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Monday September 22, 2008

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DTSHORTHAND Campus Life The Titan Student Union’s Graphic Services staff are now accepting entries for their annual student art show. All majors and media types are eligible to enter providing that two-dimensional works are no more than 24 inches by 36 inches and three-dimensional art cannot exceed 12 inches long by 12 inches wide by 24 inches high. For more information students can contact the Graphic Services staff by calling 714278-3915. The deadline to submit your work is Thursday.

MySpace boast nets college entrepreneurs a $320K Okla. tax bill OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) – Be careful when you boast. Oklahoma college students who bragged on MySpace that their party business had served thousands of revelers have been hit with a state tax bill of $320,000. The Oklahoman reported Sunday that 2007 tax documents indicate that the party business Kegheadz hosted more than 100 events over nearly five years. But co-founder Julius Baroi estimates his business hosted just over 20 parties in 1 1/2 years, netting less than $2,000. Another co-founder, Jordan Glover, says tax officials were misled by “hype” on the business’ MySpace site that was designed to attract more partiers. The site boasts that Kegheadz has “over 1 billion served.” Tax Commission spokeswoman Paula Ross says she cannot comment.

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CSUF warned of quake Group CSUF geologist says a large-scale earthquake is considered inevitable By Jesica Eastman

Daily Titan Staff Writer news@dailytitan.com

The Cal State Fullerton Academic Senate was given warning at their meeting on Thursday that students, staff and faculty should take steps to prepare for “the big one,” an earthquake capable of taking down highways and cutting off power and gas supplies.

David Bowman, Chair of the Department of Geological Sciences, addressed the senate, emphasizing the immediate need for CSUF to take action in preparing for a large-scale disaster. “The question is not if it will happen, but when,” Bowman said. The “Drop, Cover and Hold Drill,” which will take place between 9:30 and 10:30 a.m. on Nov. 13, is designed to test CSUF emergency services and evacuation procedures, he said in the meeting. Under the direction of Lucy Jones, of the U.S. Geological Survey,

hundreds of researchers developed “The ShakeOut Scenario” that predicts a magnitude 7.8 earthquake on the southern San Andreas Fault. The scenario prepares for an earthquake, which is approximately 5,000 times larger than the magnitude 5.4 earthquake that shook southern California on July 29, Bowman said. In his presentation to the senate, Bowman illustrated a real-time earthquake originating from the Coachella Valley and Inland Empire, heading west to Orange County and Los Angeles. “In an earthquake of this size, the

shaking will last for nearly two minutes,” Bowman said. Fifty times bigger than Northridge’s magnitude 6.7 earthquake in 1994, the scenario estimates unprecedented damage to Southern California. Developers of the scenario consider this earthquake extremely past due and estimate it to cause some 2,000 deaths, 50,000 injuries, $213 billion in damage and some 270,000 displaced persons, he said. “The 15 (interstate), Highway 14, and the 5 (interstate) will be destroyed. The earthquake will cut See SHAKEOUT, Page 2

Police already taking names Warnings are essentially being issued before the regulations are official By David ponce

Daily Titan Staff Writer news@dailytitan.com

Although Directive 16 doesn’t go into effect until Oct. 6, Cal State Fullerton University Police have already started taking the names of students who are riding bikes out of the designated areas or skateboarding on campus. The directive regulates the use of alternative forms of transportation on campus. Bicyclists must now only ride in designated zones while adhering to dismount areas. Skateboards may not be ridden anywhere on campus. “We are going to start collecting names between now and Oct. 6. If we start seeing repeat offendBy John Synco/Daily Multimedia and Internet Editor ers then they will be referred to As of Oct. 6, skateboarding is officially banned on campus. Although regulations have always been in place, University Police said the judicial affairs office and they orders from members of the CSUF administration require that they step up their efforts to regulate skateboarding and cycling. may be cited,” said Lt. Donald Landers of the University Police. then that’s when it should go into efWith high gas prices and the fect. One shouldn’t take it into their cost of a parking pass at $144, own hands before the date.” Landers said the directive isn’t students are starting to find ala new policy, ternative means but has actually of coming to been in place for campus. For exa long time. He ample a student also added that who parks on University Police the side streets have issued citasurrounding tions to bicyclists campus might and skateboarders opt to skate to – Donald Landers, for a long time. his classroom Orders from the CSUF Lieutenant rather than CSUF adminiswalk. The same tration are requirfor students who park in Lot A near the sta- ing Landers to strictly enforce the dium who are rushing to get to directive as compared to past enforcement, the lieutenant said. class in Langsdorf Hall. Signs and posters are posted all Students are concerned that the directive will change their around campus explaining the directive. University Police are also protransportation options. “Since I heard about the direc- viding a handout with a map of all tive I just skate from the parking the designated bike paths throughlot and I walk on campus,” said out campus. But this doesn’t seem Ib Salleh, a 26-year-old com- to deter the students from continumunications major. “However, if ing riding bikes and skateboards in they are setting a date for Oct. 6 See DIRECTIVE 16, Page 2 For a full campus copy of this map, visit www.directive16.fullerton.edu.

