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Daily Titan

Monday October 29, 2007

The Student Voice of California State University, Fullerton

DTSHORTHAND Irvine campus open to students today Cal State Fulllerton’s Irvine campus opened its doors to students once again. Classes are scheduled to start at their regular times.

The Irvine campus was closed to students on Thursday as a result of poor air quality caused by the nearby fires.

Although the campus was not directly threatened by the fires, the university’s Environmental Health and Instructional Safety Office ruled the air to be unhealthful.

For constantly updated information, contact (714) 278-8676.

Boston wins second title in four years DENVER (AP) — There’s a new monster in baseball, and this one’s in Boston, too.

Overwhelming in every way, the Red Sox swept to their second title in four years Sunday night.

Jon Lester, Mike Lowell & Co. left little room for drama with a 4-3 win over the Colorado Rockies in Game 4.

Then again, no NL team could have blocked Boston this October.

This was hardly a repeat from 2004, when the Red Sox ended their 86-year championship drought by beating St. Louis.

Boston is a major league bully these days, playing in rarefied air before crowds who demand to win.

“This team’s got a lot of heart,” Red Sox captain Jason Varitek said. “We worked really hard. We just beat a very, very good team, an excellent team. We had to do the little things.”

AFTERMATH

By SEAN BELK

For the Daily Titan

news@dailytitan.com

Both Ryan Higgins and John Nguyen, are student firefighters who were some of the first to respond on the ground to the fire at Whiting Ranch Wilderness Park near Foothill Ranch last Monday.

The two volunteers of Patrol 21, who both plan on attending CSUF after transferring from community college, walked the charred terrain a week after the blaze to search for hotspots.

“We were the first on the scene,” Nguyen said. “I was here Monday night and people were everywhere.”

During a press conference in Irvine Park Saturday afternoon, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and the Orange County Sheriff’s Department insured the public that the responsible party would be dealt with harshly and to the fullest extent of the law.

“We will hunt down the people responsible and we will prosecute them. If I were you I’d

Residents cope with loss and displacement; Governor makes an OC appearance

turn yourself in,” Schwarzenegger said.

The Santiago Fire is located about four miles from the CSUF Irvine campus, which was closed last week due to safety concerns of unhealthy air. The campus has since been opened.

As of Oct. 27, the amount of scorched acreage has doubled since last week, as the fire engulfed more than 28,000 acres, destroyed 14 homes and caused thousands to evacuate.

Officials are on the trail of one or more arsonists responsible for Orange County’s Santiago Fire as flames in Silverado Canyon continued to burn Sunday.

The blaze had twisted its way into more than four canyons and left a path of charredblack earth.

Over the weekend a light drizzle sprinkled over the canyons early in the morning, but had nearly no effect on the fire, officials said.

Authorities have so far received more than 700 tips, firefighters said at the press conference. The best lead came with regard to a white

By SEAN BELK/For the Daily Titan Ford F-150 pickup truck with chrome tubular California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger stands stone-faced as he listens to a briefing by Orange See DEVASTATION, Page 2 County Sheriff Mike Carona about the wildfires last week.

Costume ban blamed on Capt. Underpants LONG BEACH, N.Y. (AP) – Call it the Misadventure of Captain Underpants and the Peeved Principal.

A suburban Long Island high school has banned all Halloween costumes after three senior girls showed up last year dressed as the underwear-baring subject of a series of best-selling children’s books.

For the Captain Underpants costumes, the three girls donned beige leotards and nude stockings under white briefs and red capes to portray the superhero, who has battled such foes as talking toilets.

To principal Nicholas Restivo, the appearance was that the girls were naked.

“I’m being a principal. I’m not being an ogre,” Restivo said.

He added that some gory costumes could make some students uncomfortable.

Some students don’t see it that way.

ASI election falls short of predicted voter turnout A candidate for College of Humanities and Social Sciences loses by four

By EDWARD PETERS

Daily Titan Staff Writer news@dailytitan.com

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Volunteer firefighters Ryan Higgins and John Nguyen are part of Patrol 21. They were responsible for searching for hotspots.

In the contest for Associated Students, Inc. Board of Directors, four seats went uncontested with 577 students voting.

The ASI Board of Directors is made up of representatives from each of the eight colleges on campus with each college electing two representatives to serve on the board.

According to the ASI Web site, the Board of Directors approves all funding allocations to programs and services for ASI and is responsible for advocating student interests on committees and boards.

In the closest race, a margin of four votes was enough for Henoc Preciado to beat out Daniel Ramsey to represent the College of Humanities and Social Sciences.

“It stings that it’s four votes. It

makes you feel that if you talked to five other people [then] that could have made a difference,” Manny Reyes, Ramsey’s campaign manager, said. “I could take it if we lost by 15, 16, 100 [votes].”

The election ended Thursday night with Mario Davis winning the spot for College of Communications; there were no candidates for the College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics; and there were two winners for the only other contest – College of the Arts.

Although Emily Asaro garnered 58 percent of the votes, Sabrina Stephens will also be serving a semester on the Board of Directors because she finished second place with 39 percent of the votes.

Both positions for the College of the Arts were up for grabs, so Asaro received a full one-year term and will be the sole representative for the College of the Arts beginning fall 2008.

“I think it went well,” said Angela Meyers, chief communications officer for ASI. “We had someone for every college except for Natural Science and Math, so that’s actually very good

BY THE NUMBERS

577

Number of students who voted

4

Number of votes by which Henoc Preciado beat Daniel Ramsey

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Number of candidates for the College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics because normally we don’t get people for all the colleges.”

