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DTSHORTHAND Health insurance deadline nears The deadline for applying for student health insurance through the university ends Friday. The university provides health insurance to students at affordable prices through Blue Cross. Coverage for students is an 80-20 plan, students paying only 20 percent of costs. Coverage includes dental, chiropractic, psychological and a range of other areas. Students enrolling only at the Irvine campus are not eligible. Undergraduates are required to be enrolled in at least six units.

Graduate requirements have no mandatory minimum requirements. For more information go to www.csuhealthlink.com or call Cathy Busby at 714-278-7739.

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he ever changing face of the photo booth has entered a new and obscure era, one where the backdrop is just as important and unique as the subject. Meet Polite in Public, an interactive venture into the realms of visual arts, professional lighting, and the willing participation of everyday people. If Japanese photo arcades and David LaChapelle have set the limits of bizarro pop photography, then maybe the bar should be raised a little higher in order to encompass this new breed of snapshot. The brain child of L.A.’s Joe Rubinstein and Joe Miller, Polite in Public’s traveling brigade of color-heavy sets and technological masterpieces is currently on a nationwide tour and heading back home. With their endeavour to showcase the common citizen in limelight and stages that were once only reserved for models, all Rubinstein and Miller ask is that you at least keep your underwear on when wearing the astronaut costumes.

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Not getting vitamins is an issue for students because many are not eating home cooked meals that contain healthy foods.

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LONDON (AP) – Super spicy chili sauce sparked road closures and evacuations in central London after passers-by complained that a chemical emanating from a Thai restaurant was burning their throats, police said Wednesday.

Firefighters closed off roads, sealed buildings and donned special breathing masks to ferret out the source of the acrid smell as onlookers coughed, the Times of London reported.

Smashing down the door of the suspected source – the Thai Cottage restaurant – they seized the culprit: extra-hot bird’s eye chilies that were being prepared for a batch of “nam prik pao,” a spicy Thai sauce.

“It’s the hottest thing we make,” restaurant owner Sue Wasboonma said.

No one was arrested, the police spokesman said. “As far as I’m aware, it’s not a criminal offense to cook very strong chili.”

Plagiarism at CSUF can be costly More than 100 cases are reported each year and can result in suspension

By Dhawani Parekh For the Daily Titan

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Apple’s recently released iPod Touch is put to the test in this cringeworthy video. The owner and videographer sets out to prove the indestructability of Apple’s unique touch screen by grinding a saftey pin, a key and even a razor blade on its surface.

Why a person would want to do this after paying off the device’s hefty price tag is anyone’s guess.

Fortunately for the owner, his hypothesis was correct.

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Think twice before plagiarizing.

Last year, 137 to 200 plagiarism cases were reported, according to Sandra Rhoten, associate dean of students with judicial affairs.

To avoid plagiarism, one must properly acknowledge the author or the source used in the paper. Failure to give credit to the source is considered a grave violation of academic integrity.

Many faculty members realize that students tend to plagiarize toward the end of the semester because they are trying to do everything last minute. It is out of desperation that forces people to go online and copy and paste.

To prevent students from waiting last minute and from plagiarizing, faculty make sure that their assign-

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Stambough said.

When a faculty member catches a student, it becomes his or her job to report the student to Rhoten and send a copy to the department chair.

At the most extreme case, it will be reported to the judicial branch.

When the case goes to Rhoten, she said she will create a file for that student and also send a warning letter to the student. Plagiarism record stays on the file for seven years. If the student does it a second time, then they will be suspended or expelled from the college and all other CSUs. Throughout the case, the student is allowed to appeal. The faculty members are the ones who decide the punishment in each case. It can go from warning, getting an “F” on the assignment or the class or reporting the students. It is an act that many faculty feel strongly against, but feel that they have no choice left when the student plagiarize.

Catching students is easy for faculty. The writing seems well-polished, the topic is out of the ordinary or it just does not sound like the student’s See Plagiarism, Page 2

of community at schools across the nation. Ruckus is the world’s only free, legal and ad-supported music downloading system geared specifically towards college students.

“The great thing is that it is better than free; it is legal, safe and allows for social media interaction like no one else. What you want, when you want, where you want,” said Chris Lawson, director of Corporate Development for Ruckus in an e-mail interview.

The teaming up of Ruckus and

Facebook brought My Ruckus Music, which “brings the best social music applications and many music subscription services to Facebook free and legally,” according to a Ruckus press release. The application works with Facebook and Ruckus’ service to bring a new way for students to share music with friends in their Facebook community.

Whether looking for a roommate with similar interests or someone who enjoys punk music as much as they do, Ruckus members are able

By ALINE LESSNER / For the Daily Titan William Lu and Andrea Brache of Backhausdance perform “Push” during the opening day event “A Taste of CaDance” at the 2007 Laguna Beach Dance Festival Saturday. The festival runs until Oct. 7. See page 3 for more photos.

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ments are impossible to plagiarize.

“I will have more writing steps such as drafting dates and correcting dates,” said Sheryl Fontain, English vice chair. “This way it reduces the pressure from students when they have to turn in the paper. It also helps the students with their writing.”

Political science Professor Scott Spitzer gives multiple versions of the same test. He makes sure it is impossible for students to plagiarize by making sure that the papers are very opinionated and tailored to course content.

“I will fail the students and report them,” Spitzer said. “My main reason for reporting them is to make sure the students realize the penalties. By plagiarizing they are undermining their own education and also others’ education. It is simply a selfdestructive act.”

Stephen Stambough, political science professor, will give an “F” for the class and report the student.

“By catching them now, the consequences are not as great as they are when caught later in the workforce,”

Moving Together

Facebook’s new addition to its Web site is causing a buzz amongst college students nationwide. As of Sept. 20, Ruckus Network, Inc. teamed up with Facebook to give college students a new music experience.

Ruckus Network, Inc. provides entertainment geared towards college students to create a strong sense

to find friends through media and media through friends. Ruckus is currently available to hundreds of thousands of U.S. college students for networking and entertainment.

With the new Facebook application, users can share their music and their musical habits back and forth with friends but also provide links for their friends to go and download what they are listening to for free, said Lawson.

Unfortunately the free music cannot be burned on to a CD, but the

tracks are available for 79 cents to 99 cents if users wish to burn them.

“Students nationwide have been using Ruckus as an outlet to connect with their campus community, and through our Facebook application, we are giving them yet another way to interact with friends and classmates, as well as their media libraries,” said Mike Babel, CEO of Ruckus Network, in a press release.

My Ruckus Music users can display their top played/recently See FACEBOOK, Page 4

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INTERNATIONAL NEWS Jimmy Carter visits Darfur, demands to meet refugees

KABKABIYA, Sudan (AP) – Former President Jimmy Carter confronted Sudanese security services on a visit to Darfur Wednesday, shouting “You don’t have the power to stop me!” at some who blocked him from meeting refugees of the conflict. The 83-year-old Carter, in Darfur as part of a delegation of respected international figures known as “The Elders,” wanted to visit a refugee camp. But the U.N. mission in Sudan deemed that too dangerous. Instead, Carter agreed to fly to the World Food Program compound in the North Darfur town of Kabkabiya, where he was supposed to meet with ethnic African refugees. More than 200,000 people have been killed since the conflict in the western Sudanese region of Darfur began in 2003 when ethnic African rebels took up arms against the Arab-dominated Sudanese government, accusing it of decades of discrimination. Sudan’s government is accused of retaliating by unleashing a militia of Arab nomads known as the janjaweed — a charge it denies.

