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Wednesday October 3, 2007
The Student Voice of California State University, Fullerton
DTSHORTHAND Inspired artist shacks up at mall
Cal State Fullerton honors 50 years of history
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – The leader of an artists’ cooperative has been sentenced to probation for setting up a secret apartment inside a shopping mall’s parking garage. Michael Townsend, 36, said he and seven other artists built the 750-square-foot apartment beginning in 2003 and lived there for up to three weeks at a time. The artists built a cinderblock wall and nondescript utility door to keep the loft hidden from the outside world. But inside, the apartment was fully furnished, down to a hutch filled with china and a Sony Playstation 2. There was no running water – instead they used the mall bathrooms. He built the dwelling “out of a compassion to understand the mall more and life as a shopper.” Townsend said plans to make the apartment “super-sweet” with laminated wood flooring and other perks fell apart last week after he and a visiting artist from Hong Kong walked into the room and were greeted by three security guards. He pleaded no contest to a trespassing charge.
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Corrections
Due to a reporting error, information regarding condoms in the article in the Monday, Oct. 1 issue entitled “Staying Sex Savvy in the Modern World” was incorrect. According to Janet Emery, a nurse practitioner in the Student Health and Counseling Center, “next to abstinence, condoms are the best protection against herpes and HPV.” Information on HPV was also incorrect. All 100-plus types of HPV are believed to leave the body within one year. In the Tuesday, Oct. 2 issue, the headline for the AP article under “STATE NEWS” should have read, “Judge delays ruling on employers of illegal immigrants.” The Daily Titan regrets these errors.
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The Daily Titan celebrates CSUF’s 50th anniversary chronicling the good times and the bad By Richard Tinoco
Daily Titan Staff Writer news@dailytitan.com
Nudity, suicides and elephants have all been a part of the Cal State Fullerton life. For over 50 years, the university has had moments filled with growth, terror and controversy. The publication of a special 48page issue will celebrate the history of CSUF. It will be inserted into the Daily Titan and made available at all 50th anniversary events. It will chronicle the life and attitudes of the little school frequently known as the commuter school.
The history of CSUF begins in a field of oranges and Eucalyptus trees. The school erected itself as Orange County State College, but it wasn’t until May 1962 that the future CSUF would be placed on the map. It was a little event known as The Elephant Races. What started off as a joke by a club known as the Elephant Racing Club quickly became a sensation by Ivy League schools like Harvard, Princeton and Oxford. As time progressed, the elephant races migrated and issues grew larger than ever – all the way to the California State Senate. The issue will give an in-depth look at the events that took place when a controversial play called “The
Beard” set the stage for an unedited view at sex. Reviewers called the play “obscene” and “lewd, smut ridden.” What happened behind these closed doors will blow your mind. Controversy didn’t stop there. It bridged over into the ‘70s when Ronald Reagan caused a ruckus amongst students. The issue will dive into the riots and danger that flowed between buildings when two outspoken students went against the man. Despite their efforts, student activists were clubbed and arrested on campus. Pictures within the issue will illustrate the black-and-white life left behind. One of the pictures shows a young man riding an el-
ephant while another shows a “No Shooting” sign in front of the Pollak Library. There’s even one with ... Oh, I guess you’ll just have to see for yourself. While pictures are worth a thousand words, some of the deaths CSUF students experience will leave people speechless. Over the course of 50 years, there have been tragedies and a tasteful retrospective illustrates the many lives lost on campus. For every crazed shootout at the Pollak library (there has only been one), there is an isolated incident of solitary and emptiness. Throughout the years, CSUF has built reputations and hidden secrets lost throughout time. For a
while, CSUF was known as “Disneyland College,” but the college tried to distance itself from the Magic Kingdom. Also, the school was proposed to be built in neighboring cities like Buena Park, Garden Grove or Huntington Beach. As the next 50 years of CSUF lay ahead, the future seems destined to shine now that ASI has come up with a five-year plan to end the “commuter school” nickname. As for social life, the school’s Recreation Center opening in 2008 will give it a boost. No matter what decade you were born in or what type of college experience you had, your life will be seen within the 50th Anniversary issue.
