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DTSHORTHAND Live Music
A swinging band named Rumble King rocked the CSUF Becker Amphitheatre yesterday. The band’s upbeat sound fused piano, sax, drums and upright bass. For live footage, students can check out www.dailytitan. com then click on Multimedia. For more information on the band visit www.myspace.com/ rumbleking. Their next gig is today at 6 p.m. in Disneyland.
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Four Titan pitchers combine to hurl a 4-0 shutout in home opener
CSUF police track down high school student who called in a bomb threat By JEREMIAH RIVERA
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Python stalks dog BRISBANE, Australia - A 16foot python stalked a family dog for days before swallowing the pet whole in front of horrified children in the Australian tropics, animal experts said yesterday. The boy and girl, watched as the scrub python devoured their silky terrier-Chihuahua crossbreed Monday at their home. “It actively stalked the dog for a number of days,” Steven Douglas said, owner of the Australian Venom Zoo in Kuranda. “The family that owned the dog had actually seen it in the dog’s bed, which was a sign it was out to get it,” he added. By the time Douglas arrived, all that could be seen of the dog was its hind legs and tail. The 5-year-old dog would have been suffocated within minutes. The snake was still digesting the dog at the zoo yesterday. It will soon be relocated to the bush, Douglas said.
Corrections: The blurb on Tues., February 26, regarding campus activities contained errors. The last day to turn in a petition for ASI Elections is March 11, which is a Tuesday, not a Friday. The executive president and vice president positions are also open along with the Board of Directors. The Daily Titan apologizes for these errors.
Two men invent tandem snowboard
Two businessmen recently invented a two person snowboard which is attracting a lot of attention. The two inventors cut the tips of snowboards and bolted them onto one to make their unique board. Eric Sweet and Butch Brady’s invention has already put them into the Guiness Book of World Records for the most consecutive turns on a snowboard. The inventors say the board is like “being married.” Visit Yahoo videos to see this clever invention in use.
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Prank implodes on caller
By BETH STIRNAMAN/Daily Titan Staff Photographer Cal State Fullerton Freshman lefthander Jason Dovel delivers a pitch in CSUF’s 4-0 win against Loyola Marymount Tuesday night.
An unidentified minor was taken into custody shortly after calling in a phony bomb threat into Cal State Fullerton University Police Tuesday, police said. University Dispatch received the first call at around 12:30 p.m. The police were unsure what to make of the call initially because of the content of the conversation. “The suspect asked the dispatch operator ‘Is this the United Kingdom?’ and hung up,” Lt. Fred Molina of university police said. But when the suspect made a second call minutes later, he asked again, “Is this the United Kingdom?” to which dispatch replied “No.” The suspect responded, “Well, there’s a bomb that’s going to blow up inside a building” and hung up, Molina said. Police responded to the threat within minutes. After listening to a recording of the conversation, police were able to identify the callers’ voice as an adolescent male. Authorities also noticed the sound of others laughing in the background during the phony bomb threat. We felt that is wasn’t directed to us. See CALL, Page 2
Revamped portal to be launched in March By DAWN PETTIT
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Complete access to class lists and faster response times during peak registration are two features that Cal State Fullerton students will benefit from with the launch of the new Titan Online on March 10. The new Titan Online will gradually replace existing Titan Online features CSUF has been using since 1994 as part of the implementation of PeopleSoft, a student information system that all CSUs were mandated to have operational by fall 2008, according to Amir Dabirian, chief information technology officer for CSUF. CSUF opted to be one of the last CSUs to implement the software in order to take advantage of a more mature product and the expertise of other campuses, Dabirian said. “I think students will be very pleased with the new Titan Online,” he said. With the launch of this new software, students will no longer have to experience busy or timed out responses during peak registration and access will be available 24 hours a day. “The class schedule search will allow students to search for a specific general education category to find classes meeting their specific needs,” Dabirian said. Faculty will also benefit from the new system, with easier real-time access to class lists and an easy mechanism to e-mail students. Business major Tim O’Boyle, 22, said his biggest concern was not being able to log in whenever he wanted to. “I hope this new system works,” O’Boyle said. Another huge registration benefit will be that transfer coursework will be able to satisfy registration prerequisites. “Our campus has a very large number of transfer students, so they
will really appreciate this new functionality,” Dabirian said. Students will be able to update their contact information on the Web beginning September 2008 and financial aid students will be able to accept loans and work study on the Web. In spring 2009, CSUF will introduce a registration feature called “wishlisting.” Students will be able put classes in their shopping cart prior to their registration appointment and register for classes in their shopping cart with the click of the mouse once their appointment occurs. One of the immediate benefits to students will be the ability to identify emergency contact information such as the name, address, phone number and relationship to the student. With recent incidents of campus violence nationally, Dabirian said having a record of emergency contact information is critical. Since Feb. 20, students logging into the portal have been prompted to update their campus portal profile. This is due in part to the enhanced features of the new Titan Online, which requires students to use a stronger password during login. Communications major Jessica Kausen, 21, said the prompts were too demanding. “Why do the passwords have to have so many varieties?” Kausen said. In addition to creating a new password, the update also consists of selecting three security questions and answers, the option to update a cell phone number or create a new user name. “We are optimistic about the future of PeopleSoft and the collaboration we have seen between CSU campuses,” Dabirian said. CSUF will be launching a Web tutorial on how to use the Student Center and students will be able to access it from the student portal. Students can also e-mail or call the Help Desk, which has staff available seven days a week.
CSUF senior psychology major Alison Solis shows affection for a baby.
Photo courtesy of JEffrey a. Kottler/Angelina pedrosa
CSUF professor offers a lifeline Nonprofit organization makes trips to Nepal to help young girls succeed By JACQUELYNE RUMFOLA Daily Titan Staff Writer news@dailytitan.com
Nepal is a land rich in beauty, surrounded by lush green hillsides and the glorious peaks of the Himalayan Mountains. Yet while Nepal is a nation abundant in breathtaking scenery, it is one that is destitute on an economic scale. Most Nepali families are so poor that they have difficulty feeding their children, who often run around barefooted. Funding for education is minimal and the lack of financial security has led many Nepali’s to marry off their daughters when they are as young as 10 years old. It is common for girls who are unable to stabilize themselves through
marriage, to be sold off or to suddenly disappear. Many of the “lost” girls end up in brothels in surrounding nations, forced into a career of sex slavery. Young girls have become a popular commodity in areas surrounding Nepal because of the false belief that intercourse with a virgin will cure AIDS, said Jeffrey Kottler, professor and chair of the counseling department at Cal State Fullerton. The economic crisis in Nepal stems from a civil war that has been going on for the past seven years. There is an ongoing battle for power between Maoists, who are elected officials, the government and the king. These serious issues have led philanthropists to direct their attention to Nepal. Kottler has joined the humanitarian efforts in the region. He first went to Nepal six years ago to teach counseling techniques to health professionals in the area. His experience led him to start a
nonprofit organization called the Madhav Ghimire Foundation, which was named after the influential Nepali poet. “When I went to Nepal I was shocked by the people and how little they had,” Kottler said. “Ninety percent of the population has no access to heath care. The average life expectancy there is 57 years, as compared to 77 years in the United States. I wanted to help somehow.” Ghimire’s daughter Kiran Regmi was with Kottler on the first trip he took and is also the co-founder of the organization. “The Madhav Ghimire foundation sponsors girls based on their academic performance and provides the expenses to keep them in public school,” Kottler said. “We hope they will go on to college.” Free education only lasts until the fifth grade in Nepal. The foundation focuses on girls because Nepali boys have a better See TRIP, Page 4
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IN OTHER NEWS CSUF program offers flicks, Sudan urges Muslims to boycott Denmark
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) – President Omar al-Bashir vowed on yesterday to ban Danes from Sudan and called for a Muslim boycott of Denmark before a crowd of tens of thousands denouncing the country at a government-backed protest against a cartoon satirizing the Prophet Muhammad. The rally outside al-Bashir’s palace in Khartoum was the biggest protest in the Muslim world since Danish papers reprinted the cartoon, seen by many Muslims as insulting to their religion’s most revered figure. “We urge all Muslims around the world to boycott Danish commodities, goods, companies, institutions, organizations and personalities,” al-Bashir told the crowd. “Down, down, Denmark!” shouted the protesters.
