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Tuesday November 27, 2007

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DTSHORTHAND AIDS Experience Week CSUF is partnering with NewSong Church North Orange County to bring awareness about the AIDS pandemic in Africa with a tent exhibit in the quad until Friday.

Where Are the Men Going?

The Women’s Center is hosting a discussion on the declining enrollment of men on university campuses today at noon in UH-205.

Free Billiards Billiards will be offered free in the TSU Underground today to students with a valid Titan Card.

Pub Open Mic The TSU Pub will host its weekly open mic session today. All MC’s, poets and musicians are welcome.

Tiny Texas town nets big profit on eBay SAN ANTONIO (AP) – Someone in Italy placed the winning bid of $3.8 million on Friday for an unpopulated, onehouse Texas town auctioned online.

No one lives permanently in the 13-acre town of Albert, about 60 miles north of San Antonio, but the tavern created from the frame of the old general store is open on weekends.

The town also includes a pavilion, an 85-year-old dance hall, a tractor shed, a three-bedroom house, plus peach and pecan orchards.

But before town owner Bobby Cave signs the deed over, he must ensure the eBay bid is legitimate.

Cave said that unlike the usual items bought through eBay, there are no contractual obligations when it comes to real estate.

“There’s just not any way to insist that a guy from Italy write me a check for three million,” said Cave, 47, an Austin real estate agent.

The reserve price for the town was $2.5 million. Even if the deal doesn’t go through, Cave said he has five other prospective buyers genuinely interested in the town.

Bridgeville, Calif. was the first town ever put on the eBay auction block. The 83 acres were sold twice on the site, in 2002 and again last year.

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a degree with no classes : part 1 of 2

EDUCATION versus

experience

By Karl Zynda / Daily Titan Staff Writer

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ave Serrano’s collegiate baseball coaching career has netted him a long list of awards and achievements.

Yet the job descriptions for all head coaches at Cal State Fullerton require a bachelor’s degree. Serrano, CSUF’s head baseball coach, has a bachelor’s degree obtained from a Web site, and CSUF officials are reluctant to address its validity.

Complicating the issue are questions about what makes a degree valid or why a coach, who doesn’t teach, is required to have a degree.

Highly Qualified Dave Serrano was a pitching coach and recruiter for the Titans from 1997 to 2004.

During that time, the Titans were in the NCAA baseball tournament every year.

They made the eight-team field of the College World Series four times, winning the national championship in 2004.

“Every one of Serrano’s recruiting classes ranked in the nation’s top 20,” his biography at fullertontitans.com states.

Of the 25 AllAmericans who played at CSUF while he was pitching coach, 15 SERRANO were pitchers.

Baseball America, the national magazine of record for the baseball business, named Serrano top Assistant Coach of the Year for 2004.

In 2005, Serrano became head baseball coach at UC Irvine. In three years, he compiled a win-loss record of 114-66-1.

In 2007 the UCI Anteaters, who were ranked 38th in Baseball America’s preseason poll, went to the College World Series and ousted CSUF in a 13-inning game that was the longest (in time) in College World Series history. UCI’s 47-17-1 record earned Serrano the 2007 National Coach of the Year Award from Baseball America.

At the bottom of Serrano’s biography on

fullertontitans.com is the sentence, “Serrano received his bachelor’s degree from Trinity College and University.” The date graduated given at the top of the page is 2003.

Degrees For A Fee At Trinity College and University (TCU) there are no classes, unit requirements or dorms, but the self-decribed “organization” has “helped thousands of people achieve their desired goals; goals which without the correct certification would have been unattainable,” according to the organization’s Web site, trinityeducation.com.

Prices for degrees are no longer listed on the Web site. Those interested can now send for a free catalogue. In August, a bachelor’s degree cost $240. A bachelor’s degree with honors could be earned for another $50.

Registered in Dover, Del., the organization has no phone number in the United States as its degree program is run from Malaga, Spain.

Bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees are awarded “Based on Your Previous Life Experience,” according to TCU. Degrees are awarded in any subject except the medical field.

The Web site describes its typical candidates for a degree as individuals who are “seeking recognition for past achievements, in order to help them gain entry to further education or progress within their careers.”

A list of bachelor’s degrees that have been awarded includes business studies, educa-

tion, engineering, mathematical sciences and sports sciences.

“Under present legislation these awards are perfectly legal,” TCU claims.

The TCU Web site states its degrees do not undermine the value of traditional degrees.

“It should be said that no one is trying to ‘degrade’ the efforts of those who have succeeded in completing a degree course, especially in an engineering subject or indeed any other subject for that matter; rather many employers and agencies often fail to adequately answer that question as to why a degree qualification is preferable in many subjects.”

