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Tuesday September 25, 2007

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CSUF Inside – Cal State Fullerton will sponsor “Exit Saigon, Enter Little Saigon,” a Smithsonian exhibition chronicling the growth of “Vietnamese America Since 1975.”

The exhibit will be on display at the Viet Art Center in Garden Grove from Sept. 29 through Dec. 2.

The Viet Art Center is located at 12965 Main St. in Garden Grove. Hours are 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Friday and 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday.

Admission to the exhibit and public reception is free.

By Nathanial Zaplan

Daily Titan Staff Writer news@dailytitan.com

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amers all over the world have been counting down to one of the biggest events of the year: the release of Halo 3.

Anticipation for the game has increased in recent weeks, as videos of leaked copies of the game have appeared on YouTube, and images of Master Chief, the main character of the Halo franchise, have appeared on cans of Mountain Dew and Burger King french fry wrappers.

Video game stores have had swarms of people come in

Being robbed beats being rejected NEW YORK (AP) – For richer, for poorer? It’ll have to be for poorer after Luke Jacunski and his girlfriend were robbed at gunpoint just seconds after he proposed.

Jacunski got on one knee and popped the question to his girlfriend, Mami Nagase, in a romantic spot at a gazebo in Central Park on Saturday night.

She had just agreed to marry him when, they said, a gunman jumped from the bushes and yelled, “Give me your money and get on the ground!”

As Jacunski, 30, and Nagase, 24, got on the ground, he was able to slip the engagement ring off her finger and hide it in his pocket.

The robber took a Rolex watch from Nagase and $125 from Jacunski, who had planned to use it to pay for a romantic dinner at a French restaurant. The robber then ran away.

The couple spent the next several hours at a police station looking at mug shots and sharing potato chips for dinner.

“It makes for a pretty good story for our anniversary,” Jacunski said.

He said the night could have been much worse: After he proposed, Nagase could have said no.

YOUTUBE: HALO– GAMING’S FUTURE

to pre-order copies of the game, anticipating long lines the night before the game’s release.

“After I pick up the game at midnight, I’m going to play it ‘til about four in the morning, and any other chance I get,” said Carlos Gomez, 36.

Halo fans camped out as early as 2 p.m. in front of video game stores on the day before the game’s release. Some gamers have gone as far as staging a tail-gate while waiting in line, playing Xbox 360 games from the back of a pick-up truck while preparing a miniature barbeque.

“This is the only game worth doing it for,” Brandon Grammatico, 18, said about tail-gating in line.

See Halo, Page 5

By Damon Casarez/For the Daily Titan Waiting since 5:15 p.m. on Monday night for the midnight release of Halo 3, gamers warm up playing Halo 2 on a T.V. in the bed of a pickup backed up to a curb at Gamespot on Associated Road and Imperial Highway.

Number of black student enrollment drop Congress

overhauls financial aid

Ideas created to resolve apparent inequalities may actual hinder the progress

By URMI RAHMAN

Daily Titan Staff Writer

College Cost Reduction and Access Act would take effect on Monday

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This clever spoof of the “Epic 2015” chronicles the path of the world after “Halo 3” is released.

According to the video, a Halocaust will occur as society no longer functions in its current capacity, but only exists to produce new copies of Halo. Owning the game becomes mandatory by law and the world is headed for disaster. Society must quickly learn to reset itself and exist without the epic game – absolutely hilarious.

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In the last 10 years, California’s institutes of higher education have seen a mere 1 percent rise in black student enrollment.

Cal State Fullerton’s Chicano student population had a 14.7 percent enrollment rate in 1997 and Asian Americans had 18.9 percent.

Last year, the rates for Chicano enrollment increased to 19.6 percent.

Black students had a 2.9 percent enrollment rate in 1997 and increased to 3.4 percent last year.

“Young people from all cultural backgrounds who are from economically disadvantaged communities often have greater obstacles in achieving a college degree,” Dean of Students Kandy Salas said.

Affirmative Action was established to increase the number of women and minority groups in higher education and increase their employment in fields in which they have been historically discriminated against.

“Affirmative Action was another program designed, implemented and mandated by political majorities classified as white on nonwhite populations,” said Charles Moore, CSUF director of enrollment management.

“Within years of passage, provisions diluted and original targets of government assistance disappeared.”

Proposition 209 went into effect in 1997 and stopped affirmative action in California.

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Daily Titan Staff Writer news@dailytitan.com

By Daniel suzuki/For the Daily Titan Alicia Courts and Mykaela Ward using computers at the African-American Resource Center in the Humanitiies builiding. In the last 10 years, enrollment has lagged for black students enrolling at Cal State Fullerton.

“You can get money to recruit any student but black students. This is insidious racism, which addresses the minority problem for everybody but blacks,” said Afro-Ethnic Professor Jesse Smith.

To increase the black student enrollment at CSUF, administrators have collaborated with the African American Resource Center, Student Diversity Program and Council of African American Parents.

President Milton Gordon has visited African American churches in Los Angeles to promote higher edu-

cation.

The academic eligibility rates soared in the mid-1980s for blacks because of federal and state expenditures for programs that increased nonwhite student’s preparation and test scores, Moore said.

Eight federal TRIO programs were established to help motivate talented or financially disadvantaged students to attend college through outreach; however, two of these programs, Upward Bound and Talent Search could not thoroughly address the issue because of limited funding and space.

Opponents argued that their 14th Amendment right to equal protection had been violated through the preferential treatment of black students.

The plan, opponents said, was counterproductive since it discriminated against non-African Americans and caused resentment toward those receiving preference based on race, gender or ethnicity.

“Affirmative Action did very little to erase disparities in social and

See Enrollment, Page 2

Students bracing themselves for the upcoming 10 percent increase next fall can take heart—Congress approved the College Cost Reduction and Access Act boosting financial aid to students and reducing interest payments on loans.

Mike Rivera, 21, a Cal State Fullerton sociology major, will be one of the thousands of students affected by the bill.

In the past, he had relied on grants to afford college.

Rivera recently transferred from CSU Chico and is getting his paperwork together to apply for student loans for the first time.

“It’s just more expensive to live here than in Chico,” Rivera said.

The bill could impact as much as 42 percent of the student population who benefit from financial aid programs, said Financial Aid Director Deborah McCracken in an e-mail interview.

During the 2006-07 school year, 14,949 students received $117 million in funding.