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Students participate in the largest beach cleanup in the nation By Christiana Matyasik news@dailytitan.com

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By Rae Nguyen

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Cal State Fullerton alumna Kristen Hartman knew she was in for a demanding but rewarding experience when she applied to Teach For America in 2006. When Hartman signed up after grad school with virtually no teaching experience, the program offered a vast learning curve to help her adjust to her fourth-grade classroom at Martinez Elementary in North Las Vegas, Nev. “It was a big challenge because my students were several years behind their grade level when I first started,” Hartman said. Hartman said seeing her students excel after working so hard gave her an incredible feeling. According to the Web site, TFA, a non-profit organization funded by federal and local aid and donations, works in 29 urban and rural cities nationwide. It partners with local universities where members can finish their credentials while teaching in the program. TFA is focused on eradicating educational inequality. Elite graduates are hired from across the country and from a variety of majors to teach at schools where the majority of families are of low income. MacKenzie Moritz, TFA’s California recruitment director , is scheduled to be on campus to speak at 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 8 at the Career Center. “We want to tap into the California State Universities because there’s potential candidates we haven’t tried to recruit before,” he said. Upcoming deadlines to turn in applications are Nov. 7, Jan. 7 and Feb. 13, 2009, in order to begin teaching by next fall. According to the U.S. Department of Education, public schools listed under Title 1 – where more than 40 percent of the students receive free or reduced meals at school – are considered low-income. Her passion to help people and serve them was the main reason for Hartman’s interest in the program. “I knew I wanted to work with students and had an intense desire to teach,” Hartman said. “TFA was a perfect fit for me.” The program gives students an opportunity to see the impact of educational disparities up close and personal. “Your heart goes out to those

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Dozens of Cal State Fullerton students set their alarms early on Saturday morning to participate in the largest beach cleanup in the country. Project Earth, a student-directed organization from the Volunteer and Service Center, led CSUF students to pick up trash and preserve wildlife at California Coastal Cleanup on Sept. 20. Wearing sneakers and carrying reusable water bottles, the students were among 300 volunteers who met at the Back Bay Science

Center in Newport Beach at 8 a.m. CSUF volunteers ranged from freshmen to seniors, from communications majors to computer science majors. As a cool, coastal breeze floated through the air, Titans were guided by Project Earth director Dante Galan through a quick icebreaker activity. Although the students hailed from varying backgrounds, they all professed a motivation to do their part to improve the environment. Dora Armenta and Dora Hernandez, also directors for Project Earth, grouped the students into small teams. Volunteers slipped on rubber gloves and Newport Bay event coordinators issued different trash bags for recyclable materials and non-recyclable trash. The teams were assigned to specific areas along the coast or on boats to remove debris.

Robin Madrid, education department coordinator for the California Department of Fish and Game, has been involved at the site for two years. She said that cigarette butts, fast food containers and plastic water bottle caps were the three items found the most. Jenny Crebbs, a freshman communications ma– jor at CSUF, was surprised to find socks and slippers among the debris. She also found toys, goggles, Frisbees and beach balls tucked into the back bay. “It needs to be done,” she said of picking up trash. “Someone’s got to do it. You don’t really realize how

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much (trash) there is out here.” CSUF freshman Shawna K. DeLoach noticed numerous toys on her cleanup path. “When you play, the environment pays,” she said. Students also noted finding an abundance of Styrofoam, boogie boards and pens. Madrid said that in the past, volunteers Jenny Crebbs, have discovered divorce papers, Student a blue US Postal mailbox, and furniture scattered around the bay. Although there were hundreds of sites statewide for California Coastal Cleanup, Project Earth has chosen the Back Bay Science Center for the past two years. Staff member Amy

You don’t really realize how much (trash) there is out here.

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Mattern, coordinator of the Voluteer and Service Center, is in her fourth year of supervising Project Earth activities. Mattern has been drawn to the Newport Bay site because volunteers are encouraged to use boats to collect floating debris and to reach land that is not accessible by foot. She said that the boats create a fun, unique dynamic for event volunteers. Participants were mostly individuals in high school or college, but also include scouting groups and business associates, according to Madrid. Due to the large turnout of volunteers, cleanup activities ended almost an hour ahead of schedule. As the crisp morning air transformed into a sunny afternoon, volunteers were free to enjoy the remainder of the day in a cleaner environment that they helped create.