As to ethical questions about the degrees, the Web site poses the question, “Is there an ethical question involved? Only in as much as there is no formal course or examination as the award is based on your previous experience.”

The Web site also says that it is up to the people who acquire a “non-traditional award” to know how to do their jobs.

No Secret Bob Durazzo is a longtime friend of the Serrano family. He was Serrano’s baseball coach when Serrano was 8 in the Frontier Little League in Cerritos. Today he helps CSUF baseball as a volunteer scout.

Durazzo recalls Serrano’s wife, Tracy, telling him he wasn’t going to get a head coaching job unless he got a degree.

“I’m going to push him,” Tracy told Durazzo.

Durazzo tried to get Serrano to take classes. He said that Serrano replied, “Yeah, yeah, yeah. You, my wife, my mom, everybody.” He also said Serrano told him he didn’t want to go to school or take classes, and that he just wanted to work.

Bob Chichester was the athletic director at UCI when Dave Serrano was hired as head coach.

Today he works for the NCAA in Indianapolis.

Chichester said Serrano’s degree from TCU was listed on his resume, and that he discussed the degree with Serrano.

“No, I would not say that I had a problem with it,” he said. “Dave provided his resume, we had a discussion about his educational background, and staff followed up on it.”

Chichester did not detail the findings of his staff.

At the time, Chichester said, there was no university policy that spelled out specific criteria for the hiring of a coach.

However, it was his and the informal search committee’s desire that the head baseball coach have a degree.

“In my mind we had a requirement to hire a baseball coach who had a degree.

And it was a factor when we hired Dave Serrano. At the time we felt we had hired an outstanding person to be the coach, and See DEGREE, Page 2

Life stories humanize problems of homelessness and hunger People share a piece of their struggle at an event held last week at CSUF

By CHRISTY ORGETA

Daily Titan Staff Writer news@dailytitan.com

Papa John was getting a regular paycheck from the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.

He was a professional baseball player with a sharp eye that could locate a fastball. One day the look of a woman caught those eyes.

Papa John was riding a high – then gravity brought him back down to Earth.

Papa John got a divorce, three heart attacks in two years and had medical bills piling in front of him.

Papa John was forced into a homeless shelter in Orange County.

As part of Hunger and Homelessness Week, project directors from Cal State Fullerton’s Volunteer and Service Center told the life stories of the homeless, including that of Papa John, Thursday.

The event, entitled “Our Stories,” was the culmination of interviews of people who lived in the Isaiah

House, a homeless shelter in Orange County.

Papa John’s story was one of many heard that afternoon.

Papa John arrival to Isaiah House did not come without concern.

Papa John had preconceived notions about the shelter. He had heard that bad things happened there but Papa John had “nothing else left.”

“I actually interviewed him personally,” senior Rikka Venturanza said. “So as I was speaking, I was recalling his facial expression and just getting to know him. And actually, telling everyone his story and his struggles, it got me all choked up.”

Venturanza stood on the stage of Becker Amphitheatre for a few minutes trying to regain her composure after mustering John’s line, “There’s nothing better to do than hope.”

The crowd was small, but attentive.

“I tried not to cry,” Venturanza said. “I couldn’t help it.”

Patrick Camacho, a communications major, became involved with the Volunteer and Service Center through his friend, who is a project director.

Camacho said he gained a lot from See LIFE STORIES, Page 2

Photo BY ALYSSA BONAVITA/Daily Titan Staff Writer A poster shows the number of homeless in Orange County is equal to the student population at Cal State Fullerton.

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INTERNATIONAL NEWS U.S., Iraq set stage for long-term troop occupation

WASHINGTON (AP) – President Bush on Monday signed a deal setting the foundation for a potential long-term U.S. troop presence in Iraq, with details to be negotiated over matters that have defined the war debate at home – how many U.S. forces will stay in the country, and for how long. The agreement between Bush and Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki confirms that the United States and Iraq will hash out an “enduring” relationship in military, economic and political terms. Details of that relationship will be negotiated in 2008, with a completion goal of July, when the U.S. intends to finish withdrawing the five combat brigades sent in 2007 as part of the troop buildup that has helped curb sectarian violence. The U.S.-Iraq agreement will replace the present U.N. mandate regulating the presence of the U.S.led forces in Iraq. Al-Maliki said the agreement provides for U.S. support for the “democratic regime in Iraq against domestic and external dangers.”

The framework Bush approved outlines broad principles, such as that both countries will support Iraq’s economic institutions. The Iraqi officials said that under the proposed formula, Iraq would get full responsibility for internal security and U.S. troops would relocate to bases outside the cities. Iraqi officials foresee a long-term presence of about 50,000.

