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Monday October 1, 2007

The Student Voice of California State University, Fullerton

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Staying Sex Saavy

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Trapped patient sick of waiting TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) – A cancer patient says she was left alone in a CT scanner for hours after a technician apparently forget about her, and she finally crawled out of the device, only to find herself locked in the closed clinic.

Elvira Tellez of Tucson said she called her son in a panic, and he told her to call 911.

Diagnosed with bone cancer, the 67-year-old Tellez had been sent to the clinic for tests to see if her cancer had spread.

Pima County sheriff’s deputies contacted the office manager, who was not aware of the situation. Tellez was taken to a hospital as a precaution, then released early the next day.

Tellez said she’s had trouble sleeping since last week’s incident. She said the technician did call to apologize the next day.

“I don’t know what to think,” Tellez said in Spanish. “I think and think and think, but I can’t understand it.”

A technician placed her inside the large machine at about 4 p.m. on Sept. 19, dimmed the lights so she could relax and told her not to move during the 25-minute procedure.

Ted Eazer, practice director for Arizona Oncology Associates, said Friday that the group has revised its closing procedures so no one is ever left behind again.

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We came to play soccer and they had something else in mind. That is obvious with the number of penalties out there.

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W RLD Women’s Center offers advice to students on their sexual health

By Elisabeth Donovan

Daily Titan Staff Writer news@dailytitan.com

With sexually transmitted diseases and unplanned pregnancy becoming more prevalent in today’s society, it’s important for young adults to protect themselves. Both women and men are affected by the rapid spread of diseases such as chlamydia, gonnorrhea and HIV. In response to this issue, the Cal State Fullerton’s Women’s Center held “Women and Safe Sex in the 21st Century,” a discussion about the latest updates on safe sex and contraception.

Janet Emery, a nurse practitioner

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at CSUF, provided students with information on sexual health.

“We live in a sex-crazed society,” Emery said. “The choices that people make when they’re young affect their entire lives.”

Emery said the rates of STDs and teen pregnancies are highest in the United States than in any other western country.

“People aren’t marrying until they’re in their late ‘20s,” Emery said. “Young girls are reaching puberty earlier than ever before. Some girls begin their periods at ages 10 and 11. Young people have a lot of time to be sexually active.”

Every year 750,000 women under the age of 20 become pregnant. Of those pregnancies, 80 percent are unplanned.

“Unplanned pregnancies can have serious social implications,” Emery said. “Many females from teen preg-

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nancies will also become pregnant while they’re young. Many boys become delinquent and end up in prison.”

Sexually transmitted diseases remain an important aspect of reproductive health. In the heat of the moment, many young people overlook the diseases that accompany risky sexual behavior. Because of this, diseases are plaguing their way through America’s youth.

Chlamydia and gonorrhea remain the most prevalent STDs among teens and young adults. Many times, symptoms don’t accompany these diseases.

If left untreated, chlamydia and gonorrhea can infect a woman’s reproductive system. This infection, called Pelvic Inflammatory Disease, may cause a woman to become infertile.

Emery said the Human Papilloma

Virus (HPV) has become a prevalent, yet preventable STD within the student community. While HPV may lead to cervical cancer, four out of 100 DNA types cause cancer.

Fortunately, 96 HPV types leave a person’s body after one year, Emery said. Gardasil, a new vaccine on the market, prevents people from contracting the four cancerous HPV types.

“While this vaccine isn’t free, everyone should get one,” Emery said.

HPV may sound horrible, but HIV remains the most serious disease a person can contract.

Emery said 20,000 people are diagnosed with HIV every year. In the U.S, HIV mostly affects black women. This deadly illness, which impairs the body’s immune system, can be contracted sexually through cuts on a person’s genitals or through See STD, Page 2

Love: an important part of relationships

By Marissa Armstrong

Daily Titan Staff Writer news@dailytitan.com

A diverse group filtered into the Women’s Center Wednesday, Sept. 26. The men, a large number of women and a few couples all came to hear about “Love’s Two Arms” from Brett Williams, author of “You Can Be Right or You Can Be Married.”

Most of the early arrivals chose to sit toward the back of the small room, but by 12:10 p.m., the late-comers didn’t have much choice as the See LOVE Page 2

Titans lose conference opener, 0-1

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By RAE NGUYEN/Daily Titan Staff Writer Cadet 1st Lieutenant Tony Chan and Captain Richard Alvarez-Brown sorting, loading and distributing magazines to comrades at Camp Pendleton rifle firing range.

Learning tricks of the raid at Camp Pendleton By: Rae Nguyen

Daily Titan Staff Writer news@dailytitan.com

Cal State Fullerton’s ROTC students prepared for a weekend of intense training, leaving the CSUF campus at 3:40 a.m. last Friday to Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton in San Diego.

The three-day event, organized

by Cadet Major James Chaney, was something Cadet MS2 Rae Fenstermaker hoped would improve her management abilities.

“The ROTC has a lot to offer and there are opportunities for females to pursue to gain leadership skills,” Fenstermaker said.

Field Training Exercise (FTX) is not only a physical test on agility and endurance, but also an assessment on leadership skills - the pri-

mary focus of what ROTC hopes to achieve.

“ROTC surpasses all other leadership programs because of a handson approach method to leadership whereas college classes [teach] out of a book,” Chaney said.

On the second day of FTX, one group was assigned to Land Navigation while the other practiced Basic Rifle Marksmanship, sectioned in the remote part of Camp Pendleton.

Points were given by percentage of accuracy; at least 23 out of 40 was a satisfactory score the cadets like Fenstermaker aimed to have.

Almost 300 meters away, large black numbered boards lined behind targets that were either mounted or lowered in the ditch. They served as lane assignments for each cadet to aim in their designated area.

