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NEWS: Students help keep Newport Bay clean through Project Earth, a program organized by CSUF’s Volunteer and Service Center, page 4 FEATURES: Years after leaving his home country of Ethiopa, student finds his place as a leader at Cal State Fullerton, page 5
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Monday September, 17, 2007
The Student Voice of California State University, Fullerton
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Police to conduct DUI checkpoint The Fullerton Police Department will be conducting a sobriety checkpoint Saturday along a major thoroughfare in Orange County. Drivers will receive literature from the group Mothers Against Drunk Driving as well as Community Services Programs Inc. in a continuing effort create awareness of the dangers of driving while intoxicated. The checkpoint – to be held from 8 p.m. to 2 a.m. – is the latest move by Fullerton Police’s R.A.I.D. Traffic Safety Program to prevent unsafe driving practices. For more information, contact the Sgt. George Crum at (714) 738-6815.
CSUF’s Concert Under the Stars celebrates Titan pride
Student advocate busted for DUI
BLOOMSBURG, Pa. (AP) – Bloomsburg University’s student government president was charged with drunken driving just weeks after saying the media has unfairly portrayed students as irresponsible. Christopher Bevan, 21, was pulled over last weekend after a campus police officer said he saw the student driving more than 50 mph in a 15-mph zone. A breath test showed Bevan’s blood-alcohol level was .147 percent, authorities said. The legal limit for drivers in Pennsylvania is .08 percent, the same as California. Bevan recently wrote a letter to the Press Enterprise of Bloomsburg about media coverage of the central Pennsylvania college’s annual Block Party, an event critics have described as rowdy and alcohol-fueled.
YOUTUBE: BUSH VS. THE GREMLINS
By Aline Lessner/For the Daily Titan Lesley McKinnell sings during the Concert Under the Stars, which was held at Cal State Fullerton to help celebrate the university’s 50th anniversary. The show, “From Hula Hoops to iPods: A Celebration of 50 Years of Popular Music, was the largest outdoor concert production in the history of the university. The two-hour show drew in 5,000 people.
A memorable trip taken makes for great research Veracruz, Mexico is at the center of a quest to learn about the Olmec
In this parody from “Robot Chicken,” G. W. is given a fuzzy new “grumblin’” that he dubs Fruit Loop. Of course, he pays no attention to the rules surrounding gremlin care and soon the White House is overrun by the little monsters, who kill mama Bush and attack Dick Cheney before orchestrating Armageddon. Duration: 2:01
By Breanna Moore
Daily Titan Staff Writer news@dailytitan.com
Correction
Due to a reporting error, one of the charges levied against Cathleen Louise Smith, a former administrative assistant, was misidentified in the article “Former CSUF employee pleads not guilty.” She was actually charged with possession of methamphetamines. The Daily Titan regrets this error.
WEATHER
TODAY
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By Karl Thunman/Daily Titan Photo Editor Nguyen Thao Nguyen does the hula hoop for five minutes to win a t-shirt in a competition during the ASI Block Party in the Quad.
50th anniversary observed at CSUF Using today’s technology Weekend event included a modern version of the traditional elephant race By Robert stroud
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For some the trip was not a vacation but an adventure. Driving along a dirt road in Veracruz, Mexico, a group of nine Cal State Fullerton graduate students packed into one vehicle suddenly came upon a small pool of water in the road. After assurances from the locals that their vehicle could drive through, and after testing the depth of the large puddle with a stick, the group, in-
cluding graduate student Karin Pitts, 29, decided to go through the puddle. The car got stuck. “Oh my gosh!” Pitts said she remembers saying. “We just sunk the school car!” Frantically rushing around trying to fix the problem and borrowing a jack from one of the locals, the group worked out a way to free the car from the soft mud, Pitts remembers. For CSUF professor Carl Wendt, and a group of nine other CSUF graduate students, the summer vacation wasn’t exactly a vacation. In fact, it was more of an adventure. Using asphalt to study the ancient civilization of the Olmec in Central America, Wendt and his students See OLMEC, Page 2
In celebration of Cal State Fullerton’s 50th anniversary the entire campus was opened up last Saturday to students, alumni and guests for a chance to experience what the university has offered the community over the past five decades. Among the guests at the open house were members of the first intercollegiate racing team. This group of alumni held a special presentation to answer questions about their historical club, but only
after watching a modern version of the elephant races. The participating clubs were responsible for creating and racing their own elephants. While entries for the more traditional races closely resembled race cars, a separate race was created allowing students to create and race robotic elephants. The open house was organized by CSUF’s 50th anniversary committee, an assortment of volunteers from different departments throughout CSUF. The event was made up of multiple booths, each run by a different college or club from the university. While the booths run by the colleges consisted mainly of information on what that department had to offer incoming students, the tents run by the campus clubs offered a variety of
activities as well as promotional material for the organization. The colleges were left with the responsibility of setting up their own booths and choosing how they wanted to portray their departments. “Each college left it up to their faculty and staff to decide how to promote their schools,” said Dean of Students and anniversary committee member Kandy Mink Salas. “We just asked people to do an open house to showcase their college and their department … to be available and open to prospective students and certainly to welcome the alumni back to the campus and to show them what has been going on.” While alumni might be interested in seeing how the different colleges have developed over the years, the in-
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to unlock the ancient past Student applies chemical analysis suspected to be Olmec bitumen samples By Karl Zynda
Daily Titan Staff Writer news@dailytitan.com
History and chemistry are intersecting on the lowlands of the coastal region of southern Mexico. From Cal State Fullerton, Tuan Vu is using the lab equipment in Dan Black Hall to put a magnifying glass on a long-lost culture. Archaeological and chemical studies are merging to decipher what tar samples can tell about an ancient civilization’s trade habits.