NATIONAL NEWS

Stocks suffer big loss, market goes into a correction NEW YORK (AP) – Months of worries about the housing market and failing mortgages has brought Wall Street to one of its most painful places: a correction. With the Dow Jones industrial average and Standard & Poor’s 500 indexes down 10 percent from the highs they reached in October, the stock market is officially in a correction. Now it’s anyone’s guess whether stocks are near the bottom of their pullback or whether further substantial declines are in the offing. With banks continuing to struggle with home loans going bad in a faltering housing market, it’s likely volatility will continue, observers say. In any case, the pullback isn’t welcome news for investors – especially since the decline of the S&P 500 is the benchmark for mutual funds in many people’s portfolios, including 401(k) retirement plans. Stocks sold off Monday after a rally Friday amid new concerns about a weakening credit market evaporated some enthusiasm over retails sales reports from the first days of the holiday shopping season. The Dow Jones industrial average fell nearly 240 points.

STATE NEWS Courts to compensate victims’ families for lost wages SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – Spouses of victims may receive restitution from convicted killers based on the lost earning potential of the person slain, according to a decision Monday by the state Supreme Court. The decision stemmed from a 2003 Riverside County case in which a drunk driver was convicted of vehicular manslaughter after he struck and killed Kenneth Armstrong, who was riding a motorcycle. Charles Giordano was sentenced to four years in prison. Five months later, Armstrong’s widow, Patricia Armstrong, requested a hearing for victim restitution. She asked for restitution “based on the decedent’s modest earnings of approximately $35,000 per year,” according to the ruling. A lower court granted Armstrong $167,700, which was based on her husband’s average annual income. While the state’s high court accused the appeals court of “methodological imprecision” in the way it settled on a dollar amount, it did not find fault with the basis for its decision.

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DEGREE: CAN AN ONLINE DEGREE FILL A HOLE IN A CAL STATE FULLERTON BASEBALL COACH’S RESUME? From Page 1

I believe Dave has proven that to be correct,” he said.

Chichester said the degree was just one factor considered in Serrano’s hiring.

Other factors Chichester considered were experience, character, vision, commitment and values.

“Dave Serrano is highly regarded by a broad range of people and [he] is someone who has demonstrated a strong commitment to the athletic, as well as academic development, of the young men who he has coached,” Chichester said.

Serrano has said previously that both UCI and University of Oregon knew of his degree.

Serrano applied for a head coaching job at University of Oregon in August before then-CSUF head coach George Horton was hired there.

The Oregon Daily Emerald, the student newspaper of the University of Oregon, said some members of the Intercollegiate Athletics Committee (IAC) had expressed concern about Serrano’s degree.

The committee consists of faculty, students and staff members. It advises the athletic department on issues involving students.

However, Anita Weiss, an international studies professor and chairwoman of the committee, defended Serrano’s candidacy.

“Which is more important? If this man has a degree or if he cares about his students graduating?” Weiss asked the Daily Emerald. “It seems that everybody they were seriously interested in cared about the APRs [academic progress rates, a measure of player academic eligibility and continuity], and I think that’s a wonderful thing.”

Serrano made a brief statement in October, when the possibility of an article about his degree in the Daily Titan was mentioned to him.

“I know what I received, I was told what it was worth, and I’m not ashamed about that,” Serrano said about his degree.

Serrano said he emphasizes academics to his players.

“I preach higher education, and I don’t think there’s one player that would say I don’t preach higher education,” he said.

He just wanted to be judged by his worth as a coach and how he treats his players. In addition, he said it was the last time he wanted to talk about his degree.

DEGREE REQUIREMENTS The job description for a head baseball coach at CSUF states that a bachelor’s degree is required and a master’s degree is preferred.

It also states that five years of coaching highly competitive amateur baseball is a requirement, pref-

TOMORROW: CSUF administrators defend the hiring of Serrano, and the baseball program’s academic achievement is compared to other schools in Part II. erably in Division I. A demonstrated ability in recruiting Division I student-athletes is preferred, and a demonstrated commitment to their satisfactory academic progress is required.

Other schools have similar degree requirements.

“Minimum requirement is a B.A. Master’s is preferred, and experience coaching at the college level,” said Dwight Sweeney, interim athletic director at Cal State San Bernardino, of his school’s required qualifications for head coaches. “People with master’s degrees are preferred because they tend to be more supportive of academics,” he said.

All 25 schools listed in Baseball America’s final rankings (in which CSUF finished ninth) after the 2007 college baseball season had head coaches who had at least a bachelor’s degree from a reputable school, according to the biographies of their coaches.