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By KARL THUNMAN/Daily Titan Photo Editor Cal State Fullerton’s Ben Hofstetter fights for the ball with Cal Poly San Luis Obispo’s Jeff Meyer during Saturday’s game. The Titans lost the game 0-1. The team fell to 4-4 for the season and the loss was the first conference game.

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INTERNATIONAL NEWS Violence continues across Myannmar, at least 10 dead

(AP) – Since Wednesday, soldiers and riot police have clubbed, shot and detained demonstrators in Yangon, formerly known as Rangoon, the largest city in what used to be called Burma. At least 10 people were killed, dozens injured and hundreds detained, including Buddhist monks whose monasteries were shot up and destroyed in overnight raids by security forces. The heavy-handed response, analysts said, was not surprising given the junta’s long history of snuffing out all dissent since the country’s independence in 1948. Since the 1980s, they have detained and tortured thousands of political prisoners including Aung San Suu Kyi, the pro-democracy leader who has been under house arrest for almost 12 of the past 18 years. In the top leadership post since 1992, he is regularly on the front pages of state media in his drab military uniform. Described by Western diplomats who have met him as humorless, stiff and xenophobic,

STATE NEWS Driver license test facing scrutiny byDMV officials LOS ANGELES (AP) – Down the road, getting a California driver’s license could get a lot tougher. The state is considering using more extensive tests to evaluate a driver’s memory, reflexes and vision to identify people who shouldn’t be behind the wheel. The proposed program comes at a time when more aging baby boomers are on California’s congested roads, although the Department of Motor Vehicles insists that older drivers are not the targets.

A pilot program is under way, but it could be years before the proposed program takes effect. The agency expects to reach preliminary conclusions by 2010, said DMV spokesman Michael Marando. The earliest that all California drivers could face any of the new tests would be 2012l. Problems with reflexes, memory and vision occur most often with older drivers, but can also be found among young and middle-aged people.

CAMPUS CALENDAR

TODAY: Pub Karaoke, from noon to 1 p.m.: Free karaoke held in the TSU Pub

TUESDAY: Titan Pride Bowling League, at 7 p.m.: Student, faculty staff and community members over 18 are invited to nine weeks of bowling. An entry fee of $13 is required.

THURSDAY: Thursday Night Movie, at 6 and 9 p.m.: “Pirates of the Carribean: At World’s End” will be shown in the TSU Titan Theater. Admission is free.

Free “Glow” Bowling, from 3 to 7 p.m.: Glow bowling offered free with a valid Titan Card. Shoe rental is $2.50.

WEDNESDAY: Wednesday Concert, from noon to 1 p.m.: The TSU hosts its weekly free concert in the Becker Amphitheater.

FRIDAY: Jazz Ensembles I & II, from 8 to 10 a.m.: Jazz Ensembles I and II will perform at the Meng Concert Hall.

THURSDAY: Reel World, Real Women, at 5 p.m.: “Frida” will be shown in UH-205. The film will be one in a series designed to showcase how women are depicted in cinema.

Mother Courage, from 8 to 10 p.m.: Mother Courage, by Bertlot Brecht, a play about the brutality of war, will be perfromed in The Little Theatre. Tickets are $9 and $8 for full-time students.

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STD: Discussion Stresses Safety “ (From Page 1) the exchange of bodily fluids.

But genital contact isn’t the only way people can contract STDs. According to a college study, 60 percent of students believe oral sex is safe and not considered sex, Emery said.

Herpes, gonnorrhea and syphilis are among the diseases that can be contracted through the mouth.

Condoms greatly decrease the risk of an STD. Although male condoms are very popular, they don’t protect partners from contracting herpes or HPV. Female condoms protect a woman’s vaginal walls and lessen her risk of contracting a disease caused by skin-to-skin contact. Dental dams, a common dental tool among dentists, have become a form of oral sex protection.

“These condoms even come in fun flavors,” Emery said.

The CSUF Health Center offers students free condoms and STD tests through the Family PACT (Planning Access Care Treatment) Program. This federally funded program, also available at Planned Parenthood, provides students and people with low-income free reproductive services.

Although health services help people immensely, many still choose to engage in risky sexual behavior. Sexual responsibility remains a controversy in America.

Gabrielle Serna, 19, a physics major, said the double standard placed on women is unfair.

People who are going to be intimate have a responsibility to take of themselves and each other.

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“It seems that men have more STDs than women because they’re more promiscuous. But many times, women face the repercussions,” Serna said. “Society looks down on sexually active women. It comes down to how boys are raised. If men sleep around it’s accepted. If a woman sleeps around then she’s a whore.

If she becomes pregnant or contracts an STD, it’s her fault.”

However, Emery said women’s sexual activity is becoming more accepted in society.

“In this day and age, men are more educated and are assuming more responsibility,” she said.

Emery said people should create a safety plan before becoming intimate.

“In a perfect world, men and women should have an equal responsibility to provide contraception and protection,” Emery said. “People who are going to be intimate have a responsibility to take care of themselves and each other.”

For more information contact the CSUF Health Center at (714) 278-2800.

LOVE: Cure your Hungry Relationship With Love

(From Page 1) room filled with about 30 people.

Lucy Santiago, a 35-year-old finance major, said she attended the discussion in hopes of gaining some “knowledge and insight on relationships.”

Williams opened with a description of a dying pot of daisies that he had thought of bringing with him and called it his “WIIFM” — his What’s-In-It-For-Me visual. He then explained to listeners its importance to his discussion.

“Every living thing needs to be fed, watered and nurtured,” he said.

He told the group that the plant was dying because it was hungry, then asked them what feelings they experience when they felt hungry.