In the contest for College of Humanities and Social Sciences, Preciado had 118 votes compared to Ramsey, who received 114 votes.

“I really hope to represent my college and everyone in it,” Preciado said.

“At this moment, my greatest concern

is parking, book prices and programming and funding for my college.”

In the other elections, Davis received 58 percent of the votes in his run for ASI representative for College of Communications.

Running against Davis was Vanessa Garcia who received 28 percent of the votes.

“I want to be able to share my values to make the best decisions I think possible for Cal State Fullerton,” Davis said. “If that means trying to get lower tuition or more scholarships, if I can have some part in getting that done, then that’s what I’m here for.”

In the uncontested positions, Marielle Cortes took the College of Business and Economics; April Divinity – College of Education; Jesus Vizcaino – College of Engineering and Computer Science; Aundrea Cardoza – College of Health and Human Development.

“I could have done with a better voter turn-out, but that was beyond our control. With the smoke and the ash in the atmosphere, we could not keep our polling locations outdoors,” said Emel Shaikh, ASI elections commissioner. “But considering the circumstances, getting almost 70 to 75 percent of what we got last fall, I’m pretty happy with the results.”

Representatives take office in spring 2008. For more information, go to: http://www.asi.fullerton.edu/.

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NATIONAL NEWS

Homeland security strikes a new driver’s license deal WASHINGTON (AP) – The Bush administration and New York cut a deal Saturday to create a new generation of super-secure driver’s licenses for U.S. citizens, but also allow illegal immigrants to get a version. New York is the fourth state to reach an agreement on federally approved secure licenses, after Arizona, Vermont and Washington. The issue is pressing for border states, where new and tighter rules are soon to go into effect for crossings.

The Arizona deal announced in August does not contemplate issuing licenses to illegal immigrants, said Jeanine L’Ecuyer, a spokeswoman for Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano. The proposed Arizona version would not be available to anyone illegally in the country, since one of the intended uses of the 3in-1 identity card would be to prove U.S. citizenship, L’Ecuyer said. It could be used as a license, as proof of citizenship and as a passport-like document valid for travel in Canada, the U.S. and Mexico. It would be voluntary and available for a small extra fee.

STATE NEWS Fingerpointing ensues over grounded helicopters ORANGE, Calif. (AP) – State and federal officials on Saturday blamed each other for allowing nearly two dozen water-dropping helicopters to sit idle while deadly wildfires ravaged Southern California, as Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger pledged to improve the state’s response to battling wildfires.

The head of the state’s firefighting agency lashed out at the Marines and U.S. Forest Service, saying the military had failed to commit to the training necessary to launch helicopters more quickly. The Forest Service had neglected to provide enough helicopter managers to launch the aircrafts when they became available, he said. The fingerpointing ensued after The Associated Press reported Thursday that nearly two dozen military helicopters, including those from the Marines, Navy and California National Guard, stayed grounded for at least a day after several wildfires broke out because of bureaucracy, including rules that so-called “fire spotters” must be on board each helicopter. Spotters were not available for all the aircraft ready to fight the fire.

CAMPUS CALENDAR

TODAY: Pub Karaoke, from noon to 1 p.m.: Students are offered karaoke in the TSU Pub.

TUESDAY: Free Billiards, from 3 to 7 p.m.: Billiards offered free in the TSU Underground with a valid Titan Card.

Pub Open Mic, from noon to 1 p.m.: The TSU hosts its weekly open mic session.

WEDNESDAY: Dealing with Racism, from noon to 1:30 p.m.: Professor Kevin McGinnis discusses racism in TSU Gilman AB for the Student Leadership Institute.

Fall Texas Hold ‘Em Classic, at 4 p.m.: TSU hosts another round of poker in a series of qualifying tournaments before the Dec. 5 championship round. Admission is free.

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

SATURDAY: An Evening of One Acts, from 8 to 10 p.m.: CSUF student playwrights have their work shown on stage in Grand Central Theatre in Santa Ana. Tickets are $5 in advance and $10 at the door.

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October 29, 2007

AFTERMATH: Many Still Displaced Photos By SEAN BELK/For the Daily Titan At Camp Silverado, displaced homeowners are forced to stay in tents. “It sucks that the fire had to happen,” said 20-year-old volunteer firefighter Andrew Kusiak of Santa Ana.

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footsteps seen in the Santiago Canyon area last Sunday. Federal, state and local agencies are investigating.

More than 2,000 firefighters have assisted in the canyons so far, Orange County Fire Authority Fire Capt. Stephen Miller said. Local fires have impeded firefighters’ ability to provide assistance in far worse counties around San Diego and San Bernardino, he said.

“It remains a threat to all the canyon communities,” Miller said. “But you can’t help but wonder what we could have done.”

Local and state resources will continue to be deployed in Orange County to contain the fire – which is 35 percent contained – but has grown more than 10 miles wide heading toward Riverside, Miller said.

There have been reports of minor injuries, but no deaths.

Schwarzenegger said even though response teams made a few mistakes such as aircraft not being deployed promptly enough, state action was faster than two years ago, when the last round of devastating fires broke.

“We have to evaluate it over to find what better we can do next time,” he said. “Look how much quicker we responded to these fires than in 2003.”

However, shortly after the briefing, Ryan Lane, a 40-year-resident of Silverado Canyon, had volumes to say about the state’s lack of response to the poorer canyon community.

“They’re focusing on the rich people. Does he even give a crap?” he said, flailing his arms in the air as

the governor’s body guard asked him if he was drunk. “The people in the canyons are not so rich,” Lane said, describing how he watched as 10 fire engines couldn’t get clearance to the less-affluent Silverado area.