NATIONAL NEWS Suspicions over racism renewed in Dallas probe DALLAS (AP) – A sweeping City Hall corruption probe that has produced federal charges against a dozen black civic and political leaders is renewing suspicions of racism in a city with a long history of combative minority relations. Sixteen people — 12 of them black — were named in corruption indictments unsealed this week. Most of them were charged in what the FBI said was a kickback and bribery scheme involving the awarding of contracts to white developers to build affordable housing, mostly in black neighborhoods. The two-year investigation — and the spectacle of some of Dallas’ most influential black leaders arriving at the federal courthouse to face charges — dealt a blow to a minority community still struggling to find its political footing. The ethnic makeup of those indicted has not gone unnoticed in Dallas, a city of 1.2 million that is nearly 25 percent black and has been beset by racial tensions over the years. U.S. Attorney Richard Roper and the FBI strongly denied that the probe was racially motivated.

STATE NEWS 1,300 illegal immigrants with criminal records detained LOS ANGELES (AP) – Federal authorities rounded up more than 1,300 illegal immigrants in Southern California during the past two weeks in what officials said Wednesday was the largest sweep of its kind. The raids targeted illegal immigrants who had criminal records, defied final deportation orders or re-entered the U.S. illegally, according to Immigration and Customs Enforcement. About 90 percent of the people taken into custody fell under those categories and included immigrants convicted of sex offenses, assaults and kidnapping, as well as suspected street gang members. Most of the immigrants were found at their homes, workplaces or local jails throughout Los Angeles, Orange, Ventura, Riverside and San Bernardino counties. Nearly 600 have already been returned to their native countries, officials said. Others will be prosecuted in the U.S. for illegal re-entry to the United States after felony deportations. The federal crime can carry up to 20 years in prison. The illegal immigrants arrested in the sweeps represented about 30 countries, but the vast majority – more than 1,100 – were Mexican nationals. The operation by ICE fugitive operation teams resulted in 1,327 arrests, exceeding the 1,297 arrests the agency made last year in raids targeting meat processing plants in six states. There are believed to be nearly 597,000 immigrant fugitives in the U.S., according to ICE.

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October 4, 2007

Librarians question Patriot Act “

Government’s ability to look into library records may affect how people act

By Edward Peters

Daily Titan Staff Writer news@dailytitan.com

A discussion on the Patriot Act led by two Cal State Fullerton librarians, Stephanie Rosenblatt and Will Breitbach, was held Tuesday during banned book week at the Fullerton Public Library.

The unprecedented act, signed by the president six weeks after Sept.

11, amended many existing laws, affecting civil liberties and destroying privacy. The common library became a vital source of information for the government. Under the Patriot Act (Public Law 107-56), records or books and other materials that you borrow from the library may be obtained by federal agencies.

“The Patriot Act attacks our civil liberties. The government can request transaction records so they can look at a list of all the books you’ve checked out and knowing that’s possible could really curtail what someone chooses to read or check out,” Rosenblatt said.

The discussion concentrated mainly on the newly amended laws.

One of these was the Foreign Intel Security Act (FISA) of 1978, where law enforcement was able to keep surveillance on non-U.S. citizens, as well as foreign nationals, if deemed suspicious or a threat to national security, without judicial review. Now

the government can keep surveillance on all U.S. citizens deemed suspicious or a threat to national security. This surveillance in turn has caused major behavioral and social changes amongst many American citizens.

“It is called the chilling effect; it can be used to exercise social control,” Breitbach said. “If your records are open to government intrusion than that may in itself alter your behavior and that’s why we’re against it [the Patriot Act], we don’t want people to alter their behavior because they think they’re being watched by the government.”

Under the act, the government can go to any bank and ask for monetary transaction records because there are increased laws against money laundering under the act. The government can also demand transaction records from Internet service providers, which can encompass different forms of information including the history of someone’s life by what they buy.

“The Carnivore, a FBI computer program, collects information. Before, [the federal government] can only conduct surveillance if they had a specific target, and things that fell out the bounds they couldn’t use or share,” Rosenblatt said. “That’s changed, now they can collect information acting on suspicion and that’s what’s really scary.”

Being that it is banned book week, many librarians have voiced their opinions on the Patriot Act and those certain books that have been attacked and scrutinized by the

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“I think that right now we are in a really critical place that if we aren’t careful of what we do, we are in big trouble,” said Chaunacey Dunklee, senior librarian. “I think we could very easily swing into a 1984 nightmare scenario. So I think we need to bring to people’s attention to let them know that assaults on civil liberties are happening and that the more aware people are, I really think that as a librarian knowledge is power, the better off they are.”

While society has not gotten to the point of publicly burning books, many books are being attacked and quite possibly censored here in America, Dunklee said. “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” and “Cujo” were among the many books scrutinized by the public.

“In terms of banned books there are still places in the United States where books are banned and we need to be careful of that. The most challenged book of 2006 was a children’s picture book called ‘And Tango

Makes Three’,” Dunklee said.

“People are saying this picture book, which is based on a true story, is somehow assaulting all that is decent and good about America because it shows some scary homosexual agenda, when all it is is a family story,” he said.

Dunklee said libraries are a refuge for those looking to attain knowledge on whatever information they choose.

“The perfect library would have something in it to offend everyone and that what we’re here for is to give that spectrum of information to everybody instead of censoring and banning,” Dunklee said.

Whatever the case may be, the Patriot Act enables the government to collect information on any U.S. citizen it deems a threat to national security, and libraries are a major information center at its disposal.

However, many libraries are counteracting government intervention.

“At the Fullerton Public Library, it is a rule that once a person turns in a checked out book, their record is erased from that book, in an effort to prevent government agencies from obtaining information on that certain person,” Dunklee said.

The FBI was asking librarians to keep tabs on foreign agents , but the librarians refused, Breitbach said.

“You’re supposed to go to the public library, it’s supposed to be the people’s university, and you can’t exercise your intellectual freedom because you don’t know if they [the government] are watching you,” Rosenblatt said.

Case highlights freedom of Blackwater contractors

By GENE JOHNSON

Associated Press Writer

SEATTLE - Somewhere in western Washington state is a former Blackwater contractor who might, under normal circumstances, be on trial in Baghdad.

He was wandering drunk around the Green Zone after a party last Christmas Eve when he encountered and fatally shot a 32-year-old guard

Plagiarism: Doing it is Easy, but so is getting Caught

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Through the use of Internet, it has become easier for faculty members to catch students while at the same time, easier for students to cheat. Turnitin.com is one such site that faculty are encouraged to use to catch students. The site basically lists of data that sees which portion matches with the student’s paper.

English chair Joseph Sawicki said students will still plagiarize despite knowledge that the professor will use turnitin.com to check the papers.

“Faculties should not solely rely on turnitin.com,” Fontain said.

“They should use it as a teaching tool rather than a detective tool.

They can use it to show students to make them realize how much the faculty is depending on the site.”

Not only that, but lot of faculties lecture about plagiarism and its consequences to make the students aware. Many faculties will have something about plagiarism in their syllabus and as the due date comes near, they will remind the students of how to properly cite.

Communications Professor Carolyn Johnson has an “attribution” session where she shows her students how to attribute for an online, indirect, newspaper and other sources in their news stories.

“It is the computer that is the culprit here, because with the computer it makes it so tempting for students to plagiarize, especially when under pressure,” Johnson said.

Plagiarizing intentionally or not is a serious act with severe punishment. One way to prevent it is to not procrastinate.

“Procrastination is a recipe for plagiarism because you are not being as good a scholar you could be if you had time,” Rhoten said.

to Iraqi Vice President Adil Abd-alMahdi, according to a congressional report released this week. Blackwater immediately arranged to have the State Department fly the 26-year-old contractor back to the United States, fired him and fined him, and paid the slain guard’s family $15,000.

But federal officials say he’s not in custody. They barely acknowledge his existence, let alone release his name or discuss the status of the investiga-

tion.

The shadowy case highlights the murky legal issues surrounding the controversial security firm’s Iraqbased employees, who may be exempt from both U.S. and Iraqi law.