At least 10 of the head coaches had master’s degrees. CSUF’s two previous head coaches had master’s degrees.

George Horton earned a master’s degree from California Lutheran University in 1980.

Augie Garrido earned a master’s degree in education from Cal Poly San

Luis Obispo in 1968.

Ed Sprague is a former Major League Baseball player who is now head coach at University of the Pacific. He is the only head baseball coach in the Big West Conference who did not list a degree in his biography.

Sprague attended Stanford University, but did not earn a degree there, according to studentclearinghouse. org, a student degree and enrollment verification service.

Sprague and University of the Pacific Athletic Director Lynn King did not respond to phone calls and e-mails for this article.

Rick Burleson, a former Major League Baseball shortstop, applied at CSUF for a coaching position in 1987. He was rejected for not having a degree.

In an e-mail interview, Burleson said Garrido had told him before he applied that a degree was absolutely not necessary for the job.

However, Burleson was later told that because he did not have a degree, it would not send the right message to the players because they were there to get a degree.

Garrido did not respond to phone calls and e-mails for this article.

Sarah Mosqueda contributed to this report.

A photo op leads to a meeting between Bush and Gore The Associated Press

Al Gore finally won his place in the Oval Office on Monday — right next to George W. Bush.

Forever linked by the closest and craziest presidential race in history, the two men were reunited by, of all things, White House tradition. Gore was among the 2007 Nobel Prize winners who were invited in for a photo and some chatter with the president; Gore got the recognition for his work on global warming.

The two men stood next to other, sharing uncomfortable grins for photographers and reporters, who were quickly ushered in and out.

“Familiar faces,” the former vice president said of the media. Bush, still smiling, added nothing.

The two also had a 40-minute meeting in the Oval Office, part of Bush’s effort to show some outreach to his longtime rival.

Bush aides said it was private and would not comment on it.

Gore, trailed by the press as he left That was back when the acrimony the White House very publicly on was fresh, in a country still in disbelief foot, allowed that he and Bush spent over an election that seemed neverthe whole time talking about global ending. Ultimately, the U.S. Supreme warming.

Court certified Bush’s 537-vote vic“He was very gracious in setting up tory margin over Gore in Florida to the meeting and it was a very good settle the outcome. and substantive conversation,” Gore Since then, Gore has not shied said. “And that’s away from critiall I want to say cizing Bush; about it.” his latest book, Gore’s pres“The Assault ence added unon Reason,” is likely buzz to a a relentless atphoto op that tack against the normally would administration. have been buried And the White

by Bush’s Mid– Al Gore, House’s response east peace for2007 Nobel Prize winner when Gore won ays. It is not like the Nobel Prize these two cross was less than paths much. giddy.

They have not Never mind met privately since then-President- all that. elect Bush paid a visit — short, and “I know that this president does not that sweet — to Gore’s residence not harbor any resentments,” White in December 2000.

House press secretary Dana Perino

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He was very gracious in setting up the meeting and it was a very good and substantive conversation.

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LIFE STORIES: MANY PERSONAL HARdsHIPS From Page 1

being at the amphitheatre.

“It was really hot, the weather wasn’t really kind to us today,” Camacho said. “It was kind of humbling hearing different stories of the people who went up there sharing the stories of the homeless.”

Venturanza said that after participating in this campaign, many preconceived notions she had about the homeless were broken.

“I didn’t know there were so many families and so many children – not just single men out there that everyone sees. There are actually families,” Venturanza said. “And what’s surpris-

ing is that they are full-time workers that just don’t have a home.”

Like Venturanza, Camacho said his mind changed after hearing the stories about homelessness.

Ultimately, Camacho said he was very proud the Volunteer and Service Center put on the event.

“It was excellent, just raising awareness for them and kind of breaking our hearts at the same time,” he said.

For more information on the homeless, visit the official United States government Web site at: http://www.hud.gov/homeless/index.cfm

said. “Never has.”

Indeed, the White House tried to make clear that Bush was hosting Gore not out of obligation, but genuine interest.

Bush personally invited Gore.

The White House changed its original date to accommodate Gore. And then there was the private Bush-Gore meeting, too.

When it was over, the scene took a bit of turn for the weird.

Gore said he didn’t want to comment. But with the media waiting for him, Gore and his wife, Tipper, walked out along Pennsylvania Avenue and up 17th Street, toward his nearby office — even though the White House is adept at helping people slip away unnoticed if they want.

The media horde followed the Gores for several minutes. When a veteran reporter asked Gore if he missed all the attention, he adeptly turned the question around. “When you leave this beat,” he said, “I’m gonna ask you.”

