrushiedat explained. The Children’s Center is located on the corner The center employs students majoring in child development or other related fields. Each class- of State College and Corporation Drive and is room has one master teacher, each of whom has open Monday through Thursday from 7:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Friday until 5 p.m. credentials and degrees in child development.
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Born to ride - Little Gregory, a regular at the Children’s Center on campus, enjoys the late afternoon sun on his scooter. The center provides quality childcare for the Fullerton community, with priority given to Cal State staff and students.
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Just a symptom But Libby’s not the problem. Scooter Libby’s sentence was It’s an administration that concommuted a few days ago, and the inevitable uproar that followed is tinually does what it wants, in whatever way it believes to be the probably deserved. President Bush has used his pow- most expedient, regardless of the ers of commutation and pardon cost or long-term ramifications. We saw it in less than any our headlong other president rush into war in the last hunwith Saddam dred years. RonHussein’s Iraq. ald Reagan, that It’s an administration We saw it in the pillar of conser- that continually subsequent rush vative thought, into Baghdad. used his pardon does what it wants We saw it when power more than ... regardless of the Cheney claimed twice as much as cost or long-term that he wasn’t Bush has. really part of the And yet, ramifications. executive branch when one of his of the governflunkies gets senment. tenced to prison Libby’s just a for lying to a court and federal agents – similar small symptom of a president ran to the crimes the Republican Party amok. The powers put in place to rabidly impeached Bill Clinton stop him are either unable or unfor during his presidency – Bush willing to do so. As college students – as the future comes to the rescue by ending Libby’s prison sentence and suggesting economic, cultural and intellectual leaders of tomorrow, it is our job that he may go even farther. But, at the end of the day, Libby to ensure that an administration as isn’t that important. By leaking the dangerous as Bush’s doesn’t come identity of Valerie Plame, he was into power again. This isn’t a call for a Democratic doing the dirty work of other party members, possibly including his vote; neither party has a monopoly on demagogues or rotten ideas. boss, Dick Cheney. This is a call for sanity. This is Regardless of where any of us stand politically, it should be clear a call for a step back from uneven that Bush’s administration has been leadership that cannot – or does marked by pigheadedness, stub- not – respect the basic ideas that this country was built on. bornness and political dogma.
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An American
Imprisonment
From jail cells to fights against racism – a Cal State Fullerton student recalls his experinces as an undocumented resident of the U.S. By Bram Makonda Summer Titan Staff Writer news@dailytitan.com
A jail cell can be cold and haunting. For a 15 year-old-boy it was downright scary. It was no personal jail either, no bunk bed or a single roommate like in the ones in the movies. Rather, it was 12 roommates that shared a day with me in a cell block that I would never forget. My father and I received information about an order sent out to people of Indonesian descent to report to the Immigration and Naturalization Services offices in downtown LA immediately. The internment camps came into mind, both Jewish and Japanese. I thought to myself, we’re not at war with America right? I never got an answer back. Through these experiences I’m about to share to you, racism still exists in America, in its ugliest forms. Because of our undocumented status at the time and issues facing a possible deportation, we followed the decree, no questions asked. My parents lost their business and our immigration status was uncertain. We assimilated into the American culture and worked hard just to get by. My sister and I went to school and got good grades. We followed the system, but in the end it did not want anything to do with us. Fearing for our American livelihoods, my dad and I took the train to Union Station where we walked to the INS office down the street. As we approached the building we waited in lines to be directed where to go. Our destination was the basement. The Museum of Tolerance exhibit came to mind where they separated the men from the women in Auschwitz. My dad told me that only males had to register because wives and daughters would get their status adjusted after we adjust ours. When we arrived in the basement, we were instructed to remove all of our belongings and put them in an envelope. After getting physically searched from head to toe, we were immediately