“What normally would be a major option would be to have him prosecuted in Iraq,” said Ron Slye, director of the international comparative law program at Seattle University Law School. “The problem is of course,

under Iraqi law as put into place by the U.S., there’s no jurisdiction over these people.”

Amid an outcry from Iraqis who questioned how an American could kill someone in those circumstances and return to the U.S. a free man, the Justice Department announced it would investigate.

The case has been turned over to the U.S. attorney’s office for western Washington, where the man lives.

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Dancers gather in Laguna Beach for festival

By Jade Lehar

Daily Titan Staff Writer news@dailytitan.com

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he Laquna Dance Festival filled Laguna Beach with the sounds of exciting performances. Top-quality performances drew people from all over and it’s not over yet.

This weekend’s show will feature, “an amazing array of dancers and choreography to Laguna Beach,” said Jodie Gates, founder and artistic director of CaDance.

This is the third season of the dance festival, founded by Gates, who is currently a professor of dance at the University of California, Irvine.

According to a press release, Gates announced that surprise performances will be given by Benji Schwimmer and Heidi Groskreutz, from “So You Think You Can Dance” in the festival’s gala performance.

The show on opening night, which is Oct. 5, starts at 8 p.m.

For the first time the Laguna Dance Festival trios of troupes share the stage.

Hip-hop by the Groovaloos, also from “So You Think You Can Dance,” combines with innovative takes on the classics by Oregon Ballet Theatre and new movement from Complexions Contemporary Ballet. Student’s pay a discounted $35 for tickets.

The Oct. 6 show highlights the brightest stars of American Ballet Theatre, Royal Ballet of Flanders, Oregon Ballet Theatre and many others with celebrity guests and a special chance to dance with the artists at a sultry cabaret-themed gala.

Tickets are $150 for the concert and gala.

On closing night, Oct. 7, con-

cert-goers see many different styles by dancers from Complexions Contemporary Ballet, and Orange County’s own Backhaus Dance.

Tickets for this event are also the discounted price of $35.

Stuart Byer, president of CaDance, said this event will host amazing dancers and promises not

to disapoint dance lovers.

Tickets are almost all sold out.

“We only have 13 tickets left for Sunday, and 50 tickets left for Friday. These events are selling out quickly,” Byer said.

The festival is presented by CaDance, which is a non-profit organization “committed to facilitat-

ing education, entertainment and outreach programs that enrich the lives of the greater community, inspiring the next generation of creative thinkers and artists,” according to the press release.

For more information about the festival, see the Web site at www.lagunadancefestival.org.

Left - Andrea Brache and William Lu of Backhausdance perform the duet “Push” during the opening day event, “A taste of CaDance,” at the 2007 Laguna Beach Dance Festival in Laguna Beach Saturday.

Below right - Brache and Lu. Below left - Brache and Drea Sobre.

Bottom - Tawny Chapman.

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Class experiments with Vitamins not a student priority worms to study aging

By Patrick Chavis

Daily Titan Staff Writer news@dailytitan.com

The Fountain of Life is a myth that’s been around for centuries. The ability to slow down time has always been on the tip of mankind’s mind.

Cal State Fullerton biochemistry Professor Chandra Srinivasan and her students have been experimenting with worms that contain 40 percent of the same DNA as human beings.

The results of the studies might impede the effects of biological aging.

Every other Friday, the worm lab class meets and different groups show their findings. There are many different groups ranging on different spectrums of the research. There are groups studying the effects of iron, manganese and lead.

Worms have five SODs, Rachel Kaplan, biochemistry major, said.

The first SOD has the most influence on how worms react to different compounds, she said. By removing the first SOD and replacing it with a metallic compound, the genetic model allows for a blank template for experimenting.

“We supplement the worms with manganese; we noticed that it lives longer,” Kaplan said.

While their findings were discussed in a classroom, the topics talked about ranged from known

scientific knowledge to theory and beyond.

“We use these meetings as a venue to educate and to link what they’ve learn in the classroom to real life,” Srinivasan said.

Most of the experiments are done in room 141 in Dan Black Hall, aptly titled “The Worm Lab.” Worms often take three days, going from an egg to adult, Srinivasan said. The worms they use in the labs have 40 percent genetic similarity to humans. The research, given the span of the human life-cycle, would be impossible to conduct. Worms have a lifespan of about 20 days.

“So you start off working with microorganisms such as bacteria. I worked on yeast, the baker’s yeast, before at UCLA for my post-doctoral work,” Srinivasan said. “So whatever findings you obtain, we wanted to take it to the next higherlevel model organism which happens to be for me, a worm-model system or a fly-model system. The house fly is most commonly used. I decided to go with the worm-model system because for humans, it is a very powerful system.”

Part of Srinivasan’s studies at CSUF have been on free radicals, organisms the body makes that attack the cells and cause aging. Srinivasan found that when a protein or enzyme makes contact with free radicals the

compounds assimilate into unharmful compounds. This process, if applied to humans, could theoretically slow the biological-aging process.

“I was interested in aging especially with the link between metals on aging,” Srinivasan said. “In aging, there is already a lot of research on genetics but the influence played by metals is not very clear.”

A lot of the students began their research in the summer.

The group conducts research at CSUF, in addition to UCLA and Cal State Long Beach for their studies. Additional studying has been conducted at UCLA because CSUF doesn’t own a electron paramagnetic resonance machine or EPR, students said.

Besides the studies on manganese, the worms are also being tested with lead. Reshema Suresh, biochemistry major, said the studies will add clarity to the effects lead has on the human body.

“We’re trying to see what happens to the worms development-wise because [we] don’t know how lead gets into the body,” Suresh said. “But they know it’s affecting children and adolescents more than adults.”

The study is to learn more about how lead affects development.

Research has just begun and studies are still being investigated at this time.

Many students focus on classes but neglect health in the process

By Christin Davis

Daily Titan Staff Writer news@dailytitan.com

With obtaining a diploma a constant distraction the last several years, Gabriel Farfan’s focus during his time at Cal State Fullerton had always been diverted on classes. Now in his senior year, he is learning there is a lot more to making it to 65 and a happy, healthy retirement.

Farfan, a music education major, is not unlike the archetypal overstressed and undernourished undergraduate student.

“I don’t take vitamins and have never been interested in taking supplements but I know I don’t receive the amount of vitamins my body requires,” said Farfan, who is currently enrolled in a nutrition and health class for general education units.

In the developing world, many people experience vitamin deficiency with side effects like blindness, rickets or scurvy. In the United States, it is not likely for someone to experience a deficiency because food is processed with nutrients. More common is an inadequacy in the diet because of a lack of consuming healthy foods.

Health science Professor Archana McEligot, who teaches nutrition classes, said the inadequacy of vitamin intake could lead to possible long-term consequences,

which are still under study.

“Long-term consequences, in terms of inadequacy, can be related to getting chronic diseases such as heart disease, osteoporosis, diabetes and cancer,” McEligot said. “For women during pregnancy, they should take folate to prevent neural tube defects and in the elderly, Vitamin B12 and B6 are important.”

The immediate consequences for students may not be as severe but any inadequacy comes with harmful effects.

“Not getting vitamins is an issue for students because many are not eating home cooked meals that contain healthy foods,” said junior Austin Nation, a nursing major who works now as a registered nurse and is president of the campus Nursing Students Association. “Try to limit the amount of fatty foods you intake. It’s also a good idea to take a multivitamin to make up for what you aren’t receiving.”

Vitamins are organic substances that are needed for normal growth in humans. Each have various functions in the body, but they must each be extracted from food.

Of the major vitamins, Vitamin A promotes vision and contributes to overall immune system function; Vitamin D increases the absorption of calcium and phosphorus and maintains calcification of the bones; Vitamin E is an antioxidant that prevents the breakdown of Vitamin A and unsaturated fatty acids.