Flashing yellow arrows help avoid accidents ASI elected positions available
The city of Fullerton hires a private consultant to study drivers’ habits By Eleni reed
Daily Titan Staff Writer news@dailytitan.com
In an effort to approve driver safety and traffic control, Fullerton is partaking in a nationwide study to include flashing yellow arrows at intersections. Most motorists are familiar with the green ball for an unprotected left turn, but probably encountered one of the yellow flashing arrows in Fullerton a couple of years ago. The lights are not malfunctioning and yellow still means proceed with caution, despite the traditional jingle learned in elementary school, “yellow means wait, even it you’re late.” Working with Kittelson & Associates, Inc., a private traffic consultant, and the Federal Highway Administration, Fullerton was one of many cities across the country chosen to participate in this study. In an extensive, closed-course in-
vestigation, Kittelson & Associates, the 57 freeway and the students are Inc. found that drivers understood of different ages and originate from the flashing yellow arrow more intu- various parts of the state and counitively than the standard green ball, try, likely used to following different said Mark Miller, Fullerton traffic traffic laws. engineer. “The first time I saw it [the flashFullerton opted to try the new ing arrow], I was confused because traffic lights to help decrease acci- I associated yellow with ‘slow down, dents. Typically, yellow warns driv- there’s about to be a red light,’” said ers to approach with caution. Wilhelmina Seameans, 25, a busi“I’m not saying there are no ac- ness major. cidents. [We will] Seameans always have accisaid that after dents, but generher initial enI thought it was ally, people take a counter with chance and somethe light, she confusing, especially times they lose on quickly adaptto those who have those chances,” ed to it, but never seen it before. Miller said. gets frustrated Various inwhen others do – Jamie Borden CSUF student tersections were not know what chosen throughto do. Despite out the city based the flashing on demographics. yellow arrows The traffic lights located on Chap- in close proximity to the school, not man Avenue and Commonwealth all students have come across the Avenue were selected specifically be- experiment. cause of Cal State Fullerton and the “As a driver, I have never seen the high volume of cars. blinking lights. I was not aware of Miller said this is a good testing any test being done,” said Manuel area because CSUF teaches approxi- Cerda, 35, a business major. mately 36,000 students, it’s next to Although the blinking arrows
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In the final installment of the trilogy, the day of The Ultimate Battle for Ping Pong Master Champion of the Entire World has arrived. After all of the ridiculous and over-the-top training methods featured in the first two videos, it all comes down to this. Once again, stop-motion as well as slow-motion clips are used sparingly but effectively as the battle “rages.” Be prepared: This one will leave you in stitches. Duration: 2:04
Track and field, campus protests, meditation classes and life in the dorms are only a few of the topics discussed in the 50th Anniversary special insert publishing tomorrow.
seem puzzling to some, traffic movement and signal design are in constant change. Miller said the green ball had issues to begin with, but at the time there was no other alternative for unprotected left turns. “I thought it was confusing, especially to those who have never seen it before,” said Jamie Borden, 23, a communications major. According to federal code, cities are allowed to use traffic signals in their towns as long as they are approved by the government. Lights and designs are chosen because of efficiency with traffic and safety. Nonetheless, Miller said the blinking turn signal has not yet been perfected. “The last signal has not been designed yet. We don’t live in a perfect world and things work and sometimes don’t,” Miller said. He also added that at some point the stop sign used to be yellow and now it is red. However, not everyone agrees with the light change. “They should stick with the standard unprotected green and there should be a standard for traffic signals,” Seameans said.
Associated Students, Inc. Students interested in running for an elected position on the ASI Board of Directors can get an application in the ASI Executive offices located in the Titan Student Union, room 207 or online at www.fullerton.edu/ deanofstudents. All completed applications for candidacy must be returned to the ASI Executive office by Tuesday, Oct. 9 at 5 p.m. The Associated Students, CSUF, Inc. will hold elections for the ASI Board of Directors on October 24 and 25. This fall, students will vote to select one of the two representatives from each of the academic colleges on campus. For more information, visit the Web site at http://asi.fullerton.edu or call the ASI Executive office at (714) 278-3295.