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FEATURES: Reaching for a credit card might seem like an easy way to grab and go, but in the end the bill maybe the biggest frustration, page 3 NEWS: A series of movies shown by the Cal State Fullerton Women’s Center through the fall semester examines the role of women, page 2

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Tuesday September 18, 2007

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DTSHORTHAND Olympic road runs through Anaheim The 2008 Olympic volleyball pre-qualifier tournament is taking place at the Anaheim Convention Center until Friday. Contestants from North and Central America will come to California for the first time in 14 years for the Confederation Championship. The quarter finals and semifinals will occur Wednesday and Thursday. The Championship games will take place on Friday beginning at 5:30 and 8 p.m. For ticket information, visit www.anaheim.net or call (714) 765-5060.

Cat makes splashy exit via fire hose

YONKERS, N.Y. (AP) – A fearful feline that was stuck in a tree for a week, clinging to branches several stories high, was finally blasted to safety with a high-pressure fire hose. Volunteers with an outstretched sheet made the save as the cat – soaked and hungry but unharmed – was hosed out of the tree by firefighters Sunday night. The cat had previously ignored people who banged cans of cat food and climbed ladders that were just out of reach. It took two shots with the hose to do the trick. “As soon as the cat landed ... it ran into the woods,” said artist and animal rescuer Greg Speirs. “Some kids helped us bring the cat back, and a man said he would adopt the cat right on the spot,” Speirs said. “You can’t come up with a nicer ending than that.”

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Most people, for lack of a better word, are stupid and just pay the minimum balance. If you’re too stupid, just don’t get a credit card.

Troubling time for Titans Titans lose two goalkeepers and three straight matches

Seminar explores the topic of finding a way to use alternative energy

By Laura Burrows

By Rae Nguyen

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he Titans lost another goalkeeper to injury on Sunday, while enduring a 6-1 loss against Ohio State University at the UCLA’s Men’s Soccer Tournament. The team lost its second-string goalkeeper Kevin Puder in the third minute of the match, leaving freshman Tyler Andrews to take on the Buckeyes. Puder suffered an abdominal strain after taking on a direct blow from Ohio State offender Eric Edwards. Initial reports were that Puder had pulled abdominal muscles and could be out as long as 12 weeks. First-string keeper, Brent Douglas, did not play due to a face orbital fracture he acquired in last Sunday’s match against Michigan. “I am going in for surgery on Monday and should be good to play in three to four weeks. I wouldn’t do the corrective surgery if it lengthened the healing time for my face,” Douglas said. He is anticipating corrective surgery early this week and coaches hope he will be back on the field for the Cal State Northridge match on Oct. 3. “There is no real assurance given he may have to be wearing a protective mask,” Head Coach Bob Ammann said. “Obviously that could affect his performance as a keeper, as it would any player.” See SOCCER, Page 6

By Karl Thunman/Daily Titan Photo Editor Cal State Fullerton midfielder Skyler Thuresson raises his shirt over his head in disappointment after the Titans’ 6-1 loss against Ohio State at UCLA on Sept. 16.

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– CSUF student Allen Arsianian, on people with credit card debt

YOUTUBE: PLUTO CHASES LITTLE BRAT

Pollak Library to pay tribute to luminaries Those honored will be featured on a poster to promote a favorite book By URMI RAHMAN

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First his planet status is taken away, and now he gets caught chasing some little kid who probably kicked him in the first place. Life sucks for Pluto. But the rest of us can enjoy this home video of the mascot running after a kid at full speed before an adult finally grabs him. Like any sane child abuser, he immediately denies he did anything wrong, by way of hand gestures, but gets shoved down anyway. Duration: 0:29

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In a creative celebration of Cal State Fullerton’s year-long 50th anniversary, the Pollak Library is commemorating 10 distinguished members of the campus’ past and present this week. On Wednesday, the notable members will receive their own READ @ Your Library posters that will feature their pictures and a book of their choice. The event will be held in room 130 at 6 p.m. and is open to the public. “We wanted to choose people from all different areas [and have] a representative group,” Chair of the READ planning committee, Heather Tunender, said. “We wanted everybody that plays a part [of CSUF] and to represent the whole 50 years.” The event, funded by the university’s Golden Ideas program, will be similar to an art opening with family and friends. “We kept it quiet and private. It’s just about the posters,” she said. The committee scoured the campus Web site for outstanding members of CSUF’s history, including those in the news and who won awards. Among the 10 is a distinguished member of CSUF whose tenure started in August 1990. University President Milton Gordon holds a Master of Arts and a doctorate in mathematics and has been honored by the local community for myriad services including community service and management. President Gordon chose “It Can’t