Vu, 25, is a history major who is currently completing a minor at CSUF in chemistry. He is one of three other students working on applying chemical analysis to bitumen samples. The testing is part of an archaeological project conducted by CSUF professors Carl Wendt and Scott Hewitt. Vu originally decided to enroll in CSUF because of its good teaching credential program. He declared history as a major, hoping to become a history teacher. After earning his history degree, he changed his mind about teaching. He decided to earn a minor in
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INTERNATIONAL NEWS Leukemia drug recalls puts focus back on Chinese
BEIJING (AP) – Chinese authorities ordered the recall of tainted leukemia drugs blamed for leg pains and other problems, state media reported Sunday, the latest crisis to strike the country’s embattled food and drug industries. Most of the drugs involved – methotrexate and cytarabin hydrochloride – have been recovered and authorities have traced the remainder, the Xinhua News Agency said. The report did not say if any of the drugs had been exported. Xinhua said the State Food and Drug Administration and Health Ministry banned the two leukemia drugs after several child leukemia patients who were taking them complained of leg pains and difficulty walking. Xinhua said some patients also complained of urine retention. In the harshest action so far, the country’s former top drug regulator was executed in July for taking millions of dollars in bribes to approve substandard medicines, including an antibiotic that killed at least 10 people.
STATE NEWS Wildfires continue unabated, new evacuations ordered FAWNSKIN, Calif. (AP) – Firefighters Sunday were battling two raging wildfires in Southern California that forced nearly 2,000 people to evacuate. The larger blaze burned 15,433 acres of dense, dry bush in the San Bernardino National Forest and was 12 percent contained. About 340 residents were under mandatory orders to leave the Fawnskin area and another 1,200 voluntarily left their homes in the resort community of Green Valley Lake, Forest Service spokeswoman Carol Beckley said. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger declared a state of emergency for San Bernardino County on Saturday, clearing the way for state government assistance with costs related to the fire. The fire, which remained under investigation, burned several outbuildings at a campground. One vacation home was destroyed and five outbuildings were damaged. Full containment was expected by Tuesday.
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September 17, 2007
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drove to Veracruz, Mexico where their research led to a museum exhibit at the Museo de Antropologia de Xalapa, which will appear in October 2008. The research is being funded by a two-year grant from the National Science Foundation. For Pitt, the hardest part of the summer was discovering where the tar was hidden. “Some of the places that we went to were very rural,” Pitts said. Directions like, “Turn at the mango tree or look for the cow” were very difficult to follow because mango trees and cows existed all over the place, Pitts said. It took a lot of work to find the precise locations, Pitts said. Even though the asphalt has been collected, the research isn’t done. Wendt said that they still have a lot to learn. “Really, the goals are broader,” Wendt said of the research they did this past summer on bitumen. “Really, what it is is to know how they used it, how they processed it and what we can learn about exchange and interaction and that’s probably my biggest goal in all this: to learn something about how these people interacted with one another.” The team’s studies will be included in a spot on an episode of the History Channel’s “Digging for the Truth”airing tonight. The research Wendt and his students have started concerns asphalt, also known as bitumen and often incorrectly referred to as tar, Wendt said. Wendt said he sort of fell into the project after finding blocks of asphalt on one of his yearly excavations in Mexico. The answer to his last question is filled with innumerable discoveries and more questions. Wendt said they know the Olmec used the asphalt for its adhesive quality and also for its water-proofing quality. “I started thinking about it, and studying, you know, ‘What is this asphalt? What did they use it for?,’” Wendt said. “And I started asking other questions, like ‘What can we learn from this?’” Throughout the summer, CSUF chemistry and biochemistry Professor Scott Hewitt recieved shipments of tar samples. By handing over samples of both the 3,000 year-old asphalt found and the new samples taken from Mexican tar seeps for testing,
By CAmeron Pemstein/Daily Titan Photo Editor CSUF Professor Carl Wendt took nine graduate students on a research trip to Veracruz, Mexico, where they looked for Bitumen, a material used by the ancient civilization Olmec, mainly for its adhesive quality and water-proofing quality.
Wendt hopes to find out where each piece of older asphalt came from, and possibly whether it was traded to the area. Hewitt and a team of four undergraduate students are working on analyzing the samples. Work was halted over the summer when the machine
necessary to analyze the asphalt broke this summer and Hewitt was forced to scramble among different departments to find funding to fix the machinery. Their work still has a lot left to be discovered, Hewitt said, including trying to find a new way of testing the
asphalt that finally can include the asphalt’s aging process. From here, future research might be able to include studying different areas, materials, and cultures. “There’s a lot of different things we could do if this really takes off,” Hewitt said.