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September 22, 2008

Pulitzer winner speaks to students

Pakistan Marriott blast shows signs of al-Qaida Eric Lichtblau, conveys

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) – Taliban militants based near the Afghan border and their al-Qaida allies are the most likely suspects behind a massive truck bombing at Islamabad’s Marriott Hotel, officials and experts said Sunday. At least 53 died in the explosion, including two U.S. Defense Department employees and the Czech ambassador. The truck sat burning and disabled at the hotel gate for at least 3½ minutes as nervous guards tried to douse the flames before they, the truck and much of the hotel forecourt vanished in a fearsome fireball on Saturday night, according to dramatic surveillance footage released Sunday. The attack on the American hotel chain during Ramadan, among the deadliest terrorist strikes in Pakistan, will test the resolve of its pro-Western civilian rulers to crack down on growing violent extremism which many here blame on the country’s role in the U.S.-led war on terror. While no group has claimed responsibility, the scale of the blast and its high-profile target were seen by many as the signature of media-savvy alQaida. Interior Ministry chief Rehman Malik said “all roads lead to FATA” in major Pakistani suicide attacks referring to Federally Administered Tribal Areas, where U.S. officials worry that Osama bin Laden and al-Qaida No. 2 Ayman al-Zawahri are hiding.

NATIONAL

Church makes post-Ike Sunday seem normal

ANAHUAC, Texas (AP) – Wearing jeans and rubber boots, clutching Bibles and weeping between hymns, residents of the storm-shattered Texas coast comforted each other Sunday at makeshift church services that provided more than a respite from Hurricane Ike cleanup. About 50 people came together on a basketball court outside the Oak Island Baptist Church, just south of Interstate 10 about a mile from the tip of Trinity Bay. They sat on folding chairs or simply stood, forced outdoors by the 1-inch layer of mud left inside the single-story red brick building by floodwaters that tossed pews like matchsticks. A demolished mobile home was still lodged among trees, many of them snapped by the storm’s 110-mph winds that somehow left the church’s trio of 20-foot white crosses still standing. Across the street, piles of debris had sprouted, proof of the labor undertaken since the storm blew through last weekend, and of the work yet to come. “I know it’s hard. Looking around, it’s tough,” the Rev. Eddie Shauberger told the congregants. “But there is a God, and he has a plan for our lives.”

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Diversity advocate Nancy Hicks Maynard dies

LOS ANGELES (AP) – Nancy Hicks Maynard, a pioneering journalist whose advocacy for diversity in the newsroom led her to co-found the Maynard Institute for Journalism Education, has died. She was 61. Maynard, who was also the former co-publisher of the Oakland Tribune, died Sunday in Los Angeles of organ failure, according to an announcement on the institute’s Web site. “She was a fearless, astute champion of diversity in news media,” A. Steve Montiel, a former president of the institute, said in a statement posted on the site. “We’ve lost a leader who made a difference.” Maynard began her journalism career in the mid-1960s at the New York Post. Later, at age 23, she became the first black woman reporter at the New York Times. After marrying Washington Post reporter Robert C. Maynard in 1975, the couple founded the nonprofit institute to train minority journalists.

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message of determination and perserverance over Bush administration threats by allison griggs

Daily Titan Staff Writer news@dailytitan.com

Pulitzer Prize winner and New York Times writer Eric Lichtblau could have been blamed for the next terrorist attacks if his story was published. “The administration threatened that the New York Times would be responsible for the next 9/11,” Lichtblau said. Thursday, one week after the anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, the New York Times writer delivered a keynote address to an audience at Cal State Fullerton. Scott Spitzer, CSUF assistant professor of political science, arranged for Lichtblau’s presentation as a part of the university’s celebration of Constitution Day. Lichtblau’s work has been remarkable for both its breath and its depth, and it bears directly to our Constitution and civil rights, Spitzer said. “We at CSUF wanted to do something that mattered,” Spitzer said. Lichtblau discussed the purpose of his story, and why it should be important to Americans.

“The U.S. Justice Department has not seen anything like this since Watergate,” Lichtblau said of the president’s abuse of the powers of the executive branch. Lichtblau sacrificed a lot to get his story out. Risking his privacy and being denied information by the FBI, he was determined to inform the public of what he felt they had the right to know. Lichtblau wrote in 2005 about President Bush’s methods of finding out if there were any plans of terrorism inside the United States through illegal wiretapping of citizens. The White House made a strong argument to the New York Times, Lichtblau said. They claimed that publishing this story about the surveillance program would do harm to the country. The Bush administration said that the New York Times would have American blood on their hands if they ran it. It took the paper more than a year after the article had been written to finally publish the story. Lichtblau said infringement on his civil liberties has not drastically changed his daily life. The experience has changed some of his views as a reporter. Lichtblau said the purpose for writing the article on Bush’s illegal surveillance program was to make public the overextended power of the executive branch, he said, add-

