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Tuesday December 4, 2007
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Pub Open Mic The TSU Pub will host its weekly open mic session today. All MC’s, poets and musicians are welcome. Cello Choir Cellist Bongshin Ko will direct a group of cellists in a recital of chamber music at the Recital Hall from 8 to 10 p.m. Advance sales tickets are $5 and tickets at the door are $10. Jazz Ensemble II & III Selections from big band to fusion will be played in the Meng Concert Hall from 8 to 10:30 p.m. Advance sales tickets are $8 and tickets at the door are $10.
Pig-headed burglars leave ‘thank you’ note SYDNEY, Australia (AP) – Thieves stole 17.6 tons of ham and bacon from a warehouse and left behind a message busting the owners’ chops, police said Monday. “Thanks,” the crooks daubed on a wall of the Zammit Ham and Bacon curers warehouse. “Merry Christmas.” Police said the robbery occurred some time between late afternoon Saturday and dawn Sunday. Owner Anthony Zammit said that when he arrived for work Monday he found a hole in a wall of the building where the thieves entered. The stolen meat was worth up to $88,000, he said. Zammit said he was offering a $4,420 reward for anyone who helped to recover the meat, and that his company would work overtime to make sure all its Christmas orders were filled. “We’re working 24 hours a day, seven days a week and put on extra staff,” he said. “We won’t let anyone down.”
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Due to a reporting error, information in the article titled “Tuition relief a student concern” in the Dec. 3 issue of the Daily Titan was incorrect. The signatures will be collected statewide. The Daily Titan regrets this error.
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College algebra proves to be a major hurdle for students Over 40 percent of CSUF students failed the course in spring 2007 By Christin davis
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Students at Cal State Fullerton are struggling to get through math classes that are required for graduation – 42 percent of students enrolled in College Algebra in the spring ‘07 semester and 32 percent of students in the fall ‘06 semester did not pass. “Math is very technical, demanding, and generally not viewed as fun,” said Math Department Chair Paul De Land. “For many students it’s a huge burden and a high hurdle to jump.” Many undergraduate students trudge through general education requirements doing their best to avoid any class that consists of equations, formulas and theorems only to find themselves with a slate of seemingly unsolvable quadratic equations. The biggest problem, however, is often just passing. “Remembering the formulas and equations make math hard for a lot of people,” said freshman Emmelynn
Photo BY John Sakata/Daily Titan Assistant News Editor Algebra professor Miguel Cedeno said CSUF algebra professors emphasize the importance of understanding algebra to solve real-life problems
Guevara, an undeclared major who is currently enrolled in College Algebra. “They think they don’t need to learn these things but really, we use it in everyday life.” General education at CSUF requires a minimum of three units to be completed in mathematics from
a choice of seven 100-level courses with a grade of “C” or better. Most students choose to fulfill this requirement with the four-unit College Algebra class; 1,682 students are enrolled in 44 sections this semester. One factor for difficulty is a lack of preparation prior to enrollment in
college level math courses. “Math requires several levels of logical thinking, and unless you enjoy that or are trained in it, it can be difficult,” De Land said. Nearly 1.5 million high-school age students took the SAT college entrance exam this year, the largest
group ever according to the College Board, a non profit group that owns the SAT. The mathematics portion of the new test added questions on Algebra II and dropped quantitative comparisons. In California, 49 percent of graduating students took the exam with an average math score of 516. “There are a lot of people who didn’t have the best experience with math growing up,” said Mathematics Professor Martin Bonsangue. “Without a solid arithmetic background, they will continue to struggle.” In teaching math courses, Bonsangue said he uses an interactive approach to involve students in the learning process. “I try to give students a voice and have them do the problems rather than just watch it be solved in lecture,” Bonsangue said. “I try to find a balance between what I can do to nurture and motivate and what students have to do to be successful. Many don’t realize how much time it takes but there are also a lot of people who study and do very well.” For those students who do not perform well on the SAT exam or the Entry Level Mathematics placeSee COLLEGE ALGEBRA Page 3
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INTERNATIONAL NEWS Large crowd converges in Bali to create climate pact
BALI, Indonesia (AP) – Delegates and scientists from around the world opened the biggest-ever climate change conference Monday, urging rapid progress in building a new international pact by 2009 to combat global warming — or risk economic and environmental disaster. Some 10,000 conferees, activists and journalists from nearly 190 countries gathered on the resort island of Bali for two weeks of U.N.-led talks that follow a series of scientific reports this year concluding that the world has the technology to slow global warming, but must act immediately. The immediate aim of the Bali conference will be to launch negotiations toward a pact to replace the Kyoto Protocol. The U.N. says such an agreement should be concluded by 2009 in order to have a system in place in time. A main thrust will be to draw the United States, the world’s largest emitter of greenhouse gases blamed for global warming, into the process.
NATIONAL NEWS Conclusions about Iran’s nuclear program changes in report WASHINGTON (AP) – A new U.S. intelligence report concludes that Iran’s nuclear weapons development program has been halted since the fall of 2003 because of international pressure — a stark contrast to the conclusions U.S. spy agencies drew just two years ago. The finding is part of a National Intelligence Estimate on Iran that also cautions that Tehran continues to enrich uranium and still could develop a bomb between 2010 and 2015 if it decided to do so. The conclusion that Iran’s weapons program was still frozen, through at least mid-2007, represents a sharp turnaround from the previous intelligence assessment in 2005. Then, U.S. intelligence agencies believed Tehran was determined to develop a nuclear weapons capability and was continuing its weapons development program. The new report concludes that Iran’s decisions are rational and pragmatic, and that Tehran is more susceptible to diplomatic and financial pressure than previously thought. The countdown to a nuclear weapon is determined more by the availability of fissile material than anything else, the officials said. Even if the country went all out with present enrichment capability, it is unlikely to have enough until late 2009 or 2010 at the earliest, a officials said. Iran may not have sufficient enriched uranium until after 2015.