put in hand cuffs and was told to wait himself down. The agent then proceedin a room filled with cell blocks from ed to call us degrading names under his wall to wall, four of them to be exact, breath. We stayed in the basement of the one in each corner. A man sat down in a desk situated in the middle that re- INS building for a whole day, serving minded me of Barney from the Andy our sentence from sunrise to sunset. Griffith Show, except he lacked the When they finally let us go it was dark and we received our belongings back charm and good-natured personality. In front of one of the cell blocks to in our envelopes. We were somehow the right were men lined up, chained sentenced to detention and jail time together, all Hispanic looking and I without ever committing a crime. Our perceived them to lack the ability to crime was that my dad and I registered speak English. I overhead one agent to be in the U.S. database and showed say to the other where in L.A. most of initiative to starting the process to bethese illegal immigrants can be found. coming legal in the United States. But The agent relays the message upstairs to in a post-9/11 world where America is another location. fighting an elusive enemy, some of our Meantime, my father and I waited in rights are destined to be compromised. a holding cell filled with strange men in Our family was from a predominantly our similar situations. Office workers, Muslim country. construction workers and mechanics Herein lies the irony, my family and were there. I could I are not Muslim. My tell because of their dad’s family came demeanor and unifrom an island where form. They all kept The internment Dutch missionarto themselves and camps came into ies resided. My dad waited impatiently, went on to receive a fidgeting. Lunch mind, both JewMasters in Divinity came in the form of ish and Japanese. I in the U.S. from San take out boxes with Francisco Theologifruit and a sandwich. thought to myself, cal Seminary and is a Never a big fan of we’re not at war with pastor. My mom was meat in between catholic but convertbreads, my dad gave America right? ed into Christianity me his and I enjoyed once she married my them. We were then dad. herded like cattle to My parents made a nearby cell block the decision to move where more strange men surrounded to the U.S. for better opportunities, me. education for me and my sister, and the Finally it was our turn to be ques- right to practice Christianity. My partioned by the man sitting in the middle. ents wanted to live in a country where The agent told us to fill out the neces- the majority of the residents are Chrissary paperwork and took fingerprints tian. It proved to be a blessing because of us. When my dad was questioned by soon after 9/11, hatred for westerners the agent, my dad took a longer time and Christians intensified as Indonesia answering them not because he did not saw “bloody Sundays” where churches understand English, but because he was were burned to the ground with the nervous. Then the man’s demeanor and congregation still inside. face changed, like a DMV worker agiAs bad as things got here in Amertated with the long shift processing ve- ica, we thank God everyday that we hicle registration, the INS agent raised are far away from the persecutions of his voice and spoke to my father as he our brothers and sisters still living in was deaf and/or mentally disabled. I Indonesia. translated for my father and the agent This then became my story, although had to take a few quick breaths to calm my father has forgotten it, I on the other hand seem to relive every second of it in my mind. I grew up as an American. This country is all I know, I lived the first 8 years of my life in Indonesia before arriving in Willard Elementary School in Pasadena, Calif. I love pizza, the Simpsons and the Dodgers. What crime did I commit to be handcuffed and jailed? I then realized that many do not follow the proper procedures to become legal in the U.S. because they were too complicated and illegal residents feared the unknown. If many know what I know now I’m not sure they would follow the correct procedures. After we received our things and were granted release, I remembered laughing with my dad about the pure absurdity of the situation. They were laughter that formed into tears, masking our true feelings underneath. I told my dad that they could shame me for a day, but I vowed to expose similar stories that would otherwise be left untold. Thanks to this experience my family and I was granted a withholding from removal status that legalized our stay here, under the condition that we would not be able to leave the country. This proved to be a jail sentence in its own right. By writing this first personal account I am hoping to leave this experience behind and continue my work as a journalist.
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CSUF students and faculty said they avoid traffic, save on parking and gas costs, improve their health and help to fight climate change by commuting on bicycles. With the cost of parking at $96 for the summer, and fall prices scheduled to increase, some students choose to ride their bike to school instead of buying a parking pass. “This summer in particular, I didn’t want to buy a permit,” said Collins Ejiogu, 20, a geology major. “I think the permit costs $96.” Ejiogu said he lives three miles away, and chooses to brave the summer heat on his bike to get to school. Phillip Rogna, 20, a radio-TV-film major, takes another approach. Rogna parks his car down the street on Commonwealth Avenue then rides his skateboard to school because he did