Happen Here” by Sinclair Lewis as by C.S. Lewis. “[C.S. Lewis] was a man who queshis book of choice. University Librarian Pat Bril will tioned much, sought answers and tried to live a life that was honest and also be highlighted at the reception. “I was very surprised and flat- true,” Ramirez said. After reading about the other retered to be included among so many key individuals in the history of our cipients, he said he felt humbled to be university,” Bril said. “I am aware of chosen along with them. “I am privileged to represent the similar poster campaigns at other academic libraries, and I think they are a School of Education and the many great way to highlight the importance fine people who do much for CSUF, the students and the community,” he of reading within the community.” Bril began her CSUF career 35 said. Another candidate is Nancy Segal, years ago as reference librarian, has overseen the construction of the a professor of developmental psychollibrary’s north addition and worked ogy who won the Outstanding Proextensively in managing, staffing and fessor of the Year award a few years ago and is also the finance. campus director Her choof the Twin Studsen book, “The ies Center. Segal Worldly Philoso- I am privileged to reppicked “Rosalind phers: The Lives, resent the School of Franklin: The Times, and Ideas Dark Lady of of the Great Eco- Education and the many nomic Thinkers” fine people who do much DNA” by Brenda Maddox as her by Robert L. for CSUF, the students novel. Heilbroner, inOne of the first fluenced her to and the community. – A.Y. ‘Fred’ Ramirez people encounchoose economTitans Baseball Head Coach tered at CSUF’s ics as her major Human Resourcin college. es department is P r e s i d e n t ’s Carole Wilson. Scholar and Since 2007, she alumnus, April Ulloa-Cannon, will also be featured has offered a positive first impression for her accomplishments and cur- to new employees, and in 2002 was rent teaching career at CSUF. With awarded the Titan Excellence Award. a major in English, Ulloa-Cannon Her favorite book is”Tanamera: A graduated with the President’s Associ- Novel of Singapore” by Noel Barber. George Horton, the former baseates Award in 2005 and a 4.0 GPA. She chose”To Kill a Mockingbird” by ball head coach for over a decade, will also be honored at the event. Horton Harper Lee as her novel. Associate Professor of Secondary was named the Big West ConferEducation A.Y. ‘Fred’ Ramirez, who ence Coach of the Year five times and has served the university for nine has garnered national attention for years, has written over 20 scholarly CSUF’s athletic program. He chose articles and encourages students to “Heads-Up Baseball” by Ken Ravizza and Tom Hanson. teach as a profession. Alumnus Tam Nguyen earned He chose “The Screwtape Letters”

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Making sense out of matter

his MBA in 2005 and promotes the campus today as a Titan Advocate. He helped develop the Vietnamese American MBA Chapter of the Alumni Association and chose “The Golden Destination,” a brochure, for his poster. Ernest Toy, the Pollak Library’s first university librarian from 1959 to his retirement in 1983 will also be honored Wednesday night. He founded the Patrons of the Library program in 1965 and has overseen many transformations from the library’s location to its extensive book collection. His novel is”Learning to Eat Soup with a Knife: Counterinsurgency Lessons from Malaya and Vietnam” by John A. Nagl. The last CSUF representative will be its elephant mascot, Tuffy Titan, who has been with the university since the ‘60s. The mascot developed from the intercollegiate elephant races held on campus in its early years. Tuffy’s book is”Babar and the Professor” by Laurent de Brunhoff. The university sought Golden Ideas Initiatives during the previous year from faculty, staff, students, supporters and alumni to create projects that could celebrate the anniversary. Funding was provided to 24 initiatives and the library received $2,000. Tunender, an electronic resource librarian, proposed the idea to Elizabeth Housewright, the associate university librarian. She headed the planning committee along with seven faculty and librarian volunteers. The pictures were taken during the summer and posters were finished this weekend. Originally, celebrity READ posters were created by the American Library Association in 1985 to promote the simple act of reading. Celebrities donate their time and image to encourage the use of libraries.