Vitamin K activates blood clotting, Vitamin C helps with

connective tissue synthesis and neurotransmitter synthesis, and Vitamin B6 is a co-enzyme of protein metabolism.

“The best way to obtain these vitamins and minerals is through a healthful diet filled with bright, colorful vegetables, and whole grains, nuts and some protein containing foods,” McEligot said.

If a person is a healthy individual, McEligot said they could take one multivitamin a day but should be careful not to use supplements as a replacement for a healthy diet.

“A supplement is exactly that – a supplement to the diet and shouldn’t substitute a healthful diet,” McEligot said. “A supplement can’t compensate for those not received in food.”

Those taking supplements should also be aware there are various toxicities associated with receiving excess vitamins in the diet.

The Department of Agriculture’s Web site mypyramid.gov provides personal eating plans detailing the foods and amounts that are good for an individual based on information the user provides. Enter age, sex, height, weight and level of physical activity to see what a personal healthy diet entails.

“The best thing a college student can do is maintain a healthful diet,” McEligot said. “It’s very easy to carry a small bag of carrots, or have salad for lunch with some nuts or chicken and choose vegetable juices instead of sugary drinks.

It’s all about choices … and making the right one.”

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Ruckus specifically targets college students.

“College students are the most engaged consumers of digital media.

We knew that we could offer a very successful alternative to illegal p2p [person to person] networks while still getting students exactly what they want: free and legal downloads,” Lawson said.

There are currently students at

over 1,000 universities nationwide using My Ruckus.

“My Ruckus Music is awesome.

I’m always on Facebook anyways, so when I combine that with free music downloads, I’m happy,” said Shenea Huth, art history major at Cal State Fullerton.

My Ruckus Music is available for download through the Facebook application search for “Ruckus.”

By MADLEN READ

AP Business Writer

NEW YORK - The shriveled housing market may be a drag on U.S. business activity, but it hasn’t stopped it. The nation’s service economy, like its manufacturing sector, slowed in September but still saw growth.The service sector hasn’t seen a month of contraction in fourand-a-half years, according to the Institute for Supply Management’s monthly reports.

“I really think it throws some cold water on the notion that the economy is going to fall out of bed,” said Wachovia Corp. economist Mark Vitner. “None of the numbers we’ve seen on the economy point to reces-

sion. It points to moderate economic growth.”

The ISM’s index gauging the health of non-manufacturing industries registered at 54.8 in September.

That’s down from 55.8 in August and below the 12-month high of 60.7 reached in June, but above 50 — the threshold between expansion and contraction.

The trade group’s index, now at its lowest point since March, was in line with economist estimates.

The service sector makes up about 80 percent of U.S. economic activity, and on Monday the ISM also reported slower growth in the manufacturing sector. With both portions of the economy losing steam, the Federal Reserve may feel inclined to

lower interest rates further.

On Sept. 18, the Fed reduced a key rate by a half-point, and meets again at the end of October to decide whether to make borrowing even cheaper and, in turn, stoke spending.

The ISM reports “wouldn’t prevent the Fed from cutting interest rates again,” Vitner said. But he added that they don’t “scream out” for a rate cut, either.

Within the ISM’s report were items that might give the Fed pause: expansion in employment and accelerating prices — a sign that inflation might not be easing, as the central bank hopes.

The employment index logged in at 52.7 in September, up from 47.9.

October 4, 2007

NEWS

Taking the scenic route

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Thousands gather for semi-annual 50-mile bike ride in Northern Mexico

By Rob Weaver

Daily Titan Staff Writer news@dailytitan.com

PHLOGGING Editor’s note: I must have heard “Dude you’re crazy” like 12 times because I was riding my bike and taking photos at the same time. So here is a first person view of what I was looking at for 50 miles riding my bike from Rosarito to Ensenada.

BelowHispanic children cheer bicyclists from the sidelines.

Twice a year, thousands of amateur and professional bicycle riders descend upon Northern Baja California to compete in or simply enjoy a scenic 50-mile bike ride.

Riders begin the race in the northern town of Rosarito, and ride along a highway that overlooks the Pacific Ocean, then finish the ride exactly 50 miles south in the town of Ensenada.

More advanced, competitive riders usually finish the ride in around two hours, but the average completion time is around four hours.

Though there is a race portion of the ride, most of the riders participate for fun, joining the party at the finish line in Ensenada where beer is copious.

Some riders begin partying during the ride, where it is not uncommon to see a few tandem bikes, and festively clad riders in sombreros.

Some riders bring candy to throw to locals who cheer them on from

Photos By Cameron Pemstein/Daily Titan Photo Editor Mari Fontaine takes a break from riding and looks on from the sidelines.

the side of the road.

Many of the riders come from Southern California and stay in one of the two cities for the weekend, bringing $10 million in tourism to the popular resort towns of Rosarito and Ensenada.

Event organizers also promote charity with the One Way Bike Program, which allows riders to donate

their bicycle to a needy family at the end of the ride.

The once annual ride began in 1979 with a small group of riders, and grew steadily in popularity until it became a semi-annual event in 1986.

Next year’s rides in Mexico are scheduled for April 19 and Sept.

27.

The Mexican flag that sways over Ensenada marked the end of a 50-mile bicycle race that started in Rosarito.

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October 4, 2007

A place on campus for eternal rest

Photos By DAmon Casarez/ For The Daily Titan (Left and below) The Columbarium at Chapman University can be found outside of the chapel in the Merle and Marjorie Fish Interfaith Center. The space allows desiring alumni to store their urns or cremated remains.

Chapman University offers alumni a chance to stay at school forever news@dailytitan.com

Chapman University is a faithbased institution.

Therefore it shouldn’t be a surprise that various chapels and religious shrines are spread throughout its campus.

One of the university’s most recent and praised shrines is the columbarium.

There alumni can go to school one last time and remain there permently.

“The columbarium opened in August of 2005,” said Ron Farmer, dean of the Wallace All Faiths Chapel.

Since its opening the building has been offering a unique service to students, alumni and family and friends.

“Its purpose is to give a resting place for the cremated remains of those [who] had wished to remain at Chapman University eternally. In the columbarium are niches where you place the urn, or cremated remains,” Farmer said.

Farmer said the Chapman University alumni were involved in the decision to create the columbarium on the Chapman university campus.

“They were a very strong alumni association and wanted their final resting place to be at Chapman in connection with our inter-faith center,” he said.

The Chapman Web site describes the columbarium as a splendid creation of sacred art.

Gracefully sculpted walls of sky blue marble embrace a reverent space open to the heavens. Banks of niches provide for the respectful care of cremated remains in a peaceful,

garden setting. structure that tells Each niche will a story. The archipermit the placetect designed it to ment for the retake you on a jourmains of two peoney from this life ple. into the afterlife,” The columbarFarmer said. ium also includes Ultimately, it a cenotaph or inwas the Chapman – Ron Farmer, alumni and facscription wall to dean, Wallace All ulty who made the memorialize loved Faiths Chapel ones who may be dream of a columinterred in another barium on campus location. a reality.

The university “President Doti has contracted Malkoff Commemo- and the Board of Trustees at Chaprative Services to manage the co- man University have a long and lumbarium. Sharman Alsop, memo- cherished association with the unirial adviser for Malkoff, manages the versity,” Alsop said. sales of niches and keeps record of The columbarium resulted as a who is interred in the columbarium reaction to another building being at Chapman University. built on campus.

Alsop coordinates the opening “The decision had been made to and engraving of the niches with the build a new chapel on campus and it cemetery technicians who complete wasn’t long before someone had the the interments. idea of including a columbarium so Her role additionaly includes plac- that alumni and faculty could have a ing the urn of cremated remains in permanent place on campus forever. the niche once it has been opened.