ing that President Bush’s legacy will be one of wasted opportunity. Lichtblau points out the importance of challenging the administration, and asking the “hard questions”. Brian Levin, a professor of criminal justice at Cal State San Bernardino, is a long-time friend and a colleague of Lichtblau’s. Levin said it was hugely important to see someone who is not a celebrity, and was never elected into office, work so hard to protect our rights. He said that Lichtblau helped him to realize that it is the responsibility of all of us as citizens to protect our rights. “He produced the most significant piece of investigative journalism this decade,” Levin said. Lichtblau’s speech attracted not only Levin, but students outside CSUF as well. “I was shocked,” Samantha Maurer, a sophomore at Cal Poly Pomona, said. “I had no idea about a lot of the things he told us about the goverment.” Despite the intimidation factor due to the freeze the government put on his press pass (the Justice Department pulled Lichtblau’s press pass briefly in 2003), Lichtblau said he never feared for his job. It was just harder for him to do his job. This didn’t stop him from writing his Pulitzer Prize-winning book, “Bush’s Law: The Remaking

of American Justice.” “Winning a Pulitzer Prize has opened doors for me as a reporter, but there is no special treatment,” Lichtblau said. “I still have to work on Christmas Day sometimes, and there’s no leeway for deadlines.” Despite biases flooding from the audience, Lichtblau remained as partisan as the crowd would let him. “I am a storyteller,” he said. “I let people make up their own minds.”

By rafael a. Delgado /For the Daily Titan Eric Lichtblau pays a visit to Professor Scott J. Spitzer’s, Politics and Media classroom, Friday. Lichtblau earned a Pulitzer Prize in 2006 for his coverage of NSA wiretapping of Americans.

shakeout: preparing for the next one From Page 1 destroyed. The earthquake will cut off gas lines, destroy electricity, and the aqueducts,” Bowman said. “We will be living in Baghdad, with some places in Southern California not receiving water for six months.” Bowman’s motivation in addressing the Senate was to raise awareness and increase earthquake preparedness at CSUF. “Our people need to be prepared for more,” he said. As a public university, and a commuter school, there will be thou-

sands of people stranded at Cal State Fullerton, he said. “I didn’t even think about all of the students displaced,” Christine Hernandez said, chair of the ASI Board of Directors, who was also at the meeting. “I am going to start bringing water and keeping it in my car.” Attaining enough resources for CSUF to be prepared was a large issue at the meeting. “Drills like this are nice, but we need the resources in place to help cope with the aftermath of a large event like this,” Mark Shapiro, pro-

fessor emeritus of physics, said. Currently, CSUF does not have a huge storage of water and food, Bowman said. “We think it’s criminal we don’t have earthquake kits in every office,” he said. There are stashes of food supplies on campus from our food services and CSUF has agreements with emergency services like the Red Cross, University Police Chief Judi King said at the meeting. “The school has been working hard to be prepared,” Hernandez said. “Students need to be educated

and go to class and be involved with the drill.” To get faculty, staff and students involved in earthquake preparedness, the Geology Club is sponsoring a “Get Ready” rally. The rally will feature a Quake Cottage Earthquake Simulator so participants can experience the shaking from a magnitude 7.8 earthquake. It will be held Nov. 10 from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. in the Quad. “Cal State Fullerton has been nationally recognized as a leader of this drill,” Bowman said. “It speaks very well for the campus.”

directive 16: csuf police taking names From Page 1 crowded walkways. “We want people to know what the rules are. It seems to me that they already know what the rules are and they chose to ignore them,” Landers said.

“That isn’t the spirit of voluntary compliance.” Several students feel the directive shouldn’t be put into effect Oct. 6, and police shouldn’t start taking names before the regulations become official. “It’s unfair,” said Mikel Fernan-

dez, a 20-year-old human resources management major. “It’s like they’re treating it as if it’s already in effect,” Fernandez said. “What about the people that skate to school or park far (away)? It’s a large campus.” So if you are a student making

that trek across campus on a bicycle or a skateboard, remember to keep an eye out or else your name might end up on the list. “We don’t want to write any tickets,” Landers said. “We want plain, voluntary compliance. And it’s real easy.”

