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DTSHORTHAND Nanjundappa honored by CSUF Cal State Fullerton will honor the memory of sociology Professor Dr. G. Nanjundappa in a ceremony Oct. 5 from 3 to 5 p.m. Nanjundappa died early Monday morning due to heart complications. Preparations will be made by the sociology department, CFA and CSUF Academic Senate. Ceremonies will take place in the George Golleher Alumni House. Any messages may be sent to Nanjundappa’s family through his brother at dmundre@yahoo. co.in

Author follows in O.J.’s footsteps WROCLAW, Poland (AP) – A court convicted an author Wednesday of directing the killing of a businessman in a crime that bore eerie similarities to a murder he described in a novel three years later. The court ruled that Krystian Bala planned the grisly killing of Dariusz Janiszewski. He was sentenced to 25 years in prison. The judge said it was not clear who actually killed Janiszewski and who might have aided Bala in the crime, but that the evidence overwhelmingly pointed to Bala’s involvement in the events that led to Janiszewski’s disappearance. The judge said Bala was driven by jealousy to kill Janiszewski because of Bala’s suspicions that Janiszewski had an affair with his estranged wife.

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Horton didn’t make the easiest choice By Shawn Trondsen

Daily Titan Sports Editor sports@dailytitan.com

While the ink was still drying on his $400,000 University of Oregon contract, Coach George Horton’s eyes welled with emotion as he told his players he was leaving. On Aug. 24, Oregon called Horton to gauge his interest in heading

up their new baseball program. As a courtesy, Oregon requested permission from Cal State Fullerton Athletic Director Brian Quinn before approaching Horton. “I wasn’t searching for a job,” Horton said, “but I did want to go up and take a look.” Two days later, Horton and his wife were on a private jet, owned by Nike founder Phil Knight, heading

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to Oregon for a 28-hour stay. It was Horton’s first visit to the state. Oregon showed Horton its new facilities and explained to him its excitement about restarting a program that had been dormant since 1981. The university was recently given a $100 million donation by Knight and his wife. Horton said Oregon’s recruitment pitch and its dedication to the pro-

gram were big factors in his decision. “What attracted me about them was their leadership skills, their energy and their excitement about starting this baseball program,” Horton said. Horton returned to California on Monday, Aug. 27. He spent the next few days negotiating with Oregon, talking to friends and colleagues and

discussing concerns and priorities with his wife and family. “I kept [Quinn and Associate Athletics Director Steve DiTolla] in the loop as far as what direction I was going, and how close I was getting to saying yes if [Oregon] came up to the level [of salary I was seeking],” Horton said. “All indications pointed towards me making this change.” See HORTON, Page 8

Apple unveiled new products Wednesday but not everyone is excited about the news

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nly months after Apple launched the first iPhone, the company announced Wednesday that it is cutting prices down by $200. In addition, Apple introduced updated versions of all of its iPods and unveiled a new touch-screen model, although many CSUF students are not enthusiastic about the changes. The 8GB iPhone will now run for $399, while the cheaper 4GB model will be phased out. While Apple is optimistic that the price cut will increase sales of the iPhone, analysts pointed out that it is unusual for such a recent launch and could potentially irritate customers who spent more money following the phone’s June release. All of Apple’s iPod models received upgrades in appearance and capacity. A smaller version of the iPod Nano is now available in red, silver and several shades of blue. The new Nano even plays videos, which its predecessor was not capable of doing. However, not all Cal State Fullerton students are ready or willing to upgrade their iPods. Freshman Alysha Hernandez, an English major who owns the previous version of the iPod Nano, said she prefers to keep the player she already has despite the new features. “I’m really happy with my iPod,” Hernandez said. “It seems pointless to upgrade just for that.” Despite an increase in file space, the older iPod Classic has also become thinner. The new Classic is no longer available in the 30GB model but will still be sold in the 60GB model and a new 160GB version. While her old version See iPods, Page 5

Small business professionals consult with CSUF students A semester-long process for a flat fee proves to be beneficial to companies By Sylvia masuda

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Cal State Fullerton’s rapidly growing entrepreneurship program demands from its students the rigorous, semesterly task of analyzing nearby emerging businesses and their inner workings, working one-on-one with employees or the owners themselves. The end product is a student-authored series of proposals geared to strengthen the company. But tinkering is far from what the entrepreneurship majors of Cal State Fullerton’s College of Business and Economics do. The proof is in requests from businesses based in cities as far as Oakland and San Diego, a slew of awards piled up from a 30-year run of student consulting and happy customers who repeatedly request for more students

to analyze other aspects of their business. CSUF’s Small Business Institute, operating in the Center for Entrepreneurship in LH-321-A, recruits companies who are interested in student consultations. So far, the institute has served more than 1,400 small businesses in the Orange County area, Samantha Rawski, administrative assistant for the center, said. For consultation, businesses pay a flat fee that runs from a little less than $1,000 to no more than $3,000. Consider that a bargain; Rawski knows from personal knowledge that some consulting firms charge by the minute. In four of the undergraduate entrepreneurship concentration courses and in some of the graduate courses, professors divvy up the companies among groups of five or six students. These businesses become the group’s semester projects. They have one semester to analyze the company based on what kind of evaluation it asked for (in market-

ing, accounting or leadership, for example), complete with a potentially hefty case report, several meetings with company employees and, at the end of the 16 weeks, a professional presentation of a business plan that explores suggestions on how the company can improve itself. “Some people say, ‘I don’t want undergraduate students working on this,’” Rawski said. “They want the graduate students. But it’s not just inexperienced students doing this. They have their professors to look to, some of whom own their own consulting firms. They have mentors who have owned a small business. They have plenty of resources to go to. They’re really not on their own on this.” Despite being able to turn to their professors and mentors for help, the position students are placed in can be a little unnerving. “It was very shaky because you don’t know what to tell someone professional who’s running his own business,” said Darya Salout, a recently-graduated business major with a concentration in entrepreneurship.

“You’re just a student and they’re throwing you in there and saying, ‘Go do it.’” Salout launched Osian Bar and Lounge in the spring semester of 2007 with her sister, Sadaf, and two other classmates. The Salout sisters were raised with business in their blood. Their family owns Darya restaurant, which has two locations in Orange and West Los Angeles. Osian makes its home inside of the Orange storefront, and now that she’s out of college, she can devote five days a week to her family’s enterprise. “We felt like we were taking our own steps,” Salout said. “We didn’t exactly feel like we had someone right behind us. But you don’t need a babysitter to learn these things. If we made a mistake, we’d have to learn from it. It was the most stressful time of my college career.” An aspect of the program Sadaf said she believes is especially valuable is the art of writing a solid business plan. “What I took away from the program is the business plan,” she said.