He said the Silverado fire continued to burn 500 yards from his house and was getting closer.

While Silverado Canyon Road was closed off, Lane said he stayed with family and friends, who supported one another, at El Modena High School, not far down the road.

“It’s comfortable,” he said. “But in the auditorium, the only comfortable part is being with my family.”

Other locations evacuees fled to in Orange County included: El Toro High School and an Albertson’s grocery store parking lot, which has become a food-supply station nicknamed “Camp Silverado.” Outback Steakhouse, FEMA, the U.S. Post Office and the Orange County Animal Control all came together to provide food, supplies and shelter for the evacuees.

In Portola Hills, which borders Whiting Ranch Wilderness Park, about 10 miles away from where the

FAR LEFT: Makeshift directions toward Camp Silverado is a sign of the tragedy.

LEFT: Berry Owens, center, is comforted

by Sarah Sarkissian, left, and Maurine Vohl, right.

MULTIMEDIA original fire started, the charred remains of an ashen landscape is now the backdrop of a small community where no houses were destroyed.

Firefighters kept the fire at the edge of the canyon.

Higgins, 21, and Nguyen, 20, patrolled the area for hot spots Saturday afternoon.

Volunteers were battling the blaze, protecting homes and backyards with foam fire retardant and water hoses as recently as last week.

o Check out dailytitan.com for video footage of the California fires.

FBI agents told the volunteers, who spotted the initial flames, not to talk to the media because of an ongoing investigation.

However, the volunteers did explain the conditions they had to deal with on the fire lines.

“It sucks that the fire had to happen,” said 20-year-old volunteer firefighter Andrew Kusiak of Santa Ana. “But it feels good to save a house.”

Patrick Chavis contributed to this story.

COP BLOTTER: Caller says he scared off potential car thief On Sunday, Oct. 21, officers were sent to Lot E to search for a suspicious man who was possibly attempting to break into a vehicle.

The caller said he scared him off. Officers could not locate the man.

In other campus news: MONDAY, Oct. 22 6:57 a.m.: Agency assist at 57 Freeway: Officers were called out to East Nutwood Ave. and the 57 freeway where a man was passed out in his vehicle on the northbound ramp.

9:52 a.m.: Suspicious person at McCarthy Hall: A suspicious person was reported. He was a white male in his 30s, appeared disheveled and was bleeding from the mouth. Officers were unable to locate him.

5:40 p.m.: Medical Aid Call at Commons: A male student was experiencing panic attack symptoms and was not responding to assistance from another woman.

TUESDAY, Oct. 23 10:07 a.m.: Suspicious person at PS 1: A man sitting on top of a ledge in Parking Structure 1 was advised to get down, but was unresponsive. A report was taken.

6:04 p.m.: Suspicious person at Education Classrooms: A possibly suicidal student was talking of cutting his wrists with razors. A report was taken.

11:12 p.m.: Fire at PS1: Officers responded to a call that smoke was visible from the top level of Parking

Structure 1. Officers checked out the situation and everything was clear.

WEDNESDAY, Oct. 24 11:19 a.m.: Medical Aid Call at Health Centers: Medics were requested to assist a person possibly having a stroke. A report was taken.

4:39 p.m.: Fire at Irvine Campus: Reports of smoke in the hills from the Santiago Fire were made. It was believed that the smoke appeared close to the campus.

10:18 p.m.: Property vandalism at Library: Officers responded after a caller had discovered and reported obscene writing on a window with chalk. A citation was handed out.

THURSDAY, Oct. 25

2:26 p.m.: Disturbance at Lot E: A man and woman were reported fighting and yelling at one another.

Police were unable to locate the two people.

FRIDAY, Oct. 26 8:12 p.m.: Suspicious person at Performing Arts Building: A suspicious man was reported to police twice in the day. He was found incoherent and lingering near a student at the Performing Arts building. Police conducted a field interview.

SATURDAY, Oct. 27 1:10 p.m.: Agency Assist at Balfour Avenue: University Police assisted in the search for a man in a red jacket who might have been in possession of a gun. University Police were unable to locate the man.

October 29, 2007

Features

Banging their own drums West Covina group plays, makes drums in Japanese tradition

By Sylvia Masuda

Daily Titan Staff Writer news@dailytitan.com

There was a restless feeling in the salty, muggy air of a West Covina, Calif. basketball court as people shuffled from one end of the court to the other.

Once the players took their positions, poised to play, a silence took over. The hush was a startling contrast to the sudden explosion of sound that followed.

This wasn’t a basketball game practice. It was a taiko drum rehearsal session.

Taiko drumming is a form of Japanese drumming where the musicians work with large barrel-style drums

to create music that’s not only nice to hear, but also stunning to watch.

The Kishin Daiko taiko group was rehearsing for their Nov. 2 performance at Cal State Fullerton’s Meng Concert Hall.

The members straightened their arms. They swung thick drumsticks, swept in arcs, then slammed out a hollow bang. A closer look revealed visibly quivering drumheads. The shake even traveled to the floor.

“There’s a big difference between watching taiko on TV and here,” 35year-old performer Walter Clarke said. “Live, you get the vibrations.”

Kishin Daiko formed 26 years ago at the East San Gabriel Valley Japanese Community Center. Since then, they’ve wooed audiences with the tribal beat of the Japanese drums.

Some of the drums are tall and heavy, measuring up to 160 gallons; others are flat and as light as 10 gallons.