RESEARCH: BREAKING DOWN MATERIALS USED LONG AGo (from Page 1)
chemistry, hoping instead to become a pharmacologist. He would like to apply to pharmacology programs at USC and Ohio State, which are his two top choices. The project he worked on over the summer was about the trading of bitumen in ancient civilizations. Bitumen, or asphalt, was used by the Olmecs, a people who lived in the south Gulf region of what is today Mexico. They predated the later Aztec and Maya civilizations. The Olmec are best known for crafting sculptures of colossal heads. The tribe used bitumen for waterproofing boats, for building material, for trade and possibly as an adhesive. Wendt said that while beliefs about Olmec trade have been based upon conjecture and comparison until now, this study can provide real data. “The big picture is, we’re trying to see how far the Olmec civilization reached, trade-wise,” Vu said. “We look at tar samples, seep samples, and the bitumen, which are the rocks. We want to match up the rock samples to certain seeps so we can see how far it traveled going from civilization to civilization in the area.” The research is being funded by a grant made in two payments by the
National Science Foundation. dious and frustrating. Hard data has to be displayed by “You have to be very careful bethe end of the year for the second cause you want to get it right,” Hewitt payment to be made. says of Vu’s research. “I think what Hewitt says that even with the GC/ frustrates Tuan is that it’s not always MS breakdown, there should be no working and you have to solve the problems meeting the deadline. problems. In a class lab we set it up Vu has discovered that testing with so it works, and in the real world, it the gas chronometer/mass spectrom- doesn’t work that way.” eter (GC/MS), a device that purifies On the counter top where the GC/ and identifies exact compounds, can MS was, only scattered wrenches and be painstakingly disconnected hoses slow work. and wires remain. The GC/MS used The big picture is, “It’s kind of for the research opened my eyes to we’re trying to see stopped working how hard research how far the Olmec properly in June. is,” Vu said. “Just It eventually was civilization reached, how much work it shipped back to its is.” Testing a sammanufacturer for trade-wise. ple can take two to – Tuan Vu three hours, and adjustment. Vu and CSUF Research Student sometimes tests fail Hewitt hope that it will be returned due to mechanical by the end of this malfunctions. month. “The daily grind It’s absence has stopped further re- of it is, we work all day to make an search, for now. In order to maintain inch of progress.” scientific consistency, the same GC/ In its absence, Vu has run samples MS must be used to test all samples on another GC/MS in order to perin an experiment. fect testing techniques. Hewitt understands Vu’s difficulThe methods of testing the bituties. men samples with a GC/MS are beHe acknowledges that waiting for ing developed by Vu specifically for the GC/MS to be fixed, and develop- this experiment. ing the testing methods, must be teThis is much different from experi-
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menting a classroom setting, where the experiments are designed to result in predetermined outcomes. “It was in my field, history, and it was something I thought would be interesting,” Vu says of why he chose to work on the project. Having some background in research, he said, could also help him to be accepted to a pharmacological program. Hewitt plans to let Vu present his results at a scientific conference sometime in the future. There they will get feedback from other scientists in the form of comments, questions, and ideas. “We’ll probably have him present his results at a conference and then it will probably be much more satisfying,” Hewitt said. Hewitt finds Vu to be a satisfactory researcher. “He’s a good student,” Hewitt said. “Especially given he’s a history major, not a science major. On these research projects, we don’t expect students to be experts when they start. Research is a learning experience for them. I think once he’s started to get results, it will be much more satisfying.” The idea bitumen samples found at Olmec archaeological sites could be matched to tar seeps was in doubt when Wendt, an anthropology teacher, began to study them.
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September 17, 2007
Concert Under the Stars shines is a crowd pleaser
By Aline Lessner/For the Daily Titan Carly Menken, Brian Shaw, Mia Ernst and Lesley McKinnell helped entertain many Cal State Fullerton luminaries who attended the Concert Under the Stars [top]. Greg Hammer and other performers [upper right] like Courtney Walton [bottom right] sung their hearts out. “The music was tailored for this show, it is a historical review written specifically for this event,” said James R. Taulli, CSUF faculty member and the show’s director. “I came up with the vision and my team made it happen ...”
By Laura Burrows
Daily Titan Staff Writer news@dailytitan.com
Fireworks flew over Fullerton this weekend as California State University, Fullerton commemorated it’s 24th annual fall celebration “Concert Under the Stars,” which kicked off the year-long celebration of the university’s 50th anniversary. The show, “From Hula Hoops to iPods: A Celebration of 50 Years of Popular Music,” was the largest outdoor concert production in the history of CSUF. The two-hour show drew
in 5,000 people and featured the musical talents of alumnus and opera singer Rod Gilfry, Vice President for University Advancement Pamela Hillman, CSUF alumni and current musical theatre and dance students, among other performers. Catered seats for the event cost $50 a plate, but many audience members sat at surrounding tables with picnic baskets or dined on the barbeque provided by Big B’s. The president’s guests were seated at the first 100 tables surrounding the stage. Presidential Scholars clad in Titan colors served as ushers for the presidential guests who were
treated to wine, cheese and other treats at the show’s opening. Debbie Dombrow, administrative coordinator for the event, said that the Theatre and Dance Department reserved nearly 500 seats. Jerry Samuelson, dean of the College of the Arts, reserved 167 seats for guests of his own. Young and old attended the concert and joined the 14-member ensemble cast in a revelry of music and dance from the past five decades. Gilfry headlined with songs such as ‘Luck be a Lady’ and ‘This Could be the Start of Something’ as other alumni followed with upbeat
tunes made popular by artists such as American girl group ‘The Angels,’ Alicia Bridges and Michael Jackson. The show’s director, CSUF faculty member James R. Taulli, began work on the show over a year ago. His team of 13 musical producers collaborated with over 20 local companies, including ‘Bright Ideas,’ a lighting and entertainment company fraught with CSUF alumni, to bring the show to fruition. “The music was tailored for this show, it is a historical review written specifically for this event,” said Taulli. “I came up with the vision, and my team made it happen … We
started rehearsals Sunday, and that was a train wreck, but we had our technical rehearsal Wednesday and now it’s not a train wreck.” Crowd favorite of the night was Erin McNally’s performance of the ‘Movie Music Medley.’ He added lyrics to infamously lyric-free movie theme songs such as “Indiana Jones,” “Harry Potter” and “Star Wars” musical themes. Alumnus Landon Beard returned to CSUF during a break from his stint as ‘Luke’ in the hit New York production of “Altar Boyz.” His performance of Altar Boyz’ famous song “Something About You” had the au-
dience praising the wit of the satirical boy band-style medley. CSUF alumnus Brent Anderson played in the University Jazz Ensemble, which played the score for many of the concert’s musical numbers. The band was not given the music for the show until the Wednesday before it’s Friday opening. The band learned it and played it on the spot. “There are a ton of medley’s which are fun to play but can also be challenging,” Anderson said. “Selected music from the past 50 years; it’s a night of music that won’t easily be forgotten.”