The building offers the greatest “This is the most rewarding part type of reunion. of my work as this is what is most Many of the alumni who have important to the family of the de- purchased niches want to be next to ceased,” she said. their lifelong friends who have also Alsop takes the wishes of the fam- purchased niches, she said. ily members who put their love once According to the university’s Web to rest at the columbarium very seri- site, the mission of the chapel is to ously provide a sacred space to inspire and “I can assure the family that I will assist people as they explore, discover treat their loved one with respect and deepen their spirituality. and keep the urn in a secure location Through the columbarium, the until it is placed in the niche,” she university has been able to accomsaid. plish exactly that mission, at least Not only is the columbarium an accoring to Alsop. eternal resting place for the deceased, “The university’s goal as I underbut also a place of meditation for the stand it is to provide a permanent living. memorial for those who wish to con“Students use the columbarium tinue their lifelong association with for meditation, it is a beautiful Chapman,” Alsop said.

Alsop has met with many former students whose grandchildren are carrying on the tradition of attending Chapman University.

She said it is rewarding to see how people are comforted knowing that their loved ones will be able to visit their memorial on campus for generations to come.

“I am proud to be a part of this new tradition at Chapman University and I wouldn’t want to work anywhere else,” Alsop said.

Cal State Fullerton quite possibly may witness the construction of a columbarium in the future. The idea certainly isn’t being dismissed out of hand.

“If we have alumni interested we would definitely look into it, but at this point in time we have no plans,” said Katie McGill, associate director of Alumni Relations.

Though it is a fairly new structure, the columbarium has had a major spiritual impact on the university and those who attend it.

The columbarium is available to the general public to visited and stay.

A niche(s) may be purchased regardless if the person had ever enrolled in Chapman.

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The architect designed it to take you on a journey from this life in the afterlife.

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By EDWARD PETERS

Daily Titan Staff Writer

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October 4, 2007

Hiding and sneaking Every Friday night CSUF transforms into a strategic game field

By Elyse Marozick

Daily Titan Staff Writer news@dailytitan.com

Cal State Fullerton now offers something for the kid at heart; that student who is not quite ready to make that leap into adulthood.

Capture the flag – a game that most every child played throughout the grade school years – is making a comeback on the campus.

One of the newest clubs to gain official status, the Capture the Flag League had its first official meeting of this semester Sept. 7.

Shay Layman, a part-time instructor who teaches Dance 101 at CSUF, recently became the faculty adviser of the new club. He said the game started six years ago when students living in the dorms were looking for a way to have fun.

Early last year, the game made its comeback and Layman said a lot of people began to show an interest in joining the games.

“That was when it started to get really exciting,” Layman, a 1997 graduate of CSUF, said.

The two seniors who founded the Capture the Flag League. President Matt Capurro, 23, and Vice President Jeff Lowe, 20, invited Layman to participate in a game last year.

“They knew I was always down for a good time,” Layman said. “We decided to get serious about the club’s status after campus security tried to kick us out of a building we were hanging out in.”

Capurro, a musical theater major, and Lowe, a theater directing major, sat with Layman and wrote the club’s constitution and filled out the appropriate paperwork to pledge becoming a club last fall.

The paperwork was turned in two days late and the club could not gain officially approved status until the next filing period at the beginning of the spring semester.

The Capture the Flag League has now been an official club since last semester. Layman said there have been games two to three times a month. The number of participants varies each week, but many of the weeks have turned out nearly 40 players.

Players meet most Fridays at 10:30 p.m. and the first game begins around 11:15 p.m. The games last about an hour and the players always find time to play two games. Some nights the games have extended well in to the early hours of the morning lasting until 2 a.m.

This isn’t just any child’s game played on the field during the days of recess, granted the game is still played much like it was in those days.

Two teams compete to be the first to capture the other team’s flag and get it back to their home base. What most might forget about the game is that players can end up in “jail.”

If a player is tagged by an opposing player, he must report to the jail and can only leave if tagged by one of his own teammates. However, at CSUF, the players have taken Capture the Flag to an entirely new level. Instead of confining the game to one single field, the game is played throughout the entire campus.

“Most play for the athleticism, but now we are using more stealth tactics and sneak attacks to capture the other team’s flag,” Layman said.

“A lot of people have gotten so into the game that they show up in camouflage and face paint.”

The first game of this semester brought out 25 players, many of them new to the game. Players dressed in black from head to toe to blend in with the darkness, ready to conquer the other team’s flag. There was no messing around as the players took a 10-minute warm-up to

ensure no pulled muscles, and each team had a group huddle to plan tactics to win. Would they ambush the other team’s guards or sneak up from behind?

One of the only rules requires players to remain on the campus.

The main streets surrounding the perimeter of CSUF are off limits. In other words, no asphalt, as some of the players said. Other than that, the entire campus is fair game.

Each Friday teams pick different locations to set up the flags, which are usually bright-colored handkerchiefs. Some of the games have been played between Langsdorf Hall and the Titan Student Union, although the Sept. 7 game was set up between the Health Center and McCarthy Hall.

Team captains each hold a walkietalkie to ensure exact starting times to be the same across the campus.

With minimal lighting at night around the campus, the players have the perfect opportunities for sneak attacks.

“The main key of defense is to not use too much energy,” Capurro told his teammates after they lost the first game. “Chase them away but save your energy. And no broken arms.”

Unfortunately, because players take the game so seriously, injuries are a possibility.

“We have a first aid girl for any unforeseen injuries,” Layman said.

“We see a lot of skinned knees, a few sprained ankles and one unfortunate circumstance of stitches in a lip.

But mainly just hurt pride, broken pride.”

Lowe added that the player who ended up with stitches had fallen doing hurdles over bushes to elude the competition. He still managed to jump up, get the flag back to his team’s home base and win.

Capurro had a nasty injury in February. He had been running from an opponent and stepped in a puddle, fell onto his arm and broke his elbow.

Because of injuries like Capurro’s, the players have decided to cancel games if ever it should rain the Friday of a scheduled game.

One would think the game was a match-up of rival football teams watching how serious the players get about Capture the Flag, but it is really just a bunch of college students getting together for a good time.

Layman agreed. “This game is just another way to goof off and have fun through your college years,” he said.

With their official club status, the players can now explain to the campus police that they are indeed allowed to be running through the college campus at midnight and

By Damon Casarez/For the Daily Titan Troy Cannon hides behind a tree in the quad and contemplates his strategy to capture the flag from the other team during a regular Friday night game.

that they have a faculty adviser with them.

“We’ve tried to convince the police to let us in their cars to get us to the other team’s flag faster,” Capurro said. “It hasn’t worked yet.”

Marci Rodriguez, 21, has been a regular at the games for some time now.

“It makes the players feel better about the cops being on campus,” Rodriguez, a playwright major said.

The club plans to meet and play

every Friday, as long as there is a good turnout. Everyone is invited to participate.

Most games are spread by word of

mouth or are announced through invitation postings on MySpace.com.

Layman said a new e-mail list is being created to add potential mem-

bers interested in joining the league.

Prospective players can send an email to csufctfl@yahoo.com for information regarding the league.

OPINION

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Titan Editorial Providing insight, analysis and perspective since 1960

“Lifecasters” need a life America’s obsession with videocasting may be in the process of evolving to the next extremely personal level.

We may witness the beginning of a possible new trend, as some video bloggers now are strapping cameras to their head for the world to see itself through their eyes. These characters aren’t anyone special, but they’re already scoring investment backers.

The big question: who will watch a nobody do nothing?

The idea of constant surveillance of a single person for massive entertainment worked in “The Truman Show” and “EdTV” because in those fictional movies, the television show was put to the public by a network. It wasn’t a grad student trying to make it as an online celebrity.

These “lifecasters” may be voluntarily giving up their right to privacy, but aren’t they intruding upon the privacy of anyone that wanders in front of their eyes?

Are we moving ourselves forward to a self-induced 1984 state where the public is its own Big Brother?