Jim Friesen, the group’s artistic

director, said Taiko drums made in Japan cost from $2,000 to $30,000.

To save money, members gather at Friesen’s house to assemble most of their drums out of wine barrels.

“Sometimes my patio looks like a Long Beach shipyard, with barrels stacked all over,” Friesen said.

The barrels are taken apart to reinforce the inside and to reshape and sand them. Cowhide purchased from Missouri or Texas is hooked over the mouth of the barrel with thick brasscolored nails. The group also makes their own drum stands, Friesen said.

Out of just one of these handmade taiko drums comes a cadence that sounds like any other drumbeat. But when several are played, the taiko feed off each other in polyrhythmic harmony. There are many drumming groups in the United States, and Kishin Daiko is one of them.

Some observers become so captivated by watching the group’s perSee TAIKO, Page 3

By Sylvia Masuda/Daily Titan Staff Writer During practice, Covina resident Sofia Chinen, 17, and other Kishin Daiko members stare straight ahead, emotionless, as they try to recall drum patterns.

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Courtesy of Kishin Daiko

Amy Friesen and Brian Yamagata perform “Kishin Kagura” at the 7th Annual Courtyard Kids Family Festival in Little Tokyo, Los Angeles. The group, which offers classes, will be coming to Cal State Fullerton on Nov. 2.

Ticket and Time Information When: Nov. 2nd, 2007 at 8 p.m.

Where: Meng Concert Hall, Performing Arts Building Tickets: $30 at the door, $25 advance sale for seniors and full-time students with Titan Card

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FEATURES

October 29, 2007

Years of CSUF

Two theater graduates find a niche beyond Cal State Fullerton’s campus

By Jennifer Caddick

Daily Titan Buzz Editor news@dailytitan.com

How many theater majors does it take to screw in a light bulb?

Two – Greg and Julie Christy.

The Cal State Fullerton alumni know all about light bulbs … and audio and video and staging and just about any services pertaining to the entertainment industry. “[I was attracted to] the collaborative nature of [the theater],” Greg said. “The fact that you were creating a living piece of art in three dimensions and the great people.”

This passion for theatrical design was what gave Julie, who majored in theater arts, lighting and store management, “Brite Ideas” in the parking lot of CSUF while hanging out with some of her lighting pals.

Although her knew how to proposal was operate a prodoubted, in 1989 fessional folBrite Ideas saved lowspot, handle the day. stage weights, After graduattie batons, rig ing from CSUF in backdrops, 1984, Greg took install lekos, his major in thecircuit light atrical design with boards and had him and started been paid to working for a work on pass family-owned – Greg Christy through tourproduction comCEO of Brite Ideas ing shows from pany where he New York to developed their Chicago,” Julie lighting departsaid. ment.

They continued that education Throughout his five-year experience working there, he was able to when they came to CSUF. “[The theater department] was build up his clientele and events. very professional,” Greg said. “EvThings were going well.

Then, one day the company un- eryone was very serious about what expectedly closed its doors without they were doing … everyone was very committed and we were pronotice.

Greg gathered his clients and col- ducing a wonderful product.”

Along with taking classes, Greg laborated with Julie on getting Brite and Julie worked as paid lighting asIdeas started.

Within two days they were in sistants for the theater department.

They had to make sure the theater business.

“We provide technical services gear was always operating properly. to corporate and entertainment in- They also had to crew all installadustry events,” Greg said. “Anything tions during productions, supervise from movie premiers to new car in- student training and assist the gradtroductions to corporate meetings to uate students with their projects. star-studded, red carpet Hollywood Julie’s hand-done drafting was used for the Little Theater master plans fundraisers.”

Greg is the Chief Executive Offi- before things were computerized.

Their professors instilled procer and Julie is the Chief Financial fessionalism in the students, Greg Officer of Brite Ideas.

The couple’s extensive background said. They spent all their time in the in theater lighting and audio, along building working 12 hours a day with their pre-existing clients, are seven days a week.

Julie said she still remembers her what enabled them to get their commost entertaining professor, Todd pany running on such short notice.

Both started getting involved in Moffetti, whom she had for her scenery and set design class. theater during high school.

“He would stroll the hall singing “By the time I was 16 I already

Greg and Julie Christy

Taiko: Drummers to visit CSUF formances, they her children to sign up to join.

Obon festivals, a “I just fell in type of Japanese love with it,” cultural festival.

Clarke said. “I When Kishin love the musicalDaiko performed ity of it it. It kind at one of the fesof gets in your tivals, not only blood.” did June and Taiko drumchildren love – Jocelyn Garcia, her ming first grabbed it; her children drummer Clarke, a Garden were interested Grove resident, at enough to take a Japanese marlessons with the tial arts demonstration. He has now performers. been playing for 13 years.

Brandon Leong instructs the chilFor June Kikkawa’s three children dren’s classes.

– Ryan, 16; Khirin, 13 and Aaron, “I’ve really enjoyed teaching 15 – it’s a matter of becoming famil- them because they learn quickly and iar with their Japanese background, they’ve been performing really well,” she said.

Leong said.

The Covina mother would take Leong’s plunge into taiko drum-

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It shocks people for the first time they see it. I like the reactions when we play.

ming started eight years ago when he and his whole family decided to join Kishin Daiko.

Though he teaches now, he has also experienced drumming for a live audience.

“As a performer, I’ve really enjoyed many of the different places,” Leong said. “It’s always a lot of fun just to be performing.”

Other members revel in sharing their art with the public.

“I like being able to show it to people who have never seen it,” Clarke said.