Different, yet similar, answers arose from the group: tired, irritable, angry, weak and empty.

Williams explained there are three parts to every relationship: you, the other person and the relationship itself. When one of the three is not taken care of, it gets hungry and the cure for this hunger is love.

“What is love?” Williams asked.

The room grew silent. Nobody seemed to be able to give a definition to this commonplace word.

With some goading from Williams, a few people threw out some words: devotion, commitment and sacrifice.

Williams told the group these were typical answers and that most people understand love as something that requires self-sacrifice. He said too often people feel they have to choose between keeping emotions, like anger, and keeping the relationship. Williams said he had a different definition for love: one, he said, allows a person to be mad and still love.

“Those are the two arms of love,” he said. “One for yourself and one for the relationship.”

Sue Passalacqua, associate direc-

tor of the Women’s Center, said Williams gave practical information that will be useful for both men and women.

“A lot of it is common sense stuff we already know,” she said. “We just need to hear it over and over again.”

“Love is attention,” Williams told the room.

He said there are three ways to give attention: time, talk and give.

Williams explained there are two ways, both necessary, to maintain each aspect. There are two kinds of time to spend with a partner - special and simple.

Special time is time spent alone with a partner when undivided attention is given. Williams recommended this be done at least once a week. Simple time, which should occur everyday, can be something as simple as a phone call to say, “How are you?”

There are two aspects to talking - listening and sharing. Both are equally important, Williams said.

Like time, there are also two ways to give - special and simple. Special gifts are those given for birthdays, anniversaries, holidays like Christmas and other special occasions.

Simple gifts should be more frequent and come in three different forms: service, praise and visual.

Service gifts are things like cooking dinner or cleaning up. Praise gifts are saying “thank you” or giving a compliment. Visual gifts can be something like flowers, a card or drawing a heart on a fogged up mirror.

Each aspect of feeding the relationship is important and each one serves a distinct purpose. Time feeds the relationship, talking feeds the self and according to Williams, “Giving is the best way to love others.”

Just as everyone gets hungry, every relationship needs to be fed, or it could end up like Williams’ beautiful pot of dead daisies.

ROTC: Learning Safety While Having A good Time

(From Page 1) The cadets were stationed between two long strips of white tape to fire their M16s. A medic, present with the group, acted as a cautionary symbol of how dangerous this activity could be, regardless of how controlled and careful the cadets and their officers are.

“The cadets are taught to handle, maintain and safely fire an M16 weapon by zeroing in to fit to the person shooting the weapon,” Officer-in-Charge Cadet Christopher Bellah said. “It’s to qualify them [the M16s] to their natural fit.”

The cadets, some of them firsttime shooters, practiced using the M16s by clicking off the safety mechanism, aiming and then pulling the trigger. The safety immediately clicked back on after shooting. Cadet officers, called “safeties,” wore white bands across their helmets and signaled with red paddles to announce whether the groups were ready to fire or ready for more ammo.

The government-issued weapon is most commonly used in the military. About 5.5 to 6 millimeter bullets are designed to pierce through armor, causing serious injury and even death to someone who might be armed with a plated Kevlar vest, Cadre Captain Mario Iglesias said.

The eight-pound rifle packs a jolty kick. Fenstermaker rubbed her right shoulder.

“Yeah, it’s gonna leave a nasty bruise there,” she said.

After one group returned from the gun range, they are ordered to clean the rifles while waiting for the other group to return from Land Navigation.

“A Bay Bay” rapped repeatedly

By RAE NGUYEN/Daily Titan Staff Writer Cadet MS2 Rae Fenstermaker taking aim at a paper body target at 10 yards away.

by Hurricane Chris played in a small boombox while cadets chatted amongst themselves.

“You can spend here all night cleaning the rifles — it’s a tedious process,” Fenstermaker said.

No doubt about it. Fenstermaker and another cadet spent five hours of their sleeping time in the last field training exercise to clean off the carbon from the rifles.

Cleaning the M16 is tiresome. In fact, the eight-pound rifle has many components including a tiny firing pin — without it, the rifle may malfunction and become defective.

The carbon collected inside the chambers from firing the bullets build up a stubborn residue. Primitive cleaning tools including Q-Tips, strips of white rags, small pipe cleaners and a bottle of “degreaser” are utilized for the gun.

White gloves are not used to inspect the rifles, but if there is a sign

of carbon residue, the cadet is ordered to re-clean the weapon.

Fenstermaker caught a whiff of hamburgers, hotdogs and chicken flame-broiled in a BBQ grill several yards away. She and her other ROTC cadets couldn’t wait for dinner. BBQ was a real feast compared to the high-caloried packaged meals ROTC issues to cadets.

Even with two cheeseburgers, chicken breasts and hot dogs, there was still food leftover to feed a new line for seconds.

Aluminum benches surrounded an open pit and Lt. Col. Billy Howard used it as a platform to begin the congratulatory speeches to cadets who earned the most points in Land Navigation and Basic Rifle Marksmanship. The floor then opened for cadets of the four rankings to perform live skits.

Cadets are assembled by low to high ranking from MS1 to MS4, the

lowest having just started ROTC. The groups worked together on skits to mock or impersonate fellow cadets and even cadres, the instructors of ROTC. One recurring character done by three of the four groups was a certain cadet not participating in Land Navigation because of an injured foot.

He complained loudly and threw off his shoe in protest of his sore toes.

Chaney mimicked this cadet and drew laughter from the audience while another cadet screamed in agony for Chaney to put his boot back on because the stink was killing off the cadets.

The winners of the funniest improvised skit, which MS3s normally take, were the MS1s. Howard admitted he didn’t think the first-year cadets were that perceptive. “[The new cadets] surprise me every time,” a smiling Howard said.