See Financial Aid, Page 2

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INTERNATIONAL NEWS Iranian president asks for normalized relations

NEW YORK (AP)– Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Monday that Iran would not launch an attack on Israel or any other country, and he does not believe the U.S. is preparing for war against Iran. Ahmadinejad dismissed statements by U.S. military officers and intelligence reports that Iran secretly provides weapons to insurgents fighting against U.S. forces in Iraq and Afghanistan, particularly the shaped projectiles that have harmed U.S. troops in roadside attacks. Iran wants tensions to decline, he said. Ahmadinejad said Iran already has made proposals to U.S. politicians over Iraq, Lebanon and Palestine that are all based on seeking peace in the region. Israel disagreed sharply with the Ahmadinejad’s description of Iran’s foreign policy.

The Iranian government, “through its words and actions, has an aggressive and expansionist policy,” said Israeli Foreign Ministry spokesman Mark Regev. The president denied the Iran has closed its border with Iraq over the arrest of an Iranian citizen in northern Iraq by U.S. forces.

NATIONAL NEWS

Steroid crackdown extends to multiple states PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Federal authorities announced the largest crackdown on illegal steroids in the nation’s history Monday, arresting more than 120 people and raiding dozens of labs that manufactured growth hormone for sale on the black market. Agents seized 56 labs, many of which were located in dirty basements, and recovered 11.4 million doses of steroids, according to the Drug Enforcement Administration. U.S. investigators were helped by governments of nine other countries, including China, which is hosting the 2008 Olympics. Among those facing charges are a Chinese manufacturer accused of smuggling human growth hormone into the U.S. and others who allegedly got steroids from China and sold them to U.S. customers. The DEA said 143 federal search warrants were issued during the 18-month investigation, many of them since Thursday. The FBI, Internal Revenue Service, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and the Food and Drug Administration were also involved.

STATE NEWS New schools by freeways raise health concerns LOS ANGELES (AP) _ Health experts are warning that school campuses being built near freeways could put students at risk of asthma and other problems caused by road pollutants. Five school buildings are under construction within 500 feet of freeways in different parts of the city, with two more campuses near highways in the planning stages, the Los Angeles Times reported Monday. The schools being built were approved after planners incorporated air filtration systems to strip out road toxins in order to obey a 2003 state law that otherwise bans school construction near freeways. Last year, more than 60,000 Los Angeles Unified students attended 70 schools situated within 500 feet of a freeway, records showed. The district stopped building schools near freeways about two decades ago, but resumed doing so when choosing sites for new campuses being built as part of an ongoing $20billion school construction and modernization program. Seven new schools within 500 feet of a freeway have since opened, district records showed. Officials did not address ultra-fine particles in their analysis of pollution levels near those campuses, and were not required to do so by the state regulations.

But Angelo Bellomo, the district’s environmental health and safety chief, said recent scientific reports on the particles’ dangers prompted him to start including them in analyses of sites near freeways.

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September 25, 2007

Women making strides in the field of law Job opportunities are brighter but there are still hurdles to jump over

By Sylvia Masuda

Daily Titan Staff Writer news@dailytitan.com

Julie Simer’s son spent his earliest years strapped in the backseat of the car while his mother took calls where she was needed. She worked in the law field.

Growing up, he thought that all lawyers were female. Simer, director of career services and alumnus at neighboring Western State University of Law, gave birth to her son during law school – two weeks before finals.

“After you survive law school and you survive having a baby, everything should be peachy,” Simer said.

Yesterday, the Cal State Fullerton Women’s Center presented “Women and Careers in Law,” an event discussing what women should expect when stepping into the law field.

The panel was made up of local

firm partners and faculty from the quire about a partnership, the office manager said, “There will never be a college.

“Law is intellectually stimulat- woman partner at this firm.”

Simer eventually landed the job. ing,” said Edith Warkentine, profesSince then, women have gained sor of law at the college. “It’s just so exciting, so different. Law is always some ground. Janoff once took a class with 110 students – four of different.” them were One difwomen. ference in N o w , the field is women can the evolving fill up to half attitude tothe class, ward a female Simer said. presence in Because – Julie Simer the courts or Western State University of the barfirms. riers previAs an exous women ample, law have broken, school faculty tends to treat women more harshly, Simer said it’s less of a struggle for said Sidney Janoff, recruitment coor- women to find careers in law.

“Job opportunities are better dinator at the university.

“If you’re a woman in law school, than ever,” Simer said.” You’re the you need to be first, second or third ones who will become CEOs, who in the class or else you’ll just become start their own businesses.”

As with several careers, dealing a glorified legal secretary,” Janoff with childbirth amid eight-hour said.

It was once rare to have female days is a complicated ordeal.

“Until the point where a woman partners in firms, Simer said. When she walked into one office to in- chooses to have a child, it’s an even

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After you survive law school and you survive having a baby, everything should be peachy.

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playing field between men and women,” Warkentine said.

The panelists also discussed feminine traits, such as creativity, that may give female lawyers an edge.

“Women tend to be better problem solvers than men,” said Solange Ritchie, litigation partner for a firm in Irvine. “Men don’t think outside the box. We’re the ones who are juggling everything. I think that makes us better lawyers.”

As for differences and workplace power games between men and women, Simer said not to worry.

She said for women to ignore those potential boundaries and play on their strengths.

The diversity in law-related careers are so vast, Warkentine said, that most people are able to find their niche in the courtroom based on their strengths.

“There’s still the glass ceiling out there if you are a woman,” Janoff said. “But when women hit that glass ceiling, they just go around it.”

For more information, go to Western State University: http:// www.wsulaw.edu/contact.asp

United States ambivalent over climate Associated Press With tales of rising seas and talk of human solidarity, world leaders at the first United Nations climate summit sought Monday to put new urgency into global talks to reduce global-warming emissions.

What’s needed is “action, action, action,” California’s environmentalist governor, Arnold Schwarzenegger, told the assembled presidents and premiers.

The Bush administration showed no sign, however, that it would reverse its stand against mandatory emission cuts endorsed by 175 other nations.

Some expressed fears the White House, with its own forum later this week, would launch talks rivaling the U.N. climate treaty negotiations.

President Bush didn’t take part in

the day’s sessions, which drew more than 80 national leaders, but attended a small dinner Monday evening, a gathering of key climate players hosted by Secretary-General Ban Kimoon.