Taiko drumming isn’t as widespread as other musical arts.

“It shocks people for the first time they see it,” Jocelyn Garcia, an 18year-old Rancho Cucamonga resident, said. “I like the reactions when we play.”

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Everyone was very serious about what they were doing ... everyone was very committed and we were producing a wonderful product.

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By Sylvia Masuda/Daily Titan Staff Writer Arms held straight and strong, 12-year-old Olivia Hummer assumes a signature taiko pose. There is a wide age range in classes with some students as young as 5 years old.

and rhyming students names,” Julie said.

Susan Hallman is one of the professors who gave Greg the foundation in the industry he still uses today.

“She had a dynamic and strong personality,” Greg said. “She has always felt connected to and taken care of her students.”

They still try to attend Hallman’s annual BBQ every year.

With all the demands of theater and professors, Julie said sometimes she needed a place to hide.

When the stress was getting to Julie, she would sneak to the third floor of the performing arts building.

There she would hammer out Elton John tunes on the piano in the practice rooms.

In the early ‘80s, Julie and Greg were involved with the American College Theater Festival, a competition for excellence in the performing arts.

Both worked on the first major award-winning show for the department, “Bulldog and the Bear,” at the Kennedy Center. Greg was the show’s master electrician.

The pair actually met while working on shows.

One summer they were operating the light room together for a show through the Cabaret Repertory Theater Program. Their first date was at a showing of “Little Shop of Horrors” at the Shubert Theater in Los Angeles.

They switched the marriage light on in 1985.

Greg and Julie are continually involved with university events such as “Concert Under the Stars,” “Front and Center” and through their scholarship endowment in the theater program.

Guitar Hero 3 means it’s time to rock again From U-Wire

On October 28 Activision will release “Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock.” The new game will be available for the PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and Nintendo Wii consoles. A new wireless Gibson Les Paul guitar will also be available. “’Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock’ is one of the more anticipated titles of the year. We think Guitar Hero will be one of the biggest video games that will launch this year,” Best Buy spokesperson, Brian Lucas, said.

If past Guitar Hero sales are any indication, Best Buy’s and Game Stop’s predictions will be correct.

According to the NPD group, which tracks North American Video sales, Guitar Hero II sold 1.3 million in sales in 2006, making it the fifth best selling game in the US last year.

Matt Green, St. Louis, Mo., senior, says one reason for the increase in sales is the close partnership with industries outside of video games.

“This game has partnered with the music industry. The entertainment industry has become more intertwined,” said Green.

Green is looking forward to the release of Guitar Hero III and has been impressed with the diverse nature of the game so far. He said Guitar Hero is making games more appealing.

“I love the fact that my 50 yearold mom can play it and so can my little sister who’s 12. You get the whole spectrum of people. It’s much more feasible for everyone to play,” said Green. “Guitar Hero is bringing back traditional style games while letting you rock.”

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OPINION

October 29, 2007

Titan Editorial

Democracy may not be for everyone

been buzz about whether the country will shift away from communism and more towards socialism or even democracy.

Here in America we tend to deify democracy. We are taught from a very young age America is great, and one of the biggest reasons why it is so great is because every American can participate in the electoral process.

But is that really a good thing? Do

we truly want everyone to have an equal vote in who our elected leaders are?

The answer is no and no. And even if it was yes and yes, I ask what does it matter who votes if none of the candidates to choose from relates to or accurately represents its constituents?

By now everyone is familiar with the phrase popularized by “The Da Vince Code” – so dark the con of man. I say so dark the con of our founding fathers. We have all been tricked into thinking we have the power to govern. I can only hope we don’t manage to dupe other countries into thinking the same.

Don’t get me wrong. We do have it better here in America compared to other countries in the world, and I love living here, but let’s not attribute our prosperity solely to democracy. If there is anything we should take away from our now half-decade debacle in Iraq, it’s that you can’t ship democracy overnight to a country whose people aren’t accustomed to it and have never really voiced a desire for it anyway.

There are several problems facing Jintao’s next five-year term – an increasing gap between the rich and poor, political corruption among the communist party and irresponsible

environmental policies – but those problems are very similar to the ones faced by the world’s poster boy for democracy, a.k.a. the United States of America.

With that being said, I do have some advice for Jintao to take into consideration. I may not have a law degree or any political experience, but I do have a lot of common sense, which is something many politically affluent people lack.

The first thing you should know is that you don’t have to like America.

You just have to appear to respect it.

America is a super power, and the better relationship you have with America, the faster you’ll be able to grow and develop into an even bigger force than you are now.

Secondly, stop wasting your time and money on a space race with Japan. Nobody cares who goes to the moon, and it doesn’t have the same effect it did when Russia and America went at it during the Cold War. Lastly, and I shouldn’t have to say this now, but don’t change the country into a democracy. Relinquish a little control through voting to placate the people, but it makes no sense to give up power when you don’t have to.

And I don’t need to conduct a nationwide vote to know that.

legations that he sent sexually explicit instant messages and e-mails to teenage congressional pages. At the same time, Foley was chairman of the House Caucus on Missing and Exploited Children and was fighting for tougher legislation against pedophiles.

In early July 2007, the phone number of Sen. David Vitter (RLA) was found in the phone records of Pamela Martin and Associates, a prostitution service. Vitter admitted to this “serious sin in my past.”

The Times-Picayune quoted prostitute Wendy Cortez saying Vitter was “a regular customer.”

And then there is the uniquely mesmerizing story of Sen. Larry

Craig.