not want to buy a summer school park- healthful for me,” said Davis Barber, 48, a photo journalism professor. “It ing permit. “I didn’t want to pay for no six cuts down on gas costs, and most of all, I simply like to ride.” weeks,” Rogna said. Barber said riding his bike to school Some students commute on two also improves his overall attitude at wheels for more altruistic reasons. Cristina Francoise, a 26-year-old work, and said it makes him simply feel graduate biology student, cited envi- better “in general.” Campus Parking ronmental reasons. and Transportation “I ride my bike Services encourage to school to reduce students to ride or my CO2 emissions,” I ride my bike to walk to school for Francoise said. “And school to reduce my the same reasons. to reduce global CO2 emissions ... The Parking and warming.” Transportation SerFrancoise said she and to reduce global vices Web site said lives four miles away, that bicycling and “But it takes less time warming. – Cristina Francoise walking are “healthy, to ride my bike than Graduate biology student enjoyable forms of to drive and look for exercise.” parking.” The site also states However, Franthat in addition coise also said the to saving on parkweather can make riding her bike an uncomfortable ing fees, a student who lives 10 miles choice and she was happy to be in the from campus could save $2,000 a year lab at school all day after riding to by walking or riding a bike instead of driving. school in the heat. Parking and Transportation Services Some CSUF students ride to school also offers incentives to faculty to ride merely for the enjoyment of it. “I ride when I can because it is more or walk to work. Faculty who do not
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July 5, 2007
New Persian language program on campus Students to learn Persian and travel abroad to see the culture first hand By Siamak Djahanshahi For the Summer Titan news@dailytitan.com
As part of a new program aimed at developing language skills, Cal State Fullerton is one of a few schools in the country that offers a Persian Immersion Language Program. The program is part of the new Strategic Language Initiative that has been funded by the federal government. Thomas P. Klammer, dean of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences, said the program admitted 19 students. Five of them are from CSUF, five of them from UC campuses, and eight others from universities from around the country. Other schools that are part of the Strategic Language Initiative set by the federal government. CSU Long Beach heads the Chinese program, CSU Los Angeles heads the Korean program and CSU San Bernardino heads the Arabic program. “There are few institutions in the United States that offer such an intensive residential program in Persian. We offer students the opportunity to learn Persian in the class through extracurricular activities outside of class,” said Professor Ghazzal Dabiri, the Persian Coordinator and the director of the Persian Institute at Cal State Fullerton who will be teaching the course this summer. She said she is excited about the potential of this program and what is has to offer. “There are field trips planned to visit LACMA’s Islamic Art permanent collection which contains a large number of pieces from Iran. We will also be visiting Westwood, L.A., for a field trip to visit the various bookstores and shops,” Dabiri said. There will also be field trips to see the latest movies from Iran. They will have organized lectures by musicians and others from the community to talk to the students about aspects about Persian culture and Iranian life, Dabiri said. This program is supposed to be for students who want to continue learning the Persian language and about the Persian culture.
Those students who are in the summer program will continue their study in Persian throughout this upcoming year. Students will also get to experience a study abroad program in the summer of 2008 that the department is still planning. “I am very excited about it. It is our first effort in this type of intensive residential program. It could provide a model for other programs that we might do,” Klammer said. Klammer said he believes that this program is important to future international relations, human understanding and for assuring peace in the world. He also said that it could help people in careers in business and diplomacy. In the summer of 2008, there will be
a second institute of a new group of students to take part in this program. The program will continue as long as government the funds it, Klammer said. Jan Eyring, chair for the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures, said the university has never done an intensive-language program before where the students would live on campus. “I think that this marks a real commitment to expanding language instruction in critical languages, Persian being one of them. I think especially with the interest in the Middle East and what’s in the media there’s a lot of interest this summer and possibly next summer improving and developing their skills in Persian,” Eyring said.
By Danielle Perry/Summer Titan Staff Biking to school - CSUF students ride thier bikes to school to aviod parking issues and gas costs. From right to letf: Jay Jung; Jin Hwang; Milad Rezaeyan; Sam Shahin and Steve Park. own a parking permit can earn $1 every day that they ride, and those who have permits get 50 cents. The money earned is posted monthly to the faculty member’s TitanCard, which can be
used much like a debit card on campus. Presently, students are not offered any incentive for using alternative transportation.