popcorn and insight for women Reel Women, Real World offers an opportunity on Tuesdays to view movies By TANYA OBERMEYER
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Man convicted of killing wife gets life sentence KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) – A man who was convicted of poisoning and suffocating his wife was sentenced yesterday to life in prison without parole. Before she was killed, his wife had written a letter foreshadowing that her death might be suspicious. Mark Jensen, 48, was found guilty last week of first-degree intentional homicide, a crime that carries a mandatory sentence of life in prison. The decision on whether he was eligible for parole was left to the judge. “I’ve come to the conclusion that if I were to impose anything less than the maximum sentence in this case, I’d feel I had cheated the other people because your crime is so enormous, so monstrous, so unspeakably cruel, that it overcomes all other considerations,” Judge Bruce Schroeder said. Julie Jensen, 40, was found dead in her home in Pleasant Prairie on Dec. 3, 1998, after being sick for a few days. Prosecutors said she was poisoned with antifreeze and then suffocated. Mark Jensen claimed his wife was depressed and killed herself, framing him for her death. The couple’s sons, 18-year-old David and 13-year-old Douglas, submitted a letter before the sentencing, expressing their belief that Mark Jensen is innocent and asking the judge to give him parole as soon as possible.
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Humane Society sues USDA over downer cows LOS ANGELES (AP) – The Humane Society sued the federal government yesterday over what it said is a legal loophole that allows sick or crippled cattle, called “downers,” into the food supply. A U.S. Department of Agriculture rule change made in July allows some downer cows into the food supply, the Humane Society of the United States alleges in its lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C. In 2004, the USDA tightened regulations to prohibit the slaughter of all “downer” cows — animals that cannot stand — after a case of mad cow disease was discovered in Washington state. The lawsuit alleges that under last year’s change, cows that fell down after an initial veterinarian inspection but appeared otherwise healthy were allowed to be slaughtered. The lawsuit asks the USDA to close the loophole to protect consumers and ensure the humane treatment of animals. The lawsuit says that even cows whose inability to walk stems from broken limbs are about 50 times more likely to have mad cow disease because the illness weakens their muscles, making them prone to falls. Amanda Eamich, a spokeswoman for the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service, said she had not seen the lawsuit and could not immediately comment.
For the Record
University Hall, Room 205 was small, quaint and filled only slightly with women on Tuesday evening. The women laughed, talked, passed around popcorn and enjoyed the obvious: chocolate. A comfortable environment welcomed those who trickled in to view this week’s scheduled “Reel Women, Real World” movie, “Chocolat.” The Women’s Center at Cal State Fullerton hosts a weekly movie screening on Tuesdays at 5 p.m. The movies that are chosen provoke discussion amongst the audi-
ence about women and their roles in society. 11 women of various ages filled the chairs that were lined in rows, back-to-back, serving as foot rests as well, in front of the pull down projection screen. Meghan Quinn, a senior at CSUF, attended the event. Quinn is a human services major and is interning at the Women’s Center as well. “The key is to just get communication going amongst our peers,” Quinn said. Jerri Freeman, office manager and special events coordinator for the center is responsible for the idea of the event. The evening opened with the introduction of Freeman and a brief description of the film by Susan Leavy, a campus crime prevention coordinator. “I will be watching the movie differently [than anytime before]
because I am looking for issues to react to,” Quinn said. The room was now transformed into a cinema with the scent of fresh popcorn that lingered throughout its 122 minutes. The room lay quiet with the occasional laugh at the coy romantic comedy. Karla Rios, a junior human services major also attended the event with interest in the movie and as an extra credit opportunity. “This is my first time seeing the movie and the first time to the event but I hope to attend again in the future,” Rios said. “Chocolat” focuses on a mother and daughter that open a small chocolate shop in a French village. The opening of the store threatens to shake up the rigid town and it does. “You don’t misbehave here. It’s just not done, did you know that?
If you don’t go to confession, if you don’t...dig your flowerbeds, or if you don’t pretend ... that you want nothing more in your life than to serve your husband three meals a day and give him children and vacuum under his ass, then, (...) then you’re crazy,” said Josephine Muscat, played by Lena Olin, in the movie. Remarks such as this had a different effect on viewers than it likely would have had at any other time. The scene painted within the confines of the small room was casual. Free popcorn, candy and sodas begged the feeling of a familiar place. The Women’s Center plans to continue the “Reel Women, Real World” screening of various films on campus, every Tuesday through April 29. The next meeting will be on March 4, with a showing of the movie, “Whale Rider.”
Outburst of violence erupt in LA; injures eight Associated Press A gunman fired into a crowd of children and adults at a South Los Angeles bus stop just after schools let out Yesterday, wounding eight, authorities said. Armed with a semiautomatic handgun, the man was apparently aiming at somebody but missed his target and shot others at the bus stop, Lt. Ruben De La Torre said
at the scene. The shooting occurred around 3:15 p.m. at Central and Vernon Avenues, a busy intersection filled with shoppers, motorists and students. Two of the victims ran away and were found wounded outside a nearby middle school, police Officer Sara Faden said. The gunman ran away after firing the shots, she said. Four were critically wounded,
including a 10-year-old girl, an 11-year-old girl, a 12-year-old girl and a 49-year-old woman, said Fire Department spokeswoman d’Lisa Davies. A 12-year-old girl, a 14-year-old boy and two men, ages 48 and 68, had minor injuries. “Now all of them are stable and expected to recover from their wounds,” De La Torre said. Streets in the area, which in-
cluded a strip mall and a Jack In the Box restaurant were shut down, with numerous police officers investigating the crime scene. Ezequiel Cornejo, 23, a tire mechanic, said he heard about 10 gunshots, probably from a handgun. “After that I saw a little girl running; she was running back to the school; she was holding her arm,” Cornejo said.
CALL: a High School student WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY From Page 1
Instead of responding with normal procedure we took another route, Molina described. Police confirmed the calls were made from the Troy high school campus located on Dorothy Lane a couple blocks away from university campus.