Opinion

November 27, 2007

Titan Editorial Providing insight, analysis and perspective since 1960

A break for students is long overdue; Sign your name A UC Irvine student, fed up with the rising cost of tuition, is trying to gather enough signatures for an initiative that would freeze tuition for five years for California residents.

If he collects enough signatures, the initiative would then makes its way onto the November 2008 ballot, where the future of tuition costs in this state would be left up to the voters.

After seeing our tuition increase 10 percent every year for six years, is this latest attempt enough to generate some sort of relief?

Absolutely.

It is long overdue to see a student take this kind of initiative to remedy this situation. More than that, we feel the plight of CSU and UC students across the state will be more than enough to sway voters should the initiative make it that far.

Increasingly, more and more students fear their towering mountain of debt may be too much to crawl out from.

Students coming from less-advantaged backgrounds are finding it harder and harder to get that higher education they so rightly deserve. But if enough people drop their John Hancocks, the proposal actually has a legitimate shot of getting passed.

Letters to the Editor:

True, the average yearly cost of tuition at CSUs is around half that of students in other states, but this is an apples and oranges scenario.

The economic woes of one state’s school system cannot be accurately compared to another state. The structure of state universities is not equal nationwide, and the ever-rising cost of higher education in California is crippling those who cannot afford to pursue their dreams.

It is not unreasonable to suggest that every Californian should be able to attend a state university if they so desire. In fact, it should be an assumed right.

With the housing market already at an impenetrable level for recent graduates, creating an entire generation of renters, the last thing we students need is to have our other leg cut out from under us.

The continued availability of higher education is vital to the survival of this state and its economy. Education leads to graduates securing better jobs, which in turn leads to more money spent and thus the economy improves.

If all that is needed for this to happen is to let loose a little ink on a page, we say rally the troops and bring extra pens.

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

By Robert Stroud

Daily Titan Staff Writer

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uring a sketch on “Late Night with Conan O’Brien,” an important question was raised in the form of a fake questionnaire. What can we do to reduce our “carbon footprint?”

Even though the answer created for President Bush was a humor-

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Footprints of global failure

ous “Wear smaller carbon shoes,” the question itself is quite serious.

Last Sunday a container ship, the Cosco Busan, was torn open after striking a support column of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge on a foggy morning.

The result of this collision was the release of 58,000 gallons of bunker fuel, a thick oil rich in pollutants, into the bay.

The cleanup of this environmental disaster is underway, with over 12,000 gallons already cleaned, but most of the damage has already been done.

The spilled bunker oil has polluted over two dozen beaches, claimed the life of hundreds of birds and left nearly 500 more covered in oil.

Even though this oil spill is just one of many accidental environmental disasters, it does raise one question. How are we still allowing these devastating events to occur?

You would think in a world that is becoming so focused on reducing

global warming, we would be able to prevent a cargo ship from dumping oil onto our beaches.

Multiple scientific breakthroughs are showing that the effects of mankind’s fast-paced lifestyle are throwing the planet’s ecosystem off balance.

As more people begin to accept global warming as the cause of various environmental anomalies, such as a rise in the number of hurricanes, the concern for the well being of the planet is becoming somewhat unavoidable.

But if the planet is in such bad shape, why are we not doing more to prevent further damage?

I’m tired of hearing passive environmentalists rant on and on about the dire state our planet is in, but never seeing any action being taken to fix the problem.

While the people who usually fight for the environment tend to be more passive, this particular issue requires people who are more willing to take aggressive action to get things done.

But unlike the majority of people who claim to be environmentally conscious, there are some people who have chosen to take action to improve this planet.

In 1997 General Motors released the EV1, a lead acid battery car with zero emissions. This vehicle was not sold to the public, but instead leased to those who wanted it. Each of the EV1’s produced found a lessee.

Even with the widespread popularity of these environmentallyfriendly vehicles, GM repossessed each and every one of these cars, much to the dissatisfaction of the lessees.

As GM was in the process of collecting all the EV1s for demolition, the owners who opposed the company’s decision organized protests outside the offices where the vehicles were being stored. These activists went as far as blocking semitrucks to prevent the destruction of the cars these people grew so fond of, resulting in the arrests of each of these people.

Although their attempts to keep their vehicles were unsuccessful, at the very least their attempts were admirable.

The efforts made by these people are exactly what is needed when fighting for this cause.

When it comes to protecting the environment, people cannot afford to be passive in their efforts to make change.

Reader response: Condom promotion failed to provide information There has been a lot of advertising showing condoms equaling safe sex; is this really the truth?