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Features

Duck and Preparing for the big one

By Celia Castanon

Daily Titan Staff Writer news@dailytitan.com

If a high-magnitude earthquake rocked Cal State Fullerton and an evacuation was needed, students should follow the instruction of the building marshals of each building.

The CSUF Building Marshal program was developed to facilitate the safe evacuation of campus buildings and assist emergency responders.

A list of all the building marshals is located on the Environmental Health and Instructional Safety Web site.

Faculty members, police and CSUF employees are trained in

evacuation procedures and undergo many training sessions and classes throughout the year, said Kenna Schoenherr, safety trainer for Environmental Health and Instructional Safety. This program is staffed by trained campus employees who work in the individual classroom and office buildings throughout the campus.

“We drill every semester,” Schoenherr said. “We have an emergency operation group that updates the info ... and all employees are required to take general safety classes.”

When an evacuation is necessary, the building marshals are responsible for assisting in the safe and

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complete evacuation of a building, assisting University Police in preventing entry by non-emergency responders until the building has been deemed safe and reporting injured or trapped persons to emergency responders.

Faculty is trained in classroom safety, risk management, building and campus evacuation and shelter in place. Police officers act as first responders and should work closely with Fullerton Police Department and their surrounding police agencies.

“We are team players and work well with our community,” said Will Glen, administrative lieutenant for University Police. “Everyone

is looking at how we communicate with the campus.”

Faculty members are also using a new program called Connect Ed. Connect Ed is an emergency telephone system that sends notification before, during and after an emergency. Once the faculty is advised they will relay the message to students.

University Police are trained in emergency situations and continually train and exercise emergency staff members.

Glen also said the faculty has a responsibility to “be not the first one out, but the last one out” of classrooms. And even though the faculty, police and staff are trained, they should not be the only ones prepared

on campus.

“Students should take personal responsibility for their own preparedness,” Schoenherr said.

The Environmental Health and Instructional Safety staff strongly recommends students keep a survival kit in their car. It should contain sturdy shoes, extra clothes, bottled water, a first aid kit, non-perishable food, a sealable plastic bag and any other personal items that may be needed in the event that students are trapped at campus. Students should be aware of their surroundings and take the initiative to look for emergency stairwells and evacuation maps in each of their buildings, Schoenherr said.

“I’m taking an earthquake class but I still feel unprepared,” said Karianne Barwick, 20. “I know the different types of earthquakes but I wouldn’t know what to do if one happened here.”

Schoenherr encourages students to be prepared so that once the campus is secured, “we can go help our community and the ones that were not [secured].”

Students should visit the Environmental Health and Instructional Safety Web site located on the portal. The site contains information to prepare for emergencies such as fires, chemical spills, bomb threats and earthquakes with medical and first aid.

“This is not true about every other campus, and all of our other buildings weren’t always so good,” Apel said.

All of the buildings were rated in the 1980s and all of the urgent problems were taken care of then. Newer buildings, like Mihaylo Hall and the Rec Center, have been built to a higher standard. An example of a building that was deemed threatening at one time was the Kinesiology building, according to Willem van der Pol, director of the physical plant at CSUF. “The canopy is now tied much tighter that you see on the outside,” Van der Pol said. “The changes have been made.”

Next on the campus agenda is to update the McCarthy Hall building, Apel said. CSUF is currently working on getting funding for McCarthy Hall to give it an extensive retrofit.

After that, the campus might focus on retrofitting some of the other older buildings although they are still in great condition.

Students can see the retrofitted shear walls in some areas, such as the library or the Humanities building, Van der Pol said. He said he and his crew are constantly watching to prevent the weather and deterioration on the buildings to make sure the integrity is intact.

“We have a maintenance type list that we go through, the next build-

ing my crew is looking at is the Kinesiology building,” Van der Pol said.

“We go back over and re-check all the buildings.”

When asked what would happen if CSUF didn’t receive the money over the other campuses, Apel responded, “then we wait until we do because we will eventually.”

“I don’t think students should worry at all,” Van der Pol said. “There’s always the need to be on the alert, but not about the buildings.”

Students can only hope that lessons learned from the San Fransisco earthquake hold over time.

“Unless earthquakes hit, things don’t change,” Apel said regarding renovation measures.

earthquakes.

But predicting when this lull will end is not possible, Bowman said.

“We really don’t know how long it will take for us to emerge out of that

lull and enter another active period,” Bowman said. “We don’t know, and there’s no real way to predict [that].”

Because of this inability to predict large earthquakes, the focus of the

paper is on figuring out the science of earthquakes and the earth.

“It will be a long time before the earthquake problem is ‘solved,’“ Ludwig said.

Earthquake renovation measures up at CSUF

By Jade Lehar

Daily Titan Staff Writer news@dailytitan.com

The image of buildings disintegrated into rubble are the scarring pictures associated with the aftermath of a powerful earthquake. At Cal State Fullerton, facility planners have assured that in the event of a catastrophic earthquake, McCarthy Hall will not be turned into a onestory building.

“There would be no structural failures, all the codes and guidelines are up-to-date,” Apel said. “Now that doesn’t mean there won’t be any damage. Glass would break.”

In Indonesia, an 8.4 earthquake

struck off Sumatra’s west coast earlier this month. A 7.9 earthquake not far from the capital of Peru killed 337 people this August. A series of earthquakes have awakened students from their beds at night over the last month.

With earthquakes in the news, CSUF students may wonder how the school would fair if, say for instance, a 7.0 earthquake were to strike today.

McCarthy Hall, the Performing Arts building and the Kinesiology building were all built in the 1960s. Students should feel comfortable on campus knowing their safety is an issue that is constantly overseen, Kim Apel, facilities planner at CSUF, said.

