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DTSHORTHAND Campus Life The Titan Student Union’s annual art show is now showing in the Center and Plaza Galleries of the TSU. Students of all majors were invited to submit art pieces to the contest for cash prizes: $200 for best of show, $125 second place, and $75 for third place. Some pieces will also be purchased by the TSU Arts Acquisition Committee as part of the TSU Permanent Art Collection Contact Ashley McKell in the TSU Marketing Department at (714) 278-5869 for more information.

Geneticists say evolution may be on its way out LONDON (MCT) – Human evolution may be winding down as the forces that once drove it _ older fathers, isolated populations and widespread child mortality _ are disappearing, a geneticist at the University College London argues. In a lecture this week titled “Human Evolution is Over,” genetics professor Steve Jones said the rate of genetic mutations found in humans is falling dramatically, something he believes is largely the result of lifestyle changes. Powerful men who once fathered dozens or hundreds of children, often into their 60s and 70s, have given way in most developed parts of the world to younger fathers who tend to sire just a few children in their 20s and 30s. Because older fathers are more likely to pass on genetic mutations, the rate of those mutations entering the population has declined, he argued. Similarly, child survival rates, abysmal in antiquity, have dramatically improved in much of the world, cutting natural selection pressures. And the world’s increasingly huge, mobile population has nearly eliminated the possibility of unusual genetic traits taking hold in isolated populations, he said.

Caffeine and art found in just one cup in: ‘Coffee art’

Barista’s around the world have made their jobs a little more interesting by adding a little bit of art in their everyday lives. Coffee art is made simply by added normal ingredients and dragging a stick-like tool across the top to move around the foam and steam. Pouring in steamed milk carefully will help create a masterpiece like this butterfly.

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Titans lead the way Market The College Democrats and College Republicans are working together to register voters in record numbers. CSUF holds the title for registering the most voters.

trouble persists Stats say unemployment rates on the rise while retirement funds dwindle By Caroline Duffy

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The race is on. Not just the presidential race, but the race to register the highest number of college voters ever in time for a historic election. In a nonpartisan effort, Associated Students Inc., the College Republicans, the College Democrats and the California Faculty Association have launched a campaign to register college students to vote and encourage political activism among young people. ASI was out on the Quad on Wednesday getting attention with the delicious smell of free food, along with party tunes supplied by DJ Element. According to ASI chief governmental officer, Leo Otero, 120 students registered to vote at the event before all the pizza, soda and ice cream were exhausted that afternoon. “We’re going to break the record!” Otero exclaimed into a microphone to the surrounding students. He was referring to the highest number of students ever registered to vote at a CSU school in an election year. Otero said that the record is at 1,691 students and so far CSUF is at 1,450, only a month before the election. He believes the record can get wrapped up by next Wednesday. Some students, like 19-year-old psychology major Jerry Caldwell, were registering because they recently had a change of address. Others, like biology major Helen Musharbash, 21, just found it convenient to vote at school between classes. A lot of people are thinking about the elections during this

By Leo Otero/For The Daily Titan CSUF students are leading the way in their efforts to recruit and register as many voters as they can before the November election. CSUF already holds the record for most registered voters among CSUs and seeks to shatter its own record before the Oct. 20 deadline.

critical time in our nation’s history, Musharbash said. “I think people are very contemplative about who will be the next person to be in office,” Musharbash said. The College Democrats and College Republicans were also out on campus with tables full of stickers, pamphlets, and voter registration forms. The two CSUF clubs were in close proximity to each other but showed no animosity. Instead, the two political groups were busy informing people and telling them about upcoming meetings and events. Courtney Baxter is a 22-year-old accounting and political science major and president of the College Democrats at CSUF. She explained that the College Democrats are trying to get students excited and rid them of past apathy about politics during voter registration drives. Public administration and po-

litical science major Kelly Kim, 18, chair of the College Republicans, is also working to get students politically active in order to see a change in government. She said that the College Republicans don’t really care if a person is Democrat or Republican, just as long as they vote. The Internet is also proving to be a successful tool in registering young people. Both the College Democrats and the College Republicans have their own Web pages on social networking sites, but there are also many other online voter resources. In a press release by the CFA, the group pointed out easy ways for people to register. Facebook has partnered up with Rock the Vote, a voter registration group that mobilizes popular musicians to help register young people to vote, to offer its users the opportunity to register directly from their social networking site. MySpace is also getting people

CSUF students working with friendly F.A.C.E.S. A capstone project is also lending a helping hand to a Fullerton charity group that works with broken homes By Ashley Landsman

Daily Titan Staff Writer news@dailytitan.com

Twenty three-year-old Mission Viejo resident Cieanna King is a busy full-time mom. She and her toddler daughter’s father never married, but do live together with their child. Now, as she goes through a complicated split from him, she wonders what she will do and who she can turn to. “It’s the scariest thing to realize you can’t make it,” King said. “But someone once told me it’s better to be from a broken home than to live in one; and I really believe that now.” The undeniable truth, according to Mary O’Connor of Family Assessment, Counseling & Education Services (F.A.C.E.S.), is that 66 percent of couples who get married today will not see a tenth wedding anniversary. Furthermore, a quarter of a million children in Orange County are living in single parent or blended family homes. Although the rate of divorce continues to increase, there is a resource in Southern California for single parents and their children, like King and her daughter, through the support and counseling offered by F.A.C.E.S. F.A.C.E.S. is a nonprofit organization designed to help families better cope with the turbulent course of a separation. Its founders, Mary O’Connor, Shelley Driscoll and Cheryl Ramirez, run three centers with the help of many volunteers.