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Governor encourages ballot measure for redistricting SACRAMENTO (AP) – Unable to strike a deal with lawmakers on how to change the way California’s political districts are drawn, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said Monday he will push for a ballot measure in next year’s general election that would give that power to an independent commission. Schwarzenegger blames gerrymandered districts for heightened partisanship in Sacramento. He says drawing them more fairly would open up seats to lawmakers who are more able to compromise politically. Academics who have studied the matter, however, say it is more complicated than that. Even when the commissions do create competitive districts, the people who get elected in them do not necessarily behave as political moderates, Eric McGhee, a researcher with the Public Policy Institute of California, a nonpartisan think tank said. The California ballot measure proposes creating a complicated system to insulate the 14-member redistricting commission from partisan influences. If the governor does qualify his measure for the ballot, he may have competition. At least three other redistricting reform efforts are under way.
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December 4, 2007
Psychology major thrives under constant demand Multi-tasking leader is the president of CSUF Psi Chi honors society By SARAH MOSQUEDA
Daily Titan Staff Writer news@dailytitan.com
Katie Manzer sits in the quiet office of Alpha Center Counseling Services where she works overseeing financing and billing. Manzer, a third-year psychology major at Cal State Fullerton, faces the computer screen at her desk while she looks over checks and eats a bowl of cereal, all at the same time. Manzer is used to multi-tasking. Since transferring to CSUF from San Diego State, the Fullerton native has become involved with numerous psyMANZER chology-related activities. Besides working for Alpha Center, Manzer interns at a counseling facility each Thursday, serves as a mentor in the Psychology’s Department Peer Mentors program, and is also the President of the CSUF chapter of the nationally recognized Psi Chi honors society. “I don’t have as much free time, as I’d like to,” Manzer admits. “But I love what I do.” And she does a lot. As a rule, Psi Chi is required to put on one induction ceremony per year in order to be considered an active chapter. CSUF puts on three, with the
latest under the direction of Manzer. The ceremony is scheduled for Dec. 8. “We have 24 new members to induct this semester,” Manzer said. “It’s a formal induction, with a candle lighting ceremony as well.” Quite a bit of planning goes into the Psi Chi induction ceremony. “I’ve really had to delegate a lot,” Manzer said. “I do all the behind the scenes stuff, from writing the scripts to buying candles and order food.” Behind the scenes is really what Manzer’s job as Psi Chi president is all about. “I’m primarily there to make sure everything is run smoothly,” Manzer said. That means calling meetings, compiling agendas, and overseeing the chapters website. “The good thing is, last year’s president really left us in a good position,” Manzer said. Last year’s president, Laura Castro, now involved in CSUF’s psychology graduate program, is actually responsible not only for building a great foundation for Psi Chi but also pulling Manzer into the position. “I honestly had a vision for Psi Chi,” Castro said. “That’s why I recommended Katie. She is defiantly a leader by nature and she shared my vision.” Mazer and Castro met at a psychology conference at USC and became fast friends when Castro, already enrolled in the psychology program at CSUF, learned that Manzer planned to transfer to the university. “USC pull students from all over to come to this conference,” Manzer said. “We randomly be-
came friends.” but very informative information,” “We ended up sitting next to said Maricela Aceves, a psychology each other,” Castro said. “I gave major and peer mentor. “We do her all the information I had about interviews with psychology faculty, how to find resources and stuff. I that way students can get to know was happy to share that with her.” the staff and we give information Manzer began as a director of ad- on school activities such as job ministration for the Social Sciences fairs. and Humanities department. “One of the most important “Because of my schedule I didn’t things that our program does is attend many Psi Chi meetings that provide students with resources semester. But when it came time and information for the entire for Castro to step down, she noti- school.” fied Manzer of the open position. Castro was roped into editing “I said, ‘Hey, the newsletter guess what? two semesters You’d be great!’” in a row. Castro said. “We needDespite all ed somebody, the activities but no one Manzer has really stepped taken on, Casup,” Castro tro said Manzer said. – Katie Manzer, Since Cashas remained dedicated to Psi CSUF Psi Chi President tro is going Chi. on maternity “There is a lot leave, it was of power and important she has been that they find very open to taking that in,” Cas- a new editor. tro said. “She has used my ideas, “We made the announcement while implementing some of her and Katie said, ‘Well I think I can own.” do it for one semester’ and I said Both women are involved with ‘That’s enough, come over here!’ ” the peer mentor program offered Castro said. by the psychology department, For now, Manzer is concentratwhich is designed to guide psy- ing on her role as president of Psi chology students through their Chi and dedicating time to the academic careers using mentor, a peer mentor program, work, and Web site, and a newsletter put out her internship, all while earning three times a year. Castro is editor her degree. of the society program’s newsletter “I did have to start introducing this semester, coincidently a po- exercise into my routine to release sition Manzer plans to take over stress,” Manzer said. She recently next semester. ran a marathon. The newsletter is an essential “I’m very proud of her and the part of the peer mentor program. psychology department is very “Each newsletter has different lucky to have her,” Castro said.
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A campaign for a million text messages Chapman student tries to raise support for the troops over Thanksgiving By Thao Le
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‘Tis the season! Cards, letters and e-mails filled with holiday wishes and greetings are traditional during the holiday season and are featured with all kinds of cute messages to send across appreciation and joy. One freshman student from Chap-
man University has set out on a goal to make sure U.S. troops serving overseas are included in the tradition as well. Shauna Fleming, 18, the founder of A Million Thanks Campaign, launched the military support Web site, www.amillionthanks.org. As other students spent the Thanksgiving vacation catching up on relaxation and time with friends and family, Fleming spent the time drumming up participation with the aim of sending a million free “thankyou” text messages through midnight Thursday, Nov. 22. to U.S. troops during the holiday break.