Apel said that though more pre-

ventative measures could be made, the school doesn’t because, “it would be non-lethal.”

Apel explained the standards for the buildings changed in the late ‘80s after the San Fransisco earthquake hit. Compared to other campuses, Apel said CSUF will be able to withstand an earthquake. State engineers looked at the campus buildings “deemed more likely to be at risk than the other buildings,” Apel said.

Langsdorf Hall and the library were included. Both were retrofitted five years ago, Apel said. Not all CSU campuses are up to the same standard. All 23 campuses compete annually for renovation funding from the state.

Publishing earthquake “lull” scares readers

By Breanna Moore

Daily Titan Staff Writer news@dailytitan.com

Faults around the Los Angeles basin area, including the fault that runs very near CSUF, might be in a largeearthquake “lull,” a study published by a Cal State Fullerton professor and a pair of colleagues at USC said.

The study, published a month ago in the scientific journal, Geology, has had the media transfixed and rumors abound.

“It appears that people are really struck by this term ‘lull’ in earthquake history,” said co-author James Dolan, a professor at the University of Southern California, in a phone interview.

CSUF Professor David Bowman and two colleagues – Dolan and Charles G. Sammis, both from USC – authored the paper.

Entitled “Long-Range and LongTerm Fault Interactions in Southern California,” the paper discusses the interactions between the faults in the L.A. Basin, the Mojave Desert and the San Andres, Bowman said.

Together, Bowman said, the fault sections of the Mojave Desert and the L.A. Basin variably trade off in their production of large

earthquakes, with the San Andres working in conjunction with the L.A. faults. The study states L.A. is currently experiencing a “lull” in the production of large earthquakes and has been for approximately 1,000 years. The idea is controversial, Bowman said.

One of the reasons for its controversial nature is the newness of the idea and the fact that the paper is more of a concept than a point proved beyond doubt, said Susan Hough, the scientist in charge of the U.S. Geological Survey in Pasadena.

“This kind of paper is sort of a conceptual model, and not a rigorous proof,” Hough said.

It isn’t that the idea isn’t provable, said Dolan, but that the task of proving it will require many more years of research and study.

Because of its controversial nature, the team had some challenges with publishing the paper.

To have a paper published in Geology requires it to be approved by three peer reviewers. Normally, a paper will go through the process once, and occasionally require a second round, Dolan said.

However,

their paper went through the review process five times before being published.

“You tend to have a rough time getting things published with conceptual models,” Hough said.

Since its publication, though, the paper has generated a fair amount of press attention.

“There is a compelling need to understand and address a problem that literally has the potential to toss people out of bed in the middle of the night,” said UC Irvine Associate Professor Lisa Grant Ludwig in an email interview.

Ludwig, who supports the publication, was one of many to review the article for publication. It is only one reason, though, that the paper is getting so much attention.

“I think there is a perception that L.A. is a sort of ground-zero for earthquakes,” Dolan said, which is why the news that L.A. is in a “lull” surprises people. The term “lull,” however, has been misinterpreted, said Bowman.

“Lull,” in the context of the study, refers only to large earthquakes – at least 10 times larger than the famous Northridge earthquake of the ‘90s, and doesn’t exclude random

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DMV finally implementing tougher testing measures The Department of Motor Vehicles is implementing tougher testing measures that will test reflexes and memory as well as a more intensive vision test in California. Although the testing is not designated specifically for senior citizens, the new tests are aimed directly at the dangers of aging drivers. What took them so long?

Countless cases have surfaced over the past couple of years, including one involving an elderly man who drove through a farmer’s market in Santa Monica killing eight people and wounding 25 others.

Senior citizens are not just a nuisance on the road, they are becoming a dangerous liability.

Although these new measures are controversial, they are necessary to weed out dangerous drivers in California. In a state where driving is a part of daily life, these new measures are long overdue.

It is a fact that when people get older their eye sight begins to weaken and their reflexes slow down. For all these years the DMV has been irresponsible in not issuing a harsher test to senior citizens.

It may be true that the younger crowd tends to text, put on makeup, talk on cell phones and blast

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loud music while driving, but at least these are habits we can eliminate. We can learn to restrict these activities. But the gradual loss of memory, reflexes and sight are permanent.

Senior citizens are not to blamed for their inabilities to drive. But as is the case for the operation of any type of machinery requiring the extensive use of senses, rigorous testing must be implemented.

While the Santa Monica tragedy feels like an eternity ago, for a member our editorial board, it is something he will not forget.

The editor’s high school yearbook advisor’s sister was killed in the accident. The tragedy was something that offered no explanation, except that the government should prevent someone who couldn’t stop themselves from harming others.

This tragedy was something that required a swift change of policy by the government. If the change means longer lines at the DMV then so be it. It cannot possibly be any worse.

If we wait in the long lines knowing they are doing all they can to prevent such tragedies, then maybe we will tolerate those lines for once.

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Live closer to live life

By Jennifer Church

Daily Titan Staff Writer opinion@dailytitan.com

For me, the most important news of September wasn’t the Phil Spector mistrial, the ever-dismal mortgage crisis affecting everything or even the financial aid overhaul. It was the fact that L.A. and Orange counties have the worst traffic, according to a study by the Texas Transportation Institute.

The report said L.A. and Orange motorists spent 72 extra hours in rush-hour traffic in 2005. Right behind them are Inland Empire of Riverside and San Bernardino counties, with 49 extra hours spent in traffic in 2005.

All I could think of was, “Wow — those hours amount to over a week’s full-time pay.”

As a working parent and a student, I think of all the things I could do in 72 hours: spend time with my family or friends, read a book or watch a movie or a favorite TV show.