It’s not often that you see burning snow on a warm sunny Thursday afternoon in a chemistry class at Cal State Fullerton. Somehow, UC Irvine Professor Kenneth Janda conquered this feat when he demonstrated how compacted methane ice vacuumed from a steel apparatus showed the possibility of alternative energy. His seminar, explained in the wordy title, “Spectroscopy and Dynamics of Halogen Molecules Trapped in Clathrate-Hydrate Cages” is not for the faint of heart. Most who attended were already armed with a chemistry degree and had an understanding of the lecture. Currently, Janda’s research studies are under way to test why bromine crystals behave differently than water crystals. Due to its slightly different energy in each hydrate cage and the rise of temperature, the hydrogen moves to a slightly bigger cage. Using spectroscopy to determine this, Janda said, “it may be the motion inside the cage that influences the stability of the crystal formation.” Spectroscopy is the study of bonding of intermolecular interactions through the use of light or other radiation. “Water is difficult to model correctly as it disobeys the third law of thermodynamics,” Janda said. “Pure liquid water does not freeze. It only freezes if there are impurities in the water.” Methane hydrates, calthrates or simply methane ice are deposits of methane crystallized in water and can be found along the coasts of every continent. A trillion kilograms of methane is frozen into ice sediments in the ocean. Propane and methane is pressurized with ice pellets and is measured in temperatures. The ice starts to melt after the heat reaches zero degrees. When the heat hits 12 degrees, the pressure increases, and can store about 120 pounds per square inch of gas up to about 10 degrees Celsius and still be safe. Any more than 10 degrees would cause an explosion. To demonstrate the burning of ice, Janda presented a rudimentary device hooked onto a backyard barbecue propane tank. The methane ice in the steel container is pressurized. Two chunks of cylindrical ice were lit with a lighter, to the delight and gasps of the audience. Though the methane ice would not stay ablaze for the promised 15 minutes, Dr. Janda jokingly said if they lost National Science Foundation Collaborative Research in Chemistry funding, demonstrations like this would make cool party drinks. “There is enough methane frozen in the ocean sediments to run the economy for several hundred years. Unless we figure what to do with the carbon dioxide that comes from harvesting the methane – like science, it’s a double-edged sword,” Janda said. According to a United States geological survey, methane is relatively abundant and has a clean burning process that produces less carbon dioxide than other hydrocarbon fuels. “And there is a worry if methane were to come up without being burned, it’s even worse because it’s a much worse greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide itself. We need to understand it.” Fu-Ming Tao, a physical chemistry professor at CSUF, explained how important it is to find alternative energy.

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INTERNATIONAL NEWS United Nations calls for calm in reactions to Iran

The chief U.N. nuclear inspector urged Iran’s harshest critics Monday to learn from the Iraq invasion and refrain from “hype” about a possible military attack, saying force was an option of last resort. Mohamed ElBaradei, speaking outside a 144-nation meeting of his International Atomic Energy Agency, invoked the example of Iraq in urging an end to the threats of force against Iran _ most recently over the weekend by France. He was alluding to a key U.S. argument for invading Iraq in 2003 without Security Council approval – that Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction, including nuclear arms. Four years later, no such weapons have been found in Iraq. On Sunday, French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner warned the world should prepare for war if Iran obtains nuclear weapons and said European leaders were considering their own economic sanctions against the Islamic country. On Monday, French Prime Minister Francois Fillon sought to play down Kouchner’s comments, saying “everything must be done to avoid war.”

NATIONAL NEWS Smooth confirmation expected for attorney general WASHINGTON (AP) – Former federal judge Michael Mukasey, a tough-on-terrorism jurist with an independent streak, was tapped by President Bush on Monday to take over as attorney general and lead a Justice Department accused of being too close to White House politics. Mukasey, the former chief U.S. district judge in the Manhattan courthouse just blocks from ground zero, will likely face a relatively smooth confirmation by a Democratic-led Senate that has demanded new Justice Department leadership for months. He replaces Alberto Gonzales, a Texan who announced his departure three weeks ago amid investigations that began with the firing of U.S. attorneys and mushroomed into doubts about his credibility. Appointed to the bench in 1987 by President Reagan, Mukasey also worked for four years as a trial prosecutor in the U.S. attorney’s office in New York’s southern district — one of the Justice Department’s busiest and highest-profile offices in the country. Senators who will vote on Mukasey’s confirmation stopped short of pledging to support him.