A Million Thanks is a national campaign aimed at showing the men and women in the armed services appreciation and thanks, through sending out cards, e-mails and letters overseas year-round. After the 9/11 attacks, Fleming said she wanted Americans to remember and appreciate what the armed services have done for our country and remind people that the war is still going on. “I noticed after 9/11 there were so many flags and yellow ribbons that everyone had up,” Fleming said. “But as the months went on, that wore off.”
Fleming’s organization has received a lot of attention since it started. With more than one million hits on her Web site, her charity is still going strong. The media has helped raise awareness about A Million Thanks with participants from all over the U.S. Her campaign has been featured on shows like “World News Tonight,” “CBS Early Show,” and Fox News Channel. “I also go around to different schools and summits and speak on my program,” Fleming said. “Word of mouth has really done the work See TEXT MESSAGES Page 3
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December 4, 2007
College Algebra: Looking for a way to New solutions to solve CSUF’s math problem fix CSUF students’ needs to pass math By Urmi Rahman
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ment examination, remedial courses are offered as a refresher on basic facts and concepts but do not count toward graduation units. This semester 1,169 students are enrolled in 33 sections of remedial math classes, De Land said. Almost all of these students are first-semester freshmen and make up 28 percent of the freshmen class. Mathematics professors agree a student’s work ethic is the major contributor to achievement. “The amount of time on task spent is the best predictor for success,” De Land said. “You have to spend more time. A short amount of time spent is almost always a formula for disaster.” The math department stresses a “25-35” campaign, urging students to study for two hours per unit they are enrolled in – generally 25 to 35 hours per week. “You can’t walk into a math class and be an observer,” De Land said. “You must be a participant.” During the semester, De Land said as soon as students feel the symptoms of struggle and frustration, they should be proactive in finding help. Go to a professor’s office hours, form a productive student study group, and invest the time necessary to master the concepts. De Land said the math department believes students struggling with math is an issue at CSUF and it takes steps to alleviate student discouragement. Class sizes are kept small with typically 35 people. The remedial classes offer a beginning foundation when necessary; courses and professors are kept in unison to ensure uniformity; student study groups are encouraged;
Daily Titan Staff Writer news@dailytitan.com
Photo BY John Sakata/Daily Titan Assistant News Editor Quizzes are assigned regularly to refresh and review material in freshman liberal studies major Daniel Ponciano’s algebra class.
and there is a tutoring drop-in center where students can find assistance outside of class. “There are a lot of reasons people struggle with math, but the main issue for students is that they don’t study enough,” said mathematics Professor Lorena Castillo. “Everyone is capable of doing well but it often depends on the amount of time spent. Once you get stuck, you have to get tutored.” Senior Tien Truong, a math major, has been a math tutor in the Tu-
toring Center for five semesters and said he mostly works with students enrolled in College Algebra. “The biggest struggle we see is with students missing the basics of math,” Truong said. “If you don’t get the basic concept down in junior high and high school, you’ll struggle in college. If we can help them we will.” Students should strive for understanding rather than just memorization. “Many students say, ‘Just give me
the formula,’ ” De Land said. “We want students to understand it and where it came from. We are interested in higher-level thinking and results.” Though only three units are necessary for graduation, math is an unavoidable reality in daily activities. “We live in a world where quantitative literacy is a virtue,” De Land said. “We have to deal with numerical and quantitative variables all the time.” For more information: http:// math.fullerton.edu/top.htm
Faculty hopes to enhance overseas experience By Urmi Rahman
Daily Titan Staff Writer news@dailytitan.com
Students who intend to study abroad primarily for the tourist appeal of a country may abrogate its history, culture and educational aspects. Not knowing the language, behavior and customs of the natives can only hurt a student’s study abroad experience. The first step to enriching the student experience can be the selection of a qualified and passionate professor to serve as a mentor. Six full-time Cal State Fullerton faculty members have applied this year to the College of Humanities and Social Sciences Summer 2008 Program to teach 25 to 35 students studying in Florence, Italy. A selection committee has reviewed the applications, and Thomas Klammer, dean of the college, was expected to make his selection Monday. “You see things differently [by] being in a different culture. [It] makes you think of what you have back [home],” said physics Professor Ionel Tifrea, who accompanied students in the 2007 program. “You are more [a] part of [students’] lives [there] than here.” Tifrea had taught abroad before the summer program. He has visited
Italy and speaks fluent Italian as well. He encourages all faculty to teach abroad because of the unique facultystudent relationships it fosters. Tifrea traveled to Rome for a weekend with his students, attended a welcome party and an end-of-trip dinner. He would like to reapply for the program in a few years. The qualifying factors for those chosen for 2008 include experience in teaching abroad, speaking the language and the ability to lead students. “Interact[ing] well with the students [for] a long period of time” and being “not just a professor but a mentor” is also a factor, said Associate Dean Angela Della Volpe . The recipient, earning regular summer salary, will teach two courses during the eight-week program and relate them to the Italian setting. One European Studies professor said he filed the application with the purpose of enhancing the experience for students. “Besides the structure of [my] career, I didn’t apply for the program for myself,” said history lecturer Dimitri Papandreu. “This is about students and how I can contribute to making [their] experience richer.” The Italian-born lecturer taught in Italy for an exchange program, has family throughout the nation and
visits regularly. “The typical experience of a student abroad is pathetic – [There is] fear and distance [from] natives,” Papandreu said. “The point of the program is to stimulate thought [and] how you can observe life there.” His goal is for students to fully understand what they see from the architecture, history and humanism in Italian culture during their stay. If chosen, he said he would have his students keep a diary documenting their everyday experiences, with the hopes that this would help them see and appreciate the culture and history. The chair of the Women’s Studies deparment, Renae Bredin, is another applicant for the 2008 program. “[I am] looking forward to working with students in that context,” Bredin said. Her desire to visit Italy has made her apply several times and she said she stays hopeful of being selected one of these days. Utilizing films, older text, poetry and theoretical readings, Bredin said she hopes to explore how sexuality is formed, acted and framed in the Italian culture in a politics and sexuality course. If chosen, she would incorporate feminism and fashion into her teaching.