“It’s always good to have a basic outline of what you have to do and this program is definitely what you need to start with. I would definitely recommend it.” These semester long brushes with emerging companies can turn into job opportunities. Some business owners have been so impressed by the work the students did, they’ve invited them to work for their company as an intern, or, in some cases, a paid employee. “It does give these kids the experience,” Rawski said. “This is a real life thing, this is a real life business, that’s a real life person. It’s not fantasyland.” The entrepreneurship concentration thrusts students into the thick of working with tangible dollars and professional business people are what makes the program so different from other university business disciplines, Rawski said. “We really are a unique program,” Rawski said. “We’re unique in the fact that we do student consulting, See CONSULTATIONS, Page 3

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INTERNATIONAL NEWS Inspectors arrive in China to review Mattel products

GUANGZHOU, China (AP) – Toy inspectors set fire to Elmo’s bulging white eyes, tugged on Dora the Explorer’s arms and scraped paint off a Barbie play set — tests they called a routine part of efforts to make sure Chinese products are safe for American children. On the defensive after a series of embarrassing recalls, China’s government invited foreign journalists to go on factory visits Tuesday in hopes of repairing the image of toy makers battered by global worries about the “Made in China” label. The tour in southern Guangdong province — China’s biggest toy-making region — came after Mattel Inc. removed 18.2 million Chinese-made items from store shelves. The dolls, cars and action figures were contaminated with lead paint or equipped with small, powerful magnets that could damage a child’s organs if swallowed. The Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with Mattel Inc., announced late Tuesday that it is recalling more than 700,000 Chinese-made toys that have excessive amounts of lead paint.

NATIONAL NEWS Idaho senator reconsiders resignation after sex sting BOISE, Idaho (AP) – Sen. Larry Craig is reconsidering his decision to resign after his arrest in a Minnesota airport sex sting and may still fight for his Senate seat, his spokesman said Tuesday evening. Craig, a Republican who has represented Idaho in Congress for 27 years, announced Saturday that he intends to resign from the Senate on Sept. 30. But since then, he’s hired a prominent lawyer to investigate the possibility of reversing his plea, his spokesman said. Whiting did not rule out Craig’s returning to Washington before the end of the month. A telephone call Craig received last week from Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Pa., urging him to consider fighting for his seat is affecting Craig’s decision to reconsider his resignation, Smith said. Craig gave up his senior positions on the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee and the Appropriations veterans subcommittee last week, at the request of Senate Republican leaders. The Senate began debating the veterans spending bill Tuesday.

STATE NEWS Southland receives some relief from sweltering heat LOS ANGELES (AP) – Residents of long-sweltering Southern California looked forward to a reprieve from the heat wave that is believed responsible for at least 14 deaths. Temperatures were down early Wednesday, with 70 degrees reported in downtown Los Angeles. Downtown temperatures would reach 79 degrees later in the day, with Inland temperatures forecast to hit the mid-80s, according to the National Weather Service. The milder weather came as a relief to a region that had experienced eight days of heat that surged past 110 degrees at times in some areas. Twelve heat-related deaths were reported in Los Angeles County, and two more bodies were found in San Bernardino County, authorities said. Utility crews were struggling throughout Southern California to restore electricity to darkened homes, as increased air conditioner use strained power grids. About 11,800 homes in the city of Los Angeles were without power late Tuesday, Department of Water and Power spokeswoman MaryAnne Pierson said. Some 29,000 customers of Southern California Edison, which serves Los Angeles, Orange, Ventura, Riverside and San Bernardino counties, were also in the dark late Tuesday, utility spokesman Paul Klein said.

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By Cameron Pemstein/Daily Titan Photo Editor Cal State Fullerton student Queenie Kao walks from the art buildings to the inner quad where the banners marking CSUF’s 50th anniversary are placed on every light post. “We wanted to tell the Fullerton story,” said Mary Medico, marketing analyst for university communications. “We want to be known for more than just baseball.”

Marketing for CSUF’s 50th anniversary materializes through a number of ways By Kevin Manahan

Daily Titan Staff Writer news@dailytitan.com

With Cal State Fullerton’s 50th anniversary kickoff weekend taking place Sept. 14 to Sept. 16, the university has launched a wide-ranging advertising and marketing campaign to ensure that everyone in the community is aware of the campus milestone. Advertisements can already be seen on Orange Country Transit Authority buses driving around the area, which are covered with bus wraps designed by CSUF graduate student Dolores Estrada. “When I heard it was the 50th, I thought to myself, ‘I still remember when the school opened!’” Estrada said, who drew inspiration for the ads from her memories of the school. Advertising for the anniversary began mid-August and includes representation in virtually every form of media. Print ads will run in local papers such as the Orange County Register and the Los Angeles Times. Local public broadcast media will also publicize the anniversary, including TV stations KCET and KOCE and radio station KPCC, said Mary Medico, marketing analyst for CSUF

university communications. The planning committee’s marketing team is making use of the Internet as well. Medico said all of the advertisements launched by the university will direct audiences to the anniversary’s official Web site where they will find more details about the anniversary and its upcoming events. Visitors to the site can watch university highlight videos, read about school achievements and even share their own personal stories of CSUF life. Other forms of online marketing include banner ads that are already running on the Web sites for the Daily Titan, the OC Register and the LA Times. CSUF’s 50th anniversary project manager Beverly Cartwright said the university is also attempting to publicize the event among the Hispanic community through ads in Hispanic media. Students who need more incentives are even being offered a chance to win a free iPod Nano if they register online to attend the Sept. 15 Open House and Alumni Homecoming. Every college will be running their own open house that day, while the quad will be filled with activities such as mock elephant races, live music

and alumni-gathering booths organized by decade. About $250,000 was set aside from the university budget to fund the anniversary’s year-long advertising effort. “The university annually spends money to brand the institution and highlight the many programs we offer,” Medico said. “The anniversary provides us with yet another opportunity to bring awareness to the university and the value it brings to the community.” Medico said in addition to the variety of purchased ads, the marketing subcommittee is also taking advantage of free ad space that has been donated by some media outlets. Alumni working with public relations agency Porter Novelli are demonstrating their Titan pride as well by volunteering their publicity services. Planning for the event’s advertising began about a year and a half ago. Medico said one of the challenges of marketing this kind of event was trying to come up with different ways to chronicle the history and accomplishments of CSUF. “We wanted to continue to tell the Fullerton story,” Medico said. “We want to be known for more than just

baseball.” Another obstacle was trying to advertise the event in ways that would appeal to a wide audience, Cartwright said. The university hopes to attract families, alumni, current students and other members of the CSUF community to the anniversary’s kickoff weekend. Cartwright said instilling a sense of pride was one of the primary goals for advertising the campus’ anniversary. She said she is tired of CSUF commonly being referred to as a “back-up school” because there is a lot to be proud of on the campus, particularly the staff and faculty she has gotten to know. Since she started working at the university, Cartwright said she has been impressed by the enthusiasm and professionalism of her colleagues and considers them a great asset to the university. “It’s amazing how incredible the people on this campus are,” Cartwright said. Advertising will continue to run throughout the year, with an extra push in January before CSUF’s annual Front & Center event. For more information, visit the official Web site at www.fullerton. edu/50.

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CSUF alumna leads the way in help small businesses grow By Jennifer Church

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Cal State Fullerton students dreaming of becoming their own boss need only walk to the narrow offices of the Small Business Development Center in Langsdorf Hall. There, future entrepreneurs will meet the center’s director, Vi Pham, and a staff willing to assist them in finding training, consulting and technical support for small business owners. CSUF has been running the lead center since 2003, assisting small business owners in Orange, Riverside and San Bernardino counties. “I like being able to help business owners, to watch them evolve and meet their potential,” Pham said. The center is a federal program that has existed for 26 years, Pham said. It was run out of the state’s Department of California Technology Trade and Commerce Agency. When the agency was shut down in 2003, the Small Business Administration decided to split California into six regions and have one organization run the program for each region. Michael D. Ames, professor of management at CSUF, was then contacted by the administration to see if the university would be interested in running the lead center that would serve Orange, Riverside, and San Bernardino counties, Pham said. It was Ames who asked Pham to be a part of the center. “She is a master of organization,” Ames said. “She makes the program possible and has a good legal mind. She spearheaded the organization of the proposal and put in a lot of ‘sweat equity’ when there wasn’t a lot of money into the program.” In the summer of 2007, CSUF’s College of Business was awarded $1.6 million by the U.S. Small Business Administration to continue oversee-

By CAmeron pemstein/Daily Titan Photo Editor CSUF alumna Vi Pham is the director of the Small Business Development Center at CSUF. She had been working as a civil litigation attorney before deciding to come to CSUF. “I like being ableto help business owners, to watch them evolve and meet their potential,” Pham said.

ing the program. Pham had already been working as a civil litigation attorney for over two years, but it took her less than two days to join Ames. “It’s a total career shift,” Pham said. “But it was more of a fit for my talents. You’re helping people regardless, but [law] is such a contentious field.” Pham attributes her “entrepreneur spirit” to her parents who always

owned their own businesses, from a liquor store years ago to a jewelry store they have run for at least 30 years. When CSUF received the contract to run the lead center in June 2003, they started work the next day. Director of U.S. Small Business Administration, Rachel Barranick, said the center has been doing well despite the transition. “We wanted a more local, hands-

on view,” Barranick said. “It’s (the center) has worked well because it tends to focus more on the individual needs of the districts.” Barranick has been working with Pham since 2003 and said they relate very well on a professional level. “She is extremely responsive,” Barranick said. Pham is not only handson when meeting the needs of the center’s clients, but of the center’s

staff, as well. Barranick said Pham oversees the professional development of the center’s staff through training and networking. Pham said she is most proud of being able to develop a program with a mentor like Ames, with whom she has worked for a number of years. Pham was his assistant during her college career at CSUF and continued

to work with him as she pursued her law degree. “You can’t go wrong at the College of Business of Cal State Fullerton,” Pham said. “It takes a very hands-on approach. It’s in the hub of everything. It’s in the middle of Orange County, which is very economically diverse. It opens up a lot of opportunity.” The center partners with community organizations not only for funds, but for cross-promotion as well, Pham said. Networking comes in handy because the center does not have much funding to promote itself. So what is a typical day for the director? “A lot of it is phone calls,” Pham said. “I deal with a lot of community organizations and events. It’s really to help us get the word out about the program.” There is a steady stream of students and clients coming in and out of the center throughout the day, Pham said. The center focuses more on existing businesses, but also work with start-ups as well. Existing businesses have more established credit as opposed to startups and they are able to make more of an economic impact, Pham said. “Our client mix is about 50-50,” Pham said. “There’s always a lot of start-ups.” Meeting the needs of the center’s clients is sometimes a challenge, especially with the mortgage meltdown and resulting credit crunch that prevents clients from tapping into credit they need, Pham said. As for Pham’s aspirations for the center, she said she would like its resources to be more diversified one day so that it operates independently. “I’d love to see the center where it’s self sustaining,” Pham said. “Where we don’t have to rely on federal funds to continue the program.”

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not only from graduate students, but undergrads. We’re also unique in the fact that we have an entrepreneurship minor.” The entrepreneurship minor is a fairly recent installment to the concentration, and the low number of required courses to fulfill the minor -six – makes it easy, Dr. Michael Ames, adviser for the entrepreneurship concentration and executive director for the center and the Small Business Institute, said. “We like minors because they have a lot to bring to the table,” Ames

Weather may affect health Associated Press

On the sidelines of the European Society of Cardiology’s annual meeting in Vienna this week, some experts said the issue deserves more attention. In higher temperatures, we sweat to get rid of heat. During that process, blood is sent to the skin where temperatures are cooler, which opens up the blood vessels. In turn, the heart rate rises and blood pressure drops. That combination can be dangerous for older people and those with weakened cardiovascular systems.

said. The minor is only open to students who are part of the College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics or the College of Engineering and Computer Sciences, Andrea Hurt, Assistant Director for the center, said. Just because a person is an art major or an aspiring anthropologist doesn’t mean that dabbling in the business field won’t benefit him or her in the long run. “It’s all about the business,” Hurt said. “Business is for anyone who is interested, even someone in dance who, later, might want to have a

dance studio down the road. Even if they have the skills, they have to know the business end too.” Think of it as lessons for life, no matter what you’re interested in. “You learn everything in so many aspects of business,” Rawski said. “If you’re gonna own your own business, you’ve got to know everything. You’ve got to know how to market your business, how to manage people. It makes you a versatile person.” For more information on the entrepreneurship program, contact Ames, Rawski or Hurt at (714) 278-3464 or in LH-321-A.

Associated Press Iraq’s security forces will be unable to take control of the country in the next 18 months, and Baghdad’s national police force is so rife with corruption it should be scrapped en-

tirely, according to a new independent assessment. The study, led by retired Marine Corps Gen. James Jones, is a sweeping and detailed look at Iraq’s security forces that will factor heavily into Congress’ upcoming debate on

the war. The 20-member panel of mostly retired senior military and police officers concludes that Iraq’s military, in particular its army, shows the most promise of becoming a viable, independent security force with time.

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Freshman from Anaheim looks to balance school, fun Karl Zynda

Daily Titan Staff Writer news@dailytitan.com

Having a life and doing well in school are goals that can be mutually irreconcilable. Corinne Sandhoefner, 18, a freshman communicative disorders major from Anaheim, enters the President’s Scholars Program at Cal State Fullerton determined to keep a balance in her life. That means having hobbies and a personal life, while still achieving academic excellence. Having found that balance already at an academically demanding prep school gives Sandhoefner confidence that she can find it at CSUF as well. Sandhoefner attended Oxford Academy in Cypress, a college preparatory school. The school’s mission is to “prepare students to be ethically and academically focused for entrance into college or university post secondary education,” according to the school’s Web site. This means a rigorous curriculum that includes four required advanced placement classes, which develop units that can be applied to colleges, and other classes that meet to prepare students for admission into a UC, or private colleges. In her six years at Oxford Academy, Sandhoefner maintained a 4.0 GPA, and added three other AP classes as electives. She plans to use

the units to help her graduate from CSUF in three years. Sandhoefner estimates that she studied between 15 and 20 hours a week while at Oxford Academy, which works out to two or three hours daily. She doesn’t feel she missed out on enjoying herself. “A lot of my peers thought so, and they would complain to no end,” she said. “I just thought, ‘Why waste a chance to get such a good education?” Sandhoefner did feel the stress from the high expectations of teachers and the school’s emphasis on academic excellence. “It got kind of stressful, with such high expectations all the time to succeed academically. At Oxford, if you don’t keep a certain GPA they let you out.They pushed us in academics all the time,” Sandhoefner said. Sandhoefner balanced fun with studying by participating in choir, a hip-hop dance squad, photography club and the honors society. One of Sandhoefner’s older sisters had applied for the program, which is how she heard about it. She applied for it shortly after applying for CSUF admission. For consideration for the program, a high GPA is required, plus demonstrated ability in leadership and some community service. Three essays are also requested. Two of the essays are about what kind of academic and social contributions the applicant will make at

CSUF, and one is on a favorite book. Candidates are also interviewed by a panel and by James Messler, 44, the director of the program. Sandhoefner’s favorite book is “Carmelo”, Sandra Cisneros’ account of a girl’s childhood in a Mexican American family. Sandhoefner fulfilled the leadership requirement for admission to the program by having been the CEO of a “virtual enterprise,” a kind of business simulation, in a course at Oxford Academy. She fulfilled the community service requirement by volunteering at the Buena Park Public Library for approximately 150 hours. Catherine Halliday is the administrative coordinator of the President’s Scholars program. Sandhoefner said that other program students call her “their mother away from home.” The panel of 10 interviewers asked Sandhoefner questions very similar to the essay questions she previously answered. Most of the discussion focused on what her contributions to the campus would be and what she would contribute to the President’s Scholars Program. “She was a sweet girl,” Halliday said, of Sandhoefner’s panel interview. She was very quiet. They all are when interviewed. She was impressive.” Mettler was likewise impressed. “I remember Corinne being very poised,” said Mettler. “She did very See SCHOLAR, Page 5

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Freshman Corinne Sandhoefner is one of 20 new students that have been chosen as a President’s Scholar for 2007. Each President’s Scholar recieves free tuituion for four years of university study as well as money for textbooks and the use of a laptop computer.

Corinne Sandhofner hopes to persue a profession in communications disorders and choose CSUF because it was one of a few schools offering the subject as a major.

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Sandhoefner’s career goal is to be a speech therapist. She would like to work in schools with children, including autistic children, who often talk very little or not at all. “That would make it all the more rewarding, if and when you finally did get them to talk,” she said. Choosing communicative disorders as a major shortened Sandhofner’s list of prospective colleges a great deal. There are no UC schools, and very few private universities, that offer her major. Sandhoefner eventually narrowed her choices of universities to CSUF, Long Beach State, Chapman University and the University of Redlands. The warmth with which Mettler and Halliday, administrators of the program, welcomed her to CSUF influenced her decision. “You can tell they care about you,” she said of the two. “My mom just wanted to have a lot of kids,” she said. “She loves ba-

Ipods: Technology advancements doesn’t impress everyone

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(from page 1) of the iPod Classic does not even have video capability. Freshman music major Jessica Cheng said she will likely not upgrade her iPod for practical reasons. She said does not use her iPod often because she is usually either in class or at the computer. “I think (the upgrades) are kind of cool, but at the same time, they might be unnecessary,” she said. Freshman Shannon Bell, who owns the old 30-gigabyte Classic, said the new model has more space than she needs. She would not consider getting a new iPod unless the one she owns runs out of space. Among the more innovative products of Wednesday’s announcement

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was the iPod Touch. The AP said the new player has the same basic features of the iPhone, in addition to wireless internet capabilities that allow users to download songs directly to their iPod. Costs for the touch-screen iPod,

which will be released worldwide later this month, start at $299 for the eight gigabytes and $399 for 16 gigabytes. Jung-Hwan Lee, a senior accounting major, said that even with the new features and models, the price of the iPods is still a reason for why he does not own one. Future plans for the iPhone Touch include a partnership with Starbucks, according to the AP report. After October, users at a Starbucks with Wi-Fi capabilities will be able to download songs playing in the stores or view recent playlists. --Daily Staff Writer Kevin Monahan contributed to this story

On August 28, 2007, a total lunar camera to capture images. As long as eclipse was visible to our hemisphere everyone is having a good time and enjoying themselves, it’s all good. from 2 a.m. to 4 a.m. The other day, one of my instrucspea holds who One of my friends, said when he shoots he not only tors about me told cial place in my heart, for an assignment, but also shoots the eclipse. himself. for shoots hadn’t we that to The things is, prior this, he creates a diary doing By spoken to each for awhile. of words. Subconinstead images of beis that The reason I mention to capture photos tend I sciously, my in everyone cause I try to include with friends or hanging I’m when them shooting is photos, whether it travel. I when my use them as a subject, or letting

– James Messler President’s Scholar Director

bies.” Sandhoefner is the fourth child in a family of seven. She believes that coming from a big family helped her communications skills and made her more assertive. “There’s five or six conversations going on at once,” she said. “I believe it helped me find my voice.” Sandhoefner has several hobbies. She writes, keeping a journal and writing short stories. She sings a capella, and would like to start an a capella club at CSUF. She also plays guitar. Her counselor at Oxford Academy, Jill Briquelet of Huntington Beach, noticed Sandhoefner’s academic potential and her caring nature. “She was a competitive and really strong student,” Briquelet said. “She was always on track. She was always known to be a caring and compassionate student, and well-regarded by her peers and the faculty. She was very well-suited to pursue a career that was in a helping field.” Sandhoefner’s mother, Cathy, 52, expressed her pride in her daughter in an e-mail. “We’ve never awarded our kids monetarily, but instead have chosen to award them with lots of smiles, hugs, maybe a special dinner or going out for ice cream, making sure they know how proud we are of them!” she wrote.

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(from page 4) well with the committee, obviously.” “We ask them questions to see how they critically think on their feet,” Mettler said of the interview process. “If you’re going to be an ambassador of the school, if we’re going to pay your way here, then we want to know who you are.” Sandhoefner was pleased to win the scholarship. “It’s just a very big honor,” she said. “I had no idea going into it what my odds of getting it were, but I did. It’s supposed to be quite prestigious. Plus the free tuition thing is cool, not having to pay for any of that.” A 4.0 GPA at CSUF is a real possibility for Sandhoefner. “To stay in the program I have to get a 3.5, so why not shoot for a 4.0?” she said. An early interest in speech difficulties, plus an interest in how language is acquired by children, led her to choose communicative disorders as her major. “When I was 12 years old, I said my Ls differently,” she said. She remedied this by saying lists of words beginning with L daily, and noting the difference between how she said an L and how her siblings did. This selfapplied therapy worked to improve her speech, and it also stimulated an interest in speech therapy.

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Scholar: Program gives student chance to help others

But, I never thought I was making to get to that point. So when I was capturing the sea diary for myself and my life experiquence of the eclipse (which takes a ences. No matter what mood I am in I can couple hours for the entire event), I look at my archived images (100gigs mended the relationship I had with worth), and know where I was, who I my friend in between shots of the eclipse. was with, and why. Therefore I captured the progresAs a result, it always brings a smile to my face. Every image has a story be- sion of the moon in addition to the hind it, whether it is obvious or not. I behind the scenes of that unforgetrelate to my photos on a personal level table night. Thanks Valerie. and it reminds me what it took for me

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Two years after Katrina New Orleans lacks leadership By Damian Kelly

For the Daily Titan

opinion@dailytitan.com

This past week was the two year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina and there are many questions to be asked: What progress has been made? What kind of shape is the city in? There are good news and bad news. The good news is the population of the city is making a comeback with neighborhoods here and there doing well. Sales tax revenues are returning to pre-Katrina levels. As a whole, New Orleans economic base has virtually regained its footing. Certain areas in particular are doing well to recover: the French Quarter, which was thought to have been destroyed after Katrina hit, instead has survived. In addition, areas of music and restaurants are all in recovery mode. Unfortunately, however, there looks to be a bigger share of bad news about New Orleans. Many businesses and houses remain abandoned. The bare necessities we all have known to take for granted such as schools, libraries, public transportation and childcare are operating at only 50 percent capacity, significantly lower compared to pre-Katrina levels. If we think health care is in crisis in California ,take a look at the people of New Orleans who are having a hard time trying to find a licensed hospital because only two-thirds of the regions hospitals are actually open. Renting here in California is at a premium. Same statement applies to people in New Orleans trying to rent are at a severe disadvantage as prices have skyrocketed due to severe shortages in rental properties.

To add to the bad news, the crime rate is an all-time high and the cities police operate out of trailers. Yes, they operate out of stationary trailers. An effective police force operates out of proper headquarters, not out of a trailer. When addressing the current state of affairs, it would be best to look to the current mayor of New Orleans, Ray Nagin who is expected to represent and lead the city, especially during this time of rebuilding. Nagin took a great step back toward this goal recently coming out with a lovely remark when asked why the crime rate was so alarmingly high in New Orleans. “It’s not good for us, but it also keeps the New Orleans brand out there.” He is supposed to be a public official and here he is practically making light of a dire situation. Sally Forman, a former press secretary of Nagins, recently released a book titled “Eye of the Storm, Inside City Hall During Katrina,” to coincide with the two year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. In the book, Forman, does not try to hide her admiration about the New Orleans mayor. Apparently, Forman says in the book Nagin believed it was God’s plan for him to rebuild New Orleans. Forman claims after she told Nagin about the release of the book, he gave it his approval, as long as the information was truthful. When he says truthful, does he mean his idea of truth with some facts being glossed over in order for him and his administration not to See Nagin, Page 7

Rebuilding efforts way too slow By Rob Weaver

Daily Titan Staff Writer opinion@dailytitan.com

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Two years ago, New Orleans was obliterated when Hurricane Katrina struck the city. The Category 5 hurricane submerged much of New Orleans’ Lower Ninth Ward, and when the shoddily-built levees gave way, more than 1,000 people were killed and damage was caused that has a still-rising cost in the billions. Despite the fact that this, being one of the largest national disasters in U.S. history, happened only two years ago, visitors to New Orleans can attest that it looks like the infamous hurricane hit last week. An Irvine man I met last week, who organizes a home-rebuilding group with his church, said that seven years from now he will still be going there with the group because efforts (if you can even call them that) to rebuild have been way too slow. Is that any shock when you think about the way our government sluggishly responded during the days following Katrina? Whether you believe it was because most of the people affected in New Orleans were poor and/or black, because it was a government conspiracy to gentrify the area or because the job was botched due to simple incompetence at both the state and federal levels, the fact remains that the people of New Orleans suffered mightily for days when help from the government should have stepped in. The day Katrina blew away most of the city, hundreds of thousands of people were surrounded by unsanitary water and were without food, critical medical supplies and drinkable water. People waved frantically at helicopters, some holding signs with messages of desperation and pleas for help scrawled. Bloated human cadavers drifted down Humanity Street, some having been partially eaten by scavenging animals. Four days later, conditions had not improved since our president was busy playing air guitar, and Condoleezza Rice was trying on shoes (the devil only knows what Dick Cheney was up to). Ultimately, the reason why New Orleans and the affected areas of the Gulf Coast region are still reeling from Katrina is because of the inhuman political philosophy of our current government. Our “pro-life” president’s administration has proven that it is more than willing to sacrifice American lives and dispatch a few others who get in the way in order to invade sovereign nations across the globe so we can build big business and spread democracy. So why would we foot a bill to save a few thousand meager lives of our nation’s poor? Moreover, what National Guard troops could we have spared to help restore order in New Orleans when they were too busy fighting brown people in the name of freedom on the other side of the planet? See Rebuilding, Page 7

Jake’s Take Jake Kilroy

The (Edited) Anarcho Manifesto

Someone recently told me that college students don’t care enough about politics. In fact, the problem was pointed out by a fellow student columnist (known for his dashingly subtle smile and political activism in the entertainment section). I wrote a political tirade for this publication once (5/10/07: “35,000 More Troops In Iraq, When Will It End?”) and I exhausted myself thin and dry in high school, bitching about “Bush and his pigpen of thieves and liars.” So, my next question is: When the writers give up the dream to go to sleep and the soldiers come home to their television sets and coffee mugs, what will become of the world? I’ll tell you what I hope for when I catch myself throwing coins into fountains or stumbling into church, sinners and saints. Citizens (you are included) will read the paper, read the comics, read the body count and know that the world isn’t the same now as it was when they last slept. The world and the shadowy handshakes that have built it are moving more than ever. This is the worst era of political damage and ethical malpractice since the days of yellow journalism. There’s more. The Middle East is your worst nightmare. Just so you know. Right, right, right, you’ve heard it all before. But you haven’t heard it in the right tone, the right key, the right pitch. It’s been mayhem. For years, journalists should have been putting exclamation marks at the end of every sentence, trying to swindle us out of bed and into the streets. But they didn’t. They were too afraid of ending up like that old running cartoon joke where the disobedient character ends up as an Eskimo transfer to Alaska. Well, whatever. Get your balls back. Act like you remember what your name was before it was a byline. Sure, there’s no glory in the breakdown, but you could be the martyr in the revolution (a lifetime of infamy versus an evening of Thursday night’s TV lineup). And when you get shot by the Capitol’s best character assassin, I swear, we’ll salute you. When your metaphorically bloody carcass is awash in Washington D.C.’s simile gutter with poets and filmmakers standing over you curiously, maybe the time bomb will go off. Maybe they’ll be the freedom fighters for the next year. Die on New Year’s Eve and you could be the saint. In the coming year, we could see new graffiti, anarchic and ar-

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tistic prose, like: - The Middle East is the new Cold War. - The last real savage was before Christ. - The laundry list grows longer. - The sun always sets on an empire in flames. - You were always my favorite destruction, America. Pen the fights, resurrect the poets and dodge the bullets of the White House. This ain’t a war anymore, some harrowing crap from a nuclear father reporter you read in the paper. This is the new Western Lie. But here’s your chance to do something heroic, and you’re sitting at home. You’re worrying about relationships. You’re worrying about cereal. You’re worrying about air conditioning. You’re worrying about where you’ll drink tonight. You’re worrying about someone not calling you back. You’re actually panicking about owning too many clothes. I realized it in high school and it overwhelmed me. If some wise-ass-punk-commie-beatnikdreamer can see the worrisome state of the world at 17, how can big-city-know-it-all-criticattended-Colombia-cocky-journalist not? Go outside and see a brand new sun. It’s calling your name and you better be off this block by sunset. You damn well should be somewhere where you’re doing something, where you’re actually saying something. Get someone to feed your pets for a week, have your mother check your mailbox, have your neighbor take in the daily newspaper and lock yourself in a motel room while you write the manifesto. Don’t drink heavily and don’t sketch out all lucid on us. We’re depending on you. This could be the last stand of poetry and the curtain call of movements inspired by college students. If you want to know what the world thinks of this teasing lifestyle of weekend sex and workweeks of drinking, watch MTV. But the world should know us by CNN. They should see us on CNN. They should see us waving new flags of new colors and new designs on CNN. On our shirts, we’ll wear name tags and a design of some inside joke about the noticeable evolution of global citizens. We’re confident, but we’re still us. Sure, next week, I’ll again be writing about mindless selfindulgence, but remember this: you’ll still be sitting on your ass reading it. Go get your effin’ pen, revolutionary.

Horton’s departure may not be so bad By Phillip Radke

Daily Titan Staff Writer opinion@dailytitan.com

Coach Horton is gone. What now? That is probably the question on everyone’s mind right now as the legendary baseball coach gears up for his trip to the University of Oregon. But why would he do this? The coach has established a reputation for taking the Titans to the College World Series and making them great. What would make him run off to a university whose baseball program has been canceled since the 1980s? The word that is flying around, in between the obscenities, is money. With the trend of both players and coaches in Major League Baseball switching teams in pursuit of more money, it makes that assumption exceptionally easy to make. When people think of exorbitant salaries in baseball, they think of Alex Rodriguez. Rodriguez has been pulling in a salary of $22 million ever since 2001 when he was still with the Texas Rangers. When he moved over to New York, he maintained this massive salary as New York gave up two players to Texas to acquire him. Rodriguez’s move does not show that of disloyalty or greed since he did not receive a large pay increase upon his move to New York. The move that made everyone cringe came after Boston’s victory in the 2004 World Series. Johnny Damon has become the

villain of the baseball world. After winning the World Series with the infamous Boston Red Sox, Damon signed with their archrivals the New York Yankees. This came after a wave of comments by Damon on his distaste for the Yankees and how he would not be swayed by them no matter what offer they put in front of his face. But low and behold, he took the better offer, essentially flipping the bird to all of the loyal Bostonites who had placed their faith in him. But what is going on here? Is Horton merely jumping at the chance for more money, or is he seizing an opportunity to start fresh with a new program? This is a chance for Horton to further expand his list of accomplishments. Not only has he been the driving force behind six trips to the College World Series, one of those in which he emerged victorious, but he has also made the abilities of each and every player come to life when they stepped out on the field. Up in Oregon, the attitude is a mirror reflection of that here at CSUF. The university expressed its jubilance in an article located at goducks.com. The university seemed very excited to add Horton to their fledgling baseball program. The program was abandoned in 1981 but is being reinstated because of a large grant the school is receiving. Horton is leaving, and if CSUF is going to survive, we need to get over it ... and quick. Yes, CSUF has a long tradition

Nagin: Mayor lacks leadership

(From Page 6) look bad? Nagins office claims they were not contacted prior to the book being published to verify facts. I sincerely doubt a politician and his administration would freely allow a person who was in his/her inner circle for such a devastating disaster as Hurricane Katrina to bring information to light that is going to be damaging to Nagin. Rest assured Nagin and his office worked out an agreement with Forman of what she could and could not put into the book. Forman also mentions how Nagin had not showered for days as if he was such a hero for doing that.

There were countless people all across New Orleans suffering from far more horrible things than lack of hygiene and all Forman could talk about was how Nagin had not showered. In addition, there was trouble within Nagin’s office after he barred access to city department heads by the city council members. All that seems to come from Nagin and his office, is negativity and not hope for the people of New Orleans to get their lives back. This all asks the question if Nagin is the right man to lead New Orleans in its rebuilding process and I honestly don’t think so, unless he proves himself otherwise.

Rebuilding: efforts To Rebuild too slow (From Page 6) In a time when our military can organize an offensive and have troops on the ground in another country the next day, it is a shame that for days after Hurricane Katrina, our fellow Americans were still suffering (and still are, in many cases, suffering to this day). Many people would agree that this is an example of the extremely confused priorities of our elected of-

ficials. More than two weeks after Katrina left her beastly mark on America, President George Bush spoke to a national audience from New Orleans, trying to put a pretty face on a still hideous situation, and said, “There is no way to imagine America without New Orleans.” One need not imagine it. It’s the present reality.

of winning in baseball. The team has gone to the College World Series several times over in the past, including six trips within the past nine years. But the title has only ever come home about once every decade. Horton came in under similar circumstances to those that lay before CSUF now. He replaced legendary Coach Augie Garrido in 1997 after Garrido headed to Texas to coach the Longhorn baseball team. It took Horton seven years to finally claim another championship for the Titans. Winning the championship stands as Horton’s shining accomplishment as a coach at CSUF nearly 20 years after being on the first Titan team to go to the College World Series. Still, the question remains, why would Horton leave a team that he has an extensive personal history with, to coach a team that has no prestige within the college baseball circuit? The money has to play a definite factor. There isn’t one person out there who wouldn’t at least flinch at the sight of the contract that Oregon slid in front of Horton. If it was the money, is that really such a bad thing? Horton has a family to think about, and the prospect of receiving $150,000 a year, plus a guaranteed $250,000 coming from endorsement deals with Nike and the local Oregon Sports Network, has to make him consider how their lives could be better with that significant of a jump. The only reason he would stay looks to be only out of pure loy-

alty to his alma mater, and loyalty definitely doesn’t pay the bills. Baseball is infamous for doling out huge salaries, as it does not operate under any salary cap, unlike the NFL. This allows teams like the New York Yankees, with larger budgets, to scour the country and basically choose any player they want, as long as they are willing to spend a couple million bucks on them. The Yankees have made themselves a powerhouse by finding talent and not being light in the wallet, whereas teams like the Oakland A’s rely more on raw talent and coaching as they will historically trade away players whose heads are outgrowing Oakland’s wallet. So Horton is gone, along with assistant coach Jason Gill. Gill played a crucial role with the Titans. He served as an offensive powerhouse and as the primary batting instructor for the Titans for the past two years. These two losses are not expected to affect the Titans as coach Rick Vanderhook takes over for Horton, but history has shown that every coach has needed a period to adjust and bring the Titans back up to speed. The money may have dragged away two of the crucial elements of the team, but if history has shown us anything, it’s that money may always control the greedy. Championships are not won in the pocketbooks of executives. Titans, get ready. There’s a championship in the future, but maybe not until we are writing 2014 down in our datebooks.

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Help us Kevin Costner, you’re our only hope Dear Kevin Costner, I don’t know if you heard, but our baseball program is in grave danger. We’ve seen you save Jeanne Tripplehorn from the Smokers and we’ve seen you save James Earl Jones from his own self-loathing. Now it’s time for you to save our asses. You came here, so … you know … you kind of owe us. Plus, the majority of us actually paid to see “For Love Of The Game.” Therefore, you owe us for at least that. Anyway, the point is that you’ve made yourself Hollywood’s spokesperson for baseball. I can name two amazing baseball films you were in and three baseball films you’ve halfassed. You love baseball. We love(d) you. The issue of the Daily Titan where you were on the cover was one of the most popular ones from last semester. You have a fan base here and students could lose (more) faith

in you. So we come to you. Our head baseball coach (and hopefully your friend) George Horton has left us for more money. We have one of the top five college baseball programs, but our pay is a joke. We’re being laughed at. Kevin, I don’t know if you know this, but we won the College World Series in 2004. Now our head coach is leaving only three years later. The increase he’ll receive at University of Oregon is almost twice as much as what we were paying him. Do you know how they did it? Some big $100 million donation from Nike founder Phil Knight. He went there. You went here. So give us some money. Please help us, Kevin Costner. You’re our only hope. Sincerely, Daily Titan Editorial Staff

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By Cameron Pemstein/Daily Titan Photo Editor Assistant Coach Rick Vanderhook is currently heading up training for the baseball team. George Horton begins his new job at the University of Oregon Tuesday.

Horton: Begins new job tuesday (From page one) “I asked them to trust the system But the decision, days later, still and be patient and that the adminsurprised CSUF directors. istration here would have the in“He caught us off-guard,” Quinn sight in picking the best coach to said. “We didn’t know he was going sit in the chair I gave up,” Horton to do this.” said. No counter-ofBoth directors fer attempt was also talked to the discussed. team. “We don’t have “We told them the resources,” said to stay the course,” university presiDiTolla said. “We dent Milton Gorhave a very good don. “We pay [our – Brian Quinn, team in place.” coaches] the best Quinn said he CSUF Athletic that we can.” believes the CSUF Director On Friday, Aug program is bigger 31., Oregon faxed than any direcHorton the contor, player or even tract he was looking for: a five-year coach. deal worth $2 million in combined “We are considered one of the salary. finest programs in America,” Quinn Horton signed and returned the said. “We will bring in an outstandcontract 45 minutes before a team ing coach.” meeting called by Quinn and DiHorton flew up to Oregon again Tolla. Horton alerted the directors on Saturday, Sept. 1, with UC of his decision and attended the Riverside Assistant Coach Andrew closed-door meeting. Horton told Checketts and CSUF Assistant players at the meeting he would be Coach Jason Gill to show them the the Oregon head coach. facilities and ask them to join him. “Having to face the team, my “Before I even entertained the second family, eye to eye,” was the thought of taking the job, I asked hardest part of his leaving CSUF, coach Gill if he would be interested Horton said. in going up with me,” Horton said. He told his players they were in Both Checketts and Gill accepted good hands. the positions.

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Daily Titan File Photo Former Titan baseball Head Coach George Horton brought the team to six College World Series.

It was still a hard decision for Horton even with the lucrative contract and career opportunity. “Even with that kind of lifechanging money, it was still a coin flip for me to walk away from [the players] and this place that I am so fond of,” Horton said. Quinn and DiTolla are compiling a list of likely candidates to replace the two-time national coach of the

year. Assistant Coach Rick Vanderhook is currently heading up training. “My support at this time for who should take over the program is 100 percent Rick Vanderhook,” Horton said. On Tuesday, Horton will begin his job as the first head coach of baseball in 26 years for the University of Oregon.

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Diddy, who was Puff Daddy at the time, once rapped: “It’s all about the Benjamin’s, baby.” Uhh, uh huh, yeah. The reference was simple: Benjamin Franklin’s mug is on the face of every $100 bill. So, in short, everything is about money. George Horton reminded the college baseball world of this on Saturday, when he was bolted to restart the University of Oregon’s baseball program. Horton commanded a $140,000 CSUF salary. His salary will now be $400,000. Cha-ching. This reportedly makes Horton the highest paid college baseball coach in the country. While the financial rewards are undeniable, I suspect there was a greater reason why Horton left. Looking past the obvious benefit of more than doubling his salary, the opportunity for Horton to put his fingerprints on a new program has to be enticing. Can one really blame him for abandoning the program he solidified for the past 11 years? Focus on Horton’s time as a Titan. In examining everything Horton has done for CSUF, it’s more than possible he felt there was nothing left to do. He posted an overall record of 490-212-1. How good is that? He ranks in the top 10 of Division I coaches in the country with a minimum of five years. I’d rather have him coaching the Dodgers than Grady Little, but that is neither here nor there. He took the Titans to the College World Series six times, including back-to-back trips in ’03 and ’04 and again in ’06 and ’07. In 2004, the Titans captured the National Championship. Among his other accolades, Horton notched Big West Conference Coach of the Year on five occasions. Horton also played on CSUF’s first championship team in 1975 and graduated in 1978. During his 50-15 overpowering 2006 season, the Titans posted a 2.73 ERA, which was the best pitching staff in the country. This is when I started to really follow CSUF baseball. I knew that when I enrolled at CSUF in the spring of ’06, that they had a reputable baseball program, but I wasn’t a fan, not yet. I started watching the

College World Series that summer and was immediately impacted by Horton. He definitely knew what he was doing. I say this because I can easily question decisions that managers make in baseball. Not to get back to the Dodgers again, but Grady Little is notorious for his lack of decision making. Just ask any Boston Red Sox fan … or Pedro Martinez. Anyways, I was in the hospital after having back surgery, and I watched the game against North Carolina. Unfortunately, the Titans lost, but I followed them along electronically through their journey, and the same pattern held true in 2007. For the 2007 baseball season, I was CSUF’s main beat writer for the Daily Titan. During the season, I had the opportunity to interview Horton after every game. Whether it was with victory or defeat, he always looked me in the eye and was respectfully honest. It would be just as easy for a man of his stature to look down upon some rookie sportswriter, but the skipper never did. He eased my intimidation. When the Titans went to Omaha for the College World Series this year, I watched every game that was televised on ESPN. I grew attached to the team, to George Horton. The man simply dominated. And maybe it was best for both sides if he moved on. Still, I can’t help but feel frustrated that CSUF is losing such a great coach. He had a presence. He is the type of caring individual that wouldn’t leave the CSUF baseball community stranded for no reason. Many athletes say the cliché, “He had to do what’s best for him and his family.” I think this applies to this situation as well. Sure, money talks. But, I can safely say that the financial perks and challenge to coach in the PAC-10 still required Horton to struggle with his decision. His eyes didn’t have green dollar signs flashing, causing him to forget about the fans that love him. You shouldn’t let them blind you either. He will always be a Titan, and evermore so, one we must remember, not scorn.

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Sports

September 6, 2007

Karen Bardsley left some big shoes to fill, but the best goalie in CSUF history is training three successors

Who’s next?

PHOTO ILLUSTRATION By Karl Thunman/Daily Titan Photo Editor

By Nathan Wheadon

Daily Titan Staff Writer sports@dailytitan.com

Under the blistering midday sun, the women’s soccer team trains hard. At one end of the field head Coach Demian Brown is instructing his players. Off in the distance, at the opposite end of the field, the goalkeepers are quiet except for the constant urging of volunteer coach Karen Bardsley. The goalkeepers hustle and sprawl for every ball. “Put some pace on these services, yeah?� Bardsley said. “They’re going to make each other better.� For the past three seasons, Bardsley held the title of Big West Conference Goalkeeper of the Year. This year Bardsley is a coach. She holds all the major records with 47 career victories, 312 saves, 26 shutouts, 6,395 minutes played and a 0.84 goals against average. Many argue, she is the best goalkeeper in school history. Breaking the records is a feat in itself, but she

did it after playing only 28 minutes in 2003 when she suffered a seasonending broken leg. Making the transition from player to coach can be complicated. Would the people she played with be willing to play for her? For Bardsley, yes. “[The team was] really adult about it,� Bardsley said. “They were really great.� Unlike most sports teams where athletes compete for the same position, a spirit of camaraderie exists among the team members. Goalkeepers Shayla Sabin, Kerri Ward and Shannon Simpson all share the determination to improve with each training session. “Nothing’s changed,� Sabin said. “I am going to respond to her like any other coach.� The respect that the women share for each other shows in their training. Even as an accomplished collegiate player, and having an undefeated regular season record in the WSPL (Women’s Pro Soccer League), international playing ex-

perience and numerous nationwide accolades, Bardsley takes the same humble approach to coaching as she does with playing. “I’m not going to go up to them and say ‘look what I did,’� Bardsley said. “I’ll show them what I want from them.� The constant push to be the best player possible comes naturally for the goalkeepers and they all share the same philosophy: Have a laugh and leave it on the field. “You need to enjoy yourself,� Bardsley said. “You’re not going to play well if you’re miserable.� A major reason for the cohesion among the keepers is their ability to separate conflicts on and off the field. “Competition is competition,� Ward said. “What happens on the field, we don’t carry it over to the outside.� The goalkeepers know what Bardsley expects from them. “We’re supposed to perform our best everyday,� Ward said. “Take it like a champ.�

PHoto BY Rob Weaver/Daily Titan Staff

With head coach Brown and assistants Scott Alexander and Lauryn Welch focused on the rest of the team, Bardsley is responsible for the bulk of the keepers’ training. “It’s better when you have someone who’s always there,� Ward said. “She’ll know how hard she can push you.� For Sabin, having Bardsley around has helped her “tremendously.� “It’s nice to have someone around

who knows what they’re talking about,� Sabin said. “It’s just been smooth sailing.� Over the years, the goalkeepers have grown together. “It’s like a family,� Sabin said. “I think of us as best friends. We’ll continue to stay close.� After having Bardsley as a coach, Sabin “wouldn’t have it any other way.� As for Bardsley, the transition from

Volunteer Coach Karen Bardsley had 47 career victories, 312 saves and 26 shutouts during her time as a Titan goalkeeper, but now she’s training Shayla Sabin, Kerri Ward and Shannon Simpson to fill her shoes.

player to coach has gone smooth so far, but she is not the type to look to the past. “There’s always something to improve on,� Bardsley said. “Take one thing at a time. I just want my goalkeepers to keep improving, keep getting better.� Under the burning sun, they train, sweat dripping, muscles aching, encouraging each other, smiling, laughing.

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