STATE NEWS Schwarzenegger threatens veto on gay marriage SACRAMENTO (AP) – Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said Monday that he won’t reconsider his decision to veto a bill legalizing gay marriage and will keep vetoing the measure as long as lawmakers send it to him. The Republican governor said he won’t change his position unless voters overturn an antigay marriage initiative that Californians adopted in 2000. The bill would redefine marriage as a civil contract between two people, but would still let religious groups refuse to sanction the unions. He announced in February that he would veto the bill again if it reached his desk this year. Despite the announcement, lawmakers approved it before adjourning last week. Schwarznegger has until Oct. 14 to act on the measure. Geoff Kors, executive director of the gay rights organization Equality California, said Proposition 22 only bars California from recognizing same-sex marriages performed outside California. Kors said he hopes Schwarzenegger sticks by earlier comments that he will abide by the state Supreme Court’s ultimate decision on whether California’s ban on same-sex marriage ban is unconstitutional. The high court’s ruling could come next year.

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September 18, 2007

Taking a closer look at women in the movies A series of film screenings showcases the impact made by the fairer sex By Sylvia masuda

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Starting tonight at 5 p.m. in UH205, the Women’s Center will present “Reel Women, Real World,” a series of films depicting women in a variety of roles. For the rest of the semester, the series will feature one movie every Tuesday night. Tonight, the center will screen “Girl, Interrupted,” based on a true story about a woman’s challenging stay in a mental institution. “Reel Women, Real World” addresses “important social, interpersonal and contemporary issues for women,” said Sue Passalacqua, associate director of the center. The series includes documentaries as well as films. Documentaries will reflect more controversial subjects such as sexual assault, human trafficking and eating disorders, said Gerri Freeman, office manager and special events coordinator. “I’m a movie buff,” Freeman said. “I thought it would be fun to have a showing on campus one night a week and have popcorn and see women in depicted in good ways, bad ways and historical ways.” The 11 films showing this semester were whittled down from a list of suggestions contributed by female faculty members, both in the center and throughout campus, Passalacqua said. The center’s faculty said that in future semesters they will continue to hold more film series like this one. The movies selected will cover a wide array of women’s viewpoints, from political to physical to sexual.

Saudi women fight to drive Associated Press

For the first time ever, a group of women in the only country that bans female drivers have formed a committee to lobby for the right to get behind the wheel, and they plan to petition King Abdullah in the next few days for the privilege. The government is unlikely to respond because the issue remains so highly sensitive and divisive. But committee members say their petition will at least highlight what many Saudis — both men and women — consider a “stolen” right. “We would like to remind officials that this is, as many have said, a social and not a religious or political issue,” said Fowziyyah al-Oyouni, a founding member of the Committee of Demanders of Women’s Right to Drive Cars. “And since it’s a social issue, we have the right to lobby for it.” Committee members want to deliver their petition to the king by Sunday, Saudi Arabia’s national day. The driving ban applies to all women, Saudi and foreign, and forces families to hire live-in drivers. Women whose families cannot afford $300-$400 a month for a driver must rely on male relatives to drive them to work, school, shopping or the doctor’s. The last time the issue was raised was two years ago, when Mohammed al-Zulfa, a member of the unelected Consultative Council, asked his colleagues to think about studying the possibility of allowing women over age 35 or 40 to drive — unchaperoned on city streets but accompanied by a male guardian on highways. The suggestion touched off a fierce controversy that included calls for al-Zulfa’s removal from the council and stripping him of Saudi citizenship, as well as accusations he was encouraging women to commit the double sins of discarding their veils and mixing with men. The uproar underscored the divisions in Saudi society between the guardians of its super-strict Islamic codes of behavior and those who want to usher in more liberal attitudes.

“Reel Women, Real World,” will be a screening of movies at UH-205 every Tuesday depicting women in a variety of roles.