I lived in Rancho Cucamonga for over a year, worked in Brea and went to Cal State Fullerton. It was almost an hour commute each way, depending on traffic. My day consisted of waking up at the crack of dawn to make it to work by 7 a.m., get to school by 11:30 a.m., go back to work for a few more hours and then head back to pick up my daughter from daycare. On the way home, I’d pick up fast food for dinner. I would spend about an hour and a half with my daughter until it was time for her to go to bed. As gas prices continued to soar, so did my frustration. There would be times when I would take a one-hour nap with my daughter in the evening and still wake up tired. I tallied up our gasoline expenses and it totaled to at least $400 monthly.

My mind was set — we have to move to Orange county, as close as possible to school and work.

I can’t say it was easy. My top priority was to do research and find a new daycare for my daughter. Then, we drove around Fullerton, La Habra, Placentia and Brea to finally find an affordable apartment that was still centrally located. We were within walking distance of Coffee Bean, an Italian restaurant, the Brea Mall and a stone’s throw from the 57 freeway. Most importantly, it took less than 10 minutes to get to work, school and daycare. I love telling people about my new 10-minute commute.

Living in Brea is more expensive than Rancho Cucamonga. We had to tighten our belts by packing lunches and not eating out as much. But, we also eat healthier because my husband and I now cook. Fast food is no longer a craving and not because of time constraints. We also walk more.

Now it’s just silly to drive to the mall when it’s just across the street.

I had to curb a lot of my spending habits to afford living here. I’m not sure if we’ll be able to afford to buy a home here one day. Plus, I prefer to live in L.A. County to be closer to family. I’m not so sure how important it is for me to have a detached home with a piece of lawn now that I got back one hour and 40 minutes every day of my life.

It is said that we, as a society, are very desensitized nowadays, and we have the media to thank for that. Television screens and newspaper pages are splattered with all sorts of violent images.

Because we are exposed to such horror as frequently as we are, we have become immune to any and all things tragic.

Though people today may be unaffected by visuals, I believe society, today, is still far too sensitive when it comes to verbals.

There seems to be a list everyone knows of that specifies untouchable topics. There are certain topics that are just quietly avoided because, if brought up, they can cause conflict between people. The most well known of these not-talkedabout subjects are religion and politics.

The reason religious and political talk stir up the most controversy is because people tend to be most passionate in their opinions on these two subjects.

The passion that surrounds religion and politics is an unwavering stance that, when paired with an opposing unwavering stance, causes a clashing of viewpoints and, thus, conflict.

It’s ridiculous that people cannot talk about either religion or politics without dispute. I think talking has gone too far when it comes to the point where feelings get hurt, which frequently happens.

What happened to mature, civilized adults? Maybe MySpace is to blame for all of this.

But, honestly, how are we, as the intelligent, evolved human beings we are, not able to carry on a civilized, adult conversation when it comes to religious or political subject matter?

If anything, I think people should be drawn to such conversation, not deterred from it. Instead of taking offense to other people’s opinions, which is all they are, we should all try to embrace the situation and learn from other individuals.

I’m not saying we need to hear what other people have to say because it might sway us another way, but I do believe that healthy discussion on such topics as religion and politics will strengthen our own viewpoints.

It’s like learning a foreign language. You can learn it and know it, but if you never use it and speak it with another person, eventually, your skills and knowledge will dwindle. You

will not be as strong as you once were.

The same thought can apply to intellectual conversation. It is good to hear other stances on those “taboo” subjects because they make you think in different ways. Discussion with other individuals forces you to be clear in your own viewpoint and have material to back up your statements, which therefore, causes you to be stronger in your opinion.

For example, for those of you who have been around the Cal State Fullerton campus for a few years -- do you remember the religious protesters who would show up in front of McCarthy Hall and create a commotion among students with their steadfast beliefs, and, sometimes, offensive signs?

For some, these activists were nothing but a nuisance on campus. For me, however, I loved having them around, and not because people got angry and individuals erupted into arguments. I found the protesters entertaining because of the intellectual debate that was sparked, not just between them and students, but also between students and other students.

The discussions I heard all around campus were something everyone could use more.

That’s what school, especially, is all about -- the exchange of ideas.

I think society still has something to learn from school. We need to find a way to hold on to the open minds most of us seemed to have had at a younger age, but lost as we grew older.

There’s a reason children are more susceptible to seeing and believing in the supernatural, from ghosts to Santa Claus.

Our minds are less closed off, but the more we grow up and are exposed to all that is society, our beliefs begin to take shape and we learn that we are to keep personal what’s personal.

Our culture, as I’ve said before, needs to get more intimate. Why do you think we are so disconnected and shy away from sharing anything with anybody?

We need to become less sensitive to what others have to say and more sensitive to the fact that we need to learn to accept and respect that other viewpoints exist. And we need to become more personal with others so we feel comfortable enough to open up.

Video games are a waste of time

By David Carrillo

Daily Titan Staff Writer opinion@dailytitan.com

When I was 4 years old, my parents bought me a Nintendo for Christmas. It’s one of my first and most cherished memories, and I spent many hours engulfed in eightbit glory. I didn’t need a babysitter. I had Mario.

I helped make the world a better place by jumping on the head of countless Goombas, Koopa Troopas and Piranha Plants. I rescued Princess Peach a million times from King Bowser and didn’t think twice about investing hours upon hours of time doing it.

Over the past 17 years, my passion for games hasn’t changed, but the amount of time I can devote to playing them has changed. I’ve defeated Ganondorf on multiple consoles, won my share of Super Bowls in Madden, went through a serious Counter-Strike phase in high school and have even used the phrase “1337” on several occasions.

But I’m older now, and as each year passes, more responsibility seems to

come with it. I have a full-time job, a full class load, weekly columns to write and somewhere in between I try to squeeze in a social life.