O’Connor, a single mother with five children, was a court-appointed mediator for four-and-a-half years before she got the idea for F.A.C.E.S. She said she saw a need for extra support, counseling and resources for families caught in the trenches of divorce. The coalition is dedicated to benefiting families in any stage of divorce or separation. F.A.C.E.S. helps families cope with divorce and supports the children caught in the middle, through counseling on an individual basis or in a group setting. There are three Orange County locations that families or single parents can turn to for information and support: Fullerton, Laguna Niguel and Santa Ana. The organization provides mental health services for families on a sliding scale, and is the only non-profit in Southern California to do so, for single parents. A session can range anywhere from $25 to $100 an hour, depending on income. “We never turn anyone away,” O’Connor said. For a project in their capstone course, a group of six Cal State Fullerton seniors majoring in public relations are holding a fundraising and publicity event for F.A.C.E.S. on Tuesday at 8 p.m. at Baja Sharkeez in Newport Beach. The night’s events will feature a 50/50 raffle, beer pong, good food and a good time, group member Katie Tague said. Tague and her group members hope to see a lot of CSUF students at Tuesday night’s venue. “The goal is to get a thousand dollars donated for their big event October 18,” Tague said. “The big event” is a fundraiser and celebration for the organization’s twentieth anniversary. Saturday’s “Monte Carlo night under the stars” will feature live and silent auctions, food and drink. The festivities will last from 5:30-10 p.m. at the Village Crean in Newport. Tickets for Monte Carlo night are $75 and $100 for gaming chips.

registered to vote by partnering with Declare Yourself, which is another voter registration campaign that focuses on young people. The League of Women Voters is utilizing the Web site Vote411.org as well as http://smartvoter.org, a search site they developed with Google that searches for county election information using zip codes, polling locations using addresses and the elections that candidates are in using their names. A video on YouTube ironically named, “Don’t Vote” features celebrities Jennifer Aniston, Usher, Halle Berry, Dustin Hoffman, and Leonardo DiCaprio in a sarcastic message about voting. Users of Xbox Live can even register to vote via their gaming consoles. More than 50,000 voter registration forms were downloaded in the first month of their availability via the consoles, according to the Los Angeles Times.

With the news from Wall Street being consistently bleak, students are starting to feel the pain of the country’s aching economy. Wednesday was the sixth consecutive day that the stock market continued to drop, despite the Federal Reserve’s interest-rate cut. Many students have become fearful for the future of their finances. “My mom just got let go from her job and now I’m the only one bringing in money,” Amy Saunders, a psychology major, said. “I waitress part-time, so obviously I’m not making a ton of money. The only real money my mom has saved is money for her retirement and these past few weeks, she’s lost money from her 401(k) because of the stock market crashing, and now without her job, there’s no money going into her savings at all,” Saunders said. “If she doesn’t find a job soon, I really don’t know what we’re going to do.” Unfortunately, Saunders’ situation is becoming more common in an economic climate where retirement funds are dwindling and unemployment is rising. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Web site, the unemployment rate rose to 6.1 percent in August, and another 159,000 jobs were lost in September. Fear of unemployment and a panic over savings have created an uneasy atmosphere, especially for those working in the problem-riddled banking industry. “The people I work with are scared and worried,” said Shauna Charles, a business administration major who See MARKET TROUBLES, Page 2

War protest

By Todd Barnes/Daily Titan Staff Photographer Party for Socialism and Youth Liberation member Andrew Gwozdziowski passionately shouts antiwar chants with other activists gathered outside of the Armed Forces Recruiting Station in Santa Ana Oct. 11 on the seventh anniversary of the Afghanistan War. Around 35 protesters from multiple groups, including “CSUF Students for Peace and Social Justice,” had gathered around noon in front of the station to demand US military out of Afghanistan, Iraq and Santa Ana Public Schools. See photo coverage on page 3

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October 13, 2008

IN OTHER NEWS market troubles: economy declining INTERNATIONAL

Britain and EU buying into banks to save them

PARIS (MCT) – British and European leaders took unprecedented steps here late Sunday to try to halt a galloping financial crisis in its tracks, announcing aggressive action to take big stakes in banks and guarantee lending between banks. European Union members announced they planned to guarantee loans between banks, called inter-bank lending, for up to five years. And they intend to allow member countries to take equity stakes worth billions of dollars in troubled financial institutions. The leaders of European nations presented their plan as “tool kit” that each country could decide how best to put to use. France, Germany and Italy are all expected to adopt the plan formally on Monday morning. “This is a worldwide crisis and, rather than tearing Europe apart, it has in fact brought us closer together,” Sarkozy said. “This is no easy task.” The French president said legislation is required in France and he expected to enact changes by week’s end. As in the United States, the rescue of banks is hardly a popular notion, and Sarkozy echoed statements of recent weeks made by President Bush and others. “We are not handing out gifts to banks,” Sarkzozy said. “We are enabling banks to operate, because our economy depends on it.”