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CSUF alumna was once a Mike and is now a Christine By Breanna Moore For the Summer Titan news@dailytitan.com
As a child in the late ’60s, Christine Daniels said she remembers telling her two male cousins that she wanted to be a girl. Her cousins, curious about this, asked her what she would do differently as a girl. Daniels explained that she would wear dresses, put ribbons in her hair, and walk and talk differently. The unusual part of this story is that Christine Daniels, now 49, was not always living as a woman. Until late April, Christine Daniels was known to the world as Mike Penner, a Cal State Fullerton graduate and an L.A. Times sports writer. Mike Penner was a boy. On April 26, the final Mike Penner byline appeared stating that Penner would return as Christine. On May 23, Christine Daniels debuted. “I could never have imagined it would be like this; this happy and rewarding,” Daniels said. But the journey to become Christine Daniels hadn’t been easy. “Its the most stressful thing I’ve ever done,” Daniels said. As a student at CSUF, Daniels said she could have gone entire days without saying a single thing. She would attend class, eat lunch alone, attend more class, maybe read the Daily Titan newspaper, but she would rarely talk to anyone. “I was certainly extremely shy my whole life,” Daniels said. “I was the most self-conscious person.” Daniels said that she thought she was just an alternative guy that enjoyed punk rock, indie films and left-wing politics. It took a little more discovery Photo courtesy of Christine Daniels to realize that it was more complicated than that. “Not all punk-rock guys think at least once a day Life Change - Christine Daniels ( formerly Mike they would like to be a girl,” Daniels said. Penner), a a Cal State Fullerton graduate and L.A. Times To fight it, Daniels said she kept busy. sports writer, recently underwent sexual reaasignment After beginning college at CSUF in the fall of surgery. 1975, Daniels also got a part-time job at a small
daily newspaper nearby. Within a year, Daniels was working there full time, and became the sports editor by her senior year; she said she was working 40 to 60 hours per week in addition to her schooling. Daniels graduated in 1980 with a degree in journalism after five years of hard work, but she said she was still confused about who she was. Society at the time certainly did not help her journey either. “I think that if society was different back then, I would have transitioned earlier,” Daniels said. Instead, Daniels hid her feminine side. “It got to a point where I exaggerated it – what it meant to be male or masculine,” Daniels said. “If I’m a feminine person, I don’t want to give that away.” To refrain from being teased about being feminine, Daniels said she studied male and female mannerisms. However, Daniels is not the only one to notice the differences between male and females in society. “We tend to live in a very binary world that is either very male or very female,” said CSUF student Jasmine Al-Karam, 19, president of the QueerStraight Alliance on campus. The alliance recently held a “trans-panel” where students could discuss trans-sexualism and learn more about transgender issues. The event, which they put together to inform society about the diverse issues within the “queer” community, is one that might have helped Daniels as a student, AlKaram said. However, support of transgender friends can make all the difference for transsexuals, Daniels said. “I would just tell friends to understand that and support it,” Daniels said. The support for Daniels has overall been very positive. Daniels said that about 98 percent of the e-mails she received since her change have been positive. “It’ nice at the age I am to feel like a whole person,” said Daniels.
Archery team gaining momentum By Asa Barnla Summer Titan Staff Writer news@dailytitan.com
The Cal State Fullerton archery club and team welcomes everyone to come and join if they are interested in archery. “I like the feeling of power you get when you shoot an arrow,” said Whitney Chan, CSUF Junior and Business major. Archery is the sport of using a bow to shoot arrows at targets. CSUF archery coach Karl Keranen said he believes women seem to have an advantage over the men in archery because overall women appear to have a psychological advantage.
They’re better at analyzing and are more methodical during competition. But archery is not only a women’s sport. Men make up the majority of the CSUF team. Keranen said he sees a resurgence in the popularity of archery in the U.S. He calls his new archery team a “new incarnation of a very old tradition at CSUF.” Keranen said he has the experience, ability and knowledge to take an archer as far as they want to go. Keranen is a 10-time national champion and said he likes archery for many reasons, but mainly because it’s just plain fun. According to Keranen archery is a sport that just about anybody can do and has many positive benefits.
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Keranen described how some enjoy archery’s technical aspects tied to physics. He said how archery benefits a person’s cognitive ability of the body and mind and how young kids seemed to do better in math, music and physics when trying archery. Although archery has some technical aspects it can be a very simple sport at the same time. The simplicity of shooting an arrow into a target can provide plain and simple enjoyment, he said. The CSUF archery team does local in-state tournaments and they are planning for out-of-state competition. The team is planning competitions with out-of-state schools like Texas A&M, the University of Texas, Arizona State University and others. The team is cur-
rently in the building process and is doing well in their first year of competition. Last year Keranen took two elite archers to the outdoor nationals in Colorado Springs, Co., and is currently guiding one of CSUF’s top archers through the nomination of the U.S. training pool in the process to the Olympics, he said. “We would love for anyone to come and join,” said Mark Anthony Espinosa, CSUF sophomore and archery team member. Beginning archers on the CSUF team have made it to competition in as little as two weeks and no prior experience is required to join. Practice is held on Fridays and Saturdays from 6 to 9 p.m. at the CSUF track.