With camera phones now a social norm and cameras thinner and

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easier to carry than ever, is it not a constant question of constant surveillance?

Any pictures or videos taken in public can be up on blogs or networking sites. Even if you set your MySpace profile to private or delete it altogether, what’s stopping your friends from uploading documentation of your bad decisions or reckless fun nights? And then, what’s stopping your future employers from somehow grabbing hold of said information to make a decision of your place in his or her company?

The motives behind these “Internet stars” all point to advertising and money with companies reportedly lining up to place products on “Internet stars” with the most views.

Privacy is also at risk these days with media overload and the “lifecasters” aren’t helping. The state of individualism will soon dissapear in America. Everyone’s desire to become a paparazzi will only lead to the demise of personal freedom.

Do we really want to watch 15 minutes of fame turned into 24 hours of self-indulgence?

Any feedback, positive or negative, is encouraged, as we strive to keep an open dialogue with our readership. The Daily Titan reserves the right to edit letters for length, grammar and spelling. Direct all comments, questions or concerns along with your full name and major to Executive Editor Ian Hamilton at ihamilton@dailytitan.com

October 4, 2007

Pop lyrics Titan walk: cluttered with solicitors looking for audience reach a

By Breanna Moore

Daily Titan Staff Writer opinion@dailytitan.com

It has become a truth almost universally acknowledged at Cal State Fullerton that walking on the diagonal sidewalk leading directly from the Titan Student Union to the quad is a dangerous journey.

Apart from the rigorous task of walking amongst hoards of other students along the often crowded walkway without running into anyone, the area has become a solicitor’s dream-cometrue and an uninterested student’s nightmare.

The area boasts a large number of those who put up shop in the area to harass students.

OK, so they might not be there with the intent of purposefully harassing people, but it sure can feel like that is what is happening.

Petitioners lie in wait, hoping individuals will sign for their cause while others would like for students to register to vote – again.

Art for the daily titan by Rocky Vidal Advertisers would like students to buy their products. Clubs and on-campus organizations would like students to either join or donate their time and money to their efforts.

Together, these become a parade of efforts to get students to stand and listen as they pitch their different wares or take their fliers. Even with so many students, the competition must be fierce as the different groups fight for attention.

Because of the unending calls for money, signatures and support (to name a few), students who are uninterested in providing any of these to solicitors must weave their way through the crowd to avoid the annoyances that will inevitably plague them.

However, with the number of students who frequent the walkway, however uninterested they may be, it is no wonder solicitors flock to this place.

This means an endless bombardment of requests for students who really just don’t care.

I understand the fundamental right to advertise and get one’s word out, just like I understand the strong desire to target the college-age demoSee Solicitors, Page 9

Social norms should not influence interracial relationships

By Rae nguyen

Daily Titan Staff Writer opinion@dailytitan.com

There’s been a recent surge of Asian men and white women cropping up lately. It’s few in between the typical white and Mexican couple, Mexican and black and white and black. Not that it’s news. Bruce Lee and Linda Lee Caldwell have made it possible for Asian men to be with Caucasian women and that was in the ‘60s.

But why is it not more common like other interracial relationships?

Of course, there is a higher percentage of Asian women with white men though currently, there is no data on racial dating statistics available online.

According to a YouTube video dubbed, “Why Asian Girls Go For White Guys,” by Duma Vision Productions, a video crew asked random guys and girls (mainly Asian) why Asian girls are attracted to white guys.

Similar videos illicit responses from audiences describing Asian men as being too shy or unassertive, which turn Asian women off. Or that they are too effeminate and short to be attractive to their counterpart.

These stereotypes are what society

has produced and brought forth to brainwash Asian females to believe.

Last February, OC Weekly investigative reporter R. Scott Moxley wrote an article, titled, “Phu Fighter” detailing a heated conversation between a Vietnamese woman not having interest in a gang member or his “small penis.” He is Vietnamese.

More importantly, there was no retort aggressive enough to shake off these stereotypes.

For years, this was a definite conundrum many tried to answer. Articles written claimed about this type of racism – how Caucasian men actively seek an Asian woman because of her exotic looks and were often accused of having an Asian fetish or yellow fever.

See Relationships, Page 9

new low

By Elisabeth Donovan

Daily Titan Staff Writer opinion@dailytitan.com

Thanks to MTV and radio stations like KIIS FM, America’s youth have become accustomed to lyrics more explicit than ever before.

The scenarios played out in many songs are predictable: Guy spends a night at the club drinking heavily and frivolously spends cash, then, guy meets a “ho” and grinds her on the dance floor. When the night is over, guy brings “ho” to his crib where he will spend hours having meaningless sex with her.

This formula is becoming ingrained in the minds of young individuals, many of whom don’t understand the emotional turmoil of sex.

Although this mindless music has been prevalent the past decades, it’s becoming more mainstream as years pass. Back in the day, my grandmother would almost faint when she found me rocking out to hits like Limp Bizkit’s, “Nookie” and Blink 182’s, “All the Small Things.” She’d suffer a heart attack if she heard what now blares through radio speakers.

I’ll be honest and admit that I listen to pop music. However, I’m 21 and old enough to make rational choices. A 13-year-old may not realize these songs don’t exemplify a moral lifestyle.

Take for example Snoop Dogg’s verse in Akon’s “I Want to Love You”: “ I’m stuck on pussy and yours is right, whip riding them poles and them doors is tight and I’mma get me a shot for the end of the night ‘cause pussy is pussy and baby you’re pussy for life.” Nelly Furtado’s lines in “Promiscuous” are another example: “I can see you with nothing on, feeling on me before you bring that on ... I’m only tryin’ to get inside your brain, to see if you can work me the way you say.”

While parents cringe when they listen to these lyrics, our generation welcomes them with open ears. We’re so comfortable with these songs we overlook the fact that they degrade women to the highest degree.

Today, boys can learn how to “hit that bitch” at a younger age. Girls may listen to this music and “loosen up their buttons” when puberty hits.

Even with parental guidance, teens are vulnerable to the culture they’re exposed to.

Why would a teen girl admire Mother Theresa when she could idolize Fergie or Britney Spears?

MTV places these artists on a pedestal higher than respectable public figures. Although parents are responsible for shaping their children’s morals, they can’t hide their kids under a rock.

Popular music isn’t the only aspect of mass media shaping people’s values. Teenagers are also bombarded by brainless television shows (think “My Super Sweet Sixteen”), magazine advertisements portraying women as sex objects, and movies that promote drunken promiscuity.

Many teens don’t understand the repercussions one night stands bring.

Sexually Transmitted Diseases are a problem plaguing America’s youth.

According to the Center for Disease and Control, 19 million estimated STD infections occur every See Pop Lyrics, Page 9

Journal-IF-ts Are Ruining Journal-IS-ts That’s it. If one more journalist makes me look bad, I’m gonna snap (a pen, just to be symbolic).

Once-respected Telemundo reporter Mirthala Salinas covered Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa while having a romantic affair with the public figure. Subsequently, Telemundo didn’t keep Salinas and allowed her start a new job this past Monday in Riverside.

This should be insulting to anyone that leaves their house. You don’t have to care about current events to know that journalists shouldn’t get involved with the news. Do you, dearest free thinker, think that Donald Rumsfeld should ever be allowed to write for The Los Angeles Times?

Would the Daily Titan let Milton Gordon’s wife write an objective news piece regarding the Cal State Fullerton president? No, of course not. It’d be riddled with bias and would be more of a press release.

And if your publication is running borderline press releases, then you’re no better than my neighbor friend when we were kids. He just sat up in his tree house, wrote “Mom is great” in red crayon and called it a newspaper. He might as well be the media these days. His brother, however, was more like a Fox News pundit, as he just threw rocks at their cat and yelled, “Your newspaper is poop! Your newspaper is poop!”