NATIONAL

Students need to learn about economy

BILOXI, Miss. (MCT) – Elementary and high schools must educate students so they can compete globally, not just locally, Mississippi Superintendent of Education Hank Bounds said Friday. He said an important part of education today includes economics. Bounds was the keynote speaker at the National Council on Economic Education’s annual conference, and he said students need to learn about the economy beginning in kindergarten. “Economic education can’t be a one-shot deal,” he said. “I would consider good economic skills to be as important as any other work-force skills.” The conference drew attendees from around the U.S. and some foreign countries. Right now students in Mississippi are required to take an economics course before they graduate from high school, but Bounds said he hopes economics will become an integral part of curriculums through elementary and high school. Within the past couple of years the Mississippi Department of Education has partnered with the Mississippi Council on Economic Education to start more programs in schools.

STATE

California town founded by African Americans

ALLENSWORTH STATE PARK (MCT) – Alice Royal of Visalia returns today to historic Allensworth, the only town in California founded, financed and governed by African Americans. The town’s 100th anniversary is being celebrated Saturday and Sunday by California State Parks, which acquired the town in the 1970s and rebuilt it to honor the dignity of the human spirit. Dignitaries scheduled to attend the festivities include Assembly Speaker Karen Bass, and Lonnie G. Bunch III, founding director of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African-American History and Culture. William Allen Young, an actor on television’s “CSI: Miami,” will serve as master of ceremonies today. The town was the vision of Allen Allensworth, who was born into slavery, escaped to fight in the Civil War and later became a chaplain in the 24th Infantry, achieving the rank of lieutenant colonel and becoming the highest-ranked African-American officer in the U.S. Army at the time.

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From Page 1 graduated from Cal State Fullerton last spring and now works at PFF Bank and Trust in Yorba Linda. “They’re worried about their 401(k)s and a lot of people are changing their retirement plans. They have to work another year or two now, when they thought they were about to start a new phase of their life. I know I’m not really suffering, especially compared to them,” Charles said. “I have plenty of time

to build up my retirement, but this has really opened my eyes. No matter where you work, it doesn’t mean your money is safe. I work at a bank for crying out loud. If all the money you have saved for your future isn’t safe here, where is it safe?” Charles said. Most students have yet to start investing their money in the stock market or retirement funds, but they will face a different set of hurdles after graduation. “It’s going to be a very difficult situation to find a job if you gradu-

ate this winter or next spring, at least for the next few years, especially if you’re a finance or accounting major because those firms aren’t expanding,” economics professor David Wong said. “I think we may well see more people actually returning to college because of all the layoffs that are occurring due to the credit crisis,” Wong said. Though the immediate forecast for the country’s finances looks grim, many in the field of economics believe things will bounce back. Understanding the cyclical nature

of the stock market may soothe the long-term fears of students looking towards the future. “The stock market is something that you have to take a very longterm approach to,” economics professor Robert Mead said. “If you’re looking at it from the view of next week or next year, then it’s not the place where you want to be. If you look at the long-term horizon and you make sure you buy quality stocks, you’re probably going to be okay. If you’re young, then you have time. Ride it out,” Mead said.

Brain research holds hope for the paralyzed ST. LOUIS (MCT) – His job seems a little zany. Dan Moran’s daily grind involves trying to get monkeys to move objects using only their brains. But it’s not telepathy _ it’s science. And Moran says he’s making progress that could have serious implications in the medical community. The professor of biomedical engineering and neurobiology at Washington University told an audience at the St. Louis Science Center on Sunday morning it might not be long before his research can be used to help humans suffering from paralysis. The plans are to eventually put an implant on a human brain that would essentially read thoughts and transmit them to a robotic arm.

“Hopefully within the next few years we’ll actually bring in a spinal cord injured patient and put an implant in,” Moran said. Moran’s presentation was one of dozens given during the past four days as a part of SciFest. The international festival at the Science Center finishes Monday. The professor, with a team of researchers, is working to develop technology that would allow computers to interpret brain activity. Electrodes would be placed inside the skull to monitor the brain’s signals and then send the information to a computer. Eventually, that information could be used to manipulate the movement of an artificial limb, helping a paralyzed person to perform basic daily activities, such as eating.

The work has special significance to Moran, who said he began seriously considering biomedical engineering in high school after a friend suffered a spinal cord injury during a baseball game. The friend is still paralyzed, and Moran said that thought stays with him in his research. “This is what I wanted to do since I was 16,” he said. To study the brain-computer connection, Moran examines the neural activity of Rhesus monkeys while they play a simple video game. The monkeys possess the high intelligence level necessary for this kind of experiment, he said. “These things that we’re trying to do are fairly complicated and so you have to be a fairly smart creature to do this,” he said.

In parts of the study, the monkeys have electrodes hooked up to their brains and they actually manipulate the video game with their thoughts. It takes a few days of training, but many of the animals become relatively skilled at the game, Moran said. Through their observations, the scientists have begun to understand how individual neurons in the brain work. That allows them to create machines that virtually perform the brain’s chief task: muscle movement. “The way we interact with the world _ walking, talking, laughing, crying, gesturing, everything we do _ requires muscle movement,” Moran said. “That’s what the brain does. It moves muscles.”