ANNIVERSARY: CSUF Opens up its campus formation given out at the booths can be helpful for incoming students. “Generally it’s more the prospective students that want the information that we have here,” said Kevin Meehan, a professor from the criminal justice department. Even though prospective students were the focus of attention for certain departments, other booths were available to accommodate the visiting alumni. The booths set up for alumni registration offered former students information on upcoming events for CSUF graduates. “We have special receptions for alumni where they can network and interact with each other,” said Kristin Crellin, the past president of the alumni association. Along with the multiple attractions located around the campus, the stage located in the quad offered many different forms of entertainment throughout the day. The event began with students
from various organizations, such as the Pilipino American Student Association and the Jazz Ensemble, performing for the crowd.
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The main event began at noon with the ceremonial cutting of the cake by CSUF President Milton Gordon. Before Gordon took the stage, the anniversary committee welcomed back a successful CSUF alumnus, California Congressman Ed Royce.
During his introduction, Royce expressed how he felt about the college, and what it had to offer its students and the community. “The graduates that now impact our county and every aspect of our lives graduate from this premiere university,” Royce said. “I am proud to be a Titan.” After his introduction Gordon spoke of what he expected for the school in the next 50 years. Gordon said he hoped that the campus would remain as dynamic, diverse, collaborative and energetic as it is today, because that is what made our institution what it is today. “When you combine the greatest students with the greatest faculty and the greatest staff, what can go wrong with that university?” Gordon said to the crowd. For more information on the 50th anniversary festivities and events remaining on schedule through the next year, go to the CSUF official 50th anniversary Web site at: http:// www.fullerton.edu/50/
By Karl Thunman/Daily Titan Photo Editor Biology science major Nhat Le shoots pool with his friends, taking advantage of the free pool offerings during the ASI Block Party in the quad Thursday.
O.J. Simpson arrested for robbery Associated Press
Police arrested O.J. Simpson on Sunday, saying he was part of an armed group who burst into a Las Vegas hotel room and snatched memorabilia that documented his own sports career, long ago eclipsed by scandal. The arrest starts a new legal odyssey for the fallen football star who more than a decade ago was acquitted of the slayings of his ex-wife and
a friend, and opens the possibility he could spend decades behind bars. Simpson was taken away from The Palms hotel-casino by plainclothes officers a day after the arrest of a golfing buddy who police say accompanied him with a gun in the Thursday night holdup. Handcuffed and wearing a golf shirt and jeans, Simpson was placed in an SUV. “He was very cooperative, there were no issues,” Capt. James Dillon
said. Simpson was at the Clark County Detention Center on Sunday night for booking on two counts of robbery with a deadly weapon, two counts of assault with a deadly weapon, conspiracy to commit a crime and burglary with a firearm, police said. The district attorney, meanwhile, said he expected Simpson to ultimately be charged with seven felonies and one gross misdemeanor. A judge ordered Simpson be held
without bail, said Sgt. John Loretto. A court date was set for Thursday. Simpson attorney Yale Galanter told The Associated Press late Sunday that he would fight the charges vigorously. If convicted of the booking charges, Simpson would face up to 30 years in state prison on each robbery count alone. Simpson, 60, has said he and other people were retrieving items that belonged to him.
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September 17, 2007
CSUF students pitch in just a little bit to make a big difference Volunteers come out to the wetlands of Newport Bay and help clean it up By Justine Lopez
For the Daily Titan news@dailytitan.com
By Justine Lopez/For the Daily Titan International business student Christina Prusseit picks up trash at Newport Bay during California Coastal Cleanup day [left]. CSUF students Jolene Harris and Ulrike Linder pickup trash [above]. “With something like Project Earth, you can physically see the impact you have that day. You go [to the bay] and there’s a lot of trash and when you’re done, there’s not,” Amy Mattern, coordinator of the Volunteer and Service Center said.
Before long, the difference was vis- waterways in California alone. According to the California Coastal ible. California was not the only state Commission, these are the top four where volunteers gathered in large types of trash found littering Califorgroups for Coastal Cleanup Day. nia’s waterways. Tom Fox, an UpSimilar events took per Newport Bay place on coasts, Naturalist and volrivers and lakes all unteer, looks foracross the nation. ward to California Many other Coastal Cleanup countries also parDay, which happens ticipated in what every September. is called one of the acknowledged largest volunteer ef– Sally Heath, theHedevastating efforts in the world. CSUF volunteer fects pollution has Over the past had on the bay, 23 years, over 4 threatening various million cigarette species and the delibutts, 954,000 lids, 947,000 food wrappers and 845,000 cate ecosystem of the wetlands. Every day trash makes its way bags have been found in and around
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A syringe, a dog toy, a shotgun shell and a granola bar are just some of the things Sally Heath, a psychology major at Cal State Fullerton, found as she searched through the wetlands of Newport Bay. Heath was one of many Cal State Fullerton students who flocked to the beach at 8 a.m. Saturday to participate in the 23rd annual California Coastal Cleanup Day. “I thought, ‘I could spend a day hanging out at the beach and picking up trash,’” Heath said. Like many of the volunteers, Heath didn’t mind giving up one morning to help clean up the bay. Despite the early hour, Heath said she felt good about coming out and making a difference. In an effort to make a small contribution to improving their environment, CSUF students, local residents and school children all gathered at the bay to volunteer three and a half hours of their time to pick up trash around the bay. With rubber gloves and trash bags in tow, dozens of CSUF volunteers were taken on boats to different parts of the bay. Stepping off the boat on to the marshy land, students began to tackle what seemed like an impossible task. As students looked around they saw an overwhelming amount of trash littering the landscape. The students rolled up their sleeves and got to work, scouring the dry, tangled brush and green pickle weed for cans, bottle caps, plastic bags and any other litter they could find. The tiny pieces of plastic foam, paper and other scraps made this a daunting task. As the sun rose, the students grew more tired. The occasional breeze brought with it the fishy smell of the bay and a feeling of relief to students who continued to fill more and more bags with trash. A small boat drifted to the edge of the wetlands periodically to collect the full, bright, orange trash bags.