Ban set the day’s theme in his opening address, declaring that “the time for doubt has passed” on the issue of global warming.

At the day’s end, he said he believed the scores of speeches showed a “major political commitment” to success in the global talks.

Throughout, in remarks clearly aimed at Washington, the U.N. chief described the U.N. negotiating umbrella as “the only forum” where the issues can be decided.

Ban organized the one-day summit to build momentum for December’s annual climate treaty conference in Bali, Indonesia, when

Europe, Japan and others hope to initiate talks for an emissions-reduction agreement to succeed the Kyoto Protocol in 2012.

The 175-nation Kyoto pact, which the U.S. rejects, requires 36 industrial nations to reduce carbon dioxide and other heat-trapping gases.

It set an average target of a 5 percent cut below 1990 levels by 2012 for emissions from power plants and other industrial, agricultural and transportation sources.

The chief U.N. climate scientist, Rajendra Pachauri, told the summit of the mounting evidence of global warming’s impact, including the accelerating rise in sea levels as oceans expand from heat and the runoff of melting land ice.

“The time is up for inaction,” he said.

President Emanuel Mori of the

Federated States of Micronesia, told the summit that encroaching seas are already destroying crops, contaminating wells and eating away at his islands’ beaches.

“How does one explain to the inhabitants that their plight is caused by human activities done in faraway lands?” he asked.

The United States has long been the world’s biggest emitter of greenhouse gases.

Bush objects that Kyoto-style mandates would damage the U.S. economy and says they should be imposed on fast-growing poorer countries like China and India in addition to developed nations.

On Thursday and Friday, Bush will host his own Washington climate meeting, limited to 16 “major emitter” countries, including China and India.

ENROLLMENT: Black Enrollment BEHIND (from Page 1)

ethnic group achievement,” Moore said.

When black students started getting into colleges because of preferential treatment, middle-class, white Americans were upset, Smith said.

“Blacks had to compete against other minority for limited resources and a sentiment that they were getting something they did not deserve,”

he said.

The larger number of whites and Hispanic immigrants sought benefits that were originally designed for blacks, he said.

As the black middle class swelled in cities, a shortage of resources also emerged.

Smith said that the Supreme Court has said the issue of race cannot be used to recruit black students unless

past discrimination can be proven, which he said is impossible.

The first Irish and Jewish immigrants were also able to escape the slums more easily than blacks, said Smith, because of the Fair Housing Act and the GI Bill.

CSUF is not appropriately geared to increase black enrollment according to Smith.

“It is a matter of public policy,”

said Smith, an expert on black politics and affirmative action. “Policy makers need to understand the minority problem.”

To increase black student enrollment in colleges like CSUF, supplementary education in the private sector is necessary, Smith said.

“It’s going to take more than a generation,” Smith said of solving this issue.

FINANCIAL AID: DESIGNED TO OFFER STUDENTS RELIEF (from Page 1)

The maximum Pell Grant awards of $4,310 will increase to $5,400 by 2012, McCracken said.

The proposal could increase grant eligibility to $4,800 for next year.

Interest rates will be halved from 6.8 percent to 3.4 percent over the next four years according to an L.A. Times article.

Tuition assistance will also increase for qualified undergraduates who commit to teaching in highneed public schools starting from the 2008-09 academic year.

Monthly federal loan repyament will be capped to 15 percent of what the government considers discretionary income.

In addition, loans can be forgiven after 10 years if the student works in certain public sectors such as emergency first-responders, nurses, firefighter, prosecutors, early-childhood educators and librarians.

Kelly England, assistant director

of financial aid, said the interest rate cut may encourage students to borrow.

“The current rate 6.8 percent is still low compared to credit card interest rates,” England said.

Yanelly Gonzalez, 19, liberal studies major, combines grants and loans to afford college.

She would commit to teaching in high-need public schools to receive tuition assistance, she said.

To date, Gonzalez said she owes about $4,000 in school loans – she is taking 15 units and is not working.

She said she was dismayed to see the cost of tuition go up, but didn’t let it deter her from going to college.

“I want to get into teaching, anyway,” Gonzalez said. “I don’t care where I teach.”

Gonzalez is starting her junior year this fall.

She hopes her parents are able to help her pay her loan because she is not sure she’ll find work immediate-

ly after graduation.

She said the new bill doesn’t encourage her to take on more loans for college.

“It’s not like they’re just giving it to me,” Gonzalez said. “I still have to pay it back.”

Students concerned about not being able to pay off their debt under the income-based repayment plan can breathe a sigh of relief.

After 25 years of consistent repayment, the remaining debt would be forgiven, the L.A. Times article reported.

However, any debt cancelled under the current law is considered income and subject to federal income

tax.

The bill is said to be the single largest investment by the government in higher education since the GI bill and is a respite to students struggling to afford college.

The L.A. Times article also reported that college costs have increased by up to 40 percent in the last five years.

Students who want to keep abreast of financial aid news can always come to the Financial Aid Office, England said.

There is also a Web site students can go to in order to find out about the financial aid increase: www.studentaid.ed.gov.

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September 25, 2007

YouTube’s impact is examined through mass media study Course curriculum for a class at Pitzer College is determined by students

By Karl Zynda

Daily Titan Staff Writer news@dailytitan.com

Pitzer Professor Alexandra Juhasz appears on her video introduction to her YouTube class. “It sounds kind of silly, kind of ridiculous, but if you went about it the right way it might be beneficial,” Cal State Fullerton freshman Cameron Dixon said.

Wide Web. “When TV courses came along, it was, ‘Oh my God, what are you doing this for?’” Trotter said. “Now there are whole departments in it.”

When asked about the possibility of adding a YouTube class at CSUF, Trotter said this would not be easy.

“Certainly we try to keep curriculum as current as possible, but we’re like an oil tanker,” Trotter said. “You can’t turn on a dime. And for every thing you add, something else is taken away.”

CSUF Professor Anthony Fellow, chair of the Communications Department, expressed a reserved interest in the idea of a YouTube class in an e-mail interview.

“It could be appropriate,” Fellow said. “Depending on the structure

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and content of the course. Corporate and government entities are using YouTube.”

He said an example is how the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, where Fellow is first vicechair, is considering placing water conservation messages on YouTube.