The cell phone used to make the calls was registered to an owner whose last name matched only one student attending Troy high school. Police made contact with the suspect at Troy high school and within minutes the minor was taken into custody. As for the United Kingdom refer-
ence police said the cell phone was modified and only allowed the user to make emergency phone calls or calls home. The only other number not blocked was saved as: United Kingdom. The suspect called the number and was automatically connected
with university police. “Given the time and era of the day we have to take everything serious,” Molina said. “It’s against the law and we’re going to deal with it appropriately.” Police released the minor to his parents and will be filing charges with the Fullerton defense attorney.
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Meeting between Israelis and Palestinians heats up at CSUF By Marissa Willman
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Emotions ran high in the Titan Student Union last night as the Israeli Palestinian Confederation Committee presented a panel discussing a possible peaceful solution for the conflict in Israel, West Bank and Gaza. “The panel has a force of its own and the audience has a force of its own,” said Josef Avesar, president of the IPCC. The debate featured a six-member panel that discussed the possibility and probability of a confederation to proportionally represent Israelis and Palestinians in the affected regions. In the proposed confederation Palestine and Israel would remain separate sovereignties as they are today, but the “super-governement” would address issues facing both nationalities and pass legislation approved by a majority of Israeli and Palestinian representatives. Israel, Gaza and the West Bank would be divided into 300 districts, similar to Congressional districts in the United States, that would each have an elected representative, Avesar said. He said he hopes the confederation will marginalize the extremists on both sides.
“If you’re against it, you’re not going to come vote,” Avesar said. Panelists represented a range of opinions on the subject. Four of the panel members were Israelis, one was Saudi Arabian and another was Palestinian. Panelist Steven Goldberg said the notion of a dual state would never work because Palestinians refuse the idea of an Israeli state. “This concept of [a] confederation is virtual reality,” he told the audience. “The Palestinians have never accepted the right of Jews to exist at all.” Rabbi Allen Freehling thought the confederation would need time to build a foundation. “Once some trust builds, then these two nations can determine why there needs to be a super-government,” he said. “[Only then] could there be a coalition that could achieve what the two nations could not independently.” Moderator Harvey Youngman encouraged people not to dwell in the past. “The blame game is never going to work. It never has and it never will,” Youngman said. “What we need to ask is, ‘So what? Now what?’” Avesar also hoped the discussion would remain respectful and focused on a solution. “We’re not here to denigrate any-
By NICOLE PADILLA/For the Daily Titan Jewish Defense League member Shelley Rubin voiced her opinion to Sami Mashney before being removed from the IPC debate.
body,” Avesar said. “We’re trying to discuss a solution.” Though coordinators and panelists hoped for a civil debate, audience outbursts were frequent. The outbursts reached a height at 8:30 p.m., when emotions overflowed for Jewish Defense League
member Shelley Rubin. The JDL members said they learned of the event yesterday and made their presence known “to confront threats where [they] see them and let people know there is another side to the story.” She felt her behavior was appro-
priate, however. “We’re not the terrorists,” Rubin said. “We make it very clear we do not attack innocents.” Ari Rubin, her son, also agreed. “We don’t attack period,” he said. “We defend.” Coordinator Noor Higley said
that both sides were violent toward each other, and “you cannot say it’s a war when one side is severely deprived. You can’t even compare them.” Higley said dialogue is a key to working toward a diplomatic solution to the conflict, a common belief among panelists and student organization members. “We just have to keep discussing,” Higley said. The idea of bringing the debate to the CSUF campus occurred to students Higley and Jill Davis at the Richard Nixon Library in Yorba Linda last year during a similar debate. Higley, the former president of the Middle Eastern Student Society (MESS), is a Palestinian American who witnessed the conflict firsthand when she visited the West Bank in the summer of 2006. “The situation in Gaza is terrible,” she said. “It’s a military occupation ...They’re still being bombed day and night.” She said the debate at CSUF was just another step to finding a solution. The IPCC is a volunteer organization looking for a peaceful co-existence. MESS, Students for Peace and Social Justice and the Muslim Student Association sponsored the night’s debate, which began at 7 p.m.
CSUF support group Para Mujeres hopes to get more attendance By Juliette Funes
Daily Titan Staff Writer news@dailytitan.com
Para Mujeres, a support group started at Cal State Fullerton in 1990 has gone largely unnoticed this semester. Although 8,000 e-mails were sent out, only 13 women attended the meeting on Tuesday. The welcome back party included pizza, a prize give-away and women who wanted to discuss the issues they face as Chicanas/Latinas. The meeting included women from several majors including psy-
chology, human services and business. Most students were new to the group with a few returning members. The support group is for Chicana/ Latina students who want to discuss important issues that are difficult to talk about in their culture, Rosalina Camacho, coordinator for the Women’s Cultural Resource Center said. Para Mujeres, which means “for women” in Spanish, has helped Latina students discuss their feelings and thoughts about problems that affect them most, Camacho said. The topics discussed include selfidentity, body issues, family and
personal problems, according to the support group’s Web site. They also talk about relationships and sex, college life and any internal struggles they may have. The support group is meant to be a “safe place to really be honest,” Camacho said. The environment allows the students to be “comfortable to express [themselves] and talk about the things [they] really want to talk about,” Camacho said. Aliya Martinez, a senior majoring in psychology, is the group facilitator for this semester. Being half-Mexican and half-European, she wanted to find out about
the Mexican part of her – the part she has not explored enough, Martinez said. She also said she is looking forward to meeting new people and learning about herself and her cultural identity. She also wants to discover more through other students who struggle with the same issues. “[Para Mujeres] opens up their eyes and makes them understand,” Camacho said, adding that it allows them to analyze their own lives. Adriana Mendez, a senior majoring in finance, attended the meeting and said “it is helpful for the Latino
community.” Mendez was born in Mexico but lived in South Carolina and moved to California. All of these different experiences made her question her self-identity, Mendez said. She did not feel she belonged at the all-white school in South Carolina, Mendez said. She began to find her cultural identity however, when she moved to California. Mendez returned to the program after being a member last semester. She said she wanted to share her experiences with other students and learn from them.
Some girls may be embarrassed to talk about why their parents are strict, especially if they have friends who do not understand their cultural norms, Camacho said. With the group, however, they can talk openly because they have similar cultural backgrounds and experiences, Mendez said. The topics are usually set for each week but can change depending on the members’ interests. The support group is open to any student regardless of ethnicity. It is held every Tuesday in the Women’s Center, Room UH 205, from 3:45 p.m. to 4:45 p.m.
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Dancing with Madhav Ghimire at a banquet the group hosted. Photos courtesy of JEffrey a. Kottler/Angelina pedrosa
Sitting on top of a hill where CSUF volunteers camped for nights in Bandipur.