into the drainage systems of Orange County. Fox said everything that enters the drainage systems within 152 square miles of Newport Beach eventually ends up in the bay, especially when it rains. The more it rains, the more garbage washes into the bay, Fox said. Some trash drifts out into the ocean, but much of it gets caught in the brush of the wetlands, creating a graveyard of trash and a real threat to the plant and animal life that inhabits the bay. Fox, who has volunteered at the bay for the past 15 years, emphasized the important role all volunteers play in helping to improve the environment at Newport Bay. He was enthusiastic about seeing the community get involved with
helping clean up and he was especially excited about CSUF students getting down and dirty to help their environment. “I think it’s great,” Fox said. “There isn’t nothin’ better than cleaning the bay.” Many of the CSUF students at the event volunteered through Project Earth, one of the programs offered at the Volunteer and Service Center on campus. Each month, Project Earth hosts events where volunteers help improve the local environment and learn the importance of conservation. Amy Mattern, coordinator of the Volunteer and Service Center, said she hoped Saturday’s beach cleanup helped volunteers understand how easy it is for one person to make a dif-
ference. “With something like Project Earth, you can physically see the impact you have that day. You go [to the bay] and there’s a lot of trash and when you’re done, there’s not,” Mattern said. “Project Earth allows people to see how easy it is for them to help and learn how much they’re needed.” According to their official Web site, the mission of the Cal State Fullerton Volunteer & Service Center is to provide quality volunteer service to the community and to design and implement social justice programming in collaboration with campus and community members. To volunteer, visit the CSUF official Web site: http://www.fullerton. edu/deanofstudents/volunteer/mission.aspx
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Far from home, student finds purpose in community Dereje lived with a supportive network of family members in the capital city of Addis Ababa. During this time, his taxi-driver father and hotel-keeper mother worked to get immigrant status. By Rob Weaver “It’s not an easy process,” Dereje DailyTitan Staff Writer said of his parents’ efforts to get all news@dailytitan.com of the paperwork in order for his citizenship. Growing up in the U.S., Dereje agum Dereje remembers his mother crying on the said he was often conflicted with self-doubt over whether or not he phone. He would find out later in his life would be able to integrate in Amerithat she had given up the land of “13 can society. “Am I going to be able to grasp months of sunshine” for a land of orthis culture?” Dereje said he would ange groves and freeways. Dereje, 23, was born in Ethiopia ask himself. But at the same time, he said his and lived there until he was 10 years old. His parents were both living in culture inspired him to do twice as the U.S. without him by the time he much work, both adapting and sharing his culture. was 6 years old. Dereje did not speak a lick of When he was 2 years old, his mother had already begun his fam- English when he moved to the U.S., ily’s migration by moving to the but he now speaks without any hint United States, landing in Orange of an accent. Dereje is soft-spoken, but eloCounty where his father would join quent and thoughtful with his reher four years later. He would not see his mom again sponses. One would never guess face to face until he made his trek to English was not his first language. Though Dereje did not know the U.S. “I remember telling my mom on English, that didn’t stop him from the phone ‘you’re not my mom,’” mastering the language and becomDereje said. “She almost regretted ing a leader in his community. Dereje said he developed an inleaving.” Now Dereje says he knows that terest in educating kids while he attended elementary his parents’ difficult and high school in migration was made Placentia. in his best interest. That high “It was mainly school holds a for me,” Dereje said. special place in “For higher educahis heart. It was a tion.” His parents’ hopes – Brianna Harvey, teacher there who for him have been Habesha club went the extra mile to help him fulfilled. member learn English and Dereje is now a inspired him to junior at Cal State Fullerton where he studies child de- work with kids. At CSUF, Dereje has taken on a velopment and has also become the founder and leader of the Habesha strong leadership role by starting the Habesha club, which educates club on campus. Bounced around between rela- students and the community about tives for much of his childhood in Ethiopian culture in addition to perEthiopia, Dereje said he became a forming community service. Dereje started the club more than fosterchild of sorts. “Family is prioritized [in Ethio- a year ago. After he joined the Omega Psi pia] more than anything else,” DerePhi fraternity he was inspired to do je said. Adopting his aunt as his mother, something for his community.
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He’s the most hard working person I know. He’s everywhere.
By Rob Weaver/ Daily Titan Staff Writer
Dagum Dereje left Ethiopia for the United States when he was ten years old. The now 23-year-old junior in child development has not only adapted to the culture, but has risen as a leader of the Habesha Club, which unites African American students with those from other ethnicities.