W h e n asked if YouTube curriculum should be incorporated into – Ed Trotter other classes instead, he CSUF Professor said, “It probably makes more sense incorporating it in other courses, such as media effects, persuasive communications, media and politics, advertising media, and our principles courses in public relations and advertising.”

Students at CSUF who were found watching videos on YouTube while on campus reacted with skepticism, but

It’s the $64 billion question, which is, how is media being transformed by peer-to-peer communication networks?

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A class that has been billed as being the first class both on and about YouTube is being taught this semester at Pitzer College in Claremont.

Called “Learning From YouTube,” it is offered by the college’s media studies department.

According to a Pitzer College press release, it is “The first university class entirely about, and primarily occurring on YouTube. The class will be largely student controlled, mirroring the structure of the site under inquiry,” Alexandra Juhasz, a professor of media studies at Pitzer College, is teaching the class of 35 students.

Professors in the communications department at Cal State Fullerton have reacted to the idea of a class about YouTube with interest, if not with an endorsement.

“YouTube is certainly something that is not to be ignored,” said Communications Professor Gail Love, who teaches media history at CSUF. “It holds a place in the lives of so many people and perhaps it is time that we take a look at it more closely.”

The relevance of YouTube to college student’s lives, Love said, makes the course particularly appropriate as college curriculum.

“I think it’s worth trying to see if things work out, particularly as the course deals with material that is as closely tied to college students as YouTube is,” Love said.

The changes in media made by the capability of web users to become both producers and consumers are of interest to Professor Ed Trotter, who has taught at CSUF since 1975.

“Actually, this topic is perfectly legitimate,” said Trotter, of the idea of YouTube being included in college curriculum. “It’s the $64 billion question, which is, how will media work in the future? How is media being transformed by peer-to-peer communication networks?”

Trotter is teaching mass communications and modern society and communications research this semester.

In 1993, he gave CSUF its first oncampus demonstration of the World

also with some interest to the idea of a class about YouTube.

“It sounds kind of silly, kind of ridiculous, but if you went about it the right way it might be beneficial,” said freshman Cameron Dixon, 18, a theater major.

Senior Natali Haddad, 21, a business major, could see no value in the class.

“To me, it would seem irrelevant to have a YouTube class basically.

Because if you are examining group dynamics based on this community forum, then it’s necessary to examine other community forums such as MySpace, Facebook, Community X, and yousuckirule.com. If you’re examining one then you should examine the others,” Haddad said.

CSUF senior Bazen Gabrakirstos, 23, an English major, had a mixed reaction.

“I don’t see how someone could make YouTube into an academic class. That would be kind of weird.

But I think it would be interesting,” Gabrakirstos said.

On the Pitzer College Web site, Juhasz described her expectations for the class, which are that “critical ideas

about media studies and contemporary culture will be raised and that the course will be academically rigorous, if still entertaining for all who actively participate.”

She also states that she started the class “to learn what the fuss was all about. I wanted my students and the online community...to learn more-and teach me–about the potential (and pitfalls) of corporate-sponsored democratic media expression.”

On her blog, http://aljean.wordpress.com, Juhasz describes how the class has already discussed the “BIG IDEAS” of YouTube: how it relies on humor, celebrity, and mainstream culture; how it allows regular people to express themselves and show their talents; how superficial it can be; and how raucous and offensive many participants can be.

Students will determine much of the content, according to the syllabus posted on the class site.

Any non-YouTube class content

can only be approved by vote of a majority of the class. In her video introduction to the class, Juhasz invites the general public to follow the class as it progresses.

Anyone who wants to see videos of the class sessions, which are edited to approximately 10 minutes each, can view them at www.youtube.com/mediapraxisme or www.youtube.com/ group/learningfromyoutube.

These sites also display student postings, as well as comments from site visitors.

Juhasz replies to many of the comments on the videos posted.

“The class is open to the public because YouTube is a relatively democratic space as opposed to this classroom where I usually teach, which is at a very expensive and relatively difficult-to-get-into private college, where access is extremely limited,” she said.

An undergraduate liberal arts and sciences college, Pitzer was founded in 1963.

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Calling the Iranian president’s bluff In his latest attempt to stir up controversy, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad wants to visit ground zero in New York, and we should let him.

Ahmadinejad spoke at Columbia University Monday to protestors and faculty members who questioned among other things, his country’s human rights record and his remarks against homosexuals in his country. Ahmandinejad’s most controversial statement however, was made before he arrived in the U.S. Ahmandinejad requested a tour of ground zero and almost instantly the New York authorities denied him of it.

While many see his intentions as one to disgrace the memorial, we should reconsider his demand.

By refusing to let him show goodwill towards our country, we have psychologically lost the battle against Ahmandinejad.

What we should have done is call Ahmandinejad on his bluff.

What’s the man going to do in the middle of a city full of angry New Yorkers?

He ain’t gonna do jack.

The man will not leave the county if he disrespects ground zero.

Let him come and feel the

emotional distress that we as a nation felt when the towers fell. Let him see the destruction and the magnitude of the attacks on the lives of ordinary people. Maybe then he will realize al-Qaeda’s involvement on the attacks and flawed ideology of mass murder.

Maybe he will feel the grounds where approximately 3,000 people died and be moved by it. But then again, maybe not.

Ahmadinejad will most likely go about his business being a thoughtless-loudmouth who will say whatever it takes to stir up controversy.

But this isn’t about him. It’s about us as a country. Have we experienced too much violence to shun away from goodwill by a so-called evil? Have we forgotten about trying to build bridges with the opposition?

Ahmadinejad, unlike many in the Islamic world, can distinguish the difference between the administration and its people.

Ahmadinejad realizes the faults of our war-hungry president and assumes that some of us are unlike him. And that some of us will try to rebuild after 2008.

But through our refusal to symbolically shake hands, we have become cold and heartless.

Reader Response I would like to address your article written in the Daily Titan on Sept. 11, 2007 regarding immigration laws undermining capitalism.

As just an opinion piece your article meets that requirement; however, if your intent was to persuade people to think differently on this issue then it did not [meet its] goal. Your article contained many issues that I would like to address.

First of all, you attacked people instead of the argument (ex: “As expected, the usual old-guy cable news personalities did their patriotic duty of fanning the rating boosting flames, Meanwhile, Lou Dobbs, an old white guy”). This I believe is a fallacy in logic or argumentation.

Attack the person instead of the argument.