CSUF students Christine Tomasello, Angie Pedrosa, and Ali Solis riding on top of a bus with the local villagers and porters
Foundation gives Nepali TRIP: SAVING young girls girls a chance to succeed From Page 1
By JUSTINE LOPEZ
Daily Titan Staff Writer news@dailytitan.com
Traveling to Nepal was a life altering experience for master’s student Angelina Pedroza. Pedrosa along with six other travelers spoke at a panel discussion hosted by Dr. Jeffrey Kottler, called “Changing People’s Lives
While Transforming Your Own” yesterday afternoon at the Pollak Library. The group, including students and professors, discussed their experiences traveling to Nepal. Pedrosa, a counseling major at CSUF, was one of the students who accompanied Kottler on the three week journey to Nepal in December. During the trip the
group traveled to remote towns and met some of the girls who are being supported by the Madhav Ghimire foundation, which helps educate girls and keep them from being sold as sex slaves. “What was tough for me was going on the trip alone,” Pedrosa said. “It was an emotional overload.” See FOUNDATION, Page 5
chance of surviving, since the culture puts a higher priority on educating males, Kottler said. “Girls are not valued at all in Nepal,” said Christine Tomasello, a 29-year-old student enrolled in the counseling department’s Masters program at CSUF. “Most Nepali families cannot afford to put all their children through school, so girls are often chosen to stay home, while the boys are allowed to continue their education.” Tomasello, along with four other students – Angelina Pedrosa, Heather Guay, Alison Solis, and Scott Manwell – accompanied Kottler to Nepal in December. “When parents can’t even afford to keep their daughters at home, they are often pressured to sell them to the sex slave industry,” Tomasello said. Kottler said the reason parents make such a decision is often because they are considering their daughter’s fate in a life and death context. The average worker in Nepal makes $1 for an entire days work. “Families could let the young girls starve to death or hope that they will survive by selling them,” Kottler said. While some survive, many of the young girls sold to sex slavery contract AIDS, which could lead to their premature death, Kottler said. The Madhav Ghimire foundation is working to restore value in the young girls of Nepal by keeping them in school. Education can minimize the risk of the girls being sold or married off,
he said. “For $100, a Nepali girl can receive a years worth of funding for uniform, book and utensil expenses,” Kottler said. “Throwing money at problems doesn’t necessarily help things, though. To make it work we need to develop relationships with the people of Nepal.” Those who went to Nepal on the most recent trip described it as lifechanging. “There are limitations to learning in a classroom versus learning in the world,” Kottler said. “In one trip to Nepal a [volunteer] can experience ten years of education compacted into a couple intense weeks. There are a lot of tears. It is physically challenging and emotionally draining.” One member of the group that traveled to Nepal in December 2007 was Heather Guay, a 43-year-old elementary school teacher from Buena Park. “I enjoyed teaching in the schools when I was in Nepal,” Guay said. “I worked with the kids and the teachers in the village of Bandipur. It’s the most beautiful place on Earth and the people are incredible.” While in Nepal, the group also visited families of the sponsored girls. “We have tea with the families under the scholarship program,” Kottler said. “It is a way of honoring the girls in front of their families and neighbors.” Americans are perceived as honored guests in the villages. Families are pleased when their daughters are recognized by respected visitors, Kottler said.
“We tell family members that we are proud of their daughters and that we are there to help them be whatever they want to be,” he said. “Families gain status in the village by this ongoing relationship we have with them.” Sponsored girls are also given a chance to stand up in front of their village and explain what they hope to be when they grow up. Most of the girls desire to be a teacher or a nurse because those are the only jobs deemed suitable for women in the Nepali society. This is something Kottler is trying to change. “Kiran [Regmi] is working as a doctor in Nepal, so she is a model for young girls there,” he said. “Now some of the girls wish to become doctors like Kiran.” The people of Nepal, despite their hardships, remain a very happy group of people, Kottler said. “One thing that is surprising about Nepal is that the people there are so much happier than people here,” Kottler said. “In the U.S. everything is future oriented. People are moving so fast they forget to stop and enjoy the present moment.” For CSUF student Angelina Pedrosa, the trip is still impacting her everyday life. “Before I went, I didn’t realize how lucky I am,” Pedrosa, 24, said. “I was too consumed in my own life when there was so much I could be doing to help. I have been home for almost three months now and I’m still processing what I saw. Nothing can prepare you for what you see and feel on a trip like that.”
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FOUNDATION: EDUCATION IS KEY From Page 4
Pedrosa said the experience of being out of the country for the first time mixed with the conditions of a third world country took its toll on her emotions. She said the experience gave her a lot to think about in terms of personal growth. Local teacher Heather Guay traveled with Pedroza and said that the trip was a growing experience for her too. “I went there to give, but I got so much more,” Guay said. Guay said when she returned from the trip she realized how happy she had been in Nepal and how unhappy she had been in her own life. The experience caused her to reevaluate her life. As a teacher, Guay said one of the most profound experiences for her was getting to interact with the children and show local teachers her techniques of teaching. “I think we do have the power to change the world,” Guay said. Nestled between China and India,
the small country of Nepal is easy to overlook, but within the borders of the country exists people who face extreme poverty and sex trafficking. Kottler, chair of the counseling department, first visited Nepal six years ago while researching women and maternity health care. He was so affected by his experience that he co-founded the Madhav Ghimire foundation with his former student Kiran Regmi. The foundation helps to empower young girls and women to strive for something different, Kottler said. “They couldn’t dream of that before,” he said. The idea for the foundation evolved after Kottler met a girl named Inu during his first trip to Nepal. Inu was a promising student who Kottler heard was about to “disappear.” “I wasn’t sure what that euphemism meant,” Kottler said. “It took me awhile to figure it out.” In Nepal, many girls like Inu are either married off or sold to traffick-
ers to become sex slaves, he said. Kottler said he found out it would cost $50 to keep Inu in school for one more year. So he paid and kept paying each year. Inu is now in college. The Madhav Ghimire foundation has given scholarships to 60 girls in Nepal, providing them with an education and keeping them from being sold. Kottler visits Nepal once a year to check up on girls who are sponsored by the foundation. He is usually accompanied by contributors as well as CSUF students. Lorraine Prinsky, professor of sociology at CSUF, also traveled to Nepal in December and spoke about her experience yesterday. Although sex trafficking is illegal in Nepal, it still occurs on many levels, Prinsky said. “This is a major industry in Nepal,” Prinsky said. “Giving scholarships is a grassroots way of combating something that’s ingrained in society.”
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Rome crumbles once more The 2008 election season has been a controversial one, to say the least. At times, it seems near impossible to distinguish between the candidates, and all the while, the media has failed to shed light on the dirty deals and secret handshakes going on behind the scenes. Yes, Italy’s election for the next prime minister has been a catastrophic race for the top seat of power in Rome. The Italian government is falling apart as two individuals, Walter Veltroni and Silvio Berlusconi, who might as well be the same person as far as policies go, perpetuate a sham of an election. But the saddest part of all? The Italian media cannot report a single governmental misgiving – It is under the government’s control. Berlusconi, a former prime minister running again, runs a veritable empire of Italian television stations. It’s the equivalent of Rupert Murdoch running for president. If you thought Fox News was skewed in favor of Republicans, imagine if the owner were a candidate. The role of free press in a society is absolutely paramount to its success and the separation of media from politicians is absolutely
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imperative. The American media, despite all of its imperfections, is the one place where we the people can act as watchdog over our government, keeping an eye on all of its shady goings-on. It is also our main source of information about the candidates and their policies. In Italy, however, the story is shamefully different. The candidates, suffer no public scrutiny in the media and are therefore answerable to no one but themselves. They don’t even participate in debates in Italy, according to one popular Italian political blogger, affording the voting public no viable method of gathering information about their future leaders through traditional means. Without the ability to rely on the media, Internet blogs remain the last sanctuary for any remnant of objective reporting in Italy. Imagine if the U.S. government controlled the media and was allowed to manufacture news. This country would literally be stumbling around in a fog of its own ignorance while Bush and his cronies ran wild across the world, attacking any oil-bearing nation under the guise of protecting America. Thank God that hasn’t happened yet.