One of the first things to consider is that by picking up a condom you have decided that there is going to be a good possibility that you are going to have sex. Understanding this, in the heat of the moment, with passions running high, will you remember to stop, pull out the condom, and make sure that your partner puts it on correctly?

The National Institute for Health in June 2000 among other sources shows that, “Condom breakage rates and slippage rates are each between 1.5 percent and 3.5 percent.” Women have the most to worry about in the safe sex relationship. Putting aside whether or not the condom has been

put on correctly women will then have to worry about pregnancy.

A Sexual Health Update article in the fall of 2000 states that, “Approximately 15 percent of women who depend on condoms for contraception will become pregnant within the first year of use.” If she gets past this, then both partners need to worry about STDs. One of the most written about today is HPV. According to a Report to Congress in January 2004, “The NIH conference found no evidence that condom use reduces the risk for HPV transmission, and further studies have continued to find no evidence of risk reduction.”

Scientific Evidence on Condom Effectiveness for Sexually Transmitted

Disease (STD) Prevention in 2000.

Now these are just the STDs that won’t be reduced by condom usage, there are also the diseases that will just be reduced. Chlamydia possible reduction by 50 percent-STDs 2003, Gonorrhea possible reduction by 62 percent-STDs 2003, Herpes possible reduction is unknown and does not protect from lesions that lie outside the area covered by the condomJAMA 2001, and of course the big one HIV- possible reduction by 85 percent-Workshop summary 2005. I don’t believe that the odds are in favor of people practicing, “safe sex.”

In the Titan Editorial on Nov. 1, 2007 a writer is talking about the plan to give out condoms in the paper being cancelled, or at least changed to a

coupon plan. In one part the writer states, “They (Howard Wang and Robert Palmer), are adopting a very dangerous philosophy that denies a person the ability to protect themselves simply because that protection may offend some people.”

I would think that college students at Cal State Fullerton have other means of protecting themselves than to rely only on the Student Health Center and the condom give away. As a disclaimer I am not discounting the benefit of the Student Health Center and the services that they have to offer. I would also wonder after understanding the information in this piece if condom usage can really be called protecting yourself.

-John Asam, junior

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Tracking the ticket trail news @dailytitan.com

“I forgot my parking permit.”

“The wind blew it off the mirror.”

“I didn’t see the sign for Faculty/ Staff parking only.”

“I was only parked there for 10 minutes.”

If any of these statements sound familiar, that’s because they are the most common excuses the Parking and Transportation Office sees when students are contesting parking tickets.

Students understand they need a parking permit so they can park in the designated areas. Unfortunately, students don’t always understand the reasons why they receive parking tickets.

The rules

Following and knowing parking regulations is the responsibility of students and faculty. Semester parking permits or daily permits are required Monday through Thursday from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. and from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Friday. The same times also apply to all 30-minute zones. Daily and semester permits are required at all times except Friday after 5 p.m. and Saturdays and Sundays. Parking tickets are issued year round for all illegal parking.

As long as students have a parking permit and park in the designated areas, they will never have to worry about receiving a parking ticket.

“Bad things people do to try to avoid a ticket is park in the Arboretum dirt lot, make their own counterfeit permit, steal someone else’s, borrow a friend’s permit, take a chance [and park without a permit], park in 30-minute parking [zone] and park in local businesses,” said Mary Frazier from Parking and Transportation. “These are illegal and result in various consequences.”

The Arboretum parking lot is for Arboretum guests only and parking is not permitted when it’s closed.

The Arboretum lot is enforced 24 hours a day.

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When we are on duty we have to walk through and check every car for parking permits.

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By Celia Castanon

Daily Titan Staff Writer

– Manny Ramirez,

field training officer

Cal State Fullerton parking permits are nontransferable and it is unlawful to display a lost, stolen, forged or counterfeit parking permit. If found, CSUF Police will confiscate the permit. The use of permits that have been reported as lost or stolen carries a $200 fine.

Forgotten your permit?

The Parking and Transportation Office offers a few alternatives to avoid receiving a parking ticket.

Students can buy a daily permit for $5 or can call the office and have it place your vehicle on the “omit list” for that day.

But do not leave a note on the car; it won’t work.

If you forget the parking permit and forget to call the Parking and Transportation Office and receive a ticket, it is the office’s policy to dismiss one ticket per semester, as a courtesy to the university community. This policy only applies if a “No semester parking permit” ticket was issued and the driver owns a current semester parking permit and the vehicle parked in a valid area. Upon verification and completion of the proper paperwork, the ticket will be dismissed. You may pay or contest any parking violation notice with 21 days from the issuance date according to the Parking and Transportation Web site.