“Frida Kahlo wasn’t afraid to delve into her sexuality,” said Rosalina Camacho, coordinator of the Women’s Cultural Resource Center, on “Frida,” showing Sept. 25. “Salma Hayek portrayed Frida as the strong woman that she is. Kahlo really valued her culture and she was her own person.” “Bend it Like Beckham,” showing Nov. 6, addresses women adjusting to cultures very different from their own and rejecting female stereotypes. “Even though ‘Bend it Like Beckham’ is just a fun movie about girls and soccer, it depicts a lot about culture,” Freeman said. “It has a message about women keeping their dreams.” Other movies slated to play include “The Color Purple,” the Alice Walker adaptation of a young black woman’s lifelong struggles, on Oct. 23, and “Iron Jawed Angels,” which depicts

suffragettes fighting for change in the American political system, on Nov. 27. Although women have made several advances in gender rights throughout the decades, Hollywood still displays women in inappropriate ways, Freeman said. “Things have really started to push the envelope, lately, with how they portray violence against women and in music videos,” she said. “There are some movies that are really pushing it and some that do a really good job depicting women.” “There’s still too many movies that are degrading to women and they’re not realistic,” Camacho added. “It’s nice to see women in their 50s and 60s who are still in movies, but I don’t think there’s enough good movies out there that portray women in a posi-

tive light.” Although actresses in the entertainment industry have found some leverage in gaining equal salaries as men, Passalacqua said, women still do not have such a large role in directing and producing films. Additionally, the industry is not so focused on women-empowering films as they are in more profitable genres, Camacho said. “When you have something like ‘Frida,’ “Camacho said, “you wish they would put more money in those kind of movies.” A complete listing of the movies being shown through the semester is posted online at: http://campusapps. fullerton.edu/news/inside/2007/reelwomen.html The last movie in the series, “Far From Heaven” will be shown Dec. 4.

ENERGY: Trying to explain SPECTROSCOPY (from Page 1)

“Society has two crises: energy crisis – not having enough energy,” Tao said. “After using coal and oil, what is there left to use? Second, the issue is global warming. The main problem is CO2 is primarily responsible for

global warming. So, the ice can store CO2 away, why not release methane gas to use for energy?” Graduate student Andrew Sanchez said that he has always fantasized about making a difference.

He also said the seminar was a refresher and an important lesson to learn, echoing Janda’s sentiment of global warming. “To stop it, you have to understand it,” Sanchez said.

September 18, 2007

Features

Credit cards mean students may charge now, pay later By Joy Alicia Collymore Daily Titan Staff Writer news@dailytitan.com

For Vanessa Garcia, a 25-year-old San Diego Mesa College fashion major, being a “starving student” was overwhelming. “When I was 18, I got a lot of credit cards and you definitely get overwhelmed at the end of the night with how much you owe other people,” Garcia said. She has been bailed out of credit card debt two times, and worked hard to eliminate her bills a third time, yet she still currently has six credit cards. Nellie Mae, a student loan company, reported that 78 percent of students had at least one credit card, 32 percent had four or more cards and 95 percent of graduate students carried credit cards. “It’s nice to have them as a backup plan for emergencies, but you really don’t use them for emergencies,” Garcia said. Unlike many students who find themselves buried under steep debt, Garcia has held a job during the periods of time where she was receiving “past due” payment notices from her lenders. “I made money at my job, but not enough compared to how much I was spending. I bought clothes all the time and looked at [using my credit card] like I had money in my bank account when I didn’t. I just didn’t care. I always had five cards; right now I have four,” Garcia said. Todd Romer, executive director of Young Money magazine, said student debt begins with access. “Credit cards are pretty easy to obtain today. The number of ways that they’re solicited on campus, with free T-shirts and different incentives to sign up for a card and the ability to just hand over a piece of plastic to a merchant. There’s an ease of access,” Romer said. From fast food and clothes to