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Universal’s dicey new deal Title Deed
Title Deed
Title Deed
Sorry
monopoly
Candy land
Starring
Starring
Starring
Andy Dick...........................Andy Dick
Bruce Willis..................Mr. Moneybags
Amy Adams...................Princess Lolly
A poor, incompetent baker named
Nominated for five Academy Awards,
The King of Candyland, played by
Andy Dick decides to buy lower qual-
including longest length, “Monopoly”
James Van Der Beek is lost. Princess
ity food products to save money.
is sure to satisfy even the lamest of
Lolly, played by Amy Adams, and
Dick, whose trademark is a solid
movie goers. Race car game piece,
Mama Ginger Tree, played by Betty
green apron, is put into some come-
played by Kevin Sorbo, avoids going
White, travel through the scary Can-
dic situations as he attempts to save
to jail and paying property taxes in
dycane forest and face harsh opposi-
his business and apologize for his
an effort to win $200 and make it
tion while hiking through Gum Drop
lower quality pastries.
past “Go.”
Mountain to rescue the king.
Title Deed
Title Deed
battleship
operation
Starring
Starring
Sean Connery....... The Drunk Russian
Sean Penn ......... The Arrogant Doctor
Battleship Captain Sean Connery de-
Come along with Brad Toledo, played
fends his sailors on the foggy waters
by Zach Braff, and Marvin Jackson,
of the Atlantic. Bombs are exploding
played by Tracy Morgan, as they
just yards from the ship when the
travel though Kansas kidnapping
captain makes the order to randomly
strangers and stealing their organs in
fire a torpedo at coordinates D-4.
an effort to pay for their rising col-
The sailors score a direct hit but the
lege tuition. Sean Penn co-stars as the
battle has just begun.
cantankerous mentor.
The studio’s partnership with Hasbro proves that Hollywood is out of ideas By Steven Martinez
Daily Titan Staff Writer opinion@dailytitan.com
You sunk my battleship. Remember those days? The days when you could smell the plastic and cardboard from a fresh board game and pretend to be a Sean Connery in "The Hunt for Red October." And every time you strategically placed those board pieces you were Matthew Broderick in "War Games." Films provided the fire for imagination and toys were the gas to keep it going. Movies and toys went together like Bill and Ted. Kids hopped up on candy and soda burst out of movie theaters ready to reenact their favorite scenes. Unfortunate parents bombarded with requests for action figures and paraphernalia loosely based on movies were at the mercy of a master marketing scheme.
But now it seems that movie studios are done providing the content for toys and are asking toy makers for ideas. Universal Pictures and Hasbro have just announced a six-year deal, which gives Universal the rights to make movies based on some of Hasbro's classic boardgames and toys. For nearly my whole life, I have heard from both professional and amateur critics that Hollywood had run out of ideas. My mom would tell me that even the Bible says nothing is new under the sun. With this deal it appears that movie studios are openly conceding that point. According to official reports, products such as Monopoly, Candy Land and Stretch Armstrong have already been flagged as possibilities for movie production. The future of cinema looks dim. With the exception of "Clue," how many good movies have been based on board games? I don't think "Jumanji" can count because it was both a made-up game and it wasn't particularly good. It's difficult to imagine how a Monopo-
ly movie would even play out. Maybe it would be a morality tale about the dangers of greed, like "Wall Street" or "There Will Be Blood." Or maybe it would be a gritty, inner-city drama with an antihero protagonist who rises up against the establishment and topples the Monopoly guy from his throne at Park Place. But I digress. The truth of the matter is that the movie industry is first and foremost a money-making business. Anybody who believes that artistic integrity is fully supported by major movie studios is just being ignorant. Both Universal Pictures and Hasbro have little to lose and much to gain from a deal like this. Putting out a movie based on an American institution like board games may as well be a license to print money. Blockbusters such as "Transformers" and "Pirates of the Caribbean" have proven that basing a movie on a pre-existing idea is not only smart, but in demand. And therein lies the problem – the consumer. Genuinely good films of-
Romance isn’t dead ... or really all that difficult This is my last column on relationships for a while, I swear. When I told my grandmother that this week's column was regarding romance, she said, "You need to write about something different! I'm sick of hearing about women and sex!" To which my brother and I giggled. Also, my brother informed me that I'm losing my entire male demographic. To win them back, next week's title may or may not be "How to win at motorcycle knife-fights while still wearing your sunglasses and holding your beer (now with pictures of boobs)." Until then, let's talk romance. I received a letter over the weekend from a female student at Cal State Fullerton saying that good men with a sense of romance are a dying breed. In my response to her, I mused on what I think romance should be and she informed me that boys on this campus aren't suave and stylish romantics. I was shocked. How could a majority of the campus men of Fullerton (also known as "The Other Paris") not be charming? More importantly, how many of these women are looking for romantic men of culture and where do they usually find themselves on a Saturday night? As far as I know, there's no location that resembles a cross between MENSA and Studio 54, and until I find a place that serves a good whiskey sour next to a chess board, I think us aristocrats are out of luck.
ten fall by the wayside despite good reviews or Oscar buzz. This can be partly attributed to the publicity machine behind a major studio-backed movie but it's also because the American people don't want to take a chance. Americans want big summer action movies, scary slasher films in the fall and Harry Potter films in between. It may feel like we have terrible movies shoved down our throats, but maybe we shouldn't have our mouths open. Predictability is a strong selling point, but how long will it be before a romantic comedy based on Connect Four comes out starring Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan? It is tough to take a chance on a film that is going to cost $10 to see whether it was good or not. However, if we risk our meager salaries in favor of a quality product, movie studios will be forced to respond. And if you feel like your movie tastes don't matter, just remember the power of the consumer. Like Obama says, "Yes we can.”
Jake’s Take
However, just because good, romantic men are scarce, it doesn't mean they don't exist. And hopefully, this article informs non-romantic men that there's still an appreciation for romance and it's never too late to start an effort. But how does one go about becoming romantic? Ideally, I'd suggest that everyone read "Still Life With Woodpecker" by Tom Robbins and learn how to make love stay. But instead, I have a quick, systematic introduction for male students at CSUF to become the romantics that brilliant CSUF women would adore. Step One: Get into a warm, fuzzy, romantic mentality. Binge-watch the following: "Casablanca," "An Affair To Remember," "It's A Wonderful Life," "Singin' In The Rain," "When Harry Met Sally," "Say Anything," "You've Got Mail," "How To Lose A Guy In 10 Days," "Love Actually" and finally, the animated "Robin Hood" where Maid Marion is a total fox ... literally. Also, check out Hugh Grant's entire filmography. Step Two: Score a copy of Chet Baker's "Jazz 'Round Midnight." Listen to it in your car and take your girl to this pizza place in San Clemente called Cassano's. Bring her favorite flavor of Stewart's soda and a blanket. Head down the 5 South and when you pass the Pico exit, call Cassano's (949-361-0522) and order a White Pizza to go. Stay on the 5 South and exit El Camino Real, then turn right. Turn left on Del Mar and take that all the way to the beach. Cassano's is across the street from
By Jake Kilroy take.kilroy@gmail.com
the pier. Get your pizza (which should be about $18), tip well and go eat on one of the benches on the grassy hill overlooking the beach. Cover her in the blanket, share the pizza and the soda, watch the moonlight reflect in the ocean and exchange greasy kisses and laughter. Step Three: Go on your instinct. You're already romantic and she's already impressed. So there, ladies. I gave some men a push. You can sleep well knowing that good men exist and will continue to exist. There will always be men who appreciate poetry and opera. There will always be men who will cook you dinner with wine or have Chinese take-out and champagne ready if the oven‘s broken. There will be always be men who will give you a foot rub while watching a romantic comedy with you on a Friday night after you’ve had a hard day at work. There will always be men who will make you laugh and feel safe at the same time. There will always be men who know just what to say when they’re supposed to say it. And there will always be men who do right as long as there will always be women to appreciate it and do the same.