teachers: group seeks elite graduates From Page 1 children,” Hartman said. TFA currently has 6,200 instructors currently teaching in urban and rural areas, according to their Web site. So far, about 30,000 applicants have signed up but only 4,000 were accepted. Recruiters sift through for exceptional applicants from all backgrounds and academic majors. TFA is looking to provide only quality and top-notch education, according to Moritz. To apply online, candidates are required to turn in two 500-word essays and complete a phone interview and an in-person interview. Once an applicant receives an offer, they are required to commit to two years in the program. Preferred teaching locations may be submitted by the candidate. Candidates are enrolled in a five-week training course where moving expenses are paid,

including room and board. Also, federal student loans do not accrue interest while a participant is in the program. The two-year pledge hasn’t kept applicant Judy Quijada, a senior sociology major, from applying. “With the two years, I think it’ll give me valuable experience and an edge when I apply for grad school,” Quijada said. It’s returning the favor that has Quijada interested in TFA. “I hope to get the opportunity to give back, not just to the Hispanic community but to minorities in general,” Quijada said. “I want to be part of their (TFA’s) vision — to be part of that change.” Hartman, who is in her second year of the program, echoes the sentiment. “To change one life, it’s worth everything sacrificed,” she said. For more information, call MacKenzie Moritz at (415) 271-6950 or visit www.teachforamerica.org.

States make immigration arrests under fed program Associated Press FRUITA, Colo. (AP) – State Patrol trooper Mike Jamison keeps an action figure of “The Thing” on his passenger seat a nod to the Fantastic Four, which is what Jamison and three colleagues charged with enforcing immigration law on western Colorado’s highways call themselves. His car also has a DVD burner that documents every traffic stop he makes to provide

evidence for potential immigration prosecutions and catch any racial profiling. “If I’m doing something wrong, and not doing what I’m supposed to be doing, I’m going to get caught,” Jamison said on a recent ride-along on Interstate 70, a pipeline for immigrant smuggling from the West to Denver and cities farther east. Colorado’s state patrol is among dozens of police agencies nationwide participating.

September 22, 2008

Features

Fullerton’s old haunts By Christee Lemons

Daily Titan Staff Writer features@dailytitan.com

By Don Nguyen/Daily Titan Staff Photographer Tour guide, Aimee Aul holds up a picture Wednesday of Louis E. Plummer who reportedly haunts the Plummer Auditorium.

She was known to many as the tall woman dressed in black, who cursed and drank like a sailor, got into fights and was still one of the most prominent business owners in Fullerton during her time. Lillian Yaeger owned a Dodge car dealership, leased a commercial building and owned her own house during the early 1900s, Fullerton business owner John Reed said. Nine years ago, Reed bought the house where Yaeger lived and died and turned it into a decorative gift shop he named Le Potager. After Reed bought the house, the previous owner told him that although Yaeger has been dead for decades, her presence still lingers in the house. Reed opens up his store every fall for people to come in and hear the tale of Yaeger during the Haunted

By Don Nguyen/Daily Titan Staff Photographer Tour guide Aimee Aul,left, takes her group to Plummer Auditorium, located at Fullerton High School. The mural displays the myth of the “angry woman.”

Fullerton Walking Tours. but when she returned the next day, The tours, which are held by the all the lights were on. When he reFullerton Museum Center, take par- turned and heard the story, Reed ticipants on a two-and-a-half-hour said he had a talk with Yaeger about walk to suspected haunted buildings the electricity bill. in the downtown Fullerton area. “She likes to turn on lights that “We visit the places in the down- you’ve turned off but since I told town area that her not to, she’s have a reputation stopped,” he of being hauntsaid. ed,” Aimee Aul, Each tour visFullerton Muits different placseum Center edues, including the cation and tour Louise E. Plumcoordinator, said. mer Auditorium, “We are sharing the Fox Theatre an oral history of courtyard, Le Pothe places.” tager, Villa del Sol Reed said he (the former Calihas seen unex– Aimee Aul, fornia Hotel), the plainable things Fullerton Police Fullerton Museum happen in the Department and Center coordinator store and so have the Schumacher his customers and building. employees. Aul and other volunteer tour They have all seen items come off guides give the history of each buildtables without there being any wind, ing on the tour and tell tales of firsthe said, and have seen a tall dark hand ghost-like encounters that shadow in the kitchen and garage. people have experienced. While away on a trip, one of Participants can expect to hear Reed’s employees experienced some stories about suspected ghosts of of Yaeger’s antics. deceased performers, local business He said his employee had closed owners and employees who committhe store and turned off the lights ted suicide.

“There is some real evidence of some unexplained activity and there is a haunted artifact that visitors get to hold on the tour,” Aul said. “If you want to call it a ghost, that’s OK. Its just one of those things that can’t be explained.” The Fox Theatre is being renovated and as workers get deeper into the building, Aul said they are having more experiences from resident ghosts. Workers have been mysteriously grabbed and some heard a strange voice yell “Get out,” Aul said. The eighth annual tour is open to children and adults 13 and up and takes place every Wednesday and Thursday until November 6. Each tour’s capacity is 20 people and costs $18 for the general public and $15 for museum member. The proceeds from the tour support exhibits and museum education programs, Aul said. Prior to taking the tour, Donna McCarrell, a Fullerton resident of 34 years, said she did not know much about the history of downtown. “I think it gave enough information for people to be curious to do a little research on their own feelings or beliefs in hauntings or the paranormal,” McCarrell said.