Now put half the nation’s blog-

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gers against the tree house press and ask yourself which one had more heart and soul to it. Yes, some bloggers are impressively well-educated writers with an opinion, but others are just screaming fightin’ words at parties to sound smart and then put it up on their blog once they find a computer. Or they shove these vague but intense opinions in people’s faces and then say, “Hey, check out my blog.”

Hey. No. And lesser newspapers are eating it up. The Orange County Register hired on bloggers to be “hip.”

However, The Orange County Register, which is like that junior high kid that desperately wanted to be liked, also tried to adjust to the increasing toll of the worldwide web by creating The O.C. Post. The television commercial for The O.C. Post shows the entire tragedy of Romeo & Juliet being performed in less than 20 seconds, because it’s “news cut to fit your life” supposedly.

Hold on, America. Is that the news you want? You want stories that read like this: “Man found in backyard hammock wearing only a Hawaiian shirt. Self-induced coma. Iced tea had heroin inside ice cubes. Giggles in his sleep. Still no sign of tickling badgers. Didn’t see the clown coming. Officers still wondering where all the cowboys have gone.”

Well, that’s not what I want.

Don’t you want to know if there’s a connection between the tickling badgers and the cowboys? Where did the clown even come from?

Don’t you want the full story?

I came to Cal State Fullerton for a brilliant journalism program to educate myself as a wild new wave journalist, to shine through and give truth and information (and/or some humor) to the people. Journalists should be regarded as typewriter sleuths, literary vigilantes and double-agent heroes (as they’re with the sources, but they’re giving it all to the masses). But there are also “journalIFts” (journalists who would be great IF they didn’t lie and suck all the time), and they messed it up for the rest of us.

Jayson Blair, you ruined the credibility of New York City.

Stephen Glass, you ruined the credibility of Washington, DC. Two men under the age of 30 ruined half of the East Coast’s integrity. Either I have to lose California’s respect or start spinning this country on its toes. Someone has to, and that someone has to be young enough to see the end of the world, and not just sit through it drinking lemonade. The last generation had Woodward and Bernstein. We have Blair and Glass?

Are you kidding me? I could snap a pen, bleed on it all over a headline, and it’d still have more truth to the mistake than the dark flood of cover-up they were spilling onto

the page.

Should I continue to expect legions of overly eager journalists to savagely comb the field for their big exciting break? Or can we reach some kind of level playing field where we have the newsroom men in blazers and/or ties of the 1960s determined to provide inspiring content as well as the women of the 1990s leaving their husbands at home to stay dedicated to bringing justice to print?

Why didn’t “Good Night, And Good Luck” make very much money? Why do college students only seem to see “All The President’s Men” when they’re forced to in school?

Why is no one concerned that journalists keep tarnishing the good name of the printed word?

And even though journalists are hardly gatekeepers anymore with the rise of YouTube and blogs, is everyone ready to watch the flood of Internet junkies come swiftly as the gates crash down and we swim against the current of misinformation? Readers of newspapers, trust journalists to give you what multimedia won’t.

Journalism industry, let honesty and integrity always prevail.

JournalIFts, I beg of you, let me be a journalist.

Relationships: Letter Policy for the Daily Titan Pop lyrics:reach a new low Letters to the Editor should be brief and are subject Disregard to editing. They should also include a signature and social norms telephone number.

Asian females were disgraced by their own communities and labeled “white-washed” women who are just looking to move up in the social ladder.

Now losing momentum, this once heated debate has settled like collected dust bunnies forgotten under the living room chair.

What about the rise of interracial relationships between an Asian man and Caucasian woman?

During my time freelancing for a large metropolitan newspaper, I’ve come across a handful of these interracial types of relationships.

Usually the happy couples have been together for years and are used to stares and whispers. How is it that they found each other? Friends and family, bars, your typical love-atfirst-sight stories. Why was I expecting a different answer?

My first thought was, “This is a retaliation for that ‘Asian girl/white guy’ phase.”

Asian men, fed up with their female counterparts, decide to take revenge by dating Caucasian women, leaving possibilities of an actual relationship, with a girl their parents want them to bring home, out the door.

My second thought?

Though I secretly do not want to openly admit that we are no longer attractive to our own race anymore.

As vain as that sounds, it left very little reassurance that maybe we shouldn’t openly diss our heritage, culture or values or believe in the stereotypes subliminally displayed by society’s norms.

Finally, I came to the conclusion that maybe it’s not that at all. People may be intelligent enough to not allow trivial stereotypes to conform to their preferences on who to date: Asian, white or not.

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Columns are the personal opinion of the writer. They do not reflect those of the university, the faculty, or the student body.

year. Half of these infections occur in young people ages 15 to 24. Although popular tunes aren’t fully responsible for these numbers, they’re a contributing factor.

When T-Pain sings of his love for a stripper, he forgets to mention the chlamydia she has.

Pop CDs have become a soundtrack to the decomposition of a once semi-moral culture. If younger generations continue to indulge in this music, meaningless sex will increase.

Solicitors: we’ll get back to you graphic. But must I really have flier after flier and request after request shoved at me as I walk to class?

Students shouldn’t have to walk to class with their heads bowed and sunglasses on to avoid the eye contact that inevitably seems to lead to a solicitor’s plea.

Often the problem can be solved just by saying “no.”

But the feeling of rejecting might be the worst: saying “no” after being polite enough (or cornered enough) to listen to a solicitor’s pitch; watching them plead and hand a flier only to turn around and throw it in the trash; or just walking away before they have a chance to speak, the result of which is a face completely crestfallen.

Without experience and a certain learned indifference, this act can feel

akin to saying “no” to a first date destined to fail -- completely necessary, yet an act that can leave the person feeling awkward and empathetic.

I want to be able to walk through campus with my head up without worrying about getting to class on time or feeling like a bad person for not sympathizing with a solicitor’s cause. Is there no way for them to get their cause out without sticking a flier under one’s nose or jumping in the path? Is it really too much to ask?

And so, here is my plea to solicitors: please, don’t chase me down.

Please don’t step in front of me and block my path. Please don’t thrust a flier under my nose in hopes that I might read it. Hold up a sign that tells me what you’re about, and let me come to you.

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October 4, 2007

Looking to make his own mark on CSUF basketball Junior transfer trying to find his own identity as he begins his Titan career

by Christy Orgeta

Daily Titan Staff Writer sports@dailytitan.com

BY DAMON CASAREZ/FOR THE DAILY TITAN 21-year-old junior transfer Josh Akognon will play his first season for the Titans after red-shirting a year ago.

player, Hassan Adams.

“See, Josh’s parents are from Nigeria, and Hassan’s father is from Nigeria,” CSUF basketball Assistant Coach Marlon Morton explained.

“Hassan was the star at Arizona State … they played against each other and [with] the Nigerian connection, they just hit it off.”

Morton, who is Adams’ godfather, helped raised Adams since he was 6.

It was through Adams that Akognon would learn about Morton and the CSUF system.

“I was told there were pretty good

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[There was] a lot of trouble the guys had having to guard him, because he’s such a prolific shooter.

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– Eric Glass,

CSUF basketball manager

coaches here,” Akognon said. “And [Adams] said I’d work with Marlon … it was pretty much 98 percent of the reason why I came here, between him and Marlon.”

The other 2 percent was from the influence of Brown.

“Just seeing him … seeing the way he handled the school and the notoriety that he got, that pretty much pushed me to make the decision,” Akognon said.

At first, Akognon was weary about moving from the Pac-10 to the Big West because of the stigma that came with the conference. Eventually, he took it as a plus.

“Here, it’s a low-key underdog type of conference,” Akognon said.

“In some ways I feel I needed that.”

Because of NCAA eligibility rules, Akognon had to red-shirt his first season at CSUF. By then, Akognon was ready for a break. The previous summer, he represented Nigeria in the World Basketball Championship. Now that he had some time off, Akognon could rest.