Questions and answers about new bank rescue WASHINGTON (MCT) – By adopting a banking rescue plan based on efforts in Great Britain, European leaders took a very different approach from Washington’s. Here’s how they’re different and why it matters. Q: Just what did the Europeans and Brits do? A: They opted for a plan that seeks to guarantee loans between banks, called inter-bank lending, for a period of up to five years. They also gave each member country in the European Union the right to take equity stakes in banks. Q: How does that differ from the Bush administration’s approach? A: Although the U.S. may go the way of its trans-Atlantic partners, its $700 billion rescue plan sought to buy bad assets directly from troubled financial institutions _ mostly distressed mortgage bonds. The hope was that this would shore up their balance sheets, so they could raise capital and resume lending. Q: Why are Britain and the Europeans focused on banks while the United States is looking at mortgages? A: The main problem in the United States is complicated bondlike instruments called mortgagebacked securities. They are the origin of this whole financial crisis, and as banks who held these bonds took bigger and bigger losses, it contaminated the U.S. and later the global financial system. Q: So? A: Europeans are focused on what’s called liquidity, or access to capital, since banks are not willing to lend to each other in this environment of panic. The U.S. Federal Reserve has pumped more than $800 billion in short-term lending to its banks to address this liquidity crisis. But the laws that govern it give it greater flexibility than the European Central Bank have. European governments have to inject money into undercapitalized banks directly. Q: Why isn’t this injection happening here too? A: Late Friday, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson confirmed that Congress gave him flexibility and that the United States too might inject money into banks. He has provided scant detail on how this will work, who will qualify or what the terms are. Q: Doesn’t this all amount to nationalizing the banks? A: Technically no. In Britain, the government is expected to take preferred shares of future stock as part of its injection of capital into the troubled banks. Assuming the same approach happens here, this would protect existing shareholders since giving the U.S. government preferential treatment might benefit taxpayers but discourage investment in the banks. As it is, any time the government takes a stake in a bank it goes down the slippery slope of picking winners and losers in a free market.

Q: Has the U.S. government ever taken over or invested in a bank? A: The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. routinely seizes poorly performing banks and distributes their assets to stronger banks in a move to ensure that depositors are protected. The last time the U.S. government took an ownership stake in banks was in 1932, amid the Great Depression. In the era of

Herbert Hoover, Congress created the Reconstruction Finance Corp. Over the next quarter century this government agency provided financial aid to banks, railroads, agriculture. It fell victim, as government involvement in business often does, to corruption. President Dwight D. Eisenhower took away the RFC’s lending powers in 1953. Q: Could an RFC-type entity

work today? A: Maybe. Like water finding its way into a rotting foundation in a house, the current financial crisis is quickly spilling into all sorts of surprising areas of corporate America. The Federal Reserve has started purchasing short-term debt directly from major corporations since banks cannot or are not willing to lend right now.

October 13, 2008

Features

RagFest returns downtown Fullerton to 1900s By Laura Olsen

Daily Titan Staff Writer features@dailytitan.com

On Oct. 25 and 26, downtown Fullerton will pulsate with the toetapping beats of ragtime music during RagFest, which celebrates the genre of music that swept the nation in the late 1800s and continues to entertain people from all walks of life. Special events will include vaudeville shows at the library during the evening, and different musicians performing throughout the day, according to Bill Klinghoffer, president of the group, Friends of Jazz, which is a local educational non-profit organization. “It is nice because the musicians

move around, but there is always an event to go to during the festival,” Klinghoffer said. According to Eric Marchese, 48, who co-founded RagFest in the spring of 2000 with Friends of Jazz, which has provided educational funding for jazz majors at Cal State Fullerton, there will be performers singing and performing duets, piano combos, 3-person piano pieces and an orchestra will be at the event on Sunday. Ragtime is a multiracial genre of music that began in 1897 and was invented by black plantation workers in the South, Marchese said. This music style is carried out through a steady beat played on the left hand, and a torn, jagged beat played by the right, thus the name ragtime. Ragtime was popular until World War I. After the war, jazz arose and took over the musical spotlight. But many still enjoy ragtime and its unique style.

The main difference between rag- er as well as a group of young students time and jazz music is that jazz in- performing ragtime music from 3-5 volves more improvisation. p.m. on Saturday, Klinghoffer said. African-American ragtime He added that people bring classic rhythms were cars to the festival created on the and park them plantations, but along the streets eventually seeped of Fullerton for into white culture guests to sit in and became very and admire. popular among Steamers Jazz both races. Club will offer “As happens food and drinks with several kinds during the day, of music, blacks and other local innovated the downtown Fulgenre of ragtime restaurants – Eric Marchese, lerton and then whites will be open to co-founder of RagFest picked it up,” serve the festival Marchese said. guests. “Then the cultural The event influences on the music are passed takes people back in time to a classic back and forth.” pre-World War I era, when ragtime This musical cross-pollination left was one of the most popular forms ragtime with a fun, multiracial mix of entertainment. of rhythms. To enhance the ambiance of the RagFest will feature an opera sing- event people will also come dressed