TEXT MESSAGES: Showing moral support through technology for me though.” Fleming, a public relations major with a minor in screenwriting, has successfully collected and distributed over 4 million thank-you letters, cards, and e-mails to the men and women in uniform through her organization. Letters delivered back to Fleming from military service members expressing gratitude for her work has inspired her to continue on with the campaign. “I get so many responses from the troops saying how much this means to them,” Fleming said. “And that’s what keeps me going.” Her father, Michael Fleming, inspired her to set up A Million Thanks. He used his business to send letters to the troops during the Gulf War and at the beginning of the war in Iraq. Fleming, after watching her father, wanted to branch off and start her own campaign.
“I had seen, firsthand, the effect of letters on the troops,” Fleming said. “And the looks on their faces were priceless. I loved it.”
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Organizer of A Million Thanks
Despite controversy surrounding stalled progress in the handling of Iraq, Fleming said she believes military efforts are making a positive impact in Iraq after hearing from soldiers overseas.
“Every single one I have talked to has told me that they feel that they are doing the right thing and I support them,” Fleming said. “They know what’s going on over there better than I do, so if they say they are making a difference and need to be there, then I believe them.” Krystal Mefford, a Marine, who has been sent overseas twice, said she appreciates Flemings efforts. “It’s nice to know people appreciate our efforts,” Mefford said. “When I receive letters and e-mails from families and friends, it’s comforting to know how much support and appreciation they have for me.” Starting in January, there will be a new charity, “Wounded Soldiers Wish,” organized by A Million Thanks to help wounded soldiers and their families. Participants who wish to show their support may visit www.amillionthanks.org for more information.
“There isn’t a best candidate for this position, only different candidates,” Papandreu said.
Forty percent of the fall 2006 incoming freshman class at Cal State University Fullerton had to take remedial math courses to improve their skills in preparation for college-level algebra. Of the 3,8515 enrolled freshmen, 1,556 students took Math 40, 45 or 30 A & B, which consist of the most basic math classes the university offers. Most CSUF students take longdreaded courses resembling math 101 as a prerequisite before graduation. Many students are placed into the lowest-ranking mathematics courses as a freshman because they forget high school material or performed poorly in placement exams. There are many students who enter remedial classes although they took upper division classes in high school. Algebra Professor Miguel Cedeno said experience in AP calculus, statistics and trigonometry from high school is not enough in some situations. In a class of 40 students, Cedeno said three to four drop out each semester. An average of three students fail because they do not understand the material and do not seek proper help or make time to study. Lack of confidence, mental blocks and fear are the leading problems that cause students to struggle with math, said CSUF mathematics professors Scott Annin and Cedeno. “We try to relate the class to students,” Cedeno said of CSUF math professors. “[We give] work problems that are related to real-life problems whereas at the community college, the algebra is more like a drill.” Cedeno’s typical Friday morning class of 40 students begins with a short quiz recapping the week’s material followed by a discussion. One example of a real-world application of algebra is the logarithms used to measure sounds in decibels, he said. The material is related to sounds of music, busy streets or even the magnitude of previous earthquakes. Students are given a new sheet of questions and told to work in groups of threes or fours, but some tend to work alone. Three students willingly
wrote answers on the board as Cedeno encouraged them with class participation points one Friday morning. As a former tutor, Cedeno acquired myriad pedagogical techniques from listening to students and other teachers. “There is more than one way to solve a problem, so [one technique] might help one student but it might not be the same for another,” Cedeno said. “I won’t use one method and say this is the only way [if a student does not understand].” Annin, professor of abstract algebra, said he recognizes the plight for his students and has constructed new methods to subdue the challenges. Some days require he circulate the class with questions while students write answers on blackboards. The collaborative work encourages discussion and provides a learning environment for students grouped in threes and fours. Algebra has the greatest population of students seeking help at the tutoring center, said Harriet Edwards, coordinator of the math tutoring center and a professor of math. Higher courses like calculus demand a thorough understanding of algebraic concepts. In addition, “some students may be in [their] third semester of calculus but have trouble in algebra,” Edwards said. “Algebra is the basic computational language that is used in mathematics,” Edwards said. Experience has taught Annin, who teaches a more complex version of algebra, that students may need more time and practice in particular activities to learn certain material. Properties used in college or high school algebra courses are not necessarily true in a more abstract framework, creating challenges for students in Annin’s class. Review sessions are consistent in his classes so that students can retain and comprehend the information thoroughly. Preconceived notions about math can often hinder a student’s ability to do math. Annin and Cedeno said they try to make themselves available to students. “Laziness and disinterest on a student’s part are much more frustrating to me than the fact that they can and do struggle to understand the math itself,” Cedeno said.
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Scrabulous, easing the stress of semester finals Finals are next week and there’s a hefty chance that many students are burned out. It’s more difficult to attend class now than it was a month ago. It’s more tedious to do assignments knowing that freedom is so close. The Christmas season is in full swing and students would rather be shopping than studying. And like the nights before any other exam, students will find themselves browsing social networking sites like MySpace and Facebook for hours, jumping from profile to profile, picture to picture, until (all of a sudden) it’s 3 a.m. You started “studying” at 11 p.m. and wanted to be in bed by 1. “Oh, I’ll just see what their favorite movies are,” you told yourself. Lies! However, there is a way to use the habit to the students’ advantage: Facebook applications. Some Facebook applications require concentrating and will at least keep a student’s mind sharp, but will still be relaxing. Scrabulous, the site’s version of Scrabble, is a good way to keep your mind moving, even in the late hours when eyes are bloodshot and nerves are botched. It works out well for students
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when it’s too late to call friends over to play the actual board game version. If you need to let your aggression out, there’s the Fight Club application. Sure, there’s no visual to it, but when it says that you e-beat up some Facebook chump, you feel a rush and you know that you kicked some butt tonight, whether with academics or your prizefighter’s bloody knuckles. You feel the victory surge through your veins and you consider yourself confident and ready to take on finals. A strict balance is required, however. Too many applications will overload your system. If you’re fighting zombies while taking a movie quiz, a personality survey, writing testimonials and rating your friends, your head and heart will simultaneously explode. Really though, participating in five or more applications will stress a student out even more than he or she originally was. Think about trying to arrange your virtual bookshelf while getting sucker-bitten by vampires. So kiddies, be safe. Pick one or two applications. Relax. Enjoy them for the evening. Sleep well.