By Don Nguyen/Daily Titan Staff Photographer An old abandoned stairway collects dust as it was once used to gain access into the Fox Theatre.

By Don Nguyen/Daily Titan Staff Photographer Jacquelynn Strong and Candance Pina (from left to right) listen to the haunting stories about the Fox Theater while Penny Mercer examines an old photograph revealing an unexplainable, human figure in the lower left hand corner.

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There is some real evidence of some unexplained activity and there is a haunted artifact that visitors get to hold on the tour.

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‘Haunted Fullerton Walking Tours’ particpants visit downtown places with histories of paranormal events

opinion

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Waist-ing Time It seems that police officers in various cities in the United States are treading on what is normally “Cosmopolitan” and “People” magazine’s territory. Cities in Louisiana, Florida and Georgia have outlawed sagging. Sagging is usually outlawed by broadening the indecent exposure law. Sagging is the practice of wearing pants lower than the waistline, usually exposing some sort of undergarment. This doesn’t usually harm anyone, but certain cities have deemed sagging as unacceptable and illegal. Recently a 17-year-old Florida boy spent the night in jail on an accusation that he was exposing too much underwear. Any sort of jail time for a crime against fashion seems a touch on the overkill side of police jurisdiction, but not according to these new laws. In this particular city, Riviera Beach, a first offense carries a $150 fine or community service, and repeat offenders face the possibility of jail time. Some people are choosinig to wear their pants in this style but others may not have a choice. What about the people who have lost a considerable amount

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of weight and have not purchased new pants? They will inevitably sag; not all belts will keep pants at waist level, nor do people buy a new wardrobe every time they shed a few more pounds. It would be unfair to punish these people for getting healthy. Other people just like the style. It’s not for everybody, but then again, nothing is. Whether it’s illegal or not, people will still do it. Creating a law against sagging will only prompt people to pull up their pants when they see a police car turn the corner. What is perhaps the most troubling is that law enforcement will be wasting their time on this issue at all. There are plenty of better things that police officers can be doing with their time – fighting real crime, for instance. Someone walking down the street wearing their pants a few inches lower than their waist is not going to hurt anyone, but that guy robbing a liquor store across town probably will. Leave the fashion policing to the professionals – they have a better chance of stopping the trend anyway.

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September 22, 2008

The Gossip Girl

By Amy Robertson Daily Titan Columnist

Celebrities need fans Celebrities affect your life in ways you don’t even see. Even if you don’t read gossip magazines, watch any star’s reality show or join in on any heated debates about Miley Cyrus vs. Selena Gomez, celebrities still influence your life. However, you affect their lives so much more. Despite the power we hold over stars, it’s still usually their influence over us that’s most obvious to the naked eye. People pay attention to what they wear and where they go and begin wearing what they wear and going to the places they go. More important than being trend setters, celebrities are creators themselves. They make the music, star in the movies and produce (or at least endorse) the products. Without celebrities, we wouldn’t have things like Lindsay Lohan leggings and Paris Hilton perfume. However, without us – the consum-

ers – Lindsay Lohan’s leggings would never sell. Furthermore, without us – the fans – Lindsay Lohan wouldn’t even be the celebrity she is today. In time, she would lose her career and the only production she would star in would be one of those “Where Are They Now?” specials on VH1. So, since the fans are the ones who greatly contribute to the supply and demand of celebrities, wouldn’t you think those actors and musicians would be somewhat grateful to us for, in a way, making them who they are today? Well, most are. At least most stars who I’ve met have shown an appreciation for their fans. Although one actress, in particular, didn’t. I’m excited for the show to start back up next week, sadly, I won’t be able to look at Miss Teri Hatcher the same way. When I met Teri Hatcher at an

Orange County Flyers game, she was such a diva, which I don’t understand because she’s Teri Hatcher – not Mariah Carey or Whitney Houston. Teri – with her oversized sunglasses on at 9 p.m. – refused to talk to anyone. I believe someone said to me that she “didn’t want to be bothered,” not even by her fans. I completely understand celebrities wanting their privacy. However, Teri was on business, doing an event with the Band From TV. She was working. Part of working is promoting yourself. For people in the limelight, they are their own business. And, in order to sell yourself efficiently, you want to reach out to the public and make a good image for yourself. One way of promoting themselves, that celebrities have recently adopted, is to have their own reality television shows. This way they prove to the public what they are really like, as Denise Richards has said. about her program.