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The two-day ragtime celebration features dancing and more than a dozen vintage music acts

in ragtime-period clothing and dance in the Imperial Ballroom, moving to the quick counts of ragtime dance. There will be a dance instructor to help those less familiar with the dance style, Marchese said. CSUF student and classical guitar major Steven Laughlin, 21, remembers playing “The Entertainer,” which is a popular ragtime song. “I played it in a former class and I liked the rhythms and syncopation of the ragtime song,” he said. The piano is the primary instrument of ragtime but other featured instruments including banjo, flute, tuba and percussion, will be making an appearances at the festival. “We want to put Fullerton on the map with this event,” Marchefe said. “It’s really a fun event and people have a great time,” he said. The festival will take place from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, and 12 to 5 p.m. on Sunday, in several downtown venues, according to Marchese. A review of the event will

be held at the Osborne Auditorium of the Fullerton Public Library at 8 p.m. Saturday, according to the RagFest MySpace page. The festival headquarters is Steamers Jazz Club located on Commonwealth Ave., and other events will take place at Osborne Auditorium at the Fullerton Public Library, Mo‘s Music Store, and the Imperial Academy Dance Studio, according to Marchese. Ragfest draws guests ranging in age from 9 to their late 80s. The majority of guests are 40 and over, according to Marchese, who has requested photographers to photograph the event. Photographers may call Marchese at (714) 8361104. For more information on this event, please visit www.ragfest.com. Children 15 years and younger are free if they attend with parents. An all weekend, all-events pass: $60 in advance, $65 at the door. Saturday night or afternoon only, $20 in advance, $25 at the door, Sunday only, $25 in advance, $30 at the door.

7th anniversary of Afghanistan protest Grant awarded for

obesity research Research on Prader-Willi Syndrome may lead to understanding of genetic causes behind obesity

CHOC and CSUF. “We are trying to first describe how children with Prader-Willi Syndrome respond to different type of exercises,” Rubin said. “So to determine if there are differences between those responses to children By Christee Lemons who have Prader-Willi Syndrome to Daily Titan Staff Writer those who do not.” features@dailytitan.com The study consists of two years of After three years of developing fitness testing including one year of the idea and a year and 10 months aerobic testing and one year of reof securing the funding, kinesiology sistance testing, Mendoza said. Professor Daniela Rubin has begun All the subjects are volunteers her study. and the goal is to get the same vol“The Nutritional and Exercise unteer subjects to come back for the aspects of Prader-Willi Syndrome second year of testing. (PWS) and Childhood Obesity” There are three tests used on the study is conducted by Rubin along- control group and the testing lasts side her research team, which in- two days, Mendoza said. cludes Cal State Fullerton professor The first day includes a full body Daniel Judelson and assistant pro- X-ray, which records the subject’s fessor Michele Mouttapa, two kine- muscle mass percentage, body fat siology graduate students and Chil- and bone mineral density, and the dren’s Hospital of Orange County first cycling test. Director of EnOn the secdrocrinology Dr. ond day, the Susan Clark. subjects are rePWS is a nonquired to eat a hereditary birth specific breakdefect that typifast two hours cally causes low before taking muscle tone, their second short stature if cycling exam, not treated with she said. growth horThe PWS mones and insubjects’ testcomplete sexual ing will condevelopment, sist of all exthe Prader-Willi aminations Syndrome Asperformed on sociation USA – Daniela Rubin, the controlled Web site states. group but will Kinesiology Professor It also creates be adminisa chronic feeltered over a ing of hunger that, coupled with a three-day period, Mendoza said. metabolism that utilizes drastically Both groups’ subjects have their fewer calories than normal, can lead blood drawn right before the test, to excessive eating and life-threat- then 15 minutes, 30 minutes and ening obesity. 60 minutes after the test is over. The abnormality affects about The second part of the study is one in every 15,000 newborns. managed by Mouttapa, who examChildhood obesity leads to so ines the sociological impacts of the many other diseases such as Type children through their parents. 2 diabetes and kidney and cardioShe does this by conducting a fovascular disease, Rubin said, and it cus group for parents of PWS chilalso affects children’s ability to par- dren and administering a survey, ticipate in everyday activities. Mouttapa said. “Their quality of life is much Parents from all over the U.S. lower in the long run,” Rubin said. have expressed interests in partici“That’s what really scares me and pating in the survey, she said. worries me and that’s why I want to The survey consists of questions learn more about obesity and exer- like how important is it to the parcise in children.” ents that their children exercise, The research program is a joint what are their exercise barriers and project between CSUF and the what kind of activities do the chilUniversity of Florida that studies dren enjoy the most. three aspects of PWS. By combining the sociological The physiological responses to and physiological aspects of these exercise and the sociological affects kids, Mouttapa said, we are thinkare conducted by Rubin’s team, ing we can eventually develop an while nutritional issues are con- optimal and feasible fitness producted by a team of investigators at gram. the University of Florida, accord“Something that the kids and the ing to the Department of Defense’s parents like that can be sustained in Congressionally Directed Medical the long run,” she said. Research Programs Web site. The entire joint research proPeople with PWS always have gram is funded by a $895,000 grant an appetite and they never feel awarded by the CDMRP from the full, Rubin said, so the University Defense Department Rubin and of Florida is looking at what causes Judelson worked together to create this constant hunger. the grant proposal, she said. The CSUF researchers test two After all the testing is comgroups of subjects, children with pleted and the data is collected an PWS ages 8-11 and children and analyzed, Rubin said she wants the a control group of children ages results to be presented to the medi8-16 without the disease, Rubin cal community and published in a said. The tests are administered at medical journal.