February 28, 2008
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Photos by Daniel Suzuki/Daily Titan Staff Photographer CSUF music majors teach children to rock at the “School of Rock.” Right: Vocalist and lead guitarist, Austin Shupe, sings “No One Knows” by Queens of the Stone Age. Top Right: Preston Huber and Kyle Ice performing on stage at the House of Blues Tuesday night. Bottom Right: Alyssa White, Brooke Fuller, Candace Murga and Christina Castro thanking the audience after playing “Life is what you make it.”
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‘A Determined Lot’ digs up Orange County’s past CSUF Arboretum shows the “Roots” of Orange County’s history By Ericka Santos
daily titan staff writer news@dailytitan.com
Orange County's birth is drenched in the history of citrus groves and years of agriculture. Yet, the Orange County Agriculture & Nikkei Heritage Museum found a way to present more than just the obvious facts of Orange County's beginnings in an exhibit titled "A Determined Lot: Resilient Pioneers Forge A New County's Future."
The exhibit can be found in Cal State Fullerton's own backyard at the Fullerton Arboretum. "A Determined Lot" showcases the usual artifacts expected in an agriculturally themed display such as original farm tools, a vintage tractor and wooden crates and barrels filled with walnuts and oranges. Visitors can even walk into a small makeshift barn lined with hay and family portraits or see a replica of a farmer’s kitchen equipped with dishes and antique cookware. "I remember my mother’s kitchen was set up just like this," Cathy Keane of Placentia said. Keane has been a member of Friends of the Fullerton Arboretum for the last three years and became familiar with the arboretum after joining the garden club over 10 years
ago. Keane still uses some of the utensils now considered vintage items, although she doesn’t know how she feels about calling them antiques, she admitted with a smile. All along the exhibit walls are several interesting tales of Orange County's past neatly packaged and outlined in photos and info graphs. Portraits of Orange County's pioneer farmers and their families adorn the walls along with a headshot of the country's first felon, Modesta Avila. Avila was sentenced to three years in San Quentin in 1889. She reportedly strung a laundry line across the railroad tracks to stop trains from passing after becoming irritated at the noise that kept her chickens from laying eggs. Avila died after serving only two
years. A glass showcase in the corner of the room holds handwritten letters dating back to 1900 and newspaper clippings documenting Orange County's flood history. A gripping photo of a man carrying a dead body still conveys strong emotions from the aged pages of its scrapbook. The photograph is considered the best photo printed of the Southern California flood. The photo shows Roger Montana carrying the lifeless body of his 12year-old daughter, Carmelita, after workers found her buried in mud near Atwood. The 1938 flood was the second largest recorded in the county's history. It killed 119 people, left 2,000 homeless and flooded over 68,000 acres of land. The greatest flood in Orange County happened Jan. 22, 1862 but left little monetary damages since the area was hardly settled at that time. “There was a lot of artifacts and information I had to take and find a cohesive way to present,” Christina Hasenberg, the exhibit designer, said. “Many of the artifacts [visitors] can touch so everything is hands-on,
which is cool.” Centered on the exhibit floor is a large aerial photo of the CSUF campus which Hasenberg incorporated as part of the university's 50th anniversary. The interactive map allows guests to participate in a question and answer quiz of what used to be, while lights strategically placed on the buildings and parking lots of the 236-acre campus photo flicker to pinpoint the farmlands of long ago. Quirky information also made it into “A Determined Lot,” like how to tell which chickens will lay white or brown eggs, what one family did to the frogs they found sitting atop their well one day and a memory match game posted against a wall that lets visitors test their memory while matching cabbage heads, horses and walnuts. Kathleen Frazee, exhibit curator and office manager for CSUF’s Center for Oral and Public History, worked on developing the story line for “A Determined Lot” by sifting through hundreds of original interviews collected through the Orange County Pioneer Council. It took over a year to finish the theme with the help of students who also conducted interviews in the first
oral history classes offered by the center, Frazee said. Frazee's fascination with the past is apparent as she mentions her participation with the Placentia Founders Society, the Placentia Historical Committee and her volunteer work with the Heritage House in the Fullerton Arboretum. Her ties to the agricultural theme of the exhibit also give wind of her passion for the project. “I’m from the Midwest and grew up among farmers, so I know their life depends on so many variables over which they have no control," Frazee said. “The environment of Southern California can be extremely harsh,” Frazee said. "It took a brave person to cast his or her lot with the farming community.” Artifacts and displays will remain the same throughout the 10-month exhibit, but Frazee hopes to incorporate guest speakers and special programs in the coming months, although nothing yet has been finalized. A chance to learn more about the cultivation, farm life and businessmen who built Orange County through "A Determined Lot" will continue at the Fullerton Arboretum until Dec. 7.
By ericka Santos/Daily Titan Staff Writer Left: Old photographs hang on the wall at the Arboretum. The photos show the “Frontier” days of Orange County. Right: Artifacts and publications from the early 1900s show how much life has changed.