In Denise’s show “It’s Complicated,” the “Wild Things” actress has complained numerous times about the paparazzi following her and how she has no privacy. I have to ask: why get a TV show that only brings more attention to your life? This shows me just how reliant some celebrities are on us. Sure, some stars need us only to help their careers, but for others the needs go deeper. For instance Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt, who stage photo ops and alert the paparazzi as to where they are going and when, according to celebrity blogs that cite unnamed sources. Heidi and Spencer, and many other stars, need attention to add to their own self-worth. Whatever way you look at it, though, all celebrities need us to some degree. However, we need them too. It’s a love-hate relationship, I suppose. Even if you hate celebrity gossip, I hope you can continue to love what I have to say about it all.

Adoption is a life-saving alternative to high profit pet stores By Bahar Taghizadeh-Ansari Daily Titan Staff Writer opinion@dailytitan.com

For those of us who are animal lovers, stories of poor conditions and mistreatments in animal shelters are devastating. Pet adoptions aren't popular in Southern California, in part due to the increase in the number of high-profit pet stores that are popping up everywhere. The local shelters are overloaded with animals, which contribute to the already poor conditions, and an increase in the number of animals getting euthanized. The Humane Society of the United States estimates 6 to 8 million dogs and cats are taken in by animal shelters each year in the United States, of which 3 to 4 million are euthanized. Most of these animals are adoptable. If more people knew of the conditions in the shelters and

what the destiny of these animals is, then more people may be willing to help save a life. Most people want puppies or kittens and they are under the impression that animals at shelters are older or unhealthy, which is not necessarily true. There are numerous animals of various ages and breeds that end up in shelters. In addition to saving a life, one gets many options as well. People don’t often see the advantages to adopting an animal from an animal shelter rather than purchasing one at a local pet shop but adoption fees are much less than the cost of buying an animal from a pet store. The average cost for a puppy at a local pet store is between $900 and $1,200. To adopt a pet at a shelter, one is responsible for a small fee, typically under $100, to get the animal neutered or spayed. The vaccinations of shelter animals are usually

up to date as well, depending on the age of the animal. Animals with health issues and behavioral problems are not the most qualified candidates for adoption and are often left behind at shelters. Some of those health issues are treatable and the animals were abandoned because the owners could not afford to provide proper treatment for them. Under the law, stray animals are held at the shelter for at least four days. If the animal is tagged or microchipped, then it is held for ten days while the county tries to find the owner. During this time, animals are put up for adoption. If animals are not adopted or claimed within that period, they are put on the “red list” – in other words, death row – and are then euthanized. These innocent animals need help being saved and removed from the

red list. Orange County shelters take in thousands of dogs, cats, rabbits, snakes, and other animals every year. Over forty percent of the animals taken in to the shelters are euthanized each year. There are many humane societies and rescue groups who take in these animals who are on the “Red List” and place them in foster homes until they find a permanent home. But even with their help, numerous animals remain on the list and are eventually euthanized. If you already have a pet, make sure you tag them or microchip them so your little best friend does not end up in one of these shelters. If you are not a pet owner, but have always wanted a pet, consider adopting. Besides huge amounts of monetary savings, you could find your future best friend and save a life at the same time.

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September 22, 2008

Titans ready for season

‘Young’ CSUF women’s volleyball team looks to build on success heading into regular season after facing high-ranked teams throughout early schedule By Crysania Salcido

Daily Titan Staff Writer sports@dailytitan.com

The Cal State Fullerton women’s volleyball team finished their preseason play in the Crowne Plaza Volleyball Classic over the weekend at Titan Gym, losing to UC Berkeley and UC San Francisco but defeating Central Connecticut University in three sets. The Titans won third place in the tournament, but proved that their tough preseason schedule has improved them as a team. “I am extremely pleased with the progress that we’ve made. We’ve learned a lot about this team over the last three weeks, we know that we have multiple line-ups that can get the job done,” Titan Head Coach Carolyn Zimmerman said. “However, we feel that we’ve found a line-up that is going to be successful over the long haul, and we’re gonna keep working with that.” The Titans (6-8) finished the tournament against No. 9 UC Berkeley on Saturday night. Senior Brittany Moore led the Titan offense with 10 kills and a .267 hitting percentage in the hard-

fought match, but the Golden Bears (10-1) defeated the Titans in three sets (19-25, 16-25, 22-25). The Titans did out-block Cal five to four and even went on a six-point run in the third set to tie the score at 21, but the Golden Bears’ momentum, led by Tournament MVP Hana Cutura’s 13 kills, proved to be too much for the Titans. Sophomore Erin Saddler and freshmen Sydney McDowell led the Titan defense with three block assists each, and junior Cami Croteau added nine digs to the effort. “I thought we played really well … our blocking was great, our defense struggled a little, but we picked it up at the end,” McDowell said. “Overall it was a good end to the preseason.” On Saturday afternoon the Titans had their only win of the tournament against Central Connecticut State in three sets (25-14, 25-9, 25-20). A dominant Titan offense, led by Saddler with 11 kills and junior Alex Wolnisty with 10 kills and an impressive .600 hitting percentage, brought the victory over the Blue Devils (3-9). In the third set, the Titans tried out different line-ups putting in