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Titan Editorial

October 13, 2008

The Gossip Girl

By Amy Robertson

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And the winner is... ‘Because’ doesn’t cut it A little over a week ago, a Daily Titan staff member was involved in an exchange with a campus police officer that has inspired us to review – publicly – our rights as reporters. This exchange took place after a man on a bicycle was hit by another man driving a car at the southwest corner of the College Park building. The appropriate emergency personnel were called, and the Daily Titan newsroom was notified of the incident. Upon arriving, the reporters saw that the victim was sitting on a curb receiving attention from medical personnel and the driver of the vehicle was being interviewed by University Police. One reporter went to get interviews while the other was taking photographs. A police officer approached the photographer and said that video was not allowed to be taken of the incident. The photographer responded by showing a press pass and stating that the camera was only used for still pictures. The officer replied that still photos were also not allowed. The photographer asked why not and the officer elaborated with, “because it’s not,” before walking away. He continued shooting, though later the story

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was not deemed newsworthy. As members of the media we receive press passes that are symbols of our credibility with a particular news institution. They are not meant to be abused, nor do they double as an “all-access pass,” but it does give the holder privileges that the public does not have – such as taking pictures of a car-and-bicycle collision. In a situation such as this, which occurred in public view, without any police line (which cannot be crossed by media members), the reporter did not step outside the usual bounds. Had the officer been informed that a situation like this is open to the public and press, there would not have been this exchange. How else would the public see pictures of car accidents, protests or fires if all peace officers decided that photos would not be allowed? But for the benefit of the doubt, it may not be completely his fault. He may not have been taught the necessary understanding of his jurisdictional reach and therefore someone else is also to blame. Upon giving someone a gun to uphold the law, it is necessary to tell them it doesn’t make them above it.

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I’m creating a new awards show for celebrities and the first person to be honored is for “The Best Comeback in All of Hollywood’s History.” Though Cher was a close runner up for jumping back on the charts from out of nowhere, I have to award the title to Miss Britney Spears. The pop diva, turned crazy wreck, turned comeback queen released her first legitimate music video this past weekend (I don’t count “Pieces of Me”) since “Toxic.” I have never been excited for a music video to come out, but I have to say that I was waiting all week for this one. “Womanizer” was exactly what I had expected and hoped for – hot, fun and reminiscent of the old Britney. And, it was exactly what she needed. After everything she had gone through, and after the sad specta-

cle of her hospitalization in January, it looked as if the old Britney was lost forever, along with her hair. Though it seems like forever since that widely talked about night, it has really only been a short amount of time - less than a year, in fact, and look at her now. She has a CD coming out in December. She just opened for MTV’s Video Music Awards. She made a hot music video. Not only does Britney amaze me with the complete 180-degree turn she made, but she fascinates me as a person in general. Everything about her is novel-worthy. I would definitely buy her life story. Tori Spelling’s autobiography was amazing, but wouldn’t compare to Britney Spears’. Britney really is one of the most interesting people around. She grew up in the spotlight and had a booming career by the time she was 18. She was a sex symbol for men in their 20s and even 30s before she could even legally have sex with men

of that age (though that didn’t stop her sister). She had a huge career, a huge public meltdown and, now, a huge comeback. While all of this has been so publicly known and talked about, there still remains so much mystery about the girl. I’ve had to type out a lot of interviews about Britney Spears, and, yet, even with that “insider knowledge,” I remain as confused as ever about her. What is her relationship with her parents actually like? Who really is the bad guy in her life – Sam Lutfi, Adnan Ghalib or her father? Her life is like a soap opera. I have this conspiracy theory that everything was actually just part of a huge publicity stunt. However, I thought that about Nicole Ritchie’s pregnancy too, but look how that turned out. In all seriousness, Britney’s drama has brought some major attention to the Spears family and added so many layers to the makeup of that clan. Sure, they had a lot of attention on them before, but all of this

has added a whole new level of intrigue. Furthermore, that intrigue has made her family tons of money with her mom’s book, the many magazine covers they’ve sold and now the hype over Britney’s comeback. When you think about it – who really turns their life around in less than a year? She was shaving her head, attacking people with umbrellas and not sleeping for days on end, according to numerous reports. It’s just too unbelievable. Regardless of whether or not everything has been real, I still have to give credit where credit is due. Britney Spears is what celebrity is all about – intrigue. In fact, I could see that being the name of her next fragrance! Who knows where she’ll go from here and what she’ll end up doing, but all I know is that I’m hooked. So, as the pop princess, herself, would say (or rather sing) – “Gimme, gimme. Gimme. Gimme, gimme more.”