The reason for the ticket

The most common violations resulting in a parking ticket are: no valid permit displayed, exceeding the time limit, parking in a reserved space and displaying an expired permit. These types of fines run at $40 each.

Just parking in the wrong place isn’t the only finable offense. If you pose a safety violation such as park in a fire lane, bike lane, walkway or block other vehicles, the fine is $50 for each violation.

Displaying a forged or altered permit or displaying a lost or stolen permit will run a fine of $200. Trying to contest this type of parking ticket is very difficult.

“Some students have tried to deny making their own counterfeit permit not realizing that we have taken clear pictures of the permit and [or] confiscated the permit already,” Frazier said.

Vehicles with five or more parking tickets will be immobilized with a boot on the tire of the car until the owner appears at the Parking and Transportation Office. Failure to respond may result in the towing of the vehicle.

It is also a violation to wait in the parking lot aisles for a parking space and violators are subject to a $50 fine. The Parking and Transportation Office suggests to park in the north lots rather than waiting 15 to 20 minutes for a parking space to become available.

Where the money goes

When students decide to pay the fine for the ticket, funds go to funding alternate transportation programs such as the carpool program, Metrolink Train discount and reimbursement program, and the “U-pass.”

“The ‘U-pass’ program allows all students, faculty and staff to ride the Orange County bus for free anywhere in Orange County using their Titan Card,” said Reggie Turnbow, the budget analyst for the Parking and Transportation Office.

Turnbow said yearly revenue from parking ticket fees was $845,128, an 11 percent increase from the previous year. For parking ticket dataprocessing, $103,100 was remitted to the county because the county collects $5 per ticket. The contract vendor was paid $40,370 for parking ticket data-processing, appeals

and/or adjudication services.

Leave the officers alone

Officers who issue the tickets are just doing their job. Manny Ramirez, a field training officer, said they have a set schedule and try to get to all the parking lots during his shift.

“We really monitor the 30minute parking zones. Those are pretty tough to fight and you usually don’t win if you do,” Ramirez said. “When we’re on duty, we have to walk through all the parking lots and check every car for parking permits.”

The worst thing a student can do is fight with an officer.

The best way to resolve the issue is to buy a permit or contest the ticket. Andrew Wood, a parking officer for the Parking and Transportation Office, recently had a confrontation with a “squatter” (those who wait in the row of the lots for parking spots to open).

Even when she agreed to leave, she didn’t do so without putting up a fight.

“While I was trying to get her to move, she began accusing me of being a racist, and continued on to rant that the entire school was racist,” Wood said.

Wood also said he’s had confrontations with people in the 30-minute spots when he has caught someone abusing the zone. “[They move] just one space over, which does not reset the time, as each 30 -minute area is a zone,” Wood added.

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Still playing for her biggest fan sports@dailytitan.com

Daily Titan File photo By Karl Thunman/Daily Titan Photo Editor Lauren Cram plays during the Oct. 1 game against Cal State Northridge.

Before every game and after every national anthem, Lauren Cram points up to the sky and says, “This is for you Grandpa.” She then looks into the stands and sees her family and loved ones sitting there. An orange shirt, symbolizing her grandfather’s presence, sits beside them.

“He was at every one of my games,” Cram said.

Cram lost her grandfather, Paul Hollinger, to a stroke just two days after practice officially began for the 2007 Cal State Fullerton women’s soccer season.

Hollinger was more than Cram’s grandpa, more than her biggest fan.

Hollinger was Cram’s best friend.

“I was his caretaker. Everyone in my family had a specific day in which we took care of him,” Cram said. “My day was Friday. It was our little date. We would go and see a movie and then go out to eat.”

Cram said she and her grandfa-

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All my coaches were at the funeral, and a lot of my teammates. That meant a lot to me and my family. It showed that they are part of – Lauren Cram, my family too.

CSUF soccer player

ther were two of a kind. “[We] would bump heads a lot, but that’s what made our relationship great. I love him so much,” Cram said.

Cram has dedicated her entire season to her beloved grandfather.

And by no mistake, it has been her best as a Titan. The senior forward from La Mirada is leading the team in scoring and by example.

“She always tells me where I need to be at on the field,” said freshman forward Danielle Bitonti.

“She brings a lot of leadership with her play,” said Head Coach Demian Brown.

Brown’s first year with the team as an assistant was also Cram’s first year as a freshman. The two have

Women’s basketball loses 73-63 against Dons

By David Carrillo

Daily Titan Staff Writer sports@dailytitan.com

Unable to secure the boards all night, the Cal State Fullerton women’s basketball team lost 73-63 in a close battle to the visiting University of San Francisco Dons last Monday night in the Titan gym.