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French guitarist Jeremy Jouve performs at CSUF by Sarah Mendoza
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The lights dimmed as Cal State Fullerton’s Meng Concert Hall filled with applause and guitarist Jeremy Jouve walked on stage. Jouve’s audience included CSUF students and faculty, along with members of surrounding communities. The university welcomed Jouve, the fourth guest of the “Guitarists of the World” concert series held at the Performing Arts Center. Jouve, a native of the French Alps and resident of Paris for the past 10 years, won the International Guitar competition in 2003 hosted by the Guitar Foundation of America. This award has contributed to
Jouve’s successful career as a guitarist. Jouve said he admits that though these awards have been great accomplishments, his greatest achievement and honor is to have the opportunity to make a career with his music. Jouve led a master’s class the night before the performance and sat oneon-one with students in guitar studies offering tips on technique and performing. “If you get nervous, don’t forget the most important part of the performance – the music. Don’t forget the musical aspect,” advised Jouve as he critiqued a student’s performance. The students took Jouve’s advice and applied it to the pieces they played and displayed almost instant improvement. The 28-year-old says he first began playing guitar at the age of seven, and found it to be a natural talent. Jouve said guitar playing was something he simply did for fun, but once he finished high school, he
began practicing on a serious level. He said that practicing takes much discipline. “If a friend asks if you want to go have a beer you say ‘no’ because you have to stay home and practice,” Jouve said. This is the discipline Jouve performs constantly. The result of this practice is the exchange or reaction Jouve feels from his audience when engaged in his performance. “In a performance, this is the one moment where we can express ourselves … it takes you and the audience to another place. You forget all about your worries,” Jouve said. CSUF Director of Guitar Studies and “Guitarists of the World” series coordinator David Grimes said Jouve came “highly recommended” and his performance is “exciting and dynamic.” “He has a beautiful fluency in his performance and is an elegant artist,” Grimes said. Grimes explained the purpose of
this concert series is to bring in a wide variety of performers. He said he feels it is important to include performers that students would otherwise not experience. Jouve said his inspiration comes from a wide range of music from jazz and classical to hard rock. He said there is no difference between these genres because the language of music comes from the same place in each of us. He names Megadeth as one of his favorite hard rock groups, but said he loves classical music just as much. From 2004-2005, Jouve embarked on a recital tour of the United States, Canada and Mexico. His success has brought him to many music festivals and stages from the Sanok International Guitar Festival in Poland to Moscow’s T chaikowsky Hall. After releasing his first solo album on the Naxos label in 2004, Jouve has begun working on a multi-volume set with works of Joaquin Rodrigo, who is a well-known composer both
in and outside of the guitar world. The first volume is due to be released next month. When he is not touring or recording, Jouve is a teacher at the Conservatory of Music in Chelles, France. Not only do students have access to these talented artists, but members of the community outside of campus also have the ability to attend concerts. Audrey Wang of Azusa, Calif. attended Friday’s performance and said she is on an e-mail list and receives e-mails weekly from the CSUF Performing Arts Center on the upcoming events to be held at the Performing Arts Center. She said her e-mail was automatically added to the list when she first purchased tickets for an event at CSUF. Wang, a graduate student of music at Azusa Pacific University said she particularly enjoys guitar studies and said Jouve was an excellent performer. “The pieces he played are most
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difficult, yet he played them so well and with such grace,” Wang, a current employee of the music department at APU, said. After his performance Jouve made his way to Oregon, where he hosted another master’s class and performed at the Portland Classical Guitar Studio.
By ericka santos/Daily Titan Staff Writer Left: An old Tractor at the “A Determined Lot” exhibit at the Fullerton Arboretum. Right: A model of the mission shows architecture from the past.
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February 28, 2008
Titan Baseball wins home opener 4-0
Junior Jeff Newman dodges a Lion’s wild pitch in the seventh inning of the baseball game Tuesday night that ended in a 4-0 win for the Titans.
By Beth Stirnaman/Daily Titan Staff Photographer
FEBRUARY 2/29 at Standford @ 5 p.m.
MARCH 3/1 at Standford @ 1 p.m. 3/2 at Standford @ 1 p.m. 3/4 vs. UCLA @ 6 p.m. 3/5 at UCLA @ 6 p.m. 3/7 vs. Southern Miss @ 7 p.m. 3/8 vs. Southern Miss @ 6 p.m. 3/9 vs. Southern Miss @1 p.m. 3/11 vs. San Diego @ 6 p.m. 3/14 at Arizona @ 7 p.m. 3/15 at Arizona @ 6 p.m. 3/16 at Arizona @ 12 p.m. 3/18 at Pepperdine @ 3 p.m. 3/20 vs. UNLV @ 7 p.m. 3/21 vs. UNLV @ 7 p.m. 3/22 vs. UNLV @ 1 p.m. 3/25 at San Diego @ 2 p.m. 3/28 vs. UC Riverside @ 7 p.m. 3/29 vs. UC Riverside @ 6 p.m. 3/30 vs. UC Riverside @ 1 p.m.
APRIL 4/1 at Loyola Maramount @ 3 p.m. 4/4 at UC Irvine @ 6 p.m. 4/5 at UC Irvine @ 5 p.m. 4/6 at UC Irvine @ 1 p.m. 4/8 at USC @ 7 p.m. 4/11 vs. CS Northridge @ 7 p.m. 4/12 vs. CS Northridge @ 6 p.m. 4/13 vs. CS Northridge @ 1 p.m. 4/15 vs. USC @ 6 p.m.
4/18 at Pacific @ 6 p.m. 4/19 at Pacific @ 6 p.m. 4/20 at Pacific @ 1 p.m. 4/22 vs. Arizona State @ 6 p.m. 4/23 vs. Arizona State @ 6 p.m. 4/25 vs. UC Davis @ 7 p.m. 4/26 vs. UC Davis @ 6 p.m. 4/27 vs. UC Davis @ 1 p.m. 4/29 vs. San Diego @ 6 p.m.
MAY 5/2 at UC Santa Barbara @ 2 p.m. 5/3 at UC Santa Barbara @ 1 p.m. 5/4 at UC Santa Barbara @ 1 p.m. 5/6 vs. Pepperdine @ 6 p.m. 5/9 vs. Cal Poly @ 7 p.m. 5/10 vs. Cal Poly @ 6 p.m. 5/11 vs. Cal Poly @ 1 p.m. 5/15 vs. San Diego State @ 7 p.m. 5/16 vs. San Diego State @ 7 p.m. 5/17 vs. San Diego State @ 6 p.m. 5/20 vs. UCLA @ 6 p.m. 5/23 at Long Beach State @ 6:30 p.m. 5/24 at Long Beach State @ 6:30 p.m. 5/25 at Long Beach State @ 1 p.m. 5/30 NCAA Regionals TBA
JUNE 6/6 NCAA Super Regionals TBA 6/14 College World Series TBA For video of the Titans game on 2/26, go to www.dailytitan.com
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Daniel Renken tossed four scoreless innings to help lead the Cal State Fullerton baseball team to its second consecutive win and third in four games this season. The game was never close as the Titans (3-1) dominated the contest with a 4-0 win over Loyola Marymount University (1-3) in the home opener Tuesday night at Goodwin Field. The victory meant a lot to firstyear CSUF Head Coach Dave Serrano. “To win my first game at home is extra special,” Serrano said. “Especially in front of a great home crowd.” After allowing a lead off single to LMU’s Jonathan Johnson, Renken (1-0) found his groove and got the next Lions hitter to ground into a double play. A fly out to Josh Fellhauer in center field ended the top half of the first and Renken wouldn’t allow another Lions batter to reach base until the fourth inning. “Daniel Renken went out and was masterful for four innings,” Serrano said. Although Renken was pitching brilliantly, he was pulled after four innings because the game was designated as a “staff night” – a night that the head coaches from both teams designate a predetermined number of pitchers who will throw. For the Titans, that number was four. LMU committed to double that amount
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with eight pitchers. “We have a plan going in and the plan doesn’t always stay to form, but the way the game was going I thought it worked out perfectly for us,” Serrano said. “Pitching and defense win championships and they really set the tone for us tonight.” Renken finished his night by fanning four of the last seven hitters he faced and combined with CSUF pitchers Jason Dovel, Michael Morrison and Brian Wilson for the shutout. “As long as I got the first pitch strike in there it wasn’t too bad,” Renken said. “I was dealing … fastball first pitch, pretty simple.” The Titans’ offense squandered an early opportunity to put runs on the board in the bottom half of the first when they left the bases loaded. In the second inning, CSUF didn’t let it happen again and made sure that Jared Clark’s leadoff double wouldn’t go to waste. Clark advanced to third on a wild pitch by LMU starter Xavier Esquivel (0-1), then came home when Fellhauer lifted a sac fly to left. CSUF got on the scoreboard again in the bottom of the fifth when
Clark hit a short chopper in front of the mound that drew a throw to first base. On a heads-up play, Erik Komatsu took off for home and slid across the plate safely under the throw from Lions first baseman A.J. LaMonda. “We had second and third there and I just tried to get the ball in play,” Clark said. “Luckily, ‘Koma’ was fast enough to get in there.” Khris Davis made it 3-0 when he strolled into home after a bloop single to shallow right by Dustin Garneau. Christian Colon added an insurance run in the bottom of the eighth inning after being hit by a pitch to earn a free pass. Colon proceeded to steal second base, then third, before coming in on a throwing error by LMU catcher Sean Dovel. That made it 4-0 and closed out the scoring for the game. “That’s our mentality. We’re gonna be aggressive and be successful, and when we fail, we’re gonna be aggressive,” Serrano said. “We really like putting the pressure on the other team … That’s how I think we win or lose games. We’re gonna run, we’re gonna run, we’re gonna run.” So far this season the Titans have swiped 17 stolen bases in four games. CSUF nabbed 53 bags all of last season. “The aggressive style is great. It keeps the game going fast and it keeps everybody upbeat,” Renken said. The Titans head north to play a three-game set against Stanford this weekend at Sunken Diamond. The
BY THE NUMBERS Some important statistics from the Titans home opener against Loyola Maramount Tuesday night:
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The number of strike-outs Loyola Maramount had at the hands of Titan pitchers
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Hits given up by the four Titan pitchers used in the game
2,189 The number of people in attendance SOURCE: Titan Media Relations
first pitch will be thrown out at 5 p.m. Friday and 1 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. CSUF’s projected starters are Jeff Kaplan, Cory Arbiso and Adam Jorgenson, respectively. “That’s always been a tough place for us to play,” Serrano said. “We’re gonna be challenged from the first pitch and we’ll see how the series ends up.” The Titans return home to face Baseball America’s preseason No. 1 team UCLA on March 4 at 6 p.m. The Titans play at UCLA March 5.