In August 2007, the Capitol Hill newspaper Roll Call broke the story of Craig’s mid-June arrest at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport on suspicion of lewd conduct. The police report said Craig lingered outside a bathroom stall where a police officer sat as part of an undercover operation investigating complaints of sexual activity in the restroom.

The officer said Craig peeked through the crack of the door and entered the neighboring stall, tapping his foot and swiping his left hand under the stall divider several times. Recognizing these actions as an invitation for interaction, the of-

ficer showed Craig his identification badge and made the arrest.

In a mailed plea petition dated Aug. 1, 2007, Craig pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of disorderly conduct, which included the provisions: “I understand that the court will not accept a plea of guilty from anyone who claims to be innocent” and “I now make no claim that I am innocent of the charge to which I am entering a plea of guilty.”

He paid $575 in fines and fees.

The senator later said the officer misconstrued his actions in the restroom and in a press conference on Aug. 28 said, “I am not gay. I never

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ASI election is a joke Less than 2 percent of the student population at Cal State Fullerton participated in the Associated Students, Inc. elections held last Wednesday and Thursday. A grand total of 577 students voted.

ASI was expecting 2,000.

What was promised more than valiant efforts and good jobs?

The winners’ campaign platforms were simply being there for the students and trying their best to advance CSUF’s prospects. It was all rather vague, so nobody voted. There weren’t public debates, there weren’t forums, there weren’t genuine platforms. Given the turnout, the only voters were the candidates, their friends and family, a few curious passers-by and a number of students reeled into voting out of sheer guilt.

Students saw faces, students saw names, but students didn’t see any causes.

Candidates had no stand-out qualities and didn’t hype themselves up for more than what their glamour shots showed while posted around the campus. Shouldn’t there be some attempt to seriously reach out to students by now? Did any of the candidates ask students about the university’s problems and personal opinions of this institution of higher learning? Or,

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did they just assume that we only care about the big three: tuition, textbooks and parking? Didn’t they just make whimsical off-theshoulder counters to the standard issues? Candidates this year said the same thing three years ago.

The candidates weren’t timely and the candidates weren’t made known to the public very well, given that only about 1.6 percent of the campus cared enough to put these cut-outs into office.

And it’ll be like this next semester, and the next, unless ASI figures out a way to promote these candidates so they have real opinions of issues that stray from the big three. If ASI wants us to vote and be involved in this fracturing process, then there should be more to these campaigns than slogans and glamour shots on bulletin boards.

ASI’s failure to reach out to voters will eventually alienate students in the end. If the trend continues, students will not likely be involved in big decisions that actually affect our education.

If there is as far a distance between voters and candidates in such a small community as college as there is in state and federal elections, then we’re in big trouble.

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By David Carrillo

Daily Titan Staff Writer opinion@dailytitan.com

I have a message for President Hu Jintao, who was recently selected to another five-year term as China’s Communist Party chief: You have a good thing going over there. Don’t mess it up. With all the progression China has made recently, there has

Congress members lack professionalism

By Christin Davis

Daily Titan Staff Writer opinion@dailytitan.com

They are the chosen few. Only 535 total people are selected to be advocates for citizens of the free world.

Considering these odds, the selected representatives should theoretically be the best and brightest society has to offer. Somehow, that doesn’t seem to be the case.

Over the last year, members of the U.S. Congress have been the focus of news reports involving behavior that’s easily classified as less than bright.

Representative Mark Foley (RFL) resigned in 2006 following al-

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have been gay.” On Sept. 1 he announced his intent to resign from the Senate “with sadness and deep regret.” Three days later, a spokesperson said Craig was reconsidering his decision to resign. On Sept. 10, Craig filed a motion to withdraw his guilty plea arguing it “was not knowing and intelligent and, therefore, was in violation of his constitutional rights.”

Judge Charles A. Porter Jr. denied Craig’s motion on Oct. 4 ruling that Craig’s plea was accurate, voluntary, intelligent and the evidence supported the conviction.

Craig then announced he would serve out his Senate term so he could continue to try to clear his name.

Craig has a long history of political involvement, having represented the state of Idaho in the Senate for 16 years, and a similarly long history

of questionable lewd conduct.

At the University of Idaho, Craig was student body president and a member of the Delta Chi fraternity.

He attended George Washington University for graduate studies and then spent two years as a member of the Idaho Army National Guard.

Elected to the Idaho Senate in 1974, Craig served three terms before being elected to the U.S. House of Representatives where he served five terms.

He was first elected to the Senate in 1991.

There have been suspicions of Craig having relationships with men dating back to 1967 – his fraternity days.

Craig issued a statement in 1982 denying allegations of his involvement in cocaine use and sex with male teenage congressional pages.

The American Conservative

Union rated Craig’s 2005 voting record at 96 out of 100 points – he did, after all, support the Federal Marriage Amendment that would have prevented same-sex couples from receiving marriage benefits.

Craig is one of two people elected to stand for issues important to the citizens of Idaho.

It seems to me his legitimacy, is in essence, thrown out the window when he is caught soliciting sex in a public men’s restroom. Yet, in early October, despite the scandal, it was announced Craig would be inducted into the Idaho Hall of Fame.

People should be embarrassed of leadership like Craig’s and be unwilling to tolerate it among the top tiers of our government.

Instead, he will be recognized with a plaque. I’m embarrassed for the people of Idaho and the nation as a whole.

October 29, 2007

Friends eventually grow apart

The Social-Light

By Amy Robertson

Do you remember being a child and making a pact with your best friend that you two would be friends forever? Did you keep that promise or did you do what you swore you never would do – grow apart?