Second, you called the workers migrant workers and did not clearly distinguish between legal and illegal immigrants (ex: “Dobbs is of course referring to the set of laws that denies migrant workers the right to work in this country”). You waited until later in your paragraph to make some distinction about their status (“while allowing migrants to work ‘illegally’”). I would suggest to clearly define your terms up front.

Third, you relate the laws (“denying them rights that citizens enjoy, while allowing migrants to work ‘illegally’ because our nation’s economy depends on them”) to the Jim Crow laws that blacks dealt with in our history. I would say that this statement is an affront to African Americans. They were brought here against their will and were treated as slaves. When they were finally freed, they were still treated as second class citizens and had to deal with the Jim Crow laws that created separate but equal, which was not the case. They also had to deal with not being allowed to exercise their civil rights.

The people from Mexico and other countries come here of their own free will. While here they can use medical facilities if they need to with little or no cost. If their is a child born to a couple from another country while here, they have access to help from the government for their child. All this without being citizens. They even use their civil rights, which blacks were not able to do including; the right of peaceful protest, and the

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right to a fair investigation and trial.

Fourth, you state that “Mexicans face an uphill battle against legislation, designed to exclude an entire group of people based on race.” This is not true. The exclusion is based on the fact that they are here illegally, not because they are from Mexico.

The same thing would apply if they were from any other country.

Fifth, you state that, “A common argument against those who speak against the animal like treatment of migrant workers,” if this is the case then I would urge you to have put in an example, not just make a claim.

Sixth, you state that “But this is all under the mistaken idea that Mexico has the same means as the U.S. to deal with this humanitarian issue.” If this is the case then the people of Mexico need to fix their country, or in some way we can offer some means to help them fix the problem. It makes more sense to fix the problem, then to leave and keep things as they are.

Seventh, you stated “do we not have an obligation to the rest of the world to give something back?”

America because of our wealth does give back; we send medical aid around the world and to our states when needed, we send financial aid, we send people to provide medical, educational services, we send troops to help if needed. So yes, we do give back.

Lastly, you stated “Give me your tired, your poor your huddled masses actually a big sham?” The Statue of Liberty is in New York near Ellis Island where millions of immigrants came to these shores to Legally enter the United States. From that point they assimilated, learned English, and passed their culture and a work ethic onto their children whom they wanted a better life for. No those words were not a big sham.

I would urge you to write in such a way as to avoid fallacy of argumentation. In such a way to allow the reader to consider thoughtfully your argument and possibly even to change their opinion if they would like to do so. As your article is written I would say it is more likely to inflame the emotions than to stir a persons thoughts.

John Asam, junior

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September 25, 2007

AB 900: California prisons

Bill prevents release of inmates

By Sarah Mosqueda

Daily Titan Staff Writer opinion@dailytitan.com

Forget baking a cake with a file in it. California inmates may be able to make a break in a far less cartoonish way. They may get to walk right out of the front door.

Students may not be familiar with AB 900 but the Public Safety and Offender Rehabilitation Services Act of 2007, may ring some bells. It’s two names for one measure Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed in early May of 2007 to reform California’s overburdened correctional system. The two-phase plan grants $7.7 billion in mostly bond money to build new community facilities, fund rehabilitation programs as well as add 53, 000 beds to existing prisons and jails.

Politicians are notorious for squandering taxpayers dollars.

For example, the Orange County Cemetery District voted this past July to spend $100,000 for a map of its own district. Enough said.

Even worse are constant attempts to alleviate problems by simply throwing money at them. $7.7 billion is a lot of money to spend on criminals, especially when the education and health care systems are in embarrassing shape.

But consider the alternative: 35,000 inmates released before their sentence is complete.

Of course, the issue is not a simple black-and-white decision of whether you want convicted felons running a rampage on California streets or not. However, the correctional system is a proverbial can of worms that would make any California voter want to lock it up and throw away the key. $7.7 billion allocated for improvement is a step in the right direction.

California prisons have been under federal scrutiny after a bevy of lawsuits drew attention to

California’s prison operations such as employee discipline, parole and the treatment of sick and mentally ill inmates.

Inmates receive poor healthcare and there is a high level of inmate suicide, giving cruel and unusual punishment a do-it-yourself twist.

Federal judges maintain that overcrowding is the crime here. Orange County houses 7 percent of the states 172,000 prisoners. It may seem unfair to spend tax money on criminals but the problem is only growing. That state inmate population is expected to increase to 190,000 by 2012.

Everybody is feeling the pressure.

In July, a three-judge panel was formed to hear evidence regarding overcrowding and prison health care. Based on the evidence presented, the panel can then dole out the coveted get-out-of-jail-free card if it so desires. On Aug. 30, the governor met with state and local officials to discuss the potential threat to the community a population cap may cause.

While the governor’s practice of shipping inmates to private, outof-state prisons -- a practice that violates provisions in the California state constitution -- is not the answer, the early release of thousands of criminals isn’t a winning solution either.

The truth is the correctional

system can’t be called correctional unless it “corrects” something.

Besides providing more space and beds for inmates, a large amount of the money will be used for rehabilitation, drug treatment and vocational education programs.

The current system, which thrusts addicts without skills back into society expecting them not to return to a life of crime, is one that wastes of money because repeat offenders may pass through the system a second time on the taxpayers’ dime.

The measure also calls for the creation of a California Rehabilitation Oversight Board, which will make sure inmates transition back into law-abiding society and stay there.

Art for the Daily Titan by rocky vidal As far as crime is concerned, it’s the closest California can get to preventative medicine for the time being.

Also, the measure is designed to improve existing jails and prisons rather than shelling out more money to build new ones.

In order to make it easier to transport the overflow of inmates to facilities better equipped to accommodate them, the infrastructure is to be improved as well.

AB 900 will make the Big House bigger and better outfitted for serving its purpose: inmates can serve their debt to society, the correctional system can serve inmates with the proper corrections and California won’t get a serving of 35,000 sprung convicts.

ally exacerbates criminal behavior. Gangs thrive in prison, where members can control business outside of the prison walls, while inmates live a life behind bars of constant fear of brutal violence as under-staffed corrections officers look on helplessly, looking out for themselves. Living for years in a dog-eat-dog environment where murder and assault happen daily psychologically affects inmates in the same way as post-traumatic stress disorder affects war veterans.

This background has caused our swollen prison system to become the behemoth problem it is today.