What strikes me as odd is that I see so many of my peers investing a huge amount of time playing video games. How many of you missed school because Halo 3 came out?

How many of you have spent the last couple of years leveling up characters in World of Warcraft? More importantly, why do you do it?

It’s silly to me that so many people invest so much time in a fictional world when there’s so much to do right here in the real one. If I happen to be lucky enough to get a Friday night off from work, I’m going to go and hang out with my friends. And if I’m really lucky, I’ll meet a girl who will spend future Friday nights with me.

Why would I spend all night on Xbox Live when I could do that? I’m not going to pass up a perfectly good game of beer pong to play a virtual one with a stranger.

Now, don’t get me wrong. I love video games, but at some point a harmless pastime becomes a danger-

ous obsession. I’m sure you’ve heard of the Korean teenager who died as a result of a 50-hour StarCraft session.

Obviously, that is an extreme example, but it illustrates a point: becoming overly engrossed in video games and fictional realities can be dangerous. It can lead to serious isolation –- which is often linked to depression –- and can affect your schoolwork and relationships with others.

If you spend all of your free time in a fictional world pursuing fictional goals, when will you pursue real ones? If you spend all of your time adding anonymous friends to your online friends list, when will you make real ones?

I want to make one thing clear: I am not telling people to stop playing videogames. All I’m trying to say is that there is more to life than boosting your Xbox Live Gamerscore. I’ll continue to play when I can, even if I do find a girl to spend my Friday nights with, but only when all of my other responsibilities have been met.

Now, if you’ll excuse me, I have some games to play.

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6 AP poll released on Sunday, USC drops to No. 2

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Titans fall to Cal Poly in conference opener

Kings and Ducks each leave Europe with a victory

The Associated Press

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The Tigers edged past Southern California in the AP Top 25 on Sunday, even though the Trojans remained undefeated.

On a wild day in college football, when half the top 10 lost, USC avoided the upset bug that struck Oklahoma, Florida, Texas and Rutgers.

But a sloppy 27-24 victory at Washington on Saturday night cost the Trojans the No. 1 ranking they’ve held all season.

USC is the first team to lose the No. 1 ranking after a victory since Nov. 3, 2002, when top-ranked Miami dropped after beating Rutgers 42-17 and No. 2 Oklahoma moved up after a 27-11 victory over No. 13 Colorado.

LSU, which recovered from its own first-half malaise to beat Tulane 34-9 on Saturday, received 33 firstplace votes from the media panel and 1,593 points.

USC got 32 first-place votes, 11 fewer than last week, and 1,591 points.

LSU Head Coach Les Miles suggested the voters didn’t get up early enough to watch the first half of the Tigers’ victory against Tulane, when they led 10-9 at the break. “[The voters] kind of slept in and got kind of caught up on the score later in the day,” Miles said. “There will be none of our players who arrive here on Monday that feel like they have achieved any milestone in any way,” Miles said. “It will be business as usual.”

The voting was the closest since the second poll of the 2002 season, when Miami and Oklahoma tied for No. 1 and each received 27 firstplace votes.

LSU is No. 1 in the AP poll for the first time since Nov. 2, 1959.

Twelve voters switched off USC to LSU this week to swing the vote.

The rest of the rankings released Sunday bore little resemblance to any of the previous polls, thanks to a crazy weekend in which three of the top five and seven of the top 13 teams lost.

California moved up three spots to No. 3, Ohio State jumped four places to No. 4 and Wisconsin moved up four spots to No. 5.

The rest of the top 10 featured some unfamiliar names.

South Florida, which knocked off No. 5 West Virginia 21-13 on Friday night, made it into the poll for the first time two weeks ago. Now the Bulls are No. 6 in the country and West Virginia dropped eight spots to 13th.

No. 7 Boston College is in the top 10 for the first time since 1992. No. 8 Kentucky has a top-10 ranking for the first time since 1977.

No. 9 Florida, which lost 20-17 on a last-second field goal to Auburn, fell five spots. Oklahoma, which lost to Colorado on a field goal as time expired, dropped seven spots to No. 10.

Texas dropped 12 spots to No. 19 after it was handed its worst home loss of the Mack Brown era, 41-21 at home to Kansas State. The Wildcats entered the rankings for the first time since 2004 at No. 24.

Rutgers fell 11 spots to No. 21 after losing 34-24 at home to Maryland.

The second 10 starts with South Carolina at No. 11 and Georgia at No. 12.

After West Virginia is Oregon at No. 14. The Ducks fell three spots after a tough 31-24 loss to Cal. Virginia Tech is No. 15, followed by Hawaii, Missouri and Arizona State at No. 18.

Cincinnati moved up four spots to No. 20, a week after receiving its first national ranking in 31 years.

Clemson, another upset victim, fell nine spots to No. 22 after losing 13-3 to Georgia Tech.

No. 23 Purdue was the second newcomer to the rankings, along with Kansas State, and No. 25 Nebraska was the only team in the Top 25 to hold the same spot as it did last week.

Falling out of the rankings were Penn State and Alabama.

When the gloves came off, the British fans got exactly what they wanted.

A two-man brawl with fists flying midway through the second period drew a standing ovation Sunday in the Anaheim Ducks’ 4-1 win over the Los Angeles Kings.

“They liked the physical play,” Ducks Head Coach Randy Carlyle said. “They liked the fight.”

Corey Perry scored twice to help the Stanley Cup champion Ducks split the NHL’s season-opening series at the O2 Arena, which is owned

by Kings owner Philip Anschutz.

The Kings won 4-1 Saturday — the first time the NHL played a regular-season game in Europe.

Chris Kunitz and Travis Moen also scored for Anaheim, and Mike Cammalleri got his third goal of the season for the Kings.