Though the club focuses on the culture of a group of people from a region that comprises parts of presentday Ethiopia, Eritrea, and Somalia, Dereje said the club serves people of other cultures as well. Wacira Gethaiga, chair of Afroethnic studies at CSUF said Dereje has done something positive for students with the Habesha club because it unites African American students as well as those of other ethnicities. “They are here as students to form alliances,” Gethaiga said. Gethaiga, also an East African immigrant from the nation of Ke-
nya said he believes it is important to retain one’s own culture and also to educate others. “They want to maintain a semblence of their culture, and also introduce it to Americans. That way they make friends on both sides.” Gethaiga said. The Habesha club also represents a chance for students to network, something people say is especially important for African American college students, who may feel intimidated by the culture shock that some students experience. Dereje said the Habesha club has
drawn crowds of more than 100 at some events, many of which are African American students. The club has attracted attention from areas outside of the CSUF campus. Some students even come from other schools to attend Habesha events. Karl Harris, 22, an urban and regional planning major at Cal Poly Pomona says the Habesha club is exactly what African American students need. “They’re somewhat detatched from their history,” Harris said. But Harris also said he realizes
that it is Dereje’s charisma that has helped the club to become so successful. “Not too many people are able to build a relationship the way he has,” Harris said. “He’s someone you can tell who genuinely cares about the individual.” Other students said they admire Dereje for his tireless work ethic and the result it has in his community. “He’s the most hard working person I know,” said Brianna Harvey, 21, a graduate in sociology from the University of Laverne. “He’s everywhere.”
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Celebrity news leads us a stray Once again celebrity news has trumped every other news story. O.J. Simpson was spotlighted in the breaking news segment of most major news broadcasts Sunday morning and graced major news Web sites when the sports star was arrested in Las Vegas for alleged robbery. Yes this story is timely, interesting, obscure and of interest to the general public, but it shouldn’t block or reduce the coverage of other breaking news. The plane crash in Thailand that killed at least 88 people, for example, took second to billing the O.J. escapades. Of course celebrity news is popular and many of us have become absorbed with the timely gossip, but what important news have we missed while blinded by tinsel town? We have to ask ourselves, how many families were torn apart around the world from the Iraq war while we were glued to our screens following Paris’ every move in and out of prison? Or how many people were killed from the force and destruction of earthquakes around the world
while our news stayed focused on finding the true father of Anna Nicole’s baby? News organizations need to fight the temptations of sensational celebrity gossip and focus on real news. This doesn’t mean abandon it all together, it just means find a balance. It isn’t just celebrity news taking over the general broadcasts. Any story dealing with sex, kidnapping or murder, is bound to be over-covered. This is not solely the fault of the media. These are the stories people want to read. Even on the Daily Titan Web site, the stories that get the highest views are articles that deal with either sex or celebrities. Last semester some of our most viewed stories included a story about the porn industry and a love letter to a fictional character on the television show, “The Office.” Ultimately, the change needs to occur by us, the public. What we choose to pay attention to has become marketable and covered endlessly by news outlets. The coverage will change once our focus changes.
Cheating will always be a part of sports By Nathan Wheadon
Daily Titan Staff Writer opinion@dailytitan.com
You would have to be naive to believe anything you see in sports today. Everything is tainted, whether it is with steroids or other physically enhancing drugs, videotaping, offthe-field crimes or on-the-field violence. Some people may argue that professional sports are extremely competitive and athletes are just trying to find an advantage. They would be right, however, these “advantages” are often against the rules. I do not think sports are clean. Next time you read about or see the next record-breaker or feel-good story, look into it a little deeper. You might be surprised at what you find. St. Louis Cardinals player Rick Ankiel was the feel-good story of the year. After undergoing an amazing transformation, he evolved from cast-off pitcher to slugging outfielder. That was until rumors surfaced that he had been taking human growth hormones or HGH. Ankiel has bombed nine homeruns in an impressive fashion this year, having played in only 30 games. He started off hot after his call-up from the minor leagues, but cooled off tremendously the last week. Critics believe his recent meeting with Bud Selig, the MLB commissioner,
regarding his use of HGH is the reason for the icy-cold, 1-for-23 slump, according to www.ESPN.com. An Associated Press story on www. ESPN.com said Ankiel had received eight shipments of HGH in 2004, under the MLB’s current policy; the drug was not banned until 2005. “It was a good thing to do and I was happy to help,” Ankiel said after the meeting. “I answered whatever questions they had. I was in full compliance with whatever they needed.” Although Ankiel used HGH before it was banned, took the appropriate measures and met with the commissioner, it still discredits his remarkable turnaround. The question arises: would he be back in the big leagues if he hadn’t taken HGH? These reports have also led to the probing of former Angel and World Series MVP and current Toronto Blue Jays third baseman Troy Glaus, who had also received shipments of performance enhancing drugs, according to www.ESPN.com. Glaus along with Baltimore Orioles outfielder Jay Gibbons, who was also mentioned in the reports, have both been requested to meet with Major League Baseball. The probe following the Ankiel case branched out of Major League Baseball and into the National Football League.
The Social-Light Amy Robertson
It’s no secret that there are a lot of stereotypes and labels placed on members of sororities and even fraternities. Among the many all-toofamiliar typecasts is the belief that sorority girls pay for their friends. As a sorority girl, I have decided to take it upon myself to clear the air in regards to this particular myth. I want everyone to know the rumor is, indeed, true. I am a sorority girl and I do pay for my friends. It’s taken me three years of being a sorority member to finally come to terms with this stereotype on top of the many others. The first time I was introduced to this particular association of sorority girls was in my second year of college and first year of sorority. A man on campus was trying to pressure me into purchasing a magazine subscription. He was pulling out all the stops and I was trying my hardest to turn them all down, despite his persuasiveness. Finally, I opened up and explained to him that I couldn’t spend money
Art for the Daily Titan by Rocky Vidal
September 17, 2007
frivolously at the time because I had just joined a sorority. My money was going towards the monthly dues members must pay. The magazine peddler turned from a sweet-talking Casanova to a downright a-hole. He quickly said, “Oh I understand. You pay for your friends. I don’t want to sell to a sorority girl anyways.” That was the first time I cried on campus. I had no idea what I had gotten myself into and I was, before this incident, completely oblivious to all the labels that were soon to be placed upon me. That event opened my eyes to all the other misconceptions people hold. After that, I just tried my best to deny, deny, deny. I became a sorority soldier fighting for freedom from the media-produced stereotypes that plague sorority houses. However, I have given up. Nay, I have seen the light. I have embraced the reality that is the marketplace of friends and it is about time you all do the same. Greeks are not the only people paying for companionship. Everyone does. As the emcee in Cabaret sings, “Money makes the world go ‘round.” Everything comes with a price these days and nothing is free, not even friendship. Think about it.