Harsh mandatory minimum sentences without possibility of early parole have allowed less opportunity for inmates to reform and to re-enter society, causing massive overcrowding in our prisons. According to the Washington Post, California’s prisons hold more than 173,000 people, which cost taxpayers $8 billion a year.

Money which could be spent other places. By easing the over-

crowded state prison population, money would be freed to apply to our over-enrolled California State University system. The CSU system is often forced to take a backseat to the state’s prison system, which each year requires a bigger portion of our state revenue. Meanwhile, education (something that is critical in deterring criminal activity) continues to grow less affordable.

In fact, currently there are more state prisons in California (33) than there are CSU campuses (23).

That might not surprise anyone, but it shows where the priorities lie within the philosophy of our state legislature. Here at Cal State Fullerton, there is tense debate in the Academic Senate about large portions of programs being cut because of statewide budget cuts, while tuition is scheduled to increase again next for the sixth time in seven years, going up 10 percent.

The quality of our education is dwindling while human beings are warehoused in our prisons.

The problem of over-crowded prisons is complex, and not a quick or easy fix. But we have to start somewhere. Currently Jerry Brown, now the State Attorney General, is working to redefine the way inmates are sentenced to allow more opportunity for early parole of reformed convicts. Governor Schwarzenegger has sparred with the prison guards union in hope of reform, but has had little success to show for it at this point.

Our policy of locking up convicts and throwing-away the key has a huge cost directly, and indirectly affects our school system quite negatively. While fleecing our schools, we actually perpetuate the need for prison spending under the current policy of our state corrections department.

By easing the over-crowded state prison population, money would be freed to apply to our over-enrolled CSU system, which ostensibly would provide more opportunity in life for the underclass who are overrepresented in our prisons.

Don’t incarcerate, rehabilitate

By Rob Weaver

Daily Titan Staff Writer opinion@dailytitan.com

More than 50 years ago, California had a prison system which won the admiration of the entire country, and of other nations. The philosophy of rehabilitation rather than punishment of inmates yielded success stories where individual inmates received psychotherapy and education, and could reintegrate into society.

But during the 1970s, the state of California changed it’s official stated purpose of it’s prisons from rehabilitation to punishment under then Governor Jerry Brown.

California became tough on crime, and began locking-up people for longer sentences, without a chance of parole. Contrary to what some believe, incarcerating more than 2 million American citizens has done very little to stem violent crimes in this country.

Greatly increasing our prison population, some argue, actu-

Spread the word on global warming

By Christy Orgeta

Daily Titan Staff Writer opinion@dailytitan.com

I believe in global warming prevention.

This faith includes a penchant for re-usable grocery bags, polycarbonate water bottles that are virtually unbreakable and ceramic coffee cups.

Keyword: Believe.

However, believing comes with its blunders.

I own reusable grocery bags, but I always forget to take them into the grocery store. And how can anyone deny the convenience of a plastic water bottle that you can toss when you’re done? Not to mention the stigma of a commercial coffee cup that says, “I’m cool, I don’t drink at Starbucks. I go to The Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf instead.”

So no, I’m not the greenest per-

son out there, but I try, and trying is important.

What’s also important is simply being aware.

But these days, awareness is kind of hard. Since global warming isn’t anything new, it’s often doomed to the inside pages of the newspaper.

For instance, did anyone see that story last week about how there’s a new passage in the arctic? ABC news reported that scientists have found that Arctic Melt has caused the Northwest Passage, a direct shipping route from Europe to Asia, to fully open for the first time since satellite records of the Arctic began in 1978.

National Geographic said that “climate models had projected the passage would eventually open as warming temperatures melted the Arctic sea ice—but no one had predicted it would happen this soon.”

In a Euronews report the European Space Agency said that Arctic

ice coverage is now at a record low and that “some forecasts say it could entirely disappear by 2040 if it continues to shrink at its current rate.”

Scary thought, but the major news outlets had other interests. Since the Emmys were the night before and OJ had just gotten arrested, news editors’ eyes were turned elsewhere and the story was instead pushed back to online outlets and inside news pages.

Now, the angle of the story has changed from the problem of global warming being the highlight to the political tensions rising over the arctic. This will probably garner the attention of newspapers, with the likes of the United States, Russia and Canada all involved in the discussion of the usage of the Northwestern Passage.

Ultimately, big newspapers have a bias towards politics, entertainment and economics for front page news,

things that affect us today. While global warming is a problem, it’s an on going one. The world will not end tomorrow. Because of that, the story of global warming falls through the cracks.

Instead, what we’re more consumed with are stories of stock prices and missing children, stories that we can relate to and that affect us at the core.

The United States is a very “rightthis-instant” culture, and the stories that we’re drawn to are the stories that are useful to us now.

I’m not saying go plant a tree or bike everywhere you go, but really dig into the newspaper and spread the word. Awareness is the first step, and without awareness, there is no action.

Who knows, maybe the person you talk to will be inspired to buy re-usable grocery bags too.

Features

September 25, 2007

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Halo: End of An Era Is at Hand As Players Begin Final Halo QUOTABLES “We started planning this two days ago.”

Marcus Fowler, 18, on their tailgate party for the release

“Halo 3 is kind of the biggest release of the year.”

Ethan Garcia, 13

“The gameplay is so solid.

The multiplayer super balanced.”

Nick Beniot, 18

“It’s like Star Wars; where it came out of nowhere and now everyone’s into it.”

Kyle Hanke, 21,

“Halo 3 will easily hit the million dollar mark in the first day.”

Matt Lanning, Gamestop employee

“We plan on playing Halo 3 everyday for three months.”

Evan This, 19

(From Page 1) Nick Benoit, 18, and Evan This, 19, say that they have made a tradition out of waiting in line for the Halo games.

“We’ve been playing Halo since Xbox came out,” Benoit said.

Benoit and This were the first in line at the GameStop in Brea. If Benoit’s red afro did not make him stand out, the fact that he brought a couch to the video game store did.

“We did our pre-orders about 10 months ago,” Benoit said.

In August, Microsoft announced pre-orders for Halo 3 passed the one million mark in North America.

Best Buy, GameStop and even 7Eleven have offered pre-order opportunities for the game, which is expected to fly off shelves on the day of its release.

“Halo 3 will easily hit the million mark in the first day,” said Matt Lanning, 22, a GameStop employee.