“It was an entertaining game from a fan’s standpoint,” Carlyle said. “I thought they got to see a little bit of everything over the two games.”

But it wasn’t 10 goals in two days that most of the capacity crowd came to see.

Ducks winger George Parros and Kings forward Scott Thornton provided the main entertainment, dropping their gloves near center ice and pounding each other while the crowd stood and roared. Both received fiveminute major penalties.

“I’m sure they’d heard a lot about North American hockey, and the NHL,” Ducks defenseman Chris Pronger said. “And certainly, you saw the reaction when they did [fight]. It was nice to give them a little bit of everything, I guess.”

The Kings helped the Ducks in the first period by spending eight minutes in the penalty box, including twice giving Anaheim a two-man advantage.

Los Angeles killed the first one, but Perry scored shortly after Lubomir Visnovsky came back on the ice to make it 5-on-4. Pronger got the puck to Andy McDonald, who then sent a shot toward goal that Perry controlled and redirected past Kings goalie Jason LaBarbera.

“We took it upon ourselves to get the puck in deep and get on that forecheck we are known for,” Pronger said.

Kunitz made it 2-0 on the power play at 15:29, putting back a rebound with Brady Murray in the box for holding a stick.

Perry scored the third goal at 2:53 of the second period, stuffing in a shot from the right, and Moen added the fourth at 4:10 by sending a wrist shot past LaBarbera on the glove side.

Cammalleri, who had two goals in the Kings’ opening win, scored at 8:57 of the second with a wrist shot to the glove side.

“Our team is a team that’s getting better,” Kings Head Coach Marc Crawford said. “And I think we showed this weekend that we can be a force to be reckoned with.”

The fans made their allegiance known, wearing the colors of their favorite teams. But besides the jerseys of the Ducks, Kings, Boston Bruins, Montreal Canadiens and Colorado Avalanche, there were plenty of Manchester Phoenix and Belfast Giants shirts — two of the 10 teams in Britain’s Elite Ice Hockey League.

The Ducks now head to the United States for three road games — at Detroit on Wednesday, at Columbus on Friday and at Pittsburgh on Saturday. Anaheim’s home opener is Oct. 10 against Boston.

The Kings have nearly a week off before hosting St. Louis on Saturday.

By karl thunman/Daily Titan Photo Editor Titans freshman midfielder Andres Jarquin and Cal Poly Mustangs midfielder Anton Peterlin collide during a physical game Saturday at Titan Stadium. Cal Poly were penalized with three yellowcards during the match.

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Cal State Fullerton’s men’s soccer lost a heartbreaker Saturday night, falling to the Cal Poly Mustangs in a 1-0 conference defeat.

CSUF fell to 4-4 on the season and 0-1 in conference play.

Cal Poly is now 6-1 and 1-0 in the Big West.

The play on the field had the audience screaming all night as Cal Poly continuously challenged the Titans to line up and down the field.

Both sides of the ball played strong in their rivalry game.

The first period remained scoreless as both teams tried to keep control of the ball.

The Mustangs stacked the back

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We always wind up in a rivalry with these guys ... They just got the better of us this time.

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by Phillip Radke

Daily Titan Staff Writer

of the field, forcing the Titans to be creative when it came to offensive drives.

The strategy worked for the Mustangs though, as not many attempts were made at Cal Poly goalkeeper Eric Branagan-Franco.

Fans could not stay in their seats during some of the play calls made by the officials, as Cal Poly racked up penalties and committed several violations. Fans were not shy about vocalizing their opinions.

– Skyler Thuresson CSUF men’s soccer

CSUF came into the second half strong and was quickly shut down by the rampaging Mustangs.

Poly would rack up two yellow cards within the first two minutes of the half, causing a constant stream of booing to flow from the crowd.

The penalties did not deter the Mustangs, and Cal Poly freshman Daniel Gray drove in the first and only goal of the game five minutes into the second half.

Freshman Titan goalkeeper Tyler Andrews is still working on his game and is gaining more skill within the box.

Andrews would place himself between the ball and the net on several close calls from Cal Poly.

Andrews said he is gaining more confidence as he gets his hands on the ball more.

“We just broke down at the beginning of the second half there,” Andrews said. “That is probably the worst time to get scored on and it is hard to come back from that.”

By karl thunman/Daily Titan Photo Editor Titans freshman midfielder Anthony Terrazas attempts a header in Saturday night’s game against Cal Poly. The Mustangs defeated CSUF 1-0 in the conference opener.

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We came to play soccer and they had something else in mind.

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Mustangs need only a single goal in a physical game at Titan Stadium

– Bob Ammann,

CSUF men’s soccer head coach

Titans’ Head Coach Bob Ammann could be seen voicing his opinion the entire game, leaving the comfort of the bench to scream orders to his players in an effort to rally his team.

The entire Titan bench was standing as the second half neared completion. The seconds ticked off and the men rallied to several close calls at the net, but Cal Poly was able to deflect CSUF’s incoming shots.

The final moments of tension came when the clock was stopped with one second to go at the end of the game. CSUF was set up with a corner kick and a chance to tie, but a botched throw-in allowed Cal Poly to secure the victory.

“We always wind up in a rivalry with these guys,” senior forward Skyler Thuresson said. “We seem to go back and forth. Sometimes they win and sometimes we win. They just got the better of us this time.”

Ammann was visibly disappointed with the way the game went.

“Obviously, they came out here with different intentions than ours,” Ammann said. “We came to play soccer and they had something else in mind. That is obvious with the number of penalties out there.”

Up next for the Titans is Big West Conference foe Cal State Northridge.

The Matadors (4-2-1) are coming off of a shutout victory over UCLA on Friday night.