This summer had to be one of the worst summers publicity-wise for the NFL. With Michael Vick, one of the league’s most popular stars, pleading guilty to ugly dog-fighting charges, a drug probe was one of the last accusations the league needed. The New England Patriots have been in the limelight since opening week. Safety Rodney Harrison had admitted to using HGH during his recovery from knee and shoulder injuries, according to www.ESPN. com The Patriots have also been accused of spying and stealing signs from the New York Jets in their opening game. On Thursday, Sept. 13, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell announced he would fine Patriot’s head coach Bill Belichick the maximum amount and dock the team $250,000 and a first-round draft pick next year. Not only was this the biggest fine ever for a coach in NFL history, it also tattooed “big, fat cheater” on Belichick’s forehead. Many football experts consider Belichick a coaching genius, but now he’ll also be considered a scamartist. After these accusations, the Patriot’s three Super Bowl victories have to be questioned: were they cheating to win then, too? We’ll never know the answer to
these questions, but it does show that sports are not clean. The list goes on and on and it’s the same story from sport to sport. Cycling has Floyd Landis, the winner of the 2006 Tour de France, who was forced to forfeit his trophy after testing positive for synthetic testosterone. Hockey has Chris Simon, the New York Islanders forward, who was suspended indefinitely by the National Hockey League after a violent, twohanded baseball-like stick-swing to the head of New York Rangers forward Ryan Hollweg, according to www.ESPN.com. This vicious act may not have to do with spying or drugs, but it is dirty none-the-less. And who could forget French midfielder Zinedine Zidane’s Street Fighter style head-butt to Italian defender Marco Materazzi in the 2006 World Cup Final. The attack was dirty, and no matter how many times I watched it on YouTube it made me laugh. It was still a far cry from good sportsmanship. On top off everything, that headbutt arguably cost France the World Cup title. I think sports are dirty, however, I still love them. I’ll always watch sports, even if the competition is between drug users, spies, cheaters and wannabe Mortal Kombat characters.
We buy our friends Where do people at the college level most easily and commonly meet friends? School. School has to be paid for. If you meet people in classes and you must pay for classes, aren’t you indirectly paying for the friends you meet in those classes by paying for the classes themselves? Money buys everything. If you were involved in any sort of activity as a child, such as little league or gymnastics, your parents had to pay for it. I bet you made a lot of friends in little league, too. Did you go on to play baseball in high school? If so, the little league your parents paid for back in the day helped you make your friends on the baseball team and earn your social standing in high school. Furthermore, as an adult, you pay for your career. For the most part, the education you bought in college helps determine which career you will land down the road. The career you snag will then establish your type of lifestyle, which will consequently lead to meeting certain people in certain circumstances unique to the life you’ll lead, who could and probably will eventually become your friends. A sorority works the same way. I’m not literally paying for friends. However, if you want to look at it
literally, the money I spend on a sorority gets spread between a large number of things. To try to explain simply: each member pays monthly dues. The dues from everyone get collected, divided up and allocated to various facets of the sorority such as scholarship, formals, sisterhood, philanthropy, recruitment and Greek Week to name a few. Therefore, our money goes to everything from scantrons and T-shirts to house upkeep and event payment. For example, if we decide to plan a miniature golf night, many times everything will already be entirely paid for or, in the very least, almost all paid for when we decide to go. To get back to my point, I’m not literally paying for friends. I am paying to be part of an organization, to participate in an activity where I just so happened to meet and connect with people who eventually became my friends. Is a sorority just about offering girls a place to meet their BFF’s? Absolutely not, but, that’s a whole other column in itself. So, to all the girls going through recruitment this weekend – good luck and have fun. Remember for the future – when someone says to you that you pay for friends, reply with pride, “Damn straight I do, but so do you.”
Reader Responses While working with the Cal State Fullerton Alumni Association membership committee the overriding question was always “Why can’t we attract and retain more members?” It is my belief that the CSUF administration lacks the respect and concern for their students and staff to engender any desire to aid the university after graduation. Many graduates may continue an association with a specific school, but a true connection to CSUF still eludes most alumni. The recent hiring of Dave Serrano to replace George Horton as head baseball coach is just another disgraceful example of how the administration alienates those they claim to value most. Don’t get me wrong, it’s great to welcome Serrano back to Fullerton. But the process in which it was carried out demonstrates the lack of appreciation and consideration that has infected Langsdorf Hall for decades. Coach Serrano only accepted the
position “when it was presented to [him] that the opportunity at Fullerton was not going to be given to Coach Vanderhook” regardless of who was eventually hired. Is this the reward for 23 years of loyalty and achievement? To not even be considered for a position that both the outgoing and incoming coaches recommended him for? Unfortunately, this is typical of the treatment that most of the students and staff have experienced since at least the mid’70s at CSUF. And Milton Gordon still wants to know why the Alumni Association has trouble attracting members? It appears Vanderhook will have to go elsewhere to get the opportunity and respect he so richly deserves. I hear UC Irvine has an opening…
James Tanaka Management ‘82 I’m 45 and a Cal State Fullerton
alumnus who agrees with you regarding Bush and his “legacy”, who Sen. Leader Harry Reid called, “the worst President in history”. And with his approval rating about 30 percent, everything Bush/Cheney tried to jump start has literally backfired on them. Approval ratings, the war and losing both Houses to the Democrats in April. Walk through the aisles of Barnes and Noble under “current affairs” and you’ll see books on every side basically condemning this radical neo-conservative administration. What you’re saying is basically true but it was the product over time- 6 long yrs. to be exact- that what the public now is witnessing. See, Bush is a con artist--he took advantage of a naive GOP to twist the Constitution and also lead us to war. The GOP is naive- face it. Anyone with Bush’s credentials being voted into office twice by millions of people is naive and stupid.