I can’t speak for everyone, but from my personal experience, talking with friends I’m guessing the latter is what happened because friends are not forever.

“Friends Forever” necklaces and bracelets were a popular accessory when I was in grade school. I had them all – necklace, bracelet, matching rings and more. I was forever friends with dozens of other little girls. It was a nice thought, but deep down, even as a 10-year-old girl, I knew keeping all the friends I had in grade school was not realistic.

High school, however, was different. I made a group of friends who became my sisters. We called ourselves “The Sexy Seven.” Laugh all you want because my family sure does. The seven of us vowed we wouldn’t be like other people.

We were going to be friends for the rest of our lives. We were going to be bridesmaids in each others’ weddings.

My older brother had grown apart from his high school friends. I would not be like him. I knew I would be different. I knew my friends and I would be different.

It’s been over four years now since I graduated high school. I talk to maybe two of my former best friends only once every few months.

In my 22 years of existence I

have had a lot of different people come into my life only to fade out slowly. This cycling of friendships I have experienced has led me to the conclusion that the majority of the relationships we form are merely temporary.

The exceptions to the notion that most relationships don’t stick are those of family relationships. Even if we’re not close to our family, they will forever be our mother, father, brother and so on.

The other exception, though not always so, is marriage – when two people form a new family. Call me old-fashioned, but I do like to believe that husband and wife is, in fact, forever, though I know nowadays that’s not always the case.

However, for the most part people are just passing things, though some remain for longer moments of time than others. These individuals are phase friends.

Just as we go through a series of friends, we go through a series of chapters in our life. The chapters change as our life’s settings drastically change. There’s the grade school, high school, college, “grown-up” career and new family chapter where you then become the parent. The cycle continues through your children.

Phase friends stay confined to their specific niche phase. The friends you have in grade school differ from your high school friends. Likely, once graduating and moving on to college, the friends you had in high school will be phased out in order to make room for those newer friends

made in college.

The reason this swapping occurs is because friendships are harder to maintain when the two parties are in different environments. Also, they’re hard to maintain in different lives, and it is easy to view each phase as its own life. As we grow and travel through different stages, we mature and change as people. The person I was in freshman year of high school is not the same person I am now as a college senior.

Phase friends are normally in our lives for the span of several years, while footprint friends will come and go in no more than a year’s time.

These individuals are the epitome of a temporary friend. They come into our lives for a very specific reason, be it to act as company during some sort of trial in our life or to teach us something.

These people are dispensable.

Once they have served the purpose they were meant to serve they quietly exit and our life continues undisturbed. The change they make – that footprint in our life – may or may not be immediately acknowledged.

Phase friends and footprint friends are a part of everybody’s life.

The fact that they’re temporary does not mean, however, that they should be cherished any less.

Though it’s easy to want to hold on to somebody or some moment, I say, embrace those fleeting things in life.

It’s those brief, ever-changing facets of life that make the journey so interesting and worthwhile.

By Robert stroud

zation of a state lottery would not only create a moral dilemma, but also invite other problems associated with gambling into their communities.

In attempts to ease the minds of the citizens who felt a state lottery would only create problems in the community, a promise was made.

The promise was this: revenue generated from the state lottery would be used as funding for the public school system or other government programs.

With the proposal of this new form of tax relief, the citizens of many states accepted this idea, believing it would offer adequate assistance to the ever suffering budgets of the public school system.

It has become frighteningly clear those who chose to allow for a creation of a state lottery have been taken for a ride.

Even though the promise to return some of the profits from the lottery have been met to some degree, it is clear most citizens who voted for the creation of the program feel the amount of money returned to the state is far below their expectations.

During an investigation into the disbursal of income made from state lotteries, the New York Times discovered last year lotteries accounted for less than 1 to 5 percent of the total revenue for K-12 education for states that use that money for public education.

According to the California State Lottery Web site, besides the money

given out as prizes, the bulk of the revenue accumulated from the game goes to the state, with 34 cents of every dollar received being circulated back to the state.

While this money is being pumped into the public school system, there is still some concern to be had over the decrease in the amount of funds being returned to the state over the past few decades.

Today, the money received from the California State lottery makes up less than 2 percent of the funding for K-12 education, a considerable change from the nearly 5 percent that was accumulated in 1985.

So why has all this money been disappearing?

Over the years, nearly all of the states with lotteries have decreased the amount of money that would be disbursed to the state, and have instead increased the amount of money for their prizes.

Some of these lotteries are attempting to privatize their business, cutting the state completely out of the profits.

Even though these businesses claim to be holding up their end of the bargain, it appears that gradually the public is being cut out of the profits.

It’s unclear how many Americans are aware of the cuts being made to their share of the income, but as time goes on more people will come to realize that when it comes to state lotteries, we are just not getting our money’s worth.

Residents are not benefiting enough from California lottery Daily Titan Staff Writer opinion@dailytitan.com

Art for the daily titan by Paul Johnson

The success of the California State Lottery is undeniable, due to the gradually increasing size in jackpot payoffs for winners, and the ever-increasing number of vendors who are making ticket purchases available throughout the state.

Since its conception in 1984 this state lottery has become a moneymaking juggernaut, generating billions of dollars to be used towards the expansion of this program as well as providing funding for the State of California.

Unfortunately many Californians believe the promises made by government officials, to persuade residents to vote in favor of the creation of a state lottery, have not met the expectations of the people.

In many states, the initial reaction to the proposal of a statewide lottery was a strong disapproval.