“Last year was a great year to sit down,” Akognon said. “Learn the system too.”

During his red shirt year as a Titan, Akognon got to know CSUF basketball. He also practiced with the team, as the player Brown and senior guard Ray Reed had to guard on the court.

“He’d been playing so much, last year was his year to really have fun and practice,” Morton said. “Shoot the ball as many times as he wanted … that’s what he did. That was his break in practice.”

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I don’t think anyone can fill his shoes ... He left a legacy here that can’t be touched.

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With the graduation of the player affectionately known as “L.B” to Titan faithful, fans now must look for someone new to take Bobby Brown’s place. That’s a lot of pressure, considering Brown was Cal State Fullerton’s all-time leading scorer.

Josh Akognon knows this, but he has his own plans. Ultimately, Akognon recognizes that the only pressure he answers to is his own.

Twenty-one-year-old Akognon came to CSUF from Washington State. Despite the fact that it was a Pac-10 school, the Cougars moved too slowly for Akognon, who was used to playing at a faster pace.

“I was the lead scorer there and I averaged 10 [points per game],” The 5-foot-11 guard said. “A lot of people back home told me that I was getting kind of boring to watch and coming from your family, that kind of hurts.”

With that, Akognon started searching for other schools. Though he had a few options in the Midwest, Akognon knew that he wanted something closer to home.

“Washington took two planes to see me,” Akognon said of his visits from family, who reside in the Bay Area.

So Akognon scoured Southern California. St. Mary’s, San Diego State and CSUF were Akognon’s top choices. Finally, he whittled the schools down to two — with a last minute choice being on the East Coast.

“The last school I was looking at was Miami; Miami and here.”

Akognon said. “Miami had a couple scholarship issues and I didn’t feel like waiting it out and [it was] still a bit far … I didn’t want to take a plane ride to go home every time I wanted to.”

With a nudge from a friend, Akognon finally decided on Fullerton.

That friend was New Jersey Nets

– Josh Akognon, CSUF basketball

BY DAMON CASAREZ/FOR THE DAILY TITAN

CSUF basketball Manager Eric Glass said that he had the green light to do what he wanted in practice. “[There was] a lot of trouble the guys had having to guard him, because he’s such a prolific shooter,” Glass said.

“To bust everyone’s butt in practice … that was his role,” Morton said.

But the most helpful thing about red-shirting last year for Akognon would be the opportunity to observe teammate Brown and the rest of the Titan squad.

Now that Akognon is eligible to play, he hopes to cultivate his own

image in the Fullerton eye.

“I had dreams before I came to Fullerton,” Akognon said. “…Bobby was more of a reality check.”

Working with Brown, Akognon was able to identify the skills he needed to improve and better himself for the team. As for being the next Brown, Akognon sees this idea in a different light.

“I don’t think anyone can fill his shoes,” Akognon said. “He left a legacy here that can’t be touched. For me, I’m just trying to do the best I can do for this team. Hopefully in the end, both our names are separate.”

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Angels fall to Boston 4-0 Wednesday, Beckett outshines Lackey The Associated Press

By the time John Lackey pitched well at Fenway Park, it was too late.

The American League ERA champion allowed four runs over the first three innings Wednesday night, then gave up just one hit in the next three.

The result, though, was all too familiar: Another loss in Boston as the Red Sox beat the Los Angeles Angels 4-0 in the opener of the AL division series.

The way Josh Beckett was pitching, two pitches by Lackey that caught too much of the plate were too many. David Ortiz and Kevin Youkilis hit them for homers.

“I really think I pitched better than the numbers are going to show,” Lackey said. “I missed location in the first inning on the homer and missed with Ortiz. Other than that, I’m not that disappointed with it. The margin of error wasn’t really high.”

The Korner Predictions from the Daily Titan and yours truly at the Korner by jason kornfeld It’s the most … wonderful time … of the year And no, it ain’t Christmas, kids.

The 2007 Major League Baseball Playoffs has arrived! The Sports staff here at the Daily Titan thought it would be cool if we made some predictions for you guys, so the Korner will return next week as scheduled, tune in!

Before the predictions, I have some thoughts about the state of the teams entering the playoffs.

To start with, the National League is an unpredictable as ever. How did the Disappointing Dodgers, Predictable Padres and Meltdown Mets all miss the playoffs? Well, read the colorful adjectives kids, it’s all in the name.

The Rockies and the Phillies looked like the hottest teams coming into the playoffs, but the Rockies proved yesterday that they truly are, en fuego.

The Diamondbacks relied heavily on youth during the year, and were consistently atop the National League West. The Cubs haven’t won in nearly 100 years, but whose counting?

In the American League, the Red Sox handled the Angels with ease yesterday, and Boston has a stacked pitching staff. The Angels are injured, and might need to add a couple of key players and come back strong next year.

The Indians appear destined to win coming out of the Central League, but run into a determined Alex Rodriguez, coming off of a crazy, presumably un-roided year.

Sports Editor Shawn Trondsen’s picks: NLDS: Rockies over Phillies, Diamondbacks over Cubs NLCS: Rockies over Diamondbacks ALDS: Red Sox over Angels, Indians over Yankees ALCS: Indians over Red Sox World Series: Indians over Rockies

Opinion Editor Bram Makonda’s picks: NLDS: Rockies over Phillies, Cubs over Diamondbacks NLCS: Cubs over Rockies ALDS: Red Sox over Angels, Yankees over Indians ALCS: Red Sox over Yankees World Series: Red Sox over Cubs

The Korner’s picks: NLDS: Rockies over Phillies, Cubs over Diamondbacks NLCS: Rockies over Cubs ALDS: Red Sox over Angels, Indians over Yankees ALCS: Red Sox over Indians World Series: Red Sox over Rockies

Beckett was 20-7 and the only pitcher with more wins than Lackey (19-9). The Red Sox ace allowed just four hits and retired 19 consecutive batters after Chone Figgins led off the game with a single. Beckett struck out eight without a walk.

“I really didn’t watch what he was doing,” Lackey said. “I was just trying to handle my own business. I managed to find a few things throughout the game that started to work a little bit better for me, but it was too late because he was pitching so well” Lackey gave up four runs and nine hits, walked two and struck out four, remarkably similar numbers to his only win against Boston. He allowed four runs and nine hits in six innings at Fenway on July 30, 2006, striking out six and walking two.

“He pitched pretty good” Wednesday, said Mike Lowell, who tagged Lackey for an RBI single in the third. “Take away the long ball.

He was able to grind it out for them.

It’s not like things got out of hand.

They only used two pitchers.”

Lackey already had made postseason history when he became the first rookie since 1909 to win Game 7 of a World Series in 2002 against the San Francisco Giants.

His ERA this year was 3.01, but put him against the Red Sox and he’s a different pitcher.

His loss Wednesday dropped his career record against Boston to 1-7.

At Fenway Park, he is 1-5.

This season, he was 0-2 with an 8.38 ERA in two appearances against Boston, both at Fenway. Take those games away and he was 19-7 for the season with a 2.77 ERA. The Divison series will continue Friday at 5:30 p.m. after a day off.

Boston rookie Daisuke Matsuzaka (15-12, 4.40 ERA) will face Kelvim Escobar(18-7, 3.40 ERA) in Game 2 on Friday.

Escobar is completing his best season in his career as a starter. Matsuzaka is facing the Angels for the first time.

photo courtesy of the associated press The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim players look on in frustration as their bats fall silent against Josh Beckett and the Boston Red Sox. The Angels lost 4-0 and could only muster four hits against the Red Sox ace. The Angels’ Kelvim Escobar (19-7, 3.40 ERA) will face Daisuke Matsuzaka (15-12, 4.40 ERA) in game two on Friday.