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Virgo (August 23 - September 22) You’ll feel like you can’t do anything right today. Unfortunately, it turns out you’re right...
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Scorpio (October 23 - November 21) You will receive a painful bonk on the head, today, while riding the bus downtown. It’s your own fault, though, for sitting in front of that trombone player.
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CSUF basketball ready for CSUN The CSUF men’s basketball team is in position to win their first ever Big West Conference title by michal olszewski
Daily Titan Staff Writer sports@dailytitan.com
By Nicole Padilla/For the Daily Titan Cal State Fullerton Head Coach Bob Burton diagrams a play for his team as they get ready for their game against Northridge.
First place is on the line for the men’s basketball team as Big West Conference leaders Cal State Northridge play at Titan Gym tonight at 7 p.m. “Each game we play is the biggest game of the year, but the ramifications are great,” Head Coach Bob Burton said. “They’re in first and we’re right on their heels.” However, senior Frank Robinson said the stakes of the game won’t change the team’s mentality or preparation. “It’s just another game,” Robinson said. “If we take that approach and just play hard like we have been playing we’ll be fine.” The Titans, 18-7 and 10-3 in conference play, defeated the Matadors 80-72 (18-7 overall and 10-2 in conference play) in their only other
‘Orange Curtain’ juices up Titan basketball by eric bartolome
Daily Titan Staff Writer sports@dailytitan.com
In section K of Titan Gym, a band of orange-clad fans cheer on their Cal State Fullerton basketball team. “Let’s go Titans, let’s go,” the fanatics shout. Their cheers resonate across the gym as these face-painted fans pound their fists against the bleacher seats. Every home game this dedicated group of current students and alumni cheer their team on. Known as the “Orange Curtain,” they are the sixth man on the Cal State Fullerton men’s basketball team. The group began last year as three students who simply enjoyed coming to basketball games. “We just started coming to games
and liked getting fired up,” junior Jordan Davis said, a business marketing major and original member. With their rousing cheers, the group quickly gained notoriety and began calling themselves the Orange Curtain, or the “OC” for short. The Orange Curtain has become an advocate for Titan sports, promoting attendance and participation at home games. The group has since grown from three to 50-plus members. “It’s good. [The OC] started pumping [up] the atmosphere and increasing attendance,” Matt Lebouf, a senior who works in marketing and promotions for CSUF, said. The ever-growing Orange Curtain hopes to create a fan atmosphere that can resemble the roaring crowds in many college gyms across the nation. While CSUF game attendance has
been meager, the Orange Curtain hopes to one day fill the Titan Gym to its capacity of 3,500 seats. In their mission statement, the Orange Curtain calls athletics “an integral part of the college experience,” also saying that “We dare [students] to take the challenge with us to make Titan basketball what it deserves to be.” One of the finest seasons in Titan Basketball history was in 1978, when an unknown Titan team finished in the top eight of the NCAA tournament. That underdog team was called the “Cal State Who?” and garnered nationwide attention with comeback wins against high ranking opponents. Titan fans rallied to support their team, chanting “We believe” at every game. The Orange Curtain hopes that fans will help the 2008 team recap-
ture the excitement of the “Cal State Who?” days. This should be aided by the fact that students who attend CSUF games receive free admission. Also during the game, free T-shirts, ice cream, and Chipotle restaurant coupons are thrown into the crowd. In addition, the halftime show features a shootout, where a student from the crowd can win free tuition for a semester. In a recent away game against rival Cal State Northridge, the Orange Curtain amassed over 50 students to take a bus to Northridge. The raucous Orange Curtain fans succeeded in daunting the Northridge fans, cheering the Titans to an 80-72 comeback victory. The Orange Curtain will cheer their team on when CSUF faces CSUN tonight in the Titan Gym.
meeting this season on Feb. 2 at the Matadome. The win was the Titan’s eighth consecutive victory against the Matadors. Robinson and forward Scott Cutley attributed the win to the fans who went to the game in Northridge. “It was great how the fans came out there and that really got us through that win,” Cutley said. “Hopefully, we can get a big turnout [tonight]. That will just be another advantage on our side. When the fans here get it going and they start cheering, it’s one of the best feelings and gives you an extra boost.” Burton said there hasn’t been much of a home court advantage at the gym, but said the fans can make a huge difference. “I can’t say how much that helps,” Burton said. “Anytime we have a good crowd there it’s just absolutely amazing how much they help and turn this into a home-court advantage.” The Titans have been on a roll lately, winning their last four and eight of nine to move into second place in the Big West. The hot streak has put the team in
position for first place, which hasn’t happened this late in the season since the 1975-76 campaign. The Titans have never held the conference basketball championship by themselves, only sharing the title in 1976. The team is also attempting to become only the second Titan team to win 20 games in a season. They would be the first team to do so since 1982-83. CSUN has a three-game winning streak against conference opponents since the loss to Fullerton at home. Junior Deon Tresvant leads five Matadors averaging double figures in points, giving the Titans no time to rest on the defensive end. “The two things they do better than anyone else in the conference is run and have great defensive pressure,” Burton said. “Our biggest thing will have to be getting back and playing defense on them.” Six Titans will be honored as part of senior night as CSUF continues its quest for a Big West Conference tournament top seed in its home finale against Long Beach State, Saturday at 6 p.m. The Big West Conference tournament kicks off March 12.