sophomore Jonny Hart and freshmen Andrea Ragan and Courtney Curran. “We really played as a team. Any new faces on the court we embraced, and we had high energy,” Wolnisty said. The Titans also out-blocked the Blue Devils eight to three with Moore adding two block solos and one block assist to her seven kills in the match. Croteau led both teams in digs with 11 and Genie Francisco posted 20 assists in the win. On Friday the Titans started off strong against the UC San Francisco, but were defeated in four sets (25-19, 26-28, 16-25, 15-25). After winning the first set, the Titans came in to the second set strong, fighting the Dons (7-4) into extra points, but still couldn’t pull out the win. Moore led the Titans with her fifth double-double of the season with 14 kills and 14 digs in the match. The Titans out-blocked the Dons 11 to five, but the Dons’ 72 kills and .302 hitting percentage surpassed the Titans’ 40 kills and .156 hitting. Wolnisty had nine kills and seven block assists, Francisco added 34 assists to the offense and Croteau

By Rafael A. Delgado/For the Daily Titan Brittany Moore, top left, serves the ball during the Titans’ loss against the University of San Francisco on Friday at Titan Gym.

posted 19 digs in the match. “We really wanted to battle them and we knew it was going to be a tough game … we did really well throughout the entire match,” Francisco said. The Titans will begin matches in the Big West Conference this Friday

against Cal Poly Pomona at Titan Gym at 7 p.m. Zimmerman said that her team is ready to begin conference matches and that the Titans have gained confidence after playing tougher teams in the preseason. “We’re absolutely very fired up

about starting conference this weekend, but we have a lot of work to do,” Zimmerman said. “It’s going to be very important to have a sense of the rivalry and the sense of the fight. We’re gonna need to not only be ready, but start early and jump on our opponent immediately.”

Women’s soccer can’t maintain hot start, drops fourth straight By Melissa Caster

Daily Titan Staff Writer sports@dailytitan.com

The Cal State Fullerton women’s soccer team dominated the field the entire game, but dropped its fourth consecutive game of the season to Southern Methodist University 1-0 on Friday at Titan Stadium. The Titans (4-4) spent much of the first half in Mustang (2-4-1) territory. At the end of the first half the team had nine shot attempts and five on goal compared to SMU’s two.

Shannon Simpson, the Titan’s goalkeeper, watched the action from a distance for nearly the entire game. “I feel that we played really good soccer today. It’s unfortunate, it’s just the game that we love and this is what happens sometimes,” Titan Head Coach Demian Brown said after the game. “You can dominate a game 100 percent and slip up in one area and end up on the bad side of things.” After the start of the second half Mustang forward Logan May netted the only goal of the match in the

57th minute. The goal was scored off an assist by midfielder Kaitlyn Eidson. Eidson gathered the ball on the right side of the box and made a short pass to May, who placed the ball into the left side of the net, giving the Mustangs their 1-0 lead. “It was a chance. We just, you know, had a fault and it sucks but it was one of their only opportunities and they took it home,” Titan forward Erica Peschken said. Peschken had a solid shot attempt with two minutes left in the game.

She was within five yards, but with two Mustang defenders on her back the shot went just wide to the right. Up to the point where the Mustangs scored, the team did not seem to be fighting offensively. The Mustangs did not attack the net where as the Titans were consistently attacking on the offensive end. SMU’s goal looked as if it gave them the boost they needed to keep the Titans at bay. “It’s another hard lesson to learn for a very young and talented group

of girls, that when we have opportunities we have to finish them,” Brown said. “We have to be able to take a game, put it in our pocket and consider it ours. We didn’t do that today, we did everything but that.” Mustang goalkeeper Ashley Gunter was aggressive in the net. She had six saves for the game. Simpson didn’t make a save the entire game with the Titans outshooting the Mustangs by a 16 to 3 count with a staggering 11 corner kicks to none for SMU. “We played really well, we just

didn’t get the results we wanted. It’s frustrating and disappointing, but it happens. We’re learning, we’ll go forward from this point,” Titan defender Casey Schostag said. Fridays nights’ game was the first meeting with the Mustangs in the history of the two programs. The Titans traveled to Salt Lake City, Utah on Sunday to face the University of Utah for the first time in the “Beehive State.” CSUF has an all-time record of 1-0 against the Utes, having last faced them at home in 2005.