concert tickets and textbooks, stu“The responsibility falls on the dents don’t hesitate to swipe their student, but credit card companies cards. Garcia said she can’t help but feed off of the uninformed,” Garcia to look back on her spending habits said. “They’re banking off the fact with regret. that students aren’t going to be inNow in her mid 20s, Garcia first formed on anything that has to do signed on the dotted with credit cards. line when she was As a consumer, 18. it’s your respon“When I realize sibility to know it now how much these things when money I spent on you go into a lecredit cards, I could gal contract with have had enough a company,” she – Vanessa Gracia, said. “By law, [the money to put a down San Diego Mesa College, credit card compayment on a house. fashion major That’s seven years pany] has to give of wasting,” Garcia you all the inforsaid. mation. In a way, Credit card companies utilize cre- credit card companies aren’t really ative marketing techniques to gain ethical when it comes to stuff like attention. Whether lenders set up that.” shop on campus quads or hallways, Not only are students unaware of mail applications to dorms, give how lenders operate, financial speaway free iPods as incentives or oc- cialists said students remain optimiscupy booths at exciting events, their tic that they’ll have plenty of money reach is vast. According to Business in the future to pay off their debt. Week magazine, 75 percent of col- Garcia said it’s socially acceptable to lege students have credit cards now, be young and poor. up from 67 percent in 1998. “Most [students] are pretty much Most consumers don’t read or broke all the time. They see [credit they don’t understand the fine print. cards] as free money and financial For example, one of the causes be- freedom. But it’s money you have hind a sporadic interest rate increase to pay back and they always seem to is through “universal default.” Busi- forget this concept,” Garcia said. ness Week reported that banks ofRomer said young consumers can ten change interest rates and charge take preventative measures to make cardholders as their credit scores sure their credit remains in good change. standing and they don’t overspend. Under universal default, a stu“The consumer today has a lot dent who has two credit cards and of power. Beyond credit cards, you religiously makes payments on time have power at your local Target. on one card but misses a payment on You’re the one who’s in control betheir other card may discover that cause you have cash. A consumer their interest rate has been raised to can tell the credit card company, ‘I 30 percent on both cards. want a credit card and don’t change At Senate hearings in April, sev- my limit without my consent. Start eral of the leading credit-card issuers out with $500,” Romer said. pledged to eliminate universal deIn contrast, Cal State Fullerton fault. But according to a 2007 Con- advertising major Allen Arsianian, sumer Action survey, eight of the 10 22, has something many students in leading credit card issuers still raise debt don’t — self control. cardholders’ interest rates based on He has a credit card, but after his information from credit reports. friend racked up his credit card balAlthough many students may ance to $30,000, Arsianian took a not know what they’re getting into, different approach. Garcia said students and credit card He said credit card companies companies are responsible for the in- have “always been around,” therecrease in student debt. fore, lenders are not responsible for

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By relying on plastic, students may risk overwhelming debt

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Credit cards offer students quick access to easy cash, whether they have it or not, but all those quick purchases end up adding up.

their consumers. “I have one credit card. I only buy things that I have the cash for. I’ve had it for two or three years. I rarely use it because I know what can happen. I always pay my balance, I never pay the minimum. I actually got it so that I could build credit,” said Arsianian. To Arsianian, staying out of debt is a simple thing to accomplish if students know what to do. “Whenever you buy something, have the money to pay for it with cash. Most people, for lack of a better word, are stupid and just pay the minimum balance. If you’re too stupid, just don’t get a credit card,” Arsianian said.

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Halo 3: Left Behind Halo 3 is coming. For many gamers, the release date of Sept. 25 will not come soon enough. It is one of the most highly-anticipated games of all time. Businesses are excited. Advertisements have been planned with Burger King, 7-Eleven, Mountain Dew, Pontiac and NASCAR driver David Stremme. Television execs are excited. The G4TV Network will dedicate five hours to the game’s release opening day. No doubt the news coverage will be enormous too. And gamers are relentlessly excited. With massive midnight launches planned at gaming stores across the country to satisfy the insatiable needs of hundreds of thousands of Halo fans, the question is obvious, will this game encourage college students not to go to class? In short, yes. Here’s how we envision the landscape of Cal State Fullerton on Sept. 25: Women. Beautiful women. Everywhere. Women will be stranded in the quad, left to wander, as male

college students are in hour 12 of a non-stop frag match with D&Dwarlord420. Those few males left on campus next week will take aim (like Master Chief, in a way) and use their best charm on beautiful, lonely women. By 2 p.m., the women will be so baffled and bamboozled that they’ll demand men to be near them. Male students dedicated enough to attend class on Halo 3’s release day will be on their way to the Pollak Library when suddenly apprehended by new tribes of territorial women in between the broken statue and the sinking ship. Given that Halo 3 is only a software release, the camping out and mad dash for the product may not match the mania surrounding last year’s console releases or that of the iPhone, but, rest assured, the game will be big enough to occupy many boyfriends for many days. Is Halo 3 going to be worth missing classes? For many, it will be. But really, can’t it wait until the weekend? You’ll keep your grades up and your girfriend.