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December 4, 2007
Another college football mess By Siamak Djahanshahi
Daily Titan Staff Writer opinion@dailytitan.com
Another year and another BCS controversy. College football fans seem to go through the same process with the Bowl Championship Series every single year. Whether or not your team is the best team in the nation, it doesn’t necessarily mean it’s going to end up in the national championship game, or at least one of the four other major bowl games. Ohio State, who didn’t play the last week of the season, was fortunate enough to back into the national championship game because No. 1 Missouri and No. 2 West Virginia both lost on the final week of the season. That’s an understandable scenario, even though Ohio State hasn’t
shown it is a dominant team, because it was ranked No. 3 the previous week. What is not so understandable is the fact that Louisiana State University was ranked No. 7 last week and somehow was catapulted to No. 2 in the BCS this week. The problem is LSU lost two games this season, one of them coming at the end of the year. Losses in the last couple of weeks of the season generally drop teams out of the national championship race. Last year USC was projected to be in the national championship game, but since it lost to rival UCLA it was overtaken by Florida. I think it’s completely insane that LSU managed to jump from No. 7 to No. 2, but Georgia, who was ranked No. 4 last week, actually
moved back one spot into the No. 5 slot. The guidelines for voters are set so that even if you do not win your conference you still have a chance at the national championship. Georgia won its last six games to end the season, including three victories against ranked opponents. “The rules don’t say that you have to win your conference,” said Georgia Head Coach Mark Richt, “but some of the voters thought that disqualified us.” I also think Missouri, whose only two losses of the season were to Oklahoma, should have been in one of the four bowl games. Kansas, a team that Missouri beat a couple weeks before while Kansas was undefeated and ranked No. 1, ended up in the Fiesta bowl against Virginia Tech. I expected USC to end up in the Rose bowl because that’s where the Pac-10 champion gets to play each
year. Unfortunately we are going to watch a horrible game against a barely above-average three-loss Illinois team. USC could have chosen Georgia, Oklahoma or another team for that matter that may have given them a more exciting match-up. But to USC fans, I’m sure they don’t even care which bowl they are in or who they are playing if they aren’t in the national championship game. Next year I’m sure i’ll be writing another article on this same subject, and I’m sure college football fans will be complaining about how their team got ripped off. The only way to prevent these circumstances from occurring again is to create some sort of four or eight-team playoff to determine who is really the national champion. But, we know that won’t happen since it’s “all about the money baby!”
Parents take notice: milk does a body good By Marissa Armstrong
Daily Titan Staff Writer opinion@dailytitan.com
When I was a kid, I knew that every time I sat down to dinner there would be a full glass of milk sitting by my plate, waiting for me. I hated it. I used every excuse in the book to get out of drinking that one glass of milk each night. Now when I think back to those crazy carefree moments on the playground, I am grateful. I can’t even count how many times I fell off the monkey bars, lost my balance while I was learning to do back flips off the swings or trying to snowboard. I never broke a single bone and I’m pretty sure it had something to do with that single glass of milk every night. I am now a server and I see families come in every night that I work. I can probably count the number of times on my fingers that I’ve seen
parents make their children drink something other than soda. Many kids choose something other than soda on their own and I like to think it is because they know soda is not an option. When my family used to go out for dinner, it was milk, water or juice for dinner. If we did get soda it was limited to one cup, no refills. I can’t believe how much soda kids drink now. I think parents need to take a firm stand and make sure their kids are getting the nutrients they need. Kids don’t know any better. They just drink what tastes good. They need parental guidance. Maybe their parents need some guidance too. Maybe if parents knew the effects of not getting enough vitamin D and calcium, they would be more adamant and not give in to their children’s requests for soda and other sugar-filled concoctions.
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Maybe if parents knew that by not making their kids drink milk, they are putting them at high risk of getting Rickets – a softening and weakening of the bones in children – they would make their children drink more milk. Rickets occurs when your body senses an imbalance of calcium and phosphorus in your bloodstream and reacts by taking it from your bones to raise blood levels to where they need to be and softening the bones. Maybe if they knew the symptoms of Rickets – such as skeletal de-
formities including bowed legs and abnormal curvature of the spine, fragile bones that are more prone to fractures, delayed or stunted growth, dental problems, bone pain and muscle weakness – they would lead by example and drink more milk themselves. Maybe if they knew that preventing their children from such hardships was as easy as a couple servings of dairy a day. Maybe if they knew that by making their children drink milk a few times a day, they could ensure them a healthier future and lessen their chances of getting osteoporosis later in life, they would. I never liked the taste of milk. I hated that one glass a night, but now looking back I am grateful. Maybe if parents would make their kids drink more milk, one day years from now they too would look back and be grateful. Maybe, just maybe.
Always political. Sometimes correct. Rarely politically correct.