Upgrades to Health Center By Manuel Pineda For the Summer Titan news@dailytitan.com
Cal State Fullerton students will no longer be waiting in line to see a receptionist. Instead, they will be checking themselves in for Student Health Center appointments using a self check-in kiosk that will be put into operation this month. The center began integrating technology by developing a three-part plan to bring the center up to date. The first phase was enacted in April. It involved putting an appointment reminder system into place. The second phase of updating the health system were the kiosks, which will be put into practice this month. The final part of this update will take place later this year. In an effort to make the center more efficient and bring it up to date technology-wise, two kiosks allowing students to bypass the receptionist during check in were set up by Ken Tran, center’s coordinator. “It’s cool because it is easier for us because you don’t have to wait in line. If there is a line, you can easily go to the computer. It speeds up the process,” said Alex Lopez, sophomore. Students will be able to check in for appointments by entering their campus wide ID number. After checking in, they will receive a printout that tells them where to go next. The center’s receptionists have been trained on how to use the new kiosks and will be able to help students with any difficulties. “The self-check-in kiosk will allow students to move promptly through the lines. It will shorten the wait time and allow students’ independence. It will relieve staff of an excessive amount of work and improve student satisfaction,” said Cathy Baker, assistant director of Student Health and Counseling. After a quality assurance study showed that 20 percent of students were missing appointments, the center’s officials began thinking of ways to get students to show for their appointments. The University decided to use an appointment reminder system after learning that Cal State San Francisco and other universities had success with students keeping their appointments, Baker said. The system creates reminder messages by downloading information from the health center’s appointment system and sends a text message, voice message or email 48 hours before the appointment, Baker said. “The appointment reminder system is helping students who have busy lives keep track of their appointments,” said Linda Purpura, the center’s receptionist. “Since the appointment reminder system was initiated, appointment spaces have become well-utilized and no-show rates are now lower.” Tran, who has been working on this system for several months, said that there are no security risks because personal health information is not transmitted over this system. “The only information that students will be receiving through this system will be date and time of appointments,” Tran said. “All students’ health information is safe.” Having successfully installed the appointment reminder systems and the first self check-in kiosk, the center is ready to open two more kiosks. Next, Tran will be working on the final step of bringing the center up to date. He plans on getting the center’s web-based appointment system uploaded to the CSUF Web Portal this fall so students will be able to make appointments for the center.
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Scholarships awarded to single mothers CSUF English major receives one of five Thurmond scholarships
them to know that to really live life you need to share it with other people. When you live life for yourself you are not really living.” As a recipient of the Thurmond scholarship, Ortiz was able to pay for By Monzerrath Gonzalez For the Summer Titan tuition and books. news@dailytitan.com The Thurmond family said the fund was started to help single mothers in Shannon Ortiz faced a crossroad in need of financial assistance, a niche her life when she realized she could not that they felt needed to be filled. Ruth Thurmond, who started the live with herself knowing her daughters had seen her stay in an abusive rela- scholarship, was an active member of the YWCA and an tionship. advocate for womShe said she didn’t en’s rights, Rosewant them to grow anne Thurmond, up and say to her Not giving up, that’s her daughter-in-law, “you stayed.” She what it takes. It can be said. did what she knew “What we want would be best – she daunting, but having a [recipients] to be left her husband. strong support group able to do is get their Ortiz is a fulltime student at Cal is what kept me going. degrees and go into profesState Fullerton and – Partricia Campbell successful a single mother of Parent and Student sional lives,” said Don Thurmond, two. family trustee. She has lived in Other scholarship transitional home, a winners included hotel and is currently in a homeless intervention program. Midori Tanaka, a full-time student and The 35-year-old English major was single mother of two who works 30 one of five recipients of the Thurmond College Scholarship from the YWCA of North Orange County on Saturday. Ortiz, who has two daughters, left her husband because of a domestic violence incident. “The biggest lesson I’ve learned in the last five years is that the most important thing in my life is my kids,” she said. “I could lose everything, but as long as I have them I could recover.” Ortiz’s youngest daughter was recently diagnosed with autism and must take special education classes. This has forced Ortiz to minimize her work hours in order to care for her daughter. The family lives in a home sponsored by the Salvation Army’s Homeless intervention program, which Ortiz will graduate from in December. Although times have been hard, Ortiz said she is inspired by her daughters and wants to succeed for them as well as teach them important life lessons. “ I want them to have faith … I want them to be confident as individuals and know their values,” she said. “I want
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hours a week. Her goal is to receive a bachelor’s degree in international business by spring 2008. Farhana Saima, also a full-time student, is pursuing bachelor’s in marketing. Lili Asiabanpour, who overcame illness and an abusive marriage, also was a recipient. Currently, she has a 3.98 GPA and has been on the dean’s list several semesters. Patricia Campbell, a single parent and returning student, hopes to receive a bachelor’s degree in anthropology with a history minor in 2008. Campbell relies on her family and friends to motivate her through hard times. “It took me nearly 25 years to get an associate’s degree,” she said. “Not giving up, that’s what it takes. It can be
Courtesy of arttoday.com daunting, but having a strong support group is what kept me going.” “It’s not easy, and it’s stressful and there are times you will doubt yourself
and you will want to give up … but it can be done,” Ortiz said. “It doesn’t matter how long it takes. It can be done.”
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