The Titans came out to a quick start – scoring the first five points of the game – but were unable to establish themselves on the glass all night.

Overall they were out-rebounded 50 to 26, giving up 19 offensive rebounds to the Dons in the process.

The Titans did show flashes of promise, most notably by another solid game from freshman guard Lauren Chow. Chow scored a teamhigh 21 points, also adding five assists and four steals in her 33 min-

utes of play.

“We broke down on offense a little, and rebounding basically killed us,” Chow said. “I had an off day and didn’t perform as I should have.

Obviously I did some things good, but I still need to improve a lot.”

Titan center Toni Thomas pitched in with 16 points and two blocks, although she had a poor shooting night, going a subpar 4-11 from the field.

The Titans and Dons each exchanged leads throughout the first half, but the Titans’ failure to secure the boards had them entering halftime down 36-32.

They gave up 10 second-chance points in the first half alone and 22 for the game. Their bench was also outscored 30-11.

Head Coach Dr. Maryalyce Jeremiah was upset with how her team

played after the game, noting several areas of improvement the Titans need to work on.

“We lost the game because we can’t rebound, and we know that’s a big weakness in our game,” Jeremiah said. “You have to want to be a rebounder, and we don’t have many players who will do that.”

The Titans would make a strong run in the second half – going from as far down as 12 points to tying the game with 2:53 to go – but ultimately they fell short, letting the Dons score 10 points by the final buzzer.

Titan guard Jasmine Scott admittedly had a poor game, going 0-4 from behind the arc and 4-11 overall in her 18 minutes of play.

“This was probably one of my worst games I’ve played since I’ve been here,” Scott said. “I was just off

and I was getting frustrated with it, but I couldn’t really do much about it.”

The Dons were led by a player coming off the bench, Dominique Carter, who led all players with a game-high 24 points. She also pitched in with 10 rebounds, second only to teammate Necolia Simmons. The two combined for only three less rebounds than the entire Titan squad.

“Our players are really young, we’re not predictable and the other team is never predictable,” Jeremiah said. “When you have four freshmen on the floor for so many minutes, that’s how they get better, but you also sometimes lose games with that.”

The Titans next home game is Friday against USC at 7:30 in the Titan gym.

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By Mike Withers

For the Daily Titan

grown in the program together; He is now a first-year head coach and she is one of the team’s elite players.

“She shows the other girls what can be done with how hard she works,” Brown said.

“I’m so thankful to have him as our coach. I don’t know where this team would be without him,” Cram said.

But where they are with him is a third-straight successful year with a Big West title.

Lauren’s passion for the game is evident in the way she speaks about playing and her team.

“My favorite part of the game is definitely tackling,” she said with a big smile. Yet, she adds the thing

she will miss the most is her teammates.

“All my coaches were at the funeral, and a lot of my teammates.

That meant a lot to me and my family,” Cram said. “It showed that they are part of my family too.”

With the loss to UCLA in the first round of the NCAA tournament, Cram’s soccer career is coming to an end. She has come to accept it, however, and believes she is “ready to start the second half of her life.”

She is looking forward to spending her last year of college with her boyfriend, whom she is madly in love with.

Cram wants to be a nurse after she graduates in May 2009.

Even with her career at an end, on the Nov. 16 Titan loss to UCLA, there was one empty orange shirt making more noise than anyone else in the stadium.

The orange shirt will remain a remembrance in honor of her beloved grandfather – her biggest fan, and her best friend.

Redskins star shot in home The Associated Press

PALMETTO BAY, Fla. –Washington Redskins star safety Sean Taylor was in critical condition Monday after surgery for a gunshot wound to his leg during what police are investigating as a possible armed robbery at his home.

The 24-year-old player was in the intensive care unit at Jackson Memorial Hospital after several hours of surgery, said family friend Richard Sharpstein, his former lawyer.

Taylor lost a “significant” amount of blood because the bullet damaged his femoral artery, Sharpstein said.

Doctors are worried the blood loss might affect blood flow to the brain, said Sharp-

stein, who was at the hospital with Taylor’s family and friends.

Taylor has had several onand off-the-field problems — two years ago he was accused of brandishing a gun.

Officers were sent to Taylor’s home at about 1:45 a.m. after his girlfriend called 911 and said he was shot in his lower body, Lt. Nancy Perez said.

Taylor had missed the last two games because of a knee injury and was at home recuperating. Taylor was airlifted to the hospital.

Investigators were still interviewing the girlfriend and other relatives who were in the home to try to determine what happened, Perez said.

No arrests have been made.