Reader Response: a Letter to the Editor Some, including myself, call this paper “The Daily Typo”. The Daily Titan newspaper’s frequent abuses of the English language are centered in the frivolity of modern speech. If a print media source cannot strip itself of colloquialism and maintain high standards for English use, I contest that that source is failing its readers and its staff’s integrity. If the staff is relying on computer programs to correct errors in basic collegiate spelling and grammar, then it is time to shut the systems down and reevaluate its position on campus. The editor of a newspaper should not have been programmed in a software lab, but programmed in the classroom and the print room. Perhaps the most regrettable reality is that the “Correction” section should be overflowing with rectifications, but remains conspicuously sparse. If The Daily Titan intends to be a tool of learning, then it would seem desirable to correct the grammar and spelling of the student-submitted articles so as to represent all CSUF students, particularly those who are not contributors. What disappoints me the most, however, is the almost farcical Letter to the Editor printed October 9th, 2008. “Very concerned” faculty member Jim Miller wrote a letter weakly chastising the paper for its continued abuse of English as demonstrated by the Volume 87, Issue 18 headline, “Business’ feel the pinch.” The incongruous letter uses the possessive pronoun “its” with an apostrophe - “it’s”. This egregious error is of the exact type that Mr. Miller criticizes the paper for making. Mr. Miller and the editor need to take some time to investigate the online resources offered by the University. http://hss.fullerton.edu/english/wc/grammarmech.asp {Editor: Please print this address} At this address, we find the Writing Center’s “Grammar and Mechanics” resource page. Near the bottom of the page, we find the following: Do not use an apostrophe on possessive pronouns: hers, his, its, ours, yours, and theirs. To top this laughable cycle off, immediately above Mr. Miller’s Letter to the Editor, Daily Titan columnist Joshua Barton’s article has a headline that reads, “Technology could be a politicians greates tool.” [Sic] Microsoft Word is screaming at me.

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“Feel Your Boobies” calls attention to Breast Cancer Awareness Month By Jennifer Tat

Daily Titan Staff Writer opinion@dailytitan.com

Fergie may have sung about people appreciating her lady lumps in the annoying, but oddly addictive song "My Humps," but she, and other ladies who take pride in their assets, could do a great service for themselves by feeling their own lady lumps. As part of an ongoing campaign to promote breast cancer awareness, the non-profit organization "Feel Your Boobies" aims to remind women of all ages to feel their boobies. Specifically, to get in touch (pun intended) with their own body to know what's normal for them. Leigh Hurst, the founder and president of the foundation, is a breast cancer survivor. In 2004, she felt a small lump in her left breast, but doctors reassured her it was nothing to be concerned with. That small lump turned out to be Stage 1 cancer. After having received a mammogram, ultrasound, and biopsy, she has now gone through chemotherapy and radiation and is taking an anti-estrogen medication to help minimize the risk of recurrence. According to Hurst, her type of case is almost 95 percent treatable

thanks to early detection. By performing her own breast-examination, she was able to notice something even before her doctors did. According to the site feelyourboobies.com, research shows that "feeling your boobies" is just as effective at discovering lumps and abnormalities as a formal self-breast exam. Breast cancer is the most common form of cancer among women in the United States, according to the National Cancer Institute. Although suggestions to getting regular mammograms are targeted at women 40 and over, Hurst states that for women 40 and younger, feeling your boobies is one of the primary ways to guarantee early detection. Women who get in the habit of knowing what’s normal for them at an early age have a better chance of noticing changes in their breasts if they occur. Hurst's site has some really useful information, including how to feel

your boobies and what to look for. She also sells apparel and other merchandise, for anyone (men included) who want to wear the fun slogan in public to raise awareness. Even though National Feel Your Boobies Week lasts only a week (October 10-17), that doesn't mean we should stop "feeling our boobies" on the 18th. Sure, the slogan's silly and might get a laugh from friends, but ultimately it could spark conversation, and talking about this important topic could lead women to being proactive about their health. In any case, the campaign raises awareness about breast cancer, and that's always the first step that can lead to further prevention down the road. So ladies, what are you waiting for? Feel your boobies. You won't regret it.

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October 13, 2008

Home woes persist for men Men’s soccer team falls to 0-5 at Titan Stadium after 2-0 loss to Cal Poly Pomona By Melissa Caster

Daily Titan Staff Writer sports@dailytitan.com

The Cal State Fullerton men’s soccer team continued its home losing streak with a 2–0 loss to Cal Poly Pomona in a Big West Conference match on Saturday at Titan Stadium. The first half ended with no goals for either team as they battled to gain control of the match. The Mustangs outshot the Titans 10–7 and had three corner kicks to the Titans two, showing an evenly fought first half. Titan Head Coach Bob Ammann said that his team is going to work hard on their finishing and said it doesn’t have anything to do with technique. “You have to have an attitude, you have to have an edge, you have to be

aggressive and that’s something we’re lacking right now,” Ammann said. In the beginning of the second half, Titan defender Mark Nelson was taken out due to a sprained ankle, forcing the Titans to bring in someone cold off the bench. “Our left back got taken out which affected us. Usually you don’t want to switch up the defense, but we had to. I think that made us a little vulnerable. After that we couldn’t really do anything about it,” Titan forward Joshua Meyer said. Soon after Nelson left the game, the Mustangs scored their first goal of the match. Mustang midfielder Kyle Montgomery set up forward Wes Feighner, who was closing in on Titan goalkeeper Kevin Puder. Feighner fired the shot from point-blank range.