Who cares … why bother? by Cindy Cafferty Originally this week, I had plans to follow up on my last column’s introduction of the presidential nominees with a more in-depth look at the candidates most likely to be of note, and therefore most deserving of your attention, in California’s February primaries. After reading Marissa Armstrong’s article about the “reverse press conference” held by Daily Titan editors and Professor Genelle Belmas; after speaking to an editor present at said conference; after a six-hour scrutiny of the DT Web site, I vehemently changed my mind, shifted gears and began to think: If you don’t care, why should I bother? Fear not though, those few of you who actually read my work … this verbal sniper still has her guns drawn. Only this time, rather than pointing towards pertinent political problems, I’ve got one aimed at the general ignorance of students concerned only with trivial matters and the other at my head. After all, why go through the painstaking research (a standard I hold myself to whenever I set out to write a political or legal column), careful planning and concerted ef-
fort to adequately and fairly cover a topic when all the average reader seems to care about is one opinion article – already discussed and addresses ad nauseum as well as seemingly ad infinitum – that centered on … Greek life? Try as I might, I have difficulty coming up with any less relevant topic to the real world, the nation’s future or, quite frankly, this institution’s future, than that of a fraternity or sorority. And yet, with a bona fide legal scholar present, the salient matter of the university’s attempt to censor and ban the content of a recent Health Center poster on the table, and an open forum to discuss ANY and all articles published by the DT this semester – the point of focus turned out to be the hurt feelings of a selfobsessed and isolated group of students who apparently hadn’t said enough with their surge of comments on the DT Web site?! Are you kidding me? The opportunity to address the germane issue of a First Amendment violation or any matter of true pertinence, with a respected professor and legal expert, was laid out on a platter like chocolate cake before a fat kid
– and the driving discussion was, how could you be so mean to our poor organization? One student even inquired as to how the Daily Titan could slander the sororities in such an egregious manner? (Egregious, quite obviously is my word, not hers.) Well, sweetheart, had you read any other article, say mine for instance where I fastidiously detailed what constitutes slander – or in the case of the printed word, libel – other than just the one that held the words, “Greek life,” you’d realize that the term slander does not apply. Another question: “Do your opinion writers bother to do any research…?” A mere cursory glance at the opinion articles of Tom Madden (in The Buzz), Jake Kilroy and yes, myself, will show: Tom’s breadth of knowledge on a variety of topics, Jake’s good-old-fashioned-hit-thestreets-and-interview stance and my method of copiously researching before writing and relaying an opinion. All tasks we take on in an effort to be true to what we consider journalistic integrity. The point of my musings here is not to pat myself or other writers on the back for employing standards in a job we agreed to take on; rather to expel a bit of frustration and perhaps relieve my head of the mounting pressure threatening to send my skull spewing into bloody bits. As someone who constantly defends my academic integrity against those members of society who deem students of state schools as second class citizens, not smart or ambitious enough to attend a “competitive” institution, this latest episode of vacuous verbal vomit was not only a disappointing display of where CSUF student values lie, but an insulting affront to those of us who strive to write – and those students who dare to care – about issues that ought to be at the forefront of debate in an institution of higher learning. So, I ask you, are we done yet? Can we move on to bigger and better matters? Because the bottom line is: If you don’t care, why should any of us bother?
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Irvine Spectrum hosts a winter wonderland news@dailytitan.com
Not too far away from the holiday frenzy of the Irvine Spectrum stores is the Holiday on Ice Skating Rink. It is a welcome respite for those who have tired from shopping, or the hapless who have found themselves stranded while their family or friends continue their pursuit of that perfect Christmas present. “It’s fun. This is our first time [here],” said 20-year-old, Aliso Viejo resident Chelsea Caldecott who came with friends. “I like the good music.” Caldecott is referring to rock music ranging from Van Halen to Journey. If music doesn’t draw would-be skaters, the hundreds of Christmas lights illuminating the rink would. An equally bright and colorful Ferris wheel also flanks the rink. The rink has been at the Irvine Spectrum for five years and is 44’6” wide and 4 feet 6 inches long. The
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By Jennifer Church
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– Leonard Davis, owner
ice is about 1.5 inches thick, comparable to professional hockey ice. Owner Leonard G. Davis said the rink is maintained by the world’s smallest custom Zamboni. The rink opens at 11 a.m. and closes as late as 12:30 a.m.on the weekends. The Zamboni comes along after every hour-long session. Zamboni’s cut a layer of ice and at the same time put on a new layer of ice with water, said Zamboni driver, Marlon Santico. “I know a lot of people who wish they could drive a Zamboni and I actually do it for a living,” Santico said.
“It’s actually fun to drive it – I have people who wish they could drive it and I get to drive it. Davis said the difference between regular skating rinks and the Holiday on Ice Rink is the setting. “The basic difference is it’s outdoors,” Davis said. “The skaters feel they’re outside skating in the winter wonderland. The ice is still very well-kept despite the difference in weather.” Caldecott said she likes the rink because of its size. “It’s more fun than the regular rink [where] it’s a lot bigger and there’s too many people,” Caldecott said. “The ‘bigger’ skaters are always there. I like that not everyone knows how to skate very well here.” Tickets are $12 a session and Davis suggests people buy online. Season passes are available, Davis said, and the rink can be reserved for private parties. “Friday after Thanksgiving is always sold out,” Davis said. “Up to New Year’s is always packed.”
By Lauren Worslay/For the Daily Titan Skate rentals are availiable for anyone for $4. Visitors to the rink are also invited to bring their own skates. Season passes are availiable and include skate rental. By Sara Borman/For the Daily Titan Reese Miller gets some help from her mother, Jodie Miller, before taking the ice at the spectrums ice skating rink friday. Single hour passes can be bought both on site and are $12 for adults and $10 for children ages 10 and under.
Photo Above By Sara Borman/For the Daily Titan Above - Reese Miller, takes her first step onto the ice at the Irvine Spectrums out door Ice Skating rink Friday. The quiet atmosphere of the rink allows children to take their first wobbling glides.
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Music professor finds worldwide beat By Dhawani Parekh For the Daily Titan
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By Matt Petit/For the Daily Titan A collection of toys has already started to form near the train in the TSU. Students can pick a name from the train and give an age and gender appropriate gift.