Many Americans felt the organi-

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Six former Titans inducted into the Hall of Fame NFL, MLB and NBA athletes constitute the 2007 class of inductees

By Joy Alicia

Daily Titan Staff Writer sports@dailytitan.com

Former Titan baseball Head Coach George Horton sat front row center Saturday night in the Titan Student Union for Cal State Fullerton’s Titan Athletics Hall of Fame induction ceremony. He laughed hard as he heard what may have been his favorite joke of the night.

The emcee stood on stage and said he had an announcement to make.

“There’s a green and yellow Lamborghini (the University of Oregon’s school colors) parked outside with its lights on. License plate, ‘Horton 8,’” he said. Horton and the crowd exploded with laughter.

Horton showed his support for the Titans with his presence; the former national champion coach gracefully took any Oregon jokes directed his way.

CSUF’s Titan Athletics Hall of Fame induction honored past and present Major League Baseball players Mark Kotsay and Phil Nevin, distance runner Heather KilleenFrisone, Olympic basketball goldmedalist Leon Wood, two-time Super Bowl winner Mark Collins and former CSUF women’s softball Head Coach Judi Garman.

CSUF history was displayed on three large screens in the TSU Pavilions. Images included photographs of the 1960 men’s basketball team, the former female gymnastics team member with one arm, and dozens of other captivating images.

Over the years, CSUF traditions have changed. There is no longer a football team, a topic that caused Collins and Nevin to say they’re disappointed in the changes and want to see football return to the campus.

More than one inductee used the phrase “I bleed blue and orange.”

Those words resonated with the audience in formal attire. Friends, family, colleagues and fans showed support with undivided attention and stand-

Photos By daniel suzuki/For the Daily Titan Above: Medallions and plaques awarded to the inductees were on display at the induction ceremony.

Right: Heather Killeen-Frisone, a former Titan distance runner, speaks about her experiences as a CSUF athlete during the Titan Athletics Hall of Fame induction ceremony.

ing ovations given to each inductee as they graced the stage, headed toward the gray podium where they were given a glossy plaque and a medallion around their necks.

If the ceremony had a theme, it was Titan pride. Kotsay, of the Oakland Athletics, explained how he was offered scholarships at various universities including USC, Pepperdine and ASU, but chose orange and blue.

“It’s hard to conceive that I’m standing in front of you,” Kotsay said. “When I first started at Cal State Fullerton, I was 5’10 and 180 pounds, wet.”

Kotsay said hard work led to his successes. He also joked that he knows the university has grown because there are “locker rooms and showers” now.

Kotsay said CSUF’s future remains bright.

“Cal State Fullerton’s program still holds its great reputation. George Horton did a great job. I believe the

current coach is going to move in the same direction,” Kotsay said.

Frisone also explained how CSUF affected her life.

“Cal State Fullerton taught me to be a balanced student athlete. They really put an emphasis on academics here,” Frisone said. “They gave me that ability to balance everything and be well-rounded. That’s carried over into my personal life right now.

I try to be well-balanced with everything.”

Frisone, who is competing for a spot in the next Olympic games, has a marathon next Sunday in New York and the self-described “perfectionist” is familiar with hectic schedules. She made the Dean’s List eight out of her nine semesters at CSUF while holding various jobs.

For Frisone, the stress was worth it and it was easy for her to select which university to attend.

“I was going into my junior year of high school and [my husband] was starting his freshman year here.

My brother was running on the team and introduced us, so it was a good recruiting tool for Cal State Fullerton,” she said.

Her father, brother, husband and sister-in-law were all Titans. Frisone said they will “always be Titans.”

Collins, who holds the school record for pass interceptions in a season, couldn’t hide his enthusiasm as he told the crowd, “This is an honor, this is great!”

Similar to Kotsay, Collins’ speech was humorous. The Super Bowl winner announced that he “spent a lot of time in the pub.”

Collins was also pleasantly surprised by the university’s growth.

“Twenty-three years, I’m outta college. The campus is very different,” Collins said. “I’m very happy to be associated with [CSUF].”

Garman, who was the first fulltime softball coach in the country, built the CSUF women’s softball team from the ground up.

“To say we started from scratch is

an understatement,” Garman said.

“We had a $3,000 budget. There were 10 sports in one office, but you know what? We had fun.”

The inductee had a tournament named after her, the Judi Garman Classic.

“It was a great honor. I still find it hard to believe, so I call it ‘the classic.’ To have that honor is very, very special,” Garman said.

Garman hinted at her emotions in being inducted to the CSUF Hall of Fame.

“When I drove on campus, I said, I might start crying right now!”

A current NBA referee, Wood was also emotional. Sounding slightly choked up as he began his acceptance speech, Wood revealed that the significance of the ceremony was beginning to sink in.

Wood also confessed that he was a stubborn athlete. When he was told he should be a point guard, the 6’3 inductee opposed.

“Point guards mean they gotta

pass [the basketball],” Woods said.

“I was averaging 36 points a game.”

Wood’s achievements include competing on the U.S. Olympic team and playing alongside NBA greats such as Michael Jordan.

Nevin couldn’t hide his love for sports.

He played both football and baseball at CSUF. “[At CSUF], I was very fortunate to play for, look at the numbers, the best college baseball coach of all time … obviously, he cares a lot about winning and the kids that are here, their futures, too,” Nevin said. “He recognizes when somebody has the chance to go behind college.”

Nevin is currently an announcer for ESPN and works with the San Diego Padres radio.

“I’m a big college football fan.

I’ll always check on what Fullerton’s baseball team is doing,” Nevin said.

Soon, the Titan Gym will have a wall of fame where anyone can see the inductees’ career achievements.