“Coming in at halftime we felt great, we felt like we were there,” Puder said. “We had a couple of moments of bad defending. Unfortunately Mark went down, got injured for us so we had to pull someone off the bench. Then within two minutes we got scored on. It’s just a matter of sorting some things out.” A little less than 10 minutes after the first goal came the second for the Mustangs. Mustang forward David Zamora’s goal came from about 15 yards after two defenders collided trying to track down a pass from Anton Peterlin. “We just need to limit our mistakes and finish our chances, that’s all it comes down to. We had a couple mistakes and they finished every little mistake that we did and we didn’t come out and finish theirs,”

By Kristy Harris/For the Daily Titan Forward Omar Tena, No. 8, dribbles the ball away from his goal as goalkeeper Kevin Puder, No. 22, calls out directions on Saturday.

Titan defender T.J. Detviler said. Cal Poly goalkeeper Eric Branagan-Franco made three saves in his fifth shutout of the season. Puder made five saves in the losing effort.

The Mustangs improved to 8-3-2 and 3-1-0 in the Big West Conference. The Titans fell to 3-10-0 for the season and 0-3-0 in the Big West. Titan men’s soccer will travel this

week to UC Davis and Cal State Northridge. The Titans are 3-5 away from Titan Stadium and have lost all five of their home games.

Injuries derail teams’ promising start IN OTHER NEWS Women’s soccer team goes from best start to a season in school history to hovering around .500 mark By James Haynie IV

Daily Titan Staff Writer sports@dailytitan.com

Aspirations of a big season that seemed so tangible at one point, with a young talented core of athletes, have, for lack of a better use of words, come back to earth in the past few weeks. With the Cal State Fullerton women’s soccer team getting off to one of the best starts in club history by winning their first four games of the season, the team and fan’s expectations rose to new heights. But a team that features 16 freshman and eight sophomores was bound to face some bumpy spots during the course of the year, as many of these players have had to learn how to win on the fly. “The whole year has been a learn-

ing experience,” freshman forward Stacey Fox said. “A lot of it is figuring out my role and I definitely look to my coaches for feedback.” After an Oct. 3 loss to Big West Conference foe Cal Poly, Titans captain Jenae Gibbens said the team needed to learn how to finish games, which is the mark of a young club. “There are definitely things we still need to improve on as the season progresses,” Gibbens said. “We need to grow up.” Another area that has taken its toll on the Titans, has been the abundance of injuries that have plagued the squad over first few months of the season. Not only has last year’s starting goalkeeper Shayla Sabin (E. Coli) and backup Shannon Simpson (broken hand) been knocked out of action with ailments, but also key

figures such as veteran midfielder Tanya Slusser (broken collarbone), midfielder Diana Signoriello (quad strain), defender Tamara Dewey (ankle sprain) and midfielder Casey Schostag (knee sprain) have all suffered injuries. “We do a lot of weight work with Coach B. (Bret Smedley), its just been an unlucky year for us in terms of injuries,” Gibbens said. With the amount of injuries and other detriments compiling, it is no wonder a team that came out of the gates so hot, has now cooled off and is struggling to win against schools with lesser talent. “I feel like we get up early and get too comfortable and once we let a team score they get the momentum and it’s almost like we can’t stop it,” Fox said. “I do think our confidence is coming back slowly though. We

are putting pressure on teams and playing hard and that’s all you can really ask for.” With the upcoming schedule of games against UC Davis (5-4-3) and Long Beach State (8-4-2), the competition doesn’t figure to get any less stressful for CSUF and their young crew. “A lot of it is our attitude and being relentless and doing what we are suppose to do,” Dewey said. “We have to make sure we finish our chances and put the games away, so they don’t find a way back.” If the Titans can figure out things in time they might just be able to salvage their season and add to a recent impressive resume, which features two regular season titles in the past three years and Big West Tournament Championships in each of the past three years.

WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL Moore carries Titans to sweep of Matadors NORTHRIDGE – Brittany Moore’s aerial assault continued Saturday night as she blasted 21 kills and hit .356 as Cal State Fullerton swept Cal State Northridge, 3-0, in a Big West Conference match at The Matadome Saturday night. The Titans boosted their record to 9-10 on the year and jumped to a game over .500 in league at 3-2. Northridge falls to 5-14 and remains winless in Big West action at 0-6. The 25-23, 25-19, 25-19 was the first sweep to go in the Titans favor since Sept. 20 against Central Connecticut State. Moore, the reigning conference Player of the Week, posted her third consecutive 20-plus kill match against the Matadors Saturday and

collected nearly one half of the Titans’ 43 kills on the night. The next closest Titan in the kill department was Erin Saddler with seven (.375) in 16 swings. Fullerton out-hit Northridge .297 to .162 and did not hit less than .273 in any of the three matches. Val Kepler led the Matadors with a .438 attack percentage and tied for the team high in kills with nine, matching Siara Grayson. In the blocking department, freshman Sydney McDowell led all players collecting her share of seven blocks (one solo), despite the Titans getting out-blocked 10.0 to 8.0. Kepler had six for the Matadors and Fullerton’s Jennifer Edmond added four of her own. StorY courtesy of Titan Media Relations