The story of the Halo series revolves around a character called Master Chief, a super-soldier fighting for the fate of planet Earth against an alien force called “The Covenant.”

Master Chief has found the same kind of popularity that Mario and Sonic the Hedgehog have enjoyed as videogame icons.

The character not only defines the Halo series, but also makes Xbox distinct from other gaming systems.

“Master Chief is a really cool character,” Gomez says.

While fans of the game have enjoyed the story line, Gomez says one of the things that makes Halo popu-

lar among gamers is the fact that it is a solid first person shooter with a solid multi-player interface.

Gomez is also excited about the new weapons and features of the game. One of the new features is the ability to customize some of the gaming environments, further enhancing the multi-player mode.

Halo fans got a chance to experience the Halo 3 multi-player interface when a game called Crackdown was released for the Xbox 360.

Crackdown featured access to a beta version of Halo 3, which allowed a handful of gamers a sneak peak of the highly anticipated game.

Another early version of the game was leaked onto the Internet to the dismay of Microsoft.

Anyone caught playing the pirated version of the game was subject to having their Xbox Live accounts suspended until the year 9999, said Mark Roberts, 24, who works at GameStop.

Those who aren’t familiar with the

video game trilogy probably found it hard not to find images of the game. One of the advertisements for the game appeared during a Monday night football game in December 2006. Microsoft has made plans to sponsor a NASCAR car featuring the Halo 3 logo on the front and back of the vehicle.

The hype is not just about the game itself, but also the products associated with it.

A special version of the Xbox 360 is being released, which is branded in the signature colors of the Halo series, green and gold.

In addition to the Xbox 360, replicas of the weapons used in Halo 3 are up for grabs, as is a statue of the main character, priced below $100.

The game will come in three different versions. The collector’s edition also comes with a hardcover book and bonus disc, all in a metal case.

There is also a “legendary edition” of the game, which is priced at $130, which comes with a special DVD, packaged in a replica helmet.

“It’s going to be a huge hit,” said Lanning.

Sports

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Costner to save Omaha The Associated Press

Even though corn doesn’t line the outfield at the city’s ballpark, Kevin Costner calls it a “field of dreams” for baseball fans who gather there each summer for the College World Series.

The actor and Cal State Fullerton alumus is appearing in a commercial starting that seeks support to keep the series at Rosenblatt Stadium instead of the city’s plan to build a bigger facility.

“The College World Series calls Rosenblatt its home,” Costner says in the commercial, which he made for free. “It’s a tradition as strong as baseball itself.”

The stadium – which seats 23,145 – is in need of at least $25 million in improvements, according to CWS Inc., the local organizing body for the event. NCAA officials – who want the summer contest to keep growing – suggested that if Omaha were going to spend that much to renovate Rosenblatt, they should consider a new stadium.

Omaha officials want to keep the series in the city no matter what it takes, and are worried that tradition alone won’t convince the NCAA. Omaha Mayor Mike Fahey agreed last month to back a proposal for building a new 25,000 - 30,000 seat ballpark.

An Omaha group that wants to preserve the series’ tradition called “Save Rosenblatt” hopes Costner’s star power can change the tide.

The “Field of Dreams” star attended the series in 1995, 1999 and 2001 to support his alma mater, Cal State Fullerton.

Although the Titans were in the eight-team field this year, he didn’t make it.

Jason Smith, one of the organizers for Save Rosenblatt, said the group spent about $5,000 making the commercial and another $5,000 to air it in the Omaha market during programming on cable channels including CNN, TNT and ESPN2.

The group is raising money to pay for more commercial spots.

Joe Gudenrath, Fahey’s spokesman, said the city respects the opinion of those concerned about Rosenblatt.

But, he said, “Mayor Fahey must do what is in the best interest of all Omaha citizens, and most importantly, must ensure a long term relationship with the College World Series.”

Rosenblatt has been home to the College World Series for more than 50 years, and also is home to the Triple-A Omaha Royals. More than 300,000 people attended the college tournament games this year over a 10-day span in June.

September 25, 2007

Soccer begins conference play Big West Men’s Soccer BIG WEST GAMES W L T Pts.

ALL GAMES W L T Pct.

Cal Poly

0 0 0 0

5 1 0 .833

UC Davis

0 0 0 0

5 1 1 .786

UC Irvine

0 0 0 0

5 1 1 .786

Cal State Northridge

0 0 0 0

3 2 1 .583

UC Santa Barbara

0 0 0 0

3 2 2 .571

UC Riverside

0 0 0 0

3 2 2 .571

Cal State Fullerton

0 0 0 0

4 3 0 .571

Big West Women’s Soccer BIG WEST GAMES

ALL GAMES

W L T Pts.

W L T Pct.

Cal State Fullerton 1 0 0 3

4 3 1 .563

Pacific

0 0 0 0

5 2 1 .688

Long Beach State

0 0 0 0

6 3 0 .667

UC Irvine

0 0 0 0

4 2 1 .643

UC Riverside

0 0 0 0

5 3 0 .625

UC Santa Barbara

0 0 0 0

3 3 2 .500

Cal State Northridge

0 0 0 0

2 4 1 .357

Cal Poly

0 0 0 0

1 6 1 .188

UC Davis

0 1 0 0

4 4 0 .500

by Karl Thunman/Daily Titan Photo Editor Ohio State’s Xavier Balc jumps over Titans’ Michael Farfan during the Titans 6-1 loss at UCLA on Sept. 16.

Successful weekend for Titans Women defeat UC Davis to start conference, men beat Coastal Carolina.

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by Karl Thunman/Daily Titan Photo Editor UC Berkeley’s Caroline Lea and Titans’ Geminesse Martinez collide in the Titans 2-1 victory over Cal at Titan Stadium Sept. 14.

Both men’s and women’s soccer successfully kicked off conference play last week.

On the women’s side, Cal State Fullerton opened their Big West play with a 2-0 shutout of UC Davis.

CSUF seniors Brianna Buffington and Lauren Cram both had first-half goals to quickly take the lead from the Aggies.

The Titans continued their staunch defense, defeating UC Davis with their second shutout of the season.

Last week, Titans’ defender Jenae Gibbens earned Big West Player of the Week honors after helping her

team shut down Oklahoma and UC Berkeley. It was the junior’s first career award.

On the men’s side, an overtime goal from senior Skyler Thuresson edged the Titans past Coastal Carolina on Sunday, at Carolina.