Art for the Daily Titan by Rocky Vidal
But I really liked some key phrases like Bush is “America’s most mysterious president”, and “his moral and religious sincerity would be questioned due to his contradicting actions”- and yes, actions speak much louder than words. And after the invasion I could not believe what I was witnessing. A born-again Christian mass murderer! That’s a new one! And that was smart to quote Ike regarding the military/industrial complex getting out of hand. Believe it or not, it stood ready and willing when we escalated into Vietnam! Same now. Keep up the good work!
Brent Waterbury Music Ed. Class of ‘02
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Titans 2-0 over weekend, upset No. 14 UC Berkeley CSUF hands UC Berkeley first loss in double overtime by Phillip Radke
Daily Titan Staff Writer sports@dailytitan.com
The Titans pulled through a double-overtime nail biter to upset the No. 14 California Golden Bears 21, on Friday afternoon. Cal State Fullerton played a tough game that showed they are getting into the groove of the season. The first half of the game was scoreless as the Titans struggled to get a hold of the ball, playing defense through most of the half. The nationally ranked UC Berkeley squad drove the ball down to the goal on numerous occasions, but the Titans’ defense was able to clear out the ball on every drive in the first half. The conservative style of the Titans was thrown out the window at the start of the second half, as they charged down the field and allowed senior Candice Byler to score the first goal of the game, her first of the season. Byler’s goal was the first scored on the Golden Bears all season and snapped their shutout streak at four games. “We don’t lose at home,” Byler said. “We came out with a lot of energy and it allowed us to win.” UC Berkeley didn’t allow the Titan’s momentum to stop them though, answering back less than ten minutes later with a goal of their own from senior Stephanie Wieger on the assist from sophomore Brianna Bak. The play on the field resumed the form it had taken during the entire first half. The Golden Bears pound-
ed the ball down the field and the Titans struggled to push the ball back to the UC Berkeley side of the field. The Golden Bears brought more intensity than the Titans seemed to be able to handle, but CSUF stuck to their guns and managed to maintain their defensive strategy until the end of regulation. “The first 45 minutes we were a little shy,” Head Coach Demian Brown said. “It took a while to warm up to being back at home but we shook it off and managed to come together. In the first overtime period the two teams held each other to a standstill. The Titans brought the same energy that was seen at the beginning of the second half, but UC Berkeley did not allow another Titan goal. This held true for the Titans as well as they deflected any Golden Bear attempts at the net. The second period would bring about a change in momentum. The Titans played aggressive from the first minute of play in double overtime. CSUF drove it toward the net and pounded several consecutive shots on the embattled Berkeley goalkeeper. The deciding moment finally came when senior Kristen Boujos fired in the gamewinner for the Titans. Senior Ryan Gerrish, who had participated in the “Kickin for Tuition” half time event, expressed great happiness over this victory for the women. “I’m glad that we could hold on until overtime,” Gerrish said. “It’s nice that we could put a dent in Berkeley’s perfect record.”
By Aline Lessner/For the Daily Titan Titans’ Christina Murillo fights off UC Berkeley’s Kristine Relja for the ball during Friday’s afternoon game at Titan Stadium.
Titans shutout Sooners 2-0 by Phillip Radke
Daily Titan Staff Writer sports@dailytitan.com
After a lackluster start to the season, Titans’ women’s soccer has cranked it up a notch to capture their third win in a row, defeating Oklahoma University 2-0 Sunday afternoon. The Titans play outmatched the Sooners on both sides of the field, bringing intensity on offense, while making sure the Sooner line didn’t break through the Cal State Fullerton defense. Early on in the game, the Titans were not content to rest in the backfield and defend. They drove the ball towards the Sooner net several times, but Oklahoma’s defense pushed the Titans back down the field. Their attempts would later prove to be in vain due to the effort of senior goalkeeper Kerri Ward. Ward was injured at the beginning of the season, but Sunday she gave a strong effort and kept the Sooner ball away from the back of the net. Ward was pleased with her performance and was excited to be back. “It feels good to be the first keeper on the team with a shutout,” Ward said. “I just need to keep my head up and practice for [the] game next week.”
Nearly five minutes into the second half the vacant scoreboard would change. Senior Lauren Cram put the Titans up on the board on her unassisted goal early in the half. CSUF kept the intensity high through the second half and twenty minutes into the half it paid off again. Cram knocked in another goal close to the 25 minute mark, this time with an assist from senior Stacey Thompson. Cram would account for all of the Titan goals in the match. “Everything was just going right this game,” Cram said. “The team was on a high after the Berkeley game Friday. We all had such high energy which helped us win this one.” The Sooners now fall to a 3-2-1 record overall. The Titans can now claim a winning season with the same record of 3-2-1. Head Coach Demian Brown expressed happiness over how his team is shaping up this season. “The team definitely had a presence today,” Brown said. “It is great to have Kerri back at goalkeeper, and we are just working to make sure that the rest of the players find their roles on the field.” The Titans complete their homestand on Thursday against the Loyola Marymount Lions.
by Karl Thunman/Daily Titan Photo Editor Titans’ Kristen Boujos celebrates with her teammates after scoring the game winner in the 103rd minute of Friday’s game against UC Berkeley.