CSUF students play Santa The TSU’s annual Titan Toy Drive collects until Friday By Urmi Rahaman
Daily Titan Staff Writer news@dailytitan.com
A Barbie doll, a soccer ball, a make up kit or an airplane; these are just some of the possibility for those wishing to donate. For boys and girls, who may not receive another toy, this is an act that brings their underprivileged lives a sense of holiday joy. The annual Titan Toy Drive is in full swing this season and the Titan Student Union is accepting toys for local children ages 7 to 14 until Friday. The drive is hosted by Camp Titan, Cal State Fullerton’s official philanthropy. “[It is a way] to give back to community kids who go through things they shouldn’t have to go through,”said alumnus Drew Wiley, 25. “The program is to give them something for the holiday.” Toys will be distributed on Saturday to the children who went to Camp Titan in June at a holiday party hosted by previous counselors
and staff members. “If every person on campus bought one toy, there would be no kids without toys [this season],” said Pamela Skawin, who has been at the TSU Information and Services desk for 16 years. Dan Hodnick, a landscape specialist at CSUF, started off the drive this year with 25 stuffed animals. What began as a hobby years ago has become an addiction for Hodnick, who never fails to smile. Every year he collects toys by playing the claw machines at the TSU underground, spending nearly $20 a week. “[It] starts her [Skawin] out, fills her table and inspires other people,” Hodnick said, beaming. Donating this year may be of more significance because of the recent fires and the condition of the economy. “A lot of people are out of work and there will be a lot of children not able to have toys,” Skawin said. The toy drive has grown from a handful of toys when Skawin first started at her position to nearly a thousand with large donations from sororities, fraternities, faculty and students. “We collect toys [but] we take it for granted,” said Christina Medino,
20, who is in a sorority. “But for a little kid it’s everything.” Donators and the staff at the Information and Services desk, who manage the toys until they are shipped to the Camp Titan Office, are excited this time of the year, Kelly Galliland, 22, said. “We’re just awed,” Skawin said. “They [the Greeks] might bring in 40 toys all in one time.” The Titan Toy Drive needs donations especially for boys ranging from 10 to 14 years of age since donators typically give to younger girls first. At the end of the drive, toys are transferred in large carts to the Camp Titan Office to be wrapped for the party. The party last year hosted 40 to 50 children, said Kevin Laff, co-director of camper management. Parents or guardians accompany the children. Camp counselors are also encouraged to bring their younger brothers and sisters. “Santa comes and we’re his elves help[ing] pass out toys,” Laff said. To donate, the process is simple. Just select a name tag, either pink or blue, from the Titan train in the TSU. Purchase a toy, attach the tag and bring it unwrapped to the Information and Services desk.
Music Professor, Charles Sharp plays the dizi. He is the man with an exotic collection of more than 40 different instruments from different countries in the world. Besides having a huge collection, he can play those instruments too. “My ability to pick up various types of music by ear has made it easier for me to learn different instruments,” Sharp said. The instruments he plays best are saxophone, clarinet and the three Chinese flutes: dizi, xiao, and guanzi. Sharp was well ahead of other children at the age of five. He was influenced by his father, a musician. By 10 years old, Sharp was able to play the clarinet, piano and saxophone. Starting off as a philosophy major in college, Sharp was not serious about teaching music academically. Sharp had never considered music to be his lifetime career until he decided to teach and study music at San Francisco State University. Before entering grad school, Sharp worked as a musician in lots of jazz, funk, rock and salsa bands over the years. “Now, I define music in a more philosophical term. I try to think about the deeper culture meanings of music for listners,” Sharp said. In college, Sharp majored in cultural anthropology and music performance. While doing a paper in cultural anthropology, his professor encouraged him to focus on Chinese music in the United States. To get information for his paper, he decided to go to Chinatown and interview people. However, people closed the door on him since he did not know the language. After taking beginner’s Chinese class, he went back to Chinatown, determined not to give up. This time, he knocked on people’s doors, asked them in his broken Chinese if he could interview them. Once they said yes, after being
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Professor Charles Sharp plays instruments most students can’t pronounce
– Charles Sharp,
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impressed by a white person speaking Chinese, he spoke in a mixture of English and Chinese. The social setting present in Chinese culture is what led him to develop his interest in Chinese music. The community-based atmosphere appealed to Sharp more than anything. He found it to be relaxing and comforting atmosphere where people would play with their friends and their music was appreciated by listeners. Also, Sharp realized that the fingering for the saxophone is very common and similar to the fingering of the Chinese flutes. He is also a member of the Chinese Classical Music Society. Sharp went to graduate school for ethnomusicology at the UCLA. Ethnomusicology is the study of folk and primitive music and of the relationship to the peoples and cultures to which they belong. Sharp’s interest in cultures led him to perform with many distinguished world master musicians from different parts of the world. One such artist who is like an uncle for Sharp is Donald Kachamba from Malawi, South Eastern Africa. Sharp performed and recorded with him while he visited Los Angeles. This combination was appealing because Sharp played various instruments like the penny whistle, a flute made out of tin which is inexpensive. Other instruments are the log xylophone, sticks, rattle and one-string bass instruments made out of a box. Along the way, there were quite a few cultural differences that Sharp came across. An incident he laughs at now whenever he recalls it was being denied to learn the nay, a flute. Sharp remembers going to learn the nay from a Persian nay player who had come to Los Angeles from Paris. “The musician looked at me and said you cannot play,” said Sharp. “I did not have a gap between my two front teeth and only people with the gap can play the nay in the Persian
culture.” Sharp experienced another incident at UCLA where a conference was held in the Indonesian Gamelan (music ensemble) music room. Gamelan music is tied with spiritual music. The music starts off simple and complicates by the end. The complication of the melodies all interconnect to form a deep, spiritual meaning. The most important instrument is the big gong. It is believed that if someone upsets the gong, then anything bad can happen to them like a car crash. “At about 1 am, after the conference, while I was cleaning the room, I saw that the gong was lying on the ground. I started hearing sounds coming from the big gong, ringing sounds. I was so petrified that I just ran out of the room without looking back,” Sharp said. When he told his teacher, his teacher offered an incense and rice to the gong as a gesture of forgiveness. With all these experiences Sharp went through, he said his goal is to make people think outside of the box. He wants to achieve this by creating a group that showcases how different world instruments can add to existing music. “I enjoy playing music I love since I enjoy meeting different, diverse people and appreciating music. At the same time, I enjoy teaching music,” Sharp said. Sharp has reached out to many students through his five year teaching career. “His students consistently value his excellent teaching about a wide range of musical topics,” said music professor John Koegel, “They also appreciate his fine ability to play numerous instruments from around the world, which vividly illustrates his class lectures. His teaching style is lively and enthusiastic and Sharp brings a deep knowledge of the place and importance of music in world cultures.” Sharp’s coworkers aren’t the only people on campus who sing his praises. Brandon Oster, 21, a buisness major and a former student said, “It is pretty cool to have a teacher that can play lots of instruments. Professor Sharp makes the class really interesting to learn about the different cultures and music.”