September 18, 2007

Low-rated Emmys were too predictable By Richard Tinoco

Daily Titan Staff Writer opinion@dailytitan.com

The one night when TV congratulates itself finally arrived, and like every other year, the Emmy Awards once again failed to impress. The “American Idol”-infused kudos-fest tried to the change the template a bit with a roundabout stage and the venerable host Ryan Seacrest. But, according to the overnight Nielsen ratings, only 13.2 million viewers took a peek, making it the secondlowest rated Emmys since 1990. So if this is any indication, don’t let Seacrest host again. To be fair, comedian Conan O’Brien hosted the 2006 Emmys and that’s a hard act to follow. So instead of trying to make Seacrest the next Carson Daly, they asked comics like Ray Romano, Lewis Black and

Ellen DeGeneres to stand in. Good idea. Besides the terrible choice in host, the Emmys are about awarding the best and deserving in television. But with award shows, not all your favorites can win and some who you didn’t even expect to win do. For instance, James Spader won for Best Actor in a Drama for “Boston Legal” over James Gandolfini in the final season of “The Sopranos?” Spader’s third win in a row capped off the night’s biggest upsets. Another “Sopranos” upset happened when Edie Falco’s Emmy, for her role as Carmela Soprano, was stolen away, instead awarding Oscarwinner Sally Field for “Brothers and Sisters.” Field turned in a screeching yet quirky performance as matriarch Nora Walker, so either of these choices were fine. Everybody was probably just expecting Falco to be

declared the winner. “The Sopranos” didn’t leave empty-handed though. The final season won Best Drama and creator David Chase won for writing the last episode, “Made in America.” Spader wasn’t the only repeat winner: Jeremy Piven as infamous “Entourage” agent Ari Gold won the year before. The obvious winner would have been Rainn Wilson for “The Office’s” Dwight, but his character is too over-the-top. The trophy should have gone to “How I Met Your Mother’s” Neil Patrick Harris or Piven’s co-star Kevin Dillon, for working their oversexed characters on prime time. Other first-time winners: America Ferrera for “Ugly Betty” (too obvious, repeat of Golden Globes), Katherine Heigl for “Grey’s Anatomy” (should have won the year before), Jamie Pressly’s trashy portrayal as

Joy in “My Name Is Earl” (was that really a stretch?) and Ricky Gervais’ little-seen HBO sitcom, “Extras.” Gervais’, the creator, writer and star of the U.K. “The Office,” win over Steve Carell’s American “Office” was exceptionally sweet. Unlike Carell’s overhyped and loud Michael Scott, Gervais’ Andy Millman was subtler and could emote with just an expression. As the three-hour night dragged on, Tiny Fey’s low-rated, criticallyacclaimed sitcom, “30 Rock,” was awarded Best Comedy. And I’m glad it won versus the wet-dream telenovela “Ugly Betty” and the terribly generic “Two and a Half Men.” After it was all said and done, the Emmys don’t always get it right and sometimes they do. Most of the time they don’t. Yet we all keep watching, hoping that our favorites will be awarded. Keep your fingers crossed.

Always political. Sometimes correct. Rarely politically correct. Healthcare for all After the unfolding of last week’s events, an expected column topic would be, of course, Iraq. I, however, have certain enmities toward the predictable so for now, the fog of war can wait. But fear not my liberal comrades; the Bush administration is still fair game. To my conservative friends, I acknowledge that picking on Bush junior may seem a bit presumptive – perhaps even lazy – for a leftie such as myself, but if someone continued to leave a silver platter on your doorstep … would you too not be tempted to take a treat? Well, tempted I am and morsels of malfeasance I shall take, hold up to the harsh light of scrutiny and make transparent. Because … the Bush boys are at it again. Yes kids, when the Democrats go out to play, Bushie gets his way. The New York Times reported that Bush’s recent assault against the expansion of health coverage to children through the Children’s Health Insurance Program was sent in a letter to state health officials Aug. 17. Coincidentally, the letter was sent

smack dab in the middle of a monthlong Congressional recess. The Times also reported that the communication outlines new standards, adopted by the administration, complicating the extension of health coverage to children from middle–income families in states like New York and California. The new restrictive federal policy requires that families in all states comply with the federal poverty level guidelines, but the sting is most poignant in states like New York, California and Pennsylvania, to name a few, that are seeking to increase the income limit to well above the federally mandated poverty level. The current federal limit is $20,650 for a family of four. For the mathematically-challenged, that would be an annual income of just above 20 grand for mom, dad and their two kids. Fortunately, a family in California meeting these standards won’t be bothered by the material distractions of shelter, food and trendy clothing. I see progress in California’s future, where all the children shall have health care and