The victory snapped a three-game losing streak for the Titans, who lost two goaltenders to injury in that span.

Redshirt freshman Tyler Andrews, filling in for the injured Titan goalkeepers, made two saves in his collegiate start. Andrews faced only seven shots from the Chanticleers.

Women’s soccer continues Big West play on the road this Friday against San Jose State.

The men begin their conference schedule Saturday night against Cal Poly at Titan Stadium.

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Carrion crows will caw at you from the edges of the world, and deep cold water will rush by in rivers without names. Ahead, on the peak of a mountain, is a glimmering golden light. Either that, or you’ll get gum stuck to your shoe. (Sometimes these things are hard to read.)

Leo (July 23 - August 22) Good day to power-walk. It not only looks silly, it is silly.

Virgo (August 23 - September 22)

You are developing a strangely magnetic per sonality. Soon people you don’t even know will begin hanging around with you, hoping for some small sign of your attention. Also, iron fil ings will begin sticking to the tip of your nose.

Libra (September 22 - October 22)

Today you will discover the original version of the nursery rhyme: “Hey diddle diddle, the cat and the fiddle, the cow jumped over the moon. The little dog laughed to see such fun, because he was mentally impaired.”

Scorpio (October 23 - November 21)

You will soon need to look older than you actu ally are. Bushy eyebrows generally do the trick. You’ll find that a little rubber cement and a pair of sleepy hamsters are just what you need.

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SPORTS

September 25, 2007

CSUF’s most successful team looking for recognition Defending national champion dance team seeks their eighth title

By Elyse Marozick

Daily Titan Staff Writer sports@dailytitan.com

Courtesy of CSUF Dance The CSUF Dance Team is looking for its eighth national championship this season. From left to right: Ciaran Adesko, Sarah Ellman, Danielle Fowler, Deanna Spinale, Lauren Hambrick, Sabrina Supler, Captain Kenndra Alvarez, Stephanie Haulenbeck, Kylee Lollis, Courtney Astorino.

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We have great talent on our team this year, but we still have a lot of work ahead of us.

“

– Kenndra Alvarez,

CSUF Dance Captain

to be invited when the camp moves to Chicago.

Practices have been held every Tuesday and Thursday night since the girls got back from camp in

August, but they are stepping it up a notch by beginning Sunday night practices this weekend.

The team has just over a month to learn and perfect a routine that they hope will be the winning ticket to the national competitions in January and February. The routine is submitted by video with thousands of other applicants, so CSUF’s team has to be outstanding to get noticed.

“The last week in October is our taping week and it’s very much like hell-week for football teams,” Volkert, a coach for the past 10 years, said.

From the thousands of videos submitted, judges select 25 teams

to invite to the 2008 UDA Nationals in Florida from Jan. 17 to 21.

The top two routines win an all-expenses paid trip to Florida for the entire team. CSUF has been one of the lucky two in the past. The team hopes to achieve top two again this year.

Once in Florida, the preliminary competition narrows the teams down to the top 10 and then airs the finals on ESPN, where CSUF has come out on top seven times in the last eight years.

In February, the team will also attend the USA National Competition in Las Vegas where the girls are twotime reigning champions. They hope

“

... our taping week [is] very much like hell-week for football teams.

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They are seven-time national champions going for their eighth title this January, as well as defending champions at USA Nationals in Las Vegas, and they are far more successful than the baseball team.

The Cal State Fullerton Dance Team has little recognition on campus.

As one of the relatively newer athletic organizations at CSUF, the dance team holds more championship titles under its belt than any other sports team on campus. They have also appeared on ESPN numerous times in the United Dance Association’s competition held in Florida every year.

Headed by two CSUF alumni, Jennie Volkert (‘97) and Sam Shen (‘98), the dance team held the second and final round of auditions Tuesday night. The auditions brought out 25 hopefuls, and by the end of the night, 11 had been named members of the dance team. The team has six returning members and five freshmen, making it an extremely young team.

“We have great talent on our team this year, but we still have a lot of work ahead of us,” captain Kenndra Alvarez said.

Alvarez, 20, is a three-year member of the dance team and has been named captain for the second year in a row.

Competing in Division I, the girls have some big shoes to fill, hoping to win their eighth title this year.

The girls have been hard at work since last April when the first auditions were held.

In August, they attended a professional dance camp in Palm Springs with well-known teams, including the San Diego Chargers’ girls.

The dance camp recognizes the best of the best in the college dance world and invites only five college dance teams from across the entire country. CSUF has been invited four times and is hoping next year

– Jennie Volkert,

Head Coach CSUF Dance

to keep their first place title there, as well. There they will have a run-in with their hometown rivals from Cal State Long Beach. The CSUF dance team has yet to lose to its rivals and hopes to keep it that way this year.

“Often times there is a bitter idea there [in Las Vegas] because the winner of that event gets West Coast bragging rights; so it’s pretty intense,” Volkert said.

The dancers’ season lasts nine months out of the year and every day finds them busier than the last. Not only do they begin preparing for nationals in August, but they also find time to participate in many events throughout the community. Most recently, they performed for CSUF’s 50th anniversary celebration and the OC Heart Walk, a charity event held last Sunday at the Irvine Spectrum.

Their performance Sunday made it the fourth year in a row the dance team has participated in the event.

The girls also support many of the other athletic teams on campus.

They attend every men’s and women’s basketball home game, show support at some of the men’s soccer games and were asked to come out and show support at CSUF baseball games last season.

“The girls are great,” Shen said.

“They workout together, work really hard together and are so wellrounded. Many of them work as well as dance [...] they don’t get nearly as much credit as they should.”

“The team bonds so well and we have no drama and no problems,” Alvarez said.

Past dance team members have even gone on to have professional careers in dance. Most recently, the team had two girls named to the Laker girls and Clipper girls, Volkert and Shen said.

New freshmen are excited for their first season on an award-winning dance team. They anticipate doing well in competition, but know they all need to work together to make it happen.

“You only have that one chance with the video,” Lauren Hambrick, 18, said.

Even with all the hard work in store for the next month, the girls are looking forward to supporting their fellow athletic teams as well.

“I love that we cheer at the games,” Sabrina Supler, 17, said. “I cannot wait for the games.”

The CSUF dance team will be performing Thursday in a Los Angeles County Fair parade highlighting college mascots.