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Young volleyball team proud of its season
Think Different. Think Simon. Simon Liang
Pay attention to Titan basketball
photos By karl thunman/Daily Titan Photo Editor Co-captains Brittany Moore (left) and Alex Wolnisty (right) anchored a youthful Titan volleyball team, returning numerous starters, including the two captains.
Even record gives Titans experience and high hopes for next season by Siamak Djahanshahi Daily Titan Staff Writer sports@dailytitan.com
The 2007 Cal State Fullerton women’s volleyball team finished the year with a 15-15 record overall and a 7-9 conference record. Even after losing its last game at home to a very strong Long Beach State team, Head Coach Carolyn Zimmerman was upbeat about what this year’s team accomplished. “I’m very pleased with our conference finish,” Zimmerman said. “Very proud of this team and of this season.” With an inexperienced team that featured five freshman and four
sophomores, Zimmerman had her team playing hard every match this year. “The thing that I feel great about is the fact that we still have very good success with such a blend of a lot of youngsters on the floor,” Zimmerman said. “Anytime you have that to build on and they’re all just really team-orientated players, that’s always something great to build with.” After the Titans’ final home game, Alex Wolnisty said the team goal was to finish the year with a 15-15 record (at the time they were 13-15). The Titans met their goal this weekend by winning back-to-back matches over Idaho and Fairfield at the Cal State Northridge tournament. Zimmerman said it’s the end of four years for some and the beginning for others. She also said she understands it’s a continuing effort in
recruiting and practice to get better. “The kind of experience they’ve gotten, next year you’ll be seeing Jeanie as our fulltime setter. Camie Iibero again, and Erin in the middle,” Zimmerman said. “But Erin will have a little more pressure with some more middles on hand in our new freshman class. It’ll be exciting.“ The Titans pulled off some big wins this year against some strong opponents, showing the potential of their young squad. Beating UC Irvine at Irvine was a huge win because Irvine was trying to get into the tournament. They also won their first game ever at UC Santa Barbara, beating them 3-2 when they weren’t expected to do any damage. “Beating Irvine was a big deal, beating Santa Barbara at Santa Barbara was a big deal,” said Brittany
Moore. Brittany Moore finished the year No. 2 in the conference averaging 4.58 kills per game and finished with a total of 444 kills while hitting .244. “Overall I feel it was a good season. We’re a really good team, really young team, great chemistry. I feel like we did pretty good this season,” Moore said. Julie Geissert finished her final year as a Titan in outstanding fashion with 1,239 assists and put herself atop the CSUF all-time leader board in assists. She was also No. 6 in the conference in assists. Sophomore Wolnisty showed her potential this year, finishing second on the team in kills with 3.08 kills per game and 342 overall with a .244 hitting percentage while Jennifer Francisco added 279 kills at 2.79 per game.
Remember the Titans? No, I’m not talking about Denzel Washington or our nationally recognized baseball team; it’s your Cal State Fullerton basketball team. Well, I haven’t been keeping track of their first three games, but after last Thursday, I will be paying more attention to them. I turned the channel to Fox Sports and I came across the CSUF and University of Arizona game. To be honest, the score wasn’t pretty. The Titans put forth the effort, but Arizona was easily their toughest opponent this season. Hall of fame Head Coach Lute Olson has built a great program in Tucson, with five Final Four appearances and one national title. The Wildcats have two future NBA lottery picks in Jerryd Bayless and Chase Budinger. So that being said, the game against U of A was like David vs. Goliath. The most positive aspect I saw out of the whole game was that CSUF played strong defense and forced 18 turnovers. Throughout the game, I noticed the Titans were undersized in the front court. So guard play this season is even more crucial. I didn’t get to the see the game against Montana but I saw the box score and the Titans used all of their weapons in that match. The zone is what CSUF needs to control because hoisting three’s makes the offense vulnerable. More up-tempo play would definitely benefit the team. Junior Josh Akognon is going to have to carry the Titans on his back this season. So far he is the go-to scorer, averaging 24 points a game. Coming from Washington State, he has some big-game
experience. I was happy to the see the return of Scott Cutley. He is a throwback player and just plays hard every possession. The Titans need his inside presence to be successful. There is a reason why he led the Big West last season at 9.5 rebounds a game. Senior Marcus Morgan is a bruiser on the block. He almost had a double-double against the Wildcats. He, along with Cutley, anchors the frontcourt for CSUF. All the critics said Charles Barkley was too small to play in the frontcourt. He sure proved them all wrong by becoming one of the best rebounding forwards the game has ever seen. That’s what Morgan and Cutley can do for the Titans. Marcus Crenshaw made seven three’s in the last two games; he will be a good long-range threat for the Titans. Guard Frank Robinson had a career-high 30 points against Montana. One thing the Titans should do more is baseline cutting. With a big man at the high-post passing to a cutting player, they can get to the line more often to put more pressure on opponents. With so many quick, athletic guards on the team, it can be accomplished. In the preseason Big West Coaches Poll, the coaches predicted that CSUF would end up at the three spot. I think they have a good chance of winning the Big West with all the veterans on the team. The toughest team standing in their way will be the Gauchos from UC Santa Barbara. Cutley and Akognon make a great inside-outside duo that is probably the best in the league. Remember these Titans.