the bridge they live under won’t collapse like those shoddy ones in Minneapolis. Yes, nothing but the best for the future of our nation. But the good news keeps coming. Going through the pitfalls of health crisis like childhood illness, broken bones and possible disease with no medical care, our children will go onto become strong adults, bypassing the need entirely to worry about doling out the Medicaid/Medicare funds that will cease to exist upon our retirement. Yes, Mr. Bush – a brilliant plan. Brilliant indeed. Ah … but San Francisco has made an innovative and brilliant attempt to foil the administration’s master plan. The City by the Bay has begun implementing a new program, Healthy San Francisco, which offers free or subsidized health care to all San Francisco adults and their children (until the age of 24) who lack health insurance. According to the New York Times, the program was initiated in response to the city’s impatience with federal and state inaction in addressing uni-

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versal health care. The citywide initiative is a competent and pragmatic solution for addressing the ills of the uninsured. Granted, San Francisco is unique in its political culture and geographic density, giving Healthy San Francisco an initial advantage. The coverage does not extend beyond city limits and until November, enrollment will be limited to those meeting federal income guidelines; but by God there is hope on the horizon. There is hope that some leaders have the vision and quite frankly the chutzpah to start giving a damn about its citizens and as the case may be, its noncitizens as immigration status is of no consequence. What is of consequence, humanitarian aspects aside, is that a sick nation is an unproductive nation; that treating common illness in emergency rooms is financially remiss and that if we can drop billions of dollars into a war machine, why the hell can’t most of us drop by a doctor’s office? Kudos to you, San Francisco and shame on you, Mr. Bush.

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Sports

September 18, 2007

soccer: titans looking to recover after three losses

by Karl Thunman/Daily Titan Photo Editor Titans’ Ben Hofstetter and Steven Traeger of the Ohio State Buckeyes fight for position during the Titans’ 6-1 defeat at UCLA Sunday.

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(from page 1) Ohio State scored a quick goal on Puder in the second minute of the game. But the Titans came back strong with a turn-around goal shot by senior Skyler Thuresson with an assist from Peter Kingman and German Moreno in the fourth minute. Andrews made his college debut in the third minute of the game after Puder sustained his injury, and the Buckeyes wasted little time to batter him with shots. Ammann said that in all his time as a coach he had never seen a third string keeper have to take the field and then remain there for the duration of the game. “We were surprised when Brent went down, but Kevin [Puder] was playing really well in an unenviable situation, and then to have him out in three minutes and have to bring in a red shirting freshman was even more difficult for the team to overcome,” Ammann said. Ohio State scored two far-post goals in the 11th and 16th minutes and scored the final goal of the first half in the 31st minute. Andrews had a near-save but an unforeseeable deflection caught him diving too soon. The Titans kept fighting late into the half and had multiple close-call shots; most notably 18-yard blows by sophomores Reid Baker and Michael Farfan, but could not manage to get the ball past Ohio State keeper Casey Latchem. After a 15-minute break from the Los Angeles heat, Ohio State returned to the field with renewed strength and intensity. The Titans took a more united front in the early minutes of the second half and completed several give-and-go plays but could not keep Ohio State defender Matt Gold and forward Ryan Kustos from scoring the final goals of the game. Gold scored from the six-yard line after receiving a cross into the box in the 71st minute and Kustos shot into the left corner from 12 yards out in the 75th minute. Titan tempers flared late in the

by Karl Thunman/Daily Titan Photo Editor Ohio State Buckeyes’ Konrad Warzycha slide tackles Titans’ Ryan Kaylor during the Titans’ 6-1 defeat Sunday at UCLA.

game and the referee was forced to issue a yellow card against Titan senior Amir Shafii for a blatant foul and follow-up slur against Ohio State. Both teams walked away with a single yellow card, but the on-field clash of verbal insults and physical scuffles resonated throughout the stadium. Ohio State Head Coach John Bleum was among the scorned viewers who repeatedly called out to Head Official Steve Elliot for

more stringent calls. The Titans don’t play again until Sunday in South Carolina against Coastal Carolina. After, they return to Fullerton Sept. 29 to play Cal Poly San Luis Obispo under the lights of Titan Stadium. Ammann said he hopes his players recover soon. “We’re very hopeful that in the next two weeks we’ll have everyone back and healthy and ready to continue on,” Ammann said.