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the Golden year begins

Cal State Fullerton begins its 50th anniversary celebration on Friday

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oisted triumphantly atop lamp-posts throughout Cal State Fullerton, banners draped in soft blue and yellow commemorate the 50th anniversary and advertise the spectacle prepared by university administrators, which is expected to kick off Friday, Sept.14.

Associated Students, Inc. will host a block party beginning today at Titan Walk from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

President Milton Gordon will address a crowd at a convocation beginning 11 a.m. Friday and the festivities will conclude that night with a Concert Under the Stars at 6 p.m.

All day Saturday, events will highlight See ANNIVERSARY, Page 2

From traffic ticket to grand theft auto MANNING, S.C. (AP) – A woman who went to court to pay a traffic ticket drove there in a stolen car and ended up behind bars, authorities said.

Clarendon County sheriff’s deputies received a tip that Amber Renee Helton was going to be in a stolen car when she paid the ticket, Chief Deputy Joe Bradham said.

They arrested her as she opened the door of the 2001 Dodge Intrepid on Tuesday morning, authorities said.

Helton, 21, and her passenger, 35-year-old Terry Lynn Alvery, were charged with possessing a stolen vehicle, Bradham said.

The vehicle had been reported stolen Aug. 28 in Tennessee.

Helton had been in court less than a week before and was acquitted of possessing a stolen tag but convicted of driving without a license, Bradham said.

“I guess she thought, ‘Hey, I got away with having a stolen tag.

I might get away with the entire car,’” Bradham said.

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I like to stick my finger in the hole and wiggle it around.

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– Shayna Horowitz,

on playing with her piercings

YOUTUBE: HALO 3 FOOTAGE LEAKED

CSUF’s brightest newcomers named President’s Scholars 20 freshmen put in the hard work in high school to be President’s Scholars

By Sylvia Masuda

Footage of the much anticipated video game “Halo 3” has finally found its way onto the Internet.

This particular video features Master Chief laying waste to a group of baddies in a jungle setting. Amazing graphics as well as some new artillery are also teased here, along with what sounds like a game designer in the background describing some of the newest additions.

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The Cal State Fullerton President’s Scholars won’t have to worry about the rising tuition looming ahead.

They won’t have to worry about paying for textbooks either.

But that doesn’t mean they won’t have to worry about maintaining a stellar grade point average.

Because the scholars act as ambassadors on behalf of the president’s office, they are also required to participate in certain university events such as the upcoming Concert Under the Stars on Sept. 14, the 50th Anniversary University Open House and Alumni Homecoming on Sept.

15, said James Mettler, the President’s Scholars program director said.

The President’s Scholars Program recognized 20 high school seniorsturned-Titans this fall with “the most prestigious status” the university offers to freshmen students, according to a Cal State Fullerton press release.

In part, the distinction is so important because President Milton Gordon personally selects the scholars, Mettler said.

With prominent honors come an assortment of benefits.

The perks students receive include

full paid tuition for four years, a yearly stipend of $750 for textbooks, use of a laptop computer, priority registration for enrolling in classes and for on-campus housing and automatic admittance into the University Honors Program.

But, as a few scholars suggest, those material bonuses are only secondary to the experience.

“The best part is having a connection with the other scholars,” scholar Alysha Hernandez said. “It almost feels like another family. Otherwise, I would’ve gone to college and I would’ve been alone. But with this, I’m going to meet people and get involved. Although, the laptop and money doesn’t hurt.”

The program facilitates lifelong friendships.

“It’s really nice having a small group that you’re a part of,” scholar Elizabeth Holcomb added. “They really help you out. We exchange phone numbers and we see each other around.”

The scholars from the class of 1983, Mettler said, are one example of a close-knit group who still keep in contact with each other.

“Every incoming class is different,” Mettler said. “It’s as if each class has its own personality and interaction dynamic that is different from the year before. This incoming class is another example of how quickly they just gelled. They just got along right away.”

To keep earning the benefits of be-

ing a scholar, students must maintain a 3.5 GPA at all times during their stay at the university and attend classes full time for all four years of study.

As scholars, they are also expected to engage in leadership activities and organizations such as Associated Students, Inc. Current ASI President

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Some of my students would not be in college if it weren’t for the scholarship.

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See Buzz, page 4

– James Mettler,

CSUF President’s Scholars

Heather Williams is a member of the program.

The academic involvement is something that, for many scholars, started much earlier than their college years.

From positions of leadership in organizations to considerable church service, it’s a definite plus for applicants to be associated with high school and community service, Mettler said.

“You have to do very, very well and do a lot in high school to get this award,” he said. “If you look at the general student undergrad and you look at the incoming freshmen variables, they’re just light years ahead of the average student.”

Besides that, to be considered for the program, high school seniors must live in California, earn at least a 3.75 GPA and secure a high SAT or ACT score.

Income is not a factor in applying for the program; the honor is meritbased, not need-based.

“The students don’t all come from economically-advantaged backgrounds,” Mettler said. “Some of my students would not be in this college if it weren’t for the scholarship.”

“I was in absolute shock [when I found out I received it],” Hernandez said. “I told my grandma and she started crying. She was saying, ‘We were wondering how to pay for your college.’”

At nearly three decades old, CSUF’s program is the oldest President’s Scholars program in the CSUs, Mettler said.

In addition to attending classes full-time, Hernandez, of Whittier High School, works at the public library in Whittier as a page. T he job is one that the English major enjoys because of her love of books, she said.

Also from Whittier is Sonora High School graduate Jonathan Davis, whose major is kinesiology.

From Oxford Academy in Anaheim, Corinne Sandhoefner is a communicative disorders major.

Holcomb, a liberal studies major from Paraclete High School in Lancaster, aspires to be a first grade teacher, she said.

As a high school student, Holcomb volunteered at Columbia Elementary School in Lancaster working with children.

Katherine Runyan and Carlos Hernandez, both from Ramona High School in Riverside, are also liberal studies majors.

Computer engineering major Brian Norris is the younger brother of a former scholar who recently graduated from CSUF, Mettler said.

Both Norris and theatre arts major Joseph Hill are graduates from Brea Olinda High School in Brea.

Another theatre arts major and scholar, Laura Johnson, is from Apple Valley High School. Fellow Apple Valley Sandhoefner alumni Talia Tran and Cristian Bueno-Correa of Buena Park High School are mathematics majors.

Other scholars of the College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics are geology major Jennifer Tamowski of Elsinore High School in Wildomar, chemistry major Jamie Sanders of El Modena High School in Lake Elsinore and biological science major Bryce Renfeldt of Santiago High School in Corona.

Tamowski’s older sister was also a President’s Scholar.

See President’s Scholars, Page 2

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Putin pulls political power move to secure his future MOSCOW (AP) – President Vladimir Putin chose a little-known government official to become Russia’s new prime minister Wednesday, a surprise move that set off fevered speculation over whether loyal technocrat Viktor Zubkov was being groomed to replace Putin next spring. The move came a few hours after Putin dissolved the Cabinet of his long-serving prime minister, Mikhail Fradkov, saying he needed to appoint a government better suited to the election campaign and to “prepare the country” for life after the elections. The nomination of Zubkov, who has overseen investigations into suspicious financial transactions, caught much of the political elite off guard, which appeared to be Putin’s intention. Most observers said they did not see Zubkov as Putin’s successor, but rather as a caretaker prime minister, perhaps to be replaced closer to the March presidential vote. Others said they considered his appointment a signal of Putin’s intention to retain control after he leaves the presidency.

NATIONAL NEWS State-regulated emissions standards upset automakers MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) – Vermont and several other states scored a victory on Wednesday in their battle to get automakers to comply with rules aimed at reducing global warming. A federal judge ruled that states can regulate greenhouse gas emissions from vehicles, rejecting automakers’ claims that federal law pre-empts state rules and that technology can’t be developed to meet them. During a 16-day trial that concluded in May, auto industry executives testified that the regulations – adopted by California and 11 other states and pending in three others – would not stop global warming but would impose devastating new costs on the industry. Slated to start phasing in as of 2009, the limits would require a 30 percent reduction in carbon dioxide emissions from cars and trucks by 2016, a standard the car makers have maintained would require average fuel economy standards for cars and the lightest category of trucks of 43.7 miles per gallon. Automakers maintained that cutting carbon requires improving fuel economy, since carbon emissions are proportional to the amount of gasoline burned.

STATE NEWS Financial problems persist for mortgage lenders LOS ANGELES (AP) – A lawsuit filed against Countrywide Financial Corp. on behalf of its employees claims the mortgage lender failed to warn its employees about the depth of its financial troubles, resulting in heavy stock losses in their 401k retirement accounts. The lawsuit, filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Santa Ana, seeks class-action status and names as defendants Countrywide Chairman and Chief Executive Angelo Mozilo and benefits committee members in charge of the retirement plan. It claims plan managers “continued to offer Countrywide stock as an investment option and match in Countrywide stock when the stock no longer was a prudent investment for participants’ retirement savings.” Employees decided how much of their salary to set aside in their retirement plan based in large part on their understanding of the company’s financial picture, attorney Steve Berman said. The company’s shares have plunged from a 52-week high of $45.26 in January to a low of $15 in mid-August. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of Marc Cruz of Orange, identified as a Countrywide employee participating in the retirement plan.

Bookstore looking for ways to compete Titan Shops assures the lowest prices guaranteed on books online as well

By Celia Castanon

Daily Titan Staff Writer news@dailytitan.com

Shopping for books can be very difficult for students. It is a time-consuming chore and most students will put off the hassle until the last minute for various reasons.

To help ease the struggle, Cal State Fullerton’s Titan Shops has implemented a program for students called Titan Shops Lowest Price Guarantee.

According to the Titan Shops Web site the program assures their customers the lowest price on all textbooks for the current semester by offering a 125 percent refund off of the difference. If the textbooks are sold for less at another bookstore, the bookstore will match the price in cash plus 25 percent of the difference.

Books must match the ISBN, edition, be in stock and be in the same condition whether it is new or used.

Titan Shops has provided the program in previous semesters, but this is the first time it has included Web sites.

“We were not exactly sure what to expect,” said Chuck Kissel, director of the Titan Shops. “We wanted our customer to be able to support Cal State Fullerton while getting the best prices.”

Titan Shops implemented the program to encourage students to shop – and buy books at its store.

“We wanted students to get a competitive price while supporting the university,” Kissel said.

However, the program does have its restrictions.

Students only have 30 days to take advantage of the program. Books found at auction web sites such as eBay.com, Half.com, Amazon Marketplace and the Used Book Classi-

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fied section of titanbookstore.com are not covered under the program.

Maria Chavez, a grad student, found out the hard way when checking to see if her book was eligible for the program.

“I always buy my books online but I had to buy one book from the bookstore. When I found it cheaper online, I called the bookstore and they told me I could not do it because it was from AmaMaria Chavez, zon Marketplace,” CSUF student Chavez said. “It’s a good idea, but I’ll stick to buying my books online.”

Titan Shops requires a proof of the price and a short form needs to be competed and presented to a textbook manager.

They will verify and then refund 125 percent of the difference in cash.

Students do not need to return books when taking advantage of the program, they just need to provide proof

It’s a good idea, but I’ll stick to buying my books online.

of price.

Some students prefer the convenience of the TitanShops on campus selling required textbooks rather than shopping elsewhere.

“It may not be worth the hassle,” said Kelly Nguyen, a grad student.

“I would rather buy from the bookstore because I can return the book if I need to. The cheaper books that are sold online are from other students or people, so I wouldn’t qualify anyways.”

Almost 100 students have taken advantage of this offer already but most students on campus are unaware of the program. Students are encouraged from friends and professors to look elsewhere to find cheaper books.

“My professors and friends told me to go to the Little Professor bookstore because it is cheaper there,” said Gabriela Ramirez, 18, undeclared. “I didn’t know about this until now.”

To help students out in the future, Titan Shops is creating a price-matching Web site for students available in January 2008.

Students will be able to compare prices online first.

50th Anniversary: A big bash planned for the university (from Page 1)

Cal State Fullerton’s history with a veritable showcase of activities, including a “mock” elephant race.

But for all the university’s outreach efforts, students across campus carry mixed levels of enthusiasm over the blue and orange.

“Fullerton doesn’t really have too much tradition,” Dwayne Marshall, a 22-year-old kinesiology major, said. “When you think about Cal State Fullerton, you really don’t think about too much … There is so much more pride when you go to UCLA or USC. It would mean a lot over there compared to over here.”

Associate Professor Coordinator for the Gerontology Academic Program, Joseph Weber, said he expected to attend the convocation on Friday and several of the events on Saturday.

He felt there was some excitement

Marshall said he had not heard from students.

The anniversary was an opportu- anything yet about upcoming nity to reflect on a half century of events.

“As far as students, I honestly achievement that has transformed don’t think they the university care,” Marshall said. into the largest “I don’t think they in the CSUs. really care about the “I think ev50th anniversary. ery university I just feel like Cal has a past hisState Fullerton is tory, a legacy,” – Joseph Weber, where I come to get Weber said.

CSUF Professor my bachelor’s degree “Whether we and that’s it.” are from HarASI Vice President vard or Yale, as Curtis Schlaufman a new professor coming, you come in with a feeling said though interest is not as high as that you’re part of something larger it could be for the 50th anniversary, than yourself. I think that is part of he said he feels an awareness of oncampus events is spreading.

Cal State Fullerton.”

Since coming to the campus, he Although Webb said he has been continuously updated about upcom- said he feels like more students are ing events, some students were blind gaining knowledge about on-campus activities — but there is still a to the university’s plans.

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lot more room to grow.

“Certainly I believe students should be into it,” Schlaufman said.

“Unfortunately, we have a campus culture that is not as school spirited as UCLA or USC students. I think it is really unfortunate. But then again, we are a young institution. We are only 50 years old. We still have more room to grow. We’ve seen a lot of progress the last few years.”

For more information on the event, go to the CSUF official 50th anniversary Web site at: http://www. fullerton.edu/50/ Some 50th anniversary events include: Sept. 13, 2007 - ASI Block Party/ 50th Anniversary Student Celebration from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. at the Titan Student Union/Titan Walk.

Sept. 14, 2007 - Concert Under the Stars at the CSUF practice fields from 6 p.m.-9:30 p.m.

PRESIDENT’S SCHOLARS: Only 20 CSUF FRESHMEN QUALIFY

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NEWS

September 13, 2007

Consumers of organic foods may not be aware of the whole story For the Daily Titan

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Most students are aware of the current distribution of organic foods on campus, though they may not be aware of the potential dangers of eating organic.

Cal State Fullerton senior Andrew Zayas, 24, is one student who was surprised to hear about the possible risks of eating organic foods.

He, like many others, assumed that organic was always the safer choice.

“You would think that unrefined foods would automatically be better for you,” Zayas said.

“I always thought that organic was healthier,” said Nancy Hernandez, 23, a communications major.

She had, however, heard that certain organic items were better than others, she said.

Organic promoters imply that their foods are safer since they have lower levels of pesticide residues, though the pesticide levels in our food supply are not significantly high, according to The Institute of Food Technologists Web site.

According to the Web site, in some circumstances, pesticides can actually reduce health risks by preventing the growth of harmful organisms.

The United States Environmental Protection Agency Web site states that certain pesticides are actually helpful to society, since pesticides can kill potential disease-causing organisms and control a variety of pests.

The safety of organic foods is definitely a current concern of consumers, said Julio Cartagena, a Whole Foods Market store manager.

People are largely concerned about

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You would think that unrefined foods would automatically be better for you.

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– Andrew Zayas, CSUF student

the pesticides used in Mexico that were banned, he said, although he, himself, is not too concerned.

“I think it’s pretty safe to eat organic,” Cartagena said.

There are guidelines that workers have to follow and the appropriate paperwork must be completed before they can sell organic foods, he said.

But, while the organic foods that

Cartagena sells are certified, he said that nothing can be guaranteed 100 percent, not even in the U.S. “We would have to test everything, and if we tested everything, we would have nothing to sell,” he said.

For some students, organic foods are indispensable. CSUF senior Yoojin Kim, 26, is conscious of what she eats and where she buys her food.

“I prefer organic foods,” Kim said.

She will continue to choose organic over conventional food, despite the warnings, she said.

Olivia Regalado, 26, a double major in advertising and Latin-American studies at CSUF, said she personally does not eat organic foods, though she considers them important overall.

If you’re hungry, you’ve got to eat, she said.

For Regalado, price is an issue as well as availability.

“You can’t really find them,” she said. “The more growers who get involved in producing organic foods, the better.”

Cindy Burke, author of “To Buy or Not to Buy Organic,” said if you know where your food comes from, you don’t need a certified organic sticker.

“Buy locally, even if it’s not organic,” she said.

Locally-grown food is definitely

Candidates’ views on Iraq split Associated Press Democratic presidential candidates Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton pressed Wednesday for greater troop withdrawals from Iraq, while Republican John McCain sought to win the hearts and minds of voters in favor of staying the course.

After two days of congressional testimony from Gen. David Petraeus, the military commander in Iraq, and U.S. Ambassador Ryan Crocker, the gap between the positions of the candidates on the war, the campaign’s top issue, was as great as ever and may even be widening.

McCain, who has begun to inch back up in opinion polls after suffering serious setbacks to his candidacy this summer, spent his second day traversing Iowa in a bus festooned

with a banner that said it all: “No Surrender.”

The Arizona senator and former Vietnam POW was warmly received by veterans of five wars at a VFW post in Council Bluffs.

“We have suffered enormous losses and Americans are frustrated and angry ... but we do have a new strategy and a new general and it is succeeding and we ought to give it a chance to succeed,” McCain told about 100 people in the VFW’s redwhite-and-blue-theme basement.

Across the state at Ashford University in Clinton, Obama called for the immediate withdrawal of all U.S. combat brigades from Iraq, with the pullout being completed by the end of next year.

“Let me be clear: There is no military solution in Iraq and there never was,” Obama said in a speech to

about 500 people.

“The best way to protect our security and to pressure Iraq’s leaders to resolve their civil war is to immediately begin to remove our combat troops. Not in six months or one year, now,” the Illinois senator said.

Obama said the troop withdrawal should begin immediately and be completed by the end of next year.

“We will need to retain some forces in Iraq and the region,” said Obama, who contrasted his long opposition to the war with rivals who voted to authorize the conflict.

“I welcome all the folks who have changed their position over these last months and years.”

Obama joked about making the speech in a city named Clinton.

“I hope the headline when we leave is ‘Clinton endorses Obama,’” he said.

By CAmeron Pemstein/Daily Titan Photo Editor Olga Stavro looks for an organic treat at the Nutwood Cafe. “I always thought that organic was healthier,” said Nancy Hernandez, a communications major.

fresher, since it has just been picked a day or two beforehand, she said.

She recommends choosing organic only when it comes to the “dirty dozen” of foods: meat, dairy, strawberries, apples, tomatoes, potatoes, spinach, coffee, peaches, grapes, celery and bell

peppers.

Conventional foods such as onions, garlic, broccoli, cauliflower, brussel sprouts, watermelons and tropical fruits are safe since they have their own natural pesticides built-in, and thus are grown with a low amount of

pesticides, she said.

Consumer Reports on Health advised that no one should avoid fruits and vegetables altogether for fear of pesticides, since the health benefits of these foods surmount any possible risk.

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Bush’s legacy is one of fear

By Edward peters

Daily Titan Staff Writer opinion@dailytitan.com

President George Walker Bush single-handedly changed the known world, eliciting controversy, anger and even admiration; he would split history into pre/post Bush eras. As a hardcore right-wing Evangelist, Bush has exercised his religious belief in government by creating policy, setting moral agendas, and fighting a campaign against terror. This has been at the platform of his administration and few U.S. presidents have been as openly religious as he.

In the 2004 documentary “Fahrenheit 9/11,” Bush is portrayed as a dumb-witted president, but on the contrary, he has proven to be the opposite, cleverly entering America into a state of fear it had never known. Through chaos he promised security, and the public ate it, turning the government into a more controlling and secretive entity.

Personal liberties were given up for the sake of security and Bush’s executive wing was turned into a powerful control mechanism, amending constitution, and creating new executive powers to combat an up-and-coming enemy. He would take on a personal mission, a mission that would be two-sided, never knowing, riddled with denial and deceit. A mission that would leave the future uncertain and its consequences as scars of history, enthroning the masses into a paralyzing fear of terrorism. The name Bush would be synonymous with just that, terror.

The defining moment in Bush’s presidency were the attacks of Sept.

11, when his supposed calling in life had come in the form of four hijacked commercial airliners used as weaponry against the American homeland, leaving thousands dead, and leading to what would become a war on terrorism, and a personal crusade against evil. Bush’s claim had always been that “nobody in the government envisioned terrorists flying airplanes into buildings,” but USA Today had reported that at least two years prior to Sept.11, North American Aerospace Defense Command, North America’s air defense system, had been conducting exercises where hijacked planes were flown into American targets. One target was the World Trade Center.

What’s puzzling is that NORAD was nowhere to be seen on Sept. 11.

Skeptics claim NORAD was told to “stand down” by government officials, a very odd scenario at the least.

The president had now found himself in unique times, with an “apocalyptic” fervor amongst the west and Islam. He had claimed that God anointed him the role of “crusader” against the evil extremists. This had become a personal war where Bush quite possibly saw himself fulfilling the very prophecy he believed in. His right-wing Evangelist administration would remain moral and just, though were willing to go to lengths to destroy terror.

Islamic Fundamentalists, willing to commit heinous acts for their religion, would also go to lengths to de-

stroy America. Two common goals, two different beliefs, both looking to cleanse the world of all evil.

Early on in his terror campaign, the president had the view that “this war would be fought on many fronts” and that “we were to rout terror wherever it exists.” The implications are clear; every last terrorist on the face of this earth is to be taken out until there is no more terrorism to threaten us, and so the world would finally be terror free. (SuperpowerSyndrome) This clearly is an impossible idea, but Bush convinced the world otherwise by using smoke and mirrors, a complete façade. He convoluted public thought and used fear to rally a generation of peoples against terrorism.

The Bush administration had always echoed the theme of security, yet the war on terror had created the exact opposite - insecurity and vulnerability – which in turn created support in the form of American citizens backing any action necessary to eliminate terror. This cycle feeds off man’s emotion of fear. The Bush administration capitalized on it and bolstered support for what would be the Iraq War. Under the false pretense that Iraq was harboring weapons of mass destruction, U.S. and coalition troops entered on March 20, 2003 to topple the Saddam regime and hold up the country until a free democratic government was set into place.

Many government officials saw it strategically impossible to hold the country with so few troops, ranging in the low hundred thousands, but

Bush held steadfast with his decision and when he declared that all major combat operations in Iraq had ended, he supposedly never saw the carnage that was to ensue. It was an insurgent backlash that would halt all progress and leave U.S. and coalition troops to fight in Iraq for an indefinite amount of time. The question now remained: why so few troops for such a large job? Fully knowing that U.S. troops would be stretched thin, fighting a war on several different fronts, Bush would implement one major goal of his secretive mission, the privatization of military.

President Eisenhower eerily foreshadowed what was to come – “the rise of the military-industrial complex.”

In his farewell address to the nation, he said, “The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist. We must never let the weight of this combination endanger our liberties or democratic processes. Only an alert and knowledgeable citizenry can compel the proper meshing of the huge industrial and military machinery of defense with our peaceful methods and goals, so that security and liberty may prosper together.” Eisenhower‘s prophetic speech warned against the loss of “liberties and democratic processes,” and under the “misplaced power” of Bush, this is what America is witnessing today. With almost no media coverage, Bush had given to the private sector all jobs the U.S. military had once done, thus changing American history forever.

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Drivers should not overlook bikers

By Eleni Reed

Daily Titan Staff Writer opinion@dailytitan.com

Being cheap can be deadly. Since I’m fortunate enough to live close to Cal State Fullerton, I opt to ride my bicycle for most of the semester.

It saves on gas and if I wait long enough, I can pay about $70 for a permit, versus $144.

However money conscious I may be, there are drivers around town who don’t sympathize with the likes of me.

Venturing onto campus at least three times a week, there are three

days for me to encounter a near run over.

And I regret to say that I am not exaggerating.

Understanding the times I ride are peak hours for rushed persons going to work, lunch and home from work, I pay extra attention when crossing intersections and driveways to strip malls. My driving counterparts do not.

Nonetheless, the state issued a license with confidence that drivers will be aware of their surroundings at all times. So, why the blind eye?

About two weeks ago, I was riding to campus in my usual routine.

It was a clear and sunny morning and I was particularly enjoying the weather. I approached a walking woman dressed in scrubs and holding handfuls of files and papers.

Seeing that she was turning left into the office park, I veered right to continue my journey.

Suddenly, there was a black Honda Civic about to run me and a stranger over. My head snapped to give the driver a vicious stare and remark.

This young female, with long brown hair in pigtails, was fully attentive of her wonderful driving skills. In fact, she was gesturing with her hands for the two of us to hurry,

so she wouldn’t get side swiped from oncoming traffic.

The audacity of this girl’s negligence is astounding to me. She was willing to risk lives and an accident so she wouldn’t be late for whatever was on her agenda. I hope she broke a nail that day.

Still steaming from the rudeness of this girl, I pushed forward, only moments away from class.

In the bike line, I glimpsed a white bullet come from my left. Yet another rushed female plowed forward, getting closer than a hurried car should.

Instantly, I threw my hand in the air to get her attention and shouted, “Hey!” Luckily, she realized and slowed down enough for me to pass safely.

But clearly she was looking for passing cars coming the same way, so how did she miss me?

I didn’t understand and began to question the security of my cheapness.

Being behind the wheel doesn’t mean you own the road. Drivers can go to jail if found guilty for involuntary manslaughter, meaning hitting someone due to a driver’s own negligence.

Negligent actions such as the ones I’ve mentioned above which cause accidents and deaths.

I believe most California drivers in the area take advantage of the lack of pedestrians, but this does not mean they don’t exist. I’m living— for now—proof.

September 13, 2007

Jake’s Take Jake Kilroy

Blackmail: America’s Rational Pastime Things that are stupid: 1) Starting essays or articles with a definition from the dictionary or the line “According to Webster…” Stop being a hack writer and, just so you know, the only Webster anybody really cares about is some funny black kid who made his awkward white foster parents laugh in the ‘80s.

2) The movie “Scarface.”

Sorry.

3) Every high school girl who openly declares that she is waiting until marriage but bangs her first real boyfriend. (“But I waited and waited”- you didn’t.

What did you wait for? The usual age when everybody does it? “But I loved him and loved him” - you didn’t. Everybody “loves” their significant other at the age of 17, darling. Did you two not make it to college together like every other couple?

Oh, no? Huh. Not in the real world, you say? No, you’re right.

You two were totally in love. By the way, when did you decide to give it up? Ten minutes before your underwear was slingshot across the room? Ha, you classy piece of awesome).

4) Saying “basically” when the explanation is more than a few sentences. Saying “literally” when it isn’t literal (as it’s probably being mixed-up with “seriously”). And saying “let me put it this way” when it’s the expected and most reasonable answer.

5) People addicted to energy drinks.

Wait, wait, wait … I take it back. I’m not sorry about saying “Scarface” is stupid.

You now what’s not stupid?

Blackmail.

It’s America’s way of punishing individuals without jail time. It’s the classic formula of citizen helping citizen. Say you know someone who may be doing something “bad” and you want them to stop it (helping them organize and prioritize their life), but don’t want them to be locked away for a number of years or have their life fall apart. Oh, what to do, what to do?

Well, maybe you should blackmail their lying asses for Uncle Sam! Blackmail isn’t wrong. It’s just misunderstood (proof that the activity is misunderstood: I recently mentioned the topic of my upcoming column and the person told me that they loved Denzel Washington).

The noble art of blackmail is like the exact opposite of the Mona Lisa. The case with Da Vinci’s junk bride of artistic effin’ whatever is that everybody is supposed to love it, but secretly we all hate it (and don’t know

why it’s art, and consider the graffiti in the Los Angeles riverbed more riveting). With blackmail, everybody is supposed hate it, but we all secretly love it. We love it more than bagels.

And you know how righteous bagels are.

You just have to play by the rules for the game to be fun.

The rules are as follows: 1) You can only ask for money once (because, after that, it becomes extortion).

2) The price has to be reasonable (‘cause nobody is going to pay $1 million to prevent their office affair from going public.

They’ll just get a divorce. This is America. The only thing we love more than Arby’s is divorce).

3) Be passionate about what you do.

4) Always stay calm.

5) Slightly hint at being a psychopath.

6) Make ‘em pay.

I’m currently in the process of blackmailing a co-worker. I knew things, she crossed me and now I have to complete my civic duty as an American officer of spite and crush her (unless she hands over my ransom). But I do it because I care about her knowing the difference between right and wrong.

Though it is somewhat difficult to hide my excitement.

I want to make late night phone calls while she’s in bed, waking her up only to yell into the phone, “Who is this? Leave me alone! I have a family!”

She doesn’t, by the way. I checked. She has a cat that she overfeeds. That’s it. Totally alone. And rightfully so. Dumb bitch.

I want to whisper, “Meet me at the docks. Bring the money and come alone. If I even smell a tail on you, I’ll cut the tail off your fat stupid cat.”

“My cat’s not stupid.”

“Well, obviously not as stupid as you. See you at midnight, idiot. And don’t wear that green cashmere combo. You look dreadful in it. Like some chewed-up vegetables your stupid cat puked out on your shag carpet.”

“My cat’s not stupid!” *click* And I’ll be there in a trenchcoat with black gloves holding the manila folder of evidence.

I don’t have much else to say.

Not until tomorrow night at the docks at least.

Just remember: It’s only a plan until it’s action.

It’s only attempted blackmail until you get the right picture.

And every girl is waiting for marriage until she bangs her first high school sweetheart.

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September 13, 2007

Titan Editorial Providing insight, analysis and perspective since 1960

Skateboarding law flawed The university’s reasoning for banning skateboarding on campus sounds sincere: the safety of pedestrians is at risk.

While officials should be applauded for being considerate of the well-being of those who are forced to trek across campus on their own two feet, the fear that a falling skateboarder will suddenly send their board on an uncontrolled airborne trajectory seems farfetched.

But that’s just the kind of thinking behind outlawing the use of skateboards on campus, a practice that will soon see students being ticketed once more signs are put up to notify people.

Bicycles are not against regulations outside of certain areas on campus and the image of students smoothly riding to class on bikes on a warm, sunny day seems to fit with the university’s vision. Apparently there is no worry about bikes causing bodily harm to others because in theory, when a cyclist falls, their mode of transportation casually topples on top of them. It’s doubtful the bicylcles will land that softly with the way some students weave their bicycles in and out of pedestrian traffic.

Also, included in the prohibition are skates and rollerblades. It would take quite a spill for those to disconnect from their owners and injure an innocent bystander.

There is a connection between skateboarders and rollerbladers, but it is not in the threat they are to those around them. Simply put, they are considered rebels of an alternative culture with no regard for the rules of society. It is an image that seems out-of-sorts with the reality of skateboarders here on campus.

To the university, the skateboarders represent the possibility of doing more harm to campus property than pedestrians.

Yet the idea that every skateboarder is itching to shred up all the surfaces they see is simply a stereotype. Not all of them are degenerates without any regard for the safety or property of others. Most skaters are just students trying to travel from one class to another.

If the pristine appearance of the campus is a concern, then the crackdown should be on those who are defacing property, not isolating a group of students simply going about their day.

MTV award show aims to shock, short on content

By Gail Navarro

Daily Titan Staff Writer opinion@dailytitan.com

MTV set off this year’s Video Music Awards with its very own weapon of mass destruction. It was a bomb known as Britney Spears’ performance. The highly criticized mother of two opened the show with her latest single called “Gimme More,” dressed in a sparkly push-up bra and panties (yes, she WAS wearing underwear) and an obvious blond wig.

In all her lip-synching glory, Britney moved her stiff body around the stage while dancers supported her every awkward twist and turn. The singer looked uncomfortable and even the crowd looked uneasy as they watched it all unravel.

The Vegas philosophy did not hold true for Britney. Everything she did in Vegas did NOT stay in Vegas.

First of all, what happened to the hardcore Britney? I miss the confident performer who tore up the floor with her tight choreography, and even the bride who made out with Madonna because at least she found a way to wake up an audience.

Now she’s making headlines for all the wrong reasons, which seems to be the Hollywood trend these days. However, the only thing that Britney has over the other girls is an established music career, but it certainly did not show last Sunday.

Comedian Sarah Silverman capitalized on the pop star’s troubled life by poking fun at her two sons and said at 25 years of age, Britney “has already accomplished every-

thing she’s going to accomplish in her life.”

Another controversy took place between Kid Rock and Tommy Lee. The two former flames of Pamela Anderson threw fists at each other, resulting in both rockers being escorted by security out of the venue.

The fight took place off camera, during Alicia Keys’ performance. Rock was cited for misdemeanor battery for punching Lee in the face, according to a spokesperson for the Las Vegas Police Department.

Of course, awards were given out and the “Video of the Year” went to Rihanna’s “Umbrella.” Justin Timberlake took home four Moonman awards, including “Male Artist of the Year.”

Kanye West failed to win in any of his categories, causing the frustrated rapper to voice his bitterness to the media. He claimed that he would “never return to MTV,” according to an Associated Press report. In addition, sources backstage at the ceremony said that West was upset that his performance of “Stronger” took place in the suite of the Palms Casino Resort and not on the main stage.

As for the MTV Music Awards show itself, the excitement disappeared like a Criss Angel illusion.

While artists played their music, everything seemed rushed and forgettable because cameras constantly cut away from songs mid-chorus.

Thankfully, Alicia Keys and Chris Brown saved the night with their great performances, but the program lacked cohesion. Oh well, there’s always next year. Right Britney?

Easy money is President not worth it Bush: legacy Risks of prostitution outweigh benefits as college students advertise online

By Elisabeth Donovan

Daily Titan Staff Writer opinion@dailytitan.com

Thanks to the World Wide Web, one-night scandals have become easier to find.

Underage girls can effortlessly post indecent pictures for the world to see. By logging into a local chatroom, a man may access his thrill in minutes. Sexual encounters are a mouse-click away.

But MySpace, Yahoo, and America Online aren’t the only portals that aid in this type of behavior.

Craigslist, one of America’s largest classified Web sites, remains another tool for people looking to “hang out.”

According to an OC Register article, prostitutes are offering their services on this Web site by using code words to attract potential customers.

Phrases like “100 roses” and “100 kisses” translate to $100 dollars.

Orange County’s lingerie-clad prostitutes are leaving Harbor Boulevard and retiring to their apartments, finding it easier than ever to increase revenue.

But the thought of a prostitute shouldn’t only entail the picture of a drugged up 40-year-old.

After logging in to craigslist’s “Casual Encounters” section, I was surprised to see the number of college students selling their goods.

One classified ad read: “College student looking to do anything clean and fun. Got bills to pay.” Another ad read: “W4M 21 I’m looking for a guy to help donate to a poor college kid. I’m in a rut w/my bank, so anything that can help me would be greatly appreciated. I can help in return.”

While not all these women are students, sadly, many of them are.

I understand that the cost of college has skyrocketed. I’m also aware that the parents of these women aren’t supportive.

Even though many of these women come from dysfunctional homes,

Letters to the Editor:

their behavior could land them in serious trouble.

Come on, ladies, haven’t you seen “Dateline NBC”?

Although child molesters are busted on the show, don’t forget that cops use the same technique for online prostitution.

Local agencies are constantly surfing craigslist, looking for individuals violating the law.

They often send police officers to meet up with both prostitutes and customers.

A woman found guilty of prostitution will have a misdemeanor on her criminal record. She can also expect to pay fines, partake in community service and possibly serve jail time.

Besides facing criminal charges, prostitutes may also face psychological damage.

Do I sympathize for women who commit this act? Absolutely.

I couldn’t imagine going through hardships that would plummet my self-esteem so low. However, these women know what they’re doing is morally wrong. The perils of prostitution will ultimately make them feel worse.

There are opportunities for underprivileged people to become educated in difficult times. Although parttime jobs may not pay good money, they allow many students to squeak by. A college degree isn’t always easy to obtain, but it’s possible with effort and dedication.

The risks the “profession” entails far outweigh the benefits of a quick cash flow.

Not only are these women endangering themselves, they’re overlooking the fact that prostitution is illegal.

A criminal record can taint a person’s future for years.

Imagine having to explain this to a potential employer: “Well, sir, I was broke at the time, so I had to sell my body for cash.”

We don’t live in a forgiving world.

If a woman wants to better her life, this is not the way to do it. Even if she holds a college degree, it may be useless if she’s haunted by a criminal record that reads “in violation of section 653.20(a) of the California Penal code: Prostitution.”

Any feedback, positive or negative, is encouraged, as we strive to keep an open dialogue with our readership. The Daily Titan reserves the right to edit letters for length, grammar and spelling. Direct all comments, questions or concerns along with your full name and major to Executive Editor Ian Hamilton at ihamilton@dailytitan.com

(From Page 6) Military support roles, and even combat roles, were outsourced to shadowy mercenary groups, like Blackwater USA, a private army company based out of the desolate swamps of North Carolina. Neo-con Erik Prince, owner of Blackwater, helped bankroll Bush into presidency and would play a very important role in the war on terror. His private soldiers would be sent to Iraq, aid U.S./coalition troops, and begin to rebuild a torn nation. Where most re-construction sites were guarded

by U.S. troops before, highly-paid mercenaries from all over the world, under the Blackwater umbrella, have replaced them. These mercenaries have no mandated loyalty to the country and like terrorists, abide to no set laws. Blackwater openly stated that their forces are above the law.

This leaves open a wide margin for abuse, uncertainty and unaccountability. With a draft out of the question and a fledgling U.S. military fighting an everlasting enemy, mercenary companies like Blackwater USA seem to be the future face of American military. War in Iraq is not so much about the oil, but rather the transfer of power to private sectors.

Prolonged sectarian fighting in Iraq would ensue chaos and destruction, which in turn would set up the reconstruction needed through American private contractors like Halliburton and the Carlyle Group, which indirectly employ those very mercenaries who are outsourcing a widely-stretched U.S. military. Basically, the private sector has usurped the government.

Behind the guise of private sectors lie even greater clandestine organizations that function in complete secrecy. Skull and Bones, also known as the “Brotherhood of Death” or the “Order of Death,” is an elite fraternity out of Yale University that places members into high-ranking positions of government. Members vow secrecy, and deep in the dark shadows, participate in odd pagan rituals and pay homage to macabre relics. However, in the public eye, they keep a clean-cut conservative image, something America’s “bonesman” president has masterfully pulled off. He is a wolf dressed in sheep’s clothing. Though on the outside he is a moral Evangelist, far down in the dark innards he is an anti-Christ of sorts, part of a macabre society, preaching morality but practicing brutality. Bush is the embodiment of all hypocrisy. In an episode of “Meet the Press,” right before the 2004 presidential elections, Tim Russert asked presidential candidates George Bush and John Kerry about their involvement as members in Skull and Bones. They both sim-

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ply answered, “It’s a secret.” Just like Bush’s administration, it’s all one big secret, everything from 9/11, the Iraq war, the government and the future of this world, all one big secret that only an elite few know. Out of the 250 million Americans, voters were given a choice to pick between two men, both from a cryptic organization of only 15 members, to become their next president. This begs to question America’s validity as legitimate voters. I will come straight out and say that America’s freely-elected democratic government is a complete farce, a puppet show, where the puppeteers, international bankers, powerbrokers, contractors, secret organizations and private corporations wield the greatest power, creating and controlling the scenarios Bush was chosen to enact.

Though his presidency may go down as a complete sham, he did a lot to further the globalist agenda, privatizing many aspects of government, enacting new laws to combat an infinite war he helped spawn and create chaos in order to offer his own personal solution. He let the private sector kill government like weeds kill grass. What Eisenhower warned against is America’s new nightmare – misplaced power in the hands of the few, but Eisenhower also optimistically did say that “an alert and knowledgeable citizenry” can fight against “the huge industrial and military machinery of defense.”

America must wake up, ignore the terror alerts on the news and quit living in the uncertainty of fear.

They must read and attain knowledge, understand what is unfolding in their country, seek truth from higher officials and not give up until answers are given. Even though the government seems impenetrable and answers seem unattainable, with perseverance, the public will eventually break down the wall of secrecy its supposed government has built.

Bush’s legacy would be tarnished with unanswered questions, secrecy and deceit, setting the stage for an always changing, volatile world. His moral and religious sincerity would be questioned due to all the contradicting actions he had committed throughout his presidency. The public would never officially know what his true intentions really were, making him America’s most mysterious president.

He has done something that no modern American president has ever done – dress in various military garb, standing in front of thousands of troops, like Joseph Stalin and Moa Se Tung before him, showing the people where his power ultimately comes from. This is George Walker Bush’s legacy.

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Weak Jobs Data Fuel Economic Concerns The first employment drop in four years suggests damage from the housing slump is beginning to ripple through the U.S. economy.

The surprise disappearance of 4,000 nonfarm jobs in August— economists had expected 100,000 would be created—was driven by losses in construction and manufacturing, the Labor Department said. The jobless rate remained at a historically low 4.6% in August.

Many analysts now expect the Federal Reserve at its Sept. 18 policy meeting to cut the key federal funds rate at least a quarter point from its current 5.25%. Some expect a more aggressive half-point easing to prevent a sharp economic downturn. The federal funds rate is the interest rate charged on loans between banks, making it the benchmark for all short-term U.S. borrowing costs.

Federal Reserve officials appear divided in assessing current economic risks. In a closely watched speech Tuesday, Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke left out any mention of current economic or monetary policy issues. But on Monday, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco President Janet Yellen noted, “Should the decline in house prices occur in the context of rising unemployment, the risks could be significant.” Other Fed officials, meanwhile, have cited relatively strong reports on manufacturing and stronger-than-expected figures for retail and vehicle sales.

Much of the economic outlook turns on whether consumers cut spending because of tighter credit or a softer job market.

Web Stores Tap Product Reviews Retailers have long admired Amazon.com’s product reviews for the way they help persuade shoppers to make online purchases.

Now, other retailers are tapping new technology that generates product ratings and reviews specific to their own Web stores. Early last year, Bass Pro Shops, an outdoor gear retailer, began displaying product ratings and reviews using an online-software service from Bazaarvoice. The software runs on Bazaarvoice’s computers and Bazaarvoice monitors the review content. Within six months, Bass Pro had generated reviews for 10,000 products.

The retailer ran fourth-quarter promotions touting the top-rated customer product picks and saw a 59% increase in the rate that shoppers made purchases, said David Seifert, director of operations in Bass Pro’s direct-marketing unit.

That is significantly higher than the normal “conversion rate” of 3% to 5% when an average customer visits the site without a promotion and makes a purchase, he said.

Even negative reviews can benefit retailers. About 6% of reviews on Petco Animal Supplies’ site are negative. The retailer uses that as a chance to re-engage the customer by offering a refund or clearer product instructions. Sometimes Petco will talk to the vendor about fixing the product, said Petco Vice President of E-commerce John Lazarchic.

Mileage Estimates Get Overdue Update As 2008 car models roll out into showrooms, the window sticker information about mileage is getting an overdue makeover, in both style and substance.

A redesigned fuel-economy label, required for all vehicles built after Sept. 1, will prominently display more detailed information about a vehicle’s likely annual fuel costs, and how a given model’s estimated fuel economy compares with other vehicles in its class.

The more important change is in the method used to produce the city and highway mileage figures. The new method, the Environmental Protection Agency says, takes into account high-speed driving and hard acceleration, the effects of cold,

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which tends to degrade mileage, and the use of air conditioning.

The result: Mileage ratings for most 2008 models are lower than for the same car in 2007. Go to www.fueleconomy.gov to compare the mileage ratings for cars using both the old and new systems.

The EPA says city mileage estimates will drop by about 12% on average, while highway estimates will decline by 8% on average.

Some vehicles will suffer as much as a 30% drop in city mileage, and some will get a 25% haircut for their highway figures.

Sony’s Robotic Rolly Really Does Rock Sony, trying to inject a dose of creativity into its digital-music players, is unveiling a small eggshaped player that spins, flashes lights and jiggles like a robot.

The palm-size Rolly, which is expected to go on sale Sept. 29 in Japan, tries to make it more entertaining to listen to music with other people, Sony says. The Rolly has two small speakers (but no outlet for headphones), one gigabyte of memory, which can hold as many as 500 songs, and a battery that can last as long as five hours.

Music players have been a weak area for Sony in recent years as its Walkman lost out to Apple’s iPod devices. The Rolly, which isn’t compatible with music from Apple’s iTunes, will be priced at about $350. Sony hopes to offer the device internationally next year.

Carry That Coupon In Your Cellphone Coupons have gone mobile.

One of the ad world’s most durable but low-tech marketing techniques is getting a new lease on life as marketers look for a way to get their brands on cellphones without irking consumers concerned about privacy.

One method lets cellphone users sign up for coupons on products ranging from CDs and DVDs to fast food. About a million people have signed up for the service, offered by mobile marketing firm Cellfire. To cash in the coupons, consumers show their cellphone screen—where the coupons are displayed—to a cashier at a checkout line.

The firm has linked up with about 200 marketers, including Virgin Megastores and Domino’s. For the right to send mobile coupons, the marketers pay Cellfire an upfront fee and additional rates if the number of cellphone subscribers to their coupons increases.

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Health-care premiums have climbed more than twice as fast as inflation in 2007 to about double their 2000 cost, two surveys show.

Premiums are expected to rise at a similar or faster rate next year.

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Networks Use Night For Hot New Shows; Test for Thursdays

another hit reality show on Fox. ABC has “Private Practice,” a spinoff of that network’s breakout medical drama “Grey’s Anatomy” and aimed at the network’s core upscale female audience. NBC has “Bionic Woman,” a sci-fi drama in the mold of last year’s “Heroes” and targeted at the same audience of young men. The CW has “Gossip Girl,” a hair-pulling high-school

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BY REBECCA DANA or the broadcast television networks, the most heart-pounding, nail-biting hour of programming this fall will be...Wednesday nights at nine.

In that ordinarily prosaic primetime slot, the networks have scheduled some of their most promising new shows, creating a dramatic fiveway race for viewers’ attention. The collective heat from so much new programming could lead to a breakout hit. Or maybe a meltdown.

With many shows premiering the week of Sept. 17, networks and advertisers will be paying close attention to how viewers react to Wednesday’s overstuffed menu at 9 p.m.

Eastern and Pacific time (8 p.m.

Central and 7 p.m. Mountain time), which features more freshman shows than any other time period.

Next Year’s Night Thursday night traditionally gets all the glory in broadcast TV. That’s when the networks schedule their heaviest hitters, and it’s favored by advertisers wanting to reach viewers before they do their weekend spending on new films, cars and other products. If Thursday is blockbuster night, Wednesday is nextyear’s-blockbuster night: If a new show survives its Wednesday initiation, it might wind up on Thursday the following season.

But Wednesday has become increasingly significant because each network is anxious to burnish its particular identity in the cluttered media landscape.

“Wednesday at nine is a potential microcosm of the season,” says Kelly Kahl, the senior executive vice president of programming for CBS. “It’s representative of each network’s big-picture strategy. Each network is putting its best foot forward there.”

Fox has “Kitchen Nightmares,” a reality show starring the demanding chef Gordon Ramsay, the star of

looked at all the pieces and said, ‘Hey, here’s a classic example where counterprogramming could actually pay off for us.’”

Unlike other days of the week, right now no single network dominates on Wednesdays.

Sunday belongs to ABC, with “Desperate Housewives,” which averaged 22 million viewers a night last season, according to Nielsen Media Research. Monday is CBS’s province, with the comedy “Two and a Half Men” and “CSI: Miami,” which attracted some 18 million viewers per episode last year. Fox rules Tuesday, thanks to “House”; Thursday is the high-stakes standoff between ABC’s “Grey’s Anatomy” and CBS’s “CSI,” both with more than 20 million viewers a night, the former show leading slightly. Viewers on Friday and Saturday nights fall off to the point where those nights are practically irrelevant.

Among the new programs airing in the same Wednesday-night time slot: “Gossip Girl” on The CW, left, and “The Bionic Woman” on NBC, above.

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soap opera aimed at young women.

CBS, which won the time slot last year with around 17 million viewers a night, is keeping the procedural “Criminal Minds” in place. But that show’s continued success isn’t a sure thing. In a last-minute switch, the network was forced to replace the show’s star, Mandy Patinkin, with a new actor, Joe Mantegna.

“It’s a lot of good material in one slot, and it is a little daunting,” says Mike Darnell, executive vice president of alternative programming for Fox. “You assume by the time you’re four weeks in, the good ones really exist there, and the ones that aren’t good will have started to die.”

‘Good for Television’ Until then—and especially during the first few weeks of the season, when viewership levels are high with audiences sampling the new offerings—the Wednesday night launch pad is appealing to advertisers. “It’s good for television,” says John Swift, executive vice president and managing director of media communications firm PHD North America. When a lot of good, varied programming ends up on the same night, it draws more viewers to the

set, Mr. Swift says.

With the exception of Fox, all the networks say they scheduled Wednesday night without paying much attention to the competition.

The result is four dramas up against one reality show in the slot.

Some industry executives believe that counterprogramming is a dated idea because people have so many options in the vast TV landscape that it’s no longer possible to compete against one or two other networks. ABC has scheduled three new shows for Wednesday, a rarity in television, where despite digital video recorders and TiVo machines, networks still bank on strong leadins from established shows.

Fox, however, concedes that it is still engaging in counterprogramming. It originally scheduled “Bones,” a show about a forensic anthropologist, this year returning for its second season, in the nine o’clock spot. But after sizing up the competition, the network swapped it out for “Kitchen Nightmares.”

“We thought it was a little looney tunes for every network to put a drama there,” says Preston Beckman, Fox’s executive vice president of strategic program planning. “We

A Star-Studded Past In the past, however, different networks have ruled on Wednesdays. In the 1950s, Wednesday was Arthur Godfrey’s night, when the famous radio host and his pals sang and danced and raked in advertising dollars for CBS. Mr. Godfrey gave way to Wednesdays loaded with wagon-train dramas. In the 1960s, CBS maintained its hold over the night with an all-star prime-time lineup: “The Beverly Hillbillies,” “The Dick Van Dyke Show,” “Green Acres,” “Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.,” “Lost in Space.” The 1970s brought “Hawaii Five-O” and “Medical Center” for CBS. The 1980s were all about “Dynasty” on ABC. It was in the 1990s that Wednesday-at-nine went up for grabs. “Beverly Hills, 90210,” “Party of Five,” “The West Wing,” “Dawson’s Creek,” “Alias,” “Deal or No Deal,” “The Bachelor” and “The O.C.” have all done time in that slot.

This year’s crop of shows, however, won’t have long to prove themselves. After three months, Fox’s blockbuster “American Idol” and ABC’s hit “Lost” come off break and are likely to return to Wednesdays and dominate the night, as they have done in the past.

Pepsi Takes Gatorade Low-Cal

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n a bid to rejuvenate lagging sales of its big sports drink, Gatorade, PepsiCo is launching a low-calorie drink aimed at athletes off the field. The drink’s name: G2.

And in a sign that Pepsi expects a major challenge from Coca-Cola’s newly acquired Glaceau unit, which makes Vitaminwater, PepsiCo also unveiled three other new or revamped water brands.

Analysts and investors are looking for signs that Pepsi can reverse a slowdown in North American sales of Gatorade, including a decline in the second quarter and a 13% slide in the prime summer weeks from mid-July to mid-August.

The sports drink, with $6.4 billion in sales in 2006, is the company’s second best-selling brand globally after Pepsi-Cola. Analysts and Pepsi blame the slowdown on unusual events that boosted sales in 2005 and early 2006, price increases, and poor weather this summer.

The new brands, to be launched this winter and spring, are part of efforts to broaden PepsiCo’s reach into healthy drinks and snacks.

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The other new brand, Propel Invigorating Water, will contain 20 milligrams of caffeine for every eight ounces, along with B vitamins. Two enhanced-water brands, SoBe Life Water and Aquafina Alive, will be reformulated with new sweeteners, nutrients and other ingredients, Pepsi says.

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September 13, 2007

With an example behind him, geology Professor Curtis Williams explains how the boulders of Mammoth Lakes were rubbed smooth by large glaciers passing by them.

Roshan Patel, an 18-year-old business major, climbs down the top of Devil’s Postpile to get a better view of the Inyo National Forest below.

20-year-old business administration major Grant Mueller, gets up close to limestone rock deposits at Mono Lake in Mammoth.

All Photos By Breanna Moore /Daily Titan Staff Writer

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Daily Titan Staff Writer news@dailytitan.com

My foot slips as I climb down the 15-foot crevice between two large, worn boulders.

The next foothold is just within reach and my hands can barely grip the smooth, black, basaltic rock. Worn slick by large amounts of water, the area was created when the water swirled both small and large rocks over the giant boulders. The area, known as Fossil Falls, creates a maze of holes and caverns and a large downward gap that looks deceptively easy to climb down, but is really a slippery challenge. This field of rock, known as basalt, was created by a volcanic flow hundreds of thousands of years ago. I’m climbing it as a part of my California Field Geology class.

A one-unit class offered by the Cal State Fullerton Geology Department, Geology 105 has only one set meeting date in which

Student Union offers films Those looking for a cheap way to have a good time can cruise down to the Titan Student Union Thursday nights.

At 6 p.m. and 9 p.m. a feature length film is shown for free in the Titan Theater. This month students can treat themselves to a couple of third parts in favorite franchises.

The movie scheduled for Sept. 13 is “Spiderman 3,” which stars Tobey Maguire and Kirsten Dunst.

The film pitted everyone’s favorite archnid inpsired superhero against

his alterego Venem.

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The lovable giant green couple of Myers’ Shrek and Diaz’ Fiona set off to find a heir for the Land Far, Far Away, but the kingdom is under threat from the angry Prince Charming.

Both films were orginally released this spring.

we found out about the three field trips that make up the semester’s learning.Instead of tests, learning is measured by a written and picture diary of these field trips. As a student in the class, I had my first field trip this past weekend: a three-day, two-night trip to the Mammoth area.

Our bus left from CSUF at 8 a.m. There were 15 students, including myself, on our trip. Our teacher, Curtis Williams, showed up to the scene on crutches with three broken toes, which he said he got walking down a flight of stairs. This might have held other teachers back, but Williams continued the class as if nothing had ever happened to his foot.

Our class, the teacher and the hired bus driver, Joseph, spread out in a charter bus meant for 38 people. As few of us had met before this trip, the bus was first filled with a few moments of silence and awkward conversation. However, eager to make some sort

of friendly bond, chatter quickly filled the bus as most of us introduced ourselves and discussed our expectations for the trip.

Williams kept up a running commentary of passing geological sites and landscapes as the bus traveled through the Los Angeles Basin and into the seemingly endless desert scenery. Identical-looking hills, sandy terrain and desert brush carpeted the vast expanse on the side of the highway as we rolled through.

The first stop on the trip was Fossil Falls in the Mojave Desert, off of Highway 395.

Water had craved the old, hardened lava flow into a geologists’ playground. We arrived in a dirt parking lot to find an infinite sea of desert brush and black boulders.

After hiking a short way through the hot, dry desert to the site, we were given a short description of how the area formed and left to explore the area on our own. We set off mainly alone, but paired up when we found

something that interested more than just one of us. We were given specific instructions to touch the rocks.

“What I’m really after is that you get to experience geology, not just look at pictures of geology,” Williams said.

There’s something special to be said about experiencing something versus merely reading about it. Touching, feeling and seeing the subject of a class rather than looking at pictures of it creates a more lasting impression.

After several stops and many hours in the bus, we arrived at our lodgings, a fivebedroom dormitory at the Sierra Nevada Aquatic Research Laboratory.

However, after our late-night talks and games in the dormitory’s common room and kitchen, the 7:30 a.m. breakfast came only too early.

Bleary-eyed and sleepy, I boarded the See Geology, Page 8

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Photo by Breanna Moore/Daily Titan Staff Writer Grant Mueller, a business administration major and Emily Fang, liberal studies major, both stop to feel a glacially-carved boulder on the side of Highway 395 during the first of three Geology 105 field trips.

She strutted into my life (welldressed with lips looking like two sinful lovers sleeping on one another).

The mysterious femme fatale swung herself within my pupil’s reach shortly before the sun slept and skipped town long before the sun was strung up once again in the brilliant sky, laying waste to stars and bad decisions conjured up after midnight. The shadows of the window designs of the building caught her smile like still-life, even though the only desire I had was to move with her, dancing atop sheets and skin, wet and salty, like the ocean.

I’m mostly a sailor on weekends, but always the artist through workweeks, waiting for a new canvas to build itself out of blondes and booze.

There was lust in her eyes, but the only sight I know is through a photo lens. Girls have loved me for my art and women have left me for it. They meet some middle-class reporter, get hitched, have kids, but they always catch themselves thinking of the dashing rogue with a camera, ready to make the night worthwhile.

I never caught her name, but then again, do I ever?

together to create a honeycomb-like dome that resembles stone kitchen flooring.

Williams said the area formed from a volcanic flow that cooled and broke off to create the geometric design that is so breathtaking.

After Devil’s Postpile we headed to Hot Creek Gorge in the Long Valley caldera, a hot spring heated by volcanic activity underneath the earth.

Our group was disappointed though to find that the area now bans swimming because of its unpredictable temperature spikes.

After our trip to Hot Creek Gorge, we headed back to the dormitory for dinner and more late-night games.

Though we spent the majority of our first night in one large group, the second night we split up a little more before coming back together for one final card game. It was amazing how well everyone in the group got along.

In fact, I was enjoying my time together with everyone so much that I didn’t crawl into bed until 4 a.m., which made waking up by 7:30 a.m. again practically torture.

Our final day began with packing, breakfast and a group picture, and then we boarded the bus to head home. Almost.

We made one last geology stop at Owen’s Valley Gorge to view an eruption site and then we began our trip home, with a quick stop at the famous bakery in the town of Bishop.

After the bakery, our last stop before Fullerton, we made our way steadily home. Conversation levels were at their lowest point of the trip, and I knew I was too exhausted to carry one on.

The bus pulled into CSUF parking lot A and we exchanged goodbyes as we head home. Most people leave as quickly as possible, any numbers or goodbyes to be exchanged were done on the bus, and most seemed eager to get home. Looking at rocks is surprisingly exhausting.

It feels weird after spending three days in only each other’s company to find myself away from my fellow Geology 105 classmates. Sitting in class instead of exploring for myself and seeing pictures instead of touching them feel like incomplete and disappointing experiences. All I can say to console myself is that our next field trip – this time to the San Andreas Fault – is only two weeks away.

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near the small town of Lee Vining, and the white, limestone Tufa Towers which resembled a mix of drip sand castles and reefs that formed from the chemicals in the lake.

After lunch, we made our way to the Inyo National Forest in Mammoth Lakes to find the site that became the favorite of our trip for many in the class.

We hiked into Devil’s Postpile National Monument to find ourselves facing a large wall of geometric rocks. Craning my neck to view it all, I take in the breathtaking awesomeness of the tall pillars of basalt rock that look like giant, clay french fries reaching up toward the sky. Together with about half of the class, I hiked up to the top to view the rocks from the sky down. From the top of the small mountain, the pillars fit

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bus around 8:30 a.m. to begin another day’s tours of nearby geological sites.

After a visit to June Lake, a bit of deer spotting and visit to a boulder about the size of a small house, we arrived at another one of the trip’s interactive activities.

Panum Crater, the site of an old volcano thought to be as recent as 600 years old, Williams said, provided a first-hand look at an eruption site and a chance for students to explore and look for rocks, particularly rocks of shiny, black, glassy obsidian and light, gray, hole-punctured pumice, which I learned had the same composition, except that the lighter rock had a higher amount of gas present when it was formed.

We next traveled to Mono Lake,

By Cameron Pemstein

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AUTHOR’S NOTE: The following is complete fiction. It is art. This is also an account of what Cameron Pemstein thinks when he takes pictures.

PHOTOGRAPHER’S NOTE: Must be read in low voice under breath. Must pause every five to ten words for suspense and dramatic intensity.

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Titans lose despite stellar effort Captains’ performances can’t save Titans from defeat on Tuesday night

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Serrano returns to pick up where Horton left off

by Siamak Djahanshahi Daily Titan Staff Writer sports@dailytitan.com

Even with a dominant performance by Brittany Moore posting her third consecutive 20-kill match, Cal State Fullerton’s women’s volleyball team fell short in a close fifth game against the San Diego State Aztecs at Peterson Gym on Tuesday night.

The Titans lost the match 3-2 after losing the deciding fifth game 12-15, mainly because of unforced errors. The Titans won game one by coming from behind, but gave away game two 27-30 and game three 2530. In game four, the Titans posted their best kill percentage of the match at .375 and their lowest number of errors at three.

“We could have won, we should have won, we didn’t, and you know there’s some areas where we can definitely get stronger, but I’m proud of the way we competed,” Head Coach Carolyn Zimmerman said.

Slightly overshadowed by the loss to the Aztecs was Alex Wolnisty’s brilliant performance.

Wolnisty posted an astonishing .720 kill percentage while converting 18 of her 25 kill attempts. She also had no errors in the match.

“I was excited. I stepped up my game because I haven’t been playing how I wanted to in the last few games,” Wolnisty said. “I was excited that I was playing at that level, but I think it was still frustrating that we got the loss because I think we should have won. We were right there, we had it.”

Zimmerman said she was pleased with the effort that was put forth by her team, but said they need to be more consistent with the level of intensity being put out in each game.

“We want to be more level in how we’re competing and how our intensity level is out on the court, and that’s changing from time to time,” Zimmerman said.

Aline Lessner/For the Daily Titan Sarah Day (12), Alex Wolnisty (11), Jennifer Francisco (7) and Erin Saddler (23) defend against a kill attempt by Portland State’s Jennifer Oney during a match earlier this season.

Zimmerman also said she was proud of the way team captains Wolnisty and Moore showed positive verbal and physical leadership on the floor.

“Alex is capable of performing at that level, if not higher in terms of kill number,” Zimmerman said.

“But again, this is what we saw out

George Horton and Dave Serrano are two coaches at a crossroad.

Their paths last crossed when their teams played in college baseball’s grandest stage.

In Omaha, Neb., Horton was calm and collected, happy to stumble into the College World Series.

Serrano was the underdog, taking a virtually unknown team, UC Irvine, into the pinnacle of the college game.

A former player and assistant for Horton, Serrano implemented the same small-ball mentality that Horton also used in his system. Both coaches knew each other’s players; both knew each other’s family; both considered each other family.

The outcome was the longest game in College World Series history. Deadlocked at four runs apiece, Serrano finally got a base hit to end the mirror matchup.

What both coaches didn’t realize then was how monumental the game was to determining the outcome of their careers.

When the dust settled, the Cinderella Anteaters defeated the Titans and ultimately grabbed the reins vacated by Horton. Earlier this month, Horton took a substantial pay raise to re-invigorate

an Oregon Ducks baseball program. Having re-instated a baseball program himself, Serrano, tempted by the offer, took the Cal State Fullerton job.

While others questioned his reasons for leaving an up-andcoming program at UCI, Serrano became a Titan in hopes to re-establish the program he helped defeat in the College World Series.

While Horton has visions of leaving his legacy as a coach who turned a program around in Oregon, Serrano took a program known as baseball royalty. Both seem to cross each other for a handshake, nodding their heads, empathizing, while passing each other and not looking back.

Both have been in each other’s shoes; both seem destined to outdo each other in every aspect.

The Titans baseball team received a confidence boost with the hiring of Serrano. Titan Land was left out to dry by the resignation of Horton, and in Serrano the Titans found a coach who will not only establish order, but will take Titan baseball to the next level. In every facet of the game, Serrano seems to gain an edge on his former mentor.

This coaching job will usher in a new era, one led by a coach dedicated to winning.

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The Titans enjoyed another dominant performance by their cocaptain Moore who posted 20 kills, extending her streak to three games at 20-plus kills.

“If we could have just kept our energy up the entire time we would have had a much better outcome,

but it happens,” Moore said.

The Titans have a 10-day break before they play their next opponent, UC Davis.

“We’ll be prepared to compete, no matter who the opponent is,” Zimmerman said. “But we will know the tendencies and we will be familiar